Chapter 3: Leverage

Written by Fireworks8725

After hours and many days alone in their brick prison, Elijah finally allowed Beth to join him on a quick trip to a blood bank. Typically over the years, a hunt would have been preferable, but Elijah had made promises to the Doppelganger Elena that he would keep a low profile.

Annie chose to linger at the house, for she knew who would be around today.

Not 5 minutes after Elijah had gone, had Kol entered the home. She had heard him coming but sat quietly on the couch for a moment longer. He appeared in just one second beside her face and kissed her cheek softly.

"Darling Kol!" She cheered.

Kol and Annie had a complicated time of immortality. Kol had kept being daggered and undaggered by Klaus and various other people, so their time was always limited. Since the first time they had met, they knew this would be a nonconventional romance; after all, she was his first kill.

"Please do keep your voice down! Elijah has ears bested to all of us!" He urged. "Do you know what he is planning?" He asked.

Annie pouted. "So you have come all this way from Romania just to spy on your dear brother then?"

"Well yes. I mean no! I mean! Ugh!" Kol felt trapped in his truth telling, "I need to know what is going on so that I can stay alive! Isn't that what you want? Me, alive?!"

"No. Go die in a hole for all I care. Darling." She frowned, and sped into another room. He did not follow her there, as he never was very good at conversation anyways, whether it be good or bad. Her only real company over the years had been Beth. Beth always had the love of Elijah and Klaus. She was worried still what she would do when Klaus found out about Elijah's true plans…what would Beth choose to do?

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Being free of the compulsion to stay locked away was freeing. It reminded the girls much of a time right after their transition. Klaus had compelled the girls to stay in their home, while their deaths were made known. This way they could all leave town without fear of being pursued.

Annie's blue diamond bracelet, which she always had on her wrist, was made for her by Ayana, so that she may walk free in the sun along with the Originals. Beth too had defensive jewellery, but after her transitional state, her paranoia had been heightened and she refused to tell anyone what the item was. However Annie was convinced it was the diamond ring she always wore. She would never tell Beth that she knew, for Beth may suspect that Annie was trying to kill her, of which she was not.

Annie's sire to Elijah had made loving Kol a very hard thing to do. Kol himself made the task hard enough as it was without the added complication. Now finally free though, and with only one Original in their pack, Beth and Annie were free to explore Mystic Falls.

x.x.x.x

Elijah was missing for many days. Luka and his father called often to see if he had returned. The girls grew frightened for their sire. They remembered the Salvatore Brothers were in charge of Elena, and ran over to see if they knew where their sire was.

Oddly at the door, they were blocked entry.

"This isn't even funny. I've walked into this house before! What the Hell is going on here?" Beth asked aloud.

Damon and Stefan appeared at the door, grinning.

"Only vampires live here. They must have a witch keeping us out." Annie speculated.

"I'm smarter than you are!" Damon said in a sing song voice, taunting them.

They girls both slammed their bodies against the invisible barrier.

"If you need to keep us out so badly, then you know where Elijah is. Give him to us." Beth said, baring her fangs.

"Elijah is dead. Go home." Stefan said calmly.]

The girls froze.

"That is impossible." They knew that killing an original would kill their sire line. They would be the first to drop of Elijah was truly dead. Still, their lips quivered at the thought that it could be true.

"If he is dead, be assured that I will kill you." Beth snarled at the men.

They heard a small gasp come from inside the house.

"Elena right? I will kill her too. Gladly." Annie growled.

"Who the Hell are you guys? His pets? The Original pets? Honestly." Damon said with snark.

The temper within them rose up as their eyes turned red. They started to back up from the door, when they heard a car door. Before a second had passed, they were at the car. They heard the Brothers panic, so they grabbed the man and took him back to their home.

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"I don't know how well this was thought out." Beth said, calmer now.

"They HAVE Elijah, we needed leverage." Annie justified.

"Now you sound like Katherine." Beth snorted, starting to laugh now at how crazy it was. "We managed to go hundreds of years without kidnapping anyone. Elijah is gone less than a week and we have a teenage boy tied up in the lounge."

"Klaus would be so proud." Annie joked.

A cold shiver ran through the house. Without Elijah around, then Klaus would have no one in his way to kill Elena and become a full hybrid.

"Let's just see what the boy knows? He's clearly not a threat to us at all, but he must know something if he's visiting the Salvatores."

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They sat calmly in the lounge and placed a cup of tea down in front of the boy, who they placed beside them on the couch.

"You will not move from this couch, or fight us." Beth compelled him.

He nodded.

"What is your name dear?" Annie asked.

"Stefan is going to kill you both." He answered.

"Fiesty." Beth noted.

"That's an awfully long name." Annie dug her nails into his arm until he bled. "Name?"

"What do you want with me?" He groaned.

"Don't make her ask again. This can go good cop, bad cop really fast. We have had years of practice." Beth threatened.

"My name is Jeremy Gilbert."

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