This chapter is pretty short. But it couldn't be helped. I had where the cliff hanger was all planed out and I didn't want to deviate from that plan. Hopefully this chapter is good. And my updates are getting more and more frequent.

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Now for Adrian!

Adrian: What?

Me: Please do the disclaimer!

Adrian: *looks at me* Hey there. How you doin'?

Me: *blushes furiously* Now is not the time for that... maybe later?

Adrian: Naw, I've got to find Rose then. What'd you want me to do origanally?

Me: Shut up. I don't own the characters Richelle does. I'd love to though... Adrian is the best!

Adrian: What?!

Me: Nothing... onward with the story!


Even though Doug looked pretty shocked that Brandy was dead he jumped into a battle position, whacking his head on the roof of the van. Harper remained seated and quietly looked at us, a small amount of shock playing on his face and simple disbelief. He still remained seated though. The guy that was watching the van looked up at us, blinked a couple times then starting to jump at us.

"Gary, halt! We don't quite know what's going on. Belikov should be out cold still, not ready to fight us." Harper reached his hand out to grab van dude, who was apparently named Gary, while he was talking.

I grinned slightly. "Do you bastards know the main differences between a Strigoi and Moroi?"

Harper, being the leader, said, "Strigoi are made, not born. That was an idiotic question you dumb broad."

My smile grew larger. "I said differences. Plural, not singular."

Dimitri stood up as tall as he could in the van's limited space. "Moroi have souls. Strigoi don't."

"Precisely. Now, what if I got Dimitri's soul back? He'd be mostly Moroi, right?" I'd just came to that realization myself when I said that. I didn't think of it that way. Him being a good vamp would open up so many possibilities for us.

That startled the trio of Strigoi some. Then Doug started laughing. "How the fuck did you get his soul? Skylar killed that when he awakened Belikov."

I took a step towards the bad vampires but Dimitri grabbed my waist and pulled me away. "You didn't take into account that he's strong and that he might've had something to live for."

"Rose, that's not quite it. Once you're body is Strigoi you're soul is in a state where you're dying, but it's peaceful, and you just want to stay like that. But all the while you feel as if something's wrong and you want to fix it.

"Now, once you start struggling you feel like you're suffocating and want to fall back into the peacefulness. That was my initial reaction, but then I started to fight still. From there the pain got worse and I really wasn't capable of rational thought. Agony began to be the only thing I knew, and yet I struggled on. Finally I broke free."

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Flashback – Dimitri's POV

Death was a wonderful thing. It was like floating through water on a pleasant day, oblivious to everything else. You wanted to forget everything else and loose yourself in the pleasure of relaxing and living without pain or anything else. It was comforting and easy to love. This was where I belonged. But after what seemed like minutes of floating I realized something was wrong. The peace, it was like the calm before the storm. I needed to get out. Seemingly minutes ago I had been fighting the Strigoi. But now I was lost. Completely and utterly gone. And I had to get out!

I started fighting the calm, anxious to get out. But the power of the end was strong, and I felt like it was suffocating me. I battled the still, and it was winning. I thrashed against the overpowering weight, but it muffled my reaction time and emotions. If my emotions weren't masked I would be completely controlled by the rage, every pore of me full of it. The skirmish with the oppressive serenity seemed to take years. There was a huge difference in between the time of the calm floating and the panicky fray although they were caused by the same entity.

Finally, I broke through the tranquil bonds holding me and I flew into the part of the world I could get into again.

End Flashback

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Rose's POV

I gazed at Dimitri with a sort of amazed silence. I couldn't believe he'd gone through such an ordeal just to live. But the silence was short lived and Dimitri dove straight at Gary. Gary wasn't expecting it and his head was chopped off by a dagger Dimitri pulled out of his clothes. Less than a second after Dimitri dove I jumped towards Doug and impaled him with my silver stake.

I yanked the stake out and looked at Harper, who stood up as far as he could. Dimitri advanced at him with the dagger, but the Strigoi just grabbed Dimitri and threw him back toward where I was crouching. "Belikov, I know that I won't be able to win the fight with two great Dhampirs in my way, so I'll just do this and kill both you and me, but I'll let the woman live."

Harper pulled out a gun and shot it towards neither me nor Dimitri, but straight towards the window behind up. The back window cracked open to reveal the rising sun. Streaks of light came right into the van and showered both Harper and Dimitri with its rays.


Yeah, I love that cliffy. It's like the hugest I've ever made. Fret over it my minions. The flash back is actually the first 2.254643 paragraphs of this story from Dimitri's point of view. Please tell me if this is any good and if I should contiue it. The review button got quite a few friends but he wants some more. Please review!

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