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Chapter 10

I replayed the image of Eddie standing there dumbfounded as I took off into the maze. He looked worried about me. Shaking my head I kept running, this would be a good training exercise, I pushed myself harder. Something behind he sounded like a growl. Without looking I took off to the left and kept running until I was sure I had lost it.

It was going to be a very long night. Glancing around I found a very thick curtain of vines to hide in. Climbing underneath the curtain I hid very quietly, waiting for the creature to pass. When it did I got a good look at it. There was some very strange light in it. Thankfully I was hidden and not in any danger when it happened again.

"How is he doing?" Lissa asked my mom. "Any progress?"

"He's better, but not by much, and he is not the only one I'm worried about now. Rose just put herself in danger. Just before the gates closed she went in and we lost track of her. The Griever we had tracking her lost her trail." My mom answered with worry in her tone.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOST TRACK OF HER?" Abe's booming voice echoed into the room. "TELL ME I DID NOT JUST HEAR THAT!"

Lissa shook her head, "she isn't on any of the camera feeds. Last we saw her she was in section 7 and disappeared."

Abe stepped into view. He very carefully scrutinized each camera for section 7. "There, she's hiding right there. You can just barely see her, but she is there."

I watched as they zoomed in on the area he had pointed out, however I must have adjusted myself so they couldn't see me.

"She isn't there. I swear!" Lissa and my mom cried out. Just when they turned their attention away from the monitors I was pulled back into my own head.

I used this chance to move my position to another place. At the last second I chose to hunt down a Griever. I decided to kill one of these things so I could get my point across to them that I couldn't be controlled. Listening carefully, I heard the griever a few yards away. Being very careful and full aware of the fact that I am now exposed.

Just as I was climbing up the wall to get a good angle to jump on it to cut off its head, I saw it. The little red light that was flashing in the wall. It was right in front of my face. Becoming more pissed that Dimitri was hurt and they were doing nothing to help him, I punched the camera. It hurt my hand but I ignored the pain.

Getting to the top I know that the griever had stopped. I looked over the edge. It was just standing there. As if it was waiting for orders. Taking advantage of that I leaped off the wall and onto its back. Its tail reared up and almost hit me. Kicking it swiftly in the head the tail stopped moving and I continued kicking until the head came off. Before I could change my mind, I picked up the head and took off again.

By morning I had about seven griever heads piled up by the gateway. I waited until the door opened, standing with my hands on my hips I watched the doors grind open. Becoming irritated by the fact that everyone in the real world was doing nothing about Dimitri. I looked up when I heard someone say my name.

"ROSE!" it was both Adrian and Eddie. "You scared the hell outta us. What the shit were you thinking!"

Glaring at them I shrugged. Kicking at the heads I walked into the Glade. It was hard on me to be away from Dimitri all night and now I was exhausted from the hunt. By the time I had gotten all the heads into the glade, I was stumbling. I was barely aware that someone had caught me to keep me from falling over, last thing I saw was Eddie's worried face before I blacked out.

"What the hell has happened? Half the Grievers are gone. She took off the heads." My mom was shouting at everyone in the control room. "She exhausted herself. As soon as she walked back into the main clearing she passed out."

Abe suddenly stormed into the room.

"Why is my daughter suddenly passed out? What the hell did she do last night?" He was yelling and pacing. "She wore herself out because of Dimitri. Because we aren't helping him. No medicine or even sending Lissa in for a few minutes to heal him. See if Rose can channel Lissa's power like she did when we were in Russia. Its worth it if it gets her to stop putting herself in danger."

"The only reason it worked was because there were two Spirit users there. We would have to have Adrian involved. He doesn't remember the tests we did on him at all, channeling Lissa may be difficult for him."

"Try it anyways, if it can help Dimitri so that Rose will stop hurting herself. Adrian, we will worry about in a few minutes."

I woke up with a start, sitting up right I looked around. There was someone beside me in the bed I was in. Looking over I saw that it was Dimitri. They put me in the same bed as Dimitri, my heart skipped a beat. His eyes were open and watching me carefully, calculating my body language.

Carefully I edged closer to him, gently placing my hand over his.

"How are you feeling? You scared the living shuck out of me. I was scared out of my mind about you!"

"I scared you? You scared me! When I woke up late last night Eddie and Adrian told me you had taken off into the Maze alone. Why the hell did you do that?" he gripped my hand tightly, he face portrayed the worry in his voice. "Adrian came in earlier and they used your connection with Lissa to use Spirit to heal me. You were barely awake, just long enough to tell Adrian what to do. As soon as they were done you passed back out."

I watched cautiously as he reached over and stroked my face. This was the most he ever touched me unless we were grappling. Feeling like someone was watching I cautiously got up testing my legs that were still a little sore from kicking all the griever heads. I looked back at him, his face looked like he was scared he had hurt me.

Giving him a reassuring smile, I get up.

"Someone is watching, I can feel their eyes on us." I mutter to him.

Watching as he takes a swift glance around the room and fixates on a spot, I focus on the place he is suddenly very focused on. It was another camera. Frustration boiled through me as I pulled it out of the wall and smashed it. Dropping the broken camera in irritation, I took off at a sprint out of the room. I was sure that I just made Dimitri even more worried about me the way I darted out of the room.

Quickly doing a few laps around the glade, I was able to clear my mind. Reaching the woods for the fourth time, I found a tree to let all my pent-up frustration out. Punching the tree as hard as I could I felt the anger drain. Even though I no longer felt the anger I had a few seconds ago, I kept punching the tree.

Screaming with frustration, I punched the tree about twelve more times before I stopped. I felt someone touch my arm stopping my last punch. Turning with my fist still raised, I looked at who was stopping my punches. It was Thomas.

More frustration was building. I needed to run. Feeling like a deer trapped in headlights, I looked around seeing about nine of the other guys around. Then it came to me, the way I got sucked into Lissa's head, maybe I could do it on purpose.

Without losing eye contact with Thomas, I focused. It worked, I felt my body go limp as I was sucked into her head. Just as I was losing focus in the world in front of me, I saw worry flash across everyone's face. 'Get Dimitri!' was the last thing I heard.