Hello, my lovely readers. It's time for another hair-raising side of this Halloween tale. On with the show…

Chapter 7: Party Like It's Your Last Night to Live

Hayley Marshall had been looking forward to the party at The Falls. Since she came back to Mystic Falls things had seemed pretty boring and low key. Even Rebekah hadn't been able to bring a little life to their time there. All Hayley wanted to do was get back to New Orleans as soon as they made sure this hoax really was a hoax. She was certain that some kid had just gotten way too into the Halloween spirit and wanted to scared the shit out of a bunch of people.

Rebekah had driven them to The Falls and Hayley got out of the passenger side of the car. "Are you ready to party like it's your last night to live?" Hayley had joked as she looked back at Jackson and Oliver who had tagged along. She had missed these guys since she left for school. Jack wasn't one for college and Ollie was a senior at Mystic Falls High.

"Yes!" Oliver cheered. "Bring on the beer and the ladies!"

"He's such an animal," Jackson had muttered with a grin as his brother took off to drink himself into a stupor.

"Yes, he is that," Rebekah said with a shake of her head as she looked around the party with a raised eyebrow.

"Snob," Jackson teased.

"Humph," Rebekah sighed, looking for someone else to talk to.

Hayley grinned. It wasn't a secret to her that Jackson had a little crush on Rebekah even though Rebekah wouldn't give him the time of day. "Look, there's your brother," she pointed at Klaus who was making his way toward them.

"Which one?" Rebekah asked before she spotted Klaus. "Nik," she greeted him warmly.

"Bekah, have you seen Caroline?" Klaus asked and Hayley snickered. He gave her a look, then turned to Rebekah who was shaking her head. "Enjoy the party," he said curtly and then walked off.

"How rude," Rebekah muttered.

"Yes, he is, Mrs. Peacock," Hayley teased her friend, linking arms with her and getting in line to get a drink.

At some point Rebekah wandered off with Stefan, leaving Hayley with Jackson. She was trying to enjoy the party but it was still as boring as watching paint dry. When the cry of the countdown to All Halo's Eve began, she pumped her fist in the air and swallowed the remnants of the beer in her cup.

"Where's Oliver?" Jackson wondered aloud and Hayley looked around. She hadn't seen him in at least half an hour. Or maybe that was the booze talking.

"I'll go look for him. You stay put," Hayley replied, giving Jackson her cup and taking advantage of the excuse to go. Tripping along the dirt and scuffing her boots, she looked around until she saw something in a little clearing that looked like Oliver's boot. "Ollie, Jack's looking for you," she called. She was more than a little tipsy so it didn't register that he shouldn't be sleeping out here.

Moving down the incline, Hayley cocked her head to the side, gnawing on her lower lip as she got closer, she noticed a hole in Oliver's chest. "Jack-SON!" she began to scream. She could not seem to stop screaming. Then everything was happening so fast. First Jack was there, and then it felt like everyone was there. Except Rebekah. Where was Rebekah?

Hayley blinked at the people unsure of who was who and there was a ringing in her ears as Elijah came into to focus. He was holding her for some reason. She couldn't remember what she had seen.

It felt like minutes passed before she was getting into the back of a car with Jack. 'Where was Elijah?' she wondered as someone drove them away. Then they were turning around. When she saw Elijah trying to get through the parking lot, she opened the door. He needed to come with them. Someone was yelling at her to shut the door but she wasn't listening as Elijah jumped into the car. She closed the door they were driving along again as she slid her hand into Elijah's.

Closing her eyes, she enjoyed the feel of the upholstery until Elijah said something about his dad. He was getting out and moving toward a parked car. Getting out, she followed him. That wasn't right. A man's head was supposed to be on his shoulders, not beside him,' she thought, grimacing while tugging on Elijah. "Help!" Hayley cried, trying to get Elijah back to the car. It wasn't safe out here.

By the time they got to the hospital, Hayley was sure she was going crazy by the time that she left the group in search of drugs. She wasn't sure why Caroline insisted on coming with her. Something about having promised Elijah something back at the party. Then they found Klaus or Klaus found them. He looked as bad as she felt but for once she didn't tell him that as they ran around the stairwell. All she wanted was to feel numb.

By the time that Elijah grabbed her elbow in the stairwell, she was so very confused by everything. Elijah was talking to her and she was talking back but she wasn't sure what the words meant. Blinking, she saw Caroline try to hit Elijah with a fire extinguisher. Klaus stopped her. Then there was a crazy doctor. "Take that, bitch!" Hayley thought as she inserted the needle.

Everything moved so fast that she couldn't keep up until they were in the Sheriff's station and Hayley realized that she been on autopilot until this Katherine person showed up. Ever since she announced that she had killed Jackson or one of her friends had killed Jackson. The borders around her consciousness began to clear up, and she was living in High Def. now. Tugging at her restraints, she tried to get at the girl who was grinning back at her.

'I will kill you,' Hayley promised her silently. Katherine was no longer paying any attention to her as she moved on to taunt Elena, who she claimed to be related to, and Damon. That was fine by Hayley. That way she wouldn't notice her until Hayley was sliding the knife between her ribs.

"Time's up," Katherine announced suddenly as two other girls appeared, both armed. Yeah, that might make it harder for Hayley to get to Katherine, but not impossible, unless they killed her. Then it wouldn't matter anymore. She would be at peace with her friends. Or they could start a band, called the Ungrateful Dead, and haunt these three bitches for the rest of their unnatural lives.

Shots rang out as the one with the gun aimed and fired, killing the deputy that wasn't Matt. She also shot the other two men that had been working that night. The one with the axe cut their heads off to make sure they were dead. The tall, blonde shot Matt in the ankle so that he couldn't get far before the three killers set their sights on those who were still handcuffed.

"I've waited a long time for this meeting," the blonde crazy was telling Elijah who was staring at her with a look of uncertainty.

"Who are you?" Elijah asked as Blondie cut Katherine's handcuffs in two.

"Isn't that obvious?" Katherine asked, coming to lean over Elijah with a grin that made Hayley's stomach twist. "She's your sister. Don't you recognize the family resemblance?"

"No," Elijah replied flatly as he examined Blondie who frowned.

"It's been a long time. You were still growing inside our mother's womb. Another little gift from the Gods," Blondie intoned as she smiled down at him.

"Someone's a little loopy," Damon muttered and Elena gave him a look before kicking him in the shin. "Ouch."

Blondie's eyes flicked to the couple. "She does look exactly like you. How remarkable," she said as she came to stand over Elena who refused to look back at her. "I think I can fix that." Everyone's eyes moved over to the blonde who lifted her knife and drew the tip over Elena's right cheek, making Elena hiss in pain. "Stay still or it won't be right. Then I'll have to do the other one."

"What are you doing?" Damon yelled.

"Marking her for the Gods to know her from the other," the blonde uttered as she finished her work. Elena was crying silently while blood poured down her cheek.

"BE careful with that one. She's mine," the black haired woman scolded the blonde.

"Excuse me, Tessa, but since she is my twin, I do believe I have dibs," Katherine commented with a sneer at Tessa who glared back.

"She stole what is mine. I want her to die with him. That is the only way I can pay you back, Amara," Tessa growled and Hayley wondered which asylum these three had escaped from.

"Ignore her. She has no conception of reality," Katherine warned Elena who was shaking.

"Who the hell is Amara?" Damon shouted at the three.

"This is boring," the blonde moaned, clutching her head. She had her eyes tightly shut and when she opened them again, she was smiling. "Let's go out and have some fun," she suggested. "Where do young people go to have fun?" she asked Matt who was sitting on the floor after she had shot him in the ankle.

Matt looked up at her, his mouth twisting downward. "I'm not telling you anything," he snapped at her.

The blonde smiled. "That is very rude of you. Try again," she ordered, cocking the gun and aiming at his head.

"The Grill!" Damon shouted at her.

"And what do they do at The Grill?" Tessa asked with a look of curiosity.

"Eat, drink, play pool," Hayley told them slowly, her gaze focused on Katherine who was sitting in Elijah's lap, running her fingers through his hair.

"Is that it?" the blonde looked disappointed. "In the movies young people dance and sing karaoke."

"You could if you wanted to," Damon said quickly. "Just break in and have a blast."

The blonde tipped her head to the side. "Do you dance?" she asked him and Damon's swallowed.

"Yeah. I do," he replied.

"Good. You'll be doing a lot of dancing tonight. We haven't been able to have much fun and we want to really live tonight like it's our last," she murmured, placing her hand to the side of her head and shaking it back and forth before she motioned to Matt. "You, get up."

Matt forced himself to his feet. "We're going for a little ride," the blonde announced. "And you are going to drive."

"There isn't enough room in the back of one of the cars," Matt protested.

"We can if we squeeze in. And I can sit on someone's lap," Katherine volunteered, eyeing Elijah who turned his head away from her until she placed Matt's gun under his chin. Now, she had his full and undivided attention.

"Whatever," Matt muttered as he leaned against a desk.

Tessa smiled or at least her mouth moved into what would have to pass for one as she looked at the others. "Okay, kids. Who wants to go first?" they all stared at her as she hefted the axe.

Katherine rolled her eyes before she grabbed Elijah's handcuffed wrist and placed the chain over the chair arm. With one clean swing, Tessa cut the metal and Elijah was free to move. But he had to wait for Katherine to let him up. Hayley was the last to be freed and the last out the front door of the police station. That is probably why she was the one who spotted Rebekah, sitting in a corner with a shot gun. Her friend held her finger to her lips as she motioned for Hayley to leave the station.

Feeling a little better because she knew that Rebekah would have a plan and she would follow them, even if she had to steal a car to do it, Hayley got into the back of Matt's patrol car. Sitting down next to Elijah, she grimaced at the sight of Katherine straddling him. Tessa was beside her partner-in-crime and beside her were Damon and Elena, with Elena in Damon's lap. The blonde was in front with Matt, keeping an eye on him and whatever was going on in the back.

"You know, I really did miss you, Elijah," Katherine was saying as she pressed her body closer to his. Hayley wanted to unroll the window so that she could vomit but she was afraid that Katherine would shoot her and she couldn't kill the other girl if she were dead.

"Yes. I'm sure you did," Elijah replied sarcastically.

"How do you two know each other?" Damon questioned them, his gaze focused on Elijah and Hayley turned to glare at Elijah.

"We met when I was locked up in Mystic Falls' version of a mental facility. Thanks to our sweet parents," Katherine intoned, glancing at Elena. "Elijah was working on a minor in psych and thinking about going for a degree. So he decided to take a little trip to my home-away-from-home where he met me. At first it was just supposed to be a one-time thing. Go see what it was like for the inmates. Then he decided to write a paper. Didn't you, Elijah?" Katherine teased, running her lips over his before she continued. "And he got a big red A+ for it. What did I get? Thinking that someone on the outside actually cared about me. But he didn't because once the paper was done, so were we. I didn't know why until I got out and found his letters. They were all tucked under his bed, never read. How sad. And his texts, never sent. Even more pathetic because he can't just go after what he wants. But I can, can't I?"

"Katherine," Elijah began and Katherine smirked at him. "Its okay, Elijah. I understand. We all have needs, wants, desires. Maybe you'll get everything you want from her before I shoot her."

Hayley's eyes widened when Katherine moved the gun and shoved it under her chin. "Shit," she muttered as the blonde began to talk to someone on a cell. She had no idea what was going on because Katherine was about to blow her head off. The trigger was pulled and… nothing. Katherine laughed as Hayley looked back at her. "Sorry. Need to reload."

Dropping the gun in Tessa's lap, Katherine reached under her shirt and withdrew a switchblade. Placing that to Hayley's throat, Katherine leaned forward and kissed her, making Hayley's stomach lurch again. Elijah let out a cry of anger when Katherine bit Hayley's bottom lip until she drew blood. "Not so bad," Katherine muttered, licking her lips. "Maybe we'll have a threesome. It's on my bucket list."

"You're disgusting," Damon told Katherine who rolled her eyes.

"Oh, really? You're one to talk. You think that I don't know about you and this one's little, blonde friend. I saw you out in the woods that night," Katherine said with a grin. "I could have made money off that video."

"Damon?" Elena looked horrified.

"Elena, she's lying. I swear to God. I would never cheat on you," Damon whispered, pulling Elena's face close to his.

"Isn't that sweet?" Katherine rolled her eyes and gagged as she looked back at Elijah and Hayley. "They're boring. I think I'll let Tessa play with them. But you two, you're all mine."

Hayley couldn't take it anymore and leaned over, vomiting onto the floor of the police cruiser while several of her fellow passengers let out groans of disgust. "Want to make some more?" Hayley questioned Katherine, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.

"I'm sure we can scrounge up a toothbrush for you," Katherine retorted. "Until then I guess I'll just have to take my satisfaction from our boyfriend," she said, grinding against Elijah.

Shaking her head, Hayley forced a smile. "You know, I don't know why you keep implying that there's something going on between me and Elijah. We barely know each other. And besides, isn't it obvious that he's still in love with you?" she asked Katherine in as serious a tone as she could manage.

"Really? You think so?" Katherine pouted, pressing her cheek to Elijah's.

"Yeah. I think you two would make a great couple," Hayley nodded, catching Elijah's eye.

"Katherine, Hayley is right. I could never forget the limited time that we spent together. I've waited for you for so long. Why do you think that I kept those letters for so long? Because I could not bear to part with your memory," Elijah's words rang true and Hayley hoped that Katherine was buying this load of bull.

"Oh, Elijah, that would be so sweet if were true. But I'm not an idiot. And by the end of the day you're going to watch me kill your new girlfriend," Katherine said, grabbing Hayley by the hair and back handing her.

"Hey!" Elijah yelled but he stopped when his sister turned around and pointed her weapon at his head.

"See! You're just too easy, Elijah. You always show how you feel in the end," Katherine shook her head with a fake frown.

The car stopped and Matt got out with the Mikaelson sister following him around to the back of the car. Matt opened the back door and Damon got out, followed by Elena, Katherine, Elijah and Hayley. Tessa came to stand behind Hayley pushing her toward the front doors to the Mystic Grille with the handle of the axe. What she would do to be able to turn around and rip the thing out of her hands.

"What shall we do first?" the Mikaelson sister asked them with a smile.

"Sing!" Katherine suggested. "I'll go first with my back up. She grabbed Elena and Hayley by the hands. "Which song should we sing?"

"How about I'm a Crazy Bitch?" Hayley suggested with a sneer.

"How 'bout, I'm going to enjoy ripping you heart out of your chest? Now tell me a damned song before I get bored with you," Katherine snarled.

Elena jumped in. "Let's sing 'I'll Survive.' It's a classic and almost everyone knows the lyrics," she said slowly.

There was a pause before Katherine grinned. "For once you had something to say that didn't make me want to tear your guts out. Good on, you, sis. Maybe I'll leave you for last. Probably not. But you're growing on me."

Hayley took the stage behind Katherine and stood beside Elena while Katherine took her position at center stage. "Dance with me!" the Mikaelson sister demanded and Damon was forced to get up and dance to Katherine's song while Elena glared down at the two.

Hayley watched Elijah stare up at her. She wanted to tell him to stop it. All he was going to do was attract Katherine's attention when Katherine suddenly stopped singing and turned around to look at Hayley. "I'm going to make an exception to our only killing boys this holiday and start with you," she stated and then raised the gun.

"Stop!" Elijah shouted, jumping to his feet.

"Why?" Katherine demanded. "What can you do for me that will make me stop?"

"I'll…" Elijah looked at a loss for words.

"Bet she hasn't had sex in a long time," Damon commented, earning him a glare from Elena.

"No. I haven't," Katherine smiled. Looking down at Elijah, "How about you and I change that? Right here and right now?"

Elijah's eyes moved to Hayley and she nodded at him, gulping. "Yes. Of course," he said and Katherine hopped down and walked across the room, taking him by the hand and leading him back toward the office. Hayley felt tears running down her cheeks but refused to think about what Elijah was doing to save their lives.

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