Elijahs petrova
The Descent
New Orleans-1820
Riley began laughing out of joy as she used her vampire strength to flip her husband down onto the mattress, but as soon as the laughter had begun it had stopped, because Riley began making better use of her mouth. Using her kiss-swollen lips to kiss slowly and teasingly down the line of his neck and clearly Elijah could not stand it, because before Riley even knew what had happened she felt the soft material of the rich sheets underneath her back.
Elijah was clearly not going to let her have control at the current moment, which only made Riley want him even more. Riley earlier that night, well more precisely that morning used her tantalizing tongue to tease her husband to the breaking point, 'and he was obviously going to return the favor, Riley thought upon feeling him holding both of her arms up over her head.
Using his mouth all the while to tease her to no end as he bit and sucked at the pulse point just below her jaw, as he used his tongue and his unsheathed fangs to bring her closer to the edge.
"Bite me... Elijah, please..." Riley somehow managed to moan out between her husband's administrations, but Elijah's only response was to use his fangs and place more pressure on her carotid, not enough to break the skin but obviously enough to drive Riley crazy.
Then suddenly with no warning at all Elijah both shoved himself inside his wife as well as bit down on her at the same exact moment, resulting in a loud audible moan as he thrusted into her until they both found release.
After they had both collapsed down on the bed, with Riley laying her head on top of her husband's chest while drawing circles on his pectoral she grinned. A smile which was mirrored by her husband which was visible in the early morning sunrise which was going on.
Riley as she climbed out of her and Elijah's bed she grabbed the sheet which had been covering the lower parts of her and Elijah's bodies wrapping it around herself as she walked slowly over to the balcony.
Looking back over her shoulder at her husband who was propped up on his right elbow, looking at her with nothing short of complete and utter love and affection, with a smile which was asking if he was going to watch the sunrise with her.
The balcony's location, unless one knew where to look would not have seen whoever or whatever was located on it, but for the person or persons who were on the balcony, they would be able to see everything.
Love me tender,
Love me true.
Never forget my own love for you.
As soon as we kiss,
We'll both know our love to be true.
So love me tender,
So love me true.
And know that I will too.
Riley was singing a tune which Riley had caught Elijah singing, almost inaudibly under his breath during their human years, as he was tending to one of the many horses which he had been given the task of caring for that day. Elijah had, upon realizing that he was not alone, immediately become flustered until he saw that it was Riley.
Upon realizing that it had been Riley, Elijah had at the time smiled at her with a look of obvious adoration, and even more so clearly displayed love. As he explained to Riley that he had heard Ayana singing the tune, and that he often would sing while tending to some of the horses to make it go by faster. It was very evident that even though the two had only met days earlier, that they both loved each other with everything that they had.
Elijah's smile upon hearing the tune immediately grew a size larger, and as he got up he couldn't help but to hum along to the tune from so long ago. Elijah upon reaching his wife wrapped his arms around Riley's middle, and then placed his head on Riley's shoulder after gently kissing her neck. Elijah then smiled softly after kissing her neck in response to the calm, quiet, moment which he was sharing with his wife, wishing it could always be so.
After a few moments Elijah after taking a breath of fresh air kissed Riley once again on her neck and then said to her in a voice full of contentment.
"Do you want to join me?"
"We never get clean."
"I promise, I just want to be with you, unless you want more?"
"That sounds nice." Riley said as they both headed over to the large white bathtub which after having been filled with warm almost scalding hot water before saying in addition.
"We don't have much longer until Nik, Bex, and Kol are up and about in search of blood or ways to annoy us."
A little while later…
As both her and Elijah were soaking in the tub with Elijah situated behind her while she was leaned up against his muscular chest as he was drawing circles on her shoulder with his finger slowly as he kissed her neck softly before sighing to himself in contentment.
The smell of spices and perfume hung in the air due to the aroma which was coming from the bath which the two were sharing at the current moment, neither of them wanting to make love at the current moment but just to be in the other's embrace.
Then suddenly there was a loud crash and Riley and Elijah were jolted from their own reveries as they listened to what was going on downstairs causing them to immediately erupt into laughter upon listening.
"KOL! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" The voice of Rebekah was yelling at her brother as she was obviously running after him at top speed downstairs from the sound of it. Obviously there was something that the youngest Mikaelson brother had done to his younger sister that had not been either appropriate or more than likely had rubbed Rebekah the wrong way.
"Aww come on Bex, no one's going to miss that lousy excuse for a man!"
"I WILL YOU LOUSY BASTARD! HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE ME TO THE OPERA TONIGHT!" Rebekah yelled back in response to what her brother had said to her causing both Elijah and Riley to laugh as a result but then became acutely aware of how close the two siblings were getting to their own bedroom.
"Should we be—" Whatever Riley had been about to say to Elijah had been cut off by the loud noise of their bedroom door slamming open as the two youngest Mikaelson siblings rushed in surprising both Elijah and Riley.
"Riley, Elijah! Tell Kol that what he did was obviously wrong! He killed the man who was supposed to be taking me to the opera tonight!" Rebekah yelled out at the two older vampires who were feeling very awkward at how the two younger siblings had just strolled into the room and were now talking to them while they were both in the bathtub.
"Umm, Bex can this maybe wait just a little bit longer seeing as how both me and Elijah are taking a bath right now?" Riley said with a voice that clearly expressed both how funny and how awkward the current situation was.
"Ohh, Riley we're all friends here." Riley and Elijah both looked to the entrance of their bedroom as Nik walked into the room making it even more awkward at how the entire family was in both Elijah and Riley's bedroom while they were taking a bath making it so that neither one could climb out without revealing themselves.
Not that it was much of a problem because back when they had all been human many of them had taken baths in the river which would result in seeing most of a person's anatomy without even intending to, but it still didn't make the situation any less awkward.
"Alright, do you all think that maybe you could all convene outside of both mine and Riley's bedroom so that she and I could possibly get dressed?" Elijah said to all three of his siblings and the three of them looked to Elijah before Kol said aloud in response.
"Aww Elijah it's nothing that we haven't probably seen before, right Nik?" Nik upon hearing what his brother had said to him nodded in response and then smirked before looking to Elijah and then to Riley and then said to them.
"Yeah Riles if you want to get out so bad just get out, we won't laugh. Right Kol? Bex?"
"Oh Nik, stop being such an insufferable git." Rebekah said to Nik as she took both Klaus and Kol by the arm before dragging them both out of the room before looking back over her shoulder and said to Riley.
"You're welcome, Riley."
"Well technically Bex, this is my bedroom, but to thank you would you be terribly offended if rather than being accompanied by a handsome man tonight that I accompanied you to the opera?" Riley said to the blond vampire who had always been more of a sister than her own sister Tatia had ever been and was immediately rewarded with the large smile which came over Rebekah's face before she said to Riley, her voice full of joy.
"Oh Riley, this is why I love you so much sister. You understand even though you're married how utterly annoying men can be, no offense intended for you Elijah."
"None taken, Rebekah." Elijah said to his younger sister as he listened to Rebekah tell what time that both her and Riley would have to leave so that they would be able to make the opera tonight. As soon as Rebekah and his other two siblings had left their bedroom closing the door behind them Riley felt Elijah begin to kiss her right behind her ear before he took her earlobe into his mouth and began sucking and nibbling on it causing Riley to moan out in pleasure.
"You are insufferable. Your siblings just left and yet you're trying to convince me to pleasure you again." Riley said to her husband moaning out audibly upon feeling Elijah's calloused hands going steadily lower and lower down her torso.
"Is it working?" Elijah said not allowing her to respond straight away because he took that very moment to kiss Riley, knowing what the answer would be as he inserted his tongue into Riley's mouth as they both began to kiss passionately.
"Do you even need to ask me?" Riley said before laughing aloud as Elijah picked her up, the two of them laughing aloud in joy as they made their way back to the bed, still covered in soap from the bath.
[Riley's Loft]
Elijah began to stir slowly, moving his neck trying to get the crick out of it from falling asleep with his head laying on both his and Riley's bed so that he would be able to watch over her suddenly wishing that he had fallen asleep in a better position. After gaining his bearings, Elijah looked at the time and realizing that it had only just reached 2:00 in the morning looked around to see what exactly had woken him up and saw to his great relief that what had woken him was Riley stirring.
Riley upon opening her eyes smiled at Elijah and then said to him with an almost dream-like voice, causing him to smile broadly upon hearing what she had to say to him.
"I was dreaming about one of the mornings that we watched the sunrise in New Orleans years ago."
"Those were some good years, I genuinely miss New Orleans." Elijah said to Riley as he brushed a stray lock of hair out of her face placing it back behind her right ear.
"How much longer until the werewolf venom starts taking its effect?" Riley asked Elijah as they both turned to look to the doorway upon hearing the metal door of the loft opening to see Katherine walking in with a large cooler.
"Did anyone order some blood? Because if not then this is going to be a huge misunderstanding." Both Riley and Elijah chuckled at what Katherine had just said to them before Riley chose to speak up, sounding weak from the werewolf venom which was clearly beginning to take effect, causing her voice to crack slightly.
"Hey Kat, I'm glad that you're finally out of that tomb."
"So am I but you don't need to talk right now Riles, you just need to rest and allow both Elijah and me to take care of you." Katherine said to her friend as she walked over to the kitchen and after wetting a washcloth, Katherine after squeezing it getting rid of excess liquid walked over towards Riley before she sat on the opposite side of the bed and then placed the wet cloth on Riley's forehead for her fever.
"By the way Elijah that's a very good look for you." Katherine said as she looked at what Elijah was currently wearing which was a pair of dark black sweatpants and a white wife beater tank top on causing Elijah to roll his eyes in response before looking back to Riley.
"I approve too 'Lijah, I think that it's a very good look on you. Oh by the way you should totally show Kat that tattoo that you have, actually no on the other hand you shouldn't because you're mine." Riley moaned out in a half-delirious voice causing both Katherine and Elijah to chuckle audibly before Elijah took the bowl which Katherine had just returned with which was full of water so that they could keep a wet cloth for Riley's fever.
"Wait. You have a tattoo Elijah? Man, you've been holding out on me." Katherine said with a taunting voice but then was immediately brought from taunting Elijah upon hearing Riley suddenly groan out in pain. Elijah instantly jumped into action as he climbed up on the bed, getting situated behind Riley so that she was leaning up against his chest as she moaned out in pain.
"It's okay Riley, I'm here, I'm here." Elijah said as he used the wet cloth to wipe off some of the sweat which had accumulated on her forehead until she eventually calmed down and rested back against his chest.
"You smell really nice Elijah. Doesn't he smell nice Kitty-kat?" Riley said to her friend in an almost sing-song voice as she began drifting off to sleep before she could hear what Katherine had to say in response to this.
As Riley was asleep Katherine and Elijah were talking about what was going on in regards to Klaus, and about Riley and his plan to kill Klaus which had Elijah and Riley not been one of the few that Katherine actually never betrayed would never have told her.
"Elijah, I still don't know if either of you will be able to kill Klaus. I mean he is your brother remember, from what Riley told me years ago your family was like her own after her own family turned their backs on her because of what she had to say in regards towards Tatia."
"I know Katerina, but we will put every effort towards killing Klaus."
"You should probably compel me not to tell Klaus anything about your plan to kill him just in case he gets a hold of me Elijah."
" I give my word that I won't compel you to do anything else Katerina, but when did you last have vervain?" Elijah said before turning to look at Katherine who after telling him that she hadn't had vervain since she had been inside the tomb allowed him to compel her.
"I wish that we all had one of you Elijah, Riley is very lucky. I think that if I had known someone like you when I was human I probably would have not become a vampire."
"Why Katerina, you not a vampire?"
"Riley told you of the reason why I was England didn't she?"
"No, only that there were extenuating circumstances but that you had asked her not to tell anyone, and because it didn't risk anyone's life that she would keep that promise, which she has to this day."
"Riley was always good on her word. But Elijah the reason why I came to England was because I had a child out of wedlock, which is why I said that if maybe I had had someone like you then I may not have turned into a vampire." The news of Katherine having had a child shocked Elijah but he kept his face straight and devoid of any and all shock or surprise because he knew that it was already probably pretty hard for Katherine to be vulnerable enough to tell him about her child.
Salvatore Boarding House
"Stefan? Stefan? You're standing right behind me, aren't you?" Elena said after she had entered Stefan's room only moments earlier and heard Stefan respond just behind her. Elena turned around to see Stefan standing only mere inches away from her and upon turning around she kissed him eagerly after saying that she didn't ever want them to be apart again.
"Me neither, but…"
"No, don't ruin the moment." Elena said as they began kissing once again but Stefan's heart didn't seem to be in it and eventually he stopped leaving Elena to ask him if he really had to ruin the moment just yet which he responded with both a nod and a sad smile.
"I'm totally ruining the moment. Look, I just can't pretend like everything is even remotely okay."
"Katherine is locked away in the tomb Stefan."
"Yeah I know that Elena but we still have this huge pressing issue which is you being a main component in Klaus' ritual as his human sacrifice." Stefan said to Elena as Elena busied herself by walking over to Stefan's dresser and pulled open one of the drawers and after looking for a minute she pulled out a small vial of vervain and opened it and then looked over to Stefan as she walked back over towards him.
" Stefan, both Elijah and Riley promised that they would both do everything to keep both me and everyone else safe as long as we played by Elijah's rules."
"Yeah, right. As long as you play by Elijah's rules, but he said that he would be preoccupied with something which was obviously really important by the way that he was acting while he was rescuing me from the tomb. So in other words he wants you to stop any and all suicidal-like actions and thoughts for the next few days while he's absent."
Elena made a face upon hearing what Elijah had said about suicidal actions as she was pouring the vervain from Stefan's dresser into a cup, clearly not realizing how much of a suicidal person that she was.
"Stefan, please don't go after Isobel."
" Katherine said that Isobel could have some answers for us Elena, and I just have a couple of questions which need answering that's all." Then after taking a moment to figure out how exactly to say what he had heard from Katherine earlier Stefan turned back around to face Elena before saying to her.
"Katherine also mentioned that there were two other people that she knew who would be able to shed a little light on the whole Klaus situation. But Katherine also very clearly explained that she would never in a million give up these two people without a fight, because amazingly she's very loyal to them.. She also mentioned that the three of them , herself included are like family, and that those other two people are the only ones that she has ever trusted."
Stefan after he had finished talking took the vervain from Elena and began to pour the clear liquid into the glass which Elena had only moments ago handed to him, giving the liquid which was in the glass a disdaintful look before turning around to face Elena as she began talking.
"Stefan, I made a deal with Elijah and Riley. Apparently Elijah and Riley knew or either met each other at one point and Riley has been helping Elijah with protecting me so there's that."
"Right, you made a deal with the two of them. I didn't make a deal with either of them. You should keep your deal, especially if you made a deal with Riley. If and when you make a deal with Riley then you need to make sure that you can and will keep the deal, because after you make a deal with her then Riley will make sure that you keep it in the end."
"Stefan, I just don't want anyone getting hurt and why exactly should I worry more about Riley than about Elijah?" Elena asked Stefan as she sat down looking at him with both curiosity and with concern at how she should be more afraid of Riley than of the original vampire.
"Because Elena, I don't know of any vampire in history that has ever defied Riley and has lived to see another day. I heard that Riley one time tore out another vampire's small intestine because they did something to cross her and forced the vampire to stand there and wait until they grew another small intestine before she chose to stake him. Besides Elena when have I ever wanted somebody else to get hurt? Anyway we have Riley who is over a thousand years old in our corner, so don't worry everything will be fine."
After nodding in agreement to what Stefan had just said to her, Elena showed him the glass which had some of the vervain from the vial which Stefan had had in his dresser earlier in it before saying to him.
"Vervain. I made it light, but are you sure that you want to do this? Just because Katherine built up a tolerance to the stuff…"
"Yes, bottoms up. Besides, obviously from what Elijah did to Katherine earlier originals an compel vampires as well as humans so we'll all need to not just be wearing vervain but also be ingesting it as well. Make sure that you tell this to Jeremy, Jenna, and Matt."
And after he had finished saying this to Elena Stefan took the glass from Elena and drank all of its contents causing him to start coughing as a result from the feeling of his throat being on fire which the vervain had caused him to feel.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
"How exactly can Elijah compel another vampire?"
"He's an original. I don't really know exactly what that means. I don't think that anybody really knows what that means. Well except for maybe Isobel. Maybe we should ask her." Stefan said to Elena before he stood up from his place where he was sitting on the bed next to Elena and after kissing her on the forehead left her in his bedroom looking worried.
Downstairs in the Salvatore Boarding House
" I was born in 1450, so that makes me 560 years old, which is give or take about 440 years younger than Riley is. I still though can't imagine having been around since like the 10th century like Riley and more than likely the rest of the originals have been. Does anyone have any idea as to how old Riley was when she was turned into a vampire?"
"Well if either one of you was a bottle of wine…" Damon joked and then continued on to say " and I think, well from what I can tell Riley was probably around 22 or 23 when she was turned." Rose after hearing this seemed to have a look of concern which then soon after turned into a look of realization before she said to Damon.
" I still can't believe though how close that we both came to dying yesterday. Think what possibly could have happened if Riley had not been here to protect us from Jules. Do you trust Riley Damon? Because I think that you should trust her if the more recent revealing of facts has caused you to not trust her. Because both Riley and Elijah could have taken Elena far away from here a very long time ago Damon."
Damon after taking a moment, seeming almost to ponder over all of the more recent events which have happened before saying to Rose.
" I do trust Riley. She's probably one of the only few people that I actually trust at this moment in time, and one of the few people that I have ever truly trusted. Riley may have hidden the fact that she was an original, but I can understand why she did it, because with Elijah in town and him being an original there would have been no way, even though I've known Riley for a long time, that I probably would have even listened to her."
As Damon was pouring both himself and Rose a glass of blood each Rose began talking to Damon once again with a voice full of inquiry as she was talking.
"I wonder though what other kinds of special enhancements come along with being an original. For one we know that an ordinary stake can't kill an original, and we also know that even a werewolf bit can't kill an original"
"Well at least one good thing came out of this." Rose who was facing away from Damon immediately turned her head back to face Damon causing a loud crack to resonate as her neck cracked from being turned so quickly before saying to him.
" What good thing could have possibly come out of this Damon? We have Riley who is down for the count for the unforeseeable future, and now we have not just one but two originals in Mystic Falls instead of just one?"
"Well, first of all, we might possibly get to know a little bit more about this curse which is connected to Klaus, and maybe we'll even get to know more about Riley and how exactly she knows Elijah and to what extent she is involved with him. Because if she is an original, I'm betting that they all lived around the same area, or maybe not we'll just have to ask Riley."
Rose then after she took a sip of blood from the glass which Damon had given her earlier, Rose seemed to almost ponder something for a minute before taking a deep breath and then said to Damon.
"How exactly are we going to convince the others though to hear her out though Damon? Originals are known as being the strongest vampires as well as being the elite of all vampires-."
Whatever else Rose was about to say was cut off by the sound of a door opening in the background of the boarding house. Damon upon hearing the door both opening and closing signaled to Rose that they should change the subject before he walked over towards the alcohol cabinet, pouring himself a glass of bourbon upon reaching it.
"So how exactly did you ever meet Riley, Rose?" Damon said to Rose as they both pretended that neither of them heard Elena making her way through the boarding house, as she was probably trying to find out where both Damon and Rose were.
"I met Riley, or well me and Trevor met Riley just after we had first been turned. She had helped us with learning how to control the bloodlust and tried at the time to convince a witch to make us daylight rings but to no avail. I remember though that she had mentioned that she was with someone in France, or maybe it was more than one, I can't exactly remember. I am though really grateful that Riley is going to be alright."
"I'm glad that she's going to be okay too Rose. How about you Elena, are you lad that Riley is going to be alright?" Damon said and then turned around to face Elena who was halfway down the staircase and had a shocked look upon her face that she had been discovered. Apparently Elena had thought that she had been more quiet upon exiting Stefan's bedroom upstairs before heading off to look for both him and Rose.
"Uh yeah Damon I'm glad that Riley's going to be alright? But what exactly happened?" Elena asked Damon before Damon chose to ask Elena if she knew exactly where Stefan had headed off to after having met up and having talked to her.
"Stefan left. But Damon I need you to talk to him. Because he's convinced that he has to find Isobel but I think that that's going to upset Elijah or maybe even Riley." Then after a pause and a deep breath Elena then looked quickly at Damon, because apparently the fact that something had happened to Riley just registered in her mind.
"Wait what do you mean by that? What happened, why are we glad that Riley's going to be okay?" Damon looked first to Rose and then turned back around to face Elena before taking a deep breath and then said with a firm determination in his voice.
" Elena I'm not going to convince Stefan to stop looking for Isobel, because if Elijah or Riley have a problem with him searching for information we'll deal with it then. And Riley got bitten by Jules when she came here and tried to bite both me and Rose here." Then with a great deal of difficulty Damon seemed to have to muster up some courage before saying to Elena with a firm voice.
" Riley pushed both of us out of the way, but because of this Riley got her left shoulder nearly torn off for her efforts, but she told us that she was going to be okay. But Riley also told us that if one of us had gotten bitten that we would be dying slowly and painfully right now."
"Riley also said that she would explain when she got better. Elijah also told Stefan last night that the Martin's would be in charge of protecting you until Riley got better." Rose said interrupting Elena who had looked like she was about to ask about the protection which Elijah had promised her for her friends and family, but then seemed to have another thought.
""Wait what do you mean by that. Why will only the Martin's be looking out after all of us and not Elijah as well Damon? Rose?" Damon rather than answering Elena walked right out of the room and Elena after looking to Rose for a second then chose to follow Damon out of the room, talking to Damon as soon as she reached where Damon had stopped in the next room.
"Damon. Is Riley going to die? Did she just lie to us to make sure that we don't worry about her? Why isn't anyone currently with her right now making sure that she doesn't accidentally kill anyone?!" Damon answered Elena with an almost exasperated sigh before choosing to answer Elena by saying to her.
" The wolf bit caused some kind of infection and Riley is going to get worse before she gets better. Riley told us that she would call or text either myself or Rose when it was all clear. But yeah we all need to steer clear of her right now because apparently the bite can cause both delusions and even a dream-like or even nightmare-like state."
Elena took on a kind of concerned look before asking Damon if the werewolf bite was like some kind of poison, and why if it was so dangerous for Riley to be alone was she alone and by herself struggling through a werewolf bite, which Damon responded by saying to her.
"Elijah is with Riley right now. He's going to make sure that Riley doesn't end up hurting either herself or more importantly someone else."
'Wait! What do you mean that Elijah is watching over Riley?! They seemed to know each other back at my house yesterday, they talked to each other as if they had either met or had somehow encountered each other before yesterday. But Damon what if Riley really is dying? What if she's actually dying and she's just trying to not hurt us?"
"If that's the case then death happens Elena." Damon said to her with a firm and voice which lacked an y and all emotion before continuing on to say. "Every vampire knows this Elena, even a vampire like Riley who has lived for over a thousand years knows that eventually we all will be killed by something. Besides, I don't think that she's lying to us Elena. I think that she's going to be perfectly fine."
While Damon was saying this to Elena though Damon was in his head hoping that Riley was actually telling the truth and not just trying to save him from the pain of having to lose a very good friend that he had known as a human and had helped him as a baby vampire after he had left Stefan who had become self-destructive. She was also the only one who knew exactly why he had turned off his humanity near the end of the 1950's.
Riley's Loft
"Please! Make it stop! Make it stop!" Riley yelled out at the top of her lungs as she was thrashing and struggling against Elijah's chest and trying to get herself free from Katherine, who was holding onto her wrists so that she didn't end up hurting herself.
The room melted away all of a sudden as Elijah was being shown the images which were obviously causing her so much pain. Medical supplies lay on metal trays which were located around the room near examination tables but what nearly broke Elijah was the scene which was laid out before him.
The scene which lay before him was three or four men in white coats more commonly worn by doctors and all but one was taking notes as they looked down at the person spread on the examination table and restrained by metal restraints which even he could never break.
Elijah was brought out of his thoughts upon hearing the taller curly black-haired man who Elijah knew now to most likely be scientists rather than doctors begin talking while the other three wrote down what the man was saying.
"13050 has shown remarkable resilience to vervain, and even with the low amounts of blood which we have been giving all of the experiments 13051 still somehow manages to heal at almost regular rate."
The group of scientists all suddenly stood at attention and upon turning around Elijah saw that the reason behind the scientists sudden reactions was that there was a man in a suit, minus the suit jacket accompanied by a vest which matched the dark black color of his pants. No one said what either his name or of what huge importance that he obviously held around here.
The scientists stood waiting for the well-dressed man to reach the table before one of them handed the man a pair of gloves which doctors use for examinations, which made a loud snapping noise as he pulled them on and then grabbed a light from off of the metal tray next to him. Elijah had still yet to see who exactly was lying there restrained on the examination table because the person refused to give any indication to the scientists that she was in any type of pain.
"How are you today 13050? Are you still healing at an almost regular rate even after having been here for three years? I'm beginning to wonder if you're an entirely different breed of vampire all together." Upon hearing this Elijah immediately felt his heart begin to pound so hard that he was surprised that the people in this dream of Riley's could not hear it.
The person still refused to speak so rather than continuing to waste his time in talking to the person who refused to talk to him the man grabbed the scalpel which lay on the metal tray beside him, placing the light which he had picked up earlier back onto the tray. What happened next though nearly caused Elijah to drop down to his knees because the person who lay on the table decided to speak up at this moment in time saying to the man who was obviously in charge.
"Do your worst Augustine. Are you going to remove my rib cage again like you did yesterday? Or are you going to go for an organ this time?"
The voice which had spoken was that of Riley's and after Riley had spoken to the man who was apparently named Augustine nothing but the loud screams of Riley as they cut into and removed pieces of her organs which he knew that due to being an original would grow back faster than an ordinary vampires.
Elijah didn't even try to keep the tears which were falling from his eyes at seeing Riley being tortured in the most inhumane ways that even Elijah had ever seen. At one point he saw the man in question remove one of Riley's lungs making it so that Riley began having trouble breathing, because even though vampires didn't need to breath it was a habit which was never quite broken.
Then suddenly without warning the scene flashed changing to one which contained three cells which were side-by-side and saw that while two of them were occupied there was still one that had yet to be occupied, but Elijah knew that it was probably Riley's.
What surprised Elijah the most though was that in the middle cell there was the form of one Damon Salvatore who was just now regaining consciousness and upon seeing Riley laying down in the cell next to his he used his arms to pull himself over to where he would be able to see the extent of her injuries.
Elijah never knew what happened next though for suddenly he was being ripped from what he had thought to earlier be a nightmare which Riley was having that was clearly a horrific flashback. Elijah would ask her about it later once she was well enough to tell him more, but he would wait as long as need be if that was what Riley needed before she would be able to tell him about it.
Elijah was not going to ask Damon about it though, because even though he had been present during the flashback which he had just witnessed, he would rather hear it from his wife than to go behind her back and ask Damon Salvatore about it. Elijah though was ripped from his thoughts upon feeling the shaking form of Riley as she was recovering from what she had seen in her nightmare, and upon opening her eyes she looked into the face of her husband and then with a shaky voice Riley asked.
"You saw that didn't you? You saw everything up until they brought me back to the cells didn't you 'Lijah?"
"Yeah, I did Riles. But you don't have to tell me about it right now if you don't want to. I can wait until you want to tell me."
"No. It's fine. What you saw was a memory of Augustine, I was an Augustine vampire, I was 13050 Damon who I know that you saw was given the number 21051 as well as another vampire who was number 12144 and we were all poked and prodded relentlessly, me more so because of my miraculous healing abilities as an original which they never found out. There was a person who found out that I was a vampire in 1950 while I was working at the local hospital near Whitmore College."
Elijah rested back up against the headboard with Riley leaning back against his chest, with Katherine leaning up against the headboard situated next to Elijah holding one of Riley's hands as she tried to get back to sleep. Elijah and Katherine could both tell though from how Riley was acting that she had not thought of Augustine for a while and that it had clearly rattled her, so Elijah after getting more comfortable began to think until he came up with the perfect thing.
"Riley, go to sleep. I'll make sure that you don't have any nightmares" Elijah said to her as he placed his head on top of her own as he began to draw small circles with his finger on her thigh as he projected one of the many good memories that he and Riley had had when they were human.
New World 1011
Upon opening her eyes Riley noticed that there were two horse which were standing off in the distance and upon taking a closer look she noticed the horse which she had had as a human. The black stallion which had been untamable to all but her which she had named Lascivious because everyone had desired him more than anything else.
Upon turning around Riley saw the figure of her husband walking towards her and she could not help but to smile upon seeing the longer hair which Elijah had had as a human which had reached his shoulders.
"You remembered Elijah." Riley said to her husband as he walked up to her and after choosing to stand behind her and encircling his arms around her waist kissed her on the neck in an attempt to shoe even just a little of the love that he felt for her.
"Of course I did. What kind of husband would I be if I couldn't remember one of my wife's favorite places and things to do when she was human." Elijah said before motioning to the two horses which were awaiting their masters to climb on their backs.
After they had both been riding for a while the two of them reached a river which they had both frequented as humans they dismounted and headed over towards the river. After stripping to their undergarments they both waded into the river which was at first cold before the both of them started moving around.
Then suddenly Elijah vanished being pulled under the water causing Riley to scream out forgetting that this was only a dream. Then suddenly she felt herself being lifted out of the water and being thrown over someone's shoulder and upon realizing who it was Riley started pounding her fists against her husband's back.
"You jerk I was actually worried about you! Next time I'll just allow you to drown!"
"Did you forget that this was a dream? Riley you surprise me." Elijah said to Riley holding her close with his arms around her and looking her in the face after having lowered her into the water pressing his forehead to hers.
"Alright yes, I forgot that this was a overwhelmingly wonderful dream which I was sharing with my husband Elijah Mikaelson." Riley said to him before placing her arms around his neck and then kissed him deeply on the lips which he quickly returned before they separated after what seemed like hours.
After Elijah and Riley had stopped kissing the two of them walked back over to the soft grass and sat on the ground making it slightly damp from their soaking wet bodies. Elijah though rather than sitting beside her sat directly behind her spreading his legs so that she could sit between them and lean back into his warm chest sighing in happiness at how happy Elijah's presence always made her feel.
" I wish that we could always be together like this Elijah." Riley said to her husband who was lightly placing kisses on her neck getting closer and closer to her earlobe which upon reaching he began to suck and nibble on lightly causing Riley to moan.
"Me too love, me too."
Mystic Grill
"Hey Damon wolf girl is at the grill." Alaric said into his phone leaving a message for his drinking buddy just as his younger brother chose to walk up to the bar looking to Alaric and then chose to take a seat at the bar next to Alaric before asking him.
"Is that the –"
"Yeah, yeah. I just left Damon a message telling him that she's here."
"So you're doing my older brother's dirty work for him now huh Alaric?" Stefan said to the older man which managed to get a small type of glare from the older man before he replied to Stefan. "She could have a cure for Riley. I mean according to Damon she said that she was going to be alright but hey if we could shorten her suffering then I'm all for it. I couldn't find anything in Isobel's research except that it's fatal though so I don't know how exactly that she's going to survive Stefan."
"Damon also said that Riley was going to explain as best as she could after she was all better." Stefan said before taking a huge sigh and then after that sigh looked to Alaric with a serious look before asking him if he still had a way to contact Isobel.
"Even if I had a way to contact, there still would be no way that she would help any of us."
"Katherine said that Isobel knew of Klaus." Alaric looked at Stefan with a hard look realizing what the entire reason behind Stefan even coming to see him was about. " So basically you coming to see me wasn't even about helping Riley out, it's about Elena. Whatever. Here's an old number that I have for Isobel, but don't get too excited, it's probably out of service."
"Well I guess that there's no harm in giving it to me then is there Alaric?" Stefan said to the hunter who after hearing what Stefan had to say, said to him. "You know that you can't trust Isobel Stefan, not when it comes to Elena. But you should show more concern for Riley Stefan, she's the one who saved your brother from being bitten."
"I know that Alaric. I just have to deal with what's going on with Elena first before I can handle anything else." Alaric at this moment seemed to be overwhelmed with anger when he said to the younger Salvatore. "You just hear that one of the people that you probably knew as a human was bitten by a werewolf and you're not even concerned that she could possibly die."
" I know that she could possibly die Alaric which is why I'm trying to focus on Elena because if I don't focus on that then I'll have to focus on how Riley could possibly be dying." Alaric then after looking at how concerned for Riley that Stefan really was before saying to him with an almost resigned voice. " Alright, I'm gonna see if I can find the number. If I do find it then I'll text it to you."
Riley's Loft
"How's Riley doing?" Katherine said to Elijah who had just walked down the metal staircase which led upstairs towards where Riley's bedroom was.
"She's doing fine. I left her with a good dream so that she would possibly be able to sleep before waking up again. You're lucky that you have never been bitten by a werewolf Katerina, because the sickness is awful."
"And unlike you originals I don't have that unique ability to be able to heal from even getting your hear ripped out because it just grows back. Is there even an antidote to a werewolf bite?" Katherine asked Elijah after she had handed him a cup of coffee which she had just poured for him. "There is an antidote for a werewolf bite, one which I will not reveal at this current moment in time."
"Aww. Why not Elijah? Do you not trust me?" Elijah after taking a huge sip from the coffee cup which Katherine had given to him before smiling at her and then looking to her before saying. " I actually do trust you Katerina. But I don't trust that you won't go after this cure if I told you and so for your safety I am going to wait to reveal it to you."
"Yeah that's what they all say to me Elijah. But unlike them I actually believe that you are trying to protect me so I won't pursue it anymore at this moment." Katherine said as she walked over to one of the enormous bookshelves which were positioned near the metal staircase which led upstairs in Riley's loft and pulled out a first edition copy of Gone with the Wind and smiled upon opening the front cover and what was written.
"From E and K. May you have a wonderful birthday." Katherine beckoned Elijah over with a wave of her hand and then watched as Elijah slowly began to smile until there was a huge smile on his face as he read the writing on the inside of the cover.
"Riley always loved her books. This was one of her favorite books at the time don't you remember? She read this book at least five times while we were both in Mystic Falls after going up from New Orleans to a funeral of one of our descendants.
Mystic Grill
As Jules is eating Stefan is looking over at her and then he looks down at his phone when he hears his phone go off and upon looking down sees a phone number which Alaric has just texted him which he assumes to be Isobel's number and so after he calls it began to leave a message for Isobel.
"Isobel, It's Stefan Salvatore. I need to speak with you, it's about Elena. Please know that it's important. Also I don't know if this will interest you but Riley Michaels is in town and has been bitten by a werewolf but she is somehow going to survive. Maybe you can possibly reveal how this might be possible."
And after finishing leaving his message for Isobel, hoping that she would get back to him and maybe answer some of their questions he hung up and saw Damon heading over to where Jules was seated and immediately went over and stopped Damon in his path.
"What are you doing here?" Damon said to his younger brother after Stefan had succeeded in stopping him in his path towards Jules in an attempt to get some answers from her.
"I'm waiting for you. Listen, there's a lot of people here." Stefan said to his older brother who was still obviously both very pissed off and angry at Jules and how she had bitten one of his oldest friends, which was clear when he said in response. "Well there goes my plan to rip her spleen out through her back."
"Listen, hey I know that you're upset about how both you and Rose would be dead if it had not been for Riley, but you have to keep in mind that she's going to be fine. So please don't do anything that will result in the death of either you or someone else that Elena cares about." Stefan said to his older brother after he had placed a restraining hand on his brother's chest trying his best to calm him down before he did something impulsive.
"Why does everyone think that I'm upset about that? Riley is going to be fine, and so there's nothing to be upset about because since she's going to heal I don't have any reason to be upset about the fact that had she not protected both me and Rose that one of us would be dying right now."
" I'm just going to be having a friendly little chat with lady wolf over there brother. So ease up." And after he had said this to his younger brother Damon after shoving his younger brother's hand away he began to stalk over to where Jules was currently sitting.
Stefan just as he was about to head over towards where both his brother and the she-wolf were was interrupted by the sound of his phone as it began to ring and upon looking down at the screen immediately answered it before leaving the Mystic Grill leaving Damon to deal with Jules.
"Well, if it isn't the one that I meant to kill… I'll have to get that right next time. You're very fortunate that your friend… Riley was it, saved both you and that other female vampire, otherwise you would be dead right now." Anything that Damon was about to say had immediately been wiped from his brain upon hearing that Jules knew that Riley was going to survive her bite, which instantly made him curious as to how she knew this.
"You won't live to see another full moon unless you tell me both exactly how you know that Riley is going to survive and how exactly we can cure the bite so that Riley doesn't have to suffer through it until she gets better." Jules upon hearing what Damon had to say just simply smirked and then said to him that both he and all of his friends were obviously all idiots.
"I can't believe how stupid all of you are. If you would just pay attention to what all of your vampire senses are telling you when you're around her then you would have your answer. But then again I guess that you wouldn't be able to fully understand unless you could actually smell the power which radiates off of Riley."
Damon was steadily becoming more and more annoyed at how vague the she-wolf was being with him in regards to a possible cure for a werewolf bite and almost missed Jules as she was walking past him towards the exit. Reacting more on impulse than on anything else Damon grabbed ahold of Jules' arm but upon grabbing her she said to Damon with an angry look.
"I'm not afraid of you."
"Then you are very, very stupid."
"Your friend Riley will be fine vampire, she doesn't need a cure, but even if she did need a cure then there would be no way in hell that I would ever give it to you or anyone else for that matter. Especially for a vampire such as Riley who is ancient even by vampire standards, and who has more power than any of you can possibly imagine."
Damon just let go of Jules' arm at this point in time because it seemed that though Jules was not afraid of him or any other vampires; she was obviously somewhat afraid and even wary of Riley for some reason, which he fully intended to figure out.
Riley's Loft
Elijah looked up from where he was situated which was leaning back against the headboard of Riley's bed while she rested back against him to see Katherine holding in her arms a set of new sheets. " I brought some new sheets for Riley Elijah. So can you maybe pick her up or something while I change them so that she doesn't have to have sheets which have old blood on them?"
Elijah rather than even saying anything in response to what Katherine had just said simply slid out from behind Riley slowly and then picked her up in a bridal style while Katherine changed the sheets, which for some reason caused Riley to laugh at.
"I never thought that I would ever see you doing something as mundane as changing sheets on a bed Kat." Riley said in response to both Katherine and Elijah's inquiring looks, which then caused the two to start laughing along with a slightly delirious Riley.
After Katherine had finished changing the sheets on the bed Elijah as he was about to place Riley back on the bed changed his mind at the last moment and asked Katherine to go and fill up the bathtub.
As Katherine was doing that Elijah went over to Riley's dresser and looked through them until he found a pair of sleep pants which he recognized as the ones which had gone missing from his side of the dresser a few days ago before smiling in response upon seeing them before grabbing a shirt for her to sleep in as well.
"Hey Elijah I got the bath ready, will you need any help or do you think that you can handle Riley by yourself?" Katherine said upon walking back into the bedroom as Elijah was picking up Riley so that they could get her into the bathtub only a few feet away.
"You might as well because Riley might start any minute just having nightmares or hallucinations, you can never be sure with a werewolf bite when they're just going to hit you." Katherine rather than even saying anything just merely nodded before following Elijah who was carrying Riley into the large master bathroom and watched as he undressed her before placing her slowly in the warm water which Katherine had filled the tub with.
"Elijah this reminds me of New Orleans does this remind you of New Orleans?" Riley asked Elijah with eyes that clearly showed that she was clearly only half aware of where she was at the moment as a result of the werewolf bite. Elijah upon seeing the look in Katherine's eyes which was probably the exact same look which was in his eyes said to her that they would deal with the wolf later.
"No 'Lijah. Don't want to risk you or Kitty-kat getting bit." Was what Riley said in response to seeing the looks in both Elijah and Katherine's eyes, making it apparent that Riley was obviously a little more present. So rather than responding to what she had just said Katherine went over to the sink and grabbed one of the many hairbands which were laying on the counter and then walked over to Riley and after kneeling she pulled Riley's hair up into a messy bun so that her hair wouldn't get wet.
After Katherine had done this Riley looked her in the face and then said to the two vampires next to her shocking them both when she said. "I really miss Rebekah and Kol, I wish that they were here Elijah."
And before Elijah or even Katherine could even think of something to say Riley simply turned her head so that she was looking at a black and white picture of the entire Mikaelson family hung on the wall of them shoulder to shoulder which had been taken in New Orleans before she closed her eyes and then tilted her head back so that it was leaned up against the tub as both Elijah and Katherine began helping her wash off all of the sweat which had accumulated on her body before the werewolf bite made her delirious again.
Salvatore Boarding House
Damon upon opening the door to the boarding house listened for a moment before he looked to the kitchen and upon looking to the kitchen he saw Rose with a glass of blood. It was both obvious as well as clear that she had been waiting for Damon to return so that she could learn if there was a way for them to cure Riley's werewolf bite.
For even though the werewolf bite for some reason was not going to kill Riley, it would be amazing if they could find some type of cure so that in case one of them got bitten they could heal the person.
"Jules wouldn't tell me anything except for how stupid we all are and that if we were still connected with both the Old Powers which would make it so that we would be able to even just feel or even smell the power which radiates off of her like she can as a werewolf." Rose seemed to ponder for a second and then something seemed to just click as an expression which Damon was unable to decipher so he asked her what she was thinking.
Rose for a moment seemed to consider whether she should tell Damon what exactly she was thinking before she said to him, "I'm not exactly sure if what I'm thinking about Riley is right. So rather than saying what I think is right we're both going to wait until Riley tells us Damon."
"By the way, who would have thought that you would be such a nice guy under all of that tough exterior. I mean not just anyone would go above and beyond for an old friend when it came to having to talk to a werewolf, and you're just doing it so that Riley doesn't have to suffer." Rose said to Damon who first looked away almost as if he was looking around to see if anyone was listening before saying to Rose.
"If you tell anyone that I said this then I will stake you in the heart Rose. I care about Riley like the sister that I never had because upon becoming a vampire Riley and another man who I can't remember the face of helped me and tried to help Stefan for three months before they had to return to wherever it was that both Riley and the man were living at the time."
"Right after the two of them left Stefan went off the deep end because for some reason he had no control anymore which was when I left him."
And after finishing what he had said to her Damon walked out of the room and up towards his bedroom leaving Rose to think over why Damon exactly couldn't remember the face of the other man before she also headed up to the bedroom which she was staying in upstairs.
Mystic Falls 1864
"Giuseppe both Riley and myself cannot thank you enough for the kindness which you are showing to us both by allowing us to stay in the safety of your home." Elijah said to the elder Salvatore as both Riley and Elijah stood just inside the door of the Salvatore House.
The three of them were suddenly were interrupted from their thoughts when there was a loud noise, and upon looking over towards where it was coming both Riley and Elijah smiled upon seeing a man of about twenty-three walking towards the Salvatore House accompanied by the younger Stefan Salvatore whom Giuseppe had told them about but they had yet to meet.
Riley couldn't help but to smile as the two brothers who looked like complete and utter opposite walked side-by-side with their arms over the others shoulder with grins which spread from ear to ear. The two brothers reminded both Riley and Elijah of the sons which they had had as humans who had also been just as close as these two appeared to be.
Upon reaching the door both Stefan and the other man who was yet to be given a name that Riley could remember him by immediately straightened and the older of the two asked their father what exactly was going on.
"These two will be staying with us for an undetermined amount of time. This is Elijah Mikaelson and Riley Specter his fiancé who are to be married in a year's time." The elder Salvatore said to his two sons as they listened to what he was saying to them.
Elijah and Riley had told Giuseppe that the two of them were engaged rather than that they were married because of the recent event which included Kol having slaughtered a good many people around New York causing undue suspicion to both the Original family and to vampires.
Making it so that Riley, Elijah, Rebekah, and Niklaus opted to visit different areas so that if Mikael did come looking in America for them that they would not be where the rumours said that they were, so Elijah and Riley had traveled up to New York to visit some of their children's descendants as one of them had just recently died and they also enjoyed their company.
Riley and Elijah were both then ripped from their thoughts upon hearing Giuseppe chiding his older son whose name was apparently Damon as he was saying to him angrily.
"Damon you are a disgrace! You will not abandon the war effort which you have been fighting in, what you are fighting for is important! You will return when you were told to."
"I refuse father! I will never return to fight for something that I do not even believe in, I would rather be declared a coward than to be one who is fighting for something which I do not support!" Damon yelled back in response to what his father had said to him, his words clearly gaining him respect from Elijah, which Riley could clearly tell from the look in his eyes, and from her as well.
"What say you Mr. Mikaelson, do you believe my son a coward? Ms. Specter?" Giuseppe said to both Elijah and Riley who now had the entire attention of not just the Salvatore family but also had the ear of some of the grounds men as well, but this still changed nothing as Elijah replied in a firm voice.
"My father fought in wars, and he trained both my siblings as well as myself with a ferocity which was unlike any other which has yet to be matched by any other." He paused for a moment before continuing on to say.
" My father knew that there would always be more fights so he trained us, some of these scars I still bare, but when I fought in a war all I could think of was why am I killing a man who could have family the same as me, and was the reason that I had killed him a good enough reason for me to?" As soon as Elijah had finished talking Riley spoke up not having any restraint left for what she clearly needed to get out.
"My belief Mr. Salvatore is that one should fight to defend both family and what they truly believe is right, for what would could possibly be gained from a war if you had in essence nothing that would be gained?" And as soon as Riley had finished what she had said both Elijah and Riley excused themselves from Giuseppe's presence before heading inside to where their room was.
The two of them stopped halfway up the staircase though upon hearing someone trying to catch up with the two and upon turning around saw Damon who asked them if he could talk to them so they continued up towards their room.
Upon reaching the room Damon reached his hand out for first Elijah and then for Riley to shake before saying to them.
" I am truly grateful for your words against my father." And the way in which Damon spoke made it blatantly clear that few ever defended him against the wrath of his own father, Stefan maybe some of the time defending him from his father's wrath.
" My own father was much like your own Mr. Salvatore. He had a particular hatred for my younger brother and could not understand why at every turn that I would defend him from his wrath but because he could not stop me from protecting Nik from him, he merely started in on me as well.
"But because of how loyal my family more so both Nik and myself to each other it resulted in Nik defending me as well which made it so that my father would still get him sometimes."
Damon smiled and then said looked to the two Original vampires before saying "Well I still cannot thank you both enough."
"You need not thank us for speaking our minds against someone who asked for them Mr. Salvatore " Riley said to Damon which caused Damon to smirk and then with a smile which resulted in both Elijah and Riley smiling in response he said to them.
"Please call me Damon."
Riley's Loft
Both Elijah and Katherine were looking down at Riley who was at the moment sleeping peacefully which had been nearly impossible because of the werewolf venom in silence both smiling before Katherine broke the silence.
"What do you think that she is dreaming about?" Elijah after removing his gaze from Riley and then looked to Katherine before saying to her, "Hopefully whatever it is will keep her asleep until the venom is out of her system Katerina," before he walked out of the room to retrieve one of the many blood bags from the cooler which was located behind one of the many bookshelves in Riley's loft when suddenly he heard Katherine yell out.
"I don't think that that's going to happen Elijah! Now come back in here before Riley—" Whatever Katherine had been about to say was cut off suddenly and upon rushing into the room blood bag still in hand Elijah froze for a moment upon seeing Riley had bitten into Katherine's neck and was feeding from her.
"Elijah! Get her off of me—" Katherine yelled at him but Elijah never had to do anything because apparently Riley smelled the human blood which was in the blood bag still in his hand. Riley upon seeing the blood bag almost seemed to salivate, and before Elijah even realized what was happening Riley was headed for him in a frenzy.
Upon reaching him though Riley seemed to realize that the blood which was running through Elijah's body was both a lot warmer and a lot more appetizing that what was in that bag. Making it so that when she changed course from the blood bag to his neck all that he could do was try and make it so that when she bit into his neck that she didn't rip out his throat.
"Riles—You need to stop…' Elijah said struggling to talk through the immense amount of blood which he was losing as Riley was doing her best to drain him dry at the moment. Elijah felt darkness surrounding him as Riley continued to drink and drink, which surprised him when suddenly he felt her jerk away and couldn't stop his legs from collapsing underneath the weight of his body which were weak from the amount of blood which Riley had taken from him.
Upon falling to the floor he couldn't distract himself from the immense feeling of hunger which had been manageable earlier was now overwhelming as he felt a huge pounding in his head.
Suddenly he was distracted by the noise of Riley crying and then felt his head being placed on Riley's lap as she began kissing him, apologizing over and over as he was still trying to open his eyes which was nearly impossible due to the immense hunger which was overwhelming him.
"Elijah, I'm so sorry!" Elijah couldn't help but to stare at her in amazement as her cries lessened as she tried to calm herself down from the sight of Elijah's neck which was still covered in his own blood. Riley's mouth was still covered in his blood from just moments earlier creating an almost panicked look on Riley's face, which was near impossible to accomplish.
When Elijah began to smile broadly at her though Riley just stared at him with a weird look as she tried to figure out why exactly he was smiling so big. When Katherine who had finally come back with at least six blood bags she looked first from Riley and then to Elijah before looking to Riley again before saying.
"I think that you broke him Riley." This caused Elijah to laugh which in turn caused Riley to laugh a nervous laugh as she ran her hands through his hair as she supported him so that he would be able to drink the first of the blood bags which Katherine handed to Riley to feed him.
"Katherine would you please go and get me a washcloth, or something to clean up all of this blood." Riley said to her friend not even looking up from Elijah as she spoke to her and upon hearing footsteps meaning that Katherine was doing what she had asked Riley looked down at her husband before asking him why exactly he had been smiling so broadly after she had nearly ripped his throat out.
"It wasn't really that part it was after that when you were freaking out so badly, you were covered in blood but yet you were still the most beautiful woman that I have ever met." Riley could do nothing but laugh at what he had just said to her and after a moment with washcloth in hand which Katherine had just returned with she began to clean the blood off of his neck but not before kissing him on the temple and saying to him.
"You're such a hopeless romantic."
Knowing that she wouldn't have it any other way as she looked down at the ruined white dress shirt which was covered in Elijah's own blood which caused her to smirk and him to frown upon realized what her reason was for her smile.
Mystic Grill
"Thank you for coming." Jules said to Tyler as he sat down in the booth at the Mystic Grill and after telling the waitress who came what he wanted he looked at Jules with mistrust and curiosity before saying to her.
"What do you want from me?"
"Just to be your friend. Mason would have wanted that. I also know about Mason and you Tyler." And Tyler after taking a moment in which he seemed to almost be trying to calm himself down asked Jules with a voice which clearly showed how much he actually trusted her replied, " What exactly do you think that you know about Mason and me?"
"Let's cut the crap Tyler. I know that you're a werewolf and I also know that your little blonde friend Caroline is a vampire." "How exactly do you know about Caroline?" "You can't sniff them out? How green are you?" Then after a moment Jules face took on a look of shock as she came to the realization that Tyler had yet to even go through his first full moon yet.
"Mason is dead Tyler, he's not missing like everyone else including your little blonde vampire friend would have you think." Tyler after looking her in the face almost as if he was trying to figure out if she was lying or not when Jules continued on saying in an angry voice. " And you know who killed him Tyler, your little blonde vampire," " No, Caroline would never do that."
"She and her little vampire friends were behind it Tyler." "Caroline is the only vampire in town." " Is that what she told you? Caroline lied Tyler, this town is crawling with vampires but don't worry we'll get them."
Tyler after a moment seemed to consider the fact that Caroline had actually maybe lied to him before looking at Jules and then asked her exactly who she was which she responded in kind by saying, "I'm your friend. There are also others like us and they're on their way."
Salvatore Boarding House
"You'll be able to talk to us tomorrow? Alright, just call or text before you head over here tomorrow Riley. Oh and Riley… I'm glad that you're okay."
Then after a moment Damon hung up and looked at Rose who was leaning up against the kitchen counter and who had a look like a kid who had just gotten caught with her hand in the cookie jar. Because after he had turned around Damon realized exactly why that was when he saw an angry Elena, probably due to the fact that something had been hidden from her.
"What exactly are you and Riley going to be talking about tomorrow Damon?" The tone of her voice made Damon want to scream out in anger because Elena had no right to question his motives but rather than yelling he took a deep breath and then looked her in the face before saying.
" Go home Elena, you will find out tomorrow. You coming Rose?" After looking over his shoulder to see if the female vampire was following him Damon headed up the staircase and towards his bedroom, not even looking back to see if Elena was still in the living room.
Gilbert House
When Elena arrives back home and sees Stefan upon walking in through the door she after taking a moment to collect herself looked at him for a moment before opening her mouth. "Stefan, your home."
"Do you know if Riley was lying or not about whether she was going to live or not?" "Damon was talking on the phone with her earlier, and from the sound of things Riley should be fine." Elena was about to question Stefan about how Riley was going to obviously be revealing some things tomorrow but then stopped realizing that she could just head over to the Boarding house tomorrow to find out.
Elena was glad that she had not voiced this when Stefan revealed that he had called Isobel earlier, which made Elena a little annoyed that Stefan had not told her that he had been able to contact Isobel but then decided instead of getting mad to just ask him.
"Did you find her?" Rather than answering Elena he turned around to look over to where John Gilbert now stood, who upon saying hello to Elena was immediately treated as if he was old gum which was not even worthy to be stuck on the bottom of her shoe.
Riley's Loft 11:00 p.m
Riley, Elijah, and Katherine were all laying underneath the covers of Riley's king bed with Elijah and Riley laying on one side with Riley who was resting her head on Elijah's chest, on the way to falling asleep along with both Elijah and Katherine who had fallen asleep minutes ago.
Suddenly all three were wide awake though, for there was suddenly a loud clang as someone knocked on the huge metal door downstairs which was locked shut for the night. After looking at Katherine for a moment Elijah and Riley climbed out of bed and headed downstairs towards the noise which had so rudely interrupted what had been complete silence.
Upon opening the door both Originals saw a small bottle of blood on the floor along with a note attached to it.
And upon looking down at the card which had been attached to the neck of the bottle Elijah slowly read out to Riley what the card said.
"Just in case it happens again."—Nik
