This Is How A Heart Breaks:
Beth stood up a few minutes after Klaus left. She wasn't going to give up so easily, but he was being stubborn. She needed to bargain with him somehow, since he wouldn't see reason. It was frustrating to say the least, it didn't help that Kol wasn't answering his phone. It just made her nervous. She hoped that he wasn't in trouble. It would've been best if she had find out where he was. She walked in interrupting Damon and Klaus' conversation. "I want the dagger, Klaus." She announced.
"Great more company, just what I wanted." Damon muttered sarcastically. She rolled her eyes, ignoring him. He looked at her curiously, wondering why she was still around. She knew that she wanted to protect Kol, but he didn't think she'd actually ask for the daggers, they were one of Klaus' only weapons against his siblings. He thought that she would want to stay by Kol or at least keep him out of trouble.
"As do I, love, yet it seems Stefan's lack of communication has led me to believe that stealing the dagger from my sister is taking longer than I thought it would." He smirked at her. She sighed, frustrated. He looked her over, seemingly worried. "What's the matter, sweetheart?"
She looked over at him and noticed that he was truly worried about her. "Nothing, it's just...I have a really bad feeling and Kol's not answering his phone. Stefan couldn't have daggered him, himself and he usually answers his phone."
Klaus looked her over. He knew that usually when she got these feelings or premonitions it could be serious. He didn't want to worry her yet, not with how nervous she looked. Even Damon had noticed and was looking at her curiously. "Perhaps, we shouldn't get worried just yet. I'm sure you're just overreacting, Elizabeth." He tried to calm her down, but now he himself was worried.
He was glad when his phone started ringing to see it was his brother. He grinned and showed it to her. She breathed a small sigh of relief. At least he was calling one of them. "Well, if it isn't the happy homicidal maniac ...What?'" Beth turned to see his happy expression replaced by concern and anger. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Klaus, what's going on?" She asked worriedly as he hung up the phone. It didn't sound good, and she hoped that Kol was just riling him up, but Klaus actually looked worried and angry, but not at his younger brother. Without a word, he grabbed Damon by his neck and pushed him against the wall. "Klaus!"
"What the hell's going on?" He growled. After hearing that not only was Elena, but also Jeremy trying to kill his brother he wasn't in the mood to joke around.
"I don't know." He was surprised himself, overhearing the conversation.
Klaus, however wasn't convinced and tightened his grip. "What are Stefan and Elena planning?"
Damon was choking. "I don't know. I've been stuck in the penalty box with you since yesterday. Stefan won't talk to me, and Elena won't come to see me, so maybe you're right. Maybe she's written me off." He said, but both of them knew better. Damon never gave up, no matter how hard he'd try or say he would.'
"Klaus, what's going on?" Beth asked him, as she looked on as he interrogated Damon. She was worried and she could tell he was angry. Something was going on with Kol. "Klaus, where's Kol?" He ignored her, he couldn't waste any time knowing what he can.
"Tell me what you know." He compelled him.
"I don't know anything about a plan." He insisted.
Klaus looked him in the eye before pushing him away. "Stay here till I return." He snapped. He grabbed Elizabeth by the hand and pulled her away, slamming the door behind them as he swiftly pulled her out of the house. "I'm sorry."
"Klaus, what is going on? What did Kol say?" She asked firmly, though he could tell her resolve was breaking. She was afraid, more afraid than he's ever seen her before. He didn't want to tell her, but he couldn't lie to her again, and have her find out a different way.
"The Gilbert's are planning on killing my brother." He told her. She froze but he made her look at him. He couldn't have her panicking right now, not when he knew he needed her help since he wasn't invited in. "Elizabeth, look at me. It'll be okay. I'm going to get him. We just have to hurry, they're all the way in town. So, just hang onto me, okay?" He told her tightening his grip on her hand.
She snapped out of it. Kol was in trouble, she couldn't freeze up now, when she needed to get to him and fast. "Y-yeah, okay. Let's go. We have to hurry." She unknowingly kept a firm grip on his hand. He didn't want to put her in danger, but he knew that she would just follow him anyways. He hesitated before giving her a nod as he zipped off, the fear growing in the pit of her stomach, praying that she wouldn't be too late.
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Sick. Completely sick. That's what Elizabeth felt seeing it. She was frozen, all she could hear was someone screaming. It took her a moment to realize that it was her, she was the one screaming as Kol burned in front of her eyes. She struggled in Klaus' grip trying to get to him, thinking, praying of a way to same him somehow. "NO!" She screamed. Immediately, she went to run, but Klaus grabbed her around the waist. "No!" She hit his hands wanting to get to Kol. "Let me go! He needs me! Kol! Kol! Please! No! Please!" They were too late, they had gotten there minutes too late and it was her fault. She should've stayed with him, should've kept him safe. She got him killed instead.
Klaus just stared on, tears running down his face, as he struggled to keep Elizabeth from the burning body. He knew that she wasn't thinking straight and would run straight to the flames if she thought she could help Kol. "L-Love, I'm sorry. You can't help him, Elizabeth." He said trying to keep his own voice steady at seeing his baby brother die, not being able to get in.
"Kol! No, please! No, K-Klaus let me go!" She screamed through her tears. It felt like Klaus' undead heart was breaking just hearing her. He kept her away though. Jeremy and Elena's still shocked face looking at them. The fire had died and all it left was Kol's charred body. Klaus didn't have the will to keep her away and let her go.
Beth ran over to the body, slowly kneeling besides him. "No! No! No!" She repeated, as though hoping this was a bad dream. It had to be. Kol wasn't dead, it was impossible. He wouldn't leave her. "K-Kol. Please just...no."
Klaus let his eyes wander to Elizabeth before closing them and facing the guilty murderers. "What did you do?" He was so close to just waiting to rip their hearts out but he'd make them pay first, for killing his brother and hurting Elizabeth like this. She couldn't stop crying over his body. He could see her whole body shaking.
"We-we didn't have a choice." Elena claimed. "He was trying to cut off Jeremy's arm!"
"Lies!" He growled deeply. How dare they do this? To his family? " He never would have gotten inside if you didn't set a trap for him." Kol was smart, he knew that he wouldn't just walk in the house to kill them. He would negotiate first. He wasn't stupid. He kept his eyes on Elizabeth, he got worried as the tears streamed down her face, but she seemed to have stop being in hysterics, she just stared at Kol.
"You said you were going to put him down too."
Klaus scoffed. "I was going to make him suffer on my TERMS!" He screamed before sighing, looking at the house. "I'm going to get Elizabeth out and I'm going to burn this house to the ground. And them, when you try to flee for your lives, I'll kill you both without blinking." He promised them. He was going to make them pay for what they did. Killing another one of his brother's, Kol of all of them.
"You kill us, you'll never get the cure." He took a step in front of his sister, as though trying to protect her. But even they could see the gravity of the situation. They killed his brother, hurt Elizabeth. They crossed a line just to get the cure. "You'll never be able to make any more hybrids."
Klaus urged to kill just grew with each sentence they spewed at him. "You really think I care for an instant about my bloody hybrids?" He hissed at them. "I want it so I can destroy it. I would have killed you all the second we dug it up, but now I'm just going to watch you burn instead." He snapped, before a searing pain went through his whole body. He yelled holding onto the doorway.
Bonnie came into the house. "Invite him in. Do it!" Beth finally looked up to see what they were doing, but could barely move, it was as if she was frozen, she felt empty inside.
"Come in." Jeremy said/
Bonnie held him in place as he came in. "Living room, now!" She ordered. Elena and Jeremy ran into the living room, but Bonnie kept him in there, making sure he couldn't leave. They were at the door now. Bonnie kept the wall up so he couldn't pass. He hit it, angrily.
"Witch! You can't do this to me." He snapped.
"You have no idea what I can do now." She scoffed.
"I will hunt all of you to your end! DO YOU HEAR ME? DO YOU?" He yelled at them, as they went to quickly get out of the house.
Klaus wasn't impressed. Before either of them knew what was happening Elena was in her knees, yelling in pain. Klaus looked at her confused, before looking over at Elizabeth. She was shaking, and her eyes were locked onto Elena. Her nose slowly started bleeding but that just made Elena scream, as she ended up on the floor. "Stop, Beth!" Jeremy yelled, but stayed by his sister's side.
Bonnie tried to stop her, but was just thrown to the side, as easily as she was taking down Elena. Klaus was more than happy to let her continue to kill the doppelganger, but he could see her getting weaker, in her state he knew that if she continued, she'd kill herself as well. "Elizabeth, stop." He told her. Her eyes were clouded over with tears as she continued to hurt Elena, her screams mirroring hers when she saw Kol. "Elizabeth, please, you're going to hurt yourself," He told her softly, "Kol wouldn't want that."
At the sound of his name, she stopped, falling to the floor. He kneeled besides her as the others hurried to scurry away. "Elizabeth...sweetheart." He couldn't get through to her though, she kept her eyes on Kol's body as she burst back into tears, shaking uncontrollably. "Come here, Elizabeth, it's okay." He tried but she crawled over to his body and touched his hand closing her eyes. She saw the pendant she made him still on his neck, he never took it off, yet it didn't work.
"I-It didn't work. W-why? Why didn't you work?" Her voice cracked though it was barely above a whisper. "K-Klaus, please. I need him. I-I need Kol, back."
"I'm sorry...I'm...I'm so sorry, Elizabeth. They're pay for this, I promise you that they will." He said, as he tried to keep her calm to no avail. She let him pull her into his arms as he leaned against the wall, trying to calm her down, but nothing would ever ease her pain, not tonight.
She didn't sleep all that night, just grew silent. No questions, or whimpers came through her mouth, just stared at Kol's burned body. It was horrible that he dead, worst than she had to see him like that. Why didn't it work? That was the question. Klaus asked himself that too, but it didn't make sense. Elizabeth was more than capable of during a spell like that, but...if it didn't work, why was it glowing?
