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APOV
I answered the phone as quickly as I could. Zander was calling to check in, wonder what happened to Rose. "It looked like she was pulled into Lissa's head. I have seen it happen when I was training her at school. Whatever she saw was not very good. Her face thinned out with rage than she went out of cover to attack the 7 strigoi..." I interrupted him "WHAT? How could you let her run out there like that? Is she okay?" "Yes sir, she is physically fine.." "I interrupted him again "What the fuck does that mean?" My temper was rising quickly. "Sir, she only had a few cuts and bruises after taking down 5. I only had time to get 1. I tranquilized one of them because she wasn't trying to kill him but fight with him and ask questions at the same time." He said as fast as he could so I couldn't interrupt him again. "What was she asking him?" I asked now truly curious bout her motives now that I knew that she was okay. "She kept asking who sent them? She was holding her own but you could tell that she was barely holding on to what little control she had left. I have never seen her like that. I did the first thing I could, which was to sedate the strigoi." he stated. "I presume that the tranquilizer worked than?" I asked. It would very helpful in future meetings battle with them. "Yes sir, it worked. She tied him up than shot him again after we got him in the back seat of the Hummer."
Granted I wasn't happy because I didn't want him to wake up and ruin the interior of such a beautiful vehicle. "It is the only vehicle that we have that could get to the house we use for our interrogations otherwise she'd have to ask him out in the middle of the court." "I'm impressed. Never would think that you would have a base set up so close to court." I couldn't help but to be proud of them. "Thank you sir, the building itself is not so easy to get too. You'd have to go through fields, a couple of streams, thank you for the snorkel for the Hummer, and some rock climbing. It is very hard to locate and its very easy to get lost if someone was searching for it." He had commented.
"We tied the strigoi as tightly as we could to a chair. It took a lot of rope but we couldn't take the chance of him getting enough room to move at all. Than she asked something very unusual, she had asked me to stay upstairs. I am not exactly sure what happened down there but I could only hold my curiosity for so long. When I went down the strigoi looked like he went to a meat grinder. She had a metal rod threw each leg and had attached cables to the light switch. I can only guess she was using the electricity to shock him. Once she saw me she simply walked out of the room with a scary look on her face. I disposed of him and returned upstairs. She was sitting on the couch with a thoughtful look on her face." This was rather concerning. I never thought that she would be able to do that kind of stuff. I don't even use techniques like that. I'm more of beat it out of them. "Did she say what she was thinking about? Do you have any idea what's going on?" I was starting to get worried again. She has never lost control like that. "No sir, that was the second attack of strigoi that we had in the same night. We were writing the report for you when she said that she was restless so we went out to hunt. I wouldn't let her go by herself. Thankfully I am almost as stubborn as she is. " Zander was saying as I got a call on the other line. I recognized the number but couldn't remember from where. So I cut him off again. "I need to take this call. I will call you back shortly."
When I answered the other call it was Pavel "Sir, we have found a few moroi that were scouting the house. We got a hold of one but the other two we couldn't catch. We caught him but he still managed to alert the other two. What actions would you like to take?" I couldn't help but keep a small smile off of my face. I haven't had a chance to question anybody in a long time. I was sort of missing it. So my response was "Bring him in. Maybe he would give me some insight on what he was doing and why." I was so excited about that I almost forgot to call Zander back.
He picked up on the second ring, as always. "I need you back here. We had people outside scouting the compound but got away before we could catch them. None of the guardians here are trained in the same way as you."
I wasn't happy about taking him away from Rose. I knew she could handle herself but I was extremely worried about what she had going on. I have watched her train before and I won't admit it out loud but when it came down to it, I would be afraid to be up against her in a fight. She has been sent into a lot of very dangerous situations and has always come back with more information than what I had asked for. She is very efficient at what she does. When I would send her to meetings in my place; I would get word about how big an impact that she made. It was doing my reputation wonders. It had made people fear me even more because of her ruthless tactics. I was truly proud of my her and my choice to bring her into the family business.
"Sir, I don't think it is a good idea on leaving her alone right now. I don't even know what is going on. She has just been sitting there thinking." He was right but I didn't know who to send. "What if I send Pavel to take your place? Or would you suggest someone that is based out of court?" Who I would send depends on how fast they can get to her. If it is necessary for the person to be there as fast as possible I have a few contacts at court. If not than I will send Pavel. I could her voice but couldn't figure out what she was saying. Next thing I knew Rose was on the phone. "Baba, I do not need help in this. I want you to stay inside and if you must go out than to very paranoid. I would prefer if you didn't leave until this situation is under control. If you send someone else than they will only be in my way. Others do not need to know some of my methods on how I get my information." She simply stated like I had no other choice to follow her "orders". I didn't know what to think. "Kiz, I have someone in custody here. They were caught outside the wards. There were two others but they got away." I heard her cussing in the back ground. It seems that Zander had gotten the phone back. "Sir, what ever was said made her face go red so I took the phone back." I told him to come back. Only after Rose had told me to be extra careful and that she would have me brought back to kill me herself if something happened to me.
RPOV
I am so not happy that he called Abe behind my back. PLUS he told him some of the things that I did to the strigoi. I do not like it when people threaten my loved ones. After he told me that there were already people around his house, it felt like a switch was flipped in me and I was going to get to the bottom of all of this and kill everyone that has any part in it. I knew that the two main people were Tasha and Victor. Hmm, I wonder what is going on in court.
For the first time in a long time, I purposely went into her head. She was sitting at lunch with Dimitri, Christian, Adrian, Eddie, Mia and Tasha. "I don't see why everyone is acting like this." Is one of the things that she has said. The guardians at the table and around the room knew exactly what was going on and none of them could decide whether or not to tell them, it was against protocol but things were getting worse and they honestly wanted to get their moroi out of there and into safety.
I decided to stay in her head to and listen to their conversation. Adrain cocked his head to the side and stared at Lissa. Everyone noticed but no one could understand or even try to guess what he was thinking. I saw him staring at her and trying figure out what changed in her aura. Lissa finally asked what he was looking at. "Your aura changed. It reminds me of my Little Dhampir's." He said. That got everyone's attention really fast. I had thought that they weren't that effected by me leaving. Lissa started to cry and (A/N her thoughts are going toin Italics) "Rose if you are there, PLEASE PLEASE contact me. We all miss you. I know that you take away my darkness away from me. I can feel it start to build up but than it disappears. I want to talk, no I NEED to talk to you." I didn't know how to feel about that. I was kind of mad at Adrian for telling them but now I know that I really had missed them. Although there would be a few problems with telling them everything that I have done and what I have been threw. I know without a doubt that they will think differently about me and that would make them truly believe that wouldn't be any better than a strigoi to them. When you are in the same business that I am; things come up and have to be dealt with accordingly. If not than, it would be your death. You have to be willing to do what ever it takes to win. I am not bothered by anything that I have done.
I work with and for my dad. It is wonderful knowing that I have blood relatives that care and love me There is still little to no contact with my mom. I doubt that will ever change, though. She probably is embarrassed by me. She has to stop caring about what others think and take care of the ones that matter to her. Wish that we could get along better but its not going to happen any time soon, so it not my top priority, at all.
As I focused back on her thoughts rather than my own, I saw Mia walk in. Everyone bombarded her with questions about the meeting that she had attended with Tasha to figure how things went and out of general curiosity. She just smiled and said that every thing went smoothly and there were no problems. Mia didn't say anything but glance at her. Even through Lissa's eyes you could see she was deep in thought. They kept on talking about just meaningless subjects. I pulled out her head and thought if I should show up at court to see them. I knew that I could get closer to Tasha threw them. Plus, they all have different resources that I would be able to utilize. Hmm, am I able to use the people that I grew up with like that? Yes, I sure would. Maybe it was wrong but I am willing but if it kept Abe and I safe than I would do anything. Should I call them or just show up? I think that I will...