Alyssandra Gilbert - The Forbidden Doppelganger

Chapter Sixteen

Motel Room
I groggily awaken from being lightly shaken by someone. I opened my eyes, coming face-to-face with my sister. I frowned at her when she put a finger to her lips and points towards something.

I follow and see a man sleeping in a chair by the end of the bed with his head laid back. From the mattress that we laid on, there was a door in the far corner of the room.

I look from the sleeping guy to the door, estimating if we can make it without waking him. I look at Elena, motioning her to follow me. She nods her head.

Quietly, we slide off the bed and slowly step over his outstretched leg. We slowly back up to the door, I kept my eye on the sleeping guy.

Once we reached the door Elena unlocks the deadbolts on the door, I occasionally look back at the guy. Elena turns the lock on the door and prepares to open it.

"I wouldn't."

We gasped, whirling around to face the guy that was sleeping earlier. He gives us an amused smirk before it quickly faded into a different kind of smirk. He grabs my arm and pulled me to him. He inches towards Elena and looks straight into her eyes.

"Don't try to escape. Don't even move. Do you understand?"

"I understand," Elena responded in a monostone voice. I smirked slightly, knowing that he doesn't know about Elena's vervain necklace.

I look at Elena and gave her a look for her to go on ahead without me. She slightly shook her head when the guy turns around, dragging me with me to the refrigerator. I look back at Elena, just as she opens the door and runs.

I guess she didn't make it to far because a girl pushes Elena back into the room.

"Seriously?!"

"I told her not to move! I did that eye thing that you taught me!" He defended himself as he pointed at Elena.

"And forgot the lesson about vervain!" The girl exclaimed. "She dates a vampire, Ben. Duh!"

I watch as the girl pushes Elena up against a wall and opens the bathroom door. Ben drags me over to them.

"Who are you?" I asked as I struggled against Ben's hold. "What do you want?"

The girl sighed in annoyance. "Does it matter?"

The girl forcefully pushes Elena into the bathroom then grabs me and pushes me in too, making me crash into Elena as the girl shuts the door. I search for the light switch on the wall, and once I found it, I flicked it on.

The light slowly flickered to life, illuminating the bathroom with an ugly pale yellow glow.

I hear a gasp behind me, I look over to see what was wrong. That's when I noticed Bonnie lying in the bathtub, unconscious.

"Bonnie?" We rush over to her. Elena gently lifts Bonnie's head up.

"Oh, my god."

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I played with the cracks on my cast as Elena wets a cloth in the sink and places it on Bonnie's forehead. Bonnie breathes out, signaling that she was waking up. Then she slowly opens her eyes.

"Bonnie?"

"Elena?" Bonnie opens her eyes fully. "Lys?"

"Oh, thank god you're ok!" I exclaimed.

"My head," Bonnie groans out. Suddenly her eyes open wider as realization finally came to her. Elena helps Bonnie upright.

"Oh my god! Ben is a -!"