Here We Go Again: TVD Doppelgänger #5

S2E4

"What happens to Damon once he brings you what you want?"
"We can't risk him coming after us for killing you, so it's either kill him or erase all memories of you."
"I️ vote killing him."
"Won't that just make his brother angry?" Hope asks Klaus.
"Kill them both."
"And the annoying blonde?"
"We'll erase her memory."
"Still have a soft spot for her? Pathetic. Anyways what about the hybrid?"
"Pity but he broke the sire bond and is useless to me so he can die too."
"You know I don't like getting my hands dirty with meaningless deaths."
"Then I shall do it love."
"Perfect."

~Damon's POV~

My only way out of this is to find the stupid ring and somehow save Sky. I'm not stupid enough to believe they'll actually give her back. She's got some significance in the plan. Klaus and Hope have no idea that I've been drinking vervain for a century now. I need to come up with a plan but I can't do it alone.
"So you get ordered around to vampire sit me. What do you gain in all of this?"
"I don't get killed."
"That doesn't seem like the typical Klaus way of doing stuff."
"Paying off old debts by swearing my allegiance to the family."
"Old debts?"
"Mind your business aye and get the ring."
"What's the big witchy woo with it anyways."
"Couldn't tell you even if I wanted to."
"The thing is I am the the only one who can retrieve what Hope wants. It's a two man job and requires people with knowledge of the ring to help me get it."
"What are you playing?"
"Oh nothing but I do need my little brother to help me get it."
"Klaus said you do this alone."
"I can't do it alone. Call him yourself and inform him of our predicament and tell him to send my little brother."
"This better not be a game or I get to kill you."

~Sky's POV~

"Seems like we've run into a bit of a predicament."
"What's that?"
"It's apparently a two person job to retrieve the ring."
"And?"
"And Damon is purposing that Stefan go help him."
"Whatever, just someone get me the ring!"
"Of course my darling. I will go over see that everything is taken care of for my little girl."

"Just a little while more and I'll have everything I need."
"I don't understand why you want more of you out there? Wouldn't it make more of a statement if it were just you and your uncle as these great beings that's unique and stronger then others?"
"You see young vampire, creating this new species means that all other copies are inferior to me. They're sired to do as I say because I made them how they are. I'm even stronger then my own uncle because it was my blood in the sacrifice."
"What are the others tied to you? All you did was give them the same amount of power as you."
"Technically yes but it's a whole grater power thing that has been in place way before I was alive."
"What do you gain from all of this?"
"An army to my disposal. Everyone mortal or not strives for power. This makes me more powerful then the original vampires or werewolves, and I don't need to follow the pesky rules of the ancestors."
"Is it worth it? Worth being the biggest and baddest thing out there? What are you going to do once you have all the power?" Hope looked down as if she had not thought that far into the future. "You have an eternity to explore and live your life. What do you want more then anything?"

"I'll tell you what she doesn't want." In came a foreign voice.
"Aunty Beccs, what are you doing here?"
"I heard my favorite niece was up to no good as always and wanted to check in. Who the bloody hell is this?"
"Petrova doppelganger number five I believe."
"Will we never escape the Petrovas?"
"Who are you?" The blonde looks over to Hope with a puzzled look.
"New vampire." She explains.
"Ah we'll I used to be the most feared Mikaelson lady until my dearest niece made a name for herself."
"Sorry Aunty Beccs, now you're just the hopeless romantic."
"Hush up child. I am not so hopeless anymore."
"No she is not."
"Marcel!" 
"There she is!" Hope leaps into the man's arms.
"What a nice family reunion, but can someone please let me go?"
"What do you have going on here?" Marcel questions.
"Making more of my kind."
"And back to her question Hope. You don't want to end up alone. I've lived that life darling and I can tell you from experience that you want love and family. It might just be Marcel and I, but he's my own family and I love him so much that eternity doesn't seem like enough time."
"Do you want love?"
"Of course I do Uncle Marcel. Dad always taught me to want power and be powerful."
"That' s Klaus' way, but you should want to be happy and do what makes you happy."
"You wanted to be this new species right?"
"More then anything Aunty."
"So why do you want more?"
"In all honesty I couldn't care less. Dad just told me that now that I have the power I should create an army."
"We got rid of all our enemies love."
"What if one day we need protection from something? Our enemies aren't extinct."
"Stocking up. You are so much like your Aunt Freya."
"A romantic came from you," Marcel gives a toothy grin to Rebecca.
"Power from Dad."
"Strength from your mother."
"Class like Elijah."
"Witt just like Kol."
"Intelligence from Finn."

"Okay so we've established where Hope got all these characteristics, but where does that leave me?"
"Hope?" Her aunt turns towards her.
"Dad is already out getting the ring."
"Usually we're all for the mass sacrifice, but that was in our youth. Maybe it would be fair to release her."
"I guess you're right." She went over to free me from the imprisonment. I got up and ran as fast as I could before she had a chance to change her mind.

~Damon's POV~
"Any slower little brother."
"What's happening? Where have you and Sky been?"
"Taken hostage. I don't know where Sky is and they're not going to tell me. They're going to sacrifice her after we get this ring."
"Don't try anything funny." Klaus grabbed Stefan. "You help Damon find what I want, and if he fails to comply then you get to kill him." Stefan was compelled. "Hurry up you two. We're thrown into the tomb under the church that Kathrine was supposed to be killed in during the fire.  We were out of ear shot when I turned to Stefan.

"Listen, I'm still looking for the ring but listen."
"What? I'm compelled to kill you if you do something funny."
"No you're compelled to kill me if I don't get the ring. I'm getting the ring but I'm not going to hand it over."
"What are you going to do."
"We need to find Sky some way. There's an exit in here that I made a long time ago in case we ended up in situations like this. See the ring isn't in here, so we have to leave to go get it."
"We're is it?"
"The Lockwood house with all the old artifacts. We need to go get it and somehow get Sky."
"Okay well I don't feel the urge to kill you so maybe this'll work."

~Sky's POV~
"What are you doing here?"
"Hope let me free. I came to stop you from killing Damon."
"He's still in there looking for the ring. Why would Hope just let you free?"
"She had a mini counselling session. Maybe you should talk to her."
"I see from the text she sent. Fine go get the brothers. You're all freed." I use my vampire speed to find the pair.

"Damon? Stefan? Salvatores!" I'm in the tomb following every path until it reaches a dead end. Although I am a vampire it still freaked me out being in here. Somehow I found an exit that led straight to Mystic Grill.

"Caroline! Have you seen Damon or Stefan?"
"Oh my god you're alive! I've been trying to figure out how to find you. Kind of hard when we no longer have a witch."
"Have you seen them?"
"No, but you might want to check the boarding house. They might have found their way there." I sped over there to find the door thrown open.

"Damon?"
"Sky, what the hell? How are you here?"
"They let me free."
"What? That's not the Mikelson way."
"Somehow Rebecca convinced Hope to free me."
"I'm so glad you're alive." Damon throws his arms around me in our embrace and I breath in his scent. It felt like home.