So, if you didn't notice, I re-did the summary on this story, and I have finally revealed the second character in this love triangle. Klaus! Since he's coming soon, I figured I would make you wait for a little bit and try and figure out how he fits into all of this.
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The Sacrifice
Elena opened the door to reveal Stefan and Damon with worried looks on their faces. Rachel was in the background, finishing her breakfast. Jenna had insisted she come over in the morning to get to know her better, so Rachel obliged.
"Um, hey, can we talk?" Stefan asked Elena and Rachel. Rachel flashed up to the door.
"Why?" she asked worriedly.
Damon looked at her and Elena. "We went to see Katherine," he confessed.
Elena sighed. "Come on in," she told them, and Stefan entered the home. Damon followed him, and they went straight to the kitchen, where Damon and Stefan explained what Katherine wanted from them in order to get the moonstone back.
"You don't believe her, do you?" Rachel demanded, her arms across her chest.
"No," Damon agreed. "Of course not. We just want the moonstone." He tossed an orange back and forth in his hands.
"According to Rose's friend Slater, there's a way to destroy the spell that Klaus wants to break," Stefan filled them in.
"No spell, no doppelgänger sacrifice." He looked at Elena. "Ergo, you live."
Stefan looked at Rachel. "And as long as we protect you from him, you'll be safe. Apparently, you're valuable." He shot her a smile. Damon eyed his brother and Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, like that'll ever be true." She scoffed. Stefan shook his head at her.
"How do you destroy it?" Elena continued.
Stefan sighed and leaned over the counter. "By releasing it from the moonstone," he explained.
Elena straightened. "How do you guys even know this is gonna work?" she challenged.
"Because we have a crafty witch on our side." Damon smirked. Elena sighed.
"You discussed it with Bonnie," she filled in.
Stefan nodded. "She agreed to do anything she could to help us."
Rachel sighed. "It's Katherine who has the moonstone, she's not going to give it to you," she argued.
"We're gonna get it from her," Stefan countered.
Damon inhaled. "Well, what he means to say is that we will pry it from her cold, dead hand if we have to," he said vindictively.
"Bonnie just needs to find a way to release the seal long enough for us to get in, get the moonstone, and get out in time for her return," Stefan told them.
"Wow. It sounds like you guys have it all planned out," Rachel muttered.
"Yep," Damon quipped. "We're awesome."
"Except for one thing," Rachel continued.
"Two things," Elena tagged on. "I don't want you to do it," Elena explained.
"Not a big fan of it, either," Rachel admitted.
Stefan and Damon looked at each other. "What are you talking about? We don't have a choice," Stefan told them.
"What about Klaus?" Elena pressured.
"We'll find him right after we get the moonstone," Stefan continued.
"Is that before or after he kills everyone that I care about?" Elena pushed. "Including the two of you." Elena paused. Damon looked at her strangely, and Elena returned that same look, but continued. "And it might not be over, I mean…we don't know what Klaus wants with Rachel."
"What if he doesn't want anything at all?" Rachel asked them all. "Aren't you guys overreacting? Elijah didn't kill me. So what?"
"Yeah, and what if he does?" Damon proposed coldly. "Are you going to run away again?" he offered.
She shot him a glare. "I'm not talking about this."
"Then shut up and let us do this," Damon snapped. "You don't have a say in this anymore. I heard Slater last night. You're valuable. Klaus wants you."
"Elena, if we can de-spell the moonstone, we can save your life," Stefan said firmly. He looked at Rachel. "And we'll find out what Klaus wants and stop him. We'll find a way."
"Everyone keeps saying that." Rachel groaned. Elena just got up from the kitchen center isle and walked away, done with the conversation.
Elena and Rachel entered the Salvatore house without being invited in. Rachel needed a change of clothes because she had reluctantly spent the night over at Elena's house after feeding with Stefan. A part of her didn't feel like being around Damon after his declaration about her denying him and herself.
"I'll, uh—" Rachel motioned to the stairs, but before she could get another word out, Rose appeared.
"It's not nice to leave a girl naked so early in the morning," Rose scolded as she tied her pink robe belt around her waist. Rachel took in a large breath as Rose looked up to see them both. "Whoa, I'm sorry I thought you were—" Rose stopped, glancing at Rachel. Rachel kept a straight face.
"Damon?" she filled in. Rose was silent.
"I, uh—Sorry, I—" Elena turned her head in shame. Rachel ran a hand through her hair.
"There's no one else here," she told Rachel and Elena.
"Actually, we came to talk to you," Rachel said through tight lips.
Rose gestured upstairs. "Then I should probably get dressed."
Elena nodded while inhaling and Rachel just stayed silent for a moment as Rose disappeared down the hall. "I'm going to go change," Rachel said.
"Hey." Elena grabbed Rachel's arm. "Are you…?"
"I'm fine." She gave Elena a smile. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"It's just…" Elena sighed. Rachel feigned a smile again.
"I'm fine," Rachel assured her pretend sister. "I'll be quick," she promised, and disappeared.
Minutes later, after Rachel and Rose both changed into decent clothes, Elena and Rachel finally relayed their plan to the centuries-year-old vampire.
"It's a bad idea," Rose warned them.
"No, it's not," Rachel argued.
"From what Stefan told us, your friend Slater obviously has more information about Klaus," Elena pushed. "You and Damon just gave up before you got it."
"Because somebody blew up a coffee shop with us in it," Rose reasoned.
"There's more to learn," Rachel pressured. "We just have to find a way to learn it."
"Why are you coming to me with this?" Rose asked.
Elena sighed. "Because you owe us," Elena clarified. "One word from either of us and Damon and Stefan could have killed you for kidnapping us."
"Or maybe it's because you know that they wouldn't want you two to be doing this," Rose retorted.
Rachel narrowed her eyes at Rose. "I could give a shit less what they want," Rachel snapped.
Rose frowned. "Then why are you here?" she proposed.
"I need to make sure everyone is safe."
"Everyone?" Rose prompted. "Including Damon?"
Elena put her hand on top of Rachel's to keep her from attacking the elder vampire. Rose smiled and turned back to Elena. "Their moonstone caper just gives you a chance to sneak away," she continued.
"We're all having a disagreement, okay?" Elena told Rose. "They're willing to risk everyone that I love and I'm not."
Rose shook her head. 'They're just trying to protect you," Rose offered. She looked at Rachel. "Both of you. I heard Slater last night—"
"Yeah, yeah, I know." Rachel held up her hands and sighed. "I'm fucking valuable. I get it." Rachel inhaled. "But you've proven that you couldn't care less whether we're protected or not."
Elena interrupted. "So, we're back to you taking me to Slater," Elena began.
Rose sat down between Rachel and Elena. She turned to both of them. "What, exactly, do you hope to achieve by this?" she pressured.
Elena tilted her head. "How would you like to be able to walk in the daylight?" Elena proposed.
Rose looked at her and inhaled sharply. "I've been a slave to the shadows for five hundred years," she breathed. "What do you think?"
"I think, we know a witch who's willing to do whatever it takes to help." Elena looked at Rose and glanced at Rachel.
"If you're willing to make a deal," Rachel clarified.
Rose looked at them both, contemplating her choices. But it was already clear what she chose.
Later on at the Salvatore boarding house, Damon, Stefan, Bonnie, and Jeremy stood in the study, going over their plan.
"I might be able to lower the tomb spell long enough for you to get in and grab the moonstone from Katherine," Bonnie admitted. Damon nodded at her.
"How? It took both you and your Grams last time, and look what happened to her," Jeremy accused Bonnie.
"I'm well aware of what happened," Bonnie told him firmly. "But I've learned a few new things."
"Bonnie." He eyed her suspiciously.
"How will you get it?" she moved on.
Stefan answered. "She hasn't been feeding. She's weaker. We're not." He tilted his head towards Damon and Damon tipped the blood glass to her.
"You wouldn't be underestimating her, would you?" Bonnie asked them.
"It's a plan," Damon told her. "Is it perfect? Pfft. What plan is?"
Jeremy interrupted them. "Let me do it," he suggested. "I've got my ring. I could get in, get out. No spells necessary," he offered, looking at Bonnie.
"Gee, thanks," Damon quipped, "you sixteen-year-old child." He scoffed. "Why didn't we think about that?" His face turned to raise his eyebrows. "Why are you even here?"
"Maybe I can help better the plan," Bonnie offered and looked at Stefan and Damon. "Do you have anything that belongs to Katherine?" she asked.
Damon didn't have anything, but his head slowly moved to Stefan. He knew Stefan must've had something.
He did.
A few minutes later, Stefan returned with a metal picture of Katherine.
"This belonged to Katherine," Stefan told Bonnie. "Found it with her things after I thought she was dead, but it was hers." He offered it to the witch. Damon and Stefan both eyed the picture carefully. Call it sentimental value.
Bonnie took the picture after a while and put it in a bowl. She then took two fingers and dipped it in a glass of water, and dripped it onto the frame. The next thing they all knew, flames erupted and Bonnie began to chant.
"What will this do?" Damon asked.
"I can turn the metal to ask. Blow the ashes on her and it'll incapacitate her for a minute or two," Bonnie explained while her eyes remained closed and she focused on the spell. She opened her eyes. "Long enough for you to get the stone and get out," she added.
Suddenly, Bonnie's nose began to bleed. Stefan and Damon noticed it, but they let it pass as Bonnie tried to hide it from them.
After the ash burned, they were all packed with weapons and ready to go. "We gotta get the torches," Stefan informed his brother.
"Alaric's stake-gun is in my trunk," Damon informed the younger Salvatore. "Bonnie?" Damon sung, rushing her.
"Go ahead," she told them. "We're almost done."
Stefan left the study and Damon hung around for an extra second, but went along with him.
They finally arrived at Slater's house. Rose, Rachel, and Elena climbed up the stairs to his apartment, Rose first. She pounded on the door. "Slater? Slater, it's Rose. Open up," she commanded. Rose turned to Elena and Rachel. "He's not home. Sorry.
"Mm-mm." Elena held up her hand. "We didn't come all the way out here for nothing," Elena warned.
Rose sighed, understanding. In a moment, she pushed open the door and a chain fell, releasing the door from being locked. Rose stepped aside.
"After you two," she prompted, letting Rachel and Rose follow in first. Rose tailed behind them.
"Slater?" Rose called out. She walked into the apartment further and Elena and Rachel looked around. Suddenly, Rose's eyes grew wide.
"I don't think he's gonna be much help," Rose warned them, still in her place. Rachel and Elena jogged over to Rose's position to see a dead vampire – Slater, they presumed – on the ground. Elena and Rachel turned back to Rose, who gave them a warning look. Their plan wasn't working out so well.
Rose walked forward and began to drag Slater away, and Rachel reluctantly helped. Elena stood in her place, rubbing her forehead. After all, it had been her idea to visit Slater, but now he was dead and she didn't know what to do. Suddenly, she walked away and found his desk.
"Looks like whoever blew up the coffee shop found him and killed him for his information," Elena said. Rachel joined Elena behind her and began to look at the files on his desk of multiple computers. Rose sighed.
"Yeah, probably to stop him from helping people like us," Rose retorted. "The guy was a vampire almanac. Knowing too much information just bit him in the ass."
Rachel and Elena shuffled through the files, trying to figure out anything they possibly could.
Suddenly, Rose walked over to the window and brushed the curtains away. Elena held up her hand. "What are you—?"
"Tempered glass," Rose said, her tone full of annoyance. "UV rays can't penetrate," she explained. Rose sighed. "I used to just come here and watch the day," the vampire admitted, nostalgic. Elena looked at a picture in her hand that showed Slater with a dark-haired girl.
"I'm sorry about Slater," Elena told her.
"Me, too," Rachel added.
Rose didn't respond. "Any luck?" she moved on. Elena put down the picture and Rachel woke up one of the computers.
"Um…" she looked at the computer, but it gave her a bad sound. "It's password-protected," Rachel said with a sad exhale. "I can't get in."
"Then this is pointless. Let's just go," Rose suggested. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise, and all three of them turned. They looked at each other before Rose motioned to Elena. "Stay here," she ordered. Rachel moved with Rose to where the sound came from. They opened the doors and looked inside, curious.
A girl peered out behind a large cabinet. Rose raised her eyebrows. "Alice?" she asked.
"Rose," the girl whimpered and threw herself into the old vampire's arms. Alice sobbed into Rose's hug. "He's dead," she cried. Rachel looked at Elena and Elena looked back at her. The doppelgänger sympathy was something they shared that Katherine didn't.
Elena and Rachel decided to make tea for them all, considering the state the gothic human was in. Rose walked into the kitchen as Rachel watched Elena pour the tea from the kettle into four cups. Rose sat down and explained.
"She found him a few minutes before we did," Rose explained.
"How is she?" Rachel asked, mildly concerned.
"Overreacting," Rose told them. "Big time."
Elena knotted her eyebrows. "Her boyfriend just died," she said, looking at Rose incredulously. "There's no such thing as overreacting."
"Those tears are for her," Rose explained further. "She didn't care about Slater. She was only dating him long enough to see if he'd turn her."
Rachel scoffed. "Why would anyone want to become a vampire?" She groaned lightly. Rose shrugged.
"Maybe they need something to live for," Rose offered. But Rachel would never understand. Elena grabbed a cup of tea and brought it out to the human in the room. Rachel followed with her cup, but Rose denied hers.
"Thank you," Alice whispered as Elena sat down next to her. Rachel went out of the room and walked to Elena's side. She looked at them both.
"Are you two twins?" she asked, confused. Elena inhaled and nodded.
"Yeah," she lied.
"You look really familiar," Alice told them both. "Did you know Slater?"
"Not personally, no," Elena admitted. Rachel nodded in agreement. "I just knew that he kept detailed records of all his vampire contacts, and I was hoping that he could point me towards Klaus," Elena pressured subtly.
"Doubtful," Alice admitted. "Klaus doesn't want to be pointed out."
Rachel spoke this time. "Do you know Slater's computer password?" she asked. Alice looked at her slowly.
"Are you seriously asking me that right now?" she asked in disbelief. "I just saw my boyfriend with a stake through his heart."
"I understand that," Rachel told her calmly. "Do you know his password?" She shot the girl a smile, but said the question through her teeth.
Alice just shook her head. "Who do you think you are?" she whispered.
"A vampire," Rachel spat and walked away to where Rose was, annoyed to the core. Alice's head snapped up, and Elena had an idea.
"What if I could convince my sister to turn you?" Elena asked, enticing the human. Rachel whipped around, confused. There was no way some snotty little excuse of a human being girl was going to get near her blood. "Will you show us his files then?"
"Someone's been here," Alice informed them as she got a warning sign on the computer telling her there were no files found. "The hard drive's been completely wiped out."
"Yeah, probably whoever killed him," Rose retorted.
Elena turned and rubbed her head. Was this all for nothing?
"Lucky for you, Slater was paranoid," Alice moved to a different computer and Elena whipped back around. "Everything's backed up on a remote server."
Elena watched as the human attempted to get into the remote server. Rachel turned to Elena.
"You know that she's not going anywhere near my blood, right?" Rachel growled in a low tone.
"I know." Elena tilted her head deviously. "She doesn't."
Rachel was oddly proud of the human. Elena walked towards Alice and looked over her shoulder at the computer screen Alice was working on.
"'Kristen Stewart.'" Alice groaned. "God, was he obvious?"
"These are all leads to vampires?" Elena asked as she looked at the files.
"Slater was obsessed," Alice told her. "Almost as much as me."
"What about that one?" Rose asked. "'Cody Webber.'" Elena turned her head to her. "They exchanged dozens of emails about Elijah."
Alice turned around. "I could…call him," she offered. Elena grabbed the phone.
"Tell him that we're trying to send a message to Klaus," Elena said to her firmly. Rachel crossed her arms and continued.
"The doppelgänger's alive, she's ready to surrender, and the nineteen seventies doppelganger is back and needs answers," Rachel told Alice.
"What?" Rose snapped.
"Oh, my God!" Alice said slowly. "I knew I recognized you two!"
Elena and Rachel didn't take it.
"Give him the message," Rachel snapped to the mere human.
"Please," Elena added on. Rachel paced back and forth, her arms crossed over her chest. Elena ran into the kitchen and tried to catch her breath. She was really going to do it. Rachel and Rose followed her in after a moment.
"What are you doing?" Rose asked them both.
"Getting Klaus's attention," Elena informed her. "Rachel needs answers and I need to protect everyone."
Rose was practically shaking. "If Klaus knows that you're alive, he'll find you and he'll kill you," she warned and turned to Rachel. "And God knows what he's going to do with you." Rachel avoided her gaze and Elena lowered hers to the floor. Rose looked at them both. "Which is exactly what you wanted all along," she realized.
"It's either me or my family," Elena explained.
"And I need to know the truth," Rachel said to Rose. "I don't need protecting. I need answers."
She shook her head. "So this whole charade was a suicide mission?" Rose asked. 'So that you could sacrifice yourself and save everyone else." It was directed to both of the doppelgängers.
Before either of them could answer, Alice walked up to them. "Cody is on his way," she informed them. She turned to Elena. "And he really wants to meet you."
Rose, Rachel, and Elena inhaled, and they all knew there was no turning back now.
"Sorry I'm late," Bonnie said as she walked up to Damon and Stefan at the entrance to the tomb. "I had to grab the Grimoire from home," she explained.
"Jeremy couldn't take the pressure, huh?" Damon quipped. Stefan walked down the steps to the tomb first and Bonnie followed.
"He said he'd be here," she assured him. Suddenly, Damon's phone began to ring, and he answered it, knowing who it was.
"Not a good time, Rose," he informed her.
"Don't be angry with me," she said carefully over the phone. Damon raised his eyebrows.
"Why?" he asked. 'What did you do?"
There was a pause before Rose spoke again. "You need to get to Richmond immediately," she commanded.
"Tell me," Damon pushed.
Rose exhaled largely. "I took…I took Rachel and Elena to Slater's house."
"You what?"
"Yes, Damon, I know!" Rose whispered, her voice hushed. "I know. I screwed up. But now Elena and Rachel called someone who will take them to Klaus. You need to get to Richmond, immediately," Rose repeated.
Damon growled. "Fine," he snapped. "I'm on my way." In a moment, he hung up the phone, and Rose sat with it in her hands. She didn't mean to cause trouble.
Elena stood at the window, thinking about what she'd done. It wasn't Rachel's fault – Elena had convinced her that tempting Klaus with the two doppelgangers would get them the information she needed and save everyone.
But what if she was just putting everyone in danger even more?
She sighed to herself and looked outside. What would Klaus do to her? She had to remain strong.
Stefan, she groaned inside. She didn't tell him goodbye.
Suddenly, a face appeared in the window – Elijah. She freaked and turned around, and suddenly Rachel appeared in front of her.
"Whoa," Rachel said softly. "Are you okay?"
"I thought I…" Elena trailed off. "I thought I…" Rachel raised her eyebrows and Elena sighed. "Never mind, I just…"
"Having second thoughts?" Rachel asked quietly. Elena shook her head.
"No," she lied. "You?"
"No."
"Good."
"Yep."
There was a brief pause. "Hey, Rach?"
"Hmm?" Rachel asked, pacing back and forth.
"Why don't you leave Mystic Falls?" Elena asked. "I mean…you really didn't have to stay here. I know you want answers as to why Elijah didn't rip your head off, but you've been telling everyone that you're positive it was a mistake." Elena tilted her head. "So if you really believed that, why would you stay here with us?"
Rachel sighed greatly. "I…I guess everyone's right," she admitted. "I don't know why Elijah spared me, and I'm worried about it."
Elena raised her eyebrows. "Is that the only reason?"
Rachel paused for a moment and smiled. "Why? Do you think there's another reason?" she prompted.
"What about…Damon?" Elena offered. "I mean, something's obviously been going on…"
"I-I don't want to talk about this," Rachel objected, holding her hands up.
Elena shook her head. "But, Rachel—"
"Elena, please," Rachel pleaded. "I don't want to talk about this right now. I'm done with Damon. We'll be taken to Klaus and I'll figure out what I need to figure out and we'll see what happens from there." She eyed Elena. "We'll find a way to save you."
Elena shook her head. "I doubt it. I don't want to be saved."
Rachel tsked. "Now that's not right," she told her and walked away without another word.
Rachel walked out of the kitchen with a glass of water in her hand, anxiously awaiting the arrival of this Cody person. But she felts something off, and she spied Alice looking at something behind her. Rachel narrowed her eyes and spun around, the glass of water swaying in her hand. She squared her jaw when she saw Damon behind her, his face beyond the point of angry.
"What are you doing here?" he growled.
"What are you doing here?" Rachel snapped. Elena walked out of a hallway and spotted Damon.
"What are you doing here?" Elena pressured to Damon. Rose walked out and Rachel whipped around, and she knew what was going on.
"You called him?" She gasped.
"I'm sorry, Rachel," Rose said sincerely, and moved her eyes to Elena. "I'm sorry," she said again.
"You said that you understood!" Rachel said angrily.
"She lied," Damon said simply, his eyes focused on the doppelgängers. Rose shot Damon a look and Rachel spun around to see him again.
"Damon Salvatore!" Alice exclaimed, walking up to them all. Damon wrinkled his nose.
"Get rid of her," he ordered Rose. Rose grabbed Alice's arm as the human just smiled.
"No way." In a moment, Rose ushered the human out and Damon and Rachel stared at each other angrily.
"Come on," he said to the both of them – Rachel and Elena. "We're leaving."
"No," Elena told him.
"I'm with her on that one," Rachel told Damon.
"I said, we're leaving." Damon stepped closer to Rachel, seriousness in his eyes. She didn't doubt that, but she wasn't giving in.
"I'm not going with you," she told him firmly.
"You do not get to make decisions anymore," Damon warned her.
She laughed bitterly. "When have I ever made a decision, Damon?" she prompted. "My life has been a lie. I was compelled to be someone I wasn't and tricked into loving you. All of that was a lie. You never let me make that decision." Rachel looked back and forth into his eyes. "Now, this? This is my decision. I'm not leaving."
Damon widened his eyes. "Who's gonna save your life while you're out 'making decisions'?" he proposed. She shook her head.
"You're not listening to me, Damon. I don't want to be saved," Rachel told him. "Neither does Elena."
"Klaus is going to kill everyone I love, Damon," Elena reasoned with him, interrupting Rachel and Damon. "We have to do this."
"Go with Rose, Elena," Rachel said, not taking her eyes off of Damon. "I've got this."
"Don't you dare," Damon growled, but his eyes were still on Rachel. But Elena scurried away quickly, and Damon tried to go after her, but Rachel stopped him. He turned to her and glared. "Get your ass out that door before I throw you over my shoulder and carry you out," he warned, and gripped her arm. Rachel grunted.
"No," she said through her teeth. With her spare hand, she brought it up to punch Damon with her strength, but he was much stronger. He gripped her fist in his palm and she stared at it, feeling the pain. He was so much stronger than her; even with animal blood in her system fresh. With slow steps, Damon kept his hand on hers and inched closer until he was barely a few inches away from her face. She breathed slowly, trying not to focus on the mind-numbing pain.
"Don't ever do that again," he warned her. Rachel's breath shook violently as he examined her slowly and released her finally, going after Elena. When he was finally away from her, she took in a deep breath.
"Time to go," Damon said a few minutes later as Rose, Rachel, and Elena sat on the couch. Elena was disappointed, Rachel was angry, and Rose was tired. He continued. "Alice is soundly sleeping and won't remember a moment of this horribly stupid day," Damon barked.
But suddenly, the door busted open, revealing three men. Rachel, Rose, and Elena got up from the couch immediately and Damon turned his head to see who it was.
"We're here to meet the two doppelgängers," the person – Cody, they guessed – said.
"Thank you for coming," Rachel tried to push Damon, but he held her back, blocking her way.
"I will break your arm, and Elena's," Damon warned her. Rachel squared her jaw and remembered the pain that had shot through her when Damon gripped her hand. He turned to the men.
"There's nothing here for you," Damon assured them.
All of a sudden, the person by the door dropped to the ground, and a familiar bad-guy stood at the door. Everyone turned to look at him.
It was Elijah.
Elena and Rachel's breathing slowed, and Damon stared at the Original with wide eyes. Suddenly, the vampire flitted to the two extra men. Rose disappeared, leaving them all to die.
"I killed you," Damon said, confused. "You were dead."
"For centuries, now," Elijah admitted.
"Who are you?" he asked the two men in front of him.
"Who are you?" the Cody Webber man proposed.
"I'm Elijah," Elijah answered. The man's face tensed.
"We were gonna bring her to you, for Klaus," he told the Original with confidence, but he was shaking. "She's the doppelgänger," Cody informed him. "And the other one…the rumors back in the seventies—"
"I'm well aware," Elijah stopped him.
"I don't know how they exist, but they do," Cody continued. "Klaus would wanna see her, right?"
Elijah looked at the doppelgängers, but his eyes were suspiciously focused on Rachel. Rachel tilted her head, confused.
"Does anyone else know that you're here?" Elijah whispered.
"No," Cody answered.
"Well, then, you have been incredibly helpful," Elijah admitted, but in one fluid motion, Elijah ripped the hearts out of the chests of the two men in front of Damon, Elena, and Rachel. Elena gasped and Elijah let the hearts fall to the ground.
Damon inched closer to the Original vampire, braced for attack.
"Why didn't you kill me?" Rachel blurted out. Elijah tilted his head.
"Oh," he whispered. "I didn't know he took your memories away," Elijah confessed. He looked at Damon and smiled for a moment before fleeing the room, which was highly suspicious. Everyone looked at each other, confused.
Why would Elijah spare them?
"Thank you for bringing me home." Elena sighed to Damon as he and Rachel walked up the porch steps with her.
"Well, your ride left you. I didn't wanna leave you stranded," Damon told her.
Elena turned to Damon. "She was just scared," Elena told him. "She didn't mean to run."
"Yes she did. She's been running for five hundred years," Damon informed.
"Because you know everything about everyone, right Damon?" Rachel snapped at him. He looked at her with cold eyes.
Elena looked at Rachel. "Do you want to stay over again?"
Rachel snuck a glance at Damon, but she nodded towards Elena. "If that's okay," Rachel admitted. Elena nodded.
"Of course." She sighed. "I can't believe Elijah's alive," she breathed. "Why do you think he killed those two vampires and just…let us go?" Elena asked them.
"If I had a dollar for every time some evil vampire surprised me," Damon quipped.
"Why do you think he was talking about 'him' taking my memories away?" Rachel proposed, ignoring Damon's comment. "We'll never know, Elena, unless they want to tell us." She turned to Damon. "Which would've happened if you didn't decide to be so heroic all of a sudden." Elena and Rachel turned to the door, and Damon gripped Rachel's arm and pulled her back.
"What you did today was incredibly stupid," he warned her.
"Actually, the only thing that was stupid was that we got caught," Rachel spat at him and pulled her arm away with a force. Elena watched as they fought, but decided to intervene.
"We don't question why you, Stefan, and everyone else try to save us," Elena interrupted. "You shouldn't question why we would try and save all of you."
Damon blinked as Rachel added, "I needed answers, Damon," she whispered to him. "And I just left with more." Her eyes softened and he said nothing. "Damon, goodnight, okay?" Rachel whispered and turned. But the door had opened, and Jeremy was stood in front of them, a bandage on his neck and a worried look on his face.
"What?" Damon snapped at the human.
"Stefan," Jeremy said simply.
Elena hurried down the tomb stairs, leaving Rachel and Damon behind.
"Stefan!" she shouted, but stopped at the barrier that separated the tomb's door. "Stefan!" she yelled. Elena tried to go in, but someone pulled her back. Damon pushed her up against the stonewall and she fought him – hard.
"Don't you dare," Damon hissed.
"Stefan's in there, Damon!" she yelled. "How could you let this happen?" she spat.
"What are you talking about?" he proposed. Rachel stumbled into the tomb and decided not to get in their way. "I was too busy saving you and Rachel from your crazy kamikaze mission," Damon growled.
Elena argued with him. "You didn't even have to go after that moonstone in the first place!" she countered.
"It was the right call, Elena!"
"Right call?" Her voice was higher. "How is any of this the right call?"
She pushed him and tried to get him off of her, but he wouldn't let her go. "Damon, let go of me!" Elena fought him more and more. "Damon, let go of me! Let go of me!" she shouted, her voice ringing through the tomb. "Let go of me," she said limply.
"Let her go, Damon!" Rachel snapped, pulling Damon off of Elena. Damon stepped away with a glare to Elena. Elena tried to move into the tomb, but Rachel blocked her.
"Don't be stupid, Elena," Rachel warned. "He's an ass, but he's right. Please don't go in there." Her voice was soft.
"Please," Elena whispered. Rachel shook her head and Elena ran a hand through her hair before she left, unable to stand the sight of Damon anymore.
Rachel whipped around to face Damon.
"What is your problem?" she asked him. He rolled his eyes.
"Not you, too!"
She shoved his chest. "You didn't need to come after us! I had this under control! You ruined everything!" Rachel cried. She shoved his chest again.
"Under control? You were going to get yourself killed! You were going to get Elena killed!"
Rachel pushed him harder. "You think I was going to let her get taken? Of course I wasn't! I was going to tell Rose to get her the hell out of there! I only planned for me to be taken!"
"What good would that do?" he growled.
"You would have Elena and I would get my answers!" Rachel shouted. "We all win!"
"Where do I win in that?" Damon hissed. "Where do I win in letting you get taken and possibly killed by the oldest vampire in the history of time, Rachel? I will always protect you, and despite your efforts, you know you needed protecting today."
"I don't need protection from you," she hissed, pushing again. He took the slow, not painful blows. "I hate you! I hate you!" Rachel cried and shoved him again. Quickly, Damon grasped her hands that she used to push him around in his hands and stopped her as she fought him. Her words stung – he wouldn't lie – but he couldn't think about that.
"You doppelgängers need to learn self control," he demanded. She pushed against him, but he stood his ground. It was useless. She relaxed. "You done now?" Damon prompted and she glared at him. Slowly, Damon backed away, and Rachel huffed, following in Elena's footsteps.
Damon sighed as he felt Stefan slowly come out and reveal himself.
"Of all the idiot plans, Stefan."
Stefan sighed in agreement.
"Yeah, well…"
"I'll find a way to get you out," Damon assured him.
"That's all right. I'll, uh…I'll handle myself," Stefan told his brother. "Bonnie has the moonstone," he informed Damon. "Work with her. Try to figure out how to de-spell it."
"You martyr yourself in a tomb and I get partnered with a semi-competent witch, an angry as hell vampire doppelgänger, and a suicidal human doppelgänger. Wonderful," Damon said sarcastically.
"Keep Elena away from here," Stefan ordered.
"Yeah." Damon scoffed. "Because that'll be easy."
Stefan didn't say anything. "Promise me," he said after a hesitation. "No matter what happens, no matter how much Rachel claims to hate you…" Stefan trailed off. "Protect them."
Damon lowered his eyes. "It's not like I'm not used to it," Damon admitted.
"Promise," Stefan pushed.
"Promise," Damon agreed. As he turned to walk away, Stefan stopped him.
"Wait." Stefan paused. "There's one more thing." Damon stayed quiet until Stefan continued. "Rachel doesn't feed off of blood bags," Stefan told his brother. "She's been lying to you. She doesn't feed off of blood bags."
Damon scoffed. "I knew that. Figured she adopted the Stefan diet. It wasn't hard to guess," Damon admitted.
Stefan shook his head. "No, Damon," Stefan told him. "Rachel…Rachel doesn't feed…at all. Only at times when she really needs it." Damon paused, taking it in. "She's not strong enough. I took her feeding with me last night, and she didn't react well to it." Stefan sighed. "You know what's happening, Damon. She can't not feed and protect herself."
Damon was quiet for a moment. "All right," he said after a while. "I'll try and…help," he admitted.
"Don't give up on her," Stefan told him. "And don't force her. Don't screw this up."
Damon eyed his brother. "I got it," he snapped. "I'll be fine."
Damon turned from his brother and left.
Next up is…By The Light of the Moon, I think. Can't be sure, the episodes bleed together. Anyways…leave a review! If possible, I'd really like five, but just do me a favor and drop a comment! I love to hear from you guys, it makes my day :)
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