Hey gang! Sorry for the long update, so many stories, ideas, and so little time. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
I should warn you, this is an angst chapter!
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Elena walked into the living room, and sat down on the brown couch next to the window. She leaned forward, and looked up in time to see Elijah enter the room.
"I don't know how much more I can take, Elijah." She replied, running her hands through her hair.
He approached, and sat down on her right side.. "Everything will be fine, Elena."
She glared at him, anger and sorrow in her eyes. "How can it? My two best friends are possessed, and one is missing." She ranted.
"We'll find Caroline. Klaus has his hybrids searching every acre of land within the perimeters of Mystic Falls. He's not going to give up, and neither should the rest of us." He replied, in his authoritative tone, and his eyes filled with ancient wisdom.
She nodded, her anger seeping away, until only worry remained. She leaned back, and on him. He sighed as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"He really does love her." She whispered, as if she never truly believed until now.
"Forever." He responded, leaning his head on hers.
"Would you search for me like he does her?" She asked, wrapping her free arm around his waist.
He pulled her back, and grasped her face to look into her eyes. "I would search forever." He stated with certainty.
She smiled at his response, and leaned forward to capture his lips with hers. As she pulled back, she whispered, "I love you, Elijah."
He lifted his right hand and brushed her hair behind her ear. "And I love you, Elena." He returned with emotion, pulling her back for more.
~Garden~
Rebekah sat on the bench in the garden, surrounded by the summer flowers, her hands rubbing together, nervously. The wind began to blow gently pushing her blonde hair to the right side of her face. She reached up and brushed her hair back and felt a tear rolling down her cheek.
It has been two days since Mikael took Caroline away from them, and Esther took over Bonnie. She couldn't believe everything that continued to harm her family. They had finally gotten to the brink of happiness, and Mikael and Esther foiled it.
She felt her tears fall down her face, and she felt her rage beginning to overload. She stood up, grabbed the bench and threw it as hard as she could, shattering it to a million pieces. She let out a cry as she collapsed on the river rocks, where the bench used to be. With her face in her hands, she cried for her family. She cried for her dear sisters, lost to her parents.
As the wind picked up again, she bowed her head, and dropped her hands. In the distance, she heard thunder, and she knew rain was coming.
She heard footsteps coming towards her, but she didn't look up.
"Rebekah, are you alright?" Sage asked, kneeling beside the young blonde.
Rebekah might be older than Sage in immortal age, but Sage preceded her in mortal years, and it was at this time the age difference shown through.
Rebekah shook her bowed head. Sage brushed the young ones hair back, as the summer wind picked up harder, and the sky began to darken.
"We better return inside." Sage remarked, softly, looking at Rebekah with kindness.
Rebekah didn't say a word, she only stood up, with Sage's help, and Sage wrapped a consoling arm around the blonde's shoulders.
They entered through the back double doors, which led into the kitchen.
Stefan was in the kitchen, getting some food, but stopped when he saw Rebekah, and her drawn sorrow filled face. He started towards her, but halted when Sage shook her head, and continued to lead Rebekah through the house to Rebekah's room, where Sage sat her down on the bed.
Sage turned and went to the door, closed, and locked it, not that it would stop this family. She turned back around, and looked at Rebekah, and sighed at seeing the girl no longer sitting on her canopy bed, but sitting on the bench underneath her large window.
Sage walked to her, and sat to the left of her, where Rebekah was sitting facing her. Sage gently took Rebekah's hands into hers.
"It's not fair, Sage." She whispered, watching the trees bend behind the force of the wind.
"What's not fair, sweetie?" Sage asked, tilting her head to the side.
"All we wanted was a normal life, as normal as we can get, I mean." Rebekah cried, tears falling from her sorrow filled eyes.
Sage raised her hand and gently wiped her face.
"We always want things in life, and they are sometimes difficult to come by, but we fight for them no matter what." Sage replied, as she remembered her fight for Finn for so many years.
"I've lived for over a thousand years, Sage. Ever since I turned, I have never had a normal life." She cried with a slight pause looking out the window before bowing her head. "When Caroline entered Nik's life and gave him a chance, I felt such joy at seeing my brother happy for the first time, and for me because we were becoming a family." She replied, with a laugh as she wiped her nose with her hand.
"I thought, once mother was defeated, we could be one big happy family, Nik with Caroline, Kol with Bonnie, Elijah with Elena," She replied the name with small disdain. "Finn with you, and Stefan with me." She finished with a small smile, looking back at Sage.
"Nothing is ever easy with this family." Sage replied, with a smile. She brushed Rebekah's hair away from her face.
"If it isn't mother it's father." Rebekah stated with annoyance, shrugging her shoulders.
"We'll get through this, Rebekah. I know we will." Sage replied sternly, grasping Rebekah's hands.
Rebekah gazed into Sage's green eyes, and found honesty, she smiled.
"I've never had a sister, and now I have three." She replied with a teary laugh, squeezing Sage's enclosed hand.
"What about Elena?" Sage asked with a sly smile.
"I put up with her because of Elijah, but I'm getting there." Rebekah replied with pure honesty.
Sage nodded with a smile. "I've never had a sister until now either." Sage replied with a smile, tears welling up in her green eyes.
Rebekah reached forward and wrapped her arms around Sage. They held onto each other basking in the warm glow of their newfound sisterhood. They laughed and cried for a moment, and finally they pulled back, each wiping their tears away from their faces.
"What do you say, we find our lost sister?" Sage asked, with a hint of seriousness in her voice, and danger flashing in her eyes.
Rebekah smiled, and her eyes countered the danger. "I say, let's do it."
At that moment two women, newfound sisters, began to formulate a plan to find their sister Caroline, and to save Bonnie.
No one was going to mess with this family ever again, if they have anything to say about it.
~Mikael's lair~
Caroline felt pain rip through her body as Mikael stabbed yet another stake in her leg. She wanted to cry out, but the look of pleasure on Mikael's face was conquering that feeling. She swallowed another scream as vervain touched her skin.
"No one can hear you, my dear. You can scream; I know you want to." Mikael sneered, as he rubbed a vervain filled clothe over her arms and her jean covered legs.
Caroline watched through unshed tears as his eyes began to fill with lust. Fear began to envelope her, but she refused to show it.
Mikael pulled out a knife and began to slowly rip her shirt from her body.
She closed her eyes as she felt him touching the vervain clothe over her chest, and she bit her lip to keep the scream inside.
"I can see why my bastard son has taken to you." He paused with a smirk. "You are lovely."
"That's not the reason he cares." She stated through clenched teeth.
Mikael scoffed. "The one quality my son has is his ability to see beauty, and you, my dear, are a work of art." He finished with a seductive voice.
Caroline's eyes narrowed as his words set in.
"What do you know about art?" She spat out. "You're sick." She mumbled under her breath, but he heard the words anyway.
Mikael grasped her face tightly and glared at her.
"Don't you ever talk to me like that again!" He yelled in her face.
"Or what? You'll kill me?" Caroline scoffed, and bit her lip again as he drove the stakes in her legs further inside.
He sneered. "No, I'm not going to kill you yet, but I'll make Niklaus seen like the little puppy he is when I'm through." He finished, as he leaned forward and placed his lips on hers.
Caroline struggled against his touch, and bit down, hard, on his lips. He pulled back with a scream, and touched his bloody lips. He raised his hand to her hair, and yanked her head back. He glared at her, as he brought the vervain clothe to her face, and placed them to her lips.
He rubbed them across her lips, burning them.
Caroline struggled against the pain, and closed her eyes tightly as the vervain began to work on her lips, leaving blisters on her once beautiful lips.
"You'll soon learn, my dear." He sneered at the last word. "No one insults me, and gets away with it." He whispered, as he kissed her head, before shoving her head away from him.
She opened her eyes, and found herself alone in the stone walled room. She felt tears fall down her face, and she wished her hands were not tied with the fresh vervain ropes. Her lips still burned with vervain, and two stakes were sticking out of her legs.
Mikael fed her this morning, only just for a minute, but the blood was not enough for her to break through the bonds. She hated that she fed off Jeremy, but Mikael controlled him, and she had no choice. She had to stay alive, for Klaus, for her family.
"Nik, please hurry." She whispered in the darkness.
"I'm trying." A voice came through to her, and she lifted her head, her eyes wide with the thought of hearing his voice.
"Nik?" She asked with a low voice.
"Stay strong, Caroline. I'm coming." His voice echoed in her mind.
She smiled in comfort at the thought he was still with her.
Miles away, in the forest, Klaus leaned against a tree, with his head bowed. As the sky clouded for the second time that day, Klaus leaned his head back against the tree, and squatted down to the ground. Rain began to pour down and cover Klaus. With his face towards the sky, rain mixed with his tears. He let out a sigh, and began to sob at the emptiness in his heart. For two days, he has searched for any sign of his Caroline, no sign as of yet. Two days without her light surrounding him. Two days without her voice and smile in the mornings. Two days without her blue eyes filled with so much love gazing at him as he painted. He bowed his head, and continued to cry from the emptiness.
He jerked his head up when her voice reached him.
"Nik, please hurry." He heard over and over again. Tears fell down his face, at the thought of her fading fast.
He whispered words back to her, and once again heard her voice in the stillness.
"Nik?" He heard again, and realized he was hearing her, actually hearing her. His eyes widened, as he looked through the woods, searching for her. That's impossible. We haven't marked, we are not bounded. He thought for a moment about the possibilities, but then realized she needed some comfort.
"Stay strong, Caroline. I'm coming." He whispered, and hoped he wasn't going out of his mind, and he was really sending her comfort.
His hope began to spark at her staying strong for him. She was still alive. He knew it in his heart. His Caroline was still alive.
Klaus stood up with renewed determination, and continued his search. He was not going to lose her now or never.
Okay what did you think? Any good?
I wanted to show the sisterhood of Sage and Rebekah, because I felt I haven't given Sage enough moments in this story, and I loved her character so much. I hope I didn't disappoint. OH Yeah, kudos for those who figures out why Klaus and Caroline can hear each other. :D
Coming Soon: Elena finds Jeremy; Stefan and Damon have a brotherly moment; Klaus finds Mikael; Esther faces Mikael for the last time; Kol fights for Bonnie.
Until Next Time...