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Well, here's Chapter 37, hope you guys like it. I found this chapter kind of hard to right, I hope I at least did a decent job at it. Please read and review and tell me what you think. It really means a lot to hear from you guys! Thanks again for all of your support and thanks for giving this story a chance. i can't tell you how much it means to me. Well, without furthur waiting, (I think I've made you all wait enough) read on! :)

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APOV: (Adrian)

The worry and not knowing what was going on out there wad driving me crazy. About half and hour had passed since Janine, Dimitri, Eddie and the rest of the Guardians had left in look for Rose and we hadn't heard anything since. The tension in the van was obvious and filled us like a thick cloud. All of us buried in our own thoughts.

In the driver seat sat Guardian Miller and next to him sat Abe clutching his phone in his hand as if his life depended on it, a look of frustration mixed in with concern and anger covered his face. He hadn't said a word since he'd gotten back in the van, obviously he was mad for being forced to staying behind. In front of me sat both Lissa and Christian, they were talking quietly to each other, Christian trying to get Lissa to calm down. And next to me sat Savannah.

"It'll be okay, Adrian. You'll see, the Guardian's will bring her back." she said to me smiling, trying to reassure me, but her eyes and her aura told me everything.

I knew that she loved Rose like friend, a sister even, and I knew it would hurt her just like it would hurt any one of us to lose her. But just like always, she tried to be optimistic and find at least a bit of light in between all the darkness. That was one of the things I loved about her, how she always thought of others before herself. How she always put on a strong and brave face no matter what.

I grasped her hand in mine and squeezed it lightly, thanking her for her words, finding some comfort in the warmth her skin provided.

"I hope you're right." I said back at her.

Ever since we had kissed that night in the garden, things between us had been… different. I noticed how she would avoid me now and would rarely look at me in the eye. We hadn't talked about what had happen, but I knew and so did she, that what happen between us was serious. But… right now, it was as if nothing had happen. She was here with me and I was grateful for that.

As the minutes passes my worry grew and all that filled my mind was Rose's voice. The way her voice had sounded when she'd called me asking for help, how desperate and frantic she'd sounded. The way she had screamed… I knew that she was in danger and if they didn't find her… I don't know what would happen. I fidgeted in my seat craving to have a way out like the old days. I died for a cigarette or a drink, anything that would help this feeling of helplessness go away, though deep down, I knew that nothing would help until I knew Rose was back and safe with us.

In the end, I couldn't take it anymore. I just couldn't continue sitting there anymore and wait and not do nothing while god knows what was going on out there. I stood up suddenly from my seat, breaking the silence and making everyone jump up, startled.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know about you guys, but I can't sit here anymore, knowing nothing, while Rose is out here. I have to know what's going on." I said and reached towards the door before Guardian Miller spoke up.

"Please Lord Ivashkov, sit back down. The Guardian's are doing the best they can. You'll just put your life at risk." he said, trying to convince me but I was beyond that point. My mind was set and he wouldn't be able to stop me.

I opened the door and jumped out of the van, surprised to see Abe jump out right next to me, a determined look on his face. Instantly, Guardian Miller got out of the van, slamming the door behind him, and came to stand in front of us, blocking our way.

"I'm sorry Lord Ozera, Mr. Mazur, but I can't let you go. You could get hurt, even killed. Its best if you'd stay here and not intervene."

In that moment, I knew that it wouldn't be so easy to get passed a trained Guardian. He was probably a foot taller than me and twice as big. I only had one option, but, to my surprise, Lissa beat me to it.

"Guardian Miller you want to let us go. You know its really important for you to let us go." Lissa said behind me and I turned to look at her. Her eyes focused on Guardian Miller. I turned to look back at him, his face confused at first but soon enough, he realized what was going on and started to fight it.

"You're going to go back to the van and wait for all of us to come back. You won't notice our absence because we left with Janine, Dimitri, and Eddie. You're the only one who stayed behind." Lissa continued saying. I felt spirit and the compulsion fill around us and aimed straight at Guardian Miller. Though he tried to fight it, it was no use, Lissa was stronger. We all watched as he walked back to the van, his face devoid of any emotion, and stared straight out the windshield.

Both me and Abe turned back to look at her and found her face guilt- ridden.

"I know, I know. What I did was wrong, but that's the only way he'll let us go." she said and looked down then back at me again.

"You're right Adrian, Rose has risked her life for us so many times… she needs us and I'm willing to risk anything, anything, to find her." Her eyes filled with tears and I knew she meant what she'd said. Christian grabbed her hand and the look on his face told me he agreed with her.

Without saying anything else, Lissa and Christian got out of the van, followed by Savannah who was holding a safety kit in one hand. I looked at her asking a silent question.

"Better safe than sorry." was all she said.

"I think we should divide into groups." Lissa said, "That way we don't waste any more time."

"That's a good idea, but we can't risk getting lost. We should stick together, that way if we need to leave fast we don't have to look for anyone else." Savannah said, making a good point.

"You're right," Abe agreed, "Well, I saw Janine, Dimitri, and Eddie go through here." he said, pointing at a trail going into the woods." I guess we should follow their steps, after all, they know more about this than we do."

With that being our best option we followed Abe's lead and walked towards the trail that went inside the woods but at the same time lead to the many shops around the block. We all tried to be as quiet and alert as possible, listening for any voices or threats. After walking in the same direction for about ten minutes, we stopped, knowing that we would probably find nothing the way we were going. Abe pulled out his phone only to curse out loud in anger.

"Damn it!" he yelled out loud frustrated, "They told me they'd call if anything happened and that was almost an hour ago! Why don't they answer?" he asked, mostly to himself.

It was then when we heard a ear-piercing scream that left me cold and from the looks on everyone's faces, they felt the same. Immediately, I stared running toward the way I'd heard the scream come from, everyone else running behind me. The closer I got the louder the voices sounded and the more my heart sped up in my chest. I realized someone was crying, crying that wasn't the normal kind of cry. It was heart shattering and painful and the only thing I could think about was of Rose.

Finally, I reached the clearing and found everyone just standing there and the way they look wasn't promising and then I looked closely and realized the reason behind that scream. On the ground was Janine, clutching Rose to her while Dimitri held Rose's hand in his, his head bowed and shoulders shaking, but what my eyes focused on was Rose.

"She's not dead!" Janine screamed at Dimitri, but it was as if he didn't hear her. Her face was red, both in anger and sorrow. Never before had I seen someone in so much pain, so distraught.

"No!" Janine cried, "No, she can't be dead! You're lying to me. Why are you lying?" she screamed and her words left me cold. I didn't want to believe what she was saying. Rose couldn't be dead, not after everything she'd been through. She didn't deserve this kind of ending.

No. No. No.

I said to myself. This couldn't be the end, this wouldn't be the end.

I looked at Rose, my knees threatening to give out, but what I saw… it gave me strength but most of all, hope.

"She's not dead!" I screamed out making everyone turn around and look at me. I ran as fast as I could to where they were. "Her aura is still there. She's not gone." Her aura was flickering almost gone, but it was still there, she was holding on to a thin thread. She wasn't giving up.

I threw myself on the ground next to her and did the only thing I knew I could do to help. I put my hands on top of Rose's heart, her soul, her essence and let Spirit course through my body and focus on my hands. Never had I put so much effort into something. I pushed the magic in me and demanded my body to resist its power. I had to do this, for once in my life, I wanted to do something right. I didn't care about what happen to me, all I cared about was Rose and giving her a second chance, a chance to be happy with the man I knew she loved.

I opened my eyes and looked down at Rose, at the life I was trying to save. Her eyes were half way open, but glazed over, she probably couldn't see me or any of the others. I started to feel the weakness taking over my body and I tried to push it away, to ignore it, but I knew that soon I would be up to my limit and that all my effort wouldn't be enough.

Suddenly, I felt a great surge of spirit surround me, shocking me. I looked up and found that Lissa had joined me. Her aura was golden like the sun and that brilliant light was being poured into Rose. I saw Rose's body start to glow, her aura brighter than I'd ever seen before, getting stronger as the seconds passed, and I knew that we had won. That at least, for now, she was okay.

I removed my hands from her and smiled to myself, happy. I felt like something heavy had landed on me and the most thing I wanted was to close my eyes and let that heaviness drape over me. I felt my body slide down to the ground and I knew soon I would lose consciousness. I felt something warm touch my face. I gathered enough strength to open my eyes, to see what it was.

My eyes landed on Savannah's golden ones, looking down at me, tears glistening in them.

"Savannah…" was all I was able to say before darkness took me over.

DPOV: (Dimitri)

I held my breath as I watched Rose slowly open her eyes, looking everywhere, obviously confused, and I'd never been so happy to see her chocolate brown eyes.

"Roza…" I said softly, my fingers brushing against her cheek. Her eyes immediately darted towards my voice and locked with mine.

"Dimitri…" she said, her voice barely a whisper, "Where am I?" she asked me turning her face to the side trying to get a glimpse of her surroundings.

"It's okay, Roza, you're safe now. I got you." I said to her, so happy to hear her voice. When I'd seen her… I thought she was gone forever, that this would be the end. I'd gone to hell and back, for a moment, believing that I had lost what meant to me the most.

"Eddie… where's Eddie? I saw him… he was fighting with Tasha. Where is he?" she asked, her voice desperate and her breath labored. She tried to sit up and cried out in pain, her hand clutching her stomach, her fingers covered in blood. I felt all the blood leave my face as I looked down at the scarlet liquid covering her hand.

Immediately, I lifted her up in my arms and started towards the van, trying to not move as much as possible. I heard her gasp and her face filled with pain.

"My sorry Roza, I'm so sorry. I promise you'll okay, just hold on. Please, hold on." I begged her.

"Dimitri… what happen to Eddie? Where is Eddie? Dimitri… tell me?" she said, her voice frantic.

"Don't worry Roza, Eddie's okay, he's fine." I told her, hoping that it would help her calm down.

"Dimitri… what happened… what happen to Tasha? Eddie was fighting her…"

"You won't have to worry about her ever again Rose. She's gone." I said to her.

I ran towards the van knowing that time was extremely important right now, Rose's life depended on it. I looked down at Rose and saw how her eyes were staring to close and her face was getting even paler than before.

"Hold on Roza, please, hold on. Look at me, please don't close your eyes." I said to her, my voice shaking from the fear I felt.

"I'm trying Comrade… I'm trying…" I heard her say, her voice barely audible, and I felt a pang in my chest. It had been so long since I had heard her call me that… I'd never believe that I'd miss her teasing nickname.

"Start the van!" I yelled at Guardian Miller when I got close enough for him to hear me.

Janine and Abe ran in front of me and opened the door the van. Janine face covered in dried and newly formed tears. Abe looking as serious and worried as ever.

"I'll be okay, Little Girl," he said to Rose, placing a hand on her forehead, "I promise its going to be okay." he said, his voice rough with emotion.

I got in the van and sat down, laying Rose down across my lap and waited for everyone else to get in. Lissa, Christian, Janine and Abe came in after me sitting in the back and Savannah came in came towards me kneeling down next to Rose, opening what looked like a suit case.

"Expose the wound." she said to me while she took out some gauze. With shaking fingers, I pushed what was left of her shirt up her stomach and uncovered the wound. It didn't look too big, but we didn't know what was going on inside of her.

"Okay Rose, can you hear me? Its me, Savannah." she said as she placed her small hand on her cheek, then on her forehead.

"Savannah…" Rose said and turned her eyes on her.

"Were going to take you to the hospital, okay Rose? Meanwhile, you have to try and stay awake, okay? You can't fall asleep." Rose just nodded and looked up at the roof of the van, her chest moving up and down with each labored breath.

Savannah then covered the wound on her stomach with gauze and pressed down, the cloth immediately soaking with blood. She removed her hand and grabbed my hand replacing its place.

"Press down on it," she ordered me, "We have to stop the blood from flowing." she rummaged in her suitcase again and pulled out more gauze and pressed it against the shallow wound at the side of her neck. With my free hand I brushed my fingers against her cheek, making her turn and look at me.

"You are so strong Rose, you'll get through this. We'll get through this. I promise." I said to her, tears running down my face and honestly I didn't care.

"Dimitri… don't cry…" she said to me, reaching up to with her hand brushing the tears away with her fingers. I pressed her hand gently to my cheek, kissing each bruised knuckle before looking down at her.

"I love you, Roza." I said, hoping everyone heard me, wanting them to know that I was serious, as serious as I'll ever be. "I love you like I've loved anyone before."

Behind me I heard the silent cries of Lissa.

"I can't heal her anymore, not even if I tried, I can't do it." she said, her voice breaking

"You did what you could Lissa. Both you and Adrian did your very best." he said in his voice I could hear the pain her felt as well. Then I heard Janine speak with Abe.

"I'm going to lose my daughter, Abe. We're going to lose our daughter. Why, Abe? Why does life want to take her away from me?" she cried.

"Our daughter is going to get through this. You'll see, Janine, our daughter is strong. She's strong just like you. She'll beat this." he said to her and I heard the emotion in his voice.

"Dimitri… Dimitri…" Rose's voice made my eyes snap back at her. "Dimitri I'm cold." she said, her eyes barely opened, it seemed as if she was already asleep.

I touched her face, her temperature was rising. I was about to tell Savannah, but she was already on it.

"This should help her temperature go down." she said, pushing the air out of a syringe before injection Rose on the crease of her elbow, making her cry out in pain.

"Shh, it's okay Rose. I'm here" I said, trying to comfort her.

Some time passed and we didn't say anything, I just watched Rose shiver in my arms, Savannah placing cold packs on Rose's forehead, trying to get her temperature to lower. Finally, we reached the hospital emergency room entrance and I practically kicked down the door. I ran into the hospital with a shaking Rose in my arms.

"Help, please, I need help!" I hollered, making everyone look at me.

The receptionist immediately got up from her chair and went inside a room. She came out followed by a couple of nurses and a stretcher. I placed her gently on it, immediately the nurses started running toward deeper into the hospital. I ran after them, needing to be with Rose, not standing the idea of not being able to see her. But once they ran passed those double door, one of the nurses stopped me.

"I'm sorry sir, but you can't go in. You have to wait in the waiting room, we'll look for you there." she said, placing a hand on my chest as I looked at Rose and the nurses getting father and farther away from me.

"No, please, you don't understand," I said to her desperately, "I have to be with her. I have to go with her." I said to the nurse, pleading at her to let me go through.

"I'm sorry, but those are the hospital's rules. I can't do anything about it."

I didn't even bother answering her, I just turned around and started walking aimlessly. I was dying on the inside. How was I suppose to go on without being close to Rose, after everything that had happen, being away from her was the last thing I wanted. I wanted to hold her to me. To tell her how much I loved her, tell her how much I needed her.

I reached the waiting room, knowing that that was the best thing I could do now, and sat down on a chair. I put my elbows on my knees and held my head on my hands, pulling at my hair. I wanted to scream and cry all the pain I felt on the inside. I wanted to explode and let everything out, every single feeling I was holding onto. Without even realizing it, I started crying, not being able to take all the pressure and pain anymore. Sobs racked through my body and all I asked for was that Rose, my Roza would be okay. All I asked for was a second chance.

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