Part 11
Bonnie found herself unable to say much to comfort Stefan after Elena had stormed off. Damon seemed to have done his disappearing act as well, she'd left for two minutes, and he wasn't there anymore. "Where did Damon go?"
Stefan leaned back against the couch, closing his eyes. "I don't know. I can't believe I was so stupid."
Bonnie felt uncomfortable. "Everyone makes mistakes," she offered, not sure what else to say. So far this Allegra woman hadn't done anything much but haunt their dreams and leave a red rose in Damon's hotel room. "It's not like anyone's dead yet." She turned on the TV, flipping through until she found a news channel. "Open mouth, insert foot," she muttered.
Stefan's eyes opened. "What's happened?"
"They've found a body, not far from Elena's old house."
"Let's go."
Bonnie followed Stefan, not really sure what he hoped to find. Maybe they'd run into Elena. She might have calmed down after storming off earlier. Not that Bonnie blamed her really, but she couldn't help wondering what Stefan had done in all those five hundred years, had he really not seen anyone else since Katherine? Well, apart from Allegra.
The crime scene was covered with cops and news media, it was hard to get close or even see what was going on. Bonnie couldn't tell if the victim was male or female. "I think we should get out of here and find Elena," Stefan said, coming back to her.
"How bad is it?"
"One victim so far, I heard the medical examiner mention something about loss of blood - lots of it," Stefan looked around anxiously. The last thing they needed was people catching him at the scene of yet another bizarre attack. Most people had forgotten the previous attacks when Elena was still alive, but since Jane had arrived, the rumours and whispers had started up again.
Bonnie nodded. "Okay, let's go." She knocked into someone, almost jumping at the sudden rush of cold she felt in its presence. "Oh God."
"Not quite, but damn close," Damon said, moving backwards a step.
Bonnie had run out of energy to yell at him. "What happened here? Have you seen Elena?"
"Three of them, actually, that other girl was here as well, the dead one was a friend of hers. One of them knocked me out." He frowned a little, Bonnie might have been imagining things, but was that self-disgust she heard in his voice?
"Allegra," Stefan said bitterly. "She took Elena and this Jane girl as well. Where?"
"How the hell should I know?" Damon snapped.
"Cut it out, arguing isn't going to help us find them," Bonnie interrupted. "You're a psychotic vampire determined for revenge and see two of the one person you wanted to kill. Where do you take them?"
"The crypt," Stefan offered.
Damon shook his head. "That's far too obvious. If she wants something from you, she'll contact you before long. She won't kill them yet."
"You seem to know an awful lot about this," Stefan said dryly.
"We can always go and check the crypt, just to be sure," Bonnie said, to save argument's sake. She had no other thoughts at the moment. ~You'd think after all we'd been through, we'd get better at this~ she thought, striding off and leading the way. Another thought was maybe she could try a spell to find Elena, the one she had to contact Stefan. But could they really wait until midnight?
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Allegra hadn't been able to find anywhere but the deserted Quonset hut to keep her prisoners, she hadn't really thought it through, she'd seen them coming and just struck out. She'd wanted to mess with their heads a little more.
But she hadn't expected two Elenas. What did that mean? Both were dumped on the floor, tied up and unconscious at the moment, and if they were out cold, then it was no fun to torture them.
"Wh-what's going on?" One of them was coming round.
"I told you I'd get you," Allegra said, standing in front of her, hands placed either side of her slender hips. She barred her teeth, making sure the girl could see her fangs glittering in the dim lighting, a little visual trick she was very good at. "But maybe you can tell me why there are two Elena's, and who the man in the shadows is."
The girl struggled to sit up, looking like she was going to be sick. Allegra took a few steps away, not really in the mood for being puked on.
"For starters, I'm not Elena, my name is Jane," she said, sounding just as annoyed as Allegra felt. "*She's* Elena, I just happen to look like her. Kill her if you want to kill someone. I've got nothing to do with any of this. Just bad luck."
Allegra was confused. She didn't quite see how any of this was possible. "But you live in Elena's old house, and go to her school, and..." She trailed off and shook her head.
Jane shrugged, tugging at the rope that bound her hands. "I don't know. The guy in the shadows...he must be Damon, Stefan's brother."
Brother? Allegra had never known Stefan had a brother, he'd never mentioned his family to her. He just simply refused to talk about it. Could she have been stalking the wrong one?
"What's your problem?" The original Elena had finally come round. She was glaring at Allegra, as if that would have some sort of affect on her.
Allegra giggled. "Come on, you can do better than that."
"What the hell is all this about?" Elena demanded.
"Ooh, tough," Jane sneered. She didn't seem to like Elena much either. Allegra was seriously debating on letting her go. Then she could change Jane and have a friend who hated Elena as well, and they could both go make Stefan pay.
"I want Stefan, he wants you, therefore, we have a problem," Allegra said reasonably, pacing around the small hut, wishing she had time to think of a better plan than this. That was the problem with spurs of the moment, there were usually draw backs.
"You know you've been stalking Damon," Elena said, her tone changing to reasonable conversation as she sat up. "From what I know he's available, if you like dark and sexy vampires."
Allegra considered. "Well, I like dark and sexy vampires, but there's only one I have my eye on. You can have the brother."
"One question," Jane interrupted. "What exactly, do you plan to do to us?"
Allegra glanced over at her. "I thought *that* would be kind of obvious. You're the bait, if I don't get Stefan I'll kill you, one by one."
"Oh please," Elena snorted, shaking her head. "You think you can win him over like that? I've been dead once, and still came back when he called me."
Allegra walked away, refusing to listen to them anymore. It would work. It would! She wanted nothing else, and would get what she wanted. "Shut up!" she snapped, and hurried out of the hut.
* * *
Bonnie found herself unable to say much to comfort Stefan after Elena had stormed off. Damon seemed to have done his disappearing act as well, she'd left for two minutes, and he wasn't there anymore. "Where did Damon go?"
Stefan leaned back against the couch, closing his eyes. "I don't know. I can't believe I was so stupid."
Bonnie felt uncomfortable. "Everyone makes mistakes," she offered, not sure what else to say. So far this Allegra woman hadn't done anything much but haunt their dreams and leave a red rose in Damon's hotel room. "It's not like anyone's dead yet." She turned on the TV, flipping through until she found a news channel. "Open mouth, insert foot," she muttered.
Stefan's eyes opened. "What's happened?"
"They've found a body, not far from Elena's old house."
"Let's go."
Bonnie followed Stefan, not really sure what he hoped to find. Maybe they'd run into Elena. She might have calmed down after storming off earlier. Not that Bonnie blamed her really, but she couldn't help wondering what Stefan had done in all those five hundred years, had he really not seen anyone else since Katherine? Well, apart from Allegra.
The crime scene was covered with cops and news media, it was hard to get close or even see what was going on. Bonnie couldn't tell if the victim was male or female. "I think we should get out of here and find Elena," Stefan said, coming back to her.
"How bad is it?"
"One victim so far, I heard the medical examiner mention something about loss of blood - lots of it," Stefan looked around anxiously. The last thing they needed was people catching him at the scene of yet another bizarre attack. Most people had forgotten the previous attacks when Elena was still alive, but since Jane had arrived, the rumours and whispers had started up again.
Bonnie nodded. "Okay, let's go." She knocked into someone, almost jumping at the sudden rush of cold she felt in its presence. "Oh God."
"Not quite, but damn close," Damon said, moving backwards a step.
Bonnie had run out of energy to yell at him. "What happened here? Have you seen Elena?"
"Three of them, actually, that other girl was here as well, the dead one was a friend of hers. One of them knocked me out." He frowned a little, Bonnie might have been imagining things, but was that self-disgust she heard in his voice?
"Allegra," Stefan said bitterly. "She took Elena and this Jane girl as well. Where?"
"How the hell should I know?" Damon snapped.
"Cut it out, arguing isn't going to help us find them," Bonnie interrupted. "You're a psychotic vampire determined for revenge and see two of the one person you wanted to kill. Where do you take them?"
"The crypt," Stefan offered.
Damon shook his head. "That's far too obvious. If she wants something from you, she'll contact you before long. She won't kill them yet."
"You seem to know an awful lot about this," Stefan said dryly.
"We can always go and check the crypt, just to be sure," Bonnie said, to save argument's sake. She had no other thoughts at the moment. ~You'd think after all we'd been through, we'd get better at this~ she thought, striding off and leading the way. Another thought was maybe she could try a spell to find Elena, the one she had to contact Stefan. But could they really wait until midnight?
* * *
Allegra hadn't been able to find anywhere but the deserted Quonset hut to keep her prisoners, she hadn't really thought it through, she'd seen them coming and just struck out. She'd wanted to mess with their heads a little more.
But she hadn't expected two Elenas. What did that mean? Both were dumped on the floor, tied up and unconscious at the moment, and if they were out cold, then it was no fun to torture them.
"Wh-what's going on?" One of them was coming round.
"I told you I'd get you," Allegra said, standing in front of her, hands placed either side of her slender hips. She barred her teeth, making sure the girl could see her fangs glittering in the dim lighting, a little visual trick she was very good at. "But maybe you can tell me why there are two Elena's, and who the man in the shadows is."
The girl struggled to sit up, looking like she was going to be sick. Allegra took a few steps away, not really in the mood for being puked on.
"For starters, I'm not Elena, my name is Jane," she said, sounding just as annoyed as Allegra felt. "*She's* Elena, I just happen to look like her. Kill her if you want to kill someone. I've got nothing to do with any of this. Just bad luck."
Allegra was confused. She didn't quite see how any of this was possible. "But you live in Elena's old house, and go to her school, and..." She trailed off and shook her head.
Jane shrugged, tugging at the rope that bound her hands. "I don't know. The guy in the shadows...he must be Damon, Stefan's brother."
Brother? Allegra had never known Stefan had a brother, he'd never mentioned his family to her. He just simply refused to talk about it. Could she have been stalking the wrong one?
"What's your problem?" The original Elena had finally come round. She was glaring at Allegra, as if that would have some sort of affect on her.
Allegra giggled. "Come on, you can do better than that."
"What the hell is all this about?" Elena demanded.
"Ooh, tough," Jane sneered. She didn't seem to like Elena much either. Allegra was seriously debating on letting her go. Then she could change Jane and have a friend who hated Elena as well, and they could both go make Stefan pay.
"I want Stefan, he wants you, therefore, we have a problem," Allegra said reasonably, pacing around the small hut, wishing she had time to think of a better plan than this. That was the problem with spurs of the moment, there were usually draw backs.
"You know you've been stalking Damon," Elena said, her tone changing to reasonable conversation as she sat up. "From what I know he's available, if you like dark and sexy vampires."
Allegra considered. "Well, I like dark and sexy vampires, but there's only one I have my eye on. You can have the brother."
"One question," Jane interrupted. "What exactly, do you plan to do to us?"
Allegra glanced over at her. "I thought *that* would be kind of obvious. You're the bait, if I don't get Stefan I'll kill you, one by one."
"Oh please," Elena snorted, shaking her head. "You think you can win him over like that? I've been dead once, and still came back when he called me."
Allegra walked away, refusing to listen to them anymore. It would work. It would! She wanted nothing else, and would get what she wanted. "Shut up!" she snapped, and hurried out of the hut.
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