Vampire Academy: A Desperate Cause
Chapter 16 of my Vampire Academy story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Vampire Academy belongs to Richelle Mead.
Chapter 16
CHRISTIAN POV
I sat impatiently, drumming my fingers, this was getting out of hand now. I wasn't alone either, sitting with me was Eddie and Mia.
'Eddie is just as restless as I am and Mia...Mia isn't even trying to calm us down.' I couldn't help but take note. 'I think, she agrees with us.'
It was true, I noticed that Mia seemed to agree with our issues, we were both discussing our worries about Lissa and Jill when Mia joined us.
"Guys, I think we can all admit we're just going crazy here; we're fed up waiting..." I began.
Eddie immediately nodded. "Yeah, tell me about it. We have to do something about this, we can't just sit here."
Mia sighed and shook her head, brushing down her skirt. "I do agree with you guys. But you know what we've been told, we..."
"Screw that!" Eddie replied. "This is ridiculous now."
"Eddie's right, we have every right to be involved in this, we can help. We should be helping, not sitting here doing nothing. C'mon, let's go."
Eddie nodded and Mia, after only some slight hesitance, also agreed and together we left and began making our way to the administration wing.
We hadn't even entered it when we found ourselves meeting Rose's parents.
"Well, well, someone's in a rush?" Her father remarked upon seeing us.
Janine turned to us, eyes wide. "Christian, Eddie, Mia, what are you doing here?"
I reacted immediately. "We want to help; we can't just stand by and do nothing."
"We..."
I shook my head and cut her off. "We want to help, I, we can't just leave Lissa and Jill!"
"The matter is in hand." Janine stated.
Abe also nodded. "Janine's right, everything is under control, we..."
"No it's not; you've only sent Rose and Dimitri after them, what if something happens, we should all be looking for them." I insisted.
Eddie nodded and joined in too. "Yeah, if everything's under control, where are you going?"
Janine glared. "Now look..."
Abe smiled however. "Relax Janine; if you must know we are merely preparing for what happens next. We're not simply sitting by, we have faith in Rose and Dimitri."
"Yes, that's right, we are doing what we have to do. Have faith in them, once they are successful, we'll be sending out reinforcements to aid them in the rescue." Janine explained with a sigh.
I glared at that; this was ridiculous.
It was clear they were about to just leave things at that, but I wasn't done.
"Well, we want to help." I said immediately. "We need to be part of the reinforcements."
Eddie nodded in agreement but Janine was immediately against us.
"No, absolutely not, this is too dangerous for you all, you don't..."
But it was then Abe smiled. "Janine, don't...they have clear dedication and despite barely knowing them, I know strength when I see it. They'll be fine, they can help us."
She rounded on him. "Have you gone mad, Abe. They're too young, they…!"
"Wouldn't you also say Rose is too young?" Abe replied sharply. "This is personal for them, I don't see why they can't help..."
Janine narrowed her eyes before turning to Mia. "What about you, are you intent on…?"
She shook her head, surprising me. "What, Mia?"
"I'll be staying here, to cover for you and Eddie." She said. "In case anyone gets too...curious, at your absence."
I smiled at that, relieved, the others all nodded and it seemed like everything was set, we were finally going to do something about what was happening. Janine sighed but agreed at last.
Just then however, another Guardian showed up.
"Janine, Ibrahim, you need to come see Kirova quickly." He said, sounding panicked.
They shared a look and began to head in that direction, we began to follow when the Guardian turned.
"This does not concern you..."
I snarled. "That's where you're wrong, it does."
He looked shocked at my outburst and was about to protest when Abe spoke.
"He comes with us, or none of us go, simple."
Again, more shock for the Guardian, but in the end he gave up and we all hurried to Kirova's office. When we arrived Kirova seemed mildly surprised but raised no issue of our presence. She seemed more perturbed than anything else.
"Kirova…?"
She bit her lip and shook her head. "Something...something has just arrived, has there been any word from Guardian Belikov, or Miss Hathaway?"
As we listened in, I was surprised to find that more had been happening than I thought. But nevertheless, I still stuck to my earlier point of needing to help out. But it seemed they were getting closer than ever before.
"I see, it's probably a good thing that Prince Ivashkov joined them. We're getting ready to send our own teams out." She stated. "But, things have taken a worrying turn...we received a package, from the kidnappers, apparently trying to pin the blame on Rose."
Janine started at that. "Then, whoever is behind this, doesn't know we've already cleared Rose, so they don't have anyone on the inside giving them information."
Kirova nodded.
"Yes, but, but the package..."
I spotted it on the table, a simple small but moderately long wooden box; I shared a look at the others but then, unable to resist any longer, I moved closer.
Before anyone could stop me, I opened the box and froze, a feeling of revulsion almost overcoming me, there were gasps from the others as it finally became clear what we were seeing.
Inside the box was a severed finger.
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