Chapter 25

Third POV

It is 16.00 pm as Mark and Oksana, Lissa, Christian and Adrian all meet up at the town Dimitri and Rose were hiding out in and gathered around a few streets away to discuss the plan of using the new stakes to restore Rose. The sun was relatively still high to allow for such a dangerous mission. They had infused three stakes just in case, one being Marks and the others had been borrowed by the group from court. Oksana managed to show Lissa how to infuse the other two stakes with spirit. Adrian just observed as he hadn't been able to master the ability of infusing charms yet. As they slowly made their way to the house Oksana tried to call Dimitri but she was not able to reach him.

"Hmmm this is strange, he usually picks up on the first call!" Oksana feared something had gone wrong.

"Maybe Dimtri is sleeping or the battery has died?" Christian suggested.

"No I feel there is something not right" Lissa could also sense a disturbance, with fear prickling down through her body, Adrian also sense that something was a miss.

"She is right, the game has changed" Adrian was desperately trying to seek out another aura – Dimitri's aura or even just a trace of something he might have as they were now at the front door of the house. They knock on the door as Oksana tries to call again, following the plan that Dimitri had initiated they were to enter through the front door while Rose was down stairs in the basement tied up and secure for them to stake her. However what they did not expect was for the door to swing open as they knocked. Dimitri was still not picking up the call.

"Hello Dimitri?" Mark whispered. He was the first to step through the door as he was the only Guardian amongst the group and felt it was his job to account for all the Moroi in his charge. Even in this instance, the ratio of 1- 4 was not allowed but with having Dimitri by his side and only 1 said Strigoi to fend off it seemed that he would suffice.

"Come down to the basement Rose is here" They were all startled when they heard Dimitri whisper. Yet something was off and didn't feel right, especially since it sounded as though Dimitri was whispering from right behind the door. In the next moment Dimitri quickly slammed the door shut and locked it and before they could even realise what had happened, but it was too late both Dimitri and Rose had been turned and they were expected.

Ok here goes plan B...

Oksana screamed, "Christian now!" but before she could elicit any more comrades, Dimitri threw her across the room causing her to bash up against the wall and slide down to the ground falling out of conciousness. Mark grabbed his stake firm in his hand and tried to stake Dimitri through the back, at that point he didn't care about turning them back. To him all bets were off. Lissa noticed his change in demeanour and screamed for him to stop. This alerted Dimitri which gave him the momentum to turn just in time throw Mark through the basement door and down the stairs. Lissa who was half paralysed with shock at seeing her best friend and Guardian both turned into Strigoi struggled to make her body move. All the while Christian was able to form a circle of fire around Rose which caused her to scream in pain.

"Christian I am going to rip your fucking head off! AHHHHHHH". Rose was fuming with rage.

"Promises, promises Rosie" Rose couldn't handle the fire and was truly scared, she screamed out Dimitris name and he came running to the rescue grabbing Christian by the throat and slowly chocking the life out of him causing the inferno to stop.

"That was not a very nice trick, trying to kill my girlfriend! I think I might just bite you and then make you watch as I drain the life out of your girlfriend before ending YOU?"

Rose now free from the circle of fire, rushed over to kill Adrian.

"Well hello there sweetheart, it has been along time since I have heard any of your playful banter!, What's the matter, nothing to say now?"

"Rose please it's me Adrian, please I am your friend!"
"My friend? but if I remember correctly you wanted to be more than friends did you not?" Rose enjoyed playing with her meal.

"Rose please, I love you!" Adrian begged her to remember him but she could not care less.

"Ha love me?, Do you hear that Moya Loubov, apparently this creature loves me how do you feel about that?" Rose shouted out to her Russian king. This stopped Dimitri in his tracks as he was now more than ever, very protective of his queen. He ripped Adrian from Roses grasp and looked him square in the eye while piercing his flesh with his sharp nails.

"You never had her Adrian and you never will, you pathetic insect, she is and always will be... MINE!"

With his strong compulsion Dimitri commanded Adrian.

"YOU WILL LOOK AT ME AND FOLLOW MY EVERY MOVE, YOU WILL NOT LOOK AWAY!".

Dimitri broke away from Adrian and with a cocky grin turned to his love and grabbed her by the back of the neck with his free hand before attacking her with a fierce and furious kiss. The moan she elicits brought a devilish grin to his face. But all the while Dimitri and Rose were mentally tutoring Adrian...

Oksana was able to shake herself out of the fog surrounding her mind and with the power of Spirit managed to throw Rose across the room with her mind. This infuriated Dimitri and he turned his anger toward Oksana but just before he could reached her Adrian broke out of his compulsion and tried the same trick. He threw Dimitri across the room with an incredible amount of force.

After Dimitri got up off the floor he loomed toward Christian again who is trying to shake Lissa out of her paralysed state and aimed to break his neck but seeing him race up towards Christine, Lissa woke up from her trance and screamed for him to move. Dimitri managed to grab hold of Christians arm and pulled it out of his socket so that he could not do way more damage, Mark had already by this stage raced up the stairs and was trying to pry Dimitri off Christian.

While all this was happening Oksana tried to invade Dimitri's mind and got him to stop attacking Christian, it worked and Dimitri was trapped in his own mind believing that he was now surrounded by flames. This in turn helped Christian to start up a wall of flame around Rose but with immense difficulty due to his injury. Rose was trying to get up from the floor from Adrians' mental throw but became fully aware of the flames that started to engulf her again however this time Dimitri could not help her. Adrian was by Oksana's side ready to help her with Dimitri if he managed override her mental power with his own Strigoi mind. Meanwhile Lissa walked up to Rose and after 3 attempts managed to stab her in the heart with the Stake. At the very same time Oksana staked Dimitri in the heart as well and a flash of blinding light overwhelmed them all. Both Dimitri and Rose were restored and Lissa was comforting Rose while Oksana was whispering sweet Russian words in Dimitri's ear. The change had effected the two very differently as Dimitri was only turned for a short period and was not affected as much or so he believed but he was able to walk away from Oksana and console the one person who needed him the most.