A/N – Okay, apologies for the huge break in updating, real life has been horrible to me but I won't grumble here, just say that with all my best intentions that it won't happen again. Hope you like it, they'll be an update for Twilight Guild if you're interested soon and then NWC again.

Thanks to Eclipsedofsoul for the read through and TwilightZoner for being brilliant.

Disclaimer – I own nothing to do with these characters, I'm just borrowing them and putting them in my own, different, plots.

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In front of us, Alice stopped dead. Her mind had gone blank, and she shuddered. Despite the distance, I still heard her whisper.

"I can't see ..." Jasper rushed to her side as I searched her mind. There was nothing, a void.

"I can't see ..."

Chapter Three

"Her visions are gone," I muttered in disbelief as Jasper hugged Alice tightly to his chest. Then I was thoroughly distracted.

Alice's visions are gone ... what ... still can't smell ... are we all alright ... Edward...

"Bella!" I gasped, gaining her attention. "I can hear you!" Her mind was open to me, I could hear her thoughts. It was clearer than when she'd ever lowered her shield before. Almost as if it wasn't there; it wasn't there.

"Edward, my shield!" Bella flung herself into my arms as it hit me. Both Bella and Alice had lost their gifts. But that was impossible. You couldn't just lose your abilities; they were a part of you. A part of this life. Nothing could just rip that away from you. Make it as if it were gone.

"Edward," Jasper spoke my name and then it hit me too. He'd had to speak my name because I could no longer hear his mind. The world was silent to me. I met his eyes and saw the panic but did not feel it. I knew then, Jasper too was affected.

"Something's wrong," Jasper muttered and settled into a stance. His arm reached for Alice as I pulled Bella closer. Something was very wrong.

"I can't see," Alice kept repeating it over and over while Bella shook in my arms. I knew she was feeling vulnerable. We all were. Nothing I knew of could explain this. In our disarray we had drifted towards a wall and I slowly lowered Bella to the bench set alongside it. We needed a plan, we needed to call Carlisle and we very much needed to figure out what was going on.

"Hello." Both Jasper and I twirled and sank instantly into defensive crouches.

A vampire stood in front of us. Smiling. Red eyes lingering on our mates.

How the hell had he snuck up on us? Alice should've-but she couldn't see. She'd lost her visions. I'd lost my telepathy and Jasper his empathy. That awful stench still filled our nostrils and we'd been so distracted by the loss of our gifts that we didn't hear him coming. We'd been sitting ducks.

"Who are you?" I growled out, not really being able to be pleasant. My instincts were screaming at me to go, get Bella away from him and far away from here.

"My name is Tyre. I am sorry if I startled you, I didn't know there were others around and I came to warn you of the bleach." He smiled softly and for some reason it alarmed me even more. Probably because, for once, I didn't know the reason why a person in front of me was smiling. Usually it lay in their thoughts.

"Well, Tire, we-"

"It's Tyre," he interrupted Jasper, still smiling pleasantly. "Pronounced Ty-Re." I shared a look with Jasper and knew the mispronunciation hadn't been an accident. I didn't need mind reading skills for that.

"So sorry," I apologized, knowing that I didn't mean nor sound it. "But you've given your message so off you trot." I nodded my head to indicate he should leave and his smile widened. It made me sink further into my crouch.

"Of course, but before I go may I at least know the names of my fellow kind?" For some reason I really didn't want to do that. I felt both Bella and Alice shift behind Jasper and me, each coming to stand just behind us. Bella's touch reassured me but for once I was not calmed by it. Something was just ... off. I couldn't explain it and it made me tense even more.

"My name is Jasper and this is my Alice. Edward and his Bella." Tyre nodded, still smiling.

"Jasper and Edward ... Alice and Bella." I didn't miss the fact that he'd rearranged our names, nor the way his voice softened and lingered over our mates. I growled, the sound added to by Jasper's own rumble.

"Well, it was very nice to meet you all. Maybe we shall run into each other again. I do hope so. For now, just beware of the bleach. Its smell counters out all else and if it touches your skin it burns. Very unique that. Well, have a good day." Still smiling he backed up from us before turning and walking away. I think I even heard him whistling.

"Edward," Bella moved just as I did to encase her in my arms. Though nothing had really happened I could not shake the feeling of danger.

Love you ... so much.

"I love you too," I replied before pulling back, realizing I had read her mind. I gazed at her but could hear nothing else, though the familiar tones of Alice and Jasper were now in the back of my mind. I could hear again.

"Jasper!" Alice's vision flashed before my mind and I grinned. "Oh Jazz!" He picked her up and twirled her, just as the vision she had had predicted. We were all okay, we were back to normal.

I smiled at Bella, trailing my fingers down her cheek before tightening my grip on her waist and bringing her up to me. Her lips crashed on mine and I smiled as her fingers wove into my hair, pulling me closer and deepening our kiss. There was nothing in the world compared to kissing my Bella and I would spend eternity making her feel as good as she had made me feel.

Nipping at her bottom lip I both felt and heard her moan and my grin widened. She was always so responsive. I pulled back, knowing we were still in a public place and I couldn't take this as far as I wanted. Smiling down at her I rubbed my nose with hers, breathing in her scent as she breathed in mine and allowing them to mix. Her giggles filled the air and my mood finally relaxed.

We need to discuss this ... strange effect ... his power ... bad feelings ... gut instinct ... long time ... Edward.

"I know," I sighed, bringing my head up from Bella but keeping her body almost glued to mine. Jasper had Alice wrapped in his arms, his chin resting on her head. "But we really shouldn't discuss this here. Let's go back to the hotel."

"No!" Alice instantly pouted. "We haven't got our dresses!"

"Alice, I don't think-" Bella started but Alice waved her off.

"I know where they are now. We came all this way! And I can see the rest of the day, nothing's going to happen!" Her visions ran through her mind and I sighed as I realized that it did look safe to stay.

"You didn't see what just happened," Jasper reminded her softly and Alice nodded.

"Yes, but I know what I'm looking for now. This will take ten minutes, I know exactly where we are going and it will make me and Bella happy!" Bella huffed in my arms and I laughed quietly. Alice narrowed her eyes on my beautiful bride.

"Don't you trust me?" Her eyes had become wide and her lips set in a pout. I felt Bella sigh and Alice squealed. She then turned in Jasper's arms and gazed pleading up at him.

"Ten minutes," he growled.

True to her word, as per usual, we were back in our cars ten minutes later. Both Bella and Alice had found the dresses she had envisioned and I truly could not wait to see Bella dressed up. She would wear it on the night of our visit to the Musikverein, though she didn't know that was where we were going yet. Only a few short minutes later we were all seated in Jasper and Alice's room. We needed to discuss what had happened.

"Should we ring Carlisle? He might have heard of something like this happening before," Bella spoke first but Alice was already shaking her head.

"It won't do any good. He hasn't heard of anything like this before and he'll spend the rest of his trip worrying. We don't want to ruin his and Esme's holiday."

"Let's talk this through before we decide on anything. Say what we know," Jasper suggested and we all nodded.

"Okay, so we were all fine this morning. Nothing out of the ordinary happened and Alice saw no changes in our day." With a nod from his wife Jasper continued. "The mall itself was normal-"

"Apart from that awful smelling bleach," Bella made the point I had been about to say and I smiled. It still lingered in my memory and I didn't like it. Pulling Bella onto my lap I buried my nose in her hair and inhaled.

Her glorious scent instantly overtook my senses and I revelled in it. It was still so mouth watering to me but now in the best way possible. I inhaled deeper and let it swim in my mind. It filled me up and I felt myself reacting to her. Her scent, her body pressed against mine, everything about her.

"Edward," Jasper spoke both mentally and out loud. Alice was giggling and the vision in her mind did nothing to help my resolve. Bella turned to me and smiled coyly.

Later ...

That one word whispered in mind as she dropped her shield for a split second and I was grinning like an idiot.

"So, the bleach smelt appalling," I stated, easily continuing the conversation.

"So bad it blocked everything else out; each other's scents, another vampire. And according to Alice and him it can even hurt us."

"The bleach is sold with special made gloves to be used, to help protect the human's skin when they're using it," I added in.

"Right and then as we were moving away we all lost our gifts."

"It was nothing to do with the bleach. It was the other vampire. I think that was his gift, to block other's gifts." We all let that digest and I listened to their thoughts as my own evolved.

"So how come Alice didn't see it coming?" Bella asked.

"If it was a split second decision-"

"I don't think so," Alice interrupted, shaking her head. "I would have at least got a glimmer before I lost my sight."

"So then it's not conscious. Maybe he has no control over his ability, if he even knows about it. It's just something he's able to do. Like my mind reading or Jasper's empathy. It's just constantly turned on." I saw in their minds that I was making sense but that didn't ease my thoughts.

"Did anyone else feel ... ill at ease?" Bella asked quietly and we all nodded. "He made my skin crawl and all I could think of was to get away from him." Again I pulled Bella closer and looked to see Jasper embrace Alice.

"Even without my gift I just knew something was wrong. My gut feeling was to get away or make him leave," Jasper stated. "It still hasn't gone away. I'm still on edge. He gave me, and all of you, a thoroughly bad feeling."

"So, let's just go. We don't need to be here anymore, and by the way he talked this was his area so we leave and don't come back. Ever."

"Bella's right, we have no reasons to stay and the further away we all are, the better we'll all feel," Jasper nodded and Bella smiled. I hummed my agreement, squeezing Bella closer to me and as if on cue, we all turned to look at Alice. She cocked her head to one side as her eyes glazed over before smiling at us all.

"We're leaving bright and early tomorrow morning, none the worse for wear." Both Jasper and I frowned, not liking the delay.

"Tomorrow? Alice, I think-"

"We're all very busy tonight," Alice interrupted her husband, smiling at him coyly as I felt Bella giggle. Her frame wriggled against mine and I held in my groan as my body responded. My feelings suddenly rocketed as I felt Bella gasp and begin to move more firmly against me. Looking up to see Jasper and Alice locked in each other's gazes I made the decision to leave.

Wrapping Bella in my arms I lifted her up, her legs automatically coming up to wrap around my waist. My nose nuzzled her throat as I walked to the door, thoroughly glad our own room was just next door.

"Tomorrow morning," I stated and heard a reply in Jasper's mind before closing the door. There was no doubt about what any of us would be doing tonight, the scare having affected us all and the need to claim each other again growing.

"Bella," I sighed as our own room's door slammed closed behind us. She giggled into my neck and I tightened my hold on her.

"It's later," she whispered and I couldn't help my groan as I lay her on the bed.

"I love you, my beautiful Bella."

"I love you too Edward, so much," she leaned up to kiss me and weave her hands in my hair.

Show me . . .

I heard the whisper from her mind and growled.

"I will spend the rest of eternity showing you," I vowed, before starting the first of many rounds that night.

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