A lot of these sentences I do not own. Mainly the first couple paragraphs, due to the fact that a certain person never dies, I felt it was needed to 'rewrite' where Dimitri gets attacked and Rose has no chose but to run. So, here you go. I hope you enjoy it.

We were in a narrow part of the tunnel, and not all of us could get through to the Strigoi. I was stuck in the back. Ms. Carmack was beside me, and she had enough visibility to light up a couple of the Strigoi, making it easier for those guardians in the fight to stake them. Alberta caught a glimpse of me and a couple other guardians. "Start running!" She yelled.

None of us wanted to leave, but there wasnt much we could do. I saw one guardian fall, and my heart lurched. I hadn't known him, but it didn't matter. In seconds my mother was on the Strigoi attacker, driving her stake through his heart.

Then I lost sight of the fight as I rounded another corner with three guardians with me. Farther down the corridor I saw a faint purpleish light. The exit. Faces of other guardians peered in at us. We'd made it. But where were the others?

We ran into the exit, emerging into the air. My group clustered by the opening, anxious to see what had happened. The sun, I was dismayed to see, was nearly gone. The nausea hadn't left me, which meant Strigoi were still alive.

Moments later, my mothers party came tearing the hall. One more had gone down. But they were so close. Everyone around me tensed up. So close. So, so close

But not close enough. But three Strigoi lay in wait in one of the alcoves. We'd passed them, but they let us go by. It all happened so fast; no one could have reacted in time. One of the Strigoi grabbed Celeste, his mouth and fangs going for her cheek. I heard a strangled scream and saw blood everywhere. One of the Strigoi went for Ms. Carmack, but my mother jerked her away and shoved her forward toward us.

The third Strigoi Dimitri. In all the time I'd known him, I've never seem Dimitri falter. He was always faster, always stronger than everyone else. Not this time. This Strigoi caught him by suprise, and that slight edge was all it had taken.

I stared. It was the blond Strigoi. The one who had spoken to me in the battle.

He grabbed Dimitri and pulled him toward the ground. They grappled, strength against strength. Something seemed to take me over, I assumed it was my adrenaline rush, and I ran as fast as I could to him, back in the cave.

No one saw it coming, not even myself, which is probably why no one could grab me in time to stop me. I heard people yelling after me, I knew they were following after me. Dimitri was still fighting with the Strigoi, some part deep inside me knew. It knew if I didn't get to him fast that he would die. I quickly shoved that thought behind a wall and forced my legs to run faster. My mother knew what was happening, even though she wasn't watching me. She was focused on her own Strigoi. Apparently a few more had showed up. Everyone was back in the cave helping, fighting. I was a few feet from Dimitri when I pulled out my stake.

Dimitri saw me coming, he must have used all his strength to try to push the Strigoi off of him. It didn't work as well as im sure he thought it would. But it was all I needed. All we needed. I didn't have a clear shot at the Strigoi's heart, so I went for what for whatever I thought would distract him. I pushed the stake as hard as I could into its side. I knocked it off its balance, and started attacking it. I knew very well I would die if I didn't grab a stake, or if Dimitri didn't hurry up and stake the thing himself.

The strigoi's eyed glowed what I thought was even redder. Dimitri was at my side, just before another Strigoi appeared. The blond Strigoi grabbed my stake and threw it on the ground. Suddenly out of no where, my mother appeared and took the second Strigoi that had just joined us. I watched my mother dance with it. Trying to get in a good shot, when I heard a nasty snarl. I looked in the direction in where it had came from. The blond Strigoi had a stake lodged right threw its heart. Dimitri was quick to pull it out and grab mine from the ground. He was breathing hard when he handed it to me. He nodded at me. Clearly out of by breath.

I could hear the hard breathing of everyone around me, including a few snarls coming from some Strigoi. I whirled around, my stake in my hand. The first thing that caught my eye was the exit. Barley any purpleish light showed through. Panic shot threw me. I looked around. Three Strigoi were left. Stan, my mother, and Alberta were the ones doing most of the fighting. Ms Carmack ran toward us. "You need to get out of here!" She yelled at me. "They'll be fine. You need to go Rose! We don't know how many their are left, if they're are. I dont think it's best if we stick around to find out. We've lost to many already." I was watching my mother. The only people I really cared about most were Dimitri and her, Dimitri was out of harms way, now she was too, as I watched her stake her Strigoi. She went to Alberta side to assist her.

She glaced back at me and nodded quickly. "Go! We will be fine! Rose, run!" I could see the pain in her eyes just before she turned to continue helping Alberta. I swallowed hard, i just stood their. All three of them looked so tired. I didn't want to leave her here.

Dimitri grabbed my arm and tugged me. "They'll be fine. Rose, we have to go!" I didn't look at him, I was focused on my mother. She looked like she was ready to pass out. I could feel tears welding up in my eyes. "Roza!" Dimitri shook me. I looked and him and blinked, a few tears fell from my eyes. I nodded slightly and ran with him and Ms. Carmack out the cave. As we passed Stan he staked his Strigoi. He looked at my mother and Alberta. I looked with him. I could tell they were going to win. He must have too, because he joined our group.

We ran outside. The cold air hit my face. The nausea had left me as we ran farther away from the cave. Ms. Carmack was leading the group, Dimitri was behind her holding my hand dragging me along. Stan was behind me. I looked back to see Stan staring at me. "You have to run faster Rose. We all do. Come on. She'll be fine." I knew Stan was talking about my mother and not Alberta. Just then I saw my mother and Alberta exiting the cave. Hope flushed threw me. But quickly left. Alberta was limping. My mothers arms around her helping her. I knew if there were any more Strigoi in the cave they would get them. The sun had gone down completely. And that thought really scared me. "Mom!" I yelled as loud as I could. She looked at me and half smiled. I stopped running.

"Rose, what are you doing?" The others stopped running to. Worry was on all of their faces.

"We have to help her." I pointed to Alberta. They all breathed sighs of relief. "We have to." I begged. "If there are any more Strigoi in there, and they come out-" I swallowed hard. "They will die." I could see them deciding it in their minds. They looked at each other. I grabbed Dimitri and pulled him toward me. He looked shocked. "Please" I whispered. "We have to save them." Dimitri nodded and looked at the group.

"You guys go ahead. I'll stay here and help them" Dimitri looked at me, I gave him a hard look, He knew I wouldn't leave them both. "Rose will be here too." I nodded.

"Belikov-" Stan started.

"We will be fine. Go" Dimitri took on his guardian voice. "Now. Hurry, before something else happens." We all stood their for several moments before. Stan nodded and grabbed Ms. Carmack and left. I had just turned when Stan spoke.

"Good luck." I looked back at him. He was talking to me. I nodded and turned toward my mother. We had reached them, they were both breathing hard. Alberta was bleeding badly. My mother was almost carrying her. My poor mother. She looked so tired. I opened my mouth to say something but my mother spoke instead.

"Please Rose." She held up her hand. "We'll talk later." She looked at Alberta. "We need to save our strength." I nodded. I reached for Alberta, half expecting my mother to yell at me, but she didn't. I put My right arm around her shoulder and my left arm on her hand that was around my neck. Dimitri helped and grabbed her other side. My mother trailed behind us. I was started to clam down now. Until I felt the nausea come over me. I opened my mouth to say something while I looked around. I looked behind me and looked for me mother. I saw her about fifteen feet behind us, when i saw it. A strigoi reached out and grabbed my mother.

"NO!" I screamed and I watched as the Strigoi snap my mothers neck.