Author's Note: This chapter is slightly more intense and sexual

I don't own any of the characters they are the property of Stephenie Meyer

Chapter 7

In the distance of a foreign land shrouded in dust and sand, the sun penetrates the landscape wickedly coating the earth in a golden haze; a lone figure perches upon an out cropped stone with skin shining brilliantly in the rays. Blonde trestles of hair flow and shift in a non-existent breeze, lightly brushing the broad shoulders of a masculine form. Slowly the head of the figure turns and stares expectantly and silently mouths a word of plea but nothing escapes his mouth, he is speechless. His hollow blue eyes call to me but I cannot reach him. I am immobile where I stand; all I can do is watch and wait.

Beyond the blonde figure I can see a cloud of dust as if there is a storm quickly approaching. I try to yell out to the man to move or else he will be lost in the chaos. The storm clouds hover in his midst, the mysterious male finally stands and turns away from me. He turns so that he is facing the storm as if he were to join the fray. He leisurely turns his head in my direction, golden curls distorting his features; he silently mouths an apology before turning back to the violent cloud of dust. He lifts his right hand as if in salutation, the angry sand storms his commander and him the soldier. He jerks his hand down and marches expectantly into the waiting darkness and disappears from my sight.

He is gone and I am once again alone. I fall to my knees in shame, I cover my face with my hands and wait for the storm to pass, it has no business here now since it got what it came for. I cry silently for the loss due to my inaction. To my left a shadow suddenly looms over me as if it would consume me, but I am not afraid. I look up from my sorrow and loss and make eye contact with a beauty like no other. Just like the golden male that I had lost she shines and shimmers in the sun. She smiles down to me with her perfect pink rose bud lips and out stretches a hand and beckons me to stand up. I gingerly take her hand, her strong firm grip supports me and I quickly recover and land on my feet.

I stand in front of my comforter; she gives me the same hopeless look that I had just moments ago received from the golden man. My heart begins to ache; the woman standing in front of me caresses my arm. Her long wavy chocolate brown locks spill over her shoulders and down her back, inviting me to tangle my fingers in her hair. She clutches my arm and pulls me closer to engage me in a heartfelt embrace. I am lost in her apparent love and feel as though I never want to leave the security of her arms. I suddenly pull back and remember the lost man in the storm. I try to speak my thoughts but no words come out. The woman looks into my eyes and I know she understands. She shakes her head sadly and turns away from me. I can see now that she is starting to fade. A strong conviction comes over me and I realize that I do not want this woman, my comforter to leave me; I do not want her to disappear just like the mysterious man had done. I try to hold on to her hand to make her stay, but it is too late, she is barely but a shimmer. She gives me one last distraught smile before evaporating and leaving me once again alone.

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Falling over to her knees Alice had not only brought down all the cushions on the couch but she knocked over the tea table. Covering her face with her hands the pixie like woman ducked her head between her knees and groaned in remission from her waking dream. Alice had no idea what had just occurred all she knew was that both Jasper and Bella were slipping from her grasp and she needed to do something about it. Although the vision had quite clearly pointed out that she was almost a sitting duck on this situation. There really wasn't much she could do. She could yell, scream, taunt and even reach, but in the end nothing would be accomplished. She wondered hazily what the sand storm meant. She knew the golden man was Jasper but she wasn't sure about the meaning of him disappearing into a cloud of sand and dust. Alice had an irking that that whatever she saw in regards to Jasper it wasn't good and seemed to almost be too late for him.

As for the whole part about Bella, comforting her and then disappearing, she had no idea what that meant. She knew Bella was in serious trouble and Carlisle and Esme were out looking for her. Since Bella's disappearance, Alice knew that Rhian had emerged again and was seeking revenge. What sort of revenge, Alice had a feeling the she bitch wanted to use Bella to finish what she started. Alice didn't know of anyone who was as sick as Rhian, but then again she didn't know many real werewolves and she was guessing most wolves were just as sick as their leaders.

"Are you okay? What did you see?!" Rosalie came into view and had a concerned look on her impossibly beautiful face. Her perfect blonde eye brows furrowed and her bright violet eyes search Alice's face for an answer. When Alice didn't reply right away, Rosalie gently took the other woman's hands and hoisted her up and fixed the pillows back on the couch and sat Alice down and repeated. "Alice, what did you see?"

Alice leaned forward and stood the coffee table up right and looked the blonde vampire in the face. With a heavy sigh she recounted her vision to Rosalie and explained how Jasper went into the storm cloud and how Bella had disappeared before her eyes. By the time she was finished telling her tale there was evidence in her eyes of the emergence of tears. "I'm sorry Rosalie I didn't know it would get so bad!" Alice dropped her hands into her knees and looked away from the other woman.

Confused Rosalie, put her arm around Alice's shoulder and gave her a side hug. Kissing her lightly on the side of the pixie woman's head Rosalie asked, "Why are you sorry? You didn't do anything to drive Jasper away. It just happened. And as for Bella, well Bella is always getting into trouble and I'm sure we will find her soon." With the last part about Bella, Rosalie's voice quivered. She too knew this time Bella might be in more trouble than usual.

Shifting uncomfortably Alice turned to look at the other vampire trying to comfort her and sighed in defeat. Alice knew the truth needed to come out sometime and what better time to spill the beans. Fumbling with her fingers Alice looked away from her sister because what she was about to tell would hurt her and Alice didn't want to see that kind of pain on her face. "Well, I haven't been totally honest with you or the rest of the family." Alice began awkwardly, "you see there may be another explanation why Jasper left so suddenly." She waited to see if Rosalie would reply, but when there was no comment Alice continued. "Well do you remember that day when I took Bella out on a girl's day?"

Rosalie leaned in closer and nodded her head. "Yes but what does that have to do with anything?"

"Well," Alice continued, "that day Bella and I, well Bella and I we uh, um well we kinda found out that we areinlovewitheachother!" Alice breathed out quickly and then covered her face with her hands and squeaked, "are you mad at me?"

Then there was silence. Alice could feel strong arms wrap around her shoulders and feel Rosalie cold breath on her cheek. In a gentle but firm voice Rosalie consoled her sister. "It's okay Alice. But you should have told us. That would explain a lot. You and Bella being in love. I was wondering why you two were always acting so strange. Now I know." Leaning back the blonde cocked a brow and waggled her finger in Alice's face like a mother disciplining a child. "Have you told Edward about all this? Because you know she is married and has a baby by him and I would hope you know what you are doing."

Sucking in a loud gulp of air Alice cowered under Rosalie's stare. "No... But were going to and then Jasper was gone and then we had to leave. I know it's a mess." Alice shrugged her shoulders in defeat. She knew she had done wrong and there was nothing she could do about it but come clean so that the problem could be fixed.

As Rosalie was about to say something to reprimand Alice some more the door flung open and Carlisle, Esme and Emmet appeared through the door. Alice popped up and shouted, "did you find her? Is she safe? Where is Bella?" Carlisle gave Alice a distant look and Esme looked distraught. "What is it?" Rosalie joined Alice and stood beside her.

"We found the location where you had described. But there was no way in." Emmet recounted.

Carlisle added. "There seemed to be a very strong ward around the place that we could penetrate. I think the wolves here are very powerful. As for Bella we did not see or smell her. There wasn't even a faint memory of her. It was as if they wiped out her memory."

"Like she evaporated in thin air." Alice added flatly. Now she understood the whole part about Bella disappearing in her vision. Vampires usually don't disappear. They could sense one another, when a vampire has visited a place or environment they leave bits and pieces of memory and emotion so that way they can be tracked. Usually these pieces of memory and emotions can last in a place for up to a week or even a year depending on how strong the emotion or how epic the event. Alice knew that Bella couldn't have been in that warehouse for more than a week. She surely would have left a lasting imprint on the area and depending on what they were doing to her inside the building her emotions would have been loud and clear. Alice recalled that was how the Cullen's found Bella the first time Rhian had her. Bella's lasting memories and emotions marked the area so clearly that any vampire passing by would have to be senseless to miss it.

"So what are we going to do?" Rosalie chipped in. "We can't just abandon her. Surely if her essence was erased there must be some powerful magic at play and she is in more serious trouble than we first anticipated."

Esme stepped more into the hotel room and closed the door behind her. "I think we are going to have to rethink our original plan. There has got to be a way to get Bella out of Rhian's clutches."

Walking over to the couch Carlisle sat down and patted the seat next to him beckoning Alice to sit. "Alice I know you had another vision. That's why we left you here and Rosalie stayed behind to watch over you. So please tell us what you saw. Maybe it will help us in our quest to save Bella."

Slinking back over to the couch, Alice had a foreboding feeling that by the end of this day the entire Cullen family would know about her and Bella. And when Bella was finally found she would be pissed.

Dark. It was always dark. Bella lay in a curled ball in the corner of a small prison like room. She had been trapped in this place for too long. Even she lost count of the hours or days. They were set out to destroy her. Bella could feel herself slipping away, she didn't even feel strong, supernatural or powerful anymore. They were slowly taking away her essence she could feel it. She could feel herself dying.

The night she was caught by Rhian was the most terrifying night of her life. She was escorted to this room and locked in. After some time of quite anticipation the latch key turned and Rhian in all her fiery glory emerged into the small space. If Bella hadn't known any better she would have said Rhian was stunning, auburn curls tossed into a messy bun, emerald green eyes flashing with passion, long slender body covered only by a black lace slip. Rhian's breasts were all but present; Bella could make out the outline of her ample chest and hard nipples pressed up against the terrifyingly tight lace. The vampire's mouth watered she wanted to press up against Rhian's body she wanted to touch her in ways she would never have thought. She wanted to lick her nipples and never stop... Bella squeezed her eyes shut and put her head between her knees. She furiously told herself that she would not and could not have these thoughts about this woman. It would mean certain death. Rhian Bella would later find was a death by sex creature.

Bella was once again lifted out of darkness and blazing lights came flashing. Rhian smirked in the entrance way and walked into the room and shut the door behind her. "Miss me?" she taunted. Rhian walked over to the vampire bunched in a ball in the farthest corner of the room. "Come now Bella, look at me, I will give you all you ever dreamed of if you would just look at me." The she wolf laughed a delightful laugh.

Scrunching her eyes shut and covering her head Bella refused to look at the creature before her. For if she did she knew it would mean certain death. From what she could gather Rhian was in possession of great power and she was using it full throttle and Bella didn't want to fall into her grasp.

"Come now my sweet vampire, I just want to play with you for awhile." Came the deceptively sweet voice of the other woman.

"Go away I don't want to play! Just leave me alone. I had done nothing to you, why are you doing this to me Rhian?" Bella's muffled voice came through her knees.

Then something happened, the room suddenly felt charged and it was hard to breath. Bella could feel that her breasts ached and her whole body was sweating. She felt such excruciating need, she needed to be touched she wanted to be sucked, most of all she wanted to be fucked. One moment the vampire was curled in a ball and the next all her clothes were strewn across the floor. Bella vaguely looked at the messy pile of clothes and wondered when she had taken them off.

Then Bella and Rhian were coupled on the floor in a heap of lust and sweat, Rhian was pumping her exquisite fingers into Bella, Bella groaned crying for more. She couldn't get enough of the she wolf's attentions. Bella was suckling on Rhian's nipples like a calf suckling its mother's teats. Bella was lost in Rhian she was under her spell and she couldn't stop. They lasted like this for what seemed like hours. Then Rhian was gone and Bella was left nude cold and devoid of her essence.

The room was dark and Bella lay in a terrified anticipation for the next time Rhian came to pleasure her and steal more of who she was. The vampire cried softly for her family, her dad, Edward and Alice. "Alice I need you...where are you." Was Bella's last thoughts before she blacked out.