Star P.O.V
I left Nik Mansion to find out what Damon gotten himself into, I made my way to the grill and waited for him. The whole story telling was really interpreted wrong, those original five really didn't have a clue about their journey, and well at least the ones in this era know what the hell there doing. I'm so grateful I wasn't ready back then because if I had them to lead I would lost my mind, they sounded arrogant and probably pig headed to listen even if I was unum praeditos men back in those days looked down upon women. What kind of bothered me is the fact he blabbed a lot to Nik, I didn't really want any of them to know that I was any part of the five, because I knew in time when things would get a little tricky they turn to me. That's when I'll have to make the choice to tell the truth or lie, and Nik thinks his smart thinking I'm some kind of trainer for the hunters. I was far from that, but the truth behind what I need to do when we finally get the map that reveals Silas location could never be told to any of them. I know if I entrusted any of them with the truth they will try and stop me, but that wasn't an option. I can't have Silas walk the earth and causing disruption.
I had been waiting for Damon for over an hour and I was getting a little impatient, I got my phone out and called him, he had told me he had only just arrived and he will be here shortly. I ordered another drink and I began to think about the crazy day I just had, being in the same room as Nik and Stefan it felt really awkward, but what I could really do Mystic Falls is a small town and even enemies team up sometimes. Nik was on my mind a lot I really expected him to attempt to hurt me, or even kill me, but he did the complete opposite. He didn't appear to me the monster that everyone claims him to be.
"Hey, sorry about the wait." I heard Damon; I turned to him not amused I hate waiting around for people.
"So tell me what you have done." He sat down and ordered a drink, he really looked a little stressed out, what could have Damon possibly done to be this way.
"I went with Elena and Bonnie to Whitmore college, I was going to teach Elena how to feed—" Why was Damon the one teaching Elena to feed? "We ended up going to a frap party and things got—" I interrupted him before he could even finish what he was about to say.
"Damon please tell me you didn't hit on your brother girl." The bar tender brought over his drink and he drained it then he looked at me, it was written all over his face that's exactly what happened.
"No the opposite, she hit on me." Elena hit on Damon? She with Stefan what the hell is she thinking? Why was she playing with him? It was clear that Damon had feeling for her, everyone could see that and I'm certain she knew it too.
"Bu-but she with Stefan, how could she do—" I felt speechless with what I just heard. God there must a defect in that doppelgänger blood. "She's another freaking Katherine, I should have killed her when I had the chance." I wasn't going to have Elena tear apart the brothers.
"Star, Elena not like that." Of course he going to say that he in love with her, I picked up my drink and drained it before I would say something I might regret.
"Of course you're going to say that, you're in love with her Damon." He looked a little taken back that I blurted that out. "Love is blind Damon, don't you realise that history repeating itself here." He began to shake his head disagreement, Damon was acting like a fool right now, and I can't stand to be near him. "You know what. I've got to go." He was about to speak but I stopped him before he could. "You and Stefan had already let one bitch ruin your relationship, don't let another." I walked away from him if I stayed any longer I would of flipped out, and gone to Elena house and dealt with her myself. How can she toy with their emotions? She acts like she nothing like Katherine but in truth she was a deceiving carbon copy of her, a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I began to walk down the streets I needed to calm down because my blood was boiling with what I had just heard, I don't even know why I was getting so mad about it. It's not like it going to affect me, if the brothers wanted to be at each other's throats over a girl then that's their problem. I need to focus on my own problems like the fact I had Niklaus in the same town as me, how I just left saying bye without telling him what truly was in my heart. I'm such an idiot why I'm feeling like this? I spent one day with him, and admittedly it brought lot back to the surface. With him calling me his wife and then reuniting with Rebekah it felt like I hadn't been apart from him all of this time. I stopped walking towards the boarding house, and turned in the other direction. I know I'm going to probably kick myself for this but I need to see Nik, I began to make my way towards his mansion.
I arrived and I stood at the front of his door I wanted to nock but I felt a little foolish just turning up out of the blue. I finally gathered up the courage to knock the door and I felt Nik presence near me. I turned around and saw Nik walking towards me, in that moment I felt my heart flutter as soon as I saw him, he began to smile.
"I thought you had something better to do." I did kind of make out they were boring me. "What do I owe the pleasure of your visit?" He opened the door and gestured me to come in and I walked pass him into the main entrance, I turned to him.
"I didn't like the way I left before." He began to approach me frowning.
"Well you did look rather—" Before he could say any more I kissed him, and it felt so right in doing so I didn't know how much I actually missed having his lips touching mine. He wrapped his arms around me bringing closer to him so there wasn't any space between us. I didn't want to tear myself away from him, right now all I wanted was to show Nik how much I have missed him, and I super speed him into a wall. He began to kiss me more passionately, I had dreamt I having this feeling with him once again, and it felt so good to be back in his arms. We both began to rip each other's clothes off, before I jumped up and wrapped my legs around his waist. All I wanted right now is to feel that pleasure I use to have him once again. He super speed us then suddenly I felt the softness of a bed, he looked down at me with so much love in his eyes I couldn't help but smile back at him then he smashed his lips into mine. We couldn't tear ourselves from each other all night long, for the first time in a very long time I felt happy, it felt like for once I could actually be happy once again.
I opened my eyes and the sun was shining in the room, then I felt a pair of arms around me, I couldn't help but smile, because it wasn't a dream. I was actually back in Nik's arms. I turned around and looked at him, he was awake with this huge smile on his face, I kissed him gently on his lips and he began to respond back.
"I never expected this." I think neither of us actually thought this would have happened again. In a blink of an eye he grabbed me and placed me on top of him in one swift moment. I couldn't help but giggle because how things were before with us, he hid what we were, and the super strength and speed we had. "Come to Italy with me Star." Why could Nik be going to Italy?
"Why are you going to Italy?" He began to move my hair from my face, so he could see me more clearly.
"Rebekah let it spill that she buried the sword with her late fiancée." As much as I would love to go with him I needed, to free Connor, and get him the hell out of this town. I couldn't leave him capture by Nik in this way.
"I would love to but, I need to sort out a few things here." Like the fact that Elena seems to be playing the Salvatore's, she and I need to have a little talk.
"I'm sure you can deal with it when you come back." He spoke as he pinned me down to the bed while he hovered over me, kissing my neck. As much I was enjoy this, I really needed to sort all of this out before deserter hits, I'm sure we could take a trip another time.
"Unfortunately not." I flipped him over so I was on top of him, he began to pout I couldn't help but laugh. I climb off him and sat on the edge of the bed while I began to put my underwear back on.
"So you're not going to reconsider my offer?" I got up and put my jeans on and turn to him, I think Nik was use to people letting him win, and back in the days when we were together I would have let him won, but I'm not that person no longer.
"Nik you're not going to be gone for long, you will be back before you know it." He used his super-sped to stand in front of me wrapping arms around me.
"I'm not sure if I can be apart from you for that long." I knew that feeling but we both had things to do and that sword was a vital part to decrypting the tattoos. I placed my hand on either side of his face.
"Well you better find that sword pretty quick then." I kissed him as I did I had that butterfly feeling you know the beautiful one when you're making up for lost. All I knew from this morning when I woke is I know something now, that I didn't before, and all I've seen since 18 hours ago was his blue- green eyes and his smile in the back of my mind making me feel like. I just want to know him all over again, causing when I looked into his eyes it like coming home…now everything has changed.
Stefan P.O.V
When Klaus left I had to deal with Jeremy I couldn't let him remember anything about the cure, I felt guilty doing this to him but Klaus didn't want anyone to know about the cure so I had no choice. When Elena got home she was acting strange then she suddenly broke down, telling me how she didn't even recognise herself anymore all I could do was comfort her in my arms. I assured her that I will be by her side all through this no matter what, she finally fell asleep and I left making my way home. When I got home I looked around for Star but she wasn't here, and neither was Damon, maybe they both had gone somewhere together. Today had been an emotional day with me watching Klaus and Star together all that jealously I felt, I kind of knew how Star felt seeing Elena and I together now. I went to my room and laid on my bed I tried to fall asleep but it weren't any use, lot of stuff kept running through my mind.
I opened my eyes I was actually surprised that I fell asleep, I got up and walked over to my desk and sat down, I opened my journal and began to write. 'She's been spiralling since her transition and at times I barely recognize her. But now, for the first time in a while, there's hope. Somewhere in the world, there's a cure for vampires. If I can get it, Elena can be human again. I can give her back her life. So, that's what I need to do. No matter what Klaus asks, no matter what lies I have to tell or secrets I have to keep, I'll do it. No matter what it takes.' My phone goes off I checked it I had received a text from Klaus
Klaus: We have a problem
Great that all we needed right now, I began to call him and he had told me he was still on the flight to Italy, I thought he would have been there by now. He had found out that Connor had escaped from his room of pain. How the hell did he do that? We needed him for the map to the cure.
"How the hell did Connor escape?" I thought he had hybrid security.
"I'd blame my numbing incompetence, but pointing fingers isn't going to help me, you're going to help me?" How did he expect me to help him? I didn't have a clue where Connor would be.
"Well, he could be anywhere now." He could of left town and I wouldn't even know where to start.
"Think, Stefan. He took the hybrid's head which means he wants werewolf toxin." I know where Klaus was going with this, Connor wasn't going to leave town until he dealt with the vampires of this town.
"Which means he plans to stay in Mystic Falls to kill vampires." Of course Connor wouldn't just walk away from a town fill with vampires.
"Which is a pity, as I'm half the world away digging up a dead hunter, you'll have no access to my blood and therefore, the antidote. Nevertheless, his tattoo is our only map to the cure, so your task is quite simple; find him, catch him, and above all, keep him alive. He's no good to us dead." Well how did he expect me to control Damon, he was still out for Connor blood after what he did to Star.
"Damon's been looking everywhere for him, if they cross paths—" Before I could finish what I was saying Klaus cut me off.
"You'll need to keep Damon in check." No one could keep Damon in check he was a law of his own, if he knew of the cure it would make things a lot easier.
"Be a lot easier if I could just tell him the truth." Maybe I could convince Klaus to let Damon in with the whole cure finding.
"You trust Damon with the cure? I imagine he prefers Elena the way she is." Here we go again Klaus trying to put in his little comment to tear me and Damon apart.
"Nice try, Klaus. But I trust Damon a hell of a lot more than I trust you." Which was the truth, I didn't trust him not one bit not with the amount of times he double crossed me.
"And I trust no one. Which is why my sister is lying daggered in a box. The more who find out about the cure, the more who will go after it? Nations have gone to war over less. You mark my words, tell one soul and I will throw the hunter's sword in the Mediterranean and we can end this quest right now. Am I understood?" I hung up on him Klaus literally held the one thing in his hands that could save Elena and I had to play with his rules not matter what.
Star P.O.V
It took many attempts for me to try and leave Nik but I finally got out of his grasp, he had to leave anyway to get the sword from god knows where. I went back to the boarding house and I notice that no one was home, I went to my room and had a shower I stayed there for a while I couldn't stop smiling at the fact that maybe something may blossom between Nik and I. I couldn't control my heart as it thumped out of control in my chest, insistent on reminding' me that it was still in there. That it was still beating. For Niklaus Mikaelson. Nik was my breath of fresh air. My soft place to land. He was home to me. Every long separation is a test: A test to see how powerful or how weak the will of reuniting is! I came out and I went into my room with a towel wrapped around me, I walked over to the wardrobe and looked for something to wear.
"Someone has been a dirty little stop out." I heard Damon say in a teasing tone, I turned to him not highly amused with his comment, after the way things were left with us he would understand that he and I were not on the best of terms.
"Sorry dad, I didn't know I had to check in with you." Damon began to chuckle, I turned back around and got out a pair jeans and a cropped coral jumper.
"What are your plans for today?" I turned around to see Damon was lying on my bed with his hand behind his head looking rather comfortable. "Don't mind me, continue with what you were doing." I rolled my eyes, seems Damon wanted to get under my skin this morning. I walked over to draws and pulled out black lace underwear. "Very nice." I turned to him not looking amused. "Sorry, I'm not used to seeing you look all sexy and stuff, it a bit distracting." As much as I wanted to be mad at him I couldn't help but laugh, our relationship wasn't like that. We both didn't look at each other in that way, I mean don't get me wrong Damon stunning man but he was my friend and nothing else.
"Oh so you came into my room to have a little peek show—" I spoke as began to approach him, instantly sat Damon looking a little nervous, I'm going to have a little fun with him "—Cause all you have to do Damon is just ask…." I seductively ran my fingers down his chest as I leaned towards him, suddenly Damon gets up looking a little flustered.
"I'll see you down stairs." I had to hold my laughter in as he walked out of the room, I got changed quickly and I put on my tan biker boots on and made my way down stairs. Damon was pouring himself a drink while he was on the phone, I walked in and he looked up.
"So, either he's dodging both of us." No guessing who he talking to. "Yeah well let me know if you hear from him." He hung up he looked at me. "Have you seen Stefan?" I shook my head as I hadn't seen him since we were both at Nik's place yesterday. Damon phone beeped he looked down at his phone. "You gotta be kidding me!" I approached him.
"What wrong?" Something serious mush of happened for him to look this pissed.
"Your friend the hunter causing trouble" How could Connor be causing trouble when he was chained up at Nik place.
"I don't know what you mean by his my friend." I walked away from him and went to pour myself a drink, Damon couldn't know about the connection between Conner and I only Nik knew about that.
"Star please don't lie to me, I know you have something to do with the five." How could he have possibly found out? I turned to him and suddenly he appeared in front of me. "Star no more secre.t" I don't want to keep secrets from him, but I couldn't tell him all about it. "Star he wrote 'Hunter at Mystic Grill with hostages. They all die at sundown, now do you want to tell me what the hell going on?" I moved away from him.
"I'm the unum praeditos Damon. I'm meant to protect the members of the five" I was telling him a little bit of the truth, that was one of the things I had to do amongst either else. "I need to find out where Connor is, and stop him from doing something stupid." Damon looked speechless by what I told him, I could see from the look on his face that it was hard for him to absorb this all in.
"Your some guardian for the five?" Oh god he going to keep asking question. "He shot you Star, in front of the whole town" I could tell he was getting angry and that wasn't going to help right now.
"Damon listen—" I approached him "—No one can know my link to the five." He began to frown, Damon had to keep this to himself the more people knew then more likely this whole quest will end in tears. "He shot me because I was protecting you and Stefan, now can we focus on how we are going to get them hostages out." Damon wasn't happy that I dismiss it all, but he had to deal with it.
Damon had received a call from Elena say a couple of them had received the same message; we made our way to the Lockwood mansion apparently that where Tyler lived. We arrived there and we were working out a way we could get in the grill, apparently that where Connor had them. I knew I could just walk in and attack him but Connor was pretty fast and he could hurt one of the hostages. Every time I looked at Elena I wanted to go over to her and punch her in the face, she had really pissed me off by playing with Damon feelings, and not forgetting cheating on Stefan.
"So, we each take a different entrance; hit them at the same time." Damon announced as Stefan walks in the room. Elena gets up and walks over to him, oh she remembers who her boyfriend is now.
"Stefan!" I rolled my eyes I notice Damon giving me the 'look'.
"Where the hell have you been?" Damon demanded as Stefan reaches his arm out towards Elena. She embraces him and he embraces her back, only if he knew what Katherine 2.0 had been up to don't think they would be lovely dovey.
"Coming up with a plan." Stefan looked over at me with a serious expression, what the hell was his problem now?
"Yeah, we have a plan the plan is I'm gonna rip Connor's heart out and I'm going to feed it to him." No way I'm letting Damon do anything stupid like that, looks like my mission is to stop Damon from doing that there no way I will let him suffer the hunters curse.
"That's not a plan. We need to be careful. Connor has Jeremy and who knows how many other hostages." They really needed to be careful for another reason, because if any of them killed Connor they going to have a problem.
"Hence, the open heart surgery." I hit Damon in the arm as he was irritating me now with the death talk. "Ouch!" I glared at him.
"Damon's right. Connor's strong, but he's not going to be able to take all of us" Oh please Elena really thought that was a good plan, isn't Jeremy her brother? Has she suddenly become his lap dog?
"I called in the hybrids to help too," Tyler announced then Caroline walks in the room.
"My mom put squad cars blocking the streets. They're saying it's a faulty gas main. We're good to go." Well all of that sounded perfect, easy enough for me to go in there and get them out.
"Good, great. No cops, no witnesses, and no reason to wait around" I began to walk out of the room but I was stopped my Stefan intercepting me.
"Alright, hold on, you're not all going." I notice he looked at Caroline and Elena as he spoke, well he weren't going to stop me, I'll snap his neck if I had to there no way in hell I'm letting anyone stop me.
"He shot me like nine times. If we're killing him, I want in." Tyler said a little pissed great I couldn't have him going after Connor.
"He's got Jeremy. I'm going." Elena protested seriously what did she think she could do, she was a newbie vampire Connor will kill her in a second.
"Listen, nobody is going anywhere until I figure out what we're walking into." Stefan half shouted when did he become a drill Sargent? I wasn't going to let him bark out orders at me.
"Until you figure it out? Is that where you've been all morning? Out buying bossy pants" Damon really wasn't like Stefan attitude right now, and I don't think any of them did.
"This guy is known for setting traps, right? We'd be pretty dumb to walk into one, especially if he has werewolf venom." I looked over at Stefan how would he know that Connor would have werewolf venom?
"Does he?" Elena questioned. She was really irritating me right now.
"He's had it before." Elena appears to be rethinking the plan, while Damon looked clearly angry.
"Well I'm going." I began to walk out of the room and Stefan intercept me again, he starting to piss me off now.
"No Star it to dangerous." I didn't need him to worry about me, I think he forgetting I'm not like them I'm not easily killed.
"What you all are forgetting I'm not a vampire, or hybrid, I'm a unum praeditos." I stepped away from him then I super speed off before I could get into any form of debate with any of them. I needed to somehow convince Connor that this was all a bad idea, and get the hostages out without any of them getting hurt including Connor himself.
Stefan P.O.V
I couldn't believe it Star had gone off to trying stop Connor, what worried me is if she done something stupid like kill him, which will lead to a very furious Klaus on my case. Damon was flipping out that she had gone off like that but what did he expect me to do. Star was right in a way she was a unum praeditos whatever weapons Connor had wouldn't harm her, even though I tried to tell Damon this he weren't having any of it. He gave me one hour to come up with something before he went ahead with his own plan, I felt like I was getting pressure from all angles. I was on the phone to Klaus I had told him what had happened and that Star had gone off to deal with it, he really wasn't happy at all.
"You expect me to care about bloody hostages? Find Star and get her away from Connor. I don't want her anywhere near that psychopath" He yelled down the phone he really was concerned about her. I began to walk across the Town Square.
"Well, you know Star, she won't listen anyone. " I heard him sigh he knew I was right as soon as Star got her mind set on something she won't change her mind "So you should start caring. Damon does. So does Caroline, Tyler, Elena. If any of them get to Connor, then you just wasted a trip to Italy. I can buy us some time, but Damon's getting antsy. So, if you want Connor alive, you better get your hybrids on board with my plan." Maybe if they were on board with us as well I could have enough time to stop Star from doing something stupid.
Star P.O.V
I don't know who the hell Stefan thought he was with barking orders about, saying who could and couldn't go .I didn't need any of them to go in there because none of them would let Connor come out of there alive and they didn't know what then consequences of killing Connor. I could have told them about the hunters curse assuring Connor not getting killed, but it would only bring up more question of how I knew this. Damon would dig and dig until he found out the truth about everything. I arrived in the town square and I began to walk towards the grill, I could hear my phone ringing I pulled it out of my pocket and I saw on the screen it was Nik.
"Missing me already" I spoke flirtatiously down the phone.
"Star where the blood hell are you!" I didn't expect that from him, what the hell is his problem? "Star…" He sounded calmer now but that didn't excuse his rudeness. "Stefan had informed me that your about to do something incredibly stupid." You had to be kidding me, Stefan called Nik thinking he could stop me?
"Niklaus you do not control me." I wasn't letting him think that after what happened between us I was going to obey to his every command, because he had another thing coming.
"Star sweetheart, I just don't want—" I cut him off I didn't want to hear about he didn't want me to get hurt crap.
"Niklaus I've survived for over a thousand years fine, I don't need a babysitter. I know how to deal with Connor." I hung up on him I'm getting a little sick of the men in my life thinking they need to protect me. I began to walk towards the grill I opened the door and I walked in, I saw Jeremy, Matt and some young girl, Connor looked up and smiled at me.
"I was wondering when you were going to turn up." I began to approach him with caution I notice that he had some kind of bomb in his hand. "You impressed how I escaped your husband little torture device." Great Connor was pissed that I didn't free him.
"Connor why don't you let the kids go." He began to laugh, wonderful he had lost, I saw Jeremy walking over to Connor.
"You said we had a conversation yesterday." Connor didn't looked at him he kept staring at me, I could rush over there and take him down but I didn't know if that bomb would hurt the humans in here.
"Mmhmm." He didn't tear his eyes away from me, I looked at the young girl she had tears streaming down her face I needed to get them all out of here.
"About what?" Connor turned to him and smiled. I didn't like where this conversation might be going.
"We'll get into that. First, take a look at my handy work. Pick up some tips from the hunter's trade." I began to walk closer to them, Matt looked at me worried but I gave him a reassuring look.
"What is all that?" Conner looked over at his handy work admiring it.
"The fluid is derived from werewolf toxin. Trip the wire, bomb goes off, nails deliver a lethal dose into the bloodstream" Your freaking kidding, he had gone too far I had to do something quick before any of them walked in here and get themselves killed.
"And what's the point? What do you get out of all this?" Jeremy questioned.
"You know, I used to think that there was no 'get'; that I was just supposed to do Kill vampires that was until the day I met Star—" They both looked at me. "—She informed me that the mark held the answer to why I'm the way I am. The more I kill, the more it grows and once it's complete we get to the prize. Isn't that right Star?" We both glared at each other, right now I wanted to rip out his heart but I had to stop myself Connor was out of his mind now and I needed to get out of here before this place gets stormed by vampires. Connor looks at Matt and the girl. "Hey! We're gonna have visitors soon, you two get in the back. Get up! MOVE!" What freaking visitor? The girl gets up, crying. Matt gets up and grabs her by shoulders gently. "Before you think about any other exits, I got every door rigged. Got it?" Matt leads girl to the back of the Grill Connor turned to me. "So I wonder who going to walk through that door your vampire friends, Damon or maybe your hybrid husband Klaus." I looked around the room thinking of a way I could just grab Jeremy and run, but he warn Matt that he had rigged the whole place. So what the hell was I going to do?
Klaus P.O.V
When I opened my eyes this morning I couldn't help but smile after all this time I had Star back in my arms, the events from the night began to replay in my mind. I use to enjoy making love to Star all those centuries ago, but last night was different it was like there was hunger between us that I never experience before. I didn't have to be gentle with her like I use to, and she certainly wasn't gentle either, for once after 500 years thinking I had lost her I actually felt true happiness. I had asked if she would join me to recover the sword in Italy, but she refused my invitation I felt a little disappointed maybe she thought of are antic of last night as a one off. My thoughts of that were laid to rest when she teased the quicker that I got the sword the sooner we could continue where we had left off. I really didn't want to tear myself away from her, not after all the time we had lost.
After a lot of protesting and Star left and I made my way to the airport to go all the way to retrieve the sword of the five, during my flight I had found out that the hunter had escaped. I was furious about it and to be honest for a few seconds the thought came into my mind that it was Star who freed him, but then I had been told that Connor had decapitated Nate I know Star would not allow that to happen. I had called Stefan to tell him about the unfortunate incident that he needed find Connor, and make sure that no one would kill him. He protested for a while telling me that Damon should know, but he had to remember that I'm sure he preferred Elena just the way she was and wouldn't want to cure her.
I had finally arrived in Italy and I had arrived at the location of where Rebekah had buried Alexander corps, I had compelled myself a team to unearth his remains. I had a phone call from Stefan that Connor had hostages in the grill, and that Star had taken it upon herself to go there and deal with him. What the blood hell was thinking to walk in there? I hung up on him and I called her, well that conversation went not so well, I did they typical thing and screamed at her down the phone. She really hit a nerve with me by informing that she had survived for the last thousand years alone and didn't need babysitting, before hanging up on me, I know that she capable to look out for herself, but that didn't stop me from wanting to protect her. I needed to get back as soon as possible, I compelled the worker to work faster I needed to get back to Mystic Falls, before anything was to happen to Star or Connor, because right now Stefan wasn't do a exactly job back there. The sword has been successfully excavated one of men holds it up and brushes it off, he hands it off to another man. I could finally leave now then I heard my phone ring I answered it.
"Hello." I looked back over at the men and they were cleaning up the sword.
"Hey, Klaus." Wonderful the last person who I wanted to hear from right now.
"Tyler! I hope you're not causing problems." That's all Tyler did is cause problems makes me wish I had left him with the pathetic curse of being a werewolf.
"I can do whatever I want. I'm not sired to you anymore." Oh really he wanted to play that card with me; maybe I should remind him of what I know about him.
"Fair enough. Although I do happen to know your little secret, about your time in Appalachia." The man brings the sword over to me and I began to examine it. "What was your friends' name? Hayley, was it? You probably prefer I kept that to myself." I knew Tyler didn't want Caroline to know about that little secret, he may not be sired to me but I still have a hold over him. "I'm sorry, mate. Are you going to answer or should I just assume you're back to being… how did you phrase it? Ah, yes, my little bitch." I couldn't help but smile, then he hangs up on me well it looks like his my bitch once again.
Stefan P.O.V
Klaus wasn't happy whatsoever about Star going off on her own, I didn't know where she was right now, but I need to somehow bring Connor round. She was adamant that she was perfectly capable to look out for herself, and maybe with her being this unum praeditos I shouldn't under estimate her. I got my phone out and began to call the grill, I'm really hoping I can convince him to let them go before Damon goes all war zone and kills him. That's the plan that I didn't want to do I couldn't deal with enraged Klaus, who will end up killing me.
"We're closed." Connor yells down the phone, I began to walk through the woods towards the Lockwood cellar.
"I want you to free the hostages." I thought it may be worth a try, if might be seeing sense now but I highly doubt it.
"I'll free them as soon as you give me what I want. You and everyone like you dead." He threaten me, well maybe I could offer him something else.
"What? So your hunter's mark can grow?" There was silence from Connor, he didn't expect me to know that piece of vital information. "Yeah, I know all about that. What it means, what you are." I threw down some shovels outside the Lockwood Cellar preparing myself for plan B. "Listen, if you free the hostages then you and I can have a little chat. I'll even tell you about the brotherhood of the Five." Connor scoffs.
"That's a weak move, but I don't need story time from you vampire when I have all the information I needed from unum praeditos who's right hear with me." What the hell had Star told him? "So no I don't what a little chat vampire, but when I do see you. I will be driving a stake through your heart." It looks like I have to try another approach, I began to walk through the system of tunnels with a shovel. I could hear a noise of something hammer against the bricks I began to walk towards the noise. I don't know what Star playing at, but if I get out of this alive I'm going to be having serious words with her, I want to know what she had to do with the five and I'm not going to back down till I know.
Klaus P.O.V
Stefan wanted me to bring my hybrids on board with all of this as they couldn't get hurt like the normal vampires, he was going through the tunnels so he could surprise attack Connor. Well the only reason why I agree is so I could get Star out of there, she was my main priority right now even after how foolish she was being right now. I was on the phone to Dean who had told me he was approaching the entrance to the Grill.
"There's no sign of anyone." Did he listen to a word I had told him before!
"Stefan is coming at him from the other side he'll free the hostages and Star, your job is to get Connor out alive. And use caution, mate. He favours booby traps and ambushes." I warned him I knew Connor would of setup some kind of trap, so no vampire could just walk in there.
"Understood." Dean sounded a little nervous, I needed him to be focused as there was one person in there that was highly valuable to me, I wasn't going to lose her after just having her return after 500 years.
"My wife in there Dean, no harm is to come to her. Do you hear me?" I threaten to him down the phone then I hung up, I couldn't live with myself if something was to happen to her, after all of this time being apart all I wanted to do right now is protect her from everything that was bad.
Star P.O.V
Its official Connor had lost his mind, I'm trying to keep my purpose with the five a secret, and he keeps tell everyone about how I'm involved, first to Jeremy now to whoever he spoke to down the freaking phone. Jeremy kept on looking at me a little strange I'm sure he wanting to ask me a load of question, poor kid he so young to be dragged into all of this. But he was a potential hunter and he going to need my help, I just hope his going to embrace it better than what Connor has. Connor finishes setting up the werewolf venom bomb. I looked over at Jeremy he kept looking at stake and he slowly walks towards it.
"You may be a potential hunter, but if you make one move, I'll break all twenty seven bones in your hand." Connor threaten him, he was really unstable right now I needed to try and make him see some sense.
"They're not all bad, you know. Some of them, they're my friends." Jeremy was right they weren't all bad. I had come to realise that over the years, I had actually made some really good friends who are vampires, but Connor wouldn't see it like that his focus was to kill.
"Your friends, huh? Yeah, I had a friend like that once. She got turned by this vampire I was hunting. He thought it would be ironic." Connor had told me about this story it really tore up Connor what had happened to Sara, but that didn't mean all vampires were the same.
"What happened to her?" Jeremy questioned him, Connor looked up at him I notice there was sorrow in his eyes it still hurt him till this day what he did to her.
"I didn't want to hurt her. She promised that she would keep it under control, but… a vampire's like a loaded gun. Eventually it's gonna go off." He shows Jeremy his tattoo. "That's why I got this." Jeremy looks down at the piece of his tattoo near the crook of his elbow he looked a little surprised.
"So, you killed your own friend?!" Connor turned to me with anger in his eyes, I knew the reason behind that anger it was, because of what I told him before he did what he did to Sara.
"What was it you told me Star? Vampires kill humans, hunters kill vampires." I was about to say something and we heard a noise near the front. "We've got company." Freaking great Damon and Stefan better not have turned up here because I will kick there ass's. Connor turns off the lights and turns on the music very loud. He grabs me and Jeremy and pushes us down to the floor, Jeremy looked at me worried so I peeked over the counter. The front opens a guy who I didn't know walked in he carefully inspects the doorway, he looks down and sees a trip wire, and he looks right and sees a loaded bomb. Who the hell was he? He carefully steps over the wire and onto the mat; he closes the door carefully behind him. Suddenly, the bomb goes off he goes flying through the air due to the force of the explosion. I grabbed hold of Jeremy to protect him from the blast, I pulled away and Jeremy smiled at me.
"Thanks, so you going to tell me what going on?" I knew I had to explain myself to him, he was the only one who really had to know everything that meant about being a hunter of the brotherhood.
"If I get you and your friends out of here alive, I will." We both got up and Jeremy walks over to Connor who was taking off his jacket and sees that the tattoo is growing. He stops and grabs Jeremy he points his gun towards someone, I turned around and saw someone super speeds around the Grill and Connor shoots the gun multiple times. Stefan duck down and hides behind the bar I looked down at him, what the hell was he doing here?
"What the hell are you doing here?" I whispered to him, he glared at me then turned away. Oh his in a mood because I didn't listen to his orders… God how childish can he be.
"Connor, you don't have to do this!" I hit him he looked at me gave me what the f**k look. Connor wasn't stable there was no way in hell was he going to listen to Stefan as he was the one thing that Conner loathed more than anything.
"Stefan!" Jeremy called out, I peeked over the counter and I saw that Jeremy was standing completely still as there was a bomb right next to him. I had to think of some way to get Jeremy out I could just grab him, but if did that the bomb goes off and possibly hurt Stefan. What the hell were I meant to do?
Stefan P.O.V
Klaus was fully on board with letting his hybrid to get involved in getting Connor, but I notice he was more worried about Star, but we all knew that Star could handle herself. I don't know what going on between the both of them, but there something clearly going on for Klaus to be over protective over her. He only act like that when it's an important asset. The banging I could hear was from Matt and April trying to get in the tunnels, I gave Matt Damon phone with the map of the tunnels, they both left. I could hear Connor talking to Jeremy and Star. I needed to get in there and somehow get Connor out of here, I went in to the room they were in and I couldn't get hold of Connor he had hold of Jeremy and he kept shooting me. I hid behind the counter and Star really didn't look too happy, I tried to reason with Connor but he told me he didn't need my help as Star had told him enough.
"Connor, we can end this right now! Just put down the gun and come with me!" I glanced over at Star who was rolling her eyes; I don't know why she was being like that not like she had done much to convince Connor to free the hostages.
"Sure. Come out, I'll hand the gun over." Connor wasn't going to listen to reason, I wish I could kill this guy but that would only lead to my own death.
"Think about this. No one has to die." He was acting irrational right now, I'm trying here to be the good guy to reason with him.
"I don't make deals with vampires!" Star gets up from the ground holding her hands up in surrender.
"Listen to me Connor if you die right now, then your whole life, all that killing; it'll all be for nothing." She seemed a little calm considering the circumstances, I don't know what she had planned but I hoped it was going to work. "Just put down the gun and let Jeremy go!" I heard the open I looked up Connor had a gun pointed at Star, I got up slowly holding my hand up then I saw Elena walk into the grill Connor turns his head and sees Elena.
"Please!" What was she doing here? Connor points his gun towards Elena "Don't hurt him." Connor points the gun back on Jeremy.
"You come any closer, he's dead." Elena stopped walking towards him.
"Elena, get out of here!" Jeremy shouted at her, she needed to get out of here if that bomb went off Elena will get full impact.
"He's the only family that I have left. Just – just let him go." Connor turned to me with an amused look on his face.
"You hear that? Your girl is watching. I will shoot the boy right in front of her! On the count of three! One! Two!" Elena rushes at Connor he shoots his gun, Elena throws Connor to the ground and sits on top of him. She grabs him by the throat and starts choking her. Jeremy was bleeding profusely and clutching his wound, Star notices that the bomb is about to go off and she rushes towards Jeremy, grabs him, and throws herself and Jeremy over a table. The bomb exploded I fell backwards into the bar.
"Jeremy?!" I could hear a commotion I got up from the ground and I saw Connor about to stake Elena, but Elena grabs his wrist and fights back. I rushed at Connor and knock him off Elena. I knelt down next to Connor, grab him, and rushes off. I needed to get Connor as far away from all of them we needed him alive to get the cure and Klaus will kill me if anything happened to him. I hated the fact I was betraying Elena, and Damon but I knew all of this will be worth it in the end.
Star P.O.V
This keeps getting worse first I had Stefan walk in here trying to save the day, then Katherine 2.0 walks in pleading for her brother's life. Did she have a death wish? Was Elena actually stupid to think that she would be able to actually do anything? She made matters a lot worse, because Connor shot his gun. I notice Jeremy fall to the ground, then I heard the bomb about to go off I instantly rushed towards to save him from the explosion. I looked down at Jeremy and I notice he had a gunshot wound, this was all down to his stupid whiny sister.
"Elena!" Elena rushes over and feds her blood to Jeremy. Elena touches his face and looks down at his wound. Her eyes start to become red with hunger, I really didn't need her to be freaking out right now, then her eyes go back to normal and she backs away.
"I'm sorry – I—" She turns away ashamed of the fact that she was about to take a bite out of her own brother.
"Hey, it's okay. You don't have to hide it. I know you're not going to hurt me." Jeremy sat up and I looked around the room to see that Connor was gone and also Stefan. What the hell is he playing at?
"How did this happen, Jer? Why did Connor come after you?" I got up from the floor I needed to find Stefan and find out where he taken Connor.
"He said I was like him, because I could see his tattoo, and Star's like there guardian or something." Freaking great! Now Elena knows, maybe I should put up a billboard so the whole town can know.
"His what?" Elena shouted at him, I turned to her might as well let her know that she wasn't the only supernatural in the family.
"His hunter's mark. It's invisible to everyone but Jeremy and myself." Elena stood there stunned by what she just heard, I think it's time to rub some salt into that wound of hers. "Stefan and Damon didn't tell you about it?" Elena shaking her head, of course the brothers didn't all they want to do is save Elena, protect Elena everything Elena. "Guess they kept you out of the loop, I wonder why." I began to walk away and Elena intercepted me. "I really wouldn't test me right now, I'm a lot stronger than you Elena." She looked at me with a little fear in her eyes then turned to Jeremy.
"No. Wait – wait, who else knows about this?" Well at the rate this is going the whole freaking town must know.
"Well, that's the thing, I don't even know. Apparently, I was with Connor all day yesterday, but I can't remember. Someone compelled me." Elena looked furious, so Stefan had compelled Jeremy forget why would he do that?
"I think I know who." Elena super speed off, I turned to Jeremy.
"Nice work kid." Looks like I have to stop the newbie vampire from doing something incredibly stupid.
Stefan P.O.V
I had to get Connor away from them all, I had to keep him safe even if his a deranged hunter who determined to kill me. I was leading Connor through the tunnel system, I had Connor's arm twisted by his back and pushes him forward. Out of nowhere Damon appears, this day just keeps getting worse.
"Good work, brother." Damon spoke proudly, I couldn't let Damon do anything to Connor cause if something happens to him Klaus will surely kill me.
"It's over, Damon. I have him." Damon began to approach me and I step in front of him so he couldn't get to Connor.
"Not after what I just went through. I had to punch through a boiler room basement into a septic tank to get into this stupid tunnel. But it'll be worth it." I had to get Damon to back off, I know he not going to like it but I needed to protect Connor from him.
"I'm taking him with me." Damon looked at me a little surprised, now I knew that this was going to get very messy between the two if us.
"That's the thing, you're not. I don't know what you're up to or what Klaus has over you, but even if I have to go through you, I'm gonna kill him." Damon moves closer towards us, I hated that I had to keep all of this from him, I trusted Damon with my life I know if he knew about this cure he would stop acting like this.
"You better back off, Damon." I had to make sure ne backed away from this.
"Why? Because Klaus wants him alive?" I had to somehow convince that him that Klaus had nothing to do with this.
"This has nothing to do with Klaus. You're just gonna have to trust me on that." Damon began to shake his head, he wasn't believing a word I was telling him.
"I don't want to. I don't have to. Not gonna. Now, give him to me, brother." Damon was determined to get to Connor, so I had to deal with this in another way.
"Run as fast as you can!" I pushed Connor away then Connor runs off, I rushed at Damon and pinned Damon to a wall. "You're not gonna kill him." I warned him then Damon grabs me and super speeds around me throwing me against the wall and grabs me by the shoulders, pinning him.
"Why are you protecting him?! Tell me!" Damon moves his hand towards my heart I grabbed Damon's wrist and tries to fight back, but Damon overcomes me and sticks his hand into my chest. I groaned in pain. "Tell me!" I couldn't tell him Klaus will kill me and anyone who would know.
"Klaus will kill anyone who knows." Damon starts to pull at my heart; I began to screams in pain.
"Then it has to be good. Spill it!" Damon continues to tear at my heart "Spill it!" I couldn't keep this from him he will end up killing me.
"Connor's tattoo is the key to a cure." I watched as Damon looked at me frowning.
"A cure for what?" I looked into his eye.
"For her. For Elena." More than anything in the world all I wanted is to get this cure so Elena could be human once again not a vampire, she never wanted this life and if I can make her human once again I will fight for it.
"Klaus told you there's a cure for vampirism?" He seemed a little amused by it all but I needed Damon to take this serious.
"Yeah, and if Connor dies then we'll lose it forever." Damon looks shocked "I know it's crazy, Damon. But its hope, do you understand me? It's her only hope." Damon still has his hand in my chest, but removes after a couple of seconds. I began to breathe heavily as Damon still tries to take in the fact that there could be a cure. I couldn't keep something this big from Damon right now with finding this cure for Elena I needed his help more than ever and I'm hoping his willing to offer it.
Star P.O.V
I had left Jeremy and went of Elena I notice se went into the kitchen, I walked in and I notice a hole in the wall, I jumped down. There appeared to be tunnels down here I needed to move fast to find her, I used my super speed to go around the tunnels. I came out of one entrance and I watched Elena snap Connor's neck, Connor falls to the ground, dead she breathes heavily as she stares at the his dead body.
"What have you done?!" She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. I convinced Elena that we needed to get rid of his body so we bought him to the woods. I had called Damon and told him what had happened. Elena is digging dirt up with a shovel she was making a grave for Connor, as she digs; she cries the blood from Connor still stains her chin. How was I going to tell her about the consequences of killing Connor, she a mess already. I saw Stefan and Damon approaching us with worried looks.
"Elena…" Elena looks over at them Stefan approaches her and looks down at Connor's lifeless body and Elena looks down at it as well.
"I need to bury him. I killed him, I should – I should bury him." She continues to dig, while Stefan and Damon look at me, I didn't know what they wanted me to do. I'm not sure how the brother are going to react to the fact that things are going to get a lot worse. Stefan walks towards Elena and grabs her gently Elena pushes him away.
"Hey, hey, come on." Elena looked at Stefan with hatred in her eyes.
"Don't! I heard you talking to him. Making some secret deal with Klaus? You said you were going to protect Jeremy! Keep me from this. You said that I could trust you, Stefan." She screamed at him while Stefan looks down, ashamed.
"Elena, it's complicated." Damon stepped forward, Elena looked at him all teary eyed.
"No, it's not complicated, Damon! You want to know why? Because - because he's dead now. You told me to kill him, so I did." Damon looks helpless Elena starts to cry "I –I killed someone. I – I killed someone." Elena cries harder Damon and Stefan say nothing and just look helplessly at Elena, I couldn't watch any of this anymore I began to walk away from them. Elena had complicated everything now with killing Connor, because now not only had she put herself endanger but her brother to with him become the next member of the five.
"Star." I stopped and Stefan was in front of me, I really didn't need him on my case right now. "What's your part with the brotherhood of the five?" It like the burning question that everyone asking.
"It don't matter now, your girlfriend has screwed everything up." I walk away from him, then he was in front of me again.
"What going on between you and Klaus? You're not stupid enough to go back with him." Who was he to question me about mine and Nik relationship?
"Are you jealous or something?" I watched as Stefan face harden, he didn't like that I said that but quite frankly I didn't care. "What going on between Nik and I is none of your concern. You need to keep an eye on Elena, you don't know what she might do next." I super sped away from him. I'm furious I'm not having Stefan dictate to me what I should or shouldn't do. He got his own problem like his girlfriend is in love with his brother, and the fact in the next 24 hours she will want to kill herself.