"Buried Secrets 2"
Chapter 21: Dark Side
"Kol," Elijah said softly, "Kol."
"Ugh," Kol said, finally waking up, "Elijah."
"She got you too," Elijah commented; he was still weak from being drained.
"What's wrong with her?" Kol asked.
"She's shut down," Elijah replied, "Can you get through your ropes?"
Kol attempted to move but the vervain ropes stung his wrist causing him to growl.
"I take that as a no," Elijah replied sourly.
"You look like hell," Kol said. "What happened?"
"I got hungry," Bella said from the doorway, "Glad you two are finally awake."
"How long?" Elijah asked.
"Two weeks," Bella replied smirking, "It took me a while to find this place…sound proof walls." She said and tapped the walls
"When I get out of here," Kol threatened.
"Spare me the empty threats," Bella said after rolling her eyes, "You're not in the position to do anything."
"Isabella," Elijah said.
"Don't worry dinner will be coming soon," Bella said as she pulled up a chair before straddling it.
"What are you going to do with us?" Kol asked.
"I haven't gotten that far," Bella said as she rested her chin on the top of the chair, "Sort of going with the flow but I do know that it's going to involve pain and blood."
"Not exactly comforting," Elijah replied.
"Never was meant to be but then again a lot of things aren't meant to be…like you and Katherine or you and my mother." Bella said and Elijah stilled, "Did I touch a nerve?"
"I won't let you get to me," Elijah replied.
"Oh but I already am," Bella said as she looked at her watch, "I'm hungry."
She stood up and walked over to Kol. She pulled his head back to expose his neck.
"It'll only hurt a little," Bella said as her fangs extended before plunging them into his neck.
"KOL!" Elijah shouted as Bella started to drain him, "Stop it!"
Bella didn't stop until Kol was nearly drained and passed out.
"So many memories," Bella said while letting go of Kol's head.
"Why are you doing this?" Elijah asked.
"Because I can," Bella replied, "Your brother is to blame…he wanted this, he pushed for this, and now that it's here I'm going to make him regret it."
"You can turn it back on," Elijah argued.
"Why would I want it back on?" Bella questioned, "I don't feel which enables me to do things. No conscience; it's an amazing thing when you don't have one. All the rules, morals and emotions that hold you back become null and void."
"It's not a life you want to live," Elijah said as he began to fade; he had gone too long without feeding.
"Oh but it's a freeing one." Bella said, "Maybe one day I'll regret and hate myself for it but today," Bella said as she leaned down to be face to face with him, "I don't care."
She pulled Elijah's head back, forcing his mouth open before she poured blood down his throat. Elijah drank earnestly.
"That's right drink up," Bella said while smiling evilly, "We've only just begun."
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"Damn it!" Damon said as he flung a table across the room.
"Damon calm down," Stefan said as he grabbed his brother.
"She compelled me," Damon hissed, "Now I have no idea where she is, not to mention Rick is in the wind as well; he just up and left."
"He's doing what he thinks is best," Stefan reasoned.
"Is that what Bella is doing too?" Damon asked, "You didn't see her Stefan; there's nothing there in her eyes."
"She will come back," Stefan replied.
"She doesn't want to." Damon countered, "She thinks this is the only way to get Klaus and she's risking everything."
"Have you talked to Lucy?" Stefan asked.
"She called Angela. They both are looking for her but with no luck. She knows every trick in the book; she's not going to slip up." Damon replied before sitting down.
Jeremy listened from the other room as Damon and Stefan continued to argue.
"He's right," Rose said as she appeared next to him, "Bella won't slip up."
Jeremy looked at her shocked and Rose continued.
"They don't need to know we're here," Rose said.
Jeremy looked at her confused. Rose pointed outside and Jeremy walked out to the backyard.
"We?" Jeremy asked confused.
"Us," Lexi said as she appeared next to him, "Sorry don't know if you remember me."
"I do," Jeremy replied, "Lexi." He then looked at the guy next to her, "Mason."
"Smart kid," Mason said.
"What are you guys doing here?" Jeremy asked.
"We want to help," Mason said.
"B's really lost it this time," Lexi said.
"You know Bella," Jeremy said.
"We all do," Rose replied, "I met her after she escaped Klaus when she was thirteen."
"I met her when she was twenty; had a lot of good party nights." Lexi said with a smile.
"She was nineteen when we met and she got me away from Jules." Mason explained.
"So what do you want from me?" Jeremy asked.
"Bella won't listen to them…she needs someone who's fresh," Rose explained.
"Since you're the only one that can see us besides B, congratulations kid you've been nominated." Lexi added.
"So what do you want me to do?" Jeremy asked.
"We need you to come with us," Mason said.
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"Finally you're awake," Bella said as she stared at Kol, "How ya feeling sport?"
"Bite me," Kol replied.
"Tempting but let's save that for later." Bella replied before she forced open his mouth and began to feed him some blood. "Now that you're both awake and much more alive, let's play shall we."
Bella yanked off a cloth from a nearby table to reveal several different knives and tools.
"What do we start with first?" Bella questioned to herself.
"Stop it," Elijah said sternly, "This is not you. Your mother would not want you to do this."
Suddenly Bella blurred to him and stabbed him in the stomach; her eyes blazing with fury.
"Don't ever speak about her," She growled as she twisted the knife.
"I knew her better than you," Elijah said as the knife dug deeper. "She didn't want this life for you…she wouldn't want you to be like this."
"Shut up," Bella said before she punched Elijah so hard she broke his jaw.
"Did we touch a nerve?" Kol asked.
Bella walked back over to the table and picked up another knife.
"You're pretty proud of your looks," Bella commented as she walked over to him, "I mean really you are charming, dashing, handsome; I bet all the girls flocked to you."
"Well I don't like to brag," Kol said.
"But underneath the outer beauty is a rotten, decayed core," Bella said as she dragged the knife against Kol's cheek. Then she quickly rubbed crushed vervain into the wound to keep it from healing, "Let's see if we can make the outside match the inside."
"Bella," Elijah struggled to say due to his broken jaw.
Bella rolled her eyes and snapped his jaw back into place.
"Yes Uncle Elijah," Bella asked sweetly.
"Don't do this," Elijah said, "Please."
"Why not?" Bella asked, "As much as Klaus likes to say he doesn't care what happens to you he really does."
"Elijah let the little tart do what she wants," Kol said, "She's nothing more than a bastard with tainted blood."
"Oh I think I've gotten under your skin Kol," Bella said, smirking evilly, "Let's see," Bella leaned down and started to compel him, "Kol tell me, what's your biggest fear?"
"Slowly decaying," Kol said hypnotized.
Bella smile grew wider, "Kol with each passing minute you're going to feel yourself decay…slowly being starved until you see yourself as nothing but skin and bone."
Suddenly Kol started freaking out. He was yelling about being so thirsty.
"Stop it," Elijah said as he struggled against his restraints.
"Care to join him?" Bella asked as she started to pull Kol out of the room and into an adjoining room before she shut the door, "He's gonna be screaming for a while and I want to be able to hear you answer my questions."
"You're a monster," Elijah said.
"That's rich coming from you," Bella said while taking a seat, "Your brother made me this way."
"No, you chose to be this way," Elijah snapped, "You let him get inside your head."
"Yeah," Bella said, "And now I'm making him regret it. See all this time I thought that if I planned and stayed a head I would be okay but instead it backfired on me. See I really should thank him, I mean he wanted this so badly. It's a bit poetic really; the thing he wants most will be what kills him."
"He's the sire of the bloodline," Elijah yelled desperately to stop her, "You may not care if you live or die, but what about the others?"
"Casualties of war," Bella said simply.
"What about Elena?" Jeremy's voice said, coming from the doorway.
"What are you doing here?" Bella said while standing up before she rolled her eyes as the answer came to her, "Of course the ghostly pains."
"Love you too B," Lexi said while crossing her arms, "Looks like you put what I did to Stefan to use," she said as she nodded towards the closet.
"It's effective," Bella said with a shrug.
"Bella," Jeremy said.
"Save it," Bella said, "You do realize I'm just going to compel you to leave."
"Bella listen to him," Elijah said before wincing.
"Shut up," Bella sneered.
"Answer him at least what about Elena? What happens when she loses everyone just like you have?" Elijah continued, "You aren't this person."
"I said shut up," Bella roared as she allowed her face to change before she attacked Elijah's neck, ripping it open. She blurred back to Jeremy started to compel him, "Go home."
Jeremy dumbly walked out and Bella wiped her mouth.
"You lost? No, then get lost," Bella said to the three ghosts before she turned her back.
They disappeared and reappeared at Elena's.
"Do you think it worked?" Rose asked.
"Once Jeremy gets home he'll remember," Mason said, "She didn't compel him to forget."
"So what now?" Lexi asked.
"We have to talk to Damon," Mason said, "I think he's the only one that can bring her back."
"He can't just go in there guns blazing," Rose replied.
"Well we have an hour to figure that out since it's going to take Jeremy that long to get here." Lexi said before they started to brainstorm.
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Bella stared into the mirror of the bathroom. Slowly she felt her humanity creeping up on her but she pushed it away. Right now was not the time to be weak with emotion. She took a deep breath and walked back out, hearing Elijah's cellphone buzzing.
She answered and immediately Klaus started talking.
"Elijah where are you?" Klaus hissed, "I have been trying to reach you for two days…Bella has Kol."
"Sorry Elijah is unavailable right now," Bella said and she heard Klaus stop his pacing, "What's wrong Klaus, are you scared yet?"
"Isabella," Klaus said slowly, "You do not want to do this."
"Actually I do," Bella said, "I'm having so much fun with Uncle Elijah and Uncle Kol."
"Where are they?" Klaus asked.
"Well right now Elijah is bleeding profusely due to the fact that part of his throat has been ripped out; I admit he made me a little angry. Kol is in the other room screaming like a little bitch as he slowly decays…at least that's what he thinks is happening." Bella said gleefully.
"I'm going to rip your heart out," Klaus snapped.
"Do you think you can?" Bella asked, "Why would you want to even? You have what you wanted Klaus. You wanted this side of me, you wanted me to be as ruthless and evil as you and I'm only doing what every daughter wants to, which is fulfill daddy's dream. I want you to be proud of me."
"Stop it," Klaus said, "This isn't you."
"You're right," Bella said, "This is who you made me to be. Like father like daughter, reap what you sow, careful what you wish for etc, etc, etc. Any of those sayings ring a bell for you?"
"This is not a game Isabella," Klaus hissed.
"To you it's always been a game. Tell me what pisses you off more, the fact that what you wanted is not what you thought it would be or that I'm better at this than you?" Bella asked before she looked towards Elijah, "I would love to stay and chat but I do have guests over…later."
Bella hung up and walked over to Elijah while shaking her head.
.*.*.*.*.*.
"What do you want?" Damon asked as soon as Jeremy walked in. "Your sister's been looking for you."
"She can wait," Jeremy said while sitting down and taking away Damon's whiskey, "We have to talk."
"About what?" Damon asked.
"Bella," Jeremy said, "I know where she is."
Damon sat up, "Where?"
"Before I tell you, we have to talk and you need to listen to us." Jeremy said.
"Who is us?" Damon asked.
"Lexi, Rose, Mason and me," Jeremy said, "They led me to Bella."
"They're here right now?" Damon said.
"Tell him we're happy to see him too," Lexi said.
"Lexi says hi," Jeremy replied with a shake of his head.
"I highly doubt that," Damon said, "Is she still pissed I staked her?"
"Tell him I'll get over it if he can keep his cool," Lexi replied.
"She's over it on a condition that you don't go barging in." Jeremy said. "Look Bella's off the deep end and when I say deep end I mean she's gone so far that Klaus is afraid."
"How do you know that?" Damon asked.
"Mason was over there earlier while I was coming back," Jeremy explained.
"How do we pull her back?" Damon asked.
"There is no we," Mason said to Jeremy, "Just him."
"Only you can," Jeremy said.
"How?" Damon asked, "She won't listen to me."
"Maybe that's because you try to force her," Rose said.
"You try to force her," Jeremy said, "Right now she's going to fight anything and anyone who tries to make her do something."
"Then how am I supposed to bring her back?" Damon asked.
"Try being human for once," Lexi said, "He has to be vulnerable and tell her what he thinks."
"You have to tell her the truth about everything." Jeremy said.
"He has to relate to her," Mason added. "She has to know he cares."
"You have to show her you relate to her and that you care." Jeremy said before he looked at the ghosts, "What does that mean?"
"I know what it means," Damon said while standing up, "Where is she?"
.*.*.*.*.*.
"Klaus called," Bella said as the two vampires woke up, "He says hi."
"What happened?" Kol asked shocked.
"She compelled you," Elijah said dryly.
"How much longer are you going to keep us here?" Kol asked.
"Until I get bored or run out of ideas on how to torture you." Bella replied. "So what should we do next?"
"How about stuffing vervain down their throats or have you already done that?" Damon's voice said, coming from behind her.
"Let me guess Rose, Lexi, and Mason." Bella said before she looked at Elijah, "I should be more careful when I'm compelling people."
"You look like you're having fun," Damon mused.
"I try," Bella said, "What do you want? Wait let me guess 'Oh Bella please come back to me. This isn't you, please don't do this' blah, b ah, blah, that about it?"
"No," Damon said and Bella's eyes widened a bit. "Does that surprise you?"
"I'd be lying if I said it didn't," Bella replied.
"Damon mate," Kol said, speaking up, "A little help here; can you please get your bitch in check."
Suddenly Damon blurred and broke Kol's jaw, "Don't call her a bitch. Vervain down the throat might help with this one," He said while looking at Bella.
"I'll keep that in mind," Bella said, "You want to tell me why you're here?"
"I'd rather talk about that in private," Damon said.
"Easy fix," Bella said before she quickly daggered both brothers, instantly turning them grey, "Have you decided to join me on the dark side?"
"No," Damon said as he approached Bella carefully, "I know what you're doing and I understand but I also know that this isn't really you. I know you're scared Bella."
"I'm not scared," Bella said as her eyes turned cold.
Damon smiled a sad smile, "Stubborn to the end; that's one of the things I love about you."
"You don't love anyone," Bella said, "You definitely don't love me. I mean really look around you…look at what I've done."
"Everyone has a dark side Bella," Damon said, "Yours is a little bit darker but even now I can still see you."
Bella's eyes soften and Damon continued.
Gently he reached out his hand and brushed her cheek as he spoke, "I see past this exterior and when I look into your eyes, I can see the slightest glimmer. You're so beautiful physically and internally, and what you're doing now is part of you. I have my own dark side; you've seen it yet you stayed. I'm not leaving you Bella and I know that's what scares you and that's part of the reason you are doing this. You want me to run away, you want me to leave you before you get any more attached. I'm not running away and when you come back, I'll be here waiting. I love you…all of you, including your darkest side." Damon gently before he pressed his lips to her forehead. He then moved to place his forehead against hers, "Try and push me away but I'll always come back. I will always remind you of who you really are. I'm not going anywhere, just know that."
Damon walked out of the room, leaving Bella standing there feeling empty and cold.
.*.*.*.*.*.
"Where are they?" Klaus said after punching the wall.
Suddenly the front door slammed open and Klaus watched as Elijah and Kol's bodies were thrown inside. He blurred over to them and pulled out the daggers while Bella walked in.
"They'll be fine in a few hours," Bella said.
Klaus looked up at her, "You did a number on them."
"I learned from the best," Bella said while glaring, "Not something I'm proud of."
"Why are you giving them back to me?" Klaus asked as he stood up.
"I'm not you," Bella said while holding back tears, "I don't want to be you and I let you get in my head…that won't happen again."
"I've never seen anyone come back so quickly." Klaus said as Bella turned her back but she stopped when he spoke, "How?"
"Because someone loves me," Bella said before she turned to face him, "Even after seeing me like that, he still loved me and he wasn't going to run away. I'm going to win this war Klaus, but not like this, I won't go to your level again. I feel sorry for you, you know that? I went to the darkest depth you have and yeah it was freeing but more than anything it was cold and empty. You aren't living Klaus. You're just existing and I think that's the worst punishment but you're so blind you can't see the truth."
"You don't know what you're talking about," Klaus said while glaring at her.
"The fact that you're trying to intimidate me tells me that I do know." Bella said before she looked towards Elijah, "Tell him I'm sorry."
Bella walked out of the mansion leaving Klaus alone. He felt angry yet relieved that Bella was back. It had frightened him in more ways than one when she turned her switch off. For his own selfishness he feared for his life but a small part of him feared for hers; this was not who she wanted to be and he knew it.
Klaus sighed and looked towards his brothers who were starting to wake up.
"Rebekah," he called out, "Bring blood now."
.*.*.*.*.*.
Damon stood in front of the fireplace holding his glass of whiskey. He stilled the moment he heard to front door open and close. He didn't turn around, he didn't move, he just listened as her boots walked across the floor and stopped in the doorway of the living room.
"Damon," Bella said softly her voice full of pain and guilt.
Damon dropped his glass of whiskey and turned around. There standing before him was his Bella except now she looked…vulnerable. Damon blurred over to her and brushed his hand across her cheek and that's when she broke down. Damon pulled her to his chest as she cried letting go for the first time in what Damon could only guess was years. Bella had always kept Damon at arm's length even though to everyone besides the two of them it looked otherwise. She had all her walls down and was allowing him to take care of her, to comfort her, to protect her.
"I'm so sorry," Bella said between sobs.
"Shh," Damon said as he stroked her hair.
Damon just held her as she cried and finally when she stopped she looked up at him;
"Make me forget," Bella said.
"What?" Damon asked confused.
"Please just make me forget about everything even if it's only for tonight. Please I just don't want to think any more." Bella pleaded.
Damon didn't need to hear another word. His lips found hers and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer. She needed this…he needed this. Damon moved Bella backwards until her back hit the wall, and then swiftly grabbed her thighs, lifting her up. He ravished her mouth, feeling the desire for her take over. She tilted her head, allowing Damon better access, fueling their desires.
He pulled away but only for a second, and then his mouth was on her neck, sucking and nibbling at the skin. Bella moaned in response to Damon's attack, pulling him closer still. It was as though they were still separated, even though there wasn't any distance between them now.
Damon couldn't wait any longer and blurred upstairs to his bedroom, laying Bella on the bed. She sat up immediately, and stripped Damon's shirt off, tossing and tossed it somewhere in the room, never taking her eyes away from his dazed baby blues. Damon in turn unzipped Bella's jacket discarding it and then removed her shirt. She quickly tried to undo his pants, but he pushed her back down on the bed, not allowing her to get any further. He slithered his body down, leaving a trail of kisses as he went. He reached her hip bone and gently started to suck at the sensitive spot of hers he knew so well. She arched her back in pleasure as electricity shot into her every fiber. Damon looked up at her giving Bella, his signature smirk before slowly making his way back up her body.
He kissed her lightly along her jaw line, allowing his thumb to run across the plumb, soft, swollen lips, relishing in the fact that every part of her was soft as silk. He raised up for a moment, his blue orbs boring a hole into her chocolate ones as he stroked her cheek;
"Angel," he whispered, before capturing her lips with his once again.
With one hand, he quickly undid the buttons on Bella's jeans while the other went to work unhooking her bra. He momentarily pulled away to take off her shoes, before stripping her jeans off, and then removing her bra. It was only a matter of seconds and he was back on top of her, his bare chest against hers as his hand slowly stroked her sides. He relished the feeling of their slightly damp skin touching, and the sight that was in front of him right now. Her hair strewn about the pillow, making a halo, her chest rising and falling from the electricity shooting through her body, and the look of longing in her eyes as her walls fell away. His hand found its way to the top of her underwear as he dipped one finger inside and teased her, dragging it from one side of her body to the other. Damon lowered his head, capturing her earlobe in his mouth and lightly nibbled it. As Bella twisted, trying to get closer to Damon, he quickly dipped his hand between her wet folds and ran his finger along them causing her to shudder beneath him.
He teased her again by pressing and circling her little bud between the folds.
"Damon," Bella growled in frustration.
Damon smiled into the crook of her neck as he plunged two fingers into her soaking core. Bella involuntarily bucked her hips in surprise and satisfaction as Damon's fingers worked their magic. He kept hitting the right spot while rubbing the little bud bringing her closer and closer to falling off the edge of ecstasy.
"Damon," Bella said breathlessly as the knot in her stomach started to coil and bunch.
"Let go," Damon whispered, encouraging her to give into the feeling, and for once not be guarded.
Damon pressed firmly on the little bud, which was the trigger that made Bella fall over into oblivion. Damon gently kissed along the edges of her mouth, whispering his true feeling for her as she came back down to earth. She looked deep into his crystal blue eyes, feeling an emotion she thought she had closed herself off from for fear of being left alone again.
Damon gently sucked her bottom lip into his mouth, encouraging her to allow him access not only into her body, but into her soul as well, and Bella gladly obliged. Her hands found their way to his pant buttons once again and she quickly unbuttoned them (without his restrictions this time). Within seconds, Damon was completely stripped of every bit of clothing and was positioned at Bella's wet entrance. Both Damon and Bella moaned in content and longing as they became one. Time lost all meaning as they became oblivious to the world only caring about the moment and they were finally one.
A/N: Hey everyone! So sorry for the long wait, but this last little bit had me really nervous and I wanted it to be good for you guys. I hope you all enjoyed it.
Thank you to my always wonderful beta miss Dark~Supernatural~Angel for all the hard work she does and for creating that wonderful live journal master list. Seriously go check it out. A special thank you to the wonderful M.M. Kaur for popping my lemon cherry I greatly appreciate all the help with the editing and your insertions. Basically guys she really, really, REALLY helped me write the last little bit of the chapter so I'm going to call her my lemon co-writer . She really did help me a lot. Also if you haven't heard I am part of this little group on facebook called Bambi's beloveds you guys should really come and join us M.M. Kaur is our leader and she's such a good one ;)
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