"Its good to have such a valuable member return to us."
Lily stared down at the young woman to whom she was standing in front of.
"I'm pleased to be here. Thank you." Lily bowed her head slightly.
Almost an hour after Damon had left her in the cellar, three harbingers came for Lily. She didn't resist them, but acted relieved to see them. She knew they would be coming for her once her magic was restored. Anne must have sensed it's return and sent them for her.
Now she was in a large room, surrounded by wooden beams and long tables. It looked like it could be where the harbingers meet for meals. The room was mostly empty except for a few people sitting at one of the tables at the other end of the room and Lily and the girl.
When Lily was brought to her, the girl was finished a meal while reading from a stack of newspapers. Lily caught a few of the headlines and could tell they were from all over the world. The girl rose to meet Lily as soon as she was introduced .
"As I'm sure Anne has told you, I am to achieve acclivity very shortly. As your leader, i must be sure that your allegiances haven't strayed from our cause." The girl spoke quickly, but articulated each word completely.
"I understand."
Lily could feel a bead of sweat trickle down the side of her head, down to her neck. The young girl looked just as unassuming as Anne. She looked no more than fifteen years old. Her hair was cut short, the color a mousy brown. Her mouth set in a way that played with Lily's mind, letting her forget the horror that shone from her eyes.
Lily swallowed hard. "What shall i call you."
"I am Vi." She stepped closer to Lily.
"I'd like you to tell me about your sons, i understand they still live."
Lily could feel her heart beat pick up, terror rising in her throat. She reminded herself that she was supposed to want to kill her sons, that is who the Harbingers are expecting.
"They do not live. They are vampires. My sons died long ago."
"Hmm." Vi nodded her head, not taking her eyes off Lily.
"Anne told me about your hesitation when she met with you earlier."
Lily looked to Anne who sat across the room at a long table with three other people, talking quietly. She turned her face to meet Lily's eyes, who turned her head back to Vi quickly.
"Yes. Well- I had spent years alone, i was confused." Lily shook her head. "I only needed to spend a few moments with those men who wear my son's faces to remember who i was."
Vi didn't speak at first. She narrowed her eyes at Lily and pursed her lips. Lily could tell she was trying to detect if she was telling the truth.
I wonder if they have a telepaths among them? If so, this could get very bad, very quickly.
"Alright." Vi nodded. "And your magic?"
"Yes, it has been returned."
"How did that come about?"
"THe leader of the Gemini coven believed it was in his best interest with the information i was presenting to him." Lily put a mischievous smile on her lips. "He was unaware of my true motives."
"I see." Vi looked over to Anne, summoning her with a gesture. "Good work Lily."
ANne approached then, standing at Vi's side.
"Yes?"
"I'd like for you to take Lily on an searching expedition." She turned back to Lily. "We are very close. The closest we have ever been."
Lily smiled. "Wonderful. How many pieces do we need?"
Anne smiled back, her eyes full of excitement. "None."
/
"Come on Kai." Elena knocked on his door louder. "Get up!"
Silence.
"Ugh!" Elena pushed open the door forcefully, prepared to grab the nearest object and throw it Kai to wake him up.
She stopped short though.
Kai was curled up on his side, sleeping sounding on the bed. He had the covers wrapped around him, almost up to his neck. He looked like a sleeping child. His face peaceful, deceptively innocent.
Elena found herself staring at him much longer than she had intended.
SHe couldn't quite figure him out. He had done unspeakable things, his sociopathy similar to an emotionless vampire. The wiring of his brain made it so that he didn't have an ounce of humanity, even as a human. Elena understood this, she related to doing terrible things to people when she didn't have her emotions.
But when he merged with Luke, Luke's humanity infected Kai. It started to seep in, rewiring the previously defected parts of his brain. He began to experience emotions, and Elena understood that too. It was incredibly unsettling and overwhelming to feel nothing and then suddenly feel everything. It was easier for her to adjust though, since she had experience with emotions but Kai, Kai had never felt anything before.
There were times Elena couldn't help but feel bad for him. But usually those times were interrupted by him saying something obnoxious and she was back to disliking him.
BUt still, she saw something in him, especially as he slept. He wasn't lost, there was a man worth saving in there.
She couldn't help but put on a soft smile as he began to stir.
Elena cleared her throat loudly. "We need to go Kai."
Kai groaned, stretching out his arms above his head and yawning.
"Seriously, i'll stick with my clock radio- thanks." He grumbled but swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up.
Elena watched as he made his way out the bed, shirtless with a pair of flannel pajama pants that sat very low on his hips. He was in incredible shape, his muscles compact and defined.
She blinked forcibly, unwilling to take in and process what she felt when she saw him. She wasn't prepared for her body's reaction to seeing him half naked.
Kai was completely oblivious as he walked towards her.
Elena took a step back without thinking.
Kai stopped and furrowed his brow.
"I wasn't planning on attacking you." Kai teased. "I like my sleep, but you know, emotions and all."
Elena's eyes betrayed her as the roamed down Kai's body again as he spoke.
This time, Kai noticed.
He looked down, inspecting his own body.
"Oh this old thing?" He waved her away. "Just something i had laying around."
Elena laughed nervously then rolled her eyes.
"Listen, we need to get going. Bonnie is going to try and connect with Lily, and she wants you to try to do a locator spell."
Kai nodded exaggeratedly, "Okay" He put his hands on his hips. "And if i find her?"
"Well Stefan and Caroline are going to go in that direction...I should probably tell them." Her voice trailed off as she looked back to the hallway towards Stefan's room.
"Oh i'd give them a little longer." Kai said with a wide smile.
Elena sighed, "Yeah. Well you and I are going to New Orleans to get the other piece, then we will all meet wherever Lily is."
"And if we cant connect with Lily to find the pieces?"
Elena crossed her arms. "We'll deal with that when the time comes."
Kai stepped closer to her.
"As loudly as New Orleans is calling my name, i think we better make sure Bonnie can connect before we go destroying the planet with all our useless driving."
Elena rolled her eyes. "Whatever. I'm sure Bonnie will call us with the information soon. We should get on the road now, not waste any time."
"Alright, but just so you know, when we get there- I'm getting some Jambalaya. No exceptions." Kai turned away from her to the bag he had on the floor next to the bed.
Elena let out a loud sigh. "Fine. We leave in ten minutes."
Elena turned away purposely as Kai bent over his bag, as much as her eyes ached to go back to him.
She shook her head as she walked down the hall to Stefan's room.
Seriously Elena? No matter how hot he is, he is still KAI.
Just cool it.
Elena hesitated before knocking on Stefan's door.
The sounds she was trying to ignore told her that they were very busy at the moment.
SHe took a deep breath and knocked loudly.
"Go away." Stefan called.
THe sounds Elena wished she could have not heard, resumed.
"Uh- I'm really sorry but its important...can you guys meet us downstairs?"
She heard both of them groan before Caroline spoke through the door.
"I just came back to life, cant we have the night off?"
Elena smiled, "Sorry Care- see you soon."
Elena left then, walking to her bedroom to pack a bag.
/
Stefan looked up at Caroline who sat astride him.
She stuck out her lower lip.
"Aw," Stefan sat up, keeping Caroline on top of him. "You look so cute when you're pouting."
Caroline leaned down, kissing him softly. "I don't want to do anything but stay here, with you."
"Well me either," Stefan kissed her back." But there is that whole apocalypse thing."
"Apocalypse schmapocalypse." Caroline teased.
He laughed, running his hands up her back and into her hair.
"Believe me, there is nothing i want to do more, than what we are currently doing."
He looked up into her eyes, softly smiling.
"I know." She frowned. "Well, i guess we better..." Her voice trailed off.
"Get dressed and go downstairs..." Stefan sighed.
Caroline began to adjust, pulling herself off of Stefan.
He grabbed her hips, pushing her back down on himself.
"After we finish what we started. " His lips curled into a sexy smile as Caroline let out a laugh and kissed him.
/
"None?" Lily tried to hide her fear.
They have all the pieces? How is that possible?
"But- if you have all the pieces...why did you need me so badly?" Lily questioned. "And what are Anne and I searching for."
"We had completed the ascendant, that's true." Vi told her, "But there is still two rituals that need to be completed before we can use it."
Vi looked to Anne. "You and Anne will bring me the sacrifices necessary to complete the final ritual."
Lily stayed silent. The Harbingers had never been this close and she wasn't sure what sacrifices were needed. She knew she wouldn't like it.
"In order to bring down the world of the supernatural along with the mortal world, we will need to sacrifice a member from each of the supernatural families."
Lily nodded.
"You and Anne will bring me the appropriate sacrifices."
Lily swallowed. "So that would mean you need...a witch, a vampire, and a werewolf."
Vi nodded. "But not just anyone. I need certain ones."
Lily just stared at her, waiting nervously for her to continue.
"The werewolf must be from the original family of werewolves. The vampire must be from the original family of vampires." Vi paused and looked to Anne, "We know they are all together in New Orleans, it shouldn't be difficult to get one of them, not if you bring Dominic." She looked back to Lily. "But not the hybrid, he is useless."
Lily spoke up. "And the witch?"
"Yes, the witch will be from the first coven formed after the inception.."
Lily swallowed hard.
The Gemini coven.
"don't worry, you will not do. Although you should be happy to die for our cause."
Lily interrupted, "Oh i would, i would happily die for us."
Vi pursed her lips but nodded. "That isn't necessary. We cant use any witch from the Gemini coven, we need to sacrifice their leader."