I carried Elena to the hotel room and put her on my bed. She looked so peaceful when she was sleeping, even if I had knocked her out. I kind of wanted to have sex with her, but I knew that it was wrong in so many ways. For one, I kidnapped her to use as collateral, not as some love slave and she was still unconscious which meant I would be raping her and I didn't want to do that. Though I kind of did want to lay down and sleep next to her like I did when I rescued her. Did I feel bad for kidnapping her? Yes, but it was the only way to convince the Salvatores to help me and I needed to get my mom out of the tomb. I was about to take my clothes off and get into bed when the door opened. It was Ben, holding the unconscious witch.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Nothing." I lied as I pulled my top down. "I see that you did your job."

"Yes, and I see that you did yours." He responded. It wasn't my job because I was the boss and I assigned work. "So where do you want me to put her?"

"Don't put her in sight." I instructed. "I don't want Elena to see her."

"How about the bathtub?" He asked.

"Sure, whatever." I remarked.

"You know I could use more recognition for this hard work." He pointed out.

"This isn't some lifetime movie." I declared. "If you want recognition, work for someone else. Now put her in the bathroom."

He went into the bedroom and I changed into my pajamas and got into bed

"So where am I supposed to sleep?" He asked. He would usually sleep with me.

"You're not supposed to sleep. You're supposed to stay here in case one of them manages to wake up and tries to escape." I explained. "Now I'm going to go to sleep. I have to be up early to check out the tomb."

"You don't even have the grimoire." He remarked.

"I'll get it." I pointed out before I went to sleep.

In the morning, I woke up and noticed that Elena was still asleep. I also noticed that she seemed to be wearing her vervain necklace. I could take it off and compel her to stay, but I didn't want Ben to have that power over her. Speaking of Ben, I went over to him and woke him up.

"Why are you sleeping?" I asked him.

"I wasn't." He denied.

"Yes you were." I declared. "If you fall asleep again and they get away, I will kill you."

I got dressed and headed out the door. I went straight to Fell's Church and went underground. There was nothing but a giant hole. It wouldn't be hard to get in and out of. I went inside and I heard some moaning and wailing. Most of them deserved to be in there, but my mother didn't. I was going to get her out tonight. It was going to happen.

I then headed back to the hotel room. Just before I could open the door, it started to open and I noticed that Elena was trying to escape. I pushed her back in.

"You idiot!" I told him.

"I told her not to move. I did that eye thing." He explained.

"You forgot vervain, you moron." I replied. "She runs with vampires."

"Anna, what's going on?" She asked me.

"I'll explain later." I told her before I pushed her into the bathroom. I then looked at Ben. "I don't know why I put up with you. Were you sleeping again?"

"I need sleep." He pointed out. "I'm not as good as going without sleep as you."

"Just tell Elena that I want to talk to her." I told him as he went to the bathroom and pushed her out. I tried to think of what to say to her. "So…"

"Anna, what's going on? Why did you kidnap me?" She asked.

"I needed to." I explained. "It was the only way I could get this to work. I need to get that tomb opened."

"Do you really want Katherine out that bad?" She responded.

"That bitch can burn in hell for all that I care." I answered. "This is all her fault in the first place."

"Then who's in there that you want to get out?" She asked me.

"My mother." I replied. "Katherine couldn't help herself and my mother got caught. I watched Jonathan Gilbert drag her away."

"So what do you have some kind of vendetta against my family now?" She questioned. "Were you just faking being my friend?"

"No. I never even planned on getting close to you, but then I saw your car in the road." I explained. "Noah was only supposed to help me open the tomb. We wasn't supposed to attack you and I told him no."

"Then why did you kidnap me?" She responded.

"Because I knew that Stefan and Damon would never trust me." I pointed out. "I couldn't just ask for the book. I need to make them give it to me and since both of them want to get into your pants, I figured you were a good bargaining chip. Yes, I know how sexist something like that is, but that is how it is."

"You could have just told me the truth." She told me.

"I still wouldn't have mattered." I stated. "Now, you may not be a Gilbert by blood, but it's still awkward to say that your great granddad nearly killed my mother. Anyway, you're my hostage and I need to demand my ransom."

I took out Elena's phone and called Stefan.

"Elena, where are you? Are you okay?" He asked.

"She's fine." I answered. "Tell me you have the grimoire and she will stay fine."

"I can get it." Stefan replied. I didn't actually have any intention of hurting her, but needed to make him think I would.

"Which mean your brother has it." I stated. "Well one of you better meet me in the very public town square in half an hour so we can discuss how fun it will be to work together."

I then hung up and went to get Bonnie and Ben out of the bathroom.

"I'm going out. Keep them here. Compulsion won't work. Just use violence." I stated. I hoped he wouldn't be too violent. "Oh and Elena, if you want to get changed, you can go ahead and help yourself to something."

I headed out the door and went to town square. It was a cold day. It definitely wasn't the most ideal time to open the tomb.

"Anna!" I heard Jeremy call to me. He ran over to me before I could avoid him. "Where you'd go last night?"

"I had to leave. I told your sister to tell you." I answered.

"I haven't seen her." He replied.

"Well I gotta go." I stated.

"Do you want to go to a party with me?" He asked. "I know it's a little weird and you're a little weird, but I like you."

"Jeremy, I don't like you that." I explained. "I really don't even like guys much at all."

To be honest, I only turned Ben because I couldn't get to Vicki Donovan before the Salvatores did and she was killed the next day.

"Oh okay." He responded.

I then went over to a bench.

"Crushes are hard to deal with." Damon remarked as he sat next to me.

"Well I think I prefer Elena." I told him. I was mostly saying it to mess with him. "So did you bring the grimoire?"

"I wouldn't bring it so you take it from me." He pointed out. "That would be stupid. You know Stefan will be looking for and Elena."

"Yeah, but if he gets too close, I'd have to kill him." I stated. "It would be easier if we just worked together."

"So when do you want to do this?" He asked.

"Tonight." I answered. "I have the witch, so I need you to bring the book."

"Fine." He agreed.

I then headed back to the room and noticed that the door was wide open. That didn't seem to be a good sign. I was right. Elena and Bonnie were gone but Ben was hiding in the shadows with his hood up.

"You fucking idiot!" I shouted. "You had one job and you blew it."

"It was Stefan. He came here and rescued them." Ben tried to explain.

"I don't care." I stated as I grabbed him. "I told you what would happen if they escaped."

I then took him outside and watched him burn to ash. I still had a bit of a problem. I didn't have any leverage. Well I did have one thing. Damon wanted to get into the tomb as badly as I did. I just needed to be there when he opened it. It would work.

Another thing that I had noticed was that Elena's clothes were on the floor, so she had taken some more of mine. Well it showed me that she didn't hate me for what I did. I still didn't know what the state of our relationship would be after this. If someone kidnapped me, I would have a hard time forgiving them, even if they were one of my friends, probably especially if they were one of my friends. I was pretty sure that I wanted to kiss her again, but I doubted that she felt the same.

Of course, the major goal was still getting my mom out of the tomb. There was no guarantee that she would even want to stay here, so whatever growing feelings I had for Elena might end up be a moot point.

I was pretty anxious about what was about to happen. I hadn't seen my mom in 146 years. I didn't know what I was going to say to her. She had a lot to learn about the new century. I would probably have to be the one to teach her about it.

After dark, I headed to the church and noticed that there were a lot of people there. It looked like the party was at the cemetery. Why would anyone throw a party at a cemetery? Talk about not having respect for the dead.

I walked over towards the tomb and noticed that Stefan was outside and also that there seemed to be a set of stairs instead a crevasse. I would bet that would be the result of a spell.

"Hello, Stefan." I greeted him. "It's been awhile."

"I can't let you go in there." He told me. He was acting like he had the power to stop me.

"How are you going to stop me?" I asked. He then pointed a flamethrower at me. He wouldn't be able to hit me with it, but I figured I should reason with him.

"Now that's a little extreme. I was never going to hurt Elena." I explained. "I was just saying that so you would help me open the tomb. I just want to get my mom back. I don't even want to let any of the others out."

"Fine, you can go." He relented. Stefan's compassion was a bit of a weakness for him.

I walked into the tomb and began to look. I noticed Elena spinning around like she had a sense of vertigo, probably from seeing all of the rotting vampires. I caught her as she fell back. She was wearing a black cardigan over a dress with black and white striped long sleeves and a black tattered skirt with tights and sneakers.

"I've got you." I told her.

"Thanks." She replied. "Do you want help finding your mom?"

"Sure, even though you don't know what she looks like." I pointed out as we began to walk. I then found her against the wall. "Mother."

"How do you get her to wake up?" Elena asked.

"She is awake, but in order to regain mobility, she needs blood." I answered before looking at her. "Please don't scream."

I bit into Elena's wrist and covered her mouth before putting the wrist into my mother's mouth. I slowly watched as the color returned to my mom's skin and removed Elena's wrist.

"Thank you." I declared. "I don't know if I'll see you again, but I really hope that you'll be able to forgive me for this. I don't want you to stay mad at me."

So Anna got Pearl out and she killed Ben herself. It looks like she still has a chance with Elena. Please don't forget to review.