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"Lissa, go, get help!" Christian shouted as I tried to release the Strigoi holding my neck. Now, I felt the nausea, the alcohol must have been smothering it earlier but it was coming loud and clear now. I gasped for air, scratching uselessly as the Strigoi's hand.
"What about you? And Rose?" I heard Lissa say.
"We'll be fine, just go!" Christian ordered.
Lissa ran out of my line of vision, but another figure was slowly creeping into view. Another Strigoi, this one was a female with flowing red hair.
"Chri-chan," I said trying to alert him, he didn't get it.
"Move your hands," he ordered me.
Move my hands? Was he insane? The Strigoi would certainly kill me I moved them. I looked at him dubiously.
"Trust me," he growled. Slowly, very slowly, I removed my hands.
Before the Strigoi even had a chance to latch onto my throat his hands became enclosed in flames. They instantly came away from my throat; I sputtered and coughed while the Strigoi screamed, a loud, piercing sound, like nails on a chalkboard. I hesitated for only a second before I spun around using my momentum to complete a roundhouse kick and hit the Strigoi in the head,
"Christian! I have this one, there is one creeping up behind you!" I yelled as I began a fierce attack against the Strigoi. He had brown hair and was at least a foot taller than me.
I kicked and punched every available piece of skin I came in contact with. Christian relinquished the flames on his hands and the Strigoi's screams began to die down and he focused more upon my attack and me. In my peripheral vision I saw Christian turn the females clothes to flames.
My Strigoi began a lethal round of blows upon me, most of which I dodged or blocked. I spun away and found myself standing on the edge of the building, a ten-story high building. The Strigoi seemed to realise this too. He advanced upon me, trying rather successfully, to push me back further.
Eventually, my heels were hanging off the edge, I tried in vain to side step him but he wouldn't let me, all the while he throwing an endless amount of blows at me. He got through my defense and pushed me over the edge. I screamed as I fell. I scrambled to grab onto something, anything, my fingertips held onto the very edge.
The Strigoi looked over at me, a malicious grin on his face, his red eyes glowing malevolently. I knew then I was going to die and strangely, I expected my whole life to rush before me, but it didn't. Instead I just felt desperate, like this couldn't be the end, like I couldn't die this way.
"Christian! Christian!" Every ounce of desperation I felt came out in those two pleas.
"What?" he called back.
"Help!" I said right before I screamed a blood-curdling scream. The Strigoi had just stood on my right hand; he seemed to hold a sick pleasure it watching me scream.
"Rose?" Christian yelled.
I just kept screaming, I couldn't stop, the pain was incredible, the Strigoi had broken two of fingers. The Strigoi lifted his foot to go for the last two, therefore permanently disabling me from gripping the ledge again. Just as the Strigoi went to put his foot down there was a commotion, a loud babble of voices coming from above me. The Strigoi turned, I didn't hesitate, I used every ounce of upper body strength I had and began to pull myself up. I was up to my elbows and was able to see over the edge when I heard a voice, a voice I would know anywhere, in any circumstance.
"Christian! Where's Rose?" Dimitri shouted in an authoritative tone.
"Over there!" Christian said, pointing in my general direction as he alternated burning the female Strigoi's hands and hair.
"Go help her, I'll take over this one. Eddie, give Christian cover, get rid of the Strigoi while he helps Rose up." He said this while he fought off the female Strigoi he was quick and lethal. That's when I realised that of all the guardians we had with us, only these two had come to help. The Strigoi turned back to me, all sadistic pleasure in seeing my pain and desperation gone, he leant down to pick me up and presumably drop me over the side of the building. Before he could complete his brutal deed he was assailed from behind by Eddie, Christian suddenly filled my field of vision.
"Want a hand?" he said with a smirk.
"No, I would prefer to just hang here for a little while longer. What do you think?" I said sarcastically.
"Alright. Alright." Christian said and began to haul me up.
"Thanks," I said when I was finally standing on solid ground.
"No problem."
Dimitri was just about to finish off the female but Eddie was doing so well. I turned to Christian. "Christian, go inside. Comfort Lissa, we'll be in a moment," I said. He gave me an irritated look but did as I said.
I quickly withdrew my silver stake and walked up behind the male Strigoi. I plunged the stake through his back, straight into his heart, a perfect, textbook example. "Sadistic bastard." I murmured. "Thanks Eddie."
"That's alright." Eddie said, as if he didn't deserve the thanks or it wasn't necessary.
"No, really, thank you." I said putting all the sincerity I felt into my words.
"Really, it alright." Eddie said, acknowledging my earnestness with a nod. I smiled a genuine smile and then turned to see Dimitri walking over to us, his phone to his ear.
"…thanks Sydney." He said as he shut his phone. He turned to me. "How are you?"
"I just need to see Lissa and Adrian," I said with a slight wince.
"Why? What did he do?" Dimitri growled, a strange expression crossed his face when I said Adrian's name.
"Broke two of my fingers," I mumbled.
"Fuck!" A look of pure and total rage crossed his face.
"Hey! Calm down! I've had worse." I said soothingly, placing a hand on his arm. An electric current went my arm, a slight sexual tension buzzed between us.
"Yeah, but still," the looks of rage slowly started to dissipate. An awkward silence ensued and I hastily removed my hand.
"Come on, Adrian went into you girls' room to…uh…wait. He didn't seem happy about it though." Eddie said to fill the silence.
"Yeah, I'm sure," I said laughing.
"Yep," Eddie said with a cheeky grin.
"Come on."
We got back to our room, everyone seemed on edge, Christian had his arms wrapped around Lissa, Mia looked anxious, Adrian looked appropriately pissed and Abe just looked tense.
"Oh good! You're alive!" Lissa said dramatically before practically tackling me to the ground in the intense hug she gave me.
"Yeah. How about you? You get here ok?" I asked, I was seriously worried. Only now did I realise that she had had to get down here by herself, what would have happened if there had been anymore Strigoi?
"I'm fine," Lissa said dismissively. "The way Christian tells it, you were hanging off the side of the building!"
I laughed, "What's new?"
"Rose…" Lissa warned.
"Chill Liss," I said. "I just need you to patch me up, just a few broken bones."
"Which ones?" Lissa asked sighing.
I showed her my right hand. "Just the two smaller ones."
"Hold still."
As Lissa fixed me up I turned around and surveyed my surroundings; Mia and Eddie were embracing in a secluded corner. Abe was yelling at his guardians, probably because they hadn't come to Christian and my aid. Adrian and Christian were talking in hushed tones, glancing over at Lissa and I every few seconds. Dimitri was nowhere in sight.
Half an hour later I was all better, no broken bones, bruises or scratches to prove anything out of the ordinary had happened; ok, out of the ordinary for anybody else. Christian and I told our story, going through every little gory detail much to Lissa's horrified expression. Everyone had finally dwindled off to their own rooms and I had pulled on a pair of trackies and an oversized shirt to go to bed in, but before I did that, there was something else I needed to do.
I slipped out of our suite and walked down the corridor and stopped at Dimitri and Abe's guardian's door. One of Abe's guardian's answered, I think his name was Brody.
"Hey, um, is Dimitri still awake?" I asked.
"Sure, I'll just get him," Brody said genially as he disappeared into the depths of the suite calling out Dimitri's name.
A faint "coming" replied. Seconds later Dimitri was at the door.
"Hey," I said.
"Hey."
"Can I have a word?"
Terrible cliffy I know but I had to end it somewhere. Please tell me what you think, I like to know if its bad or its good. Feedback, even bad feedback is welcomed and appreciated although I much prefer the good stuff.
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