Heyy! Sorry I wasnt able to update in the weekends I'm not sure if I can do weekends much... and I've got a stupid science test tomorrow :( I'm so gonna fail... anyhoo here's the next chap!

Chapter Ten

I sighed.

Id deal with Adrian later- right now I had to get us outta here. I looked around for a weapon to use, and saw- of course- nothing. I ran my hand through my hair, and thought about what to do next. Magic!

We could use the elements to get out of here. I made a fireball in my hands, and (ignoring the 'holy shit!' from Adrian), I walked slowly up the stairs.

"Rose wait!" Eddie said, coming up to me. "You go up there you get killed. Let me and Christian go first."

I raised an eyebrow. "You forget I'm the one that can light things on fire."

"Yes but we're the guardians." He said reasonably.

Before I could respond, he and Christian had taken he lead, and approached the door. It was locked, so I just kinda lit the lock on fire. It opened, and Christian and Eddie went out, followed by me, Liss, and Adrian.

There were people at the door- Strigoi. I lit them on fire, killing both in about ten seconds. After that, I felt a huge energy drain- I nearly toppled over.

"Rose, don't use your powers anymore- you don't have enough energy. You'll faint." Liss said worried.

"Noted." I mumbled, using the wall to get up.

"Guys in here!" called Christian, who was standing in front of a door of a cupboard.

He opened it and grabbed our stakes from the top shelf. He handed one to Eddie, and Adrian.

Good. Now we were armed.

We walked slowly through the kitchen, towards the living room. We stopped at the entrance. The room was big and old fashioned. The front door was there, easy to get to. All the curtains were closed, so I was pretty sure it was daylight. As we walked into the room, two Strigoi were suddenly blocking our path.

Oh shit.

"Going somewhere?" the male asked. His eyes were bright red, staring into mine. He looked pretty damn powerful. The one beside him-a female- looked hungry.

Adrian suddenly charged forward, with his stake. He was still a novice- my age, and dhampir not even out of school was clearly no match for this Strigoi.

"Adrian don't!" I yelled at him.

He and the Strigoi started fighting, and he actually managed to get a few good blows in. He stepped to the side, and kicked him in the stomach. It didn't faze the Strigoi. Eddie joined the fight then, and took on the female. She was surprised at his strength- definitely a new Strigoi. But she was still pretty strong. She lacked fighting technique, but that didn't matter. I was so busy watching eddies fight, that I forgot about Adrian's. I looked over, and could see that he was losing. The Strigoi suddenly grabbed his hand (the one with the stake in it), and turned it on Adrian. He pushed down, causing Adrian to be stabbed in the stomach.

"No!" I screamed, not being able to recognise my own voice.

Looking closely, I could see that he wasn't hurt badly enough that he would die, but it was still pretty bad. I turned back to Christian and Lissa.

"When I say go, get her out of here ok? Grab Adrian. Take them outside, daylight, where youll all be safe." I said to Christian.

"Rose-"he tried to object.

"Just go!" I cut him off.

He nodded solemnly, and took Lissa's hand.

I stepped forward, turning to the Strigoi. Without losing eye-contact, I grabbed the stake from the floor.

The Strigoi started laughing.

"Now!" I yelled to Lissa and Christian. They didn't hesitate- Christian grabbed Adrian, and took Liss outside, where they were safe.

It was too fast for the Strigoi to react.

"No!" he turned to me and hissed.

"You let them get away- but no worries. I still have you. That's all I want." That threw me off guard for a bit, but something caught my attention.

Eddie was fighting the female Strigoi- and he was losing. She grabbed his head between her hands, and without a second thought, she twisted. I screamed. I wasn't aware of anything around me- just his lifeless body falling to the ground.

I took a firm hold of my stake, and looked at the female. I charged at her. She swung her arm around, and hit me in the head, nearly knocking me unconscious. I went forward again, and saw out of the corner of my eye the man watching, amused.

I knew I was weak, but I had no choice. I lit her hand on fire, and shoved the stake up her ribs. It was harder than I thought- staking a Strigoi. I didn't pierce the heart, so I just kept pushing it up. It finally found its target, and the women died.

I felt so weak- the magic- even that little bit- had taken its toll on me. I couldn't use anyomore- and I had another Strigoi to take care of. I hadn't had anything from the feeders in a while, so I was pretty weak.

Looking at him, he wasn't very amused anymore. He started walking forward, and he wacked me, causing me to fly across the room.

This was it- I was going to die.

He was coming towards me.

I did the only thing I could.

I called through the bond:

Dimitri!

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