Bellatrix Mikaelson(Tvd)

Chapter 43

Gilbert Residence
[Next day, Klaus is outside, waiting.]
Klaus: I think you're probably gonna want to let me in! [Klaus walks over to a neighbor's house with a white picket fence. He places his hands on the fence and looks around. He sees a soccer ball and smiles. Back in the house, Bonnie, Jeremy, Stefan, and Damon are standing in the kitchen.]
Stefan: Elena's car is gone.
Bonnie: Why wouldn't she tell anyone where she was going? [Suddenly, the front door bursts open and the soccer ball flies in. Klaus walks up the porch with two fence pickets in his hands. He hurls one of the pickets into the house and it narrowly misses Damon's head and gets stuck in the wall behind him. Stefan grabs Jeremy and Bonnie and pulls them down.]
Stefan: Get down!
Damon: Missed me! [Damon pulls the picket out of the wall and throws it back at Klaus. The picket just grazes over his shoulder. Klaus breaks the other picket in two and throws half of it at Damon again, but instead he hits a picture and it breaks.]
Damon: Missed me again! [Klaus aims the last picket into the house. Stefan's phone rings and he answers it.]
Stefan: Alaric. [Klaus comes back up to the house with a propane tank and a newspaper "torch". Stefan comes up to the front door.]
"Go Nik!" Cheered Bella and Kol.
Stefan: Put it out.
Klaus: Come outside and make me. [Stefan steps outside.]
Stefan: Elena's not here. Alaric has her and Caroline and he's gonna kill them both unless you turn yourself over to him. [Klaus throws down the newspaper and drops the propane tank.]
Klaus: Now, I know you're not asking me to walk into a certain death.
Stefan: I really wish we could. But unfortunately, if Alaric kills you there's a one in four chance that we die too. [Damon walks out with a picket over his shoulder.]
Damon: I'll take those odds.
"Is he suicidal?" Asked Marcel.
[Stefan looks at Damon.]
Stefan: And a hundred percent chance that Tyler dies.
Damon: I'm good with that too.
Stefan: Why don't we just figure out a way to put Alaric down? [Klaus and Stefan are pacing outside and Damon is leaning against the picket. Klaus stops and turns around.]
Klaus: Okay, how about Damon sneaks in and distracts Alaric, while Stefan grabs Elena and carries her to safety?
Damon: Huh, that's a great idea. What's to stop me from getting killed instantly?
"Weren't you the one who was willingly to die exactly five seconds ago?" said Bella.
Klaus: Nothing.
Damon: Caroline's in there. Don't you have a thing for her? Or did she just reject you too many times?
"Nik, if you ever be dumb enough to sacrifice yourself for some stupid crush, i will bring you back just to kill you myself." Said Bella. Klaus chuckled.
Stefan: This isn't really helping too much. [Bonnie walks out of the house.]
Bonnie: I might have an idea. My mom used a desiccation spell on Mikael that immobilized him for over 15 years. If I can get it, I might be able to use it on Alaric.
Klaus: If and might? Your words inspire such confidence.
Bonnie: I'll get it. But even with the spell, we'll need a lot of vampire muscle to take him down. Including yours. [Klaus turns around.]
Klaus: Just so we're clear, the sun sets in about eight hours. If we don't succeed before then, Elena will be dead, I'll be gone, and the rest of you will be left to fend for yourselves.
Mystic Falls High School
[Stefan and Klaus pull up to the school's parking lot in Klaus' car. They get out and Stefan receives a text.]
Stefan: Abby just showed up.
Klaus: Good. Perhaps this plan won't be an epic failure after all. You know, if this does go off and we drop the history teacher in the Atlantic, I'm still leaving with Elena.
Stefan: I'll go with you.
Klaus: Really? What's the catch?
Stefan: There's no catch. I'd turn my back on everything here to make sure Elena's safe.
Klaus: And that is what makes you her better option. It's a shame it's not easier for Elena to see that, I mean, personally, I think she's wasting her time with Damon.
"Nah. I think she's better with Damon. Damon challenges her and she likes it, even if she doesn't admit it. Stefan is too good for her liking." Said Bella.
Stefan: You know, all this time and energy you've spent trying to get me and my brother to hate each other. It's actually had the opposite effect.
"Klaus has done nothing for Stefan and Damon's relationship. They are the ones who ruin that by themselves and with Elena's help of course." Said Layla.
Klaus: [laughs] Has it? Has it really? Well then, perhaps I should let Elena decide which Salvatore joins us, being as you and Damon are so close.
Stefan: Ah, go for it. Damon and I have been through a hell of a lot worse than you. [Stefan walks away.]
Mystic Falls High School
[Bonnie pulls out a small vial with her blood.]
Bonnie: Drink this. It's my blood. It bridges us all together so that when I stop Jeremy's heart, you'll have the power to stop Alaric's. You need to make a physical connection to his bloodstream; a vein, artery, something connected to his heart. [Damon drinks some blood out of the vial and hands it to Stefan.]
Stefan: If one of us gets a clean shot, take it, the other two: hold him down. [Stefan takes a swig of the blood and passes it to Klaus.]
Klaus: Before we all walk through these doors, let's get on the same page, shall we? I was the one who created your vampire bloodline, therefore I am responsible for your lives and Tyler's life, Caroline's life, and of course, Abby's life, should anything go wrong.
Damon: Or you're just lying to save your ass.
"It sure sounds like it." Said Davina.
"Nik was their sire." Said Bella.
Klaus: I'm not lying. But go ahead, call my bluff, let the teacher kill me. You'll all be dead soon thereafter. [Klaus drinks the remainder of the blood.]
Stefan: Let's just get this over with, shall we? [Stefan, Damon, and Klaus all walk to the school, leaving Jeremy and Bonnie behind. In the classroom, Caroline is still staked down to a desk, Elena is in the desk next to her. Alaric paces in front of them.]
Elena: Why are you doing this?
Alaric: Because you need me. Because you're an eighteen-year-old girl without parents or guidance or any sense of right and wrong anymore.
Elena: Look at you. How is this right?!
Alaric: [Points to Caroline with the stake] She's a murderer. She told me she killed someone and liked it. Now how is that right? Listen, Elena, your parents led the council. It was their life's mission to keep this town safe. They weren't dead six months before you undid it all.
Elena: You don't know anything about them.
Alaric: Why, am I wrong? Do you actually think that they'd be proud of you? [Alaric kneels down in front of Elena] If you don't side with the humans, you're just as bad as them. Now kill her. [Alaric hands her the stake.] Or I'll do it for you and I'll make it hurt. Get up! [Alaric grabs Elena's arm and pulls her out of her seat. He places her in front of Caroline and forces the stake into her hand. He pulls away. Elena stands there with the stake in her hand for a moment, then turns around and tries to stab Alaric. He grabs her wrist before she can.]
Alaric: I thought I taught you better than that.
Elena: You did. [Elena breaks the beaker filled with vervain over Alaric's head.]
"Wow. She has backbone. Who would thought?" Said Bella.
"Certainly not me." Said Layla.
[He screams in pain and his flesh starts to burn. Elena releases Caroline and urges her to leave.]
Elena: Get help! [Caroline rushes out of the room, Elena right behind her. Caroline manages to get out, but Alaric blocks Elena from leaving.]
Alaric: Not so fast. [Caroline gets out into the hallway, turns around, and realizes Elena is not with her. She continues to walk backwards when suddenly Klaus grabs her from behind. He covers her mouth, so no one can hear her scream.]
Klaus: (Whispering) Shhh. It's okay, it's okay. It's me. [He takes his hand off of her mouth.]
Klaus: (Whispering) It's okay, you're safe. We'll save Elena. You go straight home. You stay inside, do you understand? [He turns Caroline around so that she is facing him.]
Klaus: Do you understand me?
Caroline: (Nods) Thank you. [They look at each other for a moment, then Klaus rushes away.]
"That was the moment she saw you as more than enemy." Said Bella.
"How would you know that?" Said Klaus.
"Her eyes. Haven't you heard? Eyes are mirrors to the soul." Said Bella.
[Caroline stands in the hallway for a second and then rushes out. In the hallway, Alaric throws Elena into a locker and grabs her by the throat, holding her up against it.]
Alaric: I should kill you. I should gut you like Brian Walters, Bill Forbes, and all the other cowards I plan on ripping apart. You're the worst offender of them all, Elena. You don't deserve to live.
Elena: So then, why am I still alive? There's obviously no humanity left in you, so what's stopping you, Alaric? If you want me dead then kill me. [Alaric's eyes start to become red and veiny.]
Elena: Do it! Kill me! [Alaric's eyes become normal again and he releases Elena from his grasp. Suddenly, Stefan and Damon rush up to him and grab him by his arms.]
Damon: Do it now! [Alaric pushes them off of him and breaks Stefan's back. Stefan falls to the ground, temporarily dead. Damon rushes towards Alaric, but Alaric snaps his neck, temporarily killing him as well. Klaus rushes towards Alaric and places his hand into Alaric's chest.]
[Bonnie and Jeremy are in the woods together. Jeremy's lying on the ground, while Bonnie is kneeling next to him. Bonnie feels that Klaus has made contact with Alaric's heart.]
Bonnie: They made contact. It's happening. [Bonnie places her hands above Jeremy and begins to chant a spell.]
Bonnie [Chants]: Ocoros Mecante, Aleora Subsitos. Ocoros Mecante, Aleora Subsitos. Ocoros Mecante, Aleora Subsitos
[Meanwhile inside the school, Alaric manages to pull Klaus' hand out of his chest and throws him to the ground. Bonnie feels the break in the connection and stops chanting.]
Jeremy: What's wrong?
Bonnie: Something happened. The connection broke. [Alaric grabs Klaus and throws him against the lockers. He flips him over and is about to stake him with the white oak stake, but Klaus fights back. A struggle ensues where Alaric continues to try to push the stake towards his heart and Klaus tries to push it away. Suddenly, Elena yells at them.]
Elena: Stop! [Alaric looks up at Elena. Elena has a knife to her throat.]
Elena: Let him go or I'll kill myself.
Alaric: Put it down, Elena.
Elena: Why? Because you still need me alive? There's a reason why Esther used me to make you, isn't there? She didn't want you to be immortal, so she tied your life to a human one. Mine. That way you have only one life span to kill all vampires and then you'll be gone. So, when I die, you die too. That's it, it has to be!
"She has brain." Exclamid surprised Layla.
"Everyday you learn something new." Said Bella shaking her head. Others watched their dramatics amused.
Alaric: You're wrong.
Elena: Am I? [Elena begins to cut her throat open.]
Alaric: Stop! STOP! STOP! STOP!
[In his moment of panic, Klaus seizes the chance and throws Alaric off of him. He rushes towards Elena, grabs her and leaves. Alaric gets up and realizes that they're both gone.]