Sorry about the long update, we had a blizzard and well you would think that I could finish this but no, we had to shovel through like 5 inches of snow and I had to try and get my car doors open because they were frozen shut. But anywho here's your new chappie and I hope you guys like it.
I was lying in the bed at the hospital counting down the minutes until this pain would be gone. I really hated the pain but the thought of holding mine and Dimitri's babies in my arms always seemed to make it easier. Dimitri was sitting by my side. He was being the good boyfriend/ baby daddy. There was another shot of pain that went through my body. I let out a scream and that made Dimitri jump instantly. I gripped his hand extremely tightly, I was hoping that I didn't break his hand.
"I'm so sorry Roza." He said. I don't know why he was saying he was sorry. I mean yes it was partly his fault for getting me pregnant but I wanted this. I knew I would be in this pain but I wanted this. The contraction only lasted a little while, but they were becoming more frequent and that meant that we would soon have two more kids to watch.
"Hey don't be, I'm not." I gave him a weak smile, since I needed all of my energy. The smile reassured him and he kissed my forehead.
Another contraction hit me. This one was the strongest of all. "Ow, Dimitri, Dimitri. I need you." I screamed out. He was by myself, and this time I grabbed his hand and didn't care weather I broke it or only caused mild bruising. "I'm here Roza, your doing marvelous and your almost done." He kissed my forehead again and before releasing his kiss he mumbled a few words in Russian to me.
When people seem to say your almost done, usually they are lying. I hated that, it gave you false hope and true it did keep you strong for a little bit but when you finally realize that they were lying to you, you just stop working so hard. But that we the complete opposite of Dimitri. With him I did feel like he was telling me the truth and that I was almost done. So I worked harder.
The doctor came into the room and checked to see how far I was. I was contemplating how I could do some serious damage to him while I was this huge, and in labor. For his sake I was hoping that I was almost fully dilated, if I was like 5 or 6 then he had better hope that Dimitri can restrain me.
"Well Rose good news is that you are now fully dilated. So are you ready to push?" He gestured for a few nurses to come into the room with two of those plastic bassinets and some towels and stuff.
"As ready as I will ever be." I was exhausted and they knew that but I still gathered enough strength to push. I was also having second thoughts about that C-section that I was advised to get. But now I guess it was too late to do that.
With in a matter of what seemed to be hours but was only seconds I heard that cry. It was a crying of a healthy baby. The doctor signaled to Dimitri to come over and cut the cord. He did and the doctor handed the baby off to one of the nurses so it would be cleaned up.
There was still more pain radiating from my body and the doctor told me to push once again. This time however it was easier and quicker. I heard that cry again and then I saw Dimitri go over again and cut the baby's cord. The nurse grabbed the baby as she did with the one before and started to clean it up.
Dimitri walked over to me and kissed my lips. "Roza you did and amazing job, but that's not enough to describe how amazing you really did." He kissed me again.
"Can I see them now?" I was exhausted but I still wanted my babies. Two nurses walked over to us and each of them were carrying a bundle of cloth. I reached out to cradle one but then my world turned blurry and then I realized that it was a dream.
This was the worst thing that could ever happen. The kids were fine and would be as long as Stan, Eddie and I complied to their demands. The three of us knew that our main priority was making sure that the kids were safe, this time it was their lives before ours. Right now the line between Moroi and dhampir's didn't matter any more. We were now in the hands of the Strigoi and if they were thirsty we had to let them feed from us. We really had no power now, and the chances of our survival were slowly dwindling down to near impossible chances.
Our only chance of survival was if Dimitri came and if the other Guardians had come along with him. But that didn't seem too likely to happen. I kept wishing, praying if you will, for some miracle to happen. Someway that Dimitri and the other Guardians could come and get us but that didn't seem very possible.
"Stan is there anyway that the Guardians may find us?" I was asking him mostly out of desperation. Alexei and one of the other children were sleeping on my lap. I just wanted the kids to get out of here and I didn't want them to be involved with this whole thing, they were innocent. The Strigoi know that and we all know that they don't turn children into Strigoi.
"Rose to be honest, I'm not sure. The school Guardians are very high skilled, but finding us, well that would be almost impossible." Stan must have known how I felt with that blow. "I'm sorry Rose, I really am. If we do have an opening, a chance to get you and the children out of here. Then by god I will take it."
"No, no your not going to make me leave." My old instincts were coming back.
"Yes, I will. My goal is to keep you and the children safe. Your pregnant, encase you haven't noticed and with twins. Rose your almost due from what Dimitri has been telling everyone, I need to keep a very close eye on you and if we have to chance to let you go back then I will take it."
"Wait, Dimitri told you I was almost due?" It was weird because we tried not to tell too much about our personal life, especially Dimitri because he barely shared anything about his personal life.
"It surprised us too, but he is very excited about being a father again. And you can see it in him too, his attitude has changed since you came back with him. Every time we see him with your son there is that sense of pride and joy in his eyes and facial expression. Every time we see you two walking to go get your son or just walking around campus, we see the love that you both share. You know you two are the envy of every Guardian on campus." Stan must have not been feeling well because he hardly ever says anything nice to me and here he was giving me a whole speech. "Now I know why he was always defending you. The rules need to change, and I guess we have you two to credit for it. Times need to change and the Queen needs to allow Guardians to be with the ones they love. We are not their slaves, like I heard you mumble in your sleep, and yes you are right."
Okay now this was getting freaky. I really am wondering why he is saying all of this nice stuff to me. Things were actually looking up for us we were developing a plan to escape. The kids were unharmed and Stan, Eddie and I were fine.
"Thank you." That was all I could say. He knew why I was thanking him and he didn't question it. The van we were traveling in suddenly stopped. Everyone in the car moved forward thanks to the principle of physics, and the kids that were asleep now had woken up in a nightmare. We heard the Strigoi talking about something, it was more like arguing really. They opened up the back doors and began to move the children out. They were screaming and crying but we couldn't do much because of a rule that was set by the Strigoi, "Remember Dhampir's, you can't help them if you want them to live." was something they kept chanting to remind us.
One of the Strigoi had the nerve to come over to me and try an grab Alexei. Even though he was my son I wasn't supposed to help him. With out even thinking I tried to pull him back to me. "He's my son, you can't have him!" I screamed that and the Strigoi's face lit up. "Excellent." Was all he could say. I tried to run after him but there were three other Strigoi's that had somehow gotten in the back of the seat with out me knowing it. They pushed Stan, Eddie and I out of the van. At one point they pushed me so hard that I tripped and hit the ground. I luckily managed to land on my side so I didn't hurt the babies. Stan and Eddie helped me up.
"She's pregnant, have at least so respect for her." Eddie said he was still in his full Guardian mode and I'm very sure that this did bring back some of the few memories that he had during the Spokane incident. We walked into the house that they had stopped at. As soon as we had gotten inside Eddie turned to me.
"Are you okay Rose?"
"Yeah Eddie, I'm fine."
But really I wasn't. There was a sharp pain that went straight through my body that caused me to double over.
Dimitri's POV
I hated being here. Guarding I'm fine with, but Rose was at home with Eddie and our son and she was due fairly soon. I was more worried about that. But I had to fulfill my duty to the Queen, even though that I was furious at what she said to Rose, or else she threatened to send Rose to a community and the Queen would raise our children and I would be sent to the most distant royal they can find. I stood at y post, not really watching over everyone because there were so many Guardians here it was really pointless.
"Dimitri, you seem tense." It was Janine, her being Rose's mom made me more frightened of her. She was a nice woman but she had a reputation for being the worlds best guardian and also Rose's mom.
"It's nothing, just I'm worried about Rose." I never really opened up to people and me opening up to Rose I was okay with because she got me. But with everyone else it was weird and uncomfortable.
"I have to admit I am too." It was her daughter after all. And these were her grandchildren that Rose was carrying. "I heard about what the Queen said to Rose, Kirova told me, and the Queen had no right to say that to her. Sure Rose has made some bad choices but she has also made some good ones. Look I'm going to see if they will let you off early so you can go back to Rose and Alexei."
"Thank you Janine." She left to go and talk with Alberta and the Queen.
I really do think that I should be able to go and be with my family considering there really isn't much I can do. The royals were getting drunk off of expensive wine and champagne and their children were talking. The high school and middle school age children were here and all they did mostly was gossip about people. The younger ones didn't care too much and they were off in a different room watching a movie probably. So much for family oriented. I thought to myself. The Moroi associated themselves with family life but really they didn't care all that much.
The sad thing was that there were Moroi out there that actually did care more about their family than about their royal status. I know I did care more about my family than about anything else, sure wasn't born a Moroi only changed into one but still I was one. Janine had came back over to me, she seemed troubled and Alberta was following her.
"Dimitri, have you heard from Stan or Eddie?" Alberta asked quickly. The questions that popped into my mind was, why would Stan call me and if Eddie called "Is Rose okay?" I spoke that one out loud. "And no I haven't heard from either of them. Why?" I had to answer Alberta and Janine because then maybe they would answer me.
"Well a Guardian thought he saw a few Strigoi come onto campus. Were not sure if it is true or not but we would rather be safe than sorry. Stan left about and hour or so ago and he didn't answer his cell phone." Alberta explained the Stan issue.
"And if there are Strigoi on the campus then I'm sure we would both feel safer if Rose and Alexei were both here under Guardian protection considering Rose is almost due with the twins and Alexei is still a very young child." I know Janine cared a lot for her daughter and also for her grandchildren, and I agreed I would rather have them here and safe rather than worrying about them.
"Alright, I'll go over to the house and get Rose and Alexei and bring them here." I grabbed a stake and Alberta handed me a walkie talkie so I could communicate with her. "I'll be back as soon as I can." and with that I was off.
I sprinted over to my house. But along the way I noticed a few strange things. The only lights that were on in the whole Campus came from the party and and eerie blue light from the younger elementary. But I remembered that they were having a movie for the younger kids that couldn't go to the party. There was also tire tracks in the snow along with foot prints, but foot prints were common and the tire tracks could be from anything. They did have pick ups that the school used to move things.
I sprinted back over to my house and I noticed that all of the lights were off and the front door was wide open. It was strange. I ran inside and everything was a mess. There was laundry thrown all over the place, blankets ripped up. There was a floor lamp that was broken. I ran up the stairs and looked for Rose, Eddie and Alexei. In Alexei's room the sheets were ripped off of the bed and his toys were thrown everywhere. I ran over to our room and everything was wrenched, much like Alexei's and down stairs.
"Alberta, Rose and Alexei aren't here." I radioed back to her, I was hoping that this was just a horrible nightmare but it wasn't. I went down stairs and the back door was open too. I looked outside and there was nothing. Static came from my radio. "Are you sure?" It was Janine's voice. I knew she was panicked, this was her only child.
"Yes, I looked everywhere." There was this feeling inside of me. The younger campus looked very strange too. "Check the younger campus too."
With in minutes the campus Guardians were at the house and I had heard there were also ones that were at the younger campus. It turned out that the children were gone that were at the younger campus and also the Guardians that were watching them were killed.
I knew who did this.
This wasn't just some random attack because they would have killed everyone or at least Eddie or Stan. They wouldn't kill Rose because she was pregnant but they would have for sure keep her as a snack and maybe turn her. The children would have probably been killed because they couldn't be turned and if they were the rouge Strigoi, that we always run into, they would have been thirsty and would have killed them just for blood.
No this was the work of the Strigoi Elders. They wanted Alexei and the also wanted Rose. Somehow they knew she was pregnant and she would be vulnerable. Especially since she was almost due.
"I know who did this." Everyone was buzzing around the house trying to gather information but as soon as I spoke they slowed down. Especially Janine, Alberta and Kirova. "Dimitri, how do you know this?" Janine was they only one who spoke.
"Because, when I was a Strigoi there was a plot to get the most powerful Guardians in the world and turn them in to Strigoi weather they liked it or not. Your name was on the list and so was Rose's. After the learned that Rose was pregnant they posted a notice that said she was with child and it was mine. That made them even more happier and they wanted to turn Alexei into one. Or at least steal him and raise him until he was ready. But I stopped them. We moved Rose around quiet a bit and everyone in the house tried to keep her safe." It hurt telling them this, because I knew that this was possibly going to happen.
Then it hit me, they had plotted this perfectly. With so many Moroi in one place that meant that there were at least some of them using magic, especially the high schoolers. And since we were near a ward that would cause the wards power to weaken and eventually turn it off. That's how they got in. I grabbed my jacket and car keys.
"Dimitri where are you going?" Alberta grabbed my arm.
"I'm saving my family."