Someone Like You.

[BeautifullyxMad]

Lia looked at his back when he turned away from her and she crossed her arms and pulled out her phone and sent a quick message to Alli. If he wasn't going to deal with her, then she may as well not bother with it at the moment, and she looked at the message before she sent it.

Alli. I am apologizing for this now... I have to let it in.

She had a feeling that Alli would know what she meant, and after deleting the message when it for sure sent, she sighed. "Fine. Don't do it. I would say you'd regret it, but who am I to judge?" she said, closing her eyes and she took a deep breath and when she released her eyes were much darker and she looked to the bar and then back to Klaus. Then it settled in and the street lamps around them shattered and so did a few car windows as the wind picked up slightly. "Oh, that's better." she spoke, inhaling deeper. The darkness Klaus emitted was all the more tempting now. "Oh, one more thing. you wanted something else, right?" she asked.

She looked at the road and nodded to the bar across the store. She thought again and shook her head. "Well, I've got nothing other than that little locator spell, so since nothing I do proves worth, I suppose I should just leave. Besides, it looks like I was wasting my time anyway. Oh well, when it doesn't work, and I'm almost certain it won't, don't expect other witches to help you for as little as I would have." she said, and she turned her back, picking up her vervain bracelet and strapping it back on her wrist. "Oh, and when I was right about the pack, you're welcome." she quipped. The darkness was definitely her more... Blunt and Reckless version of herself. Oh well, let him be mad, if he killed her, well then she wasn't able to validate her existence. Let him do it... Very few things actually scared her darker parts, and very few things touched her when it was in control.

-&-

Damon looked to Alli when she moved in front of him, and he shook his head head. "Not exactly. I don't need anything from you, but I do have one question." he said, moving away from her. Her presence was far too calming for his liking. "Do you have any idea what it's like to be looking for someone that just doesn't want to be found? Because if you do will you tell Elena that there is just no hope of Stefan coming back." he then placed the feeling he was getting around her. He'd felt it around others before, and he was generally good at picking out other supernatural species, but he had been off his game. He had this feeling around Emily Bennett... A witch. Perhaps she was, perhaps she wasn't, but she certainly didn't seem to freak out when she had seen the blood bag, so maybe she wasn't human.

He wasn't sure now, but he did look at her again. She was definitely a bit different. "I hope you enjoy Mystic Falls, just watch out. It's only a matter of time before a very pissed off person comes back into town, and let's just say he's not very pleasant when he's in a good mood either." he warned, and he sighed a bit. "Better get going there, Alli. The Sheriff won't like having to questions you when you're caught out after curfew." he quipped.

[sorry Damon's is short and sucky. I lost half my post a little bit ago. >>]

[Acacia Sage]

There was a sudden change in the woman's demeanor, as well as the atmosphere in the area around them. Klaus had decided that he definitely regretted his decision to brush Stefan away. He was sure that he wouldn't need the backup, but it would have been nice to have just in case. Although he tried to tell himself that he was prepared, one was never fully ready for a witch. Some were obvious with their abilities and flaunted them needlessly. But most, like the woman in front of him, hid them until they were needed. Of they would simply let a small bit seep through, never showing their real strength. Yes, some witches were weak and others were strong.

The only problem with strength was power. From a magic standpoint, more power meant more ability. But the more ability a witch had, the harder it was to control. There were always signs that someone was slipping up; personality changes, mood swings, changing appetite. Then sometimes there were also completely obvious ones; appearance changes. It appeared that both were happening to the witch in front of him right now.

Klaus wasn't sure if she was aware of it, and part of that worried him. The other, less intelligent part of him determined it as not important and something to simply look passed and forget about. He frowned at her as she slipped her vervain bracelet back on and felt slight worry when she went to move away. He couldn't just let her go; not with everything she knew about him. And she was valuable. He just had to keep telling himself that. Sometimes valuable things were annoying. But one had to move on because they needed it.

He sighed. "Stop." He commanded her harshly. He stalked over to her. He knew when he was being played and it made him angry. He gripped her arm roughly and pulled her to him. "Stop doing that. You're here now. You're helping me. Don't even try to do anything stupid. Because if you do..." he let the threat stand, hoping that she got the message as he yanked her back along with him towards the club.

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"Tell Elena yourself," Alli snapped at the man--no, vampire--in front of her. She glared up at him. She was small and petite and he towered over her by at least a foot. It was slightly disconcerting. "It's not your job to pick and chose how she feels." She was suddenly very defensive. Not so much for the way Damon was talking to her, but because of Elena. She didn't know the other girl very well, but what Alli did see, she liked. Elena was a nice girl. Damon was a horrible vampire.

"And this person you mentioned, "Alli went on, dragging the words out to show him how ridiculous she thought he was being. "He better watch out." She snarled at him. Her anger was flaring up almost uncontrollably. It was a strange feeling. She wasn't used to this happening. It rarely did. Not unless...

Just then, Alli felt a vibrating at her hip. She knew in that instant who it was and what the message was going to say. She didn't need to read it to see that the whole plan was going very wrong indeed. She flinched slightly, her eyes wavering from Damon's. Then, she recovered herself and shifted from foot to foot. She glared up at him once more, wanting to say something snappy but not being able to think of anything. So instead she just scoffed and turned on her heel to stomp away.

((It's cool. Don't worry about it.))

[BeautifullyxMad]

Hook. Line. Sinker. It had worked like a charm, but now that her darker part had completely settled into control, Lia would have to be careful when she started taking control back. It could cripple her entirely if she tried just forcing herself back into control, so for now that dark part could stay out until she was annoyed and wanted back into the corners of her mind. When Klaus yanked her arm, Lia half-temptedly burned his arm, but she refrained and followed him. She was in, and that was a good thing for the time being. Now she could keep him busy, and being in such proximity to him... It was intoxicating. She allowed herself to be put back in the club, and she couldn't help the feeling of satisfaction that settled in. Now the problem would be contacting Alli to tell her it worked.

Lia had gotten lucky before, but she was no miracle worker, and when she saw Ray chained to a wall with wolf's bane covered darts being thrown at him, she couldn't help but to smirk at it. How evil it was. Purely evil, and she loved it. As much as Lia wanted to be able to save herself from her darker self, she couldn't help but to love the cruelty that ensued the werewolf man. She couldn't help but to think he deserved it, and she just remained quiet for a while. Now all she had to do was take orders, and when Klaus forgot how valuable she was, she needed to flaunt a little more power each time... She just had to stay in his crosshairs.

-&-

Damon wasn't about to deal with another bratty girl. He'd had enough about bratty girls, and when she turned to stomp away, he refrained from stopping her. However, he had an insatiable urge to do so, so before his conscious could fully stop him, his sub-conscious made him move, and he stood in her way. "Give me three good reasons why I should let a stranger go back into Mystic Falls who apparently knows something? Last time strangers blew threw, people died, and more people keep on dying when strangers blow through. So who do you want to kill, huh?" he demanded, but he heard a voice behind him.

"Damon, just quit it." Alaric's voice came, and Damon looked to him. "I left a few things here, Damon, had to come back. Just let the girl leave." he said, and Damon rolled his eyes and stepped out of Alli's way before he headed back down into the cellar, and he got out another blood bag. Normally, he wasn't a binge blood drinker, but right now he needed it, and soon Alaric headed down the stairs and joined him.

"Go away, Ric." Damon growled.

"What happened to you?" Alaric persisted, and Damon sighed.

"Stefan did. He killed Andie because Klaus wants us off their trail. He's gone." Damon growled.

[Acacia Sage]

Klaus sauntered back in the club. The sight of Ray attached to the farthest wall was enough, but when he realized that he was being used as a dark board, he was caught between a half smirk and a half frown. There was something about the sight that reminded Klaus of something. It was like a long distance memory that he tried to grasp at but it simply kept slipping from his mental fingers before he could grasp it. He shook his head to clear the errant thoughts from it. He didn't have time to think about that.

He turned to the girl following him in. She was taking in the surroundings with a new type of interest. It was like she was seeing the club through different eyes and she could have been for all he knew. There was very little that he knew about her. It was disconcerting. He shrugged it off.

"Stefan," he called out to the other vampire. He was over by the werewolf, smiling down at him in such a cruel way that Klaus was reminded of how he used to be, back before he even needed to be placed under compulsion. "Get ready. We leave in three hours." He was going to head to Mystic Falls. And then his plan was going to be put into motion. And if Lia turned out to be as valuable as she made herself look, there would be no one who could stop them.

Not even Damon Salvatore.

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"I'm just passing through," Alli told Damon, a note of warning in her voice. It was a lie, sort of. But he didn't need to know that. What wasn't a lie was her wanting to kill someone. Well, that was also a lie, but just a little one. She highly doubted that Damon would be opposed to what she had planned.

She gave Alaric a look of thanks then wiped it away quickly. She shoved past Damon, letting her shoulder hit his with much more roughness than she intended. He probably didn't even feel it, but she did. It stung slightly and she had to force herself not to wince so that he wouldn't see her in pain. Instead, she simply left. She left the house, the grounds, and when she hit the street, she got in her car and left that, too.

She and Lia hadn't been sure how long they would be staying in Mystic Falls, so they had simply checked out a hotel room. It was in a little Hampton Inn on the very edge of town. They had gotten a double, complete with a larger bathroom and a mini bar. It wasn't the nicest that they had ever stayed in, but it was enough for a few weeks.

[BeautifullyxMad]

[Shall reply sometime soon. Lost my reply when my computer kicked off.]

[Acacia Sage]

[Take your time! I hate it when that happens.]

[BeautifullyxMad]

[Okay, thank you.]