Present Day

Bea and Rigby immediately stood up, slapping a ten on the table to pay for their drinks. The tip was generous, especially considering their barista was a smarmy little shit.

Rigby smiled and looked wistful when she said, "Well we know there are vampires in town. Whatever the hell Katie is doing here, however, is a mystery to me."

A sly smile spread on Bea's face and her voice was teasing when she whispered, "Don't pretend you're not happy to see her again. You were so into her. And my gaydar was off the charts in the eighties. She was always happy to see you."

An uncharacteristic blush erupted on Rigby's cheeks and she shoved Bea out the door of the café, muttering insults and protests as they left.

Katie wasn't walking very quickly as she chattered on the phone, but just as Rigby opened her mouth to call out to her they both froze when they heard her say, "School is starting soon. We need to find Stefan before then, when I'll be so much busier. We're getting close to Klaus, I feel it."

Klaus. Bea listened carefully for a moment, focusing on the girl in front of them. She had a heartbeat. A human heartbeat.

Bea spoke in an amused tone when she linked arms with her grandniece before saying, "Why Rigby, I do believe we have a case of mistaken identity. That is a doppelganger. One that should not be among the living , considering Niklaus broke his curse."

Rigby laughed loudly and squeezed Bea's arm in return.

"I do believe you're right, lovely lady. We should get to know her."

Only a minute later they were just behind the girl. She had hung up, but only after they had a name - the man she had spoken with called her 'Elena'.

Rigby and Bea separated and in unison walked up so they were on either side of the doppelganger. Elena's head turned from side to side and Bea nearly laughed at her innocently startled expression. She reached out and laced her fingers with the girl's and saw Rigby so the same, preventing her from running.

It was at that point that the girl very clearly realized something was wrong. She opened her mouth, but Bea leaned closer to her and whispered in a sing song voice only an inch away from her ear.

"If you scream or try to alert anyway in any way, we will kill everyone you see on this street."

Elena froze and sucked in a harsh breath. Rigby reached into the girl's pocket and pulled out her phone, whistling in a breath when she tapped the home button and saw the screen.

"Well would you look at that. So many bright and sunshiny smiles on your friends' faces. Wouldn't want to give them a reason to frown."

It was only a ten minute walk before they found a house whose owner was standing on their porch. Compelling the man into inviting them in was incredibly simple, and Bea sent him on his way into town so he wouldn't be an interference.

Pinning the girl to the inside of the door by the throat was easy, and Bea leaned forward to smell her deeply.

"Beautiful necklace. Smells a bit off… like maybe there is an herb inside."

Rigby snorted and without looking up from the home screen – The girl didn't have a passcode? Moron. – ripped off the necklace.

"Stop being dramatic. No need to scare the Copy-Kat more than necessary. She smells like tears, and I'm not good with weepy humans."

Bea rolled her eyes and leaned in to compel the girl. What to make her do? It wasn't fair to take her anger out on the girl, but…

"Punch yourself in the face, then tell us everything you know about the supernatural. Then shut up."

Rigby let out an exasperated sigh, so Bea rolled her eyes and added on, "Please, I guess."

Twenty-three Minutes Later

"Fuck, your life sucks."

Rigby let out a choking sound of surprise and stomped on Bea's foot. Thank god she was wearing flats today. A hole through her foot because of a pair of stilettos would really put a damper on her day.

"Ow! Don't be mean! I was just being honest."

Rigby frowned and said in a disapproving tone, "You're being a bitch. Like you said, she hasn't had it exactly easy. And she's our ticket to Klaus. It's probably not good that she's still alive – you said the curse needs her as a sacrifice."

"Alright, alright."

Elena had been flailing around, clawing at Bea's hand that still encircled her throat. She'd been easy to ignore, but when one of the girl's kicks connected with her shin Bea whipped her head around to glare at her.

"You're very irritating, you know. We haven't done anything to you yet. Your dramatics are over the top."

Rigby leaned forward and made eye contact over Bea's shoulder.

"You can talk quietly. Whisper. And stop kicking Bea, she's on a roaring rampage of revenge. Very twitchy lately."

The doppelganger open her mouth to speak but Bea had already begun yelling, utterly offended by Rigby's phrasing. After a few choice swears, Bea stopped talking so that she could hear Elena, who had apparently been speaking the whole time.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?"

Rigby and Bea both snorted in derision at the same time and then looked at each other, grinning at their similarities.

Bea glared at Elena and mockingly said, "Why do you assume everything is about you? I mean, sure, I'm interested in hearing about how on earth you're alive, but I don't care about you."

"Then what is it you want?"

Bea leaned in close and let a wide smile cover her face, causing the girl to shudder.

"I'm just a woman looking for her husband. And you, sweetheart, are going to help me."

July 1912

Bea was hopping on one leg, struggling to tug on her left stocking.

"Merde! Stupid, stupid, stupid useless thing!"

Kol was gone for the day, probably threatening or slaughtering some old enemy or another – after all, he had been quite cheerful lately.

It only took a second for Bea to slip on the hardwood floor and lose her balance near the staircase.

When she hit the bottom stair, the sound of her spine breaking echoed in the foyer.