Rose stared deeply into Dimitri's eyes, knowing that the Dimitri she once knew was completely gone. Dimitri was now strigoi, and here he was right there, for Rose to kill. "I can't," Rose whispered as she dropped her stake and fell on her knees,onto the cement floor. She looked up and saw that he had a sad expression on his face, which quickly grew into a smirk.
"Are you too weak Roza? Afraid to kill me?" Dimitri taunted as Rose glared at him. Slowly, she picked up her stake and ran her fingers on the smooth surface.
"No, I'm not," Rose lied. 'I have to kill Dimitri, it's his wish,' Rose reminded herself. "But I won't kill you without a fight," Rose sneered as she untied him and circled his frozen figure.
"I won't fight you," Dimitri answered staring at Rose. That caught Rose by suprise, she straightened up and glared at him, her stake ready in her right hand. "I won't fight you Roza, I won't kill you," Dimitri repeated, agony in his voice. Rose's vision became blurry and she realized that she was crying. Quickly Rose wiped the tears away and returned into her defensive postion.
"You may not be able to kill me, but I'll kill you," Rose sneered jumping at him. Dimitri knocked her onto the floor, straddling her. "Get off me!" Rose screeched desperately trying to push him off her. Rose reached for the stake that had been knocked out of her grasp. Dimitri held her wrists tightly in his hands, as Rose gave up hope.
"Rose!" she heard as she stared at the now extremely anxious Molly. Dimitri caught sight of Molly and smiled at her, making Molly flinch.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Rose said coldly as he stared in suprise.
"Why not? She is too weak anyway, I'm doing her a favor," Dimitri replied grabbing Rose's arm and pulling her towards Molly.
"No damnit! You goddamn strigoi! YOU ARE NOT DIMITRI!" Rose yelled exasperated. Dimitri smiled at her maliciously and pushed her roughly into the wall.
"I am, and always will be Dimitri," He said now staring longingly at Molly. Rose touched the back of her head and felt the wetness of the blood in her hair. She felt the wound still bleeding and covered it with the back of her hand.
"Shit," Rose muttered as she tried to stand, her vision slowly dispersing. Rose gasped as she saw Dimitri biting into Molly's neck. "No!" Rose yelled pushing him away. "Molly! Molly! Get out of here now! Go into that mercedes and stay there, and don't get out for anything!" She instructed as she handed the keys to Molly and pushed her outside, into the sunlight. Molly did as she was told and soon she was in the Mercedes. Rose heard Dimitri yelp on the floor and closed the warehouse door. "Dimitri,"Rose whispered as she fell to the floor and blacked out.
"Ouch, headache much," Rose muttered as she touched the side of her head. She was still at the warehouse, and it was dark outside. "Oh great, I lost him," Rose hissed as she stared at the open door. 'Damnit, where could he be' Rose asked herself.
"Rose?" Molly frantically called from the Mercedes. She gasped and ran for the Mercedes, seeing two figures reaching for Molly.
"Get your filthy hands off her!" Rose screamed, driving a stake through one of the strigoi that had his back turned. The other strigoi, a blond haired woman hissed and glared at her. Rose jumped on the top of the car and narrowed her eyes as she tried to run. 'What the?' Rose mentally asked herself as the blond woman left. "Wimp," Rose called as she jumped off the Mercedes' hood. Molly had her head on the dashboard of the car and breathing erratically.
"Thanks," Molly said in a raspy voice. Rose nodded and suddenly felt the pain in the back of her head. Slowly, she touched it, and stared at the blood on her hand.
"Um well let's go, I'm bleeding to death and I need medical attention," Rose said, quickly getting into the driver's seat and starting the engine.
"Shouldn't I drive? It's only fair since you're bleeding," Molly asked staring at the blood longingly.
"You haven't eaten and you look more of a mess than me, I'll be fine," Rose assured her as they drove to the hotel.
"Are you-" Molly began.
"I'm as sure as I'm dead Molly, not get some rest, we'll be there soon," Rose reassured her. Molly reclined the passenger seat, and soon she was snoring softly. Rose shook her head and stopped at a stop sign. Then a sickening feeling overcame her, strigoi were near. She saw the blond strigoi woman hidden partially in the trees. Rose glared at her and saw that more were surrounding her. Nearly a dozen. "Oh shit," Rose cussed as she sped to the hotel. Nearly running an old couple over, Rose accelerated to 70 miles per hour. Molly looked at Rose, with wide eyes.
"What's going on Rose? Slow down!" Molly gasped as they swerved into the hotel parking lot.
"Strigoi are here, almost 13 we need to get inside fast," Rose explained as she opened the passenger door and told her to run. She grabbed her bag full of money and the two stake and quickly scanned the area, the naseous feeling becoming more and more unbearable. She ran into the lobby and grabbed Molly's hand, racing into an elevator. Quickly, she pressed the button to the 6th floor.
"Rose, what are we going to do? You can't fight!" Molly asked, bombarding Rose with frantic questions.
"I'm going to fight them, and I'll die if I have to," Rose said calmly, suprising even herself. Molly quieted down and Rose led her to their room, where Max waited.
"Rose! Where were you? Who's this?" Max asked.
"This is Molly, listen we need to leave, there are at least 13 strigoi here and I can't fight with this wound," Rose explained showing him the cut at the back of her head.
"No you can't, that's why I'm giving you this," Max said searching through his suitcase. He handed her a sword, that was apparently brand new. "Adrian told me to give this to you if there were too many strigoi to handle with stakes," Max explained, taking the sword out of it's case. "It's sharpened, and a family heirloom I hope it can defeat those strigoi," Max said spitting the word strigoi out. He touched the blade's smooth surface.
"Thank you, to you and Adrian, but you won't fight with me because you're going to keep Molly safe," Rose said firmly. Max started to protest but Rose gave him such a cold stare that even strigoi Dimitri would be terrified. Max gulped and nodded grabbing Molly's arm and letting her sit on one of the chairs. "Stay here, and if anyone, and I mean anyone tries to come in,kill them," Rose instructed not waiting for them to answer. 'I have to find Dimitri I just have to,' Rose thought as a she walked out into the cold air. Over 20 silhouttes appeared, pale in contrast with the dark night.
