Chapter 20

Alaric throws me into a locker and grabs me by the throat, holding me up against it. "I should kill you. I should gut you like Brian Walters, Bill Forbes, and all the other cowards I plan on ripping apart. You're the worst offender of them all, Klara. You don't deserve to live."

"So then, why am I still alive? There's obviously no humanity left in you, so what's stopping you, Ric? If you want me dead then kill me." I say and Alaric's eyes start to become red and with veins, "Do it! Kill me!"

Alaric's eyes become normal again and he releases me from his grasp.

"Klara!" I heard Elena yell.

What the fuck is she doing here?!

Suddenly, Stefan and Damon rush up to Alaric and grab him by his arms.

"Do it now!" Damon orders as Elena runs to me.

Alaric pushes them off of him and breaks Stefan's back, he falls to the ground, temporarily dead.

Damon rushes towards Alaric, but Alaric snaps his neck, temporarily killing him as well.

Klaus rushes towards Alaric and places his hand into Alaric's chest.

Alaric manages to pull Klaus' hand out of his chest and throws him to the ground.

Alaric grabs Klaus and throws him against the lockers.

He flips him over and is about to stake him with the white oak stake, but Klaus fights back.

A struggle ensues where Alaric continues to try to push the stake towards his heart and Klaus tries to push it away.

Suddenly, Elena yells at them. "Stop!"

Alaric looks up at Elena.

Elena has a knife to her throat. "Let him go or I'll kill myself."

I look at her with wide eyes. "What?"

"Put it down, Elena." Alaric orders.

"Why? Because you still need me alive? There's a reason why Esther used me to make you, isn't there? She didn't want you to be immortal, so she tied your life to a human one. Mine. That way you have only one life span to kill all vampires and then you'll be gone. So, when I die, you die too. That's it, it has to be!"

Alaric shakes his head. "You're wrong."

"Am I?" Elena begins to cut her throat open.

"Stop! STOP! STOP! STOP!" Alaric growls.

In his moment of panic, Klaus seizes the chance and throws Alaric off of him.

He rushes towards Elena and I, grabs us and leaves.

I woke up and noticed that I was in Klaus' house.

I felt a prick in my arm and gasped.

I looked down to see a nurse inserting a needle into my arm.

"Be careful. Moving only makes it hurt more." The nurse told me and my blood starts to run through a tube out of my body.

I looked to the side to see Elena in the same state as I.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Draining you of all your blood." Klaus replied.

I tried to get up but realized that I was tied down in a chair.

The blood bag begins to fill up.

Tyler walks into the room with a box of Klaus' stuff, he stops dead in his tracks when he sees Elena and I. "Lara? Elena?"

Tyler puts the box down and walks towards us.

"Tyler, help us!" Elena pleads.

Tyler stops halfway.

Klaus smirks. "He can't. He needs to go fetch me more empty blood bags. About three liters worth, please Tyler."

Elena shakes her head. "Tyler, please. Get Stefan, please."

Klaus stops him. "No, Tyler, get the bags."

Klaus, you fucking bastard.

Tyler stands there for a moment, than rushes towards us.

Klaus intercepts him. "Forget the girls and get the bags. Now."

Tyler looks at us, then walks out of the room.

Klaus walks behind me and grasps the back of the chair.

"So, that's it? You're just gonna bleed us dry?" I spat at him.

"Yes, but don't worry, it'll be completely painless. As the last drop is drawn, you'll simply fall asleep."

The nurse switches out mine and Elena's filled blood bags for two fresh ones.

I was becoming weaker and weaker.

"What about your hybrids?" I asked Klaus, "You'll need more than this to create your army."

Klaus takes one of the blood bags from the nurse. "These last few liters will have to suffice. You see, by attempting to kill us, my mother strengthened the bond between my siblings and I. I don't need hybrids. I have my family."

"If you believe that, then why take our blood at all? You want a backup family. You know that your siblings will never trust you again." Elena told him.

"You know Stefan blames me for trying to tear him from his brother, but I think we both know who really came between them. You. That's why you won't choose. You know once you pick a Salvatore, you'll destroy their bond." Klaus moves closer towards Elena, "Consider this me doing you a favor. Once you're dead, you won't have to choose. No broken hearts. Their family stays intact. But just between us girls, who would you have picked?"

"Rot in hell." Elena hissed.

Klaus smirked and turned to me. "And we all know that you and my brother would've never worked together…"

I cut him off. "We get it, Klaus. You're saving us from our damaged futures. You're our hero." I said sarcastically.

Klaus smirked. "Sweet dreams, Gilbert twins. It's been fun."

Klaus walks past us and leaves the room.

Elena and I are trying to get out of the chair as we grow weaker and weaker from the loss of blood.

Tyler quietly comes into the room and starts coming towards me.

I stop him. "Get Elena first.

He nods and undoes the ropes tying Elena to the chair.

"What are you doing?" she asks.

"Shhh." Tyler silences her as he continues to untie Elena from the chair.

"If Klaus comes…" Elena starts.

"Elena, hush!" I hiss. Tyler looks worried. "What is it?"

"Klaus is coming."

My eyes widened. "Get Elena out of here."

"What about you?" Elena shrieks.

"You can come back for me later." I told her and then turned to Tyler, "Go before Klaus comes. Go!"

Tyler nods, grabs Elena and leaves.

A few seconds later, Klaus comes inside the room.

He stops dead in his tracks when he doesn't see Elena.

"Where's your sister?" he asks me angrily.

I shrug. "I don't know. I just woke up."

He came closer to me and leaned down in front of me. "I can tell that you're lying, love. I'm gonna ask you again. Where is your sister?"

"Probably in Indiana by now," I joked, "Seriously Niklaus, go to hell! You really think I'm gonna tell you?"

Anger flashed in Klaus' eyes and then he slapped me.

Ouch, that hurts.

This son of a bitch!

Suddenly, Klaus was pushed away from me.

I looked up and saw Kol choking him against a wall.

Klaus attempts to grab Kol's heart out of his chest, but Kol twists his arm around.

Stefan and Damon come into the room.

Damon grabs Klaus' other arm and Stefan puts his hand into Klaus' chest, and he begins to desiccate.

Kol comes to me.

"Kol!" I cried.

"It's okay, darling. I'm here," he says as he unties me, "You're gonna be alright."

He came in front of me and helped me stand up.

I reached up and kissed his lips softly. "I'm so glad you're here!"

He smiled weakly kissing my forehead. "I'm sorry about all this, sweetheart."

"It's not your fault." I said weakly.

Kol bit into his wrist. "Drink." He ordered me gently.

I nodded and drank his blood.

I immediately started feeling better.

"Come on. You need to rest." Kol said as he picked me up.

He kissed my forehead once again, and we left.