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Alex's POV
Tasha had a gleam to her eyes that I didn't like one bit. By now the sun was set and the humans had long gone home except for the few that stayed in the hospital. This fight is not going to be an easy one. I haven't slept in more than 24 hours and was becoming exhausted rather quickly. Alek on the other hand was way worse than me but he stayed strong and that's what I needed to do as well…for him and for our Moroi. Natasha wasn't in a fighting stance; instead, she stood up straight as if proud to be a strigoi. She was tall, beautiful and graceful, as much as I hated to admit that. The only thing that ruined it was her deathly red ringed eyes which only meant one thing, strigoi. Alek stood at the back, seeing if anyone else was going to approach.
"Don't worry Alekandr, no one else is coming. It's only me and in a matter of minutes, I'll finish you all," Natasha said.
"You're not going to touch us," I growled, already in a fighting position. She turned her attention to me. She kept looking at me, as if she was almost… checking me out. I started to get uncomfortable… she wasn't gay was she? I suppressed a small shudder, hoping no one saw it.
"Feisty one just like your mom. Too bad she's a slut. No wonder Dimka left her." She said. The words she was saying, about mom, was more than enough to get me angry, and the darkness from using my powers earlier, wasn't helping at all.
"Dad did not leave her. You made him leave." I said through gritted teeth.
"And how do you know that. He could've left because she wasn't good enough in bed." She said like it was nothing. I closed my hands in fists, my anger growing more and more.
"Don't listen to Alex! She's trying to make you act before you think." Alek said.
"Am I? Or is true? It is. Dimka really left Rose because she wasn't good enough. She was a slut, meant to be used. All Dhampir girls are. They're destined to blood whores." That did it, I striked out, throwing a punch to her face. She was so busy finding words to aggravate me that she wasn't fast enough to block it. I heard a sickening crunch and was satisfied to see the pain on her face. She fell flat on her ass. I stepped back in front of Blake and them.
"You fucking bitch, no one, speaks about our mom like that." I spat at her. She got up, holding her nose. She wiped it.
"You're going to pay for that!" she said but made no attempt to move. I moved my hand up, so that she could see it, palm facing the sky. I felt the heat and burning sensation of fire run through my veins. It always felt like this for me when I used fire but this time, nothing came up. What? I tried it again, I still felt the sensation but nothing came out. I tried water instead. I felt cool water running through my veins but like fire, nothing came out. What the hell is happening?
"Алек! Что-то не так с моей магии! Это не работает! Является ли ваша работа?" I asked him, switching languages. I didn't want Natasha to figure out that my magic wasn't working.
"Что? Это не работает? рабочих Майн хорошо! Дерьмо! Я буду бороться с ней. Оставайтесь здесь Вася и храните в безопасном месте." He shouted. My eyes widened at what he said.
"Нет!" I screamed but it was too late. He had already lunged for Tasha but she was able to block it. Just then, Nathan stepped out. Oh shit! Can this night get any fucking worse? Apparently, it could and it did. As soon as I said that, Nathan lunged towards me while Alek was busy fighting Natasha. Even thought my magic wasn't working, which I still haven't figured out why the hell it stopped, I was a guardian to be… or at least a novice in training? I guess I could say that. I'll be just like mom except we've made much more kills as we've seen more strigoi over the years. I reached for my stake just as Nathan lunged for me. I managed to block his blow to my head and while blocking it, I was able to swipe my stake hard across his arm. He hissed out in pain as he bled. Alek was currently using some of his magic to help himself. He had a huge gash across his forehead but wasn't bleeding. Nathan took the opportunity, since I was distracted, and knocked my stake out of my hand. I walked back, making sure that my back was never towards Nathan, so that I was in front of Aunt Lissa and all. Nathan grinned at me devilishly.
"I'm going to have fun drinking from the Dragomirs and Hathaways." He said tauntingly. I made sure to show my look of disgust on my face and I'm sure he saw it. Shit! I was going to have to fight. I might lose this… no! I'll do everything to keep them safe. Even though I doubted I might make it out of this alive, I had to believe in myself. Nathan started running for us and, out of instinct, I put my hands up in defense to block him and what came out of my hands were unbelievable. I looked at it. Nathan looked shocked. Alek couldn't see it because he was still fighting with Tasha.
"What. The. Fuck." I said slowly. Nathan came out of his shock and jumped for us again but ended up falling down on his ass. I would have laughed but I was too much in shock.
"What?" Alek asked but his voice sounded strained. I suddenly felt very weak. This power or whatever it is, is taking a lot out of me but I held on to it strong, so that I could make it through. Whenever Nathan tried jumping us, it had a force that pushed on me so I had to use a lot of strength to get it back. Then it was like Nathan gave up because he fled without another word. What? My hands were wobbling, my head was spinning. What on earth was happening? It was then I heard a blood curling scream that made me snap my neck up to where it was coming from so fast that I thought I had whiplash but I wasn't important. It was Alek and Natasha had knocked his stake down, hitting his shoulder in the process. I heard a popping sort of noise. The scream came from Alek and he looked like he was in a lot of pain. I wanted nothing else to do than leave them here and go help my brother but I couldn't because Moroi always came first. I was starting to hate that law. Natasha let out a menacing laugh as Alek fell to the floor clutching his shoulder. She turned her attention to me.
"What's wrong Alex? Want to come help your brother?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice. I clenched my jaw.
"Come on. I know that you just want to leave the Moroi and come help your brother." She said in an accusing voice.
"That… that's not true!" I yelled at her but I was a bit hesitant before replying. She laughed again.
"You're lying." She told me.
"Blake," I whispered but he heard.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Listen to me, all of you." I whispered now getting Aunty Lissa and Amy's attention.
"Blake, what I'm about to ask you, I need to know if you can do it. Can you put a ring of fire around the three of you guys and run back to the hospital with the fire still around you?" I asked quietly. His answer came right after me.
"Yes." He said. I nodded.
"Okay good. I'm going to go help defeat them. Now listen and listen carefully. When I remove whatever this is, you must be fast and place the fire around you guys. Once I'm out, run. Run to the hospital and don'tlook back. Whatever you hear, do not look back or stop. You hear me? Do not stop until you three are safe. Go to Dimitri and alert him." I commanded.
"But-" he tried to say but I stopped him.
"No buts. This is an order from a guardian and you do what I say." I demanded even though I knew I wasn't a guardian. He sighed but nodded.
"Good." I said. I stopped with the magic whatever it is and ran towards Natasha and like I commanded, Blake did it and they ran. I saw that Natasha was about to grab Alek so I did what I thought was best. I switched my route and knocked Alek out of the way, causing Natasha to run into me. She got up in a flash, dazed. I took that opportunity to kick her in the stomach, hard. She screamed out in pain as some blood fell from her mouth. Die you damn bitch. It was then she realized that the Moroi were running away.
"No!" Tasha screamed as I threw a punch to her face that she blocked. She grabbed me by the throat so fast that I didn't see it coming. Stupid strigoi with their strong self… stupid bitch lifting me off the ground.
"You! You let them get away!" she hissed at me.
"No shit Sherlock! That was sort of the plan!" I choked out. She kept squeezing my throat harder that I couldn't breathe.
"Natasha! Stop." Someone said and I recognized it as Nathan's voice. Natasha let me go and I fell to the ground. Gasping, I slowly breathed in and allowed the air to pass through my lungs. It was only then I realized that I haven't heard Alek at all. I looked over to him and he looked unconscious. Nathan walked up to me and stooped down.
"Poor thing. It'll be a shame when we kill you." He said, standing up, moving towards Alek but not before kicking me in my stomach. I screamed from how hard he kicked and clutched my stomach.
"Let's go." Nathan commanded, now holding Alek in his arms. Without another word he left in Strigoi speed.
"I wonder what he's going to do to you guys." She said with a menacing laugh. In one fluid motion, she grabbed me roughly by the hair and knocked me unconscious then flung me over her shoulder as if I weighed nothing. Probably to her I didn't. I heard yelling in the distant. I was too tired and weak to fight back or do anything so I allowed the darkness to engulf me. One thing for sure was that I knew I did the right thing, even though Alek and I was taken, the Moroi were safe. Besides, it's alright once they're fine.
Tasha's POV
(Continues from after they ran to help Rose)
I couldn't believe this. I mean I knew that one day they were going to find out but I didn't know it was going to be so soon. Now they all hate me. Ugh! Why does he love that little slut? Why can't he just see that I'm the one for him? I loved him since I've known him. I sighed. Now my only family hates me. I silently walked outside. My face started to sting when I realized that it was from the son of a bitch's daughter. I brought my hand to my face. It even hurt as I touched it. Then all of a sudden, before I could do anything, someone grabbed me and ran. I struggled trying to get out but it was no use. The person shoved me hard into a tree and examined me. I looked closely and recognized it was a strigoi.
"An Ozera. Tasty. Do you want to be your brother and sister? Become one of them. It's amazing." He asked. Why was he asking?
"I'm asking because you know I'm strigoi, so why haven't burned me already?" he asked. That's when I hesitated. Why didn't I burn him? I asked myself
"Is it because you want to become strigoi?" he asked. Do it! Do it! Some part of me chanted while the other screamed for me to burn this mother ass down.
"Being strigoi is everything you can imagine. Speed, strength. You can maybe even kill those who have done wrong to you." He tauntingly said. After thinking about it, that sounded amazing. Maybe I can kill the bitch. I might even turn Dimitri or kill him because if I can't have him then no one can. I can't believe I was going to do this.
"Turn me." I commanded. The strigoi smiled evilly and before I knew it, he was drinking out of me. I was slowly losing conscious of everything around me, slipping away. I moaned as the endorphins filled my blood stream. People said that a strigoi bite was way better than a Moroi's bite and finally feeling one myself, I hat to agree. I felt like I was flying on cloud nine. All too soon, he pulled away, causing a whimper to escape from my mouth. He then bit himself and pushed his now bloody hand towards my mouth. I drank his blood eagerly as I felt my body go through the changes. I felt myself get stronger, my senses became keener and my hunger for blood became more. The strigoi pulled his hand away. I looked at him hungrily.
"Go my dear. Hunt. Kill. Kill until your hunger is satisfied but make sure to come back here, where I'll be waiting." He told me. I wiped my mouth then licked off the extra blood off my fingers and nodded. I turned to go but stopped.
"Wait, my master. What should I call you?" I asked him. His red eyes bored into mine as the corners of his mouth turned upwards.
"You shall call me Nathan." I nodded and ran off to find someone. I didn't know where I was going. My feet were leading the way. I hope Christian doesn't hate me for this… was one of the thoughts running through my mind but was replaced by my hunger for blood. Blood, blood, blood. I ended up seeing a couple with their baby. Before I knew it, I had grabbed the male and drunken out of him. His wife was too much in shock to comprehend anything. I threw his drained body on the floor and grabbed the lady. She moaned as the endorphins fill her body. I drank all of it eagerly but my hunger wasn't satisfied yet. I looked towards the baby. He was crying his heart out. Dimitri and I could've had a child this beautiful but no. He had to end up loving that little slut. Anger filled me as I grabbed the baby and drank his sweet, juicy blood. He didn't have much as he was a baby. I dropped him on the floor next to his parents and wiped my mouth. I then took off, my feet leading the way again. I ended up back by the concert. I saw Dimitri there carrying Rose in his arms. I hope she's dead. I walked up quietly towards him. We were in the shade so I didn't have to worry about the sun. I saw him place Rose in and decided to make my presence known.
"Dimka." I called out. He spoke something really quickly to someone before they sped off. He turned towards me and froze, shocked that I was strigoi.
"You're not going to leave your charge are you?" I asked in a sweet voice.
"You're not my charge anymore. Why did you do this Tasha?" he asked. We ended up circling each other as we talked. It was like I wasn't even controlling myself anymore, someone else was. Meanwhile my right side of my brain was screaming at me asking why the hell did I just do that? While the left side was like Oh shut up right, this new power feels amazing. As much as I hated to admit it, left side was correct. This power was like nothing anyone can imagine without actually becoming one. I was snapped out of my daze when I felt something scrape my cheek. I screamed out at how bad it stung.
"Come now Natasha." I heard Nathan's voice call. Where the hell was he when I needed him?
"I'll be back! You better watch out for Rose because this time I am not going to spear her," I spat at him then ran off towards Nathan. I stopped in front of him.
"My master," I said and bowed.
"Natasha you have an ugly bruise. Let me do you the favor by making it stop bleeding." He said.
"Anything you wish for." I replied and allowed him to lick off the blood that was on my cheek. After he did that he led me somewhere towards a sort of cabin like place. It was deep into the forest, dark and heavily shaded so that no sunlight came through. He nodded towards the other strigoi. We walked inside when he stopped and spoke.
"My fellow strigoi, today, we have another joining us. This is Natasha Ozera." He announced. The strigoi's cheered. Why the hell are they so happy?
"Tonight my friends, we will capture the two most powerful Dhampirs known to strigoi!" he shouted and they erupted into another rounds of hoots and yelling. Pretty positive aren't we?
"Natasha, you will help us, yes?" Nathan asked. I nodded right away.
"Of course." He nodded.
"We will wait until sundown before going. Natasha, you will jump them and I will later come in. As for the rest of you, do whatever pleases you but do not interfere with my plan. We will be back with those two Dhampirs weather they like it or not." He spoke. After a bit, some strigoi left to go hunt.
"What are we going to do with them?" I asked Nathan. He drained a human before answering. Apparently, they captured humans, drink from them, and then disposed the dead corpse somewhere else.
"Hmm, we will wait and see." Was all he said before resuming drinking from another body. We had an hour or two to wait so I decided to go hunt again, but for animals. They were closer here. I ran after a deer, capturing it and draining its blood. I felt no pity what so ever for the animal. I should probably return now… And I did return, just in time too.
"Good Natasha, are you ready?" he asked. I nodded.
"Okay I will need you to aggravate one of them," he spoke and I nodded again. He returned the nod and left, me following him. It was just around when the sun went down and soon the Moroi might be leaving to go home. We caught them right in time because they were now leaving but Dimitri, unfortunately, wasn't with them. It was only Lissa, Blake, Amy and Rose's kids. Hmm, this should be easy… and fun. I smiled evilly and nodded Nathan. He was going to jump in later. I leapt out, now in sight of them. Immediately, Rose's children took stance in front and behind the Moroi. Smart kids… I noticed that Alek kept looking around.
"Don't worry Alekandr, no one else is coming. It's only me and in a matter of minutes, I'll finish you all," I spoke towards him.
"You're not going to touch us," Alex growled and I turned my attention to her. I studied her, looking her up and down. I noticed that she gave out a small shudder.
"Feisty one just like your mom. Too bad she's a slut. No wonder Dimka left her." I told her in an innocent voice.
"Dad did not leave her. You made him leave." She spoke through her teeth. I smiled inwardly. Getting her angry will be the best thing.
"And how do you know that. He could've left because she wasn't good enough in bed." I said like it meant nothing to me when it really didn't. I needed to find some more words to get her aggravated. But what?
"Don't listen to Alex! She's trying to make you act before you think." Alek said to her. Smart kid… really smart. I noticed that Alex's fists were clenched so tight that the skin was stretched across the bone, making it look white.
"Am I? Or is true? It is. Dimka really left Rose because she wasn't good enough. She was a slut, meant to be used. All Dhampir girls are. They're destined to blood whores." I spat. Before I could decipher her move, Alex striked out, her fist colliding with my nose. II heard a crunch that made me want to scream out in pain. Sure enough, my nose was broken with blood spurting out. The force of the punch sent me falling on my ass.
"You fucking bitch, no one, speaks about our mom like that." She hissed. I cradled my nose in my hand.
"You're going to pay for that!" I screamed but didn't get up. Lucky for me, strigoi heal fast. I wasn't paying attention at them when they started talking in Russian. I mean I knew Russian but not that much. I stood up, wiping the blood on my clothes. They were still in a conversation that they didn't notice me stand. Bad thing for guardians! Then, Alex screamed out when Alek lunged for me. This time, luckily, I blocked it. Hmm, fighting with this one will be fun! I saw in my peripheral vision that Nathan stepped out. So far, going good.
"So, Alekandr how is your bitch of a mother? Dead, I hope so. Because if not I don't mind killing her myself," I told him. Anger flared in his eyes. He threw a fire ball at my face that I saw coming so I was able to dodge it just in time, only a piece of my hair getting burned.
"Admit it Alekandr, you hate your dad because of what he did to your mother, don't you?" I asked.
"No!" he hissed, throwing some water on that splashed on my face. Hmm, that's not his full force… could it be that he's weak? Yes! That'll be good for me.
"My father would never leave mom! You did it! You made him do some sick twisted thing to make him leave! You!" he yelled, throwing more fire that landed on my hair. Shit! It's going to burn it. I took my hand and tried to out it quickly.
"Maybe I did. But he didn't deserve her!" I spoke, throwing a kick to his side which he blocked.
"And why the fuck is that?" he asked harshly. "Because he didn't love you! If you were really his fucking friend then you would've been happy for him and let him be instead of being a jealous bitch!" he screamed. I lashed out throwing a punch to his head that he didn't see so he failed to block it. He looked dazed for a moment. He whipped his stake out, scratching me on my arm.
"Fuck!" I hissed as it burned. Stupid fucking stakes. He smirked.
"Hurts like hell doesn't it? Maybe you need some more!" he said, scraping me again on the leg. Fuck that hurts!
"What?" Alek called out. Who the hell was he speaking to? I shot a quick look over to where Nathan was to find him fleeing the scene. Hmm, what's he up to? Alek snapped me out of my thoughts when he threw a punch to my stomach, grazing the stake on my hand. The impact was hard. Time to finish this shit! I lunged back at him ready with a roundhouse kick to his head which sent him staggering back. I knocked the stake out of his hand, hitting his shoulder hard in the process. He let out a blood curling scream as he fell to the floor clutching his shoulder. I let out a menacing laugh as he fell in pain. I turned towards Alex.
"What's wrong Alex? Want to come help your brother?" I asked in a sweet voice.
"Come on. I know that you just want to leave the Moroi and come help your brother." I accused. .
"That… that's not true!" She yelled which made me laugh. Of course she wanted to help him.
"You're lying." I told her. I heard Alek groan in pain when he stood up. I looked at him.
"You're just like your father, brave and a warrior." I told him.
"Fierce just like your mother. Never thought that it was her who had the special children. Too bad you're about to die!" I said going to grab him. At the last minute, Alex ran into Alek, knocking him to the ground again, causing me to knock into her. I stood up in a flash, dazed. How the hell did she just do that? It was that little hesitating that she took to kick me hard in the stomach. I couldn't keep it in. I screamed out in pain, holding my stomach. I tasted blood in my mouth that I spat out. Where the hell are the- No! I saw the Moroi running away.
"No!" I screamed. I was able to block an upcoming punch from Alex. I grabbed her by the throat so fast she didn't see it coming. I held her higher, lifting her off the ground.
"You! You let them get away!" I hissed at her.
"No shit Sherlock! That was sort of the plan!" she choked out. I squeezed her throat harder.
"Natasha! Stop." Nathan called. Natasha Unwillingly, I dropped her on the floor. Nathan walked over to where Alex was now gasping for air.
"Poor thing. It'll be a shame when we kill you." He said, standing up, moving towards Alek but not before kicking her in her stomach. She screamed out in pain. Good for you bitch!
"Let's go." Nathan commanded, now holding an unconscious Alek in his arms. Without another word he left towards the cabin.
"I wonder what he's going to do to you guys." I said with a menacing laugh. I grabbed her by the hair then knocked her on her head hard so that she as well went unconscious. I flung her over my shoulder, about to leave. Yells and pleads were called out. It was then I heard the voice I've been waiting to hear.
"Tasha!" he yelled. I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around.
"Yes Dimka?" I asked in an innocent voice.
"Tasha you don't have to do this! Just give me my children back!" he pleaded. He really thought I was going to give them back.
"Let me think about it… No!" I hissed.
"Then you leave me no choice. I'm going to kill you." He said fiercely. I laugh.
"You think you can defeat me Dimka? Try and catch me first." I spoke and before he could move, I sped out towards the cabin.
"No!" he screamed. I heard the agony in his voice but I didn't care. I didn't care that he was going to suffer. Or do you? No, I don't. I hate him. Keep telling your self that… I shook my head vigorously. No! I don't care! I reached the cabin easily and found Nathan.
"Where to throw her?" I asked him. He didn't answer just walked and I followed. We walked into a dark room with a window, which was pretty high up, one door to a bathroom, I suppose, and a double bed. I saw Alek lying on the bed, still unconscious.
"Dump her next to him." He commanded and I did what I was told to. I dumped her there and closed the door to the room.
"Only a matter of minutes before you two wake up…"
Russian to English:
Алек! Что-то не так с моей магии! Это не работает! Является ли ваша работа? - Alek! Something's wrong with my magic! It's not working! Is yours working?
Что? Это не работает? рабочих Майн хорошо! Дерьмо! Я буду бороться с ней. Оставайтесь здесь Вася и храните в безопасном месте. - What? It's not working? Mine's working fine! Shit! I'm going to fight her. Stay here Vasya and keep them safe.
Нет! - No!
Dun dun da! What do ya think Nathan and Tasha's plan is? Hm... I'm just going to say that you guys are in for a surprise! What's Alex's new power? Are they going to die? - Doubt that.. Is Tasha going to die? - Maybe :P I really hope you guys enjoyed it and I'll try to get the next one done soon! Do you guys think I can get lets say... 95 Reviews? I hope to make it to 100 Reviews by this chapter or the next! Love you all!
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"No!" I yelled!
"Don't! Not her! Please don't do that to her! Take me! Please just leave her alone!" I cried.
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