~Chapter 10

Elena POV

I felt a warm ray of sunlight hit my face, as I slowly stirred. I opened my eyes, and quickly closed them again. They hurt with the contact of the sudden light.

I opened them slowly again, and I let them adjust to the surroundings.

I did not recognize the place. I could not move. I felt so weak and dirty. I looked down and saw that my arms and legs were tied to a limp wooden chair. My lovely red dress was nowhere in sight and I was only in my under garments, a white shirt and white pantaloons which were slightly bloodied. I quickly whipped my head around, but all I could see were walls, and a little wooden door, where only a person who bent down could go through it.

"Help me, please!" I screamed as my voice echoed throughout the room.

"And she's finally conscious," I heard a gruff male voice behind me.

I could not recognize the voice either.

"Who are you?" I asked, fear in my voice. The man didn't respond.

"WHO ARE YOU?" I yelled at the man.

"My name is Michael," he told me smirking deviously as he came into my view. He had short blonde hair, similar to Niklaus, but he looked much older than him. Maybe late forties, I thought with disgust.

"And such a temper she has. You are feisty; I can see why the bastard has not killed you yet, perhaps he is waiting for a full moon..." his voice trailed off as he saw me summing everything up.

"You're Niklaus' father?" I questioned the man, not believing who I had found myself captive of.

"Well, not exactly father, but you get the idea," he continued still smirking. I did not like his smirk. It made me feel uncomfortable.

"Where's Niklaus?" I probed, slightly quivering. I wanted to go home – home, to Niklaus. Where was he? Was he coming for me?

"He is not here of course. He managed to escape me from the church, but we know he will come for you," he replied impatiently.

"We?" I realized that he must be with the rest of the family. He did not respond, he only came near. Very near that I could feel his steady breathing, slowly slapping me against my face. He kept looking into my eyes, as if he was searching for something.

I shrieked in agony as I felt a wooden stake entering my left thigh. He broke into a maniacal laughter. He was truly evil, much more evil than Niklaus I realized. As he calmed down from his fits of laughter, he gazed into my eyes and in a low steady voice ordered me, "You will not move," while he removed the ropes I was tied with.

When he finished, I wanted to speed away, but I could not. I tried to struggle, but I found myself immobile. He brought a knife from behind his back and handed it to me.

"Now you will take this knife and plunge it into your stomach," he commanded me again, still not looking away from my eyes.

I found myself reaching out for the knife and driving it through my abdominal. I Why did I do that?

"You are insane!" I yelled at him as I shrieked in pain. I was taking short ragged breaths, as if I was suffocating. The pain was dulling because of my super healing.

"I never get tired of hearing that," he replied back simply as he stared into my eyes.

"Now you keep doing that until I command you to stop," he instructed in a bored tone. Then he left the room in a flash.

I stared at him in disbelieve for a long moment, before I removed the knife from my stomach in a gasp and found myself plunging it in my belly once again without a choice. I cried in pain again. Where was Nick? How could he leave me here?

My breathing was far more worse now. In the silence of the room, that was all I could hear.

Myself panting, hard.

I hammered the knife in my stomach once again, and kept going and going, waiting for his approval to stop.

Between the stabbing, harsh pain, his maniacal laughter and my screaming I found myself losing consciousness.

I woke up in a gasp. I was still in that filthy room and I was still immobile. I tried to scan the room from the corner of my eyes, since my head would not budge. Nick still had not come for me and I doubt that he would. He was not about to walk in his father's trap, just to save me. I was nothing to him, probably just a means for him to break the curse. He would finally end me and become a wolf again.

"Finally.. . took you long enough," I heard his strong voice mutter from behind me.

"Damn.." I whispered as I realized that more pain and suffering was coming next.

"Just kill me and be done with it," I growled at him, with little energy I could find.

"Now why would I kill you, when torturing you is so much more fun?" Michael replied with a grin.

"Ugh..." I exhaled loudly as he slowly made his way towards me and into my view.

Then he kneeled before me and took my hand in his. He looked me in the eyes.

"Drop your ring," he growled at me.

I wanted to scream and fight it, but once again I found myself obeying his orders. I reached out for my ring, and let it slide down to the floor.

"Now, for the fun part..." he said with another grin.

I shook my head repeatedly, realizing what I was about to experience.

"No... don't," I whispered. Niklaus please don't let me go through this, I thought.

"NIKLAUS!" I screamed as I stared hopelessly at the ceiling. Michael broke into fits of laughter as he slowly made his way towards one of the walls and got hold of a rope which was hanging from the ceiling . As he was about to pull it downwards, I heard a large banging sound.

What was happening? Who was there? I thought.

"Elena..." I heard his angelic, broken voice say from behind me.

I gasped in relief. There was my savior.

"Nick..." I whispered smiling with the last bit of strength I could find, and then my whole world went black.

I slowly opened my eyes. I took in the surroundings. I was back in my chamber, in Niklaus' castle. I was lying in my comfortable bed and Elijah was there. He was sitting on a chair which was placed right beside my bed.

"Elijah?" I whispered softly, while I started to sit up.

"Yes it's me," he smiled kindly at me as he caressed my face tenderly.

"Wait, how did I move? Michael compelled me to stay put in that chair," I said slowly.

"Don't forget, Niklaus also has the power to compel you, so I assume that was his doing," he replied slowly.

"Oh, where is Niklaus?" I asked, my heart crashing into a million tiny pieces as I remembered him. Elijah's face turned from a beam into a frown. He then slowly removed his hand away from my face and stood up.

"They took him Elena," he claimed while he stared out of my window like Niklaus did a few nights ago.

"What? Who?" I panicked as I sped towards him with my vampire speed.

"My family," he replied still looking out of my window.

"No!" I yelled as I kicked my bedroom's bookcase and it broke down in a fraction of a second.

"Now calm down, my dear," he warned me gently.

"Calm Down?" I shrieked again as I paced in my room. He did not respond back.

"How did they take him?" I asked Elijah as I moved towards him. He turned around and simply told me, "When he came for you, Elena. They took him."

"Why don't you do something Elijah? He's your brother!" I begged him as I stared into his eyes, but they showed nothing but sympathy towards me.

"It is not my place to do so," he replied back as he left my room in a flash and slammed the door after him. I was left there looking at the spot where Elijah had been.

I slid down the wall and crumpled to the floor as I hugged my knees to my chest. I missed him terribly. I missed all of him, his soft side, his demanding side and even his evil side. I had to do something. He was trapped in there because of me. I knew I had to save him, even if it killed me.

I did not know how but I managed to get up from the floor and trot bravely down the stairs. I was still wearing my night clothes; probably one of the servants dressed me after Niklaus' father tortured me, I shuddered at that thought and pushed it to the back of my mind as I kept descending the stairs to find Elijah.

"Elijah!" I called and within a second he was at my side. I turned to look at him.

"If you're not going to help me save my husband, you should at least tell me where your family is," I asked him as I searched his eyes.

"You wedded him?" he whispered, his eyes widening.

"Yes I did," I replied back confidently. He sighed loudly and paced hurriedly in the study. I kept staring at him, waiting for him to throw a tantrum which was an unusual thing for him to do, or at least say something.

He then grabbed me suddenly and we were running through the woods at an amazingly super-fast speed. I was hunched on his back because he probably knew I would not be able to run that fast. After all he was an Original, just like Niklaus.

After travelling all afternoon, we arrived at an enormous castle. It was much bigger than Niklaus'. I could see that it was well guarded by tons of soldiers, which I guessed where vampires. I could see them from every angle of the castle. It was a matter of time before they spotted us. I knew it was a suicide mission, but I did not care. Yes, I was mad, but which such an evil husband, what would one expect.

"Here we are," Elijah claimed as we arrived.

"You're going to stay with me?" I asked surprisingly when he didn't budge after I climbed off his back.

"Who's going to save a damsel in distress if I'm not there?" he replied with a half-smile that made me remember why we bonded in the first place. I smiled back.

"What's the plan Elijah?" I whispered to him, careful not to alert the guards with our presence.

"I am going to try a negotiate a deal with my father," Elijah responded back with a sad smile.

His face then twisted in pain and a soft groan erupted from his chest as he came crumpling down to the floor. An arrow was shot through his chest, from the back. I gasped softly as I felt a stabbing pain in my chest too, and then for the second time that day, everything went pitch black.

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a long time, but I just couldn't focus :( For those who also read my Delena fanfic, I would like to say that the story IS NOT READY! Because a lot have asked me if it's done, and I repeat IT'S NOT :) There's still a lot to come like 20 more chapters or so, not sure yet, but it is definitely not the end. I just couldn't find myself to write. Also, have you seen the latest TVD episode? It was totally amazing, and loved both the DELENA KISS and the little KLENA scenes :) Now back to this fanfic; hope you like it :) Please it's VERY important for me, for you to REVIEW!

Shannon x