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Chapter 9
I opened my eyes just a little. The light almost blinded me at first but i got used to it after a moment. Where was I? I opened my eyes all the way and felt pain in the back of my head. Not too bad, but how did it get there? Then it all registered. Micheal. Victor. Lissa. Dimitri. Us being captured. I went to Lissa's head. She wasn't in pain, but she was scared. She was looking at me, which was weird because I was looking at me. I snapped out of my head and looked at her. She was tied to a wooden chair by her arms and legs. Are you ok? She glanced around. Yeah, I'm fine, they just dragged me here. But are you ok? They knocked you and Dimitri out. He still hasn't came to consciousness. I looked to where she was staring. Dimitri was tied up like Lissa, except he had on extra hand restraints behind him. If I could extend my foot I could kick him, which might wake him up. I tried. My foot couldn't move but just a little. I tried again, and no luck. I sighed. I looked down and noticed I had ropes tying my to the chair around my ankles, waist, arms, and I had some metal looking thing around my hands behind me. God.
Where are all the guards? I asked Lissa, who was talking quietly to Christian and Adrian, while Micheal was sitting beside them, looking at me intently. I'd deal with that later. They all looked up. They are outside the door. Victor put enough there for it to be too hard for you and Dimitri to beat if we some how get out of here. he told me he didn't want us trying to use compulsion on them. Like it would work, anyways. I thought about it. Maybe it would have. Christian, can you burn these ropes? I asked him. he shook his head. No, I've tried. I have no clue whats on them. Wax maybe? But it does nothing but hurt your wrists. Adrian held up his wrists, which had burns on them. Told ya we'd need him! Christian said. You need me for more than that. You all might get to bored in here, but Since I'm here you have something to look at. Adrian smiled and shot me a glance. I smiled too, not knowing how we could even be joking in this situation. Christian pretended to gag, and i said. Ok, enough. You guys shut up unless you have an idea on how to get out of here... I furrowed my brows thinking.
"Uh,where am I?" I looked at Dimitri. "Wish I could tell you, but the good thing is you'll get to see your training at its best. We gotta get out of here, fast. We have no clue if He's coming back to get us." I told him. His eyes shot around the room, and mine followed. There was one door, and God knows how many strigoi out there, much less in this place. "Micheal. What happened? When did Victor get to your house?" I asked him, trying to figure things out peice by peice. "I...Well.."He looked down. "he doesn't really like to talk much, and he's upset about..."Lissa said. I wonder what she was going to say when I heard her in my head. 'That was his family who was killed. His little addopted little sister, his father, and his mother was also dead. he said it was horrible. He came home not to long before we got there, and Victor put his stigoi on him and told him to keep quiet. That's all he'll say.' Great. He was going to have to talk. "Listen Micheal, I have to know whats going on. What do you know?" His head raised and he said,"You want to know what I've seen? I'll tell you then."
"I work at a cafe right down the road, and I was just getting off work. I headed home like always, but the door was wide open. I smelled blood, but it wasn't humans, so I rushed in. Then I saw my dad and my sister on the ground, dead. I started to scream but that man, Victor I think, shut me up. he told me you guys were coming, and that if I didn't keep quiet he'd kill us all. So, I shut up like a good hostage, and then you guys showed up." I felt sorry for him. I knew what it was like to have some one you loved dead, or worse. But i got my happy ending, he didn't. "What do you know about us? "I asked. "Well, I knew I was adopted and that I had a sister, my parents never kept that from me. But I never knew she was a royal, or that I was too. I Just graduated from the Academy here, and I knew most of the royal families, but I never acknowledged the Dragimor's being one. Lissa told me about how she needed me too. Of course I'll come. If we get out of here alive... "He paused, then he almost smiled. "But, of course we will. Your Guardian Rose Hathaway. Your Legend. And He's pretty bad ass, too. Hey, Guardian Belikov." Dimitri Nodded. "Just call us Rose and Dimitri. So, you know about the bond too?"he looked confused. 'I thought I'd Leave you that one...' Lissa told me In my head. As I explained spirit to Micheal ( he specialized in air ), my mind was reeling. I couldn't have these ropes burned, so we wouldn't be having a replay of Spokaine.I thought about my hands. I tried to break them apart, but that didn't work. I saw Christian staring at them and my wrist got hot. I tried pulling them, but it only gave a bit. Too hot to stand it I cut off mid sentence to him to stop.
This was really good work on Victors part. He thought of every way to get out almost. I cour kick and pull, but I would only hurt myself. I moved just the right way when something sharp poked my leg, not drawing blood but drawing my attention. My stake. If I could get that out...I tried to stand on my feet while on the chair. Lissa,Christian, Adrian, and Micheal had there hand almost free from there elbows down. I could get Lissa to get the stake out...
I hobbled a few steps, and almost fell over. Ugh. "What are you doing? I don't think even you can get out of here like that." Adrian said. I ignored it. "Lissa, They didn't take my stake away. Before we were knocked out, I slid it in my pants. Get it out, and try to cut every Dimitri loose. If he can get out, he'll untie us, and I'll find out how to get of these hadcuffs." I Had finnaly reached Lissa. She looked at me lile I was crazy. "You really think this will work?"I nodded. "Come on, we got to try." She sighed and heaved up. I tried shimmying it down to my ankle, but it had stopped at my knee. Lissa rolled my pants ends up, and once they could roll up any more, she reached up and pulled out my stake. I though I might leap with joy if I wasnt tied up. She smiled. "Good job, now Dimitiri, come here." He got ever here faster than I did. Ugh. "Now Lissa, can you try and cut the ropes without cutting him? I mean, I'm sure you can heal it and all, but it would really hurt, and the strigoi would smell the blood..and.." she cut me off,"Not helping, Rose. Just hush so I can try." So I did.
After many failed attempts and almost cutting Dimitri twice, she finnaly snagged the rope a little. It didn't break, but it was enough. she tried again, and it broke apart a little more. Dimitri pulled his arms apart, and It just slid right off. "Holy crap Lissa, good job. We might get out of this!" Christian said. Dimitri took his stake out of his jacket (these people were stupid. They didn't even search us) and cut his leg ropes off. He stood up and stretched, and Once he came over to me, he got all my ropes off. But I still had on handcuffs. While he was setting everyone else free, I got Christian to start burning the metal around my hands. I was only letting it touch part of my hands so It didn't hurt as bad. Once it got really hot, Dimitri came and pushed it round with his stake, Then I seen him about to do something really stupid. "Are you out of your mind? You won't be able to use your hands for weeks!And we really need you today. We'll find another way." He rolled his eyes. "Rose, do you want out? Lissa can heal me, and your wrist to . I need to do this." I gave him my evil eye. Was he crazy? Apparently so, because without giving me time to protest again, he pulled on the handcuffs. They were hot enough to melt, but they wouldn't. They would only stretch. So we took what we got. Dimitri didn't show that his hand were burning except for a small wrinkle on his for head. I quickly pushed too, and before long, my hand were free, but I was almost tearing up with the pain in my wrist. Lissa Came over and held our hands, and in no time they stopped hurting." You know, I would smack you if you didn't just save us all." I told Dimitri. "Good thing I did." He almost smiled. Lissa gave me back my stake, and we started getting to gather a game plan.