Heads Will Roll:
Elena ran a hand, anxiously through her hair. Beth felt as though she was taking the news pretty well. "Why am I here?" Beth asked Rose, out of the blue. Elena was curious about that too. They didn't take her because she was with Elena and they wouldn't harm her either even. "Am I apart of the sacrifice?"
"No, Elijah will want to see you." She said simply. Rose had never seen her in person before but she was just like in the picture she had. Elena was just as confused as Beth was.
"Why would he want to see someone he's never met?" She asked her, frustrated. They were both scared but Beth wanted to know why she was here. Rose sighed. This girl was stubborn.
Beth was really starting to get annoyed with not knowing anything about her past life, especially when it got her kidnapped. "Look, the only thing I know is that you were very well acquainted to him. You're important to him." She said. Beth decided not to press her anymore on the subject; she didn't want to risk her or Elena's life.
But Elena wasn't the same. "Tell us more." She demanded as Trevor walked into the room. Frankly, the guy gave Beth creeps.
"Captivity has made her pushy, huh?" He asked amused. "What do you want to know doppelicious?"
"Who were you running from?" Elena asked.
"The originals." He answered.
Beth sighed. "Yeah she said that. What does that mean?"
"The first family, the old world." He explained to them. "Rose and I pissed them off." Rose let out an obvious cough giving the other vampire a knowing look. "Correction, I pissed them off, Rose had my back for over half a millennium, they wanted us dead."
"What did you do?" Beth asked them both and they exchanged a look.
"He made the same mistake countless others did: He trusted Katerina Petrova." Rose informed them.
"Katherine." Elena sighed simply. She was basically the cause of all her problems. It all seemed to start back at her and why she came back to Mystic Falls.
"The one and only. The first Petrova doppelganger."
"I helped her escape her fate and I've," Rose looked at him again. "Sorry, we've been marked ever since." Beth felt a bit bad for him. Katherine had obviously played a lot of people in her time. Continuously using them, no matter what happens.
Rose stood in front of both of the girls, and stared right at them. "Which is why we're not going to make the same mistake again."
Beth and Elena weren't going to get out of there anytime soon. Beth couldn't use her powers. She was too worn out from helping trap Katherine and getting knocked out. Beth and Elena were sitting on the couch while Trevor and Rose were in the other room. They said nothing for fear of being overheard but Beth gave Elena a reassuring smile. Beth moved and she felt paper. Elena looked at her and then moved a pillow to see a note. She read it over quickly, then silently passed it to her. 'Stefan and Damon are coming for your guys. –B' Elena and Beth exchanged a smile. They would be all right as long as they hurried.
Everything was silent until Trevor and Rose barged into the room making both girls jump a bit. "He's here! This was a mistake." He paced.
"No, I told you I would get us out of this." She argued. "You have to trust me!"
"I can't do this." Trevor was freaking out. "You give her to him, he'll have mercy on you but I need to get out of here." He told her desperately, fear leaking into his voice.
Rose grabbed his hands and made him look at her. She wasn't going to let anything happen to him. She was going to get them out of this. "Hey! What are we?" She looked intently at him.
"We're family forever." As those words came out of his mouth someone was knocking at the door making them all jump.
"You're scared." Elena realized looking between them. This made Beth even more frightened than she already was. How bad could Elijah be if they were scared out of their wits? She looked at Elena and she seemed to think the same thing.
"Stay here with them and don't make a sound." Rose ordered as she left the room. Elena was pacing the floor, anxiously as they waited while Trevor continued to glance at the door. Beth stood up to a scared Elena. She gently grabbed her hand and squeezed it. Silently, telling her Damon and Stefan were coming. Beth walked over to the window, to look out inconspicuously. She heard footsteps and she quickly turned around to see Rose with a man at the beginning of the staircase. Elena was staring too. He had dark hair and dark eyes with certain wisdom to them. He was wearing a suit and his eyes landed on her. This was Elijah.
She managed not to gasp as she saw him. He was the same man from her dreams. He looked exactly the same except for his hairstyle, which was slightly different than in her dream. She kept the shock from showing up on her face as he looked at her.
Elijah found himself speechless when Beth turned to see him. A flash of the same woman turning to greet him played in his head. Her hair flowed the same way over her shoulders. Her eyes held the same wonder as they held before, but something was off. There was no happy smile or and her eyes didn't sparkle with joy. This woman was frightened seeing him, not excited like before. He rushed down to stand right in front of her, his back towards Elena. She, on instinct took a step back but stood frozen as he leaned down and his cheek brushed hers, as he smelled her neck. He slowly brought his head back up and his lips just barely brushed over hers making little contact. His eyes locked on hers. "Human. Impossible. Hello there." He had the smallest of smiles, which seemed familiar to her.
Before Beth could say anything he rushed over to Elena and she took a step back too. He did the same movement he did to Beth, smelling her neck but she noticed he didn't brush his lips over hers. "Another human. Impossible." He repeated. He smiled again before turning to both girls. "We have a long journey ahead of use. We should be going." He said calmly.
"Please don't let him take us." Elena begged Rose. She looked guilty but she said nothing. Beth just wanted to wait this out as long as she could until the brother's could get here.
"One last piece of business and we're done." He told them. His eyes flickered over to Beth who walked over to Elena, to make sure she was okay. He walked over to a waiting Trevor.
"I've waited so long for this day, Elijah. I've truly, very sorry." He apologized sincerely.
"Oh no, your apologies are not necessary."
"Yes, yes it is. You trusted me with Katerina and I failed you." He said, ashamed of himself.
Elijah walked around him and then stood in front of him. "Oh yes, you are the guilty one and Rose aided you because she was loyal to you and now that I honor." He looked him in the face. "Where was your loyalty?"
Trevor looked too scared to talk but he found his voice. "I beg your forgiveness."
Elijah gave him another smile. This one wasn't as sincere. "So granted." Trevor barely smiled back when Elijah hit his head clean off of his still standing body, blood splattering that floor. Elena and Beth both gasped in shock of what he just did. The girls were practically shaking out of fear. Rose started crying, barely being able to stand on the steps.
She looked accusingly on him. "You!"
"Don't, Rose, now that you are free." He warned her. Rose silently sobbed on the steps as Elijah started walking towards them. "Come." He told them simply.
"No, what about the moonstone?" Elena asked quickly. Beth knew she was trying to buy them some time without getting him mad. They already saw what he could do.
"What do you know about the moonstone?" He asked suspiciously. Elena was trying to do her best but she was scared after what she just saw.
"We know that you need it." Beth spoke up and he glanced at her again, his expression slightly softens seeing her scared.
"And I know where to get it." Elena added finally finding her voice.
"Yes?"
"I can help you get it." Elena told him.
"Tell me where it is." He said.
Elena shook her head. "It doesn't work that way."
Elijah looked slightly amused as he looked over at Rose who was trying to stand. Beth couldn't imagine what it would be like to see someone so close to you, killed before your own eyes. "Are you negotiating with me?"
"It's the first I've heard of it." Rose finally got out.
Elijah looked straight at Elena. He was trying to compel her. He looked down at her neck and saw her vervain necklace. "What is this vervain doing around your neck?" He snatched it off her neck. Beth went to stop him but he grabbed her by the waist with one arm and grabbed Elena's head with the other. "Tell me where the moonstone is." He said as Beth struggled to get out of his grip, luckily he didn't see her bracelet.
"In the tomb, underneath the church ruins." Elena told in a dazed voice.
"What is it doing there?"
"It's with Katherine." She answered in the same voice.
"Interesting." He said simply as he let them both go and Beth went to check on Elena. She nodded, telling her she was okay. They heard glass breaking upstairs. "What is that?" He asked Rose.
"I don't know.
"Who else is in this house?" He asked impatiently. Rose was too distressed and confused to give a full answer.
"I don't know!" She repeated with more volume. Elijah pushed Elena in front of him and Beth tried to follow but he grabbed her arm as they walked into the other room. Vampires were moving around at their speed through the room. Elijah pushed Elena and Beth near Rose.
"Rose." He said in a warning voice looking around. Rose was just as confused as he was. No one was supposed to know they were there and the girls hadn't called anyone.
"I don't know who it is." She insisted.
Another blur whooshed past them all. "Up here." A familiar voice said from upstairs. Beth and Elena exchanged a look. Stefan. Elijah rushed halfway up the stairs and stopped. "Down here." Said another voice. It was Damon. Suddenly a stake went through Elijah's hand. Beth felt herself being grabbed and before she knew it, she was upstairs. Stefan had a hand over her mouth, next to her was Elena and he was motioning for her to stay quiet as well.
They heard Elijah speaking to them. "Excuse me! To whom it may concern, you're making a great mistake if you think you can beat me. You can't!" He informed them. "Do you hear that?" He asked and they heard him grab something. "I repeat you cannot beat me. So, I want the girls…on the count of 3….or heads will roll. Do we understand each other?" He asked.
Before Stefan could stop her, Beth ran into his vision on the top of the stairs where Elijah stood at the bottom. "Stop! Please, I'll go with you. Just leave Elena and my other friends alone. Please. They just wanted to help." She explained quickly. She saw what he did to Trevor and he was an older vampire than Damon and Stefan combined. She couldn't stand to see them die like that.
He chuckled at her. "Sacrificing yourself for your friends, it does seem like something you would do, Elizabeth." He said. Beth froze. She never told him her name. Rose did tell her that Elijah knew her but she didn't think he would know her that well, especially after what he did to Trevor in the other room. Before she could say another word, Elena ran and threw a grenade bomb in his face. Beth and her both dropped to the floor as it exploded.
Elijah let out a shout of pain as his face started to burn but it healed up just as quickly. He started walking towards them when Stefan ran down the stairs, shooting him with the weapon from Alaric. It wasn't affecting him in the least bit. Stefan threw it down and rushed at him. They both tumble down the stairs. Elijah quickly gets up but Stefan doesn't. Before he can attack him. Damon runs towards him with a makeshift stake out of a coat hanger and pins him against the door. Elijah dies as it pierced his heart. Rose sees Elijah and before Damon can go after her, she disappears. "Just let her go." Elena said as she and Beth stood up. Damon smiled seeing them both safe and they smiled back. She runs down the stairs and hugs Stefan.
"Hey, come here. Are you hurt? Are you okay?" He asked her quickly as he held her tightly. Elena mouthed a 'thank you' to Damon and he mouthed back a 'you're welcome'.
Beth tried to walk down the stairs but she didn't make it halfway when Damon ran and hugged her. He was just happy that she was safe. She didn't even realize she was shaking until Damon spoke softly. "Hey, it's okay. He's dead. You're okay." He whispered in her ear, comfortingly and she hugged him back. Stefan and Elena both looked at the friends. He smiled slightly at them. It seemed like Damon did care about someone after all.
"You sure you're okay?" Damon asked Beth as he parked in front of her apartment building. He had already taken Elena home and Stefan went home too. Her phone was filled with calls from Jeremy, Bonnie and Caroline but surprisingly not Tyler. She just wanted to get home and sleep away this bad day. Damon could see that something was bothering her. "What is it?"
Beth was about to wave it off but she couldn't shake this feeling. "He knew me, Damon. Elijah. It was like he really knew who I was." She said softly to him. She didn't like that. He terrified her. She didn't know what was going to happen to her and Elena if they didn't get there. Damon knew from what he said too, that it was true. That was exactly like Elizabeth.
"He's dead, El. He can't get to you now." He assured her but she wasn't sure. She still felt something. It was bothering her that plus the pain she felt in her side wasn't helping. Damon could still see she was nervous. "Hey, I promise. I'll figure it out." He said looking at her. She nodded. She surprised him by hugging him again. He was unsure but then he hugged her back.
"Thanks."
"Anytime. Salvatore does mean savior." He winked at her and she just shook her head and smiled at him. "You should get inside. Ric was freaking out when we left. It took both of us to convince him to stay."
"Yeah, thanks. I'll see you later." She told him getting out of the car. He waited till he heard her go inside before leaving. As soon as she opened the apartment door, Alaric was in front of her. He quickly hugged her. "Hey, it's not like I died or anything." She joked. He gave a half-hearted laugh and took a step back.
"Are you hurt? Are you okay? What happened?" He asked quickly as they walked into the kitchen. He gave her a glass of water, which she accepted.
"I'm fine. I'm not hurt. It's a long story. Basically, these guys wanted to give Elena over to this guy for some reason. I didn't get a lot of it but it was about the sun and the moon curse. I just got caught up in it but I'm fine." She explained. She didn't want him to get worried about her. He sighed, he could see she was tired and she needed to sleep.
"Okay, you should get some rest and we'll talk in the morning." He told her. She smiled at him and gave him another hug. He kissed the top of her head. He had been so worried about losing her and she knew that. "Get some rest, kid." He said letting her go.
"I will and you too. Goodnight." She said as she walked into her room. She closed the door and sat on her bed. Day jumped right up on her lap. She petted him absentmindedly as she got her phone out. She texted Caroline, Jeremy and Bonnie to tell them she was okay and they'd talk later. She texted Tyler too but she got no answer. She shrugged it off. She was going to reply to Matt but she was tired and all she really wanted to do was sleep. So she did.
