And then: the sweetest of sounds. The front door opening. Mason had taken advantage of my distraction. He'd left Eddie with Mia and sprinted around me and the grappling Strigoi to open the door Isaiah turned with the lightening-fast speed of his- and screamed as sunlight poured over him. But even though he was suffering, his reflexes were still fast. He jerked himself out of the patch of light dragging Elena and me with him- her by the arm and me by my neck.
"Get them out of here!" I yelled.
Isaiah turned his head as he saw Mason and Eddie running with Christian and Mia. Anger flashed through his red eyes.
"You let them escape!" he exclaimed.
"No duh." I squeaked.
Even though I knew death was in store for me I really couldn't help being sarcastic.
"You really know how to piss me off." Isaiah exclaimed.
Tears prickled my eyes. I knew for sure that now I was going to die. I'm going to miss living. I'm going to miss my friends, my school. Maybe even my mom. I would Miss Dimitri and Lissa the most. My darling spirit user and my darling Russian comrade.
"You blood whore. From the moment you stepped in here you've wanted a bite. Now I will assure you of your bite and it will hurt." He growled.
Elena just stared at us. I could tell her eyes were boring into the back of my head. Out of nowhere Elena appeared right beside Isaiah with an evil smirk on her face.
"Can we play with her first?" she asked Isaiah.
I didn't know what she meant and for the first time in my life I was truly scared. I guess Isaiah noticed this and grinned.
"You should be worried." he said simply.
Elena stepped forward and got a hold of my arm. She smiled innocently, well as innocently as I a Strigoi can, you know with the fangs and the dead face and pale skin, but her eyes told me a whole different story. She placed her hands on my upper and lower arm and snapped my arm in half. I heard the snap and I screamed in pain. It hurt like fucking hell. They both had a satisfied smile on their faces. Isaiah grabbed me by my hair and threw me on the floor and I heard another crack but I wasn't sure if it was from my head or from my spine they both started hurting like hell when I hit the floor.
Everything hurt and I couldn't help the tears that were running down my face. It hurt so much, I couldn't think that my body could hurt any more. For the next few minutes, that seemed like eternity to me, I was broken, cut, bruised and much more. With the small bit of will power that I had. I grabbed the sword and I faced Isaiah. I knew that if I was going to die I should at least try and put up a fight. I looked at him with a glared and he laughed.
"Take your best shot." He exclaimed spreading his arms wide apart and I glared at her heart. I kept glaring at him and swung my sword but not at him, but at Elena. I was too fast for her to comprehend that I was attacking her that she actually looked surprised when I cut her head off. The head stood in place for a few more seconds and literally rolled off her shoulders and onto the ground. He stared at me then he lunched at me. I closed my eyes and my world went blank.
I opened my eyes after a few moments and noticed Isaiah was leaning over me with his eyes wide open. But he was lifeless, the sword was right where his heart was and he was limp on the sword. I stood up and my leg was crooked and it was extremely painful.
But I knew better. I had to get out of that house as fast as I could. I also decided to swallow my pride and go to the hospital for some medical help. I really needed it and I wasn't going to wait around until the guardians came to help me. They could probably find me outside crawling far away from this house. I glanced at the clock and noticed that what seemed like an eternity to me was actually a few minutes in the real world.
I sighed in pain and walked out of the house in the sunlight where I knew was safer than the house. I tried to distract myself from the pain but the pain oversaw my distraction. The pain was now growing unbearable. Tear were falling freely and I was sobbing. In the back of my brain and from the bottom of my heart I wished Mason and Eddie would hurry u and get help from the Academy but to my disappointment no help came to my rescue.
All of a sudden a Navy blue ford truck pulled up next to me and I saw a young couple like in their mid-twenties came out of it. No longer being able to stand the pain I collapsed and fell on my ass, which also hurt, I couldn't help it anymore I started sobbing and screaming in pain. Something that I've never done before. The young lady rushed beside me and kneeled next to me.
"Are you okay." she asked in the softest voice. I looked at her with red puffy eyes and my tears were clouding my vision. She gave me a small sympathetic smile. Why would I lie when i really need to go to the hospital, maybe she could even call an ambulance to come and take me away. I shook my head indicating that I was not okay.
"Bob!" she exclaimed. Then a young man appeared. He had dirty blond hair with green eyes. He was tall about 6'1 and really muscular. He was wearing a purple Lakers jersey but I'm just guessing he's a fan.
"We have to help her.." She said frantically. Slowly he bend down and picked me up bridal style and the lady who was wearing a knee length while skirt with a glittery hot pink tank top with a white sweater and hot pink flip flops, opened the backseat door and Bob gently placed me in the back seat. I groaned in pain and worried and concerned crossed his face
"Are you okay?" he asked. I shook my head and he reached over and put a seat belt on.
"I'm sorry if you're in pain." He apologized.
"S'okay." I murmured not being able to use more voice. He looked at me once again and rushed to the driver's seat and got in put on his seat belt and the lady did the same. They headed towards the hospital but I drifted off to the world of unconsciousness.
When I opened my eyes I felt something in my nose. My hand, that didn't have a cast one, touched my nose to feel what was in my nose. It was the breathing oxygen thing. I looked around the room and noticed that I was in a hospital.
But this hospital room wasn't whit and boring like St. Vladimir's. The room was a light blue, with a big window to my right to see the rain. There was a regular TV in front of me and there was no one else in my room. There was a bathroom across the room and an exit across from the bathroom. The lady that took me here came into my room with a coffee cup in her hand.
"Hi!" she whispered with a small smile on her face.
"Hi!" I croaked smiling back at her. She smiled.
"I've been worried about you." She said sitting down next to my bed.
"Worried about me?" I asked in a confused tone. She nodded. "Why? You barely met me." I said and she nodded once again.
"Why?" I asked.
"You were crying and limping I knew something was wrong so I told my fiancé to pull over. You were badly hurt and it just killed me to see you like that. Plus, you beyond the crying and limping you had a glow in your eyes. From that glow I could tell that you were special." she announced proudly. She looked at me and smiled cheekily.
Despite the pain that I was in I giggled then groaned. She smiled sympathetically again and sat in a chair that was near my bed.
"So how bad am I?" I asked her looking own and stared at my broken leg. She looked at the coffee she had in her hand and then at my eyes.
"You have a crack in your skull. Your arms broken and your leg is broken. You have 3 broken ribs and your cut and bruised all over your body. On the arm that's not broken-" She started pointing at my non broken arm where the IV needle was in me. "You have 3 stitches and on your tummy you have 14 stitches." she continued.
"What happened?" She asked and I froze. I didn't really know how to explain it to her without involving the police or without me telling her about vampires.
"I don't know." I lied smoothly. She nodded again and took another sip from her coffee.
"So...I really don't know what our name is and I don't know how to ask you what your name is politely." I said bluntly. She stared at me and laughed.
"My name is Stephanie. And yours..." She drifted off.
"Rose." I said. "Rose Hathaway." I answered.
"Oh." She exclaimed. I studied her.
Why did she seem so disappointed in knowing me? Does she know about my mom? Does she know what I'm doing in the future. I finally decided to ask.
"Why do you seem so disappointed when I told you my name?" I asked demandingly. She stood up deciding to ignore my question.
"Who do we need to call? Your mom? Dad?" She asked.
"I don't know." I stated but it sounded more like a question. she stared at me with a confused look on her face.
"My mom doesn't know I'm here, and I don't know where to reach her." I half lied. She nodded taking in my lie.
"Do you have friends here in Spokane?" she asked staring at a bouquet of flowers. I hadn't noticed that they were there. She looked at the flowers and looked through them.
"There's a card." She exclaimed happily. She grabbed the note and she looked at me.
"Here" She said handing me the note. I was wondering why she didn't look at the note and read to me what it says.
"I'm not that nosy." She said like she read my mind. I looked at her in astonishment and she winked at me. I looked at the not that had my name n them and opened it up.
Rose,
I went into the house and saw what you did to Isaiah and Elena. What a shame, they were some of the best. You're going to make one heck of a guardian. Because of that I don't want you to go back to your guardian school. I'm going to make a deal with you. Do you choose to accept it. You have to stay away from the Dragomir girl. You have to stay away from your school and have no contact with the school or with her and I will assure you and your princess will be safe. But if you don't I will get her and finish the Dragomir line. -S
I froze from my spot. I reread the letter and my heart started racing and my blood started to boil. They will not put one single hair on Lissa. My Lissa. I low growl came from the back of my throat and a voice snapped me out of my train of thought.
"Are you okay? Do I need to get the nurse." She asked with concern and worry lacing in her words. I looked up at her.
"I'm fine why?" I asked through my teeth.
"You heart monitor went crazy." She replied.
"I'm fine. See?" I said pointing at the heart monitor. She nodded but didn't seem convinced, but didn't want to push it.
"Do you need anything from the cafeteria? I'm meeting Bob in the cafeteria." She said smiling sweetly.
"I would like a doughnut please." I said with a cheeky smiled. She giggled and nodded then left to the cafeteria.
I rested my head on the hospital pillow and closed my eyes. I concentrated on Lissa. Slowly I slipped into her mind. She was in a van. She was sitting right next to my mother. Lissa emotions were everywhere. She was hurt, confused, worried a little angry on us leaving without telling her. But most of all she was really worried for us.
Dimitri was in the backseat with...grr. Tasha. There was more guardians in the van along with Stan and Alberta. They had an no emotions on their faces. They were driving along when two figures stopped right in front of them. It was Eddie and Mason. The guardian that was driving stomped on the brakes and Alberta looked a little relieved.
Everyone except for Lissa climbed out of the van and attacked Mason and Eddie with questions.
"Where's Christian and Mia? Are they with Rose? Are you guys okay? Was anyone turned? what the hell were you thinking? Where's the Strigoi house?" they asked and Mason and Eddie just looked a little confused. All these questions was thrown in their face all at once. I guess my mother looked at boys' face and she must of read it.
"Okay. Alberta. You ask the questions. We need to get these kids out as soon as possible." My mother had said. Eddie looked relieved. I could tell he was hungry. Heck they both were.
"The Strigoi house is about two blocks away. Rose was in there and she fighting off the Strigoi. I don't know if she could keep them off any longer we haven't had any food or drink." Mason concluded. Through Lissa's eyes I could see that Mason and Eddie was really worried. Mia was behind them and she looked scared. I was surprised when I saw that Christian looked around and laid his eyes on the van but he looked worried and angry.
"Okay." Alberta said in a serious voice. She looked at my mother and then at Dimitri as if they already had a plan set in mind. "Stan get these two Morois to the feeders in the van and get these two some water and food."
The door of the van opened and Christian saw Lissa and his aunt. Lissa wrapped her arms around his neck and Christian wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tight whispering reassuring words in her ear. He let go of Lissa and gave her a quick kiss on her lips and then went to hug his aunt. She was worried for her nephew and she wrapped her arms reassuringly around Christian's waist and cried in the crook of his neck.
Everything was getting weird so I decided to pull out of Lissa's head and go back to the hospital room just in case Stephanie came back. I really didn't know how my face looked when I got into Lissa's head but it freaks Dimitri out. I concentrated on the hospital and my own thoughts and pulled out of her head.
I looked around in the hospital and I moved my hand over to reach the control that was on the table right next to me but I noticed that it was too painful to move. And the remote control wasn't even that far away.
I was disappointed in myself. I was soon to be guardian and I couldn't fight off two Strigoi to protect my friends and to keep me from being in the hospital how pathetic. I was in a poor excuse for a novice and soon to be guardian. I took a deep breath and then Stephanie walked into the room with a huge smile and my doughnut in her hand.
I smiled at her and I noticed that she had her husband in tow. He looked at me and smiled a million watt smile. "How are you feeling?" he asked smiling sadly at me.
"I've been better. I would like to thank you both for bringing me here." I thanked then and they nodded at the same time. It was if they rehearsed it before coming in here.
"Do you know where we could contact a family member?" he asked me. I shrugged then winced. That wasn't a good idea. I had to remind myself that I couldn't move and I really couldn't contact anyone from he school.
"I don't know." I answered finally. Now it was his turn to look at me in a weird way.
"I think some sleep will help me remember how to contact my mother." I told them. They nodded and they got up.
Bob smiled at me and Stephanie came up near my bed and kissed my forehead. Like a mother would. I never had that motherly gesture I was kind of shocked and she smiled at me once more and Bob threw me a peace sign from the door. I lifted my arm just a little bit enough to not make my body hurt and waved back. "We'll see you in the morning." I nodded and smiled at them.
I rested my head on my hard hospital pillow and Stephanie rushed into the room. I lifted my head to smile at her and look at her curiously but she just walked up to my bed and she put the doughnut on my tummy. "I almost forgot." She giggled and left the room. I smiled. It would be awesome to have family like that. I rested my head once again on my pillow and closed my eyes. It wasn't long enough before I was sucked into Lissa's head again.
Lissa held on to Christian's hand as if her life depended on it and they both walked into a house. It took a split second to realized that they were walking into the Strigoi house. If they allowed Lissa and Christian along with Eddie and Mason to go in the house then it must be safe. They walked into the house and it looked as if someone had been dragged out of the house.
Lissa kept staring at the puddle of blood and then the blood that looked like a big thick line of blood. Lissa froze. Lissa smelled it and she knew that it was my blood. I didn't know how she knew it my mine-I even didn't know it was mine- but it was. It may be from the time that Lissa had fed off me. Dimitri squatted near the puddle of blood and then my mom saw that Elena and Isaiah were dead.
"This could only mean one thing." my mom said to Dimitri. He paled but he kept his guardian face that I teased him about, and nodded.
Lissa held onto Christian as if he was going to be taken away. She wanted to know what they were talking about but didn't want to ask. "What does this mean?" Christian asked.
My mom had tears in her eyes. I never ever seen her cry or knew she could but she wiped them away hoping that no one would see but we all saw. "Rose had been turned." she said and Lissa turned and cried into Christian's chest and Christian held her tighter.
I pulled out of Lissa's head and I knew that the only thing that I could do now was run away. Even though it pained me to say it. I couldn't go back to the academy. For one it was to protect Lissa, two even if I showed my face there I would be killed. I closed my eyes and cried myself to sleep knowing that I would never see any of my old life ever again.
