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(9)
"I can't get through." Bonnie said as she stands up from the wooden floor of the old cabin in the middle of the forest back in Mystic Falls.
Bonnie is with three other witches. The witches seemed to be working for Klaus and were brought in town by Elijah. The witches had just finished chanting Latin sentences on their fourth attempt to make a spell work. They have been working on it since early in the morning. And now, the sun is bright and high at noon.
The spell is supposed to break another spell that has made the 'vampire slayers' of the council somewhat as powerful as vampires.
The plan is to make those superhuman vampire hunters turn into simple human beings, and then save everyone with hopefully less slaughter and death. Bonnie's idea.
If the spell won't work and the enemy is still powerful, fighting, killing and a great deal of violence might be inevitable and Klaus' hybrids will be significant players in the plan. Damon's first idea.
"Try again. Your powers should be enough." Elijah said, still standing in the shadowy corner of the room. "Unless we are lacking something?"
"It can't be. All the things we need for the spell to work are present." Abby told Elijah. She's in the room as well, to guide her daughter in the practice of dark witchcraft. Abby turned to Bonnie with concerned look on her face. "Why don't you rest for a while and then we'll try again later?"
"I was able to feel the spell working. But every time, I feel it only for a while and then it stops abruptly." Bonnie told her mom. "I think we're blocked by witches working for the enemy."
Elijah walked towards Bonnie. His face is blank, tranquil yet analyzing. "Then what do you suggest?"
"We have to stop those witches." Bonnie told him.
Abby spoke next. "If witches want to block the kind of magic our family has, they have to maintain a little distance, not far from us."
"Then that would mean they're also here in Mystic Falls..." Bonnie stated.
Before anyone can speak next, their heads turned as the door burst open, revealing a sweaty and a little blood-spattered Damon. His eyebrows are upwards and his blue eyes wide open to tell everyone some news.
"Enemy witches you say?" Damon started. "Yes they're here. And not very far. Unfortunately, they are well protected."
Everyone was confused, wondering what the hell is Damon talking about. Damon then opened the door wider to let them see the brainwashed, still-human, weak yet unharmed, dozy Jeremy tied up into a chair in the far corner on the other side of the cabin.
"Jeremy!" Bonnie called. "What did you do Damon?"
Bonnie was about to walk towards Jeremy when Damon stopped her with his index finger raised up. "Nah-uh. You might be surprised, he's not so much like the ex boyfriend you know" Damon told Bonnie, the corner of his lips are up in a sarcastic smile.
Damon explained to them what he found out from Caroline, how he took Jeremy and how he squeezed out information from him.
Damon walked around and looked at each one of them. "All of them, the council's witches, Elena, Stefan, your original brother, and many of those freaking mutants are all in one single place." He continued explaining. "The first plan won't work without bloodshed. Plus they know too much about us and our plan now. We can't let them make another move."
Everyone thought in silence for a few seconds. Elijah finally spoke.
"Well then, that would only leave us no choice." Everyone is now looking at Elijah. Abby is worried. Damon is somewhat apprehensive but prepared. Bonnie is composed and ready. "We attack tonight. Klaus won't be long. They're coming." Elijah told them.
(Caroline POV)
It was dark when I woke up. I feel pain from my arms, my hands, my legs. Every part of my body is sore and throbbing. There are cuts and burns on my skin and they hurt so much. What happened to me?
I tried to open my eyes wide to see everything. It was dark but I can see stone walls around me. It's like I'm in a cave. I raised my head and turned from left to right.
I realized I'm half lying on the ground and leaning against a wall. My wrists and ankles are tied in a metal rusty cuff with long chains attached to the wall. I tried to move my body but I can't.
I feel so very weak.
Then light came in from the other side of the cave. I can hear footsteps approaching. I can see a silhouette of a man walking towards me.
It's my uncle.
"I see you're awake." He told me when he finally stood in front of me. He went down with one knee and looked at me. "Dear Caroline, I am deeply saddened by the fact that you haven't been so prudent. Tell me, why did you let this happen to you?"
I can hear him speak and I can understand what he's saying but I'm too weak to speak up. I heard myself groan. What did he do to me? I looked at him angrily and tried to shove him away but I was only able to let out a weak growl.
What's wrong with me? I'm very weak. I'm very scared and the pain on my body is unbearable.
"Look at you. So weak, tired and helpless. Any normal person seeing you like this would be very shocked to know what a real monster you really are Caroline."
I'm not a monster! What did you do to me? I want to shout at him.
He stood up and walked around. He laughed. "So... You and that Original huh. The root of all evil. I had never seen this coming. What a shame. And you call yourself a Forbes." He paused and laughed again. "Well, you're a vampire now, a monster, an abomination. What else can I expect?"
Somehow, I felt my strength slowly returning. I am now able to move my hands and my feet a little. My vision is becoming clearer. I felt the small wounds from my arms healing.
I tried to tug at the chains. The long chains allowed me to move my arms and legs freely from where I sit. I stood up slowly and faced him.
"Uncle... please... please let me go. I didn't do anything." I begged him with a hoarse voice. I want him to look at my eyes so he can see I'm still me. I know we're not really close but I could only hope for that.
He turned to face me. His face became angry. "Do not call me that." He shouted at me authoritatively. "You are no longer my niece nor a Forbes. You're already one of them now."
I continued to beg him with my eyes. But he continued to laugh at my pain.
I can see his grin getting wider."However, I have to say that I admire your beauty. Now we have the perfect lure for the Original hybrid. Perfect. Just perfect." He said next.
I can feel my body getting stronger now. My vampire strength must be coming back.
He kept on talking. "It's just… It's really so sad… But with a father like that, and an irresponsible mother, no wonder you turned out like this."
Upon hearing what he just said, I glared at him. How dare he talk about mom and dad like that? With all my strength, I tugged the chains harder. Pieces of rock fell from the walls of the caves as I tried to release myself.
All the while, the man standing before me just remained still, watching me, grinning. He sneered. "Your strength can't help you right now my dear."
But I am completely strong now. My body feels again the vampire strength. My wounds are healed and I can no longer feel any pain.
He walked away, towards where he came from. Then before he completely disappeared, he stood still and watched me from afar.
I let out my fangs and I feel the veins under my eyes protrude as I awaken the vampire in me.
But before I can completely destroy the chains and the walls of the cave, smoke starts to appear from the ground. It's like a mist. The smoke is thin and it only settled low on the ground.
The next thing that happened was pure anguish. The faint mist started to climb up my body and cling to my skin. My skin started to heat up. Pieces of burns started to appear on my arms, my legs, my neck. I inhaled the sting of the smoke and I felt my insides burn with pain.
It was torture and it was excruciating.
I started screaming. I screamed for the pain. It was too much and I can't handle it. I screamed for the hurt, for the ache. I screamed for help. I screamed until sound can no longer form from my throat.
I can feel my body get weaker and weaker until I can no longer stand, then I just knelt.
My tears fell down. The agony is too much. How I wish I would just die.
I silently cried as the faint amount of smoke destroys my body. I curled in the corner and hugged my body as tightly as I can, uselessly trying to shield myself from any more of the smoke.
But the faint smoke is starting to disappear now.
"How did it feel?" I heard my uncle ask me from where he stood. "That's vervain vapor spelled in this cave. I should warn you, smoke comes out every after a little while. Your strength is of no use."
The mist is gone but the pain is still there. I felt myself sob at the fear of tormenting pain that's about to come once again. I heard him laugh as I hear his footsteps away.
I remained in the corner, hugging my legs and burying my face on my knees. I sobbed and cried silently, and feared for the next vapor to come up.
I wish with all my heart for Klaus to please come already, and take me away from this nightmare.
No one was answering the phone when Klaus tried to contact his hybrids back in the old house. He has never called Caroline before but he has kept her number, and he called her. The phone was ringing, but there was no answer. He has a bad feeling about this.
They are already in Mystic Falls. The hybrids, the old ones and the new, are scattered and hidden around the forest, ready and poised to fight, as told to them by their sire.
The cellars where all the vampires were locked up are underneath the Mystic Falls forest, in caves. Apparently, a cave system was built underground and was used as a vampire prison and torture house by blatantly cruel and proud vampire hunters a long time ago.
Luckily, the Lockwoods possess a blueprint of the cave system. And they're using it for their attack plan.
Klaus put down his phone in his pocket and looked far ahead in the dark night forest, thinking.
What in the world is happening over there? If anything bad happened to Caroline, he'll-
"I see you're ready." Elijah appeared from the back, interrupting Klaus' thoughts. Elijah then stood beside Klaus. "Whatever move the council is planning to do next, we're not going to let them. We'll finish them off, take Kol and just leave… That's the plan."
Klaus continued to look far ahead. "I know." He sighed.
Elijah stared at him. "I see you finally got yourself a huge army. Good for you."
"Us, brother." Klaus returned Elijah's stare. "Good for us."
After a moment of looking at each other's eyes, the brothers smirked, and they nodded lightly at each other.
"Where's Beka?" Klaus asked.
"She's around."
Bonnie then suddenly came in the scene. She walked towards them with wide, angry pace. Elijah and Klaus turned their heads as they hear Bonnie's loud footsteps. Her face is concerned, and angry. Matt tails after her.
"Where's Caroline Klaus?" She asked all of the sudden.
Klaus turned around to entirely face Bonnie. His eyebrows met as he walked towards her. His eyes are dangerously demanding more information from Bonnie.
"This was sent to the boarding house this morning but Matt was only able to bring it just now. It came from the council." Bonnie handed Klaus a small metal object.
Klaus held the object and his eyes opened wide with shock and anger upon realizing what it is.
"It's Caroline's daylight ring." Bonnie stated.
Klaus heard Matt speak next. "This has to stop. We got to save them all now… before they choose which one they would kill next."
His head snapped to the far side of the forest, towards the place they are targeting. His jaw tightened. He clenched his fist with the ring in it.
One wrong move they make, he's definitely going to turn their precious human lives into hell.
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