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"Doctor Roger Stensrund, the man who made off with the Lady in Red, Selina Warren, had a daughter. Her mother had died shortly after her birth and Doctor Stensrund had named the tiny, raven-haired girl Lucy. As she grew older, Doctor Stensrund discovered much to his delight that young Lucy had a fascination with the field of medicine, and at the appropriate age, sent her off to nurse's training. Afterward, the two of them worked the battlefields for years, until Doctor Stensrund died from a bout with influenza and then later, Lucy herself died of old age. The pair kept to themselves mostly, but had notable relationships with two people: Matthew Warren, a soldier that Doctor Stensrund had helped deliver from the brink of death, and of course, his daughter, Selina-"

Alistair stopped reading, snapped the book shut and looked up at Klaus. "They talk about Selina in this book," he said.

Klaus looked over at him. "So?" He said. "What would possess you to bring that up?"

Alistair smiled. "This book could help us. This could be the second chance we've been looking for!"

Klaus rolled his eyes. "Everyone in that story, with the exception of Selina is dead," he said. "They can't be of any help to us."

Alistair put the book down, got out of his chair, and came next to the table where Klaus was sitting to look over his shoulder. "There's really no point in keeping me alive all this time if you're not going to let me do anything," he said. "I pulled that dagger out of you to give you a second chance to do what you need to do and you aren't even taking it." He paused. "Is it because Selina's nearly as powerful as you, hates you, and is going to resist if you try and proposition her again?"

Klaus looked up. "I'm going to try again, don't mistake me. We just need to come up with the perfect plan."

"And I have," Alistair said, picking up the book. "It's in here."

"All right," Klaus said, standing up. "What's your plan?"

Alistair began to flip through the pages of the book until he came to the section of photos. He held up the book to display photos of a man and a woman. "Do these two people look familiar to you?"

Klaus studied them. "Yes," he said slowly. "Those are the people that Elijah brought to the anniversary party, the ones he tried to pass off as Selina's parents."

"Actually," Alistair said, they are Selina's parents. In real life. And apparently, they're vampires."

"What?" Klaus asked. "Are you serious?"

"Yep," Alistair nodded.

"So this plan of yours," Klaus said, "does it have to do with Selina's parents?"

Alistair shook his head. "No." He flipped a few more pages and held the book up again. "It has to do with her."

Klaus looked at the picture and his eyes widened a fraction. It showed a pretty, fair-skinned youg woman with hair and eyes that were a great contrast to her complexion. "Is that Lucy Stensrund? She's very pretty."

Alistair nodded. "And apparently, very deadly." He rushed upstairs and came back a short time later, clutching two photos of Lucy that had been horriby disfigured, the word "dead" written all over Lucy's face in various colors. "This is Selina's doing," Alistair said. "I was reading some of her recollections while she was here with us, and apparently, Lucy didn't die of old age. She was a vampire just like her father, she was the one who caused Selina's father to make the transition, and apparently, she appeared back here in Mystic Falls some time ago. Her appearance caused Selina a lot of grief."

"How?" Klaus asked. "I'm intrigued."

Alistair shrugged. "I don't know. We could always ask Lucy herself."

"Do we know where Lucy is?" Klaus asked.

Alistair shook his head. "No, but we know someone who does know where. Selina killed Lucy and she can tell us where she buried the body."

"She can," said Klaus, standing up. "But she won't."

"You have ways of making her do what you want," Alistair said. "Why don't you use them?"

Klaus smiled and put a hand on Alistair's shoulder. "I'm so pleased to see that your attitude has improved," he said. "You were beginning to irritate me with how much you were moping about Andria."

"If it was irritating you, why didn't you just kill me?" Alistair asked. "You know you can."

"Yes," Klaus said. "But that's what you want me to do, so why would I do it?" He paused. "What are we going to do after we find out where Selina put Lucy's body and dig it up?"

"I'm going to call up Lucy's spirit," Alistair said. "Once body and spirit have been joined, we will find out why she caused Selina so much trouble and quite possibly have a new ally."


"Ahem." At the sound of the voice, Selina looked up from the sandwich she was eating and rolled her eyes. "Oh, it's you," she said as Klaus sat down next to her in one of the white, wrought iron seats in front of the 37th Street cafe. "What do you want?"

"I actually came because I have something to tell you," he said.

"What?" Selina asked tiredly. "What could you possibly want to tell me that would make me actually want to sit here and talk with you?"

"I got a phone call yesterday," he said smoothly. "From a woman named Lucy Stensrund who claims to be a friend of yours."

Selina's eyes widened. She opened her mouth and then quickly shut it, her eyes narrowing. "How stupid do you think I am?" She asked. "I can tell you right now how you thought this conversation was going to go: You would come here, tell me you heard from Lucy, and then I would be so shocked about that that I would reveal to you not only that I killed her, but also where I buried her body so you can dig it up and use it for some nefarious purpose, probably for another plan to get me to help you produce your army of werevamps. Am I right?"

"You're a very smart young woman," Klaus said.

Selina stood up. "Thank you," she said, sticking what was left of her sandwich in a brown paper bag and walking away.

As he watched her go, Klaus' phone rang. "What?" He snapped.

"Wow," Alistair said. "Can I assume from your tone that she didn't tell you where she buried Lucy?"

"No," Klaus said. "Do you have another way?" He growled. "If only I could use force on her, this would be so much easier!"

"As a matter of fact, I do," Alistair said. "Come back to the house and I'll show you."


"Guys," Selina burst into the boardinghouse and threw her purse down on the dark wood table behind the sofa. "I think we have a problem."

Caroline, Tyler, Elena and Damon looked up at her. "Well, 'hello' to you too," Damon said. "What's the problem?"

"Someone brought Klaus back to life," Selina said. "Someone pulled the dagger out of him. And now he just came by the cafe I was eating at and started asking me questions about where I buried Lucy!"

"Who's Lucy?" Caroline asked. "Why is this a problem?"

"Lucy's the reason Damon had to kill your mother," Selina told her.

"And she also was why Selina attacked Jeremy," Elena added.

"Not to mention the reason why my werewolf gene got activated," Tyler finished.

"Geez," Caroline said. "She did all that? Is she a complete lunatic or what?"

Selina nodded ruefully. "That sums her up quite well."

"Who was she really?" Caroline asked.

"She was Doctor Stensrund's daughter," Selina explained. "She worked as the nurse of my father's army unit while he was fighting help the US gain land from Mexico, and she was so taken with him that when he developed typhoid, she turned him into a vampire so they could be together forever. Of course, that's not what she told him, but it was the truth. And she came to Mystic Falls shortly after Tyler and Michael killed my father because she wanted to see him again, and then when he wasn't here, she tried to buddy up to me and 'help' me because she didn't feel I was living up to my true potential as a vampire with a werewolf gene."

"So why do you think Klaus wants to bring her back?" Elena asked.

Selina shrugged. "I have no idea. He probably thinks Lucy and I are friends and that she'll be able to convince me to side with him. And she'll be especially intrigued now that I'm a hybrid and all."

"You didn't tell him where you buried her, did you?" Tyler asked.

Selina shook her head. "Of course not. What do you think I am, stupid or something?"


"You lied to us, you know," Selina said, storming into the old hideout where Elijah was still residing. "You told us you killed Klaus, but he's traipsing around town right now!"

"Klaus is unkillable," Elijah said simply. "I did the best I could."

Selina's jaw fell. "I could kill you," she said. "You promised us that he wouldn't come back!"

"What did he say to you when you saw him?" Elijah asked. "What was your conversation about?"

Selina eyed him resentfully. "I don't know if I want to tell you," she said.

Elijah leaned forward, resting his chin on his hands. "You came here because you want my help dealing with Klaus," he said. "If you aren't going to tell me what happened, how am I supposed to help you?"

"What does it matter?" Selina said. "You're just going to screw us over again." She turned to head toward the study door, but started when she found Elijah suddenly in front of her, his hand on the door, blocking her way.

"Tell me what you talked about," he said succintly.

"Fine," Selina said. "But you have to promise to actually do something about it this time."

Elijah nodded and they both came back to their places on either side of his desk.

"He asked me about someone I used to know," Selina said. "A vampire named Lucy. Her father was the one who turned me. She came back to this town some time ago and tried to establish some sort of bond between the two of us, probably because she was fond of my father, my father was dead, and I was the closest substitute."

"What kind of relationship did you have with her?" Elijah asked.

"She treated me like a daughter," Selina said. "She worried that I acted too human, and somehow, she found out about my werewolf gene. She got it into her head one full moon that it would be a good idea to let me out of the house and onto the streets so I could experience the thrill of the hunt, or whatever. I ended up attacking Elena's brother Jeremy, killing and robbing a prostitute, and then killing five campers with my cousin Tyler helping me. That led to the activation of his werwolf gene and my subsequent capture, torture and near-staking by Sheriff Forbes."

"Are you serious?" Elijah asked. His expression was carefully controlled, but Selina noticed the tremors in his hands. "This vampire did all that to you and Klaus wants to have contact with her?"

"It won't be easy," Selina said quickly. "Eventually, I was able to kill Lucy and I buried her far from Doctor Stensrund's house. Klaus wanted me to tell him where I buried her, but I didn't." She looked worriedly at Elijah. "You don't think he has any other way to get the information, do you?"

"It's possible," Elijah said. "We must prepare ourselves for any eventuality."


"So what's your alternate plan?" Klaus asked Alistair. "We have to find out where Selina buried Lucy Stensrund's body."

"Why you didn't just force Selina to tell you I have no idea," Alistair said.

"We have to tread carefully with her," Klaus said. "Much as I would love to take all possible liberties with her in order to get the information we need, she's not just some petty human that can be disposed of afterward. I'm going to have to live with her eventually. And not just for a few days or weeks either."

Alistair nodded. "In that case, we'll have to ask Lucy Stensrund herself. I'll be back in a minute."

He came back with a small mirror which he attached to the wall. He turned off the lights and began chanting. A few minutes later, a dark-haired woman with a sour expression appeared in the mirror. "Who are you?" She asked them. "What do you want?"

"If you're Lucy Stensrund, we want to help you," Alistair said.

The young woman's head inclined slightly. "I am Lucy Stensrund," she said. "How can you help me? I'm dead."

Alistair cleared his throat. "If you'll tell us where Selina Warren buried your body after she killed you, we can dig it up and bring it back so you can live again if you'd like to."

Lucy sighed. "Selina Warren. The girl had so much potential. It's a shame she still has her morals. But at least I got one productive evening out of her."

"She's both a werewolf and a vampire now," Alistair said. "And her father is alive again. You want to see Matthew Warren, don't you?"

Lucy smiled, her eyes wide. "Of course I do!" She said. "You aren't lying to me just to get me to come out, are you? Matthew really is there?"

"Yes," Alistair nodded. "I saw him."

"Selina buried my body way at the edge of town," Lucy said. "I bet she figured that if she buried it at the house, someone would find it."

"Thanks for telling us," Alistair said. "We'll go get your body and you'll be one piece again in no time."

"Before you go," Lucy told him, "would you mind getting me out of here? It would be easier to do this if I was actually waiting at your house when you brought my body back, wouldn't it?"

"Yes," Alistair said. He muttered some more and pretty soon, Lucy was standing in front of Klaus. "Well hello," she said, eyeing him interestedly. "Who are you?"

He kissed her hand. "You'll find out eventually," he said. "Just let me say for now that I'm a man who is also rueing the fact that Selina isn't living up to her full potential."

Lucy smiled widely. "I think I like you."

"Well," Klaus said as he and Alistair began making their way towards the front of the house, "the feeling is mutual."


They returned with Lucy's body a few hours later. Lucy eyed the hole where the bit of stair railing had once protrouded from her stomach. "Now what do I do?" She asked Alistair.

"Just close your eyes and step forward. You'll be pulled in once you get close enough," Alistair said.

She stepped toward her body and was sucked in. A few minutes later, her eyes opened and she gave Alistair her hand to help pull her up. She took a deep breath and looked around the room, then back at Klaus and Alistair. "So," she said, "what happens next?"