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Chapter twenty

Lily's POV

"I'm ready . . ." I said as I shivered. "You should go, this is between me and him." I said to Damon and the others. Damon shook his head and gripped my hands in his.

"No." He said. "I won't just walk away."

I looked down at our hands twined together. Then I looked to Elijah. He nodded and placed a kind hand on Damon's shoulder.

"We must leave, Damon." He said. "She's right." Damon pulled me into his arms then pulled me back and kissed me gently on the lips, then pulled back.

"Go, he'll be here soon." I untwined our hands. "Wait up for me." I said and he smiled gently.

"Always." He said.

They got into my car and drove away. I was alone now.

My breathing sped as I stood in the dark meadow looking forward and around.

Seconds passed before I saw a dark figure heading towards me. He was dressed in black jeans and a black short sleeved top. His hair cropped short and dark. And his blue eyes shone out of the darkness.

"Klaus." I said in greeting.

"Lily." He said and bowed. A dangerous smile on his lips. My jaw tightened at the sight of him. I wanted to snap his neck but instead I played along with his game.

"I expected to find you here. Not alone, I must say." He continued. "I see you have changed fully."

"Yes."

He sighed. "That is a shame." He took a step forwards. "You went against my wishes, Lily." I took a slow step towards him, and another. He sighed again. "Just like your mother." He added.

I froze. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"She went against my wishes and she was . . ." He smiled. " . . . punished."

"You killed her?" I asked, horrified.

"She left me." He said casually.

"What? What are you talking about?" I stuttered, struggling to keep my anger back.

"When we slept together, I woke to find her gone. She had ran away. I later found out she was pregnant. She had betrayed me. She had ran because she knew what you were and she knew what I would do."

"What would you do?"

"Make you into a weapon, of course." He said it like it was blatently obvious. It kind of was. "By the time I found her she had had you and you were no where to be found. She wouldn't tell me where you were. So I killed her. It was quite funny, the look on her face as she begged for me not to kill her. 'Please, please don't Klaus.'" He mocked, and laughed.

I lunged at him and knocked him to the floor with a 'humph'. I bit into his throat and ripped the flesh from there. He roared and threw my off of him. I landed in the dirt and was immediatly up again. He blurred to me and smacked me in the face, sending me flying to the floor again, few feet away from him.

He walked to me and I twirled and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying. I could feel the blood on my face from where I had hit the floor. I stood up unsteadily and was breathing heavily. He stood, too. Covered in mud. He laughed, "Yes, that's the expression she had on her face!"

I snarled and began to run at him again, but a shock of pain through my head sent me back to the floor. And I moaned, blood dripping from my mouth now.

I looked to my right to see the witch that had spelled the chip, Greta, I think her name was. She was steadily coming out of the shadows of the trees, her hands raised slightly as she mumbled words in the druid language.

I stayed on the floor, the pain was hurting me, but I knew I could stand if I wanted too. I moaned again as it became more painful with her getting closer. The witch continued toward me stupidly and I stood up and gripped her. I snarled as I ripped into her throat and savagely fed from her, I dropped her to the floor and moaned again as the pain became excruitiating. I had just killed the witch that controlled the chip in my head, which caused it to speed up the procedure the chip.

I looked to Klaus who was shocked to say the least as I ran at him once again.

He reared back as I landed on him. Somehow, though, he gained the upperhand and was on top of me.

He ripped into my throat and I struggled. I reached to my side for anything and found a branch. I grabbed it and staked it through him. I flinched as the stake went through him and entered my stomach, too.

He gasped as I pulled it out again and pushed him off of me.

I twirled and was on top of him.

"Lily." He said as he touched my cheek and a tear left his eye.

"I'm not buying it." I said nastily, and plunged my hand into his chest were his heart was. "Bye Dad." I whispered before ripping his heart out of his chest.

I let out my breath and fell onto my back, gasping.

I looked to my stomach where I had torn my shirt with the stake. It had heeled, but a faint pink scar marked where the stake had entered.

My throat and face wounds were still open and I could feel the cold blood trickling down my face.

I stood and began to walk slowly, through the woods toward the house. Making sure I couldn't be seen.

I silently entered the front door. I could feel that I was dying. It was more quickly than it would have been if I hadn't killed that witch.

I walked into the living room to see them all sat in silence, but fidgeting anxiously.

Damon turned and gasped, causing the rest of them to do the same.

Damon came over to me and began to inspect my face. "Are you okay? You're hurt. Let me help you." He said anxiously.

"I'm okay Damon. Let me go clean up."

"I'l come with you." He said.

We went to the bathroom and he dampened a washcloth and began to wipe gently at my wounds.

"Listen, Damon." I said. "You know I said changing would help me with the chip?"

"Yeah." He said, still cleaning my face.

"Well, it did. But it didn't exactly get rid of it."

"What do you mean?" He put the cloth down and looked me in the eyes.

"It only gave me more time."

"I don't understand."

"Instead of three minutes, it gave me three hours." He still looked confused but then understanding flooded his eyes.

"You're still going to die." It wasn't a question.

"Yes."

He turned from me and began to pace, his breathing heavy. Then he turned back, his face angry. "And you didn't think to tell me before!"

I flinched. "I didn't want to hurt you." I said.

"Well you have, Lily!"

"I am so -"

"I don't care, Lily! I don't!" He shouted as he pushed a table over. I began to cry.

"Lily . . ." He said, his face softening. "I'm sorry." He pulled me into a hug.

"No, I'm sorry. I should have told you."

"How long . . . have you got left?" His voice broke.

"Half hour or less." I whispered.

His hold became tighter. He pulled my face back and kissed me, I could taste his tears on my lips. We stood there for a second, crying and holding each other.

"We have to tell them." I whispered and he nodded.

He wiped his face rid of any tears and we headed downstairs to the others.

Stefan, Caroline and Demetri already looked struck with grief thanks to their vampire hearing.

"I have to tell you guys something." I said and they all looked to me. After a moment I said, "The chip is still going to kill me."

"No." Elena cried. "When?"

I looked to the clock. "I only have a few minutes." I said.

Bonnie, Caroline and Elena began to cry and they all came to me to give me a group hug. Stefan, Demetri and Elijah gave me a hug and I whispered a silent thank you to Stefan. Even Jeremy and Rick hugged me.

I went back to Damon and wrapped my arms around his waist, resting my head on his shoulder, away from the ever dooming clock. I could still sense they were all watching it though.

It began to toll on the hour.

"I love you." I whispered to Damon.

"I love you, too." He whispered back and kissed my forehead.

The last toll sounded and I fell into the darkness with a shock.

Damon's POV

Lily wrapped her arms around my waist and looked away from the clock.

The rest of us, though were watching it intently, willing it to go backwards.

It began to toll on the hour.

"I love you." Lily whispered.

"I love you, too." I kissed her forehead. She jolted in my arms and went limp.

I whimpered and fell to the floor, still holding her.

She was gone.

The end.

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