Sorry, about the delay, my sister stole my power cord to my laptop with all my chapters on it and it died before I got the chance to post it so here it is!
Also later on in the chapter, I will be using parts of the actual book (Shadow Kissed) and those part will be in italics however don't confuse them with thoughts, normally when I write thoughts they're only several words long, but the partsof the books that I am writing from will be a lot longer.
Previously:
"Strigoi…"
DPOV
Alberta and I just starred at each other with wide eyes not believing what we just heard. Alberta then asked for the Alchemist to repeat himself. He then said that there were 4 strigoi surrounding them with Rose standing in front trying to protect them.
Rose couldn't possibly go up against 4 strigoi and live when she was perfectly healthy, but given the hell she was just put through minutes before, there's no way.
Lissa must have come to the same conclusion because she cried out even harder than before and clung to Christian who was holding her just as, if not more tightly than her with a look of pure grief probably thinking not only about the situation Rose is in but how Lissa came close to experiencing the same fate.
I felt for him. This horror is not something I would wish on anyone else. I just wish I didn't have to go through it.
My Roza…
APOV
I just heard how my little dhampir was surrounded by 4 strigoi and planned to fight them after just going through several hours of torture.
I can barely continue to listen, afraid of hearing her screams of pain, I can't imagine what the cradle robber's going through.
He's absolutely in love with her and watching them these past few days, I can see the way she looks at him and I know how he feels about her with just one look at his aura when she's near.
I know I've never felt that way about her so I've decided I'll always be there for her as a friend.
And as her friend, I feel the need to be suspicious of Tasha who appears to be slowly inching towards Dimitri while sporting a forced look of fear so I decided to take a look at her aura and when I do I see happiness, lust and triumph. Something's not right!
But all that flies out the window when I hear high pitched screaming coming from Alberta's phone.
Oh God!...
RPOV
(AN: Rose doesn't know what Alchemists are because no one told her yet, so in her eyes, they are simply humans policemen)
5 minutes ago I was strapped to a metal table after being tortured and now I'm standing in front of 8 humans trying to protect them from 4 strigoi. 2 females and 2 males.
The 2 girls looked about my height give or take a few inches. I didn't get a chance to look at the 2 guys before the girls charged.
They were definitely newly turned and the way they fought and looked, also previously human. Maybe I can do this after all, I thought to myself.
When they came at me, I managed a round house kick to both their chests which luckily for me sent them back a ways.
I then quickly ran over to the table that held the torture instruments already thankful for the weapons earlier used to cause me pain.
I hurried over and grabbed 2 wooden stakes and a 12-inch dagger knowing that the stakes wouldn't kill them so the dagger would be used to cut their heads off. Just as I had the weapons in hand, I could hear them coming up behind me. I turned to look over my shoulder and once I was sure that one of them was close enough, I spun around with the dagger in my leading hand and with the momentum was able to cut her head off easily and with my other hand holding the stake, was able to stake the other one in the heart.
Dimitri would be so proud of me!
But I celebrated too soon, because I forgot about the other 2 strigoi.
I barely started to cut her head off when another strigoi backhanded me, snarling. I staggered but kept my balance as I sized him up. Taller. Stronger. Just like when I'd fought Dimitri.
But judging from the way he was standing he shows the same characteristics as the other 2. Newly turned. Previously human.
Only difference is he has some skill and was able to knock the dagger out of my hand to the other side of the room.
I knew that the female was technically still alive and if her head wasn't cut off in the next few minutes, she would become a problem.
Apparently, my inner ramblings gave the strigoi the opening he needed and in mere seconds managed to knock the stake free from my hand and pinned my body to the wall.
I tried to fight him because my arms were still free but his size was clearly an advantage.
While I was struggling against him I noticed the other strigoi on the other side of the room watching us. Clearly studying me with his eyes.
But I would have to worry about him later because this guy was getting dangerously close to biting my neck.
And just as I was about to give up knowing that my body in my current state was no match for this guy, I saw something in the corner of my eye. At first it looked like a person, but when I turned my head it was this huge gun looking thing that kind of looked like….. A FLAME THROWER!
Had I not been thrilled about this weapon being within reaching distance and in my current position, I would have freaked out thinking about what the hell those humans were going to do with it.
Then as quickly as I could without him realizing what I was doing, I grabbed the flame thrower and torched as best I could without burning myself.
Torching him caused him to release his hold on me and with him far enough away from me, I lit him up like a rocket.
He screamed in agony as he slowly turned to dust, but I didn't worry about that because the girl was starting to come around so I quickly torched her too.
The only sounds throughout the entire room were the dying screams of the 2 strigoi. (AN: These are the screams that Adrian hears over the phone, just an FYI)
I felt so tired and yet again it caused me to mess up because in the blink of an eye I felt a powerful kick to my back that sent me flying across the room.
"I know you" the final strigoi said.
At this I looked up to see a strigoi who looked to be my own age but was probably at least 10 times older. He had shoulder length blond hair and eyes whose color I couldn't make out. They were ringed in red, which was all that mattered.
I tried to get up to fight but he was there in a second stepping on my chest making it very hard to breathe. I was already starting to see black spots in my vision but I knew I could not give up now. Not after everything I've survived tonight. So in order to stay conscious I focused on what he was saying.
"There's something strange about you now, but I still remember. I saw you years ago, before I was awakened." Okay, not 10 times my age, not if he'd seen me when he was a Moroi.
"You were always with that Dragomir girl, the blond."
He was talking about Lissa. At this I started to focus that much more because when Lissa's involved, I have to be alert!
He leaned in closer to me as he continued.
"Her parents wanted you to be her guardian, right? Before they were killed?"
"I am her guardian!" I said as I spat blood in his face.
He didn't seem to care as much he simple applied more pressure to my chest and continued speaking.
"She's still alive, then…. There were rumors that she'd died last year…." There was a sense of wonder in his voice, which mixed weirdly with the malice. "You have no idea what kind of reward I'd get to take down the last living Dragomir."
"You'll never get near her." I growled.
"We'll see about that" He growled back as he picked me up by the neck and slammed my head against the closest wall.
Then just as I was about to succumb to the darkness, I saw Mason's translucent figure standing behind the strigoi. He was giving me that signature smile, tinged with sadness, and I knew that he would help me just like he's been helping me.
Then out of nowhere I felt the worst skull splitting head-ache that caused me to gasp and clutch my head in pain and then before I knew it, I felt the strigoi release my neck causing me to land in a heap on the floor.
When I looked up I saw the strigoi trying to swat away what appeared to be ghosts surrounding him. I wasn't sure what was going on but then I saw Mason again standing near the dagger that had been knocked from my hand earlier.
In a split second I raced over to the dagger and with it in hand, I ran back over to the strigoi who was still trying to swat away the translucent shapes.
Then with all the anger I had from him talking about killing Lissa, I swung the dagger with the last ounce of strength I had left. And before he even knew what hit him, his head was rolling as hit body collapsed to the ground.
As soon as he was dead however, the ghosts that were attacking him began to swarm me and with it my head-ache intensified 10 fold.
I couldn't take the pain anymore and before my body even hit the floor, I blacked out.
DPOV
My Roza…
We could all hear fighting in the background so Alberta asked the Alchemist what was going on.
"The 2 female strigoi are charging her but she kicks them away and is running towards the weapons. She grabbed 2 wooden stakes and a 12-inch dagger. They're coming up behind her. She looks over her shoulder and then she spun around with the dagger in her leading hand and she cut the strigoi's head off easily and with her other hand holding the stake, she staked the other one in the heart.
She's trying to cut her head off when another strigoi backhands her, snarling. She staggers but keeps her balance. He's very tall and very strong.
He was able to knock the dagger out of her hand to the other side of the room.
He also managed to knock the stake free from her hand and pinned her body to the wall.
She's trying to fight him because her arms are free but she can't get free.
He's getting dangerously close to biting her neck.
I turned her head looking for something I'm not sure what.
She must have found something because she's reaching for it, it was a flame thrower and she's torching him as best as she can considering their close proximity.
Torching him caused him to release his hold on her and once he was far enough away, she lit him up like a rocket." The agonizing screams of two strigoi clearly signified that both the guy and girl are dead.
"Oh no!" The Alchemist said.
"WHAT?" We all yelled back.
"The other strigoi managed to sneak up behind her and kicked her across the room. I think they know each other."
"Why do you think that?" Alberta asked
"Because he's talking to her
'I know you' the final strigoi said.
She tried to get up but he's there in a second stepping on her chest. She looks like she's going to pass out.
'There's something strange about you now, but I still remember. I saw you years ago, before I was awakened. You were always with that Dragomir girl, the blond.'"
At this, Lissa gasps as Christian holds her against his chest.
"She seems to be focusing more, she looks angry." That sounds like my Roza when anything has to do with Lissa.
"He's leaning in closer to her and then continues. 'Her parents wanted you to be her guardian, right? Before they were killed?'
'I am her guardian!' She said back as she spits blood in his face. At this I look to Lissa who has a small watery smile on her face.
'She's still alive, then…. There were rumors that she'd died last year….You have no idea what kind of reward I'd get to take down the last living Dragomir.'
'You'll never get near her.'
'We'll see about that' He growled back as he picks her up by the neck and slams her head against the wall.
I don't know what's happening, she just gasped and is now clutching her head as if in pain, and now, the strigoi released her and is flailing his arms as if trying to swat away something.
Now she's racing towards the dagger and with it in hand, she's runs back over to the strigoi who was still trying to swat away something.
Then she swings the dagger and in seconds his head's rolling as hit body collapses to the ground.
But now it appears that Miss Hathaway is in even more pain..." With that we hear people yelling out orders and people running around.
"What? What's happening?" I yell not sure what's happening with my Roza.
"Miss Hathaway is alive but she'll require immediate medical attention. She has several major injuries and is currently unconscious but she's still breathing so we don't think there is any reason she won't regain consciousness but we'll leave that up to you to determine. We have a team taking care of the bodies and we're heading way now."
"We'll be waiting for you at the gates." And once Alberta finished with the Alchemist, she hung up and started barking out orders to make sure everyone was prepared for when my Roza got back.
All I could think was that it's finally over and that my Roza is finally safe and on her way to me right now.
Once she gets here, everything will be perfect and she'll never be taken from me again.
IPOV (Inna)
I was currently sitting in the car Nathan drove here to turn the brunette girl so that he could find and kill the last Dragomir and become the greatest Strigoi in history for finishing the Dragomir line.
He promised to turn me right after and together we would rule the strigoi world as one. That's why he brought me, to help lure the humans so that he could turn them to help finish her more easily.
Then that little bitch had to ruin everything and ended up killing him, my love, Nathan. And for that I swear to get my revenge by the end of the night.
So now I'm sitting behind the wheel of the car waiting for the car she's in to leave so that I can follow her back to the academy where that Dragomir no doubt will be. Nathan told me everything about the two and I know the bond they have together is almost as strong as Nathan and I's.
With the information he gave me, I knew she would be there to greet her friend to make sure she was alright and when I see her I'm going to shoot her so that I can make her feel the pain I feel right now. And at the same time, I'll fulfill Nathan's dream of ending the Dragomir line forever.
That bitch will forever regret the day she murdered my love, my life, my Nathan.