Hey guys, yeah I'm not digging this story that much, I am going to change it up a little bit, get the action sequence out of the was, I don't like unfinished projects and what the hell….. I'm going to add a juicy lemon. It wont be in this chapter but I just Cant help it. Hope that everyone keeps reading!

Chapter 5:

We didn't stop anywhere near the tunnels, if Dimitri made the smallest sound, they would come for him and find all of us. And kill us all.

Adrian ran ahead and found a remote motel that looked as if no one would even attempt to stay overnight at. We did. They were separate buildings, which made our situation a little less strenuous. We didn't want anyone to come lurking our way, it could mean the end of their life. That didn't settle me though, that if something were to go terribly wrong, no one would hear our screams of help.

We got one room, we wouldn't be sleeping anyways.

We got to our room, which was the furthest building in the far back, away from any civilization. Dimitri was still being half carried and half drug by Christian and me. We laid him on the bed, still tied up and his mouth still restrained by strips of duct tape.

Usually a Strigoi wouldn't have any problem with getting the iron chains or offending strips of tape off easily, meaning he must be weaker than I imagined. I hoped we weren't too late.

"We will need complete quiet in here so we can concentrate." Lissa said, singling Christian and I out. We were helpless in this matter. Lissa and Christian held the fate of the one I'd loved the most.

Adrian and Lissa stood on either side of Dimitri, with looks of extremity. They held still for a few moments, and I was growing impatient.

"What the hell, is this some sort of sick joke?" I said angrily, forcing my legs to carry me forward toward Lissa. I got angry at her, I had no intentions of hurting her really, but I guess Christian's protective side pushed through as he saw me getting close to her. The next thing I knew I was falling, with a sharp pain at the left temple of my head. I blacked out before I even hit the floor.

I don't know how long I was out, and as I woke up, the memories of what had happened coursed through me, bringing with it anger.

"Was that necessary? What were you thinking? What if he had tried to…." I stopped and when I sat up I took in my surroundings. I was tucked neatly into the bed and they were all eating a pizza, all four of them. Wait a second, Strigoi don't eat pizza; they eat PEOPLE!

"OH MY GOD! IT WORKED???" I exclaimed. At that moment Dimitri got up and sat next to me on the bed.

"I was waiting for you to finally wake up, took you long enough." He said, leaning forward to plant a gentle kiss on my forehead. Confused racked my brain, could it have been that easy all along?

"I told you, Rose; I told you we could do it together. If would have listened, we could have done this weeks ago." Adrian said.

I attempted t o stand up next to the bed and the dizziness took over and I fell forward. The strong hands I had longed to feel were on my waist, holding me up.

"You took quite a blow, you should lay down for a while." Christian said, with a smirk on his face. Now I remembered that he was the only one to my left when it happened.

"Why the hell did you hit me? You might have needed me!" I said, annoyed.

"We didn't need anyone causing trouble and you were attracting attention to our room." He said matter of factly. He was right. I dropped the subject.

We all began to discuss our next move, to figure out a way to get Dimitri back. I couldn't remember if people knew he had turned Strigoi or not. A ghost told me, so did that mean we could just go back, say we found him somewhere?

"People are assuming you are either dead or you have turned Strigoi, it would be completely obvious if we all turned up together that we had something to do with your return. We have to separate." Lissa said. I was so happy that I didn't go running my big mouth about what I had seen, or what I had set off to do those few short weeks ago, it would have ruined everything.

"You four get back to the Academy, I will follow in a week. I will stay out of sight until then. The story shall remain that I was held captive, only being used as food on occasion. I made my escape as soon as I was left alone long enough to get away. Got it?" Dimitri said. His alibi brought more questions up to my head, but I'm sure he needed some time to adjust before we bombard with what had really happened to him down there.

This would be the longest week of my life. I knew that he was alive and well; thanks to the best friends a girl could have. It still didn't help the fact that we would be apart for an entire week, and even then our relationship couldn't be announced just yet. This was absolute torture.