Elena and Lexa were outside, walking towards their friends, in silence as Lexa didn't want to talk to her sister, before they were suddenly approached by their mother. "Isobel?" Elena blurted, confused. Lexa shot the woman a frown before she asked, "What are you doing here?!"

Isobel stopped once she was in front of them, with a smile on her face "I'm your mother, Alexia. I want to be more involved in your lives." She insisted as Lexa huffed, "I don't want you in my life." Elena looked to the vampire, "Neither do I." She said.

Isobel shrugged, "I understand that. You already have a lot of people that you care about but I've been studying. Let's see if I got this right." She trailed off, before looking around before her eyes landed on Bonnie. "There is the witchy best friend, Bonnie. Gonna stay away from that one." Isobel decided before she looked to Jeremy and Allira. "Oh...sad little brother Jeremy who is blind to little Allira's crush on him."

Isobel then turned to see Sienna, Caroline and Matt, her eyes landing on Sienna. "Hmm.. I take it she's your play thing.. Alexia?" She asked, as Lexa frowned, "She is my girlfriend, and you'll be staying very far away from her." The Gilbert growled sternly, glaring at the Flemming. Isobel then looked to Caroline, " And there's Caroline... obnoxious Caroline. I got all of my info from her by the way. She had no idea who I was and she wouldn't stop yapping. Oh..."

At last, her eyes landed on Matt. "And there's Matt, friend, ex, yappy's future ex. Lots of connections there." She insisted as Elena frowned, "Matt is not involved in this!"

"He's involved with you, isn't he?"

The Gilberts both looked at their mother, unamused. "You shouldn't be here. You need to leave." Lexa ordered as Isobel looked at her daughter, "No, I have some friends here too. Look, you see that man over here, standing next to Matt by the float? His name is Frank, he's very handsome and he's also quite handy and he'd noticed that the axles are a little rusty which is very dangerous. So, all you have to do is apply a little bit of pressure and..."

Elena's eyes widened when she realised where this was going, "No!" She managed to squeak out. Frank jumped on the trailer above Matt, causing the blonde's arm to get crushed. Elena tried to run for him, but Isobel grabbed her. Lexa without thinking, ran over to the trailer.

"Get this trailer! Come on guys help me!" Matt pleaded, as Lexa, Tyler, Sienna and some of the Lockwood's friends, helped to lift the trailer. Suddenly Stefan appeared and quickly raced over to help.

The trailer was finally removed and everyone was looking at eachother in surprise, unsure what to do in the spur of the moment. "Sienna, call an ambulance." Stefan ordered. The werewolf gave him a nod before she quickly scurried off to grab her phone that sat nearby.

Lexa looked back over to Isobel, who remained talking to Elena. The siphoner was beyond pissed, and turned to Stefan, before quickly touching him. "Lexa?" Stefan asked awkwardly as he noticed how angry the girl looked. "I'm gonna make her regret ever stepping foot in Mystic Falls." The Gilbert growled, talking about Isobel, as she siphoned magic from Stefan.

She removed her hand from him and turned to face Elena and Isobel again, only to find that Isobel was gone, and Elena was looking around, in worry. Quickly, the witch raced over to her twin, "Elena, what's wrong?" She asked, looking concerned. "It's Jeremy and Allira." Elena blurted, as Lexa's eyes widened in worry suddenly. "Isobel— she wants the Gilbert watch and is threatening to hurt those we love and— now Jer is gone!" Elena panicked.

"The ambulance is saying in 15-20 minutes." Sienna announced, approaching the group again. "I have my car. I can take him to the hospital." Tyler suggested, but Matt wasn't fond of the idea. "Caroline can take me." Caroline responded, "I didn't drive."

Matt sighed before saying, "I'll wait. Its fine." With that, Caroline frowned. "You will not wait okay?! You need to see a doctor, Tyler is driving. End of story." She declared.

"Fine!"

"Go!"

Tyler looked to Matt, then Sienna. "I'll bring my car around." He said before quickly racing off.

Sienna quickly looked back to where the Gilbert girls had been standing, hoping to see Lexa.. only to notice they were gone. Blinking in surprise, she looked for Stefan, only to notice he was gone too.

Her breath them hitched in her throat, when she realised that Allira was gone too.

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"Absolutely not!" Damon's voice growled as he looked to Lexa. The brunette huffed, "Just hear me out!" She growled back. "I'm not gonna give the device to Isobel so she could give it to John who is going to turn it to kill me. I like being a living dead person!"

"But it'll be useless, Bonnie can take its power away." Elena piped up. "I don't trust her— Why can't Lexa do it?" Damon asked, before turning to Lexa. "I already tried and... for some reason it failed!" She huffed back defensively. "Somehow she Lexa-proofed it."

Bonnie, feeling awkward as the trio had just been borderline yelling at eachother, spoke up, "I can remove the original spell."

"John and Isobel will never know." Elena insisted. "Cmon Damon! Isobel took Jeremy and Allira— this isn't up for negotiation!" Lexa ordered. "I'll get Jeremy in my own way." Damon fired back.

Stefan, who'd been awfully quiet, asked "Really? How are you going to do that? Because Isobel is a vampire and Jeremy and Allira could be dead the second you walk in the door."

Damon ignored his brother and turned to Bonnie, "Are you even up for this? I mean no offense, you're no Emily Bennett. Emily knew what she was doing." He spat, venomously. "I've been practicing." Bonnie said as Damon scoffed, "It's not piano lessons, honey."

Bonnie shrugged, "What's your favorite book?" She asked. "What?" Damon questioned as Bonnie repeated herself, "Name a book, any book."

"Name a book..." Damon trailed off. "How about Call of the wild, Jack London?" He suggested. Without another word, Bonnie turned and looked at the library. After a moment, a book flew out of a shelf and landed in Damon's hands. Damon looked at the book, "Jack London. Great parlor trick." He said. "We're doing this, Damon. And we're doing it my way. Now give me the device. We're wasting time!" Lexa insisted, frustrated.

Damon turned back to Bonnie, "I don't trust you, I tried to kill you." Bonnie responded, "You're right, you can't trust me."

"But you can trust me." Elena spoke up, catching their attention. Damon bit his lip, glancing from Lexa, who had her arms crossed and looked absolutely pissed off, to Elena, who had a pleading expression. "Come on Damon!" Lexa boomed impatiently. Damon shot her a glare, before he dropped the device into Elena's hand. "Thank you."

Barely a moment later Emily's spell book was open, with the device is next to it. Once finding the correct spell, Bonnie began chanting as Damon, Elena, Lexa and Stefan looked at her. "Let me know if you need my help too, Bon." Lexa suggested, as two witches was better than one. Bonnie didn't seem open to that suggestion, which was unlike her.

"Done." Bonnie declared, before she handed it to Elena. "Great, now what?" Damon huffed. "Now we give it to Isobel."

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Elena waited in the town square, for Isobel to meet up with her. She sat on a bench, shuffling her feet impatiently.

"Where is the device?" A voice demanded, as the Gilbert turned her head to see her mother pacing over to her. "Where is my brother?" Elena asked. Isobel just frowned, "This isn't a negotiation. Where is the invention?"

"Where is my brother?!" Elena demanded. Isobel rolled her eyes, before she snarked "Do you really think that I came alone?" Frank and Cherie suddenly walked over, appearing behind Elena. Elena just smirked, "Did you really think that I came alone?" She retorted as Damon, Stefan and Lexa appeared behind Isobel.

Isobel just looked at them, before she scoffed. "For god sakes, call home." Elena seemed confused, "What?" The Flemming responded, "Call home and ask to speak to your brother Jeremy."

Lexa took her phone and called her home phone. "Hello?" Jeremy's voice piped up. "Jer, are you okay?" The witch asked, concerned. "Yeah yeah I'm fine, Uncle John hit his head. It was an accident. We're all laughing, But yeah I'm okay." The boy explained as Lexa just let out a small laugh. "I'll be home soon, alright?"

"Yeah."

"Wait, what about Allira?" Lexa demanded, before Isobel frowned. "Call your girlfriend." She responded blankly. Lexa stepped away, to call Sienna, and was relieved to hear that Allira was home.

Elena looked to Isobel, "You were never gonna hurt him." She insisted. Isobel just looked to her daughter, the one who had hope for her. "No, I was going to kill him. Don't look for any redeeming qualities in me. I don't have any."

Lexa, now off the phone, rejoined the group. "But you took a risk with Damon. How did you know that he was gonna give it to us?" Lexa asked, almost snapping. Isobel turned to her other daughter, the one she knew had no hope for her "Because he's in love with you, Lexa." She insisted, as Lexa just blinked in complete surprise.

She knew Damon had fancied her when they had first met.. but it seemed like he'd stopped the flirting.. and in a way as much as Lexa said she hated the boy, she felt like they'd slowly become friends. Surely Isobel was lying.

There was a long pause, before Elena suddenly spoke up, "Thank you." Isobel, looked to the girl with a confused expression "For what?" She asked. "For being such a monumental disappointment. It keeps the memory of my real mother perfectly intact."

"Goodbye, Elena. As long as you have a Salvatore on each arm, you're doomed. Katherine was smart. She got out. But we all know that you're not Katherine." Isobel shrugged, before she turned to Lexa. "Something tells me you won't be getting involved with them." She assumed as Lexa looked disgusted, "God no." She replied, almost offended she'd even been asked. "I already have an amazing girlfriend." Isobel forced out a laugh, before she turned away and left.

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Sienna laid on Lexa's bed, watching as the girl was infront the mirror, doing her usual skincare routine. "How's Matt?" Lexa asked. "He's um.. alright. Tyler and I took him to the hospital. That's when Allira met up with us." Sienna explained.

Lexa placed her makeup wipes away, and began to rub moisturiser into her cheeks. "How is Tyler? Have you guys talked much since..." The witch trailed off. Sienna bit her lip, thinking about what'd happened at the hospital.

Sienna faced the window, looking at the view whilst the doctor saw Matt, in a room nearby. Tyler approached his cousin, and stood beside her. An awkward silence filled the air, as the Lockwoods had barely spoken since Sienna packed a bag and left, after being beaten by her uncle.

"How's Aunty Carol going?" Sienna suddenly asked, breaking the silence. "She's good.. she misses you. Dad is good too." Tyler explained as the girl frowned, "Ty, I couldn't give a shit about Richard right now." She huffed.

Tyler looked to his cousin with sympathy, "I miss you Cece.. will you be coming home anytime soon?" The boy asked. Sienna just shot Tyler an unimpressed glanced, "I don't know Ty, should I come running back home to live in a environment where I can't be accepted for who I am without getting beaten?!" The werewolf suddenly snapped.

"Sienna.. I didn't mean it like that.. you know I accept you. I always will— you're like my sister. Mum doesn't care if you're interested in girls.. as for Dad.." The boy sighed. "I don't know why he is so against it. It doesn't affect him in any way." Tyler admitted.

Sienna just gave Tyler a look, "In his mind, I'm probably ruining the Lockwood name." She said mockingly. Tyler chuckled nervously, "Where are you staying?" He asked. "With Lexa and Elena."

Tyler didn't expect that, but then gave the girl a curious look, "You and Lexa.. are you guys like.." He trailed off as Sienna raised an eyebrow. "Dating? Yes." She answered. "Oh wow.. that's awesome! I'm happy for you guys." Tyler declared as his cousin gave back a weak smile.

"For the record, I'm not moving back unless Richard apologises and changes his attitude.." Sienna decided. Tyler frowned, "What if the Gilberts get sick of you being there all the time?" He asked. Sienna frowned, "I'll couch surf if I have too." Tyler nodded sadly, understanding, though he really missed Sienna living at the Lockwood mansion.

"It was the first time we talked since I left, really. He misses me." Sienna admitted. "I miss him too." She added. "Yeah.. it'd be so hard for you guys." Lexa sighed, placing her moisturiser away. "He's welcome to come over and see you whenever he wants.. as long as he doesn't give Jer a hard time." The Gilbert decided. Sienna let out a weak chuckle, "I'll keep Ty in line."

"Um.. Isobel said something today.. and I'm not sure if I entirely believe it." The siphoner spoke up. "What did the heartless one say?" Sienna asked, a slightly amused grin. "She said..." Lexa trailed off and faced Sienna. "She said that Damon is in love with me." Lexa didn't know what to expect from her girlfriend now, but the werewolf snorted before saying, "Well, what's not to love?"

"I just don't know where it came from.. obviously I don't like him like that.. I can barely tolerate him at the best of times." Lexa trailed off. "Babe, I wasn't even going to ask. I can tell you're not interested in Damon." Sienna confessed, seeming amused. Lexa relaxed a little, "I kinda expected Damon would have fallen for Elena, if anything." She confessed, as she walked back over to her bed, where Sienna was still sitting.

Sienna grinned before shaking her head, "Nah I'd definitely choose the magical badass twin too." She insisted, as Lexa rolled her eyes playfully, her cheeks slightly pink, before the pair kissed.

There was a knock at the door, as Elena pushed it open. Lexa and Sienna broke apart and faced the girl, the witch seeming unhappy by her sudden presence. "Hey... sorry." The girl said, realising she'd interrupted them. "I just wanted to say goodnight." Elena admitted, before offering a weak smile.

Lexa just frowned, "Just because we worked together today, does not mean I'm on good terms with you, Elena." She suddenly huffed. Elena looked at her sister with sympathy, "Lexa.. that's unfair. Why are you suddenly so angry with me?" Elena asked. "Unfair?! You had Damon make me forget about Vicki.. I deserve to be absolutely pissed off." Lexa huffed, sitting on her bed now.

Elena opened her mouth in surprise, "How do you know that?!" She asked with shock. "Lexa— let me explain please." But Elena didn't get the chance as Lexa took Sienna's hand, and siphoned magic from her before she said aloud the telekinesis spell, causing the door to slam in Elena's face.