(Warning: Violence that's a tad more extreme than usual TVD violence.)

"Damon, hurry the fuck up!" Mia yelled at the blue eyed vampire, they were attempting to get Tyler Lockwood to his family's cellar before his transformation could begin, however Damon decided to take a phone call. 

"I'll take care of it." Damon told Stefan through the phone then he hung up. "Okay let's go."

Without warning, Tyler doubled over and fell to the ground. His wrists snapped backwards and the sickly sound of bones breaking and his shrieks filled the air. "I don't know if I can hold it off." The Lockwood boy groaned, "Get out of here."

"Tyler, it'll be okay." Caroline comforted, stepping forward.

"Caroline, get back." Mia ordered, holding her arm in front of Matt.

"Go!" Tyler shouted, "It's happening faster." Almost all the bones in his upper body cracked, he screamed continuously until it came to an abrupt stop. The wolf became still, breathing heavily with his head hung low.

"Tyler?" Caroline approached him cautiously, "We're almost there."

All of a sudden, Tyler's head shot up, he glared at the quartet with glowing eyes and charged towards Caroline, who was quickly seized back by Mia. Damon intercepted and tackled Tyler to the ground. The wolf hovered above the Salvatore with his teeth bared, dipping his head to try and sink his teeth into the vampire. Damon pushed against Tyler's shoulders, desperate to keep the distance between them until his strength faltered and he felt a sudden pain in his arm.

The Lockwood boy went flying after Mia yanked him off of Damon, throwing him against a tree. "Sorry Ty!" she expressed with held her hand out for Damon and pulled him up from the ground. "You okay?"

"I'm fine." he seethed. He acknowledged Tyler urging them to leave and he turned to Caroline and Matt, "You two, get to the Lockwood cellar. If it held him in, it'll keep him out. If it doesn't...." he rifled through his pockets and retrieved the wooden bullets and gave them to the Forbes girl. "use these. It'll buy you a couple seconds. Go!"

The two took off in a sprint, however when Mia tried to join them Damon grabbed her arm and sped away from Tyler. "Not you."

"Let go!" she tried pulling away from his grip, "Damon, I can't leave them."

"They'll be fine." Damon reasoned, his hold remaining tight. "There's nothing you can do to help them."

"He could bite them!" Mia snapped, "Have you completely lost your mind?"

"It's not them you need to be worrying about Pierce." Damon told her, showing her the wound on his arm.

"What the fuck." she whispered in shock, memories raced through her mind of Jesse showing her his injury in that exact spot.

"You're gonna be okay, Jesse."

"I'm sorry Millie, I don't  ......... I don't think I'm gonna make it."

"Mia, listen to me." Damon cupped her face in his hands, breaking her thoughts. "You need to go home and you need to stay there." 

She shook her head frantically, "I can't," her voice wavered, "Let me come with you."

"No, I have to do this part myself." Damon stroked her cheek, "Now, go!" She used her vamp speed and darted away, out of his hold, out of his sight.

~~~~

"I'm back." Mia trudged through the front door. She was welcomed only by the sounds of the fire crackling instead of the voice belonging to the Sommers woman. "Jenna?" Mia called out.

She received no response, "Hey, Jen?" She brushed the worry aside, assuming that Jenna had gone to the old witch house with Bonnie and Jeremy. Mia went to her room to shower, causing her to ignore the multiple calls inbounding from Stefan. Her phone was left on the dresser so when she came out of the shower she paid no attention to it.

"I'm telling you loosen up my buttons baby." Mia sang along to the music that was blasting in her room as she got dressed. Putting on a sweater that she borrowed from Elena and some jeans. 

Her phone began to ring, the volume of it pale in comparison to the music she was playing. However the flash of the screen luckily caught her eye so she answered it, seeing Bonnie's name. "Hi, Bunny Boo."

"Where are you?" Bonnie inquired, instead of her usual reaction to that nickname. Her voice was thick with panic.

"I'm at home." Mia responded confused, "Why? What's wrong?"

"Klaus has Jenna. He was going to use her in the sacrifice." 

"What?" Dread instilled in her body and she chastised herself for leaving Jenna unattended, "Wait, what do you mean was?"

"Um...." Bonnie began, she knew the news she was about to share would cause the Petrova girl to enter a state of frenzy. "Promise me you won't do anything stupid."

"I don't wanna lie to you, Bon." Mia laughed nervously, her heart threatening to beat out of its cage, "Please, just tell me."

"Stefan's gone to offer himself up in Jenna's place." Bonnie blurted quickly, hoping it would be inaudible to Mia. All she could hear was silence on the other line, "Mia? Are you the-" her words were interrupted by the disconnect tone. 

He's a fucking idiot. Mia threw on her jacket and ran to the front door to leave, only to collide with the body of John Gilbert, causing her to fall flat on the ground.

"Where are you going in such a rush?" John asked, helping her off the floor.

"Sorry Johnny, I'd love to stay and chat but now's really not the best time." Mia guided him to the exit, "Bye."

"You can't get rid of me that easily." he brushed her off and walked into the living room, "Elena hasn't returned any of my calls for days. I'm not leaving until I see her."

"You're a tad late for that Pops." Mia pursed her lips carpingly, she had an immense amount of disdain towards the Gilbert man. She found it unfair how he would try to come back into town and suddenly act as if he cared about Elena and Jeremy. What was even worse is when he'd belittle Jenna for her parenting techniques.

"What are you talking about?" John furrowed his brows.

"Klaus has Elena and Jenna." Mia told him, "The sacrifice is happening tonight."

"He's going to kill her! He's going to kill them both." John fumed, "You were all supposed to keep her safe."

"She isn't going to die." Mia scoffed, "Damon gave her his blood..... well he basically force fed her it but she'll be fine."

"Is he insane?!" John yelled. "She'll be a vampire!"

"At least she'll be alive!" Mia shot back, "You can't hate vampires that much when your own daughter is going to become one."

"How could you let this happen? John glared at her, "You're meant to be the smart one, the sensible one." 

Sensible?! Who lied to this man?

"You're just like Katherine and Isobel." he spat, their faces at a threatening distance. "You only look out for yourself."

"Oh please." Mia rolled her eyes, "Stop pretending that you know anything about me. For your information I have spent the last few months trying to look out for Elena and for Jeremy."

"I went to Spain with Elijah just so Elena could stay here, where she was comfortable. I almost got hit by a car because Jeremy wasn't watching where he was walking and I pushed him out the way. So do me a favour and stop.." she jabbed at his chest, "... acting like you're the perfect dad. Jenna's the only one that's been there for those poor kids. And she is 10 times the parent you'll ever be."

"Now if you don't mind, I have somewhere to be." Mia walked out and turned around, "If you want to be useful go to the Old Witch House, text Jeremy, he'll give you the directions." John simply nodded as her words replayed in his mind.

She took off in a run, desperate to get to the quarry before anyone was killed.

~~~~

Mia arrived at the quarry, she dashed towards the group, past Jules' corpse and went straight to Stefan.

"Klaus, you fucking bastard!" she yelled as she knelt down next to the motionless Salvatore. She shook him gently, trying to wake him up.

Why doesn't this bloody woman listen to a word I say?  "I thought I told you to stay away from here, love." Klaus looked at the girl, whose eyes' burned with hatred.

"Well then it's a good thing I don't take orders from you." Mia rebuked.

  "No, not from me." He murmured, glancing down at the Salvatore she was desperately trying to help.

Klaus turned to the brunette witch, "Whenever you're ready, Greta." The Martin woman began chanting, the circle of fire surrounding Jenna died down.

 Mia saw this as an opportunity and attempted to run to the strawberry blonde haired woman but was stopped when an indescribable agony entered her brain and her vision flashed white. 

"You can't help yourself, can you?" Greta sneered at the girl writhing in pain. "This little attitude of yours is going to get you into a lot of trouble one day."

"Stop." Klaus ordered, "Do not hurt her."

"This girl helped free the other vampire and wolf." Greta retorted, "She helped kill Maddox."

"I know what she's done." Klaus contended, "Simply restrain her. I will not ask again."

All of a sudden Jenna rushed towards Greta and sunk her fangs into the woman's neck. Greta screamed out in pain and the aneurysm that was given to Mia stopped, she tried to move but her legs were frozen in place. 

Within a flash Klaus appeared behind the Sommers woman, ramming a stake into her back. He held her to his chest, "You shouldn't have done that."

"Wait, please don't do this!" Mia begged, trying to break out the spell but her efforts were futile. "Use me instead."

Klaus' lips parted in shock, there was a part of him that was frustrated with her, almost angry. Annoyed that she didn't heed his words and stay home, he knew she wouldn't be able to watch her friends die. The Original was irritated that she released his initial vampire and werewolf with the help of Damon Salvatore. However, now he was furious that she was so eager to give up her life.

"No." Klaus shook his head, "I'm not using you."

 "Please Klaus, I'm begging you." The brunette pleaded, pressing the issue further. "You can sacrifice me, just leave her alone."

"I'm not going to kill you!" Klaus bellowed.

"Please!" Mia sobbed, "You can't kill her."

"Mia, look at me." Jenna spoke softly, the terror in her voice was clearly detectable so was the pain of the wood splintering in her back. The Petrova girl made eye contact with her as tears rolled down her face.

"It's okay." Jenna whispered, nodding in reassurance. "Look after my kids for me."

Klaus pulled the stake out of the woman's back and released her, she landed on her stomach against the stone.

"Jenna, no." Elena cried, watching as Klaus made his way to the woman. Jenna looked up at her niece, her eyes glossed with fear. "Just turn it off, Jenna." The Gilbert Girl spoke through her uneven breaths, "Turn it off. You won't be scared anymore. I love you."

Before her aunt could respond Klaus flipped her over onto her back. He hunched over her for a few moments and saw her close her eyes then stare back at him inexpressively. Klaus swung his arm back and brought it back in with great force, plunging the stake into her heart.

"No!" Elena and Mia both screamed together. The colour from Jenna's body drained and was replaced with a cold grey as thick, dark veins rose to the surface of her skin. 

"Jenna!" Elena wailed, falling to her knees as sobs raked through her body. Mia wanted to run to the girl, comfort her but she was unable to. She picked up a small stone and launched it at Greta, it would've gone straight through her stomach, killing her. It should've, however Klaus threw himself in front of the witch and caught it.

"Careful there." Klaus looked at Mia warningly, "Only one more needs to die tonight." He stood next to Greta and fed her his blood, to heal the bite Jenna had given. Mia watched the wound closed up and made a promise to herself that she would be the one to reopen it. Jenna's body lay there, the stake still firmly in its place, another life had been lost.

Groans emerged from Stefan's mouth as he regained consciousness. He reached his arm back in an attempt to pull out the stake but the wood was dug in too deep. He looked to a tear stained Elena then beside him at Mia, who was distraught. He could see Jenna's lifeless body from the corner of his eye and  "Mia?" he called her name a few times before she showed any signs of hearing him.

"He killed her, Stef." Mia squeaked, "I tried to save her."

"I know you did." Stefan winced as the wood moved deeper. "There's nothing you could've done." He faced Elena, "I'm so sorry."

Elena hushed him, holding a finger to her lips. "Are they going to kill him?" she whispered.

"Yes." Stefan replied with the same volume, wary in case Klaus heard them.

The fire around Elena disappeared, "It's time." Klaus approached the doppelganger, holding his hand out. She stood up and walked past him, straight to the alter. He looked over to Stefan and Mia watching helplessly.

"Mia, I need you to scream." Stefan put forth. 

What the fuck. Mia's head jerked to his direction in alarm, her mind instantly going to the inappropriate interpretations. "Why?"

"He doesn't know about the blood in her system." Stefan told her, "He needs to believe that she's actually dead."

Klaus gripped Elena's chin, turning her face to him. "Thank you, Elena." he spoke with genuine sincerity, although barbaric, this sacrifice was the key to helping him become his true self. The one that had been taken away from him centuries ago.

"Go to hell." Elena snarked. He leaned in and pierced his teeth into her carotid artery. Her blood immediately gushed from the wound. His arms wrapped around her front, holding her in place as he continued to feed.

Stefan nodded at Mia as a signal. "No. Stop!" She screamed and hurled abuse towards the Original, he may have thought she was reacting to him hurting Elena but in reality she was doing it for Jenna. She shouted vicious insults, glancing down at the Sommers woman to fuel her anger.

Elena's eyelids fluttered and her eyes rolled back. Her heart beat slowed down until it came to an abrupt stop. All the fire died with the girl, it sunk to the ground and retreated. Klaus pulled away and blood dripped from his lips, he relinquished the doppelganger and her body hit the stone ground.

"Elena!" Mia shrieked, "Elena, please wake up. We can't lose you too."

"She's dead." Klaus remarked, he gasped quietly as he noticed the change in him. "I can feel it." he spoke whilst staggering down the stone steps. "It's happening." He looked up at the full moon and his transformation began. He hunched forward as his bones snapped. "Yes." he rejoiced, his eyes flashed amber, similar to how Tyler's did but the dark veins of a vampire remained under Klaus' eyes.

Unexpectedly Klaus flew back, "Phesmatos infero Eseri Gratas..." Bonnie strode towards him, her arm raised as she chanted, the fire returned.

Greta lifted her hand on the verge of stopping Bonnie when Mia picked up another rock and propelled it at the Martin. It pounded through her thyroid cartilage, causing her head to detach from her body. The hold on Mia immediately ceased and she knelt down by Stefan, pulling the stake from his back. 

Greta's figure dropped down whilst the newly severed head rolled to Damon. The Salvatore kicked the head and sent it soaring. He picked Elena up and walked down the stone steps.

Klaus howled in pain as Bonnie continued chanting, "No! You were dead!" he growled, jolting around as the agony grew stronger.

Damon placed Elena down next to his brother. Stefan gripped onto the older Salvatore's jacket, "I need you to get her out of here."

"What about you?" Damon questioned.

"I'm not leaving until he's dead." Stefan responded.

The blue eyed vampire hoisted Elena's body then motioned to Mia, "Come one, Pierce. We gotta get out of here."

"No, I need to make sure Bonnie's safe." Mia demanded, "Go!" Damon pressed a kiss to her temple then sped off.

The wind raged and the flames grew higher, Bonnie stood in a stance and chanted loudly, her voice growing hoarse from the continuous shouting. "Stop." Klaus yelled, his back pressed against the stone as he felt himself grow weak.

Bonnie's spell came to a halt when Elijah approached the squirming Original, "Elijah?" Klaus heaved, he had assumed his brother remained in the Salvatores' basement, unaware that he'd been undaggered.

"Hello, brother." Elijah looked down at Klaus, who wore a small smile in the belief that the Original had come to his rescue. He was caught off guard when Elijah dug his hand into his chest. He pulled out a stake from his blazer, it was a different type that Mia had never seen before. "In the name of our family, Niklaus."

"I didn't bury them at sea." Klaus confessed just as the stake almost came in contact with his skin.

Elijah's face contorted into shock, "What?"

"Their bodies are safe." Klaus stammered, his chest heaving. "If you kill me, you'll never find them.

"Elijah!" Stefan called out, "Don't listen to him."

"Elijah, I can take you to them." Klaus went on, noticing the change in his brother's expression, "I give you my word, brother." The Original's hold on Klaus' heart loosened at the prospect of being reunited with his family.

"Do it and I'll take you both out." Bonnie warned.

"You'll die." Elijah concluded.

"I don't care." The Bennet witch spoke through gritted teeth.

"Elijah?" Mia spoke softly, getting his attention. "Please."

"Amelia, I...." His eyes softened when he looked at the Petrova girl he'd grown so fond of, he glanced down at his brother, who stared at him with desperation. Then looked back up at Mia, Stefan and Bonnie "I'm sorry."

"No!" The trio took off in a sprint towards the brothers but Elijah had grabbed Klaus and darted away. They stood in a tension filled silence, trying to process what had happened.

~~~~

"You look beautiful." Mia wrapped her arms around Elena from behind, rocking her back and forth as the two stood in front of the mirror. "Have you read the letter?"

John Gilbert was dead. He'd gotten Bonnie to bind his life force to Elena's which meant she was resurrected after the sacrifice without having to transition into a vampire. Mia's words had stuck to him and he realised that she was right. He hadn't been a good father to Elena but hoped this last act would make up for it. Mia felt guilty for their last interaction but it was exactly what John needed. He left a letter for Elena, offering his regrets and last messages, the Gilbert ring was also left in her possession for her future child.

"I haven't had a chance yet." Elena mumbled, bowing her head.

"Hey." Mia turned the doppelganger's body around so they were facing each other, "I'm here for you, okay? You don't have to worry about anything." Mia was determined to fulfil Jenna's last wish and take care of the Gilbert siblings.

"I know. Thank you." Elena hugged her ancestor then pulled away, hiding her face to keep the tears concealed. "Can you check if Jeremy's okay?"

Mia nodded and left the girl alone, making her way to the Gilbert boy's room. "Hi, Jer." she stood under the archway of the open door.

"Hi." the boy replied quietly, fumbling with his tie.

"Here, let me help." Mia went to him, loosening the knot in the fabric before fixing it. "There you go." she smiled, fastening it up to his collar.

"Thanks. How's she doing?" Jeremy inquired about his sister.

"She'll be okay." Mia reassured, "Just focus on yourself, I've arranged everything for today so it'll go smoothly."

As she went to leave something caught her eye. There were two rolled up blunts lying on Jeremy's shelf. Mia was the younger sister of her family, also the youngest out of her, Lexi and Jesse. She had no experience of being the older role model but wanted to try with Jeremy, the last thing they needed was for him to go down a spiral.

"Jer, what's this?" Mia sighed.

"Um, weed." Jeremy responded, fighting back a smile.

"Look, I'm not anything to you, so you don't have to listen to me but I really hope you do." she stood in front of him, making sure to speak in a gentle tone so he didn't think she was scolding him. 

"I know losing your parents was really hard for you and I know Elena gave you a summer pass back then so you could heal in your own way." Mia stood straighter as the Gilbert brother looked at her in amusement, mentally laughing at what she didn't know. "But I don't think it's healthy for you to go down that same path again, especially when you worked so hard to get to where you are now."

"I'm not trying to boss you around or tell you what to do but I saw what the drugs did to you last time and I really don't want-" her words were cut off when Jeremy threw his arms around her, crushing her into a hug.

"Thank you." he mumbled against her hair, "Thanks for caring." Part of him believed that if someone had said the same thing to him at the time of his parents' deaths then he wouldn't have done what he did. 

"Anytime." Mia rubbed his back, "Can I throw them away then?"

"They're not mine." Jeremy laughed quietly, "They're Tyler's, he told me to hold them for him. Mr Parker was gonna search his bag"

"Oh my god, I'm such an idiot." Mia buried her face in her hands to hide her embarrassment, "Just forget I said anything. I'm so sorry for jumping to conclusions."

The two walked out the room, "It's cool. Its was very motherly." Jeremy teased.

"I'm gonna take that as a compliment." Mia nudged him playfully, "Remind me to beat Tyler's ass for giving them to you."

~~~~

"We should all say something." Caroline suggested to the group, they were all stood in front of Jenna's grave. They'd already done a small ceremony for John, deciding to leave the hardest goodbye until last.

"I can't." Elena rested her head on Stefan's shoulder, "There's too much to say."

Bonnie moved forward and placed a rose on the freshly laid soil, "Jenna gave me advice when I got my first crush, she helped Elena choose an outfit for my first date. She was like a big sister. Even when she left town she stayed in touch, always remembered to send a birthday card."

"I thought she was the coolest person when I was little." Caroline spoke up after laying her flower down, "I wanted to be just like her, I tried doing my hair like her and got mad when I couldn't get the waves right. So she did it for me."

"I remember when this guy wouldn't leave me alone." The Forbes girl continued, "He kept calling and calling so Jenna pretended to be my boyfriend."

"When she spoke in that deep voice, that was terrifying." Elena chimed in, the group shared a laugh. "She always knew how to cheer me up. I don't think there's anyone who could've gotten me and Jeremy through losing our parents. She put her entire life on hold to help us." It was Elena's turn to leave a rose then she made her way to her parents' graves and left flowers for them.

"Jenna was ....." Jeremy began but his voice faltered and tears welled up in his eyes. "I want to.... I can't." he sighed, stepping back.

Mia edged closer to him, "It's okay, Jer." she whispered to him comfortingly "Just tell me what you want to say."

"I- I wrote it down." He pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Mia. She held his hand, stepped forward and began to read.

"When I lost my parents I didn't think I would have someone truly understand me again but Jenna did." she heard Jeremy sniffle beside her as Bonnie joined them, she laced her finger's with her boyfriend's.

"Jenna never spoke to me like I was a kid, she never made me feel like an idiot." Mia continued to read the note, "I didn't always make it easy on her, kept getting in trouble at school and stressing her out. I wish I hadn't done that, she lost her family too, her sister. But she stuck by me and Elena even though she didn't need to. She was like a friend to us, a light. I want to make her proud, I want to reach the potential that she always believed I could. To grow up to be someone she'd be proud to call her nephew." She finished reading and gave the paper back to Jeremy.

"That was really beautiful, Jer." Elena nodded at her brother with tears in her eyes. Elena faced Alaric, "Ric?" he shook his head and ambled away so she turned to her ancestor instead. "Mia, did you want to say something?"

"Um, yeah." Mia's heart ached for the Gilbert siblings, they'd both lost so much in the past year yet they remind strong, kind and good people. It didn't feel right for her to mourn in front of them, it wasn't her loss to grieve.

"Jenna was the first person I met when I came back into town. She was so nice to me even though she didn't know me. When I started coming over to your house she welcomed me straight away, never made me feel awkward."

"She probably knew you had a crush on her." Jeremy joked.

"She totally knew." Mia giggled, "It was so refreshing to find someone that hated the Fell family as much as I did. I didn't think that was possible."

"Neither did we." Elena and Jeremy spoke at the same time.

"I don't really think there's anything left to say except, Jenna Sommers was an amazing aunt, sister, friend, girlfriend and just an all around remarkable person. Rest in peace, Jen. We'll miss you." And she positioned the final rose in the middle of the rest.

"Thank you." Elena mouthed to her after Stefan and Damon walked away. Mia gave her a warm smile and after a few moments she went to join the brothers. Damon brushed straight passed her and left.

"I'm guessing he told you about the wolf bite." Mia stated when she saw Stefan's sorrowful expression. "We have to find a cure." 

Stefan rubbed his temple, "How do we even know there'll be one? Have you ever heard of a wolf venom cure?"

"To be fair, you guys only found out about werewolves a few months ago so we can't rule anything out." she placed a hand on Stefan's arm, "We'll find something, Stef."

"And if we don't?" Stefan arched a brow. "What do we do then?

"Honestly.... I have no idea." Mia confessed, pulling him into an embrace "I just hope we never have to see Klaus again."

                                                      Rest in Peace Jenna. Gonna miss you <3

A/N: HELLO MY DARLINGS. I hope you enjoyed that chapter.

Please remember to vote x ( People who vote but don't comment > people who comment but don't vote.) People who do both are SUPERIOR and my favourites x

Y'all ..... I'm sorry for killing Jenna. I love her character so much and Sara Canning played her beautifully but this was needed for the plot. Her funeral was only like 30 seconds in the episode so I made it longer here. It's my gift to apologise to you.

We only have one chapter left of Season 2 then we can FINALLY get to Season 3. The main reveal of ...... something will be soon.

The next chapter will be As I Lay Dying.

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Published: 26th March 2022