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Chapter 16.
Adrian's Point Of View.

I let Rose slip back into her own dreams as I opened up my mind, searching for Christian's unconscious mind. I found him easily and conjured up a bright, sunny day on the beach. I figured the guy could use something a little more cheerful to look at.

I looked around, peering into the brightness, looking for Christian. I could see him; eyes closed not twenty feet away from where I stood at the water's edge. Christian was leaning casually up against a tall oak tree that threw the surrounding area into a cool shade. It was kind of picturesque, what with the turquoise blue ocean and the perfectly white warm sand and the tall trees that lined the cut off from the grassy area and the beach.

"Hey," I called, catching Christian's attention. His eyes flew open and he pushed himself off the tree. He turned to face me as I approached him. Christian looked a little surprised to see me standing there and even more shocked at his bright surroundings and the waves lapping gently at the shore. "You okay buddy? I asked as I came closer to him.

Christian just shrugged his shoulders up and down in a very nonchalant way. "I've been better," he said simply, his voice held absolutely no emotion. The tone he used was flat, defeated. His eyes looked a little dazed. I looked him over quickly, assessing the damage. I noticed the cuts on his face and bare arms were undoubtedly fresh, probably happened in the last few hours. I winced when I saw the huge open gash down his left cheek. It looked extremely painful. "What are you doing here, Adrian?" he asked with an exhausted sigh. He slid down the tree, resting his head on the trunk. I sat down opposite him in the white sand. "I'm trying to sleep in case you were unaware." he pointed out.

"God, you're just like Rose used to be when first started dream walking through her head. You "are" asleep Pyro boy," I said using one of his more popular fire related nicknames. He scowled. "This is just a dream, it's all taking place in your mind while you sleep, only this dream is much more real than your inappropriate dreams about Lissa," I smiled evilly. Christian flipped me the finger and shot me a dirty look. I took it unabashedly. I was used to getting dirty looks, especially from girls.

"You didn't answer my question, Adrian," Christian said with a sigh. "What are you doing here?" he repeated exasperatedly.

"Oh yeah, that," I wondered if I should tell him that we were coming to rescue his ass. Would he be able to keep it to himself and not give anything away in his dishevelled and possibly mentally unstable state? I realised that Christian was watching me expectantly, waiting for an answer to his question. "Well, about that," I said slowly, still going through the number of possibilities in my head. I decided to take the risk and tell him everything. "Well," I started again. "We are coming to get you out of there tomorrow," I said quickly.

Christian's eyes widened at my words. "When you say we, you mean...? He trailed off, leaving me to finish his sentence.

"I mean the academy's guardian, a ton of other guardians from around the country. There are also guardians coming from Canada. I'm coming, so is Rose and Lissa." I mumbled the last one quietly because I knew Christian wouldn't want Lissa Dragomir, his girlfriend and last Dragomir, taking any part in staging a rescue mission when a bunch of blood thirsty and deranged Strigoi were involved. His hearing caught her name, despite my efforts to keep it quiet.

He shook his head in quick jerking motions. "No, not Lissa," he said adamantly. "Please Adrian, make sure she doesn't come anywhere near this place," he begged quietly. "She'll be killed, they want her, Adrian. She won't get out of here alive." he said desperately.

"Hey, I don't have any say in the matter. And besides," It was time to tell him that the Strigoi were expecting Lissa in exchange for him. "Um, well the Strigoi are kinda expecting her to be there. They just don't know that the rest of us are going to be joining her in operation "Save Christian Ozera from the Evil Creatures of the Night." I said with a shrug.

Christian stared at me incredulously. "Even more reason to not even let her in the fucking country, let alone in this actual house full of Strigoi!" he was almost shouting his words now.

"She'll be the safest one there. She will be surrounded by the best guardians we can find the whole time we are in the country. I promise, no one will let any harm come to the Dragomir Princess." I said in an attempt to calm him down. His only response to that was to let out a string of obscenities that no one should ever have to hear. His mouth was almost a foul as Rose's when she was pissed off.

"She will be safe, Christian," I said sighing as I pulled out a packet of clove cigarettes from my jeans pocket. I searched my other pockets for a lighter and lit my cigarette.

"Do you have to smoke that disgusting thing in front of me?" Christian asked, trying to swat away the puff of smoke surrounding us.

I nodded. "Yep, you are giving me a headache with all your snarky arguments," I took a drag from my cigarette. "And you are being a dick when all anyone is trying to do is save your ass."

He stared down at the ground and ran his fingers across the cool white sand of the beach. "I know, and I'm thankful that you are just trying to help me, but you have no idea how worried I am about Lissa. I can't lose her," his voice cracked on his last sentence. Oh great, so he was going to cry in front of me. I don't like it when people cry around me. I never know what the hell I'm supposed to do to make everything better. I'm no fucking shrink.

"I know that, we are all worried about Lissa, but look at it this way, the only way we will be able to find you is if she comes, and you say you can't lose her, but if we don't come and get you, then you will be the one who dies and she will lose you."

He sighed and nodded his head. "Keep her safe, and if any Strigoi come near her, get her out into the sun immediately." he instructed.

"Yeah I know. You sound lime the guardians. We have already been over the plan a thousand times," I said matter-of-factly. "I know the whole thing of by heart." I told him proudly with a grin that flashed my white, sharp fangs.

The dream scene started to dissolve then. "What's happening? Christian asked, standing up. I stood up too.

"You're waking up. Make sure you don't say anything about this. We need the element of surprise over them." I said hurriedly before the dream disappeared completely and I woke up in my own bed in my guest room at the academy.

I sighed and looked over at my digital clock. I still had three hours until my alarm went off and I had to be up and in the lobby, going over the plan one more time with everyone else. They were determined to drill every single little detail of the plan into our minds. But that was okay, because I had already learnt the whole thing. Well, I knew my role anyways, which was the most important thing. I lay back down and pulled the covers up over me again, and allowed my mind to drift off to a slumber again, dreading the next day when someone I knew would undoubtedly die at the hands of our enemy.

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