Mankind's Biggest Fault

Every one stared at me. I started to cry and dropped to the floor. "I thought everything was going to be fine. Go back to normal. Never normal for me." Dimitri came and wrapped his arms around me. I shook him off and ran up stairs. I quickly changed in to running pants and a sports bra. "Nothing is ever normal for me." I said as I opened our window and jumped out. I didn't want to face any one so I just went that way.

I started to run. I didn't know where. But I was going anywhere but here.

**VA**

I ran up to a small house in the middle of nowhere. It looked abandoned and I kicked down the door. The sun was about to go down and I needed some where to go for shelter. No one had come after me after I had left. I guess they realized I needed time alone. I opened the door and went in. As soon as I went in I tried to back out. This was a huge mistake. I backed up towards the door only to have it slammed shut. "Shit." I muttered. In front of me was a bunch of very buff looking guys. One look at their skin and eyes my fears dimmed. No Strigoi here. Whew. "You guys scared me for a second. Thought you were something else."

"You should be scared of us little lady." A man coming toward me said. "You should be very scared."

I smiled. "No, not really." I went in to a fighting stance. "You should be afraid of me."

**VA**

Half an hour later, I walked out with a sore spot on my ribs where one of the 13 men that were in there hit me with a chair. I also had a little itch on my neck where a man had stabbed me with something. I had left all of them on the floor, with something broken. Whether it be a rib, a nose, a leg, an arm- whatever I came to first. I chuckled. "They will never mess with a woman again." I started to jog back toward Baia. It would take me a few hours to get there though. I sighed and jogged on. When I passed the town, I noticed that the lights in the Belikova's house were on. I stopped jogging and walked up to their door. I knocked and Olena opened the door.

"Oh, Roza." She grabbed me and squeezed me in a bone crushing hug. I felt a little pain where the chair had hit me. I flinched and Olena pulled back. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"No worries, Olena. Just a little bruise on the ribs." She ushered me inside and sat me down in the kitchen. She looked at my side and gasped.

"Roza, it's broken." She said to me.

"Oh, wow. Didn't really notice." I looked down at the huge purple spot on my ribs. Olena pushed it back in and I hissed in pain.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Ran into some pretty strong humans. 13 of them, actually. They were up to no good."

She chuckled. "That human gang has been terrorizing this town for a long time. They probably will rethink their entire life now."

"Yah. Probably." I laughed.

While she was wrapping my ribs, she said, "Everyone is out looking for you. And I mean everyone. I stayed here just in case you came here. And Lissa stayed at your house just in case you went there.

"I'm sorry. I just… I thought…"

"I know what you thought, Roza. You thought that you and Dimka could have a normal life finally. I understand." She finished wrapping my ribs. "I am sorry to say, you and he will never have a normal life. Whether it be scrutiny, Strigoi, marriage issues, or just life," She put her hand on my cheek. "Something will always be there. And you have to fight through that. Remember what you and Dimitri have. You have love. It burns brighter than anything." She took her hand away, and her face fell. "But it is also one of mankind's biggest faults." I didn't quite understand what she said at the end, but I took it to heart.

"Thank you Olena. You are always there for me." I stood up. "Now, I have to go find Dimitri and apologize." She nodded and I left.

Not far from the house though, I started to get really dizzy. I leaned my back on a nearby wall and grabbed me head. My legs got weak and I slipped to the ground. I saw a few pairs of feet headed toward me, then it all went black.

Dimitri's POV

I was out looking for Roza. It was past sunset and I was looking through Baia's streets. I saw her and was going to run to her, but someone caught me. I struggled someone stuck me in the neck with something. I started to feel weak and I saw Rose fall to the ground. A few more people went towards her, then I blacked out.

Abe's POV

Rose and Dimitri had both disappeared. They were just gone. Janine and Lissa tried to convince everyone that they had just gone away for the night but I could see the doubt in their eyes. We could all feel something was wrong. We decided to sleep on it and see if they came back in the morning. We all went to bed, and in the morning woke up to a banging on the door. I opened it but no one was there. I looked down, and there was a small piece of paper. I picked it up and read it. I ran into the small kitchen where everyone had gather and read it out loud.

Friends and Family of Rose and Dimitri, We have them. And want to trade. Princess Dragomir for Rose and Dimitri. I look forward to seeing all of you and hope we can come to an arrangement. With all my love, Viktor Dashkov.

"Oh my God." Liss said, and collapsed into Christian's arms.

Ha! Crappy right? Well, that's one hell of a cliff hanger, huh?