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Rose's POV

I woke up and it was already dark again. I had slept all day, damn. How could I have done that? I guess I was more tired than I thought. "Why didn't you wake me?" I asked Dimitri.

"Because you're so beautiful when you sleep," said a teasing voice. What the heck?

"What are you doing up here?" I asked.

"What, am I not allowed to drive now?" Adrian asked.

"Not with me in the car, you're not," I teased. "And really, why didn't y'all wake me? I was asleep all day, literally."

"And like I said, you're beautiful when you sleep. And we all thought you needed you're rest, with fighting and being pregnant and all."

"Aww, how nice of y'all. But I didn't need to sleep all day."

"And Dimitri told me that I better not wake you or else." I smiled as I pictured Dimitri threaten Adrian.

"So how long have you being driving?"

"For two hours. I told him I would have driven sooner, but I guess he didn't want to leave your side. And who can blame him," he said as he smiled at me.

"What about Christian?"

"He's still watching Lissa."

"Still? He should be exhausted."

"Oh, I let him sleep for a few hours until Dimitri finally got tired. Now Dimitri's asleep and Christian is up again."

"Did I hear my name?" Christian whispered as he peaked through the curtains that we made with blankets to block off the sun in the back.

"Yes you did," Adrian answered. "Rose had a dream about you."

"Oh no I didn't."

"Don't deny it Rose."

"Whatever. Just because you dreamed of him doesn't mean I did."

"Eww, gross. I don't roll that way, and everyone knows that."

"Even if y'all did dream of me," Christian jumped between our bickering, "I already have myself a woman."

"Yeah, okay." I smiled as it felt like old days again, or at least for the moment.

So we talked up front for a while, just joking around and stuff, before I slid in the back to watch Lissa. She was still in the same place that we had put her, why wouldn't she be, she was chained up after all. When I looked at her, she just glared back with red eyes. Eesh, if I had to say, that is one of the things that I hate about Strigoi, and their stench. But Lissa hasn't gotten to the smelling bad part yet, and I plan not to let that happen.

Of course Adrian had to equip another stake with spirit before we could change her back, which is going to take some time. I don't really know how hard it is, but I know it's pretty darn hard because of how Adrian and Lissa always go on about it. If only we knew another spirit user that was better at it.

A few more hours later, Dimitri woke back up with Lissa going crazy in the back seat. She was kicking and shoving, trying to get undone. But she could do that all day, she'd never get free, I made sure of that.

"Go ahead Lissa," I said, not even looking at her. "You can't get free. So try as long as you like."

"Mmmm mmm mmm mmmmm. . ." Lissa said with the duct tape over her mouth.

"What? Can't hear you." I really hate being mean to Lissa. But this wasn't the Lissa that I loved and cared about. This is supposed to be a killing machine.

"Mmmmm mmmm mmm. . ." Lissa groaned again. She threw her head back and did something that sounded like a growl.

"Just take the tape off," Christian said as peaked through from the front.

"You're supposed to be asleep," I said. "And fine." I reached forward and pulled the tape off fast and jumped back next to Dimitri.

"Ouuch," Lissa yelled. "You're going to pay for that. How could you fucking tie me up? I'm never going to fucking forget this."

"Lissa!" I shouted. "Shut up." She stared at me with her mouth wide open, ready to yell some more, as her eyes turned red again. "You know we had to do this Lissa. I of all people didn't want to do this to you. But Adrian," I pointed to the front, "Lost his stupid stake at the last moment."

"Yeah, I was there, I remember," she mumbled. She looked away at the floor, hiding the fact that her eyes were slowly going back to normal. I of all people knew how Strigoi acted. Dimitri also did, but in a different way since he was a Strigoi, and Sonya. But it's still sad to see Lissa like this. The only good thing about her being like this is that she is controlled by spirit.

After an hour of talking with Lissa, with her actually not going crazy, she fell back asleep. It's not like she had much to do since she was tied down after all. Dimitri took his place back in the driver's seat so Adrian could sit back and try to equip another stake with spirit, which is going to take a lot of time since he's not as good as Lissa with equipping things.

"Don't say a word," Adrian muttered to me as he closed his eyes, holding the stake in his lap.

"I wasn't even going too," I said.

"Whatever Rose. I know you better than you think. And I know how you don't like to keep your mouth shut."

"What-?" He opened one of his eyes and laughed at me. "I hate you," I muttered as I turned towards the window, just to remember that a curtain blocked my way, and it was light out now.

"No matter how many times you say that, I know you still love me."

"Just work on the stake," I mumbled as I kicked his leg.

"See, I knew you were going to say something." I ignored him as I laid down, kicking my feet on the back of the seat. This pregnancy really makes me tired a lot, I hate it.

I fell asleep real fast, which is still weird to me since it used to take me forever to go to sleep without Dimitri by my side. And right when I fell asleep, Lissa opened her eyes and glared at me, tilting her head to the side like she was stalking her prey. Her eyes glared a bright red as Adrian kept his eyes closed trying to equip the stake. But after a while his head fell forward into a deep sleep. Dimitri and Christian were softly talking in the front seat, joking around about guy stuff.

The next thing I know, Lissa has somehow got her hands free and has gotten the duct tape off her mouth. She slowly tries to get the chains and rope off of her without too much noise, all the while never taking her eyes off of me.

After a few minutes, Lissa slowly stands up, as far as she can until her head is near the ceiling of the van, and stands over me with bright red eyes. She extended her hand forward, reaching out to me. Just as she was about to touch me, Adrian moved beside me, causing Lissa to jump back and stare at him. She glared back at me, then back at him and grinned. She extended her hand again, but towards Adrian as she grabbed him by the neck and pulled him back, waking him up. He tried to scream, but Lissa covered his mouth with her hand as she bit his neck.

I watched her, not being able to do anything as she drank him dry. I tried to stop her, but I couldn't move. It was like I was tied down now instead of Lissa. All I could do was watch.

Lissa threw Adrian in the very back and looked back at me. She still had the grin on her face with some blood at the corner of her mouth. She extended her hand out to me again, laughing when she finally touched me.

"It's mine," she whispered, confusing the heck out of me. I wanted to reply, to shove her away, but I couldn't. She moved her hand to my stomach and grinned some more, showing her teeth as she looked down at me. She slowly lifted my shirt up, revealing my belly.

"No," I screamed, but nobody could hear me. I tried to move, do anything to get her away from me or to get Dimitri to help me, but I was stuck in place. Lissa chuckled as she ran one of her nails across my stomach, cutting into my flesh. I screamed in pain as she kept cutting into my stomach with blood squirting everywhere, laughing as she stuck one of her hands in my stomach. I felt helpless as she kept at it, I couldn't do anything to stop her, no matter how much I tried.

When she finally stopped, she dug her hand out of me, pulling out what was supposed to be my one month old baby.

I know, I don't really like it either, but I couldn't think of anything else to do.

I just thought it would make people think more and like it.

Anyways, please RESPOND...