Spinning. That's what everything felt like around Elena. She laid motionless somewhere. It felt like the entire world was spinning extrememly fast around her. But when her eyes shot open, everything stopped. She blinked a couple times to allow her eyes to adjust, but everything was pitch black. Slowly, Elena sat up. Her eyes were kind of starting to adjust, but not completely. A light appeared above her. "Enjoy it down there Elena. Maybe now you'll get the chance to experience what it feels like to be buried alive in a tomb." Katherine was grinning down at her.
"Katherine please. Don't do this." Elena begged softly. She felt so drained and distant. A small light flicked on from a bulb hanging. At least now she could see where she was at. It was a small room made of cement. In the corner was a fold up table with a jug of water. Her eyes flickered to a corner opposite of her when she heard a sharp intake of air. John was sprawled out on the floor clutching his stomach. "No!" Elena pulled herself up off the ground to run to his side.
From above her, Katherine laughed. Before Elena could say anything Katherine slammed the door shut. She looked up desperately. There's no way she'd be able to climb up and get the door open. There was a clicking sound of a lock. 'Great'. Elena thought. Now there really was no way she would be getting them out.
"Are you okay?" She asked quietly, placing her hand gently on John's stomach wound. John reached a hand up to place over top of Elena's. "I'm fine." He whispered. "I think I stopped bleeding. But we need help, Elena. We can't stay down here."
"I know." Elena replied. A thought clicked in her head. She still had her cell phone in her pocket. Hurriedly, she reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. "I still have my phone." She pressed the red telephone button, waiting for it to power on. After a few seconds the phone lit up with light. "Please tell me you have service." John's voice spoke from beside her.
Elena stared at the screen. One bar. "I have one bar of service." She answered his statement.
"Oh thank goodness."
Elena inhaled deeply and dialed Stefan's number. Pressing the phone up to her ear, she waited. It went straight to voicemail. "Leave a message." John instructed. Elena nodded. When the 'beep' went off Elena breathed sharply. "Stefan it's me. Please call me back as soon as you get this message." She paused slightly. "Be careful. No one is who you think they are." She pressed the end call button before turning to face John. "I should call Jenna. Just to make sure Katherine didn't mess with her or Jeremy."
Once again, she waited for an answer, but there was nothing. No ringing at all. Elena sighed heavily. That was not a good sign. "Someone cut the phone wire. I can't get through."
They both sat in silence for a few minutes. "Call Isobel." John spoke suddenly.
"What?" Elena questioned. She was shocked that he'd even suggest her. "She won't help us."
John nodded. "Yes she will. Call her. Please Elena."
Sighing, Elena gave in. "What's the number?" As John gave her the number, Elena dialed. She pressed the phone up to her ear and waited once again. The phone rang five times before Isboel finally answered. "Hello?"
A jolt of hope washed through her. "Mom?" She asked, revealing herself so that Isobel would know who was calling.
"Elena?" Isboel sounded shocked and uncertain.
"Yeah it's me. Listen. I need your help."
Elena could hear Isobel moving around in the background of the phone. "Need help? With what?" Elena could tell that Isobel didn't sound very thrilled. She knew this was a bad idea to even call her.
"Katherine is here. She trapped Dad and I somewhere underground in the woods. There's no way out."
Isboel was silent for seconds. "You know about John and I?"
"Yes."
Isobel sighed. "What happened? Where's Katherine now?"
Elena bit her lower lip. "I'm not sure where she is. I came home and found her in the kitchen attacking John. She hit me over the head and brought us to this place in the middle of the woods. There's a door above us, but there's no way I can reach it. John lost a lot of blood. She fed on him and..." Elena paused to blow a strand of hair out of her face. She tilted her head slightly and felt a sharp pain in her neck. Her eyes grew wide.
"Elena? Are you still there?" Isboel asked with Elena didn't continue.
Her hand reached up to touch the side of her neck. There was a ring of dried blood and two bite marks. Elena gasped as she pulled her hand away and noticed another bite on her wrist. The phone fell out of her palm as a wave of shock jolted through her. "Elena?" Isboel's voice was full of panic, which caused even more shock to wash through her. "I'm on my way!" The phone went dead on the other line and Elena felt herself fall back onto the floor.
"Elena?" John reached out from beside her. "What's wrong?" His voice was full of caution.
Elena shook her head and burst into tears as she realized what had happened to her.
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Stefan dialed Elena's number quickly. If Damon was right, then Elena would be in danger. "It's busy." He said nervously to Damon.
"Then we need to go find her." Damon replied.
Stefan nodded to Damon once before they both took off in a run. They were at Elena's house in twenty seconds flat. Damon rang the doorbell at least five times before stopping to wait. The door creaked open slowly. "Hi?" The girl that opened the door looked exactly like Elena. The girl's hair was perfectly straight and hung freely over her shoulders. She had pajama shorts on with a t-shirt.
"Where's your necklace?" Damon asked, while staring down at her bare neck.
Katherine reached up to touch her bare neck, remembering Elena's necklace of vervain. "I took it off for bed. Why? Is everything okay?"
Damon eyed Stefan with suspicion. "No everything is not okay."
Stefan sighed. "What Damon means is...he's a little paranoid. Will you please put your necklace on?"
Katherine reached into Elena's robe pocket and pulled out the necklace. She had successfully removed all the vervain with the help of Elena's Aunt Jenna, who was now knocked out in the basement. Casually she placed the necklace around her neck and clasped it shut. "There. Happy now?" She had to supress a grin when she saw the surprise on Damon and Stefan's face.
"Something still doesn't seem right." Damon replied.
Stefan rolled his eyes. "Damon. There's nothing wrong. Apparently we were wrong."
"Wrong about what?" Katherine asked, trying to sound innocent. It really was easy for her to act like Elena.
"It's nothing." Stefan answered. "I thought you wanted to stop by the hospital to see Caroline?"
"I did, but I decided she'd need all the rest she can get. I'll go see her tomorrow."
Stefan nodded. "Well we should probably be going. We just came by to make sure you were okay."
"I'm fine." Katherine replied, with a small smile. "Maybe I should come with you though."
Stefan looked over to Damon. "That's a good idea."
Katherine smiled and pulled the front door closed as she stepped out onto the porch. She started to follow Stefan off the porch when Damon grabbed her upper arm. He knew something was wrong. "What have you done?" He asked, his eyes narrowing in on her. Katherine shook him off, but he grabbed her again. "Where's Elena?" He demanded.
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