Hi people. Ok sorry about the long wait but I didn't get my 20 reviews. I'm not happy at all. I have been working by butt off every chapter and I don't get a lot of reviews. Well I will update this chapter but I want AT LEAST another 20 reviews. Is that too much to ask? Cuz I don't think so. Well here you go. Hope you enjoy.
Love ya, kinda,
~Smileyface Devil~
Disclaimer:
Me: Kesslyn do you want to do the honors?
Kesslyn: Sure.
Dimitri: Why not me? I can do it too.
Me: Well Dimitri. That might be correct and you may be a good father but you broke Rose's heart. Sooooo… nope.
Dimitri: Fine then. Be that way.
Kesslyn: Carlee does not own Vampire Academy as much as she wishes. Maybe my daddy can get it for her if she lets him do the next disclaimer. Hmm. We'll see.
R POV:
I set off with my weapons in my hands. I headed to my right, never letting the audience see my face. If Mia and Evan of all people didn't like who sat there, I didn't think I would either. I trusted their judgment absolutely.
I felt both confused and murderess stares on my neck. I wouldn't let them get to me before I made it to the woods. Stake in hand, I made my way to Eddie. He needed the most help from where I watched in the park clearing. I grew more nauseous with every step I took.
Lissa, I said through the two way bond. Compel someone and quick. I don't care what you make them do but make it be big. And I mean BIG! Send me the darkness.
She compelled Alberta, who Lissa invited personally, to make out with the nearest guardian, then back away slap him and dance like a chicken to the song Dance like an Egyptian, and then go running around the clearing thinking psi- hounds were after her. Slipping in her head for a moment, I watched Alberta go yelling around in circles. Aw, I really wanted to see her make out with a guardian that looked suspiciously like one of my past instructors. Still, this was amazingly entertaining.
With me choking on my laughter, I pulled back into my own head. I crept behind a tree, waiting patiently for the fighters to come close enough. Thirty seconds later, I heard grunting and muffled yells. Like, seven Strigoi followed Eddie. Ed ran to take up a position. He caught my eye. Nodding briefly to me, he took a bound blade out. They zoomed by me, completely oblivious. Soundlessly I staked one; two; three. On the fourth, the morons decided to turn on their super sensitive hearing and actually listen to me for once. Some supernatural beings they were. They couldn't even notice a girl dispatching several of their friends. Pathetic.
When more than one tried to snap my neck, Eddie threw the disk, successfully dismembering their heads. I continued my loop in the woods. Ed left me after I helped him, going in the opposite direction as me. I found Evan a few moments later. Eleven bodies lay around him and a dozen more circling him.
He was in some deep shit now. Evan staked one and two more advanced. I threw my stake, nailing one dead center in his heart. I took grabbed the gun from my thigh. Some of the undead laughed at the metal in my hands. How stupid can they get? I thought to myself. Pulling the trigger, aimed at a male close to my boyfriend, they morons stopped laughing.
BAM!
I hit the mark. The center of his chest now had a hole. Right in front of the heart, through the hole, bluish red goo started leaking out. Ick! Strigoi blood.
I continued to fire off shots, each one bruising my hands a little more than the last. Between the two of us we were able to take down most of them. When there were just two left, they ran. The monsters plowed in the direction I had been headed in. They were smart; I had to give them that. The Strigoi knew not to go into the park, because there were fully trained guardians and protected Moroi in there that would take them down. If they went through the woods and to the children's place, well they'd have a better shot-
-But not with me around. If needed, I could take them all down within seconds. I looked over to my boyfriend. He was seriously battered and bruised and didn't look like he could keep fighting any longer. We needed Lissa. But as far as I knew there was no way to day that, without alerting the others and beginning the worry that would inevitably follow. I pulled out my iTouch and pressed number one on my speed dial.
"Rose! What's happening?" She yelled into the phone. So much for not alerting the others, I thought.
"Lissa, calm down. I think there are about one hundred fifty here. I saw Eddie and he's fine. We took down twenty I want to say. Evan and I just got thirty I think. On my way, I killed another twenty five. I haven't seen Jackson but he's doing fine I'm sure. I'm on my way to the kids and Adrian but Evan got hurt. He has several gashes- I'm pretty sure they have knives- and is bleeding excessively," I said as I treated a stunningly deep cut on his chest. Those Bastards will get killed for touching my Teddy Bear. Oh my, I sounded like a three year old. "I need you to come here and heal him. We can't have people seeing him like this."
She gasped. We didn't usually get hurt seeing as we were the best. We guardians came out from battle unscathed most of the time. "Ya I'm coming. I'm going to get Chris. I don't want to be alone in the woods right now."
"Good, follow the line of fire I'm setting off through the trees. Hurry," I shut off the phone after that. Switching the bracelet to fire, I aimed high and through the braches. Seconds later I saw another streak of fire. The tip was touching my string. They were following it. I kept applying pressure to the gash on his chest. He was still bleeding though.
Lissa! Hurry! I sent to her head along with and image of what he looked like now. Seconds later Fire Ass and Lissa were in the clearing with us. My friend went straight to Evan and rested her hands on his face. To an outsider it would look intimate, but that would never be the case with us. She had her babies and Chris, when I had all of them plus my Teddy Bear.
I felt the magic swell inside of her. It was joy and music and laughter and rainbows and love. In her head, she was thinking of Izzi and Carlee and Andrew with me and Chris…and shopping. It made me want to laugh but I didn't. If that's what made her think of those good feelings, then so be it. Plus it was quite entertaining.
I slipped back in my own head with a smile on my mouth. Evan was sitting up, thanking Lissa but looking at me the whole time. Next to him, I kneeled down, pecking him on the lips. "Now, I know that you want to help but you both need to rest so go back to the clearing, and take a nap. I'm going to go to the kids. Go. Now," I spoke softly but with the authority of the Dhampir captain. His eyes widened a hair but nodded anyway.
"Fire Ass get them back quickly. I don't have time to stick around anymore. Lissa be careful. Oh and do you have any more stakes? I kind of… lost three as of now." She rolled her eyes. But I didn't expect anything less than that. She already knew that I'd recover them later, but now was not later, so I needed more weapons. Both she and Chris handed one over each, and I took a few rounds of bullets off Evan.
They looked exasperatedly at me. What? I can't help that I use my gun tons, and lose lots of stakes. It's not my fault. I gave them my signature what?-I-can-do-what-I-want look. Getting up, I gave them one last wink, knowing they would start laughing no matter the depressing blanket that pressed down on us.
Screaming began in the distance. I sprinted over there, efficiently and silently picking off any lingering Strigoi in my way. No child would die because I didn't get there in time. No family would be mourning their child today. This I promised myself. I was about twenty feet away from the clearing where the picnic table was. I rushed through the trees, almost stumbling because of an earsplitting scream not two feet away. I looked to my left.
There a blonde Strigoi just slapped a little Dhampir girl. Tall and statuesque, the Strigoi was most likely a Moroi before her changing. With a shock, I realized that I knew the Dhampir girl in the Strigoi's arms. I would recognize those dark brown eyes and curly hair anywhere. I was, after all, wrapped around her finger.
Kesslyn screamed again, more high pitched even than the last time. I took a step toward the girls. I didn't mean to hurt Kesslyn but she didn't need to see the death of this thing. She was too innocent for that, and I wanted to keep the innocence of her gorgeous eyes. So I pushed her out of the way.
Unfortunately, the Strigoi either heard me or seen me coming, because she backhanded me. I flew into a nearby tree, my vision distorting a little. Never the less, I jumped back up in a second. For a second I couldn't see her at all. Then my 'spidy- senses' tingled really bad, meaning the lady stood too close.
"Boo!" I heard from a foot behind me. Rolling my eyes, I didn't jump at her voice, or scream or anything. I just reached behind me with my stake and cut into her heart, stopping her dead. Then, I turned my attention to the not-so-scared girl lying on the ground. Honestly I had no clue why she wasn't as scared as she should be. She just watched the bloodthirsty monster that intended to kill her die. Either she was used to it by now or she's in shock.
"Honey are you ok? Are you hurt? ADRIAN! I've got to move you now, ok?" I said frantically. Kesslyn just smiles and nods. Works for me. I don't know why, but I take it as an 'I'm not hurt' statement. Scooping the little angel up into my arms, I jogged toward the shelter. Every now and then, I'd check my Strigoi senses, making sure I could get back without fighting, or more importantly, without putting Kiss in danger. Yeah that's right people; Rose Hathaway doesn't want to put a kid in danger! Shocked? Yeah Fire Ass was too, but that's when he finally trusted me around my god kids. I'm actually maternal! Lissa had my blood checked to see if my DNA somehow miraculously altered when she brought me back from the dead, resulting in the ability to conceive children with Dhampirs. No such luck, although I really wish I can have kids with Evan. I guess we always want what we can't have right?
Still I had a little bit of swirling in my stomach but nothing too bad, they weren't close anyway. Somehow Kesslyn had gotten herself a good distance from the shelter, where Adrian was supposed to be. Whether he was there now, was the question. The little girl in my arms clung to my, arms wrapped around my neck, legs around my waist. Only a few more minutes, only a few more minutes, I kept chanting to myself.
Subtly I grew more nauseous. Oh no they closed in on me. Ok, think Rose think. What are your options? I had two options here I decided. One: keep running and hope to out-run them, but possibly lead them to the other kids. Not possible at the moment. Not only would I not be quicker than my pursuers, especially because I was with child, and I'd lead them to their feast. Or two: hide Kesslyn somewhere and fight as many as I could before I get overwhelmed. The second option was my best shot. Now I only needed a place to conceal Kesslyn.
Trees blurred past me at super speed. OH! That was it! I slowed down a tiny bit and Kiss peeked her face out of the crook of my neck, a questioning expression on her face. Telling her not to speak quite yet, I shook my head a little bit. I halted completely by a large pine tree. It looked easy enough to climb; well as easy as climbing a hundred foot tree ever is for a four year old girl.
"Potselui," (aka Kiss) I whispered against her eat, in fear of getting over heard. "There are lots of bad vampires- Strigoi- around us. I need to fight them, but you can't be in sight. They might try to take you away from me, and we don't want that. Do we?" I said all this while looking in her gorgeous brown eyes. She comprehended the severity of this situation better than anyone her age, I've seen. Smart girl. She gave a small nod, instructing me to carry on.
"I also need some help, or at least someone to come take you to the shelter for me. First, I will need you to climb this tree. Get as far up as you possibly can, understand me? They can't see you so cover yourself with leaves and branches. Then, I need you to make a call for me. Press'1' on the phone I'm giving you. A lady named Lissa will pick up. She's very nice and will help us. Lots. Tell her Rose is fighting and needs Jackson to come help her with a special delivery. When she asks where we are, give her the numbers that are on the top of the scream. That's where we are now, so that's where they'll come." I paused for a second. CRAP! They were getting too close.
"Lastly," I murmured, removing my bracelet, pressing it onto her tiny wrist and putting my cell into her front pocket. "I'm giving you this bracelet. It can shoot fire and water and the other elements. But please do not play with it. When Jackson gets close to us, he'll shoot fire into the air. Press the red gem and aim into the sky. Keep it there and he'll find his way to us. Alright? Stay quiet. No matter what you may see, no matter what you hear, don't say a thing. Make the Strigoi think you aren't even there, and wait for Jackson. He's wearing a red shirt, and he will call you 'Princess' so that you know it's him. Do whatever he says, and stay safe." I felt like vomiting they were so near to us now. Kesslyn had to get going… like now! "Go! Now! Be quick and be quiet!"
I wait for what seems like ever for Kesslyn to get up the tree. Admit, she's a speedy little one, but now…every second counts. I unsheathed my stake. Preparing. Waiting. As I hear a tiny twig break and multiple growls, I leap at a pair of striking red eyes. A new born, easy peasy. Dispatching him quickly, I move on to the next one. Slightly tuning into the bond, I listen to her phone ring and a frightened soprano voice on the other side… asking for Jackson…telling our coordinates, even though she didn't know what they meant…telling my best friend I needed help fighting because there were tons of the, in her words, 'stupid- red- eyes'. I'm getting tired quickly. I needed Jackson here right now. Out of the corner of my eyes, I spot something the 'red- eyes' didn't. A streak of red against the green leaves. Fire from my bracelet. Jackson's coming and he will get my Kiss to safety. Finally. They're advancing on me now. Too weak to do anymore hand to hand combat, I flick off my whip, stashing my stake in my skirt. With a simple slash of my hand, two dozen heads fall to the ground. I collapse just then, with a faint "Printsessa" sounding in my ears and the crunch of leaves beneath heavy feet coming toward us.
Ok that was a very crappy place to leave it I know, but I didn't know if I would have been able to stop anytime soon. If I did continue I think I'd have written like 10, 000 words. Ok so…I'm bored now. Soooo tell me about your lives. Me? I have tons of homework. My sister won't talk to me. People think I'm 'dating' a boy because he asked me on a date and I said sure…however reluctantly… and I am TOTALLY in love with one of my best friend's boyfriends. Depressing isn't it?
Ok so please review! It would make my depressing life a little bit happier! So there you go. This was 2641 words in the story alone. Appreciate it.
Love you all!
~Smileyface Devil
Carlee Rose
