CHAPTER EIGHT

"Jeremy loves you, Bonnie. He deserves to know you're leaving." Liv — a new witch in town — tells​ Bonnie, and she nods.

"So, that's it?" Nyx asks, and she looks at her.

"Nycole." Bonnie sighs. "Vicki."

"The Other Side is gonna collapse, isn't it?"

"Yeah." She nods. "Yeah, it is."

Nyx nods as she looks at Vicki. "Can you get a message to Dean for me?" She asks as she turns back to Bonnie.

"Of course."

"Tell him I'm sorry. Sorry that I couldn't be there, that I couldn't save him, that I couldn't raise the twins like we wanted. Tell him I saw his struggle, and not to be so hard on himself for the time that he lost with them." She says. "Tell him I was there for their first steps, and on Christmas. And it made me happy. But don't tell him that the Other Side is gonna be gone and me along with it. He doesn't need to know that part."

Bonnie nods. "I'll tell him."

"Thank you." She smiles, and Vicki takes her hand. The two ghosts disappear.

—

"It's too late to make amends, Damon. You know me — never could let go of a good vendetta." Enzo says as he looks at his former best friend and Stefan in the Boarding​ House living room. "And this one is just getting started."

"Enzo." A female voice behind him gets his attention, and he turns to face. "We haven't officially met."

"You look just like Elena." He says, and she smiles.

"Looks can be deceiving. Trust me, I'm much meaner." She tells him.

"You must be Nycole."

"What I must be is pissed." She takes a step toward him. "You tried to kill my sister tonight. And two of my friends. In case you haven't noticed, things are pretty bad over here right now. However, you keep up with your vendetta...and the Other Side's​ collapse will be the least of your worries."

"You don't scare me, sweetheart." He says and then glances behind her. "Neither does your little shadow."

"It's not Vicki you should be afraid of."

"Oh? Then who?"

"That'd be me." Ric says as he walks into the room.

"And who the bloody​ hell are you?" Enzo questions.

"I'm the one responsible for her and her siblings." He motions toward Nyx.

"Father, so to speak." Nyx tells him. "Also known as Damon's best friend, prior to your return." She says. "He's as strong as an original and you're, what, maybe as strong as Damon? Hurt them, and we'll end you."

"Mm." He smirks. "Intimating."

—

"Vicki, my love, my beautiful best friend. You are on Enzo duty." Nyx tells her, and she sighs. "I know you hate Elena and the Salvatore brothers, but you almost killed two of them once. You owe it to them to save them now."

"You're lucky I love you." Vicki says and then she goes to the cabin where the Salvatore brothers, Elena, and Caroline are.

"You think he'll be able to do anything?" Ric asks, and Nyx shrugs.

"I don't know. But this place is unraveling, and I... I just want to be sure. We don't need any more of us over here when it goes down." She says, and he nods.

"I'll find Lexi." He tells her.

"And Mason."

"And Mason." He nods. "Go be with the twins for a while."

Nyx goes to Matt's where the boys are with the twins. They're arguing about where to find Lilith, as well as if Sam should even be allowed to go. Lilith's​ a demon that wants Sam's head on a silver platter.

Nyx rolls her eyes and kicks at a toy on the floor. It skids across the blanket, and all four men turn around to look as she stares at it with wide eyes.

"What was that?" Bobby asks as Nyx kneels down and puts the toy right side up.

"Please tell me you guys saw that too." Sam says, and Nyx walks over and grabs a pen from the table​ and starts writing.

It's Nyx. I'm here. She doesn't understand why Sam can't see her.

They all look at Dean, and his jaw clenches.

"Prove it." Carter says. "Tell us something only she would know."

She thinks for a something. Dean thinks I'm a cheater. She writes.

"Everybody knows that." Sam says.

She sighs. Carter and I went on a few dates before I started high school.

"Yeah, still not a secret." Carter says.

"I didn't know that." Dean says as he looks at him.

"She was just mad at Tyler. Nothing ever happened." He tells him and then looks back at the paper. "Something else."

Nyx groans as she looks at the boys. A smile spreads across her face. Dean secretly likes dancing.

They all look at Dean, who now looks annoyed. "Yeah, that's her." He says. "And for the record​, I only dance with her."

"How are you doing this, kid?" Bobby asks, and she freezes, trying to come up with a lie.

"No. Tell me the truth." Dean says. He knows her well enough to know that she's hesitating because she slipped up.

Sam, concentrate, you jackass.

He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, focusing on her. "Anytime now." She says, growing increasingly impatient.

"Finally." He says as he looks at her. "Where did you go before?"

"Nowhere! I've been going out of my damn mind over here!" She tells him.

"What's going on?"

"You can see her?" Dean questions, and Sam quickly explains their theory, as well as why he never mentioned it before.

"Nyx, what the hell is going on?" Sam asks, and she sighs.

"The Other Side is collapsing, and we're all gonna go down with it." She tells him.

"What?"

"The Travelers' leader, Markos, got out and it's bad over here."

"Bad how?" He questions.

"What's she saying?" Dean asks, and his brother glances at him.

"It's gonna be fine." She tells him. "Bonnie has a plan."

"Enzo tried to drown Elena." Vicki says as she pops up behind Nycole.

"What?" She turns around.

"Who's with you?" Sam asks.

"Vicki." She tells him, and he tries to see her too.

"You can talk to Sam again?" Vicki asks.

"Can one of you tell me what the hell's going on?" Sam asks.

"Can you tell us?" Dean questions, not bothering to hide his irritation.

"I told Sam that Bonnie has a plan to save us." Nyx says, and Vicki nods, understanding the message that's only for her. "Will you please fill him in on our other problems while I go and take care of Enzo?" She then looks back over at Sam. "Tell Dean that I love him." She says and then disappears.

"Vic, tell me more about Markos." Sam says, and she walks over to him.

—

Nyx shows up at the cabin where she knows the others are, and Enzo looks at her from where he's sitting. "I thought I told you not to touch my sister." She says.

"And I told you that you don't scare me." He says as he stands up. "You're younger than I am."

"I'm also angrier." She says. "I had a life and kids. I was eighteen when I was killed — murdered by a ghost."

"You think I'm not angry?" He questions.

"I think you're the dumbass who killed yourself while your emotions were off. And now you have a few regrets."

He runs at her, and she grabs him and throws him into the other room. He breaks a chair, and the others run back inside.

"What the hell?" Caroline looks at the pieces. "Now what's he doing?"

The two ghosts keep fighting​ — and breaking things. He gets the upper hand and is now holding a broken chair leg over her heart.

"I don't think he's alone." Stefan says, watching what's obviously a struggle with the sharp piece of wood.

"Nope." Damon agrees. "I think it's safe to say that he just pissed off Nycole."

"Come on, we have to find Luke." Care says.

Enzo suddenly flies off of the brunette and hits the wall, the wood falls to the floor. "Going after my kids — bad move." Ric​ tells him as Nyx gets up.

"Oh, I'm not done yet." Enzo tells them. "I've only just begun." He disappears and the other two ghosts look at each other.

"Where'd he go?"

"I'm a little afraid to find out." She sighs.

Half an hour later, Ric and Nyx see that the shed's on fire. They immediately run over to see what's going on.

"Damon Salvatore and his murderous brother die a fiery death." Enzo says from where he has Damon pinned to a wall. Stefan has a large piece of wood through the center of his chest.

"Yeah." Nyx nods. "Or not."

"You're an annoying little thing." He says as he looks at her. They're ignoring Damon.

"It's part of my charm." She says as she walks up behind Stefan and pulls the wood out of his chest.

"I quite liked that there."

"Get the witch out of here." Nyx tells Ric, and he goes for the unconscious blond boy.

Vicki shows up and she gets Stefan out, right behind Ric and the witch.

"What's your plan from here?" Enzo asks.

"You could kill Damon." She says. "Or, you can stop being an idiot and you can work with me. This place is going down, and I don't plan on going with it. Markos came back, my brother came back. Hell, I've come back."

"You're suggesting a truce? Then teamwork?" He questions.

She shrugs. "Either that... Or Damon dies, and I team up with him​ over here. Then we'll go home, and I'll make damn sure you don't."

He pulls the hunk of wood out of Damon's torso and looks back at her. "You have yourself a deal." He says and then disappears.

Nyx runs over and grabs Damon before running out of the shed. The support beams collapse, and Damon looks around, hoping to see his savior.

"Nyx?" He asks, uncertain, and she grabs his hand before intertwining their fingers. "You have a thing for saving me from burning buildings, don't you?" He asks, and she laughs as she looks at him. She rests her hand on his cheek and places his hand over hers. "Thank you." He says, and she nods.

"Of course." She says before backing away from him. She lets go of his hand, and he sighs when he can no longer feel her.