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"The mess you get yourself into. You should've allowed me to do it for you, Liz."
Elijah walked over to Eliza, tutting as he pulled out his handkerchief from the breast pocket. He took Eliza's shaking hand, and it stopped trembling as Elijah gently began to dab at the blood.
"It's the 21st century, my love; women can do a man's work, and that includes killing without relying on a man."
Elijah chuckled, shaking his head with a small smile."I'm all for feminism, but you know how much you hate getting messy."
Rose stumbled down the stairs as she glared at the female who had killed her best friend.
Tears streamed down Rose's cheeks as she glowered at Eliza."You!"
Elijah, busy with wiping the blood from Eliza's hand, spoke with a hint of warning in his voice."Don't, Rose, now that you are free."
Rose moved backwards, knowing he would act on the silent threat, wiping her tears away.
Elijah casually wiped the blood from Eliza's hand, taking it in his own once it was clean."There we go."
"A perfect gentleman," Eliza whispered
Elena, trying to keep them preoccupied long enough for her saviours to get there in time, used their obvious affection for one another to her advantage.
The young woman crossed her arms over her chest."How long have you been together?"
Elijah answered without hesitation."Just over six hundred years."
Elena's lips parted in surprise at how long they'd been together and still look so in love.
"We've been besotted with each other from the moment we met,"Eliza said, fingers reaching up and running along the jawline of the face she'd touched thousands of times fondly before.
Elena looked at Elijah, it clear on his face that he more than agreed with Eliza's words.
"He saved me."
As if forgetting that Elena was standing close, Elijah murmured."And you've been saving me ever since."
He smiled down at Eliza, who, as if feeling the smile, also grinned as Elijah's fingers locked with hers. He stared at Eliza for a long moment before clearing his throat, his head snapping towards Elena.
"Come."
"No!"Elena backed away quickly, inhaling a long breath."What about the moonstone?"
Elijah sighed but looked interested as he asked."What do you know about the moonstone?"
"I know that you need it, and I know where it is."Elena said, and when Elijah gave her a look as if to ask her to tell him more, she added."I can help you get it."
"Tell me where it is."
"It doesn't work that way."Elena shook her head.
Elijah released a laugh, looking back at Elena."Are you negotiating with me?"
He glanced at Rose, who, still silently crying, said."It's the first I've heard of it."
He stepped closer to the doppelgänger, attempting to compel her but when he realised that she was wearing vervain, he tore off the necklace. She gasped as he grabbed her by the forearms, demanding to know where the moonstone was. She told him it was underneath the church ruins with Katherine and, just as Elijah was ready to move with the human, he heard Eliza gasp.
Concerned, Elijah let Elena go, and turned to Eliza."What is it?"
Eliza put on her black sunglasses before she responded."Someone is here."
This was confirmed when they heard glass breaking upstairs.
"Who else is in this house?"Elijah demanded, looking at Rose as he took Eliza's hand, other hand grabbing Elena forcefully by the arm."Rose, I will not ask again."
Rose glared harshly at Elijah but spoke calmly."I don't know."
Elijah threw Elena into Rose's arms and led Eliza up to the second floor of the house. Rose, knowing she wouldn't be able to enjoy her freedom if Elijah didn't get Elena, dragged the doppelgänger as she followed the Original.
Elijah, once again, heard noises that weren't made by those he knew of in the house.
He glared warningly at the female vampire."Rose."
"I don't know who it is."
Eliza cried out in anger as she was knocked backwards. Elijah caught her, holding her to him protectively as gushes wind hit him, and he turned to see what it was.
Just as he turned around to look, he heard the sound of feet from the top of the stairs.
"Up here."
Eliza shook her head, hand on Elijah's shoulder, another hand in his."Elijah, I don't like it!"
Elijah rubbed her hand gently."Stay with Rose."He place her hand in Rose's, fingers grasping Rose's chin, forcing the vampire to look up at him."If one hair is out of place on her head, you can forget your freedom."
Elijah didn't wait for Rose's nod as he flashed up the staircase, looking around for those who had entered the house without his knowledge. He growled in anger as he felt something enter his hand, making him turn to see who had shot at him.
Elijah sneered as he pulled the stake from his hand, throwing it aside.
He turned to move down the stairs, his eyes widening as he noticed that the three women were gone.
Eliza was gone.
Seeing red, Elijah's feet hit the steps hard as he stormed down the staircase, seething. He marched towards a wooden coat rack and snapped it in half, moving to the middle of the foyer.
"Excuse me."Elijah bellowed as he paced back and forth at the bottom of the staircase, his eyes dark."To whom it may concern, you're making a great mistake if you think that you can beat me."
"You can't."He marched towards a wooden coat rack and snapped it in half, moving to the middle of the foyer."Do you hear that?"
"I repeat; you cannot beat me."Elijah yelled, twirling the makeshift stake around his fingers."So I want my girl and the human. I'm gonna count to three or heads will roll. Do we understand each other?"
Elena appeared at the top of the stairs, hands behind her back.
"I'll come with you, just please don't hurt my friends, they just wanted to help me out."
Elijah flashed up the staircase, still angry."What game are you playing with me?"
Elena went to throw a vervain bomb at him, but he caught it and threw it aside, grabbing her by the arm, dragging her down the staircase. The bomb exploded, but Elijah quickly dodged it as he hauled Elena by her arm, making her cry out in pain.
"Let me go!"
"Your friends have Eliza and, if I don't get her back in the perfect way she was, I'm going to kill them and I'm going to kill everyone you love while you watch, do we understand each other?"
The sound of fighting could be heard, and Elijah turned around to see Eliza at the top of the stairs.
He smiled as he saw that she had a dark haired vampire by the arm, had a clear stab wound in his shoulder. Eliza was considered to be an easy target due to her loss of sight, but she was a very formidable fighter that could handle herself.
"Elijah?"
She went to move forward, unaware of the stairs but he called out her name."Eliza, don't move!"
She nodded, placing her foot back down.
"He hurt me,"Eliza stated, cane in hand that had blood on the end."So I hurt him."
Damon groaned in pain, trying to look up."Your girl is crazy!"
Elijah, still smiling, made his way toward the staircase, Elena in hand.
But, suddenly, another vampire appeared, grabbing Damon and kicking Eliza down the stairs.
Eliza cried out in shock as she hit the stairs, tumbling down them."Eli?!"
"Liz!"
Elijah flashed forward to catch her but was stopped by the two male vampires who drove a thick piece of wood through his heart, pinning him to the wall behind him. Elijah panted for air as his skin began to grow grey.
His gaze stayed on Eliza who was shouting his name, unable to move without guidance.
Elijah swallowed thickly, whispering for her."L-Lizzie?"
She attempted to move toward the sound of his breathing.
His breathing soon stopped as his eyes shut and he slumped forward, still attached to the wall with the stake.
Rose suddenly flashed in, eyes flickering between the Original and Eliza before she ran out, leaving the elder vampire on her own.
Damon moved to grab Eliza off of the ground, but Elena's voice stopped him.
"Just leave her."
Elena glared down at Eliza who was on her feet, searching for Elijah.
"E-Eli?"
Elena made her way down the stairs, watching gladly as Eliza, whose cane was still on the staircase and without Elijah's guidance, moved around in a small circle, trying to find her lover.
"She doesn't deserve the relief of death. Let her live so that she can know what heartbreak feels like."
Salvatore Boarding House
Stefan needed a drink.
It had been a long day.
Stefan entered the front room of the boarding house, making his way over to the bar.
Just as he was about to pour himself a drink, he heard the sound of feet behind him.
The Salvatore brother's head snapped up when a rush of wind hit him, and he turned to see a blurred outline of a figure dashing away. He knew that it wasn't his brother and, knowing that if it wasn't Damon, it had to be someone with the intent to harm him.
"Who's there?"
He opened a long box, pulling out a sharp stake and moved to the centre of the room, ears listening out for a heartbeat that didn't belong in his home. He walked around in a small circle, looking out for an intruder, ready to defend herself if need be.
"Hello?"
Rose walked out from the shadows, and Stefan raised the stake, about to attack but she held up her hands, shaking her head.
"I'm not here to hurt you."
Stefan lowered the stake but still kept it in his hand just in case."Why are you here?"
"Lexi once told me that you're one of the good ones."
"You knew Lexi?"
"Trevor was my best friend."Rose stated, it obvious that she was still in shock over his death."For 500 years I have lived with one person, and he's gone, and I don't want to run anymore because I don't have anywhere else to run to."
"Well, I'm sorry, but I can't help you."
"I don't need your help, but I think you need mine."Rose stated confidently, arms over her chest."Elijah may be dead, but this isn't over."
"What do you mean it's not over?"
"It isn't over. The Originals, they'll come for Eliza, she's his family."Rose stated, stepping down the stairs that led into the room."But they'll also come for the doppelgänger and their intentions for her are not as caring for her as they are for Eliza. They'll come for her because they have to. They're doing it for him."
Stefan frowned in confusion as he spoke."For who?"
"For Klaus."
"My beautiful Elijah."
Elijah pulled away from the kiss, hands tightening on Eliza's hips as she straightened, hand running through her long hair, brushing it aside to the side of her head.
"Why do you say that?"
The female vampire tilted her head, also frowning."What do you mean?"
"You've called me beautiful for centuries, and yet you cannot see it."Elijah said, fingers running down Eliza's arms."Why do you call something beautiful if you haven't seen it, especially me?"
Eliza merely leant down, nose brushing Elijah's, and she pressed her lips against his. She didn't have to be guided; she'd kissed him many times before.
"I don't have to see you to know that you're beautiful, Elijah,"
Eliza giggled against his lips, hand coming up and running down the side of his face."You're beautiful because you love me, and I love you. You're beautiful because to take care of me. You spent every day for two weeks guiding me up and down the stairs, around the house and every room to make sure that I could get around. You spend every day helping me with my make up because you know I don't trust anyone."
Elijah always put her and his family first, even above himself.
He always took care of her.
"There's an entire list of why you're beautiful to me, Elijah."
Eliza leant down, burying her face in his neck, smiling as his arms tightened around her.
Elijah swallowed thickly, eyes shutting as he kept his lover tight against him before flipped them around.
She gasped as he pressed against her, lips brushing her cheek.
He hiked her legs up to his body, lips hovering over hers.
"I love you, Eli."
Beaming down at the female vampire, he repeated three words against her lips before he claimed her mouth with his own.
A pair of brown eyes snapped open as the memory ended in his mind.
Elijah, whose desiccated skin was now clear, raised his head as he inhaled air back into his lungs. The Original straightened, moving his legs as he noticed that he was dangling in the air. It was only when he looked down when he saw that a thick, large piece of wood was sticking out of his chest.
Elijah didn't seem bothered by wood as he looked around, a concerned look on his face.
"Liz?"
Elijah looked around, easily pulling the thick piece of wood out of his chest, landing on his feet gracefully.
He looked down at the blood as well as the hole in his dress shirt.
That'd teach him to dress neatly for a meeting.
He continued to look out for the female vampire, picking up her cane that was on the stairs.
If she were without himself or the cane, while she could manage, she wouldn't be able to get far without him. Elijah twirled the cane around his fingers as he listened out for his other half.
"If they have taken her..."
If they'd taken Eliza, they all would be dead before Elijah could punish them with his own hands.
Eliza didn't take well to being parted from Elijah and vice versa.
Elijah grew more worried when he didn't hear any movement in the abandoned house.
"Lizzie?"
The Original perked up when he heard the sound of a car door shutting and, as quick as he heard it, he flashed outside.
Then breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Eliza sitting in the car.
Elijah rushed over to the vehicle, opening the door.
She didn't become startled, she just turned and reached out, hand cupping Elijah's face.
He released another breath of relief, placing her cane next to her as he checked her over to make sure that his lover was all right.
"Finally."She sighed, hands framing the Original's face."You...slept for too long, I was worried."
Elijah moved closer, nuzzling into her hand, his own on her thigh.
"I'm here."Elijah whispered, squeezing her thigh as if to prove it."You..."
Eliza, hearing his quiet question, spoke.
"You told me to make my way to the car if something happened. I waited until they left and, though I tripped..."She pointed down at the rips on her clothes."I made it. I did what you said. You're the one that forgot, not me."
Elijah smiled proudly, nodding. He'd told her the entire way to the abandoned house that if something were to happen, she had to return to the car so that he would find her.
He'd always find her.
Elijah's body lost tension as Eliza's fingers stroked his cheek. He leant closer, lips capturing hers and, just like every other time they'd kissed in the six hundred years they'd been together, Elijah's heart raced against his ribcage.
Every kiss they shared was just like the first time, and he fell in love with her all over again.
Eliza hummed happily against his mouth, turning around so that she could get closer to him, and arched up into the Original as his arms wound around her body.
The two broke apart a moment later, Elijah's eyes lingering closed for a long moment as tingles ran throughout his body when Eliza's lips grazed his cheek.
Her hands stayed on his cheek for a few seconds before they settled on his shoulder, her temple resting against Elijah's as he held onto her tightly.
"Eli?"
He looked down at her, hand rubbing her arm, expression telling her that he was listening.
"Can we go home and give Maxie some hugs before we hunt down those imbeciles who tried to kill us?"
Elijah let out a chuckle, a broad smile on his face as he nodded.
"As you wish, Lizzie."
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