A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviews! You have no idea how much they mean to me! Yes, I'm completely upset about them killing off Kol, but I will incorporate him into the story some way ;) Thank you all again and I hope that you like this next chapter!

A Friend turned Foe:

"Now I know you're not asking me to walk into certain death." Klaus asked Stefan seriously, taking a step in front of his old friend. That wouldn't exactly help any of them save Elena and Stefan knew that.

"I really wish we could, but unfortunately, if Alaric kills you there's a one in four chance that we die too." He reminded him.

"I'll take those odds." Beth turned to see Damon walking out with a picket over his shoulder, smirking at the hybrid. Beth kept her place in between them. It wouldn't help saving anyone if they started fighting again and she had a feeling that Klaus wouldn't mind killing Damon if he wasn't of use to him and no matter what happened between them, she didn't want that.

"And a 100 percent chance that Tyler dies." Stefan reminded his brother.

"I'm good with that too."

Beth scoffed and hit him. "Why don't we just figure out a way to put Alaric down?" Stefan suggested and they all nodded, in agreement.

Beth crossed her arms and leaned again the pole on the porch. She was trying to keep from letting the pain of her headache get to her. Stefan and Klaus were pacing, but the latter kept glancing over at her as though worried she'd take off and Damon was leaning against the house. "Okay, how about Damon sneaks in and distracts Alaric, while Stefan grabs Elena and carries her to safety?" He suggested.

"Huh, that's a great idea." Damon agreed with a roll of his blue eyes, standing up straight to face him. "What's to stop me from getting killed instantly?" Klaus grinned at him.

"Nothing."

"This isn't helping." Beth snapped at the both of them, as the door the house opened to reveal Bonnie, changed into regular clothes.

"I might have an idea. My mom used a desiccation spell on Mikael that immobilized him for over 15 years. If I can get it, I might be able to use it on Alaric." Bonnie informed. Beth was surprised that she remembered that.

"If and might, your words inspire such confidence."

Beth rolled her eyes at Klaus' words. Bonnie scoffed. "I'll get it, but even with the spell, we'll need a lot of vampire muscle to take him down. Including yours." She reminded him. Klaus glanced at Beth as she gave him a pleading look. He sighed and looked up to the sun.

"Just so we're clear, the sun sets in about eight hours. If we don't succeed before then, Elena will be dead, Elizabeth and I will be gone, and the rest of you will be left to fend for yourselves." He told him, with a grim smile.

xxxxx

Beth was up in her room in the boarding house, gathering whatever she left there as Bonnie and Damon were talking to Abby. Luckily, there wasn't much. She was trying to keep her mind off of the fact she'd be facing Alaric. She agreed to be bait, to draw him out for when they do the spell. All she had to do was convince Klaus. She saw Damon come into the room from the corner of her eye. "Well, Bonnie got the spell from her mom, thankfully. Hopefully, she'll be able to properly desiccate Alaric without raising any zombies or anything."

"Good, I can lure Alaric to the hallways and hopefully we'll have a shot at this. Then I'll be on my way." "Don't," She warned Damon, seeing his look of disapproval. She knew he wouldn't be easy to convince or at all for that matter, but it was a good thing she wasn't looking for his blessing. "Nothing, you can say will change my mind."

"What about Junior? Your boyfriend is okay with you taking a road trip with his brother?" He asked her accusingly. She rolled her eyes. As she turned to face him.

"We're going to go find him. Just go away, Damon."

"You can't leave, this is ridiculous." He scoffed. She rolled her eyes as she turned to leave the room. He knew that insulting her choices wasn't going to make her any eager to stay. He decided that going for a softer approach might help his case. "Hey, El. Don't go, please. After we deal with Alaric. We'll talk it out, I promise."

Beth hesitate. She wanted to, but she knew that whatever progress they made wouldn't stay. He would always chose Elena over her, over everyone else. She was sick of giving him another chance and having it thrown back in her face. "No, Damon. There's nothing to to talk out, not anymore." She glanced at him once more before leaving him standing in the doorway.

xxxxx

Beth sat in her car outside the school, with the younger Gilbert sibling in the passenger seat. She had barely glanced at Klaus' car as she parked. She knew that Bonnie and Damon would be there soon, but they would need Jeremy's help to do the spell so she knew she should give him a ride to the school. "You okay, Beth?"

"What? Oh, um yeah. I'm fine. I just, you know, need a minute." She sighed turning off the car. Beth took a deep breath. For some reason she just couldn't get herself together. She knew that it was partly because she knew she'd have to go inside and lead Alaric to his temporary death. Jeremy knew that too.

"Hey, it's not him, okay?" Jeremy told her assuring, taking her hand and giving it a comforting squeeze."The Alaric that we knew isn't in there. I know it's hard to get over, but are you sure you're ready to do this? You don't have to be the bait." He said seriously. He didn't like the idea in the first place, anyways.

"No, you're right. It's not him, anymore. I'll be fine. Thanks, Jere." She gave him a weak smile as she got out of the car. He sighed before following her lead. He walked over to meet Damon and Bonnie who arrived and she walked over to Klaus and Stefan.

Klaus met her halfway, grabbing her arm. "Stefan has just informed me of your suicidal plan to be the bait to lure in the history teacher?" He said with obvious annoyance in his voice, as Stefan moved away from them. Beth sighed and nodded . "Are you out of your mind? He's not your godfather anymore, Elizabeth. He won't hesitate to kill you."

"I know that!" She snapped at him. It was starting to get irritating everyone telling her what she already knew. She lost Alaric, there wasn't any chance to bring him back. Klaus actually looked guilty for bringing it up to her. She sighed. "I understand, but this is our best bet. I'll be fine, it'll be safer for everyone else if I go in first."

"Not for you thought, but I know that, love. I understand, but I still don't like the chance of risking you though." He just barely got her to actually speak with him, he didn't want her to get hurt because of him either.

"I'll be fine, Klaus. I can deal with him, I know it. Just you guys be careful." She told him. He hesitated before nodding and letting her go. She shared a quick nod with Bonnie and avoided Damon's gaze as she walked into the school.

Beth cautiously walked into the hallway of the school. She knew that it wouldn't matter how quiet she was that Alaric would eventually hear her and seek her out. "Alaric!" She called out. She walked down the hallway, hesitating before walking towards the history classroom. Elena and Caroline were in there, but Caroline had pencil jammed through her hands. "Oh God, Caroline!"

She ran in there to take it out, but found herself thrown back against the door to the room. "Nice of you to join us." Alaric said with an evil smirk. He pushed her roughly into the room all the way. "Now, class can begin. Beth I think you know well enough how to stake vampire. Since, Elena isn't exactly convinced that they're evil and need to be wiped out, why don't you show her how it's done?"

He pulled her right in front of Caroline and shoved a stake into her hand. "No, I cant' do that. Alaric. This isn't you. You know that it isn't. She's innocent." She told him desperately, but she could see the eyes didn't belong to her Alaric. He would never look at her that cold, not even when he was angriest at her. He would always be calm about it.

"Innocent? She's killed, Beth! And liked it! How is that innocent? She'll probably do it again! This is right, we need to bring back the balance." He told her pushing her closer to Caroline's desk.

"What happened to you?" She asked her voice breaking slightly as she looked up at him. Beth could have sworn she saw his expression soften just the slightest at her words and she saw the fun guy that she loved to visit when she was younger. It was there, but it disappeared as quick as it came.

"I was weak, Beth! The other me was weak, he had everything taken away from him because of vampires. That's not me anymore. Now, kill her! Or I will and I promise I'll make it hurt." He snapped shoving her once more, making her eyes tear up. She couldn't believe what he had become. It was completely different from the Alaric that she knew and loved so much. It was someone that was dangerous and she couldn't save. She glanced at Elena and motioned to the door with her head. She nodded as she jumped out of her seat, running out of the door as Beth went to stake Alaric instead, but he grabbed her arm. "I thought I trained you better than that."

"You did!" She said as she grabbed the beaker with vervain on the side and smashed it into his head. He yelled out in pain as she quickly, pulled the pencils out of her hand. "Go, Caroline!" She zipped out of there and Beth went to follow her, but was blocked by Alaric.

"I don't think so." He grabbed her by her arm and pulled her out of the classroom. He zipped them to the other hallway and threw her into the lockers as he zipped off to find Elena. Beth sunk to the floor, holding her head. She shook her head, trying to make her eyes stay open.

"Elizabeth," She looked up to see Klaus standing in front of her. He hurried to bring her to her feet, keeping a steady arm around her waist. "You're okay, now. You're safe, love. I promise. You should get out of here, we'll save, Elena. Love, don't argue, you're bleeding. Go home, don't come out until I come get you to leave, alright?"

Beth hesitated before nodding."Be careful." She told him. He gave her a weak smile, risking a kiss to her head before zipping off where he knew Alaric was. Beth hesitated before going the other way, hoping that they'd get out of this safely.

xxxxx

Beth met up with Jeremy and Bonnie outside of the school, after trying to call Kol, but he didn't answer. They went to his house to wait for some news about Alaric, but they found Caroline and Tyler at the house with Matt setting up liquor. "Hey, what's going on?" Jeremy asked them walking into the kitchen, Beth stayed in the doorway.

Her cat sprang out to her, wrapping himself around her legs until she picked him up. She felt bad for neglecting her cat. Slowly, petting Day as she waited for them to tell her. "Well, Elena called, the desiccation spell worked on Klaus. We finally got rid of him. Damon and Stefan are going to drop off Elena and then they're going to dump his sorry ass into the ocean." Tyler said as he and Matt laughed.

Beth quietly slipped out of the kitchen and back into the living room. She didn't quite know how she was supposed to process this. Klaus killed her, she was angry about that, but then again she didn't know the whole story and he was going to keep her safe. And not to mention his siblings. She knew that Rebekah and him weren't on the best of terms, but she would surely be upset. "Hey." She turned around to see Caroline coming to check on her. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." She said shortly, absentmindedly petting Day.

"Beth, I'm sorry about Alaric, but you weren't really going to leave with Klaus were you?" Caroline asked her. She avoided her gaze. "Are you serious? You were going to leave after what you found out about him?"

"Listen, I'm not in the mood to be yelled at Caroline. And yes I was going to leave with him, because I have nowhere else to go. Alaric, he's...he's really gone. So, yes I was, but that's over now. You all have gotten your wish Klaus is gone." She said as she turned away from her to walk up the stairs. Beth locked herself in her room, as she quickly

She paced the room waiting until she heard sounds of cheering to take out her phone and dialing a number. She knew that it was the only way she could possibly save Klaus. "Hello." Beth smiled softly at the familiar voice.

"Elijah? It's Elizabeth." She told him sitting down on the bed.

"Elizabeth, it's lovely to hear your voice again." He told her truthfully.

Beth gave a weak laugh. "Yours too, you have no idea. Sadly, this isn't exactly a leisurely call. They...they desiccated Klaus, Elijah. Damon and Stefan are on their way to dump his body in the Atlantic. I thought that maybe you could come and negotiate with them." She said with a hopeful voice. She continued to explain all that's happened since he left Mystic Falls as he patiently listened to her ramble on. She knew that out of all the siblings, Elijah would be the one they'd most be likely to listen to.

"I see. I'll be there in a few short hours. I promise. I'll get Klaus back." He reassured her. Beth smiled. She felt better knowing that he'd be there soon. "Thank you, Elizabeth, for telling me. I know going behind your friend's back was hard, but thank you."

"It's no trouble, Elijah. He's your brother and...I know how hard it is to lose family." She told him softly. There was a pause. "I'll see you in a few hours."

"Alright, be careful, Elizabeth." He told her seriously. With that, Beth hung up the phone and stood up. It quiet down so she hoped that they all left. She decided to take one last look in Alaric's room, but when she went in the room, she found Elena instead, unconscious on the floor.

Beth didn't know where it came from, but there was a voice in her head, telling her to leave her there. Let her suffer, but she ignored it, afraid of why she would be thinking of that. She ran over to Elena and took her pulse it was weak, her nose was bleeding too. "Jeremy!" She yelled downstairs.

"What's going...Elena!" Jeremy ran into the room and slid over to his sister's side. "W-what happened, Beth?"

"I don't know. Her pulse is weak though. I'm going to see what I can do." She put her hands on Elena's head trying to take away some of the pain and figure out what was wrong with her. Jeremy glanced up at the witch, noticing the veins in her arms becoming darker, black. It was exactly like Bonnie's were. She was doing dark magic, but her nose was bleeding also.

"Beth...Beth stop!" He told her and she eventually opened her eyes. Elena had stopped bleeding, but she was still unconscious. "Hey, you're bleeding. Don't worry. I'm going to take her to the hospital." Jeremy slowly raised his sister up in his arms, as Beth followed behind him, feeling significantly weaker than before.

"I'll call, Damon. Go," She told him, he nodded and left out the door. Beth took a deep breath as she slowly made her way into the kitchen, her legs feeling heavier than normal. She had no idea what was happening to her. It was worst than when she did any other spell. She barely made it into the family room before she blacked out, seeing only the ceiling before she closed her eyes.