Recap: Silas recruited Kol to get him the cure, using Adelina as bait. After getting the cure back in Mystic Falls, Silas getting bored, drives a stake into Adelina's chest.
Adelina woke up to darkness, she couldn't see a thing. Her hands immediately flew to her chest, the stake was gone and her shirt was clean. It was like it never happened. She sat up, looking around, there was a low fog hanging in the air, making it almost impossible to see two feet in front of you. She stood, taking careful steps, looking around.
Darkness, just endless darkness. It was empty and cold, it felt like death. A cold, quick wind blew behind her. Just as Adelina turned around, another gust blew behind her. More and more gusts blew around her, pulling at her clothes and hair. She tried to push away and run, but it was like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands.
Adelina ran through nothing, she didn't know where she was running; she couldn't see. She just ran. The more she ran or fought, the more the wind would pursue her. Something tripped her, making her face plant onto the floor. "Where am I?" She cried, she was alone in the darkness. She looked up slightly, the gusts of wind were flying around her. There were dark shadows all around her, closing in. Adelina tried to cover herself as best she could, but the spirits continued to claw and pull at her, dragging her further into the dark. She scraped and clawed at the floor, screaming out to anything, to nothing. Then it just stopped.
"Adelina!" A familiar voice called. Jeremy? The spirits released her, she looked around her, and there was no one.
"Jeremy?" Adelina cried. She stood, looking around blindly in the dark, trying to find the source of his voice. "Jeremy, where are you? Where am I?" Her voice echoed around her, Where am I? Where am I? "Jeremy!" She cried, falling to her knees, her hands clutching her head to make the echo stop. "I don't know where I am. I-I don't know where I am." She cried to herself, her eyes closed tight trying to block everything out.
She felt hands touch her arms; naturally she flinched looking up to see Jeremy. "J-Jeremy?" Adelina sniffed, seeing Jeremy, exactly the same as the last time she saw him.
"Hey," He smiled as Adelina fell into his arms. "Shh, you're okay, you're safe." He soothed her.
"How are you here?" Adelina asked, Jeremy just looked at her, waiting for her to realize. Then it clicked.
"I'm dead." Adelina said, the air being sucked from her lungs. "I-I'm dead." Jeremy just continued to hold her as she cried. After a few moments, she looked around again, "This is the Other Side?"
"Part of it," Jeremy began to explain, "It's limbo, you either move on, or you're on the Other Side." Adelina thought about the possibility of moving on; maybe her family was there, there wasn't the pain of watching everyone else she loved live out their lives. She thought of Kol, when Silas would reveal that he had killed her, breaking their deal.
"How did you get here?" Adelina asked,
"I saw what happened, and I saw the spirits attack you." Jeremy said, helping Adelina stand.
"What happens now?"
"You pick a side." Jeremy said, Adelina looked around, there was nothing but darkness. All she could think about was Kol, seeing him one last time. She closed her eyes, saying one last silent apology; when she opened her eyes again, she was in the Mikaelson mansion. "How did we get here?" Adelina asked, looking around seeing Kol walk out of Klaus' drawing room, "Kol!" Adelina ran from Jeremy's arms to Kol when he walked right through her, he didn't even look up.
"This is the Other Side, no one can hear you, see you. You just watch." Jeremy said, Adelina walked over to Kol who was sitting in a chair, his hands rubbing his forehead. She kneeled down in front of him, touching his face. He couldn't feel her, but she hoped he knew she was there. "I'm so sorry, Kol." She whispered and walked away with Jeremy.
Kol sat in his leather chair in the living room, more frustrated than ever. He had given Elijah the cure, which he had brought back to Mystic Falls. The 72 hour time frame was over tonight, he still had no idea how he was getting the cure to Silas. The sound of the doorbell broke him from his thoughts. He answered the door to see Adelina in a tight red prom dress.
"You need to change." Adelina said walking into the mansion.
"For what?" Kol asked, he knew it was Silas.
"My senior prom of course!" She said,
"Aren't you a bit old to be crashing a prom?" Kol said walking into the living room and plopping himself onto the couch, grabbing a book from the coffee table and aimlessly flipping through it.
"Well I have plans tonight, and I need a date." She said, leaning over the back of the couch, pulling the book out of Kol's hand.
"Why me? You can be whoever you want, take Bonnie, or psychopathic Elena, I hear she's a blast."
"I just thought it would be more poetic if we went together, Adelina tells me she's never been to a prom." Silas said innocently, idly tracing her hand on the couch. Kol glared at her, as she just smiled back at him. "You know your deadline, and it is prom night. So why not have some fun? Pick me up around 8?" Silas smiled just before walking out the door, "Oh, and I like roses." She smiled.
Kol, Elijah, Klaus and Rebekah were sitting in the dining room, debating the usage of the cure.
"Elijah, being human means a fresh start. I can grow old, have a family, knowing that each day matters." Rebekah said, trying to persuade Elijah to give her the cure. Klaus laughed,
"Well that was poetic." He smiled.
"Well if you can provide us with a more compelling reason to provide you with the cure, Klaus, please." Elijah offered.
"Silas can appear as anyone, he got inside my thoughts, convinced me I was dying. He will torment me unless I give him the cure." Klaus said,
"And with it he will break down the wall to the Other Side." Rebekah said,
"So it doesn't trap him there when he dies. He wants to reunite with his lost soul mate; you of all love sick fools should applaud his devotion." Klaus teased Elijah,
"Then one love sick fool to another; Silas is holding my wife'slife by a string. That cure is the only thing that will ensure her safety." Kol said to Elijah,
"What makes you think she's still alive? Silas could have very well killed her off; her spirit may be walking these halls at this very moment. Or better yet, she's happily content with her family and Jeremy. Wasn't she going to leave you for him?" Klaus pushed at Kol's buttons, Kol had enough, getting up to hit Klaus.
"Enough Niklaus!" Elijah said, Klaus just sat smug in his chair. "Your personal discomfort might not be a sufficient reason for putting the entire world in jeopardy. I believe we should give our sister a chance at happiness." Elijah said, Kol and Klaus' faces dropped.
"Tell me you're joking, tell me you're not fating me to an eternity or torture?" Klaus said,
"I've made my decision." Elijah said, he looked over at Kol who glared at Elijah. "I am sorry, Kol. I hope Adelina finds peace on the Other Side."
"That's it? That's all you have to say? After all she's done for you! You just throw her away?"
"Her sacrifice will not be in vain. She would want this, Kol; she would want you to live out your life. To not let Silas' plan come to fruition. I'm sorry, but this is how it must be." Elijah explained, Kol didn't want to accept that his love would be sacrifice to Elijah's morals. Klaus got up, leaning in Rebekah's ear. "When you're sick and dying and begging for my blood. I will laugh in your face and compel you to forget me." Klaus seethed in her ear and stormed off. She smoothed out her hair, and leaned toward Elijah,
"Where's the cure?" Kol laughed, Rebekah was like a drug addict going through withdrawl.
"Rebekah, it is no secret you are impulsive, emotional, and at times more unquestionable. Prove to me this just isn't another one of your whims; that you know precisely what you are bargaining for here." Elijah said,
"Fine, anything." Rebekah accepted the deal without blinking.
"I want you to live a day as a human," Rebekah's face fell, Kol leaned back in his seat smiling. "This day, no vampire privileges; no strength, no compulsion, nothing. If you succeed, if you still believe this is what you want, the cure is yours." Elijah explained, "If you fail, I'll give it to Kol." Elijah countered, Kol smiled at Rebekah.
"That's not fair; he'll try to sabotage me!" Rebekah said,
"Then don't let him. If you want to be human so badly, then you will resist the temptation." Elijah said calmly. Letting the games begin.
Prom night came; Kol was straightening his tie when he saw Rebekah come down the stairs in a yellow dress. "Wow, if I didn't know any better I'd say almost look beautiful." Kol smiled at her, she just threw him a dirty look, when the doorbell rang. Kol went to the door to see Adelina in a dark blue sparkling dress. "What happened to red one?" Kol asked,
"A little birdy told me that you liked this color." Silas smiled. Dark blue was Kol's favorite color on Adelina. He looked at her, handing her a plastic box with a rose corsage.
"Awe, you remembered the flower." Silas gushed, holding her wrist out for Kol to put the corsage on.
"Don't get your hopes up." Kol said, shutting the door and walking to his car.
They got to the prom, the music was blaring, people were dancing and everyone was there. "Dance with me." Adelina said, trying to pull Kol out on the dance floor. He pulled himself away from her, "Yeah, not a chance, why don't you morph yourself into a cute little freshman and find some alcohol to drown yourself in." Kol glared at her.
"Ouch." Silas said, holding her hand to her chest. "And here I thought we were having fun." She sighed, leaving to go find something else to do.
"Is there something creepy about your husband going to prom with a 2,000 year old psychopath with serious identity crisis?" Adelina asked Jeremy as they were sitting an empty table in the gym. No one could see them, but they had nothing else to do.
"Not as creepy as two ghosts crashing a prom." Jeremy smiled, Adelina shrugged and nodded.
"Looks like your sister is having a fun time terrorizing the town." Adelina said, motioning to Elena who was taking swigs from a flask. "I never got to go to a prom; I remember I would see girls in dress shops buying dresses and shoes, I never got to do that." Adelina sighed,
"Why didn't you?"
"Do you know how many times I went to high school? No matter what time you're in, it sucks!" Adelina laughed,
"And all that time, you never did prom?" Jeremy asked,
"Prom wasn't really around until the 20's, Kol and I were in New Orleans when Klaus decided to cart him around in a box, after that I wasn't very social." Adelina sighed,
"Well we're at a prom," Jeremy said, standing up, holding his hand out to her. "May I have this dance?" He smiled at her.
"I don't have a dress." Adelina said,
"Eh, what's a $300 dress?" Jeremy smiled, Adelina sighed, taking his hand as they walked out to the dance floor.
Rebekah was sitting at a table across from Kol, "How's the human Rebekah enjoying her prom?" Kol asked, sipping his glass of punch.
"Quite perfectly actually, being human comes so naturally." She smiled,
"Then why did Matt diss you?" Kol smiled, "Face it Rebekah, you don't know how to be human." Kol smiled as Rebekah stormed off.
Elijah was standing in Klaus' drawing room, twiddling the white oak stake in his hands. "Where did you get that?" Klaus asked, walking in the room,
"Our baby sister," Elijah answered, "Once she's human, it will make no defense to her what so ever." Elijah said, walking over to Klaus, "Take it." Elijah handed it over, Klaus accepted,
"Why would you give me this?" Klaus asked, trying to sense some ulterior motive.
"We are immortal apart from the stake, now that you have it, you have nothing to fear." Elijah explained,
"Silas will continue to torment me." Klaus added,
"Yes, but you have endured countless torment and if all else fails, you'll out run him." Elijah said.
"What of Kol's precious Adelina? With you and your ethics you're honestly going to let her die?" Klaus questioned, knowing Elijah cared for Adelina like a sister.
"Adelina's sacrifice will not be in vain, but if Rebekah fails her test, then Kol will get the cure and bargain for her life." Elijah said,
"You would let the world end, on the bet that Rebekah fails?" Klaus asked, Elijah simply shrugged, Klaus only laughed, "It's that simple? Without the cure, what makes you think I'll spare your beloved Katherina? Or have you figured out your simply another fly in her web?" Klaus pointed the stake at Elijah.
"You'll spare her because I am asking you to spare her. As your family, as your only brother that will stand with you; I would ask that you provide me with this opportunity to feel, to care, to love. " Elijah said simply.
"I gave you that opportunity, and you sided against me." Klaus said, stepping closer, laying the tip of the stake against Elijah's jacket. "So if I run, it'll be to chase her." Klaus promised. "And I will make it my cause that you never know happiness again." Elijah pushed the stake away with his hand.
"What a hollow, little life you lead, Niklaus." Elijah said, before walking away.
After Bonnie and Matt were announced to be Prom King and Queen; Elena went to find Bonnie. "Congratulations Bonnie." Elena said, not an ounce of happiness in her voice.
"What do you want?" Bonnie asked,
"For you to stop being a problem." Elena said, grabbing Bonnie's shoulder. Before Elena could do anything, her head was splitting in pain. Wind howled, and the lights flickered uncontrollably. "Bonnie!" Matt yelled snapping her out of it.
"Something's happening it me!" Bonnie said, "I gotta get out of here!" Bonnie ran out of the gym. Elena stood, more pissed off than ever, when April Young walked in, Elena turned around to face her. "Remember when I said to make Rebekah prom queen?" Elena said before smashing her head into the table and biting her neck, shoving her into Matt's arms, "You should've listened." Elena said, following Bonnie out of the gym.
Rebekah went to find Matt, when he saw him outside with a bloody, unconscious April Young, "Matt why did you call-oh my god." She said as she saw April's body.
"Can you give her your blood?" Matt pleaded, Rebekah panicked,
"Can't we just call 911 or something?" If she gave April her blood, the cure was gone.
"She's dying! Please help her!"
"I can't. If I heal her with my vampire blood, Elijah won't give me the cure and I won't get to be human." Rebekah explained,
"How is this even a choice right now! You want to be human? Prove it, be good. Do the right thing and save her life." Matt pleaded, Rebekah broke down, biting into her wrist and saving April's life.
After April woke up, Matt came over to Rebekah who was trying to fight back tears, that she would never be human. "Thank you for saving her." Matt said, Rebekah just brushed it off.
"Elena was right, I should have just stayed home." Rebekah said,
"No one has to know what you did. I won't tell anyone." Matt promised, trying to make things better for her.
"You'd really do that for me?"
"I would. And maybe I was a little harsh, you wouldn't make the worst human." Matt smiled. "I should probably get April home."
"Okay," Rebekah sighed as Matt left with April.
"Dear, sweet April Young, now there's a girl with a future." Kol said walking toward Rebekah smiling.
"She was dying and I acted with human decency. You can't get more human than that." Rebekah said, trying to defend herself.
"Actually you can; you can stand idly by as poor April takes her final breaths." Kol said, "You can ask, why does this always happen to innocent people? Why did the spirits go? Was there anything I could have done?" Kol said, a sliver of innocence in his voice as he mocked her. "That is what it means to be human, sister. You give humanity too much credit."
"You're going to tell Elijah." Rebekah said defeated,
"No, you are." Kol smiled,
Rebekah walked up to Elijah who was standing in front of the mansion. "You're home. And how did our Cinderella fair?" Elijah asked.
"I won't lie, there were complications." Rebekah said,
"That you cheated. That you failed. That you don't deserve it." Kol said.
"But I passed your test with flying colors." Rebekah smiled at Elijah. He walked up to her, handing her the bracelet box with the cure.
"If this is what you truly want, it's yours." Rebekah took the box, opening it to see the cure gently placed inside.
"Why is it so hard for you to let me be happy?!" Rebekah yelled at Kol,
"Because your happiness comes at the expense of my wife, and I refuse to entertain another one of your whims." Kol said, as Rebekah began to cry. "Because you are bored, and you're looking for a reason to matter, and frankly I don't have to waste anymore breath fighting you on the subject." Kol said walking past Rebekah smiling.
"What does that mean? Kol, what does that mean?!" Rebekah yelled after him.
Rebekah closed the box, looking back at Elijah, "I guess it's time I turned into a pumpkin. Thank you, Elijah." She smiled walking past him back into the house. Just then Elijah's phone rang, it was Rebekah. Confused he looked up at the house where Rebekah just entered, "Rebekah?" He asked answering the phone.
"Elijah, I think Kol's up to something." Rebekah said,
"Where did you go?" Elijah said still watching the house.
"I'm still at the prom, don't do anything with the cure until I see you, something's not right. Elijah do not take your eyes off that cure!" Rebekah said,
"It's a little late for that." Elijah confessed.
Kol walked into the cave where Silas was hiding, seeing him as Stefan, his true form. "You got the cure in time." Kol said,
"So I did, no thanks to you." Silas commented, twiddling the cure in this hand.
"Where. Is. She." Kol said,
"Alright, alright, a deal's a deal." Silas said, moving from his position to reveal Adelina; with a stake in her chest.
"NO!" Kol cried, rushing over to her body, her body was grey and cold. "We had a deal!" Kol growled at Silas,
"Yes, and I was getting bored." Silas said simply. "Don't worry, you'll see her soon. When Bonnie drops the veil, she'll be just as she was." Silas promised.
"You liar!"
"Ouch." Silas said, "That hurts, Kol, it really does. But never the less, I am a man of my word and when the veil comes down, you will get her back." Silas promised, slapping Kol on the back and walking out of the cave.
Kol looked back down at Adelina, lying dead on the floor. He pulled the stake out, knowing it would make no difference. "I'm sorry. I-I'm so sorry, Lina." Kol cried, cradling her to his chest.
Adelina stood, watching him, listening to him cry. When a hand rested on her shoulder, "You have to let him go." Adelina turned to see her sister Arianna, as young and beautiful as the last time she saw her.
"What if I don't want to?" Adelina asked,
"Then you will both suffer." Arianna said simply, as Adelina brought her hand up to hold Arianna's that was still on her shoulder.
"I can't just leave him." Adelina said, sadness lingering in her voice. "He's all alone, a-and he needs me."
"What can you do for him here? He can't see, hear or feel you. Your memory will cause him nothing but pain." Arianna tried to reason, as Adelina continued to watch Kol as he whispered words of love to her.
"Is that what you did?" Adelina asked her sister, "You stayed on the Other Side, you watched over me, why can't I do that for him?"
"There's too much pain, Adelina. Do you know the torment spirits go through watching their loved ones?"
"It'll be worth it, knowing that he's not alone!" Adelina countered. Arianna said nothing, after a few moments, only sighed,
"Then may you find solace in your choice." She said before disappearing. Adelina turned back to Kol who was still cradling her body. She walked over, hugging him from behind, feeling him shake with tears. "It's okay, Kol, it's okay." She whispered knowing he couldn't hear her.
"I love you, Adelina." Kol whispered,
"I love you too." She replied.
A/N: Awe! I cried writing this one. So Adelina died and is on the Other Side, do you think she'll come back when Bonnie lifts the veil, the more important question is, will she stay back? Review and tell me what you think!