Chapter 10: Blindness
Written by Fireworks8725
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New Orleans
Santana paced the French Quarter, crushed herbs in the palm of her hand. The witches had free roam of the French Quarter, but the growing population of vampires led by Marcel was unnerving. She had called a meeting of her coven, but no one was showing up. She felt rage grow inside her; no one was taking this vampire threat seriously. She feared they would one day turn on the witches; she wanted to be prepared for that time, even if no one else wanted to be.
She decided to call it a night, packing up her few spell items and headed to a local all hours pub. It was now the middle of the night, and there were few people scattered around with their drinks. She jumped up on a stool at the bar and ordered a shot of whiskey. She needed a plan, she needed to be smart, but that would have to wait.
She heard giggles behind her and spun around slowly. There was a blonde girl chatting with a group of bikers. She had never noticed this girl in the Quarter before, but shrugged it off. She drank her shot and got up to leave, noticing the girl was gone, but a different blonde girl remained instead. She was so pale…
She realized too late where the other girl had gone when she heard a familiar clanging of garbage cans that indicated a large man being taken down in the alley.
She ran out the side door and saw the first blonde girl wipe blood from her mouth, the man walking away calmly, clearly compelled. She stared for a moment, unsure what to do. She had never been alone with a vampire. She turned to walk away, but the second blonde girl was behind her.
"A witch! Just what we were hoping to find!" Beth clapped, from behind Santana.
"This town just never stops giving!" Annie smiled, blood running down her neck.
They both swarmed her at the same time and took her to Marcel's compound, where they had set up camp.
Santana came in and out of consciousness as Annie and Beth were waiting for the vervain to leave her system so that if need be, they could compel her to do what they wanted.
Now that Klaus was out gallivanting with Stefan, it was the perfect time to plan how to get Kol and Elijah back. The girls knew this could be their one shot to do so without enticing the wrath of Klaus.
Although Annie was no longer sired to Elijah, she was motivated on Kol's behalf. Beth was more conflicted than ever, torn between her love for both Elijah and Klaus. She wondered how much the sire bond was affecting her feelings and if things would be clearer in a world where she was free from bias. She however had no desire whatsoever to remove the sire bond from Elijah. She knew that Klaus would never be truly hers as long as she was connected to his brother….so, things were complicated. She still had to decide of going to see him in Chicago would be wise, considering he was holding her sire captive.
Annie felt resentful every time Beth slipped into a daydream about Klaus. Klaus had stolen her life from her and wouldn't allow her to be happy, how could Beth not see that? Was love truly so blind?
After 2 days, the girls returned to the room they had enclosed Santana, and offered her a lovely beef stew, to mend the fences.
"Sorry for the formalities, but we require a certain amount of control when we conduct business meetings. No hard feelings I hope?" Beth asked.
"We made sure to have Marcel keep you well treated while you underwent the cleansing. That's better than most get in this compound." Annie said.
Santana looked furious.
"I know you are angry, but so are we. We need you to do something for us, and we pinky promise to let you go."
"And if I refuse?"
"That isn't really an option. You aren't leaving here without agreeing to this." Annie said threateningly.
"-Even if we have to force you." Beth's eyes glowed yellow to prove her point.
"What would you have me do?" Santana ground her teeth. She had known something like this would happen sooner or later.
"We need you to undagger two original vampires for us. From a distance." Annie said.
"How far a distance?"
"That's the problem. We don't know. They are hidden." Beth said.
Santana dropped her head in defeat. "Impossible."
"Make it possible, or I promise you, I will make your life impossible." Annie threatened.
It was then that she realized love truly is blind. She was willing to torture this woman to save Kol. Perhaps she was more like Klaus than she realized.