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Chapter 8:

He had barely closed the door before I knocked him out with a punch, I put as much strength as I could standing that close.

Here douche bag! I thought when my fist connected with his nose.

He fell heavily on the floor.

He's going to be out for a while. I thought looking at him on the floor with disdain. I bet it was quite a blow to his stupid male ego to be beaten by a girl.

And he really was out for some time, when he opened his eyes he was sitting, and attached pretty well, on a metal kitchen chair. I also was sitting on another one in front of him playing with my hunting knife. Then I put my taser and razor blades in clear view on the kitchen table for him to see what was coming his way.

"Finally coming around." I said trying to sound smug. "I don't have all day you know." I added still playing with the knife, using it to point at the kitchen wall clock.

"I…What…" He was confused. "You bitch!! I'm going to kill' ya."

"Of course you will!" I said laughing. Men are such idiots!! The dude was attached on a chair in front of a girl playing with a knife, and she was clearly mentally deranged but he was threatening her? "You know you are an idiot do you? I have so many ideas on how I can torture you till you pass out, or actually beg for me to kill you." I said as my voice shivering with anger.

I stood up, walked slowly to him, and brought my face just inches from his.

"Look into my eyes shithead," I said blankly. "I don't care anymore….I can kill you. I can't lose my soul because" I shrugged "I lost it already and I'm really, really angry right now." I gave him an evil smile. "And believe me nobody is as dangerous as someone who has nothing left to lose."

"What…What do you want psycho?" He asked keeping his eyes on mine.

Well, he was stupid but still some how courageous.

"Not much….I just want to know where your 'specials friends' left last night, and what else you know about their plans." I said sitting back but taking the taser this time looking pointedly at a spot between his legs.

He suppressed a shiver. I could see he clearly got my intentions in the hypotheses that he didn't want to share what he knew with me.

"I knew you weren't normal…" He said narrowing his eyes. "Not human." he added with some kind of disgust.

"Thanks for the compliment," I said sincerely. I mean who would want to be human in a world like this… so much savagery! "But you are not normal either" I added. "Who knew someone could live without a brain?" I added fighting my smile. Smartass all the way!!

"If I tell you... They will kill me!" He said shaking his head from side to side frenetically.

"If you don't, I'll kill you!" I said seriously. "And even if I don't they'll find out that you chatted with me and that 'we' found you and tried to get what you know."

"Yeah but I wouldn't have said anything!" He said stubbornly almost sticking his tongue out.

"Well yeah… but they are usually extra careful and would probably kill you just to be sure you won't spill the beans!" I said sincerely locking eyes with him to show that I wasn't lying.

"It's a no win situation then." He said dropping the act.

I might be tiny, but I knew I could look terrifying especially now knowing that he was one of the only obstacles to the new goal that I needed so badly.

"Not necessarily…" I said putting the taser back on the table. "Honestly I don't hate you really… I'm not lying to you and I don't go back on my words…." Well almost never. I added to myself.

"If you tell me what I want to know… The honest truth I mean!" I added harshly. "Well…Then they'll never know it was you and I'll never bother you again."

He opened his mouth to say something but I raised my finger and continued.

"However if you tell me bullshit then I'll be back with some 'friends,'"I said with such a tone that it made him shiver again. "And you'll cry and wish you were never born." I threw him a dark look. "And if I find out you gave me away, well they better take me down before I have the time to open my mouth. And you better pray they won't go through my pockets because I swear I'll take you down with me…." I said through tight lips.

He got whiter and whiter as I spoke. "You're really deranged…." He said more astonished than anything.

"You have no idea to what extend." I said thinking that I would probably scare the dad in 'The Shinning'.

He sighed and shook his head. "Small and lethal…." He whispered to himself. "Well I don't know much," He said looking up to show he was telling the truth. "Those 'special friends'"he said using the same wording than I did. "Well they didn't like to talk much in front of people like me… human I mean."

I got it, we're not all retards! I though, but just nodded for him to go on.

"I did catch some bribes of information. Their goal is to take over some kind of institution." He said biting his lips trying to think. "A place called St Mirmir… no… St Vader…" He frowned thinking hard.

At least he got some cookies points for trying.

"St Vladimir?" I said trying to hide the unease that it caused me.

"Yeah!!" He said eyes widening like he was saying Yatzee!! He cleared his throat.

"Anyways they tried once but it was not really what they wanted, it was just a diversion because they needed some special people." He frowned confused. "Something about guardian techniques, magical wards…some people controlling elements or stuff…" He shook his head. "Anyways they do have most of that now."

I was frozen as the panic level in my body was increasing exponentially by the second but it took all I had to hide it. I just nodded stiffly.

"I never met the actual big boss but there was a blond one who is pretty high in the hierarchy and apparently something about a Dragomir…. Whatever that is" he said with a snort "if he found or had that Dragomir it could help him to get even higher."

Pure hate shook me. I am going to take that little fucker too!! Him and Dimitri. I thought. If it is my last act… then so be it.

"All I know it that they went down to Tualatin which is I think somewhere near Portland, going South…To meet the boss and organize the troops." He then growled. "I promise! That's all I know!!"

I looked behind him where my ghost/lie detector was standing.

"Is he lying?" I asked

Andre shook his head.

CJ turned the head but didn't see Andre.

He opened his eyes wide. "Ooookkkkkay…" He said looking in front of him again not adding anything more.

I looked at him for a couple of minutes. Thinking about taking him out for good, I mean he was a terrible person associating with strigoi which was the worse betrayal to the human race and to life in general.

I would surely break my promise, but it won't be the most important one that I have broken in my life was it?

I will just make him pay for something he will never pay for and I wouldn't commit the same mistake than the strigoi did.

Don't do it Rose….Don't take a life… It's not you…You still have a shot at redemption. Said a voice in my head that was probably my damn conscience, and what was even worse is that this conscience had the very bad idea to sound like Dimitri.

I really am a mental and deranged masochist!! I thought laughing.

This laugh scared CJ even more as he probably compared me to some serial killer now…I probably had that look in my eyes.

I nodded. "K dude this is gonna hurt but when you come back to your senses I'll be gone… better forget about me and everything else if you want to live a bit longer because if it's not me… it will be others got it??"

He just nodded before I tased him full strength on the neck.

I ran back to the motel as I really needed to exorcise my anger and exercise was the only way I knew how, well… that AND fighting but I didn't have the time for a fight.

I've put all my stuff in my duffle bag, and my sword just fitted perfectly in it. I rolled it up in a towel.

I looked at the car and decided to abandon it there. I needed to get a better one and since I knew I wouldn't need to run on Adrian's money much longer I could spare a bit more. Right?

I heard you didn't need that much money once you're dead anyway. I said to myself as a dark joke.

There was exactly 364 miles between Spokane and Tualatin, and based on a web itinerary it would take me about 6 hours to get there…With a normal car I should specify.

I was very close to my goal. I could feel it.

I couldn't hide much longer so I went to a little car dealer and bought a pretty decent Jeep Grand Cherokee 1996 for 3000 dollars and decided to spend one last night here before going to Tualatin as leaving now was pointless, I would make it there way after dark and it wasn't the smartest plan since I didn't know what to expect there.

That night I didn't take any sleeping pills, I wanted to speak to Adrian, warn him, but I had a dreamless night. I decide to try again the next night and in the worse case scenario I'll have to phone him.

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I left just after 7 and Andre was in the car with me, which was rather nice from him to stay with since he could just appear wherever he wanted.

''Thanks,'' I said sincerely ''Even if your not technically here, at least physically. It's nice to have some company. you know?''

He gave me a sad smile.

''And the fact that you can't talk is a plus!'' I added sarcastically.

We made it to Tualatin around 2 pm . As soon as I made it into town I had the uneasy feeling of 'Holy shit Strigoi near by' that I had wanted to feel for weeks, now that feeling overpowered me.

It was such a deep feeling that it scared me.

''How many strigoi are lingering here?'' I whispered automatically. I looked at Andre to see him staring back with a fear which probably reflected mine.

The feeling was constantly present which didn't really help me to find exactly where they were hiding. It wasn't a big town but yet it seemed to be a hard mission.

Come on.. Just a bit more help here… I pleaded in my head to a God I didn't really believe in anymore.

I was driving around trying to find a motel that seemed shabby but they were all pretty nice. That kind of sucked in a small town, well that's ok I would show my ID if needed. It was too late for them to track me down anyways.

I was about to park in front of a motel when Andre pointed forward. That's when I saw him! The guy with the scar! 'My brother' getting in the luxury black car and driving away from a shop.

I followed him to a clearly abandoned industrial area. There was a medium size warehouse standing there. I could see on the surrounding that many others had been taken down and that the closest one still up was about half a mile away.

I saw scarface ( I know haha) park his car in front of the main door and take a big box inside the building .

''I'm just going to peek inside to see what's going on.'' I said opening the door.

Andre looked a little agitated with me.

''Don't worry I won't go in today. I just want a better feel.'' I saw him calming straight away. ''Plus I need to warn them back to St Vlad. I won't have their death on my conscience I already have too many of them.''

I walked to the door and saw that Andre lingered about 10 feet back. I walked back to him.

''You aren't coming?'' I whispered. I know it was stupid but knowing he was by my side made me feel safer. ''It's not like they could hurt you!'' I added in a lousy attempt to joke.

He shook his head and whispered ''I can't''

''You can't?'' I asked puzzled. He looked at me with such a longing look as he wanted more than anything to be able to come with me.

''Oh…'' my eyes widened. ''There is a magical ward huh?''

He nodded

''Damn! Who would help them?!'' I asked not looking at him. ''It's ok, wait here I'll be back in no time.''

I came back about 15 minutes later, and drove back to the motel we saw earlier.

I didn't see much actually. The main part of the warehouse was empty; there was a door near the end of it. It's were the strigoi were but it all seemed very strange, but they were there all right! SO close that my sick feeling was almost crippling me.

"That's not good. Couldn't they all stand in that back room!!?" I was talking to myself as I set my stuff in the room. "They are probably organizing something, maybe…" I sat and stared at the wall trying to think harder and faster. "Maybe there were some tunnels, Strigoi loved tunnels" I added to myself.

The time to sleep didn't come fast enough. I felt exhausted since the rush of adrenaline drained so much out of me.

I was excited about tomorrow but it scared the hell out of me, too. It was maybe, okay feeling that many Strigoi, it was probably my last day on earth tomorrow.

Am I ready? I thought as I looked at the sword laying beside me on the floor and the sliver stake underneath my pillow.

Well I'll have to be… Right? I thought lying down. Come on Adrian be there! I pleaded curling into a ball

Within minutes I was asleep and standing in the forest that surrounded the Academy, just near the cabin.

"Ok so it's my dream…" I muttered to myself. "Adrian!!" I shouted feeling totally moronic. "Adrian!! Please!" I begged looking around me.

I could hear the birds on the trees but otherwise it was quiet.

"Come on." I whined. "I know you can hear me. Please….Please I need you." I added loosing hope as seconds past.

About a minute later the door of the cabin opened an Adrian stepped out.

"Hello Rosie!" He said with a smile, but his eyes only showed sadness. "You don't know how good it is to hear you call my name." He added smugly. "What can I do for you?"

"St Vladimir is in great danger" I said knowing that honesty was the safest bet.