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Being cooped up in the Sanctuary didn't do Rose any favours. If she was able to go outside the building and escape, then she wouldn't feel this trapped. It also meant that she could feed on the animals in order to satisfy her hunger. Rose still felt sick; she was pale, clammy and her vision was clouded. The pain was beyond unbearable and she knew that it would continue like this until she was put out of her misery.

Opening the door of her room, Rose ventured outside into the hallway and headed towards the kitchen. She knew that there was blood there from keeping an eye on the network and maybe it would be enough for now. To keep her from hurting people. When she got there, she realised that most of it was gone. Letting out a roar of anger, Rose slammed her fist on the counter, cracking it a little before she fell to the ground, willing herself not to think about what was happening to her.

Then she heard something. A voice. It was a little far away from her but it was distinctive.

Katherine.

That bitch.

Rose had wanted to confront her ever since she arrived in Taxon and now she had the opportunity to. Katherine would pay for what she did. She deserved it. Pushing herself up from the floor, Rose headed out of the kitchen, snarling as she did, determined to find the other vampire. Her fangs were bared and she was furious, prowling around the halls of the sanctuary, with one singular goal in mind.

Find Katherine and make her suffer.

Rose was adamant in her search for Katherine, not caring who came across her path. It kept her focused and made it easier for her not to slip into the inevitable madness. She was in so much pain and feral; just like she was back in Mystic Falls when she killed those three people at the high school. Sometimes, she lapsed in and out of hallucinations, seeing things that weren't there as well as hearing them. Rose pushes those thoughts away and continues to look, listening out for any signs of the other vampire.

Little did she know that it was Elena that she was stalking instead.

((ooc: And so begins the second and last part of Rose's glitch! Have fun!))

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Rose only steps closer when Elena backs away, her movements surprisingly graceful for someone who was suffering as much as she was. Then she's a blur, moving behind Elena and blocking the elevator doors, preventing the young woman from retreating.

"Lies. All of it. You're going to pay for what you did." Her eyes flash with anger. "I'd be doing this city a favour by getting rid of you. All you ever do is manipulate and hurt people."

"I told you, I'm not -"

But it's no good. Elena doesn't know what's wrong with Rose, but there's clearly no reasoning with her right now. So she turns in the other direction and starts running through the halls, as fast as her feet can take her.

She really hopes that that's not the only elevator in the building.

Edited 2011-06-14 18:47 (UTC)

She gives her to the count of ten before Rose chases after Elena, snarling and seething with rage. Rose is fueled by anger now, definitely not in a right state of mind.

The chase was always a thrilling part of the hunt for Rose and this wasn't any different for her. She was determined to catch her prey and do what she promised. But a little taunting and mind games were always fun to do first.

Elena takes those ten seconds for everything they're worth, moving from the hallways into the library on her floor. She zig-zags through the shelves of books, hoping to throw Rose off her trail.

But Rose can hear Elena's thundering heartbeat from far away, and it doesn't take her long to work out where the young girl is right now. Clever of Elena to try to get Rose off her tail by moving so quickly like that, but it wouldn't be enough. Rose is going to get her prey no matter what.

"You can only run for so long, you know," she calls out into the darkened library, a hint of danger in her tone.

She's stopped for the moment, trying to catch her breath and gather her thoughts. She needs to get out of here, see if she can make it back to the elevator and up a few floors. If that doesn't throw Rose off her trail, maybe it can at least buy her some time.

Elena hears Rose's threat and presses a hand to her mouth, trying to keep herself from sobbing or even breathing too loudly. She's being very quiet, as quiet as she can possibly be, but with a vampire Rose's age, it may not be enough. Her breathing sounds too loud to her, her heartbeat is thundering in her ears, it's almost deafening -

Wait.

Maybe that'll work. Being too quiet, Rose will be lead right to her, but if she makes a lot of noise...maybe she can trick her. Maybe she can get away. There's no one else in the library, aside from her and the vampire, so she can knock things over - maybe a shelf - to make some noise without worrying about hurting someone.

She doesn't try the shelf, not yet. But there is a cart not too far away, and Elena takes a quick look around before standing and running over to it, turning it over and sending it crashing to the ground, spilling books and papers behind as she runs in the other direction.

Rose had all but forgotten about the time she chased Elena through the boarding house, even though it didn't happen so long ago before she arrived here. She was adamant that she was chasing Katherine, the dementia eating at her brain and driving her mad with rage. Rose forced herself to forget about the pain and the wound on her back which had steadily gotten worse over the past week. She was surprised that she had lasted this long.

She comes to a complete standstill and just listens, trying to figure out where she was; Rose can't hear much except for the heartbeat and the small gasps of breath that Elena was taking.

A loud crash draws Rose out of her thoughts and she immediately runs over to where she heard it, reaching it in about two seconds flat. But no one is there and that's when the vampire realises that it was a distraction to throw her off the trail again. Growling, she looks around and catches a glimpse of Elena running in the opposite direction.

Rose tears off after her, not stopping until she reaches her again.

Elena's made her way back to the elevators at this point, and is waiting as quietly as possible for it to arrive. She's ducked into a doorway while she waits. Come on, come on, come on...

Ding.

The doors slide open and Elena runs inside, desperately hitting the 'door close' button until they shut.

Rose can hear the distant 'ding' sound of the elevator from where she is and heads off towards it, determined to get there before the doors close. She's still in unbearable pain which only serves to slow down her movements but not by much.

She reaches the hallway where the elevator is and sprints down to the end just as the doors shut. Snarling again, she bangs on the metal, scrambling to get the doors open by prising them apart.

Elena can hear Rose on the other side of the door and screams as she hears Rose trying to pry the door open. She smacks at the console to start the elevator moving, not caring where it takes her as long as it's out of Rose's path. Her mind races as it starts to carry her up, trying to figure out what she can do.

The elevator dings as she figures it out, and she runs out, looking for a place to hide. It's brought her to the floor with the pool, and there aren't a whole lot of options, but there's bound to be somewhere she can hide without detection for a little while.

Edited 2011-06-17 19:46 (UTC)

After a few more moments of trying to open the elevator doors, Rose gives up when she realises that it starts to move, bringing Elena to another floor. Quickly, she glances up and sees the number of the floor: seven. Without a moment's pause, Rose heads to the staircase on this floor and speeds up the stairs until she's reached the seventh.

Once she's there, Rose stops and listens again, trying to pick up the tiniest of sounds. She was standing in the hallway now and couldn't see anyone around. Quietly, Rose slinks down the hall and continues to listen, hoping to hear some sign.

The elevator couldn't have brought her to a worse floor to avoid making noise - every little sound echoes off the walls, and everything is open so it's hard to find a good hiding place. But Elena's determined to make it out of this alive.

Staying in one place is a terrible idea, Rose is probably already on this floor and will be able to track her by her heartbeat and breathing. She moves along as quietly as possible, and eventually comes across a bin filled with pool toys. Making a lot of noise probably won't work as well this time, but it's the only option she can think of, and so, with some effort, she knocks it over before taking off running again.

She knew that this was the floor with the pool but Rose had yet to visit her because she tended to stick to her own room for the time being. Rose had also barricaded herself way for most of the week to prevent herself from harming others. But that didn't work out so well.

Another sound draws Rose's attention to the pool room itself and she runs towards it, seeing the bin crash to the ground and a flash of long, brown hair dashing off in another direction. She wastes no time in tearing after Elena, not ready to let her escape her grasp again.

Elena keeps running as fast as she can, ducking into different corners and hallways in an attempt to throw her off. But it's not going to work much longer, and she knows it. She comes to the hallway again and goes into the stairway, starting to run upstairs.

And then she trips and hits the floor, crying out in pain as she lands hard on the first landing.

Edited 2011-06-20 23:34 (UTC)

Rose can hear her running up the stairs in the distance and she follows the sound, before the thud catches her attention. She also hears the cry of pain and that's when she realises that she could have her chance now.

It's not long until she's caught up with Elena, coming to a stop at the bottom of the staircase. With a vicious snarl, Rose speeds up the stairs and reaches the first landing, noticing the young girl on the ground.

"I knew that I would find you eventually."

Without a moment's pause, Rose grabs Elena by the arm and twists it behind her back so that she couldn't escape. Her free hand cups the side of Elena's head and she pushes it to one side before brushing her hair out of the way. Then the veins appeared below her eyes and her fangs extended, sinking into Elena's neck.

"Rose, please, no - "

But before she can protest any further, Rose's fangs sink into her throat. Elena screams as they pierce her skin, trying to make enough noise that someone will come looking for them. It's her only shot.

Once she gets the first taste of her blood, Rose finds it hard to stop, concentrating on how it is satisfying her hunger which she had denied for so long. Barricading herself didn't work for Rose, it only made her more hungry and ravenous for blood.

And Elena's was sweet and nourishing, just what she needed. Rose was slowly draining the life from her.

Elena has never been bitten like this before, never had this much of her blood drained at once. Someone's always been there to come to her rescue, and there's no one there this time, no one can hear them, no one's rushing up to stop Rose from draining her completely.

I'm going to die.

"Stop," she tries, as loud as she can manage (which isn't very loud at this point). "Rose, stop."

She hears that plaintive cry of her name and something clicks within Rose, but she doesn't understand why exactly. Katherine wouldn't beg for her life like that. No. The other vampire would struggle and fight until the bitter end.

This wasn't Katherine. It was-

Rose stops drinking immediately, realising what she was doing and who she was attacking. No. No. No. she thought, horrified. She slowly retracts her fangs and lets go of Elena, stepping away from her.

"I'm so sorry, oh God, Elena..."

She's shocked, but the tiny voice inside her head, the disease that was eating at her brain and making her demented told her to pick Elena up and kill her. It took her a few moments to focus before Rose decided what to do.

She ran.

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