A/N: Hi, thank you to those who reviewed my story! It made me really happy (: I read through the last chapter and it was appalling! Sorry! If anyone wants to be my beta reader please tell me, (that's someone who proof reads it for you, right?) Anyway, here's chapter two for you.
Richelle Mead owns all of this.

"Where?" Dimitri asked over the talkies. I loved how he could be so calm in situations like these, while on the other hand, I was panting, worried about Lissa's safety.

"About 500 metres ahead of our vehicle." One of the Guardians said. "There are eight. Also, four moroi being guarded by two guardians. There are also two guardians down. We will help out, do you intend to do so?" I looked at Dimitri, he nodded a slight nod towards me and I could see the fear in his eyes that he was trying to hide.

"Yes, we will. You get out first and we will follow after we tell the Queen our plans."

"Okay, sounds good. We are pulling up now." I heard through the walkie talkie as I looked outside to see the guardians spilling out of the car a kilometre ahead of us.

"Lissa, Christian, We are going to help the Guardians that need assistance. You two are to stay in the car with Guardian Verndenov. Guardian Verndenov, if anything happens, you will drive away instantly, do you understand? Christian, if you need to, put a ring of fire around the car to protect yourselves." I said to Lissa and Christian, who were now sitting in the very back where we were sitting moments ago. The car screeched to a holt and I looked up at Dimitri before he slid open the door of the SUV. His eyes seemed to say 'I love you' and I hoped mine mirrored the same.

"Be careful!" Lissa screeched hysterically as we exited the car. I reached down and grabbed my stake and forced it into the back of one another guardian was fighting against. Not even two seconds had passed before another strigoi was fighting me. Glancing around I saw all the guardians fighting, two on Dimitri. I punched the strigoi I was fighting in the jaw and he feigned back, lifting a hand to his face. I took this as a chance to stake him but before he fell to the ground, dead, he whispered "Rose.."

I turned around and saw that all guardians bar two were still fighting and they were trying to get the moroi into the SUV with Lissa and Christian. Dimitri only had one strigoi on him, but I went to help him anyway. He glanced at me, gave a quick nod of his head and went back to fighting, me at his side. It was strange how we could fight so in-sync. In a matter of seconds, the strigoi was dead and we were helping the other guardians with the remaining two strigoi. After fighting for about a minute or two, Dimitri came to my side and we had began fighting together against the strigoi. Dimitri kicked out his legs and instinctively the strigoi put his arms back to stop his fall. As he did, he said, "Damn you, Belikov." And I pierced my stake into his heart.

I stopped and looked up at Dimitri, he had a cut through his shirt, showing blood on his left shoulder. He leant down and kissed my forehead.

"Well done," He said to me. Together we had killed five of the eight. He killed two and I killed three.

"Thanks," I said a little out of breath. I turned to the car, Lissa and Christian were now standing outside, watching the guardians lay the two dead guardians across the back seats. The Moroi were crying and I could tell Lissa was scared. I didn't need the bond to know that. I went up to her and embraced her in a hug.

"It's all going to be okay, Lissa. We're safe now." I whispered in her ear, giving her a reassuring look. I asked Dimitri for his phone, there was no way we were all going to get back in these two vehicles. I decided to ring Eddie, He had been released of his charges, Lissa had been the one who he had saved and she had seen the whole thing and no one was going to argue the matter with her, they'd practically have their hed chopped off.

"Guardian Edison Castile speaking," He answered on the third ring.

"Hey Eddie, it's Rose. We just encountered a strigoi attack about thirty minutes on the main road away from court. All is okay, though there are two casualties-Guardians. We need another vehicle to get us all back to court safely, would you be able to get one to us?" I asked him.

"Sure thing, Rose. See you in half an hour," He said swiftly. It sounded as if he was already getting into his car.

"Okay. Thanks, Eddie. See you soon." I said but he had already disconnected and I wasn't able to finish. I turned to see the guardians waiting for me to finish on the phone, the moroi, besides Lissa and Christian, of course.

"I rang Eddie, he's on his way now." I told them as I walked over to stand beside Dimitri.

"I love you, so, so much." He said as he encircled his arms around my waist.

"I love you too," I said leaning my head on his chest.

Time was of the essence at the moment, it had been twenty minutes and it wasn't safe out here in the dark, though the sun was rising. It would start to get sunny soon, only making it uncomfortable for the moroi. But, speaking of the devil, Eddie came speeding around the corner with another vehicle and we climbed into it quickly. The other guardians went in the SUV we had before and another guardian was driving the car with the corpses. I sat next to Dimitri, this had been a long day and I just wanted to get home and sleep, but the thought of that strigoi knowing my name scared the hell out of me. I would have to talk to Dimitri later on about it. I leant on Dimitri's shoulder and he began whispering in Russian to me. Although I had no idea what he was saying, it still comforted me. I fell asleep soon after, happy that we were both safe.

I awoke to Dimitri Placing me on our bed. I hadn't realised I'd been that knocked out in sleep.

"Don't worry, I got Gaurdian Yewill to cover the last hour of your shift." He said as he stripped down to his boxers and climbed into bed next to me.

"Thanks, I needed it." I said to him, kissing him fiercely on the lips before he was able to reply.

Well, those boxers didn't stay on for long. I thought as I fell asleep, content in Dimitri's strong, arms.

I woke up, early for me, this morning. Tomorrow was Christian's birthday, so no doubt, Lissa would be planning that all day. What an entertaining day for me today then. I got up and realised Dimitri was already in the shower. So I headed down stairs and put two bowls, the box of ceral and the carton of milk on the table for when he comes down. I filled up the kettle and switched it on, ready for when Dimitri comes down the stairs. I sat down and filled my bowl up and started eating. Dimitri came down the stairs about a minute later.

"Morning my dearest Roza," He said, kissing my forehead as he walked into the kitchen to make himself a coffee.

"Dimitri, those strigoi yesterday, they knew who we were." I said to him, worry leaking into my voice.

"I had met one of them before. Back when I was strigoi. I hadn't met any of the others. Why, did they say something to you?" He said, sipping at as coffee. I was glad he had forgiven himself over this, I had gone through a lot of trouble to get him back this way. Thinking of that made me think of his family, I wondered if they knew he had been returned to his dhampir state.

"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about," I said, trying to convince myself. "Have you spoken to your family recently? Do they know you've changed back?" I asked him, changing the topic.

"No, I haven't. It's not exactly something I want to do via email or phone, I don't think they'd believe me. Maybe we should go see them?" He suggested.

"Are you serious? I'd love that, though I didn't leave things on such good tems with Victoria.." I trailed off.

"When do you want to go? I'm sure she'll forgive you. We can get replacement guardians o fill in for us for a while, we can go after Christian's birthday if you'd like." He said, I could tell he was excited to go, the big grin on his face king of gave it away.

"Sounds good to me, we can go whenever you'd like." I told him, excitedly.
I finished breakfast quickly and went to get ready for the day.

"I love you, Comrade." I said, kissing him quickly as I rushed out the door, excited to tell Lissa our plans.

"Love you too, my Roza. Have a nice day!" He called, laughing as he closed the door after me.