CHAPTER 28

I woke up some time later. I don't quite remember what happened to me but I do remember that I got into a fight, I think with Josh and Angel? I wiped my face to get whatever was on the off my eyes I couldn't see, nothing. Everything was... it was pretty blurry I blinked a few times to try to clear my vision it didn't work. I felt a bit angry and started padding on the ground for a body I'm pretty sure there were some around me I hope. My hand brushed across another hand that wasn't moving. I brought the hand to my mouth and began to drink it was too good, when I finished that one I had patted my hand around again to find another one. I drank that one too and my vision was clearing a bit. "Rozzette" I heard my name. "You have to listen" Rasheid I tilted my ear towards his voice "I know you are a little disorientated but right now you have to get out of here before the others awaken." I tried to open my mouth to talk but words wouldn't form.

"I can't see" I bumbled out. I reached again to another Strigoi; I fed from him as well before Rashid spoke up.

"You have to leave now Angel is waking up now" I heard a shifting from where she rested. My vision wasn't as great as it should be but I could see a little bit I just have Keichi carry me to the woods so I can finish before it got bright. I had him pick me up and toss me on his back as we bolted out the door towards the woods. The woods I remember I had just finished sending a message yeah and then a Strigoi came up behind me and grabbed me so that I couldn't move my arms. Because we fought a little bit before some other ones came and started hitting me it hurt a lot and then it went black the next thing I knew there was some very old blood right in front of my face. But why was I so worn out I felt so tired, what happened? I got to work and soon I noticed that not all of these bodies were Strigoi. I tried to go farther out where I know that there would be no guardians because I did not want to see it, it was too much since I had known quite a few of them. After a while I had started to head back I had hoped that the other killers were already gone because I wanted to be in the main room with Rasheid. What I got back I decided to sit in the corner by the door while everybody milled around and talks amongst themselves. Soon the sun began to rise and the guardians were saying it was safe to leave. I noticed that my ear piece was still in my ear I decided to send out a message to the killers as well as the guardians.

"Attention killers, I want you to have all the guardians come to the main gym where we practice and Met, And I want the Moroi that helped there too. As for the Moroi they are free to go do whatever but I want the Royals to stay and do a body count for the Guardians that died." I said loud enough for everyone in the room to hear. Some of the Royals protested but I was having none of it. "I want all of them doing this it is daytime so there are no Strigoi, they will count as well as list the dead are even out in the woods every single body, I don't care how young or old or how high up you are, you will be out there counting the dead, And see what they sacrificed for you and how many sacrificed for you well you gave them no thought at all." Since I was closer to the gym I got there first and angel came soon after me, we decided that too many were lost for this to get away so we were going to go find the helpers and kill them for their traitorous acts. After about an hour pretty much most of them were killed all that was left was two others and Tasha, I learned that the light that exploded from me hours earlier want gone yet and a once in a blue moon thing, but a type of power that did many things and this time I didn't get worn out so bad but I still felt tired from earlier. I heard that all the bodies were accounted for and everyone was either dead, injured, taken, or in the gym. Me and Angel decided to stop by the hospital to see who was where and to see if we knew anybody on the dead list. Firstly check the injured I was obviously looking for Dimitri I wasn't sure who she was looking for, so I asked.

"Yuri, we have been together since I got here he's really nice and really sweet and I would be absolutely crushed if he was gone because I really really really like him but don't tell Josh I don't know how he'll act." I thought he had a girlfriend.

"I won't but that's really nice. I don't see them on the injured list maybe there in the gym" I said.

Yeah they're not on the dead list either so that's good right" she said. We headed back towards the gym the guardians were still in there and I was hoping to find Dimitri and Angel was hoping to find Yuri. We entered and the guardians were walking around and talking with each other I climbed up high to see if I could see Dimitri or Yuri's face I didn't see them. I was angry was beyond angry infuriated they were nowhere, I felt my heart shatter and explode into a million billion pieces, nowhere I'll never see him again, I'll never touch him again. I looked up though all the Dhampires that lived how lucky they were, when my own hadn't. I grazed over them when I caught angel's eyes on the other side of the room tears springing to her eyes; I felt the pressure of the room, of the whole event and knew how that there were no more excuses. I saw her turn around quickly and go into a corner to silently cry over her lost lover. Josh got up on the makeshift stage and called attention I walked behind him and sat against the wall hugging my knees to my chest trying to withhold the tears, I didn't want to ruin their mood, they had won, but in my opinion we lost, lost worse than the Strigoi could have destroyed. Although my Dhampire will probably be amongst them soon, a hateful creature of the night, my beautiful Dimitri, gone. as he talked, congratulated, and told them they would be here though tomorrow night before they could go home, I began to shove all this sadness and pain away like I used to, but anger and hared replaced it all, killing the helpers wasn't enough. I just wanted to kill one more, the one close to him, and had helped in his demise. I hadn't tested my 'light' power much but it seemed like a wish it have it type of thing I wondered if I could bring her to me, as josh finished up what he was saying I pushed him aside to get to the attention of my friends as well as angel who looked angry as well, sharing my thoughts of killing just one more, most likely.

"Christian are you here come, here for a second I want you to see this." I felt power boiling inside me like the light only different it didn't feel like it was wearing me out, it wasn't bad, it was just there. I know that I wanted I wanted Tasha, I wanted her here so I can see her, so she can see what happened because of her, what she stole from me. And then she appeared in like a flash of light next to me right where I wanted her. She was confused and stunned that she was here she started to speak but Angel slapped her and the Guardian stopped murmuring too. "Tasha, do you know why you're here, no you know, will you admit to what you've done in front of your nephew?"

"I don't know if talking about" she tried angel had been pacing around us stopped and stomped over to her

"Don't play stupid with me! we lost some very important people to us today, and your helpful hint to the Strigoi aren't even going to be considered as anything less than disgusting and your gunna die. The only reason, the only reason why your blood isn't splattered all over this room is because of Christian! He's gunna decide how you die, it's an UN avoidable fate!" she yelled in Tasha's face. Christian looked horrified, as did my other friends at what she had said

"what she did was inexcusable, she has only 3 options; either we kill her, she is sentenced to death here, or they send her off to some prison for the rest of her life and she gets attacked by Strigoi on her way there, since they want her dead to" I explained to him "it seems mean, but she's not gunna live. I'm sorry, but I did my best to give you a little more time, knowing her obvious fate." I said referring to how I told him what she was up to weeks ago

"Can you believe this Christian? After all this..."

"No Aunt Tasha, I knew, I have known for a while now." he interrupted softly "how could you do this! Why Tasha, why? What would make you do this, do you know how much death there is all around us?! How could you be a part of that!" he yelled, crushed.

"I'm sorry crish, I just... I just couldn't stand how the royals were trading the Dhampires like they werent even people! So when they said they would stop that it seemed like the only choice left, since they obviously werent gunna do that here" she explained, it was silent for a moment. she did have a point though they were treated like playing cards, they would get moved and traded some had good owners who were kind others just wanted them to have them, while the latter just treated them like garbage and they were worn down into misery.

"So having 100s of them lying dead outside trying to protect their home, family, and friends seemed like a better choice?" he responded angrily.

"No no Chrish, I just... I just wanted a change." She said sadly

"Aunt Tasha, I can't save you. I wish there was a reason for me to want to save you but there just isn't." He said solemnly. As Christian finished his last thoughts the doors on the other side of the gym began to rattle and burst open. Keichi, whom I haven't seen since I finished hunting, came through. The whole gym turned around to see what was going on behind them; I was just about to scold him for making such a loud entrance, when two people came in behind him.