I paced in the living room of the Boarding House as I stared at Nik's contact on my phone. My brothers and Elena watched me patiently, knowing how hard this was for me, and waited for me to call him. I stopped my pace, facing the hallway that led to the front door and stared at his name. I couldn't do this. I couldn't call him to his death. As I was about to turn to apologize to my brothers, Rebekah walked into the living room with a somber face. "So what are we waiting for?" she asked as she crossed her arms. I turned to her with sad eyes, showing I couldn't do it. She ran over to me and hugged me for a second, comfortingly rubbing my back. "It's alright, Gene." My eyes watered as I took in a deep breath, and called him.
The phone rang for a moment, then Nik answered with, "Portland is fantastic. Once you get over all the whiny music and healthy looking people it is literally a breading ground for werewolves." I smiled weakly at his humor, then said, "Nik, Mikael is dead." Immediately, his humorous attitude ended and I heard only silence on the other end of the phone. "What did you say to me?" "I daggered him." "Well, first I want you to explain to me exactly what happened," he said shortly causing me to groan at his rudeness. Hearing me, Nik let out an airy chuckle and said, "Please, my little Vie." Hearing his nickname for me sent a stabbing pain of guilt through my heart as I began the story.
One Hour Earlier
"Hey let's say that Mikael followed Elena in here. He tried to grab her, so he could use her as bait," Damon said with a proud face as he sat on the couch. I rolled my eyes as Elena retorted, "And you what? Vervained him?" "No, we vervained him. This guy is an original. It has to be realistic," Stefan added. "Okay fine. We vervained him, and in the process discovered that he had a dagger," Damon said. "Which he planned to use on Rebekah, but instead…" "We drove it through his heart," Stefan added. I nodded my head as I thought it over. Seemed realistic enough I guess.
"And what happens when he asks to see Mikael's body?" I asked with narrowed eyes. "Good point my little love! Klaus trusts that you wouldn't lie to him. So the idea is to make sure you aren't. Makes the story-telling a lot easier." "Hey, I'm just in charge of getting him back here," I said, holding up my hands in surrender. "Klaus is smart, if we tell him that Mikael is dead, he'll want proof." "Then I shall be dead," the old git said walking into the room. "What if he wants to see you in person?" "Well that means our plan is working. Klaus will absolutely want to see my body. Genevieve will lure him here, and I will kill him," he said smirking over at me. "With what, old man? Those daggers won't work on him." He chuckled at my insult and shook his head. "Well, I'm in possession of a stake fashioned from the wood of the ancient white oak tree. The one that left these ashes when it burned."
I froze in my seat as the color faded from my face and a smirk returned to his face. "Where is it?" I asked frantically. My brothers turned away as the fear and pain showed in my eyes. They knew how much this hurt me, and they hated seeing it. But they needed this to be done, no matter what. "Not here. The knowing of its location is my insurance policy." "Against what?" Elena asked with furrowed eyebrows. "You leaving this in my heart. You see, a vampire can't dagger an original without dying. So- it falls to you, Elena, or Genevieve." "Why Gene?" Stefan asked getting into 'protective brother mode'. Mikael chuckled then said, "She is a hybrid. She is the exception to all vampiric rules." Mikael outstretched his hand, holding the dagger, waiting for Elena or I to do it. Elena had began to reach for it, but I vamped forward and grabbed it. "Oh, I'm going to enjoy this."
"I wanna see him. I want to see his rotting body for myself," Nik said with a determined tone. I let out a sigh, knowing this was going exactly as Mikael had wanted. "Well, his body is here waiting for you… and so am I." "I know my little Vie… Is Rebekah there? I wanna talk to her." I let out a sigh as I handed the phone to my blonde best friend. She gave me a small smile, then said, "Hello Nik." "Rebekah, love. What's this I hear about Mikael's tragic run in with the dagger?" "It's true. He's finally out of our lives for good. We miss you, and I'm miserable here." I laughed slightly at her words, as I heard Nik say, "I'll be home soon." "Good. We'll be waiting for you, brother." She hung up the phone and grabbed my hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. She was feeling as emotionally stressed as I was. "He bought it. He's coming home." "Now- was that easy or what?" Damon asked with a huge smirk. "Let's just get this over with," I said, bending over and pulling out the dagger from Mikael's chest.
Rebekah's POV
I sat in the living room painting my toe nails as I waited for Mikael to wake up. It was time for my father and I to have a talk. I waited patiently for a few minutes when he started groaning and coughing, then got up. "Finally. Took you long enough," I snapped as he stiffly got up from the floor. "Rebekah." "Whatever fatherly rubbish you're thinking- save it. Nothing you say matters to me." "I see. Where is my dagger?" "Elena has it. So you can forget your plans to use it on me," I said with a glare as I blew on my wet toe nails lightly. "You were never what I was after," he said dismissively, with the slightest tinge of sadness. "Nik was my family. If you were after him, you were after me," I said, anger rising in my body. How dare he. "He blinded you, Rebekah. He killed your mother!"
At his words, my heart ached. Still, thinking of the lie Niklaus has told me over these centuries hurt. My brother, whom I stood by through everything, betrayed me. "I know what he did, and he'll pay for it with his life. But Nik was not born a killer- none of us were! You did this to us when you turned us into vampires! You destroyed our family. Not him," I said as my eyes watered. I would not cry in front of this monster. I will not show him my weakness. But I will show him the pain he has caused us all. "Rebekah…" he said with sad eyes, hoping he could earn my forgiveness. I shook my head and walked away. Forgiveness is only given to those who deserve it.
Gene's POV
Bonnie and I were sitting on Elena's bed, with pictures of the runic symbols, as she looked in her closet for a dress. She was more than a smidge frustrated, but thankfully for me, I let Caroline handle my dress. Thank God. After searching through her closet at least twice, Elena let out a sigh. "I hate everything in my closet. I have nothing to wear to Homecoming." "So, don't go. Let's stay home order takeout and over analyze ancient hieroglyphic thingies with Alaric," Bonnie said with a huge and pleading smile. "We have to go. Caroline will kill us." "Ha- Caroline actually has a date…" Bonnie mumbled out in a slightly irritated and sad tone. "You know that you can talk to me about Jeremy, right?" Elena asked with a concerned face. I mentally face-palmed at her words and gave her a face that asked 'Are you kidding me?'
"I don't need to talk about it. He fell in love with his ghost girlfriend and lied about it. What´s done is done." "You have to talk about it. He hurt you, Bonnie. I am mad at him, too." "You are mad at your little brother. You'll yell at him a little, teach him a life lesson. You can't really be mad like I am mad. And you shouldn't have to be. He's your brother. So no I can't really talk to you about it," Bonnie said shaking her head with sad eyes. I grabbed her hand and gave a reassuring squeeze, "But I can. I'm here for you Bonnie."
Elena's POV
I walked into Rebekah's room and saw her standing in front of a circular mirror that hung on the wall. "Getting a head start, huh?" I asked with a teasing smile. She chuckled lightly and gave me a nervous smile then took in a large breath. "Embarrassing truth? This is my first high school dance." My eyes immediately widened in shock. She's lived for a thousand years, but has never been to a high school dance? "Ever?" asked to confirm my thoughts. She giggled at my reaction and nodded her head. "I never really had time for high school before. Nik and I were always moving around, running. Anyway- I didn't want to leave anything to chance. Have you heard anymore from him?" she asked a bit sadly.
I shook my head and gave her a reassuring smile and said, "No. But I'm sure that when he does return he'll do it with flair." "And Damon and my father are all set with their plan?" I nodded my head, about to tell her, but she immediately shook her head. "Don't tell me. I don't want to know, I just- I want to go to the dance and leave the rest to Mikael." "I know it's really hard. So thank you for helping us get Klaus back into town," I said with a grateful smile. "Just be careful. I've been running for a thousand years for a reason. Mikael is not a good person and he definitely can't be trusted. No one in my family can," she said looking down at the ground with teary eyes.
"Are you okay?" I asked a little worried. "I've spent my whole life loving and hating my brother with equal measure. I never thought that I'd be the one to help drive a stake through his heart," she said sadly then shaking her eyes and fanning her face. "No tears- I don't want to ruin my makeup." She turned her back and looked herself over in the mirror then asked, "How do I look?" "You look amazing! But you're missing one thing," I said with a smile and pulling her mother's necklace from my pocket. She immediately turned around and stared at with sad and happy eyes. "My mother's necklace." "You should wear it tonight. May I?" I asked and she turned to look back in the mirror, nodding her head. I put the necklace around her neck and clasped it as she raised a hand to touch it. She smiled wistfully at it and said a quiet, "Thank you." I then stabbed Mikael's dagger into her back, piercing her heart. She screamed in shock and pain and grabbed onto the small wardrobe in front of her as she slowly turned grey and fell to the floor. "I'm so sorry. I can't leave anything to chance either."
I sat on Rebekah's bed quietly as Damon covered Rebekah's body with a blanket, and Stefan walked in and sat by my side, rubbing my back. "In the back! Harsh!" he said with a teasing smirk. Stefan and I gave him unamused faces and shook our heads. "It had to be done. Rebekah was never gonna be completely on our side." "Hey, it's alright," Stefan said pulling me into his chest, as Damon said, "I'm not judging you. It's very- 'Katherine' of you." I gave him a dumbfounded face and said, "Not the way to make me feel better about myself, Damon." "Ignore him," Stefan said glaring at Damon, as usual. "Hey, it was a compliment. Sort of…" Damon said shrugging his shoulders and sitting on one of Rebekah's chairs.
"You know," I began, catching Stefan and Damon's attention, "I've been thinking. Every time we have a plan, someone always lets their humanity get in the way and screws the whole thing up. It's probably gonna be me." Damon looked at me as if I was an idiot than said, "Elena, you just daggered somebody." "You will be fine," Stefan finished for him. A gave them both a small smile then looked down at the floor. "But I feel bad about it. I care too much, that's the problem. I'm the weak link." Damon shrugged his shoulders then said, "If it makes you feel any better, she's not really dead," causing Stefan and I to both chuckle.
"Do you guys trust him? Mikael?" Without a second's hesitation, Damon and Stefan both shook their heads and said, "No." I stayed silent for a moment, then gave Damon a sad look and asked, "What about Gene?" At the mention of her his smirk fell and he seemed to be having some sort of internal battle. I mean, Gene was the person Damon cared about the most. But she fell in love with Klaus, and Damon seems to resent her for it. "No…" he said after a while, causing Stefan and I to look at him sadly. "Not as long as she's in love with that bastard." Stefan let out a sigh and ran a hand through his hair as he nodded. "We know Gene. She'll do whatever it takes to protect those she loves," he said sadly. I nodded my head as well. I haven't known her that long, but that was the first thing anyone learned about her. She cared for others.
"We need a better plan," I said throwing myself back on Rebekah's bed and just laying there comfortably. "I know what to do. You're just not gonna like it," Damon said, back to his cocky self, and standing in front of Stefan and I. Stefan raised a brow at him in confusion then asked, "Why not?" "Well, you might," he said pointing to Stefan, then said, "but she won't." I looked at him with a confused face and gestured for him to continue. "When this all goes down, I don't want her having any part of it." I looked at him in shock and asked, "What does that mean?" "Do you trust me?" Damon asked Stefan and I. Stefan and I nodded our heads as Damon smirked. "Then you have nothing to worry about."
Gene's POV
Elena and I were getting ready in my room when my phone went off, playing a song that Caroline had wrote and sang. Letting it ring for a bit, Elena and I danced to the song as I slowly made my way to my phone. "Yello," I said answering it. "Were you dancing to the song again?" Caroline asked in a slightly agitated tone. "Duh. It's my jam," I said teasingly. "You are so weird," she said causing me to smile in pride. "Well, the gym's flooded," she said in a disappointed tone, causing me to perk up at the news. "So, does that mean I don't have to go?" Elena looked at me questioningly, as I put my phone on speaker. "You wish! No, Tyler is moving the party to his house." "Kegs and beerpong for Homecoming? That's- different…" Elena said in an unsure tone. I nodded my head, agreeing with her as Caroline shrieked, "Just say you're still coming?!"
I sighed, as I heard someone knocking at the door. Handing my phone to Elena, to deal with Caroline, I walked down the stairs to the front door and answered it. When I opened the door, I saw a dashing Matt, with a pretty corsage, that actually went with my dress. "Hey Matty," I said smiling at him and stepping aside so he could enter. "Hey," he said smiling at me then looking at my pajamas. Hey, I wasn't done. "Nice dress. Very understated," he said teasingly causing me to roll my eyes playfully. "Hey, I'm not done. Are you here for Elena?" I asked in a confused tone. He shook his head and said (RHYMED), "I'm here for Rebekah."
I frowned and gave him a curious look, "Bekah's not here. I thought she left already." Matt's smile immediately dropped and he seemed bummed out. "So now I have no date." I smiled at his cuteness and gave his arm a pat. "Well, if you're okay with it, I could be your date. I was going to go stag," I said slightly embarrassed. He smiled and nodded his head. "That'd be great. I'll wait for you in the living room," he said walking and taking a seat as I went back up to my room.
Caroline, Tyler, Bonnie, Elena, Matt and I walked into the Lockwood Mansion and stared at the huge party already taking place. Everyone from the school was here, and Caroline seemed to be angry that Tyler planned a party better than her. "How did he plan a better party than me so fast? What? Is that a band outside?" she asked angrily. I rolled my eyes at her competitiveness and looked around, noticing that half the people here didn't go to school with us. Crap. Hybrids. "Who are all these people?" Bonnie asked as she intertwined her arm with Elena's so they wouldn't be separated. Following her lead, I link my arm into Matt's. He smiled at me then leaned down to my ear and asked, "Do you want something to drink?" "Water, please." Matt nodded his head and walked off into the giant crowd as I watched nervously as he left.
I decided to go outside. It was disgustingly stuffy in here from all the people breathing. Making my way outside, I saw a giant crowd of people dancing to the band. I smiled at the fun all these teens seemed to be having when I saw Tyler walking by. "Hey Gene," he said hugging me then looking at my dress. "Well don't you clean up nice," he said teasingly. I smacked his arm, looking around then gave him an unsure glance. "This is his party isn't it?" He nodded his head and looked around as well. "Yes, but it's not a party. It's a wake," he said just as Nik stepped onto the stage. The dancing crowd stopped and cheered for him, causing me to roll my eyes. "Come on. I understand they're sired, but cheering? Really?" I asked Tyler who slung his arm over my shoulder while laughing. "Good evening everyone! I wanna thank you for being here with me to celebrate! It's been a long time coming!" At that, I laughed as well, then crossed my arms and shook my head.
Spotting me, Nik jumped off the stage as his hybrids made a path for him to walk through that led straight to me. Seeing, Tyler's arm around my shoulders, he growled. Tyler immediately removed it and took a step away from me. "Don't you start," I said glaring at Nik, causing him to give Tyler and I an apologetic look. "Can you leave us?" Tyler then nodded his head and quickly left. Nik stood in front of me, looking me over with a brilliant smile on his face, causing me to blush. I cleared my throat then said, "Quite the Homecoming." He let out a musical laugh and took a step closer to me, grabbing my hand and leading me to walk around with him. "I've been planning my father's funeral for a thousand years. Granted, in no version of it were any of these people invited, but you get the idea." I smiled at him as we walked through the various hybrids and teens who looked at us in envy. Women wanted to be with Nik, and men wanted to be with me.
After a moment of silence, I got up the courage to finally ask him the question that was on my mind. "So, now what'll you do? Will you stop running?" I asked with a hopeful voice. I knew you could probably see it in my eyes, but I couldn't help it. I wanted a life with this man, and if he stayed here, maybe I could have it. "Hm- now I reunite my family." Hearing that, my hopeful mood fell and I stopped dead in my tracks. "Your family. You mean undagger them?" "Yes, well Mikael is gone. Bygones will be bygones." As we began walking again, Nik and I saw the Homecoming Queen walking with her sash and tiara still. "Seems the Homecoming Queen still walks among the living, which leads me to believe Rebekah isn't here... Where is she?" I looked at the girl curiously then shrugged my shoulders. "I thought she was already here." Nik furrowed his eyebrows and remained silent for a moment, thinking it over.
Damon's POV
I poured myself a glass of blood as Mikael walked into the room. "Did my daughter go to the dance?" I nodded my head, lying through my teeth flawlessly. "Yep - you missed the photo op. Did you get the stake?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him and taking another sip of blood. "I did." "I'm not gonna take your word for it. No offense to your honor and all…" I said making a wide gesture and widening my eyes, then smirking. "None taken," he said opening his coat and pulling out the stake. "Fancy. May I?" I asked reaching my hand out for it, but he pulled it back and placed it into his jacket. "It's the only weapon on this earth that can kill an original. So I think I'll hold on to it. No offense."
"I'd offer you a drink- but Katherine tells me you're more of a 'vampire on the rocks' kind of guy." "Well, technically you could still offer," he said with a teasing smirk. I gave him an unamused face then took a sip of my drink and looked at him curiously, "Why feed on vampires? Don't tell me it's for the smooth aftertaste." He gave me a content sigh and looked down at the floor, "I had a hand in creating vampires, but bloodlust was never my intention. Over the centuries I learned to feed from the predator, not the innocent."
Just then, Gene walked in looking beautiful. What else would she look? She's my sister? ;) "Change of plans. Nik is back. He's at the Lockwood's and he wants your body delivered to his doorstep," she said begrudgingly. Mikael smirked at her then rubbed his hands together. "I'm afraid he is in for a colossal disappointment." "Well, he's certainly not gonna come here. I hope your plan didn't depend on that?" she asked, crossing her arms and glaring at him. Frustrated with the glaring contest I said, " No, it didn't depend on that." "You do have a plan though, right?" "Oh, yeah. We have a plan, alright. Just doesn't involve you." I said smirking at her as she let out a sigh. She was about to say something when Mikael leapt at her with his fangs bared. He was going to try to drink from her? Before anything could happen, she kicked him while he was mid-leap. "Sorry, but only one person gets to drink this blood." At that I looked at her in confusion as she broke off a leg from the coffee table and pierced it through his heart. "Now you have to wait a couple minutes to start your plan."
Gene's POV
I walked back into the Lockwood mansion with an excess amount of anger that I needed to displace, and there was one thing I wanted to do more than ever. I began walking through the party as I determinedly looked for Tyler. After a few minutes of searching, I finally found him at a keg, pouring himself a drink. "Hey, Ty, can I ask you something?" I asked shyly. Not many people knew my little secret, so I got shy about the topic, but I needed this. "Yeah, what's up?" he asked smiling at me and sending glares to a group of guys standing off to the side that were checking me out. I chuckled at his protectiveness, which was probably caused by loyalty to Nik. "Is there a music room here? Maybe a piano?" Groaning, Tyler turned so he stood with his back to the group of guys, and was effectively blocking me from their sights. "Yeah, it's upstairs. Take a left at the landing and it's the last door on the right." I smiled in thanks and quickly pushed my way through the crowd and up the stairs.
When I found it, I couldn't suppress the giant grin that came to my face. It's perfect. Smiling to myself, I slowly walked towards the many guitars. I ran my fingers over the strings as all my anger faded. I stopped my slow walk and turned to the beautiful piano in front of me. It's been so long since I've played. Biting my lip in nervousness, I sat on the bench and uncovered the keys. I smiled down at the beautiful ebony and ivory, lightly running my fingers over them. I took in a deep breath and played a single chord. Hearing the melodic notes, I got shivers and couldn't help but smile even brighter. I took in a deep breath and began playing a piece of music composed by Carter Burwell as warm up. (His pieces are really good! Check him out :D)
When I finished, I let out a content sigh and thought for a moment on a song that would be perfect to let out my frustrations. Suddenly, the song struck me as I clapped to myself in happiness. Clearing my throat, I lightly traced my fingers over the keys for the beginning notes as I tapped the tempo with my foot. Counting down from three, I took a deep breath and began to play the song. (Let's pretend by SOME WAY this song was out in 2010. Kay? Kay.) As I played, I moved my body to the beat and let out all my frustrations. Every emotion I was feeling: anger, sadness, love, hurt, etc., I put into my singing.
As I finished the song, I heard a loud clapping coming from behind me, causing me to shriek in surprise. I turned around to see the main person I was singing about, Niklaus. He gave me a brilliant and proud smile as he clapped his way over to me and I stood from the piano bench. "Wonderful, my little vie! I had no idea you were so gifted," he said pulling me into his arms for a hug. I blushed at his praise and mumbled out a small 'Thank you' as I continued to let him smother me in hugs and compliments. After a few minutes of it, however, I had enough. "Alright, Nik," I said pulling away from him with a bright smile. Seeing mine, Nik smiled back at me. "You know, I still haven't told you how beautiful you look in that dress," he said taking a step closer to me. Smiling, I took a step as well as I asked, "Is that so?" He nodded his head, still smiling and took a step closer. "No one on this Earth can compare." I looked down as I blushed, taking a step closer.
When I looked up, I realized we were now standing chest-to-chest. Looking into his eyes, my smile slowly fell as I got lost in the depths of his ocean blue orbs. I stared at them desperately. Searching. Does he still love me after everything we found out? Will he finally admit to love? Can we start a family? As I was lost in his eyes, Nik had slowly began leaning in, although I hadn't noticed until our noses were touching. Taking in a shaky breath, I put a hand on his chest, feeling his slow heartbeat. I let out my breath as I slowly moved my hand up his chest and around his shoulder, lightly playing with his adorable curls. Following my lead, he gently placed his arms around my waist and pulled me as close to his body as I could go be.
There we stood, bodies intertwined, breathing in each other's scents, enjoying the close touch. As I kept my neck buried in his chest, inhaling his cologne, playing with his hair; I felt his arms rubbing my back, feeling my shoulder blades and tracing the curves of my body. "I love you so much, Genevieve," he said in the quietest of whispers, in the shakiest of tones, with the most fear and love in each word then I've ever heard in an entire conversation. I pulled away slightly, looking up at his beautiful face and seeing all the fear and pain etched into his angelic features. His eyes were watery and pained, and his jaw was clenched in frustration. I placed my hand on his cheek, being tickled lightly by his ever present stubble, and caressed it. "I know, Niklaus. I've never been so scared of losing someone in my life. But then again, no one in my life has ever meant as much to me as you do." He smiled lightly at my words then grabbed my hand and clasped onto it, with his eyes squeezed shut, bringing it down to his lips and kissing it. "I will kill anyone that tries to harm me… but only to prevent anyone from harming you," he said pulling me back into our tight embrace and kissing the top of my head.
As we continued to simply enjoy being this close to each other, without worrying about seeming weak to others, or overprotective brothers, one of Nik's hybrids walked into the room. He growled in annoyance at the sight of him, which made him shake in fear. Since I still had my arms around his neck, I smacked the back of his head, causing the hybrid's face to fill with shock. "Don't be rude," I said pulling away from the hug, only to have Nik grab my hand and keep me by his side. "You have a visitor," the hybrid said shakily causing me to smile at him in reassurance. "Well, tell my visitor I'm a bit preoccupied at the moment." "He said his name is Mikael." At the mention of his father's name, Nik froze and looked at me with a worried and unsure face. I smiled at him then got onto my tip toes, placing a light kiss on his cheek and nodded my head. Nik returned the nod then looked at his hybrid with an ecstatic smirk, "Well we mustn't keep him waiting. Move everyone out back. We're gonna have a little chat with my dad."
Nik and I walked down the stairs and towards the open front door where the crazy git stood with a smirk. "Hello, Niklaus, Genevieve." "Hello, Mikael. Why don't you come in? Oh, that's right. I forgot you can't." I giggled at Nik's joke as Mikael glared and took a step back from the door with open arms. "Or you can come outside if you want." "Or we could watch the hybrids tear you limb from limb," I said glaring at him, causing Nik to smirk proudly. "They can't kill me." "True. But it'll make a hell of a party game. All I have to do is rub these two fingers together and they'll pounce." Mikael chuckled darkly at Nik and shook his head, causing me to grab Nik's hand into mine. "The big bad wolf. You haven't changed. Still hiding behind your playthings like a coward. You only forget. They may be sired by you, but they're still part vampire. And they can be compelled by me," he said waving over a female hybrid who had Elena in her hands.
I was about to speed out and help her, when Nik stopped me. I looked at him in shock then looked back at Elena, only to realize that it was Katherine. My shocked face fell into a pleased smirk as she winked at me. Oh Katerina. The female hybrid handed Kathy over to Mikael as he grabbed onto her arm, "Come out and face me, Nikaus. Or she dies." "Go ahead. Kill her," Nik said nonchalantly. He was worried. That I knew. But he had to seem like Mikael couldn't faze him. Playing the part, my face filled with fake shock and panic, "No, Nik, he'll do it." "If she dies, this lot will be last of your abominations," Mikael said turning and pointing to the hybrids surrounding him. "I don't need them," Nik said with a hard glare as he put an arm around my shoulders. I smiled to myself in happiness and added, "He already has me."
Mikael glared at us in disgust as Nik watched him with an unmoved face. "I'm calling your bluff, father. Kill her." Angry that he couldn't bait Nik, Mikael snapped. "Come outside and face me, you little coward. And I won't have to." Nik narrowed his eyes at Mikael and took a step forward, removing his arm from my shoulders, but not letting go of my hand. "My whole life you've underestimated me. If you kill her you lose your leverage. So go ahead. Go on. Kill her. Come on, old man. Kill her. Kill her!" he yelled with watery and angry eyes, causing Mikael to laugh. "Your impulse, Niklaus. It has and will forever be the one thing that keeps you from truly being great." He snapped his fingers, and a compelled hybrid jumped out and shoved a steak in my heart, as Mikael stabbed Katherine with a dagger. I screamed in pain, gripping at the steak in my chest as Nik immediately ripped the heart out of the hybrid that attacked me. He then came to my side, holding me in his arms, and pulled out the steak. Although I wouldn't die, I would be weak. I needed blood.
Damon then jumped from behind us and pulled me off of Nik, thinking I would keep myself from falling. But in my weakened state, I went sliding across the floor and hit a wall. He had stabbed Nik in the stomach with the white oak stake as Katherine stood up. "Katherine…" Mikael said in shock as she smirked at him, pulling two grenades from her coat and throwing them at the hybrids. "Kaboom." As I got distracted by Katherine, Damon removed the stake from Nik's stomach and was about to stab it into his heart. As fast as I could get my weak body to go, I vamped behind him and took the stake, then threw it to Nik. "What are you doing?!" he yelled in anger as Nik caught it and dove at Mikael, stabbing it into his heart. Nik and I watched in joy as he burst into flames and died, while my brother watched in anger. "What the hell did you do?" he asked grabbing me roughly and shaking me. This was the angriest I've ever seen him, and it somewhat frightened me. Nik immediately threw Damon off of me as my body finally collapsed. He effortlessly caught me in his arms as everything around me faded into darkness.
Damon's POV
Elena and I sat in the living room, the fireplace was burning, and I had a glass of bourbon in my hand. We were so close. He was almost gone. "How did this happen?" Elena asked sadly and confusedly. I took a drink from my glass, shrugging my shoulders. "We thought of everything, Elena! Klaus having hybrids. Mikael turning on us. We brought in Katherine so you weren't in danger. Anything that could have gone wrong we were prepared!" I yelled standing from my seat and beginning to pace. "I dont understand. Gene would never chose someone over you and Stefan. That's what we were counting on." I let out an airy chuckle and ran a hand through my hair. My Gene. My baby sister… she chose love over me… I'm losing her.
"We blew it," I said walking over to my bourbon collection and finishing off my glass. It was silent for a moment. The only sounds in the room was the fire crackling and the ticks of a Grandfather clock. "Where's Katherine?" Elena asked quietly. At the mention of her, I snorted and began to chuckle. "She ran for the hills like usual, the minute things got bad! And who blames her?! Klaus would've crushed her," I said grabbing a scotch bottle to pour myself more. I took in a deep breath, trying to calm myself. "I had him, Elena… I had Klaus! This could have all been over!"
At the thought of our huge fail, my anger spiked and I threw the bottle of scotch that was in my hand into the fireplace. It shattered and the fire roared as it consumed all the various shards. Elena flinched at my actions and jumped up to her feet, walking over to me to calm me. "Hey. Damon... Hey! Hey, listen to me!" She said as she grabbed my face and made me look into her eyes. They were a deep chocolatey color I loved so much and were full of sadness and worry. "We'll survive this. We always survive. Trust me." I wanted to so badly, but how could I survive this? "We lost Gene. I can't survive knowing that we actually lost her. This is different from when she turned it off. She willingly left us, Elena. You know that, don`t you?" She gave me sad and watery eyes and nodded her head, pulling me into a tight hug. "Then we'll let her go. Okay? We'll have to let her go." Hearing those words, my heart broke. How can I let her go?
Just then, my phone rang. I pulled away from Elena and dug into my pocket, grabbing my phone and seeing that it was Katherine. "Not interested in the play by play of our failure right now, Katherine." "I'm just calling to say goodbye. I don't know what to tell you. You had a good plan Damon. And that's high praise coming from me." Hearing her 'compliment', I rolled my eyes and let out a sigh. "That's not very comforting at the moment. You're going back into hiding?" "At least my life is not boring. Goodbye, Damon." I smiled lightly, then quietly said, "Take care of yourself, Katherine."
Stefan's POV
I sat in the car with Katherine as she drove away from the city and hung up her phone. "He doesn't know where it all went wrong…" I nodded my head with pursed lips, knowing Damon was replaying it all in his head, wondering where it went wrong. "He doesn't need to know," I said quietly as looked out the window. After driving for a while, Katherine stopped the car and looked over at me. She began to ask, "Are you good from here? I need to put about a million miles between myself and Klaus as soon as possible. Stefan?" but I couldn't really hear her. My mind was racing just thinking about what I learned.
Flashback to Salvatore Boarding House
I had walked into my room and was looking for a tie when Elena came rushing into my room. I looked at her questioningly and slightly worried, "Elena?" "Not exactly…" she said with a smirk, causing me to roll my eyes and look back into my closet. "Pep up! I only got a minute before they realize that I'm not at the party." "What do you want, Katherine?" I had finally found a tie that I liked and walked to my mirror to put it on. "This plan. It's not going to work. Gene won't let you kill Klaus. She loves him too much," she said with a serious face. I turned from the mirror and gave her a curious glance with narrowed eyes then returned my sights to the mirror. "So pull the plug on the plan." "And face the wrath of Mikael? We'll all be dead! Okay look, there's only one way to get to Klaus, besides Gene." I finished tying my tie and turned to her with a pursed lips, deciding to humor her. "What's that?" She smirked at me and put her hands on her hips and said one single word. "Family."
I sat in thought for a few more minutes then pursed my lips and turned to Katherine questioningly. "You wanted Klaus dead for 500 years. Why would you risk all that?" Katherine's signature smirk slowly fell at my question, and her eyes seemed to glaze over. After a moment of silence she lightly shook her head, as if trying to dismiss a thought or memory, then let out a sigh. "I'm not just doing it for me, Stefan. I'm doing it for Gene. Let's just say, I have a soft spot for her." I snorted in surprise and began to laugh while shaking my head. "Nah. Come on, Katherine. You don't care about anybody but yourself. You never have." At my words, her eyes saddened and I almost regretted my words. "You and I both know that that is not true. I loved you, I loved Damon, too. Humanity is a vampire's greatest weakness... No matter how easy it is to turn it off- it just keeps trying to fight it's way back in. Sometimes I let it."
I watched her carefully for a moment and took in her words. They were true. Even the worst of vampires let their humanity in sometimes. Like Klaus everytime he was around Gene. "Thank you, Katherine," I said after a moment of silence. She seemed shocked at my words, then nodded her head with an actual smile. For a moment, I saw the Katherine Pierce I had fallen in love with, but I quickly turned away and put that thought out of my mind.
Nik's POV
I drove to the warehouse where I was keeping the coffins, my little Vie laying in the seat next to me. I smiled at her peaceful face and decided on calling Bekah. It was odd that she wasn't at the party, and I thought she'd like to know Mikael was dead. Calling her phone, it rang for several minutes until it went to her voicemail. "Rebekah, where are you? Pick up the phone, darling. Daddy is dead. It's time for a family reunion," I said with a proud smirk on my face. Oh, how long I've been wanting to say those words. As I was going to put my phone in my pocket, I got another call. I looked down and saw that it was Stefan. Confused, I grabbed the phone and answered, "Stefan! Miss me already?" I laughed for a moment, knowing he was probably rolling his eyes or staring unhappily in front of him. "I'm just calling to thank you for helping Gene, who I assume, is still with you." I looked back over at the sleeping beauty next to me and smiled happily at her. "Well you are correct in your assumptions. And really, it's no problem mate."
Finally arriving at the warehouse, I parked the car and got out, leaving Genevieve to rest. I walked into the warehouse and towards the truck I carried the coffins around in as Stefan said, "Thing is, you're bad for Gene. By your side, all she'll ever feel is pain." Hearing his words, my smirk fell and I clenched my fist tightly. He was right. But I could never let her go. "Let bygones be bygones, trust me. Resentment get's old" "You know what never get's old? Revenge." One of my eyebrows raised in confusion as I tried to make sense of his words. I walked over to the truck and opened the back, immediately freezing in shock. It's empty. They're gone. "No." "What's the matter, Klaus? Missing something?" he asked in a victorious tone. I stood silently in shock as I heard the creaking of a coffin being opened on his side of the phone.
"What are you doing?" I asked through gritted teeth, now beyond angry at Stefan's actions. "It's just leverage. I want you to leave, Klaus. And never so much as say Gene's name again." I immediately glared as a low growl rumbled out of my throat. How dare he?! "I will kill you and everyone you've ever met!" I yelled through the phone kicking a crate, causing it to fly across the warehouse. "You do that- and you will never see your family again, and Gene will never forgive you. I wonder Klaus, as someone who has been one step ahead for a thousand years- are you prepared for this?"
