TRAINING

"So who is this guy?"

The question was followed by a high kick to his neck, causing him to topple to the ground. Before he could try and escape by boot was on his neck, applying pressure and breaking off any air – not that he even needed it.

Jasper smirked almost proudly as he choked out, "He's my guy" he replied and then reached up, grabbing my ankle and twisting it to throw me off.

"Your guy?" I questioned when pushing myself off the ground.

Jasper was already standing and blocked my punch. His hand gripped my wrist, pulling me back to him and grabbing me in a tight chokehold. "We fought side by side during the Civil War" Jasper whispered against my ear and the surprise from his words prevented me from forming a reply or an attack.

He had informed me that to help with the Klaus problem, we would be getting inside info from a 'guy' he knew. I just didn't think they went so back.

My thoughts were then interrupted when his grip tightened, reminding me of the task. In retaliation, I grabbed the arm around my neck and threw him over my shoulder and to the ground. "How come you never mentioned him?" I questioned.

Jasper sighed, irritated to be back on the ground but complied. "Because the last time I saw him was before the invention of telephones" he smirked, obviously pleased with his bad joke.

"How do you know we can trust him?" I questioned, crossing my arms as I peered down at him sceptically.

He exhaled once again, "Aro made sure of that" he assured me and I sighed in relief. What he

"How did-" The question remained unanswered when my trainer pushed of the ground, causing me to stumble backwards. Immediately my guard was up and I held up my hands defensively. "How did I not know about them?" I repeated while we circled each other, trying to anticipate the other's next move.

"They blend in better with humans" he replied.

Again, I was distracted with the new piece of information, a crease now formed between my brows as I asked, "How?"

"For one, they eat" he answered throwing a punch which I anticipated and easily blocked. "…they sleep" he added with a kick to my side, "…and they walk in the sunlight" he finalised and that again distracted me, causing me to be thrown across the ground.

"No sparkles?" I dusted myself off, trying to keep the irritation away from my voice.

"They got special rings"

I hitched an eyebrow in question, "Special?"

"Magical" he amended and I nodded.

When holding up one finger, I fell deep in thought, "Hm…" I pursed my lips and tried to mull over what he had just told me.

Vampires – another kind which were obviously more advantaged as they could eat and sleep and more importantly, walk in the sun. The ability to walk in the sun was managed through magic. More specifically, magic of witches.

"I know what you're thinking" Jasper had stopped and allowed his arms to fall by his sides. His knowing eyes and disapproving brow made me divert my gaze.

Placing my hands by my side, I tried to dissuade the conversation. "I was just thinking about how hungry I was" I tried, forcing an expression of innocence.

"Don't do it" he warned.

I shook my head in agreement but my eyes somehow couldn't meet his. "You know I wouldn't" I argued but feebly. "Not with the creepy red eyes following me around"

"If Jane found out…" he began but I already thought through that.

With Jane involved, my plan would need to be flawless. I would have to cross every t and dot every I's, to make sure that the little vermin wouldn't get too close. Since day one, she had been trying to trip me up and find a way to get me out of Italy.

"What about Aro?" Jasper tried to get through to me again but I had already calculated the risks.

When raising my hands up in compliance, I sighed heavily, "I won't ask" I promised.

After eyeing me for a few moments, he nodded, happy with what he found. "Good" he decided and then jumped, ready to throw another fly kick. Too bad I had already seen that coming and grabbed his ankle, flinging him away.

He rolled, dirtying his blue t-shirt and jeans in the process.

Pleased with myself, I stalked over to him slowly and tauntingly as I asked, "So what's happens when your guy turns up?" I inquired, remembering the other vampire friend he had mentioned would be helping with the case.

Soon enough, he had pushed himself up again and whirled around to face me. Rather than adorning a grimace, his lips were pulled into his usual grin. Probably because he was feeding off my happiness and pride as he replied, "We'll go undercover"

I shot another punch but again he covered my fist with his hand, slipped his hand on my wrist and pulled me against him. In a flash, I wound my arm to wring it away from him. "Undercover?"

The idea of going undercover again was both appealing and worrying. Our last mission ended up with us losing sixteen other guards. Regardless, Jasper was obviously not considering our last mistake as he reasoned, "We need to find out about them"

"I heard about the animal attacks" I recalled my previous findings, "Those kind of masses date back to 1912, Mexico" I recited, the script playing out in my thoughts. The attack hadn't been something done by Cold Ones because of the teeth marks. I'd tried to refer to the guards but none of them gave anything useful.

"Ripper of Monterey" he clarified, whipping out his arm towards me so I ducked.

Without giving him another chance, I withdrew back and then rested my palm onto his chest, pushing him down to the ground. His back collapsing onto the ground as I help him down. "So what's so bad about this Klaus dude?" I asked, pressing my knee onto the middle of his chest.

"He wants to break the curse" he groaned, clenching his jaw and coughing out a choked sound.

I rested my weight further onto his knee to compress him further into the earth. "Sun and the moon curse right?" I remembered, furrowing my eyebrows in deep thought.

"Make more hybrids to litter the towns, raking havoc, killing sprees, etcetera" he joked.

"Ah…the usual" I teased back with a smile. Though this quickly fell when I mulled over the idea of some all too powerful hybrid thinking he was the best of us. "Why now?" I wondered, knowing they had been give over 1,000 years.

"The curse wasn't broken before" Jasper explained and I watched as he grimaced for a second, concern in his dulled gaze as he added, "Now he's practically unstoppable"

"Well he hasn't met me yet" I smirked.

Jasper could tell that I was being serious but still played along, "Oh yes, you are a force to be reckoned with" he tried to distract me so he could plot another attack. When his hand jabbed my side, I swallowed down the groan and grabbed his wrist, twisting him off. As he began to push himself off the ground, I pushed him back down and rolled both of us over so I hovered over him.

Our positions had him hitching an eyebrow and adorning a cheeky smirk.

When he opened his mouth to say some kind of expected innuendo, another voice resounding from the other side of the garden.

"Loving the view"

We whipped our heads to the handsome dark haired man, dressed in full black leather, wearing a more impressive, secretive smirk. Those icy blue eyes locked onto mine, gleaming with his mischief as he darkly added, "Did I come at a bad time?"

A/N: Favourite training partner – Jasper or Damon?

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