Wayward Heart: Book 1

Part 34

"Damon," Emma sighed, before she turned to Bonnie, she took off her broken Phoenix ring and handed it to Bonnie, "use this to channel me if you have to."

Bonnie nodded and smiled, grateful for such a major boost to her magic.

"Look at this, one big, happy family," Klaus walked up.

"Drink this," Bonnie handed each of them a small vial of blood, "it's my blood. It bridges us all together so that when I stop Jeremy's heart, you'll have the power to stop Alaric's. You need to make a physical connection to his bloodstream; a vein, artery, something connected to his heart."

The three vampires easily downed their vials while Emma continued to work up the courage to drink hers. Damon fished out a flask from his jacket and handed it to her, she thanked him with a smile and unscrewed the top. She quickly downed the blood and chased it with a swig of Damon's bourbon.

"If one of us get's a clean shot at him, take it," Stefan went over the plan again, "the other's hold him in place."

"Before we all walk through these doors, let's get on the same page, shall we? I was the one who created your vampire bloodline, therefore I am responsible for your lives and Tyler's life, Caroline's life, and of course, Abby's life, should anything go wrong," Klaus told them all.

"Or you're lying to save your ass," Damon called him out.

"I'm not lying, but go ahead and call my bluff. Let the teacher kill me, you'll all be dead soon after," Klaus scowled at Damon.

"Let's just get this over with, shall we?" Stefan said as he walked towards the school.

As they all quietly walked down the hall they saw a panicked Caroline running across, Klaus took off after her, leaving Emma, Stefan, and Damon alone. Emma put her hand up to stop the men when they got closer.

"Do it, kill me!" Elena yelled at Alaric as he pinned her up against the lockers.

"Now!" Damon shouted, signaling for everyone to move.

Stefan and Damon both grabbed Alaric and held him still for Emma to grab him, but Alaric over powered them and he pulled Stefan in front of him, he broke his back with his leg, killing him instantly. Damon backed away towards Emma quickly.

"Emma," Alaric looked her up and down, "you have all that power to take down any vampire you want. I thought I taught you better than this, a monster is a monster, instead you sleep with the enemy."

"Well, then come on," Emma egged him on, trying to get him to attack, "bring me to justice."

Alaric charged at her but Damon stepped in-between them, Damon didn't even have a chance to fight back before Alaric had him in a head lock. He snapped Damon's neck like it was a toy and he fell to the ground dead. Emma couldn't help but wince. She had never seen Damon dead before, and although she knew he would be fine, her heart broke slightly. She imagined it was how Damon felt every time he had to see her dead.

"Now that he is out of the way..." Alaric continued towards Emma.

Emma kicked her leg out and managed to knock Alaric back for a moment. Klaus stepped up and shoved his hand through Alaric's chest, grabbing his heart. Emma felt her strength falter slightly as Bonnie channelled her, she fell to her knees and gasped.

Alaric got the upper hand on Klaus and pushed him off, he pulled out the white oak stake and began trying to shove it into Klaus's heart.

"Stop!" Elena screamed from down the hall, she held a knife to her throat, "Let him go, or I'll kill myself."

Emma suddenly felt her power surge again and she was able to stand, she started looking for an opportunity to take Alaric down.

Alaric scoffed at her threat, "Put the knife down Elena."

"Why? Because you still need me alive? There's a reason why Esther used me to make you, isn't there? She didn't want you to be immortal, so she tied your life to a human one, mine. That way you have only one life span to kill all vampires and then you'll be gone. So, when I die, you die too," Elena's eyes widened, "that's it, it has to be!"

"You're wrong," Alaric dismissed her accusation.

"Am I?" Elena began drawing the knife across her throat slowly.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Alaric panicked.

Both Klaus and Emma saw their chance, but clearly they had different goals. Klaus ran for Elena and grabbed her, disappearing. Emma rushed Alaric and shoved him to the ground, she used the hole that Klaus had already created in Alaric's chest to reach his heart.

As soon as Bonnie felt the connection again she started chanting the incantation, but Emma quickly felt weak as Bonnie used her as a siphon. Alaric noticed Emma's weakened state and he reached up, snapping her neck in an instant before throwing her to the side.

"Ugh," Damon groaned as he rolled over, "why I'm I still alive?"

"Get up," Alaric kicked Stefan's boot and he started to move, "I said get up, Klaus is gonna kill Elena."

Damon heard Emma gasp a few yards away, "Em?"

He rushed to her side as her brain cleared and she remembered what had happened.

"You are a massive dick as a vampire Alaric," she looked over Damon's shoulder at Alaric.

"What do you mean he is gonna kill Elena?" Stefan finally asked as he stood up.

"The witch bound my life to Elena's. If she dies, I die. Klaus figured that out and now he's taken her," Alaric explained, "now, I'm trapped here until the sun goes down, so you two better get doing what you do best; saving Elena's life."

Emma let herself fall back to lay on the floor, she stared up at the ceiling, "Or we kill two birds with one stone."

"Emma-" Stefan started to protest.

"Relax Stefan," Emma waved him off and sat up on her elbows, "I was joking...mostly."