The Murder of Two

He stood by the bridge where it was occupied by houses and people that are coming to town and living in these streets. It was a gloomy day, and the wind was crisp – you can breathe the fresh air and hear the rippling sounds from the Pool of London. He still cannot seem to fathom this good vibe that he's feeling inside of him.

"Elijah!" He turned to see who had called him, and only saw that it was Elizabeth. She was getting out of the carriage with the help of a coachman, and she was wearing a light yellow day dress with white ruffles and corset. Her hair was braided up, and she was wearing a straw hat with a yellow ribbon on it. He smiled as she walked towards him in the broad day light.

"You're quite late." He said once she was standing just a step away from him. She smiled up at him and shrugged.

"Just quite," She replied and gave him a playful look. "I got here as soon as I can. If you told me last night, then I would've gone with you this morning." Elijah looked away into the vast river as a flock of birds flew upon them.

"I did not want to bother you with my brother, since he left earlier at dawn, and you were spending time with him last night." He replied. And it was the truth. Klaus was off to his hunt with the doppelganger so that he can finally trigger the curse. Elizabeth was helping him, but last night, they were all alone in Klaus' chambers since he'll be gone for quite some time. He knew how much they loved each other. At first, Klaus was rather skeptical about her, but then he all of a sudden spent more time with her than usual, and Elijah guessed they've grown accustomed to each other.

"So what?" She asked. "We were only playing chess and drinking some wine." She then chuckled and he did too as well. Clearly she was kidding, they both knew that that wasn't the only thing they've done. Elijah refused to even think about it.

"I hope that is all you did." Elijah joked as well, and she laughed even more. A crisp breeze slightly blew, and they both were silent for a little while before he finally broke the ice. "So why did you want to meet me?" He asked.

"Well…" Elizabeth slowly said as she looked at the vast river. "Nik's gone, so I thought maybe I would want to spend time here in town with you." She then smiled when she looked at him. He smiled back.

"But he's not too far away." Elijah reasoned. "For all we know, he could be searching all over England."

"But not in London," She replied. "Standing by the London Bridge just like we are right now," She added. He then nodded and completely understood. "Besides, we can have fun." She shrugged and he frowned as a slow smile crept on his lips again.

"And what do you suggest?" He asked. So she frowned in wonder as she tried to come up with ideas that are fun for old vampires like they are. He patiently waited, but it only took her a couple of seconds before she blurted her ideas out.

"I don't know…" She then said. "We can go to several taverns, have a few drinks – on humans, vampires, and liquor, of course." Elijah nodded as he considered that idea thoughtfully in Elizabeth's favor. "We can roam around London," She then added. His eyebrows shot up as he thought of that idea as boring for his taste. But then she drew in a sharp breath as her eyes widened in excitement. "Or we can go to Richmond Palace and meet King Henry VII ourselves." She added with a bright smile. He only chuckled.

"Are you serious?" He asked as he gave out an air laugh and looked at her playfully. She raised her eyebrows and nodded.

"Yes, I am." She replied. Elijah continued to chuckle as he looked away. This was why he loved spending time with Elizabeth. She was spontaneous, and fun. And yes, she's probably too much to bear at times with her feisty yet clever remarks, but those are one of the reasons why he really believes that she is part of the family. He never felt so close to anyone other than his siblings, so fortunately he has a wonderful cousin. "It will be fun, I assure you. We are vampires; we don't get to live like humans, so we might as well take advantage and meet the king and the royal family."

"That is true," Elijah nodded as he pointed his index finger to make a point. Elizabeth smiled.

"You know it is." She replied, and then she laid her hand on his elbow and squeezed it gently. "Let us go. We shall arrive at Surrey before sunset." With that, she started directing him to her carriage in which he obediently followed as excitement rushed through his veins. It wasn't like they haven't met some of the royal families, but they haven't met King Henry VII in particular.

"Have I told you how brilliant you are?" He asked as he put his hand on top of hers that was holding his elbow. He looked at her with a warm smile and she returned the same expression.

"Not yet," She replied. "But people have told me that several times."

As those memories flooded back up in his mind, he knocked on the door. It was soon enough that the person he wanted to see had opened the door and smiled when she saw him there. She let her in and led him to the living room where they talked before.

"Should I be surprised?" Elizabeth asked as she gave him a warm smile. Elijah smiled back as he looked down, then back up again to meet her deep green eyes who were waiting patiently for him to speak. He was here because he trusts her – more than he can ever trust Klaus – which was funny because he should trust him since he is his brother. But his brother, Klaus, had already done enough terrible things. Yes, Elijah loves his brother, but he also hates him with equal measure – like Rebekah.

"I came here to tell you, dear cousin," He began. "That Klaus had the hunter since last night. He offered it to us as a peace offering in which we get to torment him for fun."

"And did you also come here to tell me that it wasn't any fun at all?" She replied with much sarcasm as she made way to the fireplace. Elijah gave her a patient smile as she smiled back. It showed that he understood that she was practically kidding. "So Connor is just there? Suffering from Rebekah's torments?"

"Yes, he is." Elijah replied with a nod. "I only came here to tell you because Klaus won't seem to." Her eyebrows shot up as she agreed with that statement. And yes, he couldn't help but wonder what is going on in that head of hers. But then, that last statement of Klaus last night suddenly sprang up in his. "And I also think that he is up to something. Probably something to do with you." She frowned and looked at him.

"And you happen to know what it is?" She asked. Elijah looked down and shook his head.

"Unfortunately, I don't." He replied. He then walked towards the window that was still shattered since the night they were attacked. But then, he turned to face her again. "But, what I do know is, he's building army."

"But that's impossible." She replied, looking directly at his eyes. "I turned the doppelganger into a vampire and destroyed the blood bags that contained her blood since he was saving them in case something happens." Elijah smirked in amusement.

"And you were under his nose that he never expected you to be happening." He replied. Cleverness really did run in the family. She smirked as she cocked an eyebrow which showed that she knew he was praising her. "But I think he's building an army of vampires." He then added. This time, a smile slowly developed on Elizabeth's lips as she raised her eyebrows and her eyes glistened with such an amused interest.

"An army of vampires, you say?" She asked as if in disbelief. She then looked away and blinked. "I – I never thought that Nik could be so stupid." Elijah shrugged as he agreed.

"So now what are you going to do?" He asked as he looked directly at her, in which she looked back at him and shrugged.

"I'll probably have a little fun of my own."

Stefan went inside and put the wood beside the table. Damon, who was just coming downstairs, saw him and the wood. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously, but Stefan couldn't help but inhaled deeply and gave him a smile. "Good morning, Damon." He said, but Damon pointed to the wood as he went down the steps.

"And what is that?" He asked.

"Oh, it's something that I found." Stefan replied, and patted it with his left hand as he stood beside it. "You'll probably never believe it." Damon stopped in his tracks a few feet away from where he was standing, put his hands on his hips and arched his eyebrows.

"I'll listen if it's interesting, if not…"

"It definitely is."

"Then hit me." Damon shrugged. So Stefan removed the cover of the wood and revealed to Damon that it was the Wickery Bridge's sign board. He frowned as he saw it, and then looked back up at Stefan again. "You seem to be too happy with a piece of sign board…" But he nodded, rather amusedly because Damon didn't have any clue whatsoever what it was all about.

"It's not just a piece of sign board." Stefan interrupted. "Elena and I had searched through the archives to find something, and you know what we found? We found records that there were several White Oak Trees that still grew, but were cut down and were used for the Wickery Bridge in 1912." Damon's eyes grew in interest as he pointed at it.

"You mean… That sign board can be used as a weapon to finally kill Klaus?" Damon asked. Stefan smiled and nodded.

"Not just Klaus." He replied. "We can finally kill all of them."

The sun was up, and it was a beautiful day.

And since he didn't have anything else to take care about – for now – he stayed home with the canvas and painted. Whenever he did, he felt so liberated. It was his only escape in this world where he's living in for all eternity. The other thing that he needed was another release of his overflowing emotions of anger and hate.

Speaking of anger and hate…

"Should I be surprised that you're here?" He asked when he felt someone's presence. Someone familiar… And so he turned, and as he expected, Elizabeth was there by the French doors, watching him with her intent deep green eyes. He returned the same expression in her eyes, only with more hate that he can muster. She had her arms across her chest as her shoulder leaned on the doorway, but then she stood up straight, and she had a faint smile on her face.

"I just happened to come by…" She casually replied. "But you know? I do want to know something." She raised her finger, and he only watched her. He saw that she was wearing a nude colored cape coat, leather pants that fitted her oh so perfectly, and a pair of black suede mid-calf, high-heeled boots. As much as he wanted to hate her, he couldn't help but still think that she never ceased to look fantastic.

And that's why, part of him dreaded that.

"Did you actually think that you can hide it from me?" She asked, arching her eyebrows matter-of-factly. "You thought that I would never know that you have the hunter?" This time, Klaus smiled knowingly at her.

"For a brief moment, I thought my siblings could keep a secret. But perhaps it slipped my mind that Elijah couldn't seem to do so." He replied in a sarcastic tone, that her smile grew wider. He now turned to go back to painting, but she interrupted him yet again.

"At least Elijah had said it, and straight to my face."

"Oh I'm sorry…" Klaus said, looking at her again with a frown of feign concern. "Is it my obligation for you to know? If you want the hunter, you can have at it all you want – just like what I said to Rebekah and Elijah."

"I don't want him." She replied, in her calm accented voice. "I wouldn't want to have the curse." He smiled bitterly as he looked away. "But may I just suggest that we let someone else kill it?" With that remark, she suddenly caught his interest. So he turned to face her with his eyes narrowed suspiciously. He doesn't know why she's here, but he ought to find out, especially with that suggestion.

"You mean let someone else seal the deal for us?" He asked, arching his eyebrows in interest. She smiled and gave a nod. But then he frowned. "Elizabeth, I cannot grasp why the hell you are here, especially with the fact that you're raising such suggestions. For all I know, you might be fooling me to end me?" Now, she chuckled in amusement.

"Yes, I know it might be strange for you. But you see, I have such a great idea, that even I know that you'll like it." She then replied and stepped a few steps forward. Klaus cocked an eyebrow. "Elena Gilbert is sired to me."

"And now you're telling me that since she is, you're going to use her to end the hunter for us?" He finished for her. And she nodded. Now this definitely tickled Klaus' interest. God knows why Elizabeth had this idea, but for some reason, he loved it. And this reminded him how much he liked her and her evil mind.

And another part of him dreaded that.

"If you do not like it – but I know you do, and you cannot lie to me – I give you my word that this has nothing to do with my intentions of ending you." She said, and Klaus chuckled.

"Now you raised the truth that you do have intentions to end me." He replied matter-of-factly, but she only shrugged.

"Don't act as if you do not have the same intentions as I do. After all, we both hate each other more than the other could know." She said. There, a smirk developed on his lips, in which she returned since they both know that it was true. It didn't really matter to him what Elizabeth's intentions were with this plan of hers, but what mattered to him is that he can have fun making others' lives miserable.

And he cannot lie, because he definitely was pleased.

But before they could say anything else, someone rang the doorbell. So Klaus looked at her, as she looked back at him and made his way towards the door. He opened it and saw that it was Finn, who immediately grabbed him by the neck, and threw him on the floor with a loud thud. He groaned in pain, but he stood up since Finn stepped inside.

"How nice of you to return, Finn." Rebekah suddenly appeared with Kol by her side – which he did not realize that he came back. "Are you here to look for mother? Well, in case you don't remember, she's dead." Kol chuckled as Rebekah gave a nasty smile. Finn glared at them, and Klaus looked at Elizabeth, who stood there silently, watching them with judging eyes.

"So that's we'll have to do." Elena breathed as she pressed the phone on her ear. "We'll have to attack them when they least expect it." She was walking to her car since school was over, and she immediately need to get home to plan things out with Stefan and her friends. "I'm on my way, I'll call you later." She then clicked off as she shut the door beside her and started the engine. Then she shifted the car in to a reverse, in which the car moved, but then there was a loud thud. She looked behind as her heart sank in fear that she hit someone. So she immediately pulled the park break and got out of the car. As she looked behind, there was nobody there and she frowned in confusion. Since the coast seemed to be clear, she turned to go back to the car again, but she gasped as she saw Elizabeth standing behind her with a smile.

"Hello, Elena." Elizabeth said. And since she's faster because she's an Original, in a swift yet graceful movement, she snapped Elena's neck – which made her instantly unconscious as she fell on the ground.

"You're late," Klaus said.

She walked towards him, with the unconscious Elena slung over her shoulders. When she was only a few steps away from him, she laid Elena on the ground, and looked at him as she shrugged. "I waited for the right moment." She replied. "You cannot exactly blame me for that." She then gave him a smile as Klaus arched his eyebrows in consideration.

"Well, everything is set. The only thing we'll have to wait for is for her to wake up." He replied. Then, using his vampire speed, he jumped into the huge hole beside him that led to the underground cave. Assuming that she would follow, she looked down instead, where she saw Connor being held down by two hybrids and one vampire.

"I cannot exactly follow you down there," She said. "She might wake up any minute." And as if, right on cue, she heard Elena gasp for air. Quickly, she went to her side, in which Elena's eyes were opened, wondering where she was. "Hello darling," Elizabeth greeted her as Elena got up on her elbows with a frown, then it changed into a frightened expression.

"What am I doing here?" She asked. Elizabeth maintained that smile, because Elena doesn't know exactly what she's going to get into. And that brought this amusement feeling through her veins. Although, part of her wanted to feel sorry for what she's about to let Elena do – but that part seems to be overshadowed by some kind of need. Sure, she could've picked up some random vampire to suffer from the Hunter's curse for their family, but she chose Elena because it'll simply be more fun.

And maybe because she and Damon had a nasty fight about her.

"You're here to make me feel better." Elizabeth said with her soothing accented voice. And that, Elena frowned in wonder and in disbelief of what she saying.

"What?" She asked in confusion now.

"Elena, it'll make me feel very relieved if you killed Connor for me."

"I – I can't do that." Elena breathed. "I can't kill him even if he's the hunter."

"But Elena," Elizabeth continued soothingly. "Don't you see? If you do, not only will it make me feel better, but you'll bring your friends to safety. If you let this hunter live, imagine what he could do Caroline, Tyler, Damon… And most importantly – Stefan." She bore her deep green eyes through Elena's hazel ones as she managed to keep her voice in a soothing yet reasonable tone. "Please do it, for me." This time, she didn't waste any more time. She actually compelled her to do it. And that made Elena give a decisively nod at her and at herself. So she got up to her feet as Elizabeth stood up straight. "Follow me." She said, as she led her to the giant hole where Klaus got into. With a quick move, she jumped right in and landed on her feet. Elena followed her, and there, they saw Klaus.

"Elizabeth," Connor said, his voice was hoarse and strained from all the painful torture that Rebekah and Elijah had done. She however, only smiled at him. First, it was sweet, but it turned into a menacing smile as her features slowly turned into her vampire ones.

"It's nice of you to remember me." She said when her features quickly returned to normal. Klaus smiled deviously and knowingly as they both shared the knowledge of what their little puppets' fate will be.

"Let him go," Klaus ordered his pests – in which they immediately obeyed. Connor stood up weakly. "Now, little hunter, we want you to run." He added, but the hunter stood there motionlessly, rather afraid and confused of what he's going to do. But Klaus' patience had run out almost immediately, and revealed his vampire features as he growled at him, "RUN!" With a lingering gaze, Connor finally turned and began running.

Elizabeth gazed at Elena knowingly, and sent to her, "Chase him." Elena gave her a final and decisive look, before she finally obeyed and chased Connor. "And off it goes…" She said to Klaus, which sounded almost like a whisper. But due to his heightened sense of hearing, he gave her a knowing and amused smirk.

Damon drank on his glass of scotch as he sat on a stool at the bar.

As much as it was fun killing off Originals, for some strange reason, Damon was not in a good mood to do so. Of course, that's probably what he needed – a good kill. Even probably more than one. Although it would bring such a feeling of joy to let an Original die with his own hands, he'd rather wallow in his own solitude. And since his brother was the one who triumphantly found the sign board from the old Wickery Bridge, perhaps Damon should let him wallow in his own victory – and not ruin it, just this once in their hundred years of living.

"What happened to living?" Someone said beside him. "Have I not taught you anything?" He knew whose voice that was from. It was so familiar that he couldn't stop himself for a look. And just as he thought, he was definitely correct.

"Sage, my favorite teacher," Damon said with a smirk. She was smiling at him and sat down on the empty stool beside him.

"Damon, my favorite student," She replied. "But I may have to think twice now, since you're wallowing up in your misery." Damon smiled as he looked down on his drink and back at her.

"Nothing like a few drinks and peace and solitude," He raised his glass and winked at her. She then continued to smile. "So, why are you here?" Sage was about to reply before they were interrupted.

"Look what the cat dragged in," Rebekah said in her catty and obnoxious tone. "I knew that Finn would drag you all the way here. Not a surprise, really…" She arched her eyebrows and so did Sage. Damon, however, frowned. He didn't really know that they knew each other. Now, he just maintained that puzzled look.

"You know each other?" He asked, scrounging his nose. Sage, maintaining a faint yet tight smile, had a certain twinkle of annoyance in her eyes. She surely looked different than the last time they'd seen each other – which was from 1912 – a long time ago, really.

"Let's just say that we have a history…" Sage trailed off.

"Ha." Rebekah interrupted. "You and my brother have the history. Not you and me." She shook her head as she narrowed her eyes at her. Sage's faint smile faded, and she rolled her eyes in annoyance. But Damon, turned to her.

"You and that suicidal Original?" Damon asked with a frown and his lips pursed. Sage gave him a sharp look, which indicated that she didn't have any idea what and why he called Finn that way. And before Sage can manage to reply, Rebekah sighed loudly.

"Well anyway," She said. "If you'll excuse me, my brother and I just happened to drop by." Sage and Damon turned to look at who was the brother she brought with her, and they saw that it was the annoying Kol. They both rolled their eyes as they turned back to the counter.

"I hate her," Sage said when Rebekah was out of earshot. "She and Klaus treat me like I'm a peasant ever since we met centuries ago." She breathed as she rolled her eyes. Damon smirked as he sipped on his tumbler.

"So what's up with you and Finn? Is he back in town?" Damon asked, with eyebrows arched up in interest – even though he really wasn't. The last thing he needed to hear was this story about his old so-called "teacher" and another Original.

"Finn is the love of my life." Sage began with a smile on her lips and a dreamy gaze as if remembering the first they've ever met. Well, that was probably what she was thinking, but Damon decided to ignore that. "He turned me centuries ago so we would be together for eternity." She finished. Damon gave a nod, and turned to his drink. He chugged it all down, because for a second, he didn't exactly know what to say. In fact, the real reason why he did so was because he needed to refrain himself from saying anything rather offensive. The story irked him through his very soul – if he had one – because it was sappy and completely cliché.

A Vampire's Fairytale.

"I've been here for days already, waiting for his arrival." She said. "And he'll meet me here any moment now." Damon looked at her and gave her a faint smile.

"Well, I wouldn't want to get in the way." He said as he stood up from his stool. I need to get away, he thought as irritation completely nagged in his brain. He then gave her a smirk. "Hope you find eternal happiness." He added with a touch of sarcasm. Now, Sage laughed.

"And I hope you get yours." She said as she looked straight into his eyes. He held her gaze for a moment, before he finally turned away and headed for the exit. For a moment there, he wanted to kill himself. Better yet, kill someone.

"She's not answering," Stefan shook his head as he put his phone back in his jeans' pocket. Caroline, who was standing beside him with her arms folded over her chest, gave him a decisive nod. Elena should've been here already, but she wasn't. Maybe she got held up somewhere at school or something. But as much Stefan wanted to be positive, he couldn't help but worry.

And that definitely showed on his forehead.

"Well…" Caroline breathed. "We just have to do it ourselves." Matt was standing a few steps behind Caroline, waiting. They have already shredded the sign board that was made of the White Oak into exactly twelve stakes, and they're very much armed. They couldn't be any more prepared for this. The only reason why Caroline was there with them was to offer more protection to each of them – especially to Matt, who is the only human with them. Stefan knew that he shouldn't be too worried with Elena. She's a vampire now, and she can take care of herself. So, he gave Caroline a decisive nod, which meant that he agreed with her statement.

"Let's get on with the plan." He said, and Caroline nodded. She then quickly disappeared which meant that she went inside to the Grill. Stefan then turned to Matt. "Ready?" He asked, and Matt nodded in reply. They both went inside through the Grill's backdoor, and got back to serving table as part of them plan. Their target was Finn and Sage, seated on the leather seats, drinking tequila shots since, as Stefan overheard, Finn hasn't had any in his lifetime. If they hadn't waited for Elena, they might've already killed Rebekah and Kol, who left the Grill just an hour ago, but they did wait. And so, they take on the same plan, only with different targets.

When Matt passed by and got their empty glasses, Sage ordered another round of tequila shots for the both of them. And so, Matt smiled and told them that he'll tell the other waitress to serve it to them, then he passed by Caroline who was quietly seated at the bar, gave him the vile of vervain as he cleared the empty glasses beside her. Afterwards, Caroline quietly stood up and headed towards the exit as the waitress served their drinks – as Matt told her to. Sage and Finn both drank on the shots and spit it out because of the vervain. Caroline was looking at them, and they saw her too. She went out, making her their target as she held on to the White Oak Stake. When both of them came bursting out the door, Caroline made her move, but she was immediately blocked by Sage.

Stefan held on the crossbow, peeking out the door as the White Oak Stake slipped out of Caroline's hands, and landed on the steps. Then, he clutched on it, waiting to get the right shot as Finn came down when Sage shouted, "Finn! The stake!" And when Finn was nearly there, right on cue, Matt opened the door and there Stefan shot Finn with an ordinary stake.

"NO!" Sage said as she continued to hold down Caroline. Finn was held back and immediately pulled out the stake. Quickly, Matt raced towards the White Oak Stake and shoved it at his heart where Finn just pulled out the ordinary one. Afterwards, Matt and Stefan backed away and closed the door as Sage raced at Finn who was clearly dying. There, Caroline got up on her feet, looked at the whole scene before she disappeared.

"I hope both of you are satisfied."

Elijah walked towards Elizabeth and Klaus, who were waiting patiently without uttering a single word at each other except praising for their work today. He couldn't help but feel a tad disgusted at how they happened to solve their problem with the Hunter's curse. Yet, as a fellow Original vampire, he also couldn't help but think that it was brilliant. Although, he did feel sorry for Elena because she was chosen to carry their burden, and he knew that she did not deserve that.

After following Elena and the hunter through the underground caves to make sure she got it done, he comforted Elena once she realized that she did kill Connor, and it was her first. She broke down, just as any of them had predicted, and he agreed once she said, "I have to bury him… I have to…" over and over again in between sobs of guilt and shock. "She had killed the hunter and is now burying him."

"That's just how it was supposed to be, big brother." Klaus replied with a smug smile. "Now she took off the burden of what the hunter's curse might bring upon us." He finished matter-of-factly with his eyebrows arched. Elijah's steely eyes met Elizabeth, who was wearing a plain expression that showed she was right and everything had gone according to her plan.

"And now you've let an innocent have the burden…" Elijah added. Now, Elizabeth cocked an eyebrow and turned the corners of her lips upwards. It was almost a smile. Almost, but it looked like she was mocking him and proud of what she has done all at the same time.

"And what could you have possibly done?" Elizabeth asked. "Do not be so cliché, Elijah; you know as much as we do that this was how it's supposed to be."

"Why couldn't you have just chosen an unknown and young vampire?" Elijah continued to ask, smacking the sense out of the both of them. This was one of the things that he had forgotten. Elizabeth always had brilliant plans – ones that are rather heinous – and Klaus who also shared the same brilliant plans would go along with hers as long as he would benefit from it. And yes, both of them are vicious, especially with Elizabeth's sudden mood swings. "Why the sudden interest on Elena Gilbert? Haven't you done enough when you turned her into a vampire?" Elizabeth rolled her eyes as Klaus stifled a fake yawn.

"Brother, you're boring the life out of all the fun." He said with a smile. Elizabeth's lips developed into a small smile as she hid a small and quiet chuckle.

"Haven't you heard? Morality is overrated." Elizabeth chimed in as she made a devious smile. And just like that, Elijah felt like the old times when they were all together, happily alive and playing with humans like toys. Maybe he was looking at it from a different perspective. Maybe Elizabeth has a deeper purpose on why she did this. Maybe it was all for their family's good and probably even the whole vampire species. Just then, they heard Elena make a loud sob, so he looked at the both of them, and they playfully looked back at him, which meant that he should come to Elena's aide if he so cared about her. And so, he rolled his eyes and immediately disappeared.

"Stefan Salvatore is calling again." She said as she rolled her eyes.

"Maybe you should answer it." She heard Klaus say, and so, for the fun of it, she did.

"Hello Stefan." She answered with a smile even though he couldn't even see her.

"Where's Elena?" Stefan asked. Now, Elizabeth smiled wider.

"Oh, she's here." Elizabeth replied. "Don't worry, she's in safe hands."

"I don't believe you…" Stefan replied with his voice low and threateningly even. Elizabeth shrugged. She wasn't threatened at all; in fact, she found it a tad amusing. "You should know though, that Finn is dead. And if you kill Elena, we have enough weapons to kill all of you…" Now, Elizabeth shot Klaus a look, whose eyes immediately widened in shock and anger. She blinked her eyes and glared away after she rolled her eyes at what Stefan said. Klaus had his hand extended – wanting to immediately threaten Stefan back, but she held up her hand to stop him as she gave him an assuring look.

"You're bluffing." Elizabeth replied. Her tone was firm. "You cannot possibly have killed Finn; you do not have the White Oak Stake…"

"But we do." Stefan quickly interrupted. "You see, the Wickery Bridge was made of the White Oak, and we had the last piece that managed to make enough." Now, Elizabeth inhaled deeply, infuriated. Klaus had tightened his jaws as he breathed heavily in rage. But before she can even act violently upon it, she had an idea that made her smirk. "So you bring her back, or else…"

"Listen to me, Salvatore." Elizabeth quickly interrupted with a sharp tone. "Elena has killed the hunter, and in a matter of time she will suffer from the hunter's curse. And I can pretty much tell you that it'll definitely drive her bonkers. We are the only ones who can help her. So if you kill us, Elena will lose all of her control as the dead hunter haunts her for the rest of her pathetic life. She will definitely not survive.

"So, give us all of the stakes, and I can assure you that her sanity will be preserved as her life will be. If you do not comply with our terms, we will rage a war against everyone that you love." She finished, her voice was definitely low and even, more threatening than his stupid threat earlier. She clicked off before Stefan can even reply, and she faced Klaus. They were both glaring at what Stefan and his friends had just done, and Elizabeth knew that none of them would be pleased.