Well, here's Chapter Thirteen, I am sorry it took so fucking long for me to finish it. I'll briefly explain.

I went to write it about three or four days ago and finished about half of it. But then I stopped for something, and when I tried to write two more times I just couldn't or was trying to multi task. Turns out I can't.

I am sorry if this seems to be more schizophrenic or rushed in terms of pacing than most of my writing, but I was sort of trying to get it done. Oh well, it's done now. So I can take a break before working on Chapter 14...

Please remember to review and just keep in mind I don't own Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead does.

Chapter Thirteen

As I awoke in a haze of drowsiness and pain coming from my back, I tried to sit up, and found I could do so easily. As I opened my eyes, I found Marissa standing in the far corner of the room.

"Good, you're awake. I hope that the pain has passed. I need you ready for action in twenty minutes."

I sat and thought for a second. I did feel the pain, but for some reason, it didn't bother me. As I looked at Marissa again, I noticed something was different.

Like the fact there was a gold sheen outlining her body.

"What in the fuck?" I muttered to myself. "Marissa, what exactly does an aura look like to you?"

She looked surprised, probably not expecting a question like that. "Well, it's like a colour outlining a person's body. Sort of like a shadow."

"Oh, alright. Then explain to me why I can see your's, and why the excruciating pain from my spine isn't actually bothering me."

She looked stunned and slightly afraid, "Oh, shit." She looked down to the floor and shook her head, "This isn't right."

I just stared at her. "What, did you give me Spirit's powers?"

She looked at me, "This makes no sense, I just noticed your aura changed. It's like a mix of every colour together. Including Gold."

I began to feel strange. It was a worrying feeling that something was wrong. Wait a second.

"Marissa, I think I am recieving your feelings? What's going through your mind."

She looked even more stunned, "Well, I am shocked. I wasn't expecting any of this stuff to happen, and I suppose I am really worried that something is really wrong with you."

So, I was partially right. I was feeling the worry, but not the shock. But that wasn't the weirdest thing.

I was starting to feel stronger. I mean, I felt stronger than before when I woke up, but now I was feeling really strong. Almost as strong as Strigoi are.

"Don't get too worried, I don't think there is anything seriously wrong with me. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine for now."

The worrying feeling that was in my mind started to fade ever so slightly, and she looked at me. "Oh, good. Maybe we can get out of here after all. We might be alright."

I started to feel thristy, and licked my lips, I felt a sharp pain in my tounge. At first, I thought I had just bit it, but then I realized it was something even worse.

I had fangs.

"Marissa, you think me having some of Spirit's abilities is odd, explain why in the FUCK I have FANGS!"

She looked up from the floor and quickly strode over to me. She stopped, "Open you mouth. Now."

I opened my mouth as wide as I could, "Oh, this really isn't right."

Before we could discuss any further however, there was a loud clicking sound and a beep from the door. It was the sound of the locking mechanism.

Marissa headed to the corner and leaned against the wall as I closed my mouth and silently sat there waiting.

Rose entered alone and quickly pulled a gun before heading towards me.

"Rose, I thought you were waiting until 9:00 to get rid of him." Marissa sounded genuinely surprised, and I could feel her unease.

Rose chuckled, "Yea, well plans change. And the science team had a bit of an accident." She smiled, "Suffice to say they don't need him any more. And they don't exactly need you either. But we'll get to that later."

"So what, you're just going to kill him right here?"

She stopped walking and raised the gun in the air for a few seconds, "You know what. I was, but it'll make a mess, and the Queen is going to need the cell. Someone was asking too many questions. Now, undo his cuffs and let's get him up to the surface. You know what, never mind. I'll just put him to sleep, make this easier."

In a split second, Rose was by my side, she quickly slammed the handle of the gun into my head, hoping to knock me out cold. Unfortunately, the changes my body had undergone made that gesture seem like a small child trying to injure me. I looked up at Rose, and as I did, I found myself overwhelmed by various thoughts, and it only took me a second and Rose's stunned look to realize I was going through her mind. I quickly turned away and closed my eyes, this was followed by Rose's quick "What in the hell?" remark before there was a loud bang followed by Rose's voice again.

She screamed in pain and followed with "What in the fuck are you doing?"
I looked over to see Rose lying on the floor clutching her knee and Marissa holding a gun to her head.

Rose laughed, "You know what, go ahead. Kill me. All it'll do is drive Lissa insane, and get you killed. Think about what you are doing."

I started to feel stronger again, and not really thinking about what I was doing or where the strength came from I decided that the Rose I knew was dead, and quickly broke free of the handcuffs that had been holding me to the chair. I pushed Marissa out of the way and took the gun from her. Aiming it at Rose I she looked up at me and all I could do was look at her. Her face had a look of horror and shock frozen on it.

I laughed, "You know what, I won't kill you. Marissa, go open the door."

She was quick to do as I asked, and I grabbed Rose by her hair and dragged her over to the now open door. I let her go when we reached the hallway and looked down at the floor. The wound in her knee left a trail of blood all over the floor. I decided I wasn't going to let Rose bleed to death.

I took her jacket off, and had to fight her still impressive strength as she tried to stop me. I tore both sleeves off and used one to tie her hands behind her back. I tied the other one around her leg to stop the bleeding. Standing up I said quickly, "If you take that off, you're going to bleed to death. And I know you don't want to die." I turned to Marissa, "Come on. Let's get out of here."

As I headed down the hallway, I passed the gun to Marissa and looked at my hands. They had a fair amound of blood on them, and I was overcome by an urge I couldn't ignore. I let a few drops of blood fall from my hands into my mouth and tasted it. And, despite my usual disgust to Moroi drinking it, it seemed different now.

Besides, it tasted sweet and very delicious.