𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔏𝔦𝔞 𝔏𝔞𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔩𝔦𝔫 ⚜️ ᴛᴠᴅ¹

CHAPTER Ⅺ

Katherine Pierce was alive and well, hatching a ride inside Elena's body. They thought that Katherine Pierce was dead, turns out she wasn't. When they were all drinking and toasting to the glory of Katherine's impending death, she was finding a way to plant herself into Elena's body and she was successful in it. For the past few weeks, whatever happened, it was Katherine, not Elena. That meant that Katherine Pierce broke up with Damon Salvatore, not Elena. And the reason for Damon's little binge trip was Katherine, not Elena.

"Hang on...Katherine's still alive?" Matt asked sitting on the couch confused. "How is that even possible?"

"Remember that time when supposedly Nadia's ex, Gregor, hitched a ride in your head?" Lia asked as she stopped her pacing. "Okay, well, it's kind of the same thing. That bitch is a Passenger in Elena."

"Except it's worse because none of us seem to notice." Caroline sighed frustratedly on being unable to recognize her best friend.

"She was at my house. How did none of us figure it out?" Tyler asked next looking at the ground.

"Because it's Katherine. And she's smart and she's conniving and she's sneaky and we're the worst friends ever." Caroline ranted as she sat down on the couch.

"This makes no sense. She saved my life. She gave me CPR when Enzo tried to kill me." They heard Jeremy over the phone. "Katherine would never do that."

"That's what made her so believable," Bonnie replied. "She played Elena to a tee. If she let you die, her cover was blown."

"I was sleeping three feet away from her!" Caroline continued complaining. They all felt bad for not being able to recognize their best friend but the other party also did a pretty good job at acting. There's not much they could have done. "She picked my Bitter Ball dress. And I let her use my toothpaste!"

"Yeah, well, did she lure you into a hotel room to make out with you?" Stefan said as he walked into the parlor.

"She's the reason I found out about you and Klaus." Tyler realized pointing at Caroline.

"Of course. Oh, my God!" Caroline exclaimed as she threw her head in her hands.

"Everyone's diverting from the main question here. 'How do we kill the bitch?'" Lia pointed out cutting the tension.

"Well, Passengers can be expelled from the host," Stefan spoke up. "I saw it happen with Matt. Gregor died and Matt lived. So, all we have to do is stab her with the Traveler knife."

"And where is this knife of yours?" Lia questioned.

"It's with me," Matt replied.

"Perfect! Go get it." Stefan told Matt.

"Alright, hold on, guys this is Katherine that we're talking about. She's gonna see a sneak attack coming from a mile away. So, we gotta get her to us, get her guard down, and corner her. But we have a problem right there." Lia listed out all the work they had to do.

"What problem?" Stefan asked with furrowed brows while Lia just glared at Tyler waiting for him to answer.

"I'm pretty sure I bit Nadia," Tyler replied understanding what Lia meant.

"What do you mean you bit her?" Matt asked with a confused look on his face.

"He means yesterday at his house when they both got into that fight, he nipped her. So, there's that." Lia concluded as Matt got frustrated. "Alright, let's cut the bullshit and decide how to get Katherine here because she sure as hell won't leave her daughter's side today..."