I do not own VA series. Richelle Mead does. This is for the suggestion that Rose218125 gave me. Thank you for you opinion and input.

I had to attend a business meeting because Abe couldn't make it. It was close to the court which I was not looking forward to but I wouldn't be a failure to my family business. I wanted to take Zander with me but my dad and I got into a fight. I won naturally. In the end he couldn't refuse what I asked for. My point was I was used to being his partner and didn't really know his other guardians. His reply was "I think its time that you got to know my personal guardians. When you come up to spend time with me I will have one of them with me. That way I can send you with others and won't have to worry about not having one of you two here." I still my original job and was one of the best but nobody knew who I really was because I had gotten the technique of altering my appearance down to the "tee".

I walked into the hotel about an hour away from court to check in. Zander and I never really had the typical boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. We were basically friends with benefits, well atleast on my part. But that doesn't mean that I didn't care for his well being and/or love him. We would always have each others back. Which is why I wasn't really bothered when he only reserved one room.

The meeting was about the Moroi offensive magic program. There were a bunch of major people in here. Two of which I remembered very well: Tasha and Mia. Neither of them recognized me, well Tasha had no reason too for which I was thank full. Mia kept glancing at me before the meeting began. Zander and I walked in and just by our presence had everyone's attention. I don't know if it was because of they got the same impression that we were not people to mess with or what we were both wearing. I was wearing a pants suit with 4 inch heels. It was baby blue and it showed off all of my assets but hid my weapons. I had blue extensions in and blue contacts. Blue was the color of the day for me. I love having my own tailor. I had my Urumi, my Walther P99 and of course my stake. He was decked out in our normal attire for our "jobs". Very thin black shirt with black wife beater, Black cargo pants (that weren't the loose kind), and combat boots. All of his weapons were in plain site. When he left the room he'd throw his t-shirt that covered everything when we were in public (cold days it would be a jacket). The room instantly quieted.

I walked to the head of the table with Zander following close behind. "If you did not already know, I am hear to represent Abe Mazur in this meeting. So please keep that in mind I will report anything and everything that will happen in here." was my opening statement. Tasha had stood up "Why are you here and not him? This meeting was called by him and he can't make it, this is absurd." "I am here because I know everything about what he does and who he is. You do not have place in asking those questions or even questioning anything that he does. I don't even know why I am bothering to explain this to you. Understand that you are in here because of his generosity. You have proven to him that you truly believe in this matter. Now if you are done, we will continue in this meeting." We all sat there talking for almost three hours about this subject.

When I had enough of going around in circles with the same arguments. This will help the cause, that will only hurt the cause. Blah Blah Blah... I said "Hey" no answer. So I said it louder. Still being ignored. My temper started to rise, surprise I know, but I stood up as fast as I could and slammed my hand down on the table making it crack while yelling "Shut the fuck up!" Everyone shut up as soon as I had stood up and slammed my hand down. Again Tasha had to open her big mouth "What was the point of this we have only got set back more?" "The point of this was for everyone to act like civilized adults and come up with problems and solutions. But apparently that is almost an impossible task. Guardian Jones will be back momentarily with today's notes. It has all of what was said today. I will give each of you a copy of the list. When I return I will meet with Mr. Mazur. He will get in touch with you to let you know when the next meeting is." Right on time Zander walked in with the copies and started to hand them out.

Mia had walked up to me and said that I looked very familiar to someone that she knew. I knew that she had only been graduated for a few months but I never knew she would still recognized me. I looked at her and debated for a second on how much I would tell her. Finally I said "My name is Isabella Smith. Its nice to meet you Miss Rinaldi. I am happy to see that you believe so strongly in this. I have been around you more than you realize which is why I probably look familiar. I must ask you though, I know Christian believes in this as much as his aunt. Why is he not here?" She had a very confused look on her face, it also showed that I had sort of scared her with how much I knew about her. She has never really been one to hide what she thinks "How do you know all of this?" I just responded with, "Its my job to know everything about everyone that I come in contact with." Which just confused her even more. I looked behind her to see Tasha about to grab her arm to pull her away. I stepped forward and hit Tasha in the elbow where there is a pressure point making her arm go numb. Mia looked surprised but smiled at me as Tasha walked away. She said "She always tries to boss me around. I think she is a real bitch." I said "Your welcome and I look forward to seeing you soon." turned and walked out the door. As soon as I got outside the door I could feel that there were strigoi around. I tensed up and glanced at Zander. Granted there were more than enough guardians around to take down the 5 that I could see. Once they saw us running away from the group they started the chase. All of the other guardians watched us running away and didn't know how to react.

We ran about 1/2 mile away, always fun to run in heels. However, running is always fun in heels but that is why we train so hard. We both stopped and put our backs to the opposite walls so we could keep an eye on all of them. There was one that stood out in the back and smirked. The first two came at us and it took us maybe a minute to take them both out. The guy in the farthest back asked "Your not normal guardians. Who is it that you work for?" I smiled this time "He works for me. Who do you work for and are you looking for anyone?" The strigoi laughed at me and said "Why would a guy work for a female?" That made me mad so I yanked out my gun and shot him in the head. I know it won't kill him, I just needed him stunned for a second so I can get rid of the other two. Zander and I attacked with out any warning and took out the other two. I had taken out my Urumi. As I stood there it had uncoiled itself. In a normal fight there is a little clasp that I had put on so I didn't have to try to get it out of the coil. Once I hit the clasp it releases all of the bands with seconds and I use the momentum as part of my strike. I stood just out of his reach and waited. Zander and I had decided that we should get information out of him. When the strigoi stood up Zander was standing on one side tense and ready to fight. I stood still with my hands down to my side. I don't know if he say my weapon or not but he didn't look scared only amused. Which, of course, only made me more upset. I looked at him and asked him again who he was looking for. "Why should I tell you?". A smirk slowly appeared on my face "Well if you just tell us than I will give you a quick death. If you don't well we will find a way to get it." He just looked at me like I was stupid. I pulled my arm back and struck out with the Urumi so fast that he didn't even register that I had hit him. When he looked down there were cuts that were almost 2 inches deep were each of the blades had struck him. He screamed once he realized that there were cuts. I looked at him as I slowly circled him and asked him again "Who are you here for?" I guess I'm impatient or something because in my opinion he took to long to answer me. So I struck out twice with the Urumi against his back. His back looked like he fell on a cheese grater. "I didn't know about anyone that was going to be here. All I knew was that I saw a bunch of Moroi and Dhampirs that I thought we could feed. I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW NO ONE FROM THERE!" By the end he was screaming because I had swung at his chest again. I looked at him as he was on his knees and said "Look who's on his knees, so who's the bitch now." I took a step back and swung the Urumi hard against his neck and his head came clean off. I just watched his head roll away than disposed of the body with the same potion that the Alchemists use. We walked back towards the main area that we had started out at and I had a little bit of blood on my suit. Mia walked up to me and asked what happened to my jacket. I just started cussing and walked back to the hotel, grumbling about my jacket. Hopefully, they will be able to get it out.

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