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A quiet groan escapes Candice's lips as Kol taps her awake, "what is it?" She sits up slowly, "it's for you love," he said, handing her the phone and lying back down. "Who is it?" Candice asked, holding the phone to her ear rather than putting it on speaker cause Kol would listen in anyways. "It's Elijah. Where are you?" The Original spoke through the phone. Candice glances at a knowing Kol in slight confusion. "Uhh, we're in Louisiana right now. Why? What's going on?"

Elijah sighs heavily, glancing around at the others, "It's too much to explain. Just know, Esther made Alaric into a vampire hunter just like Mikael," he says. Candice rubbed her head, already so annoyed about Esther even being alive, "and I'm supposed to be scared of a vampire hunter because?" Elijah held the urge to roll his eyes, she was always so stubborn, "because, Alaric has the same strength as all of us combined, and is unkillable."

Candice shares a look with Kol, knowing exactly where this was headed. "No. You're not suggesting what I think you are, are you?" Candice clenched her fist, angry at the idea. "I'm sorry, Candice. Myself, Rebekah and Kol have all come to an agreement. Though I suppose there is something you can do to prevent this." Candice sighs, hating where this was all going, "How fast do I need to be there, Elijah?"

"Immediately. I'll text you the rest of the details. Get here now, and only you." Elijah insisted firmly before he hung up, looking at Elena, Stefan, Seth and Matt. "She'll be here soon." Matt Donavan didn't seem so convinced. "What if she doesn't get here in time?" Matt asks.

"Then we stick to the original plan. But, if she does, I have no doubt she can siphon every drop of magic in Alaric's body to the very point of desiccation. If she can't siphon him, she will find a way to deal with him." Elijah explains to the group, having such confidence in the woman. Seth Lockwood furrows his brows, "Let's say Candice can take this guy's magic. It's dark magic. Is that even safe? Like am I the only one actually concerned about her life?" He theorizes, looking at the group who only seemed to care that Klaus would stay dead.

Elijah merely chuckles, "I admire your concern for Candice. But I'll assure you, she can take of herself." Seth scoffs lowly under his breath.."Oh, I know she can. That's why I'm worried. Let's not forget she would kill herself if it meant protecting you Originals," Seth spits out, his voice laced with disgust. Stefan meekly shrugged, partially agreeing with that statement.

Elijah stands up, brushing down his suit jacket, seemingly unfazed by the hybrids statement, "You have no need to worry. She's been dipping her fingers into dark magic since birth." Seth sighs hearing that, remembering how little he knew about Candice when compared to what the Originals knew about her. But, no matter what, he still couldn't help but still love her. Elijah turns to leave, but stops and looks to Seth, "I'd advise you, don't try anything when you see her tonight. Kol won't be too happy about that, and I won't be able to stop him if he comes to kill you."

Seth gulps nervously. "Noted."

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"Elijah Mikaelson! Where are you?!" Candice angrily hit her car in frustration, she went to check her phone again until a familiar voice stopped her. "He's not here. And you're too late." Seth walked towards her, "What the hell do you mean, I'm "too late?" Seth didn't answer so Candice grabbed him by his shirt collar and pinned him against her car. A smirk grew on his lips as it reminded him of some old times. "There's the Candy that I know. I was wondering where she went," Seth says with a smirk.

"Stop stalling and answer my bloody question," Candice spat, glaring at the hybrid. Seth sighed, "Klaus is dead. Alaric killed him. Which means everyone sired to him will die too." Candice pulled away, letting go of him, she let out a shakey breath. "No," she shakes her head in denial, it couldn't possibly be true. Seth placed a hand on her shoulder in a form of comfort only to get thrown back by magic, "You're lying! You liar!"

"Why would I lie about that?! If he dies I do too! I'm only here cause I rather spend my last moments with the girl I've been in love with since I was fifteen." Seth exclaims, grabbing Candice and turning her around, only to see she was crying. He sighs, pulling her into a hug that she made no effort to pull away from, not that she made an attempt to return his embrace.

After a few seconds, Candice pulled away and walked to her car, grabbing a map and laying it on the hood. "What are you doing?" Seth asks. She ignores him, continuing her actions. Candice bit into her palm and dripped some blood on the map, "I'm gonna kill Alaric Saltzman like I was brought here to do." She mumbled a chant under her breath, looking down, she sets her hands in the blood. Opening her eyes she clenched her jaw and wiped her hands with the bandana in her back pocket. "How are you gonna kill him?" He pressed on.

"I'm gonna kill Elena Gilbert."

Before Seth could attempt to stop her, she was already off.

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Candice arrived at the bridge Elena would be on within minutes, just to find Rebekah arrive there as well. "I see we both had the same idea." Candice says, trying to hide how hurt she really was. "Oh thank goodness! You're still alive!" Bekah ran into her arms, crying into her neck as Candice held her. "I missed you so much. It's been a disaster since you left." Rebekah mumbles into Candice's neck, inhaling her scent as she always smelled like lavender and vanilla.

"Yeah, I noticed. I missed you too." Rebekah smiled softly, "I'm surprised Kol even let you come here." Candice chuckles, shaking her head softly, "Oh he didn't. We got into a huge argument about it and so I got a little petty and spelled the house so he couldn't leave to stop me." Rebekah smirks in amusement. "Sounds like you."

Candice nodded and rubbed her back, turning back towards the bridge, her demeanor was more dark. She had all this sadness in her, though it didn't even take long before it morphed into pure anger. Some would call it a grieving stage. She liked to think of it as a blessing in disguise. "It's time Elena Gilbert finally takes her last breath amd pays for all she has done." Bekah stands beside Candice as the lights of Matt's truck come into view.

"Matt! Look out!" Elena warns.

Candice screams as she raises her hand, using her magic to throw the truck off the bridge, landing into the water for them to drown. A tear escaped her eye, "that's for Nik."

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"If you do not get your ass back here and let me out of this god forsaken house, so help me Candy, I will-" Candice rolls her eyes at Kol's words, happy to cut him off, "You'll do what? Tie me up? Cause that honestly sounds like a very good offer." She teases, humming as she listens to Kol's heartbeat through the phone, it always did bring her such comfort. "You have no idea what I'm gonna do to you when you're back," Kol teases back and she smirks. "Looking forward to it darling."

"So, have you left yet?" Kol asks, kicking his feet up on the table with a glass of blood in his hand. "Not yet, no. I'm trying to figure out why I haven't died yet. If Niklaus died, I should've died along with him since he's my sire." Candice said, flipping through pages of her grimoire, she glanced at the Lockwood residence where she was parked near. Kol obviously knew if she died it would only be temporary seeing as she had a protection spell on herself before returning to Mystic Falls, therefore why he wasn't freaking out.

"So that either means Klaus isn't dead, or someone broke the sire line, which by the way is close to impossible since you're the only one who knows that spell exists as you literally wrote it." Kol stood up, walking over to the shelfs, he picked up a grimoire and brought it to the table. Candice nods, this was true. The spell was heavily protected by Niklaus, seeing as he did anything to prevent the sireline from breaking. "Yes, but if Niklaus is alive. How? I did a spell and seen how he was killed. It was a blur after that."

Kol flips through to a page and smirks, "Ah, my guess is he got that Bennett witch to put him into another body. Which means, his body died but he didn't. Which also explains why nobody from his sire line has died yet. That smart bastard." Candice smiles, tossing the grimoire to the back seat with a satisfied hum, "You're a genius love. That explains it all."

"Lovely. Now can you please hurry back? I'm bored and there's nothing to do but watch the only circle disk thing of Twilight. It's ridiculous. This bloody movie makes zero sense. I've never seen worse vampires. Who wrote this nonsense? It's not even accurate. Not the mention, the acting is dreadful. What happened to real art!" Kol complains, skipping to the baseball scene as it was the only one he kind of enjoyed.

"If it was too realistic then that would be suspicious, Kol. Anyways, I'll be there in-" screams and grunts are heard with her enhanced hearing, causing Candice to pause and look over at the Lockwood house. Vans were surrounding the area. Carol screams in protest as they drag Seth's unconscious body into a van. "Candice? Darling? What's going on? Answer me!" Kol asked in concern at her silence.

"I got to go. I need to take care of something. I'll call you later, darling," Candice rushed out, starting up the car. "At least drop the spell!" Candice rolls her eyes and hangs up the phone. She mumbled words under her breath, dropping the spell to let Kol out. Hopefully he wouldn't come after her though. But, he was Kol, so that was a tough chance.

Candice stayed behind the vans, following them down a road in the middle of nowhere. She whispered a spell under her breath, forcing the engines in the vans to stop. Candice pulled over and hopped out of the car, a smirk on her face as they all hopped out and pointed their vervain laced guns at her. "Stay back! We know what you are Parker!" One shouted, she could see he was the ringleader. He was quite arrogant.

Candice smiles like it's a compliment, "Good. Then you know you should be quivering like the scared little humans you are."

The man glares at her, "Get her!" He orders.

Candice rolls her eyes, easily making everyone freeze in their places. She smiles, forcing them to turn their guns on each other rather than her. She makes her way towards the van as the men bicker. She pulls the doors off it's hinges and finds Seth lying on the floor chained up with ropes on every limb including his neck. "Oh dear, what did they do to you?" Candice climbed it, using her magic to break the restraints as she didn't want the vervain to hurt her.

Seth groaned as she grabbed his arm, "come on, we must go now." She helped him out of the van and carried him to her car, helping him in the passenger seat. She snapped her fingers, making the men shoot each other before she slid into her car and sped off. "Where shall I drop you off?" She questioned, looking around to be sure nobody was following her.

"Why are you helping me?" Seth asks, glancing into the backseat to see all the grimoires laid out. Candice sighed, "because you were once important to me. I cannot just let you die, let alone by a bunch of pesky humans. That would be pathetic, and unfortunate." Seth pursed his lips awkwardly, "nice to see you still care." Candice merely shrugs, driving as the sun continued to lower in the sky.

"So, where shall I drop you?" Candice asks again, staring forward, trying to not let Seth distract her as he removed his torn up shirt. Just as he was about to answer, they both noticed a figure standing in the middle of the road. Candice rolls her eyes, knowing exactly who it is. "Such a dramatic. Can never follow such simple instructions." She seen her ring glow and sighed, contemplating on running him over or not.

Candice pulled the car to a stop, rolling her eyes as she climbs out, Seth following in suit. He stays by the car, leaning on the hood with his hands tucked into his pockets. "I lifted the spell because I thought you would stay put. Have you no faith in me?" Candice complains as she approaches him, Kol smirks, stepping into the light. "I trust you, darling. Is it so wrong to miss you?" He grins, pulling her into a rough kiss, pausing when Seth clears his throat.

Kol turns his attention to the shirtless hybrid, glaring at him with distaste. "Doesn't he own a shirt?" Seth scoffs, rolling his eyes. "Why? Jealous your girl might reconsider being with your sorry ass?" Kol smirks, stepping closer, they both get into each other's face. "Keep dreaming, wolf boy. There's a reason she's been with me for a thousand years." Candice rolls her eyes, pulling Kol away from Seth. "Enough, don't be children. I'm not some damsel in distress you fight over. That's what the dopplebitches are for."

Kol smirks, wrapping an arm around her waist as Seth held his sharp glare at the original. "So, what are you doing with the wolf anyways?" Candice hums, walking towards her car, "Nothing much, just saving his ass from some vampire hunters. I was on my way to drop him somewhere safe. Get in the car, both of you." Candice climbed in, Kol and Seth both huff, going for the passenger seat. Kol stops him, "my girl's car, my seat. You go to the back, mutt."

"Stop fighting and get in! Hurry up!" Candice exclaims impatiently. Kol climbs into the passenger side as Seth got into the back, not having much of a choice. "You figure out what body Nik has taken over?" Kol questions, just as he says this, Seth's phone goes off. "Drop me off near the woods. Caroline said Klaus is in Tyler's body." Seth said. Candice nodded, heading towards the woods as Kol smirks. "He's such a clever bastard."

Candice chuckles, "I'm quite proud of him. Though I wish he asked me to do it. The Bennett witch is quite unreliable. Her magic comes and goes, although her beauty makes up for it." She stops the car at the entrance, Seth climbs out, seeing Caroline standing near the entrance, surprised that Candice and Kol were with him. "What the hell are they doing here?"

"Relax, they're leaving. Candice saved me from the council. Give me a minute." Seth jogged back over to the car, Candice rolled down her window and raised a brow. "Thanks for everything. I'll see you again?" Candice smiled softly, patting his hand, "Maybe. Go on before Kol rips your heart out and my saving was for nothing." Seth chuckles, returning to a worried Caroline.

Candice drove off, her eyes flickering to Kol who was flipping through her grimoire with one hand, his other hand on her thigh. "What's going on in that head of yours, love?" Kol smirks, glancing over at her, "Oh, nothing too interesting. Just thinking about all the ways I can punish you for locking me in the house."

Candice looked back at the road, blushing heavily. "I can think of a few."

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a/n: candice bring tired of seth and kols bs 😭 candy locking kol in the house is so funny of her 💀

CANDY KILLING ELENA YES WE STAN

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