Chp 10

A few months have gone by since Damon saw his little sister. They had opened the tomb the weekend prior using the cosmic event of a comet passing over Mystic Falls. The realization that Liana was right and Katherine wasn't in the tomb was a gut punch. Damon's switch was fully flipped, and he is wallowing in self pity. Damon doesn't want to admit how badly he knew he screwed up his non-existing relationship with his little sister.

Stefan was no better, so he decided to go see his twin hoping to fix what he and Damon broke. During the drive, Stefan was reminiscing about his relationship with his twin. They were inseparable when they were little. As they got older, Stefan drifted closer to his older brother, leaving Liana by herself most times. Then Stefan remembered the times they would get into trouble and Damon would stick up for Stefan but Liana was on her own. This struck Stefan hard. He realized his relationship with his twin had been broken before Katherine came into their lives.

Pulling up to the address Damon gave him, Stefan took a deep breath before getting out of his car. He shook his head at his precious car, it will need a detailed washing when he leaves. Knocking on the door, Stefan was met with a guy a couple inches taller than him, long black hair, and shirtless.

Dwayne knew who this was, "Wait here." He knew it was only a matter of time before Liana's twin showed up. Dwayne went and got his girlfriend from the kitchen, warning her, "Your brother is here." Liana scoffed, "Which one?" Dwayne gave a small smile, "The other one." Liana set down the knife she was using to cut the vegetables for that night's dinner and made her way to the door.

Opening it and crossing her arms, "What do you want, Stefan?" "I came to see you," Stefan was cut off before he could say anything else. "No, you came to see if Damon was lying. You don't care about me. You only care about yourself and the latest doppelganger. So, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Damon. I am dead to you. You got what you wanted. Leave."

Liana made to close the door when Stefan used one of the chairs from the porch to keep it open. "You're my twin. We're family. You can't just throw that away," Stefan tried to argue. Liana gave a humorless laugh, "Family. We haven't been family since the moment you left me for that skank. This is the last time I'll say this. Leave, and don't ever come back. Just keep acting as if I'm still dead." With a flick of her wrist, Liana pushed the porch chair out of the door and slammed it shut.

Speechless and hurt, Stefan left Santa Carla. He took his time driving back to Virginia, stopping several times due to his emotions getting the best of him. Stefan knew he had lost his twin for good, but he still didn't want to accept it. Getting back to Mystic Falls, Stefan walks into a mess. His girlfriend was bitching about how long he was gone while his brother had drained several druggies at the cemetery. Stefan exhaled and distracted himself with cleaning up the mess.

Klaus had returned and met up with David. The former leader of the Lost Boys was ready to get rid of Liana. David was tired of pretending to accept the way things are. He wanted his boys back without the outsider. The two of them went over the plan again. David didn't agree with it completely but saw no other way. Klaus was just happy to get what he wanted. If his plan didn't work then Klaus would kill everyone that Liana surrounded herself with and take her.

David had listened to Liana shut the door on her brother and smirked, thinking she was going to be alone once Klaus had her. His smirk deepened when he sent a message to Klaus, updating him on what happened. The reply was instant, 'Tomorrow night.' One more day. He thought…out loud. Not knowing Marko heard him.

The group had returned home after feeding on some tourists when they noticed someone standing on the porch. David kept his face blank while the others were cautious but curious. But before anyone could say anything, Klaus was in front of Liana and David who was standing next to her. Dwayne was on the other side of Liana. Klaus towered over Liana as he spoke, "I have been looking all over for you. The Ripper's twin. It's so nice to meet you. I heard so much about you in the 1920s. Your brother spoke highly of you."

"I doubt that. He could care less about me," Liana was not very intimidated by this guy. And he noticed, "Forgive me. Let me introduce myself. The name's Klaus." He backed up so he could give an exaggerated bow. Between everyone, only Liana and David knew who he was. Liana was confused, "Why were you looking for me?" Klaus smirked, "When your brother spoke of you, he failed to mention you had magic. He was also convinced that you had died but I had my doubts. So, I had you tracked. And wouldn't you know it, not only were you alive but you were traveling with witches and werewolves."

Liana was getting a little fed up, "So, what do you want from me?" "Getting to the point, I see. I want you to travel with me. Stay by my side as my witch and do whatever it is I need," Klaus listed. Liana scoffed, "Is that all? Well, how about no." Klaus came closer, "Let me make this perfectly clear." He moved so fast none of them saw what he did until David started struggling to move. Klaus had his hand in David's chest gripping his heart, "I wasn't asking, love. I'm ordering you to leave with me or I kill everyone you love. Starting with them and finishing with Sam."

David spoke through gritting teeth, "Do it. Just go already!" Liana's eyes widened then narrowed, "You really want me gone?" David tried to laugh but it was difficult with someone's hand around his heart, "I've wanted you gone since I met you." Marko looked down before remembering yesterday, "You planned this. That's what you meant by one more day! You bastard!"

Klaus gives David's heart a squeeze, "Tick tock. What will it be, love?" Liana was beyond hurt, "Fine. I'll leave with you. Just don't hurt anyone else." Klaus felt triumphant, "Now, was that so hard?" He let go of David's heart then removed his head, "I don't care for those who could betray family so easily." The Lost Boys could only gawk at David's headless body. Liana went to pack some of her things to take with her. Dwayne is not that far behind her, "I'm going with you." Klaus was reluctant to have Dwayne tagging along but didn't argue in the end.

Marko and Paul disposed of David's body by removing his daylight ring then setting him on fire behind the garage. They were going to stay in Santa Carla for a bit then follow Dwayne and Liana. There wasn't anything left in this town anyway. Paul called Sam that night and told him what happened and to warn him. Sam made sure to call Liana on their scheduled day to make sure she was okay.

Klaus had Liana doing research into his binding curse. He was hoping she could find a way to break it without the doppelganger. Since he didn't know where the newest doppelganger was. Liana shouldn't feel guilty, but she does…a little. She knew where the doppelganger was and with who. For her brothers' sake, even though she wanted nothing to do with them, Liana kept this information to herself…for now.

AN: Next chapter will have Salvatore family drama. I killed David, he was toxic.