I Can't Take This Anymore

Alaric was in the Salvatore grave. He finished speaking to Esther and Elena, but Esther had made him drink his ring liquid, Elena's blood and some dark magic. Esther had made a stake with some of Ric's ring and it had made some pattern on it. Esther staked Ric in the heart with the powerful weapon and Elena had broke down in tears. She couldn't lose anyone else. She's lost her parents, Jenna, some of her friends and now...Ric. She gave Esther a death glare, "Why? You're a cold hearted bitch, Esther! WHY DID YOU DO IT?" she yelled with so much venom with sadness, hurt, frustration, weakness and lonesome.

Esther didn't even flinch at Elena's outburst and she replied calmly, "I did it because all of the vampires must die. They are all an abomination to nature and human species."

Elena narrowed her eyes at her, "But . . . that means that Caroline, Tyler, Stefan . . . and . . . and Damon would all die. I'm not gonna let you do that. Even if I have to kill you myself."

"You would risk your own life for these monsters?" Esther questioned with disbelief and shock, "You would be a traitor and not protect your kind?"

"Oh! I will protect them from you, Kol, Rebekah and Klaus. I will protect Elijah from you and your other children because he's done nothing wrong." explained Elena and Esther had nothing to say.

A few minutes later, Alaric had woke up and staked Esther in the back until she crumbled down to the ground. He looked at Elena in confusion, "Elena? What are you doing here? Where are we?"

"Ric . . . you're in transition. Esther had put a spell on you and wanted to make you the most powerful vampire/vampire-slayer to kill all of the vampires, including Caroline, Tyler, Stefan . . . and . . . Damon." Elena explained and Alaric had a shocked expression on his face.

"W-what? No! I am not gonna kill them and I don't even remember how I got here anyway. My dark side must of brought me here. No, I am not gonna feed. I'm just gonna die." He saw Elena with tears running down her face and he walked over and hugged her, not too tight, but enough to hold on to.

Jeremy walked in and watched Elena and Ric hugging each other, "Hey, what's going on?" asked Jeremy and both Elena and Ric broke apart and sat down and started explaining to Jeremy that Ric is not gonna feed, "What? But you have too, Ric. I am not gonna lose anybody else. Elena and I have lost too many people and we are not losing you either."

"Jer, you and Elena are the closest people I have to family. Ever since Jenna past away . . . It was my duty to look after you both and I'm grateful and happy that I have. I did it for your parents, Jenna and you. You're like my own children and I will never ever forget that, but I'm not gonna complete the transition because I'll know and so would you that my ultra-ego will destroy all of you if I do feed and become a vampire and I can't risk that." Ric replied and saw Jeremy's eyes water with unshed tears. He walked over and hugged Jer. Jeremy let go and looked at Ric again and walked out to the others. Matt, Stefan, Damon, Caroline, Tyler, Bonnie and Meredith.

Ric and Elena both exchange a glance and walked out and saw everyone there, supporting Ric like a true family would do. Ric looked at each one of them individually and memories come flashing in his mind. He stayed on Damon the longest. How could he not? Damon was his best friend, drinking buddy and they were both badass when they fight together against other supernatural beings. He nodded at all of them with a small smile and went back into the Salvatore monument and closed the doors behind him.

Damon went and opened the doors holding a bottle of bourbon in his hand and went to sit next to Ric. Ric was the first to break the silence, "Is this the part where you give me a dream with fields and rainbows?"

"Sorry Ric. It doesn't work like that." replied Damon with sadness.

"I'm sorry for being mean to you." Ric sighed.

"I'm sorry that I killed you . . . twice." smiled Damon.

Ric started to shed tears down his face and Damon gave him some bourbon which would kill him a little. Ric took a sip and gave the bourbon back to Damon. He could feel himself slip away from the world and let the darkness take over. Damon watched and was really devastated that his best friend and drinking buddy was dead now. It's like his world is falling apart. He got up and walked out of the crypt and saw Bonnie walking towards the crypt. He looked confused and called for her, "Bonnie?" Bonnie ignored him and he turned her around so that she was facing him. Bonnie lift up a hand and did a spell which made Damon fall to the ground, screaming in pain, "Bonnie, what are you doing?" Once again she ignored him and entered the crypt with the powerful stake. She cut her hand and knelt in front of Ric and placed her hand on Ric's mouth. Ric drunk her blood and attacted her neck and made her unconcious. Ric was now a powerful vampire/vampire hunter. He grabbed the stake and headed towards the school to keep out from the sun which would rise up in a couple of hours.

Damon got up and ran towards the crypt. He swore when he found that Ric disappeared and found Bonnie unconscious. He grabbed her and ran towards the Gilbert house. He rang the door bell and Stefan answered, "What's going on?"

Damon sighed and tilted his head towards Bonnie, "We have a problem." The three of them were in the kitchen.

Jeremy came down the stairs and stopped when the door bell went. He went and answered it then grew angry when Klaus was standing there, "What the hell do you want?"

Klaus smiled, "That's a bit rude considering I did nothing to you."

Jeremy shook his head, "You tried to kill me."

When Klaus was about to reply, Stefan interrupted, "What are you doing here Klaus?"

"Young Jeremy here was being rude to me and I was waiting for him to invite me inside." replied Klaus.

Stefan kept his eyes on Klaus but spoke to Jeremy, "Jeremy, why don't you go to your room?"

Damon came into the scene and turned to Jeremy, "Now." he said sincerely.

Jeremy sighed and looked back at Klaus then went back upstairs. The Salvatore brothers were facing Klaus and Klaus scoffed, "Funny. He lost a father figure and been replaced by the likes of the two of you."

"Well someone needs to look out for him. What do you want?" replied Stefan as he leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed.

"Ah, I was just packing up because I'm leaving. I just need to collect a few things. Flash light, spare tire, doppleganger." Klaus smiled and his eyes were on Damon when he said the last word.

Damon grabbed Stefan by his jacket and the door and smirked, "Can't help you there." Then he slammed the door in Klaus's face.