Ok guys, i added another chapter! I hope you likes it :)

Lux

"Lux, you and Jace take the kids to the Disney store while we go shopping," Lissa said.

"I saluted her and grabbed Katherine and Jace's hands. "Ma'am yes ma'am." I saw everyone collectively roll their eyes at me. I tugged on Jace's hand and we went out.

It felt like hours that we sat around the store. Summerlynn and Seth had started to outgrow the Disney stuff but Katherine was content there. She sat down in front of the TV at the back of the room and watched the movie that was playing. I sat beside her as Jace took the Ozera kids to GameStop. I was almost asleep when my phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Lux? Are you still at the Disney store?" My mom's voice came over the phone and she sounded like Guardian Hathaway, not Mom.

"Yes I am. What do you need me to do?" I asked standing up and spotting Jace with the kids. I waved him over and I pulled Katherine to her feet.

"Meet us where we split up in five minutes," she ordered.

"Yes, Ma'am." I hung up and looked at Jace.

"Your mom?" He asked.

"Yes. Something's up because Mom is gone and Guardian Hathaway is here," I stated. Jace had been around long enough to understand that this was no joke. He picked Katherine up and led the way. I fell to the back with the Ozera kids in between us. We met the adults and the guardians were all on edge.

"Jace, give me Katherine," Uncle Adrian ordered. Jace handed him over and looked at Mom.

"Elena, you, Christian, and Mia take the kids and make a run for the car. Lissa, take the keys to the other SUV and follow them and lock your self in the car. Don't move," Mom barked. I recognized the look in her eyes. Strigoi were near.

Christian lead the way to the parking garage with the Moroi following. The rest of us knew what to do. We fanned out and tried to look like normal shoppers. It seemed to work because we didn't get any odd looks. It looked like we had avoided any danger. At least, that was what I thought.

When we got to the garage, everyone ran to the car. Mom and I lead the group with Jace right behind me, and Eddie and Dimitri hot on his heels. We were almost to the cars when a scream rang out. Mom and I turned just in time to see Eddie staking a Strigoi that wanted to make a surprise attack on Mom.

Three more Strigoi seemed to come out of nowhere and were advancing on Mom, Jace, and I. I caught sight of two more going to Eddie and Dimitri. My stake was in my hand in a flash and I braced myself. The Strigoi coming at me was a dhampir before she was turned. She was fast, lethal, and kind of scary looking. She had to be my height, but she had more muscle. She lunged forward and barely missed my right shoulder with her fist. I dodged another blow to the head, but was kicked in the knee. It buckled and I fell to the ground.

The Strigoi cackled at me. "Little Lux Hathaway! You'll be a delightful addition to our ranks."

"Go to hell!" I yelled. I jumped to my feet and the dance resumed. We both took and landed blows, no one really getting anywhere. I was wearing out and it looked like she was too. This was going to get ugly soon if I didn't kill this Strigoi was really good at blocking any entry to her heart. I had to fight just to scratch her skin which, as much satisfaction as I got from hearing her scream in outrage and pain, didn't do anything but piss her off and make me work harder.

Beside me, Mom had staked her Strigoi and was working on another that seemed to come out of the wood works. Jace and Eddie had tag teamed on one really big, male Strigoi that had to be a dhampir before he was turned. His muscles and movements told everyone that little detail. Dimitri was working on his own Strigoi and was winning. Figures since everyone held him on a pedestal.

I turned my attention back to my opponent. Unfortunately, it was at a bad time. I turned back just in time to get an open-handed smack to the left side of my face. I flew about three feet before I hit a mini van. Thankful that the alarm didn't go off, I jumped to my feet as stars danced in my vision. I'd be lucky if I didn't get a concussion from that.

I charged the Strigoi and engaged in the fight again. This time, I pulled the same thing I did with Gauge Barnes in class. When she swung out again, I caught her arm and locked the elbow. I didn't waste anytime. I flipped her over locked her shoulder under my foot. My knee went to her stomach and I staked her easily. I pulled out the stake and looked around. I didn't see any more Strigoi that were waiting in the wings so I did something totally uncharacteristic of me: I ran to the Moroi.

I raced to the SUV with Aunt Lissa as fast as I could. I smacked my hand to the window to get her to open it up. Aunt Lissa jumped at the sound of limbs on glass and gave me a scared look.

"Aunt Lissa open up!" I screamed. I felt my heart pumping loudly in my ears and I needed a break. My voice brought her out of her trance and she hit the button that unlocked the car. I flung open the car door when a cold, strong hand wrapped itself around my ankle.

"Lux!" Aunt Lissa screamed as she scrambled to grab my hand. I screamed at the top of my lungs and the hand around my ankle yanked me out of the car. My reflexes surprised me by slamming the car door to protect Lissa as I fell the concrete.

"That, Little Warrior, was my sister," the Strigoi that held my ankle said in a deadly and calm voice. I turned to see a man that looked like he came from the seventeen hundreds glaring at me. He was bigger than his sister and I knew that the fight was going to be rough.

"Oh that bites, Dude. Sorry for the inconvenience," I spat. I was not in the mood for conversation.

My words must have really pissed him off because, with the force of a Mack truck, I collided with a concrete wall. The bastard threw me across the parking lot! My head pounded even more than when I hit the mini van. Fantastic.

I climbed to my feet, but before I could stand straight completely, the Strigoi was standing over me with a hand around my neck. He lifted me off the ground as if I was as light as feather.

"You really need to watch your mouth. You have no idea who you're talking to," the Strigoi threatened.

I tried to say something snarky, but the hand that was around my throat had cut off my air. My hands were trying, and failing miserably, to pry his fingers off of me. Stars and black spots clouded my vision. Just as the darkness of unconsciousness took me, I felt myself fall to the ground and the heat of flames on my face and arms.

You read in books that people that die are met with a bright light, and people that have passed on surround you and love you. That was not the case for me. I was met by a black, blank place. I looked around scared half out of my wits. But as my eyes got used to the poor lighting, I saw that I was not in some black void in space, I was in a wooded area. The blackness became grey and smoky and tree trunks appeared all around me.

"Hello?" I called only to be greeted by echoes. Great, I'm alone and probably dead. "Anyone there?" I called again.

"I'm here, Lux," a man's voice answered me. I spun around to see a guy that was bout my age with red hair looking down at me.

"Who the hell are you?" I demanded.

I know i left it with a cliff hanger so don't hate me! I also thought that Mason being there for Lux while she's unconscious would be better than her wandering limbo alone. Tell me what you think ! -SagWarrior