25. I'm a showstopper

1950

"Come on Katherine. I like him," Ava said and ate a cherry. She was looking at the dark haired man with a flirty look. He had a black smock on and he started to walk towards Ava. They were in a party in New Orleans. Ava had on a beautiful white dress that ended just before her knees. Katherine had a darker dress and it was a bit tighter. Katherine snorted and rolled her eyes.

"Oh please Ava. I'm going to eat someone," Katherine said and walked away from her.

"Okay. Remember to clean after yourself," Ava whispered and heard Katherine chuckle. The man got to her and took her hand.

"Aren't you a bit too young for this party?" he asked.

"I can bet you I am older than you," Ava said and laughed to her own inside joke. He frowned his eyebrows but smiled slightly.

"Jack," the man introduced himself.

"Angeline, but please call me Ava," she said and smiled to him flirty. She glared the area making sure that thee were no Mikaelson's in the sight. It was risky being in the same city as the original family who was chasing her and Katherine but they were trying to be smart.

"So Jack. What do you do for a living?" Ava asked and made Jack chuckle. He leaned in closer to Ava and Ava almost sunk her teeth in to his neck. Jack moved Ava's hair away from her ear.

"Would you believe if I said that I am a hit man?" he asked and leaned away. Ava smiled and nodded.

"That makes two of us," she said and winked. Jack raised his eyebrows and seemed amused.

"Half of the women here would have walked away," he said and smiled, "but not you."

Ava shrugged and grabbed a glass of champaign from the waiter who walked past them. She sipped it elegantly and raised her eyebrows. As the champaign went down her throat it started to burn her from the inside. She turned her back on Jack who frowned his eyebrows. Ava tried to keep down her coughs and dealt with the pain.

"Are you alright?" Jack asked and Ava swallowed and put a smile on her face. She turned to face the worried looking man.

"I am fine, it just went down on the wrong pipe," she explained.

"Excuse me, I need to find my friend," she said and cleared her throat. She practically ran away from Jack and searched Katherine with her eyes.

"Katherine?" she wished that Katherine would've heard her. She felt someone stopping behind her. She put a smile on and turned.

"Hello love."

"Klaus."

"Why are you here?" Ava asked with a fearful tone she backed off a few steps.

"Better question would be why are you in New Orleans?" he said and smiled a crooked dimpled smile. His hair was slacked back and he had a beautiful suit.

"Running," Ava said and cleared her throat.

"From me?" Klaus asked humorously.

"Maybe," Ava said with her chin high. She saw Katherine behind Klaus and there was Jack too. She shook slightly her head put placed her eyes back to Klaus.

"I'm very fascinated that you are in fact at my very good friends party. Now how is that?"

"Interest in parties."

"Yeah I don't really buy that," Klaus said and got closer to her.

"I would choose my words carefully."

"I really would love to chit chat but-" Klaus sunk his hand to Ava's chest. He was touching the edge of Ava's heart. Klaus had pulled her in a hug so no one would notice anything.

"Katerina bjagam*," Ava whispered in Bulgaria and she saw blurry Katherine nod and run away from the party. (*бягам means run in Bulgaria 'bjagam' is the way it's pronounced.)

"Very good. Had some lessons from Katerina?" Klaus asked and it made Ava chuckle.

"I am Bulgarian, Klaus. It's my mother language."

***

Present

"So when is the evil slut vampire coming here?" Ava asked and threw herself on Stefan's bed. Stefan got startled when he got awake. He turned and grunted.

"What time is it?" he asked and Ava looked at her wrist pretending that there was a watch.

"It's the time you wake up," Ava said and started to rip off Stefan's blanket.

"Ava!" he growled and closed his eyes. Ava had his blanket in her hand and she threw it on the floor. She went to stand next to Stefan who was in his pajamas.

"Why aren't you doing this with Damon?" he asked.

"Because of the whole 'Damon and Elena are in love' thing," Ava said and Stefan got up from the bed looking tired and depressed.

"Depression doesn't suite you Stef," Ava said and frowned her mouth.

"Two hundreds years you've been living and still, no manners," Stefan said back as he was putting a black shirt on.

"I think I hear something," Ava said and wiggled her eyebrows. She rushed out of the door and got quickly down to the living room. There she was, Katerina Petrova with Damon Salvatore. Katherine turned to Ava and her mouth opened.

"Shock doesn't look attractive on a woman your age," Ava said and got down next to Katherine who was about to sprint away. Ava grabbed her by the throat and stroke her down on to the floor.

"Did you really think that would be wise?" Ava asked and Katherine was struggling for a breath. Damon was watching Ava strangle Katherine and not doing anything about it. Stefan got down to them and pulled Ava away from Katherine. Katherine started to cough and gasp for breaths.

"Let me go! That bitch killed me!" Ava screamed but Stefan had a good grip on Ava. Damon got to Katherine and kept her still as Stefan let Ava go. She straightened her shirt and looked Katherine under her brows.

"I'm sorry Ava. It was a part of my very good plan," Katherine said and stayed still.

"What were you trying to achieve KayKat?" Ava asked and seemed offended.

"You knew too many things about me and you were bonding with the enemy."

"That's it? I would've never betrayed you," Ava spat.

"I couldn't count on that," Katherine said and tilted her head at the same time she smirked.

"Now, can I torture Elena?" Katherine asked and glared Damon and Stefan.

"Depends, can I join you?" Ava asked. Katherine studied her face for a while but after she was sure there was no agenda she nodded.

"Fine."

***

"Oh honey you look miserable," Katherine said when she pulled Elena out of the safe.

"Great. Two of my favorite persons in the whole world," Elena said and watched Katherine smirk to Ava.

"What the hell is she doing here?" Elena asked from Ava who was now standing next to Katherine. She smiled to the girl laying on her stomach on the floor not making any effort in moving.

"Your boyfriends invited me," Katherine cut them off and smiled her bitchy smile.

"They want to know if you still have a heart," Katherine said and kneeled down to Elena. Elena got in to a sitting position and Katherine thrusted her hand inside of Elena's chest feeling around and trying to find her heart. Elena didn't catch her breath. It clearly hurt.

"There it is," Katherine sang and Ava cleared her throat that it was time to take the hand out.

"Your bodyguards won't let me kill you, but I can rip your throat out so I don't have to listen to you whine. But first satisfy my curiosity. What did you tell Elijah back in Willoughby?" Katherine's words made Ava laugh.

"You wrapped poor Elijah around your manipulative finger?" Ava asked between her snickers. Katherine just rolled her eyes and snorted. She was focusing on Elena.

"That's why you're here. He dumped you, didn't he? Now you're just looking for a scapegoat."

"Tell me what you said to turn him against me," Katherine said and got close to Elena, "or I will feed you your own eyeballs."

"I didn't have to say anything," Elena said with a despising smile.

"Look at you. A self-obsessed egomaniac on the run for 5 centuries. What good would you be to anyone? You're the definition of damaged goods. No wonder Elijah left you."

"And that is my queue to go," Ava said and left Katherine and Elena alone.

"Yeah, I've done some pretty horrible things to survive. But unlike you, poor, delicate Elena, I don't turn it off. I deal with it. You wouldn't last a week as a vampire without everyone fawning over you," Katherine said with a pissed off tone and pushed Elena back to the safe.

"But I'd love to see you try," Katherine said with a wide smirk and left the safe box unlocked.

***

"Elena's gone!" Ava stormed in to the Salvatore library.

"Oops. Did I forget to lock her in? Let's just say I've lost interest in Elena's recovery. I'd rather watch her tear through an orphanage. Imagine trying to come back from a spiral like that," Katherine smirked and Ava moved closer to her in a threatening way.

Matt walks in the room with Rebekah. He had heard that Elena's missing.

"Elena's gone?" he said and Rebekah crossed his hands. Ava stared at the two and nodded.

"What happened?" he continued asking.

"Donovan, you're coming with me," Damon said and pointed to him. Rebekah frowned her brows.

"Why should he?" she asked annoyed.

"Because Elena's hungry and missing. For once, his life might actually have purpose," Damon grinned. Ava watched the teens sort this out and Damon left with Matt.

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