"Nooo!" Sage cried.
She fought against Stefan. She clawed and kicked. She watched in horror as the back door to the alley opened. The doppelganger bitch and her human boy toy appeared. A stake was thrown. It stabbed him in the side. She saw him fall. Dread filled her heart. Through tear-filled eyes she saw the boy run to the Original with a white oak stake. It happened in seconds but to her it was an eternity. These were the last few moments she had with him. He was her love. Her mate. Her life.
The human raised his arm. She screamed. Her eyes met Finn's. "I love you," he choked out. "Always and forever."
"Noo! Finn. Finn! Don't you dare leave me."
The stake was lowered. She shut her eyes and sobbed. Then she heard a loud scream. A gasp and then a thud.
"No one hurts my brother," a voice purred.
Sage froze. She could scarcely believe her ears. She hadn't heard that voice in well over a decade. It couldn't be possible. It couldn't be her. Or could it? Sage hesitantly opened her eyes. And there she was. Like an avenging angel, the youngest Mikealson stood protectively before her elder brother. Her dark curly hair tumbled down her shoulders. The bottom was streaked with a lighter brown. Dark jeans hugged her legs, showing off the girls' curves. An unzipped leather jacket covered the red top. The buckled ankle boots added an extra six inches to the petite girl's 5'1. A silver and gold bangle adorned her left wrist and small rose shaped earrings dangled from her ears.
"Poor, stupid human," the brunette sneered. The human male lay unconscious at her feet. Sage watched her nudge him with her foot.
"Matt!" the doppelganger cried.
The bitch ran to her fallen friend and fell to her knees. Elena shook the human.
"Wake up!" she pleaded. "Please wake up. I can't lose someone else."
Stefan let Sage go and darted down the stairs. He grabbing the second white oak stake and flashed towards Izabelle.
"Izabelle!" Sage exclaimed.
The brown eyed vampire looked up and saw Stefan running at her. She lazily waved her hand in his direction. The white oak stake burst into flames and turned to ashes. The second stake that lay beside the human - Matt - was now also a pile of ash.
Stefan halted at the bottom step and stared at Izabelle with disbelief. Sage shakily rose to her feet and wiped the tears off her cheeks.
"I'd run if I were you," Izabelle called to him. "Three vampires against a baby vamp, the doppelganger bitch and an unconscious human isn't really the best odds. I'm giving you only one warning."
"You have three seconds," Izabelle sang. She raised a finger. "Ooonnneee..."
Stefan flashed down the stairs and threw Matt over his shoulder. He grabbed Elena and ran out of the alley.
"Well," Izabelle drawled. "That went well."
She offered her brother a hand and pulled him up. Sage watched the two stare at each other. She looked to the side to give the siblings some semblance of privacy.
"I missed you brother."
"And I, you sister," Finn replied.
She heard a small rustle. When she turned to look at them, she saw the two holding one another. Izabelle lifted her head from Finn's chest and wiped her face. She turned to Sage and extended a hand.
"Come here," Izabelle choked out. "It's been a decade since I've seen you."
Sage approached her dearest and nearest friend. She crushed the younger girl in her arms. Izabelle was the younger sister that she had always wished. She was the only one in the Mikealson family who had ever accepted her. The only one who had never tried to break her and Finn up. She had missed Izabelle as well. Not as much as she had missed Finn. He was her other half and she hadn't seen him for hundreds of years. But she had missed Izabelle just the same.
"How I've missed you both," Izabelle said, pulling away from Sage.
"You've already said that," Finn chuckled.
"I have," she agreed. "And I probably will again, brother." She looped one arm with Sage and the other with Finn. "Now. Let's go for a walk and you both tell me what I've missed over the past few years."
"What you've missed, sister? I'm the one who's been daggered for over a millennia and you are asking me what you've missed? Like the fact that my baby sister now dresses like a trollop. Bekah wears trousers as well but I've never seen her in something as scandalous as what you're wearing. The way you defile our family name is shameful Iza." He mockingly shook his head.
Izabelle mock glared at him.
"Fine, fine!" he laughed. Then he turned serious. "You will scarcely believe when I tell you what's happened the past few weeks."
The trio walked up the stairs and into the street.
AN: to see the pictures of Izabella's outfit go to my profile.