Life's Cruel Twists

This chapter is dedicated to . because I kind of borrowed her idea of the ankle-shocker-things.

Viktor's POV

Rosemarie's drug wore of a little faster than Dimitri's. She groaned and lifted her head up. She looked around with groggy eyes that turned into fierce ones the minute she saw me. She started to shake the chair trying to break free. "It won't work, Rosemarie. Steel wire." She sighed and stopped struggling.

"How'd you get out of prison?" She snarled at me.

"I have my ways." Just then, the woman who had helped me stepped in to the dimly lit room.

"Tasha?" Rosemarie asked stunned.

"Hello Rose." Tasha smiled at her.

"I always knew you were evil." Rose growled at her.

"You're the evil one! You stole Dimka away from me!" Tasha yelled back.

"You crazy bitch! He never loved you!" Dimitri groaned and lifted his head up now, and searched the room just as Rose had. His eyes went wide when he saw Tasha and me.

"Viktor? Tasha? Are you okay?"

"O yah, Dimitri. She's fine. She's the freaking bad guy." Rose said.

Dimitri looked at Rose unbelieving, and then turned to Tasha. "Is this true?" Tasha cackled like a witch and nodded. "But why?" He asked her.

"I loved you from the beginning, Dimka." She said to him. "But then she," She waved to Rose, "Got in the way and stole you from me. We could have had kids together Dimitri! You could have been my guardian and we could have lived our lives together!"

"You're insane, Tasha." He said to her. "I love Rose. Not you." Tasha jumped forward and smacked him across the face. Rose screamed some profanities at her and bounced in the chair some more.

"Ladies, ladies. Please, calm down." I said to the women. They did and we shared a few moments of silence. Until-

"Hey, Victor. Come here." Rose said to me. "I have to tell you something but Miss Bitch can't hear." I walked over, enthralled in what she had to say. I walked closer to her. "Lean down." She said. And without thinking, I did. Both of her feet, that were still tied together, collided with my jaw. I flew back and landed on the ground. I heard Rose and Dimitri laughing.

"Tasha, will you do the honor?" I asked her.

"Why, of course." She walked over to Rose and hit her in the face. Rose fell over backwards and landed on her wrists and hands that were tied behind her. She yelled out in pain but clenched her teeth.

"You bitch!" She roared and Tasha. She groaned. "You know, I did that on purpose." She said to us.

"O yah?" Tasha replied laughing.

"Yah. I was expecting you to do that." Rose mumbled. "You know, steel wire, we can't get out of. But stupid wood chairs? You should have been smarter." Rose broke out of her chair and jumped up. She ran right toward Tasha. Before Tasha had time to react, Rose was on top of her. He hands were still tied, but she round house kicked Tasha and sent her flying into the wall. Rose started to come for me, but I held up a small remote.

"I don't think so, Rose." She paused for a second and looked at the remote confused. Then she started to run at me again. Before she got even two steps forward, I hit the button and Rose fell to the ground, withering in pain. I laughed and let go of the button and she fainted.

"Roza!" Dimitri yelled. He looked at me. "You son of a bitch!" Dimitri started to yell more, but I pressed another button and he gasped in pain and fainted as well.

Lissa's POV

"Oh no. Not again. Rose almost died for me once because of this man. Not again." I said to no one in particular.

"Liss, it's alright. We'll get them back." Christian said trying to sooth me.

"It won't be alright. If it's Viktor, then he's been watching all of us. He's smart, Christian." I said to him. He had nothing to say. He just held me tighter.

"Alright. I'll send some search parties out to look for them." Abe said. He and Janine were trying to get their heads together so they could search for them.

"Maybe Adrian can help." I said.

"Yah, he can dream walk her." Christian perked up. We walked into the living room where Adrian, Sarah, and Sydney were sitting.

"Adrian, can you dream walk Rose?" I asked eagerly.

"That might have work if I hadn't of drunk so much yesterday. I have to wait until tonight." He put his head in his hands. "If they get hurt… it's going to be all my fault."

"Adrian, don't say that." Sarah told him. "It won't be your fault and you know it." Christian and I left Sarah and Adrian. We heard Sarah say, "Can you believe that we all still have to go to court and sort this out with the queen?"

It was bright outside so we decided to take a walk around the garden outside. "I'm surprised these flowers are still alive." Christian said. "With Rose here, they don't stand a chance."

"She doesn't kill everything…" I said trying to stand up for my best friend. But I couldn't lie. "Give it a week and they'll all be dead." I chuckled.

"Rose can't keep a gold fish alive." Christian said.

"Mark and Oksana sure did have a lovely garden." I said staring at the beautiful flowers.

"Lovely? Where did that princess talk come from?" Christian raised an eye brow.

"That's how I always talk." I said to him.

"You sound like the queen of England." He laughed.

I laughed and laughed. But then something hit me like a freight train. The queen. Rose and Dimitri. They still had to go to court. Another obstacle. They could never just have times like this. For Moroi, it was easy. We didn't have to worry about the constant threat of Strigoi. Rose was right. Life just kept throwing things at them. Cruel, unnatural twists. How long could they last before giving up?

I wasn't going to let that happen. When we find them- and we will find them- they will never have to answer to any one again. I don't know how I will do it, but they will be happy and worry free for at least a few years. Care free. "Normal." I mumbled. Christian looked up at me and understood what I was thinking.

"But, Lissa. What is normal? For Rose and Dimitri, normal is fighting for their lives every day. If you take that, what do they have? Nothing to fight for in life. They will fade and not be the people who we know and love. What will they think if you take their reason for living away?"

I stood my ground. "Everyone deserves a break from life."