DPOV

"What now?" I asked and sat down on the couch. She shook her head.

"Finn is going in our family tomb and Sage...I don't know. Feed her to unicorns...dump her in Candy land...do whatever you want...I don't care." She said with a lifeless voice, sipping from a bottle of whiskey, staring at one point. She had been sitting there for 20 minutes, unmoving, almost not breathing. She had mentioned something about some stories being true and then she had just done...that.

"Do you need anything?" I asked quietly and looked around. I could only imagine what she was feeling. I know that I talked bad stuff about Saint Stephan all the time but I couldn't imagine my life without him. And yes, I realize how cheesy that sounds but it`s true.

"I need my brother. But you can't give me my brother back, can you?" She snapped and slowly turned her head towards me, her blue eyes looking like blizzards. I pursed my lips, trying not to get offended by her ice cold behavior. It was hard, though. I guess she saw it in my eyes because her expression immediately soften. She shook her head. "I`m sorry, Damon. But can't you see it? Everything I ever cared about is falling into pieces." She said with sorrowful voice.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, not understanding her. Yes, her brother had just died but why everything . She wasn't listening to me. She just stood up and went to the door where she had dropped her purse. She took it, opened it and took a small bottle that contained suspiciously black liquid. Bella was almost like in a trans, she was murmuring everything, everything to herself and was flipping the bottle in her hands. I slowly got up and moved next to her. She was flipping the bottle so quickly that its outlines were blurring. I put my hands on her wrists, forcing her to stop, then took her hands into mine. She stopped murmuring and looked at me.

"Bella, calm down. Please." She pursed lips and opened the bottle. "What is this?" I asked and my face scrunched in disgust as the smell of the liquid filled my nostrils. It smelled like something was rotting in there.

"Lucy gave it to me. It`s some sort of a potion that it`s supposed to relieve the pain from the poison. Not that it`s working." She said and took a sip, scrunching her face as the potion hit her throat . I pursed lips. This DID not look like a harmless herbal tea as I`m sure Lucy tried to describe it. I took the bottle from Bella`s hands. I sniffed it and oh God...the smell. I coughed.

"How long have you been drinking this?" I asked and she looked behind my shoulders at her brother. I had a moment of hesitation but then quickly put the bottle in my pocket, without her seeing it. This thing looked awful plus I hated Lucy, I didn't trust her, I had even given Elena to Klaus...Fuck...Klaus. I had completely forgotten about him.

"Since she gave it to me." She said quietly and flashed next to Finn. "Ok. That`s enough. Back to work. I`ll make sure that Finn is properly buried but I need you to deal with...her."She pointed at Sage and I looked at Bella for a while. Waiting for her to burst in tears or...something. You have to know, Bella was really strong but she cried...like a lot. But since she had found her brother dead...not a single tear. That was unusual. I was afraid that she was going to have a breakdown any second. And I`m sure that no one wants an Original breakdown. "Well? Are you just going to stare at me?" I blinked and then shook my head.

"No. I`ll take care of Sage. Meet me at the bar in 1 hour." She nodded then moved closer to me.

"I love you, Damon." She simply said and then she kissed me. I put my hands over her waist and hers found their way to my hair. I didn't like this...well I liked that we were kissing, of course, but it felt almost like she was saying goodbye. Like she wasn't sure if she was going to make it until our meeting after an hour.

"I love you, too." I looked at her eyes. "At the bar, after an hour, ok?" She pursed lips and nodded. I didn't want to waste time so I took Sage`s body and with one last look at the love of my life, I went out in the bitter night.

BPOV

I stared at the closed door until I heard his car driving away. My eyes filled with cold tears, my legs started trembling and I let out a desperate sigh. Now what? What was I going to do?

I slowly walked to Finn's body , where my legs betrayed me and I practically collapsed next to him. My trembling hand touch his cold, burnt face.

" Now what, Finny? Now what?" I stayed like that for a few minutes until I couldn't postpone the inevitable anymore. I stood up and took Finn's body then flashed in the basement and put him in the coffin I had found him several weeks ago. I pushed the lid and it closed with a loud noise. I looked around, remembering how me and Beca had sat on that very floor, waiting for our family to be reunited.

I shook my head, trying to focus. I had to do a lot of things.

1. Take care of Finn.

I took my phone out of my pocket.

"I have a problem and I need you to help me with it. Where are you?" I asked, leaving the basement and locking the door after me.

"I`m in Forks. What do you need me for?" Answered a very familiar voice.

" My brother Finn is dead. I have a lot of things to...do here, so I need you to take his body and take it to our family tomb. You know where it is, right?" I asked, already upstairs, taking my purse.

"Of course, I remember. I`ve buried other Michaelson's there, haven't I? Where is the body and where are you going to be?"

" The body is in our house, I`ll leave the key next to the door, you`ll see it, Finn is in the basement. Get here as soon as you can and take the body without anyone seeing you. My siblings don't know ...yet. Are we clear?" I asked and stopped for a second, remembering the last time I had asked my friend to bury someone for me.

" We are. Consider everything done." And the phone line went dead. I let out a little sigh. Ok...at least this was taken care of. I took my purse and flashed out of the house, locking and leaving the key in a safe place for less than 20 seconds. I got in my car.

2. Find Lucy.

The little thing needed to explain a few things. I dialed her. She picked up after a few seconds.

"Bella, are you ok?" She asked with a worried voice.

"I`m fine. Where are you? We need to talk."

"I can't right now. I'm busy. Can't we do it tomorrow? " Aha...now she was setting the rules. Yeah, as if.

"In Damon's house. NOW!" I hung up and sped the car. There was no way that she didn't know about this. I was going to get the truth out of her. That wasn't good, not at all. I hated to admit, but I was kind of, sort of...well I was starting to trust Lucy again. I couldn't help but feel some sort of friendly feelings towards her. But if she was lying...

I parked the car in front of Damon`s house and flashed myself in. Lucy was sitting on the couch, looking at me with her forest green eyes.

"You knew all along, didn't you?" I asked, slowly walking towards her. At least she had the decency to fake confusion.

"What are you talking about, Bella? You have to be more specific." She said with almost cocky voice then stood up.

"Specific my ass. You knew that if an Original dies, his blood line dies too. If I die, Damon, Katherine, Stephan...they die too." She stepped back, her face showing surprise.

"Bella...Bella, I really didn't know that. But how...how do you know that?" At that point I wasn't sure whether she was telling the truth or she was lying. She really did seem surprised.

"Finn is dead and less than an hour later his vampire girlfriend died too. Please don't tell me that you didn't know." I said with a cold voice and stepped forwards. Lucy`s eyes widen.

"Finn...? Bella...I really didn't know." She sounded convincing but I was looking at her eyes. They were cold and calculating...and for a split second they looked...delighted. Like a person who has achieved what he wanted.

"Cut the crap. That`s why you wanted the cure and that`s why you started helping in the first place, isn't it?" I asked my voice now ice cold. Everything was falling into its place. "You really had me going for awhile. Bravo, Lucinda." I said with a theatrical voice and started clapping. She was still trying to act, she was looking surprised and confused and with an expression 'you-are-crazy' but I wasn't buying it anymore. I was right in front of her and I did something that I usually avoided. I looked into her eyes and started compelling her. " You knew from the beginning, didn't you? You are here only to protect yourself?" Something in her eyes shifted, a sick smile spread across her face.

"I did. But you almost got it. I`m not alone. Your... " She was cut off by my phone. Great timing, just great. I took it out.

Elijah

I picked up because I knew that he called me only in emergencies.

"Great timing, brother."

"Ara, where are you?" He sounded incredibly worried. Now what?

"I`m at the Salvatore`s house. Why? Did you contact Beca and Kol? " I asked and hoped that there wasn't anything wrong with them.

"What? No...Beca and Kol? I haven't seen them. No...Ara, is Damon with you?" Oh God, what was happening? I took a step back but continued watching Lucy. The sick smile was still all over her face.

"No, Elijah. Damon is...out. I`m here with Lucy. What's wrong, brother? You are scaring me." The connection was horrible, I could barely hear what he was saying. And I did my first big mistake-I turned my back at Lucy and moved away, holding the phone closer to my ear.

"Ara. Listen to me very carefully. We don't have time. Get out of that house now."

"What? Elijah, what are you talking about?"

"Ara, Mother is dead. There has never been a poison. Thing like that does NOT exist. Get out of there. NOW!" Suddenly I felt a burning pain in my neck. I dropped the phone and heard how Elijah was calling my name but I was unable to do anything. The burning pain was paralyzing me. I dropped to my knees and then fell onto my back. The last thing I saw before the darkness consumed me was Lucy `s huge grin.

"Sweet dreams, Bella.

Ok, here's Chapter 25. There will probably be 2 or 3 more chapters. Leave a review and tell me how would you want me to finish this story.