Rose felt like she was being swept away by something, something powerful as she fought the 24 strigoi that attacked her. Then, suddenly, it was over. Rose stared at the 24 lifeless bodies that lay on the ground, tired and annoyed. "These things just won't stop," she said, exasperated. Rose kicked the torso of the nearest strigoi and turned to go inside the hotel. She slowly stepped onto the elevator, thankful that no one had noticed the blood on her. She leaned against the wall and stared at the elevator doors, wishing, that somehow, Dimitri was a dhamphir again. The loud ding of the elevator sounded, and the doors creaked open. Then Rose felt a sudden rush of excitement. She rushed to her room and was greeted by the smiles of both Molly and Max. "I know where he's going now," Rose said excitedly.
"Where?" Molly questioned her. Rose felt as if she had found the solution to all her problems. "Rose, Rose! Where is he?" Molly asked again quite more annoyed. Max was pacing around the room, dragging the sword behind him. Rose was watching him, carefully assessing her strategies. Molly groaned and laid across the bed. Max and Rose both turned to look at her.
"I think he's in Russia, where he used to live in a town in Siberia, I just need to find the town," Rose said, talking to herself rather than to the two. Max leaned against the window and stared at Rose. "I need to get to Russia, right now," Rose said standing up and grabbing the sword from Max.
"Then what about Molly? We can't just bring her with us! She's both injured and needs blood!" Max said grabbing Rose's wrist. "We need to get back to the Academy, we need to get Molly there right now, or she'll die," Max reasoned. He tightened his grip on her wrist and made her turn to look at him. "We're going back to the Academy whether you like it, or not," He said firmly.
"No, you two are, I'm going on a one way trip to Russia," Rose said, jerking her wrist free from his grasp. Max lowered his hand and growled, a flame appearing on the tip of his finger. Rose glared at him and watched his finger closely. "Don't even try to scare me with your stupid fire tricks Max," Rose growled grabbing the collar of his sweatshirt. The flame immediately flickered and disappeared, along with Max's apparent courage. She slowly released his collar and turned to get the keys to the Mercedes.
"Where are you going Rose?" Molly asked nervously. Rose stared at her, caught between telling her not to ask and telling her the truth. "What?" Molly asked again more curious.
"I'm going to buy you two a new car, so you can get back to the Academy, I'm also buying a one way ticket to Siberia," Rose answered, heading straight for the door. Max did not try to stop her, but only stared at the ground as she left the building. 'If my mom was here, she would SO ground me because of this' Rose thought as she pick locked at the glass see through door of the Pontiac car dealer's building. The faint click of the lock sounded and Rose quickly went in, destroying the alarm system before it rang. She quickly ran through the building, trying to keys to a fast car. Rose stared at the assortment of keys in one room, trying very hard to find the right key. "Yes! Finally stupid keys," Rose muttered grabbing the key to the fastest car at the dealership.
Soon, Rose was out of the dealership in the Pontiac, driving to the hotel and running as fast as she could back to the Mercedes she left hidden behind a couple of bushes. Gasping for air, she threw herself into the car and started the engine. Dialing Max's cell number, she impatiently waited for him to pick up. After the first 3 rings, he picked up with a worried hello. "Max, I left a red Pontiac in the parking lot of the hotel, it has the keys in the passenger's seat, I want you to go pack your stuff right now and go to the Academy with Molly, goodbye Max" Rose said hanging up before he said anything else.
The airport was only 45 minutes away, but it seemed like it was hours before she had gotten there. She changed into new fresh clothes before entering the airport, leaving the Mercedes hidden at an abandoned dirt road. Carrying her bag and stakes she quickly entered the building heading straight for the ticket counter. "Hello, I need a one way ticket, first class, to Siberia please," Rose asked the woman behind the counter. The woman was short and plump, and had thin lips but kind brown eyes. She smiled politely and asked her for the fare of the ticket. Rose gave her the money in cash, at which the woman was surprised but quickly composed herself and handed Rose the plane ticket. "Thanks," Rose said as she walked away from the counter.
"Crap, what am I going to do now? Stupid security guards are gonna know I have these stakes," Rose contemplated staring at the guards as they approved the passengers and their carry-ons. Her flight would be in 20 minutes, and she needed to think fast. Rose tapped her foot staring at the ground and an idea hit her. She quickly stood up and casually walked towards where the security guards were. Carefully removing the stakes she one by one slid them across the floor hidden under a baggage cart. Quickly she straightened up and walked through the detector grabbed her bag and ran towards the baggage cart. Rose scanned the area and quickly put the stakes back into her coat and boots and ran towards the gate, the first person to be in first class. Making herself comfortable, she stared out the window, at the workers making sure the plane was alright.
"Hey there," someone said as she turned to look at the person. Rose's eyes widened and quickly turned into slits.
"Damnit Adrian!" Rose growled as she faced him,his legs crossed.
