I started looking around, trying to see if I saw anyone or thing. I locked Dimitri's gaze, and he saw the fear. He grabbed Bailey and started running towards me.
"What? Whats wrong?" He asked.
"There are strigoi." I said.
"Where?" He asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know… but they're here." I said. I then looked down at Bailey.
"Shit." I said. "We have to get her out of here."
"Where can we take her that she'll actually be safe?" He asked. It was a rhetorical question, but I answered anyways.
"No where. There isn't anywhere." I said. Fear gripped me then.
"I have to find Lissa." I whispered. I turned and started running.
"Lissa?" I screamed. She stepped out of the crowd to look at me.
"There are strigoi." I said.
"Where?" She asked. I didn't even get the next word out before the doors busted open.
"Dimitri… RUN. Get her out of her." I said. He just froze up, staring at me. It was the first time in my life I'd ever seen Dimitri hesitate. He'd taught me all my life not to, and he slipped.
"GO!" I screamed, pulling my stake from my belt. He grabbed Bailey in his arms and started running along with the other hundred moroi trying to get out. There were only two strigoi, but they were strong. They'd taken out at least two guardians already. I maneuvered my way through the crowd, and too them, catching a foot right to the jaw. I stumbled back, but swung, catching one across the face. He lunged forward, raking his razor sharp nails down my arm. Blood poured out, but I didn't even notice. I kicked him against the wall, but he maneuvered his way around me, and tried to get away. I kicked the strigoi in the back of his knee's, causing him to stumbled. I used the opportunity to pull him around and stake him. I plunged my stake as far as it would go into his heart, and pulled back. The other strigoi was staked too, but I was sure this wasn't it. If there were two here, there were more out there. The pain in my arm was starting to hit me now that my adrenaline was leaving. I knew I had to find Dimitri and Bailey. As I took off out the doors, the way Dimitri and Bailey had run, I saw him. Dimitri fighting off strigoi, standing in front of Bailey. Bailey just stood there, crying. I started running, not sure what I was supposed to do. Once I got to her, something kicked me, causing me to somersault and land on my back.
"BAILEY!" I cried. As I got up, and grappled with the strigoi, I couldn't get free. I couldn't get to Bailey, and I saw that Dimitri wasn't going to be able too either. My only thought was, 'One of us is going to die tonight'. I just knew it. Bailey, Dimitri, or I was going to die, and there wasn't anyway around that. That's when I saw the third strigoi step towards Bailey.
"BAILEY RUN!" I screamed, but she couldn't move. She was frozen with fear. The strigoi stood not even three feet from her. I tried to break away, to run to her, but the strigoi I was fighting pulled me back. That's when I heard another voice, and saw Adrian step out.
"Hey you… Strigoi." The strigoi near Bailey looked up. "Yeah, you bitch. Why don't you pick on someone your own size instead of the baby." He said.
"Adrian…Don't." I cried. The strigoi had already started towards him slowly. I caught the strigoi I was fighting right across the face, hard. He didn't see it coming and faltered. I pulled my stake and hit him in the chest. He cried out as I dug it deeper into him. When I turned around, the strigoi was right in front of Adrian. I started running towards him, but I wasn't quick enough. There was no way I'd be quick enough. I was right. One of us was going to die tonight, except it wasn't going to be Dimitri, Bailey, or even me. It was going to be Adrian. I got halfway there when Adrian reached up and popped the strigoi in the mouth and tried to run, but the strigoi was too quick. I watched as the strigoi grabbed my best friend by the head and twisted his neck. The deafening crack made my knee's buckle halfway there, and I fell to the ground.
"No." I whispered. The same strigoi then started back after Bailey. I was up off the ground, and charging at him. He struck out, but my adrenaline was pumping so much that I was able to dodge it. I kicked him, and punched him until he hit the ground. I was taking everything out on him. I ran my stake across his face, causing his flesh to sizzle. He cried out in pain, as I continued hitting him, kicking him, anything I could do. I finally saw the opening to his chest and dug my stake through his heart. That wasn't enough for me. I had this rage, this furry that wouldn't leave me. I pulled my stake out, and staked him again. I did this over and over and wouldn't stop. I just kept shoving my stake into random places on his body, even though I knew he was dead. I crawled over to Adrian's mangled body. Dimitri was holding Bailey in his arms now. I'd protected her, but I'd failed to protect Adrian. I stared down into his lifeless face and sobbed.