Chapter 12

Dimitri POV

My head hurt. I opened my eyes to a fairly dark room. There were others in here as well but I couldn't tell who anyone was. I wonder if Rose is alright.

Suddenly there was a bright square light, shining across the room. "Listen up you lot! We have crippled your organisation and now you will become my guinea pigs." It must be that Strigoi organisation, suddenly everything that had happened came flooding back to me. The man who spoke earlier was walking around, looking at people. I wondered how long I had been out for.

The man stopped near me, staring intently at the shaking girl beside me. "I think I'll use you first." As they tried to grab her, I got in their way, protecting her. "Ooh, a feisty one. Maybe I'll use you first instead. Grab him." The two henchmen lunged at me. I dogged with ease. The second time round was different, I had to be careful of the other prisoners, so I didn't quite escape their grasps. I was taken away to some other room in the compound.

Rose POV

We had been waiting outside the building for half an hour now; we needed word about the hostages before we could act.

Someone's walkie talkie beeped and they listened to the message intently. "You know who's going where, follow me people." The same person shouted. I hated this, I was going to be one of the ones staying behind, making sure people got to the truck alright.

Minutes later people started streaming out of the building. We each took little pockets of people to the big trucks and vans. Each had a first aid kit for anyone who was injured.

Within ten minutes the first couple of trucks were full. I went up to the driver of the truck I had just filled. "You're ready to go." I told him. He muttered a 'thank you' before zooming off, another truck taking his place.

Dimitri POV

"Boss, we've been attacked. Looks like a rescue attempt for the prisoners." The others had some for us. There was something strange with this man, like I should know him from somewhere. "And it looks like she is with them as well."

"Let the prisoners and their rescuers escape. I'm very happy with this subject. There has been a change of plans. Please notify everyone to go to the other base." The messenger nodded before running away. The man looked to the other two in the room. "Take him to the roof."

Rose POV

A few hostages and the rest of the groups were pouring out of the building. The last trucks were good to go now, but I still hadn't seen Dimitri yet.

"Come on Rose. Everyone's out and we're going to blow the place up." Someone said behind me, I turned around to see that it was Eddie.

"Dimitri's still in there. I didn't see him come out."

"He may have gone out the other side."

"No, the other group came over this side as it was the quicker rout for the hostages."

"You know you may have missed him. There was a lot of confusion."

"Yeah, I suppose you're right . . ." But I was still doubtful. I was climbing into the car when a man shouted from the roof of the building.

"Miss Hathaway. Looks like we meet again." I knew that voice. I turned around to check, and sure enough the same man from all those years ago was standing on the roof. I thought that I would never see him again. It brought back terrible memories.

~Flashback~

"Have you thought about your position anymore than last time?" I didn't say anything. H slapped me across the face. A few tears escaped, but I wouldn't let him see me break down, that he was winning.

He pulled my face up to his and gently caressed it kissing the area he had hit. He moved on to my lips, I didn't respond, I just let him do it this time. "Good. You're learning to be obedient." He slowly pushed me back down onto the bed.

As his hands started to groap my body, I fought back violently. He grabbed my hands, binding both of them in one of his, as he beat me to a bloody pulp.

~End~

"Adam." I stepped back out of the truck.

"Ah so you do remember me. That's nice to know."

"How could I forget?" I said through clenched teeth. My body visibly showed anger.

"Rose we have to go; we can't waste time with this guy. We need to blow up the building." I was only half listening to whoever was speaking from the car.

"Come up here and maybe we can have a nice little catch up."

"Like that will ever happen!" I yelled at him.

"You might want to change your mind once I've shown you what I have up here with me." There was nothing that could change my mind. "You see, I have a new friend up here with me."

A person came into my view on the roof. They were bound and gagged . . . It was Dimitri. I came to a quick decision about what to do next.

"Leave now and blow up the building in half an hour." I walked towards the building, leaving them dumbstruck before following my orders.

Someone was there to meet me at the door to guide me. He took me down to some secluded room and left me there.

A few minutes later Adam walked . . . without Dimitri. "Where's Dimitri?" I asked sharply.

"Don't worry, he's somewhere safe for the moment." He smirked. I hated his guts.

"What do you want?" I wanted to get out of here as soon as I could, with Dimitri.

"Shouldn't that be obvious?" I stared at him blankly. He walked over to me and played with my hair before bending down to whisper in my ear. "I want what I've always wanted. You!" I pushed him away from me violently, an expression of disgust on my face.

"You will never . . ." He stopped me by covering my mouth with his hand. I pulled away quickly.

"I'd be careful with what you say." The big mirror in the room became a window. Dimitri was bound up, kneeling on the floor on the other side. A hand gripping my arm stopped me from rushing over to the window. "I said that he was safe for the moment, but the second I click my fingers, he could be very much in danger." He pulled me towards the window and pressed a button on the wall. Some guys who were standing in the other room walked up to Dimitri and started beating him up.

"Dimitri!" I shouted through the window, putting my free hand against the pane.

"It's no use. He won't be able to see or hear you." Tears escaped my eyes. He pressed a different button and they stopped. It felt so much like the last time, except Lissa had been in Dimitri's place.

~Flashback~

My phone rang in my pocket as I walked home from college. The caller ID told me it was Lissa. "Hey Lissa, What's up?" I answered.

"It's not Lissa. Guess who?" A male voice said on the other side. No it couldn't be, I dumped him a whole year ago.

"Is that Adam?" I asked not completely 100% sure.

"Bingo. Give the girl a prize."

"Why are you calling me? What are you doing with Lissa's phone? What have you done with Lissa?" I reeled off questions before he could answer them.

"I'm calling you because I want you back silly. As for Lissa she . . . lent me her phone, so that I could call you. She's fine by the way, but she won't be if you don't follow my instructions." He said rather politely. I stopped in my tracks.

"I'll do what you want, just please don't hurt Lissa." I replied in a small whisper.

"Now there's a good girl. Carry on walking home, freshen yourself up a little. A car will be waiting outside for you in two hours." He cut off.

OOO

On the door to my apartment was a note. It read 'Please follow the instructions on the pink heart post it notes. Adam'.

I walked inside and sure enough on the table were two pink heart post-it-notes. They had numbers written on them, I suppose they had to be followed in the right order. It seemed ridiculous, but I would do anything for Lissa. The first one read '1. Walk into the bedroom.' I did as it said and found a couple more pink heart post-it-notes along with some clothes. The next note read '2. Go have a bath.'

As I walked into my bathroom, I saw that the bath had already been filled with warm water and bubbles. There was a small package which also had a post-it-note on it, '3. Use these to wash with.'

After I had finished my bath I went back into the bedroom to read the next post-it-note, '4. Make yourself beautiful for me, and I would like you to wear these clothes.' I looked at the clothes which had been laid out for me. They were quite nice, but they were so not the usual sort of thing I would wear. I decided to put them on anyway, for Lissa, it was all for her. She was my best friend and I couldn't let her get hurt.

After I had gotten changed and put some makeup on, I walked out to find the other post-it-note I knew was around. There it was on the table next to the first one, '5. Relax while you wait for your ride. There is a small travel bag already packed for you under the table.' From what I could tell, I had about 35 minutes left. I decided to watch some TV just for something to do.

OOO

Exactly two hours after the phone call, someone knocked on my door. "Taxi for a Miss Rosemarie Hathaway." The man shouted through the door. I knew this was the ride I had been waiting for. I picked up my bag and went to answer the door. I followed him to the car, which he nicely opened for me.

After a while I realised that we were going towards Lissa's place. Outside her house was Adam the driver opened my door and motioned for me to get out, I complied.

"That looks beautiful on you." He came over and sniffed my hair. "I see you have followed my instructions very well."

"Have you hurt her? If you've hurt her I'll kill you!"

"I have not harmed a hair on her head, just a little threat here and there, but otherwise she is fine. Now we must get going." He motioned towards the car again and we both climbed in the back, leaving Lissa behind. I really hope he had kept to his word.

~End~