Alaric's Apartment
Damon pulled down the sleave of his shirt and stood up.
"So that's what a werewolf bite looks like." Katherine commented. "It's not that bad."
"Will be." he replied.
He put his jacket on and headed for the door.
"145 years and no last good-bye?" Katherine asked.
"You don't get a good-bye."
As he reaches the door Katherine steps in front of him.
"No. Don't leave mad."
"I'm not, but us ending up on good terms isn't exactly on my bucket list, Katherine."
"Klaus made me tell him where Rose would be. There was nothing that I could do. I didn't have a choice."
"That's why we gave you the vervain. So you had a choice."
"It was her or me. I chose her."
"I helped you. You owed me. Now when Klaus dies, you're going to walk out of here without a scratch and Rose has to die? Somehow you're the only one that wins. How'd that happen?"
She shrugged. "I didn't let emotions get in the way."
"Yeah, well enjoy eternity alone, Katherine."
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to offer myself as a replacement to Klaus."
"He won't take you. He saw your bite, he said that your blood is impure. I'm sorry, Damon. But Rose's dead, there's nothing you can do about it."
"Well I'm going too try." he said as he walked out. He wasn't going to lose Elena or Rose. He quickly made his way to the house.
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Damon walked into his house and quickly tried to think of something to do. He picked up the phone and called Stefan.
Yeah. Stefan answered. What happened? Is the sacrifice still on?
"Yeah. I tried to stop it, things got complicated."
Fine. We stick to the first plan.
"I'm not so sure. Klaus has Rose...and Jules is his backup werewolf. I need to do something now."
Great. We're with Bonnie now coming up with a plan of attack. Think fast Damon.
Damon hung up the phone, and as soon as he did he heard someone at the door. He rushed over to open it to find Dean Winchester.
"I was ready to go, but Bela was supposed to meet me at the motel. Where is she?" Dean asked.
Damon sighed. He wasn't sure whether to be a jerk to Dean and handle things himself or thank the guy for coming and help him find a way to get to Klaus with the gun. He decided he should probably go with the last option.
"Klaus has her." Damon answered.
"I'm sorry?"
"I tried to rescue the vampire he planned to use, Elena's friend Caroline, but he found out and sent his witch bitch after Rose. Katherine told me."
The bite on Damon's arm was starting to bother him, but he ignored it best he could. He'd deal with it after this was all over.
"Great. Do you know where they are?"
"No. Look I usually go off instinct and impulse but right now going in without a plan is going to get Elena and Rose killed. So what's your plan?" Damon asked.
"I just need to get close enough to get a shot in without him knowing we're coming."
"Yeah, and how do we do that?" Damon asked. He was getting frustrated.
"Can you distract him at all, or get this Bonnie kid to distract him?"
"Worth a try I guess. We need to meet up with them first."
Damon gave Dean the address.
"I'll meet you there." Damon said.
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Sacrifice Location
Rose and Elena were in two separate fire circles.
"You doing okay?" Rose asked Elena.
"Physically yeah. I just don't like not knowing what's going on."
Rose nodded.
"I want all this to work, I want Klaus dead, and I don't want to die for nothing."
"Elena, you won't die. Elijah's plan isn't the only plan. Damon's fighting for you...and Dean's out there too."
"Funny how you're the one telling me I won't die now. I thought that was a human thing to say?"
"It might be...but it's true. It's not your time Elena. I've had several chances, so if I die tonight I'm good with it...but not you."
"No." Elena corrected. "If I'm not dying you aren't either."
They then heard a noise coming through the trees.
"What's that?" Elena asked. Rose listened and heard Greta with someone else.
"Werewolf." Rose answered. Greta and Jules then came into view.
Greta threw Jules across from Elena and put up another fire circle around her. Rose stared at her. She'd wanted Jules dead...but not like this, not now.
"What's happening to me?" Jules asked, she was writhing on the ground in pain.
"I cast a spell to slow down your transition, so you probably feel like your insides are trying to tear out of your body." Greta answered.
Elena and Rose looked at each other. Greta wasn't compelled...she might have been under Klaus' manipulation but this was just wrong. What Greta was doing was wrong, sick. If Klaus had compelled her it would be different.
Rose and Elena froze as they heard someone come up.
"Hello lovelies. Are we ready?" Klaus asked, grinning.
Rose took a deep breath. God where the hell was Dean, or Damon?
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Witch massacre mansion
Stefan and Bonnie were outside. Bonnie had been searching for other ways to keep Elena alive other than Elijah's potion. Stefan was filling them in on the latest problems.
"So he has Rose now? Why?" Bonnie asked.
"Klaus was going to use Caroline and Tyler...Damon rescued them."
"Oh god. Maybe we should just go now. I can take Klaus out myself."
"No, not yet, it'll kill you."
"I don't know her, but I can't just let people die either."
"We could offer another vampire. Me." Stefan said. "It'll postpone the sacrifice again, give us more time to come up with something. Damon acted like he had another plan."
"Well we know how Damon's plans turn out.."Bonnie started.
"Yeah well this one's better."
Bonnie and Stefan turned to at the sound of Damon's voice. Damon and Dean were walking quickly towards them.
"So, where's this sacrifice taking place?" Dean asked.
"Steven's quarry. I did a locator spell."
"Great. We should go." Dean said. He hated being around this witchy crap.
"Let's make sure we have a plan first." Stefan replied.
"Where's Ric?" Damon asked.
"We sent him back to the Elena's house with Jenna. She was kinda freaking out." Stefan answered.
"Okay, so first we go in, our little hunter here is going to try to use his special gun. It's the only way to make sure no one else dies tonight." Damon said, referring to Rose. "We need a distration for Klaus."
"I'm going." Stefan said. "I can ask to trade for Rose's life. We can atleast postpone this a bit, get you some time to get in there." Stefan said, his last comment directed to Dean.
"Fine. Elena's going to hate us if you get yourself killed though, so you better be careful." Damon told him.
Stefan then took off.
"If this doesn't work?" Bonnie asked.
"Then it doesn't work." Damon said. "Stefan will get himself killed, Rose will die...and Elena, she'll die. But we're going to hope that elixir works on Elena and that you can kill Klaus during his transition like you said. It'll all suck, too many people will die but we'll deal."
Or atleast they'd all deal...Damon wasn't going to live long enough. Rose may have gotten an angel to save her...but Damon was fairly sure that wouldn't happen for him.
Dean didn't like that version. He didn't have many regrets of Bela's 'death' all those years ago. Not until now. He'd hate to see her die before she had a chance to really live...if Cas kept his promise. There were still things he wanted to know about her, things he'd hoped he would get a chance to talk about with her. And really, there had always been things left unsaid between them.
"Let's go." Dean said.
End Chapter.