Chapter 35 – This Is War

I stood to the side as my Aunt woke up seeing Tyler. I let them have their moment not wanting to be a distraction. We had all missed Tyler, but I don't think anyone realized how hard it had actually hit my aunt and me. Seeing Tyler I felt like there was this huge weight lifted off my shoulders knowing he was okay and not…dead.

"So what's been going on?" Tyler asked pulling me out of my reverie.

"What?"

"That far away look on your face…You get this weird look on your face when you're thinking about something stressful."

"Doesn't everyone?" I asked a grin on my face. He lightly shoved me causing my Aunt to grin looking between us. It was good to have family again. I glanced at Aunt Carol nervously before nodding to the hallway. "Hey Aunt Carol we're going to go outside for a moment and give you some more time to rest."

She opened her mouth to protest but Tyler sent her a 'no-arguing' look before telling her we would "be right back."

We stepped into the hallway and I immediately threw my arms around Tyler's neck pulling him into another hug. I was trying to make up for all the missed hugs. You never know what you have until it's gone. I could feel his arms wrap around me as we stood there in the hallway hugging. I hadn't realized the tears had started falling until after I had pulled away from Tyler.

"I killed Bonnie, Tyler," I said softly. "I used dark magic and I killed her. Then I brought her back to life…"

"Dark magic…What does that mean?" Ty asked glancing down the hallway before we sat in some chairs outside the room.

"You don't care about Bonnie?" I asked giving him a funny look.

Tyler shrugged, "She's alive isn't she? I'm more worried about my bratty cousin." A smirk on his face before it slowly faded. "Dark magic?"

I nodded slightly before looking down at the ground. "It's addictive, Ty. Like Vicki Donovan on drugs only…worse. Once you use the dark side it gives you this…this power rush and I just. I wanna feel it again."

"Okay…" Tyler responded. I could tell he didn't quite comprehend what I was saying. "Then why don't you?"

"Dark magic comes from feelings that are dangerous. Hurt, confusion, anger, pride. Witches are supposed to maintain the balance in nature and when we start messing with that balance everything could go to hell."

"What can you do?" Tyler asked scooting closer looking like a school kid about to learn about his favorite topic.

"I can kill someone with the snap of my fingers…I can control someone's mind…The list goes on."

"That's crazy-"

"That's dangerous, Tyler." I snapped quickly lowering my voice before looking around. "The scary part about all of this is the fact that a single witch isn't supposed to possess as much power as I have. That's why I'm giving some of it to Bonnie. Split the power resists the temptation."

"What's that going to do to you?" Tyler asked a concerned look on his face.

I sighed, "It might kill me, it might not. We won't know until Bonnie and I do it," I told him honesty. Tyler shot out of his chair and took a step away from me a horrified look on his face.

"Is this about that stupid curse? The one with Elena?" Tyler asked suddenly. I nodded causing Tyler to shake his head taking a few calming breaths. "You don't owe Elena anything! You've known her what a few months and now you're ready to lay your life down for her? It's not right and you know it!"

"What other choice do I have-"

"You have plenty of choices," Tyler snapped. "I don't wanna hear that excuse! I've known Elena my entire life, Cee, and I'm not willing to die for her. What's going through your head right now is the stupidest thing I've ever heard."

I wiped away the tears that started falling as I stared up at Tyler. He was right, wasn't he? I nodded numbly at Tyler causing him to sit back down next to me and wrap his arms around my shoulders pulling me to him. I felt his fingers running through my hair as I laid my head on his chest. I held onto the arm that was in front of me as I thought about what he said. I opened my mouth to say something to Ty, but my phone began ringing.

I gave Tyler and apologetic look before answering, "Hello?"

"Jaycee Rose, where are you?" my dad's voice came over the line kind of breaking up.

"Dad? Dad you're breaking up. What's wrong?" I looked over at Tyler who was giving m a serious look.

"Home. At home. I need…I need your help baby girl-" The line cut off and immediately went dead.

"I need to get home," I said quickly standing up and stalking down the hall.

"Cee, wait!" Tyler called out before rushing in front of me. "What's going on?"

I leaned up and pressed a quick kiss to Ty's cheek. "Don't go anywhere okay?"

I moved my way around him and rushed out of the doors of the hospital. Maybe I was walking into another trap like before it was hard to tell. But my dad was my family whenever he cried out for help I was always going to be the one there to help him no matter how much I got hurt in the process. The same goes for Tyler and my Aunt and Stefan and Damon.

I made the trip to my house a lot faster than I thought. I was cautious walking in considering I was kidnapped last time this happened. I had my defenses up and ready for any kind of attack physical or mental. I made a mental check that everything seemed in order and normal…but didn't it always?

"Dad?" I called out as I took another step towards the kitchen.

"How nice of you to join us," a very familiar British accent echoed through the room. "I was wondering when you'd get here."

"Nik," I whispered turning around to face him.

"In the flesh," he smirked as he gazed at me. The familiar blonde hair to his tall lanky frame it all screamed dangerous.

"Get out," I snapped.

"Doesn't work like that, love. I've been invited in by your dad see…So I have access to your house whenever I want it." He smirked as he started walking around the room looking at various pictures and such. "Your dad has been such a magnificent help recently. So I figured I would return the favor."

"What did you do to him!" I snapped keeping my glare set on Klaus.

"Nothing," Klaus smirked. "Well, I mean I did break his neck. He should be in his room rotting away."

I didn't give Klaus another chance to say anything before I took off towards the stairs. I could feel my heart racing as I took the steps two at a time in order to reach my dad faster. By the time I had reached the top my legs began to ache, but I pushed on pushing open my dad's door. I flew into the room and fell to my knees when I saw what had happened. My dad was lying there completely still.

"No! No, no, no, no, no, no. Daddy," I cried pulling his head into my lap. I reached down and checked for a pulse. The tears cascaded down my face when I realized there wasn't one. I ran my fingers down the side of his face before I gently pulled myself away from his body.

"That's too bad really. He was quite the worker," Klaus's voice rang from the doorway. "But I had to make my intentions clear. You don't do as I say and more people will die…So it is your ultimate choice. Maybe I'll move straight onto your cousin-"

I didn't give him enough time to finish as I whipped around throwing my hand out sending him flying out of the doorway. I moved towards the stairs and saw the broken banister where Klaus had flown through. I looked down to the first floor and saw Klaus standing up trying to recover himself.

"There it is. That fire, the passion that has led your family for so long!" Klaus grinned up at me. "You may be powerful, but your family has been corrupt for centuries!"

"You really think any of what you say affects me?" I asked as I moved towards the stairs.

"Doesn't it?" Klaus asked smirking. "All those years as your friend and you say I haven't influenced you in the least bit? I mean I was the first one you came running to when your daddy went missing…Not my brother, not the Salvatores…Me."

Before I had a chance to react Klaus had flown at vampire speed up the steps. I felt his hand wrap around my throat before he slammed me up against the wall. I went to move my hand to throw him off me but a searing pain ripped through my head. I cried out in pain before staring back at Klaus only to see a girl about my age standing behind him a smirk on her face.

"You really think you're the only one with an abundance of power?" Klaus smirked. "Yours is just the only bloodline that can break the curse." Klaus leaned forward pressing his lips to my ear. "You. Belong. To. Me."

I gasped for air as his hand released my throat. Couching and sputtering as I crumbled to the ground, the pain in my head slowly subsided as I heard footsteps walking down the stairs. I pressed my back to the wall as I listened for the front door opening too petrified to move.

"Be expecting my call!" Klaus called out before the front door slammed shut.

I slowly began my crawl back into the bedroom where my father's dead body lay. A small part of me had hoped that maybe Klaus fed him blood before killing him, but there were no signs of blood around his lips. I felt the tears making their way down my face as I came to a stop next to the body. I slowly laid down so my head was resting on his unmoving chest. I wasn't sure how long I had stayed in that position when the sound of my phone broke the silent atmosphere. I made no move to answer the phone; instead I let it go straight to voicemail.

This wasn't how this was supposed to go. My dad wasn't supposed to be laying here dead and I wasn't supposed to be using my powers to break a curse. I wasn't supposed to be in love with a vampire. I wasn't supposed to have a cousin who was a werewolf. I wasn't supposed to be risking my life to save a doppelgänger. I wasn't supposed to have these feelings at 17 years old. I wasn't supposed to be feeling this hopeless. I was supposed to be happy, dating boys and worrying about what clothes I was wearing for school the next day. Not which supernatural being was going to try and kill me today? None of this was how I saw my life going.

I snapped my phone out of my pocket when it rang over and over and over again. I glanced briefly at the name on the screen before hitting ignore. It only took a few moments before his name was popping back up on the screen. I had finally had enough as I hit the answer button.

"What?" I asked my voice cracking.

"The sacrifice is happening tonight," Stefan's voice said from his side. "Klaus sent Ric to tell us."

"Great," I responded dully.

"Damon fed Elena vampire blood…" Stefan trailed off.

"You know what Stefan I really don't give a damn. Maybe that's what Elena needed. You're so hell bent on saving her life, well guess what…Damon did it for you. Congratulations you and Elena get to spend eternity together."

I hung up the phone tossing it to the side. I heard it hit the floor with a loud thud before I finally gathered the strength to stand up. I couldn't risk losing my mind completely right here. There were still things I had to do. Klaus made this personal…This wasn't about saving Elena; this was about protecting my integrity and my family. I heard the front door open and close but instead of looking to see who it was I just stayed put trying to think of the best way to move my father.

"The bar is closed come back later!" I called out before reaching down and putting my hands under my father's arms and lifting.

"What in the hell happened?" Damon's voice met my ears causing me to drop my dad before turning around to face him.

"What do you think happened, genius?" I snapped before reaching down.

"Jay, stop," Damon responded pulling me away from the body. I struggled causing him to use his strength to pin my arms to my side. "Jay!"

"Please, just let me go," I whispered letting my head fall as I stared at the ground. "Damon please."

"Come on…We need to get you out of here," Damon said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders. I didn't even bother fighting with him as he led me out of the room where my father was still lying.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Damon asked from my left.

I shook my head as I stared up at the trees that were standing tall above us. Damon had rushed me out of the house and we ended up in the woods on our backs staring up at the trees. I wasn't sure why he was doing this, but considering how I felt at the moment it was…calming. Like the calm before the storm.

"I heard about what you did to Elena," I said softly not bothering to look at him.

"Stefan," Damon muttered.

"She deserved it," I told him finally glancing over. I saw the shocked look on his face and smiled. "She wants to be a martyr. Let her be a martyr knowing she has to live with it for the rest of eternity."

"Not my intention with that, but I like it," Damon smirked. I shook my head before sitting up.

"Thank you," I said suddenly causing Damon to sit up giving me a confused look.

"You're welcome?"

"For not trying to turn me into a vampire," I muttered before lying back on the ground.

Damon shrugged, "I figured you or Bonnie could just bring you back to life if you die…" I looked over and gave him the 'really' stare. "Okay, I didn't want to traumatize you any further. I think you've had enough of that to last you a lifetime."

"You're not that bad of a guy, Damon."

I quickly sat up once more and turned to look at him a grateful look on my face. I felt so at ease at the moment despite what had just transpired earlier and as much as it pained me to say this…Maybe I was going to be okay. Maybe I would make it through all of this and maybe Damon was going to be there to help.

"You're not going to die, Jace," Damon said quietly not looking at me. Instead his gaze was out towards the trees a faraway look in his eyes. I opened my mouth to respond but he cut me off. "I know I haven't been the best person. I'm not someone you can count on, but I'm making up for that."

"Damon-"

"You deserve more than this. More than me and more than Stefan. Don't give your life up for Elena's stupid death wish. We can find another way-"

I reached up pressing my hand to Damon's cheek. "I will be okay. I promise you that Damon. As soon as the sacrifice is over I want you to find me and tell me all about how you plan on making it up to me, okay?"

"I'm not a good person. I'm not going to pretend to be," Damon responded resting his hand on top of mine. "But I swear if you don't come back, I'll track your ghost ass down and bring you back."

"Don't torture yourself, Damon. Please. Don't." I told him before standing up.

"I'd be torturing myself if I didn't get once last chance to do this…" Damon stood up and before I realized it he had his lips pressed to mine.

I wasn't sure what was happening at that very moment. All I could register was the fact that Damon's lips were on mine as he cupped my face between his hands. I wasn't responding just based on the fact that I still was trying to register this. It almost felt…familiar. I surprised myself was my hand went to his arms as I began returning the kiss. But the illusion was immediately shattered when I yanked away quickly holding my hand to my lips.

"I have to go," I told him hastily before whipping around and running.

"Jaycee!" Damon called after me, but he didn't follow. He didn't try to stop me.

I just ran.

I pushed back the emotions as I literally ran the entire way back to my house. I stopped on the porch falling down to the steps sitting there putting my head in my hands. What did I just do? How could I put that kind of hope into him? I snatched out my cell phone and dialed the first number I could think of.

"Jay? What's wrong?"

"I need you," my words breaking as I felt the tears start to fall.

"Where are you?"

"My house," I said softly.

The line went dead before I held the phone away from my ear. I held the phone limply in my hand until I just let it go and it fell to the ground. I heard it hit the concrete before a pair of arms wrapped around me pulling me up. I immediately wrapped my arms around his waist burying my head in his chest. I felt him running his fingers through my hair only making the tears fall faster.

"What happened?"

"Klaus killed him, Elijah. He killed my dad."

"Where is he?" he asked pulling back slightly to look down at me.

"In his room," I responded.

The comfort of Elijah's arms disappeared as he walked into the house. I stood there quietly staring out at the street realizing this could be the last time I ever got to stand here and just look around. This could be the last time I ever stopped on this porch to take a breath. I wrapped my arms around myself before I heard the sound of the door opening and closing.

"You said his room?" Elijah asked. I turned around quickly and stared at him confused.

"Yeah."

"Jaycee, he is not there."

I stared at him confused before darting past him and up the stairs. I swung his door open and went in only to find the room empty. My dad wasn't laying there dead, he was just…gone. I frantically looked around before I started searching the house. I had passed Elijah a few times as he stood to the side and watched me look a horrified look on my face.

"Where is he?!" I yelled as I walked out to the foyer.

"I think-"

"You don't get to talk. Not right now," I snapped pointing a finger at him. Elijah closed his mouth but walked towards me gently grabbing my chin and forcing me to look up at him.

"Enough," he said softly. "Enough."

"It's never going to be enough," I responded shaking my head. "What if he's a vampire? Where is he?"

"I'll take care of him."

"Yeah the last time you took care of him you died and he went missing," I responded pulling away. Elijah gave me a pained looked before holding out his hand.

"Take a walk with me," he said softly.

"You really think this is the best time for this?" I asked reluctantly taking his hand.

"Trust me."

I sighed letting him grab onto my hand and slowly pull me out of the house. We were going at an extremely slow pace as we made our way out into the woods right outside my house. I didn't say anything until we had come to a stop in the center of a ring of trees.

"You asked me to give you a good reason to trust me," Elijah said as he slowly walked away from me his back to me. "Klaus and I sought you out when you were a child."

"You've told me this-" Elijah raised his hand silencing me immediately.

"You remember what I told you about the Dagda?" I nodded slightly watching him closely. "You were the reason Klaus and I went our separate ways for the final time. You were the reason I wanted my brother's reign of terror to end."

"What are you talking about?" I asked staring at him wide-eyed.

"When I first saw you…there was nothing more I wanted than to protect you. You were and innocent child at the hands of my brother's cruelty. Over the centuries I've shed unnecessary blood, caused unnecessary pain. You were my redemption. I thought that if I spared this child, kept her safe maybe my life would mean something again. You were the child I never got to have in my human life."

He turned towards me the usual blank stare was gone; instead one of sadness and pain had found its way onto his face. I could see that this was killing him and it pained me to see that on his face. Elijah was always like a brother to me, the big brother always there to protect me when I needed him and now he couldn't.

"It does mean something. It means something to me," I told him stepping towards him. "I wouldn't have made it this far if it wasn't for you Elijah. My whole life outside of my family you are the only person who has ever been there for me through thick and thin good and bad. Don't give up just yet. Please."

"He plans to kill you. He has all along-"

"Then we'll bring me back to life. Bonnie can do it I have faith in that."

"I don't trust her ability."

"Then trust me," I said grabbing his hand.

"I'll be there. Klaus will die. I won't let him harm you."

"I'd expect nothing less," I smiled softly at him before wrapping my arms around him. I felt him wrap his arms around me in return resting his chin on the tops of my head.

"I trust no one more than I trust you," he said softly.

I closed the phone as I looked up at the Salvatore house. Bonnie and I were set on our plan, now it was all up to goodbyes. I said goodbye to Damon and Elijah…now it was time for Stefan. How was I going to break it to him? I came to a stop as the front door opened revealing an upset looking Stefan. Night had fallen but it was easy to tell which Salvatore was which.

"Jay!" Stefan called out as he raced down the porch and out to the driveway.

He walked towards me and instantly wrapped his arms around me tightly pulling me to him…But I just couldn't bring myself to hugging him back. I was just so spent emotionally I couldn't handle much more. We're only as strong as our final breaking point and mine was approaching.

"Klaus took Elena, I thought you were gone," he said softly into my ear before pulling back a confused look on his face. "What's wrong?"

"I'm not here to exchange feelings, Stefan," I told him blankly. "I'm here to say goodbye."

"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked searching my face for some hint of a joke.

"Bonnie and I found a way to use my powers and the powers of the witches to take out Klaus."

"That's great."

"Bonnie has to harness the power. I don't have access to the witches and she does, they'll help her, but she'll need my powers to stabilize that much magic."

"What are you saying?" Stefan asked shaking his head taking a step back.

"Bonnie and I have a bond, but that's not enough, she needs a physical source."

"You're going to kill yourself," Stefan realized horror crossing his face.

"Klaus needs to die. After Elena's death, Bonnie can take my powers after my death and use them against Klaus. Elijah can step in and kill Klaus and Bonnie can use my powers to bring Elena back to life."

Stefan stood there shaking his head. I could see the tears filling his eyes as he stared at me a heartbroken look on his face. I felt my heart breaking as I gazed at him trying my hardest not to let the tears fall.

"Why are you doing this? To save Elena?"

"This isn't about Elena!" I responded letting my emotions get the best of me. "This isn't about you! This isn't about Damon! This isn't about Elijah! This is about me getting back my freedom from Klaus! This is about me doing what's right to keep balance to nature!" I cried.

"By killing yourself?!" he cried back.

"YES!" I yelled. I took a step back wiping away the tears that threatened to fall. "I'm done being tied to the wills of others. This is my life and I'm going to do my duty and that's to protect the people from Klaus."

"You mean, you knew that you weren't gonna survive this?" Stefan asked a scandalized look on his face.

"This is it Stefan. This is my choice and I need you to accept it-"

"No. What you're doing is you're being a martyr!" Stefan snapped a tear making its way down his face.

"How is that any different from when you say that you would die to keep me safe?!" I bit back at him a stray tear falling down my face.

"Because I've already lived, Jace! 162 years I have lived, and you've barely begun, and now you want to let yourself get killed? That's not heroic. It's tragic."

I shook my head at him not even bothering to get rid of the tears that were flowing freely down my face. I turned away from him just as my cellphone began to ring. I knew exactly who it was. I pulled the phone out of my pocket and saw that blocked number before I picked up the phone keeping my back to Stefan.

"Hello?"

"You ready, love? Tonight's the grand opening," Klaus' arrogant voice floated through the speaker. I turned to look at Stefan who had a cross between angry and devastation on his face.

"Let's get this over with," I said into the phone and watched as Stefan shook his head turning away from me. The line immediately went dead as I let the phone fall from my ear.

I stood there silently realizing this was it. I could feel my hands shaking at the thought of it. This was the last time I was going to be alone with Stefan, the last time I was going to get to say goodbye. The last time seeing this house, seeing his face. I looked up at him just as he whipped around and started walking towards me.

"Stefan-" I was immediately cut off by his lips being pressed passionately to mine. I instantly wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him closer before I pulled away the tears rolling down my cheeks. "Take care of Elena," I whispered.

"Jaycee," Klaus' voice suddenly broke through the night. Stefan and I both looked over to see Klaus standing there his hands folded in front of him. "The carriage is waiting," he smirked.

I looked up at Stefan one more time before I took a step away from him. I took a deep breath before walking towards Klaus who now had his hand extended towards me. I took his hand as he sent a look over at Stefan a smirk settled on his face.

"Déjà vu Stefan."

Stefan clenched his jaw as he stared at Klaus before his broken gaze turned to me. I shook my head at him begging him not to do anything stupid. Klaus holding my hand began pulling me after him, but I couldn't tear my gaze from Stefan. The devastation written on his face broke my heart but I knew this was what was going to happen. This is war. We win some and we lose some.

"We need to move a little quicker than this. Pardon the hands, love," Klaus smirked as he scooped me up bridal style before the woods moved in a blur. I kept my eyes tightly closed until I felt my feet hit the ground. I could hear someone crying out and I couldn't help but cringe as I walked next to Klaus.

"Glad to know I still have a dance partner," Klaus smirked as we walked into the opening.

I stared around in shock of who was there. Greta Martin, Elena, Jules, and Jenna. They were all individually trapped in rings of fire. I could feel my heart beating faster when I felt something different about Jenna. No. No, no, no, no, no! I felt my eyes widen when my gaze connected with Elena's. How was this possible!? I went to make a move towards Elena and Jenna only to have Klaus' arm stop me.

"Hello, my lovelies. Are we ready?" he asked. He then looked at me before putting the moonstone in my hands. "I've got the moonstone. I spent 500 years looking for this. I hate to part with it."

"The moon has passed its apex. Remember everything you need to do?" Greta asked as she glanced between me and Klaus.

"I remember."

I stared down at the moonstone in my hands before looking over at Elena. She had a scared and sad look on her face. I shook my head but she only nodded in response. I had to do this. Bonnie would be here soon, but I had to do this. I slowly walked to the alter Greta had set up feeling everyone's eyes on me. I took the stone and threw it hard into the bowl listening to the sound it made as it shattered. A burst of flames erupted as Jules groaned in pain from her spot. I looked over at Greta who had appeared at my side a knife in her hand. She was chanting words I couldn't understand as she grabbed onto my arm dragging the knife along my flesh. My skin split open immediately as blood began gushing from my arm to the ground.

I looked over at Elena who was confused as to what was going on. To be honest I wasn't sure what was happening either. After a few moments Klaus stepped forward as Greta offered him my arm. He didn't hesitate as he sent me a smirk before pressing his lips to the open wound. I could feel him drinking the blood before he pulled back my blood staining his lips. Klaus hadn't taken that much blood, but I could feel myself growing weak. Greta was still chanting as she took a firm grip of my arm and held it over the bowl with the shattered moonstone. I cried out in pain as my blood dripped into the fire a searing pain ripping through my body. I cried out as Greta let go of me and I fell to the ground clutching my arm.

I couldn't help the scream that ripped from my throat as I writhed on the ground. My body felt like it was on fire. I looked over at Elena and Jenna who looked horrified at my pain. I could feel the tear rolling down the side of my face as I cried out again. Everyone's attention was then turned to Klaus who was walking towards Jules. The fire of Jules' circle slowly disappeared leaving her exposed, but with the menacing way Klaus was walking towards her I knew this was it.

Jules took this as her chance and tried to run, but Klaus was instantly upon her. He grabbed her by the throat before slamming her down on her back. I cried out as Jules did, feeling a pain in my back. I looked over at Elena who was looking between me and Jules a scared look on her face. I shook my head as Klaus reached into Jules' chest while I let out a scream when I felt the sensation of someone wrapping their hand around my heart and squeezing. I stared over at where Klaus was hovering over Jules as he pulled her heart from her chest and just like that the pain was gone.

Klaus walked back up to where I was lying next to the bowl Greta was standing over. The heart in his hand a cruel smirk found its way onto his face when he saw how I was suffering. I cried out again as Klaus squeezed Jules' heart the blood falling from it into the basin. The flames grew bigger as the blood boiled and sizzled.

"Does that mean it's working?" Klaus asked looking over at me.

"It's working," Greta confirmed smirking at me before she began chanting again.

I could feel it. The power she was using. It wasn't her own power…it was mine. She put my blood into the bowl to connect me to every person in this field, to feel their pain to make me suffer. But most of all she needed my blood in that bowl in order to use my powers to break the curse. It's like the story of the prophets cutting the strings of life when they decided that a person had lived long enough. I could feel the strings binding the curse being cut…and it was torture.

I watched as Klaus dropped the heart on the ground before turning back and walking towards Jenna. My muscles were spasming as I realized I was still bleeding profusely from my arm. I couldn't hear what Elena, Klaus, and Jenna were saying over the buzzing noise in my ears or over Greta's chanting, but I knew Elena was begging. It's just what she did. The demeanor changed when a new body appeared. I felt my eyes widen as Stefan showed his face to Klaus before the two split off to have a conversation. I felt Stefan's eyes connect with mine as my body went through another writhing attack. I parted my lips to call his name but nothing came out.

Greta had stopped chanting as Klaus and Stefan came to a stop near the hill we were situated on. She was interested as well as the rest of us were but it was hard to hear what they were saying. I was relieved when I realized that the feeling of the power being drained from me had ceased for the moment. I looked over at Elena and saw she was looking at Stefan a terrified look on her face before her gaze met mine. I smiled weakly at her as I tried my best to move, but found my body wouldn't respond. I laid there on the ground the realization hitting that if Bonnie wasn't here soon I might bleed out.

I was useless. I was laying here letting the life be drained out of me as Klaus taunted Elena. I noticed Klaus and Stefan were walking back over to where Elena and Jenna were. I watched a conflicted look cross her face as she glanced at me before focusing on Stefan. I gasped when Klaus suddenly staked Stefan in the back before breaking the stake off in his back. I struggled to find my strength and began moving towards Stefan. His pained gaze turned to me and stared at me until Klaus grabbed him by the shoulder and flipped him on his back.

"Whenever you're ready, Greta!" Klaus called out.

Greta nodded before stalking to where I was laying. She helped me up before leading me back to the bowl where the fire was sitting in the blood. I cried out as she squeezed my arm causing more blood to fall into the bowl. I watched as the flames around Jenna's circle flickered before disappearing. At vampire speed Jenna appeared next to me and Greta before she sank her teeth into Greta. I wanted to cheer for Jenna, but my body hit the ground hard next to Greta and this time I didn't have the energy to move as a searing pain ripped through my back. My gaze turned to where Jenna was standing only this time Klaus was behind her a stake driven through her back.

"Just turn it off," Elena cried looking at Jenna. "Jenna, turn it off. You won't be scared anymore."

"Klaus, please," I finally cried seeing the scared look on Jenna's face.

Klaus didn't respond to anything Elena or I had said as he flipped Jenna on her back. In a few seconds Klaus had brought the stake down driving it straight into Jenna. I cried out as another searing pain ripped through my heart before flowing to the rest of my body. Elena was screaming and Greta was chanting from her spot on the ground as Klaus stood up. I could feel another string being broken. I felt someone wrap their arms around me before hauling me up to my feet.

"Come on, love. You're crucial to this part," Klaus smirked as he held me up over the bowl.

"Repeat what I say," Greta commanded as Klaus stood me next to the bowl. Greta began chanting again as she poured different types of blood into the mixture. "Repeat!"

Klaus twisted my arm causing me to cry out before I began repeating what Greta was chanting. The tears were no longer running down my face as I stood there the feeling of my magic rushing through me was exhilarating. But as it rushed through me it felt like it was leaving my body at the same time. For some reason I was able to stand on my own two feet again as I leaned against the bowl, Klaus' hands leaving me. I kept chanting with Greta as he walked to Elena. The fire around her disappeared before she stalked up to where Jenna's body lay a few feet from me and Greta.

"Thank you, Elena," Klaus said as he joined her.

"Go to hell," Elena snapped her eyes red from crying.

Klaus smirked before taking his stance behind her. I watched helplessly as Klaus leaned over and sank his fangs into Elena's neck. I watched with wide eyes as Elena began to grow weaker and weaker. I could feel my legs growing weaker and weaker as my heart began to beat slower and slower. I watched as Elena grew so weak Klaus held tighter onto her to make sure she didn't fall from his grasp. After a moment Elena's eyes rolled back before they closed completely. I cried out in pain as another shock ran through my body as Elena's body hit the ground. The fire in the bowl disappeared as my legs finally gave out causing me to go crashing to the ground. The final string was broken. The final bond keeping Klaus contained was gone.

"I can feel it. It's happening. Yes, yes!" Klaus cried out as he walked away from me and Greta. I could hear the bones cracking in his body with sickening crunches before he was suddenly thrown off his feet.

I looked weakly over to Greta as the fires around us suddenly ignited again. A smirk found its way to my face when I realized the cavalry had arrived. I could hear Bonnie's fierce voice chanting a different spell as Damon appeared behind Greta snapping her neck. Damon was immediately at my side pulling me close to him. There was a pained look in his eyes as he pulled out a familiar gem out of his pocket. The grandidierite. I reached out to grab it but he pulled it away from me.

"Promise me you're not going to die," he said Bonnie's voice still chanting. I shook my head. "Promise me!"

"Damon, if you love me, give me the stone," I said loud enough for him to hear.

A pained look crossed his face before he slowly brought the stone back to me. I reached out letting my fingers wrap around the cool surface of the stone. As soon as they connected I felt a squeezing pain around my heart. I cried out in pain as I arched my back, but my grip on the stone never wavered neither did Damon's hold on me. In a wave of fiery pain everything went numb. I stared into Damon's eyes as my hand fell to the ground the stone falling to the ground beside me and Damon.

"I'm sorry," I whispered before I felt my eyes slowly closing.

Who knew death would be waiting with blue eyes and a warm embrace.

And death becomes her...So sad. I must admit it was difficult writing this chapter because I wanted to capture the feelings and the intensity. Again I love my Jay/Elijah scenes. Any who thank you to all those who reviewed I seriously think about them as I write and take them into account, what you guys liked and what you didn't. THIS REVIEW IS CRUCIAL! your next review on this story is super important please please please let me know what you think :)