Jesse stayed quiet and wasn't entirely sure. Suddenly something uneasy settled into my instincts. It wasn't nerves, not anger . . . just pure uneasiness, and I didn't like it at all. Suddenly I was flashed into a dark world. I stood there in a world that I didn't believe I would ever see. I was at war.
" Move in!"
I turned and saw a young man standing there. He and his men began to move in as screams and blood continued to drench everything. I suddenly heard one certain gun go off out of the others and felt my heart stop. It was as if everyone's hearts stopped. The young man paused and I could tell that he was holding back the urge to cry. He couldn't let his emotions take ahold of him, not on the battlefield.
" What are you standing there for? Go!" He shouted. His men nodded and took off. Behind him a soldier began to help his friend limp his way up to the rest of the group. The young man sent the non injured one up ahead and took his limping friend into his arms.
They slowly made their way up, the injured boy apologizing multiple times along the way. I prayed for them to be safe, but something told me they wouldn't. I managed to get a closer look of the young man and my heart stopped.
" August!" I cried. He didn't hear me. No . . . no . . .No! The worst noise in my life happened. A gun fire echoed through my ears and August fell to the ground.
Suddenly I was snapped back into my reality and my head throbbed in pain. My hand untangled from August's as I dropped to my knees and held my head.
" Alex!" August and Jesse cried. No . . . no . . . why was I seeing this? Why was it so detailed? Why did continue to replay in my head over and over? It was driving me crazy!
" You poor thing, why don't I get you out of your misery?"
I turned and went to dive for Jesse, but my world went black before I could do anything else.
WhenI woke up I found my head going back to its pounding and throbbing. The pictures of August's death were shaky and blurry, but there were still there.
" Looks like she finally woke up."
I looked up and saw a Strogoi in front of me. My heart didn't pound, it didn't pause, nothing. No fear struck me, in fact, I was more calm than I had been for the last couple days.
I stood there chained up as the man walked up to me.
" So sweetheart, we have an idea for you." The man started," You tell us where those 5 are and we will let you free."
I already know who he was talking about when he said " those 5." Rose, Lissa, Christian, Dimitri and I believe that I've heard something about another spirit user named Adrian. Surely he was in the list too.
" I'd rather die." I growled. The man smiled.
" That can be arranged my dear. Very easily."
" You don't scare me."
" That doesn't surprise me. But I can make you scream in pain and pleasure." He returned with his voice in the same tone. I suddenly felt his fangs in my neck. My body trembled in pain but I refused to scream. I bit so hard on my lip that I could taste the blood from my teeth piercing through my skin. Dante drew back and I watched hunger linger in his eyes.
" So beautiful. I can't possible turn you and waste your beautiful eyes, but I shall train you. You will become one of the strongest here and you will be mine."
I stood in a room with chains around my wrists and had two strogoi standing next to me. I had found out that the man's name was Dante and made sure to remember it. When I killed him I would make sure that he would regret everything.
Dante walked in and I continued to give him the gaze I had been.
" Are you ready my dear?"
The nick name sunk and burned in acid. No matter what, I knew that I had to accept his training. The school may have trained me, but having the opportunity to be trained by a strogoi without being turned into one happened once in a lifetime.
" What are we starting with?" I asked.
" Depends on what you can do."
" I can't do anything with my wrists chained up." I stated as I showed him the chain. He waved at the guard and had them unlocked. I looked down at them. They were covered in blood and cuts, but I refused to rub them from their aching and show that Dante had managed to cause me pain.
" Now, since you have been freed why don't you show me what you can do!" He said as he attacked me. I almost stumbled on my own feet, but I managed to catch his block. I twisted and turned around him, managing to dodge him plenty of times. My only problem was that he was too fast to lay a punch on him. I would have to trick him somehow. So I ran straight at him and he went to punch me. I too the hit in the arm but latched onto his hand, turned and kicked him straight in the face then in the side. I began to unlash at him, never giving him the chance to gain his ability. Suddenly he managed to gain his balance and threw me onto the ground. I went to attack but when I saw him smirk I knew my test was over.
" Not bad for a dhampire." He stated.
" I'm not a dhampire." I stated. Dante blinked at me.
" So you're a Mori?"
" Guess again Sherlock."
" You can't be a mere human." He said as he glared at me. I just shrugged and jumped to my feet after he got off of me.
" Believe what you will." I say as I dust myself off. I caught him staring at me and felt rather intruded.
" What are you staring at pretty boy?" I snipped. Dante smirked at me with his arms crossed.
" You sure are daring." He stated. I turned toward him and looked at him directly in the eye.
" You maybe a strogoi, but that doesn't mean you're indestructible." I state. He just looked at me again with that smirk.
" 100 laps, get started." He demanded. I kept my eye on him again before taking off around the building
After my laps I was out of breath but Dante gave me no slack. Afterwards he had me work on speed and my kicks. We trained for hours, but I refused to complain. I was not going to waste this chance to be trained by my enemy.
When we were done, my wrists were chained back up. Eventually I was led off to a room where I was apparently suppose to stay in. Even then, they guards refused to unlock my wrists so I ended up taking a shower with them on. It was difficult to but I managed my way around it. When I came out, my clothes were washed and folded. Quickly I put them on and let the guards know that I was ready for what ever they were told to take me to.
They led me down the halls, never saying a word. I felt eyes dig into me as I passed by strogoi. Still, I did not break. Eventually I was led into a room and sat down at the table. In front of me sat a plate of food. I just merely looked down at it and tried my hardest to ignore my stomach growling.
" Help yourself, you can't train on an empty stomach." Dante said as he showed himself.
" You expect me to eat something that a strogoi has given me?" I questioned. He chuckled.
" Good point. Here." He said as he took a bite and ate it to show that it wasn't poisoned.
" Trust me now?" He asked.
" No." I glared. Dante just shrugged and began to walk out of the room.
" You can eat and get more energy for tomorrow or you can starve. You're choice." He said before he walked out of the room. I stared at the door for a moment before glancing down at the food. I had no choice if I wanted to continue with the training. Slowly, I picked up the fork and began to eat.
2 ½ weeks later
I stood there, panting with the guards in front of me. So far I had taken out 5 of them and still had one left to go. Who was it? Dante of course. While I had been fighting the other guards he had sat back and watched, saving all his energy.
" Come at me my dear, I'm waiting." He teased. I slowly eyed a staff that sat off in the corner of the room and dove for it. Quickly, I rolled onto my knees and hit Dante in the arm as he blocked it. He easily yanked it out of my hands across the room. Before he could manage to get a hit on me, I rolled out of the way and got to my feet.
We continued to fight, neither of us gaining any blows. That was both a good and bad sign for me. Dante grabbed me and threw me across the room. Quickly I turned and grabbed my staff. I twisted and found myself on my knees. Dante stopped just in time and our position made me proud. I stood there on my knees with the end of the staff barely touching his throat. Had it hit him and gone through, it could have done enough damage where I could easily grab a stake and throw it into his heart.
Dante pushed the staff away from himself gently and smiled. I looked up and found myself also smiling. Had I been in battle I would have killed 6 stogoi single handed. But just to see Dante fighting for his breath like I, was an amazing accomplishment.
" You're ready." He stated.
" Ready for what?" I asked as I stood up.
" We are invading tomorrow. We are killing every last one of them." He stated. My heart stopped.
" Woah, how do you even know where they are at?"
He gave me a smile. " We have our ways."
" But tomorrow is only days away from Christmas Eve." I stated.
" And?"
" And I won't do it! You can't expect me to kill my friends!"
Dante smirked." I figured that you'd say that."
Suddenly I felt something jam into arm and I tried to fight against it but I was held down. I turned and saw a guard injecting something into me. I fought and fought as much as I could but all of a sudden, I didn't feel like myself anymore.