Chapter 19 – Oh the thoughts and memories
I should know by now that when a supernatural being dies, it's never easy or straightforward. Within a few moments. almost right as Stefan's broken neck snapped back into place, the dust all around us got stuck back into place giving the pissed off original daughter.
"You killed me"
She exclaimed surprised
"You tried to kill me"
I pointed to myself and my now healed neck. Stefan chuckled under his breath coming to stand between us.
"Rebekah, we need your help"
"My help? Why would I help you?"
She spat. Stefan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose; he spends too much time around Edward. Taking both Rebekah's hands in his own Stefan told everything to Rebekah. She seemed to take it well, all things considered.
"How did you kill me?"
She asked bringing me to the present
"I'm a witch"
"I was too"
She said quietly
"Did you got your powers bound?"
"No, I became a vampire and lost them"
She whispered. I furrowed my brows, since when do you lose your powers upon turning to a vampire?
"If I let you live, will you help us Rebekah or are you going to stand with your father and family?"
I asked her clearly. Her eyes traveled between Stefan, who had remained quiet, and me.
"I love my brother but he hurt me. He put me to sleep so no, I won't be joining him"
She spat. She was sincere but she was also angry. Stefan met my eyes and nodded slightly believing her. I signed and passed my hand through my hair.
"One condition. You're on our side, not your families. Cross me and I'll kill you, permanently this time"
"And If I'm a good girl?"
She mocked and I smirked
"I'll do my best to restore your magic"
Her eyes widened.
"Deal or no deal?"
She looked at Stefan
"I trust her Rebekah. She's okay"
"Deal"
Rebekah agreed holding her hand out. I shook it. With a yawn I told her and Stefan to hold hands, took her own in mine and threw the last vial with teleportation potion to the ground.
We appeared in the entrance hall of the Salvatore boarding house. Damon was watching a movie looking pissed off. Next to him Lexi was busy with painting her nails looking proud. Damon's flesh colored nails explained why
"Do I even want to know?"
Stefan sighed. Lexi smirked and shook her head.
"Which one is my room?"
Rebekah asked with a slight bitch in her tone that went against her scared eyes.
"Who's she?"
Damon asked penitently ignoring Lexi who was waving a bottle of sparkly red nail polish near him.
"Rebekah, she's our insider"
"She'll be staying here"
Stefan added. Lexis's eyes traveled to Rebekah sizing her up before smiling widely
"I'll show you to a room"
Grabbing Rebekah's hand the two vampires were gone from the room.
"What have I gotten myself into?"
Stefan sighed with a weird smile. I felt a similar one tugging my lips
"Try not to kill at each other?"
I asked them all before making a beeline for the exit.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Home, to bed. I'm exhausted"
I complained and found myself lifted in the air. I was asleep lying in Damon's arms before I even hit his bed.
I woke up thanks to my cell phone and it took me a moment to find it and turn it off before it woke up the entire neighborhood. It was almost seven am and next to me slept Damon. He looked young and childish. My favorite part though? The moment I escaped from under his hand, his fist went to his face and his thumb got in his mouth. I shouldn't be doing this but I snapped a photo of him before grabbing my boots and tip toeing out of the room. Downstairs Stefan was drinking a full mug of something that smelt too much like blood.
"You look awful"
He glared over the rim of his drink.
"You try sleeping under the same roof with an ex and a current girlfriend"
"No, thank you"
"Which one are you sleeping with?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, Lexi is my friend. I don't want to see her getting hurt Stefan"
"Rebekah and I have history but it's Lexi. I think I'm in love with her"
He whispered with a soft smile tugging on the corners of his lips. I smiled and hugged him
"Good answer. Have fun at school"
"You're not coming?"
"Nah, got midterms. I forgot I even have them. I've never forgotten about school before"
I complained while putting my boots on and grabbing my soft blue pea coat from the sofa I waved and left.
No POV
College campus was buzzing with students complaining to each other, the lightest of all snows was swaying in the air. Elijah was standing against a tree watching the people around him with a thoughtful expression.
He had just left the warm coffeehouse confused over the erratic behavior of his companion. Sheila Bennett was a witch, a teacher in this same college, a descendant of the witches that helped his mother turns them to vampires all those centuries ago but most of all; she was the witch in charge to make sure the curse upon his brother was lifted. She had called him seventeen years ago to inform that the latest doppelganger had been born and made sure to keep the child close to her for years. There was a problem when Shiela's daughter, Abby, had decided on not helping her mother and tried to kill Elena, the doppelganger one day when she was babysitting. Thankfully Elena's parents though stopped her before the girl was killed. Angry, Shiela killed her own daughter and told her granddaughter that Abby had skipped town and made sure to keep the little girl close to look after her.
Everything was great until a couple months ago. He was lounging at his house in Europe when Sheila called panicked. She had lost control of the powerful nexus when a newcomer witch killed one of her granddaughters, set the spirits of the trapped witches free and built a house on top of the nexus to claim it for the good side. He had told her to get the witch killed. Sheila told her other granddaughter to do it but the girl was useless. She only managed to get her powers lost and bound.
That was when he got involved himself. He tried to get close to the witch after a meeting with Sheila in mystic falls but the strong, pure good of her aura kept him away. So he did the next best thing. He got her friend in bed.
And that only made things worse.
He fell for Jenna Sommers. He planned on using her body, her blood and her connection to the doppelganger but he fell hard. He got addicted to Jenna, her affectionate smiles, her goodness, and he couldn't imagine hurting her now. Killing her adoptive niece, the doppelganger, would hurt her. With only one week before sacrifice day he grasped a new plan and she told it to Jenna too.
First of all he came clean to Jenna. She was shocked to find out that the bedtime stories she was told as a child are completely true but got over it quickly. She agreed to help him to keep Elena safe. He told Jenna to get close to her niece, close enough to get the girl to evade her cold one guard Klaus sent to keep her under control and then wisk her away when the time was right.
He had gone to town and compelled one of the local vampires to go out on a murder spree to see just how good the anti-vampire council was. The vampire (that had two-timed his sister back in the '20s according to Klaus) wasn't caught, killed or tortured so Elijah knew the council was worthless.
Strangely it made the whole 'protect the doppelganger' thing easier.
He only had one more thing to do. Ask help from the witch that beat the Bennet line. He really hoped her friendship with Jenna would stop Miss Swan from killing him.
