Nadia ran back to the college and quickly grabbed a couple of guys by the entrance she pulled out her phone and shoved a picture of Katherine in their faces "find her" she ordered drawing the boys under her compulsion. As they searched Nadia joined in jogging from building to building, eventually she ended up in Emily's building heading up to the room Nadia didn't bother knocking and used her strength to force the lock. A small gasp told her that Emily was inside before she saw her but when she burst into the room she was surprised by what she saw.

Katherine stood over Nicky and stared at her blood covered face she knew what she had to do next but she just could bring herself to do it it would be like hurting Elena yet again "what are you going to do Katherine?" Emily asked as she walked over and stood by her friend's side. "Snap her neck" Katherine said coldly "its quickest kindest way" Emily slowly nodded "then why havent you done it then?" she asked Katherine sighed and looked away from Nickys pleading eyes. Why couldn't she only a few years ago it would have been no problem, she was stronger then, she was whole, now she was fractured some parts she still had but the rest were held by Elena. "If it was anyone else i would have but.." before Katherine could finish the door slammed open the wood splintering as it was violently flung open, Katherine jumped in front of Nicky instinctively fangs already bared ready to fight. Her fangs quickly retracted when she saw Nadia step into the room.

"You could just knock you know" Emily snapped as she stepped over to the door to inspect it, Nadia seemed to ignore the girls whining as her eyes focused on Nicky "you found her?" she asked surprised across her face. Katherine frowned "you knew about her?" she asked Nadia nodded "she's how were going to solve everything" she explained, and without a word Nadia picked up a larger piece of shrapnel from the open and speed over to Nickys frozen body she pulled back her hand and drove the wood into Nickys chest.

Katherine stood frozen in spot speechless as all the life left Nicky's body. The only beacon of light in her life gone, it had happened too fast for Katherine to stop her daughter but at the same time it had all been in slow motion as if the world was mocking her inability to stop what was happening by laying out each excruciating detail of the murder. Nadia didn't notice her mother's horror as she pulled out her phone and took a photo of her grotesque work "once the see that "Elena" is dead they'll be too busy morning so we can slip away" Nadia smirked pleased by her own idea. Katherine couldn't hear Nadia the only thing she could perceive was the body before her, she slowly stumbled towards Nicky and fell to her knees, slowly she reached out a hand and cupped Nickys lifeless cheek she lifted the girls face and saw dead eyes stare back at her. Nadia left the room muttering something about going back to the hotel and Emily rushed over to Katherine throwing her arms around the girl.

Arriving back at the hotel Caroline pushed past the doorman and headed up the stair to Nadias room, when she got to the top she noticed the door was wide open, she stopped in her tracks, slowly Caroline moved creeping toward the open doorway. When she got to the edge of the door Caroline poked her head around the corner and spotted Stefan crouched at the far end of the room "hey" she called as she relaxed and walked over to her friend. "I was looking for clues" Stefan explain and he got to his feet, below him was a random collection of bits and pieces from Her and Elenas dorm room "she took a lot of random stuff" Caroline exclaimed as she reached down and picked up a belt she had lent Elena years ago. Stefan nodded "yeah check this out" he said motioning towards the sofa where a large book lay, Caroline recognised this as well a photo album Elena made the year before her parents died some of her friends most precious memories were between those pages.

"This is all really weird why would she bother to take this stuff?" Stefan asked Caroline shrugged as she picked up the album and casually flipped through the pages "it wasn't enough that she took Elena she had to take what we would use to remember her by" Anger crossed Stefans face "she's not dead yet Caroline". The sound of someone clearing their throat brought the pairs attention to the door where Nadia stood leaning against the door frame "thats not technically true" she said.

Caroline launched herself at the vampire but before her fists could connect Stefan grabbed her "calm down Care" he ordered doing his best to restrain Carolines flailing limbs "if you make her mad she'll take it out on Elena". Caroline struggled to control her anger but knew Stefan was right, they were so close to getting Elena back she could wait a little bit long to smash Nadias face in. "What do you want Nadia?" Stefan asked releasing Caroline from his grip "well i just thought you might want to know where your little Elena is" Caroline visibly tensed at the name "where is she?" she asked through gritted teeth struggling to keep herself from pouncing at the older vampire. Nadia pulled a piece of paper from her pocket and dropped it onto the floor "there's no need to hurry" she giggled before she disappeared through the doorway. Caroline rushed over and grabbed the paper from the floor, now she was closer she could see a picture was printed on the paper and her blood ran cold, the picture looked like it had been hastily printed and crumpled from where it had been shoved into Nadias pocket but the image was not one that could be easily mistaken. The picture show Elena slumped against a desk with a stake driven through the right side of her chest.