CHAPTER 2
"Elenaaa!" Rebekah cooed, "What a coincidence… I was just thinking about you." Elena just stared at her for a moment before responding "Oh really?" she said crossing her arms, hoping it would hide how fast her heart was racing.
"Yeah.. I couldn't decide if I should kill you quickly, or if I should make it last." Rebekah smirked, and Elena's heart stopped dead in its tracks… She froze. She couldn't move or breathe.. It was like everything had slowed down. She could tell Rebekah was enjoying this by the slight grin that rested on her chin. She continued, "I just got off with Damon," She said, holding up her phone, "I just have one question.. Is it fun having him on such a short leash?"
"What are you talking about?" Elena questioned,
"Oh don't play stupid with me. You might have your little friends fooled but I see right through your little act." Rebekah stepped closer to her, "You disgust me. Toying with them the way you do.. I don't get why everyone is so in love with the precious little doppelganger. From what I've seen, your no better than Katherine." Rebekah was a mere few inches away from Elena's face, She could feel the heat of Rebekah's breath. Elena tried stepping back but every time she did, Rebekah would take another step forward, leaving the same amount of distance between them as before. "I should end you. I'd be doing everyone a favor."
"I'M like Katherine?," Elena spouted out, "You're the one so desperate for attention that you sleep with the first thing you can get your hands on." Elena tried to stop herself but the words just kept pouring out, "At least I'm not the one who can't find a SINGLE guy to go for. But that's probably part of your attention problem too, isn't it? Does stealing other peoples things make you feel superior? Well I'm sorry to inform you, but, whatever you thought you had with Damon, you were wrong. He doesn't care about you. He used you. He used you for a distraction and to get back at me. That's all you were to him. A distraction." Elena knew the minute she'd said it, it was a mistake. She saw the anger in Rebekah's eyes flare devilishly. Next thing she knew, she was thrown across the yard landing on her back. The wind completely knocked out of her lungs. She saw Rebekah coming towards her and she tried to stand up but her legs wouldn't work. She started to crawl but she knew it was no use. Rebekah had her by her hair within seconds. Elena let out a yell as Rebekah yanked her onto her feet by her roots. "You filthy little blight!" Rebekah screamed into her face, "You don't get to speak to me that way!" She rammed Elena down onto the steps of the porch. Elena felt something snap in her shoulder and she screamed out in pain. Rebekah had jammed her so hard into the steps that Elena felt it cut into her skin, leaving a cold damp feeling dripping down her back. She knew she had to get help, NOW. If Rebekah smelled her blood there would be no stopping her. She wrestled her hand into her pocket and tried to dial someone, anyone. Finally she glimpsed to see her phone was calling Stefan. All she could do now was pray.
. . .
"Hey," Stefan said as he answered Elena's call, "Ahhh!" he heard Elena screaming, fear washed over him.
"Elena?" … No response, only screaming. "Elena! Where are you? What's going on?" Then he heard a muffled reply, "Rebekah!.. NO! Get off me!" He knew instantly where she was, "Elena, hold on! I'm on my way!"
Damon was lying on his bed, looking over some of the Gilbert family journals Elena had lent him. His ears picked up a commotion downstairs. It sounded like Stefan was yelling.. He decided he better go check it out. He swooshed down the steps and within a matter of seconds he was blocking Stefan's way to the front door. "Whoa, hold up. Where are you off to in such a hurry?" Damon asked, "Outta my way Damon!" Stefan forcibly moved Damon out of the way and was gone in a blink.
Damon had no idea what was going on.. But he could tell whatever it was, wasn't good.
Rebekah had found and smashed Elena's phone shortly after she dialed Stefan. She had no idea if he heard her. She felt completely helpless… Rebekah had dragged her into the house, sinking her razor sharp finger nails into her arms. She was now tied up to a chair in what looked like the main hall. Rebekah walked around her in circles.. Sneering at her. "Now THIS is more like it." She said, "and I hope you don't think Damon is going to come running in and save you. Because I assure you," She leaned in close to Elena's face, "He's not." Elena felt tears pricking her eyes. She blinked them away, she would NOT let Rebekah see her cry. "Your so pathetic." Rebekah spat, "I'm really going to enjoy this." Elena pushed down the fear and just stared at her, as if daring her to try something. Rebekah smirked and left the room, gagging Elena before she went. Elena scratched at the ropes around her. Trying desperately to break loose. What if Stefan hadn't heard her? What if he wouldn't find her in time? What if… She stopped that train of thought immediately. It wouldn't do any good to start freaking out. She needed to find a way out of here. She kept tussling with the ropes, frantically trying to get free. Just then she heard a noise coming from the window behind her.
She shifted in her chair to see Stefan climbing in. She sighed aloud, relief flooding her body.
"Elena! What the hell happened?" Stefan asked, as he untied her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think. I came to see Klaus and then Rebekah answered and she was spouting off about Damon and I just snapped. It all happened so fast!"
Stefan stared at her for a second, "You what? Elena…" He sighed.. " C'mon, we can talk about this when we get outta here." He started to help her up and she cried out in pain, "What? What's wrong?" Stefan asked. "I don't know, its my shoulder or something.." He picked her up and swooshed them out the front door. Soon they were on route to the hospital. Elena sighed as she looked out the window, so glad to be free.
"So you gonna tell me what happened?" Stefan asked, glancing at her from the drivers seat. Elena sighed. She started to tell him everything. She told him about Klaus's sudden interest in Caroline, and about all the things he was doing for her. She told him about the bracelet, the dress, and the drawing. Stefan just sat in silence as she explained how she had gotten so upset, and decided to go see Klaus. Then Rebekah answering the door and the conversation about Damon… Elena decided not to tell him
her full response to Rebekah. She didn't want him making any assumptions. By the time she was finished they had pulled into the ER parking lot. "Okay, look.. We'll deal with this. And by 'We' I mean Damon and I. I don't want you going anywhere near Rebekah OR Klaus. Got it?"
Elena shook her head. He helped her into the ER and sat her down as he filled out some paper work. Soon a Nurse came and took Elena into an observation room.
Stefan looked down at his phone, he had 11 missed calls, all from Damon. He sighed and told Elena he would be back in a minute. The phone rang as he walked outside.
