i'm not me || tvd [1]

•i'm not helping stefan•

"It's been vacant for decades. People must break in all the time. Why'd you bring me here?" Stefan asked Klaus.

"Your friend, Liam Grant, the one who drank his wife's blood. I never could figure out why you wanted his name. And then you told me your little secret. It was all part of your special little ritual." Klaus said as he inspected the room while Imogen stood in front of a worn out shelf, where she felt the doppelgänger's presence.

"To write it down." Stefan mumbled.

"And relive the kill, over and over again." Klaus said as he made his way towards Imogen, who just opened a door to a hidden room.

"You believe me now?" Klaus asked as he opened the door wider.

Stefan looked shocked as he slowly walked over the closet to see a list of names he killed in the past. Imogen closely followed behind him. Klaus smirked at Stefan before walking away to look around the apartment.

"You okay?" Imogen asked the shock looking Salvatore.

Stefan managed a nod as he stood just outside the door of the hidden room.

Imogen smiled softly. "If you're ready, come inside." she told him before going inside the hidden room. She slightly turned her head to the side and saw Elena Gilbert, who looked exactly like Tatia and Katerina Petrova. She looked at her with a blank expression on her face, already knowing that it was her presence she felt as soon as she entered the apartment.

'The doppelgänger. Just like Tatia and Katherine.'

Elena Gilbert looked at her, her eyes were filled with horror. Imogen saw how frightened the doppelgänger was and smiled softly at her in comfort. Elena who looked surprised for a moment before her expression returned to a horror one when she saw Stefan standing behind the noirette.

Elena and Stefan stared at each other. The doppelgänger looker at Stefan with hope in her eyes.

Stefan stood motionless while looking at her. "Look what I found." he said out of nowhere, making both Imogen and Elena stare at him with wide eyes.

Elena looked scared but Stefan took a bottle nearby and gave it to Imogen, who stared at him in realization that he was protecting the doppelgänger.

Imogen shrugged and walked away from the closet. "1918. Single malt." she said as she walked over to Klaus.

Stefan stood in the doorway of the secret room, blocking Klaus' view of Elena, with the help of Imogen, standing in front of Klaus.

Klaus smiled. "My favorite." he said as he wrapped an arm around Imogen's shoulders with a smile and looked at Stefan, who narrowed his eyes at the hybrid in jealousy.

Klaus rolled his eyes at the Salvatore vampire but there was a mocking smile on his face. "Let's go and find someone to pair it with." he said and walked away from the apartment.

Imogen turned to look at Stefan, who closed the door of the hidden room.

"That was close, wasn't it?" Imogen asked teasingly at the green eyed vampire.

Stefan walked over to her and smiled gratefully. "Thank you." he mumbled and wrapped his arms around her, embracing her tightly.