Bella rubs the back if her neck as she sits up. She looks around the school hallway and sees Damon and Stefan lying on the ground. She crawls over to them and sighs with relief. They weren't dead at least.
She stands up, "Caroline? Elena?"
Caroline rounds the corner, "I can't find Elena anywhere."
Bella frowns, "Do you think Alaric has her?"
Caroline shrugs, "I don't know. I hope not. Maybe she ran. I hope she ran."
They hear a groan behind them and turn around to see Damon and Stefan getting up. They look around.
Damon frowns, "Where is Klaus?"
Bella rolls her eyes, "He has Elena. But why?"
Caroline closes her eyes, "I might have heard her say something about her life being linked to Alaric's."
Bella rolls her eyes, "Of course. That's why Esther needed her blood. That's why she is safe from Alaric." She starts thinking out loud, "But why would Klaus take her?" She groans, "He needs her blood to make hybrids. We have to get to him before he bleeds Elena dry."
They stare at her half smiling.
Damon shakes his head, "Nice conversation with yourself. But you are right. We need to save her…again."
Elena felt light headed. She looks down at her arm and whimpers as she watches the blood leave her body. She hears a noise from the corner of the room and looks up. Tyler wanders into the room, nonchalantly. He freezes when he sees her and his eyes widen. He takes a step towards her, but Klaus stops him.
"What do you think you are doing, mate? Keep moving these boxes."
Tyler hesitates for a minute, then does as Klaus instructed. Elena looks at Klaus and tries to focus.
Klaus leans down, "Don't worry, Elena. Soon all of this will be over and your friends won't have to worry about Alaric anymore."
They hear a loud commotion in the other room and Klaus speeds by her. Tyler comes back in the room.
He rushes towards her and starts untying the ropes, "I'm so sorry, Elena. I had no idea what he was planning."
He helps her up and Damon, Bella, Stefan and Klaus run into the room knocking them down. Elena bumps her head against the wall and passes out.
Bella runs to her, "Elena!" She looks at Tyler, "Go help them with Klaus."
Tyler nods and holds Klaus down along with Damon as Stefan puts his hand on Klaus's chest. Bella slaps Elena's face lightly and Elena groans. Bella sighs with relief as her friends eyes flutter open. She helps Elena up and out the door.
Bella opens the car door, "Are you going to be ok? You lost a lot of blood."
Elena nods, "I'm just a little dizzy but I will be fine."
Damon, Stefan and Tyler walk out. Bella helps Elena into the car and walks over to them.
Bella half smiles, "Now what? We have to hide his body from Alaric."
Damon nods, "I know. You and I will do that. Stefan is going to try to lead Alaric in the wrong direction and Tyler is going to help Elena home."
Tyler and Elena arrive at the Gilbert house to see Matt and Jeremy waiting. They run down and hug Elena.
Matt pulls back, "I am glad that you are ok."
Jeremy smiles, "Are you ready to paint Jenna's room?"
Matt shakes his head, "She lost a lot of blood. Maybe she should rest."
Elena laughs, "I am fine. I need something to distract me. So, Jer, lets paint."
Tyler grins, "We will be downstairs."
Matt rolls his eyes, "Where is Caroline? And Bonnie?"
Jeremy opens the front door, "Bonnie is resting from the spell and Caroline got a call from her mom about some emergency."
Tyler frowns, "What emergency?"
Jeremy shrugs, "I don't know. But I think they were trying to call you too. You should go to your house."
Tyler nods, "My phone broke when we were at Klaus's. Let me know what happens."
Bella and Damon sit in silence in Klaus's SUV as they drive towards the storage area. Damon glances over at her wishing that she would say something about last night.
Bella looks over, "I called Bonnie. She found a spell that will keep unwanted guests from entering the storage unit."
Damon nods, "Good idea."
Bella smiles slightly. She didn't know what else to say. She felt she should mention last night, but she didn't want to argue with him. Just then her phone rings.
She sees Jeremy's number, "Jeremy? Is everything ok?"
Jeremy sighs, "No. Elena passed out and I couldn't wake her so I brought her to the hospital. Meredith says it was just a concussion, but she was bleeding from the nose."
Bella groans, "Jeremy, get her home! Now! With Alaric on the loose we can't take any risks. A concussion is no big deal as long as she rests."
She hangs up the phone and calls Stefan, "You need to check on Elena."
She hangs up and groans, frustrated, "This is just way too annoying."
Damon smiles at her, "Don't worry. Soon this will all be over and we will have nothing to worry about."
Della shakes her head, "We will always have something to worry about. It's not like we are normal people. We are vampires and doppelgangers and hybrids. Someone is always going to be after one of us if not all."
Damon considers, "I guess that's true."
Stefan meets up with Rebekah and Elijah in the forest. Caroline appears seconds later.
She sighs, "We need to hurry this up. Alaric told the council about Tyler and I. We need to get out of town as soon as possible."
Rebekah sighs, impatiently, "Just tell us where they are taking Klaus."
Stefan nods and tells her their plans. She takes off. Elijah stays behind and they sit there waiting for news. They hear a sound in the brush behind them and all turn ready to fight. Katherine steps out.
She smiles at Elijah, "Hello, Elijah. Long time. So what is with this meeting of the minds?"
Caroline scoffs, "Where have you been?"
Katherine smiles, "Taking care of some loose ends."
Stefan growls, "Well while you were out all hell broke loose here."
Katherine frowns, "Like what"
Elijah sighs, "I guess we have time to tell the story."
Bella sits by Klaus's coffin waiting for Bonnie to show up. Damon was making sure that everything was secure. Bonnie rounds the corner and walks in.
Bella jumps up, "Finally. Do what you need to do. I will be outside. Apparently Rebekah is coming to pick up the body."
Bonnie nods and closes the door behind her. Bella hears a noise and speeds to the end, hiding around a corner. She sees Rebekah in front of her and puts a finger to her lips. Rebekah nods and they wait. Damon walks past them and they sigh with relief.
Damon frowns at them, "What are you doing?"
Bella shakes her head, "Nothing. I guess it was pointless for Bonnie to do that spell."
Damon laughs, "I told her not to do it. But if Alaric does appear tonight I made it look like we broke into a different storage facility so at least he will be off our trail for a while."
They pull the coffin out and towards Rebekah's car. She opens the truck and they were about to lift it when Alaric appears and stakes Klaus in the heart. Rebekah screams and Damon and Bella stop breathing. Everything slows down as Rebekah takes off and Alaric turns toward them. Bella runs forward and kicks the stake out of his hand. She attempts to punch him, but he anticipates and grabs her hand and squeezes. She cries out in pain as she feels every bone break. He throws her against a wall on the other side of the room. She slumps over. Damon runs forward to attack Alaric and manages to get him to the ground. Alaric manages to get the domineering position and is about to strike when he feels something strange. He touches his chest.
He falls on one knee, "What is happening?"
Bella gets up and walks closer, "I don't know."
Lines start to make their way up Alaric's face and Bella gasps, "Oh my God. Elena. No, Ric, look at me. You are not dying."
He falls to the ground and Bella grabs his face. She starts to sob and repeats the word "No" over and over again. She wasn't crying for Alaric. Not this time. But what his death meant. Elena was dead. Damon grabs her from behind and pulls her away. She turns into his chest and cries.
Damon wipes away his tears, "How could this happen?"
Bella cries harder, "Elena is dead." She looks at the coffin, "Klaus is dead." She pulls back and looks up at him, "Damon, I'm going to die too. He sired me. I'm going to die. And Tyler. Maybe you and Stefan and Caroline. Oh God."
Damon falls to the ground with her, "Bella, I know I have said and done a lot of stupid things and I know that I have made a lot of mistakes, but I love you, Bella. I always have and I always will."
Bella looks at him. She puts her hands in his hair and yanks his mouth to her. They sit there kissing passionately. He runs his hands up and down her back. She pulls back.
"Let's go back to Mystic Falls. I want to spend my last minutes with everyone. Please."
He nods and takes her hand.
They run into the hospital and find Matt sitting in the waiting room. Bella runs over and hugs him.
He holds onto her, "I am so sorry. Rebekah came out of nowhere. Elena…"
Bella puts her hands on each side of her face, "It's not your fault Matt. I'm going to go sit with Stefan."
Matt nods. Damon spots Dr. Fell and runs over to her.
She looks up at him, "Elena will be fine."
Damon frowns, confused, "What do you mean? Elena died."
Meredith shakes her head, "When she came in earlier I lied about her condition. I gave her vampire blood. Your blood."
Damon's eyes widen in shock, "What?"
Bella walks into the morgue and sits next to Stefan, "Stefan, I am so sorry. I know how hard this is bu-"
She is interrupted by a gasp. They both look up shocked when Elena bolts up to a sitting position.
