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Chapter 3

One day later…

"She's coming around," I heard someone speak as I slowly opened my eyes. It was Stan and he had hung up on whoever it was on the phone.

"What happened?" I asked him.

"You don't remember? You were hung up on darkness and you took on four Strigoi on your own. After that, I guess you overstressed your body and you just passed out…" He told me. It was slowly coming back to me. The last thing I had heard was Dimitri yelling my name.

"So how did I get here?" I asked Stan.

"Funny story. After you passed out, Dimitri was so worried. You wouldn't wake and we called the medics. He got so worried that he told the medics if they didn't work any faster, they'd be fired. I had never seen him that angry or worried in my life. Then again, it's not like I've known him that long of a time either," He explained.

"I highly doubt he has the power to actually fire them," Stan laughed.

"Of course not. Headmistress Kirova just made him think he did because he was so worried and he wouldn't calm down. Then when you were breathing again, we brought you back to the infirmary where you've been out until now," Stan continued. I nodded in acknowledgement.

"Well where is Dimitri then? If he cared so much, why isn't he here?" I asked.

"Well, he figured you hated him so much you wouldn't want him around so he didn't bother staying. He told me to watch over you in his stead. Why? Do you want him to be here?" Stan asked. After thinking for a while, I shook my head.

"No…it probably is better he's not here," I told him. Stan didn't answer, but he gave a slight nod. "Can I ask you something?" I looked at Stan.

"Sure, fire away," He told me.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you helping me? Last time, as much as I hated you, you hated me too. You don't have to do all this for me," I told Stan.

"I know. But I'm doing this with my own volition. I want to do this and to be honest, you need me at this point. You're not willing to go to Dimitri but you still need an adult," I didn't respond. The idea wasn't that far off from the truth. "So can we just call all of this as a truce?" He asked. I laughed a bit.

"Yeah…truce," I smiled. He smiled back before looking at his watch.

"Hey, can you sit tight here for a sec? I'm going to tell Guardian Belikov that you're awake and update him on your condition. He deserves to know that much at least. I'll be back in a little bit," I nodded and laid back down on the bed. When I closed my eyes, I started to drift off into sleep.

"Just what are you thinking…Dimitri…" Before I knew it, I got an idea. I quickly got out of bed and snuck out after Stan. I saw him and Dimitri in Stan's classroom.

"She's awake, Belikov," It was Stan's voice. Was this a vision of some sort? Dimitri was apparently in a class teaching as Stan whispered to him.

"That's good. I'm assuming she still doesn't want to see me," Stan shook his head as a response. Suddenly Dimitri banged on his desk, shocking me to the point I almost lost focus in this vision or dream or whatever it was.

"Look, she'll come around. You have to give her time, Belikov. This really is your fault. She's hurt and you know it. You can see right through her still. You know she's doing this as revenge because of how much you hurt her. Dimitri, you can end all of her pain…all you do is just be true to yourself. You love her. You still love her and I have no doubt about it the split second you caught her fall yesterday. You know better Dimitri. She's the child. You're the adult…" Stan tried to convince Dimitri.

"But she's not even giving me the time of day Stan, that's the difference. If I had five minutes with her, I'd fix this in a flash," Dimitri retorted to Stan.

"Would you? Five minutes would be all it took, are you stupid? You'd be doing it half-assed, Belikov!" Stan scolded Dimitri. Wow…never saw it in Stan to say something like that for me. I've really got to give him credits for guts. "Even if she gave you a week, your apology would only be the beginning. You owe her a lot. If it wasn't for her, you'd still be in Russia, as a Strigoi, possibly attacking the school by now. Sure Princess Vasilisa was the one who technically "saved" you, but you owe everything you have to Rose, and if anything, you were the one who didn't give her the time of day. Time and again she's been trying to catch your attention, but you pretended like she didn't exist. And don't tell me otherwise because I've seen you walk by her without a second thought!" I was shocked now. Wow…Stan was pissed…. "Look, I'm going back to the infirmary to make sure she's alright. Maybe you shouldn't see her until you get a grip of reality," Stan stormed out of the room and I stood there shocked, speechless.

"Rose…" I bit my lip to prevent tears from falling.

"Five minutes…" I whispered. "Five pathetic minutes…" I glared at Dimitri, no longer caring I was crying in front of him. "You…are absolutely pathetic…" I kept talking.

"Rose…" Stan tried to stop me.

"You meant the world to me. You were everything to me. I gave you everything with nothing in return. I trusted and you stabbed me in the back! If you think I hate you for the feeding, Lissa's done it multiple times. I don't care about that! Love fades, mine has? That's the reason why I'm pissed. Look, forget it. I have to go…" I ran to my room with everything I had. My heart had been torn to pieces and it was still breaking. When I got to my room, I just turned all the lights off and sobbed against the door.

"Rose, open up! Please stop crying sweetheart…" It was Stan. I didn't open the door for him either this time. I just wanted to be alone. Every time…every time I thought I was so close to getting to Dimitri and he just gives me another reason to leave. I was getting sick of it all.

"Go away!" I screamed.

"Rose…just open the door…" Stan tried to coax me out. I slowly opened the door. "Rose…" My body was shaking as I was still crying. I knew Dimitri was next to Stan, but I was hurt beyond belief that I couldn't care anymore.

"Roza…" I heard Dimitri call my name. I started whimpering and Stan shushed me. "I can calm her down, Alto. I want to try. Just one chance, please," Stan slowly let me go.

"Rose, one chance for him?" I didn't respond as I couldn't get a word out. Stan finally let me go completely and I grabbed for him. Dimitri stood in the way though and I grabbed Dimitri's sleeve instead.

"Get away from me!" I screamed.

"Rose, you're hysterical. Just calm down. Think rationally!" Dimitri shook me.

"Go away!" I pushed Dimitri back and pushing a little too hard, Dimitri fell back and landed on his butt. I wiped my eyes and gave him a really angry look.

"You already had your chance. You're not getting another one," I wiped my eyes more until the tears stopped. "Leave me alone if you know what's good for you," I warned him. "Plus…you know what I can do and you know who I know. And if I remember correctly, you were saying to stay away from Zmey right? Look how that turned out," I left Dimitri and walked off. He really had the nerve to even touch me.

"Roza, I still love you!" He shouted. I looked at him and shook my head.

"Doesn't change anything, sorry," I headed to the school's garden out back and let the cool air calm me. I quickly climbed up a tree and relaxed against it. The rustling of the leaves was calming as I closed my eyes.

"Miss Hathaway, I didn't expect you to be out here," I looked and saw the priest from the church.

"Hey…" I answered him plainly.

"So I heard you've been creating a few…disturbances…in school recently. Is everything alright?" He asked.

"God, will people just stop asking me that? I can take care of myself thank you very much," I groaned.

"Rosemarie…alright. If you say so…" The priest simply nodded as a goodnight and then left so that I could think. After a while, I jumped from the tree and saw a figure in the shadows. I quickly called Stan. Don't ask how I had his number.

"Hello? Rose, how in the world do you have my number?" He asked through the phone.

"Someone's on campus…someone who shouldn't be here…" I whispered.

"Where are you?" I didn't answer. I let the leaves rustling do the answering.

"You're outside, where?" He asked, starting to worry.

"Amazing, isn't it?" I dropped a hint.

"Hedge maze. Stay where you are, hide and I'm getting Dimitri and I'm coming. Just hang tight," Stan hung up. I kept watching the shadowed figure as whoever it was, was trying to sneak their way around.

"Looking for something?" I asked the shadowed figure. Whoever it was, was definitely startled.

"Ah, I see that I have been caught. I guess I have underestimated you. You see, our boss…has things planned for you. Your special darkness gift has its uses. And we're just giving you an opportunity to try it out," He came out of the light. It was a Strigoi. Wait, I recognized this guy. I closed my eyes quickly and thought back in time. After a few minutes, I opened my eyes. I knew this guy. He was one of the Strigoi who were Dimitri's "followers" back then.

"Gabriel," It was Dimitri's voice.

"Ah, Belikov…back to your pathetic dhampir self…You sure you're ready for this new life? I mean, just a week ago, you were still drinking from your girl," Dimitri quickly shut the guy up with a punch. I gasped. Suddenly someone grabbed me from behind and I screamed. Dimitri turned and got defensive quickly.

"Belikov, it's just me! Alto, I've got her," I turned and saw Stan. A sigh of relief came from me.

"Gabriel, we've had four Strigoi come by earlier, taken out by Rose just yesterday," Dimitri started to get angry and I could tell. Suddenly, I saw a vision and things fast forwarded. Before I knew it, Dimitri was pinned by two more Strigoi in my vision. I was seeing the future. Was this what the Strigoi was talking about? Suddenly in the back, I saw two more shadowed figures. If my vision was right, this was going to go down badly. We needed more backup but didn't have the time. Then I remembered what Dimitri said as a Strigoi. Every sense is heightened. Touch, Smell, Sight, everything…which included hearing and now I had a plan. I was going to kill two birds with one stone.

"Dimitri, let him go," I said with a firm voice. Dimitri looked at me as if I was crazy. "Let him go!" I shouted. I got a wince from the Strigoi. This just might work. "Dimitri, for once in your life, trust me on this. Back up to here," Dimitri groaned and listened obediently for once.

"Cover your ears. Now…" I whispered to Stan and Dimitri. Both finally caught on. "There are two more of them, maybe more. I'll explain later but we need backup and we don't have time. So I have a faster method," They covered their ears and I walked out to the Strigoi.

"That's a good girl," I gave them a sneaky grin. Then, I screamed as loud as I could and he quickly backed away. That also got the alarm going and before I even blinked, guards and other guardians came out cornering him. The Strigoi laughed. "Smart girl. Feisty," He sneered. Two other Strigoi came out as predicted.

"Tables have turned, Gabriel. See, my girl here is smart," Dimitri told him.

"I'm not your girl," I growled and walked to the Strigoi. "Goodbye." In one fell swoop, I snapped the Strigoi's neck. "Next?" The two Strigoi actually looked scared.

"They're young and probably useful. Get a silver stake and change him. Same with the other. We'll need them one day," The guards took them away.

"Rose…what are they after?" Dimitri asked quickly.

"It's not a what. It's a who," I told him without turning around.

"Ok then. Who then?" I finally turned to Stan who asked this time.

"Me…and the darkness that I carry. And I just got a glimpse of what they meant," I answered.

"What are you talking about? Darkness enhances your strength only from what we can tell," Dimitri added.

"That's because you guys can't tell. I can. Dimitri, the reason I knew the other two Strigoi were hidden was because I got a vision. A vision of you being taken down by the three of them because we were outnumbered. Dimitri…?" I made sure he was paying attention by turning around now.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I saw the future. For a split second…but I definitely saw the future…and I changed it," I told the two of them.

Hm…future sight eh? And what about the priest that walked by from nowhere? Does he have a role in this story? Hope you guys liked it so far and stay tuned! 6-8 reviews please and thank you! Plus, more reviews, faster update! Thanks again!