Business Man

Rose's POV

"Sometimes, I love my Old Man." I said as I snuggled into the giant white seat.

"Yah, I am happy he canceled our tickets." Nessy said as she ordered form the flight attendant.

"Stop indulging. We need to make a plan for when we get to St. Petersburg." Dimitri said to us, as tense as ever.

"We have a long flight," I told him, "We will converse about that in a few hours when we wake up." I said as I started to close my eyes.

"Really, Dimitri. Start indulging. See the better side of life." Nessy said. I just couldn't stop the laugh from coming up my throat.

"Nessy, I like you more and more." I told her, my eyes still closed. I leaned back and let myself sink into the wonderful fluff.

**VA**

"Passengers, we are experiencing some slight turbulence, so I ask would you please put your seat belts on for your own safety. Thank you." The pilot's voice came over the intercom.

I grumbled and started to put my seat belt on but was knocked form my seat when the plane shook. I rolled over and landed at Dimitri's feet. "Are you okay, Roza?" He said as the plane shook again. He put his hand out and I grabbed it.

"Yah." I jumped into the seat next to him and buckled myself in. Nessy looked terrified. "Are you okay, Nessy?"

"Y-yah. I am just scared of planes." She stuttered.

I gave her a sympathetic smile. I turned to Dimitri. "How about you?"

He grinned. "I am fine. I am more worried about my two ladies'." He said.

"You know we can take care of ourselves." I said and punched him in the arm. The plane shook again, harder. "Geeze, I hope this turbulence stops. We are only just barely crossing over into Russia." I said and looked out the window at the snow capped mountains. Just then, the oxygen masks came out of the compartment above. "Holy crap." The pilot's voice came on again.

"We are going to have to land at a small airstrip that may possibly be covered in ice. Please stay calm and remain in your seats."

I looked at Dimitri. He actually looked worried. "It's okay, we will land." He said to us. I nodded and grabbed his hand. I looked over to Nessy. She had her eyes rammed shut, and her teeth gritted. I took a deep breath and hoped for the best. The plane started to decline into the mountains. There were clouds everywhere. I was really starting to doubt our chances of surviving.

The plane jerked and I knew that we had landed. That gave me small hope, but we still had to stop. I heard the tires scrape across the ice. The plane starting to swerve so we were sliding sideways, then we hit something which caused us to be pushed in our seatbelts. My waist started to hurt form where it dug in. We stopped completely, but my side of the plane was against what looked like a rock wall. I undid my seatbelt and so did Dimitri and Nessy. We pushed the door open that was thankfully on the side that was not against the wall, and were met by harsh, cold winds. We shut the door. The flight attendant and pilot came out of their cabin. "What's wrong?" The pilot asked us.

"It is a blizzard out there." Dimitri answered. The flight attendant went to a closet that was at the back of the plane and produced large, fury coats. We put them on.

"The winds are so strong out there that it is going to need all of our strength to get to the small building." I said to everyone. "Now, This is how I want it. Dimitri will lead, then you," I pointed to the pilot, "then Nessy, then you," I pointed to the slight attendant, "Then me. This way, The Moroi will each have two strong hands to hold onto just in case they fall." Everyone nodded and Dimitri looked at me with pride for taking control. I smiled back and we all put our coats on.

Dimitri opened the door, and we all clasped hands. About 100 feet away, was a small building that seemed to be the only thing for miles. The stairs rolled down and we started our trek. The flight attendant slipped a few times, but Nessy or I helped her up. Dimitri plowed through the snow and pretty soon, we ended up at the door. We all walked in, and it took both Dimitri and my strength to shut the door behind us. We slipped to the ground in front of the door only to get back up again at the sight that unfolded in front of us.

Standing there, were five dhampirs and one Moroi. Mind that all the dhampirs had guns. Pointed at us. Dimitri and I jumped in front of the other three in our fighting stance. "It's sad that it wasn't Abe himself on the plane, but at least we have his daughter." The Moroi said. That caught me off guard.

"How do you know I am his daughter?" I growled.

"I know many things about our world that others do not. One is that Ibrahim Mazur has caused me a lot of trouble in taking my business away, and I am here to get it back." He said. So this man was like Abe. A 'business man'. My ass.

"I had a tracker put on his private jet. This is where it took me. This is almost better than Abe himself." He smiled and put his hands together. "But we don't need all the others." He snapped his fingers and before I knew it, both of the Moroi were on the ground, blood seeping out of the holes in their foreheads. I jumped in front of Dimitri and Nessy before the guardians could get a good aim on them.

"Don't touch them!" I yelled.

The Moroi laughed. "Little girl, you cannot tell me what to do." He snapped his fingers again and the guardians put the guns away and came at me. I did a quick round house kick and my foot made contact with both of their faces. They fell to the ground and the other three advanced on me. I slipped under the closest ones legs and shoved him from behind into one of the others. I jumped on the last one, and he fell to the ground where I hit his head against the ground, knocking him unconscious. The other two were back up on their feet, and before I could get to them, Dimitri smacked their heads together hard, and they both fell to the ground.

"It looks like I can tell you what to do." I said and started towards the Moroi. He started to back away, but then smiled at something behind me. There was a gunshot and then a thunk as someone fell to the ground. I whipped around to see Nessy leaning over Dimitri. I couldn't see him, but I knew that he was the one that got hit. I ran over to them and kneeled in front of him, right next to Nessy. I searched his torso for a wound and finally found the hole in his right shoulder. His teeth were gritted and he was staring at the guardian that had shot him. I took of my coat and ripped a piece of fabric off the bottom of my shirt. I pressed it against his wound. Dimitri gasped, flinched and moaned all together.

"Nessy, keep the pressure on it. I'll be right back." I told her and put my jacket back on. I ran towards the door and was stopped by the guardian who had woken up and shot Dimitri. "What?"

"You can't leave."

"What am I going to do? Fix the plane and magically learn how to fly it?" I said and pushed past him. I ran through the dying storm to the plane. I climbed the stairs and found the first aid hit. I ran out and spotted another smaller building a few feet away from the building I was just in. I looked closer, and found two snowmobiles. Perfect. Ignoring them for now, I went back into treat Dimitri. I went through the door and forced it shut. The Moroi and his guardians were all seated in some of the terminal chairs just watching us. At least they didn't kill them while I was gone.

I kneeled next to Dimitri again and opened the first aid kit. "Okay, Dimitri. I know that you know how to do this better than I do so you are going to have to stay awake long enough to walk me through this." He nodded and I pulled his shirt over his head. I got out some antibacterial gel and poured it into my hands. Nessy did the same.

"Nessy, press against either side of my wound. Not to hard though." Dimitri started. She nodded and did it. "Rose, get the long tweezers out of the kit. You have to get the bullet." I sucked in air and nodded. I grabbed the tweezers and slowly eased into his wound. I grabbed the bullet and Dimitri moaned. He gritted his teeth again but stayed strong. I slowly pulled it out, and he balled his fists. When it was finally out, he gasped. "Now, clean around the wound." I did it. "Take a piece of gauze and tape it on top of the wound. Then wrap my shoulder in the longer pieces." I did everything and we put his shirt back on carefully. I cleaned the tweezers and threw away the cloth I used to clean his wound with. He faded out form the pain. I just sat next to him holding his hand. Nessy sat on the other side of him. And the Moroi just sat there, smirking at me the entire time.

So, who is this new Moroi? How is Rose going to get everyone out of this without Dimitri fully there? There are snow mobiles though! She just has to subdue all six of the bad guys that all have guns. Ouch. Review!