To raise his brother once and for all from the dead, Klaus kidnaps Elena, needing the blood of a doppelganger in order to defeat death. But once Kol is awakened he intends to destroy Mystic Falls. One by one they will all fall. They will be each other's demise if they cannot survive together. But they each carry their own personal sets of demons...
the demons we hide
As they pull up to an eerily abandoned warehouse, Elena turns to face Klaus, worry hinting in her doe brown eyes. "If this involves other people..." He watches Elena amusedly as she sucks in a deep breath, although she's fully aware she doesn't need it. But it's an attained habit, so it sticks with her when she's stressed out. "Whatever you do, please promise me that no one will get hurt. I've seen enough blood...to last a lifetime." She swallows and gets out of the car, not bothering to wait for his response. Because she knows what it will be. Because she knows, that after everything he's been through, that bloodthirsty part of him still remains.
Klaus watches Elena's movements and when she's outside of the car, waiting for him, still in earshot, he laughs and says, "Sweetheart, stick around me and you'll have bloodshed following you wherever you go." He flashes out of the car and starts to saunter up to the warehouse, allowing Elena to catch up to him. It's funny, how they're walking side by side now, the wolf and the lamb.
Elena listens carefully, separating different sounds as she listens in the direction of the warehouse. "There's people in there," she observes slowly. "Witches, I think."
"So you've learned how to use your basic vampire senses," he says mockingly, and despite herself, Elena flushes red. He's always acting superior, like she's inferior to him. Well, maybe she is. But it frustrates her all the same.
So she stays silent.
The five witches raise their heads as Klaus and Elena enter the warehouse. It's dark inside, and there are candles placed in various locations between the witches seated next to them.
One of the women, a middle-aged witch was dark green eyes, stands up in a form of greeting, although her features are cold. Judging from her stance and air of wisdom about her, Elena assumes that she is their leader.
"We came as you requested," she begins stonily. "What is it you request of us, hybrid?" Her eyes flicker momentarily to Elena. "Why a doppelgänger?"
"You see..." He says languidly, starting to pace around the room, his footsteps echoing off of the bare walls. He can already hear the witches' heartbeats accelerate, as if they're anticipating his next move. They're afraid. "Sometimes, the dead don't like to stay dead. Take my brother Kol, for instance. He was a free spirit. Doesn't like to be caged. Well, he happens to have something of mine that I wish he would return...I met a witch the other day." His eyes light up. "Didn't have much fight in her, I'm afraid..." He could see the witches tense up, although he could sense a wave of anger roll through them, as he had killed one of their kind. "What she told me before I ripped her heart out, that was what caught my attention. You see, the blood of a doppelgänger was used to create the first of our species." He smiles. "Kol is an Original."
Elena can feel herself shudder and she starts to think that wishing her old life behind her was a huge mistake. So Klaus intends to sacrifice her.
However, he proves her wrong, as he has, time after time. "The blood, sweetheart. No sacrifices are needed. My hybrid army has yet to be restored again," he says wickedly, noticing her reaction.
Klaus turns his attention back to the witches. "I want you to raise my brother from the dead."
The leader hisses in a breath, the others visibly shaken. "What you ask of us is nearly impossible. The veil between our world and the Other Side must be dropped for his soul to return. For his physical form, his ashes must be placed where he died; there is a spell to complete the ritual." She manages to face Klaus head-on, although she is trembling slightly. "You are asking us to harness unimaginable power and risk unleashing the dead into our world," she says shakily.
Klaus smirks. "I know a witch associated with dark magic."
"Bonnie," Elena murmurs, making the connection. Then, "Klaus! You can't! She'll die!"
"Then she'll die trying," he says smoothly.
"No! Please! Please... you can kill me, take my blood, anything...just don't get Bonnie involved."
"You're in no position to bargain with me." And he gets back into business, conversing with the witches, or, rather, threatening them. Elena is left helpless, fists clenched so that her knuckles are white, so that they hang uselessly by her sides. But she isn't weak enough to allow the tears to stream down her face. She's still listening with half an ear to the exchange between Klaus and the witch, and an idea starts to form in her mind.
She thinks of Bonnie. Bonnie, the warm, kind girl who's always been loyal at Elena's side, ready to comfort her or help fight her battles. Bonnie, who shouldn't have been drawn into the dangerous supernatural world but was forced to against her will. Bonnie, who has saved everyone's life and even sacrificed herself multiple times. Who endured Elena's no humanity streak and watched the people she loves die around her...Bonnie!
With a burst of adrenaline Elena kicks into action. As she glimpses the witch reach around her neck to undo an amulet that will complete the spell, Elena flashes behind her in a blur, nimbly catching the witch's throat with one hand, the other gripping the necklace firmly in her hand. She's grasping her throat hard enough so the witch can't fight back or conjure up a spell.
She stares over the witch's shoulder at Klaus. "Leave Bonnie out of this, or you won't have another powerful witch to finish the spell," she snarls.
"Love, stop playing games. We both know what you're only capable of doing."
"You don't know me." She visibly tightens her grip and the witch chokes, clawing at Elena's arm. But Elena won't relent; not until Bonnie is safe from future harm, and from Klaus.
"Sweetheart..." He's testing her eyes now, to see how far she will go.
Elena hisses, her fangs lengthening, as she sees Klaus edge forward. "I'll do it!" Out of the corner of her eye she can see the other witches stand up menacingly, prepared to fight. "Call them off," she growls to the witch trapped in her grasp. The witch motions for them to halt their movements and they sit down defeated, the fire of anger still fresh in their eyes. Elena turns back to Klaus, hair flying.
"You don't think I'll do it," she states in a calmer tone. "Well," she says, her voice rising, "you're wrong. About everything. About me." With that she sinks her fangs into the witch, although not fierce enough to hit a main artery, which would kill her. She's testing Klaus now, like he was testing her.
"Alright, enough," Klaus barks. When Elena continues to feed, her motions becoming more violent, he blurs forward until he's directly in front of them. "Enough!" he roars, but Elena only looks up at him with her predator's eyes. In the haze of bloodlust she can only distinctly make out Klaus as someone powerful enough to stop her.
"Promise," she says, her voice rough and hoarse from her wrongdoings. "Promise you'll leave Bonnie alone!"
Klaus is enraged now; his doppelgänger is one step closer to destroying his entire operation. He forces himself to relax, even putting up a smile for her. "Have it your way, love. I'll leave the Bennett witch out of it."
The other side of Elena withdraws, her vampire face returning back to normal, as she guides the witch to the ground, already biting into her wrist. As she's feeding the witch her blood, she starts to apologize. "I'm so sorry... I did it for my friend." The witch's anger doesn't subside, but understanding dawns in her eyes. "She's been through so much, I just want her to be happy again..." Elena stands up with the necklace in hand, hardly daring to look at Klaus. But what he says makes her snap her gaze back to him quickly.
"One thing you should learn though, love, is to never make a deal with the devil." And hell breaks lose.
Klaus is suddenly there, leaning over the witch, hand pierced through her chest, gore already staining her clothes.
Elena barely has time to register this and as she does she stumbles backwards, knowing she can't stop him. "No!" she screams. But Klaus isn't finished. One by one he advances on the other witches, tearing them apart in the most brutal ways possible. She's screaming for him to stop, that she'll be good again, that he can kill her instead, that... and then it's ended.
Klaus steps back from his most recent victims, admiring his sadistic work. He scarcely glances at her, his clothes stained with the blood of the innocent. Elena's hand is fisted over her mouth, the tears welling up. Some of the blood had splattered onto her clothes.
Klaus looks up at her but she hardly notices, her eyes fixed onto the bodies. "I spared your friend in return for their lives." She feels sick as he exits the room, leaving her in this empty place.
Alone, Elena remains still until she slowly sinks to the ground, the horror of what she has done finally hitting her. She doesn't want to think, doesn't want to feel, doesn't want to know... she closes her eyes.
A/N:: Soo I'm back with another chapter. It's actually over a thousand words this time :D yeah, I'm a really slow writer ;) anyways, hope you enjoyed that! Please review...follow this story for Klaus, will you? And favourite this story for Kol. They love you!
Remember, Klaus is really moody; even if they somewhat agreed to be allies he somehow always manages to twist things around and screw everything up :)) wonder where that will lead him...
So. Who would you prefer as endgame in this story? Klena or Kolena? And my opinion? I luv them both so much, it'll be so hard to pick in the end :'( Anyways, til next time :D