Ok, First off, i know it's been long but here is chapter 10!
On a little side note, i have 2 possible endingq in mind, and i would like to ask you you guys want a happy ending or a sad ending...
I know, I know, this story is getting really depressed and sad, (but bear with me) and that's why i originally wanted a sad ending, but I wanted to know your Guy's opinion.
Another possible solution is that i make two separated endings, a happy one and a sad one. But it's your choice!
Ok, now on to the sad ;) chapter...
I walked up to Spiridron, who was standing in the doorway.
"Why are you outside at this time of day?" he asked worried.
"I couldn't sleep and needed some fresh air." I shrugged with a small smile. My mind was still with Dimitri. Why had I kissed him back? This just makes everything so much more difficult and complicated. I looked up at Spiridron and saw he had a troubled look in his eyes. I was just about to ask him what was on his mind, when he took my by my elbow and took me to Viktor's office. Right, the new mission; forgot about that one.
"Ah, Rose. I'm sure Spiridron here has told you that I want you for a new mission." He didn't wait for a conformation and just continued, " I want you to go and retrieve what is mine." He pulled up a picture and gave it to me. On the paper was a beautiful blade. The handle was golden with red diamonds all over it in the form of Viktor's initials, I guessed. After carefully looking it over, my gaze shifted from the paper back up to Viktor.
"And where am I supposed to find this blade?"
"At the guardian headquarters." I was so tempted to refuse, but I knew if I did then everybody I knew would be as good as dead.
"When do I leave?"
"Now."
"Wait, what? You want me to go in the headquarters in broad daylight? Are you out of your mind? No, wait, don't answer that. Of course you are if you'll send me out now." I muttered the last part. And the worst part of it, Viktor seemed amused about it.
"Remember what I told you, Rosemarie." 'If you don't, I'll let my men kill everybody you've ever cared about right in front of your eyes.' 'And there will be no lucky survivors'
"Fine, I'll leave in 15 minutes." And I was out in 15 minutes.
I was dressed in complete black.
Black leather pants, a black tank top with a black leather jacket. I paired it with a pair of black knee high boots. A gun safely tucked in my waistband and a knife in one of my boots. I was ready, let's just hope they were.
I drove to the mansion, but parked the car out of sight and made my way on foot to the mansion. I knew that if I wanted to be successful, I didn't need to have my emotions spinning around in my mind. So I shut them off, which I seemed to do a lot lately.
As I neared the estate, I kept myself in the shadows of the trees surrounding the mansion and avoiding any camera's. Good thing I knew where they all are. After circling the building for about 3 times, I had come to the conclusion that I'd have to climb my way in. All the doors on the main floor where closed or locked. And of course, I had to pick shoes with high heels.
Time to go all assassins creed.
I took a running start and jumped up just high enough to get to hold on the huge crack in the wall. I remember asking Abe about it and he said it was for decoration, I remember laughed and I- focus! Rose!
I put my feet in between the cracks of the bricks on the wall and made my way up to an open window. Lucky me, nobody saw a black ninja on a white wall.
I softly landed on the floor inside the house. I was in the hall where the guest bedrooms where, so I knew where to go. I remembered seeing the blade in Abe's office, now let's hope it's still there. While tip-toing my way down the hall to the stairs, I found it very quiet, almost too quiet. And then I heard shouts.
Ok, not too quiet. I was tempted to go and see who was shouting and why, but I was on a mission. I walked past the room where the shouts where coming from and just as I was about to reach the stairs, I heard footsteps coming towards me, fast. I didn't hesitate and jumped behind the closest door to me. I kept my ear on the wooden door to make sure the footsteps where gone before I would step out again.
The room I had jumped in was one of the bathrooms and lucky me, there was nobody inside of it. When the footsteps where long gone, I walked out of the bathroom and shut the door quietly. I quickly made my way down the stairs and I could already see Abe's office. I reached for the doorknob and looked around once to make sure I wasn't seen before entering and closing the door without a sound.
I didn't put the lights on, cause if you stood outside, you could see the light coming from under the door. I found a flashlight on Abe's desk and used it to find the blade.
There it is!
In the glass box where it has always been. I took the glass box from its stand and put it on Abe's desk.
Fuck, it's locked.
I searched through all of the drawers in Abe's desk, but there was no key. Breathing the damn thing was out of option, as it would make too much noise. I sighed irritated as I tried to come up with a plan.
Then, out of nowhere, the doorknob turned. Seriously? I didn't have time to put the box back, so I left it there and ducked behind, under the desk. In these times I'm grateful that I'm not very tall and that I could easily fit under a desk. I heard the door open and footsteps coming to the desk where I was under. I heard some shuffling sounds, but then everything went quiet. Was I caught?
"Is there somebody in here?" Eddie, damn! Of course I didn't answer, I just focused on all the noises in the room, which wasn't a lot. There was a moment of silence before I heard retreading footsteps. When the door closed, I waited for a few moments before I carefully peeked above the desk. I sighed in relief when I saw he had indeed left and the box was still there. I got up from under the desk and was about to open the box, when I realized I still had no key. And smashing the damn thing wasn't an option.
In these situations I really wish I had more patience. Then, a light bulb lighted up in my head. I looked around and found what I was looking for. I snatched 2 cushions from one of the seats in the office and placed one under the glass case and once above. Then, I smashed it. Lucky me, the plan had worked and it didn't make a lot of noise. I removed the cushions carefully and saw the knife laying in front of me. It looked even more beautiful than on the picture.
I reached out and felt the cold blade on my fingers. I was about to grab it, when out of nowhere, a blade was put against my throat.
"Rose." oh, so Eddie hadn't left. I really need to work on my ninja skills. I felt his breath on my neck, making the little hairs stand up.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but I have other places to be, other people to see." My hand shot up and wrapped around the blade of the knife. This is going to hurt. I elbowed Eddie in the gut and pulled the blade out of his hold. I threw it somewhere across the room and saw that I did, like expected, draw blood.
I looked back up at the exact same moment Eddie lunged at me. I was to slow to react so I took the whole impact and was shoved against the desk, causing the glass chards to fall on the tile floor.
So much for being silent.
Ed had his hands wrapped around my wrists, pinning me down. I brought my leg up and wrapped it around his waist. Then, with all my weight I turned us, using his own weight against himself. He landed with a huff and I reached for the knife.
Sure, Viktor wouldn't mind some blood with it, would he? I placed my knife over his throat and in that moment, I saw pure betrayal and sadness in Eddie's eyes.
Of course, my stupid self had to stop and hesitate right then and there. And the universe had a sick sense of humor, because in my hesitation, Guardians came running in. My head shot up to them and I knew that it was too late to run. I looked back down at Eddie, who hadn't moved an inch. Some guardians grabbed hold of my arms and discarded me from the knife. Normally, I would've put up a fight, but I couldn't remove my eyes from Eddie's.
He had looked like he really feared for his life, the way he never had looked around me, which made me think; is this really worth it?
The answer was simple, yes it is. I had to keep doing what I was doing for their sake. I wanted to protect them, and this is the only way to do just that. I knew they wouldn't even think this was the reason, but it was easier for me to be cold and remove my emotions from myself then to feel everything and become depressed. Or worse, make mistakes that could get them killed anyway. And to be honest, it scared me shitless that I had to remind myself about it now.
I tore my eyes away from Eddie's and closed them. I felt myself being dragged out of the office and I had a good idea of where I would be taken to. The creepy, old basement AKA the torture room. Something to brighten my day!
I opened my eyes and saw that I did attract quite an audience. Most of them where guardians, but also some of the staff, most people here knew me and where quite surprised to see me again. I looked up at the guardians who were dragging me away and nearly had a mini heart attack.
The two people who were taking me away where none other than Mason and Dimitri. They both whore their guardian masks, hiding whatever they were feeling. Well, if they won't play easy, neither will I. After all, I was and still am the bad guy … or woman.
I was right!
Not that I should be so happy about that. Now that I think about it, this is the first time I was right and of course it had to be in this situation.
I was litterly pushed into the single wooden chair that stood in the middle of the room. My wrists and ankles where tied down to the chair with rope and I was ready to be interrogated. Now one single question remained, who would do me the honor?
Dimitri and mason left the room, so I take it they won't do it. Which, then again, would be logical since they were closed to me and I always had a trick up my sleeve.
That leaves me with Christian, Abe and Eddie. I don't think they would send the bestie or Mia in here, that would be a wrong move on their part.
When I heard footsteps coming my way, I made all my emotions disappear and put on the same mask I had used while I had gotten tortured. Good thing, a true Rose Hathaway personality came with it. That was like buy one get one free.
The door swung open, letting a blinding light in, causing me to squeeze my eyes shut. Footsteps came closer and the door was slammed closed again. When I was sure there was no risk of getting permanently blind, I opened my eyes and –for the second time this day- had a mini heart attack.
"What are you doing here Lissa? Shouldn't you be playing around with that lover of yours?" I sneered at her, but she seemed unfazed. Strange…
"You're one to talk." She walked closer to me, her eyes never leaving mine. "You shouldn't be in this chair, you shouldn't be on this side of the line, Rose."
"Then where should I be?" If my arm weren't tied down, I would've crossed them. Lissa shook her head and crouched down in front of me.
"You should be here, with us. You should be fighting against the ones who you call your allies. Come back Rose." My eyes narrowed, something was off about Liss, and was going to make her crack.
"Is there somebody listening?" She shook her head, but kept silent waiting for me to continue.
"Tell me Lissa, what is it that you are keeping in that little pretty head of yours?" My head fell to one side, as if I was daring her to tell me.
"Why do you think I'm hiding something?" I laughed coldly.
"Because, I know that nobody knows you are even in here. I know you're hiding something. I know you Lissa, and that means I know every single weak spot." Liss stayed down, looking at me for a few more moments before standing up in a flash and kicking one the chairs feet, making it break off. Lucky me, I didn't fall back. Yet.
"Oh, who knew you had it in you." I mocked her, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she kicked on me of the feet off, making the chair balance on the two broken off front feet. I gritted my teeth, thinking what I would do next, since I don't want to fall on my face.
"Is that all you have to say Rose? Viktor told me you were better than this." Little ex-bestie said WHAT? She -fake, I might add- gasped and put her hand over her mouth.
"Oops, guess the secret's out now. Oh well, I'll still have my fun with you. Because guess what, nobody will even come near here till tomorrow afternoon. Which leaves me with hours of fun." How can a girl, who you shared everything with, turn into such a backstabbing bitch? Maybe I was a hypocrite, seeing as I went to the 'dark' side, but hey! It was either this or seeing everybody I cared about die in front of me.
"You little –"
"What? What are you going to say Rose? Nobody will believe you. I mean, come on. Even if you get out of here – which is unlikely- who will they believe? You, the boss' daughter turned dark, who attacked the base and killed fellow guardians who might have a family and kids; or me, the sweet best friend, who is so sad and depressed that her so called best friend has killed guardians? It's your word against mine, Rose." She was right.
Even if I get out of here, I'll just be put back in another cell, or I manage to escape and I would live on the streets. Because let's face it, I can't go back to Viktor, because Lissa would've already informed him about what had happened –if she didn't already- and I pretty much destroyed any chance at living here the moment I kicked Dimitri in the nuts.
Conclusion: I'm homeless. Yay! I looked away from Liss who just waited for an answer.
"Oh, has the big bad Rose Hathaway nothing to say? Not even a sarcastic remark, not even a tiny loophole found?" When I still didn't answer, she sighed.
"Well that's a first. Now, onto the good stuff." Which probably was good for her and not for me.
"What would you prefer? Some more scars by a knife or broken bones?" I scoffed and looked up at her.
"Honestly, I prefer scars, but I doubt you'll find a clean spot. And besides, I don't think I really have a say in this, do I ?" Lissa laughed coldly.
"Of course you don't, I was just being polite." I rolled my eyes when she had her back turned and started wiggling with my hands and legs, wanting, needing to be free and get out of here to, god knows where. Maybe back to New York. Yeah, that sounded good. But, let's first try and get out of here.
Lissa turned back to me with a knife in her hands.
"Now, shall we?" and she cut in. Deep. I gritted my teeth, not wanting to scream. You'd think that all the torture I've been through, that it would get old, sad thing is it never does.
"It's no fun if you're quiet Rose. Don't you want somebody to accidently walk by and hear you. So that maybe, they'll come down here and rescue you?" I knew what she was doing, and I wasn't going to give her that satisfaction to see me break.
She sighed annoyed and started cutting me again. After a few minutes, my body grew numb and I barely felt anything at all. But, I never scream making Lissa angry. Now that I think about, it's really sad this whole situation. She used to be my best friend, and seeing her now, I think I understand how the gang felt when they first saw me again in that raid.
Then, out of nothing, Lissa screamed frustrated and threw the knife right past me. Well, not past me cause it grazed my cheek. Then, she stomped out of the room.
"Guess I'm not the weak one here…" I whispered, causing her to stop abruptly and turn back to face me.
"Oh, I'm not finished yet. This was just a small piece of what I'm going to do to you." Suddenly, finding my attitude again, I laughed but without any humor.
"And when the other guardians come in here to interrogated me and they see all the fresh cuts and bruises, what will you do? They'll know something is going on and they will find out. You just doomed yourself, Lissa. And then, it won't be a matter of my word against yours, no. They'll have evidence and you'll be done." She narrowed her eyes at me and stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut.
1 for Rose, 0 for Lissa.