A.N: Hey guys so I was just wondering, something totally unrelated to the story so skip it if you like, but I was introduced to FF by an ex-boyfriend… lol… he did something right. Anyway I came in to the world of fan fiction through Harry Potter, Draco and Hermione to be more specific… so I was just wondering how did you come into this world? I'd love to hear from you as always.

And (about the story) try not to crucify me and remember that I have a HEA for my main characters ok… read on and tell me what you think.

Chapter 20

Rose's P.O.V

What we weren't prepared for was the alarm going off.

The alarm meant that something had crossed the motion sensors just before the magic wards, this meant strigoi or one of ours, as animals or humans were repelled by the magic around the wards. But one of ours would have disabled the alarm before going out on a perimeter run, over a month of training and the alarm hadn't gone off once on accident so this had to be the real deal; Alberta would never cause this level of panic and possible chaos for just a training exercise.

"Vicktoria," her name was the first thing that came to mind.

"Vika has her, get dressed." once again his guardian mask slipped into place.

No time to argue with him, I put on some boy shorts under my skirt and a bra under my top and we were out the door, the moment we stepped out of my room the nausea hit me hard, harder than the constant nausea I had been living with for the past couple of days of so.

"Strigoi are close, this time I'm sure but Dimitri you are hurt… you can't fight with that cut on your le-

He pulled me to him and kissed me hard, effectively shutting me up. I had never been kissed like this before, this kiss felt like goodbye.

"Find Christian, you know the drill," and indeed I did. Taking a deep breath I took a quick look around and guardians and moroi were running in different directions… this was no drill… the strigoi had decided to come at us earlier than graduation.

"Rose, GO," his voice kicked me into gear and I took off running towards the gym where Christian and I were to get together as our spot was just behind the gym.

"Sparky," I was actually happy to see him.

"Rose," he hugged me. "Together again."

"Are you hurt like Dimitri?" I asked.

"No I'm good, Vika said not to worry about Vick she's gonna keep her safe," I smiled my thanks as if I tried to speak I would probably cry. Just then the second alarm went off… but how could that be?

"Do you feel anything around here?" he asked me.

"No, but the second alarm… that means," I started.

"That they broke through the first line," he finished. Without another word we took off, at first we followed the other guardians but soon the noise of fighting was guide enough. A sense of Dejavu struck me as I noticed where we were headed… the elementary campus.

It seemed like this is where they had come in, a quick scan told me there was about fifty or so strigoi and that wasn't right… the attack was supposed to harbor over a hundred… this was off somehow. The look on Christian's face told me he had come to the same conclusion as me, just like Dimitri had said Christian and I were on the same page… we worked as one.

"We have no choice but to help here," I said even though I knew that this had to be a ruse… just like Christian and I other guardians and morois had come to where the fight was… leaving the rest of the school unprotected. Our numbers however overpowered the numbers of strigoi and even though I couldn't keep watching what others were doing I could see we were faring better than the strigoi.

Just like in our training Christian was only to engage in combat when extremely necessary, he focused his fire on their head, effectively disorienting them while I staked… it was a clean kill and if the queen had accepted this way of fighting there would be much more of us than there is of them.

Unexpectedly the scenery in front of me shifted and I was running down the air strip… shit this was possibly the worse time for me to be pulled into Lissa's head… not bothering to linger I pulled myself out of her mind and back into mine.

'ROSE,' Lissa's voice shouted through our bond.

Even if my mental block had been strong, I don't think I could have blocked a direct call like this.

'Was she in danger?' I mean could I let her be in danger and not run to her rescue? She was moroi and they come first.

'No, Vicktoria comes first!' my maternal side peeked.

And right now Vick was on her way to safety as the drill specifically said that if the second alarm sounded to take the kids and the elderly to the waiting jets and get them out.

'So she is safe,' I told myself as I staked a strigoi Christian had set on fire.

"Rose, whatever it is snap out of it! I can't keep torching them to death all the time… it takes too much energy," Christian barked at me.

"What are-

But I didn't finish my question as I looked down at the four scorched bodies on the ground.

'Rose Vicktoria ran from the group, I've got her but I'm surrounded… please hear me Rose,' oh I heard her loud and clear.

"Christian find Dimitri, tell him Vick's in danger," and before he could protest I opened the bond and let it guide me to Lissa. Dodging a couple of fights I pushed through fighting my own battle to stay in my own mind.

When I came upon a hurdle of strigoi I couldn't see Lissa but I knew she was there, I also noticed Vika was in hand to hand combat with a female strigoi as four male and one more female watched in amusement.

Urging my feet not to make a sound and hoping against hope that they were entertained enough to not notice me, I crept forward with precise aim I took out the biggest male of the group with one strike.

Only problem was that my element of surprise was out the window as the others rounded on me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw that Vika had taken out her strigoi and move to next one… that left me three for me and I liked those odds better than six to one.

When I looked at Lissa my heart stopped. Just behind her lay the unmoving form of my baby… with that image in mind I did something I would probably regret later… I sucked in all of Lissa's darkness into me willingly.

That made for easy disposal of one of the strigoi and the second went down within two seconds of the other, to my horror the strigoi Vika had been fighting got the upper hand and stabbed Vika through her chest sending her limp body down next to Lissa.

Trying my best to dodge the dagger the strigoi was trying to impale me with a made my worse mistake ever and turned my back on the female that had just killed Vika.

All this was happening far faster than I was ready for, and far too close to my baby… my baby that I hadn't seen even twitch since I came upon them. If she was dead than there was no reason to fight anymore, they could kill me… there was no place for me in a world without Vicktoria in it.

Suddenly everything was moving in slow motion, much to slow I felt the fight and darkness dissipate from my body, slower still was my arm that was dropping to my side in surrender mode.

"Rose behind you," Lissa shouted. I turned making yet another mistake… this moment moving weirdly slow… behind me the female was coming at me with a fatal attack, attack I surprisingly welcomed… I didn't bother to try to block her; all I did was close my eyes. The wind picked up just as something sharp pierced my lower back making my knees buckle as warm liquid soaked my tummy.

A serene peaceful feeling settled on me as I felt someone grab hold of my arm. If dying felt this good I couldn't understand why so many people were afraid to die, before I could ponder anything else a loud 'snap' sounded in my ear and darkness engulfed me completely.

I was no longer.

Christian's P.O.V

Being back here at the academy felt great, yes there are things I need but just sitting here holding Vika in my arms as we watch little Vick play with Anna was my own personal heaven. Sydney had joined us, and was now on the floor with the girls… watching the little girls play together I decided I wanted children and not just a child… images of little girls with blue eyes and dark long hair warmed my heart.

"How about later on we get to practicing on making a baby," I whispered softly in her ear.

"Christian there's something I need to tell you," she turned around in my arms… a forlorn look in her eyes scared me a bit.

"What is it angel?"

But she never got to answer because just than the alarm went off, signaling that the motion sensors had been crossed and someone was far too close to the magical wards.

"Tell me before we go," I urged her.

"I'll tell you when we come back ok, it's probably just a drill," she kissed me quickly before moving out of my arms to pick up Vick.

"Right," but somehow it didn't feel like a drill… there was this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that meant trouble was coming.

"Tell Rose I will keep Vick safe okay," she gave me a more lingering kiss. Sydney carried Anna and Vika carried lil' Vick, I lingered behind watching them until they turned a corner… but like them I had an assigned place to be. When I spotted Rose I was actually relieved.

"Sparky," her and her nick names for me… hate to think it but I actually missed them.

"Rose," I hugged her before I could restrain myself. "Together again," I mused.

"Are you hurt like Dimitri?" she asked me.

"No I'm good," felt good that she cared about me, ma ad Rose had a rocky start but now she meant more to me than any of my blood relatives. "Vika said not to worry about Vick she's gonna keep her safe," I told her, this was bound to ease her mind. She just smiled at me. The second alarm sounded just then.

"Do you feel anything around here?" I asked her. I scanned the surrounding area but couldn't see a thing, and I couldn't hear anything either.

"No, but the second alarm… that means," she paused.

"That they broke through the first line," I finished for her. The time we had trained together really did put us on perfect sync and without as much another word we started running, in no particular direction but away from the gym where nothing was happening. At first we followed other guardians but soon the noise of fighting was guide enough… ironic enough we ended up on the elementary campus again. Dejavu was a bitch. But something wasn't right though… there was only about fifty or so strigoi here. Not at all the number we were expecting. The look Rose was giving me told me she was on the same wave length.

"We have no choice but to help here," she said. It made me feel unease as I noticed everyone else had come here too leaving the rest of the school unprotected. But this was a fight we could win easily. We were trained for this… ready for this.

By the time me and Rose joined the fight I noticed that she was a bit distracted, but I decided not to push, the strigoi that came at us went for Rose first as moroi are not meant to be threats. I did as trained and focused my fire power on his head officially disorienting him. Only Rose didn't act as expected.

Her eyes went blank and the strigoi almost stabbed her while he flailed his arms around trying to extinguish the fire on his face. Focusing my fire to kill and the strigoi went down screaming. This happened two more times, shit Lissa must have pulled Rose into her mind.

The third one I lit only his head as I felt my energy level drop… if she didn't focus I wouldn't be able to fight alone much longer, thankfully this one she finished off.

"Rose, whatever it is snap out of it! I can't keep torching them to death all the time… it takes too much energy," I didn't mean to yell at her but I needed her back… and even them I still didn't know if that would work.

"What are-" she started to ask me something but stopped on her tracks as she looked down at the scorched bodies on the ground.

After another moment of unfocused-ness she got a scared look on her face.

"Christian find Dimitri, tell him Vick's in danger," and she took off running away from the mayhem. Fuck if Vick was in trouble so was Vika as they had been together the last time he saw them. As much as I wanted to follow Rose I also knew that she wouldn't have asked for Dimitri if she thought she could handle the situation alone.

He wasn't hard to find, I found him trying to fight off three female strigoi. The sight actually made me chuckle… just figures the women are falling over him. Amusing thought aside I focused my energy one more time and lit up their heads and true to his reputation Dimitri the god staked them in minutes.

"No," he shook his head as a sad expression befell his face.

Coming to quick conclusion as to what he was thinking, "She is fine, she sent me to get you said Vick is in trouble," I re-laid her message.

"Where?" no time for words so I just ran in the direction Rose had gone, he followed.

Honing in my hearing I heard when Lissa called Rose's name. The scene we came upon ripped my heart right out of my chest.

My Viktoria was lying in a puddle of blood and Rose was on another, Rose still had a dagger stuck to her back and Lissa was also down in between them… she held on to both the girls and lil' Vick was on the ground just behind them. One of the remaining strigoi was drinking from Vika while the other drank from Rose. I had never before done accidental magic before tonight… but without my intention I lit both the strigoi on fire…or was it on purpose? Right about now I couldn't tell you. Dimitri took that as his cue to stake them. Once they were dead I moved over to Vika… she had a pulse but it was fleeting. Trying to pry Lissa's hand open proved to be impossible, without me breaking her fingers that is.

Looking up I noticed Dimitri had come to the same conclusion.

"They need a healer," I told him as even a doctor couldn't help them right now.

"We can't carry them like this," he grunted clearly as frustrated as I was.

I was spent though and as Dimitri and I stood guard over them as there was no way either of us was leaving this spot… I prayed that no other strigoi would come this way as I had no energy left to fight.

A.N: Cheer me up guys… tell me what you think… maybe tomorrow night I'll post the next chapter for my other story… and also thank you for all your kind words… and welcome my new friend chelseajaybaybeh