Emily Ashworth is just getting settled into college, making new friends, when all of sudden her entire life changes. Who would have thought, the town sociopath would be the one to help her through everything when she needed it most...
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"Emily! Emily!" She could hear voices all around her. Slightly muffled but become clear by the second. "So what exactly happened?" a female voice said.
"I don't know. I spotted her with this guy in the alleyway. I thought they were just, you know, getting on. Then I heard her shout No and there was this big bang and flash of light and he went flying!" 'So you didn't do anything to him? It was Emily" "Yes. I just saw it happen. He was.... he was trying to..."
Emilys eyes fluttered open and she could see people around her. She was back at the Salvatore house, she could tell that much. The first face she saw was Bonnies, staring down at her, looking very worried. Caroline and Elena were having a conversation in the background and Stefan and Damon looked to be having a very heated arguement the other side of the room. As she glanced to her right she saw him standing there, staring at her with a concerned look on his face.
"You... you were in the alleyway. You caught me." Her throat felt raw, as if she'd been screaming for hours non stop. He moved closer to her and crouched down. "Yea. I mean. I didn't really do much. You did most of it yourself!" He had a look of what could almost be mistaken for pride on his face. "I did what? I don't remember much. All I remember is dancing, drinking... I remember being outside with some guy from the club. We went to get some fresh air and..." "He tried to rape you Emily. He had his dirty mitts all over you. But you fought back and you hurt him pretty bad..." He was still looking at her softly.
"I... what did I do to him? Did I kill him?" "No... but he's definitely dead." he frowned and stood up. "Look. I really need to go. Important stuff to do. I'll catch you all later." With that he walked out of the room.
Bonnie looked at Emily confused, then shook it off.
Emily let out a small laugh "You'd almost think he cared about me for a second there." she gave Bonnie a small smile and started to sit up, her head pounding in her skull. Everyone ran over as soon as they saw her move. "You're definitely having an eventful couple of days aren't you?!" Damon joked nervously. No-one looked like they really knew what to say to her.
"You could say that...." she shifted in her seat and grabbed the bottle of water on the table. Taking a sip then rolling the bottle in her hand a few times, looking at it. "I think he spiked my drink. I hadn't drunk that much. I could barely move. I don't even know how I managed to fight him off.
"Magic..." Bonnie muttered. "You were angry and scared and that manifested itself into the energy you produced to push him off you" Emily looked at Bonnie and blinked a few times. 48 hours ago, if she'd said that to her she would have though she was crazy. Now, not so much.
"Hey, I know this is important, but we've got something pretty serious going on right now so we've got to shoot. I noticed the little weasel slipped out already?" Damon said, looking over to Stefan. "Looks that way. We'd better try and find him. Emily, you get some rest okay." He looked at her with concern and then the brothers walked out of the room.
"Why are they trying to find Kai? He was just here with them a second ago" Emily was confused. He'd just helped her and now they're after him? What had he done? "I think you need to rest up Emily. We can tell you in the morning" Elena said, resting a hand on Emily's shoulder.
"No. Tell me now. Please. What did he do?"
Half an hour later you were sat there in disbelief. you head still pounding. Probably even more so now that you found out what Kai had been up to that evening.
Bonnie, Caroline and Elena had filled you in. The reason the brothers weren't at the club was because they'd had a call. It turned out that one of the girls friends, Tyler, had called them in a panic. His girlfriend, Liv, and her brother Luke had been out with their Dad. Their Dad had tried to get them to do something called "The Merge".
As Bonnie explained it, they were part of a coven called the Gemini coven, and when they reached 22, the twins would have to complete the merge and basically become one all powerful leader of the coven. The twins were the two youngest brother and sister of Malachai Parker... Kai. Kai and his twin Jo were supposed to complete the merge but because of Kai siphoning and general craziness, their Dad didn't want him to become leader. Kai found out and murdered most of his siblings leaving Jo alive and being unable to find the twins.
Jo tricked Kai into thinking she was going to merge with him, but when they went to complete the merge ceremony, the Gemini coven sent him to the prison world which he was trapped in for 18 years until he finally escaped.
It turns out, this evening, Jo had gone to complete the merge with Kai but Luke intervened and persuaded Kai to merge with him instead. Kai obviously won. So that's what Damon and Stefan had spent most of the evening trying to deal with.
"Thats... a lot to take in..." Emily breathed deeply, trying to calm her nerves. Just as she'd been thinking Kai wasn't such an awful person, he does this. He really was irredeemable.
"I know. And what with everything thats happened to you tonight, we didn't want to have to burden you with all of this as well." Bonnie said gently.
"What will they do to Kai when they catch him?" Emily says. Bonnie looked over at her, confused by the concern in her voice. "Does it matter? He's done awful things. Hopefully they'll make him suffer." She frowned.
"But he's the only person who seems to know how to help me. If he dies.... What happens to me?" "We'll figure something out Emily" Elena said, sitting down next to her. "I promise" "No, she's right. He seems to be the one person who knows about all of this. He could be useful in trying to figure out how to help Emily." Bonnie sighed. "I'll ring Stefan"
A few minutes later, Bonnie came back into the room. "They've got him." Emily opened her mouth to speak, a worried look on her face. "They've got him, and he's fine. They're bringing him back here and he'll stay in the basement tonight then help us do some more research tomorrow" "In the basement? What do you mean" Emilys brows knitted together in a frown.
"It's the safest place. Damon and Stefan will take turns to keep an eye on him. Once he's helped with you, then we'll deal with him once and for all." Bonnie turned and walked out of the room leaving everyone else sat in silence.
"I guess I'd better get some sleep then. Looks like it's going to be a long day tomorrow" Emily stood from the sofa and turned to the two remaining girls "Night. See you tomorrow." They both gave her a big hug and she walked up to her room.
Well, at least it can't get much worse than the past 48 hours. She sighed to herself, collapsing onto her bed and falling straight to sleep.
