Mind over Body:
"Beth?" Caroline knocked on the door of the apartment. She knew that she was staying there because she wasn't at the mansion and she'd go somewhere familiar.. "Are you home?" She knew that Klaus must have done something horrible if she moved out of the house, but she wasn't answering her phone so she was getting worried. She didn't think she was in a stable condition to be left alone, with not having anyone else, Caroline knew that leaving Klaus and Stefan alone to figure out what Silas was up to for an hour would be okay.
"In here." She called out quietly. Caroline came into the living room. Beth was surrounded by books, grimoires. She looked like she hadn't slept all night, which she probably hadn't. "S-sorry, I've been up all night looking through these. Any...anything to help. Just need to figure this out." She started mumbling to herself, not noticing her blond friend's worried expression.
Caroline took a seat on the couch, behind her. "Hey, Beth? What happened last night? What haven't you been sleeping?" She asked her gently, Beth froze before shaking it off. She wasn't going to get upset. She couldn't afford to.
"Nothing I want to talk about right now, Care." She told her. "Look, I found a spell. This will give me more power and that's exactly what I need. Watch this." Without warning, Beth closed her eyes as the sun slowly started to be blocked by the clouds and it started storming outside. Caroline jumped as she heard the thunder outside. Beth's eyes darkened as she opened them and slowly lightened, as the rain let up and the sun came out again. "I just need to keep practicing."
Caroline looked at her worried. "Beth, you need sleep. You haven't slept all day and you look beat. Please, just sleep for a while." She asked her friend. She seemed to be okay, but that was only because she was focused on this, getting more power. She was ignoring the pain. "Please?"
Beth hesitated before nodding. "I will. In like ten minutes, after I straighten up. Now, go. Your phone keeps lighting up. I'll be fine." She insisted. Caroline didn't want to leave her alone, but none of them, especially her would be safe if Silas went along with his plan.
After, Caroline has left, Beth did start to clean up. Exhaustion really hit her, but a loud noise made her alert. She stood up. It wasn't Rebekah or Caroline. They would've made their presence known. But that didn't mean it wasn't Klaus, but she didn't think that he'd come without telling her he was either. It just made her that more concerned. She cautiously made her way to the door. She opened it, but saw no one outside. She sighed, closing it.
But before she knew it, she was thrown against the door. She winced in pain and try to cause the person holding her pain, but it didn't work. "You didn't really think that would work on me, did you dear?" She froze. It was Shane's voice, but it wasn't' him. It couldn't have been him. She could feel that it wasn't him. "Yes, I believe you call me, Silas." He grinned.
She scratched at his hand, but his grip tightened and she struggled to breathe. "This is going to be very short and sweet." She levitated a glass into his head and he growled grabbing her wrist and tightening it. "You're a strong one, aren't you? It wasn't hard to track someone down that was powerful enough to change the weather. Now, as I can't use you for the spell, which would be great, you can stop me. And I will not allow that to happen. Do you understand?" He loosened his grip slightly as she nodded, struggling to breathe. He chuckled. "You should be glad. If I get rid of the other side, your Original will be back." I think it'd be good for you if you didn't stop me."
He released her and she slid the ground gasping for breath, as she looked up he was already gone. Part of Beth wanted to stop him, he'd leash all hell on earth, which is exactly what Kol said he'd do, but another part of her wanted him to succeed. If there was no other side, than Kol would be back. He'd be right here with her. She felt conflicted and tired. She took a deep breath, laying back against the door. She definitely wouldn't be sleeping for the rest of the day. She really wished that Kol was here right now.
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After another long sleepless night, Beth got a call from Caroline the next morning. It sounded important, but what was odd was that she wanted her to meet at Klaus's mansion. It must have been serious if her friend was willing to go there. She got worried so she headed straight over. "Care?" She heard someone else, she walked into the living room. She saw Klaus on the floor, covered in sweat with his shirt off. Even angry at him, her concern for his well being overshadowed that, mostly. "What happened to you?"
"I need more time! Stop hounding me!" He demanded, pain in his voice.
Beth got angry. "I'm hounding you? I'm only hear because Caroline said that I needed to be here. I'll just leave then." She snapped getting ready to walk away, but Klaus sat up slightly.
"Elizabeth? Is that really you?" He asked, unsure. Beth's worry only grew seeing the pain he was in. He knew her better than anyone, but when Silas came in looking exactly like her, being sweet, it killed him to know that he could do that. That he could come to her like him, and she'd never know it. "Prove it to me."
She helped him stand up, reluctantly. "Only you and your family calls me Elizabeth or Lizze." She muttered, as she helped him get to his feet, making sure that he wouldn't fall. 'Now, what happened to you? You look...sick, Klaus." He looked reluctant to tell her anything. 'Listen, I have better things to do if you're just going to come here and make me worry for nothing."
"No, wait, please. It's not nothing. I do need you. Silas. He stabbed me with the While Oak Stake." He touched his back where he could feel the poison of the stake. He tried for hours to try and get it out, but without any success. "There's a-a piece stuck of it inside me. It's in my back, Elizabeth."
Beth froze at the name of the very old vampire. "Why would he attack you?" She asked, trying to keep her voice steady. He was making good on his promise to hurt her family and that made her nervous.
"Well, I was in no position to ask questions. Suffice it to say, I'm hurt. So you can understand why I had Caroline call you." He told her, looking into her eyes. She scoffed. She knew that there must've been a reason she didn't want to meet at her house. Klaus could see her leniency. "Help me, Elizabeth."
She hesitated before walking closer to him, like he knew she would. "What do you want me to do?" She asked him hesitantly.
He laughed, weakly. His voice cracking from the pain. Beth winced slightly, knowing it must have hurt him back. Her own neck still hurt from where Silas choked her. "Well, it's quite simple, really. I need you to cut the stake out of me." She followed his gaze to a pair of pliers covered in blood, obviously already been used. She swallowed back her fear as she picked them up to start helping him.
Klaus leaned against the piano, as she slowly made her way towards him. He gripped the edge of the piano as she started digging into his back for them. "Mind being a little gentle, love?" He asked gritting his teeth as the pain just worsened.
She slowed down her movements, but didn't stop. "I'm trying to look for this thing. You don't want me to do it, than go and find Hayley to help you or something." She mumbled angrily, before digging in deeper to find the piece of White Oak, her anger slowly rekindling.
"Hayley's too rough to help, I know that much" He mumbled and immediately regretted it as she pushed the pliers in harder and then yanked him out as he yelled in pain.
"My bad, thought that was it, just a lung." She said with fake sympathy. She didn't notice that she was slowly making the sky darkened as her anger just grew. The darker magic she was trying was harder to get under control, no matter how strong it could make her. She started feeling weak and tried to get it under control. Klaus was in too much pain to fully concentrate on the weather. "I don't see anything in there, Klaus."
"Then keep looking." He growled out. She scoffed digging deeper into his back. She finally pushed it too hard and he yelled out in pain, hitting the piano repeatedly, as she jumped in surprise.
"I'm sorry!" She yelled frustrated. "I need a minute." She dropped the pliers and went to wash the blood off her hands. "Klaus, there's nothing there. Or it's just leftover pain. I can't see anything in there," She told him truthfully.
"I can feel the splinters are moving towards my heart. Help me!" He demanded. Klaus had gone through pain and torture, but that was nothing compared to what he was feeling right now. He couldn't wait to get his hands on Silas.
"There's nothing there" She snapped back. "If there was I would've seen it. I can go digging again, but I can't see anything. If you don't believe me, than go see Hayley about it, she seems to be able to help you with everything else!" She got up to walk away.
Klaus zipped up to block her. She halted to a stop almost tripping over her own shoes. "Don't! You have no right to be angry, you made it crystal clear about how you felt about me! Why the bloody hell would you care about what happened?" He wasn't the bad guy, they weren't together. He knew that it would always be Kol for her, she didn't have a right to yell at him, especially while he was like this.
She couldn't keep it in. The anger and pain was starting to resurface. "Because I liked you!" She snapped back. "I cared about you! I thought you cared about me! But once again your needs come first! Yo u didn't even care enough about the painting to stop from breaking it! It meant the world to me, and you just destroyed it because you were the sleeping with her and forgot about me!" She took a deep breath as she waited for Klaus to say something, but he was still as angry as her. "Just forget it!"
He saw her walking away. He wouldn't let Elizabeth go, not when they were fighting and not when he had lost everyone else. "Don't you turn your back on me!"
"I should've turned my back on you ages ago, but like an idiot, I haven't!" She yelled back, as she realized what she said. He was stunned for a minute before shaking his head.
He didn't feel it anymore. All the pain just seemed to leave him. "It's gone. The -The pain is gone." He reached around to his back. She looked to see the wound still there but slowly healing itself. "The pain is gone. It was...it was never there. He got in my head. Silas...got inside my head." She let out a breath of relief. He was in no real danger. He was still sweating and warm, but he was going to be okay. He surprised her by taking her hand in his. "You took my mind off it. You brought me back, Elizabeth."
She sighed moving back slightly running her hand through her hair. "I-if Silas can make you, of all people, believe that you're going to die, what will he do to the rest of us?" She asked softly.
Klaus could see the fear spread across her face. "I won't let him touch you." He told her honestly. "I promise you that." He hesitantly took a step forward towards her. She tried and failed to give him a weak smile. Silas already threatened her once, she knew that if he needed her, he would come again. Silas could kill her.
xxxxx
Beth walked back into the room after finishing cleaning up all the blood that was around the house, just as Klaus was hanging up the phone, a smile on his face,. He was happy that his big brother was finally coming home. She walked past him, meaning to leave the house. "All your bleach is gone, but everything's clean." She told him, he grabbed her arm before she could leave.
"Hey." He spun her around to face him. She was close to him. "Thank you, Elizabeth, for helping. I'm sorry. I had no right to say those things that I said to you. I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me and come back?" He asked her hopefully. He needed her here.
Beth hesitated. "I don't know, Klaus. You have a handle on things here and I don't want to intrude on your home any longer." She said as she made to leave, but he once again stepped in front of her.
"I refuse to lose you over a drunken one night stand, Elizabeth. This is your home too, you know that." He gently brushed her hair back as she suddenly became interested in the floor. "Please, come back, Elizabeth. I...I need you here." She still looked hesitant and with good reason. He tugged on her hand pulling her towards his gallery. "I have to show you something."
She sighed. "I don't want to see..." She trailed off seeing the painting, her painting. It wasn't the same canvas or frame, but he did it exactly how the other one was. She couldn't help a small smile seeing the artwork. "You...You did it."
He smiled at her as he came next to her. "I told you I would fix it. I'm sorry. You were wrong, I do care about you. And it kills me to have known I hurt you, Elizabeth. Come back home, please? I will help you with whatever you need. I will help you bring Kol back, we'll do it together, just stay here." He asked her.
She turned to face him before nodding. "Okay." He surprised her by hugging her and she let herself hug him back, smiling slightly, at how happy he was. "It's going to be okay. I promise." He kissed the top of her head, pulling her closer, promising himself that he'd never let her go again, not when he had a say in it.
