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"But until then I will need to take LOTS of blood samples from you." And with that he bit me.

RPOV

It was just like last time, the bite was painful for the first second but after that one second, my world exploded into pure bliss. There was nothing in the world like a Strigoi bite. I had forgotten how good one could make you feel. But all to soon it stopped.

"Mmmmm so sweet. My dear, your blood is DEFINITELY something special." Ivan said as he licked over the bite he had just made on my neck which just intensified the pleasure. The reason a Moroi's and Strigoi's bite was so amazing, was because of their saliva. It was the key to the happy drug they pump you with when they bite you.

"I know that the only reason you were able to escape last time was because you somehow convinced Dimitri NOT to bite you for a few days and you came out of the drug haze. Rest assured, I will not make that mistake. No, I intend to bite you every day to keep you under my influence and then drain your precious blood for my experiment."

"H...how...do..do you know...so much a...about ..la...last time?" I managed to say.

"Simple. I've been a Strigoi for much longer and I've gained quite a lot of power. You see I was in charge of Galina and she was in charge of the estate itself but I was in charge of all of them. She came to me and told me of Dimitri's plan to keep you and I agreed. I heard about how good you were and I agreed with Dimitri that you would be a very valuable asset."

My drugged mind was struggling to make sense of what he had just said. He was in charge of Galina? Then how come Dimitri never told me about him? Ivan must have kept it a secret, but why?

"W...why...why would you..." I tried to get my question out but I couldn't. I was to far gone. I heard Ivan laugh at my drugged state.

"All in good time my Roza, all in good time."

And before I could yell at him for using that name, I was unconscious.

DPOV

As the plane took off, I felt myself breathe a little easier. We were FINALLY on the move. We had been flying for 5 hours now and I was getting impatient to hear the plan. Rose always makes jokes about my "famous self-control and endless patience" and she was usually right. I DID have good self control and a lot of patience but when it came to my Roza, my famous patience and self control crumbled to dust, it always had.

Even when we were back at the Academy, I was fighting a loosing battle trying to resist her and trying to convince myself that I was not falling in love with my student. But Roza had always had a way of breaking down my walls. And now that she was in danger and I was forced to WAIT, I found that my already short self-control and patience was almost non-existent.

In 12 hours, we would touch down in Russia and put our plan into action. Soon my Roza, soon, we will be together. I turned toward Hans as did Christian, Adrain, Eddie, Abe and Mia to hear what our assignments will be.

"Ok listen up people because time is short and I don't want to waste it by repeating myself," Hans announced cutting straight to the point.

"I've gone over the blue prints with Mia and I have a plan in place," he laid down the blue prints on the table and we all leaned in to look at them.

"We will go in teams of two. Dimitri and Christian will be our strike team. You two will go in and break down their defences quietly if possible. Once you have disabled and/or gotten past the guards, you get in contact with Mia and she will guide you to the room that we believe Rose is being held in."

"Once you have located her, determine if she is still a Dhampir or if she has been turned. If she has not been turned then bring her with you and get the hell out of there. If she has been turned, then detain her and contact us. Eddie and Adrain will then go in and Adrain will restore her. I will be waiting as back up in case something happens or someone needs help. Questions?"

"What if we can't find what room she's being held in?" asked Adrain.

"Then Mia will hack into their computers and find us something to work with."

"And if she can't hack into the computers?" asked Christian.

"Then quietly grab the nearest Strigoi and make him talk, if he won't then stake him and try again."

"And if the worst should happen and we were discovered and it becomes too dangerous to complete the rescue?"

I asked even though the question tasted like ash in my mouth, but I had to. I wanted Rose back more then anything, but I would not sacrifice her friends and mine to get to her if I didn't have to.

"Then we pull out and try again in two days when we have our next opening."

Hans said with a hard look on his face and I could understand why. After our rescue attempt was discovered, that estate would be locked tighter than Fort Knox. And going in on a mission when the enemy was expecting you was damn near suicide. This mission was already volunteers only and no one needed to be asked if they would be willing to take on the second and more dangerous mission.

Hans turned to Abe.

"Have you heard from your people in Russia?"

"Yes, the equipment we need will be waiting for us when we get there and I've called in a few favors and lets just say that there are some employees of the company that aren't too satisfied with their working conditions and for a considerable donation, have volunteered some valuable information about the guards patrol route." Abe walks over to the table and with a marker, put some red X's in different places on the map.

"The X's are all places that ALWAYS have the most guards as they are the places that are the most vulnerable in the event of an attack. And here," he drew a red circle this time, "are the weak spots that were brought to the Boss' attention but was told that "no normal person' could ever make it through"."

"Well, it's a good thing that we certainly aren't normal then huh?" Adrain said with a grin.

"With this new information I think that I can find their radio "hot spot" to highjack their signal form." said Mia, speaking for the first time in the meeting.

"Good," Hans said, "with that and Mia's computer hacking skills, we should be able to avoid all trouble with the perimeter altogether."

This was it. The plan was set and we were already on our way and if all went according to plan, than in just over two days I would have my Roza back in my arms.

Two days later.

RPOV

How long had I been here I wondered as I laid on my big luxury bed. With the windows being so tinted, I could hardly make out the difference between day and night and with all of the bites I was getting from Ivan, it was getting hard to tell. The only difference between the times was the food. My meals were always brought three times a day and it was always brought by the same girl.

FLASHBACK

She would come in and bring me food then wait for me to ask if I needed something and then leave. But even though she didn't say anything, I got the feeling that she actually cares about me. When she brings in my food she would always look like she was making sure that I was feeling ok and that I was eating and drinking enough to maintain healthy with all the blood I was loosing. On the second day at dinner, when my drug haze was the lowest I decided to talk to her. That is if she spoke English.

"Hello." I said.

She seemed startled at first and looked behind her as though I was talking to someone who had come in behind her. When she saw that I actually WAS talking to her she gave me a very timid smile and said "Hello" with a slight accent back. Ok so that was a yes to the English.

"What's your name?" I asked trying to get a conversation going.

"Violet." she answered in a timid voice.

"I'm Rose."

"Yes, I know."

Hmmm, she seemed a bit shy. "How long have you been here?" I tried again.

"For about two years."

"And do you like it here?" I know it might sound like a dumb question, but the last girl who had served me, what was her name? Inna that was it. She had been here by choice. She was in love with that JERK Nathan and had wanted to be turned by him.

"No, definitely not." She said and it was the strongest I have ever heard her sound.

"Then why don't you run away?"

"Because I'm a prisoner here as much as you are." And she was back to being sad.

"Were you kidnaped like me?"

"No,I came hare two years ago to try to find someone I had lost. But now I am just a slave girl."

She had such a sad look on her face that I had to say something

"You know I have friends who are coming hear to save me, and when they do, you can come with me."

"I have been praying for freedom for years now, but it has not come."

"It is now, my friends won't let me down. And if they can't come, then Dimitri will." I said with power and conviction in my voice.

"Dimitri, he is your sweetheart?"

"Yes he is." I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face. "And he will always come for me." I knew it beyond the shadow of a doubt.

"Then I hope he comes in time to save you." She said with a little smile on her face again before turning and leaving the room.

We had had some more conversation after that but I was to drugged to remember.

END OF FLASHBACK

So how long had I been here? First I was taken to Russia, I knew that, then I was brought here...how? Oh, I remember a plane! Yes that was it. And then the...the...car! I was so proud of myself for remembering that detail. The car ride wasn't a very long ride. And there was someone I didn't like but who? It couldn't be Ivan, no, he was my friend.

Dimitri had always told me that Ivan and I would get along if we ever met and he was right. Ivan was always nice to me, bringing me nice things, talking to me and BITING me! He did that test twice a day. How nice of him to give me that pleasure. In the back of my mind I knew that that wasn't right, that I should be trying to escape like I did with Dimitri...Dimitri! He didn't know where I was did he? I didn't get a chance to tell him before I was...KIDNAPPED!

I was kidnapped, I didn't come here! I was forced to come! Oh my poor Dimitri must be so worried about me, so what do I do? I thought long and hard about this and FINALLY, I got it. I would ask Adrain to give him a message when I dream walked with him...wait, I already did that! And he said that thay were coming to rescue me! But again how long ago was that? Ok, one more time.

There was the plane and then the car and then my room and...Ivan! He had said that he had had me for three days before he had started bitting me. And that had been...I know! I suddenly had an idea. I went under under my bed and started counting my lolly wrappers. I always kept a stash under my bed since I was five. I had made them last and only had one a day so I started counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!I had been here for five days!

That was bad because Ivan said he was going to turn me in 7 days and I didn't want that! My brain was starting to work again since I hadn't been bitten for nearly a whole day. I had to escape. But I tried that already, it didn't work and I was so weak from all the bites and all the "blood donations" I was making, that I could hardly get off the bed.

This was not good, but as I tried to put more of my brain back together, Ivan walked into the room. I smiled up at him like I would have before I made myself remember that I didn't actually like him and that he was the one who ordered my kidnaping.

"And how are you today my Rose?"

I finally got him to stop calling me Roza but he still called me his and I didn't like it.

"Oh I'm ok but I was just wondering..."

"Wondering what?" he asked me with a little smile you might give to someone who was too drunk to remember where they lived and was about to ask for directions.

"I've been really good lately haven't I?"

"Yes Rose you have..."

"Well...since I've been so good I was thinking...do you still need to turn me at the end of my seven days?"

He gave me a pitied look and said "Oh Rose, you know I have to. You are much to valuable to just sit here and be snacked on."

Damn. I was hoping to by myself a little more time for my "rescue" to get here but it looked like I would have to do it myself. I decided to keep him talking a while longer though.

"So how goes to research on my blood?"

His face was grim. "Not good I'm afraid. What we are trying to accomplish has never been done before and it's very complexed. You have to basically have a masters degree in chemistry to even understand what language their talking down there and even they don't know what to do. "

I bet Sydney would be able to do it, I thought, but I was NOT going to volunteer that information. It was bad enough that I was being held here against my will but I would absolutely not drag Sydney into this. Especially not when she would be helping the enemy.

"That's too bad, but if you can't do it than you might need to keep me around for a bit longer to do your research."

Ivan just laughed "Nice try my Rose but no. We will have more then enough of your blood at the end of your seven days to continue our research."

Well it was worth a shot. Ivan started smelling my neck, a sign that he was about to bite me.

"Before you do that," I knew it was pointless but I had to try something.

"Could you maybe talk to me a bit?"

"Why?" he asked suspiciously.

"I just miss having a conversation is all. I'm so drugged up that all I can do is just lie hare, so I get bored" I hoped he believed me.

"Ok, what would you like to talk about."

"Uhm," Damn. What did I want to talk about. Something that would keep him talking and distracted.

"Tell me about when Dimitri was here," I blurted out "before, you said something about you being in charge of him but he never mentioned you."

"Because I needed him to make a stand in this world first. It was common knowledge that I was his charge when I was turned and if word got out that I had a soft spot for him, no one would ever take him seriously."

"But you put him under Galina and she was his old mentor and from what I've heard she definitely favored him."

"I did nothing. When Dimitri was first turned,he came to Galina for help, he never knew of my presence. I was about to reveal myself to him before you showed up actually, then I decided to let things play out and see where you would end up. Then when you escaped and I decided I would let him hunt you down before I revealed myself." His face hardened suddenly.

"And then you had to come up with the most stupidest and craziest plan ever of trying to get him back that I actually let him go. I never in my wildest imagination would I have ever thought that there would be a way of bringing back a Strigoi but you my dear have a way of changing fate."

As he said that last part he looked down at me and gave me an almost affectionate look. It was creepy coming from a Strigoi.

"And soon, when we unlock the secret to your blood and you are one of us you will be changing MY fate for the better."

He gave me a big smile and I saw his fangs. I wanted to hit him and run but I would have never made it with all the blood that I had lost.

"Now my dear quit stalling and let me bite you."

He was on to me,I was doomed...and that's when the alarm began to sound.

DPOV

This was it, it was time to get my Roza back. We were all in the security van that Abe had gotten for us and we were about to move out. I looked over at Mia and saw her checking the equipment and making sure that everything was working.

Hans was hovering over her shoulder making sure that the plans she pulled and the plans that they were now looking at, were the same. Eddie seemed very deep in thought, probably mentally preparing himself for the up coming battle. And Abe and Christian were muttering about something,I let them be, my eyes then wondered over to Adrain. We locked eyes and I had the feeling that we were both remembering the conversation we had had earlier.

FLASHBACK

We were in the hotel room that we had rented to stop to rest up and to prepare ourselves. All the others were out preparing for the rescue so it was just me and Adrian.

"So you think that you can do this?" I asked as an ice breaker, but was genuinely worried. I mean he was pretty much my only hope if we were too late.

"Yeah, I can do this. It's going to be tough doing it to Rose but I can get past that."

He sounded sure,so I just went ahead and asked the queson that was really bugging me.

"Listen Adrain...you know that when Lissa turned me I was unnaturally atached to her for a while?"

"Yeah I know, Rose used to bitch about it to me all the time."

It hurt me to remember that I had been so cruel and harsh to my Roza that I had driven her into the arms of Adrain but I put that to the side for now.

"Yes, I was just so grateful to her for restoring me and saving me from such a horrible life that I would have done anything she asked to pay her back. Yes I was grateful, but that was All it was. I know what you have with Sydney is real and I don't want-"

"Save it," Adrain put up his hand in a stop gesture.

"Your worried that when I restore Rose that she will feel guilty like you did when you were first turned and you think that she will push you away and that because she's so grateful to me for saving her that she will run into my open arms?"

I just nodded, he had pretty much summed it up.

"Well you can stop your worrying, I know that she will be grateful to me, but I also know that that feeling will fade and that her love for you will resurface just like yours did. And a year ago, you would have been right to worry. But now I have Sydney..."

As he said her name a goofy smile spread across his face and I was sure the same thing happened to me whenever I talked about my Roza.

"And unlike what I had with Rose, Sydney and I are the real deal, and I would NEVER do anything that would jeopardize that. Rose will always have a special place in my heart but that's only because she's the one that finally got it through my thick head that I needed something more than a string of one night stands to be happy. That I needed someone I loved so much that they made me want to be a better person without even asking and because of that, I now have the love of my life waiting for me back at the court. Does that ease your fears?"

I breathed a sigh of relief, I had been worried about how to have this conversation without hurting Adrain and making things worse between us, but he had already seen the conversation coming and was prepared for it.

"Yes it does, thank you. How is Sydney anyway? Are things back at cout settling down?"

"Things are ok at court. Lissa is charming people down but it will start up again when we bring Rose back. And as for Sydney." A worried look came over his face, "She decided to get some more info from the Alchemists so she went straight to the source."

"What? Is she crazy because after being with you for so long they will have branded her as a traitor and will send her to re-education."

"Believe me, I'm not any happier about it than you are, but apparently the Alchemists still think she's working for them. They don't know about me yet and still think that Sydney is lying low and under cover. She thinks that that will keep her safe but I'm not so sure."

"Don't worry, if something happens to Sydney then we will get her out of it. We look after our own and we all count Sydney as part of the family now."

I meant what I said. Without Sydney, Adrain would still be smoking like a chimney and drinking like a fish and Rose would still fell guilty about breaking his heart. But like I said, with Sydney, Adrain was a whole new man.

"Thanks cradle robber." he smirked at me thus ending our little heart to heart.

END OF FLASHBACK

We both nodded and kept thinking of what was to come.

"Alright people it's go time. Dimitri and Christian, you're up." Hans said as he handed Christian and I our ear pieces.

"Just speak to us if you have a problem, or if you find Rose,or if you find her and you need Eddie to bring Adrain. Otherwise maintain radio silence."

We nodded and got out of the van. We were parked as close to the estate as we could without getting spotted and went to the weak spot in the perimeter that no "normal" person should be able to get through. And they were right.

At first it didn't look so hard to cross but then we looked closer. Right in front of us were the biggest thorn bushes I had ever seen. You could not have made it through. Not questions asked. We could have gone over it. A crossbow with a rope attached and you could clear it without a problem.

But then I looked closer, motion and speed detectors where all over the place as well as cameras and well hidden nets that would drop and make sure that you had a very painful, and potentially deadly fall into the thorn bushes.

"So what do your guardian instincts tell you about how we should get through? Because mine are telling me to burn hole."

Hmmmm, maybe. "Could you do that without drawing any attention?"

"Sure, but when the next patrol gets here, they will be sure to notice the big hole in the bushes."

"We will be in and getting into trouble by then. Do it."

"Sure thing." And he started to slowly burn a hole in the bushes.

Ten minuets later, we were through. Now came the hard part. Finding my Roza. The front door was to obvious but I knew form personally experience that we had no hope of going through a window so we bit the bullet and slipped through, which was easier then it should have been, but then again they didn't expect people that didn't belong here to just walk in like they owned the place.

Christian and I set off to find Rose and we started by going up. They would have kept Rose up high so if she escaped then she would have to make her way down and past the guards. Of course that left us with the same problem going up. We had just made it past the second flight when we came across...a human!

I knew that the Strigoi kept human slaves but it was still disorientating to run into one of them. The human was a girl only a few years older then Roza and she gasped when she saw us.

"What are you doing here?" She asked in Russian. I ran up to her and put my hand over her mouth to keep her quit.

"We are hear to rescue a young woman, she's a little younger then you,around your height,with long wavy brown hair, if you tell us where she is we will not hurt you." I replied in Russian. She nodded against my hand so I let it drop.

"She is on the forth floor, second door on the right. You do not need a key to get in."

"Thank you, if you promise not to tell anyone then I will not knock you out to keep you quiet."

I hesitated, she answered my questions without being threatened and I didn't think that she was leading us into a trap. She was most likely here of her own free will...but I had to ask anyway.

"But...if you want to escape we will take you with us."

She looked like she might cry, "YES OH PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU!"

I nodded. "What's your name?"

"Violet." she said.

"Stay behind us and keep out of the fighting." I started making my way up to the forth floor.

"Hey why is she still following us?" asked Christian.

"I asked her if she wanted to escape with us and she said yes. I'm not leaving her here if she's being held against her will." He didn't comment after that so I assumed that he agreed with me. Why wouldn't he after the experience he's had with Strigoi already. We had almost made it to the fourth floor when the alarm started up. Damn.

"Looks like they found the hole in the thorn bushes." Christian said from behind me. We kept going and had just made to to her door when...

When Ivan walked out.

Well there you have it. A BIG chapter for all of you:) I know that I said that Violet was around the same age as Rose but I'm going to make her a little older. You will see why later;)

I hoped that you liked it. I will update when I can :)