Part 19 - Elena

"He's not well Damon… He needs to go home." Bonnie said after looking over Stefan.

"Hayley's down as well." Damon noted as the rest of the pack led by Jackson joined them.

"I'll take her to the cabin. You want me to drop your brother home?" Jackson asked as he covered Hayley's naked form with Bonnie's shawl.

"Stefan stays with me… It's better for him." Damon sighed. At his worst moments Stefan needed to be close to Damon.

"I'm sorry Niklaus. I failed you" Elijah, returned bloodied to stand before his brother holding onto Rebekah who was also coming to.

"How?" Klaus demanded.

"Elena managed to track down Rebekah using Alaric, he thought that there was a Gemini coven link here that threatened Caroline. She brought them here only for Alaric to be sacrificed and those loyal to us massacred." Elijah said looking at the decayed bodies of Marcel's vampires and some of Hayley's wolves strewn on the ground.

"Hope?"

"Mother has her, she's going to murder her if you don't leave now." Rebekah hissed as Elijah pulled a long shard of wood that had been embedded in her side.

"We should go, now" Bonnie announced as she walked up to Klaus's side.

"You're all sick" Elena cried.

"This evil bastard tried to kill me Care, he did something to Bonnie and Damon. Why else would my best friend hurt me?" Elena whimpered pitifully, Caroline was too busy trying to get her bearings in order with the new surge of unfamiliar magic pulsating through her.

"Would you shut up… Why didn't I see this before?" Damon pleaded with some higher power before looking Bonnie in the eye.

"Don't die babe. I'll be with you soon as I've settled matters here."

"You forget I'm a Bennet witch" Bonnie rolled her eyes at Damon then leapt on Klaus back.

"Let's do this" With that Bonnie and Klaus were gone.

"You 2 need to feed and get back out there." Marcel hissed from the floor as Davina tried to offer him her own blood.

"What about you?" Rebekah asked.

"I know a former witch who might be able to help us with these body jumping witches… problem is he hates me but he might just speak to another witch, or rather the mother of future witches."

"You want me to come along?" Caroline asked, slowly getting used to the odd feeling in her body.

"Patrice, used to be Gemini a long time ago… he relinquished his magic to the coven when he left them which I why is never really considered that he might be of any help."

"Put the powerless witch out to pasture" Davina mumbled under her breath then accepted some of Damon's blood to heal her.

"I have the blood" Kai announced as he rode in on his moped with a cooler box.

"Take care of Elijah, goldilocks and Marcel first." Damon ordered as Stefan trembled against his back which he was currently attempting to disappear into.

"Hey buddy. I'm right here." Damon said softly as he held Stefan to his chest.

"You're safe now. What do you hear? My voice right? What do you feel? What do you smell?" Damon asked extracting Stefan slowly out of his haze.

"There was so much blood and…" Stefan tried to explain to Damon.

"I know, Stef; he's dead he is not coming back for you and if he finds a way to claw himself out of hell I will send him right back but I need you to be strong for me okay? Can you do that? We need to save Hope for Klaus and we need to keep Caroline safe as well. Can you help me out buddy while I go help Bon?" Stefan nodded slowly then stepped away hesitantly from Damon before eyeing Elena.

"You killed Alaric and you almost let 2 innocent children die for what?" Stefan asked as he forced himself to look upon Alaric's corpse before turning to Elena.

"I did it for love…"

"No you did it because you're a selfish conceited bitch. You live for the attention and when it's not on you then you change your mind. You are pathetic."

"Selfish? You helped them take Damon from me. Damon loved me and you helped them take him away so you could have me."

"I was with you because Damon would have wanted you to be happy, I was going to do all I could to make you happy for him! If I could have traded you for Damon at that point of time I would!"

"So making me happy meant marrying then divorcing me after a few weeks of sharing my bed? Or did you do it for some sadistic pleasure to get one up on Damon?"

"Would you listen to yourself? Firstly that was not me sharing your bed. It was my very own doppelganger and you couldn't tell the difference…" Stefan smirked evilly at Elena as her face crumpled in confusion.

"Stef – we don't really have time for this. Klaus and Bon are going to face his mother alone."

"Sorry, what do we do about her?"

"Patrice is out of the quarter, she can remain with us… bound of course." Marcel offered before hissing as his bones and connective tissues repaired.

"These should do" Davina announced as she conjured a pair of hand and leg cuffs.

"You're going to let them treat me like a prisoner?" Elena questioned only to be gagged by Caroline with a piece of cloth.

"You are guilty of murdering the father of the 2 children growing inside me. You killed a human Elena. Do you even understand what you've done? No, because you're selfish and I will see to it that you are punished by human law." Caroline said in an even cold voice.

"I'll tell everyone about you! You all will be hunted for the monsters you are!"

"Sweetheart, you'll be in a strait jacket before you reach trial." Caroline said twisting Elena's arm as she yanked her towards Marcel's SUV.

"I guess we should get going. You good Stef?"

"I want to come with you"

"Will you be able to handle?"

"For now, I'll try Damon… just don't leave me" Damon smiled tightly before patting his brother on the head.

"Let's go, I feel a little uneasy with my girl fighting on her own."

A/N:Hi Guys, I don't know if anyone is still reading this considering how long I have left it... If you are THANK YOU for waiting and I am sorry - just been busy with life - This is a 25 part fic so I will be finishing it soon. Thank you for your support and love.

Stay safe, happy and healthy

Rogue