2 | Pain

one - cure for love

recap;

"You're leaving, love?" He asks.
"I really have to go back, but thank you for last night. It held me back for a little. I gotta face reality now." I say laughing, but he chuckles also.
"Oh, can I know your name, love?" He asks me.
"It's Arizona, but Ari for short." I answer blushing.
"Yours?" I ask him back.
"That's not important." He replies mysteriously.
"Goodbye then. I hope to see you again" I say leaving the room.
As I closed the door I heard,
"Oh. We will."

"You two know each other?" Damon asks taking another chug at his drink.
"Well, I would say. Would you like to explain, love?" Klaus puts the spotlight onto me. Alaric and Damon are both looking at me strangely.
"Nothing happened, it was your imagination." I turn back to my drink and take a swig.
"Awe, come on, love. Don't be feisty like before." Klaus winks at me. I glare at him. Alaric takes a while.
"Oh. Oh. Oh! Did not need to know that." Alaric cringes.
"What are you even talking about?" Damon barked scrunching his eyebrows.
"Damon. Think about it." Klaus boasted while signalling the bartender.
"Awe! Gross!" Damon groaned out. I slam my head on the countertop.
"Anyways. I've come here to introduce myself, but also I've come to inform you that the sacrifice is today." Klaus exclaims smiling.
"I could talk you into a postponement, by any chance, huh?" Damon chugs down another bourbon. Klaus just looks at me confused; I shrug my shoulders.
"You are kidding?" Klaus asks, then looks over to Alaric.
"He is kidding, right?" Klaus asks again.
"No. Not really." Ric speaks up.
"I mean, come on, what's one month in the whole grand scheme of things?" Damon includes this into his statement.
"Let me be clear...I have my vampire. I have my werewolf. I have everything I need. The ritual will happen tonight. So if you want to live to see tomorrow, don't screw it up." Klaus threatens Damon, and leaves finishing his drink.
"So. Do you wanna talk about you and Klaus?" Damon emphasized Klaus.
"Not really. You shouldn't even care with your new girlfriend. Don't confuse my life with yours, Damon." I growl at him and grab my coat to leave.
"Arizona, Arizona!" Damon calls after me, but I just ignore him. Just trying to forget everything, I yank someone from off the street and drain them dry, but I can see a silhouette of a man down the alley. I drop the body and speed to the person.
"I didn't know that."
"Know what?" I roll my eyes at Klaus.
"Love, you're a vampire. The first time we met you were a naive human. I like the way you are now." Klaus insists and smirks.
"Yeah, me too." I express and try to leave the alley.
"Why are you so mad?" Klaus asks while raising his arms.
"Oh you know, just the same old. You're planning on killing my sister tonight. That's not new." I cross my arms.
"Don't think like that. The doppelgänger is a donation to me."
"Don't you ever think of the families that you cause trauma to? Why everyone despises you? Elena isn't just the doppelgänger, she's family to us you know." I try guilt tripping him, but I'm speaking with real gratitude.
"Just now, you killed a guy." Klaus points to lifeless body. I've had enough and I grab a piece of old bark and speed to him, but he pins me up and drops the wood.
"I'm over a thousand years old, love. You can't kill me." Klaus whispers into my ear. I struggle to get out of grip.
"When the doppel- your sister dies from the sacrifice, you're going to show no emotion. But from now on, your sister is fine. And while you're at it, try convincing the Salvatore brothers that it's fine that she's going to die." Klaus compels me, and Damon comes around the corner. Klaus goes away. He speeds towards me as I try to breathe straight.
"Are you okay?" Damon worries, and kneels down to me.
"Yep. He's strong." I try to joke with my throat being sore.
"Let's go free blondie."

***

"Which one are you trying to save? The blond, or the wolf? Did you really think Klaus would leave them unprotected?" The warlock speaks protecting the tomb.
"Wishful thinking." Damon replies and knocks down the warlock, but he gets back up and pushes Damon with his powers. I try to kill the warlock, but he gives me an aneurysm. I scream agonizing pain. Then Damon and I both hear a bullet and the pain stops. Matt is standing there with a rifle; and wooden bullets.
"What are you doing here?" I ask Matt concerned.
"Where Caroline?" Matt ignores me still aiming the rifle towards us.
"Listen, man. Not a good time to play hero." Damon nagged.
"Where is she? And what did he do to her?" Matt loads his rifle, and aims it towards Damon.
"We're just here to rescue her." Damon raises his arms and walks slowly towards Matt. Of course Damon has to knock him out.
"Are you kidding me?" I complain to Damon but he completely ignores me. Damon opens the tomb door and we immediately see Tyler and Caroline.
"Arizona?" Caroline says smiling.
"Your boyfriend's outside with a rifle loaded with wooden bullets. You have some explaining to do." Damon budges in and begins to free Caroline.
"What, Matt?" Caroline asks freaked out.
"Matt knows about you?" Tyler asks her.
"No, I-" Caroline stuttered.
"Shh. Tomorrow's problem." Damon helps Caroline up.
"Let's get Tyler." I help break his chains. And since it's full moon today, Caroline's going to help him with the transformation.