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Psycho Killer:

Beth waited outside a room in the hospital. Alaric had just finished taking his MRI and she was waiting for Elena to tell her what Meredith said. She just wanted Alaric to be okay. After hearing about how Ric could possibly be the murderer she's been scouring her grimoire for a solution. Right now, she was hoping it was medical. Ric opened the door, fully dressed and she walked in. "Hey, how are you doing?" She asked. He sighed and shrugged. "Don't worry, Ric. We'll get through this."

"What if I am the murderer, Beth? It's not safe to be around me, obviously." He told her as she handed him his watch.

"You're not! And...if you are? Then we'll move." He glanced at her. "Be criminals on the run. Somewhere tropical. I've always wanted to see the Bahamas." She gave him a halfhearted smile, but it made him chuckle, which made her smile."We'll get through this." Alaric nodded and gave her a smile before putting the watch back on.

Elena opened the door, walking in. She nodded over at Beth who didn't return it. It wasn't news that she wasn't on friendly terms with them. "Meredith said you were normal." She told him

Yeah, well, everything is normal, because there is nothing wrong with me. I didn't kill Brian Walters, I didn't kill Bill Forbes, and I sure as hell didn't shove a hunting knife into my stomach." He told her. Beth sighed as he picked up the ring. "Or I did and I've gone insane just like you ancestor who wore that ring."

"Look, I'm going to call Bonnie. The rings were made by a Bennet witch so maybe a witch can reverse the damage." She suggested, Beth nodded in agreement.

"If I can't find a spell, I'm sure she can. We'll figure this out." Beth added. Alaric nodded at both of them before handing the ring to Elena.

"Take it. I don't want it anymore." He said truthfully. That thing made him become a killer. The last thing that he wanted was for that to still be in his possession. She hesitated, but took it from him.

Beth heard footsteps as Damon came into her sights. "Hey, you ready to ditch this house of horrors? Oof, you look terrible." He said. Beth barely glanced at him, which bothered him more than he would have liked. He was hoping she'd be over what happened by now.

"Yeah let me...let me check out of here." He told him and nodded.

"I'll see you later. I'll look for something." Beth assured Alaric and he gave her a weak smile and left the room. She followed him out, purposely bumping Damon on the way out.

xxxxx

There wasn't much she could do until Bonnie returned her messages so after learning that Alaric was going to be with Meredith and Damon at the Restoration Fundraiser at the Wickery Bridge, she decided to go over there to make sure he was okay. Yet, as soon as she got there she saw them leaving.

She saw Damon over near Rebekah though, knowing him, she knew that he wasn't interested in her. But from his body language she could tell he wanted her to seem like he was. Beth walked down next to Rebekah as Damon left. "Please tell me that you're not interested in him." Beth asked.

"I don't know. There is a certain allure to the Salvatores, don't you think?" Rebekah asked with an amused expression on her face. Damon smirked back at them, making Beth rolled her eyes. She thought about it for a minute. "Especially in bed."

"That's something I definitely don't need to hear." Beth interrupted before she could add anything to the sentence. Rebekah grinned at her. "Seriously, Bekah be careful. I know Damon, he's very Elena oriented. And he's willing to use anyone if it's to their advantaged." She warned her.

Rebekah waved it off. "I'm sure it's different now. Elena's rejected him one too many times. Perhaps, he's realized the bloody doppelgangers aren't worth it." Rebekah thought aloud.

"I don't know. Just be careful, alright? I don't want you getting hurt." Beth told her seriously. She nodded, but she knew that she wasn't really listening. Beth just hoped Damon didn't play with her feelings.

"On a different note, how have you been since my brother left?" She asked her thoughtfully. You'd have to be blind to see how taken, Beth was with Kol. And she knew that he didn't want to leave her either.

"Fine." Beth sighed. "I'll manage. I just can't wait till this is all over."

"Agreed." Rebekah sighed. She glanced over at her friend. "Listen, I have to warn you to be careful. With Kol gone, Nik might make his intentions clear. He's fancied you for years, Elizabeth. Just be cautious when dealing with him, make it clear who you want." She advised her.

Beth felt her phone in her pocket ring with a text from Alaric. She had to meet him to talk. She hoped that Bonnie at least got in touch with Elena. "I'll keep that in mind. I have to meet up with Ric, but I'll see you later."

"Elizabeth?" She called her to stop as she looked back at the Original. "I've talked to my brother. He misses you." She told him truthfully with a small smile, that she returned. If hearing Kol talk about her wasn't enough, he could practically hear the longing in his voice. She waved goodbye as she made her way back to Elena's house.

xxxxx

Beth walked into the Gilbert house and saw Elena on the phone. She turned to see Alaric, sitting down. "Hey, she's talking to Bonnie. She might have found a spell. She'll want to talk to you." Beth nodded in agreement and sat down.

"What's all this?" Beth asked looking at a notepad in front of him.

He sighed and slid it in front of her. "Listen I need you to have this. This is a list of my back accounts, passwords, where to find my will, and how to contract other family. Just in case this...this doesn't go my way." Beth shook her head and slid it back in front of him.

"No, don't think like that, Ric." She told him, seriously. Ric sighed. He knew how hard this was for her to deal with. He didn't know anything for sure, but he knew that if this went sour, Beth needed to be okay.

"Beth, I need to know that you're going to be okay. And Elena and Jeremy for that matter."

Beth grabbed his hand going "We're all going to be fine, that includes you. We're going to be okay." She said firmly. He nodded and squeezed her hand. They were interrupted by a tap on her shoulder, as Elena handed her the phone. She took it from her. "Hello."

"Hey, Beth. It's...it's Bonnie." She said softly. Beth moved out of the room, so she could have some privacy. "I have a spell that will work for Alaric. We just need a personal effect of Alaric's, something he wore before he started wearing the ring."

"Yeah, I can get that." Beth assured her. "How are you? How's your mom doing?" Beth knew as well as Bonnie, that it had to be hard. A witch's connection to the earth and nature is what set them apart from everyone. It would be hard to lose all of that.

"She's dealing. Turning for a witch, is hard. Losing all of her powers has taken a toll on her, but I'm sure she'll get through this." Bonnie said positively. Beth smiled. "Thanks for asking."

"No problem. And thank you for helping me with this. You have no idea how much it means to me." She glanced over at Ric. If she lost him, she had no idea what she would do. He was the last of her family.

"It's no problem. I'll see you soon." She told her as they hung up.

Beth walked over to where Meredith and Alaric were talking to Elena. Beth nodded over at them. "Bonnie told me everything. We need something of yours that you were wearing before you wore the ring."

"Well, there's uh...there's my wedding ring. It's at the loft."

Beth and Elena exchanged a look and nodded. Alaric went to stand up but Meredith, gently pushed him down. "I think it's better if you stay here with me." She suggested.

He chuckled. "Yeah you and your tranquilizers. Beth, you know where is is right? Dresser by the kitchen..."

"In the aspirin bottle, yeah I got it." She nodded. Beth kissed his cheek, quickly before leaving with Elena quick on her heels. In another circumstance, she would have snapped at her to stay back, but this was Ric and she wasn't going to take any chance that she couldn't find it.

xxxxx

"I'm sorry." Elena blurted out as they reached Alaric's apartment. They drove in silence to the loft, which was why Beth was surprised that she was speaking to her at all. It was pretty obvious she was giving her the cold shoulder. "I-I'm sorry for what I did. I should have warned Elijah earlier. I didn't want to go through with it though."

"But you still did. And they almost died. All of them, not just Klaus." She snapped as she stalked up the loft. Beth knew that she should probably give her a chance to explain, but she wasn't in the mood.

"Beth, would you just..." Elena trailed off as they saw the youngest Salvatore brother leaning in the doorway of the loft.

He nodded over at Beth, who just ignored him. "Missed you at the house. Alaric told me you guys would be here." He said out to them.

Beth glanced at Elena, who was staring at Stefan. The tension between them was very clear. "Oh, brother." She mumbled as she started to unlock the door. The last thing she needed was to be caught in a lover's quarrel. She walked inside, knowing that the other two would follow her. Beth ignored their fighting as she walked around making sure everything was okay, as Day came stalking into the room. She petted the top of her head, as she went back into the room where Stefan and Elena were. She made it just to catch the tail end of their conversation.

"Wait, so, your saying that the violent behavior can still happen even if the person isn't wearing the ring?" Stefan nodded, confirming it. The girls exchanged a look, this wasn't good.

Beth walked over to the kitchen drawers and started looking for the bottle that she knew he kept in here. She tuned Stefan and Elena's fighting. She didn't want to get in the middle of that, she just wanted to get the ring and go back. Beth opened the last drawer, seeing a bunch of pictures in there. "G-guys." She called them over. Stefan looked over her shoulder. "What are these?"

"Pictures of his victims." He told her looking at them as Elena came over.

They opened the drawer a little more to find some more pictures. Beth took out a envelope filled with papers. On top she found a letter addressed to Jeremy. "Jeremy, if anything happens to me, carry on my work. You have the other ring, let the ring make you strong. The council must be cleansed before the work can begin." She read in disbelief.

Beth looked through the papers underneath the note, before Stefan took it from her. "It's the Founder's Council roster. Looks like some sort of hit list." He told her.

"No...No, Alaric wouldn't write this. T-this isn't him." Beth shook her head.

"Who else would have written it, Beth?" Stefan asked her, but she could hear the twinge of sympathy in his voice. He knew how much this had to be hurting her. Alaric

"Beth..." Elena began, but she was already rummaging through the papers looking for the bottle, she knew he kept. Grabbing it, she dumped the ring into the palm of her hand.

"I have to get back." She said walking out of the apartment, Stefan and Elena on her heels. Elena ran in front of her, as Stefan held her back. "What?"

"You can't go there alone." Stefan told her, seriously. No matter what happened before he didn't want her to Beth rolled her eyes at him. She wasn't in the mood for brooding Stefan right now, not when Alaric could be in trouble. "Beth..."

"I can. Alaric's in danger. I'm sorry that I'm actually doing something that's not for Elena, but I'm not going to sit here and wait for something to happen to him, or someone else." She snapped at him, impatiently. For all she knew, Alaric could have turned to his alternate personality.

Stefan put his hands on her shoulder, making her look at him. "Listen, I know you're pissed at all of us for what we did. And I'm sorry for that, but it's not safe for you to be there, alone. Let me help you, Beth."

Beth looked up at him and for a second she saw the old Stefan. The one that would do anything for his friends, his brother. The caring Stefan. He was slowly getting back to himself. He was struggling through this, but he still wanted to help her. She nodded, reluctantly and he followed her without another word.

xxxxx

Beth, Elena and Stefan arrived at the house a little while later with the ring in Beth's pocket. Walking into the house, Elena was about to take a step forwards, but Stefan caught her arm. He nodded over into the house, saying he was going to check it out. Stefan walked into the kitchen, as the girls stayed there. Beth looked up the stairs as Alaric came walking down. "Hey there." He smiled at the girls.

Beth could sense there was something different about him though. "Hey you. Where's Meredith?" She asked him curiously as she eyed the towel he was wrapping around his hand.

"Oh, she got called into the hospital for a last minute, surgery, but she'll be back later." He assured her with a smile, that didn't quite reach his eyes. Elena looked down at his hand, worried.

"What happened?"

He glanced down at it. "Oh, I...I broke a coffee cup and sliced my hand open trying to pick up the pieces." He said, as Beth glanced into the kitchen, where Stefan went. "So, um, did Stefan catch up with you two?" Beth shook her head, before Elena could say anything. "Did you get my ring?"

Once again, Beth cut in. "Couldn't find it. I think I must have forgot where you put it." She gave him a nervous smile.

He gave her a smile back, as he walked down the stairs to stand in front of them. "Yeah, well you know the place, it's a bit of a disaster. I guess I'll just have to go get it." He said. Beth nodded, unsure. Something was definitely wrong with him.

Beth saw his eyes linger over to the side, she followed his gaze to a knife, that had blood on it. She lifted her eyes to meet his, before slowly pushing Elena back. But before Alaric could make a move, Stefan rushed to grab him in a choke hold. "Don't hurt him!" Beth said quickly. No matter who he was right now, she knew Alaric was still in there.

"Trying not to." He grunted out. He finally made him lose consciousness as Beth rushed to his side, to make sure he was still breathing. Stefan finally sat up a little before freezing. "Elena, I need you to come upstairs with me. Beth, stay here, watch him." He said as he Elena moved to walk up the stairs.

Beth sat besides Alaric, making sure he wasn't going to wake up. As soon as Bonnie got there they would do the spell. "You're going to be fine, Ric. I promise. We'll get through this." She said quietly to him as she leaned against the rails to the staircase. She hoped so, anyways.

xxxxx

"Get out of my way, Damon." Beth said annoyed at him. She didn't want to be near him, let alone have to talk to him, but he was keeping her from seeing Alaric. He was sleep after she and Bonnie did the spell to keep his alter ego at bay. It didn't help that she was feeling a little weak, but she had to see him. "I'll hex you."

"No, you won't." He scoffed, not moving from his place in the doorway. He knew she wouldn't, but was tempted. "And it's too dangerous for you to be in there with him. You'd be an idiot for staying in there with him."

"It's called loyalty, Damon, something you obviously have no concept of." She snapped back.

He rolled his eyes at her. "You're not seriously still upset about your little boyfriend, are you?" It was a good thing she didn't know that he had white oak or he was sure she'd look for it and try to burn it.

"Bite me." She pushed past him into the room, before he could stop her again. She saw Alaric in bed, sound asleep. Beth felt slightly dizzy as she swerved on her feet. Damon saw this and grabbed her before she could fall. He looked down at her worried, but she shook him off. "I'm fine." She insisted as she walked over to the other side of Ric's bed and sat in a chair. She would sit here until he woke up.

"You're so stubborn, you know that?" He sighed as he sat on another chair, on the other side of his bed. Beth didn't answer him as she curled up in the chair, trying to keep warm. "El, he'll be fine."

"I'll believe it when I see it." She retorted. He rolled his eyes. He didn't move though, there was no way he was going to leave her alone with him, even if they did do the spell. Also, the way she was feeling dizzy made him nervous too. He hoped it was a one time thing. It seemed to quiet and he looked up to see Elizabeth fast asleep. He took one of the blankets from the end of the bed and put it over her. He sighed as he sat in front of her, silently praying that she could forgive him for what he was going to do.