AN: Hey guys, here is another chapter for you. The long waited ritual scene. I hope this chapter surprises you all with the changes of the plot line. Thanks to everyone for reviewing the previous chapter. On with the story then...
Chapter 48: The Ritual To Break The Curse
Third Person's POV
Damon was lying on his bed motionless, staring up at the ceiling. He could clearly hear everyone talking downstairs. Rose left him alone when he had yelled at her unnecessarily. She is now downstairs too talking with the others. They are planning on killing Klaus with the help of Elijah's warlock friend. But Damon wasn't interested in killing Klaus so soon. He wants to find out the truth first. He wants to know if everything Klaus said to them is really true before they kill him. He wants to know what Klaus really means to her. How deep their relation is? How much they feel for each other? Damon could still clearly hear in his ears the things Klaus had said. It's still echoing in his head.
"Jacqueline and I made a deal."
"She is willing to scarifies you all, in her words 'it's better you than I'. She even promised me a vampire, a werewolf and the doppelganger."
"You all means nothing to her. She values her own life more than yours."
"She wants to be with me. She pleaded me to keep her with me. She knows in whose side she will be safer."
"I will protect her from any harm in return of her loyalty to me and maybe something more."
"She is willing to do anything for me."
"She wants to be by my side."
"She wants me."
Damon jolted up in his bed and sat straight. Even though he was just lying on bed, he was panting heavily and got all sweaty. He hadn't believed a word Klaus said at first but then Jacqueline really came looking for Klaus in the boarding house and he had no reason not to believe those things that threatened to make his ears bleed. The way they were talking to each other it confirmed that they were acquaintances with each other for a long time. Damon wants to know why? Why Jacq did this to him? Why she played him like this? Whatever happened between them, was it just a lie? The things they felt for each other, the things he still feels for her, are they nothing but fake and unreal? His heart and his mind were colliding with each other forcefully. His mind was saying that what Klaus said about Jacq, those are all true, they have proof of it after all. That's why he sided with Elena that moment of confrontation. That's why he didn't stand by Jacq or defended her. But after thinking whole night, now his heart is saying otherwise. It's telling him that there is more to it and what they were thinking is not really true. If Jacqueline really wants to be with Klaus then Damon wants to hear it from her own mouth. He needs to hear it from her. And if that's what the truth is, if that's what she really wants, being with Klaus then he would gladly let everyone kill Klaus and he himself will rip her heart out. If Jacqueline doesn't want to be with Damon then he won't let her be with anyone else. Even if it means that he has to kill her for that.
Suddenly Damon heard chaos downstairs that snapped him out of his wild thoughts.
"Why did you come here again? Get out!" Damon heard Jenna's voice shouting at someone. Damon ran downstairs in vampire speed and saw Alaric standing at the door with raised hands and Jenna pointing a crossbow at him.
"Jenna please put the crossbow down. It's me Ric. It's me okay." Alaric looked at Jenna desperately and tried to approach her.
"Stay away from me." Threatened Jenna firmly stepping away a little from Alaric. Others arrived at the spot too hearing the shouting. Elena, Stefan, Rose they all were looking between Jenna and Alaric as they came closer.
"What's going on?" asked Jeremy as he came there as well. His face darkened immediately when he saw Alaric. Anna was right behind him and her face darkened too.
"It's me I swear okay. He let me go, Klaus let me go." Alaric pleaded with them but no one bought that and Jenna still had the crossbow pointed at him.
"Prove it" said Damon even though not believing that Klaus actually let Alaric go. They were all thinking that their history teacher slash vampire hunter Alaric would be dead the very moment Klaus will leave his body. The others stood behind Jenna, waiting for Ric to prove himself. He thought for a moment.
"Okay!" Alaric said and he looked at Jenna. "Uh, the first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in right when I was about to-" Jeremy cut him off immediately.
"Dude!" And scowled at Alaric with a disgusted face.
"Okay, yeah it's him" confirmed Jenna and put down the crossbow while blushing lightly. The others looked at each other amused and finally believed that it was really Alaric and that Klaus really let him go.
"Why did he let you go?" asked Damon seriously. Alaric sighed out heavily.
"He wants me to deliver a message to Elena." Everyone's face darkened again hearing that.
"What is it?" asked Elena gathering up all her courage.
"The sacrifice happens tonight. He wants you to be prepared" said Alaric. Stefan looked at Elena, his face showed his pain and fear. Elijah wasn't standing far from them and heard everything clearly. Elijah has already collected the blood from Elena without her knowing about it. He is still sticking around them because Jacqueline has asked him to protect everyone and keep them away from any danger. Elijah was very angry about what has happened yesterday. Everyone in this house, in this very room was hating the one person, who is actually giving up her own life for them. He wanted to tell everyone the truth but Jacqueline didn't want him to and he has a promise to keep as well. So, except for standing silently in the room and watch Jacqueline getting humiliated by her own sister, Elijah could do nothing else. He without speaking a word watched everyone hating the girl, loathing her, blaming her for something she hasn't done. Only if they knew how much they are going to regret hating her. But soon they will and they are going to feel very guilty about it.
The message from Klaus however was a cue for Elijah to leave others and go to Jacqueline. Klaus is inside his own body now. He could kill her in a blink of an eye and not think twice about it. But first he needed to occupy others in something so that they wouldn't go after Klaus until the ritual in finished. They all entered the living room to discuss some new plans. Because they were thinking that they have very short time. And they needed to stop Klaus before the ritual. If he becomes a hybrid, they wouldn't have any other way to kill him.
"So, you don't remember anything that happened" asked Stefan pacing lightly while talking to Alaric. He was sitting on the couch and everyone was surrounding him.
"No, it's like I blacked out and woke up three days later." Alaric replied after sighing out heavily.
"Have you seen anyone else there other than Klaus?" Elena asked, wanting to know if Jacqueline was there with Klaus. Elena still hates her alright but now she is also curious about why Jacq back stabbed them like this. Was staying alive and safe, her only motivation? Damon got tensed up visibly as Elena asked that question. He wanted to know too where Jacq was but he wasn't sure if he is gonna like the answer that Ric would give them. He wished Alaric would say that Jacq wasn't anywhere near Klaus. He definitely kept his fingers crossed for that.
"Katherine was there" answered Alaric after a while, confusing everyone with that reply.
"What? What was she doing there?" asked Stefan almost worriedly.
"Yeah, it doesn't make any sense. Katherine spent five hundred years running from Klaus. Why would she just go back to him?" asked Rose more confused than others. Alaric however was silent and looked troubled as well.
"What is it Ric?" asked Damon noticing his facial expression. Damon realized that his fear is about to come true when Alaric opened his mouth to speak up again.
"I think I know why Katherine is there with Klaus right now. I saw Jacq there too. And Klaus was all over her and she wasn't complaining a bit. What the hell is going on?" Alaric asked worriedly, oblivion to the whole situation. Elena sighed out heavily. There was no room left for doubt anymore.
"I guess there is no doubt left then. Jacq really is with Klaus. She has been this entire time" said Elena and she felt more right in doing what she did. Though she still wanted to know why Jacq did this to them?
"Yes, there isn't any doubt left anymore" said Damon coldly and left the room. Rose followed him too. She didn't want to leave him all alone at the time. Damon needed someone with him to support him go through this, even though Damon wouldn't admit it to anyone, not even to himself. Rose made up her mind not to leave Damon on his own this time even if he yells at her. Everyone sighed out heavily. Things were so messed up at the moment. And everything happened so fast. Alaric being still clueless asked them again.
"Can anyone please tell me what are you guys talking about?" Jenna and Jeremy along with others explained to him what has happened and that Jacq is with Klaus now, She sided with him after betraying them all.
"And you guys really believed that?" asked Alaric after hearing the whole thing because frankly he couldn't believe a word.
"We don't have a reason not to" spoke up Stefan. Alaric shook his head to himself. This is Jacqueline, they were talking about for Pete's sake.
"Then why Katherine is with her?" Alaric asked trying to find a reason himself.
"Maybe Jacq bargained for Katherine's life too. They are best friends after all, aren't they?" said Elena in a bitter sarcastic tone of voice. Alaric still couldn't believe it even though he saw Klaus with Jacq with his own eyes. It wasn't making any sense to him. And he couldn't believe it either that the others are believing everything so easily. There is clearly something wrong in the picture here and he is going to find out the truth no matter what. However Alaric gave up on persuading others on believing otherwise because clearly Klaus got to them badly and no one wanted to hear anything else.
"Let's not talk about this anymore Elena" said Jeremy. clearly not liking to discuss the topic anymore.
"Yeah, we need to find a way to kill Klaus" said Stefan agreeing with Jeremy that they should move on from the current topic. He looked at Elijah and spoke to him.
"Yesterday Jacq was saying something about waking up daddy, and Klaus's face darkened right away hearing that. What were they talking about?" asked Stefan with serious tone of voice. Stefan wanted to ask this since he heard about it but didn't get a chance to do so. Elijah stayed silent for a moment then spoke up.
"They were talking about Mikael, our father. He is a vampire hunter and possibly the only one who could kill Klaus at the moment. It was his life's purpose to kill Klaus" said Elijah and everyone's face brightened up hearing that but Anna's face darkened. She knew exactly who Mikael is and what he is capable of doing. Her mother Pearl told her all about him.
"Great, we can go and talk to Mikael then, tell him that Klaus is here in Mystic Falls" spoke up Jeremy excitedly not noticing Anna's tensed up expression.
"I am afraid I have no idea where he is. I don't even know if he is still alive." Elijah lied smoothly though it was against his nature and he felt a bit guilty about lying to them but it was for the greater good. Elijah told himself to not feel guilty. Anna however frowned in confusion. She knew Elijah was lying about not knowing about Mikael's whereabouts. If she and her mother knew about Mikael and where he is locked up right now then Elijah surely knew too. It's not possible that he wouldn't. But why was Elijah lying to them? Something is not right. But Anna didn't speak up or say anything about it. She knew waking up Mikael would be a stupid thing to do. He will not only kill Klaus but all of them as well. Mikael is a vampire hunter for god's sake. He will hunt down all of them. Maybe that's why Elijah isn't telling anyone. Anna thought to herself and kept quiet about it. But it certainly created doubts in Anna's mind about Elijah's intentions of helping them out.
"So, what else can we do?" asked Stefan worriedly. However Alaric was thinking how come Jacq knows where Mikael is as she mentioned his name and threatened to wake him up, when even Elijah didn't know about his father's whereabouts. And why was she threatening to wake up Mikael if she is on Klaus's side? With each passing moment Alaric's head was getting filled up with unanswered questions.
"At this time, only Jonas could kill Klaus. He could go to the witches house and acquire enough power from the dead witches. Your friend Bonnie may have failed to channel the powers but Jonas is already a very powerful warlock. He won't fail in it" spoke up Elijah confidently.
"But you said to me once that Jonas could only succeed in killing Klaus and stay alive himself only if he uses that much power on Klaus when he is at his most vulnerable state. Even then you would have to rip Klaus's heart out to completely kill him" stated Elena. "Then this means we have to let Klaus complete the ritual." Stefan tensed up visibly as Elena said that.
"Not necessarily" spoke up Elijah making Elena and everyone else confused.
"I have the dagger now that could kill Klaus, which I didn't have at that time. With Jonas's help I can kill him without the ritual. Jonas could make Klaus vulnerable using his powers and give me an opportunity to use the dagger on him. Once the dagger will pierce through his heart, Klaus will die momentarily, but long enough for me to rip his heart out" said Elijah which is something that is definitely not gonna happen. Thankfully no one knows yet that the dagger doesn't even work on Klaus because of his werewolf side. And no one needs to know about this until everything is over.
"So, there is nothing for us to do then?" asked Stefan hopefully.
"There is I am afraid" said Elijah.
"What?" asked Stefan getting worried again.
"Make sure Klaus doesn't get his hands on Elena. If he completes the ritual then the dagger won't work on him anymore. I have to go meet the Martin warlocks now. Try to stay safe, all of you" saying that Elijah gracefully walked out of the boarding house. Everyone seemed to be holding their breaths this entire time and when Elijah left, they all released it together. Elijah and the martin warlocks were their only hope of getting rid of Klaus for good.
"Hey, where is Damon?" asked Elena worriedly. She just realized that Damon didn't come back again.
"He must be still upstairs" said Jenna who saw Damon and Rose going up. Elena nodded and got up from her seat to go upstairs and see how Damon was doing. He must be going through hell right now. Elena herself was going through hell. She knew that Damon loves Jacq more than anyone else. Elena could only imagine what he is feeling after hearing all these things about Jacq. She wanted to comfort Damon and be with him. Elena looked inside Damon's bedroom hoping to find him in there but as soon as she looked inside she turned away from the door quickly. Because inside Damon and Rose were in a very indecent state. Elena sighed out heavily and shook her head to herself then walked away from the door quickly. Damon and his ways of handling situations. It never fails to shock or surprise Elena.
Jacqueline's POV
Katherine and I entered the abandon house. We went to get the werewolf from the Lockwood cellar. With help from Maddox, we put the werewolf and the vampire together in the tomb where once Katherine was stuck. They are locked up in there at the moment. Mason was right when he said we would be doing a favor to some people by killing that werewolf. He is such an evil git. He is both a rapist and a murderer. And the vampire Elijah found was worth killing too. Both were males and both were bad and I mean evil bad. Maddox was left behind to guard the tomb while Katherine and I returned back to Klaus. Greta is still with us. She acts like Klaus's bitch. Technically she is actually. Klaus grinned evilly as he saw Katherine and I in the room and Greta threw a glare at us, particularly at me.
"Hello Sweethearts, hopefully you were successful at your work" spoke up Klaus with cheerful tone of voice. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Your puppet is guarding your werewolf and vampire right now. Call Maddox if you want to check yourself." I said and Klaus smirked more. He came up near me gracefully.
"That won't be necessary my love. I completely trust you" said Klaus and I didn't hesitate to glare at him as he cupped my face with one hand and started caressing my temple lightly with his thumb. However, I didn't slap his hand away because my disgust and uneasiness would only cause more pleasure for Klaus. And I didn't want to please him in anyway. Staying unfazed to his touches was the best way of unsatisfying Klaus. The hybrid titled his head a little to have a better look at my face. His stare was intense by the way. And it made me very uncomfortable inwardly.
"Come on sweetheart, you can't stay mad at me anymore. I spared your history teacher's life to make it up to you for yesterday" said Klaus as if he felt guilty for what he did. I scoffed at him darkly.
"Yeah, you spared his life." I said and shook my head to myself. "You couldn't have hurt him anyway Nik. You must remember our deal, don't you? Besides, you needed him to send your love filled message to your precious doppelganger." I said with nonchalant tone of voice. Klaus didn't glare at me this time for lowering his image and moreover smirked at me. He leaned in closer to my face.
"I am liking your feisty attitude more and more everyday, my love" said Klaus and his lips almost brushed against mine. Suddenly the door opened at that moment and saved me from getting kissed by the original. Elijah was standing at the doorway with a cold look on his face. Klaus leaned back from me and looked at Elijah with shocked eyes.
"What are you doing here, brother?" asked Klaus with a sneer. Elijah remained motionless and simply stared at Klaus with cold eyes.
"I am here to make sure you are not up to making more mess Niklaus." Elijah stated firmly to Klaus to which Klaus carelessly rolled his eyes.
"Relax brother! I am done with messing around for now" said Klaus with nonchalant tone of voice. That only confirmed that he is up to no good. Elijah entered the house with steady steps.
"Good." He said lightly.
The elder original brother then looked at me and I saw pity in his eyes for me. I sighed out heavily knowing exactly why he is feeling sorry for me. Elijah must know what I am going through inwardly and how much pain I have kept suppressed in my chest. Stephanie Mayer wrote the truth, it's like someone punched a hole through my chest. And every time I try to close it forcefully, it just opens up wider and makes it more painful. To be honest, I have no idea myself how am I not breaking down already. It's really shocking to me and perhaps to Elijah as well. He came over to me and looked straight into my eyes.
"Are you okay Jacqueline?" He asked with concern in his voice. Klaus on the other hand rolled his eyes seeing his brother's affection for me. If I had just nodded to Elijah, he would have caught my lie within a second. Therefore I remained quiet and looked away from him. Not saying anything is better than lying I guess, in this situation at least. Elijah sighed out heavily and glared at Klaus dangerously. After all it's because of Klaus, I am in this awful situation. Everyone hates me now because of his manipulative evil mind. And I wouldn't complain a bit if Elijah teaches him a lesson for making me suffer like this. As if Elijah has the ability to read minds because he seemed to have just read my mind miraculously and he granted my wish immediately. In a blink of an eye, Klaus was thrown across the room. He crashed into the wall and broke through it. Greta was about to attack Elijah with her magic but Katherine was fast enough and she knocked out the witch from behind before she could do any witchy mojo. Klaus quickly stood up in vampire speed and launched himself at Elijah. Katherine moved me out of the way and took me to the safest corner of the room. I was really thankful for that. If I had got caught between in their fight, I would have turned into pulp in no time. When I was satisfied enough with Klaus getting beaten up by Elijah, I stopped him and ended the fight. When Klaus tried to attack Elijah again, I shouted at him.
"I said stop, that's enough." Klaus stopped himself and backed down from the attack but glared at Elijah dangerously. He walked out of the house, which is never a good thing. Katherine got ready to follow him out but I stopped her.
"Stay, I will go." I said and Katherine was about to complain but I didn't let her. I always wanted Katherine and Elijah to sit together and talk peacefully without a third person in between them. They clearly have somethings to talk about and move on from their past problems. I walked out of the house, leaving Elijah and Katherine alone. I spotted Klaus immediately. He was walking away from the house in human speed but with long angry strides. I had to run to catch up with him.
"Leave me alone." Klaus growled at me as I started to walk beside him.
"Can't do." I said with nonchalant tone of voice which angered Klaus more and he glared at me. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Come on, don't tell me you didn't see that one coming." I said. To say that I was in a good mood at the moment would be a huge understatement. Klaus threw a deadly glare at me once again before looking away. He kept walking straight deciding to just ignore me. But I wasn't ready to be ignored.
"Elijah cares about me, you know. You angered him when you pulled that stunt yesterday to get me into trouble. You definitely deserved what you got. You are lucky that Elijah didn't snap your neck or drive a stake through your heart." I ranted without any hesitation or tension. Klaus stopped in his track and turned to look at me with a sneer.
"Yes, I am very thankful for that. Now please go to hell." Klaus snapped at me angrily but I smirked at him.
"Are you going there right now? To hell. If you are then I would love to come along with you." Did I just flirt with Klaus? I think I did. The original glared at me viciously but started walking away again and I, like a leech as Klaus thinks of me, kept walking by him. And actually I was enjoying his company for the time being.
Third Person's POV
The Abandon House
Back in the abandon house, Katherine put Greta's unconscious body on the bed. Elijah was looking at her from a certain distance. More like observing her. Both of them had many questions running through their minds but neither spoke up for some certain reasons. At last Katherine started talking.
"You really care about her, don't you?" asked Katherine about Jacqueline obviously. Elijah walked closer to Katherine with steady steps.
"Yes, I do. You above all people should know that, I don't pick up a fight with Klaus for someone who doesn't matter to me Katerina." Elijah recalled the time when he fought with Klaus for Katherine once. Even though it happened almost five hundred years ago, but the memories were still fresh. Not knowing what was Elijah thinking at the moment, Katherine sighed out and nodded her head.
"Right." She said but Katherine had more things to say to Elijah.
"That's why I am kind of, finding it hard to believe that you will really let us desiccate your brother" said Katherine making Elijah look at her into her eyes.
"I know how much you loved him. You loved him more than anyone else. And frankly speaking, I think you are going to betray us in the last moment." Katherine said that with a bit fear but still strongly. After all it was the truth. She really doesn't believe that Elijah could ever harm his brother. Elijah stared at Katherine for a while before speaking up again.
"I understand your doubts Katerina, and yes you are right, I loved him a lot and did everything he asked me to do-" Katherine cut him off at that point.
"Even let him kill me. I thought you cared about me Elijah. That you felt something for me back then. But you still let Klaus prepare me for the sacrifice." Katherine bluntly accused the original but Elijah didn't flinch at that.
"I did what I had to do. But I never wanted you to die Katerina. I cared about you. I even found a way to save your life." Elijah spoke as if defending himself and his actions. Katherine frowned in confusion and asked-
"What?" Katherine obviously didn't know that Elijah found a way to save her. Elijah nodded to Katherine.
"I had collected an elixir from a very powerful witch, that could have brought you back to life after you were sacrificed. But I never got the chance to give you that because you had taken matters into your own hands and had already run away. It started a fight between me and Klaus because he thought I let you go" said Elijah the truth. Katherine sighed out heavily.
"So, that's what stopped you from serving Klaus?" Katherine asked in a bitter tone of voice. Elijah had to think for a moment before answering that question.
"Not exactly, but it was the beginning, I guess. And now I have more reasons to desiccate Klaus than you do Katerina" said Elijah with depth in his voice. He looked at the other vampire. "You don't need to worry about my betrayal. I will never break Jacqueline's trust on me." Katherine looked deeply into Elijah's eyes, searching for a slight hint of lie but found none. She nodded her head slowly, deciding to truth Elijah's words.
"What are you going to do once you will get your family back?" asked Katherine casually, just so that an awkward silence wouldn't consume them.
"I will leave town with my family and settle down somewhere" said Elijah as he poured Bourbon in a glass in order to enjoy a drink. "It's time my siblings wake up again."
"That's it. You are not going to stay here and terrorize the people of Mystic Falls along with your family. Klaus would have done that" said Katherine because she was still finding it hard to believe his every word. Elijah gave her a cold look.
"I am not Klaus, Katerina. Besides, I have to keep my promises to Jacqueline. I am a man of my word and I will never break a promise to a person who is giving up her own life for everyone she loves and cares about." Katherine frowned in confusion at what Elijah just said.
"What? Who is giving up on life?" Katherine asked fearfully. Elijah took in a deep breath, contemplating on whether to tell Katherine or not.
"Jacqueline chose to die after Klaus will be gone from everyone's life." Elijah said it out loud. It didn't take Katherine long to figure out what exactly Jacq has planned to do. Something she didn't know about until now. How could Jacq not tell her this? How?
"She is going to stop her heart to desiccate Klaus" said Katherine and a gasp escaped her lips.
"But why? I thought Jeremy or John with their magical resurrecting rings is going to do it."
"That's not what Jacqueline has planned to do. She believes that she has to die in the end" said Elijah calmly with emotionless cold tone of voice. Katherine pictured Jacqueline's dead body lying on the ground and without her permission, her heart flinched at the thought. She looked at Elijah angrily.
"And you are letting her do it. I thought you said you care about her" accused Katherine angrily. Elijah glared back at her.
"Jacqueline didn't exactly give me a choice in this matter. But why do you care? I was under the impression that you are a selfish woman who cares about no one else but herself" said Elijah and Katherine glared at him angrily. They both stared at each other with hostility. But then Elijah smiled at Katherine.
"Looks like you are turning human again Katerina" said Elijah and as if it was an insult to Katherine she scoffed at that darkly.
"I am not letting my humanity come back Elijah. You are right in what you think of me. I am a selfish woman and staying alive is my first priority, it always has been. I want Klaus out of my life. I don't care who pays the price" said Katherine and she tried to sound heartless but somehow inwardly, she failed to be careless this time. Even though for past five hundred years Katherine followed this one rule but this time she couldn't help but feel that she was lying to herself while saying that. And Elijah just nodded with a small smile, knowing that what Katherine just said, is not true anymore. Katherine cares now, she cares about someone other than herself. But still not more than herself and so she decided to let Jacq do whatever she wants to do to put Klaus down. But for the first time Katherine hated herself for being so selfish. And it really shocked her to no limit.
The Boarding House
On the other hand at the boarding house the same time, Elena was worried about Caroline and Tyler. They were not picking up her calls and it was getting dark outside. What happened to them? Did Klaus get them already? Caroline and Tyler were absent even when they changed their plans. They still knew that the ritual is going to happen tonight. Perhaps that's why they went away to spend sometime together. But they were suppose to call Elena once in a while to let everyone know that they are fine and still alive.
"Even Damon isn't picking up his phone" said Stefan frustratingly. He has been trying to reach Damon for past ten minutes. Damon went out of the house almost one hour ago without saying a word to anyone. And Stefan was really worried and tensed up about his brother.
"Damon might be at the Grill right now. Call Ric, he must be with him" suggested Rose and Stefan dialed Ric's number. Thankfully he picked up.
"Hey Ric, where is Damon? Are you with him right now?" asked Stefan worriedly. His voice was full of concern.
"Yes, I am with him Stefan. Damon is not in a good mood right now. Klaus had just stopped by a while ago at the Grill. He warned us not to mess things up for him. Moreover Jacq was with Klaus, so you can realize, how Damon is like at the moment" said Ric and he sighed out heavily. Damon was getting himself badly drunk. Stefan knew that his brother must be a mess at the moment. He wanted to be with Damon but Stefan couldn't leave Elena alone.
"Stay with him Ric, don't let him do anything stupid or reckless" saying that Stefan hung up.
"What is it Stefan?" asked Elena worriedly. Stefan sighed out heavily and shook his head at her.
"Nothing. Did you get a hold on Caroline yet?" asked Stefan changing the topic as well. Elena shook her head in response.
"I think they are in danger. Someone should go look for them" spoke up Jeremy. Everyone remained silent for a moment.
"Fine, I will go" said Stefan. Elena didn't like it and wanted to stop him but she was worried about Caroline and Tyler. So she nodded to him encouragingly.
"I will come with you" said Jeremy and was instantly stopped by everyone in the room. Stefan got out of the boarding house, thinking about looking for Caroline and Tyler, not knowing what were they really up to or what happened to them.
The Tomb
"See, I told you Klaus was lying about Jacq letting him sacrifice us" spoke up Tyler as he and Caroline watched Maddox guarding the entrance of the tomb. They could clearly hear someone or more than one person screaming inside the tomb angrily, frustratingly. Caroline heard it better than Tyler of course.
"I never believed Klaus either Tyler." Caroline defended herself.
"Yeah? Then why didn't you stand up for Jacq when Elena was confronting her and why didn't you let me do it?" asked Tyler rudely and angrily. He refused to believe all the crap Klaus said to them about Jacq. He just couldn't bring himself to believe those things. She had done so much for him. It couldn't be just to get him killed in the end. Caroline lowered her gaze as if ashamed.
"I am sorry Tyler. I shouldn't have stopped you and I should have sided with Jacq myself. But I was scared to go against everyone. Elena and Stefan and everyone else believed Klaus and for a second I believed him too. I won't lie about it. But I had my doubts okay. That's why I am here with you right now" confessed Caroline, feeling guilty. Tyler sighed and nodded, forgiving Caroline for what she did because Tyler was feeling guilty too for turning his back on Jacq when she needed his support the most. She was there for him every time he needed her and the one time she needed him, he wasn't there for her. And Tyler was hating himself for that. But now he is gonna make it up to her.
"Let's go and tell everyone the truth. Jacq never meant to kill us. Uncle Mason said so himself. Jacq asked him to search for a werewolf for the ritual way before Klaus came to us and lied about her. She never thought about handing us over to Klaus. And Klaus obviously knows this. He just wanted to turn us against Jacq." Caroline nodded to Tyler and they started walking away from the tomb. Yes, they found out about the werewolf and the vampire from Mason. He told them everything he knew when Tyler and Caroline interrogated him about where he went to for a few days. And now it's time everyone learns the truth. Suddenly Tyler stopped in his track and a growl escaped his chest. Caroline looked up at the sky. Though the moon was already up in the sky but it was still evening and not completely dark. Tyler shouldn't start changing before an hour at least.
"It's happening faster this time." Tyler answered Caroline's unasked question.
"I have to go to the cell right now." Caroline nodded vehemently, she was starting to panic herself.
"Caroline, Tyler!" A voice spoke up from behind them. Caroline turned around and found Stefan standing not far away from them. He walked up closer to them in vampire speed.
"Where the hell have you two been? We were thinking Klaus got to you. What are you doing here?" Stefan asked confusedly as he wondered about it.
"I will explain everything to you later Stefan" said Caroline hurriedly. "We need to get Tyler in his family cellar right now. He needs to lock himself up."
Without thinking much Stefan nodded and the three of them started running towards the cellar through the woods. Tyler let out another growl and his eyes turned yellow, his bones started cracking as well. Caroline went to touch him but he attacked her. Stefan instinctively pulled Caroline out of the way and Tyler accidentally bit on Stefan's shoulder. A gasp escaped Caroline's mouth realizing what has just happened. Tyler was in so much pain that he didn't even realize that he bit Stefan until after sometime. Stefan removed his shirt from the shoulder to see the bite mark. It was a huge bite but it healed like any other wounds. Stefan and Caroline were both confused.
"It just healed" said Caroline more to herself than to Stefan.
"Maybe it was just another Myth like the silver" said Stefan feeling relieved. They didn't know yet how the bite works on vampires because Rose never got bitten. However, Tyler knew that it wasn't a myth and Stefan would die slowly. Unfortunately he was in no state of talking at the moment. Tyler got a hold on himself and they ran again towards the Lockwood cellar as fast as possible for them. Once they got there, they saw Mason standing outside of the cellar obviously waiting up for Tyler. He was still not changing yet because Mason has more control on his wolf side than Tyler.
"I will take it from here" said Mason and he grabbed Tyler then dragged him inside the cellar.
"Caroline, we have to go back to the boarding house. Elena must be worried" said Stefan but Caroline shook her head.
"I am gonna stay here, you go." Caroline wasn't going to leave Tyler.
"But Klaus could-" Stefan tried to speak up but Caroline cut him off.
"Klaus is not gonna come after us Stefan. He already got his vampire and werewolf. Jacq never planned on giving us up to Klaus." Stefan frowned in confusion hearing that from Caroline.
"What?" He asked. Caroline then told Stefan what she learned from Mason and that she and Tyler saw the werewolf and the vampire with their own eyes. They are still stuck in the tomb.
"But what about Elena? Jacq knows that the ritual wouldn't complete without killing her. She is willing to let Elena die" said Stefan. He yet again found another way to blame Jacqueline. As if Klaus had compelled him and everyone else not to believe otherwise. And it angered Stefan more thinking that Elena's life is still at stake because of Jacq. They haven't heard a word from Elijah yet and it was making Stefan very worried. Caroline didn't know how to defend Jacq on this matter. She really had no idea what Jacq has planned to do for Elena but she knew this much that Jacq will never let her sister die. Before Caroline could voice her thoughts to Stefan, he was gone from there. Caroline could only sigh out heavily and shook her head to herself. She has a feeling that soon everyone is going to regret doubting Jacqueline.
Jacqueline's POV
'The Sun Also Rises' twenty first episode of season two. It was the current time line. Klaus and I were standing at the ritual ground. The werewolf and the vampire were already in their circles. Greta was prepared for the right time to start the sacrifice. Maddox was helping her with setting up everything. He too has to take part in the ritual now that he is alive this time. Elijah and Katherine stood at a distance. Watching everything closely.
"So, you got me a werewolf and you got me a vampire. But you also promised me the doppelganger, my love. Why is her place still empty?" Klaus asked. I could tell even though his voice was calm Klaus was being impatient in his mind. I walked up to Elijah and he handed me a blood bag, Elena's blood to be specific. Klaus frowned at me with confusion as he saw the blood bag in my hand.
"What is this?" He asked with a firm tone of voice trying to hide his impulsive anger behind the coldness.
"The blood of your doppelganger." I replied. Klaus laughed out loud at first then sneered dangerously at me with a hateful glare. He grabbed onto my arms and shook me forcefully. I felt as if my body would break into pieces.
"Do you think I am playing around here girl? This is not a joke to me. Bring me Elena right now or I will kill everyone you ever met" said Klaus threateningly. I didn't falter at his threat or glare. I jerked his hands off my arms and stared straight into his eyes.
"I told you I am gonna help you become a hybrid and I am gonna do it. But in the right way. I made a deal with you Nik. So, stop threatening me and stop wasting our time. If it doesn't work, you can kill whoever you want. But right now tell Greta to start the ritual, it's almost time." Klaus kept silent and kept glaring at me for a while but nodded eventually because time was really running out.
"Just know that if I am not a hybrid in the end of this ritual, you, your family and all your friends are going to end up dead before dawn" said Klaus and I just nodded to him. Hopefully it will work, it has to. Elena was never meant to die in the ritual. It was Esther's plan to get the doppelganger killed so that Klaus will never be able to make more hybrids. I know it will work tonight.
"The moon is past its apex" announced Greta. The werewolf was screaming with pain because he was transforming. Thankfully it is not Jules this time. And Jenna is still safe at the boarding house. Klaus went over to Greta after glaring at me once again. He handed Greta the moonstone first.
"I spent five hundred years looking for this. I hate to part with it" said Klaus and Greta only smiled. She looked at Klaus longingly.
"You remember everything you need to do with the werewolf and the vampire" asked Greta and Klaus nodded and said-
"I remember."
Greta dropped the moonstone in the ritual bowl and it burst into flames. She started chanting spells and Maddox held both her hands from the opposite side of the bowl and chanted spells with her. The wolf was shouting out in rage.
"Let me go, let me out of here. I will kill you all." Klaus slowly walked over to him.
"You want to get out of here, fine, your wish is granted" saying that he threw the werewolf out of the fire circle. The wolf started running but he was pinned down in a blink of an eye by Klaus. The wolf tried to bite him but before he could, Klaus ripped his heart out. I closed my eyes and turned away from the sight. Katherine came over to me in vampire speed and wrapped an arm around me. Klaus took the heart to Greta and poured blood from it in the flaming bowl.
"Tell me this is working Greta" asked Klaus. The witch smiled broadly and nodded to him.
"It's working."
Then came the turn of the vampire. Greta lowered the fire around him and he too tried to run. But Klaus got to him before he could move and drove a wooden stake through his heart. The vampire turned grey within moments. Then it was time for Klaus to drink the blood from the doppelganger. He approached me and I gave him the blood bag.
"You should start praying." Klaus said in a soul shaking voice. And the truth was I was praying inwardly. He ripped the bag open and started drinking from it. Klaus was almost finished with the blood bag but nothing was happening. My heart started beating faster and I kept on saying prayers in my mind for this to work. Klaus would go after everyone, after Elena if this fails. It has to work. Klaus threw the empty blood bag away and sneered at me dangerously.
"It didn't work." He yelled at me and in a blink of an eye, I was pinned on the ground with Klaus gripping on my throat. Klaus would snap my neck in two and I would die. I embraced myself for the death blow but suddenly his eyes turned yellow. Klaus left my throat with a painful growl. I heard the sound of bone cracking from him.
"It worked" said Greta out loud, her eyes shining with joy of success. The fire was out now and it was dark around us. Only the moonlight helped me see in the darkness. I crawled away from Klaus as he started turning slowly. Katherine was far away from both of us now. She looked scared even.
"Elijah!" I screamed for him. We needed to keep Klaus down when he will completely turn into a wolf. In his wolf form Klaus won't have any control over him. And he could massacre the whole town if he gets out of the woods. Suddenly Luka and Jonas came there out of no where. Luka shot her sister and Maddox with sleeping drugs syringe from distance and they fell on the ground slowly. Jonas started chanting spells and one of the three circles lit up with fire again and it surrounded Klaus this time. He tried to get out of it but couldn't. Klaus was still turning into a wolf and it was hell of a painful stage. No wonder why Elijah said in the show that Klaus is going to be very vulnerable at the time and very easy to kill.
"Why are you doing this?" Klaus asked straight to me, looking at me with painful face.
"I can't let you massacre the town Nik." I said with a calm tone of voice. I was still sitting on the ground and very close to the circle, watching Klaus turn into a wolf and hearing him scream. I brought my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them. Finally Klaus has become a hybrid and soon Elijah will reunite with his family. Then on the right time, at the right moment he will be desiccated and I will be gone from here, from this world forever.
AN: So, this is it for now guys. I hope you liked it. This time I am gonna try something new, so I am not gonna ask for reviews. Next update will be up soon but can't tell you exactly when. Let's see how many reviews I get without asking for it LOL. Love you guys a lot.