WAP AU | Elena's Kidnapping: Act One | Drabble
Brisk morning air blew into Elena’s room from the open window causing streams of goosebumps to rise across her skin and papers on her desk to gently move like waves up and down, a paperweight the only thing keeping them from falling to the floor. However that was not what had awoken the golden haired girl from her sleep. No. Maggie’s screeching and screaming had caused her to bolt upright at six in the morning causing her to rush out of her room and into a chaotic scene of both Allison and Elena’s Uncle Chris attempting to get the six year old to cooperate.
Apparently Maggie had woken up and decided she wanted to be an angel for Halloween instead of wearing the lion costume she hadn’t been quiet about for weeks. Part of Elena found this ironic given whom, or rather what, their mother was however another, larger part of her was annoyed that her little sister was making such a fuss. At this rate everyone was going to be late.
Today Elena was supposed to be early to school so she could meet up with Isaac before first period. That definitely wasn’t going to happen anymore. That was obvious when Allison had darted out of the apartment and her Uncle had roped her into taking Maggie to school knowing that she wasn’t going to argue with him after the events of a few nights ago so he wouldn’t be late for work. That had been possibly the most embarrassing moment of her life, her Uncle walking into her room to catch her and Isaac in a… compromising position. Hell that was why the windows were now electrified.
Even so Elena wasn’t exactly mad yet about this morning’s turn of events but she wasn’t abundantly overjoyed about it either. When all was said and done Margaret wore a white dress that she was supposed to be for the upcoming Christmas with makeshift wings that Elena had pieced together from the time she helped out with Maggie’s Girl Scout trope and Elena had been talked into a creme colored ensemble so ‘they could match’.
Satisfied with her work Elena had gotten Maggie secured in the car before shooting a text to Isaac about being late for school and then dropping her phone in the cup holder and heading to the local Elementary School. However something in the back of her mind tugged at her, it was a strange feeling like something bad was coming but she convinced herself it was just the fact that it was Halloween.
After seeing her sister off Elena had begun making her way toward the high school, her mood darkening slightly for some unknown reason. Maybe you’re just still tied from using your powers. She thought idly as she waited for a streetlight to change and the news began to report about an escaped convict on the loose. She had been using her powers a lot recently and not just the healing one. Wait— escaped convict? That’s all this town needs.
Finally she turned onto a road that went through a section of the preserve since it would cut down her E.T.A. but when another car— one she had noticed a few minutes before,— pulled onto the same road Elena suddenly uneasy which was why she had pulled out her phone and begun texting Isaac.
Suddenly Elena’s world was in slow motion. Something had shattered the back window of her car and a dark smoke that smelled like sulfur began to encase the inside of the car making her both loose control and choke. The car verged to the left and into the wooded area, luckily slowing before it ultimately crashed into a tree about ten yards from the road. However it wasn’t the crash that caused her to scream, it was the sulfur which made her feel as if she was literally boiling from the inside out. She was vaguely aware of being pulled out of the car before everything went black.
Buzzing… seemed to reverberate around her as she suddenly began to gain consciousness again. She was dazed, no more then that, she felt weakened but her skin had stopped burning so that was something. It took awhile for her eyes to adjust to the dark room, something that shouldn’t of taken any time with her enhanced senses. Sulfur, was that what made her feel like she had been drugged? Was that her wolfsbane? God why didn’t I listen to Stiles more closely when he did that research on angels? She wondered as her eyes scanned the faint light trails that filtered into the area. Now that she really had the chance to look she appeared to be in a small factory or something like that but it was clear it hadn’t been used in years. There was also a strange symbol that had seemed to be scratched into the wall however when she made a move to inspect it further she found that she couldn’t cross the outline of powder that surrounded her. More sulfur.
Frustrated she began to look around desperately, her fear level rising every second until she realized that she had her phone. Whoever had kidnapped her was stupid. Clearly. There were a lot of texts from random classmates but what had caught her attention was the messages from Isaac and Allison which seemed to become more frantic and spoke about a bomber at the school and wondered why the hell she wasn’t answering them. Apparently Allison was heading home to check the beastiary— no, she was home now and now she was worried because Elena wasn’t there. Quickly Elena began to text Allison back for help but the large metal door sliding open caused her to drop her phone and her eyes to widen. No. No this isn’t happening.
"I’ll take this." Gerard stated motioning for one of his allies or minions or whatever he was calling them to take her phone and Elena’s obvious look of frustration and anger was evident across her face. Great, now your only lifeline’s been taken away from you. She thought bitterly.
"What’s going on? Why am I here? Why are you doing this?" Elena asked as she watched a man close the sliding door and another place a chair into the circle she was in. Gerard sat in his own chair and a woman with an evil glint in her eyes stood against the wall. But her look might of just been Elena’s imagination.
"Patience never was your virtue Elena." Gerard let the comment hang for a moment which only served to make Elena more uneasy.
"I know you’re aware of the things around you, of the creature your mother was." He began and the mention of her mother caused a fire to light in her eyes.
There was a time that Elena had thought of Gerard like a Grandfather but not after what he had done to Allison and their friends. All this man before her was good for was turning everything he touched into pain and suffering.
"My mother wasn’t a creature. She was kind and caring person and everyone loved her. But that’s not something you’d know anything about." Elena spat with narrowed eyes. She wasn’t sure what was going to happen next and wasn’t sure she wanted to know if the sinking pit within her stomach was any indicator.
"You did always have a certain fire about you. It’s why I was pushing your father about letting us train you however the weak man he was he always refused."
At that Elena had begun to become even more enraged and she cold almost swear she could feel Isaac’s emotions, sense his mind, his worry for her, she could almost see him and Allison talking about something they found in the beastiary and them trying to figure out where she was, in her own moment of extreme emotion. It was like a sudden daze that had come over her and completely distracted her from what she had been about to say. Gerard also seemed to notice with a look as if a suspicion had just been confirmed.
"Regardless to what you may think of me I do not wish to see you harmed. The men I hired to take you only did what they had to to ensure you were brought here quickly and without incident." Sure if you call nearly killing her ‘not harming her’. It wasn’t just the sulfur that had effected her, she had clearly hit her head and had numerous cuts and the like from the crash which stained her creme dress with dirt and blood but she had been doing well to ignore them.
"And what exactly do you expect me to do now that you’ve brought me here?" Elena asked though it had suddenly occurred to her that if he knew about what her mother was and about her own powers that the most obvious reason he could want her to be here was to heal him. "No….no.." She began taking a step back. "I.. I can’t. I don’t know how."
"Yes you do, you healed that werewolf you’re dating didn’t you and that bird?" Gerard asked though he clearly knew the answer.
"That wasn’t the same. Even if I wanted to help you which I don’t using that much power it would—" Elena began but was cut off.
"Oh I know what effects it could have on you. However sacrifices must always be made.” He said and Elena’s eyes widened. She knew he was cruel but this was another level, this man had seen her grow up. Sure she wasn’t technically his blood, her father was merely Victoria’s brother but even so was he really so evil as to suddenly be willing to possibly sacrifice her life for his own?
"I won’t heal you." Elena stated with a smug defiance.
"I thought you’d say that…" He trailed off as the woman in the shadows made a motion with her hand and Elena suddenly felt a burning radiate throughout her whole body. Gerard, well, hunters in general didn’t usually use witches often but sometimes they did come in handy especially if they owed you or at least that was what she had been told.
Elena’s head throbbed with pressure and suddenly she knew that Isaac could feel the same thing as her. She could hear his scream echoing her own, feel her pain doubled by his own, and for a moment she could even see through his eyes as a door slammed shut and she suspected he could see some of her surroundings through her own. Elena screamed a blood curdling scream as the man became too much. “Stop it!” She yelled and finally as quickly as it begun it ceased. Gerard wasn’t playing games she was his one chance at life and he was making it clear he’d force her to heal him if he had to. Even so her next words were still ever defiant. “I— I won’t do it.”
"That’s why I’ve invested in an insurance policy. Shall we call it?" He questioned picking up her phone and showing her as he found Isaac’s number in her phone and texted him showing her the screen.
"As I’m sure you can tell from what just happened I’m not playing games. Come to the distillery off Mill Creek Road, alone. If you tell Scott or any of the others Elena will die before any of them can even attempt a rescue."
The text was sent and Gerard turned to her. “I wonder how long it will take the werewolf to try to play hero. He’s not Scott, I’ll admit that, but I suspect he’s just egocentric enough to believe he can save you, the girl he loves, by himself.” He stated and Elena was suddenly filled with dread.
"He doesn’t love me, we’ve only been dating a month, he won’t come and he certainly wouldn’t be stupid enough to come without the others." In truth she might actually love him, they both shared such a strange and intense connection and sometimes the strength of it even frightened her but in this case she hoped Gerard was wrong because she didn’t think she could bare Isaac getting killed for her.
Suddenly without any warning the power that ran through the building cut out and a few minutes later a backup generator clicked on. Only now she was left alone in the room and the level of nausea that had seeped into her had literally caused her to fall to the ground.
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