To kill a monster (Elijah Mikaelson)

Chapter 14

"Sasha I know you're mad" Elijah started, his hands out in surrender, admitting he was wrong.

"I'm not mad" she said calmly, but Elijah could see the fire burning in her eyes "I'm furious"

"I" Elijah tried to push the words out but he couldn't think of anything that would make it all better.

"I can feel every scrap of the humanity I have left strip away from me, when I hurt you earlier I felt riddled with guilt. But when I just hurt you, I didn't feel anything" she said "and that's because of you, I was perfectly fine in my little basement room"

Elijah stepped closer to her, maybe if he appealed to her true self, she may reach back. "I didn't mean for it to be like this, all my feelings were..."

"... Don't even go there Elijah" she stepped back before he could touch her "I know the only part that you were attracted to was the parts of me that reminded you of Tara"

Elijah felt physically shocked.

"You can't stand here and look me in the eye and tell me that you weren't constantly comparing me to her" she replied

And she was right. He couldn't. He always used to think how much she looked like Tara and how she acted like her. He knew her since the beginning, her tendencies, her thoughts, what she liked and how her face screws up at something she didn't like. Because he loved Tara, and she was... And he hated to say Tara 2.0.

"I thought so" she huffed "but you should know I'm not completely stupid, I know that Daniel is up to no good... For now anyway, losing my old self will just give him space to create his own Sasha"

"And you're going to let him do it?" Elijah asked "if you know that man is toxic"

"I can't stop it now" she snapped "this magic has already began eating me from the inside, you won't have your precious Sasha anymore"

"Sasha you can fight this" Elijah pleaded "please just come back"

Sasha pouted "aw is Elijah feeling guilty?" And then followed it up with a laugh "you're acting like you can actually have a positive affect on bringing the old me back. But I'm the new and improved version" Sasha's humanity drained faster as she spoke to Elijah until there was finally none of her d self "you should be happy that you've finally gotten rid of that whiny bitch"

Sasha sighed in relief and stretched her arms out, showing a small tattoo that Elijah had never seen before. Had she only just gotten it? It was three black butterflies on the side of her wrist. He was almost certain it wasn't there before "I feel much better now, it was kind of like a sand timer, it kept ticking until all the sand has fallen to the bottom, in this case it's my humanity, and you can't do anything about it"

The two were interrupted by Sophie coming back into the compound with a confused girl, her hair was up in a messy pony tale. She fixated her gaze on Sasha "I knew you were weak" she spat

Sasha took a deep breath in and strode up to the woman and furiously grasped her hand. "I'm stronger than you imagine"

Louise closed her eyes and readied herself for all sorts of pain. But there was nothing. She opened her eyes and glanced down at her hand where a small symbol was stamped. It looked like it was a scar.

"That's not a hex before you start to freak out" Sasha said

"Then what is it?" Louise replied hastily

"Let's just say that I look out for myself, that thing is going to come in handy in a week or two or when I need it" she said "don't try to get rid of it, you can't reverse it, or make it go away"

"Tell me what it is Sasha" Louise said sternly but Sasha only laughed at her angry face

"Would you look at the time" Sasha said "I have a date" she shot a glance to Elijah. She knew how to hit him and how to hit him hard.

Elijah knew that she was only being manipulated into being with that monster. But he was still filled with jealousy.

"I'm going to ring that mans neck" Elijah ranted to himself "he will die, I'll kill him"

"Not alone I hope" Louise interrupted his rant "Sophie told me you needed some others, I can't guarantee my family will join us, but you've got me"

"Louise is very powerful, her grandmother used to be the regent and her mom was an elder" Sophie informed him "but we will have to get this symbol looked at"

Elijah walked up and looked at it. "Sasha had this tattoo on her wrist, three black butterflies" he informed her

"No" Sophie shook her head "Sasha hates needles, she wouldn't have a tattoo; unless..." Sophie trailed off

"Unless what?" Elijah asked

"Powerful Witches that are consumed by dark magic usually have a symbol. Something to draw magic from, something to mark territory, something that only means something to them; something that represents them in a way. It's like a code nobody can crack" Louise interrupted "in this case" she held out her hand "Sasha is a black butterfly"

"A beautiful creature turned dark" Sophie shrugged "it's ironic because most butterflies are colourful, but someone had taken her colours away and now it's all dark for her"

"You said you'd wish she'd die than live a life like this" Elijah said to Sophie. She nodded and confirmed "i give you my word that she will not have to endure this for much longer. All we need to do is separate them"