So this is chapter 6!

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Chapter 6

In Baia…

"Come on. The car's waiting," Dimitri called after me. We had just arrived and I was still in a crappy mood. Dimitri literally had to drag me through the entire process which he wasn't too thrilled about. "Look, I know you don't want to be in this situation and that you never asked to come like this, but you're going to meet my family. Could you at least smile a bit?" I totally ignored him. I hated this. He called his mother apparently while in the car, telling her in English that we were on our way. "Please don't force me to make you behave. Rose, you're not like this," He whispered to me. Ever since the plane ride, I didn't say a word to him. Instead, I shielded myself away from him. "Rose," When his hand reached over, I told him to stay away.

"Don't touch me!" I yelled. He flinched. "Please…just don't touch me…" Darkness raged inside me. The insecurities that laid within this new environment scared me. Hell, what was going on, scared me. The car ride wasn't long, and within half an hour, we arrived in his town, Baia. I didn't want to look outside at all. I didn't want to recognize the fact that I was away from everyone else, that I was being treated like a threat. When we finally arrived to his house, the driver helped us out with our luggage.

"We're here…Rose…" His voice was weary. He was as tired as I was and my behavior just made it more of a problem. I got out unwillingly. Every moment I spent walking, felt heavy as we approached the door. I stayed behind Dimitri as he rang the doorbell. As the door creaked open slowly, a girl my age ran out and hugged Dimitri. Startled, I took a few steps back. Dimitri noticed my expression and pushed the girl off. My heart rate was beating quickly.

"Brother…" The girl whispered.

"Viktoria, not now," Dimitri came to me and felt my body. "You're shaking…Viki, get mama!" The girl dashed in. I heard a clattering sound and an older lady ran out. She was beautiful. I flinched, but Dimitri held me tight. "Rose…just stay calm," I shook my head, trying to get out of his grasp.

"Let go…Let go!" I begged. I tore away as darkness created an aura around me.

"Rose, it's alright. There's nothing to be afraid of. They won't hurt you. They're family," He explained calmly. He hugged me as he felt the aura expand.

"Strigoi…there are Strigoi…" Dimitri looked at me weirdly. When he looked around, they started to come out from alleys near the house.

"Protect!" I screamed. The dark aura expanded until the Strigoi couldn't get past. "Get them back inside!" Dimitri helped his mom back in as I kept the shield up. "Rose!" The shield started to fade as the diameter expanded too far and my body couldn't supply enough energy. Dimitri tried to get my attention.

"Rose, it's over. They're gone," The shield stayed up. "Rose…" My eyes became lifeless as my body kept up with the shield. "Rose…enough…" He begged. The shield eventually stopped and I stumbled a bit. "You're okay. You're okay…" He hugged me. I didn't answer. "Rose?" He touched my forehead. "You're warm…you have a fever…" I nodded. "Your power's sparking too," Little shocks went through my body, all from my powers. When I got inside, Dimitri laid me down on the couch as Dimitri's mother came to help out, wiping the sweat from my forehead. "Rose, your power's overwhelming. Let it out into me. I can take it," Dimitri told me. I looked at him and shook my head a bit. "It's alright. I'm strong. I can take it," He held my hand tight. "Just let it out…I'll be fine," He reassured me with his smile. My eyes started to close. "No! Rose, stay awake. Just shock me with as much as you need!" He started to yell. I started to let darkness go wild as the shocks went through Dimitri's body. After ten minutes or so, the shocks stopped, and Dimitri collapsed onto one knee. I looked at him weakly.

"Mama…towel," His mother placed the towel on my forehead and I relaxed. "She's really stressed…" Dimitri brushed my hair aside and kissed me.

"Dimka…she's…" I watched them talk.

"You see it too now, right?" He spoke. "I realized it on the plane ride," He added.

"What…?" I mumbled as Dimitri smiled and kissed me.

"She's Zmey's," She gasped.

"Yes. Rose is Zmey's daughter," Dimitri spoke. I sat up and looked at him.

"Wait, he's my father?" I exclaimed.

"Yes, he is. And he's coming in a bit to explain everything," Dimitri finally answered me.

"Didn't you say he was not someone to get involved with?" I asked.

"He is. He's a dangerous man. But what intrigues me is that he's your father meaning, you're unwillingly bound into his mess for some reason," I groaned.

"Just take it easy. Your fever's gone, but you need to recover," Dimitri laid me down on the couch. Just then, the doorbell rang and Dimitri opened it.

"Zmey…" The man rushed to me, but when he tried to touch me, I scratched him. "Roza!"

"It's alright…" The man spoke. "If I still remember something from when she was young it was this," He reached for me again and I hissed at him. Suddenly he touched my ear and just rubbed it a bit. My body for some reason relaxed.

"Papa…" I mumbled.

"It's me, kiz. It's me," I started to remember the past. I remembered this man and he was my father. He gave me a kiss on the forehead. "Now, as for explaining what's going on. Dimitri, I have to explain this solely to you. I'm sorry kiz, but this isn't something you should hear about. Not until you're older," He told me. Dimitri looked at me, but I didn't give up.

"Tell me. If it's about me, tell me. Stop beating around the bush," I told him. He sighed.

"Sigh…fine. This takes place back when Rose was just born. Being a mafia leader so to speak, wasn't easy. I had to keep everyone safe and a distance away from my job. Janine, Rose's mother, couldn't fight at the time. Rose was still too little and well, after childbirth, a mother is a mother. It's a hard job. So, I had to come up with a plan. I talked with my workers and we created a new power. That's the power that Rose carries now. It simply activates whenever she feels threatened or in danger. Janine hated me with a passion. She said that I took my own child and turned her into a dangerous weapon. It was simply planned that Rose was only to be used should any of my enemies threaten them. Rose's power never activated though. She was never threatened. But Janine still ran off with Rose. She eventually came to the conclusion that I had become the threat to the family and removed her and Rose from me. By that time, that was when Janine enrolled Rose into the St. Vladmir's Academy. Janine called me one last time. She said that Rose would go to school to rely on her own powers. Not on the ones I injected her with. But recently, one of my workers had a disagreement with me. He said that being a Strigoi meant having power. But he wanted to be the best and the only way was to have a weapon so powerful, no one could stop. He injected himself with the same substance. He was the Strigoi you guys met before. That boy you met was his son. The one you saved. He had planned to use his son for the same reason as Rose. To turn him into a weapon too so to speak, but he needed to see how developed Rose was. And well, after that demonstration, he knew that Rose could grow so much more with it. But after you saved his kid from being killed, he was deemed weak. Meaning, you're the one he's after. You're the only one that has this power that I gave you and he wants it," I stood up, glaring at my father while tears stung my eyes.

"You…You used me as a guinea pig!" I screamed at him. I started to cry. My dad simply looked away, but Dimitri was glaring too.

"You took every chance I had to become normal! Did you ever figure that all, father?" I kept going at it. My power surged within me. I wanted to kill him. He started this. I clenched my fist, ready to throw a punch. But Dimitri stopped me.

"He's not worth it," My father knew what he did but he did it anyways. Dimitri hugged me as if to protect me from all that I heard. "So, Zmey, because of your little experiment, how long do we stay here?" My father sighed.

"I don't know. It's become a chase for him and his chases go to death meaning it's kill or be killed, capture or be captured," I widened my eyes. That meant my chance of going home had been shot down. When I headed towards the door, Dimitri stopped me.

"No more running," He told me.

"Let go!" I pushed him back. He looked at me, surprised at my behavior. "I hate this place! I want to go home!" I yelled. I ran out of the house and into the street. The environment in that house had become constricting. My chest tightened at the thought of being here for a long time. I had friends to get back to. When running, I finally found a playground and a structure that was big enough to hide one person beneath it. I crawled in and just stayed there. As hours passed, only the sound of cars could be heard. It was well past midnight too. This was just a lot to take in. Is that why my mother never talked about my dad?

"Rose? Where are you? Rose!" It was Dimitri.

"We have to find her. It's not safe at night here," I heard my father's voice. "She couldn't have gotten far, Belikov," My dad continued.

"I beg to differ. Rose ran from the school for two years. Until I came along, no one could capture her. She went to Oregon. She'll have a harder time escaping here due to the language barrier, but she'll be farther than you think," I shifted a bit to make myself more comfortable. "Or not…" I heard Dimitri's whisper. "Rose, I know you're here. Come out already!" I came out, but they couldn't see me just yet which gave me time to continue fleeing. I started to walk in the opposite direction of where their voices came from. I quickly climbed up a tree in hid myself in the darkness of the night and the shadows of the leaves in the tree. I watched them look around. "Look, her footprints. She was just here," Dimitri pointed out, still looking. My dark aura reacted to their presence and the wind picked up.

"She's definitely here, Belikov. I can hear her," My father spoke.

"Hear her?" Dimitri asked.

"The wind. The wind's howling. It's from her powers. It's saying to leave at once," Dimitri stepped right underneath me, still looking. I moved closer to the main part of the tree, but the wood started to crack. Dimitri suddenly looked up. For a minute, I thought he couldn't see me, that I was well blended.

"Rose, come down from there!" He yelled. I flinched. I jumped through trees and Dimitri followed dead on. Finally I kept running until there was a lake. When I jumped down from the trees, Dimitri cornered me. "Rose, you don't have to run! There's no one here to hurt you. What are you scared of?" He asked. "You don't have anywhere to go anymore. Just come back home already!"

"That's not my home!" I yelled. I stepped back, onto the ice.

"Rose, do not move! That's an order!" I stepped back again.

"I am your father and I demand that you stop this right now!" My dad yelled.

"No!" I screamed. "You may have created me, but you were never my father," I shocked him with my power. He groaned and took a few steps back after being hit. "Fathers are kind! Fathers protect you! Fathers raise you! I was protected by the Dimitri! I was raised by my friends! They are my family. This is my home! And you are not welcome here!" I shocked him full blast. The ice cracked beneath me.

"Rose! You're getting out of control!" I screamed as darkness started to destroy trees and crack the ice. The darkness kept me from falling. As I poured more energy out, the trees started to crack and catch on fire. When I was about to send one more shock, Dimitri stepped up and protected him.

"Why are you protecting him?" I yelled.

"Because he's your father. My father never did what you mentioned either, but he hurt my family. Your father's been trying to protect you, to protect your mother. He doesn't deserve this!" He yelled through the chaos.

"What do you know about what he deserves?" I argued back.

"I know you're hurt and I know you're scared. But you don't have to be. I'm right here. You said that I protected you and I still will. So stop this nonsense already. Please!" He yelled. The gust of wind stopped. "Rose, come back to me. I'm right here," I looked at him while he was pleading. I saw Zmey there and I had the urge to strike again. "Look at me. Pretend he's not there, love," He whispered.

"Love? Belikov, you love her," Dimitri looked at me.

"Rose, listen to me. You have to focus. Focus on the sound of my voice. Can you hear me?" I headed towards Dimitri. "That's a good girl," He touched my waist and I pushed back. "It's alright. I'm not going to do anything unwanted. Just let me touch you for a bit. It'll calm you," He put his hands at my waist and I gasped. Slowly, but surely, he wrapped his arms around me, pressing me against him. "Rose, just relax," The dark aura slowly faded and I slumped against him, gasping. "There you go. Good girl," He picked me up quickly and all the energy drained quickly. "Let's get you home," My father came along as I was weak in Dimitri's arms. When we got back, Dimitri instantly tucked me into bed, staying by my side in the darkness.

"Rose, are you okay?" He asked quietly. My breathing leveled out and I just stared at him. "Rose?"

"Yeah. I'm fine. Why don't you go talk to your sister? She misses you a lot. I just need to get some rest. That's all," I told him.

"Are you going to be okay on your own?" He asked.

"Yeah," Just when I said it, he stood up and headed to the door. "But, Dimitri," I said in a harsh voice. It was enough to stop him at the door.

"I hate it here. I want to go home," Dimitri gave me a sad look.

"I know sweetheart. I know. I didn't want to show you Siberia in this state. I wanted to show you this place when no one was going to get in the way, but right now, we don't have much of a choice," He came back to give me a quick kiss on the cheek before leaving to catch up with his family.

Well now. The two are now stuck in the meantime. For those wondering why Tasha wasn't in the story for the last few chapters, it is because she is scheming something back in the U.S. Her appearance won't be gone long, but until then, stay tuned! Please review! I highly emphasize this as I don't know who really is enjoying it. I've had two main reviewers but a LOT of faves and etc. So people who have added this as a favorite story, can you review? Thanks!