The After Effect chapter 5
'Does anyone disagree?' she asked. The room was silent. Everyone was onboard. We would strike.
I was shocked. This moment would be written in the history books as the very first time us guardians actually went out to strike Strigoi, as opposed to just defending against them. It was a whirlwind of activity in the guardian block as everyone readied for the attack. It was decided that a group of 30 guardians would go out, and 40 would stay behind to guard the school. I was amazed at how quickly reinforcements were sent into the school.
I stayed with Dimitri the whole time, he had spoken to Alberta and they had agreed that I was good enough, so long as he stayed with me. It was an exiting opportunity to be trusted as a guardian, but yet terrifying as it was the real deal. I had been waiting for this moment my whole like. After we came out of the meeting to decide on our action there was not much else, we could do other than wait, so Dimitri took me back to his room, again no-one noticing because of the circumstances. 'Roza this is serious' he said, with a sombre look on his face. 'There is a very real possibility we will lose people, and it could be you are me. Please, if something happens to me, I want you to go on living. Forget about me and what we had and make yourself happy.'
'Would you do the same for me?' I asked him.
'I could never forget you Roza' he replied gently.
'Well then there is your answer Dimitri. I couldn't live without you just as you couldn't either. I could survive for Lissa's sake and give my everything to her, but I would never truly live again.'
There was a silence as the words I said kicked in and I could see the passion swirling in his eyes, then he lent down and pressed his lips up against mine, absorbing me into his kiss, both of us forgetting all cares we had. He lent me down on the bed and pushed me so I was lying on my back. He moved on top of me and deepened the kiss. His hands were running up and down my side, sending shock waves throughout the whole of my body. I wrapped my arms around him and pulled his shirt up, needing it off. He stopped for barely a second and pulled it over his head before taking off mine as well and kissing me once more. The skin to skin contact felt amazing. This was it. I was finally going to lose my virginity and the moment couldn't have been more perfect.
We laid tangled up afterwards, his arms wrapped around me protectively. 'We will always have this moment' he whispered in my ear. Just then someone banged on his door, startling both of us. Thank god he had locked it. He shot out of bed and threw on a pair of joggers before opening the door. On the other side stood Alberta. I could see her, but Dimitri blocked her view into the room. She had a surprised expression on her face, probably because there was a topless Russian god stood in front of her. Her gaze was looking behind Dimitri though, directly at a pile of clothes, on which were my hot pink lace panties that had been taken off me and flung on the floor. Dimitri followed her gaze and wore a pained and embarrassed look on his face. She raised an eyebrow, but either she didn't know who was in the room or was willing to look the other way at this time of panic I don't know, but she just told him the group was gathering ready to leave, and walked off. I got out of bed as soon as Dimitri shut the door and quickly got dressed. I was wearing tight combat trousers, a black tight t-shirt, and my combat boots, so luckily, I would not need to change.
We met group 2, who would be going out of the academy and assembled together waiting for the briefing. I noticed a few other of my classmates, apparently, I was no exception, but then realised that whilst I had a stake, they did not. Alberta gave us a quick briefing, and we set off, walking in 3 groups of 10. As we walked out of the academy gates there were crowds of Moroi and dhampir students waving us off, one of which was Lissa who stood at the front. She gave me a weak smile. I could feel that she was so proud I was going to help, but she was also terrified she would lose me. I couldn't think about that now.
Although the Moroi students had taken a bus to avoid the sunlight, if we walked their directly, we could be at the Strigoi grounds in 40 minutes as we could take a direct route. As it was a long trek most people were silent, mentally preparing for what was to come, and I just walked directly next to Dimitri, occasionally catching his eye. All was quiet on our walk there, and had the circumstances been different it would have been a very nice stroll, but they weren't. Thankfully my mother wasn't in my group, so I did not have to deal with her, but she had left me alone thus far anyway, presumably not wanting to distract me, something which I was immensely grateful for. Once we were about a 10-minute run away from the building we stopped and all grouped together.
'We go in in waves' Alberta said, the group deathly silent and serious. 'We don't know how many Strigoi are in there, or how many Moroi are still alive, and there is the possibility this is a trap, so that being said, the main objective is to get you all back out alive. I don't want anybody being a hero and we just do our best.' I found the speech terrifying, mainly because there were so many unknowns here. We jogged the short distance to the building and created a protective circle around it, just as the light was beginning to come up. Dimitri and I were in the third group, so we just watched the first go in. Nothing happened. No-one came out and nothing could be heard, until suddenly shrieks became audible. At this point the second group went in, and suddenly a Moroi student came running out. She was grabbed by a guardian and taken away to a clearing that was secured. Gradually another 5 students came out and the same thing happened, but when the last one did, he shouted 'they need more in there, they're really struggling'. That was our signal. I locked eyes with Dimitri, and then Alberta, and we ran in.
I was immediately hit with nausea, but before I had time to process it, I was engaged in my first fight. The Strigoi was female and young, so whilst it was a challenge, I was able to kill her. I turned around and saw Dimitri fighting two Strigoi at once. He was really sweating and struggling, when a third Strigoi joined him in the fight. I began to fight my way through the guardians and Strigoi to go help him, but it took forever because of the close quarters. I saw a Strigoi get in a blow to his head, and he fell down. This was not happening. The Strigoi leant down and bit into Dimitri, pausing for a second before leaving him for dead and moving on to fight other guardians. I screamed but no-body noticed, they were all to preoccupied. I threw myself on the floor next to him, having finally made my way through the crowd. I reached for his wrist to check for a pulse but couldn't feel one. All words were lost and it felt like there was no-one in the room but me and him. I pulled him towards me and began running my hands over his head. There was one thing I could try. I had promised I would never do it again, but then I wasn't expecting this to happen. I reached into Lissa, and pulled all I could. I pulled and felt the magic surge into me. I placed my hands-on Dimitri, closed my eyes, and moved that magic into him. I felt a pulling sensation in my mind, but kept on going until the magic stopped. My heart felt like everything was overwhelming me. I gradually opened my eyes, praying he would do the same. Nothing was happening. Tears were streaming down my face. I suddenly noticed his eyelids flutter, and open. He looked into my soul, a look of fear on his face. It worked.
I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Sorry its been a while updating, I've been busy at uni! Pleaseee review!
Molly
