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Damon moved around some of the wood from the fire place to hide his white oak stake. He moved the wood back in place so the wood was unseen as Alaric walked int.
"I mean, did you learn nothing from the moonstone in the soap dish?" Alaric looked at him.
"Why? Where'd you put yours?" Damon asked. The two of them heard a noise from down stairs. Damon got up wondering what it was.
"What the hell was that?" Alaric asked. Damon shrugged and left the room walking down stairs, seeing nothing out of the ordinary. Suddenly he heard a loud noise and turned to see Alaric thrown down the stairs.
"Ric?" Damon frowned. He looked up the stairs, turned around and came face to face with Rebekah. He groaned out in pain as she stabbed him in the stomach.
"Hello lover" Rebekah smirked.
Elena stood in the town square on her phone leaving a message for Bonnie. She was worried because she hadn't heard from her. It wasn't like her.
"Bonnie, we're starting to worry about you. Call me back or call Caroline. Just call someone, please" Elena said leaving a voicemail. She hung up the phone and walked toward Caroline and Matt who were a few feet away. Caroline had just finished explaining everything about Alaric to Matt.
"Mr. Saltzman was like the most normal guy in town" Matt commented.
"Yeah" Caroline nodded.
"Is it weird that Bonnie's not returning my calls?" Elena suddenly asked.
"Is it weird that Klaus' brother is in the middle of town square?" Matt said looking over to the middle of the town square. Caroline and Elena looked and saw Finn with a woman.
"That's Finn. I thought he left town" Elena frowned.
"Does that mean the rest of them are back?" Matt asked. "Does that mean Dia's back."
"Oh please" Caroline huffed. "We established that Dia is not with Elijah."
"Well she could have been lying" Matt shrugged. "She's a pro at it. Besides she was on the phone with you. You can't really tell if she was lying or not."
"Elena what do you think?" Caroline looked at her.
"I mean it's possible that Dia is with him, but I really don't know" Elena replied. "I'm going to call Stefan."
Dia laid on her stomach on Elijah's bed working on homework that she knew she was missing. Stefan had been sneaky and sent her numerous assignments without anyone knowing. She suddenly felt Elijah's appearance in the room and smiled.
"How was your errand?" she asked not looking up.
"You're getting better at sensing my presence" Elijah replied.
"Well it's not that hard now since we've bonded" Dia looked up and smiled.
"What have you been up to since I've been gone?" Elijah asked sitting on the edge of the bed.
"I talked to Kol briefly" Dia replied.
"Oh?" Elijah said. "Where has Niklaus sent him to?"
"I don't know he didn't tell me" Dia told him. "Elijah there's something else…." Dia bit her lip and sat up and looked at him.
"What's wrong?" Elijah frowned.
"I called Caroline" Dia ran her hand through her hair.
"What did you tell her?" he asked.
"I didn't tell her where I was or that I was with you. She asked but I told her that I wasn't"
"You didn't have to lie" Elijah looked at her.
"I didn't know who else was with her" Dia said. "You're safer with them not knowing where you are."
"You don't need to protect me Dia" Elijah whispered stroking her face.
"Yes I do" she grabbed his hand squeezing it. "I love you and I don't want anything to happen to you."
"I'm not going anywhere I promise" Elijah whispered. "I'm going to stay with you forever." He leaned forward and gently kissed her. He pulled away and smiled at her and kissed her forward before getting off the bed.
"Now where are you going?" she asked.
"I need blood" Elijah replied.
"Neck or wrist?" Dia asked. Elijah stopped and turned around frowning at her.
"Elijah you know you don't always have to resort to feeding from the blood bags" she told him. "You're not the first vampire I've been with." Elijah tensed up at the implication of Damon. He knew that she had been Damon's before she was his own, but just hearing it made his blood boil.
"I don't want to hurt you" he spoke softly.
"Elijah you've fed on me before and you didn't" Dia huffed.
"That was because of the bond, it was necessary" Elijah replied.
"Elijah you're allowed to feed on me. I trust you. You'll be able to control yourself" she looked at him. Dia got up off the bed and grabbed his hand and led him back to the bed.
"I'm going to prove it to you" she said sitting him down on the bed and climbing onto his lap. Dia pulled her shirt down to show her bare shoulder and moved hair to one side of her neck. She leaned forward and kissed Elijah running her fingers through his hair as she gently tugged at the bottom of his lip. She pulled away and met her eyes with his own.
"I trust you" she whispered. Elijah gently began to kiss her neck covering it with small kisses. He stopped and felt his fangs pop out. He bit down as gently as he could getting a taste of her blood. Dia moaned out not in pain, but in pleasure. She felt Elijah relax beneath her as he began to drink more. He put one arm around her waist pulling her closer. His free hand traveled up her thigh and slipped it under her skirt caressing the inside of her thigh. Dia's breathing became heavier. He was driving her insane and he knew it. Once he finally pulled away, she looked at him and saw his face was changed. She had never seen him in this form. He was no monster. He was still her Elijah. She gently kissed him feeling his fangs and tasting her blood on his lips. She pulled away seeing his face had returned to normal and smiled at him.
"Told you" she breathed. Elijah ran both of his hands through her hair cupping her face. He looked at her neck and saw blood running down to her chest. He began to lick the remaining blood , smearing it on her chest. He looked up at her and smirked.
"I believe a bath is in order don't you?" he smiled seductively.
Rebekah had Damon hanging from the ceiling in the middle of her house. She clamped bear traps around his wrist to keep him from going anywhere.
"I found them in the shed. What kind of monster would trap a poor, defenseless animal?" Rebekah asked him.
"You've got to admit, even for me, it's a little kinky" Damon smirked.
"You pretended to be interested in me and then you slept with me so your trampy friend, Sage, could steal my thoughts. Ever since then I felt this incessant need to one up you. So I've decided to bleed the vervain from your system" Rebekah smiled evilly. She ripped open his shirt and began to move the knife over his chest slicing it open.
"You want to compel me to be your boyfriend?" Damon frowned.
"Actually, I'd rather compel you to kill your brother. Or Elena. But, since vampires heal, bleeding you may take a while. We should probably stick to the major arteries" she said cutting Damon's throat causing him to bleed profusely. Klaus walked in and smirked at the scene.
"Well, look what you've caught. Trying to bleed him of vervain, don't you think it would be easier to hang him upside down?" Klaus asked.
"I'm perfectly capable of inflicting pain, thank you very much" Rebekah shot back.
"Well, excuse me, it's not like I have any expertise in the matter" Klaus rolled his eyes
"You know, why don't you just leave me be and go and manage your witch?" Rebekah suggested. Klaus grinned at his sister before turning to leave. Rebekah turned her attention back to Damon.
"Hmm, where were we?"
"Tick tock. I should hear chanting by now" Klaus said walking into another room of the house. Bonnie was in the room reading her grimoire.
"I'm still studying the unlinking spell. It's not that easy, especially under direst" Bonnie glared at him.
"You've been warned. If you're looking for a way to send for help, I will kill anyone who comes to your rescue" Klaus sneered.
"This is the spell. I just don't know if I'm strong enough" Bonnie said getting up and walking away from Klaus.
"Then you should have a little more faith in yourself, Bonnie. Your energy helped my mother link us. Honestly, I think someone isn't trying very hard. Very well" Klaus pulled out his phone and called someone."Kol. How's the weather up there in Mile High City? And how's our friend? May I see him?" Klaus walked over to Bonnie and held up his phone. On the screen was a video of Jeremy playing with his dog. Bonnie's eyes grew wide with fear.
"Jeremy, playing fetch with his new puppy. Oh, isn't that just the most adorable thing you've ever seen?" Klaus pulled the phone away and put it back to his ear." Thank you Kol, we'll be in touch." He hung up the phone and looked at Bonnie.
"So, Bonnie, how about that spell?" Klaus smiled. A loud scream was finally hear and Bonnie turned around and frowned.
'What was that?" she asked.
"I wouldn't let it bother you, love" Klaus replied.
"Well, it does bother me. You bother me. Well, you use people to get what you want, it's not right" she told him.
"You're being emotional, Bonnie. I understand that things have been rough for you. You know, with your mother leaving. Again. It's very sad. I can help you find her, if you want. I have people who can find people who can bring her back to you. Or, if you choose I can just bring parts of her back" he said. Bonnie glared and pushed him away from her.
"Isn't it obvious that I'm just going to continue to hurt the people you love until you do the spell? Now, I know it's in the grimoire and I know it requires the blood of my siblings, so here we are" Klaus said grabbing a case and opening it. Inside were four bottles of blood.
"Elijah. Rebekah. Kol. Finn" Klaus said pointing to each of the bottles. He then bit his hand and made a fist and looked at Bonnie. "Where do you want this? Bonnie grabbed a glass and held it under Klaus's hand allowing the blood to drip into it.
Dia and Elijah sat in the bath tub facing one another. Elijah looked at the bite marks on her neck brushing his fingers along the marks.
"I should have healed you" he spoke.
"I don't mind them there" she replied. "Nothing a little cover up can't hide." Elijah chuckled for a moment before just staring at her.
"I see that you've given up on asking about my errand" Elijah smirked.
"Oh I haven't given up" Dia replied smugly. "I just figured you're going to have to tell me eventually, so it's been put on hold."
"Where's one place you've always wanted to go?" he suddenly asked. Dia wrapped her hands around the back of her neck.
"Why?" she asked before placing a kiss on his lips.
"I'll take you there" he said in between kisses. Dia pulled away and ran her hands over his chest and looked up at him smiling softly.
"London probably" she looked at him. "Lucy told me to Paris and Rome when I was growing up, but she refused to take me to London."
"Well I'll take you" Elijah smiled.
"Promise?" Dia asked. Elijah only responded by kissing her passionately and turning them around so that he was in front of her. He leaned her against the tub and pulled away.
"Always" he whispered before crashing his lips against her own.
Stefan watched closely at the grill as Sage and Finn took shots of tequila. He was waiting for the right moment to kill Finn. He had texted Matt instructions and watched at a waitress brought them two more shots.
"Finally" Sage smiled not noticing Stefan getting up and leaving.
"Oh, thanks" she told the waitress. She looked at Finn and smiled and raised her shot glass.
"To living life to the fullest"
Finn raised his own shot glass and clinked it against her own.
"To living life" Finn smiled. Sage laughed and they both drank their shots. They quickly both spit out the tequila and started coughing and choking.
"Oh, what the hell?" Sage exclaimed.
"Vervain" Finn said turning his head and saw Stefan leaving. Stefan stopped and stared at him before walking out the door with Sage and Finn getting up to follow him.
Stefan hid around a corner as Finn and Sage exited the grill. Stefan jumped out to try and stab Finn, but Sage grabbed him and threw him to the ground causing the stake to fall down the stairwell.
"Finn, the stake!" Sage yelled. Finn ran down the stairs in an attempt to grab the stake. When he was about to grab it, Matt and Elena burst through one of the back doors. Elena armed the crossbow and shot Finn in the stomach. Matt quickly ran over to him and stabbed him directly in the heart with the stake.
"No!" Sage cried out. She rushed down the stairs to Finn's side. She began to cry as she watched his body turn grey.
"Finn, no" she said stroking her face. Suddenly his body burst into flames. Sage jumped back against the wall and began to sob.
Bonnie stared at the pools of blood that were separated on the table. The originals were unlinked. The spell had worked. Klaus looked at her and smiled. He grabbed her and pulled her up and led her out of the room. As they were about to reach the front door, Rebekah walked out wiping blood off her hands.
"Aw, leaving so soon?" Rebekah pouted.
"Sister. Be nice" Klaus told her.
"Thank you, Bonnie. See you in Physics class" Rebekah smiled walking away. Bonnie looked over and saw Damon hanging from the ceiling bloody.
"Oh my God" she gasped.
"Yeah, you'll have to excuse the mess. Apparently Damon hurt her feelings. Go on, help him. Save the man who turned your mother into a vampire" Klaus smiled at her. Bonnie looked at Damon again and tensed up.
"Just get me out of here" she said.
"Very well" Klaus smirked.
Stefan and Elena walked into the library back at the boarding house to find Caroline waiting for them.
"Hey. How's Alaric?" Elena asked.
"He'll be okay. I gave him a bottle of Bonnie's herbs and he went home. Oh, did you guys kill Finn, did it work?" Caroline replied.
"Nothing worked until I see Klaus' dead body myself" Stefan spoke. Elena's phone began to ring. She looked and saw Bonnie was calling
"Bonnie. Where have you been?" she answered.
"Klaus has Damon" Bonnie spoke.
"Klaus should be dead. They should all be dead, we just killed Finn" Elena frowned.
"No, Elena, he forced me to do a spell that unlinked all the siblings. He's still alive" Bonnie told her.
"Okay, Bonnie, where's Damon?" Elena asked.
"At Klaus' mansion. It's bad, Elena, he threatened Jeremy. And my mom" Bonnie said beginning to choke up.
"Are – are you okay?" Elena asked her.
"I don't know. I'm sorry, I have to go. I just – I have to – I have to go" Bonnie said shakily.
"No, Bonnie just…." but Bonnie had already hung up.
Stefan was getting ready to leave to hand over the stakes to Klaus in exchange for Damon. Elena saw him and got up and followed him.
"Stay with Caroline. I'll call you when it's over" Stefan told her.
"Stefan, stop. Klaus is stronger than you, we need another plan" Elena pleaded.
"What we need is for Klaus to be dead" Stefan replied. Elena grabbed him and turned him around to face her.
"Stefan, stop it! You're acting on anger!" she told him.
"Anger gets things done, Elena!" Stefan growled.
"Or it'll get you killed! It'll get Damon killed along with you" Elena huffed.
"Klaus does not get to survive this. Not after everything he took from me" he exclaimed.
Stefan walked out and slammed the door causing Elena to flinch. Caroline walked up to her and looked at her.
"I miss well-adjusted Stefan" Caroline sighed.
The front door flew open with Stefan thrown through it. Sage entered the house.
"Ding dong" Sage smirked. Caroline rushed over to attack her but Sage grabbed her and threw her to the ground.
"I'm not here for you. I'm here for him" Sage sneered.
Elena quickly ran to the front door, but was stopped by Troy.
"I don't think so" Troy sneered.
"I had to kill him, Sage" Stefan told her as she walked towards him.
"Oh, you remember me" Sage smirked kicking Stefan . He flew to a chair causing it to break.
"Good. Then you know I like to go all ten rounds" Sage smirked before beginning to cough as her nose began to bleed.
"Sage?" Troy frowned at her. Sage got up and attempted to punch Stefan. He grabbed her fist and threw her to the ground.
"Troy, help me!" Sage exclaimed. Troy released Elena and rushed over to Sage. However he began to cough up blood as well.
"What is happening to me?" Sage gasped. Both she and Troy collapsed to the ground. Their bodies turned grey and soon they were both dead.
"She just died" Elena frowned at the body.
"So, Sage and this Troy guy die within an hour of Finn" Caroline frowned.
"But why? Were they bitten by a hybrid or..?" Elena began.
"Hybrid bites don't look like that. Maybe Sage was so in love with Finn she just died of sadness" Caroline shrugged.
"No, that doesn't explain Troy" Elena said.
"It's the blood. The bloodline. It has to be" Stefan realized. "Think about it: Finn turned Sage, Sage turned Troy. They're all part of the same vampire bloodline that originated with Finn"
"Wait, so when an Original dies every vampire turned from their bloodline dies along with them? Because that would mean…" Caroline stopped.
"If the Originals die, so do all of you. The entire vampire species would… it'd just be dead" Elena finished for her.
Damon still hung in the room of the mansion when Stefan entered carrying a duffle bag.
"This was much different in my head" Damon groaned.
"Klaus, I'm here! Let's do this" Stefan called out. Moments later both Klaus and Rebekah appeared.
"Oh good, a hero. What do you want?" Klaus asked. Stefan dropped the duffle bag with the stakes at Klaus' feet
"I'm here to make a deal" Stefan told him.
"Stefan, what are you doing?" Damon asked.
"Eight stakes made of white oak. The part of Wickery Bridge that you forgot to burn" Stefan explained. Klaus looked at Rebekah and frowned.
"That's impossible" she exclaimed.
"Actually it's not. Finn is dead" Stefan told him.
"You killed my brother?" Rebekah gasped.
"Damon in exchanged for the last eight weapons that can kill you" Stefan said looking at Klaus.
"And how do I know there aren't any more left?" he replied.
"Because there aren't" Stefan told him.
"Let's be certain, shall we?" Klaus walked over to Damon. "Leave"
"No" Damon whispered.
"Go on. Leave" Klaus said.
"Nik, he's my play thing not yours" Rebekah pouted. Klaus rolled his eyes and grabbed Damon by the throat and compelled him.
"I said, go home" Klaus sneered. Damon tried to pull his wrists from the traps, peeling the flesh off screaming in process.
Caroline walked back into the house to find Elena sitting on the floor cleaning up the room from earlier.
"Vampire disposal. Not my strong suit. Uck. Where'd Stefan go?" she asked.
"Trading the stakes for Damon" Elena replied as Caroline sat down.
"All of them?" Caroline asked.
"No, not all of them. We still have uh- enough to kill three out of the four of them. If we can figure out who to save" Elena told her.
"How are we supposed to do that?" Caroline asked.
"I have no idea. You were turned with Damon's blood, and Damon and Stefan were turned by Katherine, and we know that Katherine was turned by a vampire named Rose" Elena explained.
"Well, who turned Rose?" Caroline asked.
"We don't know. But it can only link back to one Original and if the odds are in our favor, hopefully it won't be Klaus. So that we can still kill him" Elena replied. She looked up at Caroline who now had a worried look on her face.
"Elena" Caroline said getting up. "Even if Klaus didn't create our bloodline, we know for a fact that he turned one of us."
"Oh my God. Tyler. If we kill Klaus, then Tyler will die" Elena gasped. Elena ran her hands through her hair.
"You're also worried about Dia aren't you" Caroline sat back down.
"I've put her through so much Caroline" Elena looked at her. "If we kill Elijah, I don't know how she'll get through it. She really cares about him."
"This is just unreal" Caroline sighed.
Damon still struggled to pull himself out of the trap as Klaus, Stefan, and Rebekah looked on.
"Alright, stop, stop, stop, before you hurt yourself. Well, seeing that he can finally be compelled. Now." Klaus said grabbing Damon and compelling him again. "Minus the stake that's in my brother, how many more stakes are out there that can kill me?"
"Eleven" Damon answered.
"Eleven! Really? So, not eight then" Klaus frowned.
"You really shouldn't have lied" Rebekah told him.
"I'll get you the other three" Stefan told him.
"Yeah, that'll be nice. Or since you lied, maybe I'll just compel your brother to chew out his own tongue" Klaus growled.
"What is wrong with you?" Stefan asked.
"What is wrong with you? Do you really have no appreciation for me? I have given you someone to hate, to loathe, a target for all of your anger; so you don't have to turn it on yourself. I have given your life purpose, as your friend." Klaus laughed. 'I really think you should be thanking me."
Stefan rushed over to Klaus with a stake in hand. Klaus grabbed his wrist.
"Step down, or you both die" Klaus told him. Stefan released the stake.
"There. Now you only have to get me the other two." Klaus said taking the stake.
"This is ridiculous" Rebekah walked over to Damon and released him from the traps.
"What are you doing?" Klaus asked.
"I brought him here. I get to release him. My rules now. Bring us the stakes and you both live. Take your brother as a sign of good faith" Rebekah told him picking up the duffle bag and walking away.
"Bring us the stakes. All of them. Or I will wage a war against everyone you love. I hope I'm being clear" Klaus sneered at Stefan and left the room.
"I can't believe Finn is dead" Rebekah said as she and Klaus walked into the parlor.
"Good riddance. He was an embarrassment, Rebekah" he told her.
"He was still your brother. Mind your tongue" she snapped.
"Fine. Let's all say a prayer for Finn, who slept in a box longer than he lived as a man. He was a lovesick fool. He's better off in death" Klaus replied.
"Is that how you would speak of me if I died?" Rebekah frowned walking over to him.
"Well, you let the Salvatores loose with two stakes that can kill us, so I guess we'll find out soon enough. And since when did you have a soft spot for them?" Klaus smirked.
"The Salvatores may fight like dogs, but in the end they would die for each other. At least they know what family means. You destroyed ours" Rebekah said.
"I wanted a family. They just didn't want me, and now we're unlinked we're no longer responsible for each other" Klaus told her.
"So are you leaving?" Rebekah asked him.
"As soon as I get my stakes, I'm gone. I'm going to take Elena and use her blood to create a new family. Of hybrids" Klaus explained.
"What about Dia?" Rebekah asked.
"Well wherever Elijah is, I'm sure she won't be far away" Klaus smirked.
"And if I choose to stay?" she looked at him
"Then you're just as pathetic as Finn" Klaus said before leaving. Rebekah pulled out her phone and dialed Elijah's number. On the second ring he answered.
"Rebekah" he greeted.
"Hello Elijah" Rebekah replied.
"To what do I owe the pleasure of this phone call?" he asked her.
Rebekah stayed silent for a few moments and took a deep breath.
"Finn's dead Elijah" she finally spoke.
"What? How is that even possible? We're linked" Elijah said.
"We're unlinked. Nik was able to undo the spell. It was the Salvatores who killed Finn, but Elijah there's more" Rebekah began.
"What is it Rebekah?" Elijah asked.
"They have stakes from a white oak tree" she told him. "We have most of them but Stefan still has to bring us the rest."
"Until we have that stake none of us are safe" Elijah said.
"I know" she replied. "Nik is planning on leaving town with Elena after he gets it back."
"And what of Dia?" Elijah asked.
"He's leaving her in your care" Rebekah smiled. "How is Dia?"
"She's perfect" Elijah said softly.
"Have you done it yet?" Rebekah asked. "Have you asked her?"
"No I haven't. I was going to wait, but now….I'm not so sure if I should" Elijah told her.
"Do it brother. You love her, she loves you. You deserve one another more than you know" Rebekah told him. "I'll let you get back to her. Tell Dia to give me a call soon and that I miss her."
"I will" Elijah said. "Goodbye Rebekah."
Elijah hung up his phone. He couldn't believe Finn was dead. They were no longer unlinked, but they weren't safe.
"Who was that?" Dia asked walking into the living room in her pink colored night gown.
"Rebekah" Elijah replied. "She asked if you would call her and to tell you she misses you." Elijah pressed his lips together deep in thought.
"There's something else isn't there?" Dia asked. Elijah only nodded.
"Tell me" Dia walked closer to him.
"Finn is dead" he told her.
"But you're still alive" Dia frowned.
"I'm no longer linked to my siblings" Elijah stroked her cheek. "Niklaus undid the spell."
"Elijah I'm so sorry about Finn, but it's good that you're no longer linked together" Dia embraced him. "Now we can relax."
"I wish that was true my love" he whispered. Dia pulled away and frowned.
"It seems your friends got a hold of some white oak and made stakes" Elijah explained. "Niklaus has most of them but not all of them." Dia's face turned to worry.
"Those stakes could kill you, for good?" Dia said shakily.
"Yes" Elijah looked at her sadly. He gently kissed her forehead before walking back to the bedroom. Once he was out of sight, Dia grabbed her phone and walked outside to the balcony and dialed a number.
Elena's phone began to ring and she pulled it out and stared at it.
"Who is it?" Caroline frowned.
"It's Dia" Elena looked up.
Dia waited for Elena's phone to ring three times before she answered it.
"Dia" Elena said.
"Hey Elena" Dia replied.
"I'm so glad to have heard from you. I've been so worried. We all have" Elena replied.
"I'm fine Elena. You guys don't need to worry. I'm safe" she told her.
"Well I'm glad" Elena said.
"Elena I know about Finn and I know about the stakes" Dia suddenly said. Elena said quiet for a few moments.
"You're with him aren't you" Elena finally spoke. Dia stayed quiet. Elena got her answer.
"Klaus has most of the stakes" Elena told her. "We're going to hand over the rest."
"Are you sure about that?" Dia asked.
"I'm positive" Elena spoke. "Dia there's something else. When we killed an original all the vampires belonging to that bloodline die."
"Are you going to kill Elijah?" Dia whispered shakily. Elena stayed quiet.
"Elena" Dia began to sob. "I love him. Please don't kill him. You can't"
"We may not have to come to that. If Elijah turned Rose we won't, but if he didn't…" Elena stopped. "I'm so sorry for everything I've put you through. I have been selfish. I'm sorry about Damon. Dia I'm so sorry."
"Elena I have to go" Dia choked out. She quickly hung up the phone and began to sob. She couldn't believe everything was coming to this. She dried her tears took a deep breath and walked back into the apartment.
Elijah awoke during the night. Dia was sleeping soundly in front of him wrapped in his arms. He smiled at her and kissed her forehead before carefully moving trying not to wake her. He got out of bed and walked out to the living room. One of his jackets was laid across the couch. He picked it up and reached his hand into his pocket and pulled out a small black velvet box. He opened the box and looked at the ring inside of it. The ring had a large diamond in the middle with oval shapes with smaller diamonds in it on each side followed by a single small diamond. Elijah looked at the ring silently. Time was possibly running out for him and he wasn't sure what to do. He loved Dia more than anything in the world and even thinking about the possibility of having to leave her frightened him. He wanted to wait for a while. He wanted everything to be perfect. To have that special moment. He closed the box and put it back in his pocket. He's mind was made up. He was going to ask Lydia Walker to marry him and soon.
Damon visited Alaric to get his stake for Klaus. Alaric had lead him to the bookshelf where he had hidden the stake, however the stake was not there.
"Who else did you tell, Ric?" Damon demanded.
"I didn't tell anybody, Damon! I'm the only…." Alaric began and stopped.
"What?" Damon frowned.
"I'm the only one who knew about it, Damon" Alaric looked at him.
"No. Are you telling me that your vampire hating alter ego has a stake that can kill an entire line of vampires, possibly mine?" Damon exclaimed.
"That's exactly what I'm telling you" Alaric nodded.
Now I'm caught up with the show again….sigh. Oh well. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Made it extra long so you had something to hold onto till next week. Thanks as always for the reviews. You guys are the best. Read and review!