Chapter 2: The Beginning
After Mason's death, I didn't leave my house. I decided to start my life here again by beginning the job that Elizabeth had as a cartoonist. I found that whatever skills she had, I knew how to use them. This was one of them. Elizabeth had plotted the storyline first and made some basic storyboards and all that was left was to draw the cartoon out. That itself wasn't too difficult.
But when I had finished my job and realized that I didn't need to go back to do it for a while, I just sat there and tried ripping through every aspect of Elizabeth's life to try to figure out something about her that I could utilize.
And my life like that seemed calm and chaotic at the same time until I got the call from Damon Salvatore. I sighed as my phone vibrated on the table. I desperately wanted to ignore it when I caved in and answered.
"Come to our house. Now."
With that, he ended his call and I just stared at the phone with disbelief. Did he just order me to go to his house? I just stared at the phone for a bit before sighing and quickly changed out of my pajamas. I changed into a grey sweatshirt with a black leather jacket along with grey jeans. I wore my black sneakers with it. Tying my hair back, I felt a loose strand act like a bang and didn't bother fixing it.
Once I arrived to the Salvatore's I walked in while saying, "Damon Salvatore, you'd better have a good reason for calling me here with no explanation!"
Suddenly, Caroline was in front of me and I saw tears brimming her eyes as she hugged me tightly and said, "I saw Katherine today."
I wasn't sure how to respond, so I awkwardly patted her back. But when she didn't move and held me even tighter, I winced and said,
"Caroline, I'm not sure I'm a hugging person now."
Immediately, Caroline jumped away from me and apologized fervently. I just chuckled and said,
"Don't worry about it. It's just that I don't know how to hug people."
"Aww… Does Beth need lessons in cuddling?" I heard a familiar voice taunt from behind me.
I immediately glared and turned around as I said, "I don't need you to guide me with that thank you very much."
Caroline laughed a little at that while Damon stuck his tongue out at me. He was so mature, wasn't he?
Noticing my look of disdain at Damon's immature acts, Stefan said,
"Well, now that Katherine has made her move, we need a plan."
Damon looked at him and said, "She's running scared. What she did to Jenna was desperate. She's out of tricks."
I frowned, not having remembered this part of the episode and yelled out, "Jenna got hurt?"
Then that was when it all came back to me. Jenna had stabbed herself with the kitchen knife due to compulsion. But the vampires in the room hadn't remembered this and explained what had happened to Jenna.
And once they finished explaining, they went back to talking about Katherine.
"We can't underestimate her. We have to play this smarter than her."
Caroline looked uncomfortable as she asked, "Can we just give her the moonstone so she'll leave?"
Damon shook his head and responded with, "No, Katherine's not getting dick. I'm gonna go to the masquerade ball and I'm gonna kill her, tonight."
Shaking my head, I said, "If you think it will be that simple, you're wrong. What if she gets a witch to link Katherine and Elena together?"
There, I had literally told them what would happen, but for some reason, they just waved my idea away as if it was never going to happen.
Damon said, "Nah, how could Katherine get a witch?"
Stefan added, "It's not possible with the time from now to the masquerade ball."
I couldn't help but have a strong feeling of wanting to bang my head against a wall at their idiocy. Just what was wrong with them? I told them what was going to happen! I wasn't feeling particularly happy about this and also remembered that I had to go early to the masquerade ball as a chaperone and told them that I was leaving.
Damon looked at me and asked, "Why? What's keeping you busy?"
I yelled back as I walked towards the door, "Chaperoning for the masquerade. Until the actual meetup, please think of a better plan!"
I heard Damon mutter something under his breath and I ignored it as I got away from the Salvatore House. When I came back to my home, I quickly dressed and put makeup on me. Looking at the high heels, I really wished I didn't need to have these on, but Carol had insisted according to the diary I had found while I was sifting through Elizabeth's or my things.
I wasn't going to really help the Salvatores, but I also wasn't willing to let Elena get captured by Rose alone. Elena was still too young to be kidnapped by herself. But then again, I was scared. I may be a supernatural hunter like Sam and Dean are in Supernatural, but this… this was new to me as a person who accidentally was in someone else's body in a different universe. I just didn't feel ready to jump into all this action. But something about me knowing things about the show seemed to mean something. That there was a reason for me being here.
Once I arrived at the Lockwood Mansion, I sighed as Carol ran up to her in a frenzy. Of course Carol would spot me in such a crowd. She had made sure that I attended as a chaperone. For some reason, Carol was obsessed with me making a statement somehow. She made it her personal mission to get me a boyfriend or something along the lines. I really wasn't interested. I mean, this was all just overwhelming and to get a boyfriend in middle of all this? I wasn't sure that was wise.
Apparently, when Alaric came to town, Carol thought I would fit with him. When I had read that in the diary, I was flabbergasted. But I guess Alaric and I mutually saw each other as just friends and nothing more, because Carol had been super upset about it when we never hit it off and Alaric started dating Jenna.
I sighed and exited the car while tuning out whatever Carol was saying to me. I was trying to find a way to get away from Carol so that I could sneak off to help Elena later. Eventually a horde of teenagers piled through the doors and I groaned. What did I deserve to oversee horny teenagers that would cause mischief at every corner?
But as I warily looked through the crowd, I spotted Bonnie and Jeremy running into Katherine's witch. My body tensed immediately when soon after I found Katherine walking in. I cursed as I looked around for my exit. I couldn't be here.
I spotted that Carol was busy with another person, and I bolted for the door, making sure that Carol would not see me running off to shirk my chaperone duties.
When I found Elena, she was with Jeremy and Bonnie.
"Elena!" I yelled out, grabbing the trio's attention.
"Liz!" Elena reached out to me. I slowed down when she gave me an accusatory look.
"Are you also trying to kill her here?"
I looked at her and shook my head. "You know that Carol wouldn't let me out of chaperone duties here. I just happened to know of the plan, but I had nothing to do with it."
Elena stared hard into my eyes and visibly relaxed, as if she was relieved that I wasn't part of it too. But she quickly turned around to Bonnie and Jeremy when she said,
"How am I supposed to feel if one of you guys get hurt because of me?"
Jeremy responded with, "It's not just you anymore, Elena. She's messed with all of us, she has to be stopped."
I looked at Jeremy with a frown. Why couldn't he be more mature than this? But as Jeremy and Elena were arguing, suddenly, we heard Elena scream. My blood turned cold as I saw blood spread around multiple areas of Elena's body.
"Shit! Jeremy, Elena's linked to Katherine, stop the Salvatores!" I yelled out.
Jeremy nodded and ran as fast as he could towards the Lockwood mansion again. Bonnie tried breaking the link But Elena screamed again when her hand started bleeding as if her palm had been cut. I tried staunching the flow as best as I could with my now manually ripped dress, but it wasn't working well.
Bonnie then said, "I can't break the spell, Elena. I'm sorry but I can try to take some of the pain away. Okay?"
Elena nodded and Bonnie quickly took her hand while reciting a spell. I stood up, warily looking around for any signs of witnesses that might walk by. Soon, Jeremy ran towards us as he asked his older sister,
"Are you okay?"
Elena nodded a little, sniffling from the tears and pain she felt earlier and asked, "Are they?"
Jeremy nodded a little and said, "They're stuck in there with her." He looked towards me before saying, "You were right; Katherine had a witch that linked Elena to her."
I cursed and said, "Nobody bloody listens to me!"
Bonnie then yelled out, "The girl I saw, the one inside! Stay with her, keep pressure on her shoulder!"
Jeremy looked like he wanted to follow Bonnie, so I said, "Jeremy, go with her. It's not quite safe enough for her to go by herself yet."
Jeremy looked conflicted, so I clarified, "I'll stay with Elena, so go."
Jeremy then relented and tried to give Elena his ring. I shook my head and said,
"Jeremy, that ring doesn't work on supernatural beings. Elena is a doppleganger and therefore not an average human."
Then as if he was debating it, he kept the ring and ran towards the Lockwood Mansion again.
I gripped onto Elena a little bit tighter and heard Elena say "Thank you for keeping Jeremy safe."
I looked down at her and just smiled tiredly while keeping pressure on her wounds. Looking around, it was already dark and I said, "Elena we should go back. I'll drive you there."
Elena shook her head and said, "We need to wait."
Seeing my look of opposition, she quickly added in, "I need to talk to Stefan."
I sighed, seeing the stubbornness in her eyes and relented, making sure to keep Elena warm. I shivered a little from the cool air, but Elena needed the body heat as she still was bleeding a bit from the wounds. Eventually, Stefan ran over towards Elena and I kept my hold on her, helping her stand up.
Stefan whispered, "Elena."
Elena said, "I'm okay. I'm okay… Bonnie took away the pain and I think I'm healing."
I frowned at that but said nothing.
Stefan noticed my frown and said, "I know but I think you should definitely see a doctor anyway."
Elena nodded and responded with, "I will. I heard about Katherine, is it true? Is she really gone?"
Stefan said, "Yeah, I was so worried about you."
But as Stefan tried to get closer, Elena took a step back, taking me with her as I was her only support right now. "Stefan… I…"
I just looked at Stefan and shook my head, hinting that he needed to give her space. Stefan's eyes immediately dimmed with sadness as he said,
"Katherine being gone doesn't change anything for you, does it?"
Elena looked at her boyfriend longingly before saying, "I want to be with you, Stefan. You know that but first, I need to wake up and know that the people that I love are safe. I need to feel safe. Do you understand?"
Stefan defeatedly nodded and said, "Yeah, yeah I understand."
I whispered out, "I'll drive her to the hospital."
Stefan nodded before leaving. We headed for the parking lot, where my car was. I helped Elena walk over there because she was leaning on me. She was calling Jeremy and hung up once she was done. As I fumbled around to get my key from my bag, I felt a presence behind me. I quickly pushed Elena behind me and I called out, "Who's there?"
Silence ensued.
Elena grasped my arm and whispered, "What is it?"
I replied warily with, "We're being watched."
I felt Elena's grip on me get tighter, but I walked in front of me a few steps when I pinpointed the guy's position. I quickly took off my high heels and went after him. But the man was taller than I had predicted so fighting him in a tight dress was difficult.
First I managed to kick him in the shin and throw him towards the ground, but he quickly grabbed my ankle and I landed on the ground roughly. Air left my lungs and I tried to catch my breath and stand up when I felt the man put the chloroform cloth on my airways. I tried desperately not to breathe, but it was futile as the chemical worked its way into my system and the world turned black.
When I finally came to, I saw Elena was right by me, still unconscious. We were inside a trunk and I tried to desperately calm my breathing as if I was still unconscious. Then I heard a male voice say,
"Where is she?"
Shit! We were already with Trevor and Rose. I wished myself to calm down and act as if I was still unconscious. Not too long after, the man opened the trunk where we were and soon I felt the man gently put me into the SUV trunk. When the door finally closed, I let out a breath and breathed in again calmly, trying to make sure the my heart didn't go on overdrive.
I tried my best to not make a noise when I heard the man get bitten. Soon enough, we arrived at the mysterious house and as I felt myself being placed on the sofa, Trevor whispered in my ear,
"I know you're awake princess."
Gears turned in my head and I swung my legs around and kicked Trevor in the stomach. He groaned from the impact and quickly sped towards me and the next thing I knew, I was pinned to a wall and he had started choking me as he said,
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Tough one aren't you? I know what I need. I just need to taste-"
As he was saying this, I saw the areas around his eyes become grey and his veins protrude. But before he could finish his sentence a feminine voice called out, "Trevor! Control yourself."
Trevor rolled his eyes and let go of me. I fell towards the ground and started breathing deeply for air. I didn't hear the interaction, but looked up to see Elena's fearful eyes. I smiled a little to ease her worries, but I don't think I did much as she asked,
"What do you want with us?"
Rose finally looked towards Elena before whispering, "Oh my god, you look just like her."
I warily looked at Rose, but Trevor was still in front of me, so I stayed still while the two interacted. When Rose slapped Elena, I stood up but was pushed to the ground roughly by Trevor.
"I don't think so princess!" He taunted. I glared up at him, wishing he was dead.
But then I froze. He was going to die. I winced and looked at my now dirty hands. He was coming. Oh god, an Original was coming and I didn't feel ready. My stomach turned upside down and I wanted to hyperventilate. I looked at Elena, who had fallen unconscious from the slap and warily eyed the two vampires, leaning on the wall behind me, making sure to not gain the anger of two old vampires.
But when Elena came to, Trevor and Rose had gone upstairs. When they left, I had crawled over to Elena and watched over her. Elena looked up and I put a finger to my mouth to tell her to be quiet. Elena nodded and we eavesdropped on the vampires' conversation.
Rose said, "You didn't touch her, did you?"
Trevor responded with, "Give me some credit. So, did you call him?"
Rose said, "No, I called one of his contacts. You know how this works."
And I listened intently when suddenly Elena crept up the stairs. I feared for her life and followed her when Elena stopped on a loose floor board and it made a noise. Rose immediately turned around and said,
"You! There's nothing around here for miles. If you two think you're getting out of this house, you're tragically wrong. Understand?"
Elena, not getting the threat correctly, asked, "Who's Elijah?"
I whipped my head around to glare at her, which Rose noticed and said,
"He's your worst nightmare. And it seems like your friend here knows him too."
Elena looked at me and noticed the fear in my eyes. But she turned around and continued to ask Rose questions. And as the interrogation lengthened, I warily glanced at Trevor as he kept looking around as if panic was settling in. I inched ever so closer to Elena when suddenly Trevor yelled out,
"He's here! This was a mistake."
With that I pushed Elena behind me to act as a barrier. Elena grabbed onto my arms again and I gently looked behind her as a warning and felt her hands let me go. I was barefeet and a mess at this point because I had ripped my dress and my hair was all over the place, but I needed to protect the girl.
Then we heard the knocking on the door. I immediately tensed and my heartbeat increased from the fear and anticipation. Elena whispered,
"You're scared" to the vampires, but Rose ignored that as she warned us with,
"Stay here with her and don't make a sound."
I shot her a glare as if that was an option and just stood my ground. Trevor paced a little when after about a minute, Elijah entered. I stood up straighter to look as intimidating as I could. But something felt off. When Elijah came into the room, he immediately saw me and looked at me with an intensity that sent shivers down my spine. It clearly held the warning:
Don't mess with me. You're not my match.
I looked at him, sending a message that said, I know. But you can't stop me from protecting her.
His eyes were sharp and yet when he saw how determined I was, it seemed to soften just the tiniest bit before the eyes hardened into a cold, calculating look again. He then broke eye contact with me and rushed over to us. I was knocked to the side and heard Elena scream my name when Elijah held onto her and sniffed her neck. I felt like I might have hurt my ribs, but I got up slowly as Elijah muttered,
"Human. It's impossible."
And with that, he glanced at Elena while smirking and said, "Hello there."
When I finally managed to stand up on my own, I huffed out a breath from exhaustion when suddenly I saw dress shoes right by mine. I looked up and saw Elijah Mikaelson in front of me as he said,
"And who might you be?"
I looked up into his eyes, all hostility suddenly lost from me. I was tired and that move he had put on me put out the fight in me. But what really caught me off guard was the genuine curiosity in his eyes. I clamped my mouth into a thin line before carefully saying,
"Elizabeth."
He raised an eyebrow but I stood still before saying, "All I know is that you are Elijah. I think first name basis is just about fair. Unless you tell me your last name."
He looked at me intensely before backing off, a smirk playing on his lips as he grabbed my shoulder and turned us around as he said,
"We have a long journey ahead of us. We should be going."
I looked up at him in shock. He noticed my silent question and he responded with, "Miss Elena would feel better with her friend here, would she not?"
Elena looked at me, noticing how Elijah's hand was now on my waist and just nodded. Suddenly, Elijah let go of me and said,
"One last piece of business and we're done."
He sped towards Trevor, who tried apologizing. But before our eyes, Trevor's head rolled to the ground. Elena put herself behind me again while Rose yelled out in anguish. Elijah turned around to see me and Elena and noticed how I had visibly flinched, but had not reacted in fear like the rest of the people here had. And once again, curiosity lit his eyes. I sighed tiredly and looked up at him with a look of disappointment.
His eyes widened slightly but he quickly hid it, just like before. I just grabbed onto Elena tighter when Elena suddenly asked,
"What about the moonstone?"
I gaped at her before Elijah sped towards us and asked, "What do you know about the moonstone?"
I tensed and glared at Elena, wanting her to stop when Elena said
"I know that you need it and I know where it is."
Elijah looked at me and didn't get anything before slowly saying "Yes…"
Elena then added with, "I can help you get it."
Elijah walked a little bit closer to us and said, "Tell me where it is."
Elena stepped forward despite me trying to keep her behind me as she said,
"It doesn't work that way."
I glared at her and Elijah saw that I was angry at Elena's decision before asking
"Are you negotiating with me?"
Then suddenly, I felt myself being gently pushed to the side compared to the rough throwing across the room from before. I was confused before seeing Elijah try to compel Elena. But when he tore Elena's necklace off, I knew that it was over. Before I could say anything though, I heard a noise from outside and Elijah immediately turned around and asked, "What is that?"
Rose said, "I don't know."
Elijah further pressed, "Who else is in this house?"
Rose repeated her previous answer and Elijah looked annoyed. He quickly grabbed Elena's wrist and put his arms around my waist and eventually we found both of us in Rose's arms. I looked up in surprise and Elijah looked down at me with a look I couldn't quite place before Elijah sped off to fight off Damon and Stefan.
And now, for some reason, something about Elijah threw me off. I knew why he was here. What he wanted. What was going to happen. And yet, I couldn't throw the peculiar emotion that pulled at my heart and I needed to figure out what that was.
I winced as Rose's grip got tighter, but I wriggled myself out of Rose's arm. She looked at me with confusion and I said,
"Take care of her."
Elena's eyes widened as she whispered, "Liz! No!"
I just smiled warily at her and said, "I'll be fine."
With that, I ran down the stairs again. I hid to make sure that Damon and Stefan didn't see me. Eventually the struggle between the Original and the Salvatore brothers ensued and I kept myself hidden. Once I was sure that the Salvatores and Elena had left, I came out of my hiding spot.
I sighed as the entire set of events just hit me. Looking down at my dress, I realized how I must look terrible. It was one thing to look messy in dress pants and a blouse, but to have a ripped dress? That was even worse. My muscles were crying out in pain as I walked closer to the body that was clearly desiccating. With Elena safe, I just needed to sort what I had been feeling towards this newcomer.
I stepped towards Elijah, who was impaled and had ashen skin. For a few minutes, I just stood like that as a mess and stared at him. Why hadn't I left with the others? Why did I want to stay behind? I sighed and decided that it would be best to leave Elijah behind and go back home. But I couldn't just do that, when I knew about Hope Mikaelson. I knew that it wasn't even relevant to what happened here, but my conscience ate away at me and I slowly put both of my hands onto the makeshift stake. I jerked it out hard and saw Elijah Mikaelson's body slide down from where he was impaled.
And before he could wake up and see me, I ran away from the place, not wanting to be seen. What had I just done?
I ran and ran and ran until I managed to get to the Lockwood Mansion and drive towards my house. When I finally went inside my home and washed up, I couldn't help but think back to Elijah Mikaelson and my supposed allegiance to the Gilbert girl and the Salvatores.
I felt so lost. I felt so confused.
On one side, I wanted to help Elijah. I wanted to see everything work out for the Mikaelsons. For Hope. I wanted to be with them so I could stop the Hollow from splitting that family apart. But the short amount of time I was here, I had formed a stable enough social life with the crew and if I decided to help Elijah, I would lose everything I had struggled to build so far.
What am I supposed to do?
Not able to clear my head of the various thoughts hovering in my mind, I decided to go to bed. It was terrible though because all I could dream of was that one action of me pulling out the stake earlier in the abandoned house. It kept playing on repeat to the point that I frustratingly woke up at 5 in the morning.
I decided that I wouldn't be able to fall asleep and decided to go take a write things down in a journal about what had happened. What differed from the show I had seen, and yet, I couldn't get the courage to write whatever was going to happen.
And that was how what I thought was going to be one uneventful day turned into several uneventful days, giving me some time to do some of my own work. I just kept drawing for my job or decided to do some historical research. But after doing only that, I realized that I needed to take a breather. Burying myself into work to avoid meeting the supernatural community was not going to do me any good.
I had been avoiding them on purpose. At first, Alaric had called, worried about my well-being when he had heard what had happened to me from Elena. He dropped by momentarily and had seemed worried, claiming that I wasn't acting like myself. I had given him a wary look and that led him to back down and just send a message to the Salvatores that I was alright. Damon seemed to think that I was stupid to just leave Elena alone, but Elena had apparently defended me, saying that I had protected her until they had arrived.
Eventually, I heard about everything from Jules' arrival in Mystic Falls to Rose getting bitten. I felt guilty that I had been avoiding them, but the thoughts of Elijah being in Mystic Falls caused me to think about what I should be doing. Who I should be helping.
Despite all that, I also knew that everyone tried to keep me out of the loop for one reason: Pity. They took pity on me for losing my memories. For getting into that accident. Of course, it relieved me since it left me to my own devices to think for a lot of things, but at the same time, I dreaded what the aftermath would be with what I intended to do.
But that all ended when I got a call from Damon Salvatore. Finally picking up the courage to answer the phone, I said,
"Hello?"
Immediately, Damon went on a rant,
"Do you realize what just happened? Elena was about to offer herself to Klaus and guess who miraculously shows up? Elijah! I thought we had killed that guy."
I stayed silent, not sure how to answer before saying,
"Is Elena alright?"
Damon scoffed and said, "Yeah, considering that she was going to die. Why do I even try Beth?"
I smiled a little and responded with, "You know why."
Damon went silent a little, clearly understanding what I just said. He laughed a little and told me,
"I don't know why I do this. Why does this have to be this way? She clearly likes Stefan."
Ah, so he was nowhere near the two at the moment. I chuckled and said, "Who knows? But Damon, I may regret saying this, but I would have chosen you if I were in her shoes if you hadn't been such a dick to her in the first place."
Damon mock gasped through the phone as he said, "Excuse me! I'm a gentleman!"
"Hardy har har…" Was all I replied with and Damon just laughed.
"I can always depend on you to make me feel better Beth. You know, you really come-"
"OK! Shut it!" I said, not wanting to hear anymore.
I expected Damon to say some type of comeback but there was a moment of silence before he cautiously said,
"But you are ok, right? Considering that accident…"
My eyes widened in surprise. He was concerned about me. I hadn't expected that before. I smiled and worry seeped to my heart as I lied.
"Yeah… I just need to live through the amnesia I suppose. Nothing really came back Damon… I don't think I can ever be the same Elizabeth you knew…"
Damon was silent for a few seconds again and said, "I'm sorry."
I froze at those two words. The raw emotion he just expressed wasn't something I would be receiving any time soon. Knowing what I had done. I froze and sighed before saying,
"Damon, don't worry about it. It's not your fault."
With that, I made up an excuse to end the call an quickly changed. I dressed into a black sweater with a black blouse underneath along with a black skirt. Over it, I put on a grey, cotton trench coat to keep me warm from the brisk air.
I decided to get coffee from the nearby café which was located by the Mystic Grill. I parked my car and got off when I heard Caroline's voice say,
"Yeah, yeah, I'd really like that. I'll just swing by when you're closing?"
I looked to find her talking with Matt. I hung low and decided to eavesdrop, knowing what might happen. Despite feeling scared, I didn't want Caroline to be alone through this. Once I saw Matt leave, I walked up to Caroline and said,
"Caroline!"
The girl turned around and beamed as she said, "Elizabeth! You're out! Are you alright?"
Concern bubbled in her eyes and I smiled back, saying "Yeah, I'm better now."
"I heard about you getting kidnapped with Elena a few days ago. We didn't want to put you under more stress considering you just came out of the hospital not too long ago."
I smiled warmly at that and nodded when suddenly a female voice said,
"Excuse me, Caroline, right?"
We turned around to see a Jules. I recognized her, but I put a façade on right away, not wanting to ruin anything. I gave a sideward glance towards Caroline, who tensed a little but replied in a bubbly manner,
"Yeah."
Jules looked at me warily as she said, "I'm looking for Tyler. You haven't seen him, have you?"
My focus was entirely on Jules, not sure how to react. But I must have been looking tense because Jules' eyes narrowed at me. Caroline responded with a lie, which Jules easily caught as she said,
"I know you're lying."
Caroline glared at Jules as she responded back with, "Really? How? Is that one of your little wolf tricks?"
I grabbed Caroline's arm to signal a warning, which she easily seemed to get, and we both backed up a little, Jules followed and her eyes narrowed in hostility back towards me. But she never acknowledged me as she said,
"Actually, it is."
I whispered, "Caroline, we should go."
Getting the little hint, Caroline said, "Well, I have a trick too."
With that, she sped away and I tried to hold onto Jules. I was able to land a good punch to her and trip her to the ground and keep her down. However, she roughly pushed me aside using her werewolf strength, causing me to hit my head onto Caroline's car. I felt nausea hit me hard as the world seemed to spin. I heard Caroline hiss before I hear a gunshot. I tried to stand up, but before I could move properly, something roughly hit my head and the world turned black.
Pain. That was the only thing that really seemed to echo through my mind before my eyes fluttered open. I flinched at the stench around me before hearing Caroline's whimpering. When I finally managed to adjust my eyes, I noticed how bloody Caroline was. The wooden bullets. I cursed and tried getting up when Caroline looked up at me and asked,
"Elizabeth?"
"Caroline, you alright?" I said, panting in pain. I looked down to notice bruising on my hands and scrapes here and there. Nothing too serious, but there was a ringing in my head. It must have been from the impact with the car.
Caroline responded to me, but I could barely keep my eyes open from the pain. Caroline seemed to tense and I spotted two feet in front of her before a face registered to me. It was Brady. He then proceeded to shoot Caroline with the wooden bullets again.
I tried sitting up more to be able to pay more attention to everything, but that caught Brady's attention and he turned around to face me.
"Well hello there. Didn't think a human would align herself with vampires, but I guess you're one of those few exceptions."
I scoffed and responded back, "Honey, you really don't know me, do you?"
I really shouldn't have done that. I don't know where that bravery to start aggravating him came from, but it didn't stop from there. It just got worse as I saw how riled up Brady got.
"You know, just because you are human doesn't mean you are any better than them. How about I show you what happens when you are friends with the bloodsuckers?"
With that, a gunshot roared and I screamed. The burning sensation in my body was so overwhelming that I gasped in pain. My arm burned from the pain. I realized that he purposefully grazed me with the bullet, but it really hurt. I glared up at his blurry form, my eyes still not helping me out. But as the pain was overwhelming me, I couldn't do much but breath with difficulty.
I was about to go into shock.
"Caroline…" I whimpered out, and the vampire looked at me, horror registering onto her face.
"Elizabeth! Hold on. I'm going to get you out of here!" She yelled and she tried to get herself free, but with the lack of blood, she was weak. She wasn't going to be able to do anything.
I put pressure on my wound and ground my teeth as I felt blood ooze out. Why of all days, did I decide to come out today? I had rotten luck since this was the second time I got kidnapped and gotten hurt just because I left my home.
I looked back up at Caroline, who was crying and I immediately paused, whispering,
"Caroline, save your energy."
Caroline froze and she looked up at me, shaking her head as she rambled,
"I have to get us out of here. You're seriously hurt, you need to get healed. Oh my god, you're bleeding so much. We need to get you to a hospital. What am-"
"CAROLINE!" I yelled, forcing her to stop.
"Caroline, look at me. Someone's going to come for us. Save your energy, you need it. I'll be fine for a while. Just make sure I stay awake."
Caroline nodded and leaned back, whimpering from her already healing wounds.
I smiled reassuringly and looked around, not sure how I would be able to get out of the cage. I leaned back on the wall, huffing out labored breaths in pain. I tried staying awake, and Caroline had to yell at me a couple of times when I almost dozed off.
The longer we sat there, the harder it was for me to stay conscience. How much longer did I have to wait? Coughing, I felt the cold settle in. As if she could see how bad my condition was getting, Caroline started screaming
"Let me out!"
Brady immediately walked in and said, "What was that?"
Caroline screamed "Let me out!"
Brady saw how hysterical she was as she looked at me and turned around. I must have looked sickly considering how Brady merely smirked and just walked away. Caroline screamed again to let her out or to release me, but nobody answered her cries.
But before I knew it, the world was becoming even blurrier and I just felt exhausted. But knowing Caroline, I tried to hang on.
…
Suddenly, a door opened and Caroline looked up. Tyler! Tyler was here. Caroline quickly said,
"Tyler! Hurry, open the door for Elizabeth! She's hurt. Brady shot her, and she's not responding to me anymore!"
Tyler immediately turned around to find Elizabeth leaning on the wall. She was pale, sweat rolling down her face. The front part of her hair was out of the low pony tail and was sticking to her face from the perspiration. Blood was flowing down one of her arms and Tyler noticed that her breathing was shallow.
Caroline's voice snapped him out of his observations as she whispered,
"Tyler?"
Tyler quickly went into action, unlocking the cage for Elizabeth and followed up with Caroline. He quickly grabbed onto Elizabeth as she was unconscious while Caroline weakly stood up. The moment they left the vehicle that was holding them, Caroline was pushed back to its walls as Jules held her. Tyler looked conflicted and was about to help Caroline when Brady screamed in pain. The other wolves soon followed and Tyler held onto Elizabeth tighter, not sure what was happening.
Then Jonas came into view he said,
"Elijah made a promise to Elena. I'm here to see it upheld. You need to go. Get out of here. Now."
Damon and Stefan nodded. Stefan helped Caroline while Damon noticed the weak Elizabeth in Tyler's arms. Damon took her from Tyler and the vampires sped off.
When they arrived at the Salvatore mansion, Damon quickly went to a room and laid Elizabeth down on the bed. Stefan quickly followed as Damon bit into his wrist.
Blood flowed down as he gently rested it on Elizabeth's mouth. Stefan's eyes widened as he said,
"What are you doing? She said she didn't want vampire blood!"
"I'm saving her life." Damon ground out.
However, Stefan pushed Damon out of the way.
Damon sped towards Elizabeth when Stefan held him back. "STOP! Do you want to have this end badly?!"
Damon froze and looked down with a guilty look on his face. Even if Elizabeth didn't remember it, he knew he had promised her that he would not feed her vampire blood under any circumstances. He was the only person to know why she didn't want it.
Caroline looked down at Elizabeth before heading back to her own home. Stefan decided to give Caroline a ride while Damon decided to look over Elizabeth's wounds. It wasn't the first time Elizabeth had gotten hurt protecting them, and the guilt seeped through. He had been the first one to hurt her in Mystic Falls, and yet she tried to protect him. He didn't deserve her friendship.
And yet, he couldn't chase away a feeling of dread. Something didn't feel right. Elizabeth was getting hurt too frequently and ending up in the worst places she could be as if she was attracted to the danger. Of course Elizabeth was reckless, but not this badly. But then again, beforehand, he was the danger compared to now, when an Original Vampire was trying to uproot their lives.
But he also worried what side Elizabeth would take. Before the accident, Elizabeth didn't seem like she had agreed with whatever they intended to do, and it was becoming clearer that the more Damon did something to protect Elena, the more distant Elizabeth was becoming.
With a heavy sigh, he looked at Elizabeth's pain-filled features and whispered, "What am I going to do Elizabeth?"
There was no response, and he just felt horrible.
