Twisted Love
Season Four
Down The Rabbit Hole
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace and Fayth :)
Deep in the thick forest of the island the older Salvatore brother was tied up to a deep tree with vervain seeped ropes, his neck and wrists were restrained around the tree which was enough for him to be unable to move but still feel the scorching burn of the vervain every time it touched his skin exposed and every time they did he made a sound of displeasure.
The new hunter was squatted down beside his camp fire as he watched his freshly caught animal cook over the open flame, poking at it with a pointed skin ever now and then. Hearing the vampire groan and grunt above the sound of sizzling skin he looked over his shoulder and questioned. "Something bothering you?" There was a deep Scottish rumble to his voice.
Damon didn't want to give the hunter the pleasure of knowing that he was getting to him or that he was worrying deeply about his girlfriend who he had left on her own after their heated argument, so the vampire was just going to be his usual sassy, sarcastic self. "Would you believe me if I said mosquitoes?" He answered grunting again feeling another touch of vervain touching his exposed flesh this time.
"Aye, I would." The Scot answered as he looked down at the flickering camp fire in front of him, a deep smirk on his lips as he questioned. "How does it feel when a relentless eating machine is draining the blood from your veins?" There was a deadpan tone to his voice, he managed to pull it off as beautifully as Damon did. Once again a vampire hunter that held a serious, torturous grudge against vampires.
Damon only smirked. "Itchy."
"Your friends from Mystic Falls think you're funny, Damon?" By using his first name and the name of his home town he revealed that he obviously knew plenty about the older Salvatore brother. He had obviously being doing his research on their little supernatural family, perhaps following them for quite a while and taking notes on each other. It wouldn't be hard to see the relationships and such from just watching them for moments at a time.
"You obviously know who I am and where I'm from. Have you been spying on me?" He watched as the unknown hunter played with the handmade fire in front of him.
"Aye, I have." He confirmed as he pushed up off the floor, brushing his knees down. "You and Grace, Stefan and Elena, your witch, Bonnie." He listed just some of the people that he had travelled with to this deadly island. "Do you need her to cast the spell on your pal, Jeremy's hunter's mark..." He sat on a large rock, looking down at his already pushed up sleeve. "... The tattoo that looks exactly like this?" Damon looked carefully at the blank ink tattoo spiralling up his arm.
"You wanna know something, just ask."
"I've been killing vampires my entire life." He informed Damon who wasn't sure if that was supposed to be a threat or a fact but still continued to listen. "Still, the thing refused to reveal itself to me. That was, until three days ago and it just magically completed for no apparent reason." He concluded his short story to look up at the look on the vampire's face.
"C'mon, man." Damon scoffed a little as he looked down at the hunter with a deeply cocky over his features. "Do I look like I know anything about tattoos? Look at my skin. It's flawless." It was true, it was almost like a porcelain doll and deep in Damon's mind he knew that too grinning to himself.
"Ah." The light-haired hunter chuckled a little as he pushed up off of the rock shaking his head from side to side. "You're not taking me seriously." He added and the vampire nodded in confirmation, it was hard to take someone seriously when all you wanted to do was rip their spleen out and force feed it to them, honestly not caring about the hunter's curse at that moment.
"I don't blame ya, you don't know me." The Scot pointed out expertly as he picked up the pointed stick from before, it was heated at the end by now from where it had been so close to the fire. "So let me introduce myself." He prodded the sharpened stick into the side of Damon's neck making the vampire growl at the hunter smirked up at him. "My name is Galen Vaughn and you'd better start talking.
"Ugh." She was aching again, looking around to see that she was laying on the hard ground with leafs sticking out of her hair, dirt sticking to her clothes and a crick in her neck. Sitting upright she was almost yanked back down when she felt an iron collar around her throat attached shortly to the tree behind her with an iron chain. "What the..." She muttered when suddenly a blood bag was thrown down in front of her.
"Make that last you the entire day." She ordered as she applied her lip gloss absent-mindedly. Glancing up the brunette was still surprised to see Katherine standing there gazing at herself in her hand mirror before sliding it back in her make-up bag. "What are you gawping at?" She quizzed glaring over at her.
"K-Katherine." She whispered as she looked up at her, she hadn't seen her in a long time, since the night of the homecoming dance when both Fayth and Katherine started running from Klaus once again. "What are you even doing on the island?" She hissed as she picked up the blood bag running her fingers over it.
"Well, I'm here for the exact same reason that you and your misfit gang of supernaturals are, little telepath." She answered as she walked towards her slowly standing above her to hold some kind of dominance over her, not like she already had the upper hand by having the Gilbert chained to a tree like a dog. "I'm here to procure the cure."
"Procure the cure?" Grace whispered as she looked down at the ground for a moment before looking back up confused. "Are... Are you working for someone? Or are you just under the orders of your sister once again?" She announced when suddenly Katherine zipped across the room grabbing the brunette by her hair making her look up at the taller vampire.
In an aggravated voice the 500-year-old told her. "I saved your life, if I hadn't then you would most definitely had been dead by the hands on the Islanders. You owe me, so shut up." She pushed her back down to the floor, rolling her eyes as she turned back around looking down at her watch for a long moment before sighing. "This is going to be a long day..."
Down on the white sand beach the remaining trio of vampires had decided to do a little planning before heading off into the deep forest to find all of their missing group members. Stefan and Rebekah were talking about who were missing and for what possible reasons whilst Elena spoke with Caroline on the phone giving her a recap of everything that was going down, it seemed to be the only place they could get reception on the entire island.
Elena was going to try and convince the blonde to find the sword that Klaus would had hidden away good, they had the pictures of Jeremy's tattoo that was taken on the witch's phone but no way of telling what any of them meant without the sword to decipher it, but first the newborn had to explain everything that had happened on the island so far. Bonnie and Jeremy being kidnapped by Shane. It was a worrying time for them all.
"Tell me you're not serious." Caroline's voice was almost begging as she listened to her brunette friend tell the story. She was still in the Gilbert house doing a little half-hearted tiding, waiting for her friends to return with the cure. They were so close to finding it but now they were so far away, plus the daunting fact that Bonnie's spell to keep Klaus locked away in the Gilbert living room would wear off soon.
"I wish I weren't." Elena sighed as she ran her fingers through her long chocolate brown locks, she wished it wasn't real. All of her remaining family members were missing. Her friends and now Shane had been outed for the psychotic liar he was. "When we got back from looking for Jeremy, Shane and Bonnie were gone too." She tried to look out over the calming ocean but couldn't help but feel an uncomfortable clench in her stomach. "Shane needs Bonnie to cast the spell on Jeremy's tattoo in order to find the cure, and he managed to sneak them both out from under our noses."
Caroline creased her thin eye brows. "Well, where are Damon and Grace in all of this?" She questioned glancing over her shoulder at the Original who stood there in the arch way now suddenly more interested in the conversation at hand. She knew if it was anything to do with Grace then Klaus would be there in five seconds flat.
"We have no idea." The newborn answered making the blonde even more confused, wondering how they could have lost so many vampires in the short time they had been there. "When we got back to the camp all of their things were still there, but both of them were gone and when we came down to the beach we saw signs of a struggle..." She informed her gnawing on her bottom lip nervously.
"Meaning what?" Caroline's jaw dropped open a little in surprise, whatever had happened to either Damon or Grace, or perhaps both of them wasn't good. She heard a deep rumble of a growl from behind her, obviously Niklaus wasn't thrilled with the revelation of perhaps his vampire being in trouble.
Elena's face was filled with concern and confusion, all of her family was out there in the merciless, maze like forest missing and in danger. "Meaning somebody probably jumped one or both of them!" She answered and honestly Stefan was glad to hear the level of worry in her voice, it meant that finally she was feeling for her sister again
Caroline creased her eye brows. "Do you think Shane took them?"
"No, I mean, he might have been strong enough to take Grace if he got her by surprise, but I don't think he would be able to take both of them. He must have someone, or at least a few someones helping him." She answered as she gnawed nervously on her bottom lip again, almost biting it raw.
"I'm so sorry." The blonde whispered as she played subconsciously with the tips of her wavy blonde locks, all of her friends were out there missing, in danger or unable to find what they needed and there was nothing she could do to help, or so she thought. "I wish I was there to help." She added in a soft voice.
"Well, maybe there is something you can do from home." Elena suggested and the older vampire was more than happy to accept the offer, she was willing to do anything if it was just to help her friends in some way. "So, Shane's looking for the cure. We think we can find him. We have pictures of Jeremy's tattoo, but we just can't translate the map."
"... Unless you got the Hunter's sword from Klaus." Caroline put all of the pieces together without Elena even having to spell it out for her, she could feel a sense of pride rising in her stomach as she smiled to herself, glancing over her shoulder to met the intense glare of the hybrid standing behind her.
Elena nodded glad she understood. "Exactly."
A little way behind her Stefan was standing with the blonde Original talking over everything they had been through on their short time on the island. They were both listening sceptically to the phone conversation happening a couple of feet away from them, both of them had a sense of doubt in their stomach, especially when it came to anything to do with Niklaus, they had both been burned by him so many times before.
"He'll never give up the sword."
Stefan nodded his head gently as he answered. "Yeah, but if he thinks that Grace is in any kind of danger then maybe that might give him a reason to give it to us and maybe even help us." He was trying to find a logical reason for the selfish hybrid to give up the one item that was protecting him at that moment.
Rebekah scoffed. "He will never give up the sword, not even for Grace's safety. He's terrified we'll use the cure against him to make him mortal and even if he wasn't, he wouldn't want to derive a moment's worth of happiness from being human." She had the right to speak so bitterly about her half-brother after everything he had put her through.
Stefan nodded slowly, he understood that but there was more than one way to retrieve a sword from a hybrid. "Well, maybe he doesn't have to give it up." He shrugged his shoulders, the blonde smirked as she glanced up at him liking this new ruthless side to him. "I mean Klaus is stuck in Elena's house by Bonnie's spell. He can't go anywhere. There's only so many places he can hide a three-foot piece of metal." He concluded.
Mystic Falls
Caroline couldn't help but feel a sense of confidence and need to please her friends running through her veins as she straightened up replying to Elena. "I'll find it, don't worry." She assured her, after what Niklaus had done to her the day before she was going to enjoy rummaging through his personal belongings, finding out all of his deep, dark secrets. "Just e-mail the photo's of Jeremy's tattoo. I'll find the sword and I'll call you back." She assured her, accepting the thank you from the girl and bidding her adieu before hanging up.
Smirking the hybrid behind crossed his arms over his chest as he watched her begin to gather up all of her things, obviously texting her boyfriend the plan. She knew that Tyler would be more than happy to help if it was going to screw the Original over in the long run. "Need my help with anything, blondie?" He questioned in an almost kind tone.
"Nope." She answered quickly as she snatched her bag off of the counter-top not even giving the hybrid the satisfaction of looking over to him, instead she just quickly strode from the house slamming the door shut behind her, once again leaving the Original all on his own in that big empty house.
The Island
Deep into the island Shane, Bonnie, Jeremy and the islander Massak had been travelling all night and had finally reached their destination. A large cave with a hole in the middle of the floor. The Professor placed his bags on the floor as he began to set up the ropes, but the islander took a step back closer to the cave entrance before he informed them. "This is as far as I go."
Shane was surprised to hear this. "We're on the brink of a monumental event in human history." He tried to reason with the man, but the way he was clutching onto his necklace probably praying for his safety in his own head told the Professor how stubborn he was going to be. This man lived on this island, he knew the stories of Silas and what would happen if anyone was to raise him. "We're going to raise the most powerful immortal creature that ever was. C'mon, our work's not done yet."
"Mine is." Massak replied shortly a firm look on his face, there was no way that they were going to be able to convince him. "You said get the kid and the witch. I did. I wanna get paid now." He gave the Professor a hard stare before finally he sighed heavily and gave in to letting him go.
Crossing the room Shane grabbed his bag unzipping it to pull out the sacred tombstone, holding it in his hands for a moment to admire it before he walked over to Massak handing it over to him as he held it close to his chest keeping it safe. "I'll say a prayer for your souls." He nodded at them all before rushing from the cave as quick as he could.
Bonnie wasn't sure whether she was fearful that this man didn't want to go down and raise Silas, just like Kol, an Original, didn't want them to raise him either. Or whether she was angry that the Professor had made out for that tombstone to be so important in the grand scheme of things but it was actually just used to pay off an islander.
"That's what the tombstone was for?" She hissed over at him a dark look in her usually bright eyes. "To pay off a mercenary?" She added the words tasted like acid on her tongue, she couldn't believe that at one time she actually trusted this man.
Sighing Shane answered. "The core of that tombstone is made up of Qetsiyah's calcified blood. In some witch circles, that stone's more valuable than the Hope Diamond." He explained as he continued to get the ropes ready for their descent. "So... Who wants to go down first?" He questioned in a rough voice.
"What the hell is taking her so long." Katherine muttered to herself as she continued to pace back and forth, Grace continued suckling at the blood-bag she had been given as a gift, her chocolate-brown eyes watching as she glanced down at her watch then back up scanning the clearing for any signs of her sister.
Licking her lips slowly the younger vampire looked up from her meal. "With any luck she's caught in a trap." Grace muttered to mostly herself hoping that the brunette in front of her wouldn't hear her but the 500-year-old turned abruptly a growl on her lips as she walked towards her.
"Fayth isn't stupid enough to get stuck in an idiotic trap set up by a couple of Islanders, like you were." Katherine spat back aggressively as she snatched the blood-bag from her hand taking it away from her throwing it across the clearing as punishment, like a child with a toy. "And might I just ask why you were out there on your own? Why weren't you following your Salvatore around like a lost puppy?"
Grace remained quiet, she didn't want to think about her fight with Damon, let alone the bitchy Petrova doppelgänger. A cackle came from the woman's mouth as she walked over to her. "Oh, trouble in paradise? Well, that has really lightened up my mood. So what happened? You aren't Damon's super special telepathic vampire anymore?" She questioned, her voice was deeply patronizing as she glared down at her, the younger vampire just didn't make eye contact. "Let me guess... It starts with a 'K' and ends with a 'Laus'."
The small vampire just ignored her as she moved back to sit against the tree with her legs pulled up into her check, Katherine laughed again. "Don't worry. You don't have to answer me. That look on your face is entertainment enough." She told her, this really was going to be a long day. Katherine didn't even have to touch her to hurt her and that was what got Grace the most.
Mystic Falls
It didn't seem long before the loving couple returned from scouring the hybrid's entire home trying to find the Hunter's sword and without any of his sire hybrids there anymore it was more than easy to break-in and search the place. Klaus was sitting on the coffee table watching them with an almost amused look on his face.
Klaus felt a small grin spread across his face as he half-greeted them. "Well, if it isn't little orphan Lockwood. Come to show how laughably impotent you are against me?" He called him out but the younger hybrid only smirked as he took a couple of steps towards him, Caroline couldn't help but feel a clench of worry in her stomach.
"I'm just trying to help my friends find the cure." Tyler answered as he revealed the sword that was wrapped in a thin, linen blanket, unwrapping the metal to hold it firmly in his hand. "Found this in your attic." He announced, Klaus wasn't surprised that they had found it, there was only so many places that they could have possible searched for it.
Klaus smirked at him, they may have had the sword but it would be impossible for them to decipher. "And you think finding the sword brings you closer to the cure?" He questioned in a patronising tone.
"You tell me." Tyler answered him in a confident voice. "I was playing around with the handle on the ride over, and I found this." He unwrapped the small layer of leather from the hilt of the sword to reveal a turning device showing small pictures in the slots, a small grin pulled across the Original's face as he saw it.
"And what do you think 'this' is?"
Caroline stood up from where she had sat typing on her laptop. "It's called a cryptex." She informed him and both were surprised that she knew exactly what it was, she just smiled a little and announced. "I've seen The Da Vinci Code..." Klaus was trying to hide the amused smile from his face. "You turn the different sides to the different symbols to get the translation on the other side." She walked over to the coffee table. "And with the magic of the internet, Elena sent over these." She held up the images of Jeremy's tattoo Bonnie had usefully taken. "So now all we have to do is cryptex away." She sat back down on the couch. "If you happened to want to help, we wouldn't stop you."
"Right." Klaus nodded his head as he watched Tyler take a seat next to his girlfriend as they got to work looking at the pictures. "Well, might I suggest using the magic of the internet to purchase an Aramaic-to-English dictionary from your nearest retailer." There was a sickening, cocky smile pulling over his lips.
Tyler turned to his blonde girlfriend and questioned. "What's Aramaic?"
"It's a dead language." She answered her eyes slightly wide. "It's has been used since, like, biblical times." She remembered her history lessons where they had learnt all about the different languages of the world, still in use and dead.
"Qetsiyah's native tongue, I'm guessing." Klaus concluded as he shrugged his shoulders carelessly. "You know, even if you had the best dictionary in the world, it could take days to translate." He perched on the end of the coffee table once more a smirk on his lips. "Perhaps weeks. In bas so-teen-too ara-ma-eet."
"What does that mean?" Caroline questioned cluelessly as she looked over to the Original who had another grin forming on his face, this one more proud and deadly than before.
"If only you spoke Aramaic." He translated confidently for them making the couple look at each other with a small sigh, even if they had to deal with his snide comments they would still give deciphering the tattoo a good go.
The Island
Back on the beach Rebekah was raising her cellphone into the air trying persistently to get a signal but unable to get more than two bars, she frowned as she brought her phone back down to normal height her eyes crawling over to where Stefan and Elena were sitting having a heart-to-heart.
"And once again, everyone's life is in danger looking for this cure because poor Elena can't deal with being a vampire." She was resting the blame of everyone being in danger on her shoulders frowning a little as her boyfriend reached over and rested his hand on her knee an assuring smile on his lips.
"No." He spoke confidently as he squeezed her knee gently. "Everyone's here because they want to be. Not just for you, but for themselves too." He added and she sighed heavily as she looked up into his forest green eyes.
"Stefan, why didn't you tell me that you wanted the cure for yourself." After all that talking about Elena getting the cure and her being able to continue leading her normal human life without having to want to kill people or drink their blood they hadn't discussed that maybe Stefan might want the cure also and for that she felt a guilty clench in her stomach.
"I mean, why wouldn't I want to take it?" He whispered as he shook his head gently, she watched his face gently, the pain that was hidden in his eyes made her feel a large lump in her throat that she was struggling to swallow over. "I've seen every side to vampirism there is. The power... the misery, the guilt. You've been the only good thing I've had in my vampire life."
Elena knew all of Stefan's troubles. "Yeah, I mean, I know why you would want to take it, but what I'm saying is... Why didn't you tell me?" A frown formed over her lips as she looked over at him.
He couldn't help but sigh as he reached over and took her hand. "Because this was my choice to make, Elena. I mean, you know how much I want a human life with you. Being human myself, being normal – that's something I've wanted since long before I met you."
She wasn't angry at him for what he said, she completely understood, all his vampire life he had struggled with bloodlust and killing innocent people only to be turned around by his best friend, Lexi, and now she was dead due to her brothers impulse. "Well, I'm glad you told me now." She answered in a soft voice as she squeezed his hand back.
"I don't want to keep things from you anymore Elena and I don't want you to keep things from me either." He told her and she scooted closer to him craning her head up to press her lips to his confirming that it was what she wanted too.
From a few yards away Rebekah stood there watching the intimate moment the loving couple were sharing, she couldn't help but feel a tinge of jealousy in her stomach. She wanted that with someone, she wanted to have that and not compel someone to feel the same way.
"C'mon. We're going for a walk." Katherine announced, her voice was obviously testy as she waited for the return of her sister. Frowning a little the smaller girl stood up and looked down at the chain that was still tied to the tree behind her, the older vampire stalked over untying the chain holding it in her hand, much like a dog on a leash.
Sighing Grace questioned. "Can't I just walk, like, normally? I won't run. I mean, I wouldn't know where to run to." She announced logically as her fingers trailed over the chain collar around her throat before suddenly the woman in front of her yanked on the chain tugging her in the direction she wanted to walk. "Jeez. I'll take that as a no." She hissed as she walked along beside her, keeping up with her pace so she didn't get pulled again.
Katherine was a little on edge, it could be seen on her facial features and that was what made Grace nervous. She knew how impulsive vampires could be when they were hurt or upset and if Fayth was in trouble and Katherine didn't know then it was a disaster waiting to happen but the smaller brunette was on edge too. All of her family was out there with Fayth roaming around waiting to cause trouble.
When Vaughn had decided it was time for them to finally move out, he had bound vervain ropes around his throat which attached to his wrists and ankles giving him no choice but to stumble forward trying not to trip on his restraints that were being tugged by the hunter in front of him.
Damon sighed. "Mind telling me where we're going?"
"At the wishing well lies an entrance to the crypt." Vaughn answered looking forward as he continued to walk. "In the crypt lies Silas. And with Silas lies the cure, which will allow me to kill Silas, bring the mission of the brotherhood of the Five to an end." He informed him as he glanced over his shoulder looking at the vampire. "You're my leverage, Damon. I use you to get your witch friend to open the passage to Silas' crypt for me."
"What a minute, you're using me to get to Bonnie Bennett?" He couldn't help but scoff loudly as he looked at the back of the hunter's head with a sceptical look on his face, after everything he had done to Bonnie she wouldn't care if he would live or die. "Whoa, brother." He laughed a little. "You picked the wrong vampire."
"I guess we'll see about that."
Damon wanted to try to strike a deal with him. "Here's the deal, Shrek. My witch friend will open the passage for you. No leverage necessary. We don't care about Silas. All we want is the cure, so you cut us in on your share and we'll get out of your hair." He promised but the hunter stopped walking and turned to him.
"You really don't understand, do you?"
Mystic Falls
Caroline was holding pictures of Jeremy's tattoo trying to spot anything she might recognise and put with the index cards she had spread out over the table, they had the Aramaic symbols written all over them with loose English translations written beneath them.
"Ok, this is it." Caroline announced catching the Original's attention to see how close they were to cracking the complicated translation. "We've translated all the symbols on the tattoo." She picked up a piece of paper reading it carefully. "Passage inside... Requires a young senator and a pretty flower." There was a clear level of irritation over her face as she slammed the piece of paper down. "Ok, none of this makes sense!"
The Island
Damon hissed back at him. "No, I don't understand, so why don't you explain it?"
"Silas is immortal." He explained like Damon was dumb and didn't already know that or the story of Silas. "I have to cram the cure down his throat in order to kill him." Vaughn announced and the raven-black haired vampire creased his eye brows.
Rolling his crystal blue eyes Damon questioned. "Yeah, what does that have to do with me and my friend?"
Mystic Falls
In the room beside them they heard a beautiful language spilling from the Original's mouth, so fluent and perfectly spoken, they both raised their heads to see the hybrid smirking as he translated easily. "Requires a powerful witch and a hunter in full bloom." He informed them and both were surprised by his generosity to help.
Tyler creased his eye brows as he asked. "What are you doing?"
"I don't need to tell you my reasons." Klaus answered in a sure voice but a dark look in his eyes. "Caroline." He spoke lighter now and she glanced up at him from where she had been studying the index cards, her translations had been close. "Bring my sword over here."
The Island
"I need to use the cure against Silas." Vaughn's voice was aggravate now, he just wanted to get to the well and take care of the immortal and now he had to deal with explaining everything to a clueless vampire. "You're friends, they can't exactly have it, now, can they?"
Mystic Falls
Timidly Caroline carried the sword across the room, the three-foot blade of steel was heavier than she had anticipated but she still held it firmly, holding it just close enough for the Original who spoke the Aramaic language to read the cryptex.
"Silas rests on the far side, the means of his destruction at hand." He glanced over to the pictures of Jeremy's tattoo that were still up on Caroline's laptop screen. "Turn the cryptex to the right." She obliged turning it until he said. "Stop. The top of the hilt reveals a key to a nautical map. Turn it to the left." Slowly she turned it. "Now turn the other piece." She turned the smaller turning device. "There's something else." He muttered.
The Island
"You don't want to share it with us?" Damon growled back at him with a dark look in his eyes, he knew if he wasn't tied up by vervain ropes he would have already killed the hunter, honestly not caring about the hunter's curse at that moment.
Vaughn shook his head. "Even if I wanted to, I couldn't."
Damon was suppressing a loud growl, this Scot was really getting to him. "And why can't you share it?" He hissed at the hunter.
"So it is written..."
Mystic Falls
Klaus spoke in the exotic tongue of Aramaic again reading it carefully the words translating to English in his own head as Caroline watched him do so, Tyler was now standing waiting for him to finish the translation for them. "What does it mean?" The blonde questioned when he finally stopped speaking, the Original just grinned sickeningly. "Klaus, what does it mean?"
The Island
"There is only one dose." Vaughn answered Damon who let out a stuttered breath as he tried to search for a tell on his face, maybe he was lying but it was true and Damon knew that deep down.
Only one dose yet so many people who wanted it, who needed it. Would he really deprive Stefan and Elena of something they truly wanted to give it to someone who definitely didn't want it like his girlfriend and what about Rebekah, having a long-suffering 1000 years not being able to have a real relationship or a loving family.
Bonnie was lowering herself slowly into the well, it was larger than she had original expected but there was barely any light, expect from the flashlight Jeremy was holding, several candles flickering and the useless light spilling it from the hole above.
She was close to the ground when suddenly her grip slipped and the falls the rest of the way, hitting the ground hard using her hand as a cushion which split open on sharp rock making blood spill out into a puddle. Jeremy rushed over from where he had been waiting with a concerned look on his face. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I just slipped." She laughed off the pain as she raised her hand, slipping of her split glove to reveal the large wound in the centre of her palm, like any gentleman Jeremy ripped the hem of his shirt and tied it around her hand that was bleeding profusely making a tourniquet for her.
He smiled at her. "It's ok." He assured her in a soft voice which she liked, it had been so long since they were able to get close again and she could feel the same spark as she did when they first started their relationship.
"Thanks." She chuckled as he helped her back onto her feet unhooking her from the ropes, they smiled at each other for a long minute.
"Hey, guys, I'm coming down." Shane announced from the top of the well interrupting their moment as they both pulled away from each other to look around the darkened bland room, there was nothing special about it.
"Hey, Bon." Jeremy's voice was lowered, trying to not alert the Professor who was beginning to make his slow descent into the lower floor. "What do you think's gonna happen once you cast a spell on my tattoo and there's nothing between Shane and Silas?" He questioned almost nervously, if big-bad Kol was fearful of this immortal then maybe they should be too.
"Do you trust me?" It shouldn't have even been a question, Bonnie and Jeremy had been through so much that they trusted each other so much, they would willingly die for each other, all they wanted was to see their friends and families happy so they were willing to do this.
Jeremy nodded his head swiftly. "Yeah, of course." There was no hesitation in his voice.
"Then trust me when I promise I won't let Shane raise Silas." Bonnie was sure she wasn't going to let the Professor put anyone else in danger, he had already pushed the line by dragging Jeremy into this.
The hunter heard Shane begin to make his way down into the bottom part of the well, he moved closer to the beautiful witch lowering his voice more. "Just don't do anything stupid. If your Expression gets out of hand, Shane is the only one that could help you keep it in control." He reminded her which made a flare of anger move up from inside of her.
"Don't worry about me. I'm fine." She assured him with a kind smile on her lips before she thought back to the Professor a dark look in her eyes as she added. "But if Shane tries to lift a finger on his hand to hurt either one of us... I'll kill him myself."
Jeremy wasn't sure if he liked this new side to his lovely witch, he knew that she was strong but had never heard her talk about murder before, even if it was to someone as terrible as Shane but he understood her motivation behind it, Silas couldn't be risen.
Katherine tugged the brunette forward again, a hiss fell from her lips as she kept up with the older vampire muttering curses under her breath as she followed, the curled haired vampire smirked as she stalked forward, suddenly there was a rustle in the brush from around them which made both of them stop.
Subconsciously the smaller brunette took a step towards the older vampire, she would be able to protect them from any Islanders that could spring out from no where with hatchets and bows. Katherine scouted out the area quickly looking for any immediate signs of danger. "Must have been an animal." She concluded as she tugged on Grace's chain, tugging her unwillingly forward.
Huffing, the younger vampire followed when suddenly a body appeared in front of them, blood around her pouted lips, covering her hands wearing inappropriate clothes for hiking through an uneven forest. Fayth licked her bloody lips grinning at her sister. "Hope I didn't startle you." She announced with a smirk on her lips, there was a look on the taller girl's face it looked as if she was about to hit her sister but instead she embraced her deeply. "I'm ok."
"Don't ever do that to me again." Katherine hissed as she pulled away looking at her sister with a serious look on her face, the youngest vampire was surprised to see how close they were, she knew that they would do anything for each other but they really were close, as close as her and Elena used to be. It made her nostalgic for those times.
"Oh look what you found for me whilst you were patrolling the forest." Fayth turned her smile towards the younger vampire. "Now this just makes our plan a whole lot easier. Good job, sister." She nodded over at the other Petrova proudly as she placed her heavy-looking bag on the ground "Oh and I brought you a present also." She nodded towards the mysterious bag as Katherine looked inside seeing the tombstone inside. "No need to thank me." She added quickly a dark look in her eyes.
Down on the beach Rebekah was still trying to have a little service on her phone, she was surprised when suddenly she picked up a few bars and suddenly her cell began to vibrate in her hands, she clicked answer quickly before she lost signal again holding her phone to her ear she questioned. "Hello."
"Hey, it's Caroline." The voice of the sweet other blonde came through the speaker. "We have the translation of the tattoo. We're emailing you pictures of the map and instructions right now." She informed her helpfully, the Original checked her phone to see that she had received several emails.
Rebekah placed her phone back at her ear. "Got it. Thanks." She was surprised that they had been able to decipher the tattoos or that they had even found the sword, she figured Klaus would have buried it half way across the world but he had been foolish and left it in plan sight.
"Actually, it was me." Klaus informed them, obviously Caroline and Tyler hadn't left the Gilbert house yet and with their phone on speaker he was more than able to hear his sister and all he wanted to do was boast about his selfless behaviour and now he would be able to let his selfish sister know about the single dose of the cure thus keeping it away from Grace.
Rebekah was surprised to hear his voice. "Nik, you helped?" She questioned, he never helped for nothing there must have been a secret agenda that he wasn't telling them about.
"You sound so surprised, little sister." The hybrid smirked as he crossed his arms over his chest looking at both Tyler and Caroline who had frustrated looks on their faces, the more time they wasted talking the more that their family was in danger.
"Shouldn't I be?" The blonde Original answered in a sour voice with a set look on her face. "I mean, you don't want me to be human. You don't want any of us to be human, your special little sire-vampire included." Both Caroline and Tyler heard a slight rumble of a growl coming from Niklaus' throat. "Why would you help us find the cure?"
Clearing his throat Niklaus answered. "Maybe I finally realized that the longer I stand in the way of what you want, the longer you'll continue to hate me. Perhaps I want my sister to finally know happiness." He answered and it even sounded sincere to the couple sitting in front of them, they both glanced at each other waiting for Rebekah response.
"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me a hundred times-"
"No more fooling." Klaus cut her off quickly and she was left shocked was she really about her start trusting him again after everything her had put her through the past 1000 years being daggered and undaggered at his will. "No more games. I hope you get to live, and die, as you wish." He sounded so genuine Rebekah let out a shaky breath.
"So do I."
"There is one more thing, Rebekah." Klaus announced taking a deep breath before telling her the most vital part of their search for the cure. "There is only one dose of the cure. You need to find it first and take it. It's the only way you'll-" Quickly Tyler fumbled to end the call glaring up at the Original, now Rebekah knew that she was going to be ruthless.
"Nik. Nik!" She questioned as she stood on the beach unsure of why the call had ended so suddenly, one dose of the cure, only of one them could take it. Elena and Stefan had turned on her more than once, it was her turn to start fighting for herself now.
It had been a while since Damon had found out about the cure and there only being one person they could give it to. The older Salvatore was walking ahead of Galen but still at a loitering pace thinking deeply about whom they should give it to, the Hunter gave him a shove to go a little farther as the vampire growled. "You touch me again-"
"And you'll what? Threaten me?" Vaughn laughed gently looking around trying to remember the way towards the cave. "Sorry if you're upset about the cure, Damon, but we've got road to cover." He informed him.
"I don't care about the cure." Damon told him, it was half a lie, of course he wanted it for Grace, he wanted her to be all his but he didn't want it for himself, that ruled him off the list of people to give it to. "In fact, I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to be a vampire." He was feeling so guilty about trying to force his woman to be human. "You know what? If I wasn't a vampire, then I wouldn't be able to do nine of the things I'm going to do to you when I'm free." He told him when suddenly the Hunter barged him to move faster again. "Make that ten."
"Right."
Breathing out Damon told him honestly. "Alright I admit it, ok? My friends want the cure, and I want them to gave it, and I get very upset when I can't provide for my loved ones." Stefan wanted it and in his eyes that was enough reason for him to want the cure, so his brother could be happy or so that Stefan could see Elena be happy and give the cure to her. "But tell me something, Vaughn, if all you're worried about is Bonnie the teenage witch, then why'd you save Jeremy and Elena yesterday?"
Vaughn creased his eye brows. "How did I do that?"
"Big guy. White paint all over him. You stuck a hatchet in his spine." He tried to remind him of the rescue the day before from one of the Islanders that had been out to stop them from getting to the cure and Silas.
"I don't remember doing such a thing." Galen was standing in front of Damon now looking at a crossroad thinking which way they should go next, he pulled on the rope but the strong vampire ceased to move looking at the Hunter with a confused look on his face.
"We're on a remote island." Damon reminded him in a rough voice as he adjusted the rope around his neck, it was chaffing uncomfortable against the sore skin on his throat. "There's you, me and a bunch of unpleasant locals. You expect me to believe that someone else took out that monster truck of a human being that went after Jeremy and Elena?"
"I'm telling you, it wasn't me." Vaughn replied honestly as he used his strength to push the Salvatore forward into walking again, they walked through a brush when suddenly they saw a body laying on the floor, covered in blood with his throat slit, it was Massak. They both stared at the Islander for a long moment confused.
"Was that you?" Damon quizzed.
Shaking his head Galen answered. "No. You?" He looked over at the vampire whom seemed as confused as he was to see that there was someone else on this island taking care of the locals that were out to get them.
"No."
Vaughn began to scan the area around them. "Well, I reckon there really is someone else on this island."
"So..." Grace coughed as Katherine yanked her chain harder so she would keep up with the two of them. "It was the two of you. This entire time." She concluded, slowly her doppelgänger began to clap her hands together slowly in a discouraging way, a deeply sarcastic look on her face as she looked over her shoulder at her.
"I see your deduction skills are as keen as ever, Sherlock." Fayth told her with a smirk on her face, the sister beside her chuckled gently as she continued to lead them forward. "Yes we saved Jeremy and I guess we saved Elena too but we didn't plan that one." The vampire from behind her growled in a feral way. "Put it this way. If it wasn't for us." She pointed to herself and Katherine. "Most of your little supernatural brigade would be dead by now." She smirked before turning around. "Including you, so you, little vampire, owe us."
Looking at her for a minute she questioned. "I, erm, I o-owe you?" Grace whispered creasing her eye brows, looking at her doppelgänger confused. "Owe you what?" She asked, a sickening smile pulled across the older vampire's face.
The Petrova knew exactly what she wanted from the younger vampire. "You owe me... Your clothes." She looked at the set of clothes she was wearing, it wasn't what she was used to wearing and it wasn't like she wanted to but she had to for their scheme, but the smaller vampire just seemed taken back by this, looking up at her confused.
Bonnie, Shane and Jeremy had all ventured further into the well to find a new chamber of this mysterious underground tunnel system. They were searching this new room trying to find something that might lead them forward towards the cure.
"It's just amazing, isn't it?" Shane announced from where he stood in the room, shining the flashlight around clearly missing the disgusted look on both of the teens' face. "Once we raise Silas, all of our sacrifices will have been worthwhile; we'll all have what we want."
Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Or he'll kill us all." She concluded earning a dark look from the Professor from across the room.
"Listen, you're going to see I'm right. Just so you don't get any ideas, remember, anything happens to me, something a lot worse will happen to you." He reminded her, she knew it was a threat but just remained silent as the muscular teen stepped forward in front of her.
"Alright, where is this stupid magic passage she needs to open?" He couldn't help but feel an overwhelming feeling to protect his little witch, she looked up at him with a grateful look on her face.
"Just look for anything that looks out-of-place, alright?" Atticus answered with a hard look on his face. "Anything not occurring in nature like a... Like a drawing or an inscription or a..." He paused looking down at the floor for a moment, a look of awe struck over his face. "Geometrically perfect circle!" He crouched down brushing away all the dirt and debris to reveal a perfectly circle that had been carved into the stone ground. "This is it! This is the spot!"
Fayth was scratching her arms uncomfortable. "Ugh." She announced with a disgusted look on her face. "How on earth do you wear these kind of clothes everyday?" Clearly she was not impressed by the lack of an expensive brand on the younger vampire's clothes, frowning she glared over at her sister who was laughing silently.
"Don't laugh, this isn't funny, Katerina. Now, do I look enough like her?" She questioned looking over to her doppelgänger who was now wearing her clothes, she didn't look right in the tight leather or the five-inch heels, the whole thing did not scream Grace at all. Katherine walked over inspecting her for a long second before puffing her hair and straightening her clothes a little.
"I think you'll need to lose the tough girl tone to your voice and put on an innocent doe eyed stare if you're really going to pass for the telepath." Katherine crossed her arms over her chest watching as her sister widened her eyes putting a frowned pout on her lips. "That's better and make sure you stutter, she seems to do that quite often, kind of like she doesn't know what she wants and if you're ever going to insult someone let it be under you breath."
Grace muttered. "Bitch." Under her breath at that point, the older vampire smirked as she zipped over holding her against the tree seeing her necklace around her throat spying the ring around it which was close to the Lapis Lazuli pendant. The brunette was looking down at her with a pleading look in her eyes, they could have everything but the ring. "Please..." She whispered.
"What's that?" Fayth questioned as she looked in the mirror at herself, frowning at the dullness of her clothes before shoving her mirror back in her pocket. The pleading look in Grace's eyes had turned to begging now as Katherine placed the Gilbert back on her feet.
Katherine replied. "Nothing." She walked back over to her sister. "We'll wait here for you. Get in and get out, we need the cure and that is all, sister." She reminded her in a tough voice as Fayth nodded. "Remember how much we need this." She breathed and the smaller vampire nodded before turning around and gliding through the forest.
"You didn't tell her." Grace breathed looking up at the taller vampire whom continued to not look over at her, the Gilbert had her hand clasped around the necklace tightly and protectively around the ring that Damon had given her. "Why?"
"Trust me, little telepath. I don't want to know what the ring represents or which of your suiters gave it to you but I saw how important it was to you." Slowly the taller vampire nodded before turning to her. "Don't give me that vacant thankful look just remain quiet until Fayth returns, do you think you can do that?" She questioned and the telepath nodded. "Good."
"What did Caroline say?" Elena questioned from where her and Stefan were following the blonde Original through the maze like forest as she continued looking down at her phone and then leading them forward.
"I don't know." Rebekah lied, it was obvious she was keeping the secret of there being a single dose from them both, if she told them it would become a free for all rather than them all working together so they could get what all of them wanted. "We lost signal. Come on, this way." She lead them out to a cliff looking over the edge. "We need to get down and across. Advantage, vampires: all we have to do is jump." She shrugged.
"Wait, wait." Elena held her hands up looking at the blonde with a concerned look on her face as she stepped forward. "Erm... Maybe you should leave the map behind. In case you fall, you don't want anything to happen to the phone." She tried to convince her but the blonde glared as she pursed her lips.
"Are we doing this again?" Rebekah hissed as she took a step towards the newborn. "I thought we were a team?"
"Guys, we don't have time for this." Stefan interrupted them, they still had so much to do after finding this cure, people were still missing, it wasn't all about being human anymore they had so much more riding on this, the gravity of the situation was a lot heavier than their selfish needs now. "Elena, you go first." He told his girlfriend. "We'll be right behind you." He assured her.
The brunette hesitated before pressing a soft kiss to her boyfriend's lips, he gave her an assuring smile before she turned and took a running leap over the edge of the cliff, taking a sheer horizontal drop to the floor, if she was human she'd surely be dead but being a strong vampire she landed on her feet as light as a feather, only stumble slightly, looking back up waiting for the other two.
Up at the top of the cliff Stefan was about to take the leap but the blonde caught his arm giving him a guilt filled look, he had been good to her even after everything that had happened he had still let her come and stuck up for her when she needed it. "There's something you should know about the cure." He deserved to know.
Bonnie had her hand pressed to Jeremy's bare chest where the tattoo had been marked, her other hand was holding his tightly he could feel her nerves as he closed her eyes. Shane was walking around them waiting for her to begin as he talked her through it. "You're doing it, just breathe, alright?" He assured her, Jeremy glared over at him. "Focus on what you can do. Don't be afraid of what you can't."
Jeremy took his turn to try to cheer the witch on, he could feel her shaking as she touched him. His little witch had helped him through not wanting to kill vampires well it was his turn to try to help her now. "You can do this. Remember, just like you taught me. You're in control." She nodded as this obviously reassured in the Hunter's confidence in her.
"That's it." Shane muttered watching the two from where he was pacing. "It's just like drawing breath. Now just pull the power towards you." He watched in awe as Jeremy's tattoo began to face away almost like Bonnie was sucking all the power into herself.
Vaughn continued to tug the vampire in the right direction when suddenly they came to a halt the Hunter looked down at his arm to see it was slowly fading away leaving his skin pale and unmarked, like it had never been there. "Looks like your witch is casting her spell." He announced with a smirk on his lips.
Bonnie glanced up concerned at Jeremy to see he still had the same admiration in his eyes for her, that made her feel so much better knowing that it was him coaching her through it, not Shane but the Hunter, feeling reassured she closed her light brown eyes again and continued what she was doing.
It wasn't long until they began to hear a crumbling noise, dust raining down from the rocky ceiling above them, as soon as large rocks began to cascade down Shane took that as his chance to take cover diving away from the two whom continued their spell.
Fayth heard voices coming from the distance, she frowned as she weaved through the trees stopping when she was close enough to hear what was actually going on. It was Stefan and Rebekah, she peeked out from a tree to see them both standing at the cliff edge obviously speaking about something very intense.
"So you're sure that Klaus is telling the truth?" Stefan questioned a rough tone to his voice. "That there's only one dose of the cure?" He creased his eye brows, Fayth smirked a little as she gripped her manicured nails into the tree she was hiding behind waiting for the blonde's response, she only nodded. "Well, I guess that's what happens when you're dumb enough to hold out hope."
"There's still hope for one of us." Rebekah reminded her and Fayth self-preservation flared up more than ever, she was ruthless enough to do this and she was strong enough. She was going to have that cure no matter who died, she just needed the Salvatore to lead her to it. "But even if I felt pity for you, if I wanted to ease your pain so I gave you the cure to take for yourself, you'd give it to Elena, wouldn't you?"
It wasn't a question for Stefan, no matter how miserable he was being a vampire all of these years he'd learn to adjust to it either way. Elena wasn't supposed to be this way she was supposed to be human, she didn't want to be a vampire and he knew that more than anything. Why should she have to suffer the same way he had done, perhaps this was his penance for everything soul he had killed over the years.
Rebekah took his none vocal answer as a yes. "That's what I thought." The blonde muttered as she nodded her head. "Well, I'm sorry that it couldn't work out the way we all wanted it to." She added and the younger vampire looked down at him confused when suddenly the blonde reached up and snapped his neck, he fell hard to the ground.
Elena had seen this from where she had stood with a shocked look on her face, Fayth gasped lightly making the blonde look in her direction but she moved quick enough so that she didn't see her hiding until she heard a whoosh of air telling her that the blonde had gone off to find the cure on her own.
Coughing softly Jeremy pushed himself up off of the dusty floor to see the mess of a room that he was standing in. He panicked when he noticed that the witch wasn't next to him anymore, he looked around the debris filled room not able to see her anywhere. "Bonnie!" He hollered hoping to get her attention. "Bonnie!"
"I'm fine." Her voice called back and he grabbed his flashlight shinning it across the room to see her standing behind a rock, her hair was slightly disheveled and she had a slightly taken back look on her face but she was in one piece and that was all he cared about. "I'm here. Look! It worked!" She led him over to the large newly formed passage.
Grabbing his shirt off the floor the Hunter announced in an amazed voice. "You did it." He was so proud of her for being able to do this, although it looked as if he took a lot out of her.
"We did it." She nodded back at him as he pulled his shirt over his head to cover up his body, they went to continue on through when suddenly they heard a grunt of pain, shinning the flashlight over to see Shane sitting on the ground with a pain stricken look on his face now glad they could see him.
"Hey, guys, I need a hand." He was slightly breathless as his hand gripped his leg painfully, a pleading look on his face. "My leg's broken." He informed them but a sickening smile only pulled across the witch's face, he deserved this after everything he had done to their little family.
"Best to stay off it, then." She told him coldly before she reached back taking the Hunter's hand firmly in her own and leading him forward into the new passage for them to follow on through, Jeremy couldn't help but smile proudly at the witch, she didn't need Shane she was strong enough to do this.
"Bonnie." Shane called watching her walk away carelessly with the teen in tow. "Wait, wait. Don't... C'mon. Bonnie!" He called louder but it was clear that the witch didn't give a damn about him. "Help me! C'mon, please! Help me!"
The older Salvatore brother was still tied up as he staggered forward into the cave, the worry of Grace being out there and her safety unknown to him was playing heavily on his mind as well as the thought of the single dose for the cure and as it was in such high demand it needed to go to someone whom truly deserved it.
As they approached the well that they would have to descend down into to get to the lower chambers that held Silas and the mysterious cure they saw the abandoned ropes and other equipment. "Well, here we are." Damon announced in a cold voice, his voice echoing through the cave around them. "Looks like someone beat us to the punch."
"That's a shame, Damon." The Scot answered with a smirk on his lips. "I have no use for you anymore. Hate to kill ya." Now he didn't have to persuade Bonnie to open the passage he just had to get in there and stop Silas before it was too late.
"Ditto." The vampire growled back a snarl on his lips. "You know, that pesky Hunter's cure and all." He shrugged not caring for a moment about it just wanting to end Vaughn's life, a little payback for everything he had done to him. "Alright. How do you want to do this?" He questioned as if it was an option.
"I'll make it quick and painless." He answered in a sour voice as he cut the rope at his end throwing the loose rope back to Damon whom caught it and pulled it over his head and untied his wrists throwing them carelessly to the floor.
Rubbing his sore, burnt skin the Salvatore answered. "Wish I could make the same promise." He wasn't going to let Vaughn have any kind of peace by the time he was done with him, nothing about this torture was going to be painless or quick. "I'm gonna kill you. And then I'm gonna get that damn cure and I'm gonna give it to the girl that I love." He told him in a firm voice, even after everything, knowing there was a single dose he was still more than ready to shove it down Grace's throat.
"Your attachment to your friends will be the end of you." He warned him in a low voice as they heard footsteps coming from the entrance they had just came from, a sickening smile pulled across the vampire's lips.
"You don't know my friends..." He told him when suddenly the blonde Original came around the corner, probably the last person that was going to help him fight off a Hunter after everything they had been through. "Or my enemies."
Fayth peeked out from around the corner to see that Elena was tending to her loving boyfriend with a concerned look on her face as he feed from a blood-bag obviously trying to regain his strength. "There's only one cure?" She questioned in a sad voice and he nodded slowly. "I can't take it. I mean, not above everyone else who deserves it just as much as I do." She sighed heavily. "It's over."
"I'm sorry." Stefan sighed as he pulled her towards him and hugged her, that was his Elena being selfless and putting everyone else before herself. They suddenly heard a rustling in the brush from behind them, immediately the younger Salvatore stood up standing in front of his girlfriend protectively.
A tiny form came stumbling through the forest breathing hard looking up at them with a doe eyed stare they were so used to. "Grace." They called clearly fooled by Fayth's disguise, they bounded over to her capturing her in hugs to check her over seeing if she was ok which she seemed to be. "Where have you been? We came back to the camp and you weren't there."
"I... I got lost. That place is like a maze!" She answered in a breathless voice as she looked between the two younger vampires. "I'm sorry, I tried to find my... my way back but... I couldn't. I was so scared. I'm sorry." She breathed out looking at them both, she was even believe her portrayal the Gilbert.
"You don't need to apologise, we're just happy that you're alive." Stefan answered with a small smile, there was a clear sign of relief on both of their faces and the Salvatore was glad to see it on his girlfriend's face, at least they were getting on and not fighting for a little while, actually going to be able to work together. "There is something we need to tell you-"
"I.. I think I heard. It's about the single dose of the cure, right?" She looked at him and he nodded gently she looked between them both with that same doe eyed look she had practiced earlier. "Listen, we can argue and reason about who should get it later on. I think that for now we should just get in there and get it so that we know it's in our hands at least."
Elena nodded her head before asking gently. "Shane has already got Jer and Bonnie down there." There was a high level of concern in her voice and the brunette nodded her head taking in the information. "We figured that Shane had you and Damon too, but I guess he just has Damon instead."
"Yeah, I guess he does..." She answered nodding her head, they both watched her for a minute and Fayth knew she was supposed to be reacting to that kind of news differently, Damon was her lover and she was supposed to be concerned about him. "I... I just want to get down there and find him." Fayth told them and they both nodded. "I guess we'll have to deal with everything else once we get home."
"Oh my God..." Elena whispered as she looked up at Fayth, for a moment she thought she had been caught but when the youngest vampire added. "Home." She reminded her although the 500-year-old had no idea what she was taking about she acted surprised. "Klaus. Bonnie's spell isn't gonna hold him."
"And after what we did to Kol, if we don't ram that cure down is throat, he'll kill us all, minus you." He glanced down at Fayth who put on that same doe eyed look as she thought of what the brunettes life would be like if she was forced to spend her life 'loving' Klaus.
Frowning the smaller girl answered. "Although I'm sure I'll be wishing I was dead." This took the two by surprise, obviously Fayth didn't know about the sire-bond that Grace and Klaus shared so her saying that seemed to take them both by surprised. "Are we going to stand around all day or are we actually going to find what we all came here for."
Mystic Falls
Walking out onto the front porch Tyler stormed out with his loving girlfriend behind him, he was fed up with babysitting Klaus, he just wanted to be able to spend time with his girlfriend and not be in fear of their lives on a daily basis. "Every time I think I have him, that son of a bitch gets the upper hand."
"We won't let him hurt you." Caroline told him sincerely as she rubbed his back softly, he sighed with Rebekah now knowing there was only one dose of the cure they were sure to lose. "They will bring back the cure."
"If they get to it first!" The hybrid answered back quickly leaving her looking at him with eyes filled with sorrow. "And if they don't, Klaus kills me." He knew he had to make a plan for when everything fell through, when Bonnie's spell wore off and Klaus was left free and all his anger pointed towards him. "I need to get out-of-town to figure out how I'm gonna stay alive-"
"Wait, hang on, ok?" Caroline hissed looked at him through wide silvery orbs, a horrified look on her face, she didn't want to say goodbye to him again, not because of Klaus she couldn't, it hurt too much. "Gosh! Before you get all doomsday, just... At least let me try to talk to him." She begged, maybe she could convince him.
"He's got nothing to lose, Care." The tanned boy answered with a heavy frown as he stroked her face, but he knew that she wasn't one to give up easily. "His brother's dead, his hybrids are gone, he knows that Grace won't want him after everything. All he wants now is blood, starting with mine."
"I'm not gonna say goodbye to you again, do you understand me?" She had a determined look on her face as she stiffened her upper lip, he sighed looking deep into her eyes as she leaned forward pressing a soft kiss to his lips. "Let me fix this." Slowly he nodded and she smiled back at him assuringly.
The Island
Damon and Rebekah were both standing opposite the Hunter who had his gun aimed on them, he knew he couldn't take both of them down at the same time, but if he picked them off one by one he might have a chance.
Growling loudly Damon questioned. "Are we gonna dance or are we gonna play?" He was ready to finish Vaughn now and with Rebekah there it might make the whole thing a little easier and maybe he wouldn't be the one that would end up suffering from the Hunter.
"You know he can't hurt me, Damon, unless he's got the white oak stake." And that was very unlikely as Stefan was the last person to be seen with it so nothing the Hunter had would actually kill her but he could do some damage and give it a good go.
Vaughn smirked. "Oh, he doesn't, but he's got other toys." He shot her three rounds directly in the chest of the Original, but this only made her anger. Zipping across the room grabbed him by his neck but he acted quickly and strapped a small device to her chest, she glanced down to see small wooden nails sticking out of a ticking object.
Holding the fuse to the grenade and it ticked down the final couple of seconds sending the wooden spikes directly into her body, she fell down flat onto her face clearly neutralised, if that had been Damon in that situation he would have been dead, but because she was an Original she would get back up, at least she wouldn't get her hands on the single dose of the cure.
Zipping across the room Damon decided to take Vaughn down the old-fashioned way in hand-to-hand combat, he hadn't taken into account that the Hunter would be fairly skilled, knocking the vampire away for a moment he pulled out another gun, firing something at him, the wire that had sprung from the gun wrapped around the Salvatore's throat and secured him to a beam that was supporting the cave.
"Damon!" A voice came from the entrance of the cave, he knew that voice it was his little brother, Vaughn acted quickly catching onto the rope and sliding down it quickly entering the cave leaving the older vampire all alone before the three of them rushed into the room, Fayth put on her best concerned face.
"Damon." She whispered as she ran over to him looking at the device that was caught around his throat choking him gently, she brushed her cold finger tips over his face as he gazed up into her eyes lovingly, there wasn't the same look in the Petrova's eyes, it was more of a dead look. "W-What happened?" She tried to get it off half-heartedly but the vervain on the wire singed her fingers.
"You're wasting time." Damon told her in a firm voice, a determined look in his eyes as he looked up at who he thought was his girlfriend, she licked her lips slowly knowing that she had to get down there before anyone else could. "Just get the cure. Go."
Fayth knew that she had to put up some kind of fight before going down there, or else they would know it wasn't the real Grace. "We're not gonna leave you." She told him in a firm voice, there wasn't as much emotion as she would have liked to have it there, but it was hard for Fayth to try to feel anything for Damon.
"No, we aren't." Stefan added as he moved down next to his brother taking Fayth's spot as support. "You two need to go ahead." He looked at the both of them. "We'll be right behind you." Fayth stood up and headed for the well about to jump down the shaft into the under chamber when she noticed that Elena was hesitating. "Go."
The young witch was leading the Hunter further through the passage with flashlights illuminating the way for them before Bonnie let out a small amused laugh. "Look at us." She scoffed a little and Jeremy glanced down at her. "A newbie Hunter and a witch who needs adult supervision." She added them up with a soft smile. "How are we the ones that made it this far?"
Jeremy shrugged before he answered. "I'm glad we're here together." Not just so that he knew that she was safe, but it felt right them both being there.
"Me, too." She smiled back at him, both of them shining the flashlights at each other so they could see the grateful, compassionate emotions on their faces, it had been so long since they had been able to spend time together, being able to reconnect since everything that had happened. Before the witch turned back around and the continue to walk.
As they continued to walk, Jeremy looked all around taking in his surrounding and trying to track which way they were going incase they got lost in these underground tunnels that were almost like a maze, he questioned. "Where is 'here' exactly?"
After a long moment Bonnie said. "This way." She told him making him creased his eye brows wondering how she knew which way to go, perhaps she was sensing it with her witchy juju or maybe the Expression magic was helping but whatever it was it seemed to be working, they seemed to be moving forward.
Jeremy asked. "How do you know?"
"I just know." She replied softly as she was looking mysteriously forward as if she had seen someone, a smiled cracked over her face as tears lined her eyes, she let out a stuttered breath so happy to see Sheila Bennett, her grams standing there smiling back at her looking as beautiful as ever, she was helping them, the light that was guiding them.
Grams smiled. "Hello, Bonnie."
The alive witch's voice broke as she answered. "Hi, Grams." Jeremy quickly shined his flashlight to where she was looking but saw only empty space, that impossible, if the witch of her grandmother really was standing there he would have been able to see her, he could see ghosts that was one of his many talents. "What are you doing here, Grams?"
"This place allows the living to talk to the dead." Shelia informed her with an assuring smile as she took a step towards her granddaughter whom was so happy to see her again, the last time she had seen her it had been awful, Elena was dying slowly and she was trying to help but her Grams had told her it was too dangerous and Bonnie ended up turning her back on her.
"Bonnie, what's going on?" Jeremy whispered but the witch continued to ignore him, looking off into the distance.
"I am so sorry about what happened." She sniffled her lower lip shaking as her Grams gave her a kind smile nodding gently.
"It's ok." She told her taking another step towards her grandchild. "You're here now. And you are this close to bringing me back for good." Bonnie was surprised to hear this, she would do anything it if meant she would have her Grams back, she missed her more than anything. Reaching out Shelia took the witch's hand gently and began to lead her towards the chamber, but Jeremy acted quickly grabbing his little witch's shoulders making her turn to him.
"Bonnie, stop!" He ordered looking down into her eyes which seemed to be glazed over. "Hey, you're not seeing your Grams." He tried to convince her but she went to look back, but he placed his hand on her cheek making her look up at him. "If she were here, I'd be able to see her and I can't. It's not her ghost. It's a hallucination." He told her cupping her face once more, the hallucination must have formed when she cut her hand open when she entered the well. "What you're seeing isn't real. It's me. Your Grams isn't here. I'm here. I'm real, ok?"
The witch took a shaky breath as she gazed up into his eyes for a long couple of seconds before a whooshing sounded filled the room, they looked over to see that Sheila wasn't standing there anymore. "What happened?" She questioned in a voice which was barely there.
"Silas." Jeremy answered and she looked up at him concerned. "He was in your head. He was trying to control you." This struck fear into Bonnie's very being knowing that Silas was powerful enough to get into her head without having to be risen. She didn't like being in this well anymore and began to wonder if this was all worth it.
"And Shane." Bonnie whispered as she began to add everything up, this well wasn't magical it was Silas causing all of these things to happen. "Illusions of his wife. That's how Silas controls him."
Looking down at her once more. "You need to block him out of your mind." He told her in a firm voice, she had helped him with so many things, well now it was his turn to help protect her from Silas. "Close your eyes." He lowers his voice to a calming whisper and she followed his instructions. "Listen to my voice and only my voice." She let out soft breath as she reached out and took his hands. "I'm gonna get us there." He assured her as he squeezed her hand gently leading her forward through the passage her Grams hallucination had stood in.
Mystic Falls
Caroline wandered back into the Gilbert house feeling an uncomfortable pain in her chest at the thought of losing her boyfriend again, she couldn't and she was going to fight for him. Klaus had to feel something, he had to care a little and not want to ruin everyone's lives. She saw him sitting in an arm-chair waiting patiently for the spell to finally wear off.
"You can't kill Tyler." Her voice was so soft he wasn't even sure he had heard her at first. Creasing his eye brows he looked up at her face to see the determined yet heartbroken look on her face.
"Not only can I, I have to." He told her in a firm voice, he had to prove to everyone that they couldn't just do what they wanted to him and for them to not be consequences at the end of it and they had to know that using Grace as a reason wasn't going to make him calm anymore, he couldn't keep falling for it. "I have a reputation to uphold. Moreover, I want to."
The blonde let out a soft sigh. "I"m not asking you to forgive him. All I'm asking is that you let him live, somewhere far from here." She suggested hating the fact that she had to let him go, but at least she knew he would be safe and alive, even if it was without her and her without him, the love of her life.
Growling Klaus spat back. "So he gets to live a happy life after he turned all my hybrids against me, after he tried to kill me, after he made it his life's mission to find the cure so that he could use it against me-"
"We all want the cure."
"Do we?" He hissed as he stood up with a hard look on his face. "Did any of you for one minute asked if Grace wanted the cure or did you all made the decision for her?" He hissed and she remained quiet. "Everyone wants to get her away from the big bad hybrid, but none of you seem to realise that I may be the best choice for her."
"No." Caroline whispered shaking her head. "She's the best choice for you. She makes you a better person and here I was thinking you had a reputation to uphold." She quoted him from earlier he growled a little as he looked up into her eyes his eyes almost glowing amber from anger.
"And what about you?" He questioned looking over at her but she just remained quiet not speaking letting him continue. "You don't want the cure either. I can see it."
"It doesn't matter what I want." The blonde hissed back knowingly, crossing her arms over her chest, she likes who she is now and she can live with that. "There's only one, so it's not like I'm gonna get it anyway."
Klaus looked at her for a long moment. "But if you could... You wouldn't, would you?" He added and she didn't answer him only peruses her lips together. "You prefer who you are now to the girl you once were. You like being strong, ageless, fearless." He stood up from where he had sat to take an intimating step towards her. "We're the same, Caroline."
"Then show me." She hissed straightening her bottom lip remaining as strong as she knew she could be. "You know how much I love Tyler. I would guess it's as much as you love Grace. You can see how scared I am to lose him. Like you are to losing Grace. If you and I are so similar then show me your compassion. Show him the mercy that I would show you."
"Mercy..." Klaus hissed looking up into her silvery orbs. "For Tyler." He took another moment to think about it as she watched him carefully. "Tell him to leave town immediately." He turned around facing away from her. "And tell him to run to a place I will never find him."
She could feel hope burning up in her stomach as a soft smile pulled across her lips. "Of course." She was willing to take that, so happy that he had agreed to let Tyler live grabbing her coat she threw it over her shoulder as she went to leave the house but was stopped when she heard him talk again.
"Tell him that this is the mercy I extend for your safe... That I will give him a head start before I kill him." She felt her throat tightened as he told her that, her smile flattened to nothing as all of her hope disappeared in that one moment. Niklaus had no redemption.
The Island
The younger Salvatore had finally managed to get his brother free of the rope and when he did the raven-black haired vampire slid down the beam sitting on the ground tiredly, rubbing his bruised, burnt throat. "Alright, c'mon. We have to catch up." Stefan tried to help him up but he was so weak.
Breathlessly Damon answered. "No, it's ok. I just need a minute." He needed to regain his strength, knowing that Grace was safe was all he needed now. "I'm only gonna slow you down. Go." He told him firmly. "They only need one of us."
"And what? You just don't care about Grace anymore? After all you've been through? Fighting her back off Klaus ever time? You know she was missing too when we got back to the camp." Damon was surprised by this looking up at him. "She made her way back to us and is more determined than ever to help us. What you think it's just easier to walk away?"
"Of course not." Damon growled back shaking his head. "There's only one dose of the cure, Stefan. Elena wants to take it, you want her to take it. I want Grace to take it but she doesn't want to... Who am I to order her to do something?" It was a moment of real development for Damon as his brother nodded his head.
"Things have changed. It's not that easy anymore... If there had been more, if Grace had wanted to-"
"But she doesn't." Damon growled back in a sharp tone and his older brother gave him a sorrow filled look. "Now get you ass down that well. Help them both get the damn thing." Stefan hesitated, he didn't want to leave his brother like this. "C'mon!" Finally he turned and jumped down the well shaft leaving him alone with Rebekah's neutralised body.
"I'm glad we found you again. I was worried." Elena informed who she thought was her sister as they quickly made their way through the passage towards where the cure would be stashed away with Silas close by. "I know you probably don't believe that I was... Because of everything that we have been through, but you're still my sister, Grace."
Fayth glanced up at the girl as they rounded another corner, she knew they had to be close to the small group that had already descended down there, she knew that she had to depose of the dead weight that was running along beside her. "You've sorely mistaken me for someone who gives a damn." She smirked making the taller girl look over confused.
"Grace-"
"Wrong again, Gilbert." Fayth answered as she extended her fangs looking over at the younger vampire for a long minute before pouncing on her pinning her to the ground making Elena hit her head hard, blood pouring out, matting in her hair. "It's been really great catching up, but I have more important things to do... Like stealing the cure." She snapped her head leaving the girl unconscious on the ground.
Mystic Falls
The blonde was sitting on the porch swing with her loving boyfriend after she had told him that Klaus was giving him a head start but the hunt for his life wasn't over. She let out a breathy sigh as she looked up into his eyes. "How many times are we gonna have to say goodbye?" She just wanted to be happy with him but that seemed impossible.
Reaching over he squeezed her hand that was sitting on her knee. "At least this time we have a minute to do it the right way." He replied giving her a soft smile, he wasn't going to give up on them or their relationship.
Her lower lip was shaking as tears began to well up in her eyes. "There isn't a right way." There was never going to be a right way to say goodbye to each other and lovers. He frowned he hated seeing her crying, to him she was his strong Caroline who had grown with him, they had got each other through to so many things and helped each other grow as people.
"This isn't goodbye." The hybrid told her as he squeezed his hand again. "This is... Until we find a way. We're immortal, remember?" He reminded her with a soft smile before he added. "We will find a way."
"What if we don't?" She sniffled and he didn't respond this time only watched her with a pain stricken look in his eyes. "Tell me that you'll never think of me again. Tell me that you'll forget about me, tell me that you are gonna go on and live a full and happy life without me." She ordered in a small voice.
That was impossible. He knew that, his eyes were glistening with tears as he told her. "I will live a happy life without you." He knew that he wouldn't, he loved her too much but if she needed to hear it, he would say anything for her. "I will forget all about you. And I will never, never, think about you again." He hoped that she might be happy without him but part of him knew she wouldn't be able to do that either.
She continued to sob as he leaned in and kissed her sweetly, she cupped his was she they just held onto each other with sheer need before he pulled away, she stuttered. "Until we find a way." He nodded his head confirming that they would find a way, he knew it. Kissing her forehead he stood up leaving her sitting there alone and needing comfort from him as he zipped off into the night.
The Island
Appearing in the lower chambers of the well Stefan saw the Professor lying on the ground trying to keep his leg as still as possible, every time he attempt to move it or try to elevate it only caused him more pain. "Hey, I don't suppose you'd want to share a little of that vampire blood." He chuckled nervously.
Stefan looked around the room blankly for a moment. "Where are Jeremy and Bonnie?" He ordered wherever they were Elena was with them and he was obviously concerned for her safety.
"I have no idea." Shane's voice was broken and weak, the vampire growled as he zipped across the room grabbing the Professor by his collar looking into his eyes, obviously he didn't know who he was dealing with when it came to Stefan's loved ones.
"Stop lying!" His voice echoed loudly around the chamber striking fear into Shane's very core as he looked up into the vampires dazzling forest green orbs.
"I'm not lying..." He had no way for the vampire to believe him, not after everything he had done to them. Kidnapping Jeremy and Bonnie from right under their noses, threatening to raise Silas, so many things were stacked up against him but he knew he had Stefan at a disadvantage, his weakness for the woman he loved. "But if you help me, I will take you the rest of the way, I promise."
Stefan shoved Atticus back onto a rock, he let in a sharp gasp as he looked up at the younger Salvatore. "Did you know this whole time that there was only one cure?" Getting all their hopes up, promising so many different wishes to so many people, or vampires. No one could possible be that cruel.
"What?" Shane looked at the vampire through pain-filled orbs. "No. How could I? I've never seen it." He gave him a good reason for not knowing the truth and this made the vampire back off. "Look, everything I ever said and did was just to bring back my family, I swear." He promised in a weak voice, Stefan knew what it was like to want something so bad.
Nodding he answered. "Well, then you know what it's like to have hope, and now you know what it feels like to lose it." He added in an acid tone making the Professor look up at him hopelessly.
"C'mon." Shane called but the vampire just continued to walk away, determined to find his own way through this maze to the people that he cared about the most. "C'mon!" He tried a little louder but it was too late, the Salvatore had vanished into the darkness whispers echoing around him as he looked up to see the hallucination of his wife standing there. "Caitlin." So happy just to see her face again. "I'm sorry, Caitlin. I failed you."
"No." She shook her head gently looking down at him. "You didn't."
He could feel an uncomfortable lump in his throat as he blinked away his tears, she walked further to him, Caitlin looked so beautiful and delicate in the dim light of the chamber, just like he remembered. "I'm sorry." He told her again but she only shook her head giving him a sympathetic look. "I tried."
Crouching next to him she stroked his cheek lovingly. "Shh." She told him shaking her head again. "You did everything I asked you to. Everything is going to be just fine." She assured him in a sure tone.
Finally the young witch and her male companion arrived in a tomb like room, they could see a human like figure laying in a large stone altar but he was long dead, the body itself was fossilised covered in vine like decorations and clutching a small box to his chest, Jeremy was the first to spot it with a frown on his face, the box was small and whatever was inside was bound to be smaller.
"Is this it?" He questioned looking over at the witch his eyes filled with confusion obviously the stories hadn't matched up to the reality of the situation. "This is the cure? How is that supposed to cure every vampire in the world?"
Bonnie gave him a sad look, she hated to ruin his dreams of getting his whole family back to normal. "I don't think it is, Jer." She replied as he started trying to move the box from the figures hands but it didn't seem to budge, like it had been fused to the body.
"It's stuck." Jeremy announced with a heavy frown on his face as he bit his lip and tried to move it again but it didn't seem to work. "Help me move it." He looked over at her and she joined him both trying to pull and push it out of the dead mans grip but it wasn't budging at all.
"It's, like, fossilised in place." Bonnie concluded as she dusted her hands off. "It's like trying to bend stone." Finally she realised the main thing that she was missing all along, it was Silas, he had been trapped down there for 2000 years and it wasn't like he was going to give up the cure that easily.
Jeremy noticed the change of mood on the witch's face. "What?" He questioned as she slowly backed away, instinctively he did too still wondering what was wrong with his little witch. "What, Bonnie?"
"He's been frozen like a vampire statue for 2 000 years. There's only one way were gonna get this statue to unfreeze." She announced not wanting to say the next part but when the Hunter asked she answered. "We have to feed him our blood." He turned abruptly to look at her with a wide-eyed look. "If we want to get the cure out of his hands, we... We have to wake him up."
In the above chamber Damon was getting a little lonely sitting there on his own, he pulled himself weakly over to the blonde Original who still laid there neutralised. He began to pull the wooden spikes out of her body, after he pulled the last one out she came gasping back to life, coughing as she rolled over onto her back a groan on her lips.
"You're alive." She announced, she figured that Vaughn had taken her down pretty easily, although he hadn't killed her he had certainly done some damage and if that was the case for her, then Damon wouldn't have stood a chance.
"Yeah."
Looking around the room she looked around to see that it was only them and echoed voices coming from the rooms below them, unsure of what they were saying but there were definitely people down there. "Why didn't you go with them?"
"Needed a siesta." He answered sarcastically as he leaned back against the hard, rough wall looking up at the ceiling above them, the blonde creased her eye brows as she moved up so she was leaning against her elbows.
"You gave up, didn't you?" She knew he would cave easily, once things got hard, or things didn't go his way he was going to give up and not care anymore.
"I didn't give up." Damon answered, he hated that everyone presumed that he was giving up so easily, he wasn't giving up, he was accepting things for the way they were. "I just realised..." He let out a sigh. "You can't control everything... That you can't force anything to happen... No matter how hard you try. Let's just say I made peace with that fact." He told her and she moved so that she was sitting up stretching out her aching body.
"Peace?" She looked over at him her eyes full of scepticism. "You love Grace. You always will. If she becomes human, sure she may not feel the same way about Niklaus but it won't change what has happened between them. That sticks." She told him and he let out a soft growl. "You just have to come to facts with the fact that he'll always be a part of her life, but you will always be her better choice."
He looked over at her surprised that she was saying. "Why are you saying this? I figured you'd been backing your brother."
She smiled gently. "After everything Nik and I have been through I know what kind of person he is." He chuckled gently leaning his head back. "And the fact that you're letting her make her own choice, allowing her to staying a vampire, means that you've actually done something selfless, Damon. If I didn't know better, I'd say you were becoming a halfway decent person."
Violently Jeremy slammed a rock against the box trying to dislodge it, every time something was looking up for them there was a side affect that seemed to ruin it. Nothing was ever easy for him or their family or their friends. "Ah, come on!" He growled.
The witch gnawed on her bottom lip as she took a timid step towards him, she knew this must have been frustrating for him, knowing he couldn't help his family, and that even if he got the cure he couldn't help all of his family, only one of them could take it. "There's got to be a way to do this without raising him." She tried to reason with him as he continued to strike the box with a rock. "We'll find a way-"
She was cut off when she felt a sharp stabbing pain in her back, she gasped and looked down to see blood seeping down her side, Jeremy turned quickly to see Vaughn standing behind her pulling the knife from her back letting her fall carelessly to the floor still in serious shock. "Don't listen to the witch, boy." He told him. "We have to raise Silas, and we have to do it now."
"Bonnie!" Jeremy sprang over to his witch with a pain filled look in his eyes looking at the wound on her back as Galen moved past him and sliced his own hand open with a knife. "What are you doing?"
"What you should have done already. I'm gonna raise Silas." Vaughn answered in a hard voice as he moved his hand over the figure's mouth, this struck fear into Jeremy's very core as he watched him. "Then I'm gonna kill him." He added as the younger Hunter jumped up off the floor attacking the Scot.
After a short fight Vaughn finally got the upper hand and had Jeremy in a choke hold. "You're a bit confused, Mr. Gilbert." He told him looking down at his. "We're on the same side." The teen acted out and jabbed his bony elbow into the older Hunter making him call out and changing sides, this time Jeremy was holding Vaughn.
"You stabbed my friend!" He glanced over to Bonnie who was watching them through hooded eyes, he was caught off guard when Galen threw him over his shoulder landing hard on the floor.
"I don't mess around with witches." They were dangerous enough when they were under the control of the spirits, but when one was using Expression it was only a matter on time before they exploded, he looked down at the teen who was crouching on the floor breathing hard.
"You can't use the cure on Silas." It felt as if he was begging and he didn't like that, but knowing that they could use the cure on one of his family, make them happy and let them lead a normal human life was enough, they needed it.
"It's what it's meant for!" Vaughn answered in a growl as they went for another round of hand-to-hand combat, Jeremy ended up on the floor groaning loud. "What else would I use it for?" He picked up his bloody knife that was resting on the floor. "Your friends... Your sisters... Sorry, lad. It wasn't meant for that." There was actually sincerity in his voice. "Nothing personal." He bent down towards the younger Hunter.
Suddenly Fayth glided into the room and attacked Vaughn about to gnaw into his jugular when Jeremy called out. "Don't! The Hunter's curse!" He told her and she rolled her eyes throwing him to the ground making him hit his head on the floor knocking him unconscious, she held her hand out and helped Jeremy up.
Jeremy obviously didn't know that it was Fayth standing in front of him, all he saw was his older sister smiling back at him. "You ok?" She questioned concern in her voice, without him they would never get the cure.
Mystic Falls
Sitting outside of the Gilbert house Caroline had finally stopped her sobbing but the pain in her chest was still there aching more than ever, she didn't want to go back inside, she couldn't bear to look at Niklaus at that moment, seeing the knowing smirk on his face. She was surprised when she heard the door open, looking up she dried her eyes fearfully seeing Klaus walking out.
"How did you get out?" She questioned a high level of fear in her voice as her entire body tensed, he looked over at her and tucked his hands into his pockets, taking a few steps towards her.
Klaus smirked. "I fear something awful has befallen your friend Bonnie." She could feel deep concern running through her veins as he looked up at him. "Don't worry, blondie. My grudge isn't against you. I'm not going to hurt you."
It wasn't as if he hadn't already hurt her emotionally by taking the one man she loved away from her, letting in a stuttered breath she looked up at him with a dark look in her eyes. "You've done enough." She spat out at him.
Klaus frowned. "I've done more than enough. I've shown my kindness, forgiveness, pity... And for once it wasn't for Grace's sake." He told her in a firm voice, looking down at her. "So when you do undoubtably tell Grace about this, make sure you tell her every last detail." When she didn't respond he took off into the night leaving her alone with her thoughts.
The Island
Shining his flashlight around Stefan quickly made his way through the passage, pressing his hand to the wall he felt something warm and wet against his hand, lighting up his hand he saw a red liquid against his hand. His heart stuttered as he continued to walk almost tripping on his girlfriends body. "Elena." He whispered as he crouched down beside her. "What happened?"
"She's here." Elena whimpered looking up fearfully into his eyes, she had fallen for it again, believing it to be her own sister when really it had been one of the Petrova's disguised as them, she gripped is arm as he looked down at her confused stroking her hair softly.
"Who?"
Fayth was looking down at Silas with her arms crossed over her chest, she was waiting for Jeremy to get over the fact that Bonnie was in trouble, he was crouched beside her stroking her hair softly, he figured that now that Grace was here she could heal the witch, but unfortunately for the Hunter it wasn't the doppelgänger that he wanted.
"Grace is here now, ok?" He told the witch in a kind tone. "Everything's gonna be alright." She gave him a soft smile looking up at him, not really taking in his words only happy that they had made it, happy for their friends.
"We did it." Her voice was so weak and barely there it made a lump form in Jeremy's throat, Fayth moved across the room and placed her cold hand on his shoulder making him stand up and look at her.
"C'mon. We gotta get you up." She told him and he looked at her as he dusted off his knees.
"You have to help Bonnie." He told her, Bonnie was Grace's friend too it should have been instinct for her to want to help the witch, which was why Jeremy looked at her with a confused look. "The Hunter stabbed her. You have to feed her." Fayth hid her smirk, what she had to do was get the cure.
"Ok." She nodded her head, her long locks falling into her eyes before she moved them. "I just need to make sure that you're ok first."
"I'm fine." Jeremy assured her, he just wanted Bonnie to be ok and she had already lost so much blood, Fayth turned around and began to head towards the tomb where the cure and Silas were both waiting. "What are you doing?" He called creasing his eye brows.
"The cure." She jerked her thumb behind her with a vacant look on her face. "Jeremy, after everything we've been through, it's right there." She told him quickly and he frowned again looking back down at the witch, they had to get their priorities in order first, Bonnie needed immediate help.
"It'll be there after we help Bonnie." He replied as he crouched back down beside the witch stroking her cheek trying to keep her awake, Fayth wasn't in the mood for putting on the doe-eyed, family friendly act anymore, she wanted the cure and she wanted it now.
"God, I forgot what a brat you were." Fayth hissed and this made the Hunter react as he looked over his shoulder at her confused, the Grace he knew would never say that, she would never not want to help her friends, he glanced up at her. "I'm done playing nice." She zipped over to him grabbing him and zipping him over to Silas slicing his hand open.
"Fayth."
"It's been too long, little Gilbert." She told him holding him in her iron grip as his blood began to spill into the vampire's mouth, as soon as the blood began to touch his lips the figure began to move. "Sorry. Family reunion is gonna have to be cut short." She told him as she sank her fangs into his throat then forced him down so his neck was close to the figure's mouth.
Before she knew it the arm of the vampire swung up and grabbed the Hunter holding him close as he began to drain him but releasing the cure also. She quickly grabbed the box containing the cure and zipped from the chamber leaving the dying witch and the trapped Hunter to deal with Silas.
A loud, sickening snap filled the room and Jeremy fell to the floor beside the stone altar opposite Bonnie who watched in horror unable to move, a tear slipped down her cheek as she saw the light exit his eyes. Jeremy was dead.
A/N
Hi, so here's another chapter filled with plenty of my own scene for how I thought everything went down on the island for when it comes down to Katherine/Fayth. I hope you all enjoyed them because I had a lot of fun writing them.
So for the next couple of chapters it's gonna be getting kinda complicated, I kinda wanted to ask you whom you would rather turn it off, Grace or Elena, because I have some things in mind for either of them and I'm just thinking how much of a difference it would make for Grace to 'turn it off'
I know this chapter was lacking in Klace and Drace, but the next chapter will make up for it in emotion and everything else I promise ;) I'm missing Drace and Klace also so I'm really enjoying make those too
I really hope that you enjoyed this chapter and I hope that you review, because I love feedback and I really want to know your opinions on everything and the characters and the couples, I'm always intrigued to know so thank you in advance :)
Again, I wanted to thank my love BETA missss supernatural for looking over everything and asking me questions about the story to help me make up my mind ;)
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Answers and responses below :)
Nymartian: There was a lot of tension on the island and Drace did have a little spat and they ended up in very bad situations Damon with Vaughn and Grace with Katherine. I hope you enjoyed this chapter :)
Guest: Here's the update, enjoy :)
susl: I already spoke with you about everything so I hoped that was all cleared up :) Here's the update and I'm glad you're going to continue to read
xxxRena: I'm with you, Klaus deserves some loving, that's why I'm making the Klaus/OC. I'm sorry that is taking so long I just wanna perfect Twisted Love first before jumping on another project ;) I can't wait to post it so I hope it gets as much attention as this story does :)
damongirl98: I agree with you, Grace turning her emotions off would be awesome, I wanted to do it earlier in the seasons but talked myself out of it ;)
David Fishwick: I'm glad that you liked everything that happened in this chapter, the tombstone disappeared with Shane for a reason that we find out with in this chapter, and now the tombstone is in the clutches of Fayth and Katherine and yes their agenda does involve the cure :)
grapejuice101: I'm glad that you liked it. Poor Grace in the hold of Katherine with her evil doppelgänger Fayth on her back ;)
SomebodyWhoCares: I'm right there with you! I wanted to give her a big hug too :( and things are about to change but Damon is gonna try to be there with her
ddluzelle: I'm glad you liked it :)
Thenchick: Elena was very selfish in the killing of Kol, she didn't take into appreciation that even he had a family and people whom cared about him and I'm very glad that you're Team Grace! Yay :) Everyone has lost so many people and yeah I got why she turned her emotions off she was young and it hurt but Caroline was young when she lost her father so totally agree with you, she doesn't have a monopoly on pain or losing people.
winxgirl1995: Here's an update :)
Anissa: Cure going to Fayth would be fun and she would deserve it after everything ;)
TVDlover87654: I'm glad that you liked the chapter and the originality of Grace going with Katherine instead of the trio so I hope that you liked this chapter :)
Graciiee