Author's Note: Here's the sequel I promised. This story is dedicated to my friend LuMezenga who had the main idea for the plot. Again I do not own anything, all those rights go straight to Joseph Delaney. Hope you like it. Read and review it.

Chapter 12: A Surprise

After making the deal with Stefan, he set me free. Once we were going up stairs, he decided to break the silence.

"You're much smarter than I thought."

"I'll take that as a compliment," I replied.

"You should. I'm very proud to be your brother. It's very interesting to see how much we are alike."

"Oh, cut the crap. This kind of speech doesn't move me. Stop wasting our time and start thinking about a plan," I said annoyed.

"How am I supposed to do that if I don't know anything about the ritual or how to kill our daddy," he complained sarcastically.

I stopped in the middle of the stairs and turned to him. I was two steps above him so we were at the same height. We were face to face. At least, my plan of distracting him was working.

"You don't need to worry about the ritual. All you have to do is ask Mab for a love potion, she'll know how to do it."

"Why?" he challenged me.

"Do you want to destroy Fiend or not?"

"Yes, I do. But I don't see how this will help."

"If we get everything tonight, Fiend will be gone by tomorrow night," I said turning away.

"So tell me what you need."

"From you, all I need is two bottles of the love potion, candles, as many as you can get and you have to convince Mab to let her be used as a sacrifice. The rest you can leave with me," I said and we got to the top of the stairs.

"Sacrifice? Will we have to kill her?" he asked surprised.

"Don't act like you care about her or anybody else. Fiend will want blood."

"Are you sure this will work?" Stefan kept asking. I knew he wasn't a fool, but he seemed too hesitant for someone who really wanted to destroy Fiend.

"Are you backing off? Are you afraid?" I asked him.

"No, I mean… Isn't that risky?"

"It is, so if you want to give up, right now is a very good time for you to tell me."

"No, we'll do it. I want him gone as soon as possible," Stefan said.

"Good. Now, go do what I asked you to. I'll meet you in the middle of the church with everything we need, okay?"

He agreed and headed to the room where Mab was and I walked away.

I had no idea of what I was doing, but at least I could escape from the church. I headed to the hotel. Tom was probably there. Together we could think about something to destroy Stefan and save the county, but I had a feeling that destroying him wouldn't be easier than making a ritual to destroy Fiend. My mind had so many thoughts going through it that I couldn't think about anything smart. When I got to the hotel, Mary was arguing with her father. She rushed to me when she saw me passing through the door.

"Something horrible has happened, Miss," she said worried.

"Mary, shut up," her father said.

"What happened?" I asked curious.

"Your husband came back a couple of hours ago, alone. He seemed disturbed, barely talked to me. The whole time he stayed in his room talking to himself loudly. When a woman came in, she not even looked at me, but I can assure you she wasn't pretty, so don't worry, I don't think your husband is cheating on you, because she seemed too old for him, but anyway," she was getting nervous.

"Mary, go straight to the point," I said getting desperate.

"She came in and didn't say a word, so I followed her. She entered in your room, said something to your husband and she knocked him down. Then she left with him by the window," she finished and my heart was beating so fast that I thought it was coming out of my chest.

I ran to our room to see if there was anything that would give me a clue of where the mysterious woman took Tom. I found a small note on the bed.

Dear Alice,

Don't worry about Tom. Although he is not comfortable in a stone cell, he's just fine. We haven't hurt him… Yet. If you want to save him, you better come back to the place you just left, because you wouldn't want to miss the ritual anyway.

Don't be late.

I couldn't recognize the letter, but I had to rush back to the church. I first thought it was Mab's fault. Stefan asked her for the potion and he told her the plan. Then, she decided to kidnap Tom to scary me. But Mary had said that the woman was much older than Tom, so it couldn't be Mab. I found Tom's silver chain on the floor, so I took it just in case. I was about to leave the room when the headache I had before came again. I sat on the bed with my hands in my head. In a few seconds, I started to listen to a voice inside my head. Come, Alice. What are you waiting for? I immediately recognized it as Stefan's voice and finally I understood what was happening. When I released him, we made a blood pact, which meant we were connected somehow and every time he used his powers it would affect me. I stormed out of the room and ran back to the church. Mary screamed something at me, but I didn't listen. I had other things to worry about. I entered the church loudly and looked around. I had no idea of what Stefan did, but the dusty benches weren't there anymore and there was a big pentagram upside down drawn on the floor surround by hundreds of lit up candles. It seemed that Stefan had taken the ritual idea too far. I crossed the room trying to find Stefan, Mab or Jason. Tom was probably in the place I was when Stefan locked me up. I headed to the corridor, when I heard footsteps coming behind me.

"He is not there, Alice," Mab's voice echoed.

I turned around and saw Mab standing besides Jason who had a knife on Tom's neck. Tom was tied by hopes and he was knelling on the ground, but he didn't seem hurt.

"Don't be rude, Alice. Say hello to our guest," Mab smirked.

From behind her, another woman came out with Stefan.

"You are getting smarter, Alice. I never thought you would get this far," the woman spoke.

"And I thought I would never have to see you again, Bony Lizzie," I replied.