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Damons POV -

"WHAT?! What do you mean she's gone Stefan! How could you let this happen?!" I yelled at Stefan, throwing my glass full of scotch into the fire place.

"Calm down Damon, there was nothing we could have done, this isn't Stefan's fault," Elena protested trying to defend my brother.

"She's right Damon, this isn't Stefan's fault but if you just calm down for 2 minutes I can tell you what I was about to tell everyone else," Bonnie spoke up from the other side of the room, in a safe vicinity away from where I now fumed.

"And that is what little witch," I growled in her direction now.

"A location spell Damon, She may be hidden but she can be found," She said with a triumphant smile on her face, I scoffed at her.

"Of course she can but does anyone else see the bigger picture here? You seem to forget that we're dealing with originals!" I shouted again, obviously no one else was realizing the magnitude of the current predicament we were in.

"We can deal with that later when we get her back Damon," Stefan shot at me frustrated.

"Oh yeah after what? We're dead or worse, she is," I picked up the nearest object I could feel and threw it at his head, He quickly dodged it to quickly move to my side and gave me a swift shove to the otherside of the room.

"STOP THIS! I know your angry but right now we need to work together to get her back not against each other!" Elena yelled at us.

Stefan stepped back with his hands up in defence signifying his truce.

"You taught her enough for her to know not to be stupid, she'll be able to keep herself alive and talk her out of anything she has coming Damon, for now she will be fine, I know she will," Stefan said looking at me with a pleading look in his eyes.

"Fine" I said giving up and sighing turning to look at the small group "So whats the plan"

Lacey's POV -

I woke up to darkness disorientated at first and then realizing I had a blindfold on and hand restraints, and I was pretty certain I was on a bed.

I struggled for a couple of minutes and then realized it was going to be no help, thinking rationally for a moment I rolled my head feeling around for anything beside me. Nothing. This was going to be a lot harder then I thought, my legs however were not bound, I slowly swung them over the side of the bed feeling around the floor, I found a bedside table located next to the bed with quite a sharp corner.

Making sure I didn't poke my eyes out I nudged my head up and down the corner where the material was bound around my head, slowly but surley I pulled it off over my head by the corner, Blinded for a minute or two everything started to swim into focus.

I looked around, I was in a large room, expensively decorated with high ceilings and fancy looking paintings on the wall. I searched the room for anything sharp enough to cut through the bounds, there was absoltuley nothing in here that could help me.

My eyes wandered some more before they landed on a small mirror in the corner of the room on an antique dresser, if I was thinking what I was thinking it was going to work but it was also going to hurt very badly.

I quickly shuffled over to the mirror and reached my bound hands forward trying to pry the mirror off the dresser but had no such luck, yep this was going to hurt.

I positioned myself and quickly listened for any coming footsteps, the coast sounded clear, I breathed a shaky breathe counting in my head. .three.

I thrust my bounded hand forward as hard as I could, waiting for a huge crash but nothing, there was a small crack to the mirror.

"Oh come on," I groaned my knuckles starting to split from the point of impact and now forming droplets of blood from the effort.

"Okay then lets try something else," I took a deep breathe and hurdled myself at the mirror head first.

crack, crack, crack, smash

I saw stars for a few moments and was very disorientated, stumbling momentarily I fell to my knees, I tried to hold my bound hands to my head for a second, I pulled my hand back and now even more red liquid stained my hands, I could feel the warm fresh drops rolling down the sides of my face.
"Dammit" I swore quickly, I didn't have time for this, I hoisted myself to my feet and grabbed the biggest piece of broken mirror I could find, turning it upside down in my palms and trying rigorously to cut through the restraints listening out for any sounds.

I was almost through when I heard the faint crunch of a car over gravel quickly followed by a car door. I panicked, slicing quicker and cutting my arm in the process, it didn't matter I was through the restraints and now I had to run.

I felt the door knob and my hand slicked with blood slid straight off, I tried it again but still to wet, quickly wiping my hands on my jeans before attempting a third time, it turned easily in my touch this time, not locked at all.
I hesitated, slowly I peaked out a second and then once the cost confirmed clear, slid out the door closing it quietly behind me.

I now had two choices, left or right, they were both just hallways with more rooms. "Shit shit shit," I swore under my breathe.
"Okay eanie meanie miny moe!" I whispered, picking the left hallway.

I ran as fast as I could, a corner was coming up on my right and I took it, leading to a set of grand stairs, a sigh of relief watched over me as I knew that there had to be a door at the bottom of those steps.

I was about to take the first step as I heard the front door open and two british accents in hurried conversation.

"Not yet bekka, it is not time yet," shit. I ducked back up the corridor hearing footsteps on the lowest steps of the grand staircase.

"Oh god please no" I looked around, I had no choice but to choose a door and hide.

I looked around at the four doors in front of me, the footsteps growing closer, I didn't have time for this, I hurried towards the last one on the left and without seeing the surroundings I was walking into, thrust open the antique door and quickly shutting it.
I leaned closely on it, heart pumping irratically almost threating to burst out of my chest, I listened, hearing the footsteps reach the top of the landing growing closer, more muffled conversation from Klaus and who I took it to be the girl called bekka, his companion.
The footsteps then began to fade off in the distance soon I couldn't hear anything, I let out a small sigh of relied, only slight those as I still had to get out of this house.

"And who might you be, young one?" I jumped almost screaming from shock but quickly slapping a hand to my mouth to muffle any other sounds and turning around in surprise.

A tall, very well presented man was standing in front of a blazing fireplace, a small smile playing on his lips, he was a handsome man with dark brown hair and green eyes, wise and watchful eyes, like the kind you'd see in an old man. Vampire. He was another one of them.

He repeated the question taking in my appearance and bloody state.

"I..ah…I," I panicked "No one that matters, please just help me," I pleaded, there was a loud crash from far away down the hall and then a yelled voice, "Shes bloody gone!" It was definitely Klaus. I panicked.

He raised an eyebrow curiously.

"Ah I assume you're the new house get that Niklaus was talking about," He gave me another look but I couldn't quite tell because it was gone as quickly as it appeared.

He remained still watching me like a trapped mouse in a maze, I looked around the room for any means of escape seeing an open window and rushing for it only to be cut short by this stranger.

"Unless you can make a 20 foot drop to the ground below, I advise against that," He looked down at me sadly, I could hear footsteps growing closer.

I frantically looked around one last time and saw a door to the side of what I now guessed was the study, I rushed towards that and without taking one last look at the stranger slipped through it.

I was met with another set of stairs leading down into the dark, I didn't like the look of it but I don't think I had much choice.

I heard the study door bust open and then an angry Klaus yelling at the stranger.

"Elijah she's gone, I want her found. Now!" He said his words ripping through the room.
"Niklaus, I don't understand why you play these little tirades with mere little humans, its unpleasing, almost distasteful, give up already brother would you?" I heard a loud huff.
"There is methods to my madness brother, help me or stay out of my way," he yelled finally, I stood statue like on the staircase hearing the footsteps as they retreated back out of the room and the door slamming.

So that was his name, Elijah? And he hadn't ratted me out, why was that I wondered, He probably didn't think id get far anyway.

I quickly sucked in a breathe and slid down the dark steps, feeling along the wall to keep balance, as I assumed I was reaching the bottom I saw a grey glow that could've been coming from outside, I listened, all I could hear was the pounding of the storm growing outside.

I finally reached the bottom of the steps feeling around and now feeling the chill of stone, my eyes slowly adjusted to the surroundings, I squinted to see through the dark and was shocked at objects in front of me. Coffins. 6 of them.

I gaped in horror, the hair on the back of my neck stood up and there was a tug in my gut, I had a bad feeling about this and I could guess that those coffins definitely were not empty.

I creped around silently, even holding my breath as I looked around for the source of the grey light. A window. An old dust caked window, although it was half painted black I could hear the wind from outside and feel the cold that seeped through it.

It was tiny but I could crawl through it at least, I tried to push it but it didn't budge, I panicked, shoving it harder and harder only to have it budge slightly.

I could hear the growing of voices upstairs again, I was either going to have to give it everything I have or probably die.

I stopped for a second, pulled myself together and shoved so hard it took every ounce of strength and fear that I possessed right now, It was open!

I cried out in relief only to have that short lived as I heard a near by door open, I scurried through the tiny window and carefully pushed it shut.

I felt the rain hit my face first and then the wind ripped through me as I struggled to my feet, I looked around and saw I was in the middle of a heavily populated woods like area.
I looked up at the house and then around at my choices, I decided it was straight ahead, that I was going to run for my life and took off in a almost hysterical sprint.

I had won age champion every year for running so I held onto the hope that I still had it.

As I hit the edge of the woods and ran through it became a lot harder to maintain the speed as I was tripping over strewn branches and rocks, water running down into my eyes, fear running through my veins I felt like I was going to burst a vein my heart was pumping that hard.

I ran long and hard for at least a good 20 minutes just straight, never breaking off course just sticking to straight. It however hadn't been the best idea when my vision had been clouded and I hadn't heard the rushing river coming up in front of me.
I barely caught myself as my foot slid off the edge and I felt my body falling, I tried to grab a branch on the way down and only just managed to keep the grip.

I looked around helplessly crying out as my hand slipped on the branch from the pelting rain, small gullys of water rushing down the mud and dirt, I was struggling to grab onto anything else, rocks, roots, branches but everything was just turning to mud.

I made a rational decision then and there, even if I was going to be captured by Klaus id rather it before I drowned in the raging river below.

"HELPPPPP!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, I felt my hand slipping further and could do nothing to stop it this time, I frantically grabbed for anything but realized as I was at the last inch of the branch there was nothing and I was actually going to die.

"PLEASEEE SOMEBODY," I screeched out for the last time, I felt it before I realized what was happening, My hand slid off the remainder of the branch and I felt the falling sensation.
Everything went slower, time almost stopping as I looked up at wet world above me, a stranger looking down over the ridge, it was the stranger from 20 minutes ago. Elijah.
He was jumping over the cliff falling towards me as I fell in slow motion, the breathe rushing out of me, rain splattering my vision.
My vision was lost and not a moment later I felt the ice cold impact of the raging river rushed over me, consuming me and dragging me under as if I was a part of it.

I struggled for breathe, tyring to push up above the surface but was forced down as another wave of water flooded over me, My lungs burnt and my survival instinct was kicking in but it was no use, I couldn't catch a breathe and I panicked, kicking against the current and thrusting myself to the surface.

I caught my first breathe but only for a second as I was pushed back down, I panicked again pushing myself harder and harder to the surface, my muscles burning and strength disappearing as I struggled so hard against the waves.
I grew tired, fighting so hard against something so strong, all the adrenaline fading quickly now, I caught one last gulp of air before I felt myself falling over the edge of a small drop.

It was so dark here, I couldn't see anything and I was still panicking for air.
I felt with one last burning breathe, I let it in, the burst of salty water crush into my lungs, I was drowning, I choked out but more water rushed into my lungs, my vision started to get dark and I felt myself slipping away.

Elijahs POV –

I watched the young girl run across the grounds making her way straight for the woods, she wasn't going to make it far before Klaus found her but she also wasn't going to make it very far if she kept running straight, there was a raging river 3 miles in the same direction she was running.

"Elijah are you listening? Help me find her!" Niklaus roared

"How is it Niklaus that you've managed to keep so many beasts, vampires, witches captured and contained, yet one little human girl has evaded your capture?" I asked taunting my brother.

"Enough Elijah, You will help me find her," Klaus growing angrier by the second, I considered it for a second knowing she wouldn't get very far and it was safer for me to capture her then Niklaus.

"As you wish brother," I nodded in agreement, to receive a grin from Niklaus.

"I want you to check near the quarry and river and I'll check the woods heading towards town, she cant have gotten very far, shes only human after all" He said barking out the last orders before turning on his heals and slamming the door.
"A human with survival instincts, almost a lot like our own," I murmered.

I finished the last of my drink with a quick gulp and went to stand by the window again looking out at the direction that I'd seen the young girl running.
Why I ever got myself involved in my brothers plans I hadn't a clue, this time however it was merely to save the human soul scared and running for her life.
She was a fighter and fighters deserved a chance, it was…. admirable.

I flew out the front door cutting across the woods and into the trees, I could smell her she had definitely stayed on track which would probably mean shes about to hit the river or has already hit it.
I sped up faster hearing a fait heartbeat, as if on cue there was a scream.

"HEEELLPPP" It was barely audible from the torrential rain but I could still faintly hear it, to a human it never would have been heard.

I ran as fast as I possibly could, I saw the river coming up in the distance and then heard another scream.

"PLEEEASEE SOMEBODY" I pushed through reaching the edge of the river just in time to see her slip and look up at me, her face was so young and full of fear.

Before I thought about it I plunged in after her but seconds later she was gulped up by the current.

I battled against the current, searching in the waters for her but not being able to see much further then an arms length in front of me as I was thrashed around the river.

I swam with the current for what seemed like forever before there was a large drop and I felt myself falling again, cascading into a more calm water below.

I was finally able to see around me in the dark water and let my eyes adjust, I could see something about 10 feet away and feverishly swam towards it.

It was the girl, except….she was floating there in the darkness. She began sinking appearing not to be fighting it, eyes open and her tiny mouth frozen in an oh expression.

I pushed forward and pulled her limp body to the surface, finally breaking for air which of course I did not need, I saw a figure on the bank of the river some feet away, It was my brother.

"Lijah," He called, rushing forward into waist deep water as I pulled her out, he took her from my arms immediately and set her down on the bench, There was no pulse, no heartbeat, no movement.

My brother looked up at me slowly.

"Well I guess your swim was a waste of time," He said a little disappointed, I kneeled down next to the girl pushing him out of the way, I leaned down and listened for breathe. Nothing. I pushed down on her chest preparing to perform cpr, albeit the protest of my brother.

"Its no use Elijah, the poor girl is dead" Klaus said solemnly, I kept going and pushing through his protests, There was a rustling in the bush near by and the Salvatore brothers stumbled onto the scene, a look of horror unfolding on their faces.

There was a blur of movement and the girl was pulled out from under my arms, restrained limply in Klaus's now.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Damon screamed angrily at Klaus rushing forward, He quickly threw him off with a flick of his wrist.

"Its not so much what I did as what she did to herself Damon," Klaus taunted, Stefan was the one now to step forward.

"Please Klaus," He pleaded anguish in his voice and pain clearly evident across his face.

"Well well well, is this really Stefan Salvatore begging me?" Klaus smirked again.

"Niklaus, your grudge isn't with the girl, let her go, she is of no use to you now," I said looking down at her with the smooth composure in my face.

"Why brother?...torturing the Salvatore brothers seems so much easier and it is leverance of course," Klaus purred into her ear watching as Damon growled at him.

"Niklaus hand the child over, or I will" Now growing angry with a stern look at my brother.
I felt for the girl, She had only been a child and a scared one at that, the last look she had on her face as she fell was a spitting image of my youngest siblings face before she was killed, my heart ached.

Klaus looked at me for a small second, only for a second seeming to consider something, Before loosening his grip on her.

"Very well, she is free to go, but mark my words, If you cross me or get in between my plans I will burn you to the ground,"
He said nonchalantly as he let Stefan walk over slowly and pick the girl up cradling her softly in his arms, grief on his face as he tried to keep himself together.

I was no stranger to losing human companions but I think this time it was different for the youngest Salvatore brother, you could see it was much deeper then just a human bond he had had with the girl.

Damon struggled over to his brother before begging him to take her home right away, dragging him away back into the woods and out of site.

He was curious as to what was coming next, Damon was of course distraught but he had begged his brother to get away from here as quickly as possible and I don't think it was his fear of the originals, no there was something else about to happen.

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