HEY, sorry about the very long wait my readers, but I haven't had much time to do much aside from work and school. I'm sorry about the extremely long wait for chapter 8 but here it is for you guys. Hope you enjoy it, I took all your suggestions to heart. Disclaimer- I do not own Vampire Academy or The Maze Runner.

Chapter 8 Attack of the Grievers

I watched cautiously as Adrian stumbled over to the shade of the closest tree. As I started to walk towards him, Dimitri stepped in front of me and looked me in the eye. His gaze curious and hesitant, are you sure? His eyes never left mine. Nodding slightly, I brushed past him and headed over to Adrian.

Strutting confidently over to where he was struggling to sit up right, I very brazenly put my hands on my hips and ask him what the hell he is doing here. He is the first Moroi any of us Dhampir have seen in the maze.

"I woke up in here, I remember being in a large glass like coffin that had been filled with water and I'm tied down and there is no way to escape. My lungs still kind of burn from having to hold my breath, like I was taken straight from there and put in here with you little dhampir." He gestured in Dimitri's direction, "what's his problem?"

I glanced at Dimitri and saw that he was standing in Guardian mode, stoic and ridged-alert and aware of everything and everyone around us. Just as im about to answer Thomas walks up to us with Terresa on his heels.

"Who is he?" Thomas and Terresa ask at the same time.

"He is a friend, from the outside world. From before this place." I answer quickly.

Just as we are about to get Adrian up and into the main building that is in the center of the clearing there is a eardrum busting sound. It sounded like nails on a chalkboard and a high pitched anguished child's scream. That was what had Dimitri and me on edge waiting for some sign of danger. I froze and waited for the next sound that would make my skin crawl again.

Dimitri reached me and Adrian just as the second scream was emitted, I flinched when he touched my elbow.

"We need to get him some where safe, NOW. Then you need to help me get everyone else to safety."

I nodded and reached for Adrian, they come first repeated in my head. Drilled into me from day one at the Academy. Half carrying half dragging his very drunk body, I managed to get him into the safety of the hut, Thomas and Terresa took him as soon as I reached the door way with him. As soon as they had him supported between the two of them I went into automatic guardian mode.

"Everyone head to the main house, and stay there." I shouted.

Dimitri looked towards the doorways that lead into the maze, something was definitely out there. As I approached him I pulled the makeshift axe from a nearby tree and physically and mentally prepared myself for a fight against the worst things out there-a strigoi.

Just as I reached Dimitri and very strange looking creature started running out of the maze. Half sickly green slimy skin and half mechanical. The sight was worse than when Dimitri had red irises and I had tried to stab his heart with a silver steak. Unfortunately, neither dwelling on the past or wishing to have a silver steak was going to change the fact that a hideous thing was headed my way.

Absentmindedly Dimitri sweeps me behind him, using his body to shield me from the ghastly sight. Just as he turns his attention to me the thing attacks the both of us. I had been watching it very closely however it caught Dimitri by surprise and I push him out of the way just as this strange thing pounced on the both of us.

"Comrade! Watch out!" I shouted as I started fighting the thing.

Suddenly we were surrounded by about five of these slimy mechanical things. We were trapped, back to back and it didn't help that it was getting darker and becoming harder to see. They became more and more aggressive the more we fought them. I was turning to fight one to my left when one caught me with the weird stinger that they seemed to be producing out of their tails.

"ROZA!" I vaguely heard Dimitri shout as I fell to the ground. "ROZA! WAKE UP! PLEASE!" his voice was becoming further and further away.

I was able to pry my eyes back open to see Dimitri being dragged into the maze, one of the slimy robot things had ahold of his ankle.

"Dimitri!" I tried to yell but whatever was in the stinger was already taking effect.

The rest of the things followed the one that had Dimitri in its grip. I saw the doors close and heard someone running towards me just as my eyes shut and the flashes began…