Chapter 32 - Sireline

Finn was starting to second guess his decision to be in charge. His wife and sisters were giving him a headache. Once Elena had finally agreed to do her part in the cleanup Sage and Rebekah had started bickering good-naturedly. It was all in fun and he was glad they were getting along but they were giving him a headache. He wondered at how his brothers had done it for so long and in much less amicable situations too. He was a bit relieved when Kol and Sabrina joined them.

Sabrina had woken up just after Kol and had blushed when she opened her eyes to find him staring at her. Kol had smirked at her before leaning over and kissing her gently. Then he got up and walking out of the room. Sabrina giggled softly before she too got up and followed him. They found Finn watching their sisters bantering back and forth. Kol smirked as he quickly deduced that Finn had a headache.

"Now sisters, you're giving Finn a headache." Kol told them with a smirk.

Finn frowned at him while the girls stopped and turned to look at Finn. Elena frowned as she walked over to stand before Finn. , "We're sorry brother, we didn't know."

Finn smiled down gently at Elena, "It's okay. I'd much rather see all of you get a long, than for me to be headache free. Besides it'll go away fast."

Elena nodded as she gave him a hug, "You go rest, and we'll go to the Grill. We can bring something back for you."

Finn was going to argue but Kol stopped him by laying a hand on his shoulder. "Go brother. I'll make sure they don't get into trouble."

Finn nodded and headed to his rooms. Sage quietly told the others that she was going to stay with Finn but that they should go. Finn over heard her and stopped her, telling her to go with the others to the Grill.

"I'll see you when you get back," he told her giving her a kiss whilst pushing her out the door.

At the Grill the small group found Elijah talking at a small table with Lucy. Niklaus was at another small table flirting with Caroline while Bonnie and her mother were at another small table. Rebekah, Sage, and Elena grabbed a small table in a corner away from the others, forcing Kol and Sabrina to sit by themselves.

Rebekah, Sage, and Elena talked quietly about the events of the day without mentioning the exact details. They were talking about the White Oak when Sage decided to share something that Esther had told them the day before.

"According to what Esther told Finn, when an
original dies all of the vampires they sired would be killed as well, including all the vampires down the line." Sage told them. She purposely made it sound like Finn had been told back when he was loyal to his mother.

"What!?" Rebekah asked shocked.

Elena was horrified by this discovery, "If Damon and Stefan knew this surely they would stop trying to kill you."

Rebekah shrugged, "Possibly. We could drop a hint and see if it would make a difference."

Sage thought about it for a minute before she shook her head, "No, they would just try to find out who they were descended from and try to kill the rest."

Rebekah smirked, "Well, they won't be able to find out, the farthest back they can trace their line back is Rose-Marie, and if I remember correctly Nik said she's dead. There's no way for them to find out who turned her."

Elena shook her head, "There is one way - they can talk to Jeremy."

"Jeremy?" Sage and Rebekah questioned.

Elena nodded, "He was killed and Bonnie brought him back, but with side effects. Jeremy can see and talk to ghosts. If Damon or Stefan find out they'll go to see him and have him talk to Rose."

"That wouldn't be good." Rebekah mumbled.

Elena shook her head, "No it wouldn't. We need to bring him back home now!"

Sage and Rebekah calmed her down, telling her they would discuss it with their brothers that evening after the got back. Elena agreed, although all who knew her would have noticed something was bothering her of they had bothered to pay attention. As it was everyone was so distracted by their dinner companions they didn't notice.

Later after everyone but the Mikaelsons (including Sabrina) and Lucy and Caroline had gone to bed, Elena informed her family that she thought it best if they would bring Jeremy home. The discussion went on long into the night and eventually everyone agreed it would be for the best. No one had really been against bringing Jeremy home but there was a lot of discussion about who to send to pick him up. Elena obviously had to go, to make Jeremy feel safe and explain what was going on. Rebekah suggested a witch go with her, as well as one of their brothers - as protection. That left Kol and Sabrina or Elijah and Lucy, and it was decided Kol and Sabrina would be best as Jeremy wouldn't trust Elijah immediately.

It was then decided Lucy would let it slip to the Salvatore's what would happen if an original died. They hoped that it would detour the Salvatore's plan long enough for them to come up with a solution. Lucy wanted to go over and see how Alaric was doing anyway. Elijah was worried about sending her alone and she agreed to Bonnie and Caroline coming along. Niklaus wasn't happy about her taking Caroline but Lucy swore she wouldn't let anything happen to her.

The next morning found Kol, Sabrina, and Elena on the Mikaelsons' private jet while Lucy asked Caroline and Bonnie to come with her to check up on Alaric. At the boarding house they found out that Alaric's alter ego had the last stake and so the Salvatore's were trying to make his alter ego come out so they could get the last stake.

Lucy frowned as she opened the cell door in the basement of the Boarding House. "Alaric?" She asked cautiously.

"Yep still me."

" Are you sure that you...? I mean you don't have to be kept in here." Lucy asked.

"Ah, no, this is...this is the right place for me to be. At least until you guys can convince my highly uncooperative alter ego to fess up to where I or he hid the white oak stake."

Lucy nodded, "Stefan said they looked everywhere. You...the other you, hid it well."

"What's Klaus gonna do if you can't find it?" Alaric wondered.

Damon broke into the conversation, "It's the only thing that will kill him, so wage war, murder people, you know Klaus stuff."

Lucy frowned, "Not really. He won't do something that would alienate Elena."

Damon glared at her, "I can't believe you buy this BS. Klaus doesn't care about her, it's all an elaborate hoax."

"It is not!"

"Is too."

"Is not!"

"Is too."

"Not!"

Alaric sighed and broke into their argument. "I hate to say it but I think Lucy is right."

"What?" They both turned to him in shock.

"Yeah. The Originals seem to really care about Elena now and they are very protective of her. She's happy with them."

"She's being brainwashed." Damon mumbled.

Lucy laughed, "No she isn't. They do genuinely care about her. You'll see it in time."

"Uh huh," Damon eyed Lucy as if she was some strange creature that just crawled out of the black lagoon.

Lucy only smiled at him before bidding goodbye to Alaric. She started on her way upstairs while Damon told Alaric that he or Stefan would be down in a bit.

Once upstairs Damon asked Stefan, " You hear from Klaus?"

"Not yet," came the reply.

"What's taking him so long?" Damon asked Lucy, Bonnie and Caroline.

The girls struggled, as Stefan toyed around with the White Oak stake he held. "I'm sure I will soon though. He's expecting me to deliver two stakes, I only have one."

Damon snorted, "Well, that's gonna be disappointing for him."

Stefan glared at his brother for his lack of confidence in him, "I'll get it out of Alaric. I just need some time."

Damon laughed, "I like that confidence, Stefan. I don't share it, but I like it."

"You don't think I can do what it takes."

"Well, you're good Stefan again. You're in control." Damon explained.

Lucy rolled her eyes at them as she fell into a chair, "You're both ridiculous." They both glared at her. She shrugged and turned towards Bonnie and Caroline, "Let's just go, they don't want to listen to anything we have to say."

Caroline frowned, "But..."

Lucy shook her head, sending Caroline a sidelong glance that no one noticed. "Nope if they want to kill everyone, including themselves, nothing we say can change their mind."

Caroline nodded, quickly catching on to Lucy's plan. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I don't guess they care that if they kill an original they kill every vampire in their sire line."

"What!?" Damon, Stefan, and Bonnie exclaimed.

Caroline looked at them innocently, "You didn't know?"

"No!" Spat the brothers.

"You know we didn't," Bonnie told her with a glare. "How do you know this?"

"Nik told me," Caroline said carelessly with a shrug. "He said he doesn't want any secrets between us."

"Uh huh." Damon said.

"You believe him?" Stefan asked.

"You have to stop trying to kill the Originals!" Bonnie told the brothers.

Everyone ignored Bonnie, Caroline addressing Stefan, "Yes I believe him. He's never lied to me once, he hid things from me, but he never lied. Now he's not hiding anything from me."

"Huh." Damon said at the same time Stefan snorted and turned to walk from the room.

"I'm serious!" Bonnie told Damon, "Stop trying to kill the Originals! 'Lena loves them; she loves you and Stefan. She's finally happy. You kill the originals, you kill yourselves and you destroy 'Lena!"

Bonnie turned on her heel and stalked from the house. Caroline followed after telling Damon that Bonnie was right. Damon turned to stare at Lucy who merely shrugged and followed her cousin and friend out.