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Chapter 17

"Good, we won't worry about the amnesia crap and all that." Christian said after he settled himself back down his seat.

"Why are you- Wait. Where Lissa? Is she safe? How about Adrian? Oh myGod! You have got to help DImitri!" my voice was getting it panic tone and was getting louder and louder by the second.

"I'm here little dhampir." Adrian said by the door. He quickly wobbled with crutches by the bed and kissed me in the forehead. "You don't know how glad I am to see your eyes open again." His lips said still not apart from my forehead.

"Are you okay?" I said to him, eying his foot in a cast.

"You just woke up after 2 days and you're worried about me?" He said as he shook his head disbelievingly. "Don't worry, it's just a minor sprain, they said to take it easy for a couple of days, a week tops though."

"Oh." I let out a relieved breath. Then "Where's my best friend?" I asked to both of them.

Christian answered. "She's outside, helping healing the minor casualties and all. She left you to my care since Adrian here," He looked hard on Adrian. "Shouldn't you be back to your room resting that foot of yours?" He demanded him angrily.

I hid a smile, Christian was lousy hiding his concern sometimes with his snarky attitude, he's not fooling anyone.

"Nope, I shouldn't." Adrian said nonchalantly as he took a bite from an apple by the table where there was a basket full of fruits.

Then everything came back again.

"Dimitri! He was attacked by the strigoi, where is he?" I looked at them and demanded an answer.

Adrian put down the fruit he was busy eating and stared at it and Christian suddenly had an interest on the door, begging it to open, both of them not daring to look at me.

I tugged at their hands which were resting in my bed.

"Oh my God…Is he?" I couldn't bring myself to think of the inevitable. My sight became blurry and tears were starting to run in my cheeks.

Adrian quickly got up, as much as he could and wiped the tears away from my cheeks. Christian grimaced though and went over behind Adrian and took his crutches away so that he could move freely and patted him to the back.

"All yours." He muttered to him with a smirk, while Adrian gave a disbelieving glance at him but conceded.

He waited after he door closed after Christian, then he turned to me.

"He's fine Rose." He said solemnly. He took my hands and looked at them intently.

"Continue. You're not telling me something. What's wrong?" My voice cracked.

He finally looked into my eyes and sighed.

"He still won't wake up. " He then said.

"Wait. What? I mean You said I was out for 2 days. He'll wake up eventually right?" He only shrugged at my response.

I reached out and lifted his chin to force his eyes back on mine.

"Tell me everything Adrian. What's going on? Please." I plead him.

He took a deep breath. "You see, Christian only told me these so I'm not entirely sure. When he came back, immediately after he brought me inside the headquarters he just saw you pass out then before he could help you up, he saw the Dimitri. He distracted the one that Dimitri was fighting by his power then Dimitri staked it, but before he realized that another one was approaching him from behind- he was about to come to you, the strigoi slammed him to the ground…hard and knocked him out of the way, seeing as Christian was moroi outside. He was about to approach the building when Dimitri half conscious came charging again, but" He shook his head mournfully. I visibly gulped.

"Like some deranged lunatic, the strigoi rained punches and kicks to to him. But when he was about to bite and turn Dimitri, the other guardians realized this then and quickly staked the strigoi." He shook his head.

I was speechless. I could not imagine Dimitri. The Dimitri I look up to, my mentor to be defeated. He was invincible- I always believed that.

"They took him to the court where they could help him more. His spine was severely damaged and they said that there were some internal bleedings. Lissa and I couldn't help also because it the officials prohibited it, said that our powers would not be able to handle it, and everyone was still exhausted from the battle."

Still, I was not able to form any words.

Adrian then hugged me and kept me close.

"I'm so sorry Rose." He said through my hair. After a few seconds, I encircled my arms around him.

"He's gonna be okay right?" I asked him. I never felt so vulnerable in my life.

"Yes, he's a hero Rose. "They're gonna do everything to make sure he could go through this."

He pulled back when Lissa entered with Eddia and Christian behind her.

Adrian got off the bed to make way for her, she was practically threw herself to my bed.

"Rose! I'm so glad you're awake." She said, sobbing to my chest.

"Me too Liss. Me too." I said, thugh my tone was not as enthusiastic as hers hearing what Dimitri had gone through, what he's going pulled back and kissed me in the cheeks, "He's gonna be fine Rose." She told me.

Though Dimitri kept on bugging me from the back of my head. I was still thankful that he made it through. I'm not sure though what would happen when he comes out of all of this. I spent the day with my friends, no one went out, we stayed there and glad that we were all alive.

They told me that there were so much casualties, mostly were injuries from the guardian. The students were warned in advance so no one was hurt, except for Adrian and a few more worn out morois who helped like Christian.

When I went out, more guardians apparently came and helped control the situation, the strigois near the headquarters were the last ones.

They also said that guardians were sent from other parts of the world to help control the situation here and stabilize everything. So as expected, my mother was here.

Dr. Oledzki came after a few hours and said that I needed the rest and kicked out my visitors. Lissa and Adrian were harder to kick out, they practically had to drag them out, but not without protests and put up fights though.

When they were all out, Dr. Olenzki poked her head inside again.

"You have one last visitor." She opened the door to reveal.

Of course.

My mother.