I pulled the sleeves down until they covered my hands, and pressed my fists into my eyes. The dark room was driving me insane, but the taunting man sitting across from me was even more maddening.

"This can get boring" Connor said. "You should just kill yourself already, it would do everyone a favor"

Shut up. Not real.

"Where is your boyfriend?"

"Shut up" I grumbled.

"Are you grumpy because Damon is with his little puppy?" he taunted smirking. "She is nice"

I stood up and started to pace around the room.

"She broke up with Stefan, surely because of Damon…"

"Shut up" I snapped.

"How long has Damon been gone?" he cocked an eyebrow at me.

My eyes went to my watch. Hours. I clenched my jaw, and resumed my pacing.

"You're a waste of air, pathetic"

"I cannot die, believe me the thought has crossed my mind in the last 24 hours!" I said angrily.

"Are you sure of it? Or are you Just too coward to do it?" he asked. "Rip your own heart out, stop feeding… I can help. Whatever it takes to kill you"

I grabbed a book and threw at him. The book hit the wall and fell to the floor, a few pages falling off. I took my cell and dialed Damon's number. He didn't answer, so I left a voicemail.

"Damon, I know you're busy trying to find a solution, but I'm going insane, please, come back" I sighed.

I threw the phone in the bed, and flopped down on it.

"He's probably too busy with Elena"

I groaned and my hands clenched in fists. It was useless to argue with a ghost, a hallucination. Klaus told me he would try to get me to kill myself, but I didn't believe it. Not until now. Now I realize how maddening this was. And it had only been a couple days. It sucked because it made me forget what Klaus said, and the desire to just agree with Connor became too much sometimes.

"I mean, what is stopping them. She isn't with Stefan, and you're locked up here. Damon can take his sweet time with her, enjoy her like he wanted to all this time…"

I shut my eyes tightly, gripping my hair tightly. I heard Damon's soft voice. I opened my eyes and stared at the scene in front of me. Damon had Elena pressed against the wall, his shirt ripped apart and his hands under her skirt. My stomach turned and I closed my eyes once more.

"Elena" I heard him say softly.

I ran to the door and banged on it.

"Please! Unlock this now!" I screamed.

When nothing happened and I could still see and hear Damon and Elena, I broke down the door and rushed out. Klaus grabbed me by the shoulders when I was reaching the front door.

"Stop" he said.

"Damon" I gasped.

"He's on his way. Calm down"

I shook my head, struggling against his hold and he held my face in his hands, making me look into his eyes.

"Calm down" he ordered.

I took deep breaths and felt my blood pressure diminish as the adrenaline wore off. I saw Connor standing by the front door, leaned against the wall, arms crossed and smiling as he shook his head at us with amusement. I stayed calm.

"We can't keep her here" I heard Carlisle say.

"She can't be walking around, her mind can't discern real from hallucination" Klaus said.

"She can be dangerous. He's right, Carlisle" Edward said.

"Yes, but how will we keep her here? She broke down a steel door" Damon pointed out.

"There won't ever be enough to hold her" Jasper said. "She's too strong"

"Bonnie" Alice said quietly. "Maybe she could…"

"What?" Damon asked.

"Entomb her" Alice murmured.

"No" Damon snapped.

"Until we find a solution, Damon" she said.

"It is a… good idea" Esme said quietly. "We would awake her when the time came, when she would no longer be in pain. This is driving her mad"

"She'll be fine, we are not entombing her" Damon said angrily.

"She won't survive this" Emmett said

"She's strong, and she can't die!

"She won't be herself anymore, she's going insane and it has been only a few days. Psychologically, she's in pain" Edward said.

"Klaus is fine and he suffered 52 years"

"We can all agree that Klaus' mind isn't… quite well" Tyler said.

"Easy" I heard Carlisle say. "Tyler, we're trying to work together, please"

"Sorry" Tyler muttered.

"You should have left town, the desire to kill you is getting worse" Klaus growled.

"Klaus, please" Caroline sighed.

Klaus scoffed and everyone fell silent.

"Bonnie isn't strong enough" Edward said. "She can't make such spell right now, I don't want her to. It's risky"

"So what?" Rosalie asked.

"Her mother. She has contact with other witches" Edward said.

"Damon?" Stefan asked.

"No. I'll find a solution" Damon said stubbornly.

"Damon…" Esme said softly.

"No one is going to turn by girlfriend into a mummy!" he yelled. "Touch her, and I'll kill you"

He stormed out of the living room, passing by me without even noticing. Alice walked out a moment later and looked down at me. I was sitting beside the threshold, my arms around my knees. I looked up at her and she seemed so sad, it broke my heart. I stood up and walked to the stairs to go to the room Klaus had given me after I destroyed the basement. Connor and Victoria followed me taunting me about my friends trying to get rid of me.

"That's low, really" I said frowning at the image of my mother.

"What is it, sweetie?" she asked softly. "What's wrong?"

"It's been almost a week, I'm not falling for it" I said.

I looked down at my hands in my lap. As if the hallucinations weren't enough, I was alone. Everyone was away, either looking for a solution, looking for a witch or avoiding me. I got it, staying with someone hallucinating might not be fun. But the loneliness was driving me insane as well. The hybrids guarding the house weren't company. I winced at the soft touch in my cheek and glared at the image of my mother.

"Stop" I snapped.

"I love you, Bella" she said smiling. "And I don't blame you. You shouldn't have erased yourself from my mind, but I don't blame you for what happened"

"Shut up" I said.

"I just need you to promise that you won't do anything reckless" she said frowning. "You can't go after them, they are too powerful. Forget revenge, Bella, you're stronger than that"

"What?" I frowned.

"The Volturi, be careful with them. They told me they would kill you if you dared go against them again"

I frowned, my mind racing even though my body was in a haze, completely calm. My heart didn't race with my conclusions but it hurt. I grabbed at my chest.

"Bella" Renée cried reaching for me.

"You're dead" I gasped in shock. "No!"

"Shh, it's okay" she comforted me.

No. It was not okay. My heart hurt, beating slow. It was like being staked through the heart. My body wasn't catching up with my mind, and it hurt. My breaths were under control, and my head exploding. I cried out clutching at my chest, and heard a hybrid stop at the door in his patrol, but he didn't enter. I didn't even bother to ask for help, what could he do?

"I can help you, you know" Connor said from his corner. "Let me rip it out of your chest"

"No, leave her alone!" Renée snapped, pulling me closer to her.

"You're not here. You're dead" I croaked.

"Pathetic" Victoria said advancing on my mother.

"No!"

I got in front of my mother, but Victoria was gone. I turned around and she was standing behind my mother. She grabbed Renée's head and snapped her neck.

"Mom" I breathed as she fell to the floor.

The pain got worse and I screamed.

"Bella"

It was Carlisle. He was by the door, hesitant, and eyeing me.

"They are not real" he said softly.

"It hurts" I gasped.

He focused on my hand in my chest and frowned.

"What?"

"My heart, there's something wrong"

"Bella, you're hallucinating, there's nothing wrong" he said approaching me.

I cried in pain, falling to the ground.

"Make it stop!" I begged.

"Carlisle" I heard Stefan say. "It's futile, she can't comprehend"

"Kill me" I cried.

Carlisle sighed and turned to leave.

"Please, no!" I begged looking at them. "Don't leave me"

"Klaus asked me to try to get Rebekah, he's trying to speak to Elijah. They can help us find a hunter" Stefan said. "Once we do, Bella, it will be okay"

"Kill me and it will be okay" I whispered.

Carlisle walked out, and Stefan closed the door with a sigh.

Damon had passed by, but my screams and the begging to be killed got to his nerves. He couldn't stand being with me like this. The pain never stopped or got better. In fact, my head started pounding.

I had enough.

I placed my hand right above my heart, and my nails broke the skin quite easily. I bit my lip until it drew blood as my fingers dug into the flesh. It was harder than I expected, but then again, I was half Cold One. I cried as my fingers went through the bone, breaking it. I held on to the wall, and felt my fingertip graze my heart, before the muscle retreated as it clenched, pumping blood. When the heart expanded again, all my fingertips touched it. I screamed in pain. The door burst open and Klaus and Damon frozen in shock. Damon rushed forward but with my left arm, I threw him across the room and was able to hold off Klaus by his neck right on time.

"Stop" Klaus snapped.

"Please" I cried as my hand dug deeper. I could finally grab my heart.

"Don't" Klaus said trying to break my arm so I let him go.

"Enough"

Someone pulled Klaus away from me, and his hands wrapped around my wrists tightly. His hazel eyes with flecks of green stared right through my soul. My grip on my heart loosened as I got trapped into his comforting gaze.

"Stop, Bella" Elijah said softly resting his hand on my wrist. "Don't do this"

I hesitated, the pain clouding my judgment.

"I will help you" he said.

I pulled my hand out of my chest with a gasp and whimpered at the pain.

"Elijah" I sighed.

"You are alright" he said nodding to me.

I rested my head against his chest, wrapping my arms around his waist and practically collapsing.

"Has the pain stopped?" Elijah asked quietly as I sat across from him in bed.

"Yes, thank you" I smiled.

"What did you do?" Damon asked angrily.

"Stop, Damon" I said frowning.

"I helped her" Elijah said clenching his jaw in annoyance.

Klaus scoffed from his corner.

"What?" Damon snapped at him.

"I was just wondering how long people around here take to realize such an obvious thing" Klaus said.

"Niklaus" Elijah warned.

"You don't want them to know" Klaus said frowning. "Well, you should have come sooner if you were that interested. What was keeping you? She has called you several times the last month. What is it this time? The Volturi? Conspiring against me with their help, brother?"

"Stop being paranoid, the world doesn't revolve around you, Klaus" Elijah said angrily.

"Yes, but her world seems to revolve around you, so you should be more careful"

"Fuck you" Damon snapped.

"Like you're careful y with yours?" Elijah scoffed.

"What are you talking about?" I asked frowning.

Elijah sighed, and Klaus cocked an eyebrow in challenge.

"Isabella is sired to me" Elijah said glancing at Damon before he turned to me. "I'm sorry"

"What?" I frowned.

"No" Damon frowned. "She can't be sired to you. You weren't…"

"I wasn't here and I wasn't the one who changed her… But when I was in town, I realized the risks to Bella… I knew Dr. Fell was using vampire blood from the vampires caught in the rounding up, so I exchanged it for my blood"

"That way if something happened, you would have vampires that might be sired to you to work for you" Klaus said. "Smart"

"You're wrong" Damon said. "She attacked you to get information on where Rebekah was keeping Elena…"

"He got her under control more than once as well" Klaus pointed out.

"So, what?" I asked scowling. "I… I'm like Klaus' hybrids, I don't have control over myself? I might kill Damon if you tell me to?"

"No. First, I wouldn't turn you into a puppet" Elijah assured me. "And it seems this sire bond is a little more subtle than the bond Klaus has with his hybrids"

I looked at Damon. He was staring at us with an angry scowl and clenched his jaw.

"Damon…"

He turned and left.

"Hypocrite" Klaus muttered.

"What?" I asked him frowning.

"Well, he really doesn't have any moral to say anything" he shrugged.

"Niklaus, stop meddling" Elijah frowned.

"No, what are you hiding from me?" I snapped.

"Bella…"

"You wouldn't lie to me, Elijah. So tell me" I said.

He hesitated and glanced at Klaus.

"Elena is sired to Damon"