New Orleans, 1848. Violet stared down at the pearl white bathtub petrified. She stood in a long white gown and looked at her fate that awaited her.
"I'm not going to do this…You're completely insane if you think this is going to work"
"We're running out of options Vi. This is step three, I don't think you really want step four"
Marcel had placed his hand on her shoulder and made her step closer. Rebekah and a female voodoo witch Abena stood on the opposite side watching her. Violet shook her head but he held her in place firmly.
"She needs to be awake for this so if you could just get her in the bath"
Rebekah's eyes had fluttered to Violet's delight as she sat far away from her. She had locked both Cami and Rebekah up in the garden, well what was left of it. Cami didn't really need to be detained but it was better just in case she wanted to run off. Sitting next to Violet was a little bottle of white oak ash and a dagger which cause Rebekah to freak out when she saw it.
"Now I don't know if this is going to work but I'm going to try and fix you"
She slowly got up and brushed herself off. "The reason I wanted you here Cami is so you can see what you can become. You've held yourself well for the last few days; I doubt you want to be like Rebekah or even me. Besides, I couldn't torture you if I wanted because Klaus would kill me"
Rebekah had reverted back to her normal self but not for long. She really didn't know if anything was going to work but it was a way for them to buy time. They needed to figure out what was wrong with her and fast. No one wanted to put her in a coffin but they'd have to in this condition. The only thing she could do would be to put Rebekah through some "Ripper torture" as she liked to call it.
"First things first, start off with something easy; go bigger until the snap into reality. You know what vervain can do to vampires so that's something simple enough"
Violet stepped closer to Rebekah as she pulled o the chains to reach her. Unfazed by her actions, she began to realize that's exactly what she looked like when she had one of her episodes. She pointed down to the bucket and slid a pair of gloves on. Picking up the large bucket it and letting the water splash out, she jumped back realizing what she was going to do. "I did tell your brother this wasn't going to be pretty"
Abena had her hand pressed against Violet's head as she thrashed around in the bathtub. She was chanting loudly as Rebekah and Marcel held down her body. He tried his best to ignore the burns and he had to let go a few times to let Rebekah hold her down. He was becoming desperate in fixing her yet no one was willing to help. It was all Klaus's fault and he was always leaving Marcel to fix his problem.
"How much longer is this going to take?" He blurted out gritting his teeth.
It broke Abena's concentration and she glared over at him. She glanced down at Violet who was completely under the vervain water and burning up like crazy. "It's a long way down to the bottom"
"We don't have a moment witch!" Rebekah yelled as she went back to chanting.
"You remember as well as I that it was fun for the both of us. I have to admit, I enjoyed watching that witch shove your head underwater. It's a long way down the bottom of the river, you know that well"
The burns began to heal on Rebekah as Violet tossed the bucket to the ground. Cami's green eyes were wide open and she placed her hand to her mouth. Once again it wasn't anything unusual for you but it wasn't like she wanted to see that either. Being fearful of her surroundings, she knew of the stories around town and about Violet. She never judged anyone but now it really started to kick in.
"I'm not stupid Rebekah; I'm not going to let you get under my skin anymore. I won't spend eternity fighting you for Marcel, I'm not that desperate"
Rebekah cocked her head to the side and laughed. "It wouldn't be all eternity because when I get out of here, I'm going to rip your head off, take Marcel and hang our head on a plaque for all to see"
Cami shut her mouth as her eyes trail over to Violet whose jaw was clenched shut. Her eyes lowered in shame trying to figure out what to do. It was going to be tough to hold her over for a while but she had no other choice but to do it. Elijah and Klaus praised her for taking the plate and she didn't want to let anyone down.
"How about we just continue to stroll down memory lane?" She asked her.
"I'm going crazy in here…Can I have something to read? Some paper?"
"Rules are rules Violet" Rebekah called through the bars at the young vampire.
After their failed attempt at a "Sin Cleansing" routine, they had locked her up in a little cell not too far from their home. It was time to rely on something heavier and confinement was the way to go. Rebekah felt the worse leaving her in there alone and confused but Elijah told her not to interfere.
"Come on…"Her voice was full of desperation as she lifted her eyes at her. "Sure, starve me and lock me up like the disease I originally died from. Yes, I am what is it called, a ripper? Yes, I am but I don't want to be locked away like I'm some contagion. I'm going to lose my mind if I have nothing to do…" Rebekah blinked a few times not uttering a word. "I'm as human as you are Rebekah"
Taking a deep breath she looked around. "I'll see what I can do"
"A good way of trying to get a ripper to succumb to the lust is to bleed them dry" Violet jammed the knife into Rebekah's ribs again which made her freak out. Cami looked away with a gasp. "Of course they'll want nothing more but blood and that is how you break them. You get them to completely freak and ta da, back to their normal self"
"How do you know this is going to work?" Cami asked prying her eyes open.
"I don't, that's the major concern. In all honesty…"She pulled the knife out and stuck it in her other side. "I don't think it will. She's cursed by the stake so this isn't as easy as 1-2-3. I gotta admit, I've been through a lot of hell since returning to this city and this is just another to add on the list"
Rebekah's eyes transformed into the blackness again and Violet jumped back before anything happened. She knew at some point the chains would break and she'd have no other choice but to dagger her.
"You don't want to be a ripper Cami and that's why I wanted you here. You are new to all of this and you need to see a bad side of being turned. I'll write a list of things I was put through, trying to be conditioned. No one should ever go through the things I did but I'm still standing, aren't I?"
"Please don't do this…I beg of you"
"This is probably for the best. We are running out of options and the townspeople are becoming suspicious. You have to understand Violet that we want what is best for you and if this is the way to go…"
Elijah had looked at her as she refused to look at any of them. It seemed like nothing was working and they were becoming desperate. She had been crying for the ten minutes and he didn't know if she was doing that for show or serious.
"Lock me up and starve me again…I'll do anything else but not this"
"Abena is already on her way over here. A human is with her and willing to use themselves for the spell. It won't be for a long, not even a year. Until we all can figure out something"
Violet began picking at her finger nail as she become more anxious, scared. What they were planning to do was what Marcel called sleeping beauty rest. They decided that a witch was going to do a desiccation spell and leave her desiccated for a little while. In her eyes, she believed they were stripping away her life against her will. It was in fact the truth but it would be nice for them to have her out of their hair for a little while, as selfish as that was.
"Everything is going to be okay love, I promise" Klaus took most of the guilt and blame from everyone but shrugged it off.
"Always and forever is it? I'd hate to see what happens when you have enemies if you treat your own family like this"
"You were never one of us, you always wanted to be but couldn't compare. Maybe that's why he was always with me and not you. Did you ever think we didn't want you?"
Violet was playing a game on her phone while ignoring Rebekah. She had let Cami go over a half an hour ago seeing as she had enough. It was pointless for her to stick around as she had given up. She realized that nothing was going to work except the dagger. She really didn't want to dagger Rebekah seeing as payback was going to be a bitch.
"Look, I've waited an hour debating on what to do but I've got no choice but to put you out of your misery. At least this way you won't be able to hurt anyone. Not even your niece, remember her?"
She let Rebekah stay alive for an hour before deciding that she was going to do it. Why she waited so long, she didn't have a clue. Violet tossed her phone to the ground and picked up the dagger, dipping it in the ash, she waited to see if Rebekah was going to say anything.
"Of course I do, she's my little girl" Violet looked up to see Rebekah's blue eyes, thankfully not the black. Standing up, she walked over and Rebekah peeked at the weapon.
"It is for the best, I know. Whatever this thing is hurts like hell and fries my brain and I lose control. Whatever I say to you, just know that I don't mean it. You and I have gotten along as of late and I don't want to lose that"
She nodded and swallowed nervously, she really didn't want to do this. "I just stopped listening, you probably didn't notice but I had headphones in a while ago"
The girls shared a faint laugh as it got quiet again. "And as for all of this, I'm sorry"
"Sorry for what?" Violet asked.
"For everything that I made you do back then, what Marcel and I did to you. I was so caught up in my own world that I didn't hesitate or disagree with anyone. The bath, why we thought that would work is beyond me. I'm genuinely sorry"
Violet nodded again and patted her shoulder. She was the only one to apologize as no one else ever did. It was nice, someone who didn't see her as a monster.
"Once hell blows over, I'll get you out, I promise"
Rebekah swallowed and held her breath waiting for the blow. She was so used to the dagger that it shouldn't even hurt her anymore. Violet held it out and aimed it directly at Rebekah's heart. Plunging it into her chest, she watched her skin turn to grey and her body become limp.