The Plan in Action:
"Are you sure this is okay?" Beth asked Caroline about her dress as they got out of the car. She liked the dress but she didn't know if it was too short for her. Luckily, she had a change of clothes in the back just in case. Caroline handed her a black mask that she put on.
"Yeah, you look hot!" Caroline complimented her with a smile. Beth still wasn't sure. She borrowed Caroline's sleeveless v-neck mini black dress. It went down to about her knees and the bottom was had ruffles in it with a white sash that goes around her waist. "Seriously, you look great and if we're going to be taking down a powerful vampire might as well look hot." Beth laughed at her as they made their way into the crowded Lockwood house.
They walked in and the music vibrated beneath their feet. They split up knowing what to do. She waited for Bonnie and Jeremy to text her to tell her to meet them. She wandered near the stairs when she heard a familiar voice. "Wow! You look great." Tyler smiled. She turned and saw him a suit. She laughed.
"Your surprising tone is a bit disheartening." She told him truthfully and he just chuckled. "And you don't look so bad yourself. Never thought you'd be in a suit. Ever."
"If it were up to me I would have just put on jeans." He told her as they walked out of the house outside where the grounds were just as crowded as the house was. Before they could make it down the steps, Matt came.
"Hey, sorry." He apologized for interrupting them. He then caught a look of the girl he was talking too. She took off her mask and he was even more surprised. "Beth?" He said shocked.
"Always the tone of surprise around here." She teased.
Tyler notice Matt's eyes practically bug out. "You look amazing." He finally got out. He saw Beth blush slightly at the compliment and thanked him. Matt couldn't stop smiling at her. Tyler looked between them and decided to stop whatever was going on between his two friends.
"So what was it that you needed?" Tyler asked. Beth glared at him knowing exactly what he was doing.
"I was wondering if I could talk to you for a bit, man?" He asked Tyler. Beth saw Damon talking to Stefan. Tyler looked to her and she nodded.
"Go ahead. I'll catch up with you later besides I think Bonnie wanted to see me." She lied smoothly and he took off with him. She waited until they were inside before walking down the steps. In a moment, Damon was right in front of her grinning. "One of these days you're going to get hurt doing that, Damon."
"Well, someone looks absolutely gorgeous." Damon complimented her with a small smirk on his face. Though he said as though he was teasing her, he actually meant what he said.
"Why, thank you." She smiled at him. Beth had a question for him. "Hey, Damon? Let's say this plan does work. What happens next, afterwards? Are we going on our happy joyous supernatural filled lives?" She asked Damon as she helped him with his tie that came loose. He shrugged. That's kind of what he was thinking.
"Yeah, pretty much. At least until the next crazy big bad comes to town." He grinned at her. She dropped her hands. Damon grabbed her hand to make her look at him. "It's not to late, El. You don't have to do this. Bonnie can do the spell." He said. He tried to hide the concern in his voice but it was apparent to her. She gave him a reassuring smiled.
"I'll be okay, Damon. Just get ready when it's your turn." He searched her face for some kind of fear of the plan but he found none.
"Here take this." Damon said slipping her the moonstone and Beth looked up at him surprised. "Keep it safe and be careful." He told her seriously. He wouldn't have trusted it with anyone else. He knew no matter what happened, Beth would make sure that it was in the right hands.
Her phone vibrated with a text from Bonnie telling her to get upstairs. She put her phone in her pocket. It was now or never. "Right, well, let's go kick some Petrova butt." Beth said enthusiastically with a smile. He knew she would be like this. She was his best friend, he knew her better than anyone. She would always try to keep things light. That was who she was. Even when they were facing Katherine, someone they should be afraid of she still didn't let it get to her. She would just smile in the face of danger. She wouldn't let it get to her. He just chuckled at his friend as she left the room.
"Done!" Beth said to Jeremy as her Bonnie opened her eyes, after they finished the spell. They had the room ready. It would be just like the tomb spell. A vampire, once inside, couldn't leave until they lifted it. Bonnie and her shared a smile. It wasn't a difficult spell when two powerful witches did it together but still Beth felt a bit off.
"That's it? You're sure?" He asked them as they stood up.
"Yep, that's it." Beth confirmed as they started to walk out of the room. Bonnie stopped sensing something. "Go with Bonnie. I'm going to go tell Damon." She said walking away. She found Damon wandering outside near the entrance to the house. "All right. It's done."
"You sure?" He asked and she nodded. He looked at her. "Keep it safe." He left and walked inside the house. She knew Caroline would be doing her part by now so she could only wait. She went to sit down when she saw Jeremy, who looked worried and he quickly waved her over. She ran over to him and he pulled her behind a bush before she could say anything and Elena and Bonnie were there, waiting.
"Oh! Hey, Elena. What are you doing here?" Beth asked innocently.
"She knows." Jeremy told her.
"You guys are trying to kill her here?" Elena asked them, shocked.
"We saw an opportunity, we knew we had to take it." Jeremy explained.
"Okay, stop with the 'we'! Are you guys crazy? You're going to get yourself killed!" Elena exclaimed worried.
"We know what we're doing, Elena." Bonnie assured her.
"Yeah we already have a plan." Beth added.
"And how am I supposed to feel if one of you guys gets hurt because of me?" Elena asked. She looked at all of them, including Beth. She was a good friend too and she didn't want her to get hurt either.
"It's not just about you anymore, Elena. She's messed with all of use, she has to be stopped." Jeremy told her.
"Yeah but you could get hurt! She's dangerous." Elena argued.
"Exactly! Elena, we could get hurt but if we back off she's just going to keep coming at us." Beth reasoned with her. "Next time she might kill someone herself. We had to do something." Before Elena could argue she let out a scream of pain and put her hand on her back. "Elena!"
"What's going on?" Jeremy yelled, worried about his sister as she screamed again and blood popped up on her shirt. "Bonnie? Beth!"
"It's Katherine!" Beth realized. "She's been linked to Katherine. We have to stop them. Bonnie, stay with Elena." She said as her Jeremy ran into the house. They sprinted up the stairs. Beth ran and opened the door to the room to see Damon about to stake her. "Damon stop!" She yelled and he froze still holding her in place.
"Stop! You're hurting Elena! Everything you're doing to her is hurting Elena." Jeremy told them urgently. A wicked smile, developed on Katherine's face. She took the stake from her hand.
"You think you two are the only ones with a witch on your side?" She asked them and she turned directly to Beth. "Wrong and something tells me that my witch is better than your witch."
"I highly doubt that." Damon told her and let her go.
"Jeremy, go check on Elena. Make sure she's okay. Go!" Stefan demanded and Jeremy ran back down the stairs. "Beth?" He looked at her and he knew what he was asking. He wanted to know if she could stop it. Katherine looked between them and knew too. She threw Stefan and Damon to the side and ran across the room and pinned Beth to the wall.
"Come on, Elizabeth. You and I both know you can't beat me." Katherine said and she grabbed her neck and squeezed to cut off her air supply. Beth couldn't breathe. Before she could do any more she was tossed across the room and Beth sank to the ground, gasping for air. Damon kneeled beside her and helped her up. He checked her over and saw she was okay.
"Go see what you can do to help." He told her, seriously. "Go!" He just wanted Beth out of the room with Katherine. She knew she could do a lot worst if she got the chance. Beth nodded and took off downstairs.
She was so shaken from the encounter that she ran down the stairs but ran right into Bonnie who was talking to someone who was wearing a black dress and holding a black mask. "Whoa! What's going on? Is Elena okay?" She asked.
Bonnie however was still looking at the woman. Beth could sense she was a witch. "Yeah. This is Lucy she came with Katherine."
"She's a witch." Beth concluded and they both nodded. "And you put the spell on Elena." She accused her.
"Look, I have no interest in fighting you." She told them both.
"Then stop the spell you put on our friend." Bonnie demanded.
"Give Katherine the moonstone and I will." She negotiated.
"Why are you helping her? Don't you know what she is?" Bonnie asked her.
"Just tell your friends to hand over the moonstone and all will be groovy." She said nonchalantly. Beth almost let her eyes wander to the pocket of her dress where she hid it.
"I don't think so." Beth said. She was not about to give Katherine anything except an aneurysm after what she did to her. "You're not leaving this room until you stop the spell." Beth backed her into the wall.
"Look, I don't want to hurt you."
"And we don't want to hurt you." Bonnie added.
"Look, I don't have a choice! That bitch saved my life and I owe her. I have to pay up." She explained. She was just trying to pay off a debt, in the only way she could by helping Katherine. She moved to walk away but Beth caught her wrist tightly.
"You have the moonstone. I can sense it on you." She told her. Beth quickly let go off her. Bonnie stepped closer to them. She put a hand on Lucy's arm trying to get her to listen. Just then the room started to shake and the lights were flickering.
"Do you feel that?" She asked Bonnie. She grabbed her forearms. "You can trust me. Give it to me, it's okay." She said. Beth and Bonnie exchanged a look. Frankly, Beth didn't trust her at all but she knew Bonnie could sense something she couldn't. She sighed as she handed over the moonstone. "Thank you. I'll take the spell off of Elena." She agreed as she left them.
"You sure about this?" Beth asked and Bonnie nodded. All they could do was wait for her to hold up her part of the deal. Beth decided to change in the bathroom since they would have to leave soon when she came back she started pacing around the room until she couldn't take it anymore she headed up the stairs to find Lucy leaving and Katherine on the floor unconscious. Lucy gave her a short nod before leaving. Stefan grabbed Katherine and ran off. The spell was broken. Damon walked over to her.
"Are you okay?" Damon asked her worried. There was a slight black and blue bruise starting to form on her neck where Katherine grabbed her but nothing too bad.
"Y-yeah. I'm fine." She assured him but she found herself still a bit shaken up and feeling kind of sick but she was alive. He nodded. "Where are you taking Katherine?" She asked.
"To the tomb. It was Stefan's idea." He explained but Beth thought that deep down he couldn't do it. He still had feeling for her. "You should go home and get rest."
"Are you sure? Because I can go with you if you want." She offered. She was going to sleep over at Caroline's house anyways.
"No. I'll be fine. Seriously, you should get back." He told her firmly. She was a bit surprised at his tone but agreed. He sighed as he watched her walk down the stairs. She walked over to her car and leaned on it waiting for Caroline to come. She heard a noise near the water fountain and started walking towards it. She didn't see anything though before she could move she felt someone wrap a cloth around her mouth. She struggled for a minute against their strong grip on her. Her mind got cloudy, when the aroma reached her and she couldn't think of a spell. She slowly slipped into unconsciousness.
