A new chapter so soon... Well, this is actually for consolation. Because I won't be able to update in 2 weeks. I have my final exams so I need to be well-focused.

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Oh mama mama mama

I just shot a man down

In central station

In front of a big old crowd


CHAPTER 1:

JUST ONE MORE

"Elena, we have a new mission for you." said the man sitting on a black suede chair in an expensive office. He put his hands on the table and clasped them. His lips curled by joy as if he was excited to explain an important thing, a good piece of business.

On the walls, some papers were hung and it was making the room seem narrower than it already was. The office was dark, if you didn't reckon the ineffectual sunlight which was entering the room by a small window. It was basically cut out for hiding. Well, it was what they were to doing: hiding until you had to show up.

Elena, who was standing in front of the table, crossing her arms behind her and moved around in the room, eventually stopped waiting to hear what it was and bursted out. "Nik, we aren't playing a game or it's not like you're going to say I just won the lottery." She smirked by the idea. "It wouldn't be bad though." She ran a hand through her chocolate brown hair. "Now, tell me. I hope I will earn the money I deserve. You know, I'm not going to do something so basic. In fact, it would be a shame to call it basic."

Niklaus chuckled at her reaction. "Don't be mad sweetheart, I know you are professional and I found a duty that totally suits you." He coughed before explaining the mission. "You know the Salvatore Company, right? Which Guiseppe Salvatore runs?" Elena nodded in agreement. "I want you to kidnap his son."

Elena gasped as she heard about her new mission. She shook her head in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? Don't you know that company has a full security? They would trap me easily." She gasped. "Just no, this is… this is not even funny." She started laughing sarcastically. "I don't have any time for your jokes, Nik. Now, tell me what my actual mission is."

Klaus had raised his eyebrow before talking in his perfect British accent. He was surprised by her reaction. "Elena, I have no one better than you. If you accept this and kidnap him, we can earn just the world. His sons are everything he has, don't you know it?"

Elena put her hands on the table and brought her head closer to him. "It's not like kidnapping a child! We are talking about at least 20-year-old man here!" She yelled. She killed a lot of people. She is a serial killer. But she never worked for kidnapping. She had no idea of it. She always liked wrapping her hands around people's necks and propping the weapon up to their throats. Then, feeling their pulse… She always got a joy of it. Feeling she had a choice to whether someone lived or died. It felt so strong. While the feeling stopped as she stabbed, Elena still knew she had her job done. However, it always reminded of killing her father, John Gilbert. She had been in this business since she was 15. After she got out of the prison, Niklaus had found her and they had made a great couple. Elena killed and Nik found her new victims. They didn't always kill the innocent, they also killed the murderers, famous thieves and all. All that mattered to them was money, especially for Niklaus.

"24." He corrected her. "You didn't even ask me which one you're going to kidnap." He had a glance at her. "Damon Salvatore, 24 year old man, a frequenter of the bars and the love of young girls. Don't you still want him, Elena!" Nik teased. "He is in the bag, I swear! Just use your femininity and he will be ours." He winked, meaningfully.

"Shut up, Nik. You know I'm not girlish. How will I even use my femininity while I haven't got it?" She murmured. "Show me a picture of him. I- I don't know about the Salvatore brothers. I don't want to kidnap the other instead." She was waiting for someone blonde, actually. Who was rather awkward but a rich bastard thus women were chasing him for his money. She knew men. A little flirtatious talk was even enough to attract them. Stupid creatures, she thought. They always think they run the world while they were actually controlled by their cock not their brain.

"Stefan- Stefan Salvatore." He explained. "You could actually kidnap him instead of Damon but he doesn't care about the company so losing Damon would be a real damage for family and the company." He rubbed his hands. "'Lena, dear, we'll be a total rich!" He bursted out in happiness.

"You will." She pointed at herself. "Me? Will you give me money this time Nik? I want sixty percent of it, at least." She insisted. She knew him enough to know that she didn't gain half as much as she should from their line of work. But after this job, she wanted to have a house and live alone and totally stop working in this shit.

"Okay okay. We will share it fifty-fifty." He laughed.

She sighed, shooking her head. "You are a crafty bastard, ya know?" She laughed back. As he gave the picture to her, she just checked it for a second. It was enough for her, just to recognize her victim's face. "Okay, I will see about this."

Klaus leaned himself to his suede chair by relief as he thought about the money they would gain. A sneaky grin settled on his face. He rubbed his hands, raising a loud laugh. Then, he turned back to his computer and started typing something Elena couldn't see.

Elena shook her head. "So, it seems I'm not needed here any more." She mumbled, scratching her scruff. "I am going back to my room." She waved her hand to him whilst leaving the office.

"Hey, wait." Klaus shouted after her. "I still don't know what you will do after you gain that money."

She turned back as she heard him and her doe eyes met his blue ones. She tried to drop her gaze elsewhere. "I- I will probably quit this job." She took a deep breath. She wasn't ready to see the shock on Nik's face.

"So, you will leave me alone, love?" Klaus' voice echoed in her ears over and over again. His voice sounded too hoarse to be a whisper.

"Precisely not, Nik!" She exclaimed with a high-pitched shout. "You are like a brother to me but I just don't want to live like this anymore. I want a life." She didn't let him talk and continued. "An ordinary life, I mean."

"You are you, 'Lena. You can't be normal. You kill, you destroy and leave as though nothing ever happened." He laughed dramatically. "You can't survive pretending like you are a normal town girl… As if you aren't dangerous, as if you are innocent! As if you have a heart!" He roared.

She was shocked by his words… She wasn't sure if it was due to how true they were or how badly they hurt her feelings. Klaus was the only one she cared about. She thought how heartless she actually was. She thought that she was the one who she once hated to be. Her father. She looked at Klaus and saw his regret in his eyes.. But he knew he was right. It wasn't exactly guilt in his eyes, she thought. It was the sadness of upsetting her. She couldn't dare to say anything at that moment and left the room leaving without a word.

As she reached her room and opened the door immediately, harshly behind her, she sat on her bed. She had a quite small room but she never wished for more. She had a bed and a computer on a desk to investigate about her duties, as she called them. Plus, a wardrobe which had just some t-shirt and jeans. No high heels or formal outfits. She sometimes used them for some duties but after been used they were always thrown into a dustbin. She placed her hands on her head and took several breaths to avoid the pain she felt at that moment. She was Elena Gilbert, she never felt guilty or ashamed. Now, a little argument wasn't going to break her down.

She wanted to distract herself so she rushed to the computer to seek for more information of Damon Salvatore. She saw his photos with some beautiful women. But one of them were in a lot of photos… Katherine Pierce. She suddenly noticed a note in it. Damon Salvatore with his fiance, Katherine Pierce. She thought she needed to check their relationship more. This could help her to end this mission sooner.

Then, she searched for the places he had usually been; Mystic Grill. Apparently it was one of his favourite place. Since she lived in Mystic Falls, it was so easy to go and find him. She also thought about how to interact him. If he was really as flirty as Nik said, it was the easiest of all. She sighed of relief. She thought of the money she might've gained, the house she could buy, and leaving this business… Having a peaceful life. Wasn't it what she wanted since she was born? Wasn't it what she was yearning for ages? She could have it by kidnapping this guy. She could totally have it. No matter what Nik had just said, she could act as if she was normal. He was the key for her to get a better life. Therefore, she was willing to open the door by the key. Grabbing the key was the matter… She had done it before, why wouldn't she do it this time? For peace and happiness. For an end. Yes, she would take it.

She turned that rattletrap computer off and went to lay in her small bed. She watched the ceiling for a while, she hadn't know how much time had passed when someone knocked the door and entered the room without waiting for her permission. She took a quick slant at who that was. Nik. Who else would it be?

She tried to drop her gaze thus she kept looking elsewhere. She felt her heart beating so fast and she knew that she was hurt by his words. However, she was decisive about not getting down off her high horse so easily.

Klaus coughed to get her attention but he knew this wouldn't work. To tell the truth, he wasn't guilty about what he had said to Elena. He was just upset due to breaking Elena's heart. To lose her was the worst thing that could have ever happened to him so he would try any ways to keep her by his side. Even if it meant breaking her heart. He broke the silence. "So, what's with the long face?" He knew the reason but he needed to start a conversation somehow.

Elena gazed him a confused look. Then, turned her gaze elsewhere, rolling her eyes at the same time.

Klaus realised that he was standing still for a while so he got closer to her. "This means you don't want to talk to me, sweetheart?"

"You are free to think as you wish, Nik." She spat out.

"My Elena isn't a type of who is so sensitive. C'mon, I hadn't even thought that those words would broke your heart. Furthermore, I was… mad at you. How dare you to leave me?" He tried to sound heartbroken. Well, he was really wounded. He didn't take his eyes off her.

Elena was getting really annoyed by Nik at that moment so she tried to cut the conversation off. "I'm not in the mood to chat, give it a try later?" She tried her best to seem polite. However, Nik never easily gave up.

"My apologies, love. Okay? Are you happy now?" He shouted. He was generally vain and selfish, Elena was one of his very few exceptions perhaps the only one.

Elena chuckled as she heard Klaus apologising her. It wasn't something that usually happened. She pushed her chance as hard as she could. "I couldn't hear, can you repeat?" She tried not to laugh and wore a serious mask.

Klaus rolled his eyes at her. "I'm sure that you heard it very well. Nevertheless, I'm telling again. My apologies, do I have a chance to be forgiven?" He softened his voice.

Elena had already drawn in her horns. "I do forgive you." She looked at Klaus immediately and saw his smile. "Only for once." She added. "Don't push hard." She warned him.

Klaus sighed of relief. "Thank you sweetheart. I'll do nothing that will disappoint you again. You have my word." He smiled as wide as he could. "Well, now I'm leaving you alone. Good night." Then he left the room closing the door behind him.

Elena smiled at what had just happened. Klaus was everything that she had thus knowing that he cared about her as well as she did about him made her even happier. She knew she hurt Klaus' feelings by telling him that she would leave. However, she really wanted to get rid of this life. At least, give it a try. Afterwards she thought of convincing Klaus to join her. If they had enough money to survive, what else would they need?

Meanwhile, she thought about the job she had just got. If she wanted her plans to come true, she needed this job done immediately. Therefore, Damon Salvatore was her only chance. The easier he were to kidnap the quicker she would have the life she wanted. He was the key to her dreams, to her happiness. She felt free for the first time after a long while. She also felt her eyes closing by this relief.

She whispered to the air. "I've been waiting for you, Damon Salvatore, since I was born." Meanwhile, she had already fell asleep.


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