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*Last chapter*
Not waiting for anything else, I quickly took out my phone and sent all the images at Elijah and Rebekah. Without waiting for their response, I threw my phone onto the nightstand and took off my clothes as well.
After putting them into the laundry basket, which was just next to the closet, I sighted deeply and joined Mike in the bathroom, who was now waiting in the shower for me.
*End of last chapter*
Elena's P.O.V.
"I didn't know we were going to spy on them." I remarked to Mike, from my hiding spot behind a bush. "But you hopefully didn't expect me to trust them blindly, Kat?" He answered with his own question and raised an eyebrow. 'Of course not… But I hoped I wouldn't have to do the spy work…'
"No, I just didn't expect to do the dirty work." I answered and showed him, that I wasn't too pleased of the entire situation. But there were more factors to it, then just that…
I was annoyed to be hidden behind a bush, when it was raining. I was annoyed by the constant bickering of Damon and Bonnie inside of Bonnie's house about Vampires and the Originals. We had been sitting outside, in the dirt, for over an hour and still they couldn't seem to agree on anything!
"I have enough of that, Mike. I'm going in there!" I said and got up, but was instantly pulled down my Mike. "What are you doing?! We let them handle the situation and that's it." He said between clenched teeth, as he too hated the situation we were in.
"Forget it! If we let them handle the thing on their own, they will take another hour or more and I really, really don't want to spend any more time in front of that house." I said angrily and got up, marching directly towards the front door.
"Open the door!" I shouted and knocked once, really hard on it. "What the hell is she doing in this town?" I heard Bonnie say to the brothers, before she slowly came to the door opening it with a frown. "What do you want Katherine?" She asked annoyed and I nearly smiled.
"That you all hurry up a bit." I said and leaned against her doorframe, ignoring the glares she was giving me. "Hurry up with what?" She asked right back, trying to play the innocent and unknowing. "Oh, please. Cut it out, for fucks sake! Why do you think these two morons are here?" I asked angrily and heard growls coming from the inside.
Clearly they didn't appreciate my comment much. "So, you're involved in this… Why would I, out of all people, help you?" She asked crossing her arms. "Because like me, you have a big fondness for Klaus and his siblings. And I know you'd just do about nearly everything to get rid of him." I told her and was quite satisfied, when she opened the door a bit wider.
As she invited me in, I couldn't help but to smile a big smile. It was just too funny, that she couldn't even recognize her so called 'best friend'. Upon entering the living room, I instantly received glares from the Salvatore brothers. It was clear that they had wished to go along their plan and not mine, or Mike's.
"So, how far are you?" I asked and let myself fall on the old couch. The one we had spent so many nights on with Caroline, watching movies and eating popcorn or ice cream. "I need to see this place, I need to feel the magic or else I won't be of any help." She answered, still clearly angry.
"And how long will it take to identify the spell or spells?" I asked as soon as she had come back into the room after getting herself a glass of water. "Depends on the age and the power."
"They're old, we can safely say they're about as old as the Originals." I quickly interjected, because I really needed these answers.
I knew that now time was running short and since I hadn't had time to check my phone, I didn't know what the pictures meant. Perhaps the pictures were holding crucial information and together with the estimations of Bonnie, Elijah and the other could find a solution.
"Well … I suppose it shouldn't take too long. With this kind of time range I have to go and search deep into books and the old magic… It could go some minutes, hours to days. I can't really say anything else." Bonnie answered and sighted deeply, really not looking forward to this kind of work.
"Days? No. way. I need it to be done sooner." I said, hoping to sound like the impatient Katherine and was quite proud of me, when I saw the brothers rolling their eyes. "It doesn't work like that." Bonnie answered coldly and I could literally feel the temperature of the room decreasing.
"I know, I know… But try to do your best, well the fastest. The sooner we have them gone the better." I said, while walking towards the door of Bonnie's house.
I opened the door, but before stepping out I turned one last time to the group in the sitting room I once called my friends. "You start this evening. Come to the motel, in about…" I quickly glance at the watch, before looking back up. "In about three hours. Take coats and stuff to eat with you, you'll be working all night long." I said and was about to close the door, but a furious Bonnie came at me.
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" She screamed and I only chuckled, which caused her to get even more pissed. In a little moment, where I didn't pay attention, Bonnie slapped me really hard. After the slap she retreated and looked at me in shock, realizing what she just done.
I was able to see how the fear slowly crept into her and soon I saw her fingers starting to tremble lightly. "One, I do NOT appreciate being hit. Two, I'm MUCH older and STRONGER than you, so be careful!" I spat out and pinned her against the wall, which caused the Salvatore brother's to come into the hallway.
"And three… do NEVER, EVER hit me again!" I whispered lowly, before I bit into her neck. I didn't drink any of her blood, I just bit quite hard and stepped back. "Oh and … I can do whatever I want, because I will rip your fucking heart out, if you don't do what I want. And I promise you, that your little 'gang' won't be here to help you." I said rather cheerfully and turned on my heel, speeding away from the entire scene.
**Back at the motel**
"You've spent too much time around the Originals and fleeing from them." Mike stated as soon as I walked into the room. "Why do you say that?" I asked truly curious and sat on the bed, to take off my shoes and coat. "Your threat. That's one of Elijah's favorite, ripping out the hearts of his opponents." Mike stated and looked closely at me.
"Oh, really?... Hadn't realized that." I said uninterested and closed my eyes, stretching my tired limbs. "Katherine, Phil and I are going to drink something at the grill. Do you want to join us?" He asked and I felt the mattress move as he sat down next to me.
"No, I'm pretty tired. But thanks for the invitation… But you'll be back before they come, right?" I asked and sat up a little bit. "Sure, we won't be out long anyway. Just so we can talk a bit and drink a few drinks." He said and gave me a soft kiss before walking to the door.
"Okay… Because I would hate to be all alone with those idiots around me." I said with heavy sight. "Believe me, I can understand you. But we'll be soon back and if they should show up before we're back, you know how to reach me." He said and walked out of the room.
I waited to hear him walk down the hall and into the lobby, before I turned to my side. I opened the bedside table and in there was my phone. Turning it on, I quickly saw that I had missed calls, texts and emails from Rebekah and Elijah.
I had the finger already on the call button, but decided to quickly check the room. I had absolutely no trust in Mike, which was good as I found one bug, hidden under the closet. 'He really has a problem with control…' I thought annoyed and turned on the TV on the news channel, before going into the bathroom and turning on the shower.
Thankfully in the bathroom there was no bug or camera and so I could finally call Elijah. "Thank god you're calling me. I was thinking something happened to you!" Elijah said his voice full of worry. "I'm sorry, but I was never alone to check my phone…" I whispered, but loud enough so that Elijah could still hear me.
"Why are you whispering, Elena?" He asked over the phone and I swear I could nearly picture him raising his eyebrows in that questioning manner.
"He placed a bug in the bedroom under the closet and I don't know how efficient it is. I'm in the bathroom and yeah… the sounds you hear are the TV and the shower." I quickly explained and sat onto the toilet, as I didn't want to stand around if I didn't have to.
"He did what?!... Okay, do you want to meet me somewhere so we can talk?" Elijah asked once he had calmed down a little. "No, better not… The Salvatore's and Bonnie should be coming to our motel in about two hours and I have to be here, even if I would want to be with you right now…" I admitted and sighted.
"I know… So the Salvatore's are coming and Bonnie as well?" "Yep… She kind of agreed to help me, as I threatened to rip out her heart." "You threatened her?" Elijah asked chuckling and I could hear another voice coming from his side.
It was a voice which belonged to a woman, but I couldn't be sure to hundred percent as it was really quiet. At the thought of another woman next to Elijah, I felt a pang of hurt and jealousy, but I quickly pushed it to the side as technically we weren't together.
It was true… we had slept with each other, yes… we had kissed, but there was nothing official and actually for the first time I really thought about it. I quickly realized that I wasn't that much against the idea of him and me being together. It seemed actually rather pleasant.
Elijah, not hearing an answer from me since that voice, probably got the idea of what I was thinking and cleared his throat. "Sorry, but Rebekah absolutely wants that I put the phone on loudspeaker… would you mind?" He asked and I actually felt relieved that it had been Rebekah.
'Elena… You should really, really get a grip on you… It starts to get pathetic.' I told myself and quickly said okay to Elijah. "Hey, E! So, what's up?" Rebekah's voice came quite loudly through the phone. "Not much, just hiding in the bathroom pretending to shower… The usual." I answered a bit more cheerfully and heard them both chuckle.
"So… I actually called because of the pictures I sent you. Were they of any help in finding out who they are?" I asked and was met by a heavy silence. "Yeah, we could clearly identify the ones in the bigger room. It's actually Mike's late wife, sister and child." Elijah answered seriously and I was sure I had heard something else in his voice, but I just couldn't place it.
"Wife, sister and child? Wow… that makes a lot of family in one tomb… Was there anything written about their death or something?" I asked, still whispering and quickly check with my hearing if there was anyone approaching.
"No, nothing too special. There was the older version of the usual 'Rest in peace' and something about 'Let the light guide you to heaven and the shadows leave you in peace'. But that's the only thing." Rebekah answered, clearly a bit disappointed that there wasn't anything special.
"And about the other tomb, the one of the child?" I asked after a moment of reflection and waited patiently for their answer. "That's an entirely different story. It was way too damaged to make out who he really was. There was a symbol that could be the a 'N' or a 'M', but that's it. We can't say if it is like the first letter of his name, one simply in the middle or something else.
Although there really was something interesting on the side of the tomb, where the heart should be. It's something we had never read somewhere and it really proves the hate the people had for this child. It was written 'Bringer of death' and just under this it was written 'Child of the devil'." Rebekah continued and after hearing her last words, the need for me to find out who that child was became even stronger.
There was a long moment of silence, in which we all were a bit lost in our thoughts, but I knew that before I could carry on with my 'shower', that I needed to inform them properly. "You know, later when the brothers and Bonnie will come, that they're going to work on breaking the spells." I said after a while and waited for their reactions.
"Yeah, the spells on the cavern, right?" Rebekah commented, but at the end she didn't sound too secure anymore. "Yeah, but I think there's also one or more spells on the smaller tomb. And Mike is planning to use the smaller one…" "To kill us?" Rebekah asked bewildered and I could hear the disbelieve in her voice.
'No, to have a huge party! … Of course it's to kill you!' I thought a bit annoyed, but instead of saying it aloud I thought it in my head and rolled my eyes at the reflection in the mirror. "That's what I heard from him… Is there… is there perhaps something you might need to tell me concerning the small tomb?" I asked, fearing only a little bit what their reaction might be.
"No… I really don't know." Rebekah said and asked Elijah if he knew perhaps something. "I'm sorry, but I don't know anything… But there might be two who know something." Elijah said after a moment of hesitation. 'Let me guess… Klaus. It's always Klaus…'
"Klaus…" I stated and was met with a heavy silence, which only confirmed my suspicions. "What do you mean by that, Elijah?" I heard Rebekah asking and she really sounded surprised and confused.
"Rebekah… Klaus was the one who was befriended with Mike. If anyone should know something it's him… and perhaps Kol, because he…" Elijah started explaining, but suddenly stopped.
"Because he, what?" Rebekah asked, getting annoyed of her bigger brother to constantly stop himself. I could hear it in her voice that she wanted the truth and she wanted it now. 'You're not the only one, Bekah… You're not the only one.'
"Because at that time Kol, was extremely jealous and he kept spying on Klaus… So if anyone besides Klaus and Mike of course know something… it's Kol." Elijah finished and I had to admit, I was astonished. Of course not that the siblings were spying on each other… but that actually a secret or two had survived for so long.
"Okay… I think it's then best if I just ask Kol. Rebekah, Elijah… I promise I'll try to keep you updated and yeah… See you soon." I said and hung up, before they could say anything. I had been on the phone with them for over twenty minutes and I had never been the one to take long showers, I knew that I had to finish 'showering' or else he would get suspicious should he be listening right now.
'Good now I only need to find an excuse to get out of the room… Perhaps something to eat?' I thought and while I walked back into the room, I started to hum to a song I had heard not long ago. I walked to the closet and opened the door, pretended to search for something, before I closet it back again.
"Argh… It's so boring in here… I'm feeling kind of hungry… Let's go and get a bite!" I said as if I were talking to myself, which I actually was, and walked out of the room.
Since there wasn't much time left between now and the supposed arrival of the Salvatores (and Bonnie), I decided to stay in the motel, but to search for another room or something like this.
I then discovered the private rooms of the owner and since he or she wasn't in there I quickly slipped inside and locked the door. I walked as far as possible from the door (and the motel rooms), before I pulled out my phone once again and chose his number from the contact list.
"Well, what a lovely surprise! The doppelgänger honors me with a phone call!" Kol joked, but before he could continue I quickly interrupted him. "Kol… I don't have time for this. I need to know one or two things." I quickly said and tried to sound as serious as possible.
"All business I see… Well, than. How can I help you, Elena?" He asked and I heard him take a sip from his drink. "I'd need you to tell me some stuff about Klaus's past. Especially the one concerning Mike." I quickly added, so he would know I needed my answers fast.
"Why don't you ask him?" Kol asked sounding all too bored. "Yeah, right… Because I just go up to him like 'Hey, K. Got a minute?' Kol, seriously." I said annoyed and shook my head, even though he couldn't see it.
"Alright, alright. What exactly do you want to know?" "Elijah said you might know something about the smaller tomb I found in Mystic Falls… You know about it, right?" I quickly asked and for a moment I really feared he didn't know anything. Not because I was frightened of something, no, but because I had really no intention to retell this story again. 'I seriously hope that they were able to communicate for once…'
"Yeah, Rebekah told me about it and about the other one… And why would Elijah say something like this?" He asked suspicious and I really, really had to hold back my frustration. "K-O-L. I don't have an eternity to talk with you on the phone; I have other stuff to do. So…
My question is do you know why Mike hates Klaus so much? And do you, by any chance, know who this child in the tomb might be?" I asked crossing my fingers, while hoping he might know something. 'Please let him know something!'
"No, I don't know why… exactly." Kol said and I could nearly feel the intriguing story behind it. "Yes?" I encouraged Kol and hoped he wouldn't make a big drama act out of it. "It's… Mike and Klaus were really close and…. Klaus was really close to one of Mike's sister" Kol said and I nearly let my phone drop.
'Gosh! Sleeping with the best friends' sister?... That surely never ends well… Especially if you're part of the Mikaelson family or if you have to 'work' with them…'
"Okay… But we only found one sister in the tombs. Why?" I asked to no one in general. 'Could he have excluded his own sister?... Or could it be that she didn't die?' "I don't know… But when Mike found out, that Klaus and his sister had a relationship, well let's just say he wasn't too… pleased." Kol said with much more than just a little… underestimation.
"Well, I wouldn't be too happy either… Just… one question. Were you there still human or were you already… Vampires?" I asked with some hesitation. 'At least if they were already Vampires, it could explain why the sister wouldn't be in the tomb…'
"Humans, it wasn't long before the entire thing with Tatia started and before we got turned." Kol answered quickly and I could hear him once again taking a sip from whatever he was drinking. 'Oh man… there goes my guess…' I thought disappointed and had to hold back my verbal frustration.
"How long before do you think?" I asked trying to get myself some sort of 'protocol'. "I don't know, Elena… Not more than a year." Kol answered and I could hear some frustration in his voice about the entire thing. 'A year… and then everything with Tatia happened… That's too suspicious for my liking.'
"What happened with Mike's sister? Because we only ever get to hear the story about Elijah, Klaus and Tatia." I asked and all kinds of scenarios came to my mind. "Well… I don't know all the details, because at that time… well I… yeah. I think you can picture in what kind of.."
'Burgh… Just because I can doesn't mean I want to…' I thought a little bit disgusted as an image popped into my head. I really, really didn't want to think about the youngest Mikaelson in that manner. Especially when I had something going on with the oldest… "Yeah, it's okay. Just tell me what you know." I quickly interrupted him.
"I just know, that Klaus dumped her. Apparently it wasn't too… nice. Mike and Klaus got angry with each other and they pretty much stopped talking, that's what I heard at least. And that's already all I know…" Kol told me and I could nearly picture what happened. 'I don't know Klaus… but that could definitely sound like something he could or would do…'
"Okay… thanks, Kol. Well I got to go, bye." I quickly said and hung up. 'You're adopting the bad phone manners of the Originals…' Sighting heavily, I put the phone into my pocket, but then realized that I didn't know what time it was.
Looking at the clock, I got probably the second or third shock of my day. I had spent probably half an hour on the phone, which left me only one hour before the Salvatore's and Bonnie would show up. Also I didn't know if Mike was back or not and if he would see me in the same clothes as before, and if he had listen… well then I was in deep… trouble.
Carefully I opened the door and slid out of the room, closing the door behind me as quietly as possible. I quickly checked the hallway, to see if anyone was near, before I once again quietly made my way over to the room I was staying in.
Would I've been able to feel emotions, I knew I would've felt slight fear and nervousness. As a human my hand would've probably been shaking really badly and my heartbeat would've been so loud, that Vampires in the radius of fifty meters would've probably heard it.
But that was the point, I was neither human nor had I emotions, so I feared and felt nothing. I felt some annoyance, yes, a bit of anger… but that was all. 'Okay enough of this! You're starting to sound pathetic and weak… and you're NOT weak!' I told myself and took a deep breath.
I had just put my hand on the doorknob and was about to turn it, when the door opened from the inside. I was actually shocked to see both Salvatore's before me, alone, and in my room. But I wasn't about to show my shock, as this could ruin my cover. 'At least this time my heartbeat won't be able to betray me…' I thought trying to lift my mood.
I crossed my arms over my chest and then raised one of my eyebrows in a questioning manner. I wouldn't speak, they were in my room, so they had to say something first. 'Besides what were they doing in there when no one was inside?... I hope for them, that they didn't snoop in my stuff!'
"What a surprise, the queen has finally arrived." Damon remarked with sarcasm dripping from his voice. "I appreciate the fact that you're thinking so highly of me, Damon." I answered, still not moving an inch from my spot and never stopping with my internal flow of curses.
"What were you doing in my room?" I asked coldly after some seconds of silence in which Stefan didn't stop to glance between Damon and me. It was evident that he wasn't pleased to see me, but he was apparently observing and calculating every movement Damon made. Seeing what happened in the past this was sure an excellent idea.
"We had a rendezvous." Damon stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. 'Not shit, Sherlock…' I thought annoyed and gave him a dark, menacing look. Instantly I could see the shift in Stefan, he stood straighter and took a slightly defensive pose.
For some reason, I was sure that they knew or suspected that I wasn't Katherine, but rather Elena. And I had to admit, that I was… slightly worried that they could let something in this direction slip, especially since I discovered the bug under the closet.
"What Damon is trying to tell you, is that we came a bit early to our meeting to… check if it was a trap or not." Stefan explained, taking once again the defense of his older, but not more mature brother. "I see that. And were you satisfied with your discovers?" I asked coldly and showed them my annoyance.
'Yeah… liked my underwear?' I thought sarcastically and tapped my foot on the ground. A movement that seemed to be pretty irritating to Damon. "Yes, although we didn't appreciate the bug under your closet, Katherine." Damon answered in such a sarcastic manner, that I was sure he had serious doubts about my real identity.
"You didn't, but it was my explicit welcoming gift for you guys." I answered with an annoyed tone, while writing a message on my phone. As soon as I was finished with it, I showed them my phone and held my finger to my mouth, after seeing Damon was about to say something.
The bug isn't mine. It's Mike's. Serious control issues. Don't ask.
Stefan was the first to nod in understanding and relax a little. "Well, next time would be nicer if you wouldn't prepare us such a present." Stefan said and gave a sharp look towards Damon, who was still fuming. "If there is a next time!" Damon spat, but gave me a nearly unrecognizable nod to show me that he had gotten the message.
'Alright… so one thing is already taken care of. Now all I need is to make sure, that Damon and Stefan wouldn't accidentally call me Elena…' I thought and straightened my pose, after I noticed the mini glance Stefan exchanged after looking down the hallway.
'Oh joy! Mike has returned!' I thought sarcastically as I heard Mike approaching the motel. "I must say I didn't expect you both to be here so early." Mike said as soon as he spotted us in the hallway.
"I have to excuse my absence, I hope you didn't have to wait too long." He said stopping just next to me and putting an arm around my lower waist.
I tried hard not to let my surprise show, but I couldn't hide a small smile at his show of possession. It was obvious that he was jealous and that he was making a big show in front of the brothers. I didn't miss the flicker of annoyance in Damon's eyes and the even smaller hint of anger in Stefan's eyes.
"No, we arrived not long ago. Katherine was nice enough to open the door for us." Stefan said, trying to stay polite. At least he had some sense of danger and knew when he should step back, not like Damon. "I'm glad to hear that… Where's the witch? Miss Bennett?" Mike asked suspiciously and I could feel his grip getting a little bit tighter.
'Hadn't noticed she wasn't here… Hm, show's my interest in her… My so called best friend' I thought with some bitterness and couldn't help but to snort at the mention of her name. Damon, Stefan and Mike gave me all a small glance, before resuming their 'conversation'.
"She will arrive as soon as we send her a text message." Stefan answered rather coldly and took out his phone, actually making a big show out of it. "Then what are you waiting for? I don't need to remind you, that we do not have the entire evening, gentlemen." Mike said rather calmly, but with a serious edge to his voice.
Without any further comment, Stefan quickly wrote something on his phone and pressed a button, before stuffing his phone back into a pocket and leaning against the doorframe. "She should be here in a minute or two."
** Some minutes later **
We were sitting in the lobby, when Bonnie decided to finally make an appearance. She was making a big show of her slow entrance, to show that she didn't let herself get scared from someone like Mike. 'She really should… she really should.'
"Good, now that you have finally graced us with your presence, we will take off to the location." Mike said and stood up, walking straight to the exit and towards our car. This time I really couldn't hold it back and simply rolled my eyes in front of everyone, not caring what they would think, and got up as well.
I was about to walk towards the door, when Stefan made me stop. I turned to him, thinking he was going to say something, but all he did was walk really near past me. I felt him gliding something inside my pocket and from the weight of it, I was sure it was his phone or something like that.
I waited for the other to walk past me, before I quickly took out the object from my coat pocket and looked at it. Trying hard not to let anything show, I took a deep breath and put the phone back into the pocket.
Walking out of the motel I spotted everyone in our, well Mike's car. With an apologetic look, I quickly got in and put on my seatbelt. Stefan was sitting right behind me, next to the sandwiched Bonnie. She wasn't pleased at all, that she had to sit in between Damon and Stefan, considering their 'scandalous' nature.
As soon as the car started, I took out Stefan's phone and let it glide to the floor in between the passenger seat and the door. I quickly glanced into the mirror to see, if Stefan had got it and looked back towards the road, after he gave me a discrete look.
During the entire time the drive took, from the motel to the woods, I couldn't help but let the words Stefan had written go through my head, over and over again.
We know it's you, Elena. Bonnie doesn't yet, but if you do not say anything else, we will inform her too. You know my number, call us. We'll help you whenever we can, but we need to know what's going on.
The fact that Bonnie wasn't informed yet, actually brought me quite some contentment. Bonnie had never been really good at keeping information for herself, especially when it concerned Vampires. The fact which bothered me slightly, was that they were so keen on helping. One thing I knew for sure and that was that I had to contact the Originals as soon as possible.
After another minute I took another glance at the mirror and got the nod from Stefan I had been waiting for. Now that I knew he was going to respect my wishes, I could let out the breath I was holding and relaxed into my seat. 'At least I have his confirmation that he wouldn't go running straight to Bonnie to tell her who I really am.'
Thank you so much for reading this story! I hope you all liked this chapter and that you weren't too disappointed. I'm trying to progress now a little bit faster in this story, as I don't want to make a huge think out of it… I'll probably make 3 to 4 more chapters, but it also could be a little bit more. Anyway, please review and let me know what you thought!