You Lost Me

Chapter Twenty-Eight - Compelled

She's at Carla's house. Try to be discreet. I'll arrive at the house and you'll let me know that you're going to leave to look for Katherine. I would tell you to go to hell but I'll leave just after you. I'll be alert and if she follows you, I'll let you know.

D

Stefan barely read the text as his brother was entering the house.

"You better know what you're doing here Stefan. I want to make it clear that I'm only helping you because of Elena" Damon stormed into the parlor and went straight to the drink cart. He missed his favorite scotch.

"I tried to find her but I have no idea where she is. Don't think I'm doing it for Katherine, Damon. I'm doing it for me and ultimately for Elena"

"I couldn't care less about her whereabouts. I'll go to the witch and try to find out if Klaus is here and then I'll kill him. As for your motives, they're yours, I couldn't care less" the older Salvatore brother offered honestly. He didn't care about Stefan or Katherine or their reasons, he just needed to bring the Original down at any cost.

"I'm going to look for Katherine, you could go to Bonnie and see if she found the spell" Stefan suggested, heading out and Damon downed one more glass of liquor and soon followed his brother, though he went much slower trying to catch any scent, either from Katherine or Klaus.

It didn't take Stefan too much time to arrive at Carla's and he could barely hold his nerves back. It was the first time he was going to see Elena in months and he had so many feelings. He knew he loved her but he felt like there was something he needed to finish with Katherine before he ever felt totally free to be with Elena. He needed to turn that page of his life forever and helping to save the centenary vampire would finally give him the closure he needed. He finally decided to face his feelings for Katherine. The ones he nurtured while he was a human and all the resentment and despise he developed in his years as a vampire. But during his honesty trip he wondered if all those feelings he had back in 1864 were as dead as he thought they were. But that wasn't the main reason why he agreed forcefully to help Katherine. Elena was. Killing Klaus would give Elena the easiness to know no one would kill her because of any ancient curse. And he also expected that with letting his grudges and disdain go Katherine would be buried in the past. With all said and done, he could finally leave Katherine behind him forever and be with the woman he loved.

He knocked on the door and Carla soon opened it, already waiting for him to be there. Elena had arrived at her house before the sunrise as agreed. She was alone because Damon didn't think he should be the one to drop her there. She had a cell phone to call him if anyone approached her. He was a couple of streets down and he'd be there in a few seconds. But her arrival to the redhead's house was smooth and after receiving a proper invitation Elena entered the house and waited for her boyfriend.

She talked briefly to Damon's former fling and it couldn't be more awkward. But she soon brushed off the odd feelings and promptly offered an apology for her attack back in the hospital. Although Carla remembered only now that Damon mentioned briefly that Elena might have attacked her, she wasn't too uneasy. She joked about being full of vervain and keeping it in her grandmother's diet too but Elena didn't react well to the joke. The memories of the boy she attacked the night before were still too alive in her head. The awkwardness was soon interrupted by Stefan knocking on the door and Carla was happy to invite him in and leave the living room. Just because she agreed to have a vampire, or two, in her house, it didn't mean she had to be cordial and offer them something to eat. Not that she had anything they would like anyway.

The moment Stefan entered the house he ran to his girlfriend, hugging and kissing her dearly. Elena was overwhelmed by the many emotions running in her mind and she was thankful they soon moved to the conversation part of their reunion. As much as she knew they had some complex and touchy subjects to talk about and she need to tell him everything. She wouldn't lie about anything and she felt really relieved after she was finished. She told him everything since the day she died to the previous night when she almost killed a boy. There wasn't anything she didn't say, either related to her new life, to her feelings for both brothers and her days with Damon. Stefan didn't make any questions while she reported everything. He wanted her to really open up, he wanted to understand everything she felt. Surely when she mentioned feeling something for his brother he felt like a sword had entered his heart but he waited patiently for her conclusion. It wasn't about who she loved or didn't, it was about who she chose.

He was about to open his mouth for the first time since she started talking when Damon entered the house, demanding both of them to follow him.

"Don't ask anything, just follow me" he ordered as he walked out of the house.

Before Stefan could understand what happened, Elijah had Elena pinned against his body. The younger Salvatore brother turned in his tracks and was standing just a few steps from the other two vampires.

"Stefan, you will do everything I say starting now" he compelled and Stefan blank eyes proved Elijah was successful. "I'm going to take you, Damon and Elena to the old Lockwood's dungeon and you won't leave. You won't react to any of the events that will take place there tonight. You'll just watch and do as Katerina says" he demanded and Stefan nodded.

"Elena" he said looking at the vampire's eyes "You'll do everything Katherine orders and you won't protest or say anything to anyone. You'll be silent during the whole ordeal"

He confirmed his orders to the three vampires and letting Elena go, they followed the Original to the Lockwood's dungeon.

They arrived there to find Caroline tied up in ropes that had been soaked in vervain and Tyler locked down with chains in his limbs and midsection.

"Hello there, Elijah. Long time no see" she offered a full grin to the Original as they came face to face.

"Katerina" he replied emotionless.

"Now what do we have here? The Salvatore brothers and their love. Oh wait, that's me, not my carbon copy. Silly me, always making foolish mistakes" she smirked naughtily appraising them.

"Are they at my command?" she turned to Elijah again, who only nodded.

"I liked it best when it didn't involve compulsion. Although I must say Damon I used my share of it with you back in the day. I expected you to despise me after you turned and learned everything I did to you but even when the compulsion wore down you still loved me. I was touched" she approached him, touching his chest softly.

The three younger vampires standing had disgusted faces but they couldn't react as they were compelled to be silent and do everything Katherine said. Damon looked at Stefan knowingly, wanting to kill his brother with his own hands for trusting Katherine even if only for a second. Stefan was enraged but he was angrier at himself than at the vampire who had fooled him once again. Elena was plain disgusted. She wanted to kill Katherine and shove her away from Damon but all they could do was watch.

"Although we have the whole day ahead of us, I'll bring you to your comfortable dwellings" she informed as she put on gloves and ordered one by one to be positioned in front of the ropes she had awaiting for them. The brothers' were filled with vervain, just like Caroline's but Elena's wasn't. She was simply tied up to regular ropes.

The moment Katherine was finished with them, Elijah sprang forward and had her pinned against one of the walls but she didn't do as much as flinch, as she was expecting him to do that.

"Aren't we getting cozy, here?" she smirked.

"What if what I want the most is to kill you?" it was his turn to show a wicked smile.

"Then I guess you'll lose the biggest chance you'll ever have to do what you really want to do"

"You're going to leave with me" his pupils dilated and he compelled her but she only answered shaking her head and muttering 'tsc, tsc, tsc'

"I remember that you and Klaus were never affected by vervain as the other vampires were. I've been an observer even when I was a human, Elijah. It hurt like hell and I felt my throat burning more than when I exposed my skin against the sun without my necklace but it paid off" she informed him while he kept her pinned against the wall and the other occupants of the room looked at her confused, except for Stefan.

"Vervain, I've been sipping it for a while now. It made me stronger but it's also useful when you have a day or two with Originals ahead of you. I must say I took an extra dose this morning, after Lucy left. I even thought I had taken too much when it took longer than usual for me to recover but I guess I've got enough to be immune to your compulsion for the day"

He threw her against the moldy ground and she quickly stood up, brushing off the dust and dirt.

"I know you really want me dead and you won't break your word. So you have two options here, you kill me now and leave, losing the biggest chance you'll ever have to enjoy eternity as you planned or you can just focus on the biggest prize and come back by the time the moon is up in the sky for the show. Suit yourself" she walked up to the chair she had there and taking a sip of the blood she brought she raised her glass to him with a satisfied smile "So what will it be?"

He didn't say anything and taking a last look at the four vampires tied up and the boy locked up he turned around and left.

"It was harder than I expected. She got really powerful quickly" Lucy announced as she entered the dungeon with Bonnie in the beginning of the evening. Surprisingly enough for the rest of the vampires who were there, Katherine only played her mind games while Elijah was there in the morning. The whole day she watched them and drank blood. Her gaze lingered every time she looked at Stefan and her eyes softened but his stayed as tough as ever.

"Will she do the spell?" Katherine looked to the younger witch, who just stood there by her distant cousin's side.

"Yes, the spell worked and she's convinced she has to do this spell to save her friend"

"You shouldn't have so much trouble; I heard dear Elena could compel her in her very first attempt as a vampire"

"Anything consensual is easier than when you have to fight, especially against the Power" Lucy explained and she looked much calmer about the following events than she had in the previous night. When Katherine explained the entirety of her plans the witch was relieved but mainly just shocked. It was a master plan that covered basically everything the first doppelganger vampire wished. There wasn't anything that wouldn't benefit her and although she shouldn't be impressed by Katherine she was because she truly never expected her to be able to do it.

"So I guess all I have to do now is bring my honored guest and wait till the light of the full moon. It's poetic, don't you think, Lucy?" she smiled, not smirked, to the witch who only nodded her head. "It'll also give you time to work on Elena. I'm sure the first thing he'll notice is her and I know he'll want to check her closer than anyone else here. Are you sure you can make her heart beat and her blood to change for a couple of hours?"

"I have assured you I can, I already have everything I need here" the witch informed her and Katherine nodded satisfied.

"You know how much it's important to keep the secret. Klaus can compel everyone in this room except for you, Bonnie and me. Don't say a thing while I'm out and if you need to tie her up I have plenty of rope here. Just make sure everything is like we planned. We can't make the smallest mistake" Katherine was dead serious as she talked to Lucy who ensured her she wouldn't let anything happen.

It didn't take Katherine too long to be back and everything was exactly as when she left. She walked in first and was soon followed by a man. He was tall, blond, his eyes the bluest and most vivid blue. He looked peaceful and serene and not at all like the most powerful vampire that ever lived. Nobody expected the young good looking man to be a creature of darkness when everything about his features were soft and endearing. But there, standing in front of them was Klaus, the oldest Original and he looked pleased as he looked at each of the creatures and humans standing in the room.

"Meet Elena, my dearest descendent" Katherine offered to the Original as he stood in front of the youngest doppelganger, looking at her enchanted and content.

"I couldn't trust you, Katerina but I see the many centuries you lived made you wise"

"You have no idea. I was only trying to save my life back then, Klaus. It was never my intention to ruin your plans and I knew I would be able to make it up for you when the time came" she sweetly answered him. He was still fascinated by Elena and as Katherine expected he approached her; smelling and touching her. Elena was too scared to even react to his actions. Damon and Stefan wanted to jump on the vampire that was invading her personal space but the more they tried to release themselves the more the ropes hurt them.

"Now we just have to wait for the transformation" Katherine announced as she brushed Tyler's hair, as if he was a pet.

"Where is the stone?" Klaus turned to Katherine who was now keeping a safe distance from him.

"Right here" Lucy put the stone over the table they had in the farthest side of the room.

"You're discharged here, Lucy. Thanks for your help. The witch knows exactly what she needs to do, right?" Katherine asked once again and the older Bennett nodded and left.

"Don't you think you should give me back what you stole?" Klaus asked Katherine but just then Tyler yelled painfully.

"I guess that it will have to wait" Katherine announced as they watched Tyler contorting on the floor and before they had time to process his shaped had shifted and he was a werewolf.

"That was fast" Klaus commented with a slight frown.

"Never been around a werewolf turning" Katherine offered coolly.

"We can start the sacrifice" Bonnie announced and Klaus soon forgot about the stone and the wolf.

She started saying a lot of words in Latin while the Original paid attention carefully.

"Bring the doppelganger" Bonnie asked and Katherine approached Elena, looking at her eyes and ordered her to do as Bonnie said.

The witch asked Elena to lie down on the mark on the floor in front of her. Lucy had been adamant about where Bonnie had to stake Elena and Katherine actually looked nervous. That was the only critical part of the spell and Bonnie couldn't miss it.

She looked carefully as Elena lay in front of Bonnie and chanting a few more words the witch finally pushed the stake through Elena's chest, leading Stefan, Damon and Caroline to jump and try to get rid of their ropes, in vain.

The next step consisted of the vampire blood and Katherine brought a reluctant and fighting Caroline and placed her head by Elena's feet and Bonnie repeated the same procedure, staking the vampire.

The last, but not least or by any means easier, consisted of bringing the werewolf to the same position with his head turned to Caroline's feet and his feet to Elena's head, forming a triangle with their bodies. Katherine had some difficulty but she finally pulled him through the chains, that allowed him to move to the position he was supposed to be in and repeating her actions, Bonnie staked the supernatural animal in the chest.

"Now the moonstone" she ordered and Katherine looked to Klaus, who was closer to the object than she was.

"Perfect time for you to take what is yours, don't you think?" she asked him while he smiled sweetly back at her and taking the final steps to where the stone was he retrieved it.

AN: So here is the first part of the 'battle'. There was no fight here, Kat had the upper hand just that easily. Wait until the second part to have your finals conclusions.

Thanks a lot to May for being my beta and to my beloved reviewers. You guys make me very happy :)

Talk to you soon

Babi