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Chapter 10.
I felt excited and anxious at the same time, not knowing if that was me or if it was Lissa.
I ran to the staircase, sticking close to the wall, even though Mikhail said that the other Guardians were occupied, you never knew. Using all my training I silently slipped up the stairs. Reaching the top I peeked around the corner to make sure the coast was clear, it didn't seem as though there was anyone there, so I calmly pulled myself together and ran toward the garden in the centre of the open area crouched close to the ground.
When I reached the garden I ducked behind a hedge finally releasing a breath I didn't know I was holding. Crouching there I could distantly hear a roaring sound, and suddenly realised I could taste the acrid smoke hanging in the air, silently hoping that no one was hurt or worse in the blaze.
Focusing back on what I had to do I looked over the top of the hedge locking in on my destination. There, to the far right of the room were the elevators, and right next to them was the automatic doors that led to a car park.
Scanning the room one last time to make sure it was deserted I sprinted for the door a mere fifty yards away. I didn't hear the noise, I could have kicked my own ass after for not paying attention. As I closed in on freedom one of the elevator doors slid open. Pulling myself up as fast as I could I looked left and right, trying to find somewhere or something to duck behind.
I should've learnt my lesson in Russia when I was up against Dimitri, but the time it took me to hesitate was all the time that was needed for Daniella Ivashkov to let out a surprised shriek, I stopped dead, not knowing what to do. I could take her out, but this was Adrian's Mum, granted she wasn't always the nicest person, but she was still his Mum none the less.
"Shit,"
"What are you doing?" She was screaming at me, I had to deal with this quickly, she stepped out of the elevator towards me, "How did you get out of your cell?" I stood there waiting for her to step closer, knowing now I had no option. She took another step towards me,
"Sorry," I muttered as I completed a roundhouse kick and knocked her out. Quickly I dragged her back into the elevator, hoping that no one would find her at least until we were in the clear. As the doors closed on Adrian's unconscious mother I ran out the sliding glass doors, my heart rate soaring.
Hiding behind a column close to the entrance I started to breath again, it felt like I was gasping for air. Quickly I collected my thoughts and assessed what I needed to do next.
Mikhail said that someone was going to meet me here, I looked around me but couldn't see anyone. I slid around the other side of the column that looked out over the exposed car park, and still didn't see anyone or any thing. My stomach was suddenly gripped with panic, what if it was a setup? What if I'd just been played again. Sucking in a deep breath I decided that my best bet was to head towards the forest, the problem was that I had to get through the car park to get there. "Well this is messed up," I muttered to myself, looking around I stopped thinking and started listening to my gut instinct, and started to make my way toward the car park.
Just as I stepped foot onto the blacktop of the road an inconspicuous looking black Chrysler hemi came screaming out of no where, stopping centimetres from where I was frozen. The back door opened and there was Lissa, screaming at me.
"Come on Rose get in the car. Now." Blinking I got in, we were moving before the door was even closed.
I could feel the adrenalin pumping through my veins, my breathing was laboured, I felt nauseous. In the distance I could hear Lissa speaking to someone,
"What's wrong with her?" she sounded like she was talking through a tunnel, her concern was battering me through the bond, I felt dizzy, and before I realised what was about to happen everything went black.