The Owl Gilbert

3:22: All Things Good Must End

I slowly wake up in a hospital bed as it's nighttime, hearing the monitor and I look around the room to see Kol sitting in a chair on my left side. "Hello, darling. How are we feeling?" He asks. "What happened?" I ask. "When we saved you from my brother that was draining you and Elena of your blood, you fell unconcious in my arms and I brought you here." He says. "Where is Klaus now?" I ask. "Bonnie used the same spell to immobilize Mikael on him. He's gone, darling. Not dead dead, just immobile forever." He says and we smile at each other and he kisses me softly. "How's Elena? Is she okay?" I ask. "She's fine. She's in the hospital as well. Just a little concussion." He says, holding my right hand gently and his phone rings, and he pulls it out of his right pocket after letting my hand go. "It's Damon." He says and answers it, putting it on speaker. "Damon? What's wrong?" I ask. "Your Dad is coming after you and Elena. Stefan and I are on our way to get her since her life force is connecting to hers. She dies, he dies." Damon says. "Kol, you need to get him out of there." Stefan says. "Already on it." Kol says and hangs up, puts his phone back in his right pocket and disconnects me from the hospital system, and gently lifts me up as I wrap my arms around his neck and he puts his hands underneath my legs, and carries me out of the room to his motorcycle.

I arrive home with Kol, Tyler, Matt, Elena and Caroline as Caroline is helping Elena inside and Kol is helping me. "Couch. Both of you." Caroline says and I hear the door close behind me. "I'm fine. I just-- I want something to eat first." Elena says. "Me, too. I'm starving." I say. "We're on it, as soon as we make sure no one is lurking in the closets." Tyler says and we see him and Matt run up the stairs. "All right. Couch, now." Kol says as Elena and I walk into the living room. "We're fine. We're both fine." I say. "Doctor says rest, you rest." Caroline says and Elena and I sit on the couch, opposite of each other and Caroline puts a blanket over her while Kol puts one over me. "Now, what can I get you? Do you want some tea, maybe some vodka? Both will help you sleep." Caroline says and we all look at her as Elena sighs, and she sits down in between us and so does Kol. "I know. I'm being smothering. It's what I do." She says. "No. It's-- it's nice." Elena says and Caroline chuckles. "I'm thinking.. maybe tea with vodka." She says and we all laugh. "Just vodka for me." Kol says. "And tea for me." I say and Caroline gets up, and walks off.

Elena and I slowly wake up to see Matt sitting next to us and Kol is gone. "Where is everyone? Where's Kol?" I ask. "He went to go get you guys some food from the Grill. Tyler and Caroline got a call from their moms. What were you dreaming about?" Matt asks, smiling at Elena. "Sophomore year." She says. "Seems like forever ago." Matt says and she chuckles. "It was. I'm sorry that I strung you along. I should have figured out what I wanted and just been honest about it. I'm now making the same mistakes with Stefan and Damon. It's not right what I'm doing to them either, I-- I have to let one of them go." Elena says and Matt smiles. "Which one?" He asks and we hear the front door open, and look at Stefan as he walks over to us, and Elena exhales. "Stefan." She says, standing up and walks over to him, and hugs him. "You okay?" He asks. "Yeah." She says.

Elena and I are still sitting on the couch as Matt and Stefan are cooking in the kitchen. "I'm being over coddled. I feel completely fine." Elena says. "You two are on house arrest. You're supposed to be coddled." Stefan says and Matt walks over to us. "Wouldn't it be smarter if we just got you two the hell out of town?" He asks. "And do what? Go on the run for the rest of our lives? No thank you." Elena says and her and I both stand up. "And we're not invalids." I say. "We're done with the couch." She says, walking off and I hear a knock on the front door, and go over to it, and open it with my right hand, seeing Elijah. "Guys.." I say and turn around to look at Stefan. "Elijah." He says. "Hello again." Elijah says.

I'm sitting down at the table next Elena on her right side as we're talking with Elijah. "All we need is to take that stake away from him. Once he's been disarmed, the weapon's in my possession, my family will scatter to the ends of the Earth and Alaric will follow us." He says. "And you'll just run?" Stefan asks and sits down on Elena's left side. "We've done it before. Klaus and Rebekah spent the better part of a thousand years evading my father. What's another half century while Elena and Adam are able to live out the rest of their natural lives?" Elijah asks. "We've finally stopped him, Elijah. After everything that he's done to us, I can't just let you bring him back." Elena says. "I give you my word, Elena, Adam. I will not revive Klaus within yours nor even within your children's lifetimes. Perhaps that will finally teach him some manners." Elijah says. "Why should she trust you? All you've done is screw her over." Matt says. "And for that, I am deeply ashamed. But know this-- they could have been dead the instant I walked through that door tonight, so Elena, Adam. I leave it to you to make the decision whether to trust me or not." Elijah says. "Not! Hello? Did that concussion give you brain damage?! His lunatic siblings will kill you the first chance they get!" Damon says as he's on speaker phone. "Rebekah and Kol will honor the terms. If you return Klaus' body to us, Elena will come to no harm. My family already enjoys the company of Adam, so he's immune to anything that may happen to others." Elijah says and we smile at each other. "Do we have a deal?" Elijah asks. "No! No, no, no, no! Did I mention no?" Damon asks. "Elena, Adam. It's up to you." Stefan says. "Oh, come on!" Damon exclaims. "Why do you want Klaus' body?" Elena asks. "He's my brother. We remain together." Elijah says and Elena sighs. "We have a deal." She says. "Indeed." I say.

I'm laying in my bed next to Kol as he's on my right side and my head is resting on his left arm as he's smiling down at me. "Thanks for bringing me food. I felt like I'd never eaten before." I say and he laughs. "Always, darling." He says and we look at each other's eyes, and we start making out, as he's on top of me, as I run my hands through his hair, feeling him tug on the end of my shirt, but not trying to take it off. "I-- I trust you, Kol." I say. "What?" He asks and I give a small nod. "I trust you." I say, smiling softly at him and he smiles back, and takes his shirt off and then mine as we continue making out until we get each other's clothes off. "Are you sure?" He asks and I nod. "I'm sure." I say and things get heated.

I slowly wake up, cuddled to his cold chest and he smiles down at me. "Are you alright, darling?" He asks and I peck his lips. "Yeah, I'm fine." I say bury my face into his chest. "I'm gonna get a drink. Want anything?" I ask and feel him shake his head. "No. I'm alright." He says and I get up, and get dressed, slipping his shirt on and button it up. "That's my shirt." He says, sitting up. "And you're not getting it back." I say and he grins at me. "I don't want it back." He says and I peck his lips. "Good." I say and walk into the kitchen to see Matt and Elena drinking tea. "Thank God you made tea." I say sit down on her right side as Matt sets a cup of tea in front of me with his right hand and I pick it up with both hands, sipping it. "Mm. Too much honey." I say. "Yeah. I'm bad at making tea." Matt says, smiling at me.

I slowly wake up as I feel I'm in a moving vehicle and see I'm sitting next to Elena as we're sharing the passenger seat, and look at the driver as it's Matt. "What's going on?" She asks. " It's the only way I was gonna get you in this truck. And Adam is leverage." He says. "The tea. You drugged us?" I ask. "I'm sorry, Elena, Adam, but you're right, okay. You don't have any parents to tell you what's right or wrong, you've got me and Jeremy and a bunch of vampires fighting a war you two shouldn't be in the middle of." Matt says. "What the hell is going on, Matt?" Elena asks. "I'm getting you both out of town, Elena, Adam. It's the only way to keep you both safe." Matt says.

Matt is on the phone. "Got it, Jer." He says and hangs up. "We have to go back. Listen to me, Matt, if Klaus is the one that turned their bloodline, then they're all gonna die." Elena says and Matt doesn't respond. "We have to go back, Matt!" I shout. "Elena, Adam." Matt says. "What?!" Elena and I both exclaim at the same time. "Damon's not with them." He says. "What?" Elena asks. "He's a hundred miles out of town. I can keep driving to him or I can turn around and go back to Stefan. It's your choice." He says and Elena decides to call Damon. "How are you feeling? Are there any symptoms? Yeah, I'm-- I'm sure we will. Matt's taking Adam and I home." She says and we look at her. "Not just to Stefan, Damon. To Tyler, to Caroline. Yeah, of course. I love him, Damon. He came into my life at a time when I needed someone and I fell for him instantly. No matter what I feel for you, I-- I never unfell for him." She says, crying. "I can't think about always. All I can think about is right now. And I care about you, Damon, which is why I have to let you go. I mean, maybe if you and I had met first. You're gonna be fine. You hear me. You're gonna be okay and I'm gonna see you soon." She says and hangs up.

Elena's on the phone with Caroline. "You, too, Care." Elena says and hangs up. "What now?" I ask. "It's Tyler, he um.. he's.." Elena says, crying again. "Damn it." Matt says and repeatedly hits the seat. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" He exclaims. "Matt, Matt! No. Stop it." Elena says. "This isn't how our lives were supposed to be, Elena, Adam."

"I need to call Stefan, but my phone is dying." Elena says and Matt hands her his phone with his right hand as we go over Wickery Bridge. "Here. Use mine." He says. "Thanks." She says and I look up to see Rebekah in the middle of the road. "Matt! Look out!" I exclaim and Rebekah rips off the passenger door, grabs me by the waist and dashes off to the end of the bridge as we see Matt's truck go flying off into the water. "What did you do, Rebekah?" I ask. "What needed to be done for our survival." She says.