Lucy followed Klaus as they tromped through the woods towards the quarry. Katherine skipped along in front of them.
Klaus glanced at Lucy from the corner of his eye. "Is the skipping really necessary, love?"
She sighed. "Stop skipping, Katherine. You're annoying Klaus."
Katherine stopped moving entirely to glare at Lucy who just smiled. She'd already told the vampire doppelganger that she wasn't permitted to speak. And Klaus had compelled her not to injure herself or either of them. To put it simply, Katherine was not a happy vampire right now.
It didn't take long for Lucy to see flames in the distance. As the reached the edge of the clearing, she stopped and took in the scene before her. Three circles of flame surrounded three women. Elena was in one, the werewolf Jules was in another and the last held Jenna-Elena's aunt and Ric's girlfriend.
Lucy closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She had to find a way to get Jenna out of this.
"You're seriously helping him?" Elena yelled at Lucy, who promptly turned her back on the doppelganger to watch Klaus as he talked to his witch.
She was running out of time to save Jenna. A scream sounded behind her and Lucy spun to find Jules laying on the ground clutching her stomach. Her eyes met Lucy's. "Everything I did was to help Tyler," she said. "I didn't want him to be alone."
Lucy crouched down and tilted her head to the side. "You almost killed me. You would have killed my boyfriend. I'm not inclined to feel very sympathetic toward you right now." She glanced to the side where Jenna waited with wide eyes and trembling hands.
"Come here, Katherine," Lucy called as she stood.
Klaus's eyes followed Katherine as she stomped over. Lucy gave him a lopsided smile and a little wave and he turned his attention back to the witch. Lucy leaned toward Katherine so she could speak next to her ear. "I'm going to distract the hybrid. While I do that you're going to break the circle and take Jenna's place. Then you will stand there like a good little sacrifice and wait your turn. You will do nothing to warn anyone. You will simply stand here until you notice Klaus is paying no attention to you. Nod if you understand."
Lucy straightened and Katherine nodded her head. Pure fury contorted her features and tears welled in her eyes. She'd been running for five hundred years and there was nothing she could do to save herself from her final, inevitable end. Lucy moved closer to Jenna's circle but didn't look at her. "Don't look at me, Jenna," Lucy instructed, her voice low. "When you get the chance, run. Don't stop, don't think, just run."
Lucy moved toward the hybrid and watched as he pulled out the moonstone. "Klaus?" she called and he turned to her with arched brows. She said nothing else until she was right in front of him. She approached at an angle so he had to turn his back slightly on the circles to remain facing her. "I realize you've been waiting for this chance for a thousand years or so but can I have half a minute before you break your curse?"
He glanced at Greta and handed her the stone. "You have two minutes," she said with a glance at the sky.
He turned back to Lucy with his hands out to the side. "Well, you heard the witch, sweetheart. I'm all yours for two minutes."
She closed the distance between them and looked up at him through her lashes. "I...I wanted..."
Klaus chuckled. "So shy all of a sudden. What is it, love? You're running out of time."
She grasped his jacket in her hands and yanked him forward, crashing her lips into his. He stood stunned for a moment then quickly returned the kiss. One hand tangled in her hair while his other arm wrapped around her waist to hold her to him. Finally, she pulled away and smoothed out his jacket with her hands.
"Not that I'm complaining, but what brought that on?" he asked.
"Distraction," she answered and took a large step away from him. A quick glance across the clearing showed Katherine standing in Jenna's place with the redhead nowhere in sight.
Klaus frowned. Lucy could see the moment realization dawned and he spun toward his sacrifices. With a growl he flashed in front of her and grasped her arms in a bruising grip. "You swore not to interfere. You owed me. Your life is mine now."
"Actually," Lucy said then cleared her throat. "My third task was to keep my friends from interfering. You said nothing about me and Katherine is certainly not my friend."
"Klaus," Greta snapped from behind him. "It is time."
He didn't respond to her as he continued to glower at the vampire in his grip.
"You still have a vampire, Klaus," Lucy pointed out in a soft voice. "One you hate, in fact. Go break your curse." Her eyes stayed locked on his as he studied her.
"You and I aren't finished," he promised before releasing her. He marched over to Greta without a backward glance.
The witch tossed the moonstone in the fire on the altar and the flames flared. Klaus made his way toward Jules. With a motion of his hand, the circle of flames surrounding the werewolf died out. Jules lunged for him, but he took her down easily and ripped the heart from her chest. Lucy clenched her teeth to keep from releasing a sound of disgust. He carried the organ to the altar and squeezed the blood from it.
Not caring to watch anymore, Lucy began to patrol the perimeter. It wasn't long before she sensed another presence. Stefan. She sighed as she headed that direction.
"Well, well. I don't recall you being on the guest list," Klaus said just as she came up behind Stefan.
"I came to talk to you. We thought you were going to use Jenna in the ritual."
Klaus flashed up to stand beside Stefan. "Oh I was. Until your little friend here got involved. Isn't that right, Lucy?"
Stefan turned in surprise. "Lucy?"
She shrugged.
"Take care of this," Klaus said before rushing off.
Lucy pushed Stefan away from the cliff edge until they were out of sight. She ignored the doppelganger yelling Stefan's name. "Run, Stefan. Go find Jenna and get her to safety. I'm going to tell him I broke your neck. If you come back here, he will kill me. Do you understand?"
Stefan nodded. "What happened with Jenna?" he whispered.
"I had Katherine take her place. Long story which I'll explain later."
"Thank you." With that, he took off and Lucy made her way back to the clearing.
When she arrived she found Klaus draining blood from Katherine's corpse. "Oh, come on," Lucy said. "That was the only part I really wanted to see."
"Sorry, love," Klaus said as he took the bowl of blood and handed it to Greta.
"What did you do to Stefan?" Elena snapped at her.
Lucy glanced at the girl. "I broke his neck. He'll be fine."
"Some friend you are."
"On the contrary. I am rather fond of Lucy," Klaus said.
"You would be," Elena responded.
"Now, that's not very nice," he said and held out his hand as the flames died. "Come along, it's time."
Elena ignored his hand and went to stand beside Katherine's body. He shifted his body so his hand was held out to Lucy instead. She took it and let him lead her across the clearing to the altar. He thanked Elena and drained her of blood, letting her body drop into the dirt. All the flames died out as Klaus just stood there. Eventually, he walked forward into the center of the clearing. He looked up at the full moon.
"I can feel it. It's happening," he said seconds before his body started to contort.
Lucy ran past him to the witch, snapping her neck as Klaus flew across the clearing. The fires flared back up and Bonnie stepped into view. Klaus looked from her to Lucy. "You betrayed me," he growled out. The pain in his words made her feel slightly guilty but only slightly. He jerked his head back toward Bonnie. "And you were dead."
She continued to chant and fire flared up and raced toward him.
A hand touched Lucy's back and she jumped before realizing it was Damon. She turned and wrapped her arms around him, burying her head in his chest. She turned her face to the side just in time to see Stefan emerge from the woods and pick up Elena's body. "Jenna?" Lucy asked.
"She's fine. She's with Ric," Damon answered. Lucy turned in his arms as Klaus's screams pierced the air. He crawled backward across the ground trying to get away from Bonnie. His gaze shifted back to Lucy. Her heart ached at the plea in his eyes. She closed her eyes and forced her feet to remain firmly planted on the ground.
"Elijah," Klaus gasped out and Lucy's eyes flew open.
"Hello, brother," her uncle said just before driving his fist into his brother's chest. "In the name of our family, Niklaus..."
"I didn't bury them at sea," Klaus spat out.
Lucy took a step forward. "No, no, no." She knew what this meant. Elijah's family was everything to him. He would do anything to get them back. Including betraying a bunch of teenagers. But if Klaus didn't die, he would come after her. There was no question about that.
"Their bodies are safe," Klaus continued. "If you kill me you'll never find them."
Lucy and Damon moved closer to the brothers. "Elijah, don't listen to him," Damon said.
"I can take you to them." Tears ran down Klaus's face as he tried to convince Elijah not to kill him. "I give you my word...brother."
"Do it and I take you both out," Bonnie said from beside them.
Elijah glanced at her. "You'll die."
"I don't care."
Damn it. Lucy couldn't let Elijah die anymore than she could kill Bonnie. She moved closer to her uncle. He studied Klaus for a moment more then turned back to look at them. His eyes locked on Lucy's and she ran toward him, ignoring Damon's shouts behind her. "I'm sorry," Elijah said. He grasped her wrist and suddenly she was racing through the dark-two originals beside her.