099. the reckoning

It was late at night. Sienna, Tyler, Caroline, Giorgia, Carmen, Elena and Bonnie giggled mischievously, as they set up dozens of mousetraps within the classroom. Matt suddenly entered the room, setting off a heap of them, which caused the group to groan.

"Matty!" Sienna huffed, as he looked confused. "Ohh! Oh, come on! Seriously?! Do you know how long it took for us to set all this up?!" Caroline grumbled. "Forgot about senior prank night, huh?" Tyler asked, as Matt nodded. "Clearly."

Caroline seemed surprised. "How could you forget? We've only been waiting for this since like freshman year! Giorgia and Carmen haven't even started at our school yet and they remembered!" She insisted, as Giorgia and Carmen both let out a laugh.

"Yeah, Matt. If I'm doing this, you're doing this." Elena insisted. Sienna tried not to roll her eyes, as Elena found a way to make this about herself. She liked Elena, she did... but she could get on the Lockwood's nerves.

"I'm kind of surprised any of you are doing this." Matt admitted before Bonnie confessed, "Caroline's making us."

"I like pranks." Giorgia shrugged innocently, before Carmen eyed her lover. The Garcia was notorious for pranking students and teachers at their previous school in Belgium, though they all involved magic. Her most memorable one was when she made a teacher say, "I've been trying to reach you about your extended car warranty." to every person they saw, due to a potion Gigi made.

"We're about to be seniors. These are the memories that will stay with us forever, and if we don't..." Caroline trailed off as Elena piped up, "And if we don't create these memories now, then what's the point of it all?"

"Go ahead and make fun, I don't care." Caroline crossed her arms.

Tyler laughed, "You're all lame. And I've got ten more classrooms to prank." He decided. "Me too." Sienna decided, with a grin as she took her bag of thumbtacks and large tube of superglue.

"I'm going to superglue Alaric's desk shut. I'm making memories." Elena decided, before she left.

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Lexa's eyes fluttered open, as she could overhear Stefan and Rebekah talking.

"You just failed to mention that the doppelgänger's still alive." The Mikealson said, causing Lexa's eyes to widen. The heretic got to her feet in an instant. "Where is Klaus now?" She demanded, as Rebekah shrugged nonchalantly. "With any luck, ripping that cow's bloody head off."

Stefan rushed at Rebekah, as the pair flew out of the truck, with the Salvatore landing on top of the Mikealson.

The Gilbert stepped out of the truck, as she ignored the pair, desperately wanting to find and protect Elena. Her eyes landed on Isaiah, who was approaching the truck whilst drinking coffee from a takeaway cup. Without another thought, she rushed over to the Mikealson and flicked the cup out of his hand, causing it to hit the floor.

Isaiah glanced down at the coffee that was spreading on the pavement, before he looked back up ay Alexia. "Rude." He huffed, as Lexa glared. "Where is my sister?" She demanded.

Isaiah grinned, mischievously. "I knew there had to be a reason you were sketchy on the details of how you turned." He admitted as Lexa kept her glare fixed on the boy. "Where is she damnit!" The Gilbert snapped, as veins popped out from under her eyes.

"At the school."

Lexa went to leave, but Isaiah reached out and grabbed her wrist, before spinning her back around. "Is Alexia Gilbert always going to have to run around and save her damsel-in-distress of a sister?" He asked. "You would do the same for Rebekah and you know it." Lexa insisted, before she ripped her hand out of Isaiah's grip.

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Stefan and Lexa entered the school, as everyone's faces lit up with surprise. "Stefan... Lexa..." Elena blurted, once seeing them. Her expression of surprise turned into a relieved smile.

"Come to save your damsel, mate?" Klaus asked Stefan, as the vampire replied, "I came to ask for your forgiveness. And pledge my loyalty. Elena means nothing to me anymore. And whatever you ask of me...I will do. You have my word."

Klaus just scoffed. "Your word doesn't mean much. I lived by your word all summer, during which time I never had to resort to this..." He said as he approached Stefan in a threatening manner, as Lexa could only imagine what he was going to compel the Salvatore to do.

Alexia stepped in front of him, keeping her guard up as Klaus approached Stefan. "Love, you should probably get out of the way." He suggested as the Gilbert shook her head, before thinking of an idea.

She hated it. The idea made her want to scrunch her face up and scream, but Stefan is her best friend... she couldn't lose him again.

The heretic looked back at Stefan and gave him a knowing look. "And why would I do that?" She suddenly asked, as she turned back to the hybrid with a coy expression on her lips. Her tone of voice confused everyone in the room. Klaus raised an eyebrow, surprised by this turn of events.

The heretic took a step forward, now being right in his face. "When in reality, I want to do this." The Gilbert said, cupping Klaus' face with her hands, before she leant forward and kissed him.

Klaus closed his eyes, and kissed Lexa back. Stefan watched in disgust, before he remembered the look the twin had given him. Run. With that, the Salvatore fled the scene, in a blur.

Klaus pulled Lexa closer, which made the heretic's stomach turn with disgust. She was hating every moment of it. And then it finally happened— Klaus fell unconscious. Sneaky sleep spell.

Lexa pulled away, letting out a sigh of relief that her plan had worked, before she let the Mikealson's body fall onto the floor.

"That was disgusting." Sienna piped up, as Lexa looked to the werewolf. She had a look of relief on her face, that the Lockwood was back in Mystic falls. "You're telling me." Lexa replied to her ex girlfriend's comment, causing her to laugh.

"Alright... we need to get you out of here. Where's Gigi and Carmen?" Lexa said to Elena, as the other Gilbert couldn't believe that her magical twin was really standing right in front of her.

"I... I don't know, they were with us one minute, and then they weren't." Elena confessed, as Lexa blinked in surprise.

"What are we going to do about him?" Sienna asked, looking down at Klaus. Lexa opened her mouth to suggest something, but was cut off as someone else spoke up.

"Nothing. Absolutely nothing."

The group all spin around to see Isaiah, carrying an unconscious Stefan over his shoulder, as he had caught him trying to escape. "I was just on my way back from making a certain pair of witch's night interesting, when I caught bunny boy trying to flee." The Mikealson explained.

"What the hell? Where are they?!" Lexa snapped, furrowing her eyebrows in frustration. "By giving Klaus, Stefan... he should leave Rebekah and I alone. As for the witches, well.. I'll let you try and find them." Isaiah admitted, hoping that Klaus would be entertained enough by the Salvatore alone.

Isaiah dropped Stefan's unconscious body to the ground beside Klaus, much to the Gilbert's disgust.

Lexa clutched her purple stoned necklace, to find out if Giorgia and Carmen were okay, but a feeling of dread filled her. Without further ado, the Gilbert went to speed away and find them, but had been met with Isaiah, who launched a kick at her whilst speeding towards her.

The brunette rolled along the ground with a thud. She got up to her feet, glaring daggers into the boy before she raced towards him, ready to kick his ass.

This night was far from over.

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Meanwhile in the aquatic room, Giorgia stood over Carmen's body. Tears were gushing down her face, as she continued to do chest compressions on the raventte.

Only moments earlier, had Isaiah fought with them in the hallway. In a turn of events, he drowned Carmen in the pool as Giorgia tried every spell she could attack the Mikealson and free Carmen.

The original had clearly done this to keep the powerful duo away from Klaus and his plan, though they weren't aware of that.

"4... 5... 6.." Giorgia counted, as she choked on a sob. "Baby, please come back to me!" The Garcia whimpered, as she kept trying to resuscitate her.

Using magic all the while, she tried to clear her lungs which were full of chlorinated water. Giorgia then tried mouth to mouth resuscitation, before going back to chest compressions.

The Anderson's skin began to lose its colour, as her body dropped in temperature. The brunette looked for her girlfriend's pulse, as she had a slow one moments earlier, but choked out another sob as she couldn't feel it at all.

Next she laid her head on Carmen's chest to hear her heartbeat, but there was nothing. Carmen Anderson was dead.

Giorgia let out a shriek as she cried harder, as her tears rolled onto Carmen's body.

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When Klaus had awoken, he didn't even have the chance to question Lexa and her antics, as Rebekah had stormed in and demanded Elena give the Mikealson the necklace that was originally hers.

There was only one problem. Katherine had stolen it.

Klaus groaned, growing impatient before he looked to Stefan, who was resurrected. "If Bonnie hasn't found a solution by then, I want you to feed again. Only this time, I want you to feed on Elena. You know you want to." The hybrid teased.

"No, Klaus! Don't do this to him!" Elena cried out, as Klaus ignored her and announced, "No one leaves."

The Mikealson then approached Lexa, who kept an angry look on the hybrid. Klaus looked into her brown eyes, before he compelled her "If Elena tries to run, fracture her spine."

Lexa's eyes widened, in surprise that she could be compelled by the other half breed. "Don't do this." The Gilbert pleaded, not wanting to bring harm to her sister. Obviously Elena was going to try and run. Klaus just smirked, "That is for your little trick earlier." He decided, before he and Rebekah left.

Lexa's eyes filled with tears. "Somebody needs to snap my neck." She shouted, as a stressed out Stefan shot her a frown. "I'm being serious. If I'm temporarily dead, I can't injure Elena." She insisted.

Stefan shook his head, "You're probably the only one who would be able to stop me from feeding on her." He admitted.

Sienna walked over to Alexia, Elena and Stefan. "I can stop you." She declared, before she looked to Lexa. "And I think Lexa is right."

Alexia looked to her best friend with pleading eyes. "Can you do it?" She asked, as it was clear that Elena and Stefan didn't want to. The werewolf reluctantly nodded, before she lifted her hands to sit them on both sides of the heretic's head.

"You owe me, doll." The Lockwood joked. "Killing you is the last thing I'd ever want to do." She admitted sadly. "Please... make sure that Caroline is safe too— and Giorgia and Carmen." Lexa said, worried that one of the Mikealson's may have hurt them.

Sienna's lip twitched into a smirk, "Your vampire-princess can handle herself." She said, as Lexa blushed slightly. "But we'll find the witches."

"Goodnight." Sienna said, before she used force to snap the heretic's neck. Everything for Lexa then went black.

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At the Salvatore house, Lexa's eyes finally fluttered open, as she found Caroline looking down at her with teary blue eyes. "Lexa! Oh thank god you're okay." The blonde blurted, as the heretic sat up. The girls embraced tightly, relieved to finally see eachother again.

Natasha entered the room, smiling at the pair, before she placed a mug of piping hot coffee down on the table, for her descendant.

Lexa and Caroline both jolted in surprise, pulling away from eachother before they looked to Natasha. "Hey Tasha." Lexa said, before she took the mug. "Thanks."

The heretic took a long sip of the hot beverage before she decided it was finally time to ask the question that she was honestly afraid to ask.

"Are Elena and Stefan okay?"

Natasha's face fell, as she shook her head. "Stefan has completely shut off his humanity.." She began, her Bulgarian accent shining through. "And Elena is at the hospital. Damon is going to collect her now."

Lexa went to get to her feet, wanting to go to the hospital, but Caroline quickly placed her hand on the Gilbert's arm. "Lex, you need to rest." She insisted, as her ancestor agreed. "Elena will be fine."

"What about Gigi and Carmen?" Lexa then asked, as Natasha and Caroline shared a look. "We... haven't found them or heard from them." Caroline confessed, "I've been trying to call them, but there's been no answer." Lexa sat down, with a face of defeat, as she tried to conjure a plan.

"If you need anything else, let me know." Natasha said to Lexa, before she turned around to leave. "Tasha, wait." Lexa replied quickly. The older heretic spun around, "Yes?"

Lexa inhaled, before she finally said, "Rebekah is alive."

Natasha's eyes widened, as she stared at her descendant, wondering if she was being serious, as this wasn't something she should joke about. Lexa's glance softened, as she knew that the Mikealson meant a lot to her ancestor.

And for the first time in a while, Natalia Petrova looked like she had light in her eyes again.

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Now back at the Gilbert house, Giorgia laid Carmen's cold, dead body on the couch, as she rushed to find her grimoires.

Bringing them out of her room, she slammed them on the table and scrolled through the pages, to find a spell that could reverse Carmen's death.

Tears still fell down her face, as the brunette cursed under her breath, as she struggled to find any spell, but nothing seemed to stick out.

The Garcia jolted back, and let out a frustrated shriek, as fire unintentionally came out of her fingertips. She was so powerful, but had no idea how to bring back the love of her life.

Suddenly, Carmen let out a gasp for air, causing Giorgia's eyes to turn to her. "Baby?" Giorgia choked out, as Carmen moved to sit up, seeming surprised by her surroundings.

"Where am I?" Carmen blurted, realising she was no longer at the school. Giorgia broke out into a sob, before she lurched forward and embraced her girlfriend.

"You died! I... I don't know how you're alive right now but I'm so grateful!" Giorgia managed so say, as Carmen tried to process this. "I... I died?" She blurted, before she hugged her girlfriend back.

The pair held eachother, as Giorgia refused to let the ravenette go, not wanting to lose her again.

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At the front of the hospital, Klaus, Rebekah and Isaiah stood together. Klaus smirked, noticing a familiar figure approaching them. "Well, look who finally decided to show up to the party." He spoke up. Damon stepped into the light and gave the trio an unpleasant look. "Where is she?" He demanded.

Isaiah glanced at Damon, looking him up and down before he gave the Salvatore a smirk. Damon noticed this, and gave the Mikealson a frown, but this only encouraged Isaiah more as he gave the vampire a flirtatious wink.

Rebekah frowned, feeling uncomfortable by the silent flirting, before she walked away from the group. Klaus, also growing uncomfortable, finally spoke up. "Elena? Ah, she's making a donation to a greater cause."

Little did Rebekah know, that Damon was about to threaten her older brother with the truth... that he knew where Mikeal was. The blonde had enough of tonight's events, and needed some time away from her brothers for a moment.

"Bek!"

Rebekah spun around quickly, noticing a familiar brunette Petrova... the love of her life.

"Tasha.." Rebekah blurted, looking at the girl she hadn't seen in over a century. Her eyes filled with tears, as did Natasha's.

Without a word, the two girls rushed forward and embraced eachother. Natasha kept her arms tightly around Rebekah's shoulders, while Rebekah sunk into them, but also kept her arms around Natasha's waist.

"I never thought I would see you again." Rebekah admitted, before they pulled away. The doppelgänger lifted her hand to cup Rebekah's cheek lovingly, before she used her thumb to gently wipe away the blondes tears.

Rebekah couldn't help but to smile, before she leant forward and kissed Natasha gently. The Petrova kissed back, as she held Rebekah's face gently in her hands.

Natasha smiled into the kiss, before she pulled away still with a bright smile on her lips. Rebekah couldn't contain the smile on her lips too, as she leant her forehead against the Petrova's, lovingly.

Just like that, two soulmates were reunited at last.

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