-Marissa Salvatore.

She turned her head to where the voice was coming from, looking at the man in her bedroom doorway with tear-filled eyes.

-What do you want?- she asked, not actually caring.

-You. Let's go.

-I can't. I'm vervained,- she rolled her eyes, despite the fact that this guy was probably gonna kidnap her. It didn't matter. Didn't matter without Guy.

-Already?

-Yeah.

He smiled, probably because Steph did his job for him. Then he came closer to her bed. Slid one arm under her knees, the other under her shoulders. Then, he picked her up and carried her out of her room, then out of the apartment.

Without blood in her system, Rissa could not put on much of a fight against this vampire, she realised he was one due to his strength, and she wasn't sure she wanted to. Guy was going to die, and she couldn't do anything to help him, to save him.

-Who are you?- she asked her kidnapper.

-I'm Ryan.

-A little more details, please,- she rolled her eyes again.

-I'm Ryan from Derek's gang. And I'm gonna torture and kill you.

-Great. Just great. Do you know anyone else who tried that? Because I do. His name was Derek. And now he's dead.

-Oh, but so is your hybrid. Well, he's either dead or about to be. So there's no one to protect you.

-I can protect myself.

-I'm 124 years old, kid. You don't stand a chance against me.

-Not to mention, I'm vervained,- Rissa smirked. This was awesome. She lost Guy. Now she's gonna lose her life. To this idiot, of all people.

-Rissa, I'm home!- Steph said. No reply. Weird. -Rissa?

She came into her sister's room. Rissa wasn't there. Her phone was. It was turned on. She looked at it. There were texts from Guy. He was being attacked.

Oh, no.

Rissa must've left to help him. How? Was the vervain not enough?

She picked up the phone and looked at the texts. One of them had Guy's address. That was enough for Steph to decide. She put the phone in her pocket, then grabbed one of the chairs and took her sharpest knife. Then cut off all 4 legs. Sharpened each stake with the knife and ran to get Alf.

She came to the bar, but her boyfriend wasn't there. Then she remembered that he said he lived in this building. Steph found a staircase in the back and ran upstairs. She knocked on the first door she saw.

Alf came out.

-Salvatore! What are you doing here?

-Guy, that's Rissa's crush, is under attack from, like, 20 vampires. She went to help him, and she has such good chances of dying, Alf, I can't lose her, okay? I can't lose her. I have the address of where they probably are. You're a witch, you're powerful, please, come with me!

-That's… a lot of info, Salvatore. I'm in.

She smiled slightly and took his hand, leading him to Guy's house, the stakes under her free arm.

Steph was leading the way, trying to find the address in the message. It didn't take them too long, Guy was very specific. Well, of course he was, his life depended on it.

They didn't even have to come in to know this was the right place. There was a fight there, they heard it. The two of them ran to where the sounds were coming from.

Once they arrived at the scene, they looked around.

Wow.

There were 8 dead bodies on the ground. 2 of them had severed heads, 5 were missing a heart, one was torn apart by a vampire. That one wasn't desiccated. He must've been human.

Guy was there, fighting the remaining vampires.

-That's Guy,- Steph whispered, pointing.

She scanned the crown with her eyes, trying to find Rissa, but she didn't see her anywhere. Then, terrified, she tried to look at the dead vampires. Thankfully, none of them were her little sister.

All of a sudden, two vampire lunged at Guy at the same time. He only saw one of them, ripping his heart out, but the other was about to do the same to Guy.

Steph covered her mouth with her hand. She wanted to stake him, to protect the man who her baby sister loved so much, she was ready to risk her life for him, but she couldn't. He was too far.

The vampire was centimetres away from Guy, when he suddenly collapsed and groaned in pain. The vampire. Not Guy. Guy turned around and stared at him, wondering what happened. So did all the other vampires. So did Stephanie. She looked at Alf to ask him what he thinks happened.

Once she saw him, she realised that what happened was Alf. He was staring at the groaning vampire, his arm stretched out, chanting something in Latin. Steph didn't know Latin, but she definitely knew that he just stopped that vampire.

-Guy!- Alf yelled, and the hybrid looked at him. -It isn't easy to hold him like that…

Guy suddenly realised what is wanted of him and ripped the vampire's head off.

Alf and Stephanie ran towards where Guy is.

-This is Alf, he's a witch,- Steph explained, panting.

Guy smiled, despite the fact that now was clearly not the time. He had to. It was polite.

Steph kept looking around, but she still couldn't see her sister.

-Where's Rissa?

-I don't know,- Guy said, killing another one of the vampires.

They kept fighting. Alf set a few vampires on fire. Steph used 2 of her stakes, the rest were broken by the vampires. Guy bit some of them, but still killed them after. Whenever one of the vampires tried to kill one of them, Alf gave them the headache, preventing them from it.

Soon, only three vampires were left.

One was a girl with long, dark brown hair. She was tall, smiling despite the fact that 15 of her friends just died. One was a guy with a lopsided grin, who didn't really fight, but he enjoyed watching. The third was a man, who was walking toward them, looking very angry.

Steph glanced at Alf. He looked weak, like he could barely stand. She put a hand on his shoulder.

-I'll… I'll stop him,- he mumbled, trying to raise his arm, but Steph gently pushed it back down.

-Alf, you shouldn't. You barely ever use magic, and you just used it so much. Don't. It's gonna be too much.

-Salvatore…

-It's gonna be okay. Don't worry.

Alf nodded.

The vampire was still advancing.

-Oh, you kids think that you've won, huh?- he asked. -Well, let me tell you something: you haven't. We'll kill you. All of you. And then that little girl. She's sassy, you know. The things she said to Ryan while he was kidnapping her…

-You have Rissa?- Guy interrupted.

-Well, actually, Ryan does…

-You. Have. Rissa?