This chapter is kinda short... Sorry... I was gonna be late to volleyball so i had to write it kinda short... Hope you like it, even though its short.

Oh God… Adrian… Why take Adrian???

I couldn't stop thinking about him. What if what happened to Dimitri happened to Adrian and Mike too? How come every guy that I had ever liked, even as a friend, has to die or become Strigoi??? A lump formed in my throat as I lay on the hospital bed pretending to be asleep. I could hear the murmuring of Lissa and Christian in reality but my mind was far from the real world. It was back at the Siberian ball with Adrian holding me close, looking amazing. My mind was struggling to accept reality. I couldn't believe that I had just been dancing with Adrian last night and then just like that he was gone. Taken by the man I used to love. My life sucks!

(Adrian)

My head felt like it had been smashed by a sledgehammer. I opened my eyes but couldn't see a thing. Blinking a few times my eyes adjusted. The room seemed to be a small cave. It was wet and smelled like rotting wood. My clothes were soaked through with water and I could smell blood around me. My body ached everywhere. I tried to lift my head but my world started to spin from blood loss. I tried again, more slowly, and saw another body a few feet away from me. He was on his side facing away from me, but he was wearing a tux so I knew he must've been from the ball too. His hands were bound behind his back, like mine, and his feet were bound together. I heard him moan and turn onto his back. Mike! "Mike? You okay?" At least he was still alive.

"Adrian?" I heard him whisper and turn his head towards me. His eyes were closed but blood covered his face. What did they do to him? "Yeah Mike. Its me, Adrian. How do ya feel?" I asked, already knowing what the answer would be. "Um… I'm fine." His voice caught in his throat and he started into a coughing fit. "Mike! You okay, buddy?" I asked nervously. Just then I heard footsteps echo across the cave. Someone was coming. "Well, well. If it isn't Mr. Adrian!" A booming laugh exploded from the opposite end of the cave. The laugh then echoed across the cave and hit me again like a mallet hitting my head. I closed my eyes tightly, what the hell did they do to my head?

The man walked over to me and kicked his boot into my side. My eyes were still closed so I never had a chance to see who it was, but I had a pretty good idea to who it was. My eyes flickered open to see the old guardian Dimitri. "So Adrian, how's your girlfriend Rose? She's amazing isn't she?" He laughed again, "Too bad you'll only see her one more time." He laughed that head-splitting laugh and walked over to Mike. "Your little friend here had a rough night." He kicked Mike hard in the stomach and I heard Mike puke his guts onto the floor. "Don't touch him!" I yelled. "Oh, don't worry. He won't be alive long enough to be in pain much longer. Too bad. He'll miss Rose." He smiled this blood thirsty smile as he put his finger into the blood puddle next to Mike's head and lick his finger. Nasty, Dude. "Dude, that's disgusting. And what do you mean he won't see Rose again? And I will?"

He chuckled and smiled this nasty smile at me. "Rose will try to come and rescue you. Then we'll capture her and let her watch you die, slowly and painfully." His booming laugh sounded like a bomb exploding. "Don't you touch her! Or I'll kick your ass!" Dimitri laughed, "Just like you kicked my ass last night?" This dude was sick. "I thought you loved Rose. Isn't love supposed to go on with you even when you die?" I asked. A flash of Dimitri's old self pulsed in his eyes. A horrified expression crossed his face as he realized what he was doing to people. He ran off in the direction he had came in without looking back. But just as he left, another man came in.

"Ah, Dimitri. He's still got a bit of his old self left in him. Don't worry, Adrian. It'll be gone soon enough." He was in the shadows so I could only make out his silhouette. But it was obvious that he was a Strigoi. "What are you going to do to Rose? You better not touch her!" I struggled against the ropes on my arms. "Ha! Isn't it obvious? As soon as she watches you die, she'll be turned into a Strigoi to live with Dimitri. We just want her to be depressed enough to be turned Strigoi." "Don't touch her!" I screamed at him, making Mike shift uncomfortably to the side. "Ah, trying to be the hero. It just doesn't work that way, Adrian. You're stuck here and your fate has already been decided. Hers has been decided too. There is nothing you can do." "You'll never touch her! She'll kick all your asses before you even get a hand on her!" A smile crossed the man's face. "Not if we have the one she loves on the line." He laughed and walked away.

They could never touch Rose, I wouldn't let them. She would never turn Strigoi. Never. My face turned back to Mike. He had been moaning under his breath the entire time. His eyes were finally open. Oh Damn.

(Rose)

"We have to go find him! Dimitri wouldn't kill him! He's probably waiting for me to come and get Adrian!" The plan had hit me right as I found a map with the markings of both the Siberian ball and a small cave on the outside of town. They wanted me to come find him. That means that he is still alive! "Rose, we can't let you go. They want you to go. They're going to do terrible things to you. We can't let you go. At least, not alone." Lissa smiled at me and Christian smiled with her. They were going to come with me to find him. "You guys can't come. If they want me, they can have me. But they can't have you too!" I shook my head, they are not going to be captured along with me. "Com'on Rose! We're not gonna let you go alone! We'll just follow you no matter how much you protest. So you might as well let us come with you." Ricky had a point. "No! You guys aren't risking your lives for me!" "It's not just for you, It's for Adrian and Mike too! Half of our band is missing!" That was the first time Harry had spoken since they had gone missing. They had a point.

"Fine. But we'll need supplies and we'll definitely need a plan." I breathed deeply in. I didn't want any of them to get hurt, not even Ricky. "Oh, don't worry. I've already got one." Ricky smiled and nodded his head in a knowing gesture. This will be good.

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