[2x07; Masquerade]
Lucy held onto Joel's waist as he helped her up the porch steps while Matt, Elena, and Jeremy helped Jenna through the door. She grunted in pain as Joel went a little too fast and the stitches in her stomach tugged.
"Sorry, sorry," Joel apologized; he helped Lucy walk through the door and then closed it after them.
"Hey, stop fussing!" Lucy heard Jenna say from the living room. "I'm fine."
"The doctors said that you both have to take it easy," Elena said sternly, looking back at Lucy for emphasis.
Lucy groaned in frustration; she didn't want to take it easy, she wanted to go to the masquerade ball. She was a little bundle of rage at the moment; her compelled aunt stabbed her, she had to have surgery to get her spleen removed, and now Joel was refusing to give her vampire blood so she could heal. All of which meant that she was missing the party that she worked so hard on and had a decent outfit for.
"Do you want to go in the living room with Jenna or your bedroom?" Joel asked her, noticing her frustration.
"My bedroom."
She just wanted to be alone.
"All right."
"Hey, don't forget about your medicine!" Elena told Lucy, having heard her request to go to her bedroom.
Lucy grumbled angrily but Joel nodded at Elena as he lifted Lucy into his arms. "I'll give it to her!"
Joel carried her up the stairs and pushed into her bedroom, gently setting her on the bed. Lucy grunted uncomfortably but rearranged herself so her incision wouldn't hurt when she laid down.
"There you go," Joel covered her with her comforter and then went to dig the pain meds that the doctor prescribed her out of her bag. "I think you're getting a little grumpy, Luce."
"I've earned grumpy," Lucy huffed, wincing from the pain that shot through her stomach at the action. "I was stabbed by my aunt and now I'm missing the masquerade."
"Well, it could be worse," Joel said lightly, finally finding the orange medicine bottle.
"Yeah, I could be dead," Lucy clenched her eyes shut to prevent tears from welling up. She was just so frustrated and angry and tired and sad. Altogether, it wasn't the best combination.
Joel frowned at the waiver in Lucy's voice and brought her meds over to her. "Are you okay?"
"I guess," Lucy took the pills from him and swallowed them down without any water, cringing at the taste. "It's just...Stefan hasn't visited yet. I thought...I thought that he would."
Joel frowned. "I'm sorry, Lulu," he brushed her hair from her forehead. "I can call him."
"No, he's probably busy," Lucy sighed. "I'm just gonna go to sleep."
"Okay," Joel nodded. "Um, I'm gonna head over to the Boarding House but Elena and Matt are gonna be downstairs, okay?"
"All right."
Why was Joel even going to the Boarding House? Alaric had said something about it earlier when he helped her and Jenna check out of the hospital, too. Something important had to be going on, but as she was unable to help, she couldn't worry about it.
Lucy closed her eyes, intending to get some needed sleep, but opened them right back up when she heard her bathroom door open and close.
"Well, I thought he'd never leave."
Lucy gasped as Katherine walked over to her, a casual smile on the face she shared with Elena.
Was she here to finish her off?
"What are you doing here, Katherine?" she breathed. She couldn't move, she couldn't defend herself and she didn't want Elena and Matt coming up here only to get hurt.
"You don't have to be afraid," Katherine sat on the bed next to Lucy's legs. "I came to apologize."
"Apologize?" Lucy scoffed. "You compelled my aunt to stab me."
Katherine shrugged, not bothered by her actions. "I was going to heal you afterward," she said plainly. "It wasn't anything personal."
"Clearly, it was," Lucy argued. "You had Jenna stab herself and me because you're jealous of Stefan and Elena's relationship."
"What I meant is it had nothing to do with you," Katherine clarified, annoyed. "I knew Stefan would be more worried about you than Jenna and Elena would feel even more guilty if her sister was injured, so I included you. You didn't do anything wrong."
"Wonderful," Lucy grumbled. "I love being incentive without my knowledge."
"Oh, you were always so dramatic," Katherine groaned, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "You got that from me, though, so I can't complain...much."
Katherine's words intrigued Lucy. "You're talking about Lucia, right?"
"You, Lucia—same thing—err, same person."
Lucy raised her eyebrows, curious. No matter how angry she was that Katherine had Jenna stab her, she was more curious about her so-called life as Lucia. She was especially curious as she had been having more and more visions of Lucia and Katherine at night while she was sleeping.
"Are you gonna tell me what that's all about, or what?" she asked, annoyed.
Katherine inhaled deeply; she hated to admit it, but seeing Lucy brought back all the fond memories she had with her little sister. She had longed for her sister's presence for five hundred years and here she was again, right in front of her.
"You're a reincarnation of my little sister, Lucia," Katherine revealed. She looked over her manicure, hoping that Lucy wouldn't see how emotional this whole situation was for her. Yes, Lucia was her favorite family member, but she wasn't going to drop her indifferent mask for anyone. "She was two years younger than me."
"A reincarnation?" Lucy was shocked but not outrageously so. She had been toying with the idea ever since Katherine told her about Lucia and she found the entry in the Petrova Bible. "So, I'm her."
"Same face, same personality, same everything," Katherine said, then grimaced. "Different name. Lucia was much prettier."
"What—how am I a reincarnation?"
"How else? A spell, obviously."
"Who would spell me to reincarnation after five hundred years?"
"Well, not every five hundred years," Katherine stated, cocking her head. "If my knowledge is correct, this is your third life. You're born again whenever a Petrova doppelganger is born."
Lucy had to be thinking a million miles per hour at this point, trying to understand everything that Katherine was telling her. Eventually, things started threading together.
"So because Elena was born..."
"So were you," Katherine confirmed. "Anyway, I'm only telling you this because I feel sorry for you. I mean, if what I have planned is pulled off successfully, they're gonna know about you."
"Who is they?"
"Your other siblings," Katherine hopped off Lucy's bed. "I'll tell you more later, I have to something to do. But, for now—" she bit into her wrist and shoved it in Lucy's mouth.
Lucy gagged but swallowed Katherine's blood, glad that someone was giving it to her at least. Although, it did bring up some worries; what if Katherine grew angry and snapped her neck in the next twenty-four hours and the blood hadn't passed through her system?
Katherine pulled her wrist away from Lucy and, as if reading her mind, said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you. I don't think you'd work as a vampire."
Lucy coughed and wiped the excess blood from her lips. She could practically feel the stiches in her stomach being absorbed as her wound healed. She knew the pain was disappearing—she could actually breathe deeply without having a sharp ache pierce through her body.
"All healed?" Katherine raised her eyebrows at Lucy; Lucy nodded, sitting up. "Good. I've already taken the time to compel your doctors so there's no need for a follow-up. Good luck explaining to Jenna why you're up and moving around."
Lucy could deal with that later. For now, she wanted to know why Katherine was being a semi-decent person. "Why are you doing this?"
Katherine pursed her lips. "Don't tell anyone or I'll kill you—" Lucy rolled her eyes at the threat she had expected from the vampire at the beginning of her visit. "—but I loved Lucia dearly and now that you're back again, I admit that I don't want you to hate me completely."
Lucy didn't think it was a good idea to sympathize with Katherine but it was like she couldn't help herself. If she put herself in her shoes—though it was a stretch, especially since Katherine killed Caroline—she would miss her sister too. And with more memories coming to her at night, it was hard to completely separate her feelings as Lucia and her current feelings...But that didn't excuse Katherine's other actions at all.
"Well, I don't hate you completely," she sighed, feeling conflicted. "Just stop trying to kill my family, okay?"
"Hey, I can't promise anything," Katherine held up her hands in defense. "But I'll try to keep the damage at a minimum."
"Katherine, come on!"
"I've got to go now," Katherine walked over to her window, sliding it open for her escape. She looked back at Lucy and smirked. "Oh, and I slipped something in your closet. You're welcome."
Lucy looked over at her closet for a second and when she turned back to the window, Katherine was gone. Now that the vampire was out of her room, she had time to focus on what she meant by her other siblings and the plan she mentioned.
What was Katherine actually up to?
There was a knock on the door of the Salvatore Boarding House and Caroline took up the task of answering it, believing it to be Bonnie. She skipped over to the door and opened it, revealing Bonnie in all of her witchy glory; she greeted her perkily. "Hey, come on in!"
"I got Stefan's message," Bonnie explained, bringing her grimoire to attention.
"Hey," Stefan walked over, catching Bonnie's words. "You brought the grimoire, thank you."
Bonnie nodded and followed the soft chatter she heard to the living room; Damon, Alaric, and Joel were standing around a table filled with weapons that could kill or injure a vampire, discussing which weapon did what.
As Caroline walked over to the men, Bonnie asked Stefan, "What's going on?"
Before Stefan could answer her, Jeremy walked into the room. "We're gonna kill Katherine."
Bonnie gaped at him, wondering when he had gotten involved with all of this, and then looked at Stefan.
"I can explain," Stefan assured her.
"Please."
"...We're gonna kill Katherine," he admitted.
Seeing that he might have made Bonnie too shocked, Stefan backed away from her and walked over to Alaric's table of weapons. Alaric was currently showing everyone how to use one of the weapons he made, which consisted of a sleeve of wooden stakes and compressed air that would shoot the stakes without any effort.
"Now, for you," Alaric nodded at Damon and Stefan who would be with Katherine the most. "I recommend this," he pulled the sleeve on. "It fits nicely under a jacket sleeve. Here's the trigger," he pointed out the trigger. "When you're ready..."
He pressed the trigger and a stake shot right into his hand. Alaric grunted and thrust the stake forward, mimicking an attack. Caroline flinched back while Stefan and Damon gave the history teacher weird looks.
"You wanted me to show you how to kill vampires, so," Alaric reminded them, embarrassed by his intensity, and put down the weapon.
"Uh, Stefan," Bonnie spoke up, getting Stefan's attention. "Can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure."
Stefan followed Bonnie back over to the hallway for some privacy, though with three other vampires in the house, they wouldn't be offered much. Still, he was concerned that she wasn't entirely on board with killing Katherine so he needed to convince her to help them.
"I know you love Elena and you want to be with her but it's risky," Bonnie admitted nervously. "Too many people could get hurt."
"Look, I want Elena back, yes, but it's more than that," Stefan said truthfully. "What Katherine did to Jenna and Lucy crossed the line."
Stefan's blood boiled just thinking about what happened to Lucy. He was so angry that Katherine hurt her and if he was honest with himself, he felt guilty that he had a part in it, even if he didn't know it was going to happen. Lucy got hurt partly because of his and Elena's refusal to listen to Katherine's threat. The thought of Lucy so injured made him sick to his stomach and that was part of the reason why he hadn't visited her.
"She has to be stopped before it happens again," Stefan finished.
Bonnie winced. "I don't know, Stefan..."
"Look, Katherine knows me, right? She knows that I'm not gonna try something in a crowd full of innocent people, so that gives me an edge," Stefan tried to get Bonnie on their side. "I can catch her by surprise."
Bonnie sighed, looking over at her friends and Damon before thinking about Lucy and Jenna. Stefan was right; they needed to end this before someone else got hurt.
"I could do a spell to trap her," Bonnie said, thinking of the spell that Emily cast on the tomb a century ago. The spell would just be a lot smaller. "Like the tomb spell."
Stefan perked up. "Right, we can isolate her away from the others," he agreed. "Please, Bonnie?"
Bonnie bit her lip and nodded. "Okay."
Stefan and Bonnie joined the others and they all began to finish their plan now that they knew that Bonnie would help them out. They decided that Bonnie would put the spell on a room at the Lockwood estate and that Stefan and Damon would be waiting for Katherine there. Caroline and Joel would lure Katherine to the room after Jeremy convinced her to meet with Damon and Stefan to get the moonstone back.
"Are you sure you guys don't want me there tonight?" Alaric asked skeptically. He wanted a little revenge on Katherine, too. After all, Jenna was his girlfriend and Lucy was his daughter.
"No, I need you to stay with Elena and Lucy," Stefan crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't want them to know about this."
"Keep an eye out on Lucy," Joel warned Alaric. "She's pretty determined to go to the party."
"Okay," Alaric sighed. "I'll make sure they don't leave my side."
Stefan nodded and looked around at the others. "All right, if anybody wants to back out, I'll understand."
"Yeah," Damon scoffed. "Cold feet speak now. I don't want this going wrong because someone chickens out..." he narrowed his eyes at Caroline. "Caroline?"
"I won't. Look, she killed me," Caroline said sternly. "Fair's fair...As long as there are no werewolves running around."
"Oh, I took care of Mason," Damon smirked.
"And as long as Tyler doesn't kill anyone, he won't turn," Jeremy added confidently.
"Bonnie?" Stefan looked at the witch. "Are you with us?"
Bonnie looked at Jeremy, Joel, and Caroline, feeling her resolve strengthen. She needed to do this for Jenna, Lucy, and Elena. They needed Katherine out of the picture for good.
"As long as no one gets hurt," she said, raising her chin.
"Except Katherine," Damon stated. "Tonight, Katherine gets a stake through her heart."
Lucy examined the dress she was wearing and couldn't help but admit that Katherine had some taste. The dress was lavender with a deep v-neck and a full lace back, yet it was still classy enough to wear to a town event. It looked beautiful on her and, surprisingly, it matched the mask she had picked out a while ago.
As she slipped on some nude pumps, she read the note that Katherine left on the dress.
Thought of you when I saw this in the store. It's much better than what you planned on wearing.
Love,
Kit
The note was actually sweet and Lucy didn't know when Katherine saw the dress she was planning to wear but unfortunately, the vampire was right. The white dress she was going to wear didn't compare at all.
Knowing that Joel and Jeremy were already at the party by now, Lucy fixed the lump she made in her bed to deceive Elena and Alaric into thinking she was sleeping and grabbed her car keys and clutch. She slowly opened her window and shakily climbed onto the wooden lattice that was conveniently just under her room. She used to use it all the time to sneak out to see Caroline before her parents died and she hadn't been caught once.
She successfully climbed to the ground and sneaked away to her car. She was on the road within seconds, cheering for her victory. Now, she just had to avoid almost everyone she knew at the party.
Lucy was pretty sure that would be the hardest part.
The Lockwood estate was already packed and the party was in full swing when Lucy arrived. She slipped on her silver mask and fixed her hair before stepping out of her car and making her way into the party.
She was so happy with how everything turned out. The decorations were beautiful, the entertainment was actually entertaining for once, and all the guests seemed really happy to be there.
Lucy was happy, too, especially when she was able to grab a flute of champagne and the server didn't stop her. Maybe the masks were actually useful for something over than putting uncomfortable pressure on her face. She sipped on the champagne as she left the house, greeting people here and there, and headed for the dancefloor.
Across the backyard, Stefan and Damon stood together, looking out for Katherine."
"Do you see her?" Damon asked Stefan, adjusting his butterfly mask.
"Nope," Stefan sighed, looking around again. "Are you sure you can do this?"
Damon scoffed. "Who are you talking to?"
Stefan shrugged. "Well, I had the chance to kill her and I hesitated."
If he had hesitated and he didn't feel anything but hatred for Katherine, what would Damon—who had pined after her for one hundred and forty-five years—do?
"Well, that is the fork in the road between you and me, my friend," Damon smirked at his brother. "I don't hesitate."
"You spent a hundred and forty-five years loving her," Stefan pointed out, looking at Damon. "It could happen."
"I won't hesitate," Damon insisted.
Stefan nodded, seeing that his brother was serious. "Okay."
Even if Damon was serious, they wouldn't know what would happen until they were driving a stake through Katherine's heart. Everybody could talk but only few could follow through.
"Uh, brother, I'm pretty sure that's Twitch over there," Damon spoke up, pointing to the dance floor.
Stefan immediately turned to where Damon was pointing, eyes narrowing when he saw Lucy. He knew it was her immediately by the grin she was giving the older woman she was talking to.
"Fuck," he cursed, irritated. "What the hell is she doing here?"
There was nothing in the plan that included Lucy and the fact that she was here could screw everything up. Not to mention she had surgery the night before and shouldn't be up and walking around. She could get even more injured if Katherine knew she was walking around the party—it was just another opportunity for her to mess with him.
"Message Joel and tell him Lucy's here," Stefan told Damon. "I'll go get her."
"You do that," Damon mumbled, pulling out his phone as Stefan walked away.
Lucy had just finished talking to one of Caroline's aunts and was enjoying a chocolate covered strawberry when Stefan snuck up on her.
"Lucy, what the hell are you doing here?"
Lucy stiffened nervously; she had wanted to avoid everyone and from the tone Stefan was using, he seemed angry that she was here.
"Stefan!" she faced him and exclaimed, playing off her anxiety. "So crazy meeting you here like this. I was definitely not expecting to see you!"
"Cut the crap, Luce," Stefan said seriously. "How are you walking around? Last time I checked, you were bed-ridden."
Lucy pursed her lips, angry that he brought up her injury when he hadn't even checked on her. "How would you even know, Stefan? You didn't bother to see how I was doing."
Stefan sighed, seeing just how upset Lucy was. She was obviously hurt that he didn't come to see her after her surgery and he had to admit it was bad that he didn't. He just felt so horrible about what happened to her and, combined with the fact that Elena broke up with him, he just wasn't in the right mindset to see her.
Seeing Lucy so upset made his anger deflate. But the plan to kill Katherine was still on so he now he needed to fill her in on it—just so she wouldn't be in the way.
"Dance with me," he held out his hand for her to take.
Lucy looked at him like he was crazy. "No," she crinkled her nose. "I'm upset with you."
"I'm upset with you," he countered, keeping his hand out. "Please dance with me."
Lucy huffed and took Stefan's hand, allowing him to lead her to the dance floor. A Maroon 5 song came on as Stefan clasped their hands together and put his arm around her waist and even though she was upset, Lucy could feel her pulse speed up.
She knew Stefan could feel it to.
They swayed side-to-side together, slowly moving in a circle as they listened to the popular song playing. Finally, just as the second verse started, Stefan spoke up.
"Who gave you their blood?" he asked quietly, tilting his head toward Lucy's ear so she could hear him clearly.
He wasn't an idiot; he knew the only way Lucy could be walking around with no sign of pain was if a vampire healed her with their blood. He knew it wasn't him or Damon and Caroline hadn't mentioned anything, either. So that left Joel...
"Katherine."
That threw him for a loop. Katherine healed Lucy? After compelling Jenna to stab her?
He pulled back and looked at her, shocked.
"She was in my room when I got home from the hospital," Lucy explained, seeing the look on his face. "She actually apologized and gave me her blood."
"Why would she do that?"
That didn't seem like Katherine at all. She was a cold bitch who cared about no one but herself. Why would she give Lucy an apology and heal her?
"I don't want to get into it right now," Lucy shook her head; there were too many people around them that could overhear. "Why are you so upset that I'm here?"
"Because," Stefan looked around, checking to see if Katherine was anywhere near them. She couldn't overhear what he and the others were planning. He didn't see her but to make sure it was kept private, he whispered in Lucy's ear, "We're gonna kill Katherine."
Lucy stiffened and reared back. "Here?" she hissed. "Are you serious?"
"Very," Stefan nodded. "It's dangerous for you to be here, especially if you have vampire blood in your system."
Lucy shook her head; she knew that Katherine wasn't going to kill her. "Stefan—"
"You need to leave, Lucy," Stefan interrupted her, looking at her with pleading eyes. "Please. I can't let you get hurt again."
Lucy wanted to give into his puppy-dog eyes but she wasn't going to. "No," she decided. "I'll stay out of your way but I'm not leaving."
"Lucy—"
"Please don't argue," she begged him. "You let Elena make her own decisions, right?"
Stefan nodded reluctantly, already knowing where she was going with this.
"Then let me make my own."
Stefan sighed heavily; Lucy was too stubborn for her own good sometimes. "Fine."
"Good," she flashed him a smile and admired the way his maroon mask brought out the green in his eyes. "You look handsome in your suit."
Stefan rolled his eyes but couldn't help but feel happy at her complement. "Thank you," he moved his hand, dragging his fingertips across her lace-covered back, making Lucy shiver. "You look stunning but the mask doesn't work so great."
"Really?" Lucy frowned. She thought the mask looked fine no matter how much it annoyed her.
"Yeah," Stefan nodded and then winked at her. "It doesn't do anything to hide how beautiful you are."
Lucy beamed at him and he could have sworn his heart skipped a beat. He stared into her hazel eyes, unable to look away...
"We should go," Stefan said abruptly as the song ended. He needed to distract himself; he was supposed to be looking for Katherine anyway. "I have to find Katherine."
"And I have my eye on the chocolate fountain inside," Lucy added, looking toward the house. She glanced at him and grinned. "See you later?"
"Yeah," he nodded.
"Be careful, Stefan," Lucy grabbed his wrist before he could walk off. She gave him a stern look. "I'm serious."
"I will," Stefan gave her a close-lipped smile. "Stay safe."
"I will."
Stefan stomped into the room that he told Damon to meet him in, huffing in exasperation. His dance with Katherine hadn't gone so well and he made the mistake of antagonizing her with the moonstone. It ended with Amy Bradley's dead body being flopped into his arms and Katherine strutting away unbothered.
"I put the body in the trunk for now," he told Damon.
"We'll dump her when we get back," Damon shrugged; he didn't care about Amy, he just wanted to kill Katherine.
Stefan did care, though. He didn't want any innocent person getting killed in the plan to kill Katherine and that's just what happened. They needed to call the plan off, it was too dangerous to be doing in a house full of people.
"This is exactly what I didn't want, Damon," Stefan sighed heavily.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Stefan, it's collateral damage."
"Right," Stefan pointed at his brother as he started to pace. "Which is why we need to call it off."
"What?" Damon looked at him in disbelief. "Who's hesitating now? Hey," he marched over to Stefan and grabbed his shoulders. "Don't do this to me! This woman ruined our lives. She destroyed us. Tonight, it ends."
Stefan pursed his lips, thinking. Damon was right, the amount of shitty things Katherine did to him and Damon and everyone else far outweighed his guilt about Amy. This needed to be done—Katherine needed to die.
"We can do it together," Damon saw the reluctance slip from Stefan's eyes. "I got your back. All right?"
Stefan nodded, convinced. "All right."
Damon nodded back, relieved, and messaged Jeremy; time to put this plan into motion.
Jeremy glared at Katherine as she walked away to find Stefan and Damon and pulled out his phone. As he purposefully walked back to the house, he messaged Caroline and Joel, telling them that it was their turn. Hopefully Damon was right about Katherine and she would be suspicious enough to trap Caroline and ask her what the brothers were up to. From there, Caroline—and Joel, if he was still with Caroline—would lead Katherine to the room that Bonnie spelled.
Just as he was about to climb the stairs into the house, he was pulled aside. He gasped in relief when it saw that it was Elena who pulled him away but quickly because worried. First Lucy was here when she wasn't supposed to be and now Elena?
"What the fuck is going on?" Elena hissed at him.
Jeremy shushed her and looked around; if Katherine heard them, they'd all be screwed. After he called Bonnie and she came, the both of them quickly and quietly told Elena what was going on.
"You guys are trying to kill her here?" Elena asked in disbelief.
"We saw an opportunity and we knew we had to take it," Jeremy said casually, buttoning up his suit jacket.
"Okay, stop with the we," Elena held her hand up to him and glared at him and Bonnie. "Are you guys crazy? You could get yourselves killed."
"We know what we're doing, Elena," Bonnie defended herself and the others.
"And how am I supposed to feel if one of you gets hurt because of me?" Elena shot back. She already felt so much guilt for what happened to Jenna and Lucy, she didn't want to add to that.
"It's not just you anymore, Elena," Jeremy said firmly. "She's messed with all of us. She has to be stopped."
All of a sudden, Elena cried out in pain, feeling a stabbing sensation in the middle of her back. Bonnie and Jeremy gasped and called out her name as they reached for her and steadied her.
"Elena!"
"Elena, what is it?"
"Oh, God!" Elena cried out, feeling blood spread down her back.
Another flash of pain shot through her body and she bent over, silently screaming.
"What's going on?" Jeremy asked frantically, looking over at Bonnie for an answer. "What's happening?"
Elena shouted as her arm was cut open by nothing, blood soaking though the sleeve of her pink shirt.
Bonnie gasped in realization; Katherine was supposed to be with the Salvatore brothers by now and Elena was somehow getting injured by nothing at the same time?
"Jeremy, it's Katherine," she told the youngest Gilbert frantically. "She's linked to Katherine. Get them to stop, now!"
Jeremy sped off to go confront Stefan, Damon, and Katherine, leaving Bonnie alone with Elena. She held onto Elena's hand, trying to think of a way to stop the linking spell. So far, she was coming up blank.
Elena grunted, flipping her left hand over to reveal a large cut forming across the length of her palm. "Bonnie, it hurts," she cried.
"I can't break the spell, Elena. I'm sorry," Bonnie said apologetically, wishing she could do something. Her eyes widened as she remembered a pain-relieving spell. "I can try to take some of the pain away, okay?"
She grabbed Elena's hand and started chanting under her breath, hoping that the spell would help Elena. Jeremy came running back to them, kneeling next to his sister.
"Are you okay?" he asked Elena worriedly.
"Are they?" she whimpered in reply, worried about how the Salvatore brothers were faring against her evil doppelganger.
"They're stuck in there with her," Jeremy said before turning to Bonnie. "You were right, Katherine had a witch that linked Elena to her."
Bonnie stiffened, remembering how she felt the connection between the woman she met inside. "The girl I saw, the one inside," she breathed. She let go of Elena's hand and gave Jeremy a look as she scrambled to her feet. "Stay with her, keep pressure on her shoulder!"
"Where are you going?"
"There's another witch here, I'm gonna find her," Bonnie declared before faltering. "And I'm gonna get Lucy. She'll be able to siphon the spell."
Lucy had no idea what was going on with her sister, Stefan, Damon, and Katherine. She spent her time at the party, talking with Mrs. Lockwood and spending time with Joel, who had confronted her after he did his part in trapping Katherine in the spelled room with Stefan and Damon.
She and Joel were eating some of the red velvet cake that the caterers had served when Bonnie and another woman walked up to them. Bonnie had a frantic look on her face and the woman was calm, though there was anger in her eyes.
"Lucy, you have to help us," Bonnie said quickly, pulling Lucy to her feet.
"Woah, what's going on, Bonnie?" Joel asked worriedly; was he missing something?
"Katherine had a witch," Bonnie pointed to the woman. "put a linking spell on her and Elena. Everything that happens to Katherine is happening to Elena."
"I can't do anything against Katherine until I give her the moonstone," the woman explained. "So, we need you to siphon the spell off of Elena."
Lucy nodded, horrified that her sister was going through so much pain. "Of course!"
The four of them hurried off in the direction where Jeremy and Elena were. While they ran, Bonnie explained that she needed to help Elena heal so Lucy was going to have to siphon the seal from the room that held Stefan, Damon, and Katherine. Lucy readily agreed; she'd anything to help.
When they arrived to the table where Jeremy was keeping pressure on Elena's wounds, Lucy gasped at how bloody her sister's shirt was. She should have known that Katherine wasn't going to leave her family alone.
What else did she lie about?
"Elena, you're going to be okay," she breathed, kneeling next to her. Her hands hovered over her sister's arm, ready to siphon the linking spell from her. "This might hurt for a second."
Lucy pressed her palms to Elena's arm and siphoned, her palms turning red as she absorbed the linking spell from her sister. Elena groaned for only a second before she felt the pain of her injuries leave. Lucy let go of Elena when she felt the rest of the spell leave her body.
"It's gone," she told the others. Everyone deflated with relief.
"We should go then," the witch at Bonnie's side declared.
Lucy nodded and gave Elena a quick smile before getting back to her feet. She and Bonnie nodded at each other and she turned to follow the witch back into the house.
"I'm Lucy, by the way," she informed the witch.
"My name's Lucy, too," the witch grinned at her.
Lucy raised her eyebrows. "Really?" the other Lucy nodded. "How'd you end up helping Katherine?"
"Long story short, the bitch saved my life," the other Lucy huffed, shaking her head. "This is the last time I get roped into vampire drama."
Lucy hummed, wishing she could say the same. Who knew what else was going to happen in Mystic Falls?
The two Lucys made their way up the stairs and easily found the room that Stefan, Katherine, and Damon were sealed in. The other Lucy pulled the moonstone that Bonnie gave her out of her purse as Lucy quickly siphoned the sealing spell.
"Katherine," the other Lucy announced their presence.
Stefan, Damon, and Katherine whipped around, shocked to see them. Stefan eyes widened at Lucy, wondering why she was there, and she slightly nodded at the witch by her side.
"The spell in this room has been lifted," the other Lucy told Katherine, pointing over to Lucy. "You're free to leave."
Katherine sighed, relieved. "Thank God."
"When I hand this over, my debt to you is over," the other Lucy said when Katherine walked over to her, hand stretched out to grab the moonstone from her.
"Done."
"I owe you nothing."
"I said done," Katherine snapped at her. "Give it."
"I wouldn't do that," Damon warned the other Lucy.
The other Lucy rolled her eyes and handed Katherine the moonstone, much to the disappointment of Stefan and Damon. As soon as the moonstone touched Katherine's hand, she started to gasp for air, her lungs shrinking in her chest from the spell the other Lucy cast on her.
"You should have told me another witch was involved," the other Lucy sneered at Katherine as she sank to the floor, choking. "She's a Bennett witch, Katherine, but I'm sure you knew that."
"Wait, Elena—" Stefan started to object.
"Elena's fine," Lucy assured Stefan about her sister. "I siphoned the spell."
"She'll heal quickly," the other Lucy added. "Bonnie's with her. I apologize for my involvement."
With that, the other Lucy turned around and left the room.
Lucy exhaled heavily and looked over at Stefan and Damon. "Well, that's that, I guess."
"Thanks, Twitch," Damon said sincerely, walking over to Katherine's unconscious body and snapping her neck so she wouldn't wake anytime soon.
"What are you gonna do with her?" Lucy wondered; she didn't want Katherine to die, but she did need to pay for everything that she'd done.
"I'm gonna put her where she should've been all this time," Damon picked Katherine up and plopped her over his shoulder, not being careful. He nodded at his brother and Lucy before he left the room.
Lucy watched him leave, knowing that Katherine would hate being in the tomb. It's what she deserved, though.
"You should check on Elena," she turned back to Stefan. "I'm sure she'll want to see you."
Stefan nodded but hesitated. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," she assured him. She clasped her locket in her hand and transferred the magic she siphoned. "I think I'm gonna go home. Too much excitement for one night."
"Goodnight, Lucy."
Lucy smiled slightly and waved, turning to leave. She walked through the house and the yard to get to her car. She was just unlocking her vehicle when something hard hit her head, knocking her out.