I never told you (Elijah Mikaelson fanfic)

Chapter 29

Anastasia's eyes flickered open. After a moment, she had realised what had happened and where she was.

She sat up urgently but was immediately calmed by the soothing tone of Elijah's voice and his gentle touch on her back.

"They've caged us?" She observed "Elijah we are not animals" she shook her head

She walked up to the bars to touch them, try to break them but instantly recoiled when the very touch burnt her. "Vervain" she growled

"Do you remember what happened?" Elijah sat her down next to him on the cold, hard floor.

"All I remember so far is seeing you on the floor, and how scared I was; that could have been white oak" Anastasia smiled "but you did it Elijah, I'm back" her forehead rested on his as they both smiled, her hand cupped one side of his face

"And now all we need to do is find a way out of this place" he turned around. Anastasia went to get up again but groaned in pain when she did. "What is wrong?" Elijah looked at her.

"Nothing, I'm fine" she smiled. Her arm covering the small tear in her dress where a wolf had bitten her, she didn't want to declare it, it would be too much hassle.

"No, really" Elijah moved her arm out of the way to see the infected bite. He closed his eyes and shook his head "they bit you"

"I'll be fine, we just need to get the stone and leave" Anastasia smiled "I can hold out"

"No you can't, you have at least 24 hours and who knows how long we will be in here; we will get you out and we will get you to Niklaus" Elijah demanded

"No Elijah" Anastasia refused, she didn't mind the fact of going to Niklaus to use his blood, but she needed the stone "we need the stone first"

"We can leave the stone; Klaus' blood will heal you" Elijah begun

"That's not all I want it for Elijah" Anastasia retaliated "there's more"

"What else does it do then? Is it worthy enough to risk your life over?" Elijah retorted quickly

"It will subdue my ripper side!" She raised her voice "the stone contains my human blood; werewolf venom, it has been charmed and can be used as a dark object; however; if the correct spells are done, it can subdue my ripper side as well as making werewolf venom pointless" she explained

"But how do we get out of here?" Elijah spoke to himself quietly

"There is no way of getting out; you escape, you die" a voice called from one if the holding cells next to them. It was too dark to see who it was

"How long have you been here?" Anastasia walked up to the bars and asked, she had recognised the voice but couldn't put her finger on it

"I've been here for twenty years; me and James were friends, until of course, he triggered his werewolf side, found out about my vampire side and locked me down here" he explained "I've seen many vampires come and go; they try to escape but always get caught and staked or burnt or their heart gets ripped out"

"So you've never left" Elijah added

"Yep, I'm over 500 years old; I've survived plague after plague; I've survived the death of my own sister,
Mother and Father at the hands of other vampires, I've survived all of these years only to be trapped and caged like an animal" his voice grew angrier "he feeds me drops of blood now and again, enough to keep me going; but I'm sick of it"

"Were you close to the others?" Anastasia asked, she was frightened; so Elijah wrapped on arm around her to keep her safe

"One" he began "she turned me in the 1400's it was true love; we had been together ever since, once he caught me, she made a desperate attempt to get me out, ended up trapping herself, tried to escape and got staked"

"I'm so sorry" Anastasia felt an in fathomable wave of guilt cross her entire body, was this her life now? She had made this desperate attempt to obtain a stone but to what cost? The life of her and Elijah.

"Don't be, I'm used to it, odds are that you're going to die here, I'm going to die here, I think I'm ready to die actually, I'm sick of the same four walls" the man sighed

"Escape with us" Anastasia burst out "I'm looking for a stone, we can find it and leave, if you're not bothered in dying; escape with us"

Elijah held her back, he wasn't too sure on this character but Anastasia had already made the offer.

"We have a good chance, don't we?" She turned to Elijah to answer the next question

"We have a pretty good chance, but we need to hurry; you haven't got much time left" Elijah pointed to the bite

"What makes you think you've got a better chance of anybody else in this hellhole" the man had a hint of humour in his voice "answer this and I'll make my choice"

"We have an original on our side" Anastasia smiled

"No" the man immediately responded, his voice turning cold

"Why not? Originals can't die; he can help us get out" Anastasia wanted the man to agree. A feeling of guilt, from all the bad things she had done for the past months may lessen if she helps this one man

"Elijah Mikaelson killed my sister"