"Jeremy!" Elena screams as she and Stefan run into the crypt where Silas' body was laid...or had once laid. The crypt was empty except for Jeremy's body. No Bonnie, no Silas. Nothing but one dead hunter.
Running to her brother she drops the floor and grabs him trying to wake him, praying to God that this wasn't real, that her little brother wasn't dead in her arms right now "Oh no. Oh, god, no." She gasps as she holds him tightly sobbing violently before something occurs to her. His tattoos were gone.
Grabbing his hand she couldn't help but sigh in relief as she spots the Gilbert ring on his finger. Now that he wasn't the hunter he could come back with the ring. He would. He wound. She was sure of it.
Stroking his hair she holds him tightly as relief fills her "It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. You're gonna be okay. The ring will bring you back. It's ok. You're gonna be okay Jeremy. You're gonna be okay."
As she sobs over her brother's dead body Stefan merely watches in horror, he couldn't believe this had happening. How had they gotten to this point?
Taking a step back he quickly runs back into caves trying to get the rope to lead up the well, Buffy needed to know, pulling himself up his eyes widen as he spots the room by the well empty. No Damon, no Buffy hell no Rebekah. Where the hell was everyone?
Buffy gasps loudly as another contraction hits her while Damon merely continues to remain frozen unsure of what the hell to do. But what was one supposed to do when your best friend slash woman you loved suddenly had her pregnancy magically speed up.
"Damon." Buffy groans as the contraction passes "I think...I'm in labor."
Damon groans at her words and leans over, honestly, he was feeling his own case of morning sickness occurring right now "I'm gonna be sick."
Buffy's eyes widen as she clutches onto her knees taking deep breaths "Ah hello! Help!"
"Right." Damon says quickly focusing, he didn't know anything about delivering babies, but he knew one thing. He had to get her off this damn island before the baby was born, he had to get her away from Silas.
"We gotta get you off this island." He tells her as he lifts her up into his arms, luckily the contractions were far apart...which hopefully meant they had time. He hoped.
As he lifts her up Buffy's eyes widen in panic, they couldn't leave, her friends were still here, Jeremy and Elena were still here.
"What about the others, we can't just leave!"
"Buff you are having this baby!" Damon reminds her, holding her tightly "Now. They will have to catch up." And with that Damon speeds off with her in his arms, he had to get them to one of the boats and then to his car...they were officially out of time now.
"Buffy! Damon!" Stefan yells as he climbs out of the cave leading to the well in search of the two supernatural creatures, but there was no sign of either of them.
Panic fills him as he looks around the empty lake, Silas was awake and if he was after the baby...well this didn't look good for them.
Grabbing his phone he jumps up to a higher level trying to get a signal before signing in relief as he finally gets a bar.
Dialing his brother's number he couldn't help but sigh in relief as Damon answer "Damon where the hell are you..."
"Caleb speed up Buffy's pregnancy Stefan!" Damon exclaims in the phone making Stefan's eyes widen in horror, that couldn't be possible however the sound of Buffy screaming made it very clear that it was. This was bad, really bad. Jeremy was dead, Elena was having a breakdown, Silas was free, Katherine had the cure and now Buffy was in Labor.
At the thought of Silas though more panic fills him as he remembers exactly what Silas needed from Buffy and the baby "Damon be careful. Silas is awake!"
"What!"
Stefan opens his mouth to tell him what had happened to Jeremy when he stops, Buffy was there she would be able to hear everything and right now she was in labor with her who was being hunted by an immortal being that was now free and probably looking for them...he couldn't tell her not yet.
He wasn't so sure if she would survive it.
Her dad had just been murdered and now she was about to have a baby months earlier then planned with forces wanting to sacrifice her daughter, if he told her, that her brother was dead now...she wouldn't survive it.
Stefan groans and clenches his jaw before cutting out several details "Turns out Katherine followed us. She took the cure and woke up Silas."
"What! Well where is Bonnie we kind of need help here, supernatural birth and all..."
"I don't know." Stefan admits, how could everything have gotten so screwed up, this was just a complete disaster, but what was worse was that Elena was currently waiting for the Gilbert ring to bring back Jeremy. They couldn't stay here. Which means he couldn't find Bonnie.
"Just focus on Buffy and the baby. Something happened so I have to get Elena back...don't ask." He warns before his brother could, groaning he sighs hating the idea of leaving Bonnie behind but they had no choice "I'll leave some supplies on the beach for Bonnie and come back for her as soon as I can."
Damon groans through the phone, clearly not liking this idea either but they had no choice, Buffy was in labor, Katherine had the cure and they were royally screwed.
"Look we're almost back to the mainland. Stefan I—I have to get her to the hospital so she doesn't give birth in my car—"
"Get me the drugs!" Buffy screams through the phone before huffing "Contractions suck!"
Damon sighs again loud enough for Stefan to hear as he leans against the tree nearby "I hate to say this Stefan...but I think you need to call Klaus. If Silas follows us we are gonna need the manpower and like it or not Klaus will do anything to protect Buffy and the baby."
Stefan sighs and slams his head against the tree as he thinks, it was true they would need Klaus' help especially if Silas was following Buffy and Damon, or hell if the witches from New Orleans came after the baby "Ok. I'll call him. I'll meet you at the hospital."
"Hey. You're home." Caroline calls in relief as she continues to scrub the floor in the kitchen where Kol had died by herself. Klaus had threatened to hunt Tyler to the end of the earth so he had left town and now Klaus was gone. The barrier no longer in affect.
Standing she sighs in relief so glad to see Elena and Stefan "I was trying to clean the burn mark where Kol—" Caroline cuts herself off as she spots Stefan holding Jeremy's body in his arms "I couldn't get the spot out." She mumbles unable to tear her gaze away from the dead youngest Gilbert.
"Come on." Elena orders "Let's get him upstairs." Stefan sighs before following Elena upstairs and planting Jeremy on his bed while Elena sat beside him.
Stefan watches her for a moment before sighing "I have to go...Buffy..."
Elena takes a shaky breath and nods her eyes filling in worry and guilt, she was supposed to be with Buffy when the baby was born, was supposed to be the one holding her hand and helping her through it "In Labor...God yeah please...tell her I'm sorry. I promised to be there in the room when she..."
"I'll tell her." He promises before watching the Banshee who was so delusional at this point that she had convinced herself that Jeremy was going to wake up any minute.
Sighing he quickly runs downstairs and turns to Caroline who in complete and utter confusion and a state of horror "What—"
"Caroline I have to go."
Caroline's eyes widen he couldn't seriously take off right now without explaining "Stefan—"
"Buffy's in trouble. Silas is awake and coming for her and the baby I need to go help, Damon." Sighing he steps forward knowing he was putting a lot on the blonde vampire but he had no choice "Caroline. Call Dr. Fell. Elena thinks the ring will work...but he's not gonna wake up."
Caroline takes a shaky breath before nodding, she had to handle this right now, had to help Elena realize that Jeremy wasn't going to wake up "Go help Buffy and the baby. I'll stay with her."
Stefan nods and squeezes her shoulder before he heads out the door heading straight for his car, as he climbs in he grabs his phone placing it to his ear.
"Ah hello Stefan. Just the vampire I was looking to kill today."
Stefan clenches his jaw he didn't have time for Klaus' death threats he would just have to get over Kol' death for a couple of hours because something more important was happening "I know you hate us all. But Silas or Caleb...speed up Buffy's pregnancy. She's in Labor Klaus. Damon's taking her to the hospital now. But Silas is awake and apparently Buffy and the baby are apart of the sacrifice the Silas needs to complete. I need you there to help me protect them."
Klaus goes silent for a moment as though the realization that he was about to be a father hits him, before the harder part comes to his mind, his daughter and her mother was in massive amounts of danger right now "I'll meet you at the hospital in 10 minutes."
Buffy groans and clenches her jaw tightly digging her nails into her palms as another contraction hits her, this wasn't right. This wasn't supposed to be happening. She was supposed to have another four months to prepare for this, to prepare for the birth...to prepare for being a mom. Elena was supposed to be here holding her hand while Jeremy groaned in disgust in corner but still there, supporting her. But now here she was alone about to have this baby without her family; under the threat of a very awake Silas coming after her and her baby.
Wiping a tear from her eyes she tries to hold herself together and focus on her breathing, you would think that after everything she had been through that giving birth should be no problem.
But honestly contractions hurt like hell no matter how supernatural you were. No wonder her mother didn't have more than one. This was horrible!
"How you doing there Buff?!" Damon calls over as he speeds towards Mystic Falls, confused as hell as to how Stefan made it back before they had. To be fair though Buffy had been screaming so much that he had already had to compel seven cops that had pulled them over.
Buffy groans before she looks over; terror in her eyes, okay maybe she had been wrong, she wasn't alone "What the damn hell." Damon hisses suddenly making Buffy's eyes widen as she felt it, her seat was wet. Oh god, this was not good, Damon was so gonna kill her for ruining his car.
"Damon I think my water just broke."
"Ahhh!" Buffy screams suddenly as another wave of agony fills her, she couldn't do this she was supposed to have time to prepare for being a mother, for labor. She couldn't do this. Not now.
"Damon." Buffy cries tears spilling down her cheeks as she glances over at him, Damon looks over at her with worried wide eyes and takes her hand letting her hold onto him "I know."
Buffy gulps and nods sadly at him, however just as the hospital comes into view four witches appear in front of the car their hands raised. Damon panics and tries to spin the car out of the way but suddenly one of the witches yells something and then there was a flash of light.
Buffy winces at the light before her eyes widen as she realizes that Damon's car was gone, they weren't outside the hospital with the nice doctors and drugs but standing in a crypt of some sort. One she recognized. It was one in Mystic Falls cemetery. The same one Ric had died in before he came back.
"What the fu—" Buffy exclaims only to be cut off as one of the witches raises their hands sending the blonde flying backward through the air.
"Where the hell are they?" Klaus hisses as he and Stefan stand outside the hospital in panic, they hadn't checked in and they should have arrived long before them. Klaus couldn't help but panic, he had a bad feeling about this.
The woman he loved was somewhere out there about to give birth to their daughter and he had no idea where they were.
Stefan groans as panic begins to fill him, dialing his brother's number he huffs in anger as it goes straight to voicemail "Dammit!" He hisses before turning to Klaus both of them filling with worry and panic.
Suddenly Klaus' phone rings, hoping it was Damon he sighs at the sight of his brother's name "Sorry Elijah now—"
"Klaus...the witches...four of them just teleported out of New Orleans. They sensed something about the child."
At Elijah's words Klaus's eyes widen in panic, now not only did they have to worry about Silas but now the witches, turning to Stefan he clenches his jaw, despite his hatred towards the Salvatore there was one thing they could agree on, protecting Buffy and the baby were the main priority "We have to find them now."
"I'll let you know Matt." Caroline whispers before hanging up the phone, she had called her mom who was working out a cover story and now Matt was prepping food for Elena and Buffy, it was all he could even think to do right now.
Sighing Caroline runs a hand through her hair before turning towards the front door and sighing in relief as she spots Dr. Fell walk in. She had waited as long as she could before calling Meredith but Jeremy's body was starting to decompose, how Elena couldn't smell it she had no idea.
"She's upstairs." Caroline whispers before leading Meredith upstairs who cautiously walks into Jeremy's room where Elena was currently stood by the window "Elena?"
Elena gasps and turns around only to frown in confusion at the sight of the doctor "Meredith? What are you doing here?"
"I came to check on your brother. May I?"
When Elena nods Meredith walks over to Jeremy's body and begins examining him "You're not gonna find any vitals." Elena informs her still stuck in her idea and hope that Jeremy would wake up at any time "It's the same thing that Ric used to go through. He'd just be dead until then he wasn't. Once, I remember he was gone for almost an entire day. Ric died. I think four times before he lost his mind. And Jeremy has died a few times, too- 3 I think—"
Elena pauses in her words as Caroline walks into the room watching her with worry, so unsure of what to say or what to do.
Elena sighs before turning back to Meredith, she didn't know why Caroline had that look on her face, Jeremy was fine, he was going to be fine, why couldn't anyone else see that?
"So we'll have to keep an eye on him because I don't want him to go crazy just like Ric did. Especially not when we are gonna have a baby in the house soon."
Meredith sighs and watches Elena carefully, Elena was pre-med hopefully she would start to see clearly when she explained "Elena...it looks like Jeremy died of extreme blood loss. His neck also appears to broken. The lack of blood explains why there no lividity. You know what that means right?"
Elena nods, of course, she knew what that meant, she was first in her class but it didn't matter, he was going to come back.
Meredith nods before continuing trying to explain this slowly she knew Elena was still in a state of shock "But his muscles have tightened past the point of rigor mortis."
Elena scoffs at Meredith's words, she didn't understand how the ring worked she just didn't "No."
"If he's left unattended to, soon he'll start to bloat. Within a few hours, his skin will discolor, and—"
"No!" Elena exclaims "He's not dead." She yells before moving to her brother's side however the second Meredith starts talking about funerals Elena snaps she slams Meredith against the wall screaming in her face "He's not dead ok!"
Caroline's eyes widen and she runs over grabbing Elena "Elena stop."
"No Caroline... I need Bonnie! Bonnie can fix this!"
As Elena continues to struggle against her best friend suddenly another voice speaks up "Elena..."
Elena pauses and turns and there stood with tears in his eyes as he stared at Jeremy's body...was Matt.
"Buffy!" Damon screams before he growls and runs at the witches intent on ripping all their throats out when all four girls raise their hands causing Damon to fall to his knees and scream in agony clutching onto his head as blood seeps from his nose, he felt like his head was boiling from the inside out. He couldn't help but cry out.
Buffy looks over and forces herself to stand, grabbing the scythe from her side she launches it at the witches causing it to bury in one of the girl's stomach.
All three girls gasp before one of them turns and glares at Buffy "Get her, get the baby!"
Buffy's eyes widen and as the two other witches run at her she growls, speeding behind them she punches one in the face before launching the other face-first into a nearby wall.
Smirking Buffy glances over at the final witch "Look's like your end is near."
Before Buffy could take another step forward though someone grabs the witch's head from behind and snaps her neck.
As her body crumbles to the ground Damon stumbles over to Buffy just as Caleb looks over at the two of them with a curious look on his face "I'm sorry I didn't catch that last part on account of her neck snapping and all. Did you say near? Or here?"
"Why do you think they are at the crypt?" Stefan asks as he and Klaus speed down the road in Stefan's car moving towards the mausoleum where Ric had died, where Esther had died.
"Witches from New Orleans have a liking to crypts." Klaus hisses honestly it was the only idea he had right now, Buffy could be having the baby right now with the witches ready to take the baby to be sacrificed the second she was born.
Stefan sighs and glances over at Klaus, he could see it all over the hybrids' face because it was all over his own as well, they were both freaking terrified that they were wrong.
After Matt had managed to get Elena out of the house for a bit Caroline sighs as she runs a hand through her hair, this entire situation was just completely messed up. Honestly, she just wished Bonnie was here. Bonnie would be able to fix this, she always fixed everything.
As if her prayers were being answered the front doorbell rings, frowning the blonde speeds over to the front door and pulls it open her eyes widening as there stood perfectly fine was Bonnie, how the hell did she get back from the Island herself "Bonnie?"
Bonnie looks up at Caroline and merely smiles "I know how to save Jeremy."
Damon raises his fist to throw a punch at Caleb but the vessel of the First merely grabs Damon's head and snaps his neck before tossing him to the side.
Buffy's eyes widen in panic and she raises the scythe swinging it right at his head but Caleb merely grabs the scythe and the two struggle, well more accurately Buffy struggles as Caleb forces her backward before punching her across the face.
Buffy growls and forces the scythe to twist in her palm sending Caleb flipping through the air.
Swinging the scythe at him again as he lands she manages to hit his jaw before she forces the scythe into his gut and then slams it up against his jaw once again.
As he stumbles she swings the scythe it making a soft hum through the air as she does, however he ducks under the blow and backhands her across the face sending her crashing into the wall.
Buffy grunts and swings the scythe again but he grabs it and twists it in her hands, Buffy groans in agony, fighting like this while 9 months pregnant and in labor was not exactly easy, raising her leg she kicks him in the gut and quickly ducks as he throws his fist towards her face.
Raising her leg again she shoves it into his chest sending him stumbling back from her.
As the two circle each other Caleb laughs and blows the dust from the wall off his fist "You're not slipping out of this fight girl. Can't you see you can't stop me? I can just keep going back for more. Silas wants that child..." Looking down Buffy's eyes widen as she spots blood running down her trousers, in a panic, she looks up at Caleb and he merely continues to smile at her "Even if I have to rip it from your dead body."
Buffy growls her instinct to protect her unborn daughter taking over as she leaps into the air spinning the scythe in her grasp, but Caleb was faster he merely leans back out of the blades reach and then grabs the handle before punching her in the chest sending her flying backward and crashing into the wall.
Buffy grunts as she lands on the ground before she grabs her stomach, if she didn't stop soon she knew she was going to lose her baby, he was going to kill them both.
Before she could stop him he kicks her in the face sending her flying again however as she flies he grabs her and tosses her to the ground.
"Ah." Buffy cries out as she lands holding onto her stomach, her eyes widen in panic though as she spots Caleb going for the scythe, getting up she kicks it up away from him and leaps up grabbing it in her palms before she kicks him in the gut sending him crashing to the floor.
Taking her chance Buffy slams down the scythe towards him intent on ending him but he manages to grabs the end of it and laughs loudly as she struggles.
"Buffy!" Two voices yell causing Buffy to lose her focus as she turns her head only to spot Stefan and Klaus running into the room.
Buffy's eyes widen however quickly Caleb takes advantage of her distraction and throws her to the ground kicking her across the face.
"No!" Klaus growls as he speeds over to Caleb grabbing him by the throat and pinning him to the wall.
As Klaus holds up Caleb Stefan speeds over to the injured Buffy, placing a hand on her cheek he frowns in worry "Are you okay?"
"Just peachy." She jokes before screaming in agony and looking up at him in panic "Stefan...the baby, she's coming."
Stefan panics slightly and quickly moves to help her up when he suddenly finds himself up against the wall, groaning he tries to pull himself away to get to Buffy but he couldn't move. Looking around the room he spots Klaus in a similar position with a dead Caleb beside him.
It seemed like the witches were awake and they were done playing games.
"No, no, no!" Buffy screams as one of the witches' holds her down while the other moved between her legs, she may be strong as hell but right now the pain of labor was too much. She was too tired to fight back anymore. Her body just wanted to deliver this baby even if she didn't.
As the witches seem to prepare for her delivery Buffy leans back in a panic, breathing heavily as sweat drips down her face she turns and looks over at Stefan and Klaus before a loud scream escapes her, this was more painful than anything she had felt in her life and that was saying something for a girl who had died...twice...okay maybe a few more times it was hard to keep track after a while.
"Okay Buffy, I need you to push." The red-headed witch tells her but Buffy shakes her head "Rot in hell!"
The redhead sighs, "If you don't push you and your baby will die!"
Buffy finally lets tears drip down her face before she screams again, she couldn't stop, she had held it in for too long, her body needed to push.
Klaus and Stefan watch helpless from the wall, Klaus filling with fury as he watched Buffy scream in agony as she gave birth to their child "I will bring hell to your doorsteps!" Klaus screams as he watches the woman he loves in agony and glares at the witches with fury, he was going to kill them all slowly and brutally.
"I will bath in baths of your blood!" He continues to scream as him and Stefan struggle to free themselves.
"Ahhhh!" Buffy screams again before looking at the witches desperately, they were going to take her baby "No, no, no!"
"I can see the baby." The redhead tells her just as a certain blue-eyed Salvatore wakes his eyes widening in horror at the situation before him.
"Buffy!" He yells as speeds towards to save her but the redhead raises one hand sending him flying backward pinning him against the wall with Stefan and Klaus.
And so the three men were forced to watch the woman they all loved as she suffered unable to do a thing.
"Noooo!" Buffy screams once more before finally, her head collapses backward and then there was a cry.
Buffy's eyes widen and with a wince, she pulls herself up slowly, it was over. While she could feel herself healing already she knew it was going to take a little longer than normal.
Looking over she spots the redhead with a baby in her hands. Her baby. Her daughter.
The whole room was silent except for the cries of the Slayer's newborn, looking over at the Hybrid the redhead witch speaks as she holds the screaming baby who was desperate for her mother "You have a beautiful baby daughter."
The redhead looks back down at the supernatural baby in her arms "We will start the sacrifice as soon as the sun sets before the moon is at its peak. Silas cannot be allowed to use this child for his own sacrifice."
At her words Buffy gasps in horror as she stares at her daughter, it was still so surreal, she was supposed to have months to get ready for this feeling but she didn't because her baby was already here...she was here.
"Please." She begs the witches "Please, can I hold her?"
The two witches seem to glance at each other before slowly the redhead circles around and carefully places the newborn into her mother's arms.
Buffy looks down at her daughter in complete shock before slowly a smile crosses her face, looking up her eyes land on Klaus who was staring at their daughter in astonishment.
Slowly a smile covers her face as her eyes lock with the hybrid's, at that moment all resentment she had had with him was gone, he was the reason she had this perfect baby in her arms.
However that moment was quickly shattered as one of the witches comes up behinds her and snaps her neck.
Stefan, Damon and Klaus all stare in horror as Buffy's body collapses backward and the witches take the baby before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Klaus screams loudly in horror as he processes everything, Buffy would come back but now their daughter was gone and he was still stuck against this wall unable to save her.
The three remain there in silence for several minutes before finally Buffy gasps and shoots up on the floor gasping for breath. Quickly though panic fills her as she realizes exactly what was missing from her arms. Her baby.
"Where's my baby?!" She screams as tries to stand and looks around the room in panic, turning to Klaus she lets tears run down her face "Where is she?! Where's my baby!"
Wincing the blonde carefully stands her long shirt covering her like a dress, she was a mess, her hair was a mess, there was blood all over her legs, but her stomach...the bump was gone.
Buffy raises two shaky hands to her stomach staring at it in horror however the reality of her situation doesn't get to hit her as something else does. Well someone else.
Buffy finds herself flying across the crypt crashing straight into one of the stone pillars, groaning the blonde pulls herself up only for her eyes to widen in horror as there standing with a stone head in his hands as black blood spilled from his eyes was Caleb.
"You ready to finish this? Bitch?"
Buffy's eyes widen in panic, she couldn't fight she hadn't finished healing yet, raising her hand to block his blow she only finds herself being tossed backwards to the ground. This was not going to be good.
"Little help here guys!" Buffy yells as she rolls across the floor out of the object Caleb was currently using to batter her.
All three men struggle again, unable to do anything.
"Oh come on!" Damon yells in frustration.
As they struggle Stefan's eyes widen as he spots something red and glowing on the floor, the scythe "Buffy!" He yells drawing her attention; the blonde spins around her eyes landing on where he was looking.
Taking her chance the blonde leaps across the room and rolls across the floor grabbing the scythe quickly and uses it to block Caleb from hitting her again.
Ducking from his next blow she moves to swing the scythe but he slams her across the face sending her spinning through the air before she goes crashing to the ground.
As he throws the object at her Buffy kicks it away from hitting her and stares at him in annoyance "Okay, how many times do I have to kill you? Ballpark figure."
"You understand nothing."
Buffy merely glares at him, she didn't care about him or any of this, she didn't have time for it, all she wanted was to get her daughter back and right now he was in her way.
Swinging the scythe towards him the hum of its movement bluntly stops as he catches the handle before he punches her in the face and then backhands her causing her to stumble, but she refuses to let go of the scythe.
Caleb merely smirks at the screaming men on the wall before he punches Buffy in the stomach forcing her up to the ceiling and holds her there as she struggles.
After a long moment of her struggling he leaves her drop to the ground before he picks her back up by her throat "You think you have power over me?"
Buffy glares at him before she shoves him off of her, leaping into a side aerial her feet make contact with his face knocking him to the ground as she twists through the air before landing back on her feet.
Caleb merely stands again, it was like he was unstoppable "You'll never stop me." He taunts "You don't have the—"
Caleb is cut off as the blonde Slayer twists the scythe in her grasp before bringing the axe in-between Caleb's legs silencing him, at his frozen expression she merely tilts her head "Who does now these days?" She asks before she brings the scythe upwards splitting him in two.
As Caleb's now two bodies fall to the ground Buffy watches as Damon, Stefan and Klaus finally fall to the ground. Spinning the scythe in her grasp she turns to Klaus "Where did they take her? Where is our daughter?"
Klaus clenches his jaw, he had one idea, a place where the spirits would be powerful, "The old witch house." He realizes making Buffy nod.
She didn't have time for anything else right now, she needed to go get her baby girl "Let's go..."
Damon Stefan and Klaus without words begin following the blonde all four of them intent on ending the witches and getting the baby back.
However as they walk Stefan groans as his phone buzzes before his eyes widens "Bonnie's back." He tells Buffy, not revealing that the message said that she almost claimed she knew how to get back Jeremy.
Buffy clenches her jaw before nodding, she knew something was wrong something big but right now she didn't care. She had to get her daughter back. She could do that with just Damon and Klaus "Go help Bonnie. We're going to get my daughter back."
"Finally." Caroline breaths as she spots Stefan walk into the Gilbert house, Stefan frowns at the look on her face, something wasn't right he could see it "Stefan, you need to hear what Bonnie is saying...it's crazy."
"Bonnie you can't kill 12 people!" Matt exclaims as he Caroline Elena and Matt all sit around the Gilbert table listening in horror to what Bonnie had decided to do to bring back Jeremy.
Bonnie sighs, Shane had shown her the way, this was what she had to do "I know its crazy, but it's the only way to get enough power."
"To do what?" Caroline exclaims still in a state of disbelief, the Bonnie she knew would never willingly kill 12 people. Shane had gotten her all messed up in the head.
"I can drop the veil between our plane and the other side bring back every supernatural creature that has ever died. One the veil is dropped, the other side doesn't exist anymore."
Stefan clenches his jaw he didn't like this, there were a lot of supernatural beings on the other side who wanted all of them dead plus they were leaving one vital thing of Silas' plan out "Bonnie Silas needs to sacrifice Buffy and the baby."
"No." Bonnie says with a small smile "If I do this. Drop the other side for him Silas won't hurt Buffy or the baby. And then we can have Jeremy back, and Alaric, everyone we've ever lost."
"Bonnie you are talking like a crazy person!" Caroline yells as she stares at the witch in shock, she couldn't really be thinking about going through with this "You are not killing 12 people for some false hope promise off Silas. And you sure as hell can't invite every monster who has ever died back in the world."
"Caroline I think she knows that." Matt tries hoping that they were missing something here.
"No, I can do it. I have the power. I can bring everyone back—Jeremy, Alaric, Vicki—"
"Bonnie stop it!" Caroline screams while Stefan groans "Bonnie you would be bringing back Kol and Finn, The Master, Glory, vampires that have tried to kill us all!"
Klaus, and Damon follow behind the blood-covered Buffy as she storms towards the witch house in the middle of the forest where the witches were about to sacrifice her daughter.
The blonde was so past filled with rage at this point that she could barely control her own movements right now.
Freezing her eyes widen as on the front lawn she spots one of the witches standing above her baby with a blade "Noo!" She screams in horror and panic before Damon grabs a nearby tree branch and launches it at the witch holding onto the knife.
As it hits her she is sent sliding back and the knife goes flying from her hand.
As two of the other witches grab each other's hands and begin chanting Buffy merely tilts her head and smirks and while the boys go flying backward the witches begin to stare in horror as the blonde merely skids back but is able to stay on her feet, right now she had gone full-on demon-slayer so little magic tricks would not be working on her today, so was on full power and she was ready to kill every single one of them to get her daughter back
"Fool me once shame on me. Fool me twice..." With that the blonde speeds over to the two witches, struggling against the power of the witches she glances behind her only to watch her best friend and the father of her child struggling as more witches behind to appear.
Suddenly Klaus manages to grab a long stick from a nearby tree and launches it at one of the witches.
Buffy looks back and smiles at him before she speeds over to the other witch grabbing her by the neck "Get her." Buffy hisses nodding to the third witch who had originally held the knife over her daughter.
"She upsets the balance of nature!" The witch in her arms cries as she struggles to breathe.
Buffy merely glares at the witch before shoving her hand into her chest "Well then nature better be ready to deal with me. Because paybacks a bitch." With that, she yanks out the witch's heart before throwing her body to the side.
Glancing back Buffy spots Damon snapping the neck of witch that had taken her baby away in the first place.
Pausing the blonde looks away from Damon and Klaus and her eyes focus on the little creature in front of her on the altar. A baby. Her baby.
With shaky hands, Buffy wraps the blanket around her before carefully lifting her little girl into your arms "Shh." She whispers as the baby continues to scream before finally, her daughter's green eyes connect with her own green eyes and she kisses her daughter's head just as the little girl grabs onto Buffy's blonde locks making the new mother smile as she clutches her daughter "Mommy's here. You're gonna be okay."
Buffy smiles at her little girl as she sits in the front seat of Damon's car as he drives them back towards her house. Buffy had wanted to introduce her baby to her family herself and Klaus while annoyed that Buffy hadn't wanted to take her straight to the nursery at his mansion had agreed, wanting to make sure the rest of the witches and Caleb were dead for good.
She had agreed to spend the night at his with their daughter once they were sure that at least for now their daughter was safe.
As the little girl clutches onto her mother's finger Buffy couldn't help but let out a small breath, it was hard to believe just yesterday she had been on a mystical island only 5 and a half months pregnant and now here she was holding her perfect little girl in her arms.
Despite the fact this little girl was the daughter of a serial killer hybrid and an Uber Slayer, she was positively perfect. So small with nothing evil surrounding her.
It was so hard to believe just how terrified she had been when she found out she was pregnant, cause now holding her daughter all of those fears were gone.
"She has your eyes." Damon says as he glances over at Buffy who was still in a daze of happiness, neither one of them knowing the horror they would soon be facing once they entered the Gilbert/Summers home.
Buffy looks over at Damon and smiles before reaching over and squeezing his hand "Thank you, Damon."
Damon smirks at the blonde and kisses her hand "Anything for you and little Summers there...just be happy she looks like you and not Klaus."
Damon shakes his head and continues to drive before glancing once more at the little girl in Buffy's arm, as horrifying it was that she had had a baby with Klaus...which still made him wanna be sick. He had to admit...the kid was cute.
Buffy shakes her head in amusement just as Damon pulls over in front of the house, climbing out of the car Buffy adjusts the baby in her arms before kissing her head softly "Ready to meet you, Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Elena?"
"Little Summers is probably gonna like Caroline the most." Damon points out as he circles the car opening the door for Buffy before moving to walk beside her as they head towards the house "She'll spoil the thing rotten, Elena will just give it moral questionnaires."
"Will you stop referring to my daughter as it?" Buffy asks before rolling her eyes.
"Give me a name...no wait let me guess...Apple? Stake? Crossbow?"
Buffy merely arches a brow at her idiot best friend "Shut up or I'll make you hold her."
With that Damon's eyes widen in panic and he nods however before he could say another word he and Buffy both freeze as they smell it.
Something in the house was rotting.
Buffy's eyes widen in horror, she knew that smell, it was a decomposing body her mother had smelled that way when she had found her the day she died "Please let that be the cheese I put in the couch."
When Damon frowns Buffy rolls her eyes "Cravings." She hisses before both of them speed towards the door practically forcing the door down.
Buffy almost sighs in relief as she spots the area where she assumed Kol's body had been, she couldn't help but hope that the smell was just leftover from when his body had been there but that relief quickly disappears as she realizes that the smell was strong...and it was coming from upstairs.
"Buffy? You're not pregnant." Caroline lets out in confusion as she walks in from the kitchen only for her eyes to widen at the sight of the little baby in Buffy's arms.
"Oh my god. She's okay?" Caroline breaths as she walks over and stares at the beautiful little girl "She's beautiful."
Buffy smiles slightly, hell she knew Caroline was right, she had made one pretty ass baby, quickly though the blonde refocuses on that horrid smell as horror fills her before frowning, why were Caroline's eyes bright red, at the sight of the blonde vampires expression Buffy knew one of her worst fears had just come alive "Care...where are Elena and Jeremy?" She asks her voice breaking slightly as she speaks.
Damon nods in agreement they needed to focus here "Yeah, where's my brother?"
Caroline hesitates before looking down nervously; gesturing for them to both follow her upstairs, leading her right to Jeremy's bedroom.
Even though the door was closed Buffy's eyes widen in horror, the smell was stronger up here. Which could only mean...
"Caroline will you watch her for a minute." Buffy whispers struggling out the words, Caroline nods "Of course."
Carefully Buffy places her daughter in Caroline's arms and while Caroline takes the now crying baby downstairs Damon opens the door for Buffy only for the blonde to scream loudly and begin falling to her knees. Damon quickly catches her as she begins sobbing as there lying on the bed, his body now beginning to decompose was her little brother.
"Jeremy!" Buffy screams in horror as she stares at him before shrugging Damon off who was trying to hold her back "Get off me Damon." She yells forcing herself out of his arms and making her way over on weak knees towards her brother.
As she gets closer her eyes widen as there sat down on the floor by his bed holding onto his hand desperately was her sister "Elena?"
Elena quickly looks up, her eyes finally moving from Jeremy's body as she spots her little sister still covered in dried blood this time with no baby bump.
"Buffy." Elena breathes in relief before standing and running over to her sister and quickly the sisters hold on to each other both of them shaking.
"The baby?"
Buffy nods taking a shaky breath "She's okay. She's downstairs with Caroline."
Elena lets out a small breath of relief and slowly a small yet sad smile makes its way to her face, it was all she could do "She's okay?"
Buffy lets out a small breath of her own as a tear drops down her cheek "She's perfect."
Elena smiles before looking over at their brother's body, knowing how excited he would be to meet his new niece "I can't wait for him to meet her."
At her words Buffy's eyes widen glancing over at Stefan who sighs, that's when it clicks in her brain, she was confused why her sister wasn't breaking down but it was so clear now...she thought their brother was coming back.
"Elena...Jeremy's gone. I could smell him from outside."
Elena shakes her head, Buffy didn't get it she couldn't get it "No, no...it's only temporary...his ring...his ring will bring him back...and Bonnie she has a way. She'll save him."
Buffy frowns before her and Damon turn to Stefan looking for some form of explanation, what the hell was Elena talking about?
"Bonnie wants to complete the three massacres and destroy the other side bringing back every supernatural creature that has ever died."
Buffy's eyes widen in horror, they couldn't do that, even if it brought Jeremy back...they couldn't by bringing back everyone they were risking thousands of lives...they couldn't bring Jeremy back he was gone.
Buffy takes a shaky breath and places her hands on Elena's shoulder "Elena...he's gone. Our brother is gone."
Elena shakes her head, she was sick of everyone saying this, no one understood, they were too small-minded "No, no, no. He's coming back!"
Buffy groans before shaking her sister's shoulder as tears drip down her face "Elena smell him! He is rotting and we are letting him!"
Elena shakes her head violently refusing to believe this couldn't be happening however that's when she smells it. Buffy was right...she could smell it now "How—how long has he smelled like that? Oh my god."
Buffy tries to hug her but Elena shoves her back shaking her head again before clutching on her hair, she couldn't do this it was too much, she just couldn't.
Elena sobs violently before opening her mouth to do the only thing she could do right now, she screamed...
Buffy goes to cover her ears but her eyes widen in horror as she turns to her sister whose mouth was open as though she was screaming but... it was different, there was no sound.
"Elena?" Buffy asks stepping forward only for her eyes to fill with panic as Elena's eyes begin turning red and blood begins dripping from her ears before her body begins shaking violently.
As she starts to drop Buffy runs over and catches her lowering them both down to the ground Elena now shaking in her lap, Buffy herself was shaking as tears dripped down her face "Elena!" She screams as she realizes what had happened, Elena had turned her scream inwards, she didn't know how but Elena had figured out how.
And then it all happens in slow motion as slowly Elena's eyes glaze over and she slowly stops moving, her eyes still wide open but with no movement. Completely frozen and unmoving.
Buffy's eyes widen with panic and she begins shaking her sister violently trying to wake her up "Elena? Elena?!" But there was nothing while she was breathing barely she wasn't responding her eyes weren't even moving it was like she wasn't in there anymore.
As the blonde begins sobbing violently she turns to Stefan and Damon who were stood but frozen and in shock, they had no idea what the hell had happened "Why won't she wake up?!"
Buffy spent hours sat in Elena's room just staring at Elena's body, she was pale and her eyes were wide open but they were blank, no emotion no personality, it was like...like she wasn't even in that body anymore.
And while her chest still move up and down as she took in air Elena was nothing but a shell now. Looking between her comatose sister and her dead brother Buffy feels something inside of her snap. Buffy had tried everything to get Elena to move, to show any sign that she was still inside but there was nothing, she probably would never wake up and Jeremy...Jeremy was gone, his body rotting.
As Buffy stares at the bodies of her siblings she takes a shaky breath, everyone she had ever loved was gone, Elena was gone, Jeremy was dead, her mom, her dad, Jenna, Miranda, John, Alaric...they were all gone.
Looking over she spots Meredith and Stefan into the room, Meredith ready to take Elena away to a facility where she would be taken care of till she woke up...if she woke up.
Buffy clenches her jaw and doesn't speak as she watches her sister being taken away before Damon walks into the room.
Turning to him she clenches her jaw "Take his body downstairs." She orders him before she moves out of the room and downstairs.
As Damon follows her before heading into the living room placing Jeremy's body on the couch Buffy walks into the kitchen where Stefan was "Meredith?"
"Taking Elena to the facility now." He informs her; his eyes filling with worry as he watches her.
Buffy merely nods not having much of a reaction before she looks around curiously "Where's Bonnie?"
"We told Matt to take her home, he thought it would be best."
"Lovely." Buffy mumbles in annoyance before she turns to where Caroline was holding her baby, Caroline had cleaned her up dressed her in a sweet pink onesie and had fed her so was now just rocking her softly, she looks at her daughter before taking her from Caroline and holding her tightly. Soaking her in. Kissing the top of her little girl's head she then carefully hands her back to Caroline "Take her out of here."
Caroline holds the baby carefully before watching in confusion, what was going on "Buffy?"
Buffy sighs and quickly walks back into the kitchen before digging through the cupboards before she finds it. Alaric's old bottle of whiskey.
"In high school...I was known for one thing." She whispers before she begins pouring alcohol everywhere, the counters, the dining table, and the chairs. Tossing the bottle to the ground she then grabs the lighter fluid from the cupboard making everyone jump "Lighting fires."
"Buffy, what are you doing?" Stefan asks in a panic as Buffy continues to pour lighter fluid all over the house before making her way into the living room.
"We need a cover story. And given how good a fire worked at Hemery I'm reusing old tricks." The blonde says simply before tossing the now empty bottle of lighter fluid near Jeremy's body forcing herself not to look at him "What's better than fire? This means no body. No reason to lie about anything else."
"Buffy stop it!" Stefan yells, she couldn't do this she was crumbling he could see it all over her face, if she did this know she would never forgive herself.
"Why?!" Buffy yells her heart aching as she hears her daughter begin crying in Caroline's arms, the blonde takes a shaky breath wanting so bad to go to her daughter but she forces her to turn to Stefan "This isn't my house! It's the Gilbert house! Long story short, they are all dead! Oh, wait no...correction Elena is as good as dead! This house dies with them!"
Grabbing another bottle of whiskey, which was sat underneath the table, she begins pouring it over Jeremy's sketches, Elena's journal, and her stakes and weapons case "Why would I stay in this place!" She screams as she kicks Jeremy's x-box shattering it to pieces before turning back to the three vampires who were staring at her in horror "This house is nothing but pain! Everyone that I have loved that lived here is dead! And what are we supposed to do bring them all back? Sacrifice more people and possibly my daughter to bring them back! Because I can't!" She screams as tears begin streaming their way down her face as she makes her way over to Jeremy's body pulling the Gilbert ring off his hand, he wouldn't be needing this anymore.
"Buffy stop it!" Caroline screams in horror as she tries to soothe the screaming little girl in her arms "You're scaring me! And your daughter!"
"What else are we supposed to do Caroline!" Buffy screams back barely being able to see through her own tears anymore "The Gilbert family plot is filled!" She screams as she slams down a photo to the ground of her and her mother before pouring Bourbon all over it "Hell my dad took the last spot in The Summers family plot two days ago!"
Reaching into her pocket the blonde pulls out her lighter and switches it on causing a small flame to appear making Stefan panic and quickly step towards her "Buffy—"
"There is nothing here for me anymore!" She screams as she looks around this house in horror, she was breaking down now, it was all too much she just couldn't "This house is filled with memories of people I loved who have died. My mom, My dad! Jenna, Miranda, Grayson, John, Alaric, Jeremy and now Elena! They are all gone!"
"What about her!" Stefan exclaims pointing to the little girl in Caroline's arms making Buffy freeze and turn her head to the little girl in her white and purple blanket who was currently screaming for her mother.
Stefan steps towards her carefully as Buffy focuses on her daughter, closing the top of the lighter he watches the blonde carefully "That is your daughter Buffy. She is here. She needs you."
At his words, Buffy takes a gasping breath and looks at her little girl, and that's when it hits her, she was broken, beyond repair, she had just been through too much. And the best thing for her daughter...was a life without her in it.
Because Buffy knew she was cursed.
Everyone she cared about or loved always got hurt or died. She wouldn't let that happen to her daughter.
The blonde freezes and tears drip past her clenched eyes as it all hits her fully, just how much she had lost, her mom was dead, Caleb had brutally killed her father, her aunts and uncles were dead, Alaric was dead...Jeremy was dead...Elena was basically brain dead...she couldn't take it anymore.
Her entire family was gone.
Everyone she had ever loved.
Forcing her eyes shut she begins shaking slightly as her knees crumble to the floor in front of Jeremy's body...she just...she couldn't do this anymore. All of the hurt all of the pain. She just couldn't.
She didn't want to do this anymore "I can't...I...I can't do this anyone." She sobs as Damon crouches down beside her holding onto her as she sobs.
That's when she hears the voices she knew it was her friends trying to get her to speak but it was pointless now. But then something else almost stirs her...her baby girl's cry.
Opening her eyes she looks over realizing she was now lying with Damon's arms around her while Caroline and Stefan stare at her teary-eyed in worry.
Slowly her eyes make it over to her little girl who was currently laying in Caroline's arms "Hey name is Joyce...Joy...please... Take...care of her. Please" She sobs out the words, this was harder then she could have ever imagined it would be.
Stefan frowns in confusion however before he could question what Buffy was talking about his eyes widen in horror as he spots her close her eyes as she pulls away from Damon.
"No." He breaths as he realizes what she was about to do "Buffy don't!"
"It's the only way." She whispers as she clenches her eyes shut and reaches down inside of her, the best way to protect her little girl and stop feeling all of this pain was to take herself out of the equation.
So at that moment not only did she force her memories of holding her newborn from her mind and locked them up deep down, she finally did something that everyone had been fearing for so long.
She turned her off her humanity.
"Where is she?" Klaus asks as he glares at Stefan while they stood outside the Gilbert home Stefan holding a bag of Joy's things as well as the baby who was now fast asleep in his arms.
"She turned off her humanity Klaus..." Stefan whispers trying to not wake the little girl who had already had a complicated first day on this planet "...her brother is dead. Her dad died three days ago and her sister...is now in a mystical Banshee coma that she may never wake from. She's not ready to be a mom right now. Not like this."
Klaus clenches his jaw as worry filled him, this wasn't how things were supposed to be, glancing through the window he spots Buffy walking through the house talking to Damon.
Sighing he turns and carefully takes his daughter from Stefan's arms before smiling down at Joy "She looks just like Buffy."
Stefan smiles and looks down at the baby girl in Klaus' arms, he was right, she was exactly a mini Buffy, her big green eyes and the blonde hair on her head. An exact picture of her mother.
"I won't leave Mystic Falls." Klaus says as he holds his daughter "Not until Joy has her mother back and Silas is no longer a threat to our daughter." Klaus sighs before looking up at Stefan "Keep me informed."
"I will." He promises before watching as Klaus disappears into the darkness, him and the baby now long gone.
Buffy moves through the Gilbert house before picking up a now shattered photo of her Jeremy Elena as kids. Moving the glass she frowns as she stares at the image, two out of the three people in this photo were dead. And honestly, she didn't feel a damn thing.
"Joy?" Damon asks curiously as he and his brother stand on the porch conversing about the now emotionless all-powerful Demon Slayer hybrid.
"Klaus took her to the mansion." Stefan says running a hand through his hair, just hoping that leaving Joy with Klaus was the best decision he didn't know what he would do if anything happened to that little girl.
Damon nods before groaning "She was right. To turn it off."
At his words Stefan's eyes widen his brother had to be kidding, Buffy Summers turning off her emotions, the woman who had always cared about the lives of others above her own turning it off was not right "It was a mistake."
"It wasn't and you know it." Damon argues as he turns to face his brother, honestly, if he could have he would have told Buffy to turn it off, she was breaking "It wasn't and you know it. This is the only way she's gonna survive and get back to be with Joy. We'll help her, keep an eye on her. When she's ready we'll have Klaus bring Joy and that should bring her back. But she can't be the mother she wants to that baby in this state Stefan."
Stefan groans as he shakes his head, this wasn't right he could feel it "Her humanity, Damon, it was all she had left."
"Humanity means nothing when you don't have anyone to care about Stefan. As far as she was concerned she did this to protect Joy. Everyone she has ever loved has died. She would rather Joy be safe so she sacrificed her humanity for her daughter."
"She has us. Despite everything, we've actually managed to both have good friendships with her." Stefan admits but Damon shakes his head, she had just lost too much and been through too much "She lost her dad her brother and her sister all at once. Nothing was enough."
Buffy places the photo of her and her dead siblings down before moving around the living room and re-grabbing her lighter ready to burn this dead house to the ground. No one should ever have to live here, and right now she couldn't be asked to find another way to hide Jeremy's dead. This was easy and she wanted it over.
"Buffy, don't do this." Damon says as he walks back into the room with his brother both of them watching the blonde carefully "We can find another cover story."
Buffy merely shrugs, she didn't see the point this was better than anything they could come up with, it was quick and clean "Nah. This house is depressing anyway."
Stefan frowns at her words before sighing and stepping forward trying to reason with her "If you burn down the house, it'll be gone. What if one day when this is all over, you want to come home again?"
Buffy stares down at the flame in her hand before looking back up at the boys "Here's the thing. I really don't care. This house was never mine." And with that, she drops the lighter on Jeremy's body and walks past the flames and heading straight out the house the boys following closely behind her.
As they walk the house burns, every book, every weapon, every photo, every memory of her old life and the blonde vampire Slayer doesn't even look back as she goes she merely shrugs "I need a drink."