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The Day It All Ends Part Three - Stefan's POV (6):
6:00pm
It hurt so much. What the heck was she doing to him?
As much as he tried to not utter a sound - so she wouldn't get that satisfaction - he couldn't help the occasional shout. It was agony!
After throwing him around the room, she had started attacking his back. In a daze, he wondered if Bonnie was ever going to show up.
Maybe Damon's killed her? And Elena? Maybe he's turned into a bloodthirsty kitsune too!
The immense weight of emotion that thought brought, as well as the sheer agony, made him lose consciousness, just for a minute or two.
When he next opened his eyes, he saw his brother.
For some reason, this brought him a little strength. If his brother was the last thing he saw before death (again - when he had first 'died' his brother had been beside him), he'd be content.
His brother who wasn't looking at him with hatred was even better.
As if from far away, he heard Mitsao say "Who is that? What's she doing?"
He suddenly felt a minimal piece of strength flow through him and a familiar mental voice he never thought he'd ever hear before echoed in his head;
Fight back, brother. I know you can.
He knew it was time, he could hear Bonnie muttering under her breath.
Taking a deep breath, Stefan pushed himself off the floor and, ignoring the screams his muscles were giving, launched himself at Mitsao.
Obviously she had thought him gone far beyond consciousness, because she shrieked and gave no resistance, allowing him to gain the upper-hand.
Wrapping his arm around her neck, he restricted her breathing while a look of utter shock came to her face, for even kitsune's needed to breathe.
For a moment, Stefan wondered why she didn't simply use her powers to fend him off, but then it hit him - Bonnie's help in destroying her must be to strip her of her powers.
Stefan needed to do the rest.
Looking around the room, his eye caught on the stake that Damon had held earlier, lying in the doorway. Perfect.
As he was carefully manoeuvring his way backwards, he chanced a look up and saw Damon just standing there, as if mesmerised by the scene in front of him.
Well, so long as he doesn't start coming after me before I'm finished!
No sooner had he completed that thought when he almost blacked out again. Mitsao had been able to bring her hands to whatever she'd been doing on his back and had dug in hard!
Although her nails no longer resembled claws, Stefan felt the pain worse than if he'd been on fire.
Tumbling to the ground, Mitsao sat astride him and made a beeline for his throat. Just managing to bring his right arm up in time, he could feel himself weakening by the second.
Flinging his left hand as far as it would go, Stefan reached for the stake, just an inch away...now a centimetre...now a millimetre... But it was no use.
He should have fed on Bonnie when he'd been given the chance. Now he was going to fail in saving his brother because he was the weak link in this plan.
He had failed both Damon and Bonnie.
He glanced at her now, and saw her despairing eyes. She knew that his strength was too little - she had known from the beginning, but had wanted to give him a fighting chance. And he had lost.
Mitsao saw the defeat in his eyes, and with a cackle she deliberately slowly reached for the stake. But her hand stopped short.
Why was she taking so long? Stefan glanced over for a second, not wanting to lose concentration on the more immediate threat of her nails.
He took a better look.
It was gone.