Chapter 17.
Bonnie, Elena, Caroline and I were at my house.
Bonnie was burning sage while we talked.
"He was gloating. Like actual gloat. Like he was proud of himself for sleeping with her." Elena babbled about Damon.
I rolled my eyes. "Is it working?" I asked Caroline.
She enters the room. "It's not working. I can hear every word Elena's saying about Damon, the vampire gigolo."
"I don't know, it's a tricky spell." Bonnie frowned.
"When Esther did it, she kept the sage burning. There was a lot more smoke." My sister informed.
"Alright," Bonnie relights the sage, "Try it again."
Caroline scoffs and leaves the room again.
"Speaking of Esther, you should know that she came to see me and Abby this morning." Bonnie says to me and Elena.
"And all this time you let me vent about Damon?" Elena gasps.
"I don't want you to worry." Bonnie shrugged.
"Okay, well, what did she want?" I asked Bonnie.
"She wanted to introduce herself. Abby and I helped bring her back. She's channeling our entire ancestral bloodline for power. I think she thought she was being polite."
"Okay, well, is there a way to stop her from channeling you?" I demanded.
"Even if there was, why would I want that?" Bonnie asked confused.
"I'm not gonna let them die, Bonnie! Klaus deserves it, but the others don't. I just can't." I whispered.
Elena nodded. "Yeah and before the sun and the moon ritual, Elijah found a way to keep me alive. And now I'm in exactly the same position and I'm just gonna let him die? It just doesn't feel right."
Caroline re-enters the room. "Okay. First of all, this privacy spell is totally not working. Second," she turns to me and Elena, "You are not doing this, Esther is doing this."
"There's no time to change your mind. They'll be dead by the end of the night." Bonnie stated.
"What?" I questioned shocked.
"It's a full moon. Esther needs to harness the energy of a celestial event. She asked me and Abby to join her."
There's a knock on the door.
I went downstairs and answered it.
Elijah is outside. "Klara."
"Elijah, hello."
"I don't mean to intrude. I was hoping you and Elena might accompany me. I want to show you something."
I nodded. "I'm gonna get Elena."
Elena, Elijah and I get out of a car and walk around the woods.
"Forgot how much I missed this land." Elijah mused.
"I can't even imagine what it must have been like a thousand years ago." I replied as I looked around.
"You know, your school was built over an Indian village. Where I saw my first werewolf. The town square was where the natives would gather to worship. Matter of fact, near that, there was a field where wild horses use to graze." Elijah pointed to all the places.
"That's incredible." Elena breathed.
"Come." Elijah instructed us further into the woods.
"Do you know this place too?" Elena questioned.
Elijah nodded. "I do. Below us is a cavern I use to play in as a boy. Connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area. Perhaps it's nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savagery of the full moon. My mother said there must be a balance."
"Elijah, I should probably go home." My twin said, and I could tell she was getting scared by Elijah's behavior.
"I admire you, Elena," Elijah noted, "You remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us. It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet when I asked about your meeting with my mother the other night, you lied to my face."
"That's not true. I told you that all your mother wanted was a new start." She lied.
"I can hear you heartbeat. It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. Besides Klara told me lied to me at the ball, and you are lying to me now. Tell me the truth."
"I never wanted this to happen." Elena whimpered.
"What, Elena?" Elijah pushed further.
Elena shook her head.
It was clear that she wasn't going to open her mouth, so I started talking. "Your mother wants to kill you all."
"She wants to undo the evil she created." Elijah muttered to himself.
"I'm so sorry, Elijah. I wish there was something I could do to help." Elena begged and I glared at her.
My sister is such a bitch.
"You know, one thing I've learned on my time on this Earth… be careful what you wish for." Elijah breaks a hole into the Earth, grabs Elena and I, and jumps down the hole with us.
"Hey, I helped you!" I growled at Elijah.
"I know. And I'm sorry, Klara, but two is better than one." He replied before leaving the cavern.
Elena grabs her cell phone and tries to get a signal.
Elena and I are walking around, trying to find a way out.
I'm seriously pissed at her.
Why didn't she listen to me?
We see a way out, but Rebekah appears. "Going somewhere?"
"What are you doing here?" Elena asks, fear in her voice.
"Not much. Unless you try to run. In which case, I get to kill you." Rebekah smirks.
"You know what? I really don't wanna be a part of this. So, I'm just gonna sit down and watch." I informed as I sat on the ground.
Rebekah chuckled grabbing her phone.
She starts recording Elena. "Alright, love, now look into the camera."
"What are you doing?" Elena questioned.
"Shooting a picture to inspire your boyfriends. Why don't you tell them how delightful it is being stuck in a hole with your biggest fan?" Rebekah grinned.
Elena sighed. "I guess you think I had this coming, huh? After what I did to you?"
"You know, I don't know what I want more, to find out we're saved or to find out it's alright to kill you."
"Aw, you'd kill us?", I fake pouted, "I'm hurt."
"Well I'd kill Elena, yes. But not you." Rebekah replied.
"Why not?" I asked confused.
Rebekah rolled her eyes. "Kol would kill me if he found out that I killed his little girlfriend."
"I'm not his girlfriend." I snarled but Rebekah just rolled her eyes again.
"This isn't my fault. I wanted to get rid of Klaus. At one point, so did you. I didn't know that your mom was planning on killing all of you." Elena reminded her.
"Do you think I want to spend what could be the last few hours of my life having idle chit-chat with a girl who literally stabbed me in the back? Of course not! But for some reason, everybody seems to want to bend over backwards to save your life, which is incredibly annoying, but makes you the perfect hostage. So, why don't you sit down and shut up before I ruin everything by ripping your head off." Rebekah growled.
Suddenly, Rebekah fell on the floor dead.
I got up and ran away with Elena.
Elena and I are running through the cavern when we here Rebekah's voice. "You can't hide, girls."
Elena trips and falls.
"Not sure why I'm feeling under the weather. Must be your boys trying to find a loophole. Won't matter, I could chase you down on my worst day." Rebekah's voice seemed to be closer.
I helped Elena get up and we go to the entrance of the cave with the Native American drawings.
Rebekah grabs Elena from behind. "Boo!"
Elena head butts her, grabs my hand and jumps into the cave.
"You little bitch!" Rebekah growled at her as she tries to enter the cave but can't, "What is this?"
"Sorry," I smirked, "No vampires allowed."
Rebekah is holding a canister filled with gasoline. "Come here." she says to me.
I get out of the cave and stand beside her.
Rebekah throws some gasoline on Elena.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
Rebekah pours more gasoline around the rest of the cave. "Thought I'd shake things up a bit."
"Are you insane?" Elena shrieks.
"I prefer spontaneous. It's probably why Damon likes me so much." Rebekah teases and I try not to laugh.
Rebekah throws the canister at Elena.
Elena ducks in time and the canister hits the back wall instead.
Rebekah pulls out a match. "Here's what's gonna happen, "She lights the match and throws it into the cave, starting the fire, "You're gonna come outside, "She lights another match and throws it into the cave, "Or you're going to stay in there and burn," The fire goes out, "The next match is landing on you. So, Elena, how does it feel to know that these may be your last moments? Rebekah is recording Elena with a phone.
"I don't know, you tell me. You're the one whose mother's trying to kill you." Elena said spitefully.
"You should be very careful what you say to me." Rebekah warned her.
"You're still wearing her necklace." Elena noted.
"Do you want it? Is that your last request?", Rebekah rips the necklace off and throws it in the cave, "Here. It's all yours."
"She's not doing this because she hates you, Rebekah. She told me that she… she just doesn't have another choice."
"Spare me your pity, Elena. We're not girlfriends. Want me to prove it? Just say the word." Rebekah lights another match.
"You're not gonna do it." Elena says confidently and I look at her weirdly.
"And why is that?" Rebekah gritted her teeth.
"Because there's still a chance that you might be alive tomorrow. And if that's the case and you kill me now, you'll have used up all of your revenge. Wasted it and isn't that what you want? Revenge? Because I… I pretended to like you and then I stuck a dagger in your back. I mean, that's why you slept with Damon, isn't it? That's why you're tormenting me, because I hurt your feelings."
The match burns out, Rebekah drops it. "The tough act doesn't suit you."
"I never said I was tough. But we both know that I'm right." Elena whispered.
Elena and I were sitting on the floor while Rebekah watched us.
We heard noises and soon, Kol appeared.
"Are you okay?" he asked me.
I nodded. "Yeah, I'm okay."
He turned to Rebekah with narrowed eyes. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
Rebekah rolled her eyes. "She already told you she's fine. Don't worry. I didn't touch her."
"I don't care, Rebekah! You were keeping her hostage. I was worried." he growled at his little sister.
He did look worried, which made me happy.
Kol crouched down in front of me and grabbed my waist to pull me up. "Let's go."
I was about to protest, but he took me in his arms and sped away.
We got out of the cavern and I tried to free myself out of his grasp. "Let me go."
"You can't seriously still be mad at me!" he growled.
"I'm not mad!", I yelled but then, I lowered my voice "I'm hurt. There's a difference."
His expression softened as he grabbed my hand in his face. "I can't believe I did that to you. I'm so sorry."
"I believe you," I said softly, "But you can't just expect me to forgive you right away."
He dropped his hands from my face. "Well, I just wanted to tell you that I'm leaving town."
My heart sank.
"Are you going to come back?"
He nodded. "I will, but I don't know when."
"Okay." I whispered. He turned to leave, but I spoke again, "Oh, and Kol?"
"Yes?" he asked as he turned back to face me.
"I miss you too." I said softly.
Kol came to me, grabbed my face again and pressed his lips to mine.
Our lips moved together in perfect sync and my fingers twisted in his shirt to pull him closer to me.
Kol knew that he was forgiven yet, but at least there's hope that I'll forgive him soon, and that's what matters.
"I'll come back to you soon, okay?" he muttered against my lips.
I nodded, and he pulled me into one last lingering kiss before leaving.