Chapter Three

By Ivycat

How long does a second span? In the time that the physicists have measured, it is defined as the oscillations of a caesium atom. But for Elena it became a moment that stretched into infinity. And a infinite amount of pain was conducted in an infinite measurement of time.

She was not sure how long she had been unconscious, she was aware of excruciating pain in her arms; her full body weight had been suspended by her arms while she was unconscious. She gave a muffled groan and started kicking her feet, desperate to find purchase, traction to be able to stand, if only on her toes.

At first she was not able to do more than scuff the ground with her toes, but then, after a few agonizing seconds she was finally able to relieve the unrelenting pressure on her arms. She looked around; there was nothing around except the eternal blackness.

She felt a chill, no, it was so much more than that, she was almost numb with cold, then as she felt the icy breeze eddying around her she realized that she was stripped of all her clothes. She began to shiver, the intense cold blurring into pain, pain that soon coalesced into white, everything became white surrounded by sparkles.

She did not realize it was snowing.

Then, there was the heavy sound of a vehicle approaching. She began to try and shout, but her voice was diminished to a raspy whisper.

Then the tones of her abductor, irritated.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Is she alive? Is she hurt?" The new voice was frantic.
"I called but there's no reception in this god-forsaken place. Is she alive?" The voice was panting and nervous

"More or less, what is wrong? Why have you come?" Her captor was sharp and impatient.

"Did you hurt her? Oh, god, tell me she'll live."

Her captor replied something, his voice fading into the wind.

"We got it all wrong, why Elijah wanted her. She was to be given to Klaus." The voice was growing shriller and more panicked as he talked.

"What the FUCK! Why did you not tell me this before?" The fear was evident in his voice.

"I,I didn't know, but you see, its not all bad. You only raped her right? She's still alive?"

"Are you serious? Do you think that KLAUS will be a good sport about it? 'Oh, of course I hold no hard feelings, you were only trying to score off Elijah when you raped the girl I was after. It's all good man!' Not bloody likely, is it now? Oh god, we are dead, we are totally dead, screwed, done, finites."

No, no, no, calm down, listen to me. He wants her for a spell; she's the key, a Petrova Doppelganger. With her Klaus can break the spell of the sun and moon.

We could all be day walkers! OK, think, we can fix this. She is just hurt right? So we just give her some blood, compel her, and hey presto, nothing happened. We can do this, we just throw this one back in the sea and let Klaus catch her. No one has to know we were here. It's all good."

She was aware that if she had any feelings left she would have been enraged at the uselessness, the senselessness of it all. It was a mistake, this was all a mistake. She was aware that the vampires were approaching her. She twisted and writhed attempting to get away.

The unknown one paused. "You'd better do it, you've fed more recently, I don't think I could do it without killing her."

There was a furious tumult in her mind as she struggled to come to grips with what was happening. Tried desperately to clear the fog in her mind, but she could not.

Then, an icy hand was on her, she jerked in response.

I am sorry this was short. I got a little low because of a reviewer comment and lost my inspiration. So here you go, hope you like it.