I do not own VA series. Richelle Mead does.

I got sucked into Lissa's head. Christian was talking to his Aunt Tasha in the other room. She was hiding around the corner because they wouldn't talk while she was there. Christian started raising his voice because Tasha was wanting to join forces with Victor Dashkov. He was known for his radical views and known to do what ever it took to get it done, including putting a hit out on someone. I started to pull back because I was used to dealing with that but I was stopped when I heard Abe's name. She was talking about me to Christian. She did NOT like the fact that I stood in his place and he personally wasn't there. Her idea was to over throw Abe and to have me taken out she started to rant and rave giving them her reasons that this is the best way for things to be handled and that plan was already in action. Hmm...

This could be interesting. I realized that Lissa had planned on moving to court after graduation. Damn, I forgot about that. That's probably why I got sucked in so easily. I have not been this close to her the whole time that I have been gone.

I pulled out her head thoroughly enraged. I got up and changed into a black sports bra and didn't get any farther than that because Zander stopped me. "What the fuck?" I looked him in the eye and said "That bitch wants to take me out than TRY to over throw Abe?" "You shouldn't go in there to find her. You can't touch her until she makes the first move." He said trying to calm me down. "I can't, why can't I?" was my response. "You want to go hunting to take your mind off of things and release some of your anger?" He asked trying to change trying to get my mind off of her. It worked, I had on a Cheshire grin. I walked in and grabbed a black tank top, cargo pants, boots and weapons. We were both armed and ready to go. He was starting to look beat because of the long day and recent activities but I had loads of rage built up in me so the adrenaline had me pumped up. He refused to let me go out by myself but agreed to let me do most of the fighting.

We were on the second floor and I looked in the hall and there was a few people in there. It is never a good idea to walk around any one with the amount of weapons that we had on us. They tended to freak out and call the cops or the court guardians. All of the guardians that have come across our path would always remember us. We had come across a few rumors about one or the both of us that had us rolling on the floor. So instead of drawing more attention this time. We both jumped out of the window landing with no noise.

As we started to walk threw the bushes, when all of a sudden I was pulled back into her head. Christian and Lissa were arguing with her that it was stupid to go against someone like Abe. And that she wouldn't like the repercussions of her action. She wouldn't listen and just left.

I was yanked out of her head by the sudden nauseous felling that I get when strigoi were around. There were 7 of them. They had said that the first team never came back, those little fuckers lied. Don't know why I was surprised. Than they were talking about our room and that they were to leave no survivors. That set me off, not even Zander could stop me. I wasn't seen until two of them were already dead. I had taken them out at the same time with both of my stakes. I kept a hold of the stakes as they fell. By the time their bodies hit the ground I was working another one. This one took more effort than the first two. I swung and he blocked me. We traded blows for a second than I grabbed my push dagger and shoved it straight threw his throat. I was successful in breaking his spinal cord. I pulled my arm back threw the side of his neck so the only thing that held his head on was a small section of his neck. I simply staked the one coming at me from the side. One of them started to run away so I threw one of my stakes at him and it hit its mark killing him quickly. Zander killed the last one. Which left their leader, he wasn't showing any signs of being scared but you could see it in his eyes. I had taken out my Urumi but I heard a gun shot and the strigoi fell. I whipped my head around and saw Zander with a gun in his hand. "He is only tranquilized. I figured you'd that you have a few answers that you'd like." I only raised my eyebrow and stood up out of my fighting stance. I knew my way around the city so I knew that there was an empty house that had a basement that I have used once or twice to gather information out of someone that was either staying in court or visiting it.

Zander had ran and gotten the car while I stood there planning on my methods on working to get the information. I had quite a few ideas in my mind by the time he pulled up. I threw him in the back seat and shot him with another tranquilizer to make sure.

By the time we got to the house I had a malicious grin on my face. I brought him down to the basement and had him strapped into a chair that was bolted into the floor. I had him in really thick bindings so he couldn't move at all. The rope would hold him longer than what most people would think because of how tight I had it. Most people don't tie the other 'being, whether human, moroi, dhampir or strigoi' I tie it to the point of where I physically can't get it any tighter. He didn't have enough room to get any momentum to break the ropes. I had sent Zander up to the top to make sure that no one got down and I didn't really want him to see me like this. I was sitting in a chair almost directly in front of him. When he started to come to I was still sitting there staring at him. He immediately tried to move but couldn't. "See this is it going to work. I ask the questions and you give me the correct answer. If you do not, well you get the idea." I stated while smirking at him. "You don't scare me. I'm not telling you shit." "I was hoping you would say that." I said as I stood up. He had a curious and sort of scared look. I bent over and grabbed two steel rods and started twirling one of them in my hand. I circled behind him and whacked his head hard. He bent over in pain but didn't say anything. "Who sent you? How did you know who we were and where we were staying?" I questioned sitting back down in my chair. I pulled it a little bit closer to him but other than that my smirk was still there. He just looked at me. I raised an eye brow "You sure that you don't want to answer?" My smirk turned into a grin. As I stood up I stopped twirling the rod and than slammed both of them into his legs pinning him even more to the chair. He screamed but still refused to answer. (This scene is one of the ones that I liked from the movie TAKEN) I picked up a thing of cables that I had already attached to the wires to the light switch. I asked him once more and still received nothing. I clipped the cables to the rods and said "This is going to be extremely painful, are you sure that you don't want to reconsider on answering my questions?" He just smirked at me. I had walked over to the wall while I was talking to him and flipped the switch. The lights in the house dimmed as it shocked him. All you could hear was him screaming in pain. I flipped the switch off and squatted in front of him. "You ready to talk yet?" "Fuck you" was all he got out before I flipped the switch again. I left it on for more than last time. He sat there screaming the whole time. "Are you going to answer?" Nothing. I got tired of feeling him scream so I shoved a piece of his shirt in his mouth. I decided not to got with the light again but grabbed my push dagger and stabbed him in the stomach at least 5 times before I stopped. He started to try and talk while he was still gagged but I decided that I was still not done with stabbing him so after a few more hits in the stomach and two in each leg. I pulled the cloth out and waited. He was panting from the pain. I got tired of waiting so I started hitting him with my Urumi. I swung it twice not really caring where I hit him as long as I got him. I sat back down and waited for his breathing to come down to so he would be able to speak. I waited another five minutes and was getting impatient so I started to stand up to go back to the light switch. "Victor Dashkov! He's working with Tasha Ozera! We had a human working for us and they followed you once we got our orders!" He was screaming at me. At this point all I saw was red. I flipped the switch back on and started walking out of the room. He was still screaming. Zander came flying down the stairs. He saw some of what I did, because they heal quickly, and looked back at me. I just kept walking out. I saw him turn the light switch off just before he beheaded him. Zander walked up to me. "What happened to you? I've never seen you like this." "Everyone has a secret. I don't let ANYONE threaten those that I love." was the reason that I gave him. It was the truth. I'd do ANYTHING to keep them safe. It didn't matter if others approved my methods or not.

He walked up to me asking what was said. "It was Tasha and Victor." "Damn, they work fast." was the only thing that I could think. It is now time to find them. Hope they are ready for what they have brought onto themselves. I have no more mercy for them anymore. There are no more rules for me besides to eradicate the threat and that is what they are. I am looking forward to when I find them. I can't help but grin as I make my way upstairs leaving Zander to finish him off.

ZPOV

As we landed in the bushes from jumping out of the window she looked like she got sucked back into her head. I pulled her farther back into the bushes to stay hidden. She came back with a look of pure hatred on her face. Before I knew what was happening she was out in the lawn fighting the strigoi. It was almost scary to watch her as she moved. There were only two left so I went and killed the other one. I shot shot the leader with a tranquilizer so we could hopefully get some answers. She whipped around with a surprised but still scary face. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of it. " He is only tranquilized. I figured you'd that you have a few answers that you'd like". She only raised her eye brow and stood up from her stance. I ran and got the car. She literally threw him in the backseat after shooting him again to make sure that he's stay knocked out. We go to the house and I helped her tie him up. She asked me to stay upstairs. Which is really odd. She's never had a problem with me being there to assist her. As I was sitting up there trying to figure out what the hell is going on I hear a blood curtailing scream. It was a short but than it came again. What the fuck is going on down there? Next was a few grunts of pain followed by the sound of her Urumi. I don't understand why she loves that thing. It is a very scary weapon once you've seen what it can do. I've used them before but she has trained with that thing so she is deadly accurate. I heard another round of screams so I decided to go down to see what is going on. I see the strigoi tied down to a chair with a metal rod in each leg connected to the light switch. She was walking out the door and I guess was just planning on leaving him like this. I glanced at her face and she had the most deadly look in her eyes. I've done a lot of shit and seen more than most can imagine but that look sent shivers down my spine. I looked back to the strigoi that was still screaming. I walked off and simply sliced his head off with my sword and turned the light switch off on my way out. Wonder what happened and if she'll tell me. I hope she will. I'm in love with her, not that I would ever tell her that. I'm just not sure how she feels towards to me.

APOV (Abe)

What is going on? They were supposed to report to me as soon as the meeting was done. I was contacted by an associate of mine saying that the people that I had sent to replace me in the meeting caused quite a stir. No one was expecting someone other than me to show up but most of them were to scared to say anything to Rose and Zander about them representing me; except Tasha. I wonder if she has anything to do with them not getting in touch with me. I'm not used to having to worry about anyone. I know that Rose can handle herself but she is still my daughter. Maybe I wasn't thinking right when I asked her to join me and my businesses. Was Janine right about having me stay out of her life? I hope she calls in soon. I'm already having trouble focus and I doubt it will get any better the longer it is till I get that phone call.

I started to pace the walls trying to think all of the possible scenarios that they could be in. Most of them weren't very good considering what they do. Pavel (my primary guard) said "Sir I have seen both of them doing their jobs. They are the best of the best. I don't think they are in harms way." His way calmed me for a few seconds until my phone rang...