Hello everyone, I'm so sorry for the long delay but here it is, the final chapter in part one of this fic. it took me so long to write mostly because I had it planned out about 9 different ways and I couldn't pick how exactly I wanted it to go. please remember to add me to your alerts so you can be notified when part two is started. oh and of course I only own my oc.
"Oh Cate," a disembodied voice sang out from the tree line.I tried to move but I was chained to the ground, "I'm not Cate!" I screamed out."Trusting Niklaus, bad move on your part, little witch. Wolves travel in packs, if you hurt one of us, you have to face all of us.""I'm not Cate," I screamed out again, there was only silence this time. I pulled at the chains on my wrists, they wouldn't budge. I felt weird, weak, I tried casting my way out of my binds only to start coughing up blood.The silence in the woods was broken by the sound of bones snapping, screams turning into growls. "Wake up Alexis, come on," I pulled on the chains again, I looked up and was greeted with dozens of eyes.
I sat up screaming, tangled in the sheets, trying to escape, I misjudged the edge of the bed and went tumbling to the floor. Damon flipped on the light and leaned over my side of the bed. "I really thought I'd be a little more graceful as a vampire," I huffed, pulling the sheet off and throwing it back on the bed.
"It only enhances traits you already have," Damon got out of bed following me into the bathroom. I stood in front of the mirror and pressed my palms on the edge of the counter.
"So, you going to tell me what, had you screaming like you were being killed?" Damon asked walking up behind me.
"I kinda was," I turned on the faucet and let the water heat up, "I was Cate the night she died. They drugged her, tied her up in the woods, and then ripped her limb from limb."
"Who?"
"The werewolves," I replied quietly before splashing some water on my face. I turned off the faucet and dried off. Looking at Damon I saw concern all over his face, "It was just a nightmare," I reassured him.
"A historically accurate one."
I stepped around him and walked over to the pile of books next to the bed. I picked up Cate's journal and opened it to the back few pages.
"Oh no," Damon snatched the book from me putting it back into the pile, "You just woke up screaming bloody murder."
"Well I'm wide ass awake now, what do you suggest I do?"
He smirked and grabbed my ankles, pulling me to the edge of the bed with him between my legs. I leaned up on my forearms, "Damon Salvatore, do you think about anything other than sex?"
"I do actually." He replied, stepping away from me, I sat all the way up and pulled at his arm, "No, come back," I pouted. He moved back towards me, "We're probably all going to die tonight anyway, might as well have a little fun." My hand moved behind his neck and I planted kisses over his chest, up to his neck.
"That's the spirit." He groaned. His hand tangled in my hair, using it to pull my head back, he crashed his lips on mine. He led me back down to the bed before he broke away kissing over my jaw and down to my neck. Damon's hands snaked under my shirt and over my stomach. He took a breast in each hand and squeezed causing me to buck my hips and moan.
Breaking away from my neck he quickly pulled my shirt over my head and leaned back in, swirling his tongue around one nipple while he rolled the other between his fingers. My eyes rolled back and my breath was coming in pants as he switched between nips and flicks, changing sides every time I got used to something. I kept rolling my hips trying to create friction where I needed it most. He kissed his way back up as his hand tracked south, with light teasing touches just outside my panties.
"Fuck, Damon," I said breathlessly, he smirked, dipping his hand into my panties and running his thumb over my clit as he pressed his lips on mine. I moaned into his mouth and he slipped his tongue over mine. My nails dug into his back as he pushed two fingers inside me, I bucked my hips with the rhythm of his hand. His mouth moved down to my neck and he bit down, I screamed out as pure bliss took over and my walls clamped around his fingers.
He swirled his tongue over the already healed wound and moved his hand up towards my chest. Still recovering I managed to grab his arm and sit up. I ran a shaky hand down his chest to the bulge in his boxers, his head fell back as I slipped my hand under the waistband. My fingers wrapped around his dick and I slid off the bed, kissing down his chest. I took my hand out of his underwear and pulled them down, he kicked them off once they hit the floor.
As soon as my knees made it to the floor I circled my tongue around the tip, a growl rolled through his throat and his hands fisted on my hair. I took him into my mouth, going further with each stroke, a string of profanities coming from Damon. His hands moved to my shoulders and he pulled me up, tossing me on the bed and covering me with his body. He lined up and thrust his hips, I moaned and gripped at the sheets as he filled me up. Damon leaned back pulling me with him, propping my ankles on his shoulders.
He pushed my legs closer to my chest with each thrust, both of our moans filling the room as his thumb found my clit again. I grabbed his wrist bringing it to my mouth, he smirked and turned his head. The veins rolled under his eyes and we bit at the same time and white-hot spasms ripped through my body, Damon let my legs fall and I clenched them around his waist, milking him to his release.
He leaned down pressing his forehead against mine, "Better than some crusty old journal." He laughed as he rolled off me.
"Much." I replied contently, "but now I'm starving."
Damon leaned up on his arm, "Basement or 'take out'?"
"Might as well go out, after that I'm really not getting any sleep."
We were walking back up the driveway when I looked at Damon, "I'm not going to lie, I enjoy that way more than I should."
"All of us do except Stefan." He replied.
"I'm sure Stefan isn't the only ripper out there." I stopped, Damon didn't notice and kept walking, "He's not," he realized I wasn't next to him and turned around. "What are you doing?"
"Elijah's here."
"And?"
"Don't start any shit." I narrowed my eyes and headed inside, hearing them in the library, I stopped just outside the door, "Elena said the curse of the sun and the moon is fake, it's just a curse on Klaus?" Stefan asked.
"Correct, Klaus is from a different bloodline, if he breaks the curse he'll be a true hybrid." Elijah replied.
I walked in with Damon behind me, "Klaus is going to try and break it tonight." I announced, all three sets of eyes locked on me.
"Where have you been?" Elena asked.
"Breakfast," I replied simply.
"There's a whole free-" Elena started.
"Klaus came by the house last night," I stated, cutting Elena off. "I told him I didn't think you needed to die."
"Don't forget the part where you threatened to hunt him for eternity," Damon added.
"You what?" Stefan and Elena both shouted, Elijah looked amused, "It'll be your death."
"No, it won't." I snapped, "Cate put a contingency plan in the ritual but it will only work if he actually drains Elena dry."
"So what if he kills Elena you get cosmically rewarded? With what?" Stefan asked angrily.
"She would be like us." Elijah sounded almost in awe, "So she was able to figure it out? You're sure?"
"I'm not an expert but she worked on it for 500 years and with the confidence she seemed to have I'm guessing it's flawless." I leaned on the pillar by the stairs, "Personally I'd like to stay just the way I am."
"Stronger as a vampire, weaker as a witch," Elijah replied quietly.
"Exactly, which is why I'm hoping Klaus takes me seriously. I can be quite annoying.
"So wait," Damon stepped down the stairs, "we're putting all of our faith into Klaus either taking Alexis's warning seriously, or a 500-year-old witches brew with no expiration date?"
"Pretty much," I shrugged behind him.
"And what happens when all that falls through?"
"Then I'll be dead," Elena spoke up.
"And your sister will have killed you." Damon whipped his head around to me, "You don't handle guilt well, No, No. There has to be something else, what about Bonnie?"
"If Bonnie tried anything before the sacrifice then it'll kill her."
"I'll write her a great eulogy."
"No!" I snapped.
"How does the ritual work exactly?" Stefan asked.
"Tonight Alexis will harness the full moon to release the curse attached to the moonstone, Klaus being one of each will sacrifice a werewolf and a vampire."
"Where do I come in?" Elena's voice was shaky.
"The ritual indicates that Klaus drinks from you until your death. Which I presume is so Cate could get her treat." I nodded and Elijah continued, he picked a box up from the table, gently lifting the lid, "This is the elixir I acquired for Katarina, it possesses mystical powers of resuscitation."
"So I'll be dead?"
"And then you won't."
"What about John's ring?" Damon asked.
"Doppelgangers are Supernatural, it won't work," I replied. He huffed and walked out of the room. "I should go talk to him." I started towards the door.
"I got this." Stefan brushed past me and out of the room.
"You would think he'd understand why I'm doing this," Elena said sadly
"I don't," I replied a little harsher than I should have.
"Klaus is here because of me. Do you think you would have ended up a witch if it wasn't for your close proximity to me? If I don't do this then Klaus will hurt everyone we care about."
"There is a chance this may not work." Elijah pointed out, picking up the box.
"Then let's hope he took Alexis seriously, if not then I guess I'm just going to have to take the risk."
A loud noise came from the hall, and Jenna, yelling for someone to get out. I ran out towards the front door, she had a crossbow pointed at Alaric, "Whoa, Jenna." I slowly moved towards her.
"If you're really Alaric then tell me something only you would know."
By now Damon and Stefan were standing behind Jenna. "Fine," Alaric started," The first time we were together, Jeremy walked in when I-"
"Ok! It's him." Jenna stopped him, lowering the crossbow.
"Why did he let you go?" Stefan asked.
"He wanted me to remind everyone that the ritual happens tonight," he looked towards Damon, "and no one should try anything stupid."
"This whole night is stupid." I huffed, stepping down into the parlor. I walked over to the bar cart and poured a drink.
"It's 9 in the morning," Jenna snapped.
"I love that your only concern is the time." I threw back the shot and moved to the couch, "I'm sure Elena filled you in on my latest predicament."
"What does that have-"
"Alcohol helps curb our cravings," Stefan interrupted. Ric and Jenna sat on the other couch while Stefan leaned against the fireplace.
"Where's Damon?" Elena asked, from the steps.
"Pouting," I answered.
She rolled her eyes and walked off. "So do you remember anything?" Stefan asked Alaric.
"No, it's like I blacked out for three days. Kathrine was there."
"Yeah she's compelled, Damon gave her some vervain but she has to wait until he says she can leave." Stefan stopped, he must have heard something I didn't and took off out of the room.
"What was that about?"
"Not a clue," I replied standing up. Suddenly a loud crash came from upstairs. I flashed up to Damon's room leaving Jenna and Alaric behind. Stefan and Damon were fighting and Elena was crying by the door. My eyes went wide as I realized she had blood on her mouth. I threw my hands out pinning the brothers to opposite walls and glared at Damon, "What did you do?" I growled, letting Stefan down, he quickly moved to check on Elena.
"I saved her life." Damon spat, "She's so hell-bent on dying, at least this way we know she'll come back and you won't have to deal with killing your sister. Now let me go!"
"She'll come back as a vampire. Damon, she doesn't want that." I let him down and crossed my arms.
"Then she can hate me forever, at least I know you're not going to flip your switch when the guilt gets to be too much."
"I can't do this." I yelled, throwing my hands in the air, I spun around looking at Elena, "Are you ok?" She nodded her head and I almost ran out to my truck.
Damon's POV
I knew it was stupid but one way or another I was going to make sure Elena didn't die. You never realized how important your humanity is until you live without it for a few decades. I wasn't going to let that happen to Alexis, if the guilt of killing your sister wasn't enough to make you shut everything off for a few years, I don't know what is.
Walking into the library I poured myself a drink, "I assume we won't be needing this, as vampire blood rendered it useless." Elijah said, picking up the box.
"We both know it wouldn't have worked anyway?" I turned to face him.
"You see Damon, you talk a good game but the truth is you don't know anything. Do you think Alexis will feel any less guilt if Elena chooses not to transition and dies anyway? And Elena, if she does turn, will hate you forever and forever for a vampire, is a very long time."
"At least she'll be around to hate me." I spat, Elijah smirked and left. I downed the last of my drink and headed towards the grill, intent on getting out of this house.
The grill was busy when I drove up, Alexis's truck parked right up front. Walking in I saw her in a booth talking to Jenna, I could only hear static when I tried to listen in. Ric was sitting at the bar, with a double of bourbon in his hand. I nodded at him before telling the bartender to get me the same. "What are they talking about?" I asked, staring at my drink.
"No clue, you're the one with the super hearing."
"With a witch for a girlfriend. Silencing spell." I nodded my head towards the table. I threw back my drink, "Better get this over with."
"Good luck." Alaric lifted his drink and nodded as I walked towards Alexis. She looked up and glared at me before blowing out the candle, "What?" She snapped.
"Can we talk?"
She took a deep breath and looked at Jenna, "Finish this later?" Jenna nodded and Alexis got up, grabbing my hand and leading me out into the alley, "I'm going to talk, you're going to listen."
"Ale-"
"No, I'm talking. Stop trying to save me, my humanity is my problem."
"Alexis-"
"Still talking. You told me over and over again how you knew what it felt like to have the choice taken away from you and you wouldn't do it to me. Well, you did it to Elena, she doesn't want this."
"I'm going to fix this."
"No you're not, it's over Damon. You're going to end up getting yourself killed and if you're so intent on keeping my humanity intact then that is what you should be worried about."
"Feel better?" I asked.
"Yes." She replied simply.
"Good."
Alexis's POV.
"Why do I feel like you're still going to do something stupid?" I asked as he backed me up against the wall.
"Well, the day is still young." He crashed his lips on mine.
A cough came from the stairs, "Sorry to interrupt just wanted to make sure my witch didn't decide to do something stupid and run." Klaus stepped down smirking at the bottom.
"God I'm sick of you." I snapped, moving next to Damon.
"Don't worry darling I'll be out of your hair before you know it."
"Yeah about that," Damon started, "you wouldn't be willing to push all this back a month."
"You must be joking." Klaus looked at me, "He's joking right."
"Yeah, he's not really that funny," I replied.
"I'm funny," Damon argued.
Klaus turned to grab Damon, I vamped in front of him, Klaus's hand punched into my chest. He froze for a second, there was nothing, the witches couldn't do anything, if they threw him back my heart would go with him. No longer phased he squeezed his hand a little tighter, "Even better," he smirked as I choked, "If either of you interfere, I will kill him and make you watch, little witch."
He let go of my heart and pulled his hand out of my chest, I stumbled back, Damon caught me. "Now that we're clear I think I'll have a drink." Klaus walked into the bar, popping his head out once more, "Oh, you'll probably want to feed before, wouldn't want you desiccating during the ritual." And he was gone.
Damon handed me his jacket so I could cover up the giant bloodstain in the middle of my shirt. "Are you ok?" He asked, cupping my face in his hands. I nodded in response, "I really need to stop getting attached to clothing. He ruined my shirt."
"He had his hand in your chest!"
"Yes, and now I'm going to grab the spare shirt out of my car and we're going to go find his werewolf."
"Didn't you just tell me it was over, don't do anything stupid?"
I turned and headed up the steps, Damon following behind me, "Yeah but now I'm mad."
"Because he ruined your shirt?"
"No, because he thinks he can just throw this big ass temper tantrum and get what he wants." I climbed into the back seat pulling off one shirt and digging for the other, I'll spend the next million years running if that's what it comes down to but I'm done playing these games. Fuck him, fuck the witches, I'm done!" I huffed, yanking the t-shirt over my head.
"So you've lost it then?"
"I've officially fucking snapped."
Damon called Alaric and we walked across the square to his apartment, he met us at the door turning the knob. Kathrine stood in the middle of the room, shock written across her face, "I can't believe you came back here."
"Someone had to invite them in." Alaric replied as Damon and I walked around the corner, "Come on in you two."
"Are you guys trying to get me killed?" Kathrine hissed as she charged towards Damon, he caught her and spun slamming her up against the wall, "I brought you vervain, now I've come to collect."
"You can go, Ric," I said quietly.
"You sure?"
"Go back to the house, take care of Jenna, and try to keep Elena from leaving," Damon replied, not looking away from Kathrine. Alaric nodded and left.
"What do you want?" Kathrine growled yanking Damon's arm off her and walking towards the counter, she reached it spinning around and leaning back against it.
"I need to know where Klaus is keeping his wolf."
"You can't interfere, Damon, he'll kill you and everyone you've ever met."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know the song and dance." I snapped.
"We just want to postpone it." Damon replied, cutting his eyes to me, "Speak for yourself." I said quietly.
"I won't tell you."
"I would think you would jump at the chance to live for another month."
"I'm not the vampire he's planning on sacrificing."
"Then who is?" I asked frantically,
"Caroline Forbes and Tyler Lockwood."
"I wonder where he got that idea." Damon sneered.
This time it was me who slammed her against the wall, "Where are they?" I growled. Damon stepped up next to me and smirked, "Did I mention I fed Elena vampire blood? Imagine fighting her for Stefan's affections for, I don't know, eternity."
"They're in the tomb." Kathrine croaked before pushing me back.
"Was that so hard?" I turned to leave.
"Why do you want to stop it? Klaus has been freaking out all night about you."
"Because unlike you I care about other people, Kathrine. There is no point in living forever if you're all alone. You'd think you of all people, would know that."
As we walked out of the apartment Damon stopped me, "Go home, get changed, and be where you need to be. If this doesn't work out I don't want him looking for you." I rolled my eyes and he led me to his car.
As we got to the woods, there was a faint ringing in my ears, that progressively got worse the closer we got to the tomb.
Damon stopped about a hundred yards from the entrance, "We get in, get them out and go." He turned around and his eyes went wide, " Your nose is bleeding."
I brushed my fingers under my nose and they were covered in blood, "I haven't been feeling so great since we got out of the car."
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"I didn't realize it was this bad."
He put his hands on my shoulders, "You need to go, clearly someone doesn't want you here."
"I can't, I just have this feeling if I go something bad is going to happen."
"Alexis!"
"No!" I shouted back, a snap came from the tomb entrance, Maddox stepped out from behind one of the larger rocks, "Which one are you here for? You should have known he wouldn't just leave them here unprotected."
"Wishful thinking." Damon sneered before rushing at Maddox, slamming him into the ground. He sputtered for a moment before magically throwing Damon through the air. Maddox back on his feet stalked towards Damon. I lunged forward and tore into his throat with my teeth, I spit out his blood as he crumpled to the ground, "Witch blood tastes like shit." I laughed.
Gunshots rang out behind me, followed by a pain in my back. I fell forward on my hands and knees, whipping my head around, "Matt?"
"You're one of them too?" His attention quickly snapped to Damon pointing the rifle at him, "Where's Caroline?"
"Now is not the time to play the hero." Damon spat, kneeling down and pulling the bullets out. I stood up brushing myself off, Matt trained the gun on me, "Don't be stupid." Damon said, when Matt didn't move Damon flashed forward grabbing the end of the gun and smashing Matt in the face, he went down hard.
"Damon." I hissed, crouching over Matt and checking his pulse.
"He was pointing a gun at you." Damon popped the round out of the chamber, "One loaded with wooden bullets," he looked around, "Go, it's almost sundown, don't argue with me." I nodded and took off towards the quarry.
Damon's POV
"Rise and shine Blondie time to go," I called out as I walked into the open area where Tyler and Caroline were chained to the wall. I yanked the chains off of Caroline and she stood up looking at Tyler, "We can't just leave him." She pleaded.
"I'm so going to regret this." I walked over towards Tyler, staring him down, "You think you can keep yourself in check long enough to get the hell away from me."
"If I can get to my family's cellar I can lock myself up." He replied.
I yanked the chains out of the wall and we headed outside. Caroline rushed over to Matt, "Did you hit him?"
"Long story, one in which your boyfriend shot Alexis with wooden bullets."
"He knows? Is she ok?"
Tyler cried out in pain, "It's starting." He groaned.
"Grab boy wonder and let's go."
Almost there. I repeated to myself for about the tenth time, Tyler was getting slower until finally, he collapsed on the ground, "Caroline we need to go." I growled.
"No, we have time." She replied looking up at the moon.
"It's happening faster." Tyler managed to gasp out, "I can't hold it you need to-" he was cut off as his bones started snapping and he screamed out.
"TYLER!" Caroline screamed.
"Caroline we need to go!" But it was too late Tyler was gone, replaced with a giant black wolf. He charged at Caroline and I jumped in between them, catching him by the neck, the two of us rolling to the ground. My hands were wrapped around his throat and he snapped at my arms from above me, he caught my jacket in his teeth. A shot rang out and the wolf took off.
Caroline spotted the tear in my jacket and snatched my arm, pushing the sleeve up, "Damon." She said quietly.
"You guys get to the cellar," I yanked my arm back and fixed my jacket, "If it'll hold him in it should keep him out." Caroline nodded grabbing Matt's hand, "And Caroline, not a word to Alexis."
"But-"
"Not, a, word. Now go!"
Alexis's POV
How did I know to go to the quarry? I'd been hearing it chanted in my head all day and as I got closer the air seemed to hum around me. I walked down the rocky path lit with small fires, "This isn't creepy at all." I muttered to myself. I saw Elena sitting on the ground, a short circle of flames around her, with two more to her right. I couldn't see who was there but my guess was the vampire and werewolf.
"Elena," I called out, running over to her. She jumped up and the flames did too.
"You're late." Said a voice from behind me. I spun around, "Gretta, I assume."
She smirked and pointed to a pile of rocks, "Everything you need is up there."
She followed me over to the spot. There was a large stone bowl in the center and a book open to a page that was identical to the one in my journal. I turned to Gretta, "It must kill you that you can't help him with this. All that loyalty and none of the glory." I was suddenly hit with a pain in my head causing me to scream out and fall to my knees.
"That's enough Gretta!" Klaus's voice rang out from the trees, carrying someone over his shoulder. Gretta let me out of the spell and I stayed, gasping for air on my hands and knees. "Sorry for the delay, I had to pick up something," he smirked in my direction before dropping the woman on the ground. He nodded at Gretta who waved her hand and the woman sat up.
"Jenna," I said quietly.
"After your boyfriend stopped by and told me about your little rescue mission, I decided I needed some collateral. Three strikes Miss Gilbert, strike one, I feed your lovely aunt my blood. Strike two, I snap her neck, and I'm sure you can guess what happens on strike three."
"She's not part of this," I growled.
"Oh but she is. You see little witch once you let Cate's little secret slip, I no longer believe that the Elementals are as willing to help as I believed."
"Trust me they are still very much team Klaus." I snapped, "Let her go."
"I don't think I will." He stepped up the rocks, standing to my side he leaned down, "Let's remember who's in charge, shall we?"
I stifled the urge to turn and snap his neck, knowing it wouldn't do me any good. I clenched my teeth and stared straight ahead.
"It's time," Gretta announced, looking up at the moon.
Klaus looked up and then back at me, pulling the moonstone from his pocket, "I have been looking for this for 500 hundred years looking for this." He placed it in my hand, "Don't disappoint me, little witch."
I had no choice, Jenna was all we had left and Jeremy couldn't be the only human in the house. I dropped the stone on the bowl and looked up, finally able to see who was in the other two circles. The one furthest from Elena was screaming, she threw her head back and her blond hair moved away from her face.
"Jules," I growled.
"Caroline and Tyler were a distraction, I planned to use these two all along, Jules for your revenge and Rose for mine."
My eyes snapped to the middle circle, it was Rose, her hair was longer and messy and her face was dirty, she looked like she hadn't fed much. How long had she been locked up? "I'm sorry." I mouthed and she nodded her head. Klaus walked over to Jules, the fire around her receded. Even if part of me didn't want to watch I had to because as soon as she died I needed to start chanting.
Jules yelled out in pain again before trying to rush after Klaus. His hand plunged in her chest, holding her heart in her hand she fell to the ground.
"Phasmatos Tribum, Salve Sorce Das. Phasmatos Eliximo Nominum, EtrinoxSorce Sotero Callux Oxtara." I chanted out repeating it as Klaus let the blood pour from her heart onto the moonstone, "Is it working?"
I nodded, as the liquid started to bubble, there was a break before the next part, the moon would be in position in a couple of minutes, "So you set us up? You knew we'd try to stop you, that's why you baited us at the grill."
"Smart girl."
"So let Jenna go."
"I baited all of you darling, you and Damon we just the ones who were dumb enough to test me." He turned away looking at the sky and walking over to Rose.
"It seems almost bittersweet, wouldn't you say Rose? 500 years of running only to be used in the sacrifice you helped stop."
She spit at his feet and held her head high as the flames around her disappeared. He grabbed her jacket, dragging her up the pile of rocks. I started the chant again, keeping my eyes on the ground. I heard the stake rip through her chest and when I looked up she was dead. She hit the ground and flames shot up, the magic hummed through the air.
I looked over at Jenna who was curled up, Greta watching her like a hawk. She caught my eyes, "Are you ok?" I mouthed. She shrugged. Of course, she's not okay… it's almost over.
"You're still going to kill her aren't you?" I asked as Klaus stepped back up admiring the liquid in the bowl.
"We'll find out shortly." He smirked.
My part was done, thankfully. I felt like my insides were being torn apart, even breathing hurt. Klaus was too focused on the sky to notice me possibly dying behind him.
A couple of snaps and a woosh and Stefan was in the clearing, "I can't let you do this." He growled.
"Stefan, you need to go," Elena yelled as she jumped up.
Klaus was faster than I anticipated, I threw my hand out just as he got to Stefan throwing him to the right. He stood up with a smirk on his face, nodding to Greta. He circled around Jenna, I tried to rush forward only to be frozen in place, "Don't hurt her!" I screamed.
He grabbed Jenna and she fought against him. Stefan ran towards them but Greta stopped him too. Jenna's cries stopped with a sickening crack as Klaus broke her neck and she crumpled to the ground. He was a blur, coming up behind Stefan staking him in the back. I looked over at Elena, her mouth open and tears streaming down her cheeks. Klaus bent down to Stefan and whispered something I couldn't make out.
The moon was in position, I still couldn't move and fighting against it just made everything worse. My stomach was churning, Jenna was dead and it was my fault, Stefan could have defended himself.
The flames around Elena disappeared, "Thank you, Elena." Klaus said, holding out his hand. Elena looked up at him, if looks could kill, we wouldn't be in this mess. She stood up slapping his hand out of the way, "Go to hell." She snapped.
She stepped up on the rocks and looked down at the ground, I was still fighting against Greta, but I could just barely make out, "Bonnie's coming."
I stopped fighting and caught her eyes as she looked at me, "I'm sorry," I choked out.
"It'll be ok." She whispered as Klaus stepped up behind her.
As soon as his teeth pierced her neck, I felt like I was suffocating, and my blood felt like fire running through my veins. He was killing her, I could feel it. I tried to rush towards her but I fell, landing on my hands and knees. "Stop." I cried out, too late as he let Elena's limp body fall to the ground.
Klaus stepped down into the grass, "It's working, I can feel it."
His bones started to snap and my pain began to fade, I stood up ready to charge at Klaus. Fires sprang up and Bonnie came out of the woods chanting, Klaus was on the ground screaming in pain.
I rushed towards Greta snapping her neck. I fell to my knees next to Jenna, "No, no, no. This wasn't supposed to happen." I choked out, sobbing. Damon flashed behind me pulling me up, "Come on, we gotta go." He pulled at me again, "Go to the old witch house, I'll be right behind you. Go!"
It wasn't long when Damon stopped beside me on the porch, carrying Elena, "I'm going to put her inside, I'll be right back."
I nodded, Alaric walked out as Damon walked in, "I can't get ahold of Jenna. I've been trying since everyone left."
I tried to answer but my only response was a sob. I took a few breaths trying to compose myself and finally explained what happened. Ric pinched the bridge of his nose and walked back inside without a word. I sat down on the steps wiping my face for the thousandth time.
"Heads up," Damon said from behind me, tossing me a blood bag when I turned around. I popped the top and had it half gone before he sat down, "I brought more you can slow down."
I held up my hand to show off the tips of my fingers, which were grey up to the first knuckle, "I started desiccating." I replied Damon pulled another bag out of his jacket, "I stand corrected, chug away."
I'd finished the second bag and Damon finally said something, " I need to talk to you, not right now because I know you're already overwhelmed with everything that happened."
"Good call because right now I'm starting to see the beauty of flipping it all off."
Damon didn't have a chance to answer as John walked out on to the porch, "Alexis, can I talk to you?"
"Clearly we're all sharing our feelings today," I muttered as I stood up and walked off into the grass with John.
"I don't have a lot of time so I wanted to tell you I'm sorry."
"I don't understand."
"Bonnie and I found a spell to give Elena a second chance, once she wakes up I'll, well I'll be gone. I'm sorry I never gave you a fair chance, believe it or not, you were my favorite until you learned to talk. Then it just seemed like everything you did and everything you said reminded me of Isobel and I don't mean that in a bad way. I was just so mad at what she had done. I resented her and I took that out on you. I don't expect you to forgive me but I needed you to know. I gave Jeremy my ring for you and a letter to Elena."
Never in my life could I have imagined being upset about John being dead but as I watched the life fade from his eyes, I felt my eyes sting a little. I caught him before he hit the ground and sat there for a second. Damon walked outside, "Elena's awake. She's asking for you." He stuck his hand out and I grabbed it as we walked inside.
As soon as I saw her sitting up on the couch, I tackled her into a hug, followed quickly by Jeremy. "I can't breath." She finally said, making us move.
A couple of hours later I was back home, I leaned on the door frame of my mom and dad's old room. I hadn't been in here since the accident. I plopped face-first into the bed, it didn't even smell like them anymore, just dust.
"Hey, you ready?" Elena asked walking into the room. I rolled over and sat up. "Yeah," I replied.
"Damon said everything's taken care of."
"You guys call a family meeting and forget to invite me?' Jeremy asked, he dug into his pocket and pulled out a note and John's ring. He handed the note to Elena and held the ring out to me, "Give it to Alaric." I said quietly before getting up and heading downstairs.
I pulled a bottle of vodka out from one of the cabinets, not even bothering with a glass, I tossed the lid on the counter and turned the bottle up. Damon and Stefan both walked in with an eyebrow raised. I set the bottle down on the counter tilting it towards them, "I'm sorry did you want some? No? More for me." I took another drink.
"Why don't you go check on Elena," Damon said to Stefan, who nodded and left. "While I fully believe in one's right to day drink, I think you might wanna slow down." Damon slowly took the bottle from me replacing the cap.
I pressed my palms into the edge of the counter, careful not to push too hard, "Can we just run away?" I said quietly.
Damon stopped tensing up, "Alexis," he started.
"No really, I don't need school, I'm a vampire, I can compel whatever I want. I can go back in a hundred years if I want to. Let's just go."
"Hey we're leaving," Elena said, popping her head in the doorway.
"We'll be right behind you guys." Damon answered, "Let's not make any crazy decisions ok?" He started for the door, "I'm not making rash decisions. Jenna is dead because of me, I could have stopped you from helping Tyler and Caroline but I didn't. I could have let Stefan run headfirst into martyrism but no, couldn't let bunny boy get himself killed. She's gone and it's all my fault." My emotions overworked and fried beyond belief.
It took a good ten minutes for Damon to calm me down. Once we got to the cemetery and I got out of the car, he wrapped his arm around me and steered me towards everyone else. "What did you want to talk to me about?" I asked.
There it was again, Damon tensed up before replying, "It's tomorrow's problem, let's just get you guys through today."
Damon's POV.
It was more of a memorial than a service, no one really said anything. Jeremy and the girls were huddled by their parents' headstones. Stefan walked up taking my attention away from Alexis, I needed to tell her but I knew exactly what would happen. She would spend every waking moment trying to save me but there is no cure and with everything that's happened I'm pretty sure it would be her breaking point.
"Hey, we're all going back to the house," Stefan said, stopping in front of me.
"You really think they're up for cakes and small talk?"
"I think they need to know there are still people here who care about them. Hell, I'm surprised you're not jumping at the chance to drag Alexis off somewhere."
"Yeah, well she's going to have to get used to figuring all this out without me."
"What are you talking about?"
I rolled up the sleeve on my jacket and looked around making sure Alexis was still distracted, "Lockwood bit me."
"You haven't told her?" He asked as he looked at the bite.
"No," I snatched my arm back, "How do I tell her? Hey, Pidge I know your entire world is kind of falling apart but I'm on my way out, it's been nice knowing you. Talk about kicking her when she's down."
"You can't keep this from her and you know it, maybe she can help. We'll find something, a cure."
"There is no cure, it's over."
"You don't know that, we managed to keep Elena human against all odds, we'll fix this but you need to tell her."
"She'll flip the switch, Stefan, I can't watch her turn off everything that makes her the way she is." I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose, "I'm going to let her grieve the people she lost today, I'll take my turn tomorrow. Get her home please, I need a walk."
Alexis's POV
After Damon had ditched me at the funeral I spent most of the night trying to get a hold of him. I was exhausted, I hadn't slept, I called him one last time before my head hit the pillow and gave in to a sleep filled with nightmares. It was noon by the time I'd woken up, no missed calls or texts.
I stepped out of the shower and swore I heard him, "I get it, take all the time you need."
I wrapped the towel around me and almost ran into the hall, "Damon?" I called out.
"He just left," Elena replied, " He came by to apologize, and then he left."
I stomped off into my room, pulling on a pair of shorts and a tank top, slipping into a pair of shoes as I headed for the door, "Where are you going?" Elena called after me.
"To go kick my boyfriend's ass, I can do that now I'm stronger than him." I stepped outside and started to my truck, Jeremy had brought it home after I'd left the grill. I stopped, deciding cutting through the woods would be faster.
I walked in and yelled, "Damon, where the fuck-" I stopped short as Stefan tackled a smoldering Damon to the floor. I waved my hands closing the curtains and walked over picking up his ring off the floor. "Why do I have a feeling this has something to do with what you wouldn't tell me yesterday?"
"He got bit." Stefan blurted out.
"What? When?" I could hear how shaky my voice was.
"Tyler, we couldn't get him locked up fast enough, he went for Caroline and I stopped him." Damon stood up.
"Wait, were you, just-" rage boiled up inside me as I realized what exactly I'd walked into. I vamped towards Damon, catching him off guard, pinning him to the wall.
"Shit, you're strong." He groaned, struggling against my arm.
"I'm angry, you didn't think I deserved a chance to help you? Or hell a chance to say goodbye?" I let him go and headed towards the stairs. Cate's journal mentions werewolves a lot, maybe there was something I could use.
"I wrote you a letter."
I turned back to look at him, "I know we haven't been together all that long in the grand scheme of things but I feel like we've been through enough together that I deserve a little more than a fucking letter." I flicked my wrist and Damon crumpled to the ground, and I flashed upstairs.
Stefan knocked on the door a few minutes later, "I locked him up downstairs, Alaric is coming by to keep an eye on him, while Bonnie and I look into some stuff." He walked in and I looked up from the journal, "I can slow it down but there's nothing in here about stopping it." I ran my hands over my face, "I can't fix this," my voice was breaking, "and I don't know what I'm going to do if he dies."
"We seem to have a strange way of making everything work out. Well find something, do what you can and I'll let you know when I find something." He grabbed my hand putting Damon's ring into it and walked out.
Cate had only ever run into one vampire that had been bitten but because of Klaus she was fascinated by them and had managed to make an elixir that would slow the symptoms. I had been stocking up herbs for months and thankfully I had everything I needed. Ric stopped in the kitchen first, following the horrible smell the liquid in the pot was producing, "It literally smells like a garbage fire in here."
"Tell me about it, super senses." I pulled a knife across my hand letting my blood drip into the pot, it healed too quickly and I cursed as I did it again.
"What exactly are you doing?"
"Buying Damon some time." I stirred the mixture and tiled the pot over the glass on the counter.
"You really think he's going to drink it?" Alaric asked following me through the parlor, he picked up a bottle and three glasses.
"I will shove it down his throat if I have too."
"Go away." Damon groaned from. The floor of the cell.
I stopped in front of the door and looked at Ric, "Lock it back behind me."
"You should stay out here."
"Why? It's not like I can die again? Not unless he's got a sliver of a tree that no longer exists in there." I pulled the latch and stepped into the cell. I crouched down next to Damon, "I need you to sit up and drink this."
"Will it fix me?"
"I don't know, you'll have to drink it and find out."
"You know." He grumbled sitting up, he took the glass from me making a face at the smell before tilting it back, "Just in case you were wondering it tastes just as bad as it smells."
I rolled my eyes, "Witty till the end Mr. Salvatore." I pulled up his sleeve and watched as the bit got a little less nasty looking, "That'll buy us a few extra hours until Stefan or I can find something.
We sat there in silence for a few minutes until Ric popped two glasses with bourbon in them in-between the bars. I stood up grabbing them and handing one to Damon, "I wanted to tell you a hundred times yesterday." He said quietly.
"But you didn't."
"How? How exactly was I supposed to tell you?"
"You were worried I'd snap." I took a sip, "I get it and I probably will but we're not talking about that cause Bonnie and Stefan are going to join forces and save you with their great hair."
"We could just have me chug whatever was in that glass forever. I feel, well, better."
"There are two reasons we can't do that, it loses effectiveness with each dose and," as if on cue I started coughing, holding out my hand when it was over, it was speckled with blood, "and because it's infused with my blood I get all of your fun little symptoms."
"Why would you do that?" He asked, angrily.
"Because I can't die and I trust that you won't let me wander the streets and go on a killing spree when the blood lust sets in," I replied sarcastically. "Now if you don't mind I'd like to be miserable, for you, somewhere that's not dark and dusty. Can I trust you not to BBQ yourself?" I tossed his ring and he snatched it out of the air.
In the small time frame since Damon had drunk the elixir, I started to feel sick and hungry at the same time. Damon stayed between Alaric and me on the way upstairs, I'd made sure to grab several blood bags on the way.
As I threw myself down on the couch in the parlor Damon poured himself a new drink, "If you think I'm drinking more of that stuff and prolonging this for you you've lost your mind."
"I'll make you," I said simply.
"Yeah, I think I can take you."
"So a werewolf bite won't hurt you?" Alaric asked, looking at me and taking a seat on the couch.
"Oh it hurts me, it just can't kill me. I can kill them though. Part of me wants to go take a chunk out of Tyler myself."
"And that'll be the bloodlust talking." Damon picked up one of the bags I'd thrown on the table and handed it to me, "Ric you may want to stay over there."
A couple of hours past and my symptoms had started to fade. I hadn't made it as far as the hallucinations that Cate had talked about but I could tell Damon's were coming back, even though he was hiding it pretty well. My phone rang in my pocket and I sat up pulling it out, seeing it was Stefan, I got up ignoring Damon's questions and walked into the kitchen, "Where are you?" I asked as I answered, piling more ingredients into the pan from earlier.
"Bonnie talked to the witches, they gave her the name of someone who can help us but you're not going to like it."
"Klaus," I replied quietly.
"Yup."
"I'll go. He'll kill you."
"No he's had a chance to do that, just stay there Elena is on her way. How's Damon?"
"Fine for now but it might take me and Alaric both to get him to take this tonic again."
"Just do what you can, I'll call you as soon as I have something."
"Just hurry." I hung up the phone, slipping it back into my pocket.
"I told you I'm not drinking that again." Damon leaned on the doorway.
"Well, you have to because I'm not just going to let you die," I replied quietly. I was refusing to think about it because if I did the wall I'd built up holding everything back would come crashing down.
Damon stepped into the kitchen, his hand touched my shoulder and it was burning hot, when I looked up he was sweaty and paler than normal even for a vampire standard. "What happens if I do?"
"Damon-"
"Crying and eating your weight in ice cream doesn't really seem like your thing anymore."
I turned back to the pan and grabbed the knife off the counter, "I don't know." I lied, pulling the blade across my hand. Damon snatched it from me before I could do it again, "You know, you just don't want to tell me."
"Sounds like you already have a pretty good idea." I let my fangs drop and bit into my hand and holding it over the pot, giving it one last stir, I moved to grab a new glass but Damon stopped me, "Just tell me, I'll let you know if it's stupid. Think of it as one last lesson from the 'Damon Salvatore School for Vampires'.
"I'm going to get as far away from here as possible," I shrugged away from him, "after that I don't really have anything.
"Do that, and when you find somewhere you like, compel yourself a few friends, and find the nicest foreclosure in the area."
I poured the mixture in a glass and held it out, "Drink it and I'll listen to all the sage wisdom you wanna give me.
A small smirk rolled across his face before it quickly disappeared, both of us heard the front door open, "It's probably Elena, Stefan said she was on her way." He walked through the doorway and I followed after him, we both stopped short walking into the parlor. Alaric was on the ground unconscious, Liz was standing in the entryway with two deputies, one on either side of her, both with their guns trained on us. I held one hand up slowly moving to the bar car to set the glass down, "Liz, what are you doing?" Damon asked.
"I think you know what this is about, Damon." She replied.
I kept my head down and whispered, "Run." My head snapped up and I threw my hands out slamming both deputies into the wall, Damon flashed outside, "Ric's human." I told Liz, still holding her helpers in place.
"He's a sympathizer."
"So you're here for me and Damon, going to snatch Caroline up next? She's in the park."
"Caroline is my business."
"She turned me."
Liz pulled her gun firing 3 shots, I dropped the other cops a second too late, the wooden bullets ripped through my chest, I fell to the ground and everything went black.
My eyes snapped open and Ric was hovering over me, "Please don't bite me, there's one more bullet."
"Fuck, hurry up this hurts." I groaned, "Where's Damon?"
"Everyone was gone when I came to." Ric replied, pulling out the last bullet, he stood up tossing me one of the blood bags from the table.
"I told him to run, we need to find him. The tonic is completely out of his system by now he's going to be in rough shape."
He nodded in response, pulling out his phone he started calling anyone who might have seen him. I pulled out mine calling Stefan, it rang several times before a voice that wasn't Stefan's came over the line, "I'm sorry little witch, but the vampire you're looking for is no longer in service."
"Klaus," I growled, "What did you do with Stefan?"
"He's right here love, and while his offer is intriguing it's missing something, I assume you know where to find us."
"I'll be there shortly." I spat into the phone.
"I wouldn't take too long, I'm sure your little boyfriend doesn't have long left." The call ended.
"They found him, Jeremy and Bonnie. I'm going to meet them right now. You coming?" Alaric asked, walking towards the door.
"I have somewhere I need to be, just tell him I'll be back as soon as I can." I moved to step around him and put the door.
"Where are you going?"
"To make a deal with the devil."
I raised my hand to knock on the apartment door, it swung open before making contact, "I assume you've been invited in." Klaus said before gesturing for me to enter. Kathrine was pouting on the couch, Elijah was in the corner, with a dagger on his chest and Stefan was in the middle of the room, blood bags all around him, "What is the point of all that?" I angrily asked Klaus.
"Ah see Stefan the Ripper is much more useful to me than just regular old Stefan."
"And what do you want me for."
"If you want to save Damon I have a deal for you as well. Cate had a slight obsession with werewolves, because of that she was able to find them with half the effort of a regular witch."
"Land your plane please."
" I have two options for you little witch, come with me and help me find the werewolves or stay here and turn off your humanity."
"Why is my humanity any of your concern?
"Because if you don't care then I don't have to worry about you, what did you say? Hunting me for eternity. And if we're being honest I'd love to see you with no boundaries, I bet on a couple of years you could rack up a body count that would rival the Ripper of Monterey," he smirked towards Stefan, "Even to date."
"I pick one and Damon gets his cure?"
"You have my word."
"That doesn't mean shit to me. What's the cure, how do I even know it's real?"
"It's real," Stefan said from the floor, "it's his blood."
Damon's POV
"Her phones off," Elena said, defeated. It took tremendous effort but she managed to get me home.
I groaned, "Maybe this is karma's way of catching up with me. I'm dying and the only person I want to see isn't here." Searing pain ripped through me, I grabbed my sides and rolled towards the end of the bed, coughing up blood onto the floor. "You need to go. You hate me, why are you even here?"
"I don't hate you, I was mad at you but I don't hate you." She replied quietly, her fingers tapping out yet another message.
"Do you forgive me?"
She got up from the end of the bed, "I do." She walked to the bathroom coming back with a wet towel, "She said she'd be back so she's coming back." She laid the towel across my forehead.
"I wouldn't bet on it," Kathrine said, walking into the room. She brushed past Elena, "Brought you a present." Kneeling down onto the bed she held a bottle half full of red liquid out, "You got free." I croaked.
"I did, now open." She poured some of the blood into my mouth and sat up.
"You got free and you still came here."
"I owed you a favor."
"Where are Stefan and Alexis?" Elena asked.
"You two should get used to each other's company, Kalus made them a deal in exchange for this," Kathrine held up the bottle. "Stefan is currently 10 pints deep into ripper land and your sister, well, I was really hoping she'd pick option two."
"What are you talking about Kathrine, where is she?" I sat up on my forearms.
"He told her she could come with him and help him or she could stay here and flip her switch," Kathrine reached into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out a folded up piece of paper, "Told me to give you this." I snatched the letter out of her hand and she turned to Elena, "Maybe you could see what the other brother has to offer." then she zipped out of the room.
Elena stared at me as I looked at the piece of paper on my hand, still folded up, "A fucking letter." Was all I could say.
There it is the final chapter in part one of this fic. I want to say thank you so much for all of the support, I hope everyone sticks around for part 2 please add me to your alerts so you can be notified when it's started. Thank you all so much. don't forget to leave me a comment and let me know how I'm doing.