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Chapter 14

Elena's POV

I woke with a start, taking a deep breath as I looked around, seeing I was in a familiar room. I looked down at my arm, a IV attached to me. I groaned at the sun that blaring through my window.

"You look like shit! And smell even worse." I looked in the direction of the voice to see Kol stuffing his face with popcorn. A smirk planted on his face. "ELIJAH! ELENA'S AWAKE!" My face twisted in annoyance when Kol started to yell. Distant cries started up in the background.

I heard stomping coming my way, but it wasn't the person I expected to break through the door. Klaus threw his shoe at Kol. "DAMN YOU! I just got Hope down for her nap!" Klaus snapped, before heading down the hall in the direction of the cries. Kol just shrugged his shoulders, continuing his popcorn.

"What is going on? What has happened?" I questioned, feeling like I was hit with a semi truck. My IV pulled at my skin, causing me to stop my moving. Before Kol could answer the question, Elijah, trailed by my two best friends came in the room.

Elijah's face sagged with relief as he came to my bedside. "I'm glad to see you awake." He ran his hand against my forehead briefly. "Are you feeling okay? Do you remember what happened?" Elijah questioned.

I frowned as I looked away, trying to navigate through the fogginess. It took a few moments for my mind to catch up, but when I did I turned in the direction of Elijah. "Dahlia? Did she escape?" I asked, sitting up more on the bed.

"She was already gone when we finally broke into the house. We found you in the kitchen, bleeding out next to that… demon. Bonnie found your phone upstairs with a Dr. Rupert Giles still on the other end. She collabed with him to develop a cure to the blood poisoning that you had. Elena…" Elijah started, but I knew where he was going with that guilty look of his.

"Elijah, don't even go there. This is on Dahlia, only her. We will get her in the future, until then we just have to be more prepared. How long have I been out?" I questioned. I snatched the IV out, tossing it on the floor.

"A little over two weeks." Caroline commented, handing me a blood bag, but looked over shoulder when Kol made a noise.

Kol threw his hands up, looking at Caroline. "Oy! I told you to bring me one." Kol exclaimed, frowning.

Caroline gave him a look. "And I said, 'What do I look like to you?" Caroline replied, turning away disgruntled Kol.

Kol scoffed, crossing his arms. "Well, you look like America's next top strumpet, but that is none of my business." Kol retorted, childishly. Bonnie smacked his arm, looking slightly embarrassed. Caroline just grumbled, kicking his shin bone before leaving the room. Kol winced in pain as rubbed the sore bone.

"And you wonder why I don't take you anywhere." Bonnie teased as she rubbed Kol's head as he leaned against her chest.

"Aren't you the same person that got mad that a lady cut you off in traffic, sped up to her when she caught the light, proceeded to tell her, 'Bitch, what the fuck is wrong with you?! I would snatch your damn wig first and ask questions later!' I never been so scared for my life." Kol laughed as Bonnie shoved him away, before leaving after Caroline. Kol just followed after.

Elijah sighed, turning back to me. Briefly, we laughed at our family. You could always count on Kol to lighten the mood. "Like Caroline said, you were out for two weeks. Some of the ingredients were harder to obtain, but Dr. Giles were able to use some of his contacts to help with the process." Elijah grabbed my hand, entangling our fingers.

"Dahlia warned that Esther has dwell deeper into dark magic. I mean in the last year, Dahlia had us scrambling for our heads just with her experience, but if she got Dahlia worried… I saw it in her face. I think this has became more than just a deal with Esther." I expressed my concern.

Elijah moved away as I moved to the edge of the bed. His warm hands wrapped around my wrist to pull me up. I stood still, letting the dizziness fade away. "I wouldn't be surprised that they had a confrontation that we didn't know about." Elijah commented.

"Though I'm sure Esther would more likely kill Dahlia than the other way around." I let Elijah lead me to the bathroom, going our separate ways. "I'm okay from this point on. Thank you." Elijah simply nodded, before leaving the room.

I turned the shower onto the hottest setting, body yearning for relaxation. I strip out of my ripe clothing. Something caught my attention in the mirror. I looked down to my smooth torso to see where the demon stabbed me with his talons. They were jagged scars, looking years old. My fingers trailed them until tore my gaze away. I stepped into the shower, hot pelts of water raining down on me.

I dressed down in jean overalls with a black short sleeve shirt. I took the time to pack my bags to get ready for my trip back to California. I left my room, duffel in hand. I stopped to see the cave in ceiling above the staircase, missing banister and door.

I took deep breath, before travelling down the stairs. I set my bag down by the staircase when I reached the bottom. "Guys, where are you?" I called out in a normal tone, knowing that they could hear a whisper.

"In the basement." Klaus responded, popping out of the stairwell. I frowned as I followed him to the basement. I sniffed the air, cringing from stench.

I coughed, covering my nose. "What in the hell is that smell?" I mumbled through my arm. I slowed down as I saw the dead carcass of the Bringer laying against a steel table. Everyone was down there, even Hayley. I looked around to see a wide screen with a man display on screen, along with Stefan and Katherine.

Dr. Giles looked up at my entrance, eying me over. "Ms. Gilbert, welcome back. I assume the remedy has work without any effects." Dr. Giles looked at me.

I nodded simply. "Yes, thank you. I know that our phone call wasn't the most pleasant, but I'm more than grateful for your assistance. Not to be rude, but what is going on?" I questioned, looking back over the decapitated demon.

Freya stepped forward, removing her gloves with a snap. "We used a form of a reanimation spell to look into his memories to see if he would know where Dahlia is hiding, but no such luck. His brain patterns is different from ours. It would probably take months of non-stop probing, time we do not have." Freya explained. Freya sighed when Bonnie stepped forward.

"Which I told Freya in the beginning, that specialization of magic is in my lineage. I have been working with Dr. Giles with a reanimation spell will awaken the demon, more so his head, then we could question him." Bonnie rolled her eyes out of annoyance.

Klaus groaned loudly. "Not this again. You're both pretty, now that we establish that, there is no guarantee that he would spill the beans about his master." Klaus grimaced.

"Seeing that Elena killed him, He probably wouldn't be inclined to answer no questions. I mean, I sure as hell wouldn't." Kol commented, tossing the demon's head between his two hands. Ugh, at least he is wearing gloves.

Hayley scoffed. "That is because you petty as hell." Hayley looking at him in disgust.

"So? Who else going to do it?" Kol tossed the head at her at that very moment just to prove his point, Hayley screeching, ready to swat it out the air, but luckily Elijah caught it for her.

"How about we focus on what is going? Kol, stop antagonizing." Elijah gruffed setting the head down on the table.

I rubbed at my forehead out of frustration. "When I was fighting this thing, he alluded to the fact that Dahlia took control of him against his will. He planned to kill her just for that. We can appeal to that side of him." I said, following Elijah's lead.

"I just need to work with Dr. Giles a little more to perfect the spell, but I will be ready soon." Bonnie was near her grimoire, which I noticed looked thicker than when I last saw it.

"This is why Freya needs to take the lead as she is the experienced witch. We don't have for you to play catch up." Hayley remarked. We all fell silent, Bonnie glared at Hayley as she slammed her book closed.

"Sorry, but I'm not inclined to take advice from a suppose wolf queen that has gotten more than half her pack killed. You are looking at someone who has save everyone in this room at least once and I was barely a witch then." Bonnie snapped, looking at Hayley.

Hayley's jaw tighten at the insult, but my jaw would dropped to the floor if it wasn't attached to my head at Hayley's next words. "You can't say the same for your family, can you?" I heard Caroline gasped through the silence as we both looked to Bonnie.

"Bon… " Kol started to say, but stopped as her eyes turned white. His eyes widen as he stepped back. He tried to say something, but we were all thrown back by an explosion.