I'm sure you're all as anxious as I am to find what is going to happen to our favorite guardian. So let's get this show on the road.
Oh, I don't own Vampire Academy, just so you know.
Daphne POV
The sun has just set and a bunch of Strigoi are heading into the city to feed. One of the females, Nadia, tries to get me to go along. "Come on Daphne, we're going to some clubs Moroi men like to frequent. We can have a little fun with them before drinking." she says with excitement. The part of me that is terrified about what is going to happen here very shortly wants to go with her. But I think about Adrian and maybe finding a way to be with him, and I know what I have to do.
"No thanks, Nadia. You go have fun. Though, if you find a nice handsome blond playboy, I wouldn't mind if you brought him home for me." I laugh, trying to keep her from getting suspicious as to why I don't want to join her on the big hunt. She laughs along and waves goodbye as she and the others leave. I look at my watch and realize Rose and her group are going to be here shortly, so I position myself by the front guard manning the security cameras. Luckily the one on duty is Ralph, and he has been trying to get in my pants almost as much as Adrian has. Even though it sickens me, I need to put on the old Daphne charm and distract him when the time comes. I sure hope Rose appreciates everything I do for them.
I slowly walk towards Ralph, smiling, and make sure he sees me doing so. He sees me and gives my body the once over all guys to do pretty women. When I get to him, I stand behind him and lean against the wall, forcing him to swivel around to face me. Now his back is to the security monitors, but I have the perfect view. My plan is to flirt with Ralph until I see Rose's cars approaching and then swallow my pride and make out with him until they come in. "I'm bored Raphie, when does you shift end?" I ask bumping his leg playfully with my knee. I'm wearing a dress that shows off my thighs really well, which gets his attention as intended.
"I only have a few more hours until James relieves me. What did you have in mind?" he runs his hand over my calf that I have leaning on his leg. I have to suppress the urge to shutter at his touch.
"Probably the same thing you do." I say playfully. "I've been pretty lonely." I can tell he's getting excited by how his hand is now going farther and farther up my leg. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Rose and the rest sneaking through the maze and up to the house. That's my cue. I grab Ralph's shirt collar and pull him out of the chair and closer to me. I put one hand on the back of his neck and bring his lips down to mine and kiss him with everything I've got. I so deserve an Oscar for this performance. He is totally responding by groping me all over. Please hurry you guys. I don't know how much longer I can do this. Finally, finally, Dimitri, Jacob, Mia and some human I've never seen before comes through the door. Ralph pulls away from me and growls at the intruders. He jumps over the desk and attacks Dimitri, who only has to fight him for about ten seconds before he stakes him. I can see why people refer to him as a god. I'm just glad I'm on his side. The human comes over to the control panel and starts doing stuff. The others all stand guard around her.
"Okay, everythings down. Tell Rose it's good to go." she says after about five minutes of messing with stuff. It doesn't take long for the front door to open and Christian to come through first, hands raised ready to torch anyone in his way. Rose, Alex and Rose Ann follow him in and they look around the area, making sure it's safe. The human that did whatever she did the security system gives Rose a thumbs up. Rose then mouths 'Adrian' to me and I point down the hall where I saw him go earlier to talk to Galina. I know Galina is strong, but with the man power they have, I don't see her as much of a threat. Rose's group quietly moves along the hall to get Adrian. I figure we just wait a little while longer until they have him and we can all split. After a few minutes I hear the library door slam shut. We all look to one another in confusion on why she would do that when about ten Strigoi come out of nowhere and surround us. I recognize Nadia as one of them. Oh my god, the whole hunting trip was a trick. They must have figured out what I was up to or were at least suspicious. Well, I guess I'm not the award winning actess I thought I was.
The front doors open and I see another ten to fifteen Strigoi walking in with Lissa, Peter, Eddie and Katie. We are so screwed. "All of you, into the library now! Galina wants to see you." One of Galina's favorites yells. "Don't forget the traitor. Galina has special plans for you." he snarls as he looks my way. I don't like the sound of that. We all walk the way Rose went with Nadia leading the way. She opens the door and I see Rose and her group surrounded by at least twenty more Strigoi. I think everyone who lives here is now in this room. I didn't realize how many were actually here. Some spy I am. The others walk in toward Rose and someone pushes me through the door so hard and land on the floor. I get up and stand with them. I don't know what happened, but suddenly, all the guardians circle around four of us, the weaker ones. I look around and find Adrian standing to the side, smiling at Rose. He thinks he's won, and by the look of it, he probably has. Galina walks over to Rose and starts talking to her. I can't really concentrate on the conversation as I look around the room trying to find some way out. I never had the chance to scope out this room since it's usually occupied with Galina and her cronies.
I'm brought out of my thoughts when I hear Rose screaming something and then everyone starts fighting. Strigoi are jumping at the guardians and I see flames shooting everywhere. Being a Strigoi, I naturally am strong and quick and figure I can be of some help to someone. I see the little Moroi, Mia, putting up a good fight but I don't think she can last too long on her own. I go behind the Strigoi she's fighting and grab him from behind. Mia takes to opportunity of his brief shock to stake him through the heart. Just as she pulls her stake out, another one comes at her, then another. I fight with one and rip her arm off. Wow, I didn't think I had it in me. Mia stakes the one she's fighting and runs over and stakes the one armed one. We continue like that, helping each other out for what seems like forever.
I glance over my shoulder to see how many are left, when l see Adrian hit Rose over the head with something that looks like a brick. She immediately falls to her knees, clutching her head. I see her trying to get up, but fall down again. I have to help her. She wouldn't be in this mess if I did a better job in my surveillence. I try to run to her to get her away from him but he picks up her now limp body and walks toward the bookcase. I follow him and see that he is going through some secret door. I open the door and follow as best I can. It's a dark tunnel with only a faint light far up ahead. I run about a hundred feet when I come to a three way fork. I don't which tunnel to take, left, right or keep going straight ahead. I stop at the entrance to the left, close my eyes and inhale through my nose, trying to see if I can get a read on Rose's scent. Nope, they didn't go down this way. I repeat this process at the middle tunnel and get no indication that they went this way. The only tunnel left is the one on the right, so I start running that way.
I feel like I've been running for hours but in reality it's probably only been minutes. This tunnel is full of curves and bends that slow me down a bit. It almost feels like I'm going in circles, which I wouldn't doubt considering the huge maze above ground. Galina was probably totally insane or a real genius. Finally, I see something different as I run down the tunnel, a set of stairs off to the side. I start to run up the stairs because I can smell Rose's blood in this direction. I hope I'm not too late. When I get to the top, I realize I'm back in the house, but on the opposite side of the library. I step out into the hallway and look down either way, wondering which room he could have taken her to. Well, I'm never going to find her just standing here. I'll admit, Adrian was pretty smart using the tunnels to get here, the guardians will get totally lost trying to find her if anyone saw him using the secret door.
I go from door to door checking each room for Rose. I find one that's locked and I put my ear to it to see if I can hear anything. It's my lucky day because I can hear Adrian trying to wake Rose up by lightly slapping her face. Hopefully that means he hasn't awakened her yet. He must want to torture her first, the bastard. I feel the panick and rage start to fill me up and I start kicking at the door handle, trying to break it free so I can get in. After about the tenth kick, it falls off and I rush into the room, slamming the door open as I do.
I see Rose laying unconscious on the bed with Adrian standing next to her with his arms crossed over his chest, looking at me. "Daphne, I'm actually glad you're here. Now when I awaken Rose, you guys can really be BFFs like you always wanted. We'll be one big happy family, me and my two favorite girls." The look in his eyes scares the hell out of me. I have to get Rose out of here, but I'm not sure how to go about it. I'm so tired from fighting and running all along the tunnels that I don't think I can take him down if I tried. Maybe I can talk him out of it, or at least stall him long enough that the others may be able to find us and take him down.
"Adrian, you know Rose doesn't want this life. And if you did awaken her, do you honestly think you'll be able to control her? She'll be much stronger and quicker than you and will have no problem killing you. Did you think this thing through?" He stops to think about it for a second. He might've had a chance when there were other Strigoi to help keep her in control, but they've all been killed, mostly by Rose herself. I guess he thought of a solution by the smile that creeps over his face.
"I know she has feelings for me, so I'll just use that to my advantage. I'll seduce her into submission. There has to be some truth to all those rumors that follow her wherever she goes. Tame her with sex. God, life is good." he laughs. I can't help but role my eyes at his method to tame the shrew. I was about to make some smart remark when I hear Rose groan from the bed. Oh no, she's waking up.
Rose POV
Oh my freakin' god, my head is killing me. It feels like someone slammed a railroad spike through my skull. I try to open my eyes, but it's bright wherever I am. I attempt to sit up, but the throbbing in my head gets worse, so I fall back into the pillow. Okay, so I'm on a bed, but where? I open my eyes again and look around. I see Adrian staring at me with a smile on his face. Well, at least someone's happy. "Adrian why are you smiling at me? What the hell happened? Where am I?" I ask hoping I'll get some answers. I take a closer look at him and see that he has red eyes. Oh shit! Now I remember what happened. We were ambushed by an army of Strigoi. Dimitri. Where is Dimitri, and Lissa? Where is everyone? Did they survive? I try to get up out of the bed, but the pain in my head and a very strong Adrian keep me down. Fuck!
"Don't panic Rose. We got what we came for, remember? My body is right there in front of us, now we just need to figure out a way to get me from your body to mine." the Adrian in my head tells me.
"Any ideas? I don't want to start making out with a Strigoi if it ain't gonna work, no offense. You're hot and all, but no." Don't get me wrong, I'll do anything to get Adian back into his body, but only if necessary.
"Oh good, you're awake. Sorry about hitting you like that, but I didn't think you would willingly come with me if I asked." Strigoi Adrian says.
"What are you going to do with me?" I ask him, though I'm sure I know the answer.
"Rose, I'm going to give you what you've always wanted, but would never admit, me." Oh man, is her arrogant. I didn't realize I was laughing until I saw the angry look he was giving me. I quickly quiet down, not wanting another head injury.
"Adrian, leave her alone. She doesn't want this. She doesn't want you." I look to the side of the room and see Daphne trying to talk Adrian out of awakening me. This only pisses him off more.
"Shut the hell up!" he screams at her. Both she and I flinch at his ourburst. I so don't like this Adrian. He moves his focus back to me and starts letting his eyes roam over my entire body, which makes my skin crawl. "I've been wanting you since the first day I saw you. Now you'll be mine forever." He gets on the bed with me and straddles my waist. His face comes closer and closer to mine as his smile gets wider and wider. I hear Daphne scream as she tries to push Adrian off me, but fails. Adrian backhands her hard and sends her flying into the wall. He gets off me and grabs a pencil of the nightstand and casually walks over to Daphne, who is slumped on the floor. He grabs one of her arms and forces her to stand up. He gets right into her face and growls at her. "You need to learn your place and KEEP QUIET!" He raises the pencil up and stabs her hard into her heart, causing me to jump in shock. I know it won't kill her, but it's enough to knock her out for a while. He let's her arm go and she drops to the floor, looking dead.
I move to go to her, but he turns around and pounces on me, pinning me down on the bed again. "No, no, no. You're not going anywhere Little Dhampir." He forcefully brings is lips to mine and starts kissing me, almost desperately.
"Now Adrian, push Spririt out now." I yell in my head while I have contact with his body.
"It's still not working. Your soul is still blocking our efforts. We have to figure out how to let it go." he tells me. Let is go? Let it go? That sounds like dying or turning Strigoi. Oh god, please don't tell me the only way to save Adrian is by my death? Suddenly I feel the release of pressure on my mouth and I realize that Strigoi Adrian is trailing kisses down to my neck. My heart rate increases knowing what he is about to do, awaken me. I start thinking about Dimitri and Lissa and everything that has happened to me this past year. I'm not ready to die. I try to fight him off, but I'm so weak from fighting and losing blood that he just laughs at my feeble attempt.
Then it hit me, to awaken me, he has to drain me of blood, which will kill me, which will free my soul, allowing Adrian to escape my body. I stop fighting and wait for the inevitable. "Don't worry Little Dhampir, you're going to enjoy this." he says as I feel his fangs seer through my flesh. The pain is enough to make me scream, but I won't give him the satisfaction. I feel him sucking on the wound he just made on my neck and a feeling of pure pleasure starts to take over my entire body.
"Adrian, this is your chance. Do what you gotta do." I manage to get out before I loose myself to the bliss.
"No Rose! You have to fight! Rose!" I barely hear him scream. I'm just enjoying the ride way too much to pay any attention. I feel myself falling farther and farther down. Before the blackness totally takes me under, I feel a rush go through my body. He did it. Adrian is back home.
Sorry for the little cliffie, but I had to end it somewhere. Don't worry, I'll have the next chapter us real soon. So show me some love and hit that gree button and review.