So here's chapter 14!
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Chapter 14
"So? How did it feel?" Abe came over to me.
"It was fi-" I stopped mid-sentence as I had a cramp through my stomach. Collapsing onto one knee, Abe caught me.
"Hey, are you okay?" I shut my eyes and gritted my teeth, trying to bear the pain. "Rose!" I started panting as Abe dropped me. "Stay here, I'll get Belikov and Olendzki!" When Abe left, I collapsed onto my side and the dragon I had ridden disappeared. Why were my cramps kicking in now? Soon, Dimitri came out and Olendzki did too.
"Rose, what's wrong?" Dr. Olendzki asked.
"Nothing. They're just cramps. That's all," She nodded.
"They're just menstrual cramps. There's not much I can do. She's going to have to get through it on her own. I can give her some medication in the meantime, but I'm not sure how much it'll help. Why don't you get her inside first?" Dimitri picked me up. I pushed him away and fell to the ground.
"Roza!" He yelled at me. I hissed at him. "Rose…"
"What's going on? She's usually not like this towards you," Abe stated.
"No…she's not. She came to visit me in the hospital the other day and injured herself because of Kevin. She cut her wrist to escape him and I yelled at her for it. She's just angry about that. That's all. I didn't want her to risk herself just to see me," I glared at him.
"I'm not angry just because of that. The fact that you never seemed happy for me to see you…that's what hurt me the most," I told him. He looked at me doubtfully.
"Yeah, I'm sure that's it. You're angry because I told you that you shouldn't have risked yourself to come see me. I was okay, wasn't I? I would've told you if something bad seriously happened," Dimitri stated.
"Then what if something bad seriously happened and I couldn't get to you in time?" I yelled, starting to cry. "You don't understand anything! You're an idiot! I hate you!" I screamed at him. Darkness raged beneath me and I felt my fangs sharpen. I slowly got up as my cramps were the least of my problems now. I hissed at the three of them, confused by anger. Dimitri pulled out his stake, telling Olendzki to get back inside.
"Why are her eyes red?" Dimitri asked Abe.
"Because you just made her let's say, super pissed off," I snarled and snapped before charging at Dimitri. Dimitri took me and threw me into a wall as I became completely feral. Straight after, I went for Abe. He didn't want to hit me so he just created barriers after barriers.
"How are we supposed to help her like this?" Dimitri yelled.
"I don't know! Calm her down or something! She can't hear us from the looks of it," I attacked each one alternately and all they did was keep defending.
"Then we're supposed to wait until she just magically calms down?" Finally I bit Dimitri and he yelled out. I bit harder until I snapped his bone. He started yelling out in pain.
"You don't understand anything!" I yelled at him. "You don't understand me and you never will because I'm not like you anymore! I'm a monster to you. That's what I am!" I yelled.
"Wait…is that what this is about?" He held his arm tenderly. I didn't let go of him. My fangs had deeply penetrated his arm making it immobile. "You think that I think you're a monster?" He asked quietly.
"Then what am I?" I screamed at him.
"Now I understand…she was using her powers earlier. I think she lost her focus when her cramps kicked in and then when everything went back into her, her powers rebounded and this was the main problem she focused on. She likes her powers, but because she's half Strigoi, she doesn't know who she is anymore compared to the rest of us," Abe explained. "Rose, listen to me! You're still a girl, and you're still Rose! That's who you are! You're the girl who will fight for Dimitri and do anything for him. Rose, you love him!" Abe tried to get me to listen.
"The Dimitri I know isn't here," I gripped my fists.
"Roza, you're not a monster…I never have thought of you as that, nor will I think of you as a monster," He told me.
"That's a lie. Look at your arm," I pulled my fangs out and he winced. My anger soon turned into sadness. "I'm a monster. I attacked you without hesitation. I DON'T WANT THIS ANYMORE!" I yelled at him in tears. I quickly took his gun. "My parents…whoever they really are, they help people. I don't! I'm not even myself anymore!" I just kept yelling. "GIVE MY LIFE BACK! GIVE IT BACK!" I yelled aimlessly. I kneeled down on the ground and covered my head, still holding the gun tightly. "GIVE IT BACK YOU MONSTER!" I suddenly took the gun and pointed it to Abe. "That's right…if I kill you this will all end…just like that…" My hands shook as I was barely even stable. Dimitri was terrified from the look on his face and so was Abe. But I was the one who was suffering the most. All this self-hatred started to bubble beneath and it was finally showing itself.
"Don't do this!" Dimitri warned me. It wasn't like I could even hear him though.
"Dimitri…this girl in front of you right now…that's Rose," Abe whispered.
"I know that!" Dimitri yelled at Abe.
"No…I mean Rose, Lucifer's daughter Rose…the one that never mentally grew up Rose. This is the part she hides within herself causing all this pain. And we were the cause of it. Not Lucifer, but the two of us. Look at her. We didn't pay attention to this. We thought her knowing the secret of her real self wouldn't change a thing, but look at her!" Abe even started crying. "She's so scared…" I kept sobbing. Then my focus came back and the gun was pointed at Abe still.
"Rose! You don't want to do this!" Dimitri yelled.
"Shoot me. If that is what you wish, then shoot me. But I won't ever be here for you again," Abe told me.
"Zmey!" Dimitri yelled. "If you think I'll let you keep torturing her like this, you're wrong!" Dimitri tried to help me.
"Then what will you do, kill me?" Abe looked at Dimitri with animosity now. "Until one of us dies, this chain of hatred will continue!" Abe looked at me with fierceness. I started to press the trigger.
"ROSE, DON'T SHOOT! PUT THE GUN DOWN!" Dimitri yelled again and again. Abe came at me now, full speed with a spark of darkness surrounding his hands. Terrified that he was going to attack me, I prepared to shoot. At the last minute though, Dimitri threw himself in front of me and I stopped, so did Abe. Abe got up and left, leaving only me and Dimitri. "Rose…let go of the gun…"
"I couldn't shoot…" I cried.
"I know you couldn't. It's okay…" Dimitri touched my hands.
"That man…he started all this…I couldn't…why not?" I was speaking incoherently.
"Remember in Spokane, you killed the Strigoi. You saved Mia, Christian, and Eddie," He pried three of my fingers off the gun trigger. "You gave me love again," He pried a fourth one. "You protected Lissa for two years on your own," And suddenly he took the gun from me. The gun fell to the ground with a clatter. "It's your hands…they weren't meant to kill, they're meant to protect…That's why…" Dimitri tried to explain. I looked down, snapping out of confusion, only in tears. My body shuddered and I grabbed Dimitri's duster suddenly, just bursting out in tears, sobbing, letting every fear and grief I'd refused to let myself feel finally burst free, burning in my chest. I could scarcely breathe. He tried to hug me with one arm. "I'm so sorry…I'm sorry…I swore I'd protect you, but look at you. I killed you is more like it," He told me. I kept sobbing. I clenched tightly on his duster and finally sank to his lap.
"Rose…" He whispered.
"Why…is it…so painful…" I whispered. Suddenly I heard a rustling in the trees and saw Kevin show up. I didn't have the energy to move and after I broke Dimitri's arm, we were in trouble.
"It's alright. I saw everything. Belikov, head to the doctor. I'll take care of her for a bit. Trust me," Kevin tried to reassure him.
"And why would I do that?" Dimitri asked warily.
"Go," Dimitri finally took a risk and left me with Kevin.
"You okay?" Kevin looked at me. I was quiet. The minute he tried to hug me though, I pushed him back. I was worn out.
"Rose, let's get you cleaned up alright. The lake is somewhere here right?" Kevin stepped closer and I stepped back. "Come on," He walked me slowly to the lake and sat me down against a tree. Kevin had a small towel and soaked it with the clean lake water. He wiped my mouth to get rid of Dimitri's blood. I had absolutely no strength at all and my eyes were lifeless. "You really did quite the damage back there. You're burning up too," My whole body felt like it was on fire and I didn't even have the will to scream. Kevin held me in his arms and his cool skin soothed me. Before I knew it though, I had passed out in his arms.
After a few days…
"Rose…please wake up already…" I slowly opened my eyes and saw myself at the school infirmary. I reached my hand up and Dimitri grabbed it. "Rose! Rose, can you hear me?" He yelled. I saw Dr. Olendzki rush over too.
"Is she awake?" I looked at her blankly.
"Rose, say something," I shook my head. "Can you say something? Please?" He pleaded.
"What?" I whispered. I looked at Dimitri with the saddest eyes.
"Are you okay?" I sat up and Dimitri helped me up. I slapped his hand away.
"Don't touch me," Dimitri flinched.
"Rose…I'm just trying to help…" I remembered what happened back on the field. I had turned violent and I attacked Dimitri. I saw Dimitri's arm in a cast and curled up. "Rose…speak to me," He told me.
"Get out…please…just leave me alone…" Dimitri got up and walked out, just like that. My heart had shattered to millions of pieces and I didn't want to fix it anymore. The pain that lingered in my heart reminded me just of who I really was. I saw the face on my father when I pointed the gun at him. I even threatened to pull the trigger. I threatened to kill him. Abe wasn't my real father, but at least he was better than Lucifer. I motioned my hand as if I was holding a gun. I pretended to pull the trigger. What would've happened had I killed Abe? Would Lucifer have won at that point? What would Dimitri think? I got out of bed when Dr. Olendzki had left.
"You really shouldn't be going anywhere," I looked and saw Dimitri standing right outside of the infirmary. He bent down to me, looking deep into my eyes. "The fire in your eyes is really gone…I'm sorry…" He held me close to him, but I didn't struggle, nor did I cry. When he realized I wasn't going to hug him back, he let me go. "I know I'm being selfish, but please give me just a complete seventy two hours with you. Every minute, every second, I promise I'll fix you. You can do anything you want, I don't care. All I want is my Roza back," I looked at him.
"Your Roza is dead," I spat at him.
"No, she's not! She's inside hiding. She's scared of what's happening but she's too headstrong to realized that she's scared!" Dimitri yelled at me.
"What do you know about being scared?" I turned to him in fury.
"I know that you're scared. You bit me, not because you were angry at me. Your statement was a guess. You thought I would one day turn on you, is that right?" He asked. I flinched. "Rose, I've said this time and again, I'll never leave you, Roza. Never. I promise that until the day I die," My body started to shake.
"Don't say that…you don't know what you're doing…" I told him.
"Then give me the seventy two hours to prove to you that I know what I'm doing," He touched my hand and his warmth flowed into my body. I gasped and looked at his arm with the cast. He didn't let go of my hand and I felt his warmth just spread non-stop.
"Warm…" I whispered.
"Are you cold?" He asked me. I looked at him and before I knew it, I leaned into him. "Rose?"
"Warm…you're warm…" I told him.
"Rose…are you okay?" He touched my forehead.
"Damn…come on, back to the infirmary," He picked me up with one arm and carried me back quickly. "Doctor, Rose's fever is back," The doctor came out and I was laid down on the bed. Dr. Olendzki put a cold towel on my forehead and I shuddered. "Is she going to be okay?" I heard Dimitri ask. When I saw Olendzki, I snarled at her.
"Rose, stay calm. She's not going to hurt you," I snapped at her and Dimitri held me back. "What's gotten into you?" I snapped at Dimitri now. Abe barged in and I snarled.
"She's lost complete control. Dimitri, I'm afraid that your Rose might not come back. As her birthday gets closer, her powers will grow at an extensive rate. Right now, what you see, the dark powers are controlling her mind and her instincts. Everything she sees now is a threat to her," Abe explained. "That's why her fever kicked in. Just don't move. She'll calm down on her own," I growled at them, glaring at them all the while. Then the same memory kicked in. I saw Dimitri's cast and stopped. I started to growl in almost what would be considered fear.
"You're okay…" Dimitri put his hand near my head. "You're okay…no one's going to hurt you…" I whimpered as he got closer. "Shh…it's alright sweetheart. You're not going to hurt anyone and I'm not going to hurt you," I lowered my head and he pet me in a gentle manner. "See? Nothing to be afraid of," I gulped. My arms that held me up caved in and Dimitri caught me. "Woah, you're okay. I've got you," But once the second wave of powers hit me, a wave of darkness pushed Dimitri back. Shocks of darkness surrounded me, shocking me every second. I screamed in pain as I had to fight it. I tried to reach for Dimitri's hand. Dimitri in a blink of a second, grabbed my hand, getting shocked. "Fight it, Rose! You're strong. Hold it back!" He yelled. I squinted in pain until finally, I coughed up blood.
"No…! Doctor, get the defibrillator!" Olendzki left to get the equipment.
"What's going on? Why is she coughing up blood?" Dimitri demanded.
"Her heart's starting to give out on her. Her body's not ready! Dimitri, do anything you want. Just get her to cough up all the blood so she doesn't drown!" Abe helped Dr. Olendzki set up the defibrillator. Dimitri held me tenderly as I kept coughing.
"Breathe…I…can't…" Dimitri looked at me.
"Trust me. I'm doing this for you," Suddenly Dimitri punched me in the stomach as hard as he could. My eyes widened as I was forced to cough up a lot of blood. After that, my vision hazed.
"Clear!" A shock entered my body but I could barely feel it. Finally, I heard a crash, yelling, and then blood in my mouth.
"You will not turn her into a Strigoi!" Dimitri yelled. When I regained my vision, I saw Kevin giving me his blood.
"The only blood that soothes her now is my blood, a Strigoi's blood. Her powers savor it. It will stop her from dying in the process until her birthday," Kevin brushed my hair aside. "I will protect you, Rosemarie. I promise." He whispered.
"Her heart's stable…" Dr. Olendzki said.
"I would take her back to her father, but you Mr. Belikov, would not approve. However, use her as he may, Lucifer is the only one who can protect her. He has the technology to save her in the meantime! If she stays here and I'm gone, no one can save her. Her heart will give out on her before her birthday and she will die…" Kevin picked me up.
"Fine. Abe, I'll take her there and stay with her." Dimitri told Abe.
"Alright. But kill him if he touches my little girl," Abe nodded.
"Of course. Kevin, lead the way," Kevin carried me in his body as I stayed weak.
"Portal open!" The three of us went through.
"Kevin, mission accomplished. Wait…what's wrong with her?" My father demanded.
"Lord…forgive me for the unfortunate news, but she's dying. Her powers are starting to kill her. You have to stop it! I beg you, save your daughter…" Kevin pleaded.
"Of course. She's still my daughter. Get her into the healing chamber in the basement," Before I knew it, I was plunged into a container filled with liquid. I struggled to breathe but noticed I could. I saw Dimitri smiling.
"You're going to be okay, Rose…" He put his hand on the glass container and I matched his hand shape.
"Rosemarie, stay in there for the night to recover. The liquid is a special medication I have for you. It'll make your powers go to sleep for a while so your body can recover," I started to cry.
"Rose…Rose…it's going to be okay…" Dimitri soothed me from the outside.
"I'm scared…I'm so scared…" I cried. Dimitri banged on the glass.
"Belikov! Step away from the glass," My father warned.
"Rose, I'm going to head back to the school for a while and report the situation to your father, Abe. Be a good girl, okay? I'll be back as soon as I can. Kevin, can you accompany me?" Kevin nodded. I looked at my father.
"You touch either one of them and I will kill you with no hesitation," I warned my father.
"They are not my concern at the moment. Surely you were not born with a weak body were you?" He asked me.
"Arrythmia," I said. He looked at me. "The car crash? It created the problem every time I freak out. You know about it. Besides that, I'm clear from anything else," I told him.
"Well, your heart rate is stable. Kevin did a good job with you. Yell for me if you need anything. I'll be upstairs. Don't worry, I'll hear you if you try to escape too," He looked at me before leaving.
"Father…!" He didn't stop to wait. He just left. I just started crying, this time with no one by my side. Eventually I fell asleep.
Few hours later…
"Rose? Hey, are you okay?" I opened my eyes and saw myself in the container.
"It's just me, Rose," I saw Dimitri and sighed. Pushing the container open, Dimitri held it shut.
"What are you doing?" I was confused.
"I'm doing what's best for you. Right now it hasn't been a night yet. It's only a bit past two in the morning," Dimitri told me. I put my hand on the glass and look at Dimitri.
"Get away from the container," Dimitri stepped back as I shattered it.
"Rose!" I coughed and stood up. An alarm went blaring off and my father came down.
"Rosemarie, what did you just do?" He used a spell to fix it instantly. He would do that. I glared at him. "Rosemarie, you're out of control. You have to heal! You'll only hurt and kill yourself!" I saw the pills on the nearby table. Dimitri grabbed them away from me.
"Listen to him for once. I'm not saying trust him, but he knows how to help you, Roza," Dimitri called to me. I started to leave the room. "Roza!" Dimitri came after me.
"Rosemarie!" I saw Kevin. He smelled good. I smirked and showed him my fangs. Nodding, he quickly cut his palm. I ran to him and started licking his blood. He growled in pleasure as I drank his blood.
"Roza, stop drinking! You'll turn Strigoi!" He told me.
"No, she won't. She's knows her amount. It's just going to be enough to fill her," He gasped again as I continued to drink.
"Just what does your blood have to do with this?" Dimitri asked.
"Not much. My blood sates her hunger while my Strigoi blood poisons her defense systems. Literally, it'll be a drug to put everything on pause for her. It'll stop all her pain, all her powers, and she should return to normal," I stopped drinking and the pain in my body numbs.
"Roza? Roza, look at me," I look at Dimitri and stumbled towards him.
"The poison's kicking in now. Let her rest. Not in a recovery chamber, but on her own, in a bed, safe and sound," Dimitri picked me up and went upstairs to put me in a bed.
"Are you okay? Does anything hurt?" He asked me.
"I'm fine…for now…" Dimitri climbed into bed and held me.
"We're going to get through this…we'll get through this…I promise," He whispered. Kevin's blood kicked in and soon, I was lulled to sleep again.
So, here's chapter 14! I know it's a bit wild, but I hope you guys enjoyed it. As each chapter progresses, Rose can only lose more and more of herself, but don't worry. Someone will save her! So until then, stay tuned!