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Chapter 28:
"Why does this always happen when I'm alone with you?" Callie hissed, running as fast as she could through the woods with Kol right by her side.
They were being chased by an army of vampires who were all under Kóri's control and some of them were over 500 years old, so they weren't that far behind them.
"Are you saying this is my fault?" Kol snapped, pulling her to the right as they reached a mass of trees they wouldn't be able to get through properly.
"No, I'm saying that–"
Callie was cut off when she suddenly felt a vampire tackling her from the side, throwing her into a lake with him.
She struggled to break free of his grip as they sunk deeper and deeper into the lake. The vampire wasn't older than 300 years, but he seemed more powerful with Kóri's darkness inside him.
However, Kol jumped into the water and swam towards her, breaking stabbing the vampire in his heart with a piece of wood before he grabbed Callie and pulled her back up to the surface.
Callie spluttered and struggled to stay calm as she reached the surface, because the entire lake was surrounded by vampires now, waiting for them to get up so they could grab her.
"Give up Freya! This chase is starting to become very tiring…" Kóri shouted. "I'll give you 10 seconds to get out or I will send my vampires to find and tear Damon apart!"
"Don't listen to him, Callie. He's- hey, where are you going!" Kol growled as Callie started swimming towards Kóri.
"I'm going to stop this once and for all. Go back and keep Damon safe and no that is not a request! I'll rip your head off if you let him die!" Callie hissed back.
Once she reached Kóri she noticed that Kol was no longer in the water and hoped that he'd somehow managed to sneak past the vampires.
She wasn't wearing her ring so she couldn't use her magic on Kóri, but perhaps that was for the best, because then he couldn't draw that much power from her.
"Are you done fighting?" Kóri asked wearily.
"No, of course not. I'll never give up," Callie retorted. "I will kill you for all the things you've done and for what you've put me through. You don't deserve to exist, Kóri."
He raised a brow, looking like he couldn't care less about her opinion and merely ordered his minions to take her somewhere else.
Callie followed them reluctantly and tried forming a getaway plan or at least a plan to how she could break Kóri's foothold.
She was taken to an old house in the outskirts of the town they were in and they confiscated her cell broken cell phone even though it was too wet to work.
Kóri made sure to check for any hidden spells, herbs or talismans that she could use against him – all except for the necklace Callie had inherited from her mother.
This made Callie wonder if the necklace had anything to do with her connection to Kóri but she couldn't just destroy it without being sure, because if she did that she would banish her mother and possibly also Ásta.
"I need your help mom…" Callie muttered, clutching the amber pedant necklace tightly.
She remembered something her mother had told her about the necklace's power; how it had resurrected her when Finn killed her and an idea slowly began forming in her head.
It was a very risky thing to do, but she had to try if she wanted to stop Kóri permanently and get back to living a somewhat normal life with Damon.
"Where is the ring?" Kóri growled more than asked.
"I don't remember," Callie lied, knowing that it was actually with Damon right now. "Maybe I dropped it in the lake."
Kóri's eyes flashed red of rage and he struck her hard on her face with his palm, splitting her bottom lip.
She ignored the taste of her own blood and merely spat it out, feeling her bottom lip heal up quickly.
"Hitting me won't get you anywhere, Kóri. I won't tell you where it is." she said, smirking smugly.
"No, but I don't need you to tell me where it is as it's not protecting you from my powers," Kóri said, causing her smirk to disappear. "Tell me or I will figure it out on my own."
Callie took a deep breath and sighed, aware of that she was playing with fire.
"No."
"No?" He raised a brow and approached her, grabbing her by her throat. "Very well, I'll figure it out on my own then."
She looked straight into his eyes and pushed away all the fear inside her as he chanted ancient and malicious words.
The Darkness slowly poured out from his veins and surged into her own body, filling her up and trying to consume every inch of her mind.
But Callie refused to give up and thought of all the good memories she had had with Damon, appreciating everything he'd done for her in the time they'd known each other.
Focusing on Damon kept her from fearing Kóri and made it harder for him to penetrate the walls that protected her mind.
"I am not afraid of you…" she said in his ancient native language, going on to quote something her mother once told her. "I have hope and hope is infinite. It knows no barriers and remains even when life throws you hatred and sorrow. It is what gives you a reason to get up in the morning, what makes you stay by your lover's side… It is pure and it is invincible."
She smiled as she remembered the last thing her mother had said after that. "Never forget this, Freya. Hope is what makes you strong when you feel weak."
Kóri hissed like he'd burnt his hand as he withdrew his hand from her and looked shocked as well as infuriated by her power to resist his magic.
"Fine, if I cannot pull it out of you I will do everything I can to break your 'precious hope'!" he snapped with venom dripping in his tone.
He stormed off and left Callie to stand alone with the corrupted vampires. She didn't feel scared, though, but she was worried about what he meant by that.
Would he attack Damon?
Or make her father attack Damon?
Callie tried taking a step forward, but that only triggered one of the vampires into tackling her to the floor, baring her sharp fangs warningly.
"The Master does not want you to leave this room!" she hissed through her teeth.
She growled as she punched the vampire in her face and sent her flying into another vampire, which only triggered the others to start jumping on her as well.
Callie fought each and every one of them, showing no mercy even though she knew that they weren't doing this out of their free will.
She managed to get out of the room and moved downstairs to the basement, hearing a loud crash the instant she moved down the stairs.
A large wolf stood in the middle of the room and it didn't take a genius to guess that it was Klaus.
"Nik, can you distract them for me long enough so I can get out?" she asked.
He howled in approval and moved upstairs to attack the vampires, giving Callie the chance to escape through the shattered window Klaus came in through.
She was grateful that Klaus was helping her instead of focusing on his obsession to get more hybrids, but she had a feeling that it was because he saw her like his own daughter sometimes.
But she waited until Klaus had emerged from the house before she continued, because she refused to let another person she loved become Kóri's minion.
Klaus' fur was bloody and he had wounds on his body, but they were healing up as they fled the house and returned to Mystic Falls.
The first place Callie went to was the Salvatore Boarding House and she was horrified to see the entire place looking like a tornado had passed through every room.
No one was home so she went to the Mikaelson Mansion to find Elijah free from his captivation and searching the area for her.
"Dad, you need to fight him! Do it for your daughter and Serena!" she screamed as he approached her.
Elijah grabbed her anyway and even though she wasn't wearing her ring, she still hugged him tightly, hoping that she could give some of her hope to him.
She wasn't sure what it was, but he didn't move nor did he make a sound. He just stood there and looked down at her with a confused look on his face.
The confusion slowly turned into a strong headache and he fell to the ground, panting hard and clutching his stomach as if he was going to throw up.
She stayed by his side the entire time, and kept embracing him and doing everything she could to help him through this internal battle.
"Don't give up, daddy. You have to fight it even though it hurts." she whispered, knowing that he was in a lot of pain right now.
"I-I… I can't." he stuttered, his body trembling wildly.
"Yes you can. Please… I love you so much and can't fight Kóri alone. I need my dad… I need you."
She saw tears trickling down his cheeks and it pained her to see him cry, because he'd always been so strong and brave when she felt weak.
Now it was the other way around.
But she didn't care because she wanted to be there for him like he'd been there for her.
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