After the twins left the house, Josie found a car on the side of the road and used magic to unlock the door. She jumped into the passenger seat as her sister began hotwiring the car. It didn't take long and soon the twins were on their way to New York.

Josie glanced at her twin, who was driving way past the speed limit and smiled. Things were coming together. And while Josie knew there was a chance for everything to come crashing down, she had hope.

Their stupid-ass plan was working. All of them.

They had at least two Mikaelson's on their side, as well as possibly a third. Josie wasn't sure how they did it but they did.

Once they grabbed their uncle, it was time to gather everyone together and figure out the next step. And how best to handle all the big bads coming to Mystic Falls.

It was probably going to be hell but it had been done before. And it had been done with little to no knowledge of what was happening.

They had time to prepare and they were some of the most powerful creatures alive. They would be okay because they had to be.

Josie rested her head on the window, watching the passing buildings. She smiled as she remembered the past, thinking back to when they were kids.

Two young girls had the world at their palms. Having no idea of the pain they would go through once they reached their teens but maybe that was okay. Now they were stronger - strong enough to do what needs to be done.

Anyone that stood against them would die.  Did that make them monsters? Perhaps.

But Josie found she didn't mind the thought. If being monsters was the only way to get what needs to be done, done?

Then, so be it.

Josie watched quietly as they got on the empty highway. Getting closer and closer to the man they were searching for.

Their uncle.

The man who saved their asses. Not that Josie ever really understood why. Why risk his life for them? What had he seen that made him change his mind? What made him care? Or did he always care.

She flashed back to when they had been in the 2018 Prison World. He could have escaped and left them to die with the destruction of the prison world. Yet he gave them a chance to survive.

"You have to become a monster, like me..."

His words from what felt like forever ago, circle around in her mind. Was that what he had seen? When he found them in the cells? Had he realized they were already monsters like him and that they didn't need any added pressure to make them go dark?

Josie closed her eyes. She would probably never understand what he was thinking back then. A part of her wanted to ask the Kai here but she knew he wouldn't know.

Sometimes, she couldn't help but wonder if the witches were right, were siphoners always supposed to go dark? Was it written in their DNA?

Josie knew her sister was. Lizzie was capable of terrible things with zero guilt. And to be honest, Josie felt guilty for not feeling guilty.

That was a part of the reason that she didn't let herself go like her sister did. The empathy she once had for people was gone and ironically that was what kept her in control.

Which was why, in their original time, Josie had come to the decision that she would be her sister's protector. She would have her back and kill anyone that tried to hurt her but wouldn't give in to her own urges to join in the killing.

Josie ignored the tiny voice in the back of her head that sounded suspiciously like her dad that told her that every life mattered.

She felt a bitter laugh bubble up in her throat but pushed it down. Her dad would despise what they had become. If he was here, Josie knew he would probably try to trap them in a prison world.

That thought hurt more than Josie wanted to admit.

Then there was their mom. She would be disappointed but Josie knew she would still love them. She always would.

And she would understand, maybe not agree, but understand.

Josie straightened as an unexpected thought crossed her mind. Were they watching? Right now?

She remembered back when they first met their bio mother - after she came back from the dead for a day - she had said that she had watched them as they grew up from the other side.

Were her mom and dad watching now?

Did they see how much they were struggling? Did they see every mistake and falter they made? Or were they unable to see them because of the time travel?

Sighing, Josie pushed those questions out of her mind. They were one that could never be answered, at least not here. Unless.

No.

They were gone, it was time to move on.

Josie could feel Lizzie watching her from the corner of her eye, so she sent a reassuring pulse through the bond, making Lizzie focus back on the road.

The next few hours passed quickly as they reached New York. Turns out driving at almost 100 miles per hour with no traffic can get you places fairly quickly.

It probably would have taken an even shorter amount of time if Josie hadn't forced Lizzie to slow down in more rural areas.

What? She'd prefer not having to take the time to heal from a car crash because Lizzie took a sharp turn that would end up with them flipping.

Josie had an important thing called self-preservation.

Although, Freya would probably argue that was false but Josie definitely had it. Lizzie, on the other hand, did not.

Once they reached New York City, the twins got out of the car and split up. Lizzie took one part of the city, while Josie took the other.

Josie searched for the next hour with no result and she could sense Lizzie getting frustrated on her end of the bond. So Josie decided she was going to head back over and they would reconvene to figure out a new plan.

She walked down the street back in the direction she came from, looking over the looming buildings and the stores with outdated clothes.

She continued walking too lost in thought to sense the person that was around the corner. When she turned to walk around that point, something shot out -a rope of some sort- and wrapped around her neck.

Josie froze in shock then started trying to fight. Then the person's hand was on her shoulder and they began siphoning painfully.

She gasped in pain, sending out a warning flare through her twin bond with Lizzie. The person abruptly stopped siphoning and there was a flick of a wrist in the corner of her vision.

A loud snap. Pain.

Then everything went dark.

<><><>

Alaric Saltzman made his way down the street, feeling a sense of nervousness. He shifted the box in his hands as he made his way to where Jo Laughlin lived.

The two had dinner the day before and they had finished the night at Alaric's new apartment. They had spent hours just talking as Jo helped him finish unpacking his place.

However, after she had left he had noticed that Jo had accidentally left something behind. So he decided he would surprise her by bringing it back to her. And he had called ahead to make sure she was home. He'd rather not embarrass himself by showing up and her not being there.

He could feel his nervousness and took a deep breath.

All he was doing was dropping something off, he shouldn't be this nervous.

Why was he so nervous? She was his friend and nothing more.

Yes, she was very attractive and funny, as well as extremely kind but this wasn't why he was in Mystic Falls.

He was here to find Damon Salvatore and find out what happened to Isobel. After he knew what he did with her body, he would kill Damon, and move on with his life.

Maybe at that point, he could consider exploring his relationship with Jo further. Besides, he barely knew her, she was some unknown figure and he was a hunter.

He highly doubted that the life he's following was one that she would be okay with. Although, it was very unlikely that anyone would be.

He felt his adrenaline spike as her building came into view and he made his way in. He headed to the elevator and went to her floor.

However, when the elevator doors opened, he heard shouting and someone crying out in pain. Jo?

He took off sprinting down the hallway and turned to see a man hold his hand out, with two young people yelling at him to stop. He looked past them to Jo on her knees, clutching her head.

Magic?

He reacted without thinking and slammed the older man into the wall, and forced his head to hit the wall as hard as he could.

The man slumped to the ground unconscious and Alaric turned to see the kids that looked to be around college age, staring at him in shock.

He decided to ignore them for now and rushed over to Jo, helping her up.

"Jo, are you okay?" He asked immediately.

Jo stared at him in surprise. "Ric, w-what are you..." She didn't finish her words as she flinched in pain and grasped her head again.

"I was coming to drop something you'd forgotten at my apartment," Alaric shook his head, glancing between the three. "What the hell is going on?"

The other three exchanged looks and so the explanation on Gemini witches and their crazy family began.

<><><>

Lizzie was walking back towards where they had left the car when she felt a spike of panic through the bond, which was quickly followed by her sister sending her a feeling of warning before the bond went dark.

She froze in her spot. She knew what had happened. Her sister was dead. The only reason Lizzie wasn't flipping out was that if she was dead dead, the bond would break instead of going dark.

She fought the urge to go commit murder. There was only one reason Josie would be dead.

Kai Parker had shown himself.

Lizzie felt her magic swirl up at the ready.

You want to play uncle, let's play. She felt a dark smirk appear on her face.

Lizzie turned herself invisible and sped over to where she could sense her sister's body. When she got there, she saw Kai standing over Josie, swinging a rope around with a maniac smile on his face.

A thrill of excitement and adrenaline went through her body.

This was going to be fun.

It was time to outplay and outdo the master.

Lizzie crept forward and glanced at the glass window of the store that this had taken place in front of forming a plan in her mind.

She held her hand out and pushed her magic forward. The door to the store creaked as it slowly opened on its own accord.

Kai abruptly stopped swinging the rope, his eyes locked on the door. He looked around, his head cocked.

Lizzie ignored the unease that flared in the back of her mind at the eerily emotionless eyes. Was that what she looked like when she went dark side?

Huh, that explained why that one dude peed his pants at the sight of her.

Lizzie shook her head and focused, turning her gaze to the windows.

Time for things to get spicy.

She slowly let her control of her magic slip.

Windows began to rattle up and down the street.

Kai jerked back slightly, not expecting the change. His eyes flickered around him almost nervously.

The rattling got louder.

And louder.

And louder.

Then it exploded.

All at once, the glass shattered, flying on the streets. Kai's hand shot up as he used the magic he'd stolen to protect himself.

Lizzie glanced around buildings that were now glass free. Hmm, wonder how the prison world would fix this.

Lizzie walked forward, taking the cloaking spell off as she went.

"You know killing people is typically considered, oh I don't know, bad?" Lizzie commented, her eyes flashed strangely as pulled her magic back towards her. It hovered outside of her skin, creating an air of danger around her.

Kai slowly turned to her. He stared at her for a moment, then glanced down at Josie.

"Really? I guess that's my bad then," He said, slowly. Lizzie could tell he was considering how best to bring her down at that moment.

Yeah, that wasn't happening.

Time to bring out the big guns.

"Yeah, it is. You'd think you know better than to upset your rescuers, dear uncle," Lizzie said, dryly.

Kai froze in shock. "What?" He said, looking dumbfounded.

Ha, didn't expect that Ted Bundy 2.0, did you?

"Has being trapped here impaired your hearing or something, I said we're rescuing you," Lizzie said, rolling her eyes at him as if he was the idiot for not understanding.

Which he kind of was.

Like seriously, who attacks the first people to appear in the prison world in over a decade. She didn't care if he was bloodthirsty, he was an impulsive asshole, who could have completely jeopardized his chance to escape.

Lizzie herself was an impulsive psychopath but even she knew that in situations like this, it was better to wait it out and figure out some semblance of a plan.

Preferably using manipulation.

After you're out of the situation, then you can torture and kill all you like.

Like how was he this dumb?

Lizzie watched as Kai stared...and stared... and stared.

Oh my fucking god.

"Okay, seriously? Were you dropped on the head as a baby?" Lizzie muttered under her breath, rubbing a hand over her face. She looked at him and said louder, "How about I explain this in simple stupid people terms?"

Kai once again said nothing as he glanced from her to Josie. His eyes were completely narrowed like he was processing something. Lizzie snapped her fingers at him like he was a dog and was trying to hold his attention.

Huh, weirdly fitting metaphor.

"You," She put an emphasis on 'you' as she pointed at him, "are the princess that is locked up in the tower," Lizzie said, speaking extremely slowly. She then turned and pointed at herself and Josie. "My sister and I are the princes that have come to rescue you. Understand now?"

Lizzie had crossed her arms and was now staring at her uncle with an eyebrow raised.

"Uncle," Kai muttered under his breath, now staring at her with unreadable eyes.

You have got to be kidding me, she hated everything. She was going to kill him, slowly and painfully.

Lizzie took a deep breath.

"Oh my god, yesss, get with the fucking program. You're our uncle, who's a siphoner like us, it's not that hard to understand," Lizzie glared at him in annoyance. Completely ignoring the way he froze at the admittance to being siphoners. "God, I thought sociopaths were supposed to be smart."

Lizzie eyed Kai as his entire body language seemed to change. What? Did it finally click in his head that he's a dumbass? Bout fucking time.

Kai shook himself and gave an easy grin.

Oh no.

This was either about to go really bad or really good. For some reason, she had a feeling that she would end up wanting to hurl herself off a cliff either way.

"My apologies, I appeared to have forgotten my manners, I'm Kai. Although, I think you already knew that," He said, looking completely relaxed. "Anyways, we got off on the wrong foot, how about we restart?"

Lizzie rolled her eyes at his 'friendly' demeanor. Forgot my manners my ass.

Also, wrong foot? Yeah, no shit snapping Josie's neck is the wrong fucking foot. This dude needed to get his priorities straight.

"No shit Vader wannabe," Lizzie said, ignoring his look of confusion. She paused thinking for a moment. "Alright, you pick up my sister, we're moving somewhere more comfortable for this conversation."

"Bold of you to assume I'll do as you ask," Kai said, narrowing his eyes at her.

Lizzie scoffed. "You killed her, you carry her. Not that hard to understand," She said, turning away.

She walked towards where she had spotted a hotel. She didn't look back but she did smirk a little when she heard glass shifting as he picked Josie and started following her.

I always win bitches.

When they got to the hotel, Lizzie settled on the couch as Kai placed Josie down on the other couch. He took a seat on one of the side chairs and considered her.

"You know you're behaving very calmly for someone whose sister just died," Kai said, thoughtfully as he gave her a speculative glance over, most likely trying to rile her up. "Seems like I'm not the only one with problems in the family. What didn't you like about her? Too annoying? Too loud? Believe me, I can relate to that, 7 siblings, can you imagine?"

Was her uncle seriously implying that she wanted her sister dead? Also, he clearly knew nothing about vampires.

He really needed to learn to read the room, cause this was embarrassing.

Lizzie snorted. "Oh she's fine, all you did was snap her neck," She said, waving her hand dismissively.

Kai once again stared at her for a moment, probably trying to figure out what was wrong with her.

Good luck with that Uncle Kai, the world had been trying for years with nothing to show.

"Yeah,that's the point," He finally said, slowly. He was staring at her like she was stupid.

Huh, how the turns have tabled.

"Why would I care, it's not like she's dead," Lizzie revealed with a shrug.

Kai blinked, then leaned back looking at her like she was crazy, which to be fair she was, but he wasn't aware of that.

Probably.

Then again, it probably wouldn't be hard for him to sus out her insanity.

"A snapped neck is the definition of dead," Kai said, eyeing her weirdly. Then he snorted, something mocking flashed across his face. "Awe, don't tell me my whittle niece is completely delusional."

And there it was.

So close to the truth yet so far.

Her poor uncle, he's got the right idea but the wrong formula.

A part of Lizzie was entertained as he unknowingly dug himself a grave, that just kept getting deeper and deeper. The other wanted to pull the trigger, so she could watch him drown in his own embarrassment.

It was times like this that she loved knowing more than everyone else.

Watching people fumble and try to keep up was so very amusing. Especially, when they sometimes manage to get back to their feet, only for her two swipe their legs out from under them with some perfectly placed manipulation.

Phycological torture was the best, almost as good as old fashion torture.

Also, did he just completely accept the idea that she was his niece with zero explanation? Could he sense it or something?

Whatever, back to her psychotic uncle.

"Why yes," Lizzie said, cheerfully. "I actually am crazy, thank you for noticing. Now that's one less thing that I have to explain. Anyways, you're wrong, snapping a vampire's neck doesn't kill them."

Lizzie watched amused as that sunk in. Kai's eyes went to Josie's body then back to her.

"Nice try, but she had magic," He disagreed, rolling his eyes. "Witches can't be bloodsuckers."

Lizzie raised her eyebrow at the insult, then snorted. "Hmm, tell me uncle, how does it feel to be a naive idiot with a pea-sized brain?" She asked, mockingly.

Kai paused, looking at her not understanding. "What are you implying?" He said, trying to understand.

"I'm guessing you forgot or ignored me when I said that we were siphoners?" Lizzie said, crossing her arms over her chest.

Kai went completely still, something flashed in his eyes that Lizzie couldn't interpret.

"You're lying," He said with a dark look on his face. "You really shouldn't joke about things like that, you may lose your spleen like your dear mother."

Huh, so he realized who their bio mom was, maybe he isn't a complete buffoon.

Lizzie looked at him as she considered the threat. "You really are a one-trick pony," Lizzie said, yawning, ignoring the affronted look on Kai's face.

"If I were you I would have said that I would carve out your intestines and choke you to death with them, far more entertaining and faar messier; I would know cause I've done it before," Lizzie said with a psychotic smile on her face.

She found it amusing how Kai seemed to have a 'Oh shit' moment as he processed that she was a monster like him.

Took him long enough.

"You're a psychopath," He said, looking at her in realization.

Lizzie shrugged, innocently. "Don't know what you're talking about, I'm a perfectly stable and good person," She said, grinning.

Amusement seemed to flicker across Kai's face before disappearing.

"Anyways, Uncle Kai, I am a siphoner but I'm also a vampire, also known as a heretic," Lizzie said, leaning back, relaxed. "My sister and I are hybrids."

"How is that possible?" Kai wondered, trying to figure out if she was telling the truth.

"Witches lose their magic if they become vampires, siphoners don't have magic to lose. And when we turn, we can siphon. And seeing as we can siphon vampires," Lizzie trailed off, smirking. "Let's just say things work out rather well."

Kai was quiet for a moment. "Prove it," Was the only thing he said.

Lizzie closed her eyes, focusing on the sound of his blood pumping through his veins. When she opened them again, her face was vamped out. She saw Kai blink in surprise.

Guess he really thought he would be proven right.

Lizzie pulled her bloodthirst in and the vampire face disappeared. Then, she held out her palm, whispering 'incendia' under her breath.

A ball of flames appeared on her hand and she heard Kai's inhale sharply. With a flick of her wrist, the fire was extinguished.

"Now that, that's done with, let's get down to business," Lizzie said, easily.

"And what's that?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, if my sister and I are going to get you out of here, we have some rules that you have to follow. As well as some things that you need to understand," Lizzie started off.

"Rules?" Kai repeated, narrowing his eyes in dislike.

"Yes, rules, ones that actually benefit you," Lizzie said, knowing this was going to be the difficult part.

"And what's that?" Kai asked, impudently and Lizzie just knew he was going to be annoying.

God, was this what it was like dealing with her?

Sorry Josie.

Actually, she took that back, Josie was an idiot. The second they get near Kai, she gets herself taken out by the magicless witch.

Whatever happened to being an all-powerful heretic? She deserved all the shit Lizzie gave her.

Also, now that she thought about it was really bad that Josie got so easily killed. It was not a good sign for the future.

Lizzie shook her head, focusing back on Kai who was getting more and more impatient.

She hesitated for a moment before just saying it, "You can't merge with your twin."

Kai immediately shot to his feet, with a look of rage on his face. "No deal," Was his instant reply.

"No-" Lizzie sighed frustrated. "You're stilling going to merge but not with her,"

Kai paused, confused. "Explain," He said, through gritted teeth.

"You can merge with Luke, he's a twin, and it will work. After you win, you can take Jo's magic without having to merge," Lizzie rushed to say.

"That won't work," Kai said dismissively.

Lizzie took a deep breath, there was no taking back her next words, "Yes it will, I know it will because it did before."

Kai went completely still, "Before?"

"It's part of the reason why you can't merge with your twin, if you do, my sister and I won't be born," Lizzie said, eyeing him carefully.

"Are you expecting me to believe that you're a time traveler?" Kai scoffed in disbelief.

"It's true, and back in the original timeline, you merged with Luke, then got Jo's magic to stabilize the merge because it started killing you. If you do it this way you get double the amount of magic and will be extremely powerful," Lizzie said, trying to appeal to the side of him that wanted to have his own magic.

Lizzie watched as he processed this. He sat back down with a completely blank face.

"Say I believe you, what happened in that timeline, and why don't you call Josette mom?" He asked, making Lizzie blink in surprise.

This was going to be an interesting conversation.

"I don't call her my mom because she's not," Lizzie held up her hand to prevent him from speaking. "In the future, something happens and you get trapped in the 1903 prison world."

Lizzie could see the anger that flared in Kai at that idea.

"You managed to escape because of your status as Coven Leader, and you got the people - a bunch heretics - out, with you," Lizzie said, watching him process the information. "After that, you sensed that Josette was pregnant with twins, so you decided to kill said twins, so there wouldn't be a future merge."

Kai paused, narrowing his eyes at her. "You're alive."

"Obviously," Lizzie said, rolling her eyes. "After you stabbed Jo with a killing blow, the Gemini coven did a spell to transfer my sister and me into the womb of a vampire, who gave birth to us and raised us as her own, she's our mom, not your sister."

"What happened after that?" Kai asked.

"You died," Lizzie said with a shrug. Laughing at the look Kai shot at her. "Kidding, well kind of."

Kai raised his eyebrows in question.

"You killed yourself with vampire blood in your system. And seeing as the coven is linked to the leader, they all died. Which honestly, thank god for that because there's no way I wouldn't have killed the Gemini coven if they had been alive in my time," Lizzie said, relief evident on her face. Then Lizzie thought about it for a moment, and her face filled with disappointment. "Actually, I take that back, it would have been so much fun to torture and kill those assholes."

Kai actually laughed at that. "I can't argue with that, little me," He said, dryly.

Lizzie's mouth dropped open, feeling offended. Did he really just?

"That's not-" She stopped. Shit, he wasn't wrong. Lizzie sighed in annoyance. "That's stupidly accurate, Uncle Kaimort."

Kai looked amused but also confused.

Right, he doesn't know about Harry Potter.

"Anyways, you ended up dying after that because of Damon the Douche, but never fear, dearest uncle, you come back to life like four years later, then try to kill my sister and I again. Spoiler, you fail," Lizzie said smirking, making Kai stare at her in disbelief. "Yeah, sorry, you seem to have a problem with killing 4-year-old twins."

"I tried to kill you again and yet you're here trying to help me escape?" He asked, disbelievingly, with no small amount of mistrust.

"Technically, you try again a decade later - you were trapped in another prison world during that time, sorry - anyways, you failed again then too," Lizzie said with no care of how this agitated her uncle.

"If this is all true, why would you let me out?" Kai asked, slowly. "Seems bold of you to assume I wouldn't try again."

Lizzie barely stopped herself from laughing.

If he tried that, he had no idea the world of hurt he was in for courtesy of the twins' protection squad.

She didn't even want to imagine the torture techniques that Freya and Kol have picked up over the years because there's no way she can picture how bad they really are.

Huh, note to self, have them tutor her and Josie in the art of torture. Could be useful to know later.

"I'm not too worried about you killing us, besides we're doing this because we owe you," Lizzie said with a shrug. "And it's far more preferable for you to be the coven leader of the Gemini Coven. A little fuck you to their uptight asses."

"Owe me? Why?" Kai asked, eyeing her carefully.

"You, or your future slash alternate self, saved our lives, and ended up dying protecting us, so yes we owe him. And it's your lucky day, seeing as we're using you to repay the debt," Lizzie said, quirking an eyebrow at him.

She sighed as she realized he still didn't trust her. "What if I showed you some of my memories? Would that work?" Lizzie suggested and wasn't surprised when Kai immediately agreed. Guess it's a good thing that they planned ahead for the one memory spell.

Lizzie pushed herself to her feet and grabbed her bag, pulling the shit they needed out, ignoring Kai's suspicious eyes.

Once she had everything, she quickly set it up with a bowl in the middle of the glass table. She knelt on the floor. She grabbed the herbs and whatnot for the spell setting it up.

She glanced up at Kai, snorting at his expression. "Before you ask, yes, we prepared ahead, now sit the fuck down before you end up on fire."

Kai narrowed his eyes and knelt on the other side of the coffee table. Once he was there, Lizzie began the spell, adding water first, then each herb to the bowl.

Lizzie could feel her magic react instantly to the spell and wrap around the bowl in preparation. Once she felt it settle, she held a hand out to Kai.

The second he took it, the spell took effect.

Lizzie despite not being able to see what he was seeing, directed the memories towards when his other self saved her and Josie's life.

After that, she only showed him a few other memories, to make sure he understood it was the future.

She released his hand the second the last memory showing them messing with the past and fucking shit up. He blinked, taking a moment to clear his head.

When he looked back at her, he had an unusual look on his face. Then, a grin split across his face.

"This is gonna be fun," He said with a dark yet excited gleam in his eyes. However, before Lizzie could say something, she heard a gasp from the other couch.

Josie was awake.

Dun dun dun.

A/N: Wow, that took a while to write. Anyways, Kai is now in the picture and is as psychotic as ever. Josie's going to have a lot of regrets because we all know Lizzie isn't going to let her live this down. The siphon trio is now in play, and I am very happy about it. Poor Freya's going to have a lot of regrets soon. Thanks for reading, and hope you enjoyed!