Rose Revenge

Chapter 16

I enter the yard, Spirit's hooves making loud echoes on the concrete floor. I look up to see Alberta glaring at me. I'm late for her.

"Where were you? Come on." I quickly untack Spirit and latch the door closed. I follow Alberta into the side of an meeting room and it leads downstairs into a massive basement. She scans her hand on a identifier and we walk into the room. Computers line the walls with geeky nerds busy typing away. a massive screen hangs on the side of the wall, the whole room reminds me of MI6 in the movie Skyfall.
"We need you to go on an mission, its undercover and its a code purple. There are many alarms from the lowest of importance to the highest. The lowest is colour white, then it leads to the highest and darkest colour purple. we will need you to Skype chat with the Strigoi and lead them into a trap, you have our complete trust." Alberta grimaces.
"When will I be doing this chat?" I stare at Alberta in the eye.
"1 hour, the massive screen, as you're talking, we will track the signal. They will recognise you as Rose Hathaway, which is what we want them to do. right now I'm taking you off to make up and clothing." We make our way to a little caravan that directors would use for trailers. A young boy about 19 sits on a stool with an array of makeup behind him.
"Paul, meet Rose. Rose, this is Paul who is going to help you look like a Strigoi. I will see you in an hour." she slams the door shut with a bang.
"So... Rose, take your jacket off quickly so I can see your clothes fully." I quietly do as I'm told. The Rose Hathaway doing what she's told, amazing.
"Get changed into these." Paul hands me a pile of various clothing. I go into the changing room and come out fully dressed. I'm wearing thick black leggings, knee high ugg boots, a lacy long sleeved see through top with a Cali underneath all in black.
"No jacket?" I ask stupidly looking outside.
"Strigoi don't feel the coldness." he smiles and leads me into a chair. I close my eyes and let the magic begin.
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ONE HOUR LATER!!!

I look at my self in the mirror. My eyes are covered in thick, black mascara and eyeliner. My face has been powdered thoroughly with foundation and a white powder to make me look Strigoi- pale. My lips and eyes are bright red. There is little lipstick marks that look like blood creating an bite shape on my neck and blood around my lips. The clothes I've been wearing look like I've just been through light battle. Tips of my lacy top have been carefully ripped and the thighs of my leggings ever so gently slit open. The top parts of my hair have been pulled back by clips and let free. A tiny bit of red hair dye has been allowed to creep its way up my hair but only at the bottom. I look like a Strigoi. There's a knock on the door and I open it to find Alberta waiting for me.
"Rose...." I'm not sure if Alberta thinks I'm actually Strigoi or not.
"Relax, I'm Not Strigoi. Paul can prove that." With that assured we make our way back to the base room. In another room is a massive screen set up with a webcam and chairs to the side so they can't see any observers.
"Strigoi!" Someone shouts, I turn around to see Lissa and Christian being covered by Dimitri and Eddie.
"Alberta!" I yell and she quickly makes her way around to my side.
"Stop! She's not Strigoi, it's the makeup." Alberta frantically exclaims.
"But...her eyes." Christian stutters.
"There's a thing called contacts in the world, ever heard of them Sparky?" I roll my eyes annoyedly. Regardless of my defense, they implant an pulse monitoring machine in my wrist and it's hooked up to a phone that measures my heart rate silently.
"So Rose, all you have to do is act Strigoi and get them to meet you outside the borders of the academy." Alberta speaks loudly and everyone takes their places at the side of the camera while I just stand by the webcam.
"Anything you want to say before we start?" She looks at me.
"If I say something rude about you, don't take it personally I don't mean it." I take a shaky breath before sitting in the chair with my elbows sprawled along the sides of the table. The camera flashes red and a Strigoi pops up on the screen.