We were just about out of the cave, I could see the light now. Roza's group was in front of mine so she would be out in a short moment, then I would be out with her and we could be together finally everything seemed to be falling into place. We were all running when Janine started talking in her walkie-talkie and scream. Everyone looked at her in confusion while still running, she turned to us and sobbed out "Rose isn't with the group out of the cave she's missing". My anger got the best of me and I shouted where's Rose along with a bunch of other guardians who knew Rose. Janine said "Go ahead of me I'm going back to look for my daughter" I completely agreed, no way was I going out of this cave unless Rose was beside me and in my arms where she was safe. "I'm coming with you," I said firmly to her.
Suddenly a bunch of strigoi jumped out at us, they must have stayed hidden and let Rose's group go past. I was at the very back of the group, I looked around studying my area and how many strigoi there where, I couldn't get an exact count be it looked to be around 15 strigoi or so. I was about to go look for a strigoi when one jumped out at me, I staked her in about 5 seconds flat. Another strigoi that had black hair that stood out like a black dot on a white board went to attack me. I was momentarily side tracked hoping Roza got out that the strigoi caught me by surprise. He grabbed me by my shirt and through me into the cave walls. I went to get up again to fight him but he grabbed me again and through me against the wall yet again and this time it hurt.
I thought for sure he was going to kill me, I waited for it knowing there was no way out of this, my body wouldn't move, I just hoped that Rose made it out of this even if I didn't. I thought about every time I had with Rose and how much it all meant to me. I looked up expecting the strigoi about to be biting my neck and sinking his fangs into me, instead I see the strigoi turning around to a sound he heard when I suddenly see my Roza charging down through the cave and staking the strigoi with a smug look on her face. That's my Roza. I almost forgot that she went missing for a while and then suddenly showed up to save my life. I was a little more then shocked; I didn't even have time to think about being angry with her for disappearing.
"Don't you dare ever and I repeat ever scare me like that again," she cried to me before throwing herself into my arms hugging herself as tightly as she could to me. I hugged her back thankful that she was all right and finally in my arms safely. "Me scaring you Rose, when I didn't see you go out of the cave and your mother go into a fit about no one knowing where you where, lets just say I was a little more then scared I felt murderous about who took you and what happened to you and speaking of that we'll talk about that back at the academy" I said firmly to her trying to act like her mentor but my voice and eyes and the way I talked to her gave me away just how much I loved and cared for her.
We broke apart to my disappointment, but I knew we had a job to do. I stood up and brushed myself off and nodded to her with a loving look before we both ran off to the others to help them.
When we got to where the others where fighting another bunch of strigoi jumped out at us. I saw Rose go into battle mode and start fighting, I did the same and took down any strigoi that got in my way. I was always keeping my eye on Rose and making sure she was ok, but while I was fighting I lost sight of where she was. I was fighting another strigoi when I saw out of the corner of my eye Rose on the ground with a strigoi leaning over her whispering in her ear, the look on her face showed absolute terror when he said something. He was whispering so I couldn't hear. But that didn't matter the only thing that mattered was that I get over there to help Roza, but I was stuck fighting these two strigoi now and couldn't get over to her.
After I took down one of the strigoi I was just about to stake the other on left when I saw the strigoi bite her but not enough to bring the endorphins from the look on Rose's face, he then grabbed her hair and pulled her up with him as she let out a cry of pain that made me murderous towards him.
"COME ON LETS GET OUT OF HERE" The strigoi that had my Roza screamed out to the other strigoi around him before running off with my Roza and the other strigoi back through the cave. Everything suddenly went quiet until I heard Roza scream out my name as our eyes locked on one another. No they couldn't take her. I wont let them. I was terrified that they would hurt her or turn her or maybe I would never see her again. She looked terrified yet lovingly at me before she passed out in the strigoi's arms.
When I couldn't see Rose anymore, all the happiness and love in the world was taken away with her. Janine started screaming out her daughters name and thrashing out to anyone who came even a metre near her. She started running back into the cave while everyone was trying to stop her. No Rose couldn't be gone she's going to come running back out here and into my arms. Only that didn't happen. No she isn't gone I'm going to get her back I thought before running back into the caves just like Janine did before I felt someone grab my arms and hold me back. "No Dimitri you can't go back, she wouldn't want you to go in there," Said the person who was holding me back, I realized it was Alberta.