Rebekah woke up on the war path that she'd missed her dance and I felt bad since she'd put a lot of work into it and when morning rose with none of us resting she went to the school for the clean-up committee while Nik and Tyler (pretending to be sired) started packing up the mansion while I did nothing sitting on one of the couches with my legs hung over the arm watching Nik packing up his artwork and collectables.
I knew he wasn't going to give up bringing Elena with us and although I hated the idea…despised more like it I wasn't quite ready to give up that there wasn't a sliver of the man I married.
"Alaric Saltzman just tried to kill me!" Rebekah suddenly said marching into the mansion making me sit up straight to stare at her in shock…he was dead…wasn't he.
"Alaric Saltzman is supposed to be dead" Nik argued putting another painting into a box.
"Well he's not and he's a vampire thanks to mothers spell with a white-oak stake that can't kill him, he's stronger Nik…too strong" I stood up walking around to face her.
"Where is he now?" I asked her.
"Stuck at the school without a daylight ring" she replied and hearing that I ran my hand over my own daylight ring. "But as soon as night falls he'll come after us, we need to leave now" she added and I frowned since it was bloody Mikael all over again.
"Fine, I'll collect Elena and we'll be on our way" Nik said and I glared down at my feet biting my tongue since we didn't have time to get the frigging doppelganger.
"Forget Elena, you don't need anymore stupid hybrids!" Rebekah spoke up instead and I wished I could say I was thankful but I knew she wouldn't change Nik's mind any more than I could.
"What I need is protection from Esther's continued assaults against us"
"We'll protect each other like we always have" Rebekah shot back at him then walked over to him. "Always and Forever Nik"
"I'm not leaving with her" he persisted and I frowned since he was not just gambling with his own life by staying here, he was gambling with both our lives because I refused to leave him with a stake out there that could take him from me.
"I'm leaving now, you can either walk out that door with me or you are on your own" Bekah said and I frowned looking at her as Nik looked up with a stubborn look on his face. "Fine" Bekah spat then turned to me asking what I was doing with her eyes but I turned back to Nik and she got the picture. "Trust your hybrids over your own family, let your spite be the death of you, see if I care" she added before rushing out of the room pushing Tyler aside in the process.
"What's her deal?" Tyler asked looking at us and I glared at him.
Nik left despite my glaring so I went upstairs finally with the motivation to pack up everything I owned with Tyler still helping out knowing that as soon as Nik was back with the damn doppelganger bitch we were hitting the damn road I didn't care if I had to snap his damn neck.
I tapped up another box right as my phone buzzed so I pulled it out of my jeans pocket and read the text from Nik. Alaric has Elena, headed to the school to retrieve, be ready to leave – Nik, I growled out angrily.
"Tyler keeping packing!" I yelled before I vamp speed out of the house and ran faster then I'd ever ran to stop my stupid, idiotic and complete moron of a husband from facing Alaric with nothing but a bunch of baby vamps.
"Abby just showed up" I heard Stefan say and saw them getting out of Nik's SUV.
"Good perhaps this plan won't be an epic failure after all" Nik replied and I felt the veins bubble under my eyes in anger speeding over and slammed into him knocking him to the ground as Stefan spun ready to attack but stopped seeing it was me.
"Are you insane!" I yelled as Nik shot to his face with an angry look on his face. "What the hell are you thinking Nik, he has the damn white-oak stake!"
"Oh stop being dramatic Eva" I growled and lunged ready to snap his damn neck but he moved with faster reflexes aided by the hybrid part.
"If you die don't expect me to mourn Niklaus!" I yelled out in anger then turned and walked a little bit away to calm down.
"She's feisty when she's protective" I heard Stefan say.
"What can I say I have that effect on my wife" Nik replied and I rolled my eyes taking a calming breath. "If this does go off and we drop the history teacher in the Atlantic I'm still leaving with Elena" I growled out again since he wasn't helping me calm down.
"I'll go with you" Stefan suddenly replied and I turned back with a surprised look and a little frustrated since now I had to deal with the two love-stricken idiots who couldn't figure out if they were together or now.
"Really?" Nik asked with a tone of disbelief. "What's the catch?"
"There's no catch, I'd turn my back on everything here to make sure Elena's safe" Stefan admitted and I rolled my eyes walking back over to them feeling I was calm enough to look at my husband.
"And that is what makes you her better option" Nik replied but I rolled my eyes since I doubt Elena would see it that was the two-timing whore.
"It's a shame it's not easier for Elena to see that" I spat scoffing.
"She's right, personally I think she's wasting her time with Damon" Nik added but I was still angry at him to have him agree with me so I glared but he had the gall to smirk at me as Stefan chuckled.
"You know all this time and energy you've spent trying to get me and my brother to hate each other it's actually had the opposite effect" Stefan suddenly said making Nik and I turn away from each other towards him as Nik laughed sarcastically.
"Has it, has it really?" he asked pushing off the front of the car to stand up straight. "Then perhaps I should let Elena decide which Salvatore joins us being as you and Damon are so close"
"Ah go for it, Damon and I have been through a hell of a lot worse than you" Stefan argued before walking off and Nik turned towards me suddenly with the anger back now that he was done messing with Stefan.
"Now what are you doing here, I thought I told you to pack and be ready"
"Yeah right" I scoffed crossing my arms glaring at him. "You really think I'd let you walk in there with nothing but baby vamps all who might I add hate you and wouldn't put it past to leave you for dead if it meant saving poor little human Elena" I crooned. "You've got me in your corner Nik and I'm not letting you die so suck it up and deal with it or don't, I don't care" I spat before following the direction Stefan had gone with him following and we caught up to Jeremy, Damon and Bonnie on the other side of the school.
"Look at this, one big happy family" Nik said trying and failing to make a joke.
"Drink this" Bonnie suddenly said holding up a bottle. "It's my blood, it bridges us all together so when I stop Jeremy's heart you'll have the power to stop Alaric's, you'll have to make a physical connection to his blood stream a vein, an artery something connected to his heart" she explained as Damon took a sip of her blood from the bottle before handing it to Stefan.
"If one of us get's a clean shot take it, the other two…three hold him down" Stefan added taking his sip then passed it to Nik.
"Before we all walk through these doors lets get on the same page, shall we?" Nik said and I looked up. "I was the one who created your vampire bloodline therefore I am responsible for your lives and Tyler's life, Caroline's life and of course Abby's life should anything go wrong-"
"Or your just lying to save your own ass, for all we know your piece of ass there is the one who turned our bloodline" Damon spat cutting him off and I glared at him speeding over and grabbed his throat squeezing down tight.
"Let me get something straight of my own…I am not a piece of ass, no one owns me and Nik was the one to turn your bloodline as I have never sired a vampire of my own but should anything happen to him you won't even get the chance to say goodbye because I will rip out your heart and fed it to your brother…got that?" I told him as he grunted trying to breathe around my hand before I let go and he choked out a breath as I walked back towards Nik seeing him smirking handing me the bottle and I sipped the last of the witches blood still glaring at Damon.
"As my lovely wife just so eloquently put it I'm not lying but go ahead call my bluff let the teacher kill me you'll all be dead soon thereafter and same goes should anything happen to Eva…I will hunt you's down and kill all of you" Nik added making me smile up at him as he looked down at me.
"Let's just get this over with shall we, I've had enough of the love eyes and heartfelt threats from the original couple of the year" Stefan added and I rolled my eyes as us vampires headed towards the building.
Once inside we all spilt up to find Alaric despite it interfering with my main purpose here but the faster we found him and did this then Nik and I could finally leave this stupid little town with or without the doppelganger I didn't care but he was coming with me…time for me to be the sociopath in our relationship.
"…if you want me dead, then kill me" I heard Elena say so I headed in that direction just in time to see the Salvatore brothers grab Alaric as he hesitated to kill Elena making me frown confused but before I could ponder further Alaric had snapped Stefan and Damon's necks and Nik used that to move in making the connection as I moved to grab Alaric to hold him and we managed for a total of 30 seconds before Alaric grabbed Nik's hand breaking it and the connection before tossing him to the ground and me aside before heading straight for Nik and had the stake down on him.
"No!" I yelled but Nik grabbed his arms stopping the stake from piercing his heart but he wouldn't be able to hold it, I looked up at Elena and decided to follow a hunch speeding up grabbing her, she gasped but I had my hands ready to snap not caring if I had to finally kill to protect Nik. "Stop!" I yelled and Alaric looked up. "Let him go or I'll kill her" I added letting my veins and eyes show telling him that I was dead serious.
"Let her go, Esther told me you don't kill people"
"Why because you need her alive?" I spat at him not backing down.
"Oh my…there's a reason Esther used me to make you, isn't there?" Elena asked him catching onto what I'd been thinking, doppelganger blood is always used for immortality spells. "She didn't want you to be immortal so she tied your life to a human one…mine that way you only have one lifespan to kill all vampires and then you'll be gone"
"Doppelganger has a brain" I smirked looking back up at Alaric tightening my grip around Elena's neck. "So when she dies, you die too, that's it isn't it" I smirked knowing I'd gotten it right and I was ready to live with the consequence of killing for the first time.
"You're wrong" Alaric argued glaring up at me but it made too much sense for me to be wrong.
"Am I?" I smirked back and started squeezing as Elena started choking for air.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Alaric said and in his distraction Nik knocked him over speeding towards us and together we whisked Elena away since now she did prove useful.
We got back to the mansion along with a compelled nurse and started draining Elena as it was the best way to kill two birds with one stone and it meant I didn't have to see or hear her whiny little voice again and it would kill Alaric.
"What are you doing?" Elena asked the nurse you was setting up the needles and bags to collect her blood.
"Draining you of all your blood" Nik replied with a sour look on his face as this supply wouldn't last him long but it was all he was gonna have.
"Elena?" Tyler suddenly asked having walked in the room.
"Tyler" Elena said trying to get loose. "Help me" she added and Tyler dropped the box in his hands and went to help her.
"He can't" Nik said and Tyler stopped still pretending to be sired. "He needs to go fetch me more empty blood bags about three liters worth Tyler" he added and I watched Tyler looking back and forth conflicted on what to do.
"Tyler please…get Stefan…please" Elena said looking at him making me frown since I knew Tyler would do it meaning we didn't have much time.
"No Tyler, get the bags" Nik warned him but Tyler still didn't do it and suddenly went to go to Elena but Nik was up and grabbed his throat stopping him. "Forget the girl and get the bags…now" Tyler seethed but finally turned and walked out of the room but I had a feeling he wasn't going to do it.
"So that's it, you're just gonna bleed me dry?" Elena asked as Nik walked to stand behind her chair.
"Yes but don't worry it'll be completely painless as the last drop is drawn you'll simply fall asleep" he replied walking back around to stand in front of her.
"What about your hybrids, you'll need more than this to create your army?" she asked looking and sounding weaker already as the nurse swapped out the full bags with empty ones.
"These last few liters will have to suffice" Nik said grabbing one of the bags of blood as the nurse tried to pass him. "You see by attempting to kill us my mother strengthened the bond between my siblings and I, rekindled the bond of my marriage…I don't need hybrids, I have my family"
"If you believe that then why take my blood at all?" Elena asked him. "You want a backup family, you know that your siblings will never trust you again and your wife always leaves you" she spat and I glared at her since she knew nothing about me.
"You know Stefan blames me for trying to tear him from his brother but I think we both know who really came between them…you" Nik said changing the subject walking towards her. "That's why you won't choose, you know once you pick a Salvatore you'll destroy their bond" he added then sped forward grabbing the armrests leaning down towards her. "Mm consider this me doing you a favor once you're dead you won't have to choose, no broken hearts their family stays intact but just between us girls…who would you have picked?" he asked her and I rolled my eyes at his choice of words.
"Rot in hell" Elena spat out.
"Hmm your welcome" Nik replied before standing up right. "Sweet dreams Elena, it's been fun" he added before walking out and as soon as he was gone Elena's tired and drowsy eyes fell on me.
"How can you stand to be with him?" she asked me barely able to get the words out.
"Let me ask you something Elena, you still believe there's good in Stefan even after everything he's done" I said and she just stared at me clenching her teeth. "You's think Klaus is the bad guy but you wouldn't even think twice if it was Stefan or Damon since hell I know they've done just as worse things in their lives yet you hold them as a statue of virtue now I'm not excusing the things he's done to you, to your brother but he's everything I have and you don't get to judge me when your just as bad as I am holding out hope for the people you care about so why don't you sit there and go to sleep" I smirked then turned and walked out.
I counted a total of five minutes…thirty three seconds before I heard Tyler make his move knowing he was waiting for Nik and I to leave and he began untying Elena but Nik was always a step ahead and stood behind them stopping Tyler from untying her.
"So much for that sire bond?" Nik said as I appeared behind Tyler.
"I'm not your little bitch anymore" Tyler spoke up and Nik let out a dry laugh walking towards him.
"How did you break the sire bond?"
"By breaking every bone in my body 100 times for the girl I love" he replied and I frowned remembering witnessing it in his mind along with seeing a face I never thought I'd see again.
"That's impossible" Nik argued.
"Is it or maybe real love is stronger than fake loyalty but what would you know about that, since it's clear you don't really love Eva" I looked up with a hard glare.
"You know you should be thanking me, I gave you a gift I took away your misery"
"You didn't give a crap about me, you just didn't want to be alone!" Tyler exclaimed then went over to Elena and picked her up but Nik sped over knocking into them as he grabbed Tyler slamming him against the wall as Elena fell and I saw her head smack against the steps.
"Good bye Tyler" Nik said and I looked up since I liked Tyler and didn't want to see Nik kill him.
"Nik wait-" I got out but then I felt someone grab my neck and everything went black.
I woke with a gasp sitting upright looking around but couldn't see anyone anywhere and night had fallen, I stood up with vamp speed with a hard glare since someone was going to pay for snapping my neck and whatever the hell they've done with my husband.
"Evangeline" I spun seeing Elijah and at first I couldn't believe my eyes before a smile spread across my face.
"Elijah" I went up and hugged him before the situation came back to my mind. "The Salvatore's they…they took Nik"
"I already know, Rebekah called me warning us all that Alaric had a white oak stake spelled by our mother to be indestructible, she also said that you and Niklaus had stayed despite all that"
"I couldn't leave him, he wanted Elena and we were supposed to leave as soon as he got her but he was stupid as usual" he nodded.
"I say we go and talk with Elena, strike a deal"
"A deal…I'm more inclined to rip her head off" I snarled seeing Elijah smile at this and cupped the side of my cheek.
"You have not killed in a thousand years despite being around my family, do not lose your kind hearted pure soul now Evangeline" I found myself smiling since Elijah always had a way with words. "Let's go" I nodded and we left the mansion easily finding the doppelganger at her house along with Stefan and Elijah let himself in being able to cross the threshold.
"Stefan" Elena said having walked towards the stairs right as Elijah let himself in with me standing right at the door.
"Elijah" Stefan said walking towards Elena to guard her like a good love sick puppy dog.
"Hello again" Elijah greeted looking at him. "Invite Ava in please" he said looking towards Elena.
"No" Stefan argued and I glared at him. "She's with Klaus"
"I assure you she means none of you any harm"
"Come in" Elena said and I smirked turning to Stefan as I put my foot inside and stepped in.
"Thank you doppelganger" I spat out.
"It's Elena" Elena spat back making me raise and eyebrow.
"I don't care" I argued walking past Stefan towards the kitchen as Elijah followed taking a seat at the table and began his offer.
"…all we need is to take that stake from him, once he's been disarmed the weapons in my possession my family will scatter to the ends of the earth and Alaric will follow us"
"And you'll just run?" Stefan asked sounding disbelieved as he took the seat beside Elena between her and Elijah.
"We've done it before" Elijah argued.
"Klaus, Rebekah and I spent the better part of 1000 years evading their father" I added.
"What's another half-century while Elena's able to live out her natural life?" Elijah finished since I didn't care either way given I still wouldn't put it past one of the Salvatore brothers we're gonna turn the whining bitch sooner or later.
"We finally stopped him Elijah" Elena replied and I glared at her since that him she was talking about was my husband. "After everything that he's done to us I can't just let you or her bring him back"
"I give you my word Elena I will not revive Klaus within yours, nor even your children's lifetimes" Elijah said before I had a chance to say anything and I looked down glaring at him since I hadn't agreed to that. "Perhaps it'll teach him some manners"
"What about you?" Elena asked looking up at me.
"If Elijah gives you his word then I give mine" I told her putting my best good look on for show. "I can survive a few hundred years or so without Klaus, who knows it might do us some good"
"Why should she trust you's?" Matt asked. "All either of you have done is screw her over"
"And for that I'm deeply ashamed but know this, she could've been dead the instant I walked through that door tonight, so Elena I leave it to you to make the decision whether to trust me or not, trust Ava?"
"Not hello?" Damon said over the phone and I rolled my eyes forgetting they'd even called him to include him in this ridiculous deal. "Did that concussion give you brain damage, his lunatic siblings not to mention Mrs Klaus there will kill you first chance the get"
"God if I really wanted her dead she'd be dead, believe me" I spat glaring across the table at Elena.
"Rebekah and Kol will honor the terms if you return Klaus' body to us, Elena will come to no harm" Elijah argued and Elena actually seemed to be considering this like the stupid human being she is. "Do we have a deal?"
"No, no, no, no…did I mention no!" Damon cut in and I rolled my eyes at his dramatics.
"Elena it's up to you" Stefan said and I smirked turning to Elena knowing she'd give in.
"Oh come on!" Damon exclaimed.
"Why do you want Klaus' body?" Elena suddenly asked looking at Elijah.
"He's my brother, we remain together" Elijah said and Elena sighed.
"We have a deal" she nodded and I forced to keep the smile off my face.
We got to work getting the younger Gilbert brother to throw Alaric off Damon's trail by sending him in the opposite direction before they told us where Damon was actually headed with Nik and passed the information onto Rebekah as she was currently closest as they sent Bonnie to hide Nik from witches.
And then it was left up to just them which had me on edge and pacing relentlessly while we could do nothing but wait…although I felt my world come crumbling beneath me when we overheard Stefan on the phone with Damon.
"What happened?" Elijah demanded seeing as we'd only heard a bit but I think I already knew something was wrong…I felt it.
"Stefan" Caroline added seeing Stefan was hesitating making me glare and sped towards him getting directly in front of him.
"What happened?!" I yelled at him.
"He's dead" Stefan said carefully.
"No…no!" I sobbed looking at him straight into his eyes hoping this was all just a big joke.
"Alaric staked him, Rebekah got away" he added.
"No!" I yelled pushing against his chest throwing him back knocking him off his feet but he was up at vampire speed looking at me. "He's…he's not dead, he can't be dead!"
"Evangeline" I spun towards Elijah.
"He's not dead Elijah!" I screamed as he came towards me and cupped both sides of my cheeks.
"He's gone"
"No how can you say that!?" I felt tears slipping out. "He…he can't be dead, he just can't" I felt him suddenly grab my arm and he sped us away and as soon as he stopped I fell to my knees letting out a scream of agony and pain as it felt like my heart was ripped out of my chest getting it all out before I fell silent just staring off ahead feeling that switch in the back of my mind…looking tempting.
"He's gone Elijah" I heard Rebekah say appearing behind us and from my preferable vision I saw Elijah turn to her. "There was nothing I could do to stop it" she added and he walked towards her pulling her into a hug.
"Tyler Lockwood is dead but the rest survived" Elijah said stepping back. "You said Niklaus turned their bloodline"
"I thought he did" Bekah said around her tears as I stood up from the ground.
"It wasn't me, it wasn't Kol"
"It wasn't me Elijah" Bekah said then they both turned towards me.
"It was Nik" I told them. "I was there, he turned Mary"
"Then how are they still alive?" Elijah asked nobody in particular but we all shared confused looks. "We have to split up, Alaric can't chase us all down" Rebekah and I shared a look and I knew we were having the same thought, we didn't want to run anymore and now that Nik was gone I had nothing left to lose.
Rebekah and I made our way down towards Wickery Bridge knowing the doppelganger bitch is heading back into town and that is the only way they'll come and Rebekah had the idea to provoke Stefan by calling even though I thought that would tip him off and he'd save the bitch.
"Your alive" she said into the phone. "Congratulations"
"Rebekah"
"Elijah spoke to Elena, her and Matt should be arriving back in town any minute"
"Yeah he told me that, also said the three of you would be gone out of town by now" I heard Stefan reply.
"That's the problem Elijah says we have to run the hunter will keep coming after us but I don't want to run anymore Stefan, I've spent my whole life running"
"Wha are you talking about we had a deal?" Stefan asked and I glared at the phone since that deal was dead the moment Nik was.
"Well I'm sorry but Klaus is dead, there is no deal, if my brothers, Eva and I are to survive we need to get rid of Alaric and the only way to get rid of Alaric…"
"Rebekah no" Stefan argued while I motioned for her to hang up as she did right as we saw Matt's truck approaching the bridge and Rebekah sped out in front of them causing Matt to swerve and drive off the side into the water and we watched it sink before we took off.