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Just as I opened my mouth to tell her where we were, the door at the top of the stairs opened, and Robert walked in.
"Alright, Rosemarie. Revenge starts here." he said darkly. I saw four Moroi walking with him. One was in brown, one was in red, one was in blue, and the other was in a lighter blue suit. Robert himself was in a white suit.
"One color for each element..." I murmured
I stared at the five Moroi which stood in front of us. I didn't know any of them except Robert, the spirit user. And then I took a second glance. The fire user was familiar. So, so familiar. When I saw him, I felt a fire in my eyes that would match his own power.
And when he saw me, he grinned. "Ah, Rose, remember me?" he sneered.
"Ryan..." I said in a menacing voice. "How nice to see you again."
Robert chuckled. "This is going to be fun." he said. Then he looked at Christian and me, and started laughing. "Has Ference already attacked you?" he asked, indicating to the water user.
"Very funny," I said. "But no, you kind of left us down here without a bathroom, so..."
"Oh, there's no need for that! You won't be here long enough to need a bathroom." He said. "Now now, Ference, your turn."
Ference, the water Moroi, stepped forward, and before I knew what was happening, a burst of water shot out, and I flew backwards against the dirt wall - which I realized wasn't dirt, but just dirty cement. Right before I slammed into the wall, another burst of water shot me forwards and deflected the other water.
Mia was glaring at Ference, and Ferene looked annoyed. Robert's gaze, however, held amusement. "Rose, how did you get such caring friends? I mean, you are a killer, after all."
"Of course she kills," Mia scoffed. "It's her job to kill Strigoi, or anything else attacking Moroi."
Robert's eyes brightened, like a child's on Christmas morning. "Really? Is that all? Does her job include killing Moroi?" he asked. His eye then twitched. "Does her job involve killing my brother?"
"Your brother?" Mia echoed, turning to me. Christian was looking at me questioningly, too.
"So they don't know?" Robert laughed. "Well, this should be fun. Rose killed - "
"Stop!" I interrupted. "I...I want to be the one who tells them."
"Oh, be my guest, Rosemarie! I'll enjoy watching you tell them that you're a cold-blooded murderer."
I swallowed past the lump in my throat, and my body was shivering - not just because I was drenched with water, either. "Robert and his brother kidnapped Jill," I said. "And Dimitri, Sydney, and I went to rescue her. When we cornered them at a hotel, V - Robert's brother..." I trailed off. "Robert's brother tried using earth magic to stop me, but when I tried to stop him, I... I killed him." I ended in a whisper.
"What was my brother's name?" Robert pressed.
I swallowed, and looked him in the eye. I shouldn't be ashamed of killing Victor. After all, think of all the terrible things he did, I told myself.
"Your brother's name was Victor Dashcov," I said.
Christian and Mia gasped, but Dimitri and Lissa eyed me with pity. They both knew that I had murdered Victor.
"Rose isn't so innocent now, is she?" Robert asked. "She's a cold-blooded killer. Now, Ryan, I believe it's your turn. Do step forward and begin, please."
Robert smiled coldly at me, and sent a burst of flames towards me. The flames surrounded me, but didn't touch me. They were frightening and confusing, as just as I considered jumping through them, they stopped. I gasped for breath, but then a burst of air hit me, and I was suffocating. Blackness edged my vision, and I felt light-headed. Then the ground shook beneath me, and my body couldn't take it. I fell to the ground, and couldn't get back up. And then someone lifted my chin and stared into my eyes. It was Robert.
"You will now sleep, Rosemarie. You will sleep for a long time. You will never wake up. You will be in an endless dream." So, he's using spirit to make me die, I thought to myself. How clever... And actually, sleep didn't sound so bad...
He set my head down again, and just before the blackness swamped me, I saw Christian, Mia, Lissa, and Dimitri nod to each other. And then Robert burst into flames, while I saw Dimitri lunge at Ryan. The other three Moroi were staring wide-eyed in terror at something unseen.