The fire had burned through the entire floor by the time the fire engine pulled up on campus, Nicky stood away from the crowd and watched as the fire was quickly brought under control. It didn't matter Emily's room was already a pile of ash, Nicky smiled at her work and turned her back on the building and began to walk away when a noise caught her attention, it sounded like footsteps but at an impossibly fast pace. Nicky looked around trying to find the source of the noise, a blur streaked down the path beside her and came to a sudden halt in front of the scorched building. A blonde appeared out of the blur, quite tall and slim wearing a leather jacket and tight skinny jeans, as Nicky looked closer she could see that the girl's eyes were red as if she'd been crying. "No human moves like that" Nicky thought as she stepped behind a nearby tree "probably another one of Katherines people" carefully she snuck away to a safe distance before breaking out into a sprint. Her legs quickly brought Nicky to a speed faster than her two legs had ever taken her, she sped down the path, out of the main entrance to the campus and out onto the streets of Paris.
The speed Nicky was running at was beyond human but it didn't feel that way to her the world just seemed to slow down around her, fast but controlled unnaturally controlled, Nicky stopped abruptly and the world returned to normal as if someone had hit play on a video "that was.." she stuttered "Fucking AWESOME who needs a car" she panted before breaking out into another sprint and disappearing down the road leaving only a gust of wind in her wake.
Nadia got out of her taxi and compelled the driver to leave, she looked up at the hotel and sighed hoping her mother would not be at home tonight, Nadia felt something roll down her cheek. She cursed under her breath and wiped her tears on her sleeve, shoving her hands into her pockets Nadia entered the hotel and began the ascent up the stairs to her floor, she would have taken the elevator but the thought of not being alone right now was unpleasant. Arriving at the door Nadia pulled the key from her pocket, unlocked the door and entered immediately she could tell someone else was in the room.
Nadia sighed "Hello Katherine" she said heading straight for the kitchen, she wasn't in the mood for a mother daughter chat right now "Sup Bitch" before she could turn around a hard blow landed on the back of Nadias head and she hit the floor hard. "What the hell Katherine" Nadia spat as she turned to her attacker, she saw the fiery rage in her attackers eyes and realised it wasn't Katherine "Nicky? didn't i kill you?" this provoked another punch but Nadia was ready this time, she was faster stronger and simply slapped the fist away. This angered Nicky this wasn't how she pictured it would go down in her head whistle she was waiting, Nicky began throwing wild punches each Nadia batted away as if they were annoying insects "I definitely remember staking you through the heart" Nadia continued provoking a kick this time which she swiftly avoided "I might have gotten the wrong side" Nadia quickly ducked under Nickys fist and jabbed her in the side. "So good of you to allow me to correct my mistake" Nadia gloated smirking as Nicky cried out in pain and clutched her wounded side.
Nadia grabbed a handful of Nickys hair and pulled her the ground suspending Nicky by her own hair, Nicky screamed and clawed at Nadias hand desperate for her to release "i must be very lucky Nicky because I really need a way to release some stress right now and you just happen to volunteer". The violent anger that was clear a few seconds ago was replaced by panic.
A slow dripping and the slow whir of the elevator was all that Katherine could hear, no more heart beats she had silenced them all. the doors opened and Katherine stepped out onto her floor. Blood dripped from her and stained the carpet beneath her, Katherine saw her reflection in the mirror hung in front of the elevator. The shirt and jeans she was wearing were soaked through and stained a dark crimson, blood coated her arms and mouth some of it dry but most of it was wet. Fresh droplets slid down onto the floor. Her eyes her pitch black and her fangs protruded from her lips. She looked like a vampire she thought and began the walk to her door, the drenched jeans making it uncomfortable to walk.
She didn't feel better anymore, during the hunt as she stalked from room to room and the kill as she sunk her fangs into the rooms residents as family looked on horrified, she felt bliss then she felt peaceful. But it was temporary and she felt hollow shattered, cold, alone and now disgusted. Elena would not like the creature Katherine had just seen in the mirror.
The door was open, alarm bells went off in Katherines head listening carefully she heard breathing in the room behind the door. Two people, the smell of blood and Nadias perfume drifted out the gap in the door. Katherine kicked the door open and rushed into the room, "hey Katherine" Nadia was calmly leaning against a wall next to the kitchen obviously safe with only a few strands of hair out of place and in front of her was what looked like a girl tied to to a chair, she was almost as bloody as Katherine. "Nadia what's going on? Who the hell is this?", Nadia walked over to the girl as she did a Katherine could see a few scratches a bruises on Nadia's face already starting to heal, she grabbed a fist full of the girls hair a lifted her face up so it could be seen "our friendly neighbourhood Nicky" she said smugly. Nickys face was almost unrecognisable covered in blood and swollen but Katherine could still recognise her own face beneath it. Hope flickered within Katherine, if Nicky was alive then their was hope "how is she alive?" Katherine stammered stepping over to the girl carefully as if she would somehow run away or vanish "evidently" Nadia explained "in my haste to kill her i forgot which side the heart is and only killed her temporarily". Now in front of Nicky Katherine slowly reached out and brushed some hair from in front of Nicky's face, a swollen eye opened and Nicky spit in Katherine's face. She jumped back stunned and anger began to rise "you bitch" curse Nadia and she went to slap the girl but Katherine caught her hand mid swing, "don't hurt her Nadia" Nadia looked at her a confused expression on her face "why not?".
"Because if she's alive then i am going to get her back", Nadias confusion only seemed to increase "i'm going to bring Elena back" Katherine wiped the spit from her face and saw the amount of blood that came with it, she remember the blood that covered her. She felt a need to be clean and the shame came back, would Elena forgive her for this? Could she? Katherine ran to the bathroom, she needed to be clean needed to get rid of all the evidence, she quickly shedded her clothes and jumped into the shower blasting the water. The fresh blood quickly fell away but some of it had dried into her hair and after ten minutes of washing the stubborn chunks refused to come loose, each attempt causing more and more frustration "oww" she exclaimed looking down she saw a lock of her hair in her own hand. She quickly dropped the hair and folded her arms to stop herself doing it again.
After the shower she wrapped herself in a robe and went back to Nadia and Nicky, her daughter stood by the kitchen counter drinking what smelled like coffee and their hostage was still tied to the chair although she now sported a gag. "Her jaw healed and she would not stop talking" Nadia explained Katherine went over to check and Nadia was correct all of Nickys cuts, bruises and swells were gone "so shes a vampire now?" Katherine asked. Nadia nodded and took a long sip from her coffee "you want Elena back?" Katherine nodded Nadia took another sip and stared intently into her mug "as part of some elaborate plan? I guess If we give Elena back we haven't got the supernatural breakfast club chasing us across the globe". Katherine nodded and gestured to the clock "its past late i need to sleep, see you in the morning"