Beneath that facade

by Catherina1450

This is a story about Elijah and Katherine. After centuries while Katherine had been hiding and running from him and Klaus they meet again . It seems like there is no way for them to get to know each other because the doppelgangers fear is too strong , but then everything seems to change...while even more difficult problems appear

4. Another way out

Katherine held the wood in her hands tight. There was no possibility left to escape, everything she could do was dying. She had never been a person who gave up, she always tried to fight for her live…yes once she even thought for her family and friends… before she turned into the person she was today. She wanted people to fear her, to respect her. "Do not hesitate anymore Katerina." she mumbled to herself and stabbed the stake into her heart.

Elijah still watched her as she stabbed herself and turned to leave. Now it was over. Everything was over. She was gone, but there was one thing he knew for sure. Even if Katerina Petrova was dead, she would never be forgotten.

She failed while trying to end her life, she missed her heart and the stake was stuck right next to it. Breathing heavily she closed her eyes and waited for a moment of redemption. She always wanted to be hated and to be invincible, but now? Now she sat on the dirty ground of an old, empty house with a stake next to her heart and a mind full of regrets. And now that her chance of freedom was gone, she recognized that she forgot who she was anyway.

Elijah just wanted to leave as he heard that she was still breathing. For a moment he thought he only imagined it, but again, he heard her taking another breath. The original vampire turned around fast and went back towards her, kneeling down beside her. "Katerina..." he said and carefully touched the stake to pull it out and save her life. He realized that he couldn't just let her die, even though his brother wanted him to – this wasn't Elijah – the person who made the woman in front of her want to die was a part of him which tried not to care. But he didn't have to strength to watch her die slowly.

"Don't touch this stake…don't pull it out" she whispered and opened her eyes again , "Please…I want to be put out of my misery, don't force me to suffer that way again…please" she almost begged him.

Elijah shook his head slightly, not knowing what to do. He couldn't let it end this way, he couldn't leave her dying. "I'm sorry Katerina, but I can't" he said as he pulled out the stake slowly, trying not to hurt her too much. He saw that she was weak, so he was hoping that she would survive. Even though she was a vampire – a supernatural creature – there were a few small pieces of woods left in her wound. After pulling out the stake he noticed that she was losing consciousness. Elijah lifted the wounded doppelganger up, holding her in his arms because he didn't wanted her to sit on the ground anymore. Obviously he wasn't sure if he should let her stay here, Klaus would hurt her and she would end that way again. That wasn't what he wanted. From a table he grabbed Katherine's bracelet, which protected her from the sun and put it back on her arm. Then he went out of the house, still carrying the woman in his arms. With the speed of a vampire he left that place fast and went with Katerina towards a bigger town far from there, where Klaus wouldn't be able to find them that fast. A little later he arrived in an apartment with her and laid her down on a bed, sitting down right next to her and looked at her worried. He didn't wanted to be the reason for her death he had to help her after making her worst nightmare come true. He couldn't remember the last time that he felt that guilty, but now he did. Well he didn't even know why he felt that way, he was an original and the brother of Niklaus, so he was supposed to be her enemy. Even though…he just cared about her. He knew what kind of person she was and that she only cared for herself, but he still remembered the beautiful young woman he met 500 years ago. Elijah couldn't let go of the thought that this person was still inside her.

While he was thinking about all of the Katerina woke up. Shocked about herself not being dead, not knowing where she was and even more afraid as she noticed Elijah sitting right next to her. But she still remembered that he was the one who pulled out the stake of her body, even though she couldn't imagine why. She saw that he must have been thinking about something so she hesitated for a few seconds before asking quietly "Why didn't you just let me die Elijah?"