A Bad Surprise:
Beth slowly woke up, looking around her surroundings. She was in Klaus' mansion. She found that she fell asleep sometime while crying last night. Sitting up, she realized that she was in Klaus' bed again. This time he was nowhere in sight. Looking around, she saw boxes packed up. As soon as she sat up, he came into the room, fully dressed. "Hello, love." He gave her a weak smile. She looked at him warily. "You fell asleep and I brought you here. I thought you'd be more comfortable than in the forest."
"Oh, um, thanks." She said softly. She was surprised he even came looking for her, after their fight. She didn't care though, right now she was still too numb to care about much. "You, um, you didn't have to. You could have woken me up. I would have left."
"I wouldn't have done that. It's fine." Klaus told her seriously. He followed her gaze to the boxes stacked up around the room. "Oh yes, I'm leaving today. I would ask you to come, but I...I figured I'd already know the answer, but the offer is still open."
"Yes." She said quickly.
He looked at her shocked. "Y-you'll come?" He was surprised that she would be so willing to be alone with him again. She was hardly friendly the night before, but she seemed to be keen on getting out of town, even if it was with Klaus.
She nodded. The last place that she would want to be is in Mystic Falls. Alaric was the only reason she was staying. Kol wasn't here and It was obvious that no one else needed her here. Leaving wouldn't' bother anyone. "I want to leave, I don't want to be here anymore. I'll go with you." He looked happily surprised. "On one request."
"Name it, love."
"I want to find, Kol." She said truthfully. The only person that she thought she could be around was him. Before she wandered off into the woods, she tried calling him, but he didn't answer. Klaus grit his teeth. That wasn't what he wanted to hear. The fact that once again he had to share her, made him annoyed. "You said anything, Klaus."
"I don't know where he is."
"But you could find him. You want to try and make it up to me? Help me find him, please." She asked him calmly. Klaus thought about this for a minute before nodding. She surprised him by giving him a quick, hesitant hug before he could even return it. "Thank you. This doesn't mean that I'm not angry, but I'll hear you out. On the way there?"
"Yes. Elizabeth. Thank you. It's not at all what it seems." He told her desperately.
She nodded, cautiously. There were so many thing that made her want to believe him, but she couldn't blindly believe him anymore. "On the way there. I'm going to, uh, get some clothes from Elena's house and then come back. Okay?"
"Alright. I'll be right here, waiting for you." He promised. She nodded, as she walked out of the room. He hesitated before taking out his phone. He, of course got Kol's voice mail. "Brother, I'm leaving town today. Elizabeth doesn't want to stay, she's agreed to come with me. We'll be leaving this afternoon if you want to join us by then." He finished the voice mail with a sigh, not knowing that Beth was smiling happily from behind the door, as she left the mansion.
Beth made it to Elena's house, coming in through the kitchen door quietly so no one could hear her. She tip toed past Alaric's old room, which was now being painted into the room he made for her. She tried not to cry seeing that none of his things were there anymore. She'd have to box some of his stuff from the loft to bring with her. Beth quickly stuffed some clothes for a few days in a bag. They'd sure to stop somewhere. While she was finishing up. Jeremy came in. "Hey, I didn't hear you...come...in. What are you doing?" He asked her confused, before glancing at her bag. "Are you packing?"
"Um, yeah. I-I'm leaving with Klaus. I can't stay here anymore, Jere. He need someone for his hybrids, we'll leave Mystic Falls and you guys will be safe." She explained as she quickly zipped up her bag. Jeremy stopped her though.
"You can't seriously leave now. Beth, I'm...I'm sorry about Ric. I miss him too, but you can't leave, especially not with Klaus." He asked her. He already lost so many people and Beth was his friend. She was the last person he wanted to leave. "You can move in here with us, if it makes it any better."
Beth gave Jeremy a weak smile. "Thank you, Jeremy, but I should go. I'll be fine. I'll call and check in, but I don't think I can handle being here, anymore."
"What?" Both of their heads turned to see Damon in the doorway, arms crossed and looking angry. "You have to be kidding me? You can't leave with Mr. Hybrid King." Beth sighed and shook her head, turning back to her bag, stuffing some more things in. "What things get tough and now suddenly you're going to just take off again?"
"You have no right to judge me!" She snapped at him, angrily. It was understandable that he didn't want to leave, but blaming her for having to go with Klaus last summer was crossing a line. "You know that the first time I didn't want to leave, but guess what, Damon? I did it for you! I left so you could stay alive!" That seemed to surprise him.
"Stop!" Jeremy stopped before Damon could snap back at her. He wasn't stupid enough to think yelling at her would make her stay. "Please, don't go, Beth. You can't leave yet."
"No, screw this. You're staying here." Damon interjected, pulling Jeremy out and slamming the door, leaving her inside. He wasn't going to risk her trying to leave or Jeremy let her leave. No matter what she thought, he knew her leaving in the state she was in, wasn't good.
"Let me out, Damon!" She snapped, pounding with her fists on the door. She knew that he was standing right outside, but wouldn't let her out. She considered for a moment, blasting the door down, but knew it would take a toll on her physically. She resorted her only option. It was obvious she didn't want Klaus involved, but she needed to get out of there. Continuing to the pound the door, she texted Klaus hoping he would come soon.
After waiting a while and changing her clothes, Beth decided to try her luck on the door again. To her surprise the door wasn't being held close by anyone. She grabbed her bag and hurried downstairs where she found Bonnie still in her costume from last night, bleeding as Stefan and Damon stood around her. "Whoa, what happened to you?" Beth exclaimed walking into the kitchen.
Damon exchanged a look with Bonnie. Before he could tell her not to tell her, she was already speaking. "Alaric's alive. The witches led me there so he could feed and turn." She admitted quickly. Damon sighed. :I blacked out after that so I don't know where he is right now."
"R-Ric's alive?" She asked surprised. She couldn't fully be happy with this new found information because by the time she replied, Damon was already on her.
"No, El. Alaric is dead. He died as soon as he turned last night. This guy, isn't him. He's a vampire with absolutely no humanity, no on switch." He warned her as he took a step towards her. "He's a vampire, a hunter who can't be killed and probably has the indestructible white oak stake that can kill an Original. Oh and where we have no idea where he is." He flashed a glare at Bonnie.
"I get it, Damon. You don't need to remind me." She snapped at him. It wasn't like the thought that Alaric wasn't going to be herself didn't cross her mind, but he couldn't blame her for being slightly happy. Even if he wasn't himself, he was still alive. In some way. "But he's not immortal."
"What?" Damon asked incredulously.
"She's right." Bonnie spoke up from her place at the table. The Salvatores and Beth turned to her. "A witch can't truly make an immortal creature, there is always a way to undo a spell."
"Well, what's the witchy work around?" Damon asked.
The witches exchanged a look. "That's the problem. I don't know." The brother sighed. That wasn't good. The problem went from bad to worst with no solution. Beth dropped the bag off her shoulder, there was no way she would leave right now.
Suddenly, the door bell rang. Stefan went to go answer and Damon, followed behind him. "Beth?" Bonnie began cautiously. She looked over at the the other witch. "You realize that...that Alaric is going to try and kill Damon and Stefan. All of us really. He might even try to kill you. We can't let him do that."
"I know what you're saying., Bonnie." She sighed, running a hand through her hair. That was the hard part, knowing that if she didn't kill her only family that she had left he would kill her or everyone that she loved and cared about. "It's just that, I know it's not him. I get that, I've seen him when he's not Alaric, but I can't help but wish he was. I know what we have to do though."
Bonnie gave her a sympathetic look. "I know, Beth. And I'm so sorry. I can't imagine what you're going through." She admitted. Her circumstances weren't like Jeremy and Elena's. They had each other, but Alaric was like her father and the only family she had. It's be more difficult for her losing him, than anyone else.
"It's tough, but I'll be fine. Somehow I'll always get through." She gave her an unconvincing smile. Bonnie had no doubt that she was strong. Not everyone could deal with what she was handling, but she knew that there was only so much someone could take before they would break.
Before Bonnie could air her concerns, they heard the vampire brothers talking in worried voices in the living room. "Where is she?" Damon asked his brother. Beth knew that they were probably talking about Elena.
"She's not here."
The girls walked into the room. "What's going on?" Bonnie asked them. They exchanged a look as Damon went to look outside the window. Klaus was outside, pacing with a newspaper in his hand, looking at them.
Damon looked over at Beth. After hearing that Klaus wanted them to let Beth go with him, he would do anything to keep him out. They might not be on great terms, but he couldn't let her leave with him. "Your boyfriend wants in, we have to keep him out." He said directing the answer to Beth. She rolled her eyes at his boyfriend comment and was about to correct him when he yelled out, "Ah, duck!" He pulled her down as the newspaper went through the window.
They all stood up, brushing the glass off of them. Jeremy heard the noise and walked into the kitchen with them, where they caught him up on everything. "I think you're probably going to want to let me in!" Klaus yelled at them, before losing his patience and walking away from the house, but Beth knew that he was far from done.
"Maybe I should?"
"You're not going out there with Klaus, Beth. No when we don't know where Alaric is. He could be coming after you." Stefan told her seriously. Damon was surprised his brother was actually agreeing with him for once. He glanced out the window. "Elena's car is gone."
"Why wouldn't she tell anyone where she was going?" Bonnie asked confused.
As she said that the front door burst open as a soccer ball came into the kitchen, almost hitting Damon. Klaus walked up to the porch with fence stakes in his hand. Stefan pulled Beth down, out of the way. He took one and launched it at Damon's head, barely missing him, as it landed in the wall. "Missed me!" Damon yelled as he yanked it out and threw it at the hybrid. He moved out of the way and threw another one at his face. "Missed me again!"
Beth kept her head down as Stefan's phone started ringing. "Alaric." Her attention turned to him as he talked on the phone for a while. She could barely hear over the fight between Damon and Klaus, but it soon subsided. Stefan got up and went to the door, as Klaus came back with the newspaper on fire and a gas tank. "Put it out." Klaus smirked,
"Come outside and make me."
Stefan took a step over the doorway to his surprise and Beth followed him. "Elena's not here. Alaric has her and Caroline and he's going to kill them both unless you turn yourself over to him." He told him everything.
"Why should I care? Elizabeth has already agreed to leave with me." He said smugly.
"Please, Klaus." She asked him. "They're my friends." She gave him the eyes that he knew that he couldn't resist, even if he tried. He hesitated before throwing down the newspaper and tank. Stefan smiled over at the young witch. He would do it for Elizabeth. He was grateful that after everything she would still help them, even if she did want to leave after.
