~So this Chapter is officially the longest in this story. It went 2,000 words longer than I wanted it, but I wanted it to end at the Salvatore house. I did change some of the stuff that I was going to put in this chapter, but I think it all works out.
~This chapter is also in Chelsea's POV. I felt that because I wrote the last one in her POV, that I should also write this one in her POV as well.
~I don't know what you guys were thinking when you read the last chapter because I didn't see any reviews. I know it sort of sounds a little bossyish, but if it's not too much, do you think there could be at least one review on each chapter? Is that too little or too much to ask?

Please enjoy The Reckoning part 2!

Chelsea's POV

I felt the blood flow down my throat. It started to run low as I raised my head from Chad's neck. My fangs were still down and his blood was around my mouth.
"It's always nice to see a vampire in its true element." I heard Klaus say to Elena before I turned around to face them after my fangs went back in. Out the corner of my eye I saw Stefan, who was just finishing up Dana. "The species has become such a broody lot." Klaus was bent down next to Elena who was sitting down, their eyes on me and Stefan.
"No." She said to Klaus without taking her eyes off of me and Stefan. I could tell by her expression that she was disgusted by the fact that we both were feeding off of people that she knew, and right in front of her. "You did this to them."
"I invited them to the party love." Klaus said to Elena, as she started to slowly stand up. "They're the ones dancing on the table." I could see a smile appear on Klaus's face as he and Elena stood up completely from the ground. They stood there looking at us. Elena kept her eyes mainly on Stefan Klaus did the same, but with me.

I looked over to the gym doors that opened to reveal a pissed off Rebekah. She stormed up to Klaus and Elena and Stefan and I watched.
"Where is it? Where is my necklace?" Rebekah asked Elena while yelling.
"What are you talking about?" Klaus asked his sister.
"She has my necklace, look." I saw Rebekah hand Klaus a phone, he touched the screen with his fingers, like he was zooming into a picture. His expression slightly changed as he looked up to Stefan and I. "Well, well. More lies." I looked at Klaus for a moment before looking over to Rebekah and Elena.
"Where is it?" Rebekah asked Elena. I could tell that there was an expression of anger on her face.
"I don't have it anymore." Elena asked.
"You're lying." Rebekah raged. I saw her vamp out and bite into Elena's neck. I slightly gasped when it happened. Out the corner of my eye I could see Stefan stepping forward, like he was going and try to stop Rebekah. Stefan stopped when Klaus pulled Rebekah off of Elena. I watched as Elena fell to the floor covering up the bite mark that Rebekah just gave her. The smell of blood slightly wafted through the gym, but I held back. I tried to distract myself by looking over at Klaus and Rebekah.

"Knock it off." Klaus yelled at Rebekah.
"Make her tell me where it is, Nik!" She angrily yelled back at him. 'What is so important about the necklace?' I thought as I watched Klaus go over to Elena and bent down next to her.
"Where's the necklace, sweetheart? Be honest." I swear I could hear a slight hint of compassion in his voice, but then again, that's basically the opposite of Klaus.
"I'm telling the truth. Katherine stole it." 'Of course' I thought. Elena was looking straight at Klaus, who had moved his head downward a bit.
"Katarina Of course. Well, that's unfortunate." Klaus said out loud as he stood up, facing me and Stefan. "If we had the necklace it would make things a whole lot easier for your witch," He looked down at Elena, but then looked back and Stefan and I. "but since we're doing this the hard way, let's put a clock on it, shall we?" I watched Klaus as he walked over to the table at the other side of the gym. He did something and then we heard a buzzer go off. I looked up at the scoreboard which was now on, and had a time of twenty minutes on. Out the corner of my eye I could tell that Stefan looked over at Klaus, and then to Rebekah.
"20 minutes." I looked over to Klaus, who was starting to walk to me and Stefan. "If Bonnie hasn't found a solution by then, I want you to feed again." He was in front of Stefan. "Only this time, I want you to feed on Elena." He then looked at Elena and back at Stefan. "You know you want to" Stefan just stared where Klaus was once standing. He didn't even bother to look at Elena.
"No, Klaus! Don't do this to him!" Elena said to Klaus, still covering up her wound.
"No one leaves." Klaus took a step closer to me. "If she tries to run, fracture her spine." Klaus exited out the gym doors with his sister following him. He left the three of us in the gym. I took a deep breath and looked at Elena, who was looking with slight fear in her face at Stefan. 'I can't believe that this is happening' I thought. 'All we have to do it wait and hope that a solution is found.'

~8 minutes left on the clock~

'Eight minutes' I sighed. 'Where's Damon?'I thought. He should be here, protecting Elena or at least trying to stop Klaus. I shook my head at my thoughts as I slowly paced back and forth. Stefan passed me as we were both pacing. Elena wasn't pacing, she was just standing there holding a rag against the neck wound.
"How can you be so calm?" I asked her. She has remained calmer than either me or Stefan, then again it's she's only human.
"I'm not." She looked at me when I stopped pacing. "I just hope that it won't end the way Klaus wants it to."
"We've been compelled to do what he says Elena. How can it not go his way?" I asked her. It sounded like I was almost yelling, but I couldn't help it. By the expression on Elena's face it looked like she was thinking about something.

"Caroline's dad." Elena said in a soft whisper. "Caroline's dad." This time she said it louder. "He was able to resist compulsion." 'What?' I thought to myself. "I don't know how, but he did it. Maybe it's possible."
"Yeah, maybe it's just mind control, right? Maybe it just takes some focus, a couple decades of training." Stefan walked away from us and I looked at Elena
"No big deal." I said with a hint of sarcasm in my voice. I saw Elena slightly roll her eyes and look over at Stefan.
"Stefan, you can control this. When that buzzer goes off, just…" Elena paused for a moment, like she wasn't sure what to say"... just drink from me." Stefan turned around and faced Elena. I thought that he looked either mad or angry.
"You don't get it. I can't stop, Elena! I'm a ripper!" Stefan turned back towards us and I swear I saw a light amount of disgust appear on Elena's face. "A ripper doesn't stop! I listen to the words that come out of your mouth, and all I hear is the sound of your heart pumping blood through your body." Now that he mentioned that, 'No!' I thought to myself. 'Don't think about that'

"When that clock ticks down" Stefan pointed to the clock and we all looked at it"… I'm going to have to feed on you." Elena looked back to Stefan and I just looked at the cups that were on the floor." And you want to know what's worse? I'm not going to be able to stop." I looked up to Elena. Her mouth opened a bit and she just stood there.
"I don't believe that. You can fight it." Stefan looked at Elena. "You just have to want it bad enough."
"Why, because I love you?"
"Yeah! That's right, Stefan, because you love me. You'll fight because after everything that we've been through, you owe me that!" Elena turned to me. "You owe it to Damon. After everything that you two have been through, you should at least try." I couldn't help but let a small smile appear on my face. 'Even Damon's name does that to me.' I started to think about what she said. 'Elena is right'. I dealt with everything. He used Andie, Caroline, and the fact that he is the one that killed me in the first place. I got over that because I found that I love him. To my surprise, he loves me to. What makes it worth it is he doesn't care for many people. To be one of those people is an extraordinary feeling.
"You know what," Stefan broke me out of my thoughts and brought me back to our situation. "You're right. I owe you everything. Because through all of this, you are the one thing that has kept me from giving up; from turning it all off." I felt a small smile come onto my face. That means that it should last for a long time. "But I can't help what I am, Elena. The more blood that I get, the more I want, and if I get so much as near yours... You are dead." I looked at Elena's face. There was fear written all over it, no matter how slight it was. Sure, she loved Stefan, but she never saw this ripper side of him. There was no reason not to be afraid of him or anyone like that. I looked over at Stefan and he was pacing again.

~Seconds left on the clock~

Stefan was on the ground, on all fours. It looked like he was physically fighting against the compulsion. 'That shows how much he loves her.' I thought before I looked up at the scoreboard. A breath of air escaped my lips as I saw that there was only about fifteen seconds left. Now I started to get nervous. "Elena, you're going to have run." Stefan raised he head, looking at Elena.
"But Klaus said that if I run..."
"Then I would have to fracture her spine…" I said looking at Stefan.
"I know what he said," Stefan looked at me and then to Elena. ", but if you stay, it won't matter. Elena, please, please, please. There's no other way." 'Well, Klaus said to fracture her spine if she tried to run.' I started to think about what he said. "20 minutes." I said out loud in little more than a whisper.
"What?" Stefan asked.
"He said that I would have to fracture her spine if she tried to run. He basically said, only if she does that in the 20 minutes, not after." I looked at Stefan who looked over at Elena when I moved my head towards her. She let a small smile appear on her face. Elena looked at Stefan, with the concern appearing on her face again.
"Stefan, you have to fight it." Just then the buzzer went off, which made all three of us look up to the scoreboard. 'Times up' I thought as I saw that there was no time left on the board.

Elena looked back at Stefan. "Stefan..." He turned his head towards her. "I love you. Fight, Stefan. Don't give up." I couldn't help but look at Stefan who looked like he was sweating.
"I can't hold it." It was very clear that he was struggling against Klaus's compulsion. Stefan must have not been able to hold it anymore. I gasped as I saw Stefan show his vampire features and rush at full speed at Elena. She moved and he just grabbed onto the bleachers and hard as he could.
"Elena, run! Go!" I looked over at Elena, who had slight hesitation all over her face. Elena turned around and ran as fast as she could away from us, towards the hallway.

Elena was in the hallway by the time that Stefan ran after her. I watched him as he ran at full vampire speed. He ran against the wall, grabbing it as hard as he could. 'I'm going to follow him' I thought as I raced after him. Stefan tried as hard as he could to fight the compulsion that Klaus has put on him. He ran against lockers, trying to hold onto them instead of going after Elena. Crash after crash I saw him grab onto something. I stayed behind him, so I wouldn't be in his way. He disappeared into the cafeteria and I followed him. I got into the cafeteria and the first thing I saw was Stefan, breaking a broom in half. My eyes went wide as I saw him stab himself with it.

"Now this is fascinating." 'Klaus' I thought before I turned around and saw that he has entered into the cafeteria. My eyes went next to him, where he was dragging Elena with him. I let my eyes go a little wide in surprise when I saw her next to him. "I've never seen this before. The only thing stronger than your craving for blood is your love for this," Klaus looked at Elena, "one girl." He looked back at Stefan. "Why don't you turn it off?"
"No!" I heard Stefan manage to say through the pain of the stake in his stomach.
"Come on." I watched as Klaus walked over to a table and sat down. "Your humanity is killing you. All the guilt must be exhausting." I couldn't help but swallow a gulp of air. "Turn it off."
"No!" 'He just doesn't want to stop loving Elena.' I thought.
"Stefan..." I looked over to Elena when she said this with a 'please, it's going to be okay' quiet tone in her voice.

"You're strong." I watched as Klaus stood up from the table and walked towards Stefan. "But you're not that strong." He pulled out the broken part of the broom that Stefan has stabbed himself with it and he threw it off to the side. "Turn...it... Off." I felt my heart starting to beat faster when Klaus basically demanded Stefan.
"No!" Stefan shouted at Klaus. My eyes widened when I saw something I didn't think I would see. Stefan pushed Klaus away from him. 'I can't believe he did that' I thought when Klaus pushed him at the wall that was behind Stefan.

I couldn't see what Klaus was doing, but I did have a guess.
"Turn it off!" Klaus yelled again at Stefan and his expression started to change. He tilted he head against the wall behind him. Elena took a couple of quick steps closer to them while I just stood where I was before, watching. "What did you do to him?" She managed to ask Klaus. He turned around and faced me and Elena.
"I fixed him." Out the corner of my eye I could see Elena just standing there in slight fear and questionable wonder on her face. "But I think a test is in order, don't you?" He walked towards Elena and I. "Wait in the hall." He told me and I sped into the hall. 'Why would he want me to wait in the hall?' I thought as I stood there. He didn't say I couldn't listen in, so I focused my hearing on the cafeteria.
"Ripper..." I heard Klaus say, which means he was probably addressing Stefan. "Perhaps you'd like a drink… from the doppelganger's neck." I felt my eyes widen. 'This isn't good' I thought. I heard some footsteps coming from the room, so I turned to see Klaus coming out of the cafeteria.

I walked next to Klaus to wherever his sister is. He had gotten some of Elena's blood and put it into a vial that he had me carry with us. 'I hope it doesn't last long' I thought, thinking about the compulsion that he had put on me. Klaus put his hand around my shoulder as we kept walking. I couldn't help but let my eyes wonder to his hand that was lying on my shoulder. I kept as calm as I could as we ended up walking into the biology room, where I saw Tyler, Caroline, and Rebekah. Caroline looked at me and gave me a 'What's going on' look, probably referring to the fact that Klaus has his arm over my shoulder. I looked over to Tyler, who was in obvious pain. I gave him an 'I'm sorry' look and he very slightly nodded his head probably meaning 'Thanks' or 'I know'.

"The verdict's in." Klaus slowly took his arm off of my shoulder and brought it to his side. "The original witch says the doppelganger should be dead." Rebekah stepped closer to us, but stayed behind Caroline. "Does that mean we can kill her?" Rebekah asked her brother. I could hear a hind of hopefulness in her voice. She would obviously want Elena dead because she loves Stefan and Stefan loves Elena.
"No," Rebekah frowned. "I'm fairly certain it means the opposite."
"What?" Rebekah grabbed Caroline and pulled her away from Tyler.
"Call it a hunch..." Klaus looked at me and nodded his head towards Tyler. I walked over to Tyler and showed him the vial of Elena's blood. Tyler looked at the vial and then to me.
"It's Elena's blood. You need to drink it." I told Tyler, who looked back at the vial.
"No! No, no, no, Tyler, don't!" Caroline said to Tyler.
"If he doesn't feed, he'll die anyway, love." Klaus said to Caroline. "Consider this an experiment."

Tyler looked at the vial and took it out of my hand. He just looked at it, debating rather or not to drink it. I watched him as he slowly brought it closer to his mouth. I watched with wonder. 'I wonder if it's actually going to work'. Tyler opened his mouth and drank Elena's blood out of the vial.
"Good boy." Klaus said and I stepped backwards from Tyler. I widened my eyes when Tyler looked like he was going to puke. He took a couple of steps and fell to the floor, knocking over some items that were on the table.
"Tyler!" Caroline screamed a little, but Rebekah held her back, away from Tyler. Tyler rolled over, screamed in pain. Elena's blood was still showing on his teeth as he managed to get onto his knees. He bent down, clutching his head in pain. Tyler raised his head and I couldn't help my eyes from widening. His eyes were the werewolf amber color, veins were around his eyes, and he had fangs. 'I can't believe it worked' I thought as Klaus bent down to get a look at Tyler's face.
"Well, that's a good sign." He said out loud. Klaus looked up to his sister.

I was leaning against a car that Rebekah was sitting on the hood of with Klaus in front of us.
"So the doppelganger isn't the problem. Her blood is the solution." Rebekah said out loud.
"Yep." I said to her but looking at Klaus.
"How did you find out?" She asked.
"You know how much the original witch hated me. Do you honestly think I would do anything other than the opposite of what she says?" I watched Klaus turn around and take a couple of steps away from us.
"A thousand years in the grave and she's still screwing with you." I couldn't help but let out a small chuckle. Klaus turned around and looked at me and then to his sister.
"It makes sense if you think about it from her perspective. It was her failsafe in case I ever broke the hybrid curse. The doppelganger had to die in order for me to become a hybrid, but if she was dead..."
"Then you couldn't use her blood to create a new species." I said to him.
"Leaving me alone for all time." I looked at Klaus and swear I saw a glimpse of sadness in his eyes. I think I started to feel a little sorry for him. 'He's been alone for ninety years. It's only natural to feel at least a little bit alone.' I thought.
"Is that what this is about?" I looked up at Rebekah, "Your obsession with hybrids. You just don't want to be alone?" I looked at Klaus after Rebekah stopped talking. For some reason there was now some slight anger in Klaus's expression.
"What I want is to take my girl," He walked closer to me, "take my doppelganger, my sister, and my hybrid the hell out of this one pony town." Klaus stayed close to me when he looked at Rebekah. "You know, why don't you, uh, why don't you get the truck? We'll get Elena." Rebekah looked at him and slid off the top of the car. She walked away from us.

"At least Tyler didn't die for good." I said to Klaus and he looked at me.
"Even with your failed attempt to save him in the first place." He said to my face.
"I had to try." I told him in a way that sounded like I was joking with him. Klaus looked into my eyes.
"You don't have to do what I say." I let out a breath after he looked down at my lips.
"Why did you do it in the first place?" I asked him referring to the compulsion. Klaus stepped closer to me. "Why did you compel me in the first place if you were just going to take it off?" I looked at him.
"I just wanted to turn Tyler. I wasn't going to have you compelled forever."
"What about Stefan?" Klaus let out a breath of air.
"He's a different story." He looked at me and I felt like we stood there for minutes. I started to hear some footsteps, which broke my concentration from Klaus, and I looked to see who was coming.

"Damon." I said. Damon was walking closer to the both of us. He slightly showed some worry and caring on his face when he looked at me.
"Well, look who finally decided to show up to the party," Klaus turned to Damon, getting his attention.
"Where is Elena?" Damon asked Klaus.
"Elena? Ah, she's making a donation to a greater cause." Out the corner of my eye I could see a smile appear on Klaus' face. Damon started walking towards the hospital, to get Elena. Klaus stepped in front of him and stopped him.
"I'm afraid I can't let you interfere, mate."
"Damon." I whispered. Damon looked at me with sadness in his eyes. I sort of saw Klaus look at Damon's expression and then he looked at me.
"You know what?" Damon and I looked at Klaus. "I'll show you why you can't interfere." I held my breath when he said this and started to walk towards me. I looked up at Klaus's face and the next thing I know he's kissing me. For the careless person he is, the kiss felt pleasant and it felt passionate. 'But he doesn't care…'I thought before the kiss ended. Damon had pulled Klaus off of me and Damon looked pissed. Klaus pushed Damon at Hybrid strength against the car that I was once leaning on. Klaus was holding Damon against the car by the neck and was about to punch him but Damon interrupted him.

"You don't want to know about your friend Mikael?" Klaus's punch stopped in mid-air.
"What do you know about Mikael?" Klaus asked Damon with fear on his voice.
"Just that he knows you're here."
"You're bluffing." Klaus said out loud. I'm sure he was just trying to tell himself that.
Klaus went into punch Damon again. "Katherine and I found him." He stopped his punch again. "Consider it our leverage." I watched Klaus as he threw Damon, in an angry rage, against the car that was behind him and speed off. Damon hit the car then fell to the ground.

"Damon." I said as I stepped close to him. "Are you okay?" He got up and looked me in the eyes. I could tell that he was angry and hurt, that's not a good combination.
"Why did you let Klaus kiss you?" I slightly gasped. 'He's going there so soon?'
"Was I supposed to fight him Damon? He could take away my freedom by compelling the vampire part of me? Do you want that to happen?" I almost started to yell at him. "He could make me hurt you and not in the way that just happened." I stared at him and he just looked at me. "It was either let him kiss me or risk him making me turn against you. So if you look at it that way, I did you a favor." I didn't want to argue with him anymore so I sped away.

I stood in front of my old house. It still looked the same, despite everything that's happened. Tears threatened to fall out of my eyes as I just stood there. I missed them but I don't know if going back is a good idea. They probably know I'm back, or at least my mom does. She's probably sensed me. 'I'm not going to put them in danger.' I turned to run away but I stepped back in surprise when I saw Stefan standing there.

"I thought I would find you here." He said.
"Yeah, well know I'm leaving." I told him.
"Klaus says we have to stay in Mystic Falls to protect Elena. Just in case he wants to make more hybrids."
"I take it we're just going to stay at your house? Stay there with Damon?"
"That's the idea. He will want to protect Elena too, but because he loves her." I gasped.
"Let's just go." I said before I sped towards the boarding house.

I appeared there with Stefan at the boarding house. I didn't know if I wanted to be here so soon or not, but I wasn't gonna go back to my house. We were silent. Stefan didn't want Damon and Elena to know we were here until he wanted to.

"I shouldn't have left." I heard Damon say. I didn't want to believe who I knew who he was saying it to. "I promise you... I will never leave you again." I had to take in a gulp of air. 'Why would he say that to her? I thought he loved me? Then again, he is Damon.'
"Well, isn't this cozy?" Stefan said which broke me out of my thoughts about Damon. I looked between Damon and Elena. Damon just looked at me with hurt written on his face. I just looked at him, even though I didn't want to.
"What are you doing here?" Damon asked. I didn't know if he was asking me, Stefan or the both of us. No matter what one it was, I just walked upstairs to the room I used to stay in.

I took a shower to try and get my mind off of things. I killed Chad, Klaus kissed me, and Stefan tells me that his brother loves Elena. I know that Damon cares for Elena, but I always thought that he cared for me more. After what I saw tonight, I'm not so sure. Damon's going to say that it's because of Klaus that I'm thinking this, because Klaus kissed me and I'm second guessing everything. He never wanted to blame himself for relationship problems. Not as long as I've known him. 'I should have asked Anna about him when I had the chance' I thought as I washed the shampoo out of my hair.

I wrapped a towel around my head and around my body. I realized that I didn't bring any clothes into the bathroom to change into, so I just walked into the room. It was the same as I left it. The pictures were still on top of the dressers, the bedding was the same, and it even almost smelled the same. I walked over to my drawer and hoped that I still had some clothes in it. There was still some, so I just grabbed some pajama pants that I used to wear, and the shirt that I always would wear with it. I went into the drawer next to it and grabbed some undergarments that I was surprised were still there.

"Am I going to see you naked?" I heard a voice asked behind me. I turned around and saw Damon behind me.
"Not tonight Damon." I told him and walked back into the bathroom, leaving him there. 'Is he going to pretend that nothing happened today?' I thought to myself as I changed into my clothes that I haven't worn since I've been back here in Mystic Falls. 'Should I pretend that it doesn't matter? Pretend that I shut it off?' I didn't want to hurt Damon too much, but I didn't want him to get drunk, angry, and then he does something stupid. 'What should I do?' I thought before finally stepping out of the bathroom.

Damon was sitting on my bed and I couldn't help but sigh.
"Damon." I said to him walking closer to my bed.
"Chelsea." He said in a playful tone.
"I don't want to do anything tonight Damon." I said to him as I tried to get him off the bed by pulling the sheets, but he wouldn't get off. I looked at Damon, who was staring at me. "You know what? I'm not even going to bother." I said out loud and just climbed into the bed with Damon above the blankets. Damon being in the bed made me think about what he said to Elena earlier.

"Why did say that to Elena earlier?" I couldn't help but ask him.
"She needs to know someone is going to protect her." He told me. "She needs to feel safe. Stefan's off the rails. Sure, he will protect her, but he obviously doesn't care about her anymore." I smiled a little.
"You know," I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell him this but, "Stefan told me that you love her." I looked at him with sadness in my eyes. A little bit of shock appeared in his.
"I do love her." He told me and I started to feel tears swell in my eyes. "But I love her like she was my younger sister." He said to me. I looked into his eyes and I could tell that he was telling the truth. A little smile appeared on my face.
"Do you still love me?" I asked, still looking into his eyes.
"Of course I do." He must have noticed a tear falling down my cheek because he gently wiped it away with his finger. Damon slowly got closer to me and gently kissed me on the forehead.
"Good night Chelsea." He gently said to me.
"Good night Damon." I said to him before I closed my eyes. His body didn't move which made me feel a little better. 'He still loves me' I thought. I tried to think good thoughts as I let sleep overcome me.

~I don't know how many of you like and/or hate the kiss with Klaus and Chelsea. I just wanted Klaus to kiss her just to get Damon mad.
~I wasn't thinking about having Klaus remove the compulsion from Chelsea, but for some reason, it just came out that way.
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