"What are you going to do with her?" asked Nadia, they had left the dorms and compelled a ride back to the hotel the morning sun was just starting to shine between the buildings, "i don't know" Katherine admitted. When they left Emily she had simply said that they would be back tomorrow, "she's a loose end Katherine" Nadia said, Katherine lent back in her seat and stared out the window "well if we're going to live here it can't hurt to have a friend or two". They pulled up outside the hotel and after compelling the driver the pair headed upstairs "well i prefer my friends to not be the sole witness to a quadruple homicide i committed" Nadia said, she suddenly stopped in her tracks "you're not thinking about turning her are you?". Katherine hadn't really thought about it, Emily hadn't been as annoying as she thought she would be, before they had left Katherine was certain that Emily needed to die but when she looked at her with those innocent eyes she couldn't do it. Katherine groaned internally "Elena is rubbing off on me". "Of course not Emily would make a terrible vampire, no she will make a much better human snack/friend" Katherine said reassuring her daughter, arriving at their penthouse Katherine threw the doors open and immediately head for the mini bar. "I'm going to bed" Nadia announced "wake me if something interesting happens" there was a faint slam as Nadia closed her bedroom door leaving Katherine alone. Katherine went over to the bags which still remained to be unpacked, unzipping a big duffle bag she emptied the contents on the floor, out rolled some old clothes and some photo albums, she picked up one at random.
Opening the album Katherine saw the pages were filled with pictures of Elena and her friends, a small lump formed in her throat, looking at Elena's smiling face caused her to fill with feelings of guilt. As she flicked through the pages she found a picture she recognised, in it a happy Elena was posing in her garden wearing a cheerleader uniform, hands on hips and pompoms in hand. This picture was the first Katherine ever saw of Elena Gilbert, She pulled the photo from it place in the album and held it closer "i'm sorry Elena" she whispered to herself "that seems to be the only thing i ever said to you". Taking the picture Katherine walked over to the sofa "look on the bright side" she said looking "I'll never be able to hurt you again". Katherine got back to her feet and walked over to the duffle bag, she shoved the contents back inside and carefully put the picture in her pocket.
Katherine spent a few hours reading some of the books they had taken from Elena's room but as the day progressed Katherine realised just how long she had been awake, the last time she had slept was a brief nap on the plane, so she decided to sleep.
Katherine was woken from her sleep by the sound of two people arguing in French, she groaned loudly as she pulled herself out of her large bed and stomped towards the bedroom door. When she pulled it open the volume of the arguing increased, Katherine blinked as her eye adjusted to the main rooms lights, following the noise she turned the corner and saw Nadia red in the face arguing a man she had never seen. The uniform he wore told Katherine he worked for the hotel "WHAT IS GOING ON?" she shouted, Nadia turned to her "good your awake can you please explain to this idiot that this is our room". Katherine stared at her confused for a second giving the man time to butt in "this penthouse has been condemned no one is allow up here you women need to leave", Katherine groaned "why didn't you just compel him?" she asked. Nadia crossed her arms obviously frustrated "he didn't give me a chance he hasn't shut up since he got here", Katherine walked up to the man "this is our room you will treat us like fucking royalty or i'll chuck you out the window now leave" she ordered. The man left immediately, Nadia was obviously still furious "give me a minute to get changed and then we can go eat", after a quick change they descended the stairs and left the building going out into the night once again.
"What do you fancy for dinner?" Katherine asked, Nadia thought for a few moments "i want something i can chase" she said eagerly "i really need to blow off some steam" Katherine laughed "fair enough follow me". Working their way through the streets of Paris Katherine lead them to a new looking building "it's a late night gym" Katherine explained "god knows why anyone would want to workout at night but there's always someone who could put up a decent chase".
They waited for a while as Nadia picked out her prey, eventually settling on a lean looking woman with in running shoes "she's already kitted out" Nadia joked as they followed the woman. The woman lead them to a small fiat car which she began unloading her gym bag into, Nadia silently stalked up behind the woman making sure to make as little noise as possible once she was close enough to grab the woman she decided to announce her presence "hello?" the woman jumped out of her skin and spun around "how quick a runner are you?" Nadia asked the woman stared at her confused "what?" she asked. Nadia stepped closer to her and locked eye's with her "how fast can you run?" the womans body relaxed and her voice became calm and monotone "about 2 miles every 10 minutes" she answered. Nadia was satisfied with her choice and after compelling the woman to run away she realised her, immediately the woman shot off running as fast as she could "how long a head start are you giving her?" Katherine asked Nadia shrugged "ten seconds sounds fair".
Once the ten seconds were up Nadia disappeared in the direction the woman had run off in, Katherine yawned and stretched as she waited for she daughter to return. Katherine put a hand in her pocket and pulled out the picture she had put there "I'm sorry Elena, i really wish it didn't have to be like this but.." Katherine quickly checked around her before continuing her confession "i'm selfish". "I couldn't die i've fought so hard for so long to just die and if i did i'd lose you for good" a single tear rolled down her cheek and fell onto the picture, Katherine quickly wiped it off not wanting to risk damaging it "im too selfish to do that, to let you go even though i lost you, even though i gave you up i never really let go". The sound of fast foot steps told her Nadia was returning, she quickly hid the picture back in her pocket and wiped away the traces of tears.
Nadia reappeared specks of blood dotted her clothes and a small smear was left on her chin "you missed a bit" Katherine said sniffing as she tried to swallow her emotions, Nadia looked wiped off the leftovers and laughed. "You okay Katherine?" she asked as they left the gym car park, Katherine nodded "yeah im fine" she said trying to dismiss Nadias concerns "lets go home i'm not really that hungry".