After what seemed like forever, Veronica felt the car stop and she couldn't wait for some fresh air… Katherine had been teasing her mercilessly about the smell in the trunk for the past few stops and Veronica couldn't take it anymore. She was week, hurt and she knew she was getting sick… She just wanted for Klaus to come so he could take her home now… But wouldn't he be ashamed to be with her after she had to pee on herself in the car? No, he would understand, Lilly had told her so…
After being in the dark for so long she was blinded by the bright sunlight and closed her eyes when the vampire grabbed her and carried her inside the house. Then she opened her eyes to see that she was being carried to some basement. Before she could comprehend what happened, she was chained to the wall with Elena's vampire look-alike standing smugly in front of her.
"When I'm done with you you'll be so pathetic and broken that Klaus will regret ever falling in love with you." Katherine said.
"Don't listen to her Veronica, Klaus will love you no matter what happens here!" Lilly whispered comfortingly in her ear.
"Why are you doing this?" Veronica asked, her voice not sounding quite right to her. It wasn't as strong and confident as she would like and it sounded almost weak…
"It's all about revenge… Klaus had me on the run for over 500 years and he tortured me for days before I could leave Alaric's apartment… I want my revenge on him!" Katherine replied simply.
"You know what they say about revenge… You should always dig two graves!" Veronica said.
"You're the only one who will risk dying here!" Katherine said as she kicked Veronica in the legs, breaking them both on the spot and making Veronica cry in pain.
Glancing at the ghost of her best friend, Veronica knew everything would be alright in the end. Lilly had told her Klaus was on his way and that he wasn't alone… She would be fine…
"Klaus will kill you, I know he will! And he will make sure you suffer for every time you've hurt me!" Veronica yelled as Katherine laughed it off, broke her two index fingers and sunk her teeth in her neck, drinking enough blood to make Veronica even weaker than she was.
Katherine didn't even care to give Veronica blood to heal the wound, she just ripped a bit of Veronica's shirt and tied it around her neck before she left and came back with a hose that she turned on so she could pour heavy water on the almost unconscious girl.
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"Lilly says that they stopped now in some isolated farm. We better hurry because she doesn't know how long Veronica will hold on…" Jeremy said.
"Tell him Katherine is drinking for Veronica." Lilly urged him before she left again as Klaus drove impossibly faster.
"Lilly just left but she said…" Jeremy hesitated.
"What?" Klaus and sage growled.
"Katherine is drinking from Veronica on top of the other things…"
Klaus only growled and pushed the pedal as low as she would go, trying to gain more speed. On the phone with Elijah, Bonnie was promising a spell to cover their arrival… Katherine would not be able to hear them, like she had hoped.
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Time passed.
Veronica wasn't sure how long exactly but she knew that Katherine came in to torture her every time she regained consciousness… Besides her legs and several fingers, she had a few broken ribs and had trouble breathing. Every inch of her body ached and she was sure she had bruises everywhere as well. She probably even had a concussion with the constant ach she felt in her head.
She had lost count of the number of times Katherine had walked down the steps… Keeping hope was a real struggle and if it wasn't for Lilly encouraging her and telling that Klaus was on his way, she would have broken down already…
"Something's wrong Lilly… I can't hear anything…" Veronica said in a panicky voice.
Lilly opened her eyes widely and left to reappear near Jeremy. They had parked the car far enough that Katherine wouldn't be able to hear them and so she pointed them to the right way before she left again after giving them the updates.
After Lilly had left, Veronica saw a small light entering the basement and she knew what it meant: She was going to get tortured some more. She could see the feminine feet walking down the steps and soon, Katherine stood before her once again with a smirk on her face. The vampire moved her lips but Veronica couldn't ear anything… She just closed her eyes and shook her head, saying no.
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Jeremy was waiting near the cars so he would remain out of danger. He had told them that Katherine was keeping Veronica in the basement and there would have been nothing else he could have done to help anyway…
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Klaus blasted through the house in an unprecedented rage. He heard noise from the basement… Katherine was yelling at Veronica to answer and Veronica was mumbling that she couldn't hear a thing… He knew everyone was with him, following him and surrounding the house to prevent any escape from the bitch who had dared defy him.
Moving faster than he had ever moved, he jumped from the door on top of the stairs to the basement so he was standing between his broken love and Katherine. Behind him Sage, Elijah and Weevil stood.
Katherine looked around her and saw no possible escape. How did they get here so fast and without here finding out? How come she didn't hear their approach? Maybe their witch was more powerful that she thought…
"Sage, deal with her." Klaus ordered as he turned to Veronica.
He was torne between concern and anger… How could anyone do this do his sweet love? He unchained her and gathered her in his arms.
She didn't open her eyes.
He ripped one his wrist and opened her mouth, pouring the blood in her mouth and rubbing her throat to help her swallow.
He could see and hear that Katherine was being tortured and relished in that.
"Drag it out until Veronica is fully healed." Klaus said.
"I'll stay here to do it. I'll keep Weevil, Damon, Stefan and Kol with me. We'll take Katherine's car to come back… This way you'll have more space in the car to lay Veronica." Elijah suggested.
Klaus nodded. He knew that Sage would want to be near Veronica and that Weevil would want to avenge her. He stood and slowly walked her back to his car, not before he heard Weevil bit Katherine, poisoning her in the process.
Soon, they were on the road. Rebekah and Sage were both driving a car and Klaus was in a back seat with his love on his lap. She was slowly healing but she had yet to regain consciousness.
Jeremy called Bonnie, Finn and Alaric to give them the good news and if Bonnie announced she wanted to stay to make sure Veronica didn't need magical help, Alaric went home to see how Elena was doing.
This was an extra long one but I didn't feel like cutting in the middle and leaving you on a cliff hanger...
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