Guilt ▻ The Originals [3]

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Ophelia's eyes shot open as she let out a large gasp, finding herself laying down in a unenclosed place.  The way it felt, she had the inkling that it was the trunk of a car.

Her eyes widened when she found someone else laying beside her. Cami.

"Cami?" Ophelia called out in a hushed tone, grabbing the woman by the arm as she shook her slightly, "Cami!"

After a moment, Cami woke up with a gasp, turning to face Ophelia with wide eyes, "Ophelia?" She frowned in concern, "Ophelia, what's happening? What the hell's going on?"

"If I'm correct, we were just kidnapped by Klaus' ex, Aurora," Ophelia informed in a calm tone.

"What are we going to do?" Cami asked Ophelia, a concerned look on her eyes.

"You know how you trusted me at Lucien's penthouse?" Ophelia questioned Cami, who nodded her head, "Just trust me again."

"What's your plan?" Cami asked Ophelia concerned, causing the tribrid to woman to smile.

"You're going to ast like you're still asleep and when the trunk opens, I'll distract her while you run." She explained, only to hear the car come to a full stop, "Okay, now's our time."

Aurora stepped out of her car and walked toward the back of it. She stood at the trunk for a moment, just before opening the trunk to find Cami and Ophelia laying "unconscious" with Ophelia's fingers now even more desiccated, causing Aurora to smile, "Aw, poor dears! Still sleeping. Well, you two have a big day ahead of you. We should get started."

  Aurora smiled even wider as she bent over to pick Ophelia up out of the trunk first. However, before she could even begin to lift her up, Ophelia's eyes shot open before she grabbed the crowbar laying next to her and whacked Aurora upside the face with it.

  Aurora screamed in pain as Ophelia and Cami quickly shot out of the car, beginning to run. Cami held onto Ophelia, seeing as the tribrid female seemed to be weak as ever.

The duo ran as fast as they could in the opposite direction of Aurora, but the ancient vampire caught up to them easily and blocked their way, glaring at the duo in annoyance as she did so, "That was not nice."

"Well, if you haven't noticed, I'm not nice," Ophelia responded with an attitude as she glared at Aurora.

   Aurora roughly grabbed Ophelia and Cami by the arm, "Okay, the three of us need to have a little heart-to-heart conversation. Come along." She insisted, dragging them back toward the back entrance to the church.

  Once inside, the duo found at least a half-dozen men working out in Marcel's fight gym. One was lifting weights at the bench press while another man spotted him, and two other men were sparring inside the cage.

  Cami looked terrified as Aurora continued to drag her toward the equipment. Ophelia, on the other hand, kept her poker face on as she glared at Aurora, "What-what are we doing here?" Cami asked Aurora worriedly.

   Aurora cheerfully glanced around the room, "I heard a rumor these men train here, hoping to be made into vampires. So, I'm going to grant them their wish." She explained, shoving the two women forward.

   Cami quickly turned to face her with a pleading expression, "Wait. Please. I don't know who you are, but if you have a problem with us, fine. Just let them go."

Aurora looked at her in surprise, turning to glance at Ophelia, "Huh. I had assumed you would have told her who I was."

Ophelia clinked her tongue, shrugging her shoulders, "Oops. My bad. I thought you were irrelevant."