Chapter Twelve

Turning Is The Only Way Out


AN: Warning Course Language


Alex shot up as if a bullet had pierced her body.

"Motherfucking assholes," Alex cursed as she realised the bullets were still in her chest.

Alex rolled over in an attempt to sit up but suddenly her throat started to burn. Alex coughed in an attempt to stop the pain but she quickly realised that she wasn't the party at fault. It was the fact vervain was being circulated through the air and the room which was the problem. After glancing around the barn-like wooden building Alex noticed that she was faring better than the others who had been caught and trapped.

The others, who included Rebekah, Elena and Stefan, were all in similar cages just like Alex. Rebekah sat in a separate cell directly beside Alex. Elena was trapped directly opposite Alex and Stefan sat across from Rebekah. Alex groaned as she realised that she was going to have to dig her way to the bullets in her chest.

Alex took in a few heavy breathes and although they burn Alex pushed past the pain because something worse was about to come. Alex suddenly shoved her hand into her own chest in search of the wooden bullets. Alex easily found the first one but the rest were a little harder to find.

It took Alex several minutes to remove all the bullets and when she finally did she felt like collapsing into sleep but Elena had woken moments beforehand. In order to learn what had happened and what was going to happen now Alex remained awake.

"I thought I killed you," Rebekah said.

"Where am I?" Elena asked.

"Hillbilly hell," Alex jokingly replied.

Rebekah scoffed or at least it sounded like she scoffed, she might have just coughed.

"They thought you were a vampire so they stuck you in here with us," Rebekah explained.

"Where's Stefan?" Elena asked.

"Elena I'm right here. Are you okay?" Stefan asked.

It was clear Stefan was suffering the most out of all of them. But if Alex's guess was correct he should be. Rebekah was an Original vampire so vervain was less painful, or she had learned to deal with pain. Alex was a hybrid which meant she had a better tolerance to vervain than a normal vampire while Elena was only a human in transition Alex assumed. Stefan was the only one that was a normal vampire therefore he felt the effects of vervain more than the others.

"I didn't feed," Elena said.

"Ah, I see what's going on here," Rebekah said as she realised what was happening although Alex was a second quicker. "You died with vampire blood in your system and you didn't feed. And now you're locked up in here without a drop of human blood in sight. That is a problem," Rebekah said as if toying with Elena.

Alex couldn't help but smile and now that the bullets had been removed all she had to do was wait. Alex was determined that if she waited she would regain enough strength to free herself and maybe Rebekah on the way. Alex wasn't sure how she felt about Stefan and Elena yet.

"Just ignore her," Stefan said.

"I've tried," Alex said. "It doesn't work, trust me," Alex jokingly said.

Without much else to do Alex had retorted to humour. She was either going to die or escape so in the end it didn't matter that much. It would save her the trouble of looking into the past and trying to find out who turned Roderick.

"Has anyone done the math or shall I?" Rebekah asked.

"Sorry, failed maths," Alex joked although in truth she had never attended a maths lesson.

Rebekah ignored Alex and continued to torment Elena with the truth.

"I'd say you've got less than three hours to feed before I get to watch you die all over again," Rebekah said as Elena tried to escape. "My day just got a whole lot better," she added which gained a smile from Alex.


Elena stared across the barn at the hybrid friend of Klaus'. Elena didn't know much but from what Damon had mentioned she was different from the other hybrids, for one she hadn't left town instead she arrived in town after the others had been told to leave. Secondly she didn't act like the other hybrids. She didn't wait for an order from Klaus every minute of the day, plus she was still alive.

"What?" the hybrid known as Alex demanded. "Quit staring or I'll kill…" Alex threatened.

"You're a hybrid, right?" Elena asked.

"Yeah, so what of it," Alex asked.

"So you could change into a wolf, if you wanted too?" Elena pointed out.

"Supposedly," Alex replied. "Not that I've ever done that before," she revealed.

"You could escape," Elena whispered. "You could turn and escape," she pointed out.

"Or she could kill us all," Rebekah commented.

"You're an Original," Elena replied. "And werewolves hunt vampires, so if Stefan doesn't…" Elena paused for a moment. "If he doesn't provoke her and she draws enough attention…" Elena paused again.

"We get it," Alex said before the girl died before she finished speaking. "I turn, gain human attention, kill them, escape, etc. etc. etc.," Alex said. "I guess it's worth a shot," Alex said with a shrugged.

Elena watched as Alex nodded a few times before closing her eyes. What exactly she thought about to start the transition would remain unknown to Elena but whatever it was it worked because through great pain and loud screams Alex's body started to twist and shifted into another.

Several minutes later Elena found herself staring at a wolf, but one with an almost dark blonde colour to its fur much like Alex's hair colour. The wolf charged at the metal bars as if the vervain had no effect on it now. Elena wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. A moment later the entire sliding door that had been locked was smashed down.

Elena instinctively cowered away covering her face as she did. So when she turned back to face the wolf she was shocked to find the wolf directly outside her cell. The wolf stared at her with golden eyes before suddenly turning towards Stefan. The wolf howled before attacking Stefan's cell.

Stefan rolled to the far side as the wolf chewed at the metal bars and reached into the cell for Stefan. Elena had never seen such raw power or anger before, but all that power and anger suddenly moved on from Stefan to the poor incident man that decided it was a good idea to shoot an angry wolf.

After being shot the wolf suddenly turned to face the man before lunging at him. Although the wolf could have killed him it didn't. Once it was outside it didn't seem to care and because the wolf quickly disappeared into the nearby woods.

Elena's plan to use the hybrid to help them escape didn't exactly work but she wasn't about to give up hope.


Alex woke in the woods. She didn't remember the exact actions that led to her waking up here but she remembered how it started which led her to guess the rest. Elena had convinced her to turn into a wolf to escape and although it clearly worked Alex swore never to do it again. The worst part wasn't the fact it had been painful to turn into a wolf. The worst part was the fact she woke completely naked in the middle of nowhere.

Luckily for Alex her wolf side got a little hungry and attacked some campers before Alex became human again. Alex quickly pulled on some of the clothes she found on the bodies of those she had recently killed before making her way back to Mystic Falls. Alex decided to return to the Mikaelson mansion so she could at least get changed into something clean before she decided what happened next.

Klaus was alive so Alex could stay and hope Klaus fulfilled his promise to find her brother but her brother was dead, what was the point in searching for a grave. Alex was happy as she was. Then again she had another really important question that needed to be answered. Which Original vampire was the sire of her bloodline? That would be easier to answer if she stayed with Klaus so Alex wasn't left with many choices on her future.

Alex entered the huge Mikaelson mansion through the front door where she stood staring at the grand staircase for a few moments as she remembered where she had been shot and drugged earlier. Alex shook her head because that wasn't the thing that bothered her. It was the fact Damon-fucking-Salvatore had the white oak stake that bothered her.

"You left me," Rebekah said.

Alex was honestly surprised at how much time had passed.

"I only had time to save one of you and you can't be killed," Klaus replied in the voice Alex recognised.

"Just because I'm not in the room doesn't mean you have a free ticket out of why-I-got-left-behind-as-well station," Alex yelled through the mansion as she started to climb the stairs.

"You're strong enough to take care of yourself," Klaus yelled in return.

Alex shook her head.

"But rest assured, I had a worse day that the both of you," Klaus half-yelled.

Alex continued upstairs and ignored the rest of Klaus' conversation with Rebekah as they started to talk about werewolves and creating more hybrids. Alex missed the entire family fight between the two siblings as she showered.

When she stepped out of the shower she wrapped a towel around her body and stepped back into her bedroom where she found Klaus sitting on the end of her bed, clearly waiting for her.

"Jesus," Alex said. "Why does that keep happening?" Alex rhetorically asked.

"So," Klaus started. "It looks like it's just us," Klaus finished.

"Did Rebekah finally realise how messed up in the head you are?" Alex asked causing Klaus to growl in the back of his throat. "I'm joking with you, Klaus," Alex added. "And although I should be pissed off you made me believe you were dead I'm not."

"And why is that?" Klaus asked. "With all that I've done, including the fact ever since I invited you to town your life has been at risk…"

"My life has only been at risk because I always make the wrong decisions," Alex cut in. "But rest assured that will not be happening anymore or I'll try not to do it so often anymore. I tended to make wrong decisions and mistakes when I had to think quickly but now I don't have to run anymore. No one is hunting me," Alex added.

"Roderick," Klaus asked.

"Dead as a doornail," Alex replied. "I bit him and the venom drove him insane to the point where he killed himself before the venom did."

"I am sorry about leaving you like that, to him," Klaus said surprising Alex but she shrugged it off.

"Don't worry," Alex replied. "Elijah ended up finding me, although…"

"Elijah," Klaus asked as he slowly stood.

"Yeah, it struck me as weird too, but he said that you valued my friendship and that you had a promise to keep," Alex replied. "Despite whatever he's done, or hasn't done, I really believe he cares."

Klaus slowly nodded.

"About your brother…" Klaus started.

"Don't bother," Alex said. "I realised that it was better to not know. I don't want to find out that he died terribly, or maybe that even Roderick killed him to get to me. I like believing he lived a full life and had a family, although he made it clear he never would," Alex added.

"Alright," Klaus replied.

"But there is something I could use your help with," Alex said.

"Name it," Klaus instantly said.

Alex was a little surprised that Klaus was completely okay with this. But she smiled and proceeded to tell Klaus want she wanted above everything else.

"I need your help to figure out which Original sibling sired my bloodline," Alex revealed.

"Then you came to the right family," Klaus said as he nodded. "What do you know already?" Klaus asked so he had foot hole to start from.

"I was turned by Roderick, but I haven't got a clue who turned him into a vampire," Alex revealed. "Although I am certain that he was turned during the First World War because according to my husband Roderick came back different afterwards, like different personality, different," Alex explained while Klaus nodded. "His full name is, or was, Roderick Edward Winchester and he was born in the city of London in 1898," Alex added.

Klaus nodded before promising to find out who turned Roderick and in turn which Original sired her vampire bloodline. Klaus also informed Alex that he planned to leave town soon and Alex didn't mind because she understood actually finding information took time and there was no way anyone would find out who turned Roderick by staying in Mystic Falls and although Klaus invited Alex to join him she declined.

She had spent the last two decades travelling no stop and although Alex wanted to settle down again like she had with Charlotte she knew she couldn't, while here in Mystic Falls she at least had a chance, when she wasn't being attacked every second day.


After finding Roderick dead Alex decided to claim his Dodge as her own car, for now. She needed a way around town that wasn't suspicious and after the council almost killed her Alex decided low-key was a good idea, although Roderick's Dodge wasn't exactly low-key.

Alex parked beside the town square and climbed out of the Dodge before making her way towards The Grill. Why was she coming out in the open so shortly after being attacked by a human group of vampire haters? That was easy because the ones behind her capture were all dead. Alex didn't have to worry about them anymore, although she might have to worry about Elena and her friends.

Alex was slowly starting to remember what had happened while she was a wolf and she remembered trying to kill Stefan very clearly. Alex figured this wouldn't go down well with Elena, who was still alive, or was undead walking the earth for eternity. Alex entered The Grill and instantly stopped when she stopped Damon at the bar.

If there was anyone who had managed to jump to the top of her hate list in a day it was Damon. Alex didn't like losing the white oak stake to him and although it clear he didn't have it on him Alex couldn't help but express her hate. Luckily for Damon she only expressed them in words. She approached the bar and noticed Damon's shoulder sag in reply. Alex smiled when she realised he knew she was here and walking towards him.

Alex stood to his right and ordered a drink from the bartender. At first Alex ignored Damon until she received her drink. With drink in hand Alex slowly turned to face Damon while he stared at his own drink.

"I want kill you," Alex said. "But I am willing to make a deal, hand over the stake and I won't," Alex suggested.

"So you can give it to Klaus," Damon asked. "I don't think so," he added.

"Wrong brother, but nice try," Alex said. "I'm not stupid," Alex added. "Klaus is… well, I know I can't trust Klaus with the white oak stake, not until I figure out which Original I should really be protecting," Alex said she turned and leant on the bar while facing the rest of The Grill.

Alex drank the rest of her drink before ordering another one.

"What do you mean?" Damon demanded.

"You know, Original dies, bloodline dies," Alex replied. "So I have to figure it out, which one sired my vampire bloodline, etc. etc. etc."

"So Klaus didn't turn you," Damon asked.

"Exactly," Alex said. "Although he could have turned my bloodline, anyway, what I want is the white oak stake," Alex said as she turned to face Damon. "What will it take to get it back?" Alex asked.

"No deal," Damon said making it clear he wasn't going to hand it back.

"Alright," Alex said. "How about this?" she asked. "I don't kill Elena and you don't kill an Original, deal."

"I will never make a deal with a hybrid," Damon announced.

"I was a vampire before I was a hybrid, moron," Alex replied. "But since you are so hard to deal with I'll let you keep the stake but if you come after another Original you will find yourself at the wrong end of stake, clear," Alex asked before she finished her drink at left Damon be.