Chapter 21: Before Sunset

The following Day, Elena, Jeremy were dress in their casual clothing as they were working on painting the room Alaric stayed in. Elena had her hair straight and down as Samathea's was wavy and up in a high ponytail and a headband to hold back her bangs. "Remind me again, why are we painting the room again?" she asks them as she works on a wall, "Remodeling Sam." Elena answers and Samathea lets out a 'huh' and returns to her wall. Then Stefan walks to the room. "Getting Dark, huh?" Stefan asks them and Elena looks at him, "It was the only color we had." she informs him, "That what happened when you wait your dead guardian's room in the middle of the night." Jeremy states.

Samathea growls in her throat, "Not my fault." she mutters, keeping her attention on the wall. "I's don't suppose anyone try to talk you guys out of doing this so soon." Stefan asks as he walks into the room. "We have to keep moving, other wise we'll start think and we don't wanna think." Elena informs him as she wets down her roller with paint. "You want a hand?" Stefan asks her and she smiles at him. "Sorry, are you two back together or something?" Jeremy asks them as Samathea wets down her brush and ignored the conversation. "No Jer, we just…" Elena mutters.

Then Stefan interrupts him "I just wanted to check up on you guys to see how you were doing after… everything that's happened." Stefan informs him. "We're fine, but if you are trying to be the good guy again, why don't you do the right thing and give us one day. Just one day without any vampires in it." Jeremy throws at him, but Stefan wasn't fazed by his anger as Elena and Samathea look at him and stop painting. He looks at the two then walks out of the room. Elena sighs as she sets her roller in the cart and Samathea set her brush in the bucket. "He didn't mean that." Elena informs him, but Stefan sighs and turns to her. "Yeah. Yeah he did." he tells her then the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." he tells her and left the room, "I'll come with." Elena said.

Then looks at Samathea, "Go, I got this." she tells her, Elena nods at her and hurried after Stefan. Samathea sighs to herself, then picks up her brush and started to paint the wall again.

Elena and Stefan headed down the stairs and to the front door, Stefan opens it and there stood Damon as he was holding Bonnie and she had blood on her neck. "We have a problem." Damon inform them then Elena took Bonnie into her arms and pulls her inside. Then pulls her into the kitchen, Damon followed after them and closes the door behind him. Then he informs them of what happen. "What to you mean he turn? I'd thought you were standing guard?" Stefan questions him and handed Elena the towel.

"Don't blame me, blame Bonnie the blood bank. She the one that fed him." Damon throws out as Elena took it and presses to to Bonnie's neck. "I had no idea what was happening, the witches lead me there, they wanted him to feed so he turn." Bonnie informs them. "So where's the stake now?" Stefan asks her, "Oh you mean the white oak one?" Damon question and the three look at him, "The one that can kill and Original and wipe out an entire line of vampire? We don't know." he states and Bonnie glares at him as Elena rolls her eyes. "If you are so upset with me, why did you fed me your blood to save my life?" she questions him. "Because I do stupid things, Bonnie, like let my friend die with dignity when I should of just killed him." Damon answers her and turns away.

"So what do we do now?" Elena asks them, "We have to figure a way out to kill him." Stefan answers her. "I've been trying to figure that out." Bonnie states and they looks at her, "A witch can't truly make an immortal creature, there's always a way to undo a spell." she informs them. "So, what's the witchy work around?" Damon asks as he leans against the chair. "That's the problem." she states as she looks at them and they look at her "I don't know."

Samathea walks back to the tray for more paint, until her phone rings, she places the paint down and saw that Alaric was calling her. She was taken back at this, but thought it was someone messing her, she scoffs and answers the phone, "Whoever you are, you're hilarious, now who the hell are you?" she snaps at him. "Who else would it be?" dark Alaric answers her, making her face go pale. "Ric?" she asks him, "Listen closely, I'm at the school. I have Caroline and if you want to keep her alive, I need you to get in your car and come down here right away." he orders her, Samathea went to leave the room, "And if you tell anyone where you're going, I will kill her." he warns her and hung up.

Samathea's mouth hung open in shock and she looks at her phone and knew that her hands were tied, she had no other choice but to comply.

~8~8~8~

Jeremy walks down the stairs, but then the doorbell rang, he stops and walks to the door and opens it, there stood Klaus. "Now what the hell do you want?" Jeremy questions him as Stefan walks up to them "Now is that any way to treat a guest?" Klaus questions him as Stefan stood next to Jeremy. "What are you doing here, Klaus?" Stefan questions as he took hold of the door, "Well for starters, Jeremy here can show some manners and invite me inside." Klaus answers as Damon them walks up to the door.

"Why don't you go up to your room." Stefan tells him as he stood in front of him, Jeremy looks at him in dis-belief. Then Damon looks at him, "Now." he orders and stood next to Stefan. Jeremy sighs in defeat and walks up to his room. Klaus watches him go. "Hm, poor lad. Looses one questionable father figure and needs to be replace by the likes of the two of you." Klaus states, "Yeah about that, something happened." Damon informs him. "Oh I know all about my mother's invinible little creation. That's why I'm here, I'm leaving town and I need to pick up a few road trip institutes. Spare tire, flashlight, the sorceress doppelganger." Klaus informs them. "What's going on?" Elena asks as she walks up to the two. "Why hello Elena, is your sister in, I'm here to pick her up." Klaus informs her.

Elena looks at him and glares, "No." she answers and slams the door on his face, Damon headed into the other room as Stefan and Elena walk to the foot of the stairs, "Sam." Stefan calls out, but got no answer.

Klaus paces outside on the porch, then looks down at the newspaper on the matt and took it into his hands.

Stefan walks back into the paint room and found only Jeremy, "Where's Sam?" he asks, "I don't know, she was here a few minutes ago." Jeremy answers him as Elena enters the room as well. But then the two quickly left the room and Jeremy stood up, they both headed down the stairs where Damon was waiting for them. "Where is she?" he asks them. "She's not here." Stefan answers him, "What do you mean, she's not here where did she go?" Damon questions as he walks up to the living room window and watches Klaus pace outside on the lawn. "What's going on?" Bonnie asks them, "Klaus wants in, we have to keep him out." Stefan answers her, "And he wants to take Sam away." Elena answers her as well, then Damon's eyes wide as Klaus winds up his arm and threw the newspaper at the window.

"Ah! Duck!" Damon calls out, they everyone hits the ground as the window shatters and the glass scatters everywhere.

~8~8~8~

Dark Alaric waits in the history room, as Caroline was gag and stab in the hands with two pencils forcing her to stay sited in the desk. Then something catches Alaric's attention. "Right on time." he mutters.

Samathea walks into the hall as she stayed alert, but as she walks through the double doors, she heard Caroline's pain muffled gasp, making her move faster. She gets to the history room, but then stops as she saw Alaric now facing her in his chair, but then she looks over at Caroline, "Oh God… Caroline." she mutters then walks over and kneels down in front of her, "Are you okay?" Samathea asks her, but Caroline shook her head, "Let her go." Samathea orders her. "By all means, free her yourself." dark Alaric offers her, Samathea then turns back to Caroline and looks at the pencils in her hands. "I'm gonna take these out okay?" Samathea informs her and Caroline nods.

She carefully grips the pencil and jerks it right out of hand, but dark Alaric slams it right back in. making her scream in pain. Then Samathea quickly turns and stood to her feet, "You have me, now let her go!" Samathea snaps at him, "How many times must I tell you Samathea. Stop trusting vampires." he orders her, but all she did was glare.

~8~8~8~

Klaus looks at the broken window, "Now I think you's probably want to let me in!" he calls out to them, but got no answers in return. Klaus shifts in his spot them looks around the neighborhood. But then eyes the white fence across the road. He walks over to it and then leans against it. Then look over and smirks as he eyes the soccer ball in that front yard.

Elena quickly looks out the window into the driveway, "My car's gone." she informs them "Why wouldn't she tell us where she was going?" Bonnie questions as everyone was gathered in the kitchen, but then the front door flew open and the soccer ball threw in and crash onto the table, making everyone jump and flinch, then Klaus walks into the porch, two wooden white that he had torn off the fence, then throws it right inside.

Damon and everyone else duck, "Get down!" Stefan order, Bonnie, Elena and Jeremy as they took cover behind then counter in the kitchen. "Miss me!" Damon said then breaks the fence off the wall and throws it at Klaus, but he dodges it, then Klaus break the other one in his hand in half then thrust it into the house, it hits the picture. "Miss me again!" Damon shouts as and Klaus thrust the other one inside. Then Stefan's phone rings, he pulls it out and answers it. "Alaric."

~8~8~8~

Klaus walks back with propane on hand and burning newspaper in the other, "Put it out." Stefan orders him as Klaus steps onto the porch and at the door and Stefan stood at the door as well. "Come outside and make me." Klaus challenges him, but Stefan smirks and steps outside and stood in front of Klaus. "Samathea's not here, Alaric has her and Caroline and he's going to kill them both unless you turn yourself over to him." Stefan informs him in one breath. Klaus looks at him and saw that Stefan was telling the truth, he lowers both objects in his hands, threw the newspaper down and then tosses the propane to the side.

Then he looks at Stefan and how do I not know you're walking me into a certain death?" Klaus questions him. Stefan scoffs a little at him, "I really wish we could, but unfortunately if Alaric kill you, there's a for chance we die too." Stefan answers him as Damon walks out with the half broken fence on his shoulder. "I'll take those odds." he states, then Stefan at him. "And a hundred percent chance Taylor dies." Stefan reminds him and Damon looks at him. "Good with that too." Damon informs him, still not giving a damn. Then Stefan looks at Klaus, "Why don't we figure a way to put Alaric down." Stefan proposes and Klaus had no choice but to accept the terms.

The three stood outside an hour as they thought of a plan, "Okay how about Damon sneaks in and distracts Alaric while Stefan grabs Samathea and carries her to safety." Klaus suggest and the Salvatores look at him, "Well that's a great idea, but what's to stops me from getting kill instantly?" Damon questions him. "Nothing." Klaus answers him, then Stefan turns away. "Caroline's in there and doesn't Serena adore her like if she was her own child or are you willing to have Caroline killed and lose the woman you love too?" Damon questions him, making Klaus glare at him as he dared to bring Serena into the conversation. Then Stefan steps into the conversation, "Alright, this isn't helping much." he informs him, stopping the fight from even starting.

Then Bonnie and Elena steps out, "I might have an idea." Bonnie tells them and the vampires look at her. "Abby told us that she was able to mobilize Michel for fifteen." Elena tells him, "She called it the dedication spell. If I can get it, I'd might be able to use it on Alaric." Bonnie informs them. "If and might. Your words inspire such confidence." Klaus smirks at her, "I can get it. But even with the spell, we'll need a lot of vampire muscle to take him down. Including yours." Bonnie said to Klaus.

Klaus exhales and turns away from them and then looks at the sky, "Just so we're clear the sun sets in about eight hours and if you don seceded before then, Samathea will be dead, I'll be gone and the rest of you will be left to fend for yourselves." he reminds, but they just glares at him.

~8~8~8~

Dark Alaric dips the cloth into the cup of vervein, Samathea watches as she was powerless to help her. "No Ric, no more please." Caroline begs him as he then stand behind her. "Leave her alone!" Samathea snaps as she stood up, "Sit down!" he orders her and shoves her back into her seat. Then he turns back to Caroline "This keep the vervein in her system. It's like inhaling razor blades with every breath." he inform Samathea and ties the cloth back around mouth, making her skin sizzle and her to inhale a painful gag.

Then Caroline lets out a muffle scream and Samathea slips out of her seat and grips Caroline's arm. Dark Alaric them picks up the stake and moves in front of the two, "Why are you doing this to her?" Samathea questions him, "It make it easy for you when you put her out of her misery." he answers her and she looks at him in shock. "No, I won't kill Caroline." she answers and moves back into her chair, dark Alaric stood in front of her. "Isn't this what you wanted Samathea? For me to teach you how to kill a vampire?" he questions her, "Well, here's a vampire Samathea. Kill her." he said and overs her the stake, but Samathea shook her head, "This isn't what I want." she snaps at him, "Of course it is, Samathea. All those hours training, getting stronger, you could be a hunter Samathea." he tells her, she looks at him as Caroline looks at Samathea, "And I know you've stake a good share of vampires." he tells her and offers the stake to her again.

~8~8~8~

Klaus and Stefan arrive at the school and park the car, the get out and Stefan's phone buzzed. "Abby just showed up." Stefan informs Klaus as they walk in front of the car. "Good, then perhaps this plan won't be an epic failure after all." Klaus states and Stefan puts his phone away.

Klaus looks over at Stefan, "You know, if this does go off and we drop the history teacher in the Atlantic, I'm still leaving with Samathea." Klaus reminds him and Stefan nods, "Then I'll go with you." Stefan tells him, "Really? What's the catch?" Klaus asks him and Stefan turns to him, "There's no catch, I'll do what I can to make sure Sam is safe." Stefan answers him, "All for Elena then?" Klaus questions and Stefan nods, "You'd do whatever you can, so Elena doesn't have to lose more family." he states and Stefan shrugs. "But I honestly don't know why Samathea is wasting her time with Damon, I'd think it's ridiculous." Klaus tells him and Stefan smirks at him.

"You know it's funny how you try to get me and my brother to hate each other. It's actually the opposite in fact." Stefan informs him and Klaus smirks a little, "Really, has it really? Well, then perhaps I should let Samathea choose on what she wants, to see which Salvatore will join us, being as you and Damon are so close." Klaus taunts him, but Stefan didn't give in, "Nah, go for it. Damon and I have been those a hell of a lot worse then you." Stefan informs him and walks off, leaving a deafeat Klaus in front of the car.

~8~8~8~

Jeremy and Elena sat on the bench as Jeremy was looking at him ring. But then the two look over and saw Bonnie and Damon walk over to them, "I just got this. It connects me to Caroline and Samathea's phones." she informs Damon and swipes her screen phone and a map of their whereabouts, hers, Caroline's and Samathea's.

"They're in Alaric's classroom, you should go in from the south entrance." Bonnie informs him, "Hm, there's your locator spell, why the hell do we need you then?" Damon questions her and walks up to the Gilbert siblings. "Hand it over." Damon tells Jeremy as he wanted the ring of Jeremy's finger. "I'm not giving you my ring, let me do this." he tells them, "By my math, you already bite it once, possibly twice if wearing that thing and if Bonnie can't restart your heart and you do indeed die then before you know it, we have another psycho alter ego case on your hands, which is bad so give me the ring." Damon reminds him and then smirks. "He has a point, Jer." Elena tells him but Jeremy gave her a serious and determined look, "This is my ring and Sam is my sister. No one is going to fight harder for her then me." Jeremy reminds him as he wasn't going to back down.

Damon sighs and drops his hand, "Fine, be stubborn." he tells him then turns to Bonnie, "Try not to kill him, will yet?" he asks her, then steps away, Jeremy looks over at Bonnie as Elena sighs and sat next to Jeremy. "Look that this, one big happy family." Klaus states as he and Stefan walks up and joins them. Bonnie just rolls his eyes then pulls out a small bottle of blood, "Drink this, it's my blood, it puts us all together so when I stop Jeremy's heart, you'll have the power to stop Alaric's." she informs then as Damon took the bottle uncorks it and took a sip of her blood. "You need to make a physical connection to his blood stream. A vein, artery, something connected to his heart." she adds him as Damon passes the bottle to Stefan, "One of us gets a clean shock take it as the other two hold him down." Stefan states as he took a sip and then he passes it to Klaus, who took it.

"Before you walk through these doors, lets get on the same page, shall we? I was the one that created your vampire bloodline, therefore I am responsible for your lives. And Taylor's life and Caroline's life, should anything go wrong." he informs them, "Or you're just lying to save your ass." Damon throws at him, "I'm not lying, but go ahead, call my bluff, let the teacher kill me, you'll all be dead soon after." Klaus tells him with a smirks the sips the blood. "Lets just get this over with, shall we?" Stefan asks them and they walks off. Elena sighs and looks over at the two and they sigh as well.

~8~8~8~

Dark Alaric paces in front of the two girls, "Why must you do this?" Samathea questions him, he stops and turns to her. "Because you need me. Because you're an eighteen year old girl without parents or guileless or any sense of right and wrong anymore." he answers her as he pace pass her. She looks at him in dis-belief, "Look at what you're doing, how is this right?" she asks as she jesters over to Caroline, "Because she's a murder, she told me she killed someone and like it." he answers her and Samathea looks at Caroline seeing the guilty look in her eyes. "Now how is that right?" he questions her.

"Caroline had no control over her heighten emotions, it's a vampire's instinct. You can't blame her for that." Samathea reminds him and Caroline looks at her, grateful that she still cared. Then dark Alaric walks in front of her, "Listen, Samathea. Your parents lead the council, it was their life's mission to keep this town safe. They weren't dead six months when Elena undid it all." he states and she glares at him, "Shut up, you don't know anything about me or my family." she growls at him, "Am I wrong? Do you actually think, they'd be proud of you?" he questions her and shock hits her, "Their star daughter, friends with the enemy." he states and then kneels down in front of her. "If you don't side with the humans, you're just as bad as they are." he tells her.

Samathea said nothing and looks at him. Dark Alaric then stood up and offers the stake again, "Now kill her." he orders and Samathea at him, "Or I'll do it for you and I'll make it hurt." he threatens her, but he saw she wasn't going to move from her seat, then he grips her arm, "Get up!" he orders her, forcing her to her feet, she struggles as he moves her in front of Caroline and places the stake in hand and steps back. She looks down at Caroline and raise the stake, making Caroline panic a little, 'Don't worry. I'll get you out of here.' Samathea mouths to her and Caroline got the message. Then Samathea twist her arm and went to thrust the stake into dark Alaric, but he grips her arm, stopping her and jerks her close to him.

"I'd thought I'd taught you better." he questions her and she smirks at him, "You did, but I taught myself as well." she answers then, then took the cup of vervein and smashes it against his face, he lets go and screams in pain. She then flicks her and makes him fly at the wall and crash onto the ground. Samathea then turns to Caroline, jerks the pencils out of her hands, making her cry out in pain. Then she removes the gag from her mouth. "Run Caroline run!" Samathea tells her, pulling her out of the desk and pushes her to the door, but dark Alaric vamps in front of Samathea, cutting her off.

~8~8~8~

Caroline vamps through the halls then stops and saw that Samathea or dark Alaric wasn't behind her. But then she went to go save Samathea, until a hand came up from behind her and vamps both of them through the halls, she lets out a muffles gasp, "Shh, shh it's okay it's me, it's okay. You're safe." Klaus whispers to her and relax making him take his hand away from her mouth.

He looks down the hall and back to her, "We'll save Samathea, you go straight home and you stay inside, you understand?" he asks her, she said and then he turns her around and makes her face him. "Do you understand?" he asks again, but in a soft tone, she nods and looks at him, "Thank you." she tells him, he was stun by her thanks then vamps away. Caroline stood in the hall by herself then vamps out of the school and headed home.

~8~8~8~

Dark Alaric slams Samathea up against the lockers, making her gasp from contact, but then she gasp again as she felt dark Alaric grip her throat and forces her to look at him as she grips his arm. "I should kill you, I should gut you like Brian Walter, Bill Forbes and all the other cowards that I plan on ripping apart. You're the worst defender of them all, Samathea. You don't deserve to live." he growls at her.

She looks up at him, "When why keep me alive? There's is no humanity left in you, I see it in your eyes. If I'm the worse of them all, then fine. Do it." she throws at him, he just glares at her, "Do it, come on, kill me." she challenges him, veins pulls around his eyes. "Come on! Do it, do it. Kill me! Come on!" she shouts at him, he shouts out and punches the locker next to her, making a her turn away. Then he pulls away from her, letting go and she gasp as air returns to her. She pants and looks up at him, watching the veins decease away from his eyes. Then realization hits her, now she knew why he can't kill her.

But then Stefan and Damon vamp up, gripping a hold of dark Alaric arms, Samathea took her chance and moves away from them. "Do it, now!" Damon calls out, but dark Alaric shoves him against the lockers, making Damon let go, then he wraps his other arm around Stefan's head, putting him in a headlock and snaps his neck. "Stefan!" Samathea calls out, then Damon vamps at him, but dark Alaric beats him to it, "Damon!" Samathea calls out again and she covers her mouth. Then dark Alaric looks at her. Samathea moves her hand away and steps back, but then Klaus vamps as her and dung his fingertips into dark Alaric's chest, making him cry out in pain. Samathea took her chance and stumbles back into the classroom.

Dark Alaric looks at him, grips his wrist and snaps it out of place, Klaus cries out in pain, then he throws Klaus at the floor behind him, then vamps over, turning Klaus onto his back and went to stab him with the stake, but Klaus stops him and kept the stake at bay and dark Alaric uses both hands to force the stake even more. "Stop!" Samathea cries out, the two kept their struggle and looks at her. She stood in the hall with a broken scissor at her neck, "Let him go or I will slit my throat." she threatens him, dark Alaric looks back at Klaus as the hybrid kept his eyes on her, "Put it down Samathea." dark Alaric orders her.

"Why because I need to be alive for your mission to ride the world of vampire?" she questions him, he said nothing. "There's a reason why Esther use me to make you want you are, isn't there?" she questions him, dark Alaric looks at her. "She didn't want to make you immortal, isn't there? As long as I don't die a violent death like Serena, Esther tied your life to a human one, mine. That way the stake can't hurt you, that's why you won't kill me, you need me alive so you can carry out your to kill all vampires." Samathea states, taking Klaus by surprise. "That's it, if I die, you're coming with me, there's no other explanation on why you won't kill me, why you wanted me to become a hunter." Samathea states and dark Alaric looks at her.

"You're wrong." he states calling her bluff. She looks at him, "You really think I am?" she questions then started to cut her neck, "Stop! Stop, stop!" dark Alaric orders her as he panics and ignored Klaus. But the hybrid took his chance, he pushes dark Alaric away and vamps away. Dark Alaric pull himself to his feet and once he did, he looks in the hall seeing neither Klaus or Samathea. They were gone.

~8~8~8~

Samathea groans as she flutters her eyes open, but found herself in Klaus manor and when she tried to move, her arms were restrain. She fully wakes up to find herself tied to a chair and the silver bracelet was on her arm. "Ah." she gasp as she looks over and saw a needle get injected into her arm, "Be careful, moving only makes it hurt more." the nurse tells her, Samathea looks at her and saw that she was compelled. Samathea looks around then right at Klaus, "What are you doing?" she questions him, "Draining you of all your blood." he answers her and the nurse left them alone.

Samathea looks over at the blood bag, seeing to started to slowly feel with her blood, then she struggle in her restrains, but then Taylor walks into the room and then stops abruptly as she saw Samathea. She stops and looks at him as well "Samathea?" he asks her, "Taylor. Help me" she begs and struggles again, Taylor sets the box down and went to help her. "He can't." Klaus calls out, making Taylor stop and they both look at him. "He needs to go fetch me more empty blood bags, about three liters worth please." Klaus tells him and Taylor turns back to Samathea and she looks back at him. "Taylor please, get Stefan. Please." she begs of him. "No Taylor, get the bags." Klaus orders him. But Taylor stood there, torn between pretending and wanting to help.

He looks at Samathea, seeing a scared look in her eyes for the first time, then back at Klaus. Then he looks at his friend and went to help her, but Klaus vamps right in front of him, stopping him. "Forget the girl and get the bags. Now." Klaus orders him again. Taylor then looks at Samathea, "It's okay, it's okay. Just go, I'll be okay." she tells him, he looks at her, hatting himself for the decision he made then turns and walks off. Samathea exhales and started to pulls at her restrains when Klaus walks and stood behind her.

"So this is it, huh. You're going to bleed me dry until the last drop?" she questions him, "Yes. But don't worry, it will be completely painless, no violent death a painless and peaceful one." he informs her, then leans in closer to her. "As the last drop is drawn, you'll simply fall asleep into a never ending dream." he tells her and she gasp softly, hoping that someone would come for her.

~8~8~8~

The phone started to ring and Damon groans as he came back to life and grips the phone in his hand as he looks at him, "Why am I still alive?" Damon groans, but then he saw a foot in his view. "Get up." dark Alaric orders him. Then Damon looks up at him as dark Alaric was not happy.

Stefan groans as well as he came back to life as well, "I said get up." dark Alaric orders them again in a little of a panic tone. The two started to pull move, "Klaus is going to kill Samathea." he informs them. "What?" Damon asks, then they pull themselves up, "What are you talking about? Klaus needs Sam's blood to make hybrids. She's the last person he's kill." Stefan reminds him. "The witch bound my life to Samathea's. If she dies, I die. Klaus figured that out and how he's taken her. Now I'm trap here until the sun goes down, so you two better get to doing what you do best, saving Samathea's life." dark Alaric tells them as. Damon groans and he rubs the back of his neck. Then dark Alaric pushes pass them and they watch him leave the hall.

~8~8~8~

Samathea felt weak as another blood-bag was getting filled with her blood, "What happens when all the blood is gone and you can't make anymore hybrids?" Samathea questions, Klaus looks at the nurse and took of one of the bag, stopping her, "These liters will do just fine, but what my mother didn't know, is that she strength the bonds between my siblings, I have my family." he tells her and gave the nurse back the blood-bag. Samathea inhales as she forces herself to seat you, "And I wonder how long that will last until they want live their own lives?" she questions him.

He glares at her, "You need my blood for a back-up family, your sibling will never trust you ever again." she tells him and grips the arms of the chairs as she tries to stay steady, "You know, Stefan blames me for trying to tear him from his brother, but I think we both know who really came between them." he states and she looks away from him. "You and Elena, but that's why you won't give into your feelings, you value family so much, you can't let yourself fall in love, you don't want to shatter the bonds of family." he states and vamps on front of her, gripping her hands.

She didn't flinch, but blinks and looks at him, "Consider this me doing you a favor, once you're dead, you won't have to give in. no broken hearts or bonds. Their family stays intact, but just between us girls. Would of really given into your feelings for Damon Salvatore?" he asks her, she glares at him the spits right into his face. Samathea refused to give him an answer. Klaus just wipes the spit away "You're welcome." he tells her, then leans up as she leans back against the chair. "Sweet dreams, Samathea. It's been fun." he tells her and then walks away, his hand brushing against her hair and she turns away from him in disgust as she was now alone in the room.

~8~8~8~

Samathea looms forward as she lets out ragged breathing, her eyelids became heavy as she forces herself to stay away. -Stay awake. Stay awake.- she tells herself, but then saw someone walk behind her, then the rope around her waist loosen then the person works at her left arm, untying her and pulls the need out of her arm. Making it hang in the chair arm. She then felt warms hands cup her pale cheeks, making her look up, "Taylor." she mutters softly… but he uses one hand and presses his finger to his lips, she manage to service a nod and leans her head back against the chair.

Then Taylor moves over to her right side, works at the knot and pulls the needle out of her arm, she grips his hand and he felt her trembling, but then she looks over his shoulder, "Behind you." she whispers to him Taylor turns around and saw Klaus standing in the frame. Taylor stood up beside Samathea as she leans against the right side and continued to hold his hand. "So much for that sire bond." Klaus states and Taylor took a step forward. "I'm not your little bitch anymore.

Klaus smirks and walks to them, "How did you break the sire bond?" Klaus asks him, "By breaking every bone in my body hundred times for the girl I love." Taylor answers him bluntly. "That's impossible." Klaus mutters. "Is it? Or maybe real love is stronger than fake loyalty." Taylor informs him and steps more forward, Samathea's hand slips through his. "But what would you know about that?" Taylor questions him, "You know, you should be thanking me. I gave you a gift, I took away your misery." Klaus reminds him, "You didn't give a crap about me! You just didn't want to be alone." Taylor tells him, then he turns back to Samathea, took the bracelet off her wrist and tosses it to the side. Then started to pulls her out of the chair and she grips onto him, her hands still shaking. "I got you." Taylor tells her, pulling her to her feet.

But Klaus vamps at them, shoving Samathea back, the chair tip over and she smacks the side of her head hard against steps and was out. Then Klaus grips Taylor by his neck, shoving him against the wall. "Good-bye Taylor." Klaus said and raise his hand. But Taylor grips his wrist and snaps it, making Klaus scream in pain, the Stefan came up, turns him around and Taylor held arm, then Damon vamps up at them and held Klaus other arm. Klaus growls at them and Stefan thrust his fingertips into his Klaus's chest, making him scream in pain, then he gasp as he heard his heart beat. Klaus didn't make a sound as he looks at Stefan, feeling his heart start to slow down.

Damon lets go of Klaus arm and turns to Samathea, she groans as she started to come to and presses her hand to her head, "Hey, hey, hey." Damon whispers to her as he kneels down and gently grips her shoulders. "You okay?" he asks, she nods at him, "Come on." he whispers and Damon helps her to her feet. Klaus heartbeat slow to a beat per two minutes. Klaus skin started to turn grey as he looks over at Taylor then at Damon and Samathea. Then he return his look back to Stefan as his eyes were filled with hurt and betrayal, then they lowered him onto the ground. Damon helps Samathea walk and Taylor joins them then Stefan turns to them, "You should get her phone before the sun sets." Stefan tells them, Damon nods and looks aback at Samathea.

The young sorceress kept her look on Klaus as Damon gently took a hold of her arms. And walks her out of the room. Stefan turns back to Klaus, looks at him one more time then turns away as well.

~8~8~8~

Samathea steps out of the car as Damon and Stefan join her, "You two aren't going to listen to me when I've told you hundred times, I'm fine." she informs them as they walk across the street, "You lost a lot of blood today." Stefan reminds her, "I know, I just need to eat something and I'll be better before you know it." she tells him, "And I'd told you before, I'm fine it was just a little headache." she informs them as they were on her lawn, "Yeah, but the sun's about to go down and Ric's going to be able to terrorize the streets any minute." Damon reminds her, "Yeah, but he can't hurt me, he needs me to stay alive and it's you two we should be worrying about." she reminds them. "Nah. He won't be able to find us." Stefan reminds her as they walk up the steps. Then she steps to the door and opens it. "I'll call when we're gone." Stefan reminds her and she turns to them and nods.

Then the two turn to leave, "I'm sorry." she states and the two turn to her, "I know I've been avoiding the both of you and that really not fair on your part. I'm sorry but, I can't bring myself to give in and destroy the bond between you two, I don't want to ruin a family that has work so hard to re-mend their bonds and I have lost so much, I can't bear it of I lost one of you." she tells them and they shift a little in their spots. Damon looks at his brother and nudge his head at Samathea and she looks at Stefan, "It's uh… it's been a long day." Stefan tells her. Then Damon looks at her, "We'll call you from the road, after we dump Klaus's body into the Atlantic." Damon informs her and she looks at the both of them and nods.

Just be careful, the both of you." she asks them, they nod at her and then turns and walks back to the car. Samathea steps into her house and walks them leave, then she closes the door and walks into the kitchen, seeing all her friends gathered at the island, "What are you guys doing?" Samathea asks and they look at her, "Welcome to our victory party." Caroline said as she smiles at her. "What victory party?" she asks them. Then Elena jogs over at her and wraps her arm around Samathea's. "What are you guys talking about, we failed. Alaric is still out there." she reminds him, "We know, but we've been trying to get rid of Klaus forever." Bonnie states, "And Caroline manage to convince us to enjoy it. For the day." Elena states and she pulls Samathea to the island, "I'm gonna be honest. I'm a little piss, you didn't let me help take down Original brother number 2." Matt states as Taylor pours the chips into the bowl. "Yeah, he would of taken you right down to the hospital." Taylor informs him.

Caroline smiles to herself as she pours the shots. Matt just smiles and swung his arms over Jeremy and Taylor's shoulders. "What, I got more stealth then that. I'm like a ninja." Matt states and the two laugh, Elena moves over and wraps her arms around Jeremy's arms and leans against his as she smiles. "You wish." Elena states, making the three laugh. Then Caroline walks over and stood behind Samathea, "Here. You need this" she offers, Samathea turns looks at her and she took the drink. Confusion was written all over her face. "I heard. And you know it's okay to have feelings for someone right?" Caroline informs her, Samathea sighs and nods, "I know." she answers her. Caroline smiles at her and rubs her arm.

Samathea smiles back and Taylor walks over to them, "Hey, give me your hand." he tells her, and she did so, he sprinkled some salt on her hand, "Thank you for sticking up to Klaus for me." she tells him, he looks at her and smiles. "You're my friend and lets say it's been a long time coming." he tells her, she smiles at him. "Way too long." Caroline agrees with him then they turn to the island, "Okay, lets drink." she said and they smile at each other, holding their shots. "I do not approve of this, by the way." Samathea tells them, "You survive Klaus for one night, I pretty sure you can survive one night of fun." Elena informs her, Samathea looks at her, "She's right, one day of celebration, then tomorrow you can go back to responsible." Jeremy agrees, Samathea smiles and rolls her eyes, "Fine, fine, fine. Just for today." she tells them.

"Hang on, do you guys hear that?" Taylor asks them and they look at each other and listen to the silence. Then he smiles, "That is the sound of a Klaus-free life." he tells them and they chuckle among themselves a little. "To a Klaus-free life." Elena states and raise her glass, then Samathea raise hers as well "And to all of you, my family." she states and they raise their glasses as well, "Cheers!" they all said and drink their shots.

~8~8~8~

Night had fallen as the Salvatore brothers were on the road, Stefan was driving as Damon was chipper, very chipper. "What?" Stefan asks him, as he was smirking as well. "How many desiccated hybrids does it take to screw in a light blob?" Damon asks him as he looks at him and smirks. "You're in a good mood." Stefan states. "Yeah I'm in a good mood. Klaus is dead, my brother is half way sane, again. Give or take an immortal hunter that wants to kill us. We won." Damon informs him.

Damon looks at him. "Come on Stefan, say it. Say it." Damon pokes at him, "We won." Stefan agrees. "Once more with feeling." Damon teases and Stefan looks at him for a moment. "We won." Stefan said again, but with feeling, "Thank you." Damon said and he looks away from him. "You know what, thank you. It's turns out we make a pretty good team." Stefan tells him and Damon looks back at him. "It only took a century and a half." Damon throws out and looks out the window. "What happens when Sam finally give into what she feels?" Stefan asks him, Damon shrugs, "She'll choose family over love, you know tat better then anyone Stefan. The bonds of family are more valuable to her then what she wants." Damon reminds him.

Then Stefan shrugs at him, "What if she does want to be selfish?" he asks and Damon stops smirking. "Then she'll give in." Damon answers and looks out the window. "Well, we all know she'll fall for you and I'll stay with Elena." Stefan states and Damon looks over at him, "And in sixty years, we'll go back to being brothers and none of this will ever have mattered." Damon states and looks out the window. "Yeah." Stefan mutters then Damon sighs. "Fine, if she doesn't, I'll leave town and never bother with it again." Damon tells him and Stefan nods a little. "All this over two girls." Damon mutters. Stefan shrugs, "They're pretty special girls." he admits. Damon nods a little, "Yeah, they are." he agrees as well and they look at the road as they left Mystic Falls.

~8~8~8~

Samathea walks to the room that they were still painting and she leans against the frame as Jeremy and Elena were working on the walls. "Hey, everyone gone?" Jeremy asks as the two stop and look at her, she nods at him. "It's just us three." she answers him. Then Jeremy sighs as he looks around at the four walls. "I hate this room." he states, "Me too." Elena agrees with him, Samathea sighs, "Same here." she agrees too the scoffs. "Mum and dad were right, Alaric should just kill all the vampires and put an end to all of this." Samathea states and the two look at her.

Samathea looks at them, "But if that happens the, we loose Caroline, the mayor loses her son, Liz looses a daughter and then Elena and I loose Stefan and Damon." she states as she walks into the room, "So if I'm the bad guy for wanting to keep everyone one in this town safe, then fine. I'll play the bad guy." she tells them and Elena grips Samathea's hand. "You do know that Alaric wanted no part in this, once he carries out his pains, what if he doesn't want to leave anymore and he kills his human connection to end his life?" Jeremy reminds her and she looks at him, "That would mean Elena and I loose you and I'm not gonna let that happen." he promises her. Samathea looks at them and smiles then grips Jeremy's hand. "What did I do to deserve siblings like you?" she asks them.

"Simple, you were born with us." Elena answers her, Samathea smiles at her, "I'm gonna go shower and head to bed, good night Sammy." Jeremy tells her, brushing his thumb against her cheek. "Good night." Samathea tells him, "I'm gonna head to bed too." Elena informs her then kisses Samathea's cheek. "Okay, night." Samathea tells her, "Night." Elena said back and she too left the room. Samathea sighs as she looks at the room that still needed to be painted. She rubs her neck then walks over and picks up the hand brush then started to paint the window seal.

But then as she dips the brush for more paint, Samathea gasp softly as she felt her head aching in intense pain, making her grip the side of her head a little then her neck, she stumbles in her spot and collapse onto the ground, knocking the bucket paint over, the context flood on the ground and blood drips onto the the coat of paint as it came from her nose.