i'm back, baby

episode 15; the plan

You made me do it. I didn't want to, but you left me no choice. If you didn't want it to happen, maybe you would've told me.

Ethan was out of breath even though he didn't do anything. He looked back at Madison who had just taken her hand off of his mouth. Eyes wide, he asked, "What the fuck? Where are we?"

"Calm down, E, I'll take good care of you," her thumb and index finger grazed his chin and he flinched away. Madison frowned. "I don't like your eyes," he blatantly stated. She blinked the white irises away and he was able to relax slightly. She seemed annoyed and a little deflated with his tone.

"Come on, let's go." Madison began to walk into the dark cave with small torches lighting up the entryway. He looked behind him and saw the entire city. The lights, the bustling streets, everything. He then realized how high up he was from the ground. "I think I'm gonna be sick."

"ETHAN!" He quickly hurried into the cave behind the vampire.

As he walked in, he saw a dimly lit room with a few empty "doorways" leading to another part of the cavern, a corner with chains and ropes accompanied by a steel chair drilled to the floor, and in the other corner was a station set up ready to take Ethan's blood. He could only assume this belonged to Madison and-

"Stephani! I'm back with the kid." Madison pushed herself up against the wall, waiting for the witch to arrive. She could hear Ethan's heart beating out of his chest.

"Madison? Is that you?" The red head came stomping out, boots clicking on the ground, leather jacket strewn over her shoulder. "Who else would it be?"

The red head looked at Madison from one of the two doorways, and waited for her to return the gaze. When their eyes met, there was a moment of stillness before Stephani rushed up against Madison using what looked like the same speed magic she used, pressing her against the wall in a chokehold. And since she was much taller than her, the brunette was quite high above the ground.

"Stephani- wha- what are you- doing- let me go!" the vampire choked out, her legs flailing in the air. Ethan watched in shock. He had never seen her be overpowered since she became what she is. This was certainly a sight to see.

"You tell me." Stephani threw the girl down on the floor, leaving her in a coughing fit. She then went over behind a door and came back out with a stack of files. She threw them on the floor in front of Madison and shouted, "Someone decided to go on a little killing spree. Care to explain yourself, peaches?" They were files on all of the dead people in Whitechapel.

There's that goddamn nickname again. Madison despised it more than anything. The memories integrated into that name is sickening. She just smirked, finally finding her composure when she realized Ethan was in the room and had witnessed her appearing vulnerable. "You wanted my switch off, here's the result."

"No..." a smile grew on the red head's face. "There's more to this, isn't there? Come on, babe, you know you can't keep anything from me. We both know when we were in Lexington you didn't act like this. Not after years of practice and dedication." Ethan realized there was a similarity in the way they talked and acted, even the way they walked and moved. Stephani must have been a major mentor for her.

"Stephani, we have company," Madison said shyly, "I can't go into explicit detail." Stephani's mouth dropped. "Ohhh. You fucked the Weir witch didn't you?" She sounded excited.

"Steph!" Madison shouted in defense like a child being embarrassed by their mother. That was kind of like their situation, Ethan thought, except Stephani would have to be a very young mother. She looked in her mid twenties, nice figure, pretty face, gentle features but a bold expression no matter what. It all somehow blended together.