A/N: Thank you for all the reviews! I'm so happy you guys like the story! I can't wait to get to season 3 with Kol!;) I have considered doing a separate story about Elijah and Beth. Not exactly sure yet. I guess it depends on the next few chapters. Oh and they're definitely be more Damon/Beth moments. Hope you like this chapter!
Finding out from a Source:
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Beth asked Elena as they walked to the front door of the Salvatore house. Elena had already filled her in on the talk she had with them about them wanting to get the moonstone from Katherine Damon and Stefan weren't there, which was good because they weren't the ones they wanted to talk to. "Damon is going to kill me."
"Only if he finds out." Elena reasoned, seeing the look of uncertainty on her face. "Come on! After what Katherine said there is so much information about Klaus that Slater could have. While they're working on the moonstone we can do this. We can't just sit around" Elena knew Beth was just as scared as she was. She wanted to figure it out too. She hadn't been sleeping well since they talked to Katherine and she was getting sicker. She woke up coughing up blood this morning but didn't tell Alaric. Plus, Beth was a bit angry since Damon asked Bonnie to help them instead of her.
"Fine." Beth agreed reluctantly as they walked into the house. They walked into the living room when they heard a familiar voice.
"It's not nice to leave a girl naked so early in the morning." Rose began to say but saw it was Beth and Elena. She was wearing a short nightgown. "Sorry, I thought you were…." Beth gave an awkward wave to her.
"I….sorry…I"
"There's no one else here." Rose explained thinking they wanted to talk to the brothers.
"We actually came to talk to you." Beth told her, hopefully. Rose gave her a small smile.
"Then I should probably get dressed." She said and then she went back up to get her clothes on. Elena and Beth exchanged a look and went to wait for her in the living room. 5 minutes later they were talking to Rose, who wasn't going for their idea. "It's a bad idea." She paced as she talked to the girls who were sitting on the floor.
"No, it's not. From what Stefan told me your friend Slater obviously has more information on Klaus. You and Damon just gave up before you got it." Elena accused her.
"Because someone blew up a coffee shop with us in it!" Rose argued.
"I think Elena's right." Beth spoke up and they both turned to her. "There's more to learn. We just have to find a way to learn it." She agreed with Elena, they needed more information if Klaus would be coming after them.
"Why are you two coming to me with this?"
"Because you owe us! One word from us and Damon and Stefan could have killed you for kidnapping me." Elena told her.
"Or maybe it's because you know they wouldn't want you doing us. And their moonstone caper gives you a chance to sneak away." Rose said to them, looking at Elena. Elena was hesitant.
"We're having a disagreement okay? They're willing to risk everyone I love and I'm not." Elena explained.
"They're just trying to protect you." Rose defended them. She saw how they were when they came and got them. They cared about her and Beth and they don't want anything to happen to them.
"And you've proven you could care less whether I'm protected or not so we're back to you taking us to Slater." Elena said.
"What exactly do you hope to achieve by this?" Rose asked annoyed that she wasn't listening to anything she was saying. Beth had an idea.
"How would you like to be able to walk in the daylight?" She asked her and Rose and Elena turned to her, surprised.
"I've been a slave to the shadows for 500 years, what do you think?" Rose asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"I'm a witch and I can make that happen, if you're willing to make a deal." Beth explained. Rose seemed to consider this, eventually she agreed. A few hours later they were in Richmond at Slater's apartment. They reached his door and Rose knocked.
"Slater?" She yelled. "Slater, it's Rose. Open up!" They waited for a moment and there was no answer. "He's not home, sorry." She went to go leave but Elena stopped her.
"Uh-uh. No. We didn't come all the way out here for nothing."
Rose sighed and then pushed up the door, breaking the lock from the other side. "After you." She gestured and they entered in front of her. Rose looked around. "Slater?" She called through out the apartment. Beth and Elena looked around the large apartment. It seemed kind of fitting for someone who was a research genius. "I don't think he's going to be much help." Rose told them. Elena and Beth walked over to her where she was standing in the doorway of a room where Slater's body was. He had been staked.
Elena walked over to his computer and looked at the papers lying on the desk. "Looks like whoever blew up the coffee shop, found him and killed him for his information."
"Yeah probably to stop him from helping people like us. The guy was a vampire almanac. Knowing too much information but him in the ass." She told them regretfully and she went over to the window and opened up the curtains to let the light in.
Beth didn't understand how she was okay. "What are you…"
"Tempered glass, UV rays can't penetrate." Rose explained simply as she looked outside. "I used to come here and watch the day." She said wistfully looking outside. Beth walked over and put a comforting hand on Rose's shoulder. Rose looked at her shocked at this gesture but then a faint smile of appreciating appeared
"I'm sorry about Slater." She said and Rose nodded.
"Any luck?" She asked walking over to Elena and Beth followed.
"It's password protected, I can't get in." She told them frustrated.
"Then this is pointless, let's just go." Rose said before either girl could argue they heard a noise. They all shared a look before Rose walked away. "Stay here." They did what she told. Rose walked over to a room that they guessed was Slater's. She opened it quickly and saw a sobbing girl. "Alice?"
"Rose!" The girl cried out and ran to hug her still sobbing. Rose brought her over to the couch in the living room while Elena and Beth went into the kitchen to give them privacy and to help by making her tea.
Rose walked over to them. "She found him a few minutes before we did."
"How is she?" Elena asked her sympathetically.
"Overreacting. Big time." Rose told they and they both looked at her in disbelief.
"Her boyfriend just died. There's not such thing as overreacting!"
"Those tears are for her. She didn't care about Slater. She was only dating him long enough to see if he'd turned her." Rose explained. She obviously was irritated with the girl for using her friend like that. Beth nodded understanding her lack of sympathy for her. They went back over to her.
Elena politely handed her the cup of tea. Alice seemed to have calm down a bit now. "Thank you." She thanked her taking the hot drink. She looked at her again. "You look really familiar. Did you know Slater?" She asked and Beth knew she must have seen a picture of Katherine.
"Not personally, no. I just knew he kept detailed records of all of his vampire contacts and I was hoping he could point me towards Klaus." Elena covered up but Alice just scoffed at her thinking.
"Doubtful. Klaus doesn't want to be pointed at."
"Do you know Slater's computer password?" Elena came out and asked her.
"Are you seriously asking me that right now?" She looked at her in disbelief. "I just saw my boyfriend with a stake through his heart!"
"I understand that." Elena said calmly. "Do you know his password?"
"Who do you think you are?" Alice asked her outraged. Elena sighed, heavily and Rose just looked on at the scene. She took a sip of her tea and Beth sat down next to her.
"What if I could convince Rose to turn you?" Beth asked her. Rose looked at her shocked. "Will you show us his files then?" A few moments later, Alice was at his computer with the other girls standing behind her letting her finish.
"Someone's been here. The hard drive is completely wiped out." Alice's focus was completely on the computer in front of her.
"Yeah, probably whoever killed him." Rose suggested grimly.
"Lucky for you. Slater was paranoid. Everything's backed up on a mode server." Alice went back to working on the computer. Rose motioned for Beth to talk away from her and Elena.
"You know she's not going anywhere near my blood right?" She asked Beth making sure they were on the same page. That wasn't part of the deal and she wasn't going to turn Alice.
"I know that but she doesn't." Beth said to her. Rose smiled at her cleverness and they went back over to Alice and Elena.
"Kristen Stewart. God, was he obvious." She said talking about the password. They all looked at the computer with interest. There was a ton of information here.
"These are all leads to vampires?" Elena asked astonished at Slater's research.
"Slater was obsessed. Almost as much as me." Alice shrugged.
"What about that one?" Rose pointed out and they looked closer. "Cody Webber. They exchanged dozens of emails about Elijah."
"I could call him." Alice offered and Elena handed her, her phone.
"Tell him we're trying to send a message to Klaus: The doppelganger is alive and she's ready to surrender." Elena said simply.
Rose and Beth both turned to her. "What?" They yelled at her.
"Oh my god! I knew I recognized you." Alice exclaimed excited.
"Get him the message please." Elena asked and she walked into the other room. Beth and Rose went after her angrily.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Beth asked her.
"I'm getting Klaus' attention."
"If Klaus knows you're alive, he'll find you and he'll kill you!" Rose warned her and they saw the look on Elena's face. She was accepting that fact. "Which is exactly what you wanted all along."
"What the hell's the matter with you?" Beth asked her and Elena was taken back by her tone. She never told her that's why she wanted to come. "Did it ever occur to you what your family would do if they lost you? Jeremy, Jenna!"
"It's either me or my family." She said simply.
"So this whole charade is some suicide mission so that you could sacrifice yourself and save everyone else." Rose realized. She was irritated at being used like that. That wasn't apart of the deal. Alice walked into the room, excited.
"Cody's on his way and he really wants to meet you." Elena gave her a appreciative nod and walked away with her. Beth looked at Rose who was still surprised at what she did.
"Call him." Beth said simply. Rose knew who she was talking about. He would be extremely pissed at them especially Beth since she agreed to ask Rose but Elena wasn't leaving without a fight and they would definitely need him. Damon could help them.
"I'm sorry. I had no idea that's what she wanted to do." Beth said after she hung up the phone. Rose waved it away.
"It's not your fault that the stupid girl is going on a martyr mission." Rose told her and Beth gave a halfhearted chuckle. She began to feel the searing pain in her stomach again and she bent down holding her stomach. Rose ran to her side. "Elizabeth?" She asked sounding worried as Beth groaned in pain. She nodded but started to cough a bit but Rose wasn't convinced. She went to the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She began coughing violently and she grabbed some tissue on the side of the sink and held it to her mouth until the coughing finally subsided. She saw blood on her hands. She looked and saw the tissue was covered in blood. That wasn't good.
"Elizabeth?" Rose knocked on the door. "Are you all right?" She asked. Beth flushed the tissue and washed her hands and mouth to get rid of any residue of blood from her body. She felt a bit sick as she opened the door to Rose but gave her a smile that didn't reach her eyes. It wasn't her usual happy smile. "What happened?"
"Coughing fit. You know how it is when sometimes it just won't go away." She lied smoothly. She went to walk away but Rose grabbed her arm and spun her to look at her. Beth gave her an innocent look but she wasn't buying it.
"I smelled blood." She stated. Beth looked down. She realized she was coughing up blood and she was in pain. "You're sick. You're really sick. Have you told Damon you're sick?"
"No!" Beth said quickly. She didn't want anyone to worry, least of all him or Alaric. "I'm fine, Rose. I've just overexerted myself the pasts few weeks. I've put protection spells on Alaric and my apartment. I'll be fine, seriously." Beth nodded and she walked away from her before she could ask anything else. She was hoping she didn't say anything, especially not to Damon. She wasn't feeling any better but they had more important things to worry about than her.
