First and foremost, thank you to all of you who take time to read and comment. All of the comments are greatly appreciated. They often make me think of certain aspects of the story that need to be fleshed out or where I should go. When I first started this, it was a simple idea...but now its morphed into something different and I really like it. I hope you do too!
Now, the action starts...I think Damon believed that they had more time...Elijah didn't agree.
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"Did Bonnie give you the spell to breakdown the seal?" Stefan asked as he crossed the sign crossing into Mystic Falls.
"Considering that we're almost there, this is a bad time to ask that question…but yes…I have it", I replied looking out of the window.
"Do you think we should call them…make sure everything is ok?"
"And give Bonnie a chance to talk me out of this plan…no…besides, if something was wrong they will call or at least send us a message someway".
Stefan nodded as he parked the car near the tomb and we got out of the car. We entered the tomb and headed down to the opening where Katherine was being held. I moved the boulder out of the way and stood back, "Katherine…come on…come out and play", I sung.
I could see her thinned form walk slowly through the darkness to the front of the tomb. She looked emaciated. I could see her veins, her eyes were blood shot and she had dark circles surrounding them. She was dirty and she looked as if she was…well…exactly what she is…the walking dead.
"Hey boys", she replied in a raspy voice, "got tired of your girlfriends and decided to come see me…well…I have to tell you, I'm not exactly in the best shape".
"You are coming with us".
"Coming with you?" Katherine chuckled, "and how do you presume that happens…did you bring your witch?"
"Nope, but our witch gave us something to get you out of here".
"Oh really?"
"Yes…so you're coming with us", Stefan replied.
"And if you behave yourself, we will give you blood…if you don't…well…I guess we will just have to kill you", I threatened.
"Ok…ok boys…I can do that", she held up her hands in defense, "I will do what you want…for now…"
"And the moonstone…"
"I have it", she replied holding out the stone.
"Ok…then step back…Stefan has to play witch for a moment", I replied looking over to Stefan and nodding.
Stefan began to recite the spell that Bonnie had given us and I could feel the tomb's air start to change. Katherine stood at the opening with her hand up and finally, it went through and she stepped in front of me. "Well…well…well…let the fun began", Katherine grinned.
"Hold on", I said grabbing her by the arm, "don't think that this release was some kind of party and a visit to old times…you are just a pawn to us".
"What?" she asked.
Stefan rushed over and wrapped a rope around Katherine's wrists, "It's been enchanted…our little witch has been polishing her skills a great deal, don't think that you are going anywhere".
"Your little witch…your little witch…when I see her, I owe her something", Katherine replied.
I reached over and grabbed her by the chin, "Bonnie is mine…if you say anything else about her, I will make sure that you suffer in the worse way possible", I hissed as I let her chin go.
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"Can I have some blood, I care barely think", Katherine whined as she sat in the back of the car.
"You will get blood when we get to where we are going", I replied looking back at her.
"So what is the plan here…I know you two didn't break me out for my own benefit, so it must be for yours…so what is the plan…you are going to kill me? Pass me off as Elena…what?"
"We are going to give you to Klaus", I replied turning around and grinning at her, "doesn't that sound wonderful?"
"Klaus doesn't want me…that's been made clear".
"Oh…well…I'm sure that if we give him the moonstone and you, he may actually decide that he doesn't care about anyone else for awhile…just you…I mean, you've been playing games with him for a very long time Katherine and I doubt he has taken any of that lightly".
"Are you going to sacrifice me to Klaus?" she asked.
"Of course", I replied.
"Stefan…Stefan…you can't let him do that…Stefan, please…you know that…"
"I know that you have reigned hell on us all and now its going to end…Klaus wanted you, well we we're going to give you to him".
"So you're sentencing me to death?" Katherine asked leaning back.
"Like you sentenced Elena and Bonnie…yes", I replied.
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Stefan pulled over for a few moments so that we could feed. Katherine watched us drink our bottles of blood and frowned, "Are you really going to starve me?" she asked.
I looked over at Stefan and nodded towards Katherine. He unscrewed the cap from the bottle of blood and began to feed her while her hands stayed tied, "Thank you Stefan, you were always the kinder brother", she cooed.
"You know Katherine…your comments have absolutely no effect on anyone anymore…so keep talking, I'm sure that mouth may stop Klaus from ripping you from limb to limb".
"You know Damon, I thought you were turning over a new leaf when you hooked up with the witch…but I guess not".
"Do you ever just shut up?" I frowned.
"Oooh hit a nerve…well did you know that the witch came to see me…she wanted to know if you would break her heart in soo many words and I told her…in soo many words…that I taught you everything that you know", she smirked, "so did she break up with you yet?"
I grabbed Katherine by her neck and pressed her up against the truck, "Shut up".
"Oooh did I hit a nerve…could it be that you actually…", Katherine began and started to laugh, "you actually care about her…oh Damon…that is hilarious".
I tightened my grip as I could feel Stefan grabbing my arm, "Damon, she's just trying to get to you…let it go…"
"Yes…let it go…", she gasped.
I dropped my hold, "You keep your mouth shut about Bonnie".
Katherine smirked, "I hope you know that it will never work out".
"Shut up", Stefan snapped.
"Oooh Stefan…are you feeling neglected?" Katherine purred, "you know, you dating my doppelganger would be worth years in therapy".
Stefan turned to Katherine and opened his mouth, but then stopped when his cell phone began to ring, "It's Elena…", he replied putting the phone to his ear, "Elena…I can't hear you…what's wrong?"
I immediately looked over as a million wrinkles appeared in Stefan's forehead, "Elena…"
"What…what's going on?" I asked.
"All I can hear is breathing…"
"You two are freaks", I rolled my eyes focusing back on Katherine.
"Elena…is something wrong…", Stefan said and then his eyes narrowed, "what do you mean they…"
Stefan looked up at me and then he took off running, leaving Katherine and I standing by the car. "Are you going to leave me here alone?" she smirked.
I sighed and picked her up and took off following Stefan's trail.
We reached the house the same time as Stefan did and I sat Katherine down. The house looked like a tornado had come through it. The door was knocked off its hinges and the windows were all broken. Stefan ran in the house and I was right behind him as my mind raced. I stepped in the house and it was as if I stepped out of my body. Stefan was kneeling behind Elena who was bleeding profusely from a bite on her neck, she was pale and barely conscious. Stefan bit into his wrist as he began to feed her his blood.
"Where's Bonnie", I asked.
Elena looked up at me with her eyes slightly closed. I took off searching every room in the house and Bonnie was nowhere to be found. This wasn't happening…the witch would not allow anyone to come in here and do this much damage.
I found myself standing in front of Stefan and Elena, "Elena…where is Bonnie?" I asked kneeling down next to her, "is she here…is she hiding?"
Elena looked up at me, "Elijah", she whispered.
"Elijah…what…no…that's not possible", I shook my head, "he…he wouldn't be able to recuperate that fast".
"Damon…we will find her", Stefan said, "we will…where's Katherine?"
I turned around and noticed that Katherine was nowhere to be found. I ran my hands through my hair wanting to tear every single strand out as I looked down at Stefan holding onto Elena and the empty spot where Katherine once stood.
SSSSS
"Open your eyes", a voice whispered in my ear.
My eyes automatically opened and I looked over to Elijah standing at the foot of the bed in a room that I didn't recognize, "What…what…", I backed up as I sat up on the bed looking around, "what…what am I doing here?"
"Do you like your room…does it please you?" Elijah asked.
I looked around at the room; it was set up like some Victorian bedroom complete with a white canopy bed. I felt a need to throw up, "What am I doing here?" I asked again.
Elijah cocked his head to the side, "I don't think we got to finish what we started in the woods".
"When you compelled me", I replied.
He flew over to me and leaned over me in bed, "Compelled you…I didn't compel you…how could I do that…you're a witch".
"I know you did something to me", I replied looking into his eyes.
"Why…why would you assume that Bonnie?" he asked standing up from the bed and pacing the bedroom, "do you not believe that you would want to be my mate?"
I felt like my mind suddenly became foggy and only Elijah's voice could be heard through the haze, "Your mate…no…"
I could feel myself being lifted up from the bed by Elijah's hands as he gazed directly into my eyes, "Bonnie, you do understand that we could be powerful…if you would only give in", he whispered in my ear as his finger caressed my cheek.
I looked in his eyes as I could see him moving closer to me. There was a part of my mind shouting to do something…to hurt him…to kill him…but the rest of my body refused to react and as his lips moved closer to mine, I couldn't stop him and the foggier my mind got…it was as if I wanted him to kiss me.
"Elijah!" a voice said from behind him.
He paused as he held his hand on my neck, "What!" he barked.
"I think we have a problem", the person said.
Elijah sighed, "We will continue this later", he whispered as I found myself frozen in place.
Elijah turned and walked out of the room as I noticed Luka's father staring back at me.
SSSSS
I walked into the house after searching the woods for Katherine to see Stefan walking out of the bedroom where he put Elena to rest. "How is she?" I asked putting the door up.
"She lost a lot of blood, so it will take some time for my blood to heal her…", he began.
I nodded, "No sign of Katherine…she's long gone".
Stefan nodded, "And Bonnie…"
"No trace of her here…Elena doesn't know much and there's no way we will know where Elijah took her until he wants us to".
"Maybe there's a way to find her…Bonnie found Elena by using Jeremy's blood…"
"Ok and who's blood would we use to find Bonnie…her dad is god knows where not giving a damn…her grandmother is dead…and that cousin who was Katherine's croony is nowhere to be found".
"We can start with looking for Lucy…there has to be a way to…"
"A way to what Stefan…find her…how…we don't have Bonnie, we can't do much without her".
"Yes we can…tell me you're not giving up", Stefan replied.
I bent down to pick up a piece of wood and turned around throwing it into the wall, "This is my fault…I should have known that Elijah would come back and he would come back twice as hard…he nearly killed Elena and he has Bonnie now and I don't know what he plans to do with her or why he took her…I mean, it doesn't make any sense!"
"Damon…calm down".
"How can I calm down…Bonnie is with a vampire who can't be killed…we've staked him…set him on fire and now he has Bonnie".
"But he left Elena", Stefan replied.
I almost picked up a piece of wood and staked him right then and there, "Well that's just great Stefan…they left Elena…well I am happy for you and her!" I barked out.
"What I mean is that this is not about the sacrifice or Klaus…this is about something else".
"What…what could this be about?"
"Elijah wants Bonnie for something…any idea what?"
"No…I don't know Stefan…if I knew, maybe I wouldn't be trying to stop myself from tearing out of here and searching everywhere for her".
"Damon…we're going to find her…trust me", Stefan replied touching my shoulder.
I shook his hand off, "And how do you expect to do that Stefan…we have absolutely no options here…we have to wait around until maybe Elijah decides to give us a sign or maybe Bonnie finds a way to contact us…and why only take her…that's what gets to me…he had a chance to take Elena too and he didn't…sure he tried to kill her, but why not take her for the sacrifice?"
"I don't know", Stefan answered.
"Something happened between them in the woods and Bonnie kept it from me…I know it".
"But what…and there's another problem here, if Elijah just took Bonnie and left Elena…that means that he's going against the plan…"
"Again, that's good for Elena, but what does that mean for Bonnie?"
Stefan frowned at me. I think he finally realized that this situation was not good…not by any means.
"Damon…Stefan…", Elena replied weakly as she held onto the wall as she walked into the living room to join us.
Stefan rushed over to her and held her up, "Elijah…he took Bonnie…"
"Yes…we figured that out…", I replied.
"He…he wants her", Elena breathed out.
"What?" I asked walking over to her.
"She told me in the woods…he…he compelled her and began to talk about how they could be mates…"
I gripped the side of the wall, "What…what...what does that mean?" I asked as my mind began to race.
Elena shook her head.
"What else did she say?" I asked holding onto Elena.
"Damon…", Stefan warned.
"What did she say Elena?"
"She said that you thought it was because of her powers…that's all and since she got them back, she couldn't be compelled".
I let Elena go and ran my hands through my hair as I screamed…this was not what I expected…this is not what I planned…this was not how things were supposed to go.
"Damon…we will find her", Stefan replied softly.
I shook my head as I kicked the door down and started to walk out of the house when I noticed that young warlock standing at the foot of the stairs. I narrowed my eyes at home and began running towards him until I found myself paralyzed on the stairs.
"I didn't come to fight you", the warlock replied calmly.
"I am going to kill you!" I snarled as I fought to move.
"I know where Bonnie is", the warlock stated.
"Damon…he knows where Bonnie is…he can help us", Stefan called from behind us.
"That's what I came to do", the warlock glared at me as he walked closer to me, "now…are you going to play nice?"
"If you help us find Bonnie, I won't rip your heart out", I promised.
I felt him remove my paralysis as I followed him into the house.
SSSSS
I closed my eyes and concentrated trying to find a way to think about getting out of this room. The windows didn't budge at all, the door was locked on the other side and for some reason when I tried to break the window, the chair just bounced off of it. I was sure that Elijah had some kind of spell put on the room. As I searched for a way to get out, I was suddenly hit with the realization that Elena had been knocked unconscious by Elijah and I had no idea if she was ok…or still alive. I closed my eyes and hit the window with my fists a few times as I felt the tears well up in my eyes.
"Don't cry my pet", a voice said from behind me.
I turned around to look at Elijah standing behind me, "I want to leave".
"Why would you want to leave…I can give you everything that your heart desires".
"My heart desire is to leave", I stated staring back at him.
Before I could blink, Elijah had grabbed me and pushed me onto the bed, I looked up at him as I felt my heart start to beat rapidly in my chest, "I can hear your heart beating…it's like a symphony to me…but it just reminds me that our time is limited", he replied as he straddled me and nuzzled my cheek.
"What do you want from me?"
He sat up, "I want you…all of you".
"Why…why do you want me?"
Elijah smirked, "Bonnie…who wouldn't want you…one of the last Bennett witches…your power is amazing ".
"I'm not that powerful…my powers are actually kind of hit and miss", I lied trying to move away from him, but he kept me pinned under him.
"You and both know that is not true Bonnie…you set me on fire in the woods…I know that your powers are back", he replied, "and when I make you mine…your powers will be greater than you ever imagined".
"I don't understand", I replied.
"Oh Bonnie…Beautiful…I am going to turn you", he said.
My heart crashed against my rib cage at his declaration, "No", I said.
"Bonnie, you have two options here…either you become a vampire and be my mate…or I will drain you and bring your blood to Klaus in a bottle…it's your choice", he replied lifting himself up off of the bed, "and you have an hour to decide".
I watched as he walked to the door, "Don't make me wait too long…I may get antsy", Elijah smirked as he opened the door and closed it behind him.
I stood up and closed my eyes, "Emily…I need you to show up and help me…I don't know what's wrong…but I need you…I need you to help me", I whispered as I felt myself falling to the floor on my knees as the tears flowed from my eyes and suddenly I felt slight tingle in my body and just like that…it was gone.
SSSSS
The warlock opened his eyes, "I know where she is…follow me".
"No you tell me", I replied grabbing onto his arm.
"And you kill me…I don't think so", the warlock smirked.
I turned to Stefan and Elena, "Go back to Mystic Falls, we will meet you there".
Stefan nodded, "Be careful Damon…this could be a set up", Stefan replied glancing over at the warlock.
I looked over, "I don't think this is…but I guess, if I don't come back with Bonnie…well brother, I guess it was nice knowing you", I winked as I followed the warlock out of the door.
Damon to the rescue, but will he get there in time?