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The Reckoning

Senior prank night had always been a tradition among the students of Mystic Falls High. Every year on the night before the senior's first day of school, they would break in and lay out pranks all over the school. Sounded like a good way to blow off steam. And that was exactly what Abaddon wanted to do.

Pretending to be Alex wasn't actually that hard for me. I've had enough time to study her from the inside out to know just how to act towards people. I also managed to perfect hiding the true nature of my eyes over the years I've been alive. I mean, I didn't want to blow my cover just yet.

This is exactly how I ended up in a classroom, late at night, setting an array of mouse traps up around the room. Tyler, Caroline, Elena and Bonnie were there with me. We heard footsteps outside the door and everyone froze. I rolled my eyes and continued to set up the traps.

"Alex, shush," Caroline hissed at me. I was still finding it hard to get used to people calling me Alex and not my real name. The door handle turned and the door squeaked open. Someone actually held their breath, hoping it wasn't a teacher.

The light switch flicked on and the surprise made Tyler to move his foot, causing a chain reaction of mouse traps being set off.

"Ohh! Oh, come on! Seriously?" Caroline groaned as Matt entered the room. "Do you know how long it took for us to set all this up?!" She half yelled at him.

"Really not that long," I piped up. Caroline glared at me and I shrugged my shoulders.

"Forgot about senior prank night, huh?" Tyler asked his best friend.

"Clearly," Matt replied.

"How could you forget?" Caroline asked in shock. "We've only been waiting for this since like freshman year!"

"Yeah, Matt. If I'm doing this, you're doing this," Elena told him.

"Cause the whole world revolves around you," I muttered, hearing Alex voice her opinion in the back of my head. Tyler took my hand and squeezed it. There seemed to be a lot of affection between him and Alex. I would have to look into that later, see what was going on. Maybe mess around a tad.

"I'm kind of surprised any of you are doing this," Matt replied.

"Caroline's making us," Bonnie said.

"That's the only reason we're here," I added, even though I was enjoying the thought of annoying and hurting others.

"We're about to be seniors. These are the memories that stay with us forever, and if we don't..." Caroline said, trailing off as I snorted.

"And if we don't create these memories now, then what's the point of it all?" Elena asked mockingly.

"Go ahead and make fun, I don't care," Caroline huffed, crossing her arms.

"Well, obviously you do," I told her. Tyler coughed to hide his laughter.

"You're all lame. And I've got more classrooms to prank," Tyler said, standing up and picking up a large bag and leaving.

"Wanna prank Alaric?" I whispered to Elena. She turned to face me and smiled, nodding. We both stood up and made to leave.

"Hey! Where are you going?" Bonnie asked.

"We're going to superglue Alaric's desk shut," I told her smiling.

"We're making memories," Elena added. Caroline beamed at us as we walked out the room.

"I love you!" She shouted at us. We entered the hallway and saw Tyler giving instructions to some other students. I didn't know who they were and I doubted Alex did either.

"Get the faculty toilet seats, and Dana needs bodies in the gym. Let's go," Tyler said as we walked past him. He walked off in the opposite direction and we opened the double doors to another section of the building. Turning the corner Elena stopped in her tracks and I bumped into someone.

"There's my girl," Klaus said, grabbing hold of my upper arms.

"Klaus!" Elena said surprised.

"Did you miss me, Alex? I sure did miss you," Klaus said, tightening his grip.

"Klaus you're hurting me!" I cried, faking the pain and grabbing the underside of his arms in a false attempt to make him let go.

"I don't believe we've met," Klaus said suddenly, looking into my eyes. I held his gaze for a few seconds before rolling my eyes and letting go of his arms. He kept his vice like grip on me however.

"How could you tell?" I asked.

"Alex smells different," He told me.

"Creepy, much," I replied. Klaus smiled and shook his head.

"You reek of evil," He hissed.

"That's funny because so do you. Kindred spirits and all."

"What the hell is going on?" Elena yelled. I had forgotten she was even there, having gotten lost in Klaus' eyes. I could see why Alex liked him.

"This isn't your sister, dear Elena," Klaus said, keeping his gaze on me. "Alex hasn't been there for a while."

"But you acted just like her! I could have sworn you were Alex," Elena said.

"So much for twin intuition," Klaus smirked.

"I've had time to learn exactly how Alex acts. It's not hard pretending to be her. All of you lot are too wrapped up in your pathetic school problems you couldn't even notice your sister wasn't the real deal," I said to Elena.

"However that's not why I'm here," Klaus said, letting go of one of my arms so as he could take one of Elena's as well. He started walking us through the hallways. "The whole point of breaking the curse and becoming a hybrid was to make more hybrids. I haven't been able to do that. Now my bet is, it has something to do with the fact you're still breathing," Klaus said to Elena.

I sifted through Alex's memories to find out what the curse was. Apparently Klaus was meant to sacrifice Elena but used Alex instead. Elena, the doppleganger, was meant to die in that sacrifice. She's still alive, ergo, no hybrids. Interesting.

"If you're going to kill me, just do it!" Elena spat at Klaus as he maneuvered us through the halls.

"Not until I know I'm right. But I do have ways of making you suffer," Klaus replied.

"Now that sounds fun," I smirked. Klaus looked at me in confusion. "What? She's not my sister, I don't care," I said shrugging. "And I can walk by myself," I added, looking at the arm he had in his grip. He hesitated but let go of my arm. "Good boy."

We entered the gym where a few students were placing pranks around the room.

"Attention, seniors," Klaus said in a very false American accent. "You have officially been busted. Prank night is over. Head on home," He told the students. Some of them sighed and started to leave but Klaus noticed a girl and guy. He made his way over to them.

"You two. I remember you," Klaus said to them, returning to his normal accent. They looked scared.

"I'm sorry. Who are you?" The girl asked.

"Don't worry, I wasn't in my right head last time we met," He said to her. "Lift your foot up, please, Dana," Klaus compelled the young student. She shakily raised her foot. He turned to face the boy.

"If she drops her foot, Chad, I want you to beat her to death. Understood?" He compelled again.

"Don't Klaus. You don't have to hurt anybody," Elena tried.

"Oh, come on, love. Of course I do," Klaus smirked.

"Technically, he's not hurting anyone," I piped up. "It'll be Chad that does the beating. Or me if he fails," Elena stared at me in shock. "I'm hungry," I said shrugging. "Your sister hasn't been keeping me very well fed," I said, pouting slightly.

"You should have stayed with me," Klaus said, making his way towards me.

"I guess you're talking to Alex here," I said, pausing for a few seconds. "Well, I can tell you she misses you. Or at least she misses being with you and Stefan," I told him. His eyes lit up for a second before the mask came back down over his face. This man was infatuated with Alex. However it seemed like a lot of people were.

"I would have kept you well fed, safe. I would have made sure this never happened to you," Klaus continued, still trying to talk to Alex.

"No. You would have kept me caged. I am free now, I can do anything. That's what you fear. That's why you wouldn't let me take over," I told him.

"You can't beat me," Klaus spat. I smirked.

"Oh, love. You have no idea how strong I am. Its quite funny how little you actually know."

"What do you mean?" Elena asked from the stands, where she stood, next to Dana.

"I have one very special trick," I told her, walking towards her. "Alex found out about it only a few days ago. Tell me, what do you know of a tall man with a British accent. He travelled around with a female companion and was killed by an Original."

"What?" Elena asked. I sighed in exasperation.

"You and Alex were kidnapped by two vampires that had been on the run for 500 years. Do you remember who they were?"

"Rose and Trevor," Elena answered. I heard Klaus' breath hiss in distaste.

"Funnily enough, Alex had a run in with Trevor recently," I told Elena.

"What? But he's dead! I saw him die, his head was smacked clean off," Elena replied frantically.

"He was dead yes. See, because I am Death's right hand man, I give him souls. I do part of his job for him. In return I get favors. I can ask for people to come back. Alex didn't know how it worked and brought Trevor back accidentally. It's all about want. What you want, who you want, when you want. If you want someone back badly enough and you know how to open up the connection to Death. Its very simple. That's why I'm here. Alex wanted to know how to use this trick," I explained.

"I'm sure she knows now! Bring back my sister!" Elena argued.

"Why? So you can go back to hating her? I know how you treat your sister. I was the one who told you how much you hated her. Don't try and pretend you care."

"Of course I care!"

"NO YOU DON'T!" I screamed at her, my eyes flashing white before returning to their usual black. There was no point hiding behind Alex's eye colour. They already knew I wasn't her. "I'm sorry, that was a bit far. Sometimes I just can't control my temper," I said, half-heartedly. "You don't give two shits about Alex. You're just scared of me. Of what I can do. There's no way I'd actually offer Alex up to the regular abuse you give her. I've actually come to like her. She's got spunk. Looks like we're stuck together for the time being," I said smiling at Elena.

I saw Dana's foot lower slightly and Klaus, who had been quiet throughout that whole conversation, notice as well.

"Keep it up," Klaus said to Dana. She whimpered and brought it higher.

"Where's Stefan?" Elena asked, obviously giving up on me. I didn't really care to be honest. "What did you do to him?"

"Stefan's on a time out," Klaus replied. The gym doors opened and Matt and Bonnie entered.

"Bonnie, get out of here!" Elena screamed at her best friend.

"Ah, I was wondering when you'd show up. Now we can get started," Klaus smiled. He looked at Dana. "Why don't you relax? You and Chad sit tight," he said, compelling the both of them. He turned back to Bonnie.

"I assume you're the reason Alex survived the sacrifice then?" Klaus asked.

"That's right. If you want to blame someone, blame me," Bonnie said.

"Oh, there's no need for blame, love. Just your witchy interference seems to have caused some undesirable side effects. And since you caused the problem, I'm going to have you find the fix," Klaus told Bonnie.

"I'm gonna stop you right there," I butted in. "Not that I'm not into this whole, witch is the bad guy thing, but actually the blame should go on Alex. She was the one who sacrificed herself instead of Elena. That's probably why your hybrids aren't working. Alex was never meant to be sacrificed."

"Yes, but I actually like Alex," Klaus replied.

"We're flattered," I smiled.

"I said I liked Alex," Klaus said, deadpan. I scowled. "Like I said," Klaus started, turning back around to face Bonnie. "Its up to you to find the solution."

A blonde haired girl came into the gym, holding Tyler by the arm.

"Get off of me!" Tyler said, struggling.

"Hush now," The blonde girl said. I looked at her. She was strong and palling around with Klaus. My guess was Rebekah, Klaus' younger sister.

"I'd like you all to meet my sister Rebekah," Klaus said, gesturing to the blonde girl. Score one for me. "Word of warning... She can be quite mean," Klaus said. Rebekah scoffed.

"Don't be an ass," Rebekah replied, throwing Tyler to Klaus.

"Leave him alone!" Elena shouted. Tyler's struggles sparked something inside of me and I had to force myself to not move.

"I'm going to make this very simple," Klaus said, bringing Tyler into a headlock. "Everytime I attempt to turn a werewolf into a vampire hybrid, they die during the transition. It's quite horrible, actually," He continued, biting into his wrist and forcing the blood down his throat.

"No!" A voice called out. Everyone turned to face me and I whipped my hand up to silence my cry. "Sorry," I laughed. "Don't know what came over me there. Do carry on," I smiled. Alex was really trying to take control again. I would have to watch myself. Klaus shook himself out of his thoughts.

"I need you to find a way to save my hybrids, Bonnie," Klaus told the witch. "And for Tyler's sake... You better hurry," Klaus added before snapping Tyler's neck and letting his dead body fall to the ground. Matt sank to the ground next to his best friend.

"He killed him," Matt whispered. I rolled my eyes at the dramatics.

"He's not dead," Elena explained. "Klaus's blood will turn him into a vampire."

"And if Bonnie's successful, he'll live through the transition," Klaus added. "Go on, then. Go and fetch your grimoires and enchantments and what-not. I'll hold onto everyone else. For safe-keeping." Bonnie looked at Elena and she nodded. Bonnie ran out of the gym leaving the rest of us. Rebekah looked at Elena.

"So this is the latest doppleganger. The original one was much prettier," She humphed. I snickered and her gaze whipped over to me. "Marie?" She asked, moving closer.

"No, Rebekah," Klaus sighed. "We went over this, she just happens to look like Marie."

"Who's Marie?" I asked, having no idea what was going on.

"She was my best friend growing up," Rebekah replied, still continuing to inspect me.

"You've been talking about me, Klaus?" I asked him with a sly smirk on my face.

"I've filled my sister in on what's been happening, yes. But I've told her about Alex," He replied. Rebekah scoffed.

"He's done more than that. He barely stops talking about her. Its frankly rather annoying," Rebekah whispered to me even though we knew Klaus could hear.

"I feel ya, sister," I replied. Elena turned and glared at me but Rebekah smiled.

"I heard that, Rebekah," Klaus muttered. "Take the wolf boy elsewhere, would you," Klaus ordered. Rebekah sighed and dragged Tyler out of the gym.

"Just ignore her," Klaus said, making his way towards me. "Petty little thing."

"I don't know, we seem to have quite a lot in common," I replied. "We both hate you," Klaus narrowed his eyes and I smirked. "You just hate the fact I get under your skin, don't you." I whispered to him. He growled and stalked away. I just chuckled.

I looked over to see Elena trying to comfort Dana and rolled my eyes. She has compassion for others but none for her sister. Typical.

"Stefan..." She said. I looked over at the gym doors and saw him entering. I must have been too wrapped up in my thoughts to hear him coming.

"Klaus," Stefan said.

"Come to save your damsel, mate?" Klaus asked Stefan.

"I came to ask for your forgiveness. And pledge my loyalty," He replied.

"Well, you broke that pledge once already," Klaus rebuffed.

"Elena means nothing to me anymore. And whatever you ask of me...I will do," Stefan replied calmly.

"What if I wasn't talking about Elena," Klaus said, tiling his head in my direction. Stefan's eyes widened.

"Alex..." He trailed off, trying to hide his relief at seeing me. Interesting, I thought. Very interesting.

"Does she mean nothing to you?" Klaus asked. Stefan stayed quite for a long time. "She means nothing to you? Your lies just keep piling up."

"Let them go! I'll do whatever you want, you have my word," Stefan begged.

"Your word doesn't mean much. I lived by your word all summer, during which time I never had to resort to this," Klaus said, leaning forwards and catching Stefan's eye. "Stop fighting," He compelled.

"Don't do this, don't do this." Stefan pleaded.

"I didn't want to. All I wanted was your allegiance. Now I'm going to have to take it," Klaus said. Stefan shook his head. "You will do exactly as I say, when I say it. You will not run, you will not hide, you will simply just obey," Klaus compelled.

"No! Stefan!" Both Elena and I shouted. Klaus looked at me in anger before turning back to Stefan. I had to stop letting Alex get a say. She has so many emotions flying around in my head. Pesky things, emotions. They make you weak. Just look at Stefan.

"Kill her. Ripper," He commanded. Immediately he was next to Dana, ripping out her throat. I took this as my opportunity. The second he dropped her body, I was next to her. One hand over her face, one over her heart.

My head flew back in ecstasy. I hadn't fed in so long. The feeling of her soul flowing through my body filled me with power. Smiling I let her go and blew the soul away. I turned around and faced Chad, who was looking on in terror at the sight. I was flooded with power and I smiled menacingly at him.

Rushing over behind him, his body stiffened as I plunged my hand into his back.

"You didn't try and help your friend, did you?" I asked him. He couldn't really move as I tightened my hold on his spine. I shrugged and ripped my hand out of his body. He crumpled to the floor. I inspected the white bone of Chad's spine in my hand.

"Looks like you really were spineless after all," I said, throwing it at the boys corpse. "He's all yours, Stefan," Stefan rushed over to the body in a trance. I wondered why he wasn't freaking out from 'Alex's' violent display. I turned to face Elena and Klaus as Stefan started feeding from the boy's body.

"What?" I asked

"That was brutal," Klaus replied.

"I thought you'd like it," I smirked. He matched my expression and turned to Elena.

"It's always nice to see a vampire in his true element," Klaus said to her, crouching down to her level. "The species has become such a broody lot."

"I blame Twilight," I added.

"No," Elena said, venomously. "You did this to him."

"I invited him to the party, love. He's the one dancing on the table," Klaus smirked. Suddenly the gym doors flew open and Rebekah rushed in, making her way to Elena.

"Where is it? Where's my necklace?" Rebekah yelled at her.

"What are you talking about?" Klaus asked exasperated.

"She has my necklace. Look," Rebekah replied, handing him a phone.

"Well, well. More lies," Klaus tutted.

"Where...Is it?" Rebekah spat out.

"I don't have it anymore," Elena said. Rebekah's glare darkened.

"You're lying!" She yelled and tore into Elena's throat. Klaus ripped her off the doppleganger and pushed her backwards.

"Knock it off!" He shouted. Bloody hell he was sexy.

"Make her tell me where it is, Nik!" Rebekah moaned. Yep, she was definitely a teenager. Klaus looked at Elena as she held her neck.

"Where's the necklace, sweetheart?" Klaus asked politely. "Be honest."

"I'm telling the truth," Elena defended. "Katherine stole it."

"Katerina. Of course. Well, that's unfortunate. If we had the necklace it would make things a whole lot easier for your witch, but since we're doing this the hard way, let's put a clock on it, shall we?" Klaus replied. He turned on the large clock in the gym. There was a buzzer sound as 20 minutes flashed up on the screen.

"20 minutes. If Bonnie hasn't found a solution by then," Klaus said, turning to Stefan. "I want you to feed again. Only this time, I want you to feed on Elena. You know you want to."

"No, Klaus!" Elena protested. "Don't do this to him!"

"No one leaves," Klaus shouted. "If anyone tries to run, take a page from Alex's book. Fracture their spine." Klaus said, gesturing to me. I scoffed at his attempt to forget Alex wasn't present at the moment.

"That's my party trick." I said, rolling my eyes. Klaus and Rebekah left the gym, leaving myself, Stefan and Elena. This will be fun.

"Well, I hate to be the one to bring up the elephant in the room, but...Wait, what am I saying? Causing trouble? I love doing that. So, Stefan? What's the bet that you're gonna lose control and rip Elena's throat out?" I asked, breaking the tense silence in the room.

"Alex, stop making this harder," Stefan sighed, starting to pace.

"That's not Alex, Stefan," Elena chipped in. He stopped pacing and looked up at me.

"What did you do to her?" He growled.

"I didn't do anything, she let me out," I told him.

"Why would she do that? You're trouble," Stefan argued. I laughed.

"Aww, how kind of you Stefan. Stop trying to appeal to my better nature. Alex did something very special a few days ago and wanted to figure out how it happened. The only way I could help was to show her. Curiosity killed the cat an all," I smirked at him.

"Is she coming back?" Elena asked.

"Oh I doubt it. I'm having too much fun. And watching you die may actually add to that."

"Look, I know you're in there, Alex," Stefan said, making his way towards me. "We need you to be here right now. I need you. I'm freaking out and I need my best friend,"

I shut my eyes in pain and clutched my head as it started thumping. It was Alex, I could tell. She was trying to break through the walls I created to save her friend. Apparently she would do anything for Stefan. Interesting.

"Alex?" Stefan asked hopefully. I looked up at him, my eyes shining with unshed tears. He smiled in relief.

"Sorry, friend. It'll take more than that to get her out. Tick tock," I replied, smiling. Stefan's face dropped. We both turned our heads to look at the clock. 6 minutes left.

"Caroline's dad!" Elena cried. "Stefan, he was able to resist compulsion. I don't know how, but he did it. Maybe its possible."

"Unlikely," I said in a sing-song voice.

"Yeah, yeah. Maybe it's just mind control, right? Maybe it just takes some focus, a couple decades of training. No big deal," Stefan said, voice dripping with sarcasm as he started pacing again.

"Stefan, you can control this. When that buzzer goes off, just... Just drink from me," Elena said, voice shaking in fear even though she was trying to be strong. Stefan growled.

"You don't get it. I can't stop, Elena! I'm a ripper! A ripper doesn't stop! I listen to the words that come out of your mouth, and all I hear is the sound of your heart pumping blood through your body. And when that clock ticks down... I'm going to have to feed on you. And you want to know what's worse? I'm not going to be able to stop," Stefan yelled at her.

"I'm not going to help either," I shrugged. Elena rolled her eyes.

"I don't believe that," She said to Stefan. "You can fight it. You just have to want it bad enough,"

"I think he wants your blood bad enough," I murmured.

"Why, because I love you?" Stefan asked, continuing their conversation.

"Yes! That's right, Stefan. Because you love me. You'll fight because after everything we've been through, you owe me that," Elena replied.

"I'm going to throw up," I groaned, clutching my stomach at the disgusting display of emotions.

"Oh, so emotions make you want to throw up, but ripping someone's spine out doesn't?" Elena asked, obviously annoyed by me constantly butting in. I thought about it for a second.

"No. Not even a little bit," I replied, nonchalantly crossing my arms. Elena rolled her eyes again.

"You know what, you're right. You're right," Stefan said, referring to Elena's earlier statement. "I owe you everything. Because through all of this, you are the one thing that has kept me from giving up; from turning it all off. But I can't help what I am, Elena. The more blood that I get, the more I want, and if I get so much as near yours... You are dead."

"Now that's what I like to hear," I smiled, pointing at Stefan. "Anyone got a camera? This is something I'm gonna want to watch over and over again." All eyes turned to the clock as the seconds ticked away.

"Elena, you're going to have to run," Stefan said.

"But Klaus said that if I run..." Elena said, trailing off.

"I know what he said, but if you stay, it won't matter. Elena, please, please, please," Stefan begged, trying to stop the urge to move closer to her. "There's no other way." The buzzer going off interrupted Elena's attempt to reply. I looked at the clock.

"Times up," I smirked.

"Stefan... I love you. Fight, Stefan. Don't give up," Elena pleaded, tears forming in her brown eyes.

"I can't hold it," Stefan grunted, shaking his head. His face changed and he charged Elena. I clapped in delight as she screamed but the smile fell off my face when Stefan ran into a wall.

"Elena, run! Go!" Stefan yelled, clutching at the wall. Elena didn't waste anymore time as she bolted out of the gym. I made my way towards Stefan.

"Come on, don't give up. She can't get very far, it won't take long to catch her. I'm rooting for you, you know," I told him, placing my hand on his back. He pushed me away and sped out of the gym. I followed him when I heard a loud crash.

In the hallway, I saw Stefan holding onto a locker to try and stop himself. I rolled my eyes. His dedication to this girl was pathetic. I could feel Alex inside my head, constantly banging her fist in an attempt to regain control. I walked after Stefan who had kept moving, slowly to the cafeteria.

I got there just as Stefan plunged a stake into his stomach.

"Now this is fascinating," Klaus said. I looked over to see him next to Elena. "I've never seen this before. The only thing stronger than your craving for blood is your love for this one girl. Why don't you turn it off," Klaus said to his friend.

"No," Stefan wheezed, shaking his head. Klaus rolled his eyes.

"Come on. Your humanity is killing you. All the guilt must be exhausting. Turn it off," Klaus tried again.

"No!" Stefan cried this time, more resilient than ever.

"Stefan..." Elena pleaded.

"You're strong," Klaus admired before ripping the stake from Stefan's body. He stumbled backwards but Klaus held onto his arms. "But you're not that strong. Turn...it...off," Klaus demanded.

"NO!" Stefan yelled. By this time Klaus had had enough. He rammed Stefan against the door.

"Turn it off!" Klaus yelled, this time compelling him. Stefan's eyes widened before losing a certain spark.

My head exploded in pain and I cried out, gripping my head. I felt my whole being get sucked inwards and I felt myself being forced backwards as Alex took control of her body once more. I couldn't hear the rest of the conversation that was happening around me through the commotion in my head.

"No!" Our voices mixed together as we switched places.

I opened my eyes and felt like I was in complete control. I was me again. I had the reigns and all I could see was my twin sister becoming a human happy meal for her boyfriend. My body filled with rage as I rushed forwards and used my strength to rip Stefan off of her and throw him away.

"I see you're back, Alex," Klaus said, going over to a now pale looking Elena and taking out a test tube from his pocket. He held it up to Elena's neck and let it fill up with her blood.

"I guess so," I said, nodding. "What are you doing?" I asked him.

"It's for Tyler. I assume you'll be happy soon," He replied, placing a cork in the top. "Stick around, Alex," He said and left the room. I ran over to Elena and helped her sit up in my arms.

"Elena? Are you alright?" I asked her. She looked so weak. No matter what was going on between us, she was still my sister and I would still put my life on the line for hers. I looked over my shoulder at Stefan who was struggling to sit up. I made my way over to him.

"I'm sorry if I hurt you," I said, brushing stray strands of hair out of his face. I heard a sound like wind behind me and turned around to see Klaus standing there and Elena gone. I stood up, glaring at the Hybrid.

"Where is my sister?" I growled at him. He smiled.

"Now this, is very sexy. Still the Alex I know and love, yet murderous," Klaus smirked at me. "Your sister is going to be fine. I just need something of hers," He made his way over to Stefan and bend down.

"You are no longer to harm Elena, I want you to protect her," Klaus compelled Stefan.

"Why?" I asked him as he stood back up.

"I told you. I need something of hers," He shrugged.

"Her blood?" I asked. He smiled.

"Beauty, power and brains. Boy, you're the whole package," He said, making his way towards me. "Why are we not together?"

"I'm too good for you," I smirked back. He narrowed his eyes and left. I looked over at Stefan and sighed.

"On a scale of 1 to 10. How awkward is this going to be?" I asked, smiling.

3rd Person POV

Rebekah and Klaus were standing outside Mystic Falls Hospital.

"So the doppleganger isn't the problem. Her blood is the solution," Rebekah clarified with her older brother.

"Seems so," Klaus replied.

"How did you know?" She asked.

"Well, you know how much the original witch hated me. Do you honestly think I would do anything other than the opposite of what she says," Klaus rolled his eyes. Rebekah laughed.

"A thousand years in the grave and she's still screwing with you."

"Well, it makes sense if you think about it from her perspective. It was her failsafe in case I ever broke the hybrid curse. The doppleganger had to die in order for me to become a hybrid, but if she was dead..." Klaus trailed off.

"Then you couldn't use her blood to sire yourself a new species," Rebekah finished.

"Leaving me alone for all time," Klaus stared into the darkness.

"Is that what this is about? Your obsession with hybrids. You just don't want to be alone?" She asked her brother.

"What I want is to take my girl, take my hybrid the hell out of this one pony town. You know, why don't you, uh, why don't you get the truck? I'll get Elena," Klaus said stonily to his sister. Rebekah looked at him for a second before leaving.

"Well, look who finally decided to show up to the party," Klaus smirked as Damon walked out of the shadows.

"Where is she?" Damon demanded.

"Elena? Ah, she's making a donation to a greater cause," Klaus replied humorously. Damon made his way towards the hospital but Klaus stopped him. "I'm afraid I can't let you interfere, mate," He said.

"You'll have to kill me," Damon said. Klaus chuckled.

"Oh, I would love to kill you, but I made a pledge to your brother, and unlike him, I keep my word. Although, you know what, thinking about it now, he probably doesn't care that much anymore," Klaus replied. He pushed Damon against a car and raised his hand to deliver the killing blow.

"You don't want to know about your friend Mikael?" Damon said quickly.

"What do you know about Mikael?" Klaus demanded.

"Just that he knows you're here," Damon tried to shrug but in Klaus's death grip that was proving to be quite difficult.

"You're bluffing," Klaus hissed.

"Katherine and I found him. Consider it our leverage," Damon replied. Klaus threw Damon to the ground and vanished, leaving Damon to make his way into the hospital.

I was making my way to find Stefan and see if I could knock any sense into him when I heard her voice again.

What are you doing? She asked. I shook my head, hoping that she would leave me be.

Doesn't work that way, sweetheart. I'll always be here in the back of your mind. Poisoning your thoughts. I mean, aren't you so annoyed by Elena. You had to save her yet again. And how many times has she done anything like that for you?

'Shut up!' I hissed in my head.

And poor Stefan. Left all alone to deal with her backlash. Wouldn't it be nice to comfort him?

'He has no humanity, why would I do that?'

He has a soft spot for you. Who knows, maybe he'd be able to resist compulsion for you.

'He's my sister's boyfriend, Abaddon.'

Is he though?

The voice in my head trailed off again and I was left with silence. I hadn't even realized it but I had been heading towards the Salvatore Boarding House. I stopped outside for a few minutes.

"Alexandra Marie Gilbert. Isn't it such a nice night," Stefan said from behind me. I turned to face him.

"Better than seeing your face," I bantered. He smiled at me and I couldn't help but think about what Abaddon had said. Maybe he could resist compulsion for me.

"Not as good as seeing yours," He replied. I smiled at him.

"I know that everyone will be wanting you to turn your emotions back on and everything, I just want you to know that I won't be," I told him. He raised an eyebrow.

"And why would that be? Everyone will be going crazy trying to 'help' me," He said, using air quotations on 'help'.

"I just have a feeling you'll be needing someone who's impartial to it all," I shrugged. He nodded and slung his arm around my shoulder.

"Where did I find you?" He joked as we walked into the Boarding House.

We walked in to find Elena and Damon on the sofa, his had on her knee.

"Well, isn't this cozy," Stefan mocked. Damon stood up, both looking surprised.

My thoughts returned to what Abaddon had said earlier about Stefan and Elena's relationship. It didn't look like she was hung up on Stefan anymore and it annoyed me. You couldn't just change who you liked when one goes a bit insane.

"What are you doing here, brother?" Damon bit out.

"Last I check, I lived here. Klaus is gone, but he's asked me to keep watch on you until he returns. From now on, you're under my protection," Stefan said to the two of them.

"Moving on already, sis? I glared at Elena.

"Its none of your business, Alex," Elena growled.

"We'll see," I smiled. Stefan looked straight at Elena.

"By all means. Carry on," He said, gesturing to his brother. Stefan tightened his grip on my shoulder and steered me to the stairs. "You'll be staying here tonight, yes?" Stefan asked me.

"Hells to the yeah," I replied, following him upstairs.

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