Chapter 8

Elijah sat in a recliner at the Salvatore Boarding house. Damon was looking at him when Stefan came in.

"I can't find her anywhere." He then saw Elijah sitting there.

"Hello, Stefan." Elijah said calmly.

"He has Elena." Damon pointed out.

"Actually, she's with Rebekah. As you can imagine, my sister is just dying to tear her throat out. So...if you want to save Elena's life, I need you to help me stop my mother." Elijah explained.

"I'm a little embarrassed to admit, but when it comes to killing thousand year old resurrected witches, I'm a little rusty." Damon said.

"Yes, unfortunately, even when killed my mother doesn't seem to want to stay dead." Elijah stood up. "Not with the spirits of nature at her side."

"So, what are we supposed to do?" Stefan asked, curious as to what the Original Vampire expected from them.

"The witches that released my mother, she's drawing her power from their bloodline, that line needs to be broken."

"Broken?" Stefan asked.

"Yeah, he means..." Damon made a cutting motion with his forefinger over his neck.

"You want us to kill them." Stefan spells out.

"You know I'd do it myself, but I have absolutely no idea where they are. Besides, seeing me, they'd immediately know my intent. They won't expect to be harm by the likes of you. In any case, you have until six minutes after nine to find them." Elijah said, explaining why he wouldn't do it himself.

"Oh, how super specific of you." Damon nearly spits out, not liking how he is being ordered around.

"By 9:07, the moon will be full, my mother will have the power she needs to kill me and my family. If you do not stop her before then, Rebekah will kill Elena. So we all have our timeline? I suggest you get started." Elijah then left the boarding house.

Meanwhile, Rebekah and Adelaide sat in the caverns with Elena.

"Alright, love, now look into the camera." Rebekah ordered.

"What are you doing?" Elena asked.

"Shooting a picture to inspire your boyfriends. Why don't you tell them how delightful it is being stuck in a hole with your biggest fan?" Rebekah said.

Elena looked at Adelaide. "What about you. Did they compel you. I thought you were-"

Adelaide laughed. "Elena, I am not compelled! I am doing this on my own! I chose for this. Contrary to what you think, Gilbert, they are not all that bad. They are not the bad people you believe they are."

Elena looked at her, searching her eyes before looking at Rebekah. " I guess you think I had this coming, huh? After what I did to you?"

"You know, I don't know what I want more, to find out we're saved or to find out it's alright to kill you."

" This isn't my fault. I wanted to get rid of Klaus. At one point, so did you. I didn't know that your mom was planning on killing all of you."

"Do you think I want to spend what could be the last few hours of my life having idle chit-chat with a girl who literally stabbed me in the back? Of course not. But for some reason, everybody seems to want to bend over backwards to save your life, which is incredibly annoying, but makes you the perfect hostage." Rebekah stepped closer to Elena and got in her face. "So, why don't you sit down and shut up before I ruin everything by ripping your head off."

In the Grill-where Koll and Klaus where drinking- Caroline stepped in and stopped in front of Alaric to give him a curt nod. She continued to go to the bar but Klaus stopped her.

"Caroline!"

"Oh, it's you." Caroline said, looking at him and his brother.

"Join us for a drink?" Klaus invited, pointing at the bar.

"Mmm, I'd rather die of thirst. But thanks." She said before leaving again.

"Isn't she stunning?" Klaus asked his brother.

"She certainly looks good walking away from you." Kol made fun of his brother.

Niklaus put his drink down and looked at his brother. " I'll take that as a challenge."

Kol stepped to Meredith, who was playing pool and took a cue.

"A woman of your caliber ought to choose more suitable company. What's your name, love?"

"None of your bussines."

"Let's try that again. I'll start. I'm Kol."

"Why don't you get lost, Kol?" Meredith suggests.

Koll looked at her with 'interest' in his eyes. "And why would I do that? I like pretty little things with sharp tongues."

Kol walked towards Meredith and touched her face. She slapped his hand away while Alaric walked up from behind.

"I'm pretty sure she told you to get lost." Alaric pointed out.

Koll turned around and faced Alaric. "Well, I'm pretty sure I don't care."

Alaric stabbed him with a silver dagger and Meredith walked before the two guys to cover up what was happening as Alaric took ahold of Koll and took him to the back of the grill.

Rebekah in the tunnels beneath the town deceased as Koll was daggered, as was Finn who stood in the pentagram Esther needed. Elena took a chance to run as Adelaide was occupied with Rebekah.

Niklaus, who had been talking with Caroline on a bench at the town square, felt it too and grabbed at his chest before he stood up.

"What is it?" Caroline asked, standing up as well.

"What did you do?" He asked Caroline.

Caroline answered, "Nothing."

Niklaus grabbed Caroline forcefully and asked again. "What did you do?!"

" I didn't do anything. Stop it!"

"Koll." Niklaus realises before flashing away.

At the back of the Grill, the Salvatore brothers were waiting for Alaric and Koll. When Alaric finally came, they weren't expecting Klaus to show up and ruin it.

He ran over, undaggered Koll and knocked Alaric against the wall. Stefan tried to attack Klaus but Klaus knocked him out too.

In the woods, Rebekah woke up alone as Adelaide ran after Elena with no luck.

"I should have killed you months ago." Klaus spat out to Damon.

"Do it." Damon dared. "It's not going to stop Esther from killing you."

"What did you say about my mother?" Klaus asked shocked.

"You didn't know I was friends with your mummy? Yeah, we have a lot in common. She hates you as much as I do." Damon provoked.

Elijah then appeared at the top of the stairs and spoke to Niklaus.

"Leave him! We still need them, Niklaus." Elijah ordered.

Niklaus turned around. "What did mother do? What did she do, Elijah?" He asked when Elijah didn't asnwer the first time.

Elijah simply walked down the stairs, holding his phone and turned to Damon.

"You tell me where the witches are or I'll have my sister kill Elena right now."

Damon looked at the clock on the church tower and saw it was only 8.30. "You told me we had until after nine."

"I'm sure Rebekah will be more than happy to start her work early." Elijah turned around and started walking away. "Clock's ticking."