Jill's point of view: Chapter 10
Right when he was about to reply alarms went off. We both froze terrified. I ran towards him and he put his arms around me.
"What is that?" I asked petrified. He started pulling me out of the gym and I followed.
"Strigoi attack." He screamed over the alarms while clenching the stake in his hand. My heart jumped. I started to panic. He pulled me through the hallways. Most of the lights were out and some were flickering though as bolts of lights crackled into the air. The hallway was completely destroyed. There were bodies of Strigoi and mori lying on the ground. He suddenly stopped and pushed me against the wall peering over the corner.
"Shhh just breath. You are okay. I'll protect you. Please just try and focus on where Adrian is. We need to find him." He whispered. I nodded and he set me down hiding behind the wall. He then rushed over the corner of the wall. I heard fighting and I prayed he was okay. I wanted to get up but I couldn't move.
Jill! Meet at elementary by the church its where I am! Hurry! I heard Adrian's voice through the bond. I heard a sickening crack. I started to cry, it was probably Eddie. He died. I suddenly threw up feeling so sick. I heard footsteps behind me and looked up and saw red eyes.
The strigoi came from the side of the hallway I was on not the one Eddie was in. I couldn't do anything but scream. I tried remembering all the Eddie taught me. But facing the situation in real life was harder.
The strigoi approached me smiling wickedly. I felt sick again. Right when it almost touched me it shrieked in pain. I saw a blade enter its heart. It fell down twitching until it froze dead. I looked up and saw Eddie standing there breathing hard.
He rushed towards me and took me harshly in his arms. I clung onto him as he kissed my hair. He held me for several moments.
"I thought you died." I sobbed.
"I'm fine. We are both fine. I'm so happy your safe. I'll protect you, I am not going anywhere." He whispered painfully. His eyes met mine.
"Your bleeding." I cried looking at the blood rushing from his shoulder and waist. He winced but kept his face composed.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Where is Adrian?" He asked worried. I suddenly remembered Adrian's message.
"Elementary school near the church." I whispered. Eddie suddenly yanked me up and started running with me. Once we got outside we ran into someone.
"Adrian!" I shrieked hugging him.
"What the fuck are you doing!? Why aren't you in the church?!" Eddie yelled at him.
"I've been trying to get the kids into the church!" He yelled as a strigoi came up behind him. Adrian tackled me onto the ground and Eddie stabbed the strigoi. It fell to the ground dead. Adrian got me up quickly and looked at Eddie again silently thanking him.
"The guardians got most of them down and the stakes are put back up. They are doing role count and mostly we have everyone! No one has been taken!" He yelled out of breath. We heard a clash. We turned and saw most of the strigoi left heading our way. We all bolted towards the church. I saw a little girl fall and Adrian rushed over to her.
"Adrian!" I shrieked in horror. He crouched down to her but a strigoi attacked him at the same time. It all happened in slow motion. They fell to the ground together. I saw a burst of light through the strigoi's chest. It fell next to Adrian who was covered in blood and breathing hard. I rushed over towards him.
"What happened?!" I screamed holding his hand. He sat up looking exhausted.
"Nothing just get me up." He yelled hoarsely. I helped him up and he headed towards the little girl. She was crying and he picked her up running with her. I ran with them. They reached the church and I was right behind them. Adrian screamed at me but it was too late. I was slammed to the ground. The wind was knocked out of me.
I looked up and saw red eyes above me once again. I looked around and saw Adrian screaming at me reaching towards me but guardians held him back. Eddie was nowhere to be found.
I started crying knowing I would die. The strigoi bent down to me and put its hands around my throat. I choked out blood. It smiled maliciously at me. It's teeth met the crook of my neck. I closed my eyes and prayed.
It suddenly yelped out in pain. It released me gargling on blood. Little bubbles of blood spat from its mouth. I looked at it wondering why this was happening. I then saw the point of a stake sticking out of the front of its heart. I looked around to see who staked it.
Eddie was yards away from me breathing heavily looking in my direction. That's when I knew. Eddie staked the strigoi. He threw his stake so hard it flew yards and cut into the strigoi's heart. He gave up his only weapon of protection to take the chance of it saving me. The chances that it would actually work were slim but he still succeeded. He threw the stake so hard it flew through the monsters body and hit the heart.
He ran towards me and picked me up in his arms. He ran towards the church carrying me.
He set us down but kept me in his arms. He rocked me soothingly in his arms while the darkness overcame me._
WEEKS Later! Eddie's point of view.
It's been weeks since the attack. No one was taken thank God but we lost ten lives. The loss awful but still smaller than usual. More strigoi were killed than mori and guardians.
Adrian was actually a hero. He saved and rounded up so many of the younger students. The little girl he saved was actually Alberta's daughter who she couldn't find after they got separated during the attack. Adrian explained that when he got attacked by the strigoi he had a stake in his hand and it fell onto the stake. That strigoi was staked by a spirit user and it turned into a damphire again.
The strigoi was named Rick. He told us everything we needed to know and we explained everything to him about how he was restored. We let him go home to his family. (Sorry but Adrian is amazing and I love him so he needed to be a hero.) Adrian's hand had to be put in a sling because the stake burnt him that badly.
Jill was okay. She fainted after I got her in the church but I was so worried. I woke up in a hospital bed with her holding my hand. I lost a lot of blood from fighting and broke a couple ribs and had a severe concussion. I finally was released from the hospital tonight.
I started walking through the dorms not knowing where I was going. I somehow ended up at Jill's door. I looked at Max pleading for him to let me see her. He nodded and walked down the hallway. I knocked on the door. Jill opened and gasped in shock when she saw it was me.
What happened over the past few weeks and months made me realize how much I need her. I was a stupid dick for pushing her away. She was gorgeous, sweet, smart and adorable. She owned my heart and I found out how I really felt about her. I loved her and tonight I was going to tell her.
"Eddie, what are you doing here?" She asked quietly. I grabbed her face lightly and kissed her hard closing the door behind me.