Love Me Soulfully

I. The Awakening

Church Tomb

Klaus immediately thought this was some kind of ruse or illusion to distract him from completing his hybrid transition. With a hardened glare he lunged forward ready to attack, but then he stopped. He didn't know who was doing this. So, he moved back to a stiff standing.

"Bennett witch, what in the hell is the meaning of this? Tell me right now!", he roared. Elijah, who was still murderous at his brother, reluctantly agreed with him.

"What game are you playing at? What is this?", he seethed. He just wanted to rip his brother's heart out, and be on his way. Was that so much to ask?

Damon and Stefan move to say something as well, but Bonnie needed complete concentration for this spell, so she stopped midway and muttered the silencing spell she used earlier on the men. The four vampires glared heatedly at the girl, who just ignored them for now. The men then decide to just watch as Bonnie finishes the spell and back up. She gives them a sideways glance,

"She should wake soon. But I can't be for certain. They didn't really tell me how long it would take." Bonnie breaks the silencing spell and mutters quietly, but the four men heard her perfectly. They all watch the still girl for any sign of movement. Damon, Nik, and Elijah are more antsy than the other two people in the room, all of them wringing their hands or tugging at their hair.

It feels like hours before they see any change, but in reality, it was only a few minutes. First the girl's fingers and toes twitch, and with the vampire's super vision they could see every miniscule movement. They watched with more anticipation and eagerness as she began to move. After her fingers and toes gain blood flow, her hands shake. Then her arms, and her legs. A moment later, the girl's chest inflates with air as she breathes deeply.

The dangerously rapid heartbeat of the woman reaches the ears of Elijah, Niklaus, and Damon, and they instinctively rush forward to the frantically confused girl, both wondering why the other two are trying to get to her but brush it aside for now and focus on the girl. She was their main priority.

"Elsken, calm down. You are okay."

"Jess! Can you hear me? Listen to my voice."

"Love, hear me. You are safe. Calm down!"

Two men grab her thrashing hands, and one caresses her legs to try to get her to relax. But she can't seem to focus. The world around her is blurry and she is unaware of what's going on. Her blue eyes flash around the room rapidly, and her breathing is erratic.

'What is going on!', the young girl thinks to herself as she fights the hands trying to restrain her. She hears three vaguely familiar voices speaking softly but frantically to her. The brunette feels one of her hands press against a very soft fabric, and under it seems to be a hard surface, something thumping into her palm gives her the knowledge that she is feeling a chiseled chest.

"My Love, hear me. Focus on my voice. You- Listen! You are safe."

"Come on Beautiful! Calm down, feel my heart. Breathe- yeah breathe with me. Focus on it."

"You're doing wonderful, Love. Breathe."

She feels a wave of safety and calm wash over her, so she does as told, and calms her breathing and heart rate. Eventually she can breathe normally and she sits up when her vision clears, her baby blues settling on the two men in front of her. And when she meets the gaze of those hot chocolate swirls, icy blue storms, and deep ocean pools, everything almost fits into place with her.

These three men are three of the four missing pieces to her heart.

"Jessikah, can you hear me?", Elijah questions gently reaching for her cheek. He can't even fathom how she is here, because he remembers seeing her body as they performed his village's burial ritual. Hell, he participated in the process of burying her, as did his three younger siblings. They loved her, mourned her. But now that he thinks about it, this shouldn't surprise him. His youngest alive brother told him that he felt a different, large amount of pure power radiating from her. There would be lots of people wanting her for that. So, someone must have brought her back.