I'm uploading this now since Chapter Ten was so short.

This is it, will Rose die, or live? Read and see....

Chapter Eleven - Zero Hour

This was it. The time had come.

All the death, all the destruction. it was going to end. Right here, right now.

Just then, a voice came over my earpiece, "Team one in position. Waiting for orders."

I then heard Harkin next to me and in my ear, "This is team two, understood. Begin the operation, breach the main entrance and contact us when you hit first contact."

"Understood, radio in when you breach the Command Center, team one out."

So, we sat and waited. It was cold, especially since it was daytime in the middle of the winter. Rose had picked a remote location close to the city for her Bunker, she was smart, but not smart enough to remove that evidence from the house. I surveyed the team, 15 Guardians and 5 Moroi, our computer specialist was carrying a weather-proofed laptop and was trying to crack the security on the computers down below.

Just then, a voice came over my earpiece again and I could hear fighting in the background, "This is team one, we have encountered heavy resistance, but they are focused on us, you are clear to enter. Repeat, clear to enter!"

"Alright!", Harkin shouted, "This is it! Johnson, did you crack that security yet?"

The Guardian looked up from his laptop, "Alarms are down, elevator is still running, and they are locked out of all important systems, I also have a video feed."

"Patch it through."

He typed in a command and showed us the laptop, Rose was sitting in a chair in the center of the room, surrounded by computers and other Strigoi. "What in the hell is going on! How many are there?!"

"About 50." One of the Strigoi shouted back.

"Well, we will fight to the death, I am not leaving. Wait for them to come, and slaughter them."

Harkin smiled, "Good, she's nervous. Let's go."

The elevator raised out of a trap door in the ground, and we all hopped in. It was very large, likely a cargo elevator. As we reached the bottom of the shaft the door opened silently, and we quietly moved to the heavy doors that were sitting between us and Rose. I nodded and one of the Guardians moved forward and opened the door.

All hell broke loose.

As we entered, the Moroi set every Strigoi in sight, aside from Rose, aflame. Apparently, these guys cared more about their looks then safety, cause' they lit up like bonfires. Rose stared shocked, and then looked pissed. Really pissed.

She got up, drew her sword and jumped forward. She held up her hand and fire danced across her palm, it flew and split, hitting and setting alight three Guardians and a Moroi. She proceeded to test two of our Guardians in combat, she fought sword to stake, and our guardians did very well. She killed both of them, and even though they slashed her several times, she ignored the pain. Then, a shockwave, like an invisible wave, forced everyone against the wall. Everyone except me.

"Come here my Dear Dimka, fight me like a real man!", she was furious and guided by blood lust.

I noticed two swords on the wall, so I grabbed one and began dueling with her. Amazingly, I managed to skillfully counter and block every attack she threw at me. She began to get more and more frustrated until, eventually, she used her Black Magic to trip me, breaking a leg in the process.

"I will kill you, then the others. Let this be a lesson to Moroi and Dhampirs everywhere. DO NOT FUCK WITH QUEEN ROSEMAIRE HATHAWAY!" She was screaming now. As she was about the bring the sword down upon me, Harkin broke free of the bond holding him to the wall, grabbed the other sword, and stabbed her through the heart from behind.

She screamed a horrible scream as she crumpled to the ground. Everyone immediately fell from against the wall, as everyone approached, she spit up some blood and looked at us, "Damn you. Damn you all. Damn you all and both your insignificant weak pathetic fucking races. Kill me now. Or I will use what little magic I have left to kill us all."

Harkin moved forward and kicked her in the side of the head, it knocked her out. He pulled the sword from her and looked at it, "It isn't silver, she is only knocked out, you can still convert her back. If you are going to do it, do it soon, before she wakes up."

Harkin and the others went to help eliminate the remaining Strigoi in the place. I somehow managed to get up and pick up Rose. I carried her out, and hoped I got her to Lissa in time.

Okay, okay. I know I didn't say whether or not she lived or died, but that is in Twelve! Wait till tomorrow, it is coming.....
-Nueemann