A simple walk in the woods. That was not what we were doing. Instead I was in charge of carrying Ray through the mountains because apparently Rebekah didn't want to do it herself. I was wearing a black tank and jeans with red lipstick.
"We're almost there, Darling." She told me. "You don't need to be so pouty."
"I'm sorry but a hike really wasn't on my to-do list for today." I quipped.
"Hey, you don't get to complain because I am doing this in heels." She pointed out. "We just have a little bit longer until we reach the pack."
"Why do you want to make hybrids anyway?" I asked her.
"Maybe I just don't like being the only one of my kind." She suggested. "These werewolves are going to love living forever. They'll thank me for it."
"Werewolves hate vampires." I reminded her. "Something tells me that none of them will be in a rush to become them."
"That's why I'm not giving them a choice." She pointed out as we noticed a group of people. It seemed that we had found the pack. There was an equal number of men and women, but they weren't very diverse since most of them were white. They seemed to notice us.
"Can I help you?" One of the girls asked. It was at that time that I put Ray on the ground. "Ray. Who are you?"
"I think the best question would be 'Who am I?'" Rebekah interrupted. "Fortunately, I have an answer for that. My name is Rebekah."
"You're the hybrid." The girl said.
"I see that you've heard of me. That makes things easier." Rebekah remarked. "You know I'm quite the fascinating creature. A werewolf whose transformation isn't limited by the moon and a vampire who is not harmed by the sun."
She also was a pretty vain creature. I had a theory that one of the reasons that she wanted me to do all of the killing was that she didn't want to get her hands dirty. I wasn't going to tell her that, but it seemed to be the case. I wished that I didn't have to hear her introduce herself over and over again. Yes I knew that it was for the other people, but to me, it was annoying. I also found it strange how she loved being a hybrid, but didn't seem to want to actually become a wolf. I knew that she could bite whoever she wanted, but wouldn't she want to enjoy all of the benefits? At that point, Ray woke up.
"Oh good, now we can get started." Rebekah replied. "Now let's see if I can find someone."
"Ray is going to need some human blood or he'll die." I remarked.
"Someone here must be human." Rebekah stated. "Is there a boyfriend or girlfriend here? Maybe a younger sibling that hasn't yet triggered the gene. All it takes it is a little bit. Hold on, here we go. Come over here, good sir."
The man walked forward. The girl tried to stop it but Rebekah grabbed her.
"I wouldn't do that, Darling." Rebekah replied. "Though, it looks like we have our first volunteer. So would you rather join me or die."
"I'd rather die than become a hybrid." She declared.
"Wrong answer." Rebekah stated as she filled the girl's mouth with her blood and snapped her neck. I also noticed that Ray seemed to be resisting the cravings.
"You know Ray, if you don't bite this guy, I will." I said. "The only problem is I have a tendency to overindulge and there might not be any left for you."
I shoved the man at Ray and he bit into him. He fed for a few seconds before Rebekah tore the man off.
"We need to make sure that we have enough for the rest of them." She noted before she proceeded to start turning the rest of them. I decided to listen to some music while I waited for the process to be completed. I wanted to avoid trying to sing along because I knew that Rebekah would tease me. At least I could sing. She was pretty much tone-deaf.
I then looked over to Ray who was shivering and bleeding from the eyes.
"You said this would be better." He said. "Why isn't this better?"
"Your hybrid looks sick." I commented.
"No, this isn't right." Rebekah declared in surprise. "It's not supposed to be like this."
"So what's the point of an army of hybrid slaves?" I asked as I sat down.
"They're not slaves. They'll be my loyal soldiers who protect their queen." She answered.
"Who could you possibly need an army to protect yourself against?" I questioned.
"The greatest warlords don't wait until after the battle to arm themselves." She explained. "I'll have my army and then no one will dare challenge me."
At that point, I noticed that the girl was waking up.
"Derek, come and feed your girlfriend." Rebekah ordered. Derek jumped up obediently. I was pretty sure that she had compelled him. You would think that werewolves would keep some vervain on them, but it seemed that they didn't think any vampires would show up. I supposed that they had reason to suspect that considering most vampires wouldn't be stupid enough to do so.
At that point, Ray shot up and began to run. Rebekah just looked at me, telling me to go after him. I sighed and began to chase after him. I then noticed that his mouth was getting awfully close to my skin and I pulled away from, which gave him a chance to escape.
"Why did you let him go?" She scolded me.
"I'm sorry. I was trying not to be bitten." I snapped back at her.
"This is why I want to fix you." She muttered.
"What was that?" I asked.
"I said that I could have fixed you." She replied. I was pretty sure that was not what she actually said, but I didn't want to call her out on it. "Now go after him and don't come back without him. If he bites you, I will heal you. I can't afford to lose any of these hybrids right now."
I sighed and began to chase after him. It was at that moment that I heard some familiar voices. It was Damon, Leah, Jeremy, and Ric. What were they doing here? I thought Damon would have gotten my message that I didn't want to be found after I killed his girlfriend. At least Elena hadn't come with them. I definitely didn't want Rebekah to know that she was still alive. I thought to myself what I was going to do about it. Luckily she seemed a bit occupied.
I went into the forest. I wanted to find Ray and get him away from them. The last thing that I wanted was for him to bite Damon or Leah. Basically on top of trying to retrieve Ray, I also had to protect them from him. I was not in a very good situation. To put it simply, it kind of sucked. What made it worse was that it was a full moon, even though I wasn't sure if hybrids were affected by that. Rebekah wasn't, but the rest of them could be.
As I was searching, I began to think to myself. I couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with the hybrids. Bleeding from the eyes usually wasn't a good thing. Was it just not possible to turn a werewolf into a vampire? I wasn't sure if Rebekah had ever done it before. It seemed like it would have been a good idea to test it on one before trying to turn a whole pack. The better option might have been turning Ray last night and then finding out where the pack was, but that wasn't what we did.
I heard that Ray was screaming. I also heard Jeremy's voice, so it seemed like they had found him. I hoped that they would be smart about it. I really didn't want to have to swoop in, especially when I considered that they might try to forcibly bring me back. I got closer and I definitely heard wolf sounds. It proved that like Rebekah, the rest of the hybrids could change at will, which was definitely a problem.
The other hard part would be capturing Ray without killing him. I supposed that I could break his neck and then bring him back. I noticed that the sun had gone down, but the moon wasn't quite full yet, even though it still seemed like it didn't matter. I then managed to hear that Ric was going to take Leah and Jeremy away from him Damon focused on being a distraction. I sighed and went that direction. Ray returned to his human form and prepared to lunge at my brother before I came up from behind and ripped his heart out. Rebekah would be mad, but I could tell her that I had had no choice in the matter.
"Fancy meeting you here." My brother greeted me. I couldn't even remember where that was originally from. I glared daggers at him.
"What are you doing? I told you to leave me alone." I declared.
"What are you doing?" He challenged. "You kill my girlfriend one day and then you save my life then next? Are you good or bad? You have to pick one because you can't be both."
"You shouldn't be here and you definitely shouldn't have brought Jeremy here." I pointed out.
"Well you might want to stop calling him." He replied. How did he even know about that? "Maybe then he'll stop following you."
"I'm not coming back." I told him. "Do me a favor and keep everyone in Mystic Falls."
"Jeremy and Leah are not going to give up on you." He countered.
"They have to." I stated. "I'm not coming back. They need to let me go and I need to go back to Rebekah and explain to her why I killed this hybrid. If she sees you, she'll kill you. So get out of here."
I grabbed Ray's body and watched as Damon left. I really hoped that he would listen to me, even though I had a feeling that he wouldn't since he didn't seem to like listening to me. Didn't he know that I was only trying to look out for him? I would come back as soon as the ten years were done, but they would have to forget about me. I wouldn't be able to go back to Mystic Falls. I couldn't help but wonder if it would be a good idea to finally get my doctorate. I doubted Rebekah would let me. It was going to be a long ten years.
I finally made it back to the campsite and threw the body to the ground. I noticed that Ray wasn't the only one. In fact, it looked like everyone was dead. I wondered what had happened while I was gone.
"They went rabid." She explained. "They attacked me and I killed some of them while the rest just bled out. I see that you didn't have much luck either."
"I didn't have a choice." I responded. "I had to kill him or he would have killed me instead."
"He probably wouldn't have lasted much longer anyway." She pointed out. I then looked at her and she looked downright upset. She grabbed a beer bottle and threw it against a tree. "I did everything that I was supposed to do! I should be able to turn them! I killed the werewolf, I killed the vampire, I killed the bloody doppelganger! What the hell am I doing wrong!?"
She started sobbing at that point and I couldn't help but feel sorry for her. I never thought that I would but I wanted to hug her, even though I didn't think it was appropriate.
"You look like a mess." She commented.
"That's because I spent the past few hours looking for this hybrid." I pointed out. "I'm sorry that I don't look like a beauty queen."
"I'm glad that you're here for me." She remarked. "I know that it's not exactly by choice, but to have someone to talk to really helps me. I'm glad that you're standing beside me."
"I promised my loyalty to you." I reminded her. I had a feeling that she wouldn't just let me leave because she had failed in her first attempt to make hybrids. She might have wanted to find out why she failed.
"We're leaving." She declared. I took one look at the ground and wondered how it would be possible to explain the bodies. I wasn't sure how it could be explained that they died. Maybe it was some sort of cult or something. It looked like we were just going to leave them. I got behind as we went out to the truck.
So what did Rebekah mean when she said that she wanted to fix Sara? I'm not too thrilled about writing these next few chapters because I really want to get to The Reckoning. That is where things will start to get interesting. Please don't forget to review.