Part 12
Bonnie's hope that they could simply find them in the crypt in the graveyard dwindled the moment they arrived and had gone down the ladder into the darkness. There was no one there, and it looked like there hadn't been anyone there in a long time. "Damn," she said moodily, folding her arms.
"Even history must get bored repeating itself sometimes," Damon said unhelpfully after joining her and Stefan. "How come all your girlfriends have a habit of being - not all there?" He smiled unpleasantly.
"Haven't you ever heard the phrase if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything?" Bonnie snapped, getting tired of his callousness.
"Yes, but I tend not to take any notice."
Standing around and making snotty comments wasn't exactly going to get them very far.
Particularly when they had no idea where Allegra could hold Elena and Jane. They had no idea what she was planning on doing, or where to even go about finding them.
"We'll find them," Stefan said, ignoring Damon's comment. Bonnie heard the absolute determination in his voice. She wished there was something she could do with her powers to help them. They couldn't wait until midnight. "Then we need to kill Allegra. She's just an ordinary vampire, but I still have this." He reached behind one of the broken lids in the ante-chamber, producing what was left of the white ash wood stake. One end was still splintered, one end pointed and sharp.
"You got that and hid it?" Bonnie asked, feeling a little queasy at the thought.
Stefan shrugged, his lips stretched in a sad smile. "Let's just say I had the sixth sense that we'd need it again."
"Yeah, it's called paranoia," Damon said dryly. "They're not here. So we should try somewhere else." And with that he turned back and headed back the way they'd come.
And as much as Bonnie hated to admit it, he was actually right. She sighed and started to follow, feeling particularly bad for the human girl Jane.
It must be so hard for her. Moving in the middle of a school year was bad enough, but to be living in the house and look like a girl who had died under mysterious circumstances (even though she was actually alive and the rest of Fell's Church didn't know that) must be terrible. Not only did the poor Jane girl have that misfortune, she had managed to attract a psychotic vampire as well.
By the time she made it out the crypt, she almost knocked into Damn, standing still and silent, looking out at something across the graveyard. Bonnie frowned, trying to see what he was watching so closely.
"What?" she asked him.
"None of these psycho vamps are very smart, really."
Bonnie wondered what he meant, various levels of psycho minds wasn't something she really wanted to think in depth about. "Oh," she said, getting at least part of it.
A tall blonde girl was walking lightly across the graveyard, carrying a long iron rod, and an arm full of wood as well. Bonnie dreaded to think what she was going to do with them.
"She'll lead us into a trap," Stefan said, joining them.
"And what other choice do we have? We have to follow her now," Bonnie said, as quietly and quickly as she could, hurrying after Allegra.
* * *
Jane had given up struggling with the rope binding her wrist. Allegra had been gone for what seemed like forever, when she came back with a pile of wood which she dropped on the floor, and a long pointed metal stick.
"Who wants to go first?" Allegra said brightly, preparing to light the pile of wood.
Elena seemed to do nothing but complain about how unfair this all was, she'd been there and done that and it was about time people gave up with trying to do this to her when they obviously weren't going to win.
Jane had tuned her out after a while. It wasn't like she had asked for any of this, either. She had just wanted to go back to her old life in her old home where people knew her and liked her and she wasn't the image of a dead girl.
"You wanted to kill Elena, so why not kill her? It's not like I like any of these people," she said finally.
"You bitch!" Elena snapped from beside her. "I'm through with Stefan." She smiled encouragingly as the fire sparked into life and Allegra stuck the end of the poker in the centre of the flames. "I was going to break up with him, he'll yours."
Jane laughed harshly, thinking of all the words of love she had read in Elena's diary. Stefan was life and breath for Elena. He was everything to her. "Like you would really be able to cope with out him for a second."
Elena glared. "How would you know anything about what Stefan means to me?"
Jane shrugged, then winced as the cords pulled at her wrists, the muscles in her arms and shoulders starting to ache painfully being pulled at such an uncomfortable angle. "I read your diary from when you were at high school here. Bonnie left it in the library so people would know the truth about what happened."
Elena was silent. Her eyes closed briefly. Jane didn't say anything, even Allegra was watching her curiously, toying with the poker. Elena opened her eyes and turned to look at the insane vampire.
"Even if you do kill me, do you really think that will make Stefan change his mind and forget about me?" she asked reasonably.
Even Jane knew that this was something Allegra had never thought through. She wanted the guy who had hurt her and wanted to have him back. Hurting the person he loved at the moment was just going to make him hate her more.
"I don't care, I just want you out the way!" Allegra snapped, grabbing the metal rod and swinging it dangerously. The end wasn't exactly glowing hot, yet, but Jane was certain Allegra could do plenty of damage with it. "You don't know how much it hurts to loose someone you loved!"
She lurched forward. Both Jane and Elena screamed at the same time. But the poker never actually touched either of them. Allegra stopped in mid run, collapsing, a large piece of wood sticking out her back.
* * *
Bonnie's hope that they could simply find them in the crypt in the graveyard dwindled the moment they arrived and had gone down the ladder into the darkness. There was no one there, and it looked like there hadn't been anyone there in a long time. "Damn," she said moodily, folding her arms.
"Even history must get bored repeating itself sometimes," Damon said unhelpfully after joining her and Stefan. "How come all your girlfriends have a habit of being - not all there?" He smiled unpleasantly.
"Haven't you ever heard the phrase if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything?" Bonnie snapped, getting tired of his callousness.
"Yes, but I tend not to take any notice."
Standing around and making snotty comments wasn't exactly going to get them very far.
Particularly when they had no idea where Allegra could hold Elena and Jane. They had no idea what she was planning on doing, or where to even go about finding them.
"We'll find them," Stefan said, ignoring Damon's comment. Bonnie heard the absolute determination in his voice. She wished there was something she could do with her powers to help them. They couldn't wait until midnight. "Then we need to kill Allegra. She's just an ordinary vampire, but I still have this." He reached behind one of the broken lids in the ante-chamber, producing what was left of the white ash wood stake. One end was still splintered, one end pointed and sharp.
"You got that and hid it?" Bonnie asked, feeling a little queasy at the thought.
Stefan shrugged, his lips stretched in a sad smile. "Let's just say I had the sixth sense that we'd need it again."
"Yeah, it's called paranoia," Damon said dryly. "They're not here. So we should try somewhere else." And with that he turned back and headed back the way they'd come.
And as much as Bonnie hated to admit it, he was actually right. She sighed and started to follow, feeling particularly bad for the human girl Jane.
It must be so hard for her. Moving in the middle of a school year was bad enough, but to be living in the house and look like a girl who had died under mysterious circumstances (even though she was actually alive and the rest of Fell's Church didn't know that) must be terrible. Not only did the poor Jane girl have that misfortune, she had managed to attract a psychotic vampire as well.
By the time she made it out the crypt, she almost knocked into Damn, standing still and silent, looking out at something across the graveyard. Bonnie frowned, trying to see what he was watching so closely.
"What?" she asked him.
"None of these psycho vamps are very smart, really."
Bonnie wondered what he meant, various levels of psycho minds wasn't something she really wanted to think in depth about. "Oh," she said, getting at least part of it.
A tall blonde girl was walking lightly across the graveyard, carrying a long iron rod, and an arm full of wood as well. Bonnie dreaded to think what she was going to do with them.
"She'll lead us into a trap," Stefan said, joining them.
"And what other choice do we have? We have to follow her now," Bonnie said, as quietly and quickly as she could, hurrying after Allegra.
* * *
Jane had given up struggling with the rope binding her wrist. Allegra had been gone for what seemed like forever, when she came back with a pile of wood which she dropped on the floor, and a long pointed metal stick.
"Who wants to go first?" Allegra said brightly, preparing to light the pile of wood.
Elena seemed to do nothing but complain about how unfair this all was, she'd been there and done that and it was about time people gave up with trying to do this to her when they obviously weren't going to win.
Jane had tuned her out after a while. It wasn't like she had asked for any of this, either. She had just wanted to go back to her old life in her old home where people knew her and liked her and she wasn't the image of a dead girl.
"You wanted to kill Elena, so why not kill her? It's not like I like any of these people," she said finally.
"You bitch!" Elena snapped from beside her. "I'm through with Stefan." She smiled encouragingly as the fire sparked into life and Allegra stuck the end of the poker in the centre of the flames. "I was going to break up with him, he'll yours."
Jane laughed harshly, thinking of all the words of love she had read in Elena's diary. Stefan was life and breath for Elena. He was everything to her. "Like you would really be able to cope with out him for a second."
Elena glared. "How would you know anything about what Stefan means to me?"
Jane shrugged, then winced as the cords pulled at her wrists, the muscles in her arms and shoulders starting to ache painfully being pulled at such an uncomfortable angle. "I read your diary from when you were at high school here. Bonnie left it in the library so people would know the truth about what happened."
Elena was silent. Her eyes closed briefly. Jane didn't say anything, even Allegra was watching her curiously, toying with the poker. Elena opened her eyes and turned to look at the insane vampire.
"Even if you do kill me, do you really think that will make Stefan change his mind and forget about me?" she asked reasonably.
Even Jane knew that this was something Allegra had never thought through. She wanted the guy who had hurt her and wanted to have him back. Hurting the person he loved at the moment was just going to make him hate her more.
"I don't care, I just want you out the way!" Allegra snapped, grabbing the metal rod and swinging it dangerously. The end wasn't exactly glowing hot, yet, but Jane was certain Allegra could do plenty of damage with it. "You don't know how much it hurts to loose someone you loved!"
She lurched forward. Both Jane and Elena screamed at the same time. But the poker never actually touched either of them. Allegra stopped in mid run, collapsing, a large piece of wood sticking out her back.
* * *