Chapter Seven
A/N: fallenstacieb brought it to my attention that in the last chapter I wrote about the spell on the tomb as thought it had not been lifted. But I guess it was and Elijah just compelled Katherine to stay? But just make believe that that never happened and the spell is still there lmao. But now unto chapter 7. It's starting to get to the nitty gritty.
Monster
"What's vervain?" Matt asked Tyler, as he inspected the bruises on his abdomen that were courtesy of Damon.
"It's something that someone has apparently been spiking your food with," Tyler said shortly.
Matt scrunched up his face in confusion but decided to let it go.
"Are you going to tell me what you are?" Matt asked plainly.
"Since your memory is going to be wiped in a few days anyway I guess I can tell you." Tyler breathed. "I'm not like the rest of them out there."
"Then what are you? I saw you and Caroline run the same and I saw how strong you both were," Matt said.
"Caroline, Damon and Stefan are vampires." Tyler paused for a reaction. "I'm a werewolf and Bonnie's a witch."
"Since when was Mystic Falls like … awesome?" Matt joked.
"You're not freaked out?" Tyler asked, shocked by his reaction.
"I mean no. Somehow I felt like I knew before and just needed to be reminded. Plus it explains a lot about why Caroline and you have been spending so much time together lately," Matt said.
"You still love her?" Tyler asked, not really wanting to know the answer.
"Of course I do. But I just don't know what she thinks of me anymore," Matt said, looking down.
"Look at us man," Tyler said. "We're locked up in some dirty dungeon and we're talking about girls."
"Yeah, bro, you're right." Matt smiled. "I guess we're stuck with each other."
"I guess so," Tyler sighed.
…
Under the church, Katherine and Caroline were sitting waiting.
"Do you think she'll come?" Caroline asked her.
"What are we friends now?" Katherine said sharply. "She'll be here and you can get back to your precious little wolf in no time."
"What?" Caroline asked, not knowing why she brought him up.
"I know you're sweet on him." Katherine sighed. "Enjoy it while you still can. When Klaus comes he'll kill me, one or both of you and everyone else you have ever loved."
"What are you trying to say?" Caroline asked.
"We're one in the same, you and I. I fell in love too and counted on eternity to bring us back together but now I'm realizing that'll never happen," Katherine said. "So I guess what I'm trying to say is if you're smart you'll depend on yourself and no one else."
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Caroline asked.
"I've been bored in here. I guess I just missed talking to someone," Katherine looked down.
"Stefan hurt you pretty bad didn't he?" Caroline knew she was prying a little but for the first time she saw that Katherine did have a soul and feelings.
"It doesn't matter now does it?" Katherine brushed off the question.
Caroline sighed. She felt like there was a lot that Katherine could teach her that Stefan or Damon never could.
"I smell a human," Katherine smiled devilishly.
Caroline and Katherine rushed to the entrance and there was standing Tina Fell in her pajamas with her blonde hair pulled up.
"Wow, this is the girl that everybody compares me too?" Caroline said with a scowl. "She looks terrible."
Katherine rolled her eyes.
"I want you to ask us to cross this barrier, sweetie." Katherine stared at her intently.
"I invite you both to cross this barrier," Tina said, her eyes wide.
Katherine tried to break through but it wouldn't work.
"Um … invite us to enter the church," Caroline said, eyebrows furrowed.
Tina obeyed but it still wouldn't work.
"We're doomed." Katherine sunk to the floor. "Klaus will come and murder me for revenge and sacrifice you over the stone. We're done. 500 years of running and it's going to end like this."
"Maybe you shouldn't have run," a male's voice sounded from around the corner.
"Who's there?" Caroline shouted.
"Oh a baby vampire. How … precious," the man said as he stepped into view. He went over to Tina and snapped her neck, making her crumple to the floor dead. Caroline gasped loudly, feeling responsible for her death over a plan that didn't even work.
"Who are you?" Caroline asked, inspecting his white-blonde hair and blue eyes that were as clear as diamonds.
"Katerina knows." his gaze moved to Katherine who was stiff with fear. "Poor, poor girl." he looked down at Tina's body. "That plan would have worked you know but you forget that the Fells had some financial troubles in early 1900's and sold this plot of land to none other than your beloved Salvatores. Of course it was kept hush hush so I'm not surprised you didn't know. Good thinking though, Katerina. Too bad there aren't any living Salvatores left or you might have gotten out."
"Klaus." Katherine stammered. Somehow she looked younger at that moment. She was biologically a teenager but she'd always looked several years older to Caroline. But now she looked serenely young like a porcelain doll.
"It's been very a long time. I went on a blood spree for a century through all of Europe looking for you." he smiled at her. On a normal person it'd be almost endearing but it just made him look more maniacal.
"W-Where's Elijah?" Caroline stuttered.
"You're right to be afraid," Klaus said. "He's dead, of course."
"You killed him?" Katherine said, half in horror and half in relief.
"Well he's not dead yet. He's actually right above us, burning in the sun," Klaus replied, tossing Elijah's sun ring up into the air and catching it again.
"He wanted to kill you," Katherine said.
"He might have had a chance if his witch hadn't turned on him." Klaus grinned.
"Luka?" Caroline asked.
Klaus nodded.
"Now ladies. I'm not going to kill you … yet. See I still need a vampire to sacrifice over the stone. Katherine, you escaped me once but you won't do it again." Klaus seemed to have the look of a child in a candy store. "Just think … I'll get to sacrifice two Petrova doppelgangers."
"You're letting us go?" Caroline asked.
"Well for now. I might let you live, blondie. There's something about your being a novice vampire that I find absolutely endearing." Klaus's eyes gazed over her and she felt as though she was under an x-ray.
"Where've you been hiding all this time? Why can no one ever find you?" Katherine asked.
"Bulgaria my dear, hoping one day you'd come back." Klaus' lips curled into a devilish grin. "Now off you go ladies. All this chatter and you didn't even realize I broke the spell on the tomb. You're free … for now."
Katherine stood there stunned just watching Klaus in disbelief. She looked as though she wanted to touch his face to make sure she wasn't imagining him but that move could be her last. Caroline grabbed Katherine by the arm and ran as fast as she could out of the tomb. They tore up the stairs and out into the dusk sun. They were met with repeated, bone chilling screams as they surfaced.
It was Elijah. His skin was almost completely burned off and he was nearly unrecognizable. Although Caroline didn't like him at all she felt almost bad for him. No one deserved to die that way.
"Why'd you stop? Let's go!" Katherine beckoned. "Leave him be. Some vampires are meant to die."
"It just looks painful, that's all." Caroline made short eye contact with Elijah before Katherine pulled her away.
Caroline screamed suddenly however. Elijah had taken a grasp of her ankle and she couldn't shake him off. Even though he was basically dead from sun exposure, he was still a centuries old and very powerful vampire.
Katherine looked back at them and contemplated whether to save her. But old habits die hard. She knew she had to run.
Caroline screamed after her but she knew there was nothing she could say to make Katherine come back.
Katherine arrived at the Salvatore Boarding house seconds later and ran inside, meeting a very surprised Damon, Stefan, Elena, Bonnie, Jeremy, and Luka.
"What is he doing here?" Katherine asked pointing at Luka.
"How did you escape?" Damon yelled, pinning Katherine to a wall. "And why did you come here?"
"Klaus." she said. "He's here."