Chapter Six- Plan B

A wise man once said, “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” Who that man was, I have no idea. All I know is never send a bunch of morons to do a vampire’s job.

“Are you sure about this, Kieyra?” Anna Wilkins, Dave’s daughter, stood beside me. We were on our way to the tomb. I had to talk to Katherine. You see, after the Angry Pickles’ epic failure, I had a plan B. I had to ask Katherine about the whole doppelganger curse, and about Damien and his “minions”.
“Yeah, I’m sure. She’s locked up, she can’t hurt me.” We went down a stone staircase, then followed a long hallway to a narrow doorway. “Katherine?” I called. We heard a noise coming from the other side of the doorway. Shuffle. Shuffle. Crash. Shuffle. Then we saw a shady figure crawling towards us.

Katherine was wearing a very old, dirty, and tattered 18th century dress. Her hair was messy, but perfectly curled and fell halfway down her back. She had deep brown eyes like chocolate. She looked like... an older version of me. “Hello Kieyra.” She smiled, and then looked at Anna. “Hello, Annabelle.”
“Katerina.” Anna replied. Wait- Anna knew Katherine? What??????
“Please, it’s the 21st century. Call me Katherine.” she was still grinning devilishly.
“I’d rather not. That would be disgraceful to my sister.” Katherine turned her attention back to me.
“Hm, you do look like me. It’s almost scary. Almost.” I turned to face Anna. “You can go now. I’ll text you if I need you.” Anna nodded and went back down the hallway. “Brought something for you.” I reached into the bag I brought and pulled out a bottle of blood I stole from Anna’s secret stash. Katherine ran towards the exit and smashed against the invisible barrier that contained her. “Ah ah ah, not so fast.” I pulled out a small plastic cup from my bag. I was having the strangest sense of deja vu- I think this happened in an episode of Vampire Diaries. The main character went to go see her double in a tomb and brought a bottle of blood and a cup and she wanted to know about a curse. Weird, huh?

I know what you’re thinking. Only I would point that out. Okay, maybe it’s true, but that’s not the point.

“First, you tell me how you know Anna. Then, maybe I’ll give you some.” she sighed. “I knew Anna’s mother, Isobel. We were friends, actually. Best friends. She was a witch. Therefore, Anna and her sisters are probably witches.” Katherine shrugged. I poured some blood in the cup and pushed it past the barrier. After she was done drinking, she flicked the cup back to me. “Wow, you really are like me.” she chuckled. “Now, what is it that Damien wants from me?”
“He wants you to sacrifice to break my curse. Such a shame, you have such a pretty face... I rolled my eyes. “Just like mine.” She added. “Yes, except I have nice hair and clean clothes.” she shrugged again. “Three hundred years in a tomb can do that to a person.” I poured more blood and gave it to her. “Good girl.” I mocked.
“Don’t push it.”
“Now, how do I not get killed or sacrificed?”
“Well, you either keep running and escape Damien and wait ‘till all of them turn to dust-which, considering some of their nicer people, and by that I mean cuter, I don’t think you want to do that.”

“And what’s the other way.”
“Also known as your only option? You have to go up to Damien and drive a stake through his heart.”
“Couldn’t I just kill you?” she laughed.
“You do realize that would kill you, right?”
“Oh. Right. Wait, if it hurts me when you get hurt, does that mean that when I get hurt, you can feel it?”
“Yeah. And thanks for all the times you got vervained, by the way.”
“You’re welcome.”I smirked. I heard someone coming down the hallway, and then, “What are you doing here?” I spun around. Alec was standing there, confused. Katherine chuckled. “And this is why you have to kill Damien.” she pointed to Alec. Okay, I guess you could consider Alec somewhat attractive. Ocean blue eyes, Dark hair, perfect face... Yeah, sort of attractive. “What are you doing here?” I asked.
“I’m on Katerina duty. Now, why are you here?”
“I’m here for answers. Not that you ever gave me any. I mean, damn it, are you the good guy or the bad guy? Make up your mind!”
“I only do what I’m told.”
“Well I think it’s time you stopped giving a crap what Damien tells you and stand up for yourself.” With that I stormed out of the tomb.
“How’d it go?” Anna asked. She was standing outside of the tomb. “Fine.” I said angrily.
“I got what I needed. Now let’s go.”
“What’s with you? What are you so pissed about?”
“Nothing.” I lied.
“What did she do?”
“It’s not Katherine who’s got me pissed. She was actually kind of helpful.”
“Yes, of course she would be nice to you. You’re the doppelganger. You die she dies.”
“Yes, and I consider that an asset. I guess that curse wasn’t really thought out very well. If I get sacrificed, Katherine will die.”
“Which is why she wants you to kill Damien.”
“One thousand points to the eavesdropper.”I smiled. She laughed.
“So, Alec...” she started. I rolled my eyes.
“No, it’s totally not like that. Besides, he’s the one I’m mad at. Dude needs to decide which side he’s on.”
“Really? Cause he seems like one of those guys you can’t stay mad at. Like, ever.”
“Oh yeah, watch me.”
“So what are we gonna do next?” Anna asked.
“ ‘We’ meaning...”
“ ‘We’ meaning me and you.” She said.
“Katherine said something about your mom, Isobel, being a witch, and you too.”
“Yeah.”
“Do you know a spell that can seal vampires into a room?”
“Yeah...”
“And do you know how to take that same spell off of a sealed room?”
“Yeah, why?” I smiled.
“We’re gonna free Katherine.”