Vampire Academy: A Desperate Cause
Chapter 2 of my Vampire Academy story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Vampire Academy belongs to Richelle Mead.
Chapter 2
DIMITRI POV
Dimitri sighed to himself as he began packing what he would need. He wasn't surprised he had been selected by Kirova to accompany Rose on this mission. She had seen how well they worked together in training, however their efficiency was down to more than just good partnership and understanding each other.
'Although it is actually more than that...it's, partly due to our feelings for each other too. Not that we can ever admit that.' He reflected.
He shook his head, smiling lightly as he resumed his work. He knew that this was a serious task, after all; there were two lives in the balance, more he presumed as he knew, for Rose, failure would be unacceptable. He would do whatever he could to aid her, not only out of duty, but out of love too.
He finished his preparations and nodded slowly to himself. 'This is it then, we will go forth and do this together, the order has been given, it's just us now...Nobody else.'
He decided to quickly check over all the clues that had been gathered so far and what was known about the incident. He examined the 'case file' on his desk, not much had been gleaned from it. But that did not stop him from going over the facts anyway, as well as any possible theories, to see if something else jumped out at him.
All they had been able to ascertain was that, whoever was behind this had been inside the Academy, there had been no intruder alert during the night and no breach to the wards.
'Still, we can't account for everyone, so we don't know who is missing, who is behind this…?' Dimitri mused. 'Any of the other Royal families contending for the throne could benefit from Princess Dragomir disappearing. But that's just too obvious.'
It was fairly certain that none of the contenders for the throne or any of their minions were involved. Unfortunately, that created a wider suspect pool, rather than a smaller one. This wasn't about the Moroi throne, this was about something else.
Luckily there was only one route the kidnappers could have taken, especially in the time frame of the kidnapping taking place. So they knew where to go. The nearest city to St. Vladimir's; the kidnappers would have passed through there.
'It's our best shot, even though it's a long one.' He conceded.
So, all prepared, he gathered everything and began making his way to the main entrance where he was due to meet Rose. Arriving there he noticed that Rose had apparently grown impatient of waiting inside for him, instead having moved to the Academy gates.
She wasn't alone either; he noticed as he spotted her, engaged in a rather heated discussion it seemed, with a very familiar person.
He approached just in time to hear the person complain.
"Rose, why, I should be going with you, Lissa is, she's in danger and I..." He burst out.
Rose shook her head. "I'm sorry Christian, but you can't."
Christian Ozera glowered. "Why not, I mean, I know Lissa and I aren't together anymore, but that doesn't mean I don't care and, and..."
"This has nothing to do with that." Rose replied. "I have to do this; with only the help I am given; besides, I'm the one who has the best chance at finding her...We can't take unnecessary risks."
"Unnecessary…!" Christian burst out.
Shaking his head, Dimitri stepped in. "Yes, you are too...worked up and personally involved in this."
They both turned to him as he spoke, Christian looked shocked, Rose merely nodded.
"If we let you come along, we'll miss something, you're too worked up, sometimes, in order to find someone quickly, you have to go slow."
Shaking his head Christian growled. "Go slow, so what, we just take our time while Lissa is hurt or worse and then..."
"No Christian, if we rush around, we'll miss something, then we can't possibly help her." Rose explained. "Dimitri and I are thinking clearly on this. We've received our instructions and we have to follow them, it's for the best."
Muttering to himself, Christian stalked back inside and Dimitri shook his head.
Rose sighed and turned to Dimitri.
"I...I wish we could bring him with us, or at least him, but..." She began.
Dimitri nodded. "I understand what you mean Rose, but what you said was true...Now, we have to begin, are you ready?"
She nodded and so they made sure they had everything, all packed into Dimitri's car. Rose had changed her clothes too into more casual attire, something that allowed her ease of movement which they would need, especially if it came to a fight. As they got in the car and began to drive off, Rose pondered something for a moment.
"So, anything new figured out?" Rose asked.
Dimitri shook his head. "I'm afraid not, except, one theory...Given that it happened within the Academy, without any intruders, no Dhampir did this, this was the work of a Moroi, one skilled enough to avoid drawing attention to themselves while in the Royals dorms."
"Which means either a Royal themselves, one of their servants, or on who is very sneaky..." Rose summed up.
Dimitri agreed; he also made a decision; whatever he felt at the moment, regarding his relationship with Rose, the mutual love they shared. It would have to be put on hold, for now at least, until they had finished their task and Princess Dragomir and her half-sister, Jillian were both safe and sound.
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