"Wake up, Rose" The guardian yelled from in front of my cell. I immediately looked at the clock. It was 5:00am. "Sorry I didn't wake you at 4:30... I had to, uh, do something" He apologised. I gave him one of my evilest glares and reached into my pocket. I pulled out the ring and sat it next to me, where the Guardian couldn't see it. A few moments later, I heard some grunts and moans from the doorway. It was time. Mikhail, Dimitri and Christian came running down the hallway and Dimitri began taking on the Guardian in front of my cell. Christian gave me one of his I'm-a-genius smiles and Mikhail unlocked my cell. I slid on the ring and started to walk down the hallway.
Dimitri soon caught up to us as we reached the door. Mikhail and Christian stood beside me but Dimitri stayed behind. Once we reached another hallway leading to the main office building, Mikhail gave us a nod and started heading over to the surveillance room. He had been stationed there for a few weeks before I was put in jail for a crime I didn't commit.
Once we reached the main office I saw Adrian and Lissa. They were both compelling a group of 8 Guardians. I wondered why there were so many Guardians stationed in the main building. "It's about time you got here" Lissa said without taking her eyes off the Guardians. "Now, forget you ever saw us here" Adrian said to the Guardian's. They all nodded, and walked back to where they must have been before I got here. Lissa nodded at me and we all left the building. We were heading to the garage where the Guardian's cars are kept for rescue missions like when we went to save Lissa from Dimitri and the strigoi.
We walked over to where a commodore was parked. I never knew that they kept cars other than SUV's here until now. Adrian got the keys out of his pocket and unlocked the car. I headed towards the passenger seat when I noticed Dimitri shaking his head. He then pointed to the boot that Adrian just opened. "Why do I have to get in the boot?" I asked. "Because you might get seen by Moroi passing by" Adrian answered. He threw the keys to Dimitri and went over to the boot. He smiled then hopped in. He was trying to comfort me. I smiled then hopped in next to him.
Lissa closed the boot, and then I heard 3 doors slam. Everyone was in. The car started and we began moving. "So, how was that for a rescue mission?" Adrian asked. I laughed then answered "It's not over yet."
The car soon came to a stop and I heard voices. I slipped into Lissa's head to see what was going on.
"What are you doing here?" asked the Guardian on duty. "We're leaving" said Dimitri. "No your not. The court is in lockdown, no one comes in, no one goes out" The Guardian replied dryly. Lissa then looked him in the eye and I knew what she was doing. "Let us out of here. Open the gate and forget you ever saw us" She asked sweetly. The Guardian walked back over to the booth and the gate opened. I slipped back into my own head and Adrian was staring at me intensely. "Did you just..." He trailed off when I answered "yes". As soon as the car started moving I got a massive headache. It was almost as bad as the one I had on the plane when I first started seeing ghosts. I started seeing shadows. I hadn't realised but I'd started screaming. Adrian was shaking me but I wouldn't stop screaming. The pain was getting worse and worse until we stopped. I heard the boot open and Adrian pull me out.
I sat there, on the ground in complete darkness. I began to see a figure forming in front of me. A bloody figure. It was, Queen Tatiana. She just stood there, looking at me. She had the same look on her face that Mason had had when he was trying to warn me about the strigoi. The look he gave me every time he tried to tell me something. Then everything went black.