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Elena looked up from her place laid out on the couch when Stefan returned. "Back so soon?" she questioned him, sitting up and turning off the television with the remote control.
"Yeah," he lowered his green eyes, avoiding the true meaning behind her question. Elena frowned, but before she asked him if he had eaten, he spoke up. "I just got a little call from Bonnie."
"What?" Elena looked confused, "How could you get a call from Bonnie? You have no cell phone."
"Not that kind of call," Stefan informed her.
"Oh," realization sunk in. "Then that must mean,"
"Yep, there is another apocalypse to stop in Fell's Church," Stefan spoke grimly.
"I'm sure it can't be as serious as all that," Elena tried to placate him, "What was her message exactly?"
"I only got about half of it before the connection was lost. She said something else had come and they need all the help they could get."
"They?" Elena questioned, "Then that must mean someone else is with her. Why didn't they just get out of Fell's Church? I thought for sure they would after we left."
"Same thoughts as my own," Stefan replied, "but obviously not. Now we have to decide, are we going back or not?"
Elena did not hesitate at all, "Of course we are. I can't abandon Bonnie just like that. I can't abandon my home town either. No matter what has happened, it's still my home."
Stefan's face fell and he was about to speak up when he was interrupted by a voice, this time from the hallway, "There is no way you are going back there."
Stefan turned to see Damon. He hated how he was always sneaking about. "I thought you were out hunting," Stefan demanded.
"I changed my mind," was all Damon said. He did not even look at Stefan as he spoke, but straight at Elena as he stepped into the living room. "I cannot allow you to go back there."
Stefan's pride flared. Elena was his to protect, not Damon's. Before he could say anything, Elena spoke up, "I am touched by your concern, but it does not matter. My friends are in trouble and I am going. Either you two come with, since you seem so eager to protect me, or I go alone. It is that simple." Elena stood and tossed her blonde hair back, defiant.
Stefan's gaze met Damon's. They were both unfathomable, but they both knew what the other was thinking. "Alright," Stefan finally said, "we will all go back to Hell on Earth."
"Did you reach him?" Matt asked Bonnie when the trance was over.
Bonnie nodded, slightly dazed from the experience, "Yeah, I got to him. I just hope he comes, he seemed really reluctant."
"But do you think he will tell Elena?" Matt questioned eagerly.
"Of course, I don't think Stefan would be able to keep anything back from Elena," Bonnie was almost positive. Unless Stefan was really against it, she thought to herself.
"Then they will come," Matt seemed enthused now, more than he had been in the last couple of months, "If he tells Elena, they will come."
"Should we call Meredith now?" Bonnie questioned out loud.
"We don't have any of her blood or hair," Matt said distractedly.
Bonnie could not help the small smile tugging at her lips, "I meant with a phone. Not everybody we summon has to be a ritual. I have her cell phone number, and her dorm number. I am positive Meredith will come, she would never desert us."
Matt looked up, a new light in his eyes, "Yes, call her right away. Then the whole gang will be back together, and this new thing, whatever it is, will have serious stuff to contend with."
Bonnie nodded and reached for her phone and phone book. Even though the situation was supposed to be grim, she could not help feeling excited at the thought of them all back together. Matt was right, they had proved more than once that they were unstoppable. But a small corner in Bonnie's mind tried to present itself, it reminded her that there had always been grave consequences before, somebody always died, and not everybody was as lucky as Elena. Bonnie shoved the thought back into its little corner and tried to pay it no heed.
Elena looked up from her place laid out on the couch when Stefan returned. "Back so soon?" she questioned him, sitting up and turning off the television with the remote control.
"Yeah," he lowered his green eyes, avoiding the true meaning behind her question. Elena frowned, but before she asked him if he had eaten, he spoke up. "I just got a little call from Bonnie."
"What?" Elena looked confused, "How could you get a call from Bonnie? You have no cell phone."
"Not that kind of call," Stefan informed her.
"Oh," realization sunk in. "Then that must mean,"
"Yep, there is another apocalypse to stop in Fell's Church," Stefan spoke grimly.
"I'm sure it can't be as serious as all that," Elena tried to placate him, "What was her message exactly?"
"I only got about half of it before the connection was lost. She said something else had come and they need all the help they could get."
"They?" Elena questioned, "Then that must mean someone else is with her. Why didn't they just get out of Fell's Church? I thought for sure they would after we left."
"Same thoughts as my own," Stefan replied, "but obviously not. Now we have to decide, are we going back or not?"
Elena did not hesitate at all, "Of course we are. I can't abandon Bonnie just like that. I can't abandon my home town either. No matter what has happened, it's still my home."
Stefan's face fell and he was about to speak up when he was interrupted by a voice, this time from the hallway, "There is no way you are going back there."
Stefan turned to see Damon. He hated how he was always sneaking about. "I thought you were out hunting," Stefan demanded.
"I changed my mind," was all Damon said. He did not even look at Stefan as he spoke, but straight at Elena as he stepped into the living room. "I cannot allow you to go back there."
Stefan's pride flared. Elena was his to protect, not Damon's. Before he could say anything, Elena spoke up, "I am touched by your concern, but it does not matter. My friends are in trouble and I am going. Either you two come with, since you seem so eager to protect me, or I go alone. It is that simple." Elena stood and tossed her blonde hair back, defiant.
Stefan's gaze met Damon's. They were both unfathomable, but they both knew what the other was thinking. "Alright," Stefan finally said, "we will all go back to Hell on Earth."
"Did you reach him?" Matt asked Bonnie when the trance was over.
Bonnie nodded, slightly dazed from the experience, "Yeah, I got to him. I just hope he comes, he seemed really reluctant."
"But do you think he will tell Elena?" Matt questioned eagerly.
"Of course, I don't think Stefan would be able to keep anything back from Elena," Bonnie was almost positive. Unless Stefan was really against it, she thought to herself.
"Then they will come," Matt seemed enthused now, more than he had been in the last couple of months, "If he tells Elena, they will come."
"Should we call Meredith now?" Bonnie questioned out loud.
"We don't have any of her blood or hair," Matt said distractedly.
Bonnie could not help the small smile tugging at her lips, "I meant with a phone. Not everybody we summon has to be a ritual. I have her cell phone number, and her dorm number. I am positive Meredith will come, she would never desert us."
Matt looked up, a new light in his eyes, "Yes, call her right away. Then the whole gang will be back together, and this new thing, whatever it is, will have serious stuff to contend with."
Bonnie nodded and reached for her phone and phone book. Even though the situation was supposed to be grim, she could not help feeling excited at the thought of them all back together. Matt was right, they had proved more than once that they were unstoppable. But a small corner in Bonnie's mind tried to present itself, it reminded her that there had always been grave consequences before, somebody always died, and not everybody was as lucky as Elena. Bonnie shoved the thought back into its little corner and tried to pay it no heed.