All right, so apparently I stuffed up a little. The 5th of Feb is Bonnie's birthday. So for the story to work, we'll just pretend that her birthday is on the 6th, instead?
My goal was to have this up before Monday, which is my birthday and I did. Yay, me!
Sorry if there are typos, I don't know if I've said it before, but I do not have a beta, I do all the proof-reading myself.
I do not own The Vampire Diaries.
Unexpected 2 chapter 7
Images flashed through her mind, snippets of conversations were heard, but nothing really made sense.
"You're a lousy drunk, baby Gilbert." Rebekah and Jeremy trading quips, then them both falling and being thrown into a van.
"You must be Katerina? I'd say it's a pleasure to meet you but it's really not." Kol holding onto Katherine's neck, her feet dangling off the ground. They were in the Salvatore Boarding house. "What did you do to Elena?"
Elena stumbling out of Damon's office, smudged blood on her forehead. "Bitch tried to knock me out," Elena said, wiping at the blood and showing no wound. "She obviously thought I'd be out for longer. Tried to trick you, didn't she, Kol?" Kol smiled, then snapped Katherine's neck, "Can't trick a trickster, darling," he sneered at the crumpled body at his feet.
"I'm relieving you both of your duties, effective immediately. Don't warn Caroline or Tyler and don't try to stop us. We make our move tonight." Both the mayor and the sheriff are cuffed and Pastor Younge storms out of the room.
"They're after you. Run, Vakker!" Kol yelled, pushing her out of the way and getting a chest full of wooden bullets.
"Let me channel the babies," Bonnie said, her cuffed hands clasping onto Elena's. "I need to make sure Elijah and Klaus know where to find us."
Then she was in the make-do jail, vampires lined the cages. Damon, Finn, Sage, Stefan, Caroline, Katherine… Kol. Bonnie was throwing blood bags through the bars and the vampires inside them scrambling to get to the precious fluid. The doors on the cages busting open, tiny little satchel bags hanging in the corners of the shed going up in flames.
Bonnie's eyes shot open, her pupils blown wipe with fear. She was breathing heavy as she looked around and tried to remember where she was.
"Bonnie?" Elijah said, taking his eyes off the road for a second. "What's wrong?"
"Vision," was all Bonnie said. "I had a vision. It was just flashes, but something's wrong. We need to get home. Now."
"What's happened?" Elijah asked, his hands fisting the steering wheel, tightly. "Please tell me Elena and my babies are alright?"
"I-I don't know. I saw Katherine try to impersonate Elena to Kol after she hit her in the head."
"Katerina hit Elena?" Elijah asked in a deadly calm voice.
"She tried to knock her out, but I don't know if it's already happened or not. We have to hurry!" Bonnie said, "I think the council has struck again. With Bekah and Jeremy. And I think I'm next."
Elena gagged as she awoke from her nap, she and Kol had been watching movies when she had dozed off, the smell of cooking meat wafted through the house. She felt her stomach roll as bile rose in the throat and she jumped up and ran to the nearest bathroom, emptying her lunch into the toilet.
There's a knock on the door. "Ellie?" Kol called through the wood. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine, Kol," Elena called back, splashing her face with cool water from the tap. "I just can't stand the smell of meat cooking at the moment." She dried her face and exited. "I don't mind it once it's all cooked and on my plate, but the smell of it actually cooking," she trailed off as her face turned green.
"Sorry darling," Kol said, going back to the kitchen and opening the windows and back door. "Stay there for a minutes, I'll air the room out a bit. I was just making a steak sandwich, sorry."
"It's okay, Kol." Elena said, coming into the room and spraying some air freshener. "It's just pregnancy hormones, they're a real bitch."
Elena went upstairs to brush her teeth and change, when she got back down, Kol had eaten and was sipping on an almost empty blood bag.
"What's the time?" Elena asked, noting how hungry she felt. "Are Jer and Bek back yet?"
Kol shook his head, checking his watch. "It's almost six, do you think something's wrong, Ellie?"
"I don't know," Elena said, her phone out, already calling Jeremy's number. "Voice mail. What about Bekah's cell?"
"Voice mail, too," Kol said, shaking his head. "C'mon, we'll go and get you some drive-thru and then check out the Grill. See if they're still there getting drunk?"
Elena nodded and Kol led the way out to his car.
They weren't at the Grill. Elena's food was scattered across the footpath, leaving no doubt of foul play. Kol called Klaus, telling him that the council had struck again and that both Rebekah and Jeremy were missing. He said he and Caroline would be on the next flight home, they would be back in Mystic falls by mid-night, hopefully.
After trying to call both Elijah and Bonnie, who's phones were out of range, Elena told Kol to drive to the Salvatore's. Damon use to be head of the council, he had information about the council members and possible places where their family and friend could be.
"It's open," Kol said, pushing the door and going inside. "Where would the wanker most likely hide his sort of info?"
"Damon's got a bad habit of hiding things in the last place you would look, but the most obvious place you could stumble on accidently." Elena gave a light snort. "He hid the moonstone in a bowl filled with soaps and the white oak stakes in the fire wood bin. He's a big believer of the whole 'hiding in plain sight' thing."
"That's stupid," Kol said.
Elena just smiled and headed off to wards Damon's office. "Check his room, it's upstairs, second door on the left."
Elena was shuffling through bookshelves and looking in desk draws, not having much luck. She did find some stuff on the council, but it wasn't anything they didn't already know. She had heard the office door open and turned, thinking it was Kol only to be greeted by her mirror image.
"Hello Elena," Katherine said, pulling her hand from behind her back, showing a heavy bookend.
"Katherine," Elena said, tentatively, holding her arms out in defence.
"Goodbye Elena," she lifted the bookend and slammed it against Elena's forehead.
Elena felt her head swim as she flee to the ground, she skin split open from the impact and she lost consciousness for a moment.
Katherine swooped in and stole Elena's jacket and phone. Her shoes and jeans both similar enough to get away with. Katherine also grabbed the stack of papers Elena had clutched in her hand. Now she was off to meet another Mikaelson brother. Elena's fore head was already healing. Katherine locked the door behind her.
"Ellie," Kol said, coming back into the sitting room. He had searched right through Damon's room, only to find nothing. Elena came through the doorway, some papers in her right hand. "You find anything useful?"
"Huh?" Elena said, before looking at her hands. "Um, yeah. Here." She handed over the paper's she had and Kol quickly looked through them. Elena's posture was strange.
"You don't feel sick again, do you Ellie?" Kol asked, feeling a bit concerned. "No more nausea, right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Elena said, tucking some hair behind her ear.
Her bracelet jingled a little with the movement and Kol's eyes shot to her wrist. It wasn't the bracelet that Bonnie had given to Elena. So this the famous Katherine Pierce?
"There's nothing here we don't already know." Kol said, playing his role. He concentrated, listening for Elena's heart beat and found it, in the office she was meant to be searching. But Katherine was wearing Elena's jacket. It was a good job, but aside from the bracelet, Elena's converse were light pink, Katerina's were dark pink.
Kol was about to take her by the throat, when he heard a car pulling up outside. A few seconds later, Elijah burst through the door, Bonnie hot on his heels.
"Kol," Elijah said, looking between the fake-Elena and his brother. He remembered what Bonnie had said, about Katherine trying to impersonate Elena. Was this Elena or Katerina? He listened to her heart, he knew Elena's heartbeat like the back of his hand. He could pick it out of a room filled with humans.
"Elijah, Bonnie," Katherine said. She smiles, coyly and walked to Elijah. "Hey," she held out her hand, but before she could walk any further, Elijah held his hand to her neck and squeezed.
"Where's Elena?" he demanded, "If I find out you've hurt her, you'll wish for death, Katerina!"
"Elijah," she choked, "It's me, Elena. Stop!"
"WHERE IS SHE?" He yelled, he had raced home after Bonnie's vision, worry growing in him by the second. Elena had to be alright, Bonnie had said she had seen Elena healed and was fine, but that didn't stop his fury at the older doppelgänger.
"Office," Katherine muttered. She had never seen Elijah so enraged, it scared her. "She's in Damon's office."
Elijah took her by her forearm and practically dragged Katherine through the house until they reached the office door. He could tell this was it, because he could hear Elena trying to open the door on the inside.
"Elena?" He asked, felling relieved when he heard her heart jump at his voice. "If something is wrong with her, Katerina, I will kill you." He spat, with venom. "Elena!"
"I'm here," he heard her say through the door.
"Step back," he called, trying the handle. Elijah waited a moment, throwing Katherine away from him and snapped the handle off the door. He pushed and the wood splintered around where the handle had been, the door busting open. Elijah wasted no time in taking Elena in his arms. There was fresh blood on her face, but otherwise she looked unharmed.
"Are you hurt, sweetheart?" Elijah asked, cupping Elena's face with one hand and the other unconsciously going to the tiny bump just visible through her thin sweater. Katherine did not fail to notice this.
"I'm fine," Elena said, wrapping her arms around Elijah's middle and hugging him.
Elijah held her close, his arms encircling her shoulders and he placed a kiss to her forehead, right where the smeared blood was.
"You could tell she wasn't me?" Elena asked, but it was really more of a statement than a question, Elijah nodded. "You knew she wasn't me!" She felt so unbelievably relieved. Finally, someone could tell the difference and it was the only someone that mattered.
"Of course I knew she was Katerina, sweetheart," Elijah scoffed. "I am not a Salvatore, I would know you anywhere!"
Meanwhile, Katherine tried to get out of there while Elijah was occupied with Elena, but Kol grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back. He and Bonnie had followed behind Elijah.
"So, you're Katerina?" Kol asked, "With your reputation, I expected more. I heard you were good at imitating Elena, almost impossible to tell apart, but really, it was rather pathetic. Attention to detail, darling!" He admonished, tsking. "Wrong jewellery, wrong shoes… Wrong attitude. Ellie's and I are friends, she's a lot more comfortable with me than you are. Plus you're about a thousand years too early if you want to try and get one over me." Then he snapped her neck.
"Thank god you two are okay," Bonnie said. "I had a vision in the car on the way back to town, we hurried back and came straight here." She embraced Kol, kissing him on the mouth. "I saw you get hurt, really hurt. For me."
"Hey, Vakker, darling, I'm fine and you're totally worth it!"
"Here," Elena said, "We'll put her in the basement. We can't have her causing trouble while we're trying to fine Jeremy and Rebekah." She took her jacket off Katherine.
Elijah bent down picked up Katherine, throwing her roughly over his shoulder and zipping off to the door leading downstairs. He clearly remembered where the basement was. Once down, Elijah dropped Katherine none too lightly into the cell, taking great pleasure in slamming and locking the cell door behind him.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Bonnie asks, once Elijah returns and they are at the front door.
"Jeremy and Rebekah are missing, we think the council might've struck again." Elena said, clenching her fists. She was so incredibly worried about her brother. Elijah saw how tense she looked and placed a hand on back, he pulled her in for a hug and whispered words of comfort into her ear.
"They have," Bonnie said. "I saw it. But I also saw us finding them, we save them." She turns to Kol, "I saw you there, too."
"They got my brother?" Elena asks, her eyes filling with tears, her knees almost giving out. "Oh, God. Elijah, what if they stake Jeremy? I can't lose anyone else. I just can't!"
"Calm down, Elena," Elijah said, catching Elena and holding her bridal style when her legs gave out. He needed her to breathe, she had started to hyperventilate a bit. He understood how she felt, but she had to make sure she was calm, for their babies. "We will find him, I give you my word. But right now, you stressing your body is not good for the twins, please, my love?"
Elena looked at him, her eyes wide with fear for her brother, but at the mention of their babies, she nodded, taking a deep breath. "I'm good, I'm okay."
"Liz, Carol, so happy the two of you could make it." Pastor Younge said, when Mayor Lockwood and Sheriff Forbes entered the Fell's house where the impromptu meeting was taking place. "I was hoping if you could invite your children to come around, since they are both the thing we hunt."
Liz and Carol looked at each other, shock going through them at this.
"I don't know what you mean, Reilly," Sheriff Forbes said, giving a nervous smile. "Besides, Caroline's not even in town at the moment."
"Liz, don't lie. We all know that both you and Carol have been lying to the council for months. About Caroline being a vampire and Tyler being a hybrid." Pastor Younge nodded his head and four of Sheriff Forbes' deputies restrained both her and the mayor. "Neither of you are fit run this town or this council, I'm having you both removed."
"You can't do that," Mayor Lockwood said, her hands being cuffed behind her.
"We can. The council has known for months that both you and our dear sheriff have been disloyal to us." Pastor Younge pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. "Alaric Saltzman came and saw me the night before he died. He told me of all the hypocrisies going on in the council, all the vampires you both have given free rein in town and he offered a solution."
"We've managed to collect all vampires in town, including two Originals, the Salvatores and Jeremy Gilbert, so barring your children and the remaining Mikaelson brothers, I'd say that's pretty good." He smiles, "Oh and Elena Gilbert. All we need is to get Bonnie Bennett possessed by a certain witch and vampires will be gone from the Earth for good."
"Elena Gilbert's not a vampire," Carol said.
"She is," Pastor Younge said, adamantly. "I saw her using vampire-speed myself."
"That wasn't Elena," Liz said. "It was probably Katherine Pierce. Elena's ancestor and a nasty piece of work. If you want to kill her, I'd have no objections. She's the bitch who killed my baby."
"She was the one who made Tyler trigger his curse, too," Carol said.
"Who is Katherine Pierce?" Pastor Younge said, "You know what, it doesn't matter. I'm relieving you both of your duties, effective immediately. Don't warn Caroline or Tyler and don't try to stop us. We make our move tonight."
Some of the deputies dropped both Liz and Carol at their homes, after doing a thorough sweep of the place first. At the Lockwood's they found Tyler and some girl watching a movie in the lounge.
"Mom," Tyler yelled when the door opened. "Is that you, mom?" Tyler asked, not turning around.
He really should have turned around. One of the deputies fired off a vervain dart, hitting Tyler just behind his ear. It didn't knock him out, because of his werewolf side, but it was enough to impede his abilities. Hayley jumped up and spun around, growling at the people who just shot at them. The deputy shot again, hitting Hayley in the chest, she pulled it out and laughed.
"Vervain's not gonna work on me," she said.
"Hayley," Carol yelled, struggling with the cuffs. "Get Tyler away from here, the council are after him." Carol got the butt of a gun to her face and blacked out. Her last thought was hoping Tyler got away.
Hayley nodded, feeling regret at not being able to help Carol, who had been so nice to her lately, grabbing Tyler she sped out of the room and got out to Tyler's car. She threw him in the back seat before running back inside and getting phones, wallets and keys. It had been less than two minutes since Carol had been knocked out, but Hayley was already speeding down the drive way.
Thankfully, Tyler had been prepared for weeks for an emergency getaway. In his trunk was clothes and money. Hayley drove south, thinking this was the perfect time to check out New Orleans.
"We just landed in Richmond, brother," Klaus said to Elijah over the phone. "We should be back in Mystic Falls soon."
"Hurry brother, I have a rather ominous feeling. It's going to get worse before it gets better." They hung up and Klaus started his car.
"Sorry we had to cut our trip short, love." He said, backing out of the car park.
"It's all right, Nik." Caroline said, giving his leg a squeeze. "Maybe we can rain check?"
"Any time, love."
The 'Welcome to Mystic Falls' sign was in sight, Klaus had pushed his car to the absolute limits. It was only 11:35, when he passed the Grill.
"I need to check on my mom," Caroline said, looking at her phone, which she had completely forgotten to turn back on. Klaus' cell had gotten a message and it had reminded her to turn hers on. There was multiple messages and missed phone calls from her mom and when Caroline had tried to call back there was no answer. With everything going on, Caroline felt the need to check, just to be safe. "I can't get a hold of her and she's been calling me since eight. I'm worried, she's never this insistent unless it's serious. Or something's wrong."
"That's not a good idea, love." Klaus said, "We need to check in with Elijah and Kol. No vampire is safe in this town."
"I need to check on my mom, Klaus!" Caroline snapped, slipping back into the habit she had been trying all week to break and calling him 'Klaus' in her annoyance. "You don't have to stay, I'll check on her myself. Bonnie said the council arrested her, but she didn't know when that would happen, I don't know if she's all right or not. She's my mom, Klaus, what do you expect me to do?"
"I'm not leaving you alone, Caroline. And what happened to 'Nik'? I was rather enjoying you calling me that." Klaus said, turning onto Caroline's street. "C'mon, love," he pulled up in her driveway and turned off the car. Klaus got out and held out his hand to take hers when she got out.
"Mom," Caroline yelled, opening the door and letting herself inside, Klaus right behind her. "Mom?" She wandered to the back of the house where the lounge was.
"Caroline, sweetie, you shouldn't have come back," Liz said, she was sitting at the dining table in the next room, her cell on the table in front of Pastor Younge and about half a dozen deputies standing around the room, all guns now pointed at her and Klaus.
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So, I'm pretty sure I've found a good boy's name. I'm not going to tell you what it is yet, but it's Scandinavian and it means 'heir', 'lucky' or 'beloved'. If you go looking for the name now, don't post it in the reviews!
I've also started working on an all-human Elejah, with Klaroline and Kennett as background couples. I won't be posting it for a while, but if I ever finish it and really like it, I'll post it eventually.
When Unexpected 2 is finished, I'm pretty sure I'll move onto The Originals storylines, since they actually have a baby/pregnancy arc I can adapt. I've already started on the outlines and very rough drafts.
Since today is Bonnie's actual birthday (Feb 5th), I'm going to close this off by saying 'Happy Birthday, Bonnie!'
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