Cast & characters: (In this Chapter)

Emma Stone as Diana Armstrong (Smiley)
Nina Dobrev as Rachel Connor (Ray)
Chyler Leigh as Albie Mannors
Emma Watson as Ines Barden
Troian Bellisario as Marta Stuart (Marty)
Phoebe Tonkin as Aria Felton
Leighton Meester as Atiha Rainart (Atie)
Karen Gillan as Aline James
Holland Roden as Vildan Elliot (Villy)
Kristen Stewart as Emily Shelton (Ems)
Blake Lively as Sara Donnell
Emilie de Ravin as Sophia Parsons (Sophie)
Bruce Wayne
Steve Rogers
Tony Stark
Thor
Natasha Kerensky
Bruce Banner
Clint Barton
Dean Winchester
Sam Winchester
Nick Fury
Meredith Grey
Harry Potter
Seth Cohen
Brooke Davis
Caroline Forbes
Haley James
Lorelai Gilmore
Effy Stonem
Lydia Martin
Stefan Salvatore
Katherine Pierce
Damon Salvatore
Caroline Forbes
Klaus Mikaelson
Elena Gilbert
Elijah Mikaelson
Rebekah Mikaelson
Meg Masters
Castiel

"So the Apocalypse happened but none of us had any idea?" Albie asked in confusion as all the girls in the bedroom were sitting in a circle with Sam in the middle.



He had started with telling his story only to Smiley, but then the girls had gathered around to listen, so why not tell the whole class?
"Yep", Sam said. "A lot of stuff happened right under all of your noses and you've never had any idea."
Smiley found this comment a little insulting, but didn't say anything.
"Hey, Sam", suddenly a sandy-blond haired man with an arrow case on his back appeared at the doorway. "Meeting, now. Bring the kids."
Sam nodded and stood up, and the girls followed his example.
"Another meeting?" Sara asked in disbelief.
"Well, what can I say..", Sam said awkwardly. "We like meeting each other. Let's go."
Smiley was still kind of dizzy because of everything Sam had just told her. Just a day earlier she hadn't believed in anything like demons, angels, ghosts, etcetera. And now she knew there were indeed demons, angels, ghosts and a lot of other stuff in the world. She never considered herself to be a person who questioned things she knew to be true, but she couldn't help but to think, as Sam told her about how he'd accidentally helped break the seals that contributed in the Apocalypse starting, that this could not be true.
"Hey", she almost ran into Ray when they were heading towards the meeting room again.
"Hey", Smiley said, but then she remembered where her friend had been and smirked. "What were you up to?"
"I ate. Sort of", Ray muttered, still bugged about Bruce's tragic story. Suddenly she hated the fact that she was named Rachel.
"What?" Smiley's eyes narrowed. "What happened?"
"So, apparently he had an ex who broke his heart. And of course that's not it. Bruce Wayne is Batman", Rachel said, finally letting all the confusion out.
"He's dead. Batman", Smiley said in confusion.
"I know."
"Weird.
"You're telling me", Rachel scoffed.
"And his ex...?"
"Was a bitch. And had my name. Rachel."
"Well, you're not Rachel, you're Ray", Smiley smirked.
"I hate that nickname and you know it. It makes me sound like a boy", Rachel snapped as they entered the meeting room where everyone was seated again. A few people were standing, though, like Sam, Dean and Castiel.
"Hey, where are our friends?" Albie broke the silence.
"We have a bedroom for them as well. They're now asleep", Captain America - Steve - said.
"Oh, yeah. Willingly? Or were they perhaps locked in?" Villy asked.
No one said anything to this.
"Go figured", Aria scoffed, and Smiley could see how Sam turned to look at her.
"Why are we here?" Ines asked impatiently. "First you kidnap us, and then you show us the very tempting sleeping facilities, and now you drag us back here?"
"We have detected a security breach", the guy with sandy-blonde hair and a serious face spoke for the first time in front of everyone.
The woman with the red hair was sitting next to him. Due to their body language it was pretty clear they were an item.
"There are people in the woods."
"I'm confused. Why is that any of ours business? You just said there are bound to be people out there", Smiley said.
"We didn't say people", she turned to look at Tony, who was looking at her.
"Yes, you are correct, this doesn't concern you, but we thought that it'd be safer for us to keep you all in one place", Castiel said.
"We were in one place", Aline said crankily.
"Not all of you", Castiel turned to look at Bruce, who, in return, avoided his gaze.
"So who is it out there?" Ems broke the silence. "Demons, angels, giants, what?"
"We don't know yet", Sam said quietly.
"Then what the hell was the point in this?" Aria asked in agitation, standing up.
"Sit down", Dean snapped.
"Dean", Sam sighed, but Aria had already sat back down, though with a frown on her face.
"I think that it's safer if you all stay here while we go out there", Steve said as he stood up. "And we all agree on that."
"Who is gonna stay and protect us? The angel with the stick up his ass or one of you douchebags?" Smiley snapped.
"I can stay", Sam said suddenly.
Dean gave him a strange look before nodding. "Fine."
"I will stay, too", Castiel said. "These humans are more important."
"If Clarence is staying, so am I", Meg said. "Go on, boys. And Natasha, of course."
The others stood up, but before they could leave the room, Bruce spoke up:
"Wait."
"What?" Nick Fury asked in exhaustion.
"I think we should take a few of them with us. To show we're not holding the hostage or anything", he said.
"But the point of this is to keep them here, safe", Hawkeye said in confusion.
"I agree with Bruce", Tony said suddenly. "Let's take a few gals with us. Boys, pick your faves and let's go."
Bruce turned to look at Rachel, who met his gaze.
"You wanna come?"
"Yeah", Rachel smiled a little and stood up.
"Not fair", Smiley announced.
"Relax, cupcake, you're coming, too", Tony said and smirked at her as he walked past her.
Dean gestured for Villy to stand up. "The least I can do to make up for almost killing you."
Villy looked at him in confusion, but stood up anyway.
"Take her, too", Meg said, gesturing at Atie. "She looks eager to get herself killed out there."
"Fine, her, too, and then that's enough", Nick Fury said impatiently and gestured for them all to follow.
"Here", Dean handed Villy a stake as they walked towards the exit.
"And what is this?" Villy asked. "I mean, what does it protect me against?"
"A lot of stuff. Vampires, mostly", Dean said.
"And you think there are vampires out there?"
"Well, it's just a shot in the dark, but I'm kind of an expert when it comes to mosters", Dean smiled a little.
Villy couldn't help but to smile back. "How do you know there are people around?"
"We've got surveillance cameras everywhere. But before you ask, no, we could not know what the things were just by looking at them. It's not that simple", Tony explained.
Smiley walked next to him, eyeing him up and down.
"You work out?"
"I just might, little girl", Tony smirked and handed her a stake as well.



"Don't call me a little girl. I'm not much younger than you."
"That's what she said", Tony suppressed a smile.
"What? I didn't even say anything kinky!"
"No, that's actually what a 15-year old said to me when she tried to get in my pants", he said.
"Oh", Smiley let out a genuine laugh.
Atie was walking next to Rachel, who had her eyes on Bruce, who was walking a bit further away with Steve Rogers.
"So, looks like you've set your eyes on that one", Atie whispered, gesturing at Bruce.
"What? No", Rachel snapped. "No, of course not. And look at him. And look at me. It'd never happen."
"I think you're hot enough for him. Besides, I saw some heavy eyesex back in the meeting room", Atie smiled.
"Let's just walk", Rachel said quietly.
They finally reached the exit and Nick punched in a code that opened the door. He threw two stakes to Atie and Rachel, too, and sighed.
"If things get ugly-"
"We'll protect them", Natasha said impatiently, exchanging smirks with Hawkeye. "Let's go."
Bruce gestured for the girls to follow the superheroes into the night, and they did.



"This doesn't look so bad", Smiley said as they walked. "Yes, there could be a few werewolves here and there ready to bite our heads off, but-"
"Shh", Tony shushed.
Smiley gave him an angry glare. "Don't shush me", she said, more quietly this time, though.
"Do you hear that?" Hawkeye whispered, taking an arrow from his arrowcase and getting ready to fire.
"Why aren't you people dressed up as Captain America, Iron Man and.. Batman?" Rachel asked.
"If things get ugly, we can handle it without our gear, too", Bruce said. "But on the surveillance film it showed humans. At least they looked like humans."
"Besides, body armors don't really do much against creatures like demons", Dean pointed out.
"Shh!" Hawkeye hissed again, and this time everyone went quiet.
And then they showed up. They walked calmly from behind the trees. Their body language showed that they had not been lurking in the shadows, ready to attack. They just wanted to see who was there.
Even though it was dark, the moonlight made the faces of the strangers clear as anything. And what they saw made the girls gasp out loud and the boys pale.
The first man to appear was an attractive one with black hair and piercing blue eyes. He was walking next to another man who resembled the first one around the edges, though his body was slightly more muscular and he had lighter hair. They both paused as they saw the group and their eyes went wide.
The next one to appear was a beautiful young woman with blonde hair and a gorgeous smile that faded as soon as she saw them.
The fourth person was a gorgeous woman with dark brown hair that was completely curled. She had a sexy smile on her face and her eyes were glued on the two boys, but as she and the last girl got to the edge of the woods, her gaze moved to the group and the smile faded away.
The fifth and final girl was like the exact copy of the fourth one. Same dark eyes, same beautiful smile, same skin, same hair (which, though, was tied up in a high ponytail).
The only thing different between them was the way they carried themselves. While the fourth one had a confidence in her strut, the fifth one showed more modesty and calm in the way she moved. But now neither of them was moving. Why? Because as similar as the two girls looked, they also looked exactly like someone else as well.
And that someone was Rachel.

No one said anything. For a few seconds, everyone just stood there, some faces pale, others mouths open, and all eyes on the three identical girls.
The blonde one that came with the rest broke the silence.
"Okay, what the hell?"
Dean stepped in front of everyone, posing as if he's ready to attack.
"Who are you?"
The guy with black hair and blue eyes stepped out in front of his lot too.
"We're looking for Nick Fury. Now you're white, have hair, and both eyes working, you're not him. If I were you I'd put the stake down if I don't want to feel my heart in my throat."
He smirked, his tone was a mix of sarcasm and dark humor.
"I think I asked who are you." said Dean, stepping closer to him.
"I think I just threatened your life." the man smirked even wider.
"Damon." said the other man, the more muscular one.
The blue-eyed one, Damon, looked over his own shoulder at the man.
"Stefan, don't-"
Dean inserted a needle in his throat, which was filled with red liquid that looked like blood.
Damon, however, is not affected. He turned back at Dean, who's taken out the needle now, and smiled with triumph.
"Wrong vampire, pal." he grabs Dean's head in a matter of a millisecond, but before he could snap it, Atie loudly exclaims:
"Stop!"
Damon looks at her, Atie was terrified, but kept it all inside and looked like she was telling a baby to stop eating candy from the floor.
"Well, aren't you adorable." he smirked again for a second, then his face went blank when a stake stabbed him in the stomach.
"Wrong vampire, is it?" said Dean, twisting the stake.
Damon lets out a struggling noise, but pushes Dean hard enough to throw him on the ground, and the other guy, whom he called Stefan, put him on his feet in a heartbeat.
Damon lays on the floor, still making the struggling noise.
"It's dipped in vervain." said Dean. "Now, why are you here?"
"He told you." one of the girls that looked like Rachel spoke. "We want to see Nick."
Everyone looked at her. She sounded exactly the same as Ray. (she was the one with the ponytail) And no one could believe their eyes. Not even after everything they've seen.
The other one that looks like Ray, with curly hair, got the stake out of Damon's stomach, and he got on his feet in a second. She started playing with the stake, and looked at Nick. He stepped forward.
"I'm here. What do you want?"
"We heard Lucifer is back and you're plotting against him." said Stefan.
"You heard?"
"Well, our witch friend told us." said Damon.
"And since when are witches friends with vampires?"
"It's a long story." said the blonde girl.
"Does it involve me looking like you two?" asked Ray.
Both of the girls look at her, and the one who had the stake said,
"Something like that."
"Freaking witches." Dean said under his breath.
"So you found out Lucifer is rising, and you came here. Why?" asked Atie.
Damon looked at her, smirked and said "Because he has the ones who started it."
Everyone went quiet for a moment, until Diana finally asked,
"And, how is that of any importance?"
"Whoever started it ends it, cupcake." said the curly-haired woman that looked like Rachel.
Tony leaned to Diana's ear, "I like her. She called you cupcake."
Diana elbowed him and said through clenched teeth, "Not the perfect time, Sherlock."
The woman with curly hair snickered and rolled her eyes.
"What do you mean, whoever started it ends it?" asked Steve.
"Can you let us in at least?" asks Blondie.
"Obviously not." said Bruce.
"Waste of breath, Caroline." said Curly.
"Like you can do better, Katherine." Caroline replied.
"I can compel them."
"We're standing right here." said another member of the good gang. That was the first time he spoke. He wore a white shirt, and had short, brown hair. "And we're on vervain."
"We can drain it out of you." said Katherine, dark grin spreading through her face, looking at Rachel.
Bruce steps in front of Rachel, stretching his arm to her side, holding his stake in it, and eyeing Katherine, though Rachel gave him a puzzled look.
"Do you all screw each other for a living here?" she said "The Avengers, how nice."
"The Avengers?" Atie looked at them, puzzled.
Stefan looks at her, puzzled, "What?"
Atie looks back at him,"What's an Avenger?"
"Do you hear that?" asked Ponytail.
"Elena-" Stefan started.
"Quiet!" Elena whispered.
Everyone went quiet. The humans couldn't hear anything, but the vampires were apparently listening. A few moments later, Caroline spoke.
"Werewolves."
"No, hybrids." said Stefan.
"Klaus." said Damon.
"We have to run." said Katherine.
"Everybody, go!" Elena shouted.
"What?" asked Natasha. "What are-"
"Do you want to get ripped into pieces by a hound of hybrids that are vampires and werewolves? No? Good, me neither, so run, go into shelter, now!" shouted Caroline.
"There's no one co-" Hawkeye trailed off as he and everyone else saw dark figures emerging very far away from the shadows, eyes yellow like a werewolf's, but teeth pail white, and shaped like a vampires. They were over two dozens, and would definitely overpower them, so they ran.
"Need your armors now?" Rachel shouted to Bruce.
"Not really." said Tony. "Everybody hold hands." and everybody did. He locked his with Diana and Dean, who's locked them with Villy, who's locked them to Bruce and Rachel, and so on until they reached everybody.
"On the count of three, Vamps use their superspeed to take us where I lead you. "
"Because you're hot." said Damon, and carried Atie on his arms.
"How are you gonna-" Caroline starts.
"Three." Tony levitated, and boosted forward. The vampires, understanding now, boosted with him, making them reach their base and become invisible to others in less than a blink of an eye. Atie and Damon appeared a blink afterwards as he put her down.
Damon looked around, and spotted the hut. "Seriously?"
"Just come inside." said Nick, in an exhausted tone. So they do, and to cut the 'oooh's and 'aaahhh's short, they all came inside, and faced the rest.
After about a minute of silent shock, Meg finally said, "And why are there three same pains in the ass?"
Katherine rolled her eyes, "My name is Katherine. That's my doppelgänger Elena. And that's your pain in the ass," she glanced over at Bruce, who gave her a slightly angry, slightly puzzled look. "that handsome here has a crush on."
"She has a name." said Diana.
"Let me guess, Rachel."
Everyone looked even more shocked and puzzled.
"How did-" Rachel started.
"Bonnie, the witch, told us all about you, twelve, that opened the gates. She knew that one of you looks exactly like us."
"Hold on, she's a witch, then what are you, people?" asked Sara.
"Vampires." said Villy. "They're vampires."
It went quiet once again.
"And why are the bats here?" said Meg "No offense." she added to Bruce.
"Two reasons." Damon started, his light sarcasm and sense of humor never leaving his tone. "First, Elena here wants to say something. Second, we're here to stop the apocalypse. Why? Because with all demons and no humans, we'll die too, if not become possessed."
"You feed on humans." Dean said. He exchanged a look with Sam. The look they give each other when they're about to kill a monster.
"Occasionally." Damon continues, as if answering an everyday question. "Mostly it's just blood bags."
"What did Elena want to say?" asked Villy.
Everyone looked at Elena as she drew a deep breath.
"Bonnie only told me and Damon that; she used a spell, a locator's spell to help us locate you. She'd normally need anything of someone's possession or body part to locate the person. But she's... an advanced witch. So all she needed was the blood of a doppelgänger. And when I drew my blood, doesn't matter if I'm a vampire or not in this case, she located you. But she didn't locate all of you, the ones she named in the spell. She located you." Elena looked at Rachel. "A locater's spell is the strongest by blood, if you use the person's blood to locate him or her, it comes out perfectly."
Rachel heard her, but she still couldn't comprehend." If you need the same blood for that, then..."
"I'm your sister, Rachel."



Rachel's eyes widened. She knew it was a very likely possibility, considering how they looked exactly alike, but the other girl, Katherine, had mentioned doppelgängers, and that had seemed a hell of a lot less personal.
"No, you're not", was what came out. "You.. You just talked about doppelgängers-"
"Yes, Elena is my doppelgänger. And you are her twin sister, so you are my doppelgänger, too. Isn't it fun?" Katherine smirked.
"What?" Smiley asked in confusion. "Ray, this-"
"It's true", Rachel said quietly. "I mean, I think it is. I am adopted, so.."
"You're adopted?" Atie's eyes widened.
"Yeah, I..", Rachel sighed, feeling dizzy. "This is too much, I have to-"
"No, you're not going anywhere. Because if Klaus finds you, we're all screwed", Damon said.
"Why?" Bruce asked, lightly touching Rachel's arm to keep her upright.
"Because it just so happens that a doppelgängers blood can create hybrids", Katherine explained. "Klaus considers me and Elena unable to be used due to us being vampires. Only human doppelgängers work."
"So the only three solutions are either to keep you protected 24/7, to turn you into a vampire or, to, well..", Damon smirked. "Kill you."
"How bad would it be if Klaus created more hybrids?" Rachel asked.
"Rachel", Bruce stepped in front of her and she narrowed her eyes. "What? This sounds like a serious matter-"
"I'm not gonna let you get yourself turned into a-", Bruce paused, so Dean ended the sentence: "A monster."
"I don't wanna be a vampire", Rachel said impatiently. "That is not what I meant."
"I am not gonna let you get yourself killed, either", Bruce said just as impatiently.
"Why? You don't even know me", Rachel snapped, but regretted it right away.
"I think Rachel and all of us, we.. we need to rest a little", Villy broke the silence.
"I agree", Smiley said, walking over to Rachel.
"You girls go rest and we'll.. deal with these", Nick said, meaning the vampires.
Bruce watched as Rachel walked off with the others.
"Hey, wait", Tony walked over to Smiley, who turned to look at him.
"What?"
"I know she's your friend, but Rachel's right. Either we need to protect her around the clock or we'll have to make another choice. There will be no more contributing in the apocalypse 2.0", Tony said.
Smiley shook her head. "No. Come on, be human. These things just show up and suddenly we believe everything they tell us? They could be lying about everything!"
"Or not", Tony said harshly.
"One life is worth protecting", Smiley said. "You're a hero, you should know that."
"I'm not a hero, Diana", Tony said after a moment of silence.
Smiley walked closer to him. "I think you are. You're just too scared to show it. You wanna keep up this macho playboy facade?"
"Don't pretend you know me", he said harshly. "You don't."
"No, I don't. But don't you pretend you know me, or Rachel. Or any of us. And I can promise you, if it comes down to it, I will protect Rachel 'till the end. We won't need any of you stupid "heroes" because we can handle it on our own, too", Smiley snapped and with that she walked off towards the bedrooms.

While all the girls were in the bedroom, trying to sleep but actually talking about everything that had just happened, there was another meeting going on. And this time the vampire were invited.
"So.. suddenly there's another threat? What kind of a name is Klaus, anyway?" Sam asked angrily.
"An old one", Meg said. "I've actually heard of him. Niklaus Mikaelson. He and his family are called the Originals."
"And if you know so much about them, then why didn't you bother telling us dead man's blood won't work?" Dean snapped.
Meg shook her shoulders. "I guess I forgot."
"So what do we do?" Hawkeye asked. "When we brought the girls in, we had no idea it was something this serious. We're in over our heads."
"I agree with you there", Katherine said, and everyone turned to look at her.
"It is remarkable. They look exactly like her", Bruce Banner, the guy who had been quiet most of the time, said. He had glasses on as he eyed Katherine and Elena.
"No, she looks exactly like her, who looks exactly like me", Katherine said impatiently.
"Same difference", Natasha said. "So I guess killing her is not an option."
"It's not", Bruce said.
"Oh, how boys fall hopelessly in love with this face", Katherine giggled. "It's amusing, actually."
"Shut up, Katherine", Stefan said and turned to look at Bruce. "What do we do, then? Turn her?"
"No. I'll protect her", Bruce said.
"Maybe she doesn't need protecting. Maybe none of the girls do", Meg said. "Girls can take care of themselves."
"Save the girlpower cheer for later, blondie", Damon said impatiently. "The point is that Klaus is here. And he might not be as scary as Lucifer, but he's kind of a bad guy, too. I mean, except for when he's crushing on Caroline", he finished.
Caroline rolled her eyes and continued: "I think that we should stay here and see how thinks evolve. If Klaus leaves, we'll leave, too."
"That sounds reasonable", Steve said.
"Except for one thing", Nick said seriously. "You're vampires. You feed. And we can promise you that we do not have any bloodbags running around. Or any free necks to bite."
"Then we'll make due. We'll go outside and find pray if we have to", Elena said.
"I don't know", Nick muttered.
"This would be a good chance to get more back-up. Vampires can't be killed as easily as we can", Dean said. "I don't like this any more than you do, but.. maybe they should stay."
"Agreed", Natasha said, and a few more nodded.
Bruce buried his head in his hands. There were already too many enemies to fight. They didn't need vampires sleeping in their base.
"Calm down, gorgeous. I'd think you'd be happy about this", Katherine said in amusement. "If you like the way your girlfriend looks so much, I mean. Now you've got three times the eyecandy."
Bruce gave her a nasty look before standing up and marching out of the room.
"He's a little bit on edge", Tony filled in the silence. "I'm sure you understand."
"Where will we be sleeping?" Stefan asked.
"Do you even sleep, you vampires?" Sam asked.
"Occasionally", Damon said.
"Meg, lead them to the bedrooms we have in the basement", Nick muttered.
"Ooh, ouch, the basement", Damon smirked, but the group followed Meg out anyway.
"This is more than what we expected", Hawkeye said again after they were gone.
"Agent Barton is right", Castiel spoke. "This situation has to be handled before Lucifer shows up, or we'll have too much in our hands."
"Yeah, considering Loki and the Joker are also invited to the party", Tony said.
"What party?" Castiel asked in confusion, and Dean groaned in frustration.
"Never mind."

"So... you have a twin?" Albie asked in confusion. All the girls were still in the bedroom, sitting on the floor, none of them asleep.
Rachel nodded awkwardly. "Seems to be so."
"That is.. messed up", Aline announced.
"To say the least", Rachel said as she got up. "I'm gonna go walk around a little. I'm definitely not gonna be able to sleep now."
Smiley watched as she walked off, and as she saw Ems stand up to go after her, she shook her head.



"Nah, let her process. Meanwhile I can tell the rest of you how insanely hot the vampires were", she smirked.
Ems sat back down. "I wonder if they're still here."
"I think they are. The Avengers or whatever they call themselves might need their help", Villy said.
"This is so twisted. I mean... 24 hours ago we were having fun in London", Aria said. "This is too much."
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, that hot guy, Sam, totally has his eye on you", Smiley smirked.
"What? No, he doesn't. Shut up", Aria snapped.
"Mhm."
Aria suppressed a smile, as Sara said "You like it and you know it."
"And that Damon guy," said Villy. "I think he's got a fetish for Atie."
"He's a vampire." said Atie. "A little out of my league."
"I already miss the time when vampires were just TV shows and movies filled with damsels in distress." said Ems.



All the girls knew it would be hard, life, but they never expected anything like that. Sure, they might've watched vampire and superhero movies and wished they were a part of them, but no one actually thought something this big might happen.
Sophie broke the silence "One day, when this is all over, we can look back at this and maybe miss it." Everyone either nodded, or said "yeah." But, deep inside, everyone, Sophie included, knew that this will never, truly be over.
And this time, Villy broke the silence, "Well, I, unlike all of you, think that Dean actually has a thing for me."
"Or he's just being nice after almost killing you." said Marty.
"Wait." snapped Smiley.
Everyone looked at her. "What is it?" asked Albie.
"Here's what doesn't make any sense: If Klaus, or whoever, needed human doppelgänger's blood to make hybrids, then how could he have made his previous hybrids? And if he's a, what? A vampire? A hybrid? They never even mentioned what he is . If he's a hybrid that makes hybrids, how was he turned into a hybrid? And, what the hell, that red blood needle didn't work on that Damon guy, but the wooden stake dipped in... what was it? Vervain, did?"
A moment later, Sara said "Well that's a huge loophole."
"Well I sure can't sleep like that." Albie got up. "We can't just be a part of this, whatever this is, and- what the hell? After everything Smiley just said, this just might be a huge prank!" She opened the door to storm out of the room quickly, but found a woman at the door. She noticed her, stepped back, and the woman walked in.
"Ray." said Ines
"No. Katherine." said Marty.
"Not bad." Katherine smirked. "I got bored in my room and heard you whiney Mary's complain. So sit down and listen before I change my mind."
And so she told them. She told them about Klaus being a werewolf that got turned into an original vampire by his mother, Esther, along with his siblings. She told them how he caught her, how she ran away and became a vampire, how he murdered her whole family, and how she spent centuries running away from him. She also told him how he'd used Elena's blood to turn his hybrids.
"Before Elena turned, he had turned some hybrids. He thought he slaughtered all of them, but he found some when he traveled to New Orleans."
"And what about the needle?" asked Smiley. "Why didn't that work?"
"There are two types of vampires. Ones that get poisoned by vervain and others by a dead man's blood."
"So," said Albie, counting on her fingers, "superheroes, vampires, gods, witches, agels, demons, satan, werewolves, hybrids.... what else is there?"
For the first time, Katherine looked as if she was actually in deep thought, then she said "Something bigger than any of us could imagine."



Rachel was walking through the circular hallways, pacing back and forth. This somehow made sense, but somehow didn't. She has thought about her being someone else's biological sister, maybe even twin, but who would've thought her sister would be a vampire?
"Are you okay?" Ray heard Bruce (Wayne) ask as she looked up at him.
"No." she said. "I just found out I have a twin sister, who's a vampire, that I'm someone's doppelgänger, who's also a vampire, and don't even get me started on all of you. I think I'm quite far from okay."
"Rachel-"
"Don't Rachel me. In less than a day my whole life twisted inside out." she was trying very hard not to cry, but despite her efforts, a tear fell down her cheek. " And why do you care so much anyways? Is it because I remind you of your Rachel or is it because of what Katherine said, that it's in my nature. Because this is not the first time a guy fell for me, but I ask myself why every time, because I don't even try. I don't see any other good reason. I just want to be normal, I don't want to be this. But I'm not selfish, I can't let all of you die because of me, so why don't I just go over to that Klaus and get him off your ass so you can stop Lucifer and end this?"
Bruce didn't hesitate. "Come here." he embraced her in a hug, but Rachel struggled.
"No. Let go. No!" she was trying to break free from his arms, but he just held her. And soon, she gave up, and just cried in his arms.
"There," whispered Bruce as he placed his palm on the back of her head and stroke it slightly. "let it all out." And Rachel did, actually hugging him back now.
Then, they heard a loud crack. Rachel jumped and turned around, Bruce looked alarmed. There were two people, one guy, and the other girl. The guy was very tall, like Sam. He had ginger hair and freckles. The girl had thick, brown, bushy hair, but was very pretty. They were both holding fine sticks in their hands.
"Bloody hell, it worked!" said the guy. He had an english accent.
"Ron," the girl said, also with an english accent facing Bruce and Rachel. Ron turned around, facing them, too. A curious look on both their faces.
"You think that's her, Hermione?"
Rachel quickly wiped her tears and stared at the pair in front of her. "Ron? Hermione?"
"It is her!" Ron said in relief and so he and Hermione walked over to her and Bruce. "And who is this?" he looked at Bruce.
"Who are you?" Bruce asked in confusion. "And how did you get here?"
"Oh, well, we're Harry's friends from Hogwarts", Hermione said. "And we got here-"
"How did you know we were here?" Rachel asked in confusion.
"Harry sent us a letter. Where is he?"
Hermione eyed Rachel a little, taking note in her red eyes and messy hair. "Are you alright?"
"I am fine", Rachel forced herself to say. "Bruce, can we go get Harry?"
Bruce hesitated before nodding. This seemed like the kind of thing that could distract Rachel from all the pain.
He walked in front of the line, leading them towards the room where the rest of the friends were.

Meanwhile Hawkeye was eyeing the situation from a railing that gave you a clear view of the floor below, where there were still a few people around, working.
"What do you see?" Natasha asked as she stood next to him.
He turned to look at her and smiled a little. "I see chaos slowing boiling in each of our minds."
"That is very.. optimistic", Natasha said quietly.
"What am I supposed to say? Or think? We've got absolutely everyone coming to kill us", Hawkeye said.
"Well, we're stronger", Natasha said, even though she didn't mean it. She leaned closer and gave her boyfriend a kiss on the cheek before hearing a voice that made her look down to the floor underneath them.
"What the hell?" she hissed as she saw Katherine walk down towards the basement with a few of the girls.
"They should not be spending time with her", Hawkeye said before jumping on the railing and using his rope to climb down right in front of the group. Natasha followed.
"What the hell is this?" he asked coldly.
"Relax, charming. The girls were just seeing me off to my bedroom. Unless you want to do it for them", Katherine said in a flirtatious tone.
Hawkeye glared at him, and Natasha was the one to speak.
"We made it pretty clear you can't just wander around."
"No one said that. In those exact words", Katherine smirked.
"Go away", Hawkeye said angrily. "Walk. Away."
Katherine saw the bow and arrow that he had and tensed a little. "Let me guess. Dipped in vervain?"
"Just had it done. Go away."
Katherine was just about to say something when Stefan walked over to the scene and eyed them all in confusion. "What the hell is going on?"
"Take your girl out of here", Natasha said. "We did not do all we did to protect these young girls here just to have them ripped apart for no reason whatsoever."
Stefan nodded. He seemed like a reasonably likable vampire. "I understand. I'm sorry." He gestured for Katherine to follow him, which she did.
"Don't talk to her anymore", Natasha said to the girls.
"She just gave us pretty important intel", Smiley said. "In case you were interested in actually winning this war."
"Fine", Hawkeye snapped. "Do tell."
"Tell what?" Damon asked wickedly as he joined the group.
"I thought I told you people to get lost", Hawkeye said.
"I guess I didn't listen."

Bruce opened the door to the room where the rest of their friends were, and as soon as he did, Brooke, Marty's friend, stormed to the doorway and gave Bruce a glare. "Where's your bathroom?"
Bruce pointed to the left and Brooke ran that way.
Ron suppressed a laugh, and Hermione gave him a glance.
"Harry", Rachel walked to the doorway and soon Harry appeared in front of her. His eyes widened as he saw his two friends.
"Hey, mate", Ron said with a smile on his face. "How's it hanging?"
Harry turned to look at Rachel. "Sorry. I didn't think they'd come.."
"You didn't, huh?" Rachel said in a tired tone and gestured for him to follow them out.
"How is Meredith?" she asked.
"Asleep", Harry said as Bruce rudely slammed the door closed again - like a prison cell.
"What are you doing here?" Harry turned to Ron and Hermione as they walked.
"Well, you said you were practically held hostage. Why didn't you use magic to get out?" Hermione asked in confusion.
"Because I didn't want to make a mess", Harry said. "This seems important."
"And it is. I think you and Rachel have a lot of catching up to do", Bruce said, and Rachel turned to look at him. "I'll leave you alone.
"Wait" Rachel walked over to him and gave him a quick hug. "Thank you."
Bruce smiled at her before nodding and walking off.
"What's going on?" Ron asked in confusion.
Rachel sighed, getting ready to explain.

After she's explained it all to Harry and his two friends, Harry looked at her in shock.
"You have a sister?"
"Yeah", Rachel said awkwardly. "I.."
Before she had time to say anything, Harry walked closer and pulled her in for a hug.
"Should we do something?" Ron whispered. "Like a group hug?"
"You're ruining the moment, Ron", Hermione smiled a little.
"What in the hell?" Sara appeared on the spot, taken aback.
Rachel and Harry broke free, and all four of them looked at Sara. "Sara-" said Rachel.
" Who is this?" asked Sara.
"This is Ron and Hermione. They're my and Harry's friends."
"And... how did they get here?"
"We apparated." said Hermione.
"Appa-what?"
"Apparated." said Rachel. "It's something wizards do when they travel from one place to another."
Sara's eyes widened. "They're wizards?"
"Yes." said Harry.
"Wow, anything else you'd like to tell us, Ray?"
"I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't. Harry was sent to protect me I don't even kno-" Ray trailed off as realization hit her. She looked at Harry.
"You knew I was a doppelgänger all along, didn't you?"
"We had to protect you." he said.
"By not telling me that I was a doppelgänger who has Klaus and God knows who after her?"
"You wouldn't believe us. And we had to, Dumbledore told us not to. Just like we told you not to tell them."
Rachel sighed. "Fine." she turned to Sara. "I'm sorry, but I had no choice here." she was speaking in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Alright." said Sara. She decided to let it go, if they fight' they'll make up anyways, and now wasn't the right time for that. "But we have to tell the rest." Everybody nodded in agreement.



"I don't think you're in the position to not listen." said Clint.
"I don't think I care what you think." said Damon.
"Cut it out." Natasha snapped. "Just tell us and get on with it."
"Tell what?" Damon asked again, in a bored tone.
"Don't provoke me." Clint said. Damon eyed him, then noticed the bow and arrow.
"You're smarter than you look."
"I'll say it again: Get lost." Before Damon can speak, Diana did.
"Katherine gave us intel on Klaus." she said.
Natasha and Clint gave her a threatening look that said 'shut up'. She noticed them.
"She's one of them, so what the hell is the difference if she tells him or he hears it now?"
"Katherine told you about Klaus?" said Damon. "And you trust her?"
"We don't trust any of you." said Natasha. "But even something would be better than nothing."
"Whatever Katherine said is nothing. You can kill her if you want. She lies, she's been lying to us for centuries. All she cares is her own ass being away from Klaus."
"Ironic since that's exactly what she told us." said Diana.
Damon looked at her "No she didn't."
"Did she kill herself to become a vampire, play you and Stefan in 1864, fake her death, turn Caroline, and torture Elena when she had her humanity switch off?"
Damon, for the first time, actually looked at least a little bit surprised.
"Yeah, I think she's telling the truth." said Diana defensively.
Damon's sarcastic look and tone came back in a moment, "Don't tell me you're falling for her, too."
"Yes, like hell I am." Smiley copied his sarcasm in a high pitched voice.
"So now that we made sure she's telling us the truth, can we get on with it?" asked Natasha.
"Well, first, she explained everything about us ending it." said Atie. "We have to open his cage by-"
"Collecting the four horsemen rings and knowing a spell." Tony came next to Damon. "Dean, Sam, Cas and Meg filled us in." He gave Diana a glance, but she didn't return it.
"Only the people that got him out of there can do it." said Villy "We don't know how we started it, though. Because we need to reverse that before we use the horsemen rings."
"How the hell does Miss Katherine Pierce know all this?" Damon wondered.
"I do my research, have my sources. You should know I'm good at getting what I want." Katherine appeared behind Smiley and smirked.
Damon observes her for a few moments, then comes closer to both of them. "No. I don't buy this. I know you too well, it's one of your schemes again, isn't it?" Katherine said nothing, but didn't stop smirking. Damon glanced at Diana, then back at Katherine.
"There's one way to find out." he said. Then in a heartbeat, grabs Diana by her throat, and lifts her a little off the ground.
Diana barely gasps, when Katherine and Tony grab Damon, and say "Hands off." in sync with Atie. Villy catches Diana so she wouldn't fall. And Clint is pointing his arrow at Damon's back, poking him with it and burning him a little.
"I think the only person who shouldn't be trusted here is you." said Atie.
Damon smirked at her. "I know I can't, honey."
"If I were you, I'd shut up." said Clint, sliding the bow down so it burned his back.
"You know I can snap your neck faster than you can blink."
"Not gonna happen." said Natasha.
"Not when I'm a hundred times stronger and holding you." Katherine said, smirking. Then Wayne suddenly shows up. He looks at everyone, taken aback at first, then sighs.
"I don't even wanna know what happened. We caught someone on surveillance. It might be our kind of thing, Nick wants you all in the meeting room."
"Tell him one of the girls and I won't be there." said Tony, looking at Diana. "I want to make sure you're okay."
"I'm fine." said Diana, letting out cough. Though Damon held her for not more than a second, he held her strongly. Her neck was still red from his fingerprints.
"Go." said Natasha. "Stay with her, it's surveillance. We'll handle it."
"Don't take long, though." said Katherine.
"Are you coming already?" asked Bruce.
"Let's go." said Clint. And they all went, Tony with Diana to his room.

"Rachel", Bruce gestured for Rachel, Sara, Harry, Ron and Hermione to join them in the meeting room.
"Are you ok?" Rachel asked as she saw the concerned look on his face when they reached the group walking towards the meeting room.
"There are more intruders", Bruce sighed.
"What?" Rachel gasped. "I'll come with you to-"
"No, absolutely not", Bruce shook his head. "Especially not if it's Klaus."
"And the chances of them being Klaus are-"
"Very high", Clint said as he passed by them, getting his bow and arrow ready. "The girl is not coming with."
"She has a name", Bruce said quietly, and turned back to Rachel. "You just stay with the others in the meeting room, ok?"



Rachel bit her lip before nodding. She didn't like standing still and waiting.They all got to the meeting room where everyone was already getting ready to leave.
"Stay here and lock the doors", Dean adviced. "Stefan here has agreed to keep you all safe", he gestured at Stefan, who was standing in the doorway.
"Be careful", Elena said as she passed by him. "And don't.. don't tell her anything. About us, about any of this. I don't want to drive her away before it's too late."
"I know, Elena", Stefan said quickly. "Just go."
Elena could see that Stefan still wasn't happy about her decision to let both of the Salvatore brothers go and find her own way alone. But that was what she had to do. She still loved them. She still loved Stefan, but it was too much.
"We'll be back soon", Sam promised, his eyes on Aria, as he got out his stake.
Aria watched as he walked off and breathed in and out. Why was she worried for him?
Soon everyone but the girls and Stefan were gone.

"I am fine, you don't have to worry about me", Diana said harshly as Tony was checking the wound on her neck. She was sitting on his big, soft bed and he was pretending to be actually concerned with the wound. He had noticed after two seconds that it was not in any way dangerous, just a flesh wound, if even that. A bruise. He just found Diana for some reason more fascinating than any of the other girls. He didn't know why and didn't really care.
Diana looked up in his eyes and was a little surprised at how close their faces were, but she turned away quickly to look at her hands. "I think that maybe they're not so bad. The vampires. I think Katherine can be trusted."
"Maybe she was right", Tony said in confusion as he leaned further away. "She has a hold on people. They all do, the.. girls with that face."
"That's my friend you're talking about. Rachel", Diana snapped. "Look, you may think you're some bigshot, but you can't judge what you don't know. And even if Rachel looks exactly like the other two, that doesn't mean she is like them. At all."
Tony smiled a little.
"What?!?"
"I thought you just said the vampires could be trusted", he said.
"Well.. You.. Kind of.. confuse me", Diana muttered. "And don't take that as a compliment."
"I wouldn't dream of it", Tony said and extended his hand for Diana to take to stand upright.
They were now standing pretty close to each other, and for some reason Diana liked the feel of Tony's arms around her, but then she got back on planet earth. She's just met this guy. Who was he? Why was he so compelling?
"I think that I am good now. No permanent injury", Diana gave him a smirk before walking past him towards the door, and she just knew that his gaze followed after her.

"The dawn is coming", Natasha took note as they stepped out of the base yet again.
"The sun doesn't stop vampires", Katherine said. "Not ones with daylight rings."
"And if I took yours off right now?" Dean muttered.
"The rest of us would snap your neck before you even had time to have a look of triumph on your stupid, little face", Damon said in such a calm tone.
"Ooh, I like you", Meg smirked, which caused Castiel to turn to look at her.
"I like you more, Clarence", she added quickly, but before Castiel or anyone else had time to comment on that, a sound came from the woods and soon enough, a young man appeared. He had light brown hair and sexy smirk on his face. He was wearing a dirty long-sleeve and black jeans.
"Well, well, well.. If it isn't Damon Salvatore, miss Gilbert, Katerina and Caroline", he said softly. "And some people I am not familiar with", his voice was soft with a british accent.
"You are Niklaus Mikaelson?" Nick Furty asked.
"Yes", Klaus slowly looked over at all of them. "Now, are the rumors true? Is she here?"
"Who?" Katherine played ignorant.
"Katerina", suddenly a second man appeared from the woods. He had darker hair and he was wearing a suit. He stood next to Klaus. "What are you doing here?"



"Elijah", Katherine caught her breath for a moment before said: "I could ask you the same."
"Nick, Elijah", a third person, a young woman with blonde hair appeared from the woods. "I heard..", she paused as she saw them. "voices. Damon. Elena. Where's-"
"Stefan's a little busy right now", Damon said.
Klaus looked around at all of them, ignoring the conversation happening around him. The Avengers and the Winchesters could see right through him. He acted civil, but he was a monster that yearned for power, for blood.
"That's close enough", Bruce said, holding out his stake as Klaus stepped a little closer.
"Yeah, that's not really gonna work on an Original", Katherine said.
"A witch told me that a doppelgänger, a human doppelgänger, was to be found here", Klaus spoke up again. "Is that true?"
"No", basically all the Avengers said at the same time.
"They're lying. I can smell them. I can smell her. Doppelgänger blood..", Elijah said quietly.
Klaus smirked. "Well, well..", he turned to look at Katherine. "Katerina, you are still in debt to me, are you not? I'll tell you what.. If you deliver this doppelgänger to me, I promise you, you are free."
Katherine tensed up. This was the best offer she'd gotten in years.
"No", Elena said immediately. "Katherine-"
"Shut up", Katherine snapped.
"Katherine, these people are trusting us", Damon said, turning her to look at him. "You can't possibly do what he asks you to."
"And she won't even get the chance", Dean held out his stake. "Take one step towards the base and I'll cut you, you bitch."
Katherine turned to look back at Klaus. "Sorry. We don't have a deal."
Klaus' face twisted in anger for a second before he stepped closer. "Goodbye, then, Katerina. It was stupid of you to show up here."
"Wait!" Elijah said, grabbing his brother's arm. "Don't."
"Elijah is right, this is not the time for this", Rebekah said. "We only came to see if the rumors were true. They clearly are." She walked closer to the group. "The doppelgänger wouldn't necessarily die. Klaus doesn't need all the blood-"
"We are not talking about this", Bruce said seriously. "Walk away."
Damon was holding the White Oak Stake (I assume it is still in the game?) in his hand, smiling a little. "Come on, Klaus, you don't want this to get ugly."
Klaus narrowed his eyes. "I've heard you've got bigger problems than me. Like Lucifer. Why does one girl matter so much?"
Bruce stepped forwards, but Clint grabbed his arm, pulling him back.
"Don't be an idiot", he hissed in his ear. "You don't even know this girl."
Bruce stepped back, but Klaus eyed him with curiosity. "What is it with the Petrova bloodline?"
"Klaus", Caroline spoke, and he turned to look at her in surprise. "Give us time to think about what you said. Please. You're right, one girl doesn't mean much, but.. Let us think."
Klaus nodded immediately. He kind of had a thing for her.
Of course Caroline was bluffing, but Rachel meant nothing to the vampires, so she could easily mean what she said.
They all looked at each other; The Avengers, the vampires, and the Winchesters. Then they take a few steps back, stepping into their invisible barrier and vanishing in front of the Originals. The Originals looked confused for a second, then a little angry. Rebekah went after them, she stood inside the barrier but couldn't see them. She was standing in Elena, literally. Like Elena was a ghost and Rebekah couldn't see or feel her. Rebekah turned at Klaus and Elijah again and came next to them once more. Klaus looked around the forest, as if they were hiding up a tree somewhere, and shouted:
"You have ten minutes!" he then looked back down, in the directions here everybody was standing, he couldn't see them, he was looking at the forest behind them, as if threatening it, and said again with a low voice. "Or I get my witch and your doppelgänger's blood and heart myself."
As soon as he finished that, Bruce said:
"No."
"Let's think about it." said Steve. "Maybe we should consider what they told us, maybe they won't fully drain her."
"We're not fully trusting vampires are we now?" asked Dean.
"Even so." said Bruce. "She's not losing any blood, not for them."
"Why is she so important to you?" asked Natasha. "You don't even properly know her."
Bruce looked at her, "A few hours ago it was all about protecting them twelve. And now we just throw one away?"
"One is better than all of them." said Damon.
"You're one to talk, you nearly suffocated one of them just now." said Bruce.
"You are all idiots." Katherine interrupted the argument. "Klaus lies. Rebekah lies, it's what they do. He'll need as much blood as possible. They'll kill your little doppelgänger and the whole planet if that's what it takes for him to make more hybrids. So, no. Killing her is not an option."
"Whatever." said Damon, an angry look at his face now. "We came here to stop the apocalypse, not play mommy dearest. I'm telling Klaus to do whatever he wants with her. And if you think I care, I don't." He super-speeds out of the barrier, but Katherine stops him halfway through.
"I think I said no." she said.
"Why do you care?" Damon asked. "You're not attracted to your own bloodline." He looks up and down at her. "There's gotta be something else." Katherine eyed him dangerously
"If one of them dies, we lose every chance of ever closing Lucifer back in. Because the ones who started it, and only the ones who started it, end it. You know that, Damon. So don't be a pain in my ass."
"Elijah is a man of honor." said Elena. "He wouldn't lie."
Katherine glanced over at her. "Exactly. Elijah didn't say anything."
"Point is," Thor said a few moments later. "We're not giving her off to Klaus."
"Like hell we're not." said Bruce, leaving the Barrier.
"The answer's no," he said to Klaus, the rest coming up behind him.
Klaus smirked. "Well I guess we'll have to do this the hard way, then."
"Klaus." Elijah looked at him.
"If you want to kill her, I suggest you don't do it now." said Meg, making all the three originals look at her.
"She's one of the people we need to lure Lucifer back in. She dies, this never happens and Lucifer either kills people, turns them into demons, or both."
"So you, your hybrids and all of us will desiccate." Katherine added.
"Maybe we can figure this out and work together." said Nick, though almost everyone gave him a glare.
Klaus pondered all of them for a while, then finally said:
"Deal with Lucifer, then we'll meet. Maybe a little earlier." he glanced over at Caroline and turned to leave, but looked over his shoulder.
"I'd love to meet the famous girls, by the way. My witch told me about them. One sounds... tempting." he smirked and disappeared with Rebekah.
"We'll come to check every now and then." Elijah looked behind him, into the forest. "At least I will." Now he looked at Katherine. "Katerina." he nodded at her name, and disappeared.
"What's taking them so long?" Marty wondered. They were all on the ground floor of the base, some sitting, some pacing back and forth, and Stefan was leaning over a wall.
"They should be back soon." he said.
"Do you think anything happened to them?" asked Aria. She was still worried about Sam. She didn't know why, but she was.



Stefan looked at her and said, "They're fine." he gave her a reassuring and calming look, a look that always worked with him, you can call it his signature look, The Stefan Look. And it worked on Aria, though she couldn't help but wonder what had happened this past hour.
Diana had joined them not long after she left Tony, and has been in another universe ever since.
"Hey!" Rachel snapped her fingers in front of her.
"Hm?" she faced Rachel. "Yeah, what?"
"What's wrong with you? You haven't been yourself ever since-" Rachel smirked as she understood and glanced over at Tony, who'd joined not long after Diana left. "Did anything happen?"
Diana bit her lip and looked over atTony. "I can't stop thinking about him." she looked back at Rachel. "I don't know why."
"You like him, that's why, stupid."
"I like everyone here. Look at them, they're all smoking hot."
"But you really like him."
"Yeah..." said Diana. "and I don't know why the hell I do."
"Well, if it helps, I don't know what is it about Bruce, either." said Ray. "He seems to care so much for me. I guess I feel something for him too but- I don't know. And they say girls are complicated." Rachel scoffed. "Bitch please." Diana chuckled, looked over at Stefan, and said:
"Hey, maybe you should go talk to Stefan. Get your mind off it."
Rachel looked at him. "One with an ex that shared my name, and the other with one that looked exactly like me? No, thanks."
Diana gave her a look. "Don't make me shove you into him."
Rachel rolled here eyes, and Diana raised her eyebrows.
"What?!" said Rachel.
Diana tilted her head in Stefan's direction.
Rachel rolled her eyes again and stood up. "Only because I love you."
Diana blew her a kiss. "Get him, tiger." she said.
"Dudes say that to each other."
"There's a dude in me and you know it."
"That's what she said."
Diana and Ray both laughed as she walked towards Stefan.
"Good one." said Stefan.



"You were eavesdropping?" Rachel asked.
"That's one way to put it."
She looked at him in a concerned, but humorous way. "What's the other?"
He grinned, and looked down for a second, before changing the subject.
"So, how's everything going?"
"How's what going?"
"Well, you just found out you have a sister and... all of that. How are you handling it?"
"Pretty fine, actually." she decided not to tell him about her breakdown. She wanted to keep that between her and Bruce, maybe tell Meredith, Harry and the girls at most. "Better than most people in my situation would, I suppose."
"Well, that's good. And your new temporary settlement?"
"What you mean like, our room? Honestly, it's the only thing I hate about this place."
"What, and vampires, werewolves, angels, demons etcetera aren't as bad?"
Rachel smiled. "Not all of them."
Stefan observed her, and for a moment, his look softened, though it was just a moment before it faded, it calmed her down and kept her calm. It Was The Stefan Look, and it affected her more than Aria. "There's a switch behind the bed to the right wall, turn it on."
Rachel smiled at him. "And what would happen?"
He returned the smile. "Turn it on and see."
Villy and Atie were sitting together, having boytalk. The girls loved doing this the most, though they still knew boys aren't everything, they still talked about them.. a lot.
"I still think that Damon guy has something for you." said Villy.



"He's a vampire." Atie said again.
"Apparently not a bad one. He's hot and you know it."
Atie sighed. "I don't think he can be trusted."
"We think none of them can, they're technically not even human, and that's horrible. But you don't know him, do you? He might surprise you. Guys tend to do that sometimes."
"You mean Dean, don't you?"
"I don't even know what I feel about Dean. I mean, I do know he's hot." Villy smirked, and Atie smiled. "But I don't know. He's... he tried to kill me. Now I know he's sorry. But there's something about him I don't understand."
"Which is...?" asked Atie.
"I don't even know. This is so complicated. Like I said, though, I feel he feels something towards me."
"Yeah," said Atie. "Yeah, I hear you."
Suddenly, the elevator doors open, and everyone that left came in. Aria was the first to stand up.
"Finally." she directed her words to Sam.
"It was Klaus." he answered. "We handled it." he added when he saw her tense, then smiled at her, and she smiled back.
"What happened?" Rachel asked Bruce.
"He-" he glanced over at Stefan for a second before continuing.
"He's not coming after you."
"Of course he isn't." said Rachel. Bruce gave her a confused look. Didn't she just want to sacrifice herself for everyone?
"I mean, what the hell? What good would I be if I was dead? And though this is messed up, the situation we're in right now, I don't want to die. I'm not gonna be one of those little girls who whine and go on suicide missions all the time. If we're in this, we're all in this, together, alive. So you suck it up if you don't like it. Come to think of it, I actually kinda do." Bruce smiled at her.
"You're just full of surprises, aren't you?" he said.
"You have no idea." Rachel smirked. She meant what she just said, and she's not backing down from that.
"So, what did I miss exactly?" Tony asked, and everyone took their place at the round table (some who don't have any stood) and told them everything that happened with The Originals. When they were done, Sophie said:
"So, they're not gonna do anything until Lucifer is gone?"
"We can't take their word for it." said Banner "They might be lying for all we know."
"Elijah doesn't usually lie." said Caroline. "But it was Klaus who did the talking."



"I wonder which one of us did Klaus call tempting." Said Ines. From what they told her, she actually found Klaus quite fascinating, apart from him being someone who wants to kill her best friend. A part of her actually thought he wouldn't do that. But if it comes to it, she'll choose Rachel and every girl above him any day.
"Diana, right?" Katherine asked Diana.
She looked up at her, "Yeah."
"I need you. Alone."
"We need all their names. And their friends, wake the, up. We'll all have a small chat." Diana heard Nick say to an agent as she stood up. Emily gave her a concerned look, but Diana shook her head not to worry, she saw Tony give her the same look. For the first time out of all the times they had eye contact, her heart skipped a beat. But she gave him a reassuring smile and left with Katherine to the end of the huge room, out of hearing range, human hearing range, that is.
"What is it?" asked Diana.
"What is it with you?" Katherine didn't sound like she was asking, but she was.
"Huh?"
"Why do I feel committed to you?"
"I don't know..." What the hell was she talking about?
"Do you know why I told you everything about me? Why I defended you you when Damon was about to suffocate you to death? Or why I didn't want Klaus to have Rachel? Why I chose that over my own freedom?"



Diana gave her a suspicious look. "Why?"
"Because, for the first time in centuries, I put someone in front of me. For the first time, All I thought about was this person getting hurt. And that person was you. I didn't want Rachel to die because I know she's your best friend, and, for some reason, I care. I've been running from Klaus for centuries, a hundred times longer than you have lived, and I gave it all up for you. Why? What is so special about you?" Diana looked at her, a bit concerned, but then sighed, and asked:
"Do you have any friends? Real, actual friends?"
Katherine frowned, but answered."No. What does that have to-"
"Yes." said Diana. "Yes, you do. Because that, right there, is what a friend would do to another friend. You trust me, right?"
Katherine was about to say she doesn't know. There were very few people in this world she actually trusted. But realization hit her.
"I actually do." she said. "Somehow, for some reason, I do."
"To be honest," said Diana. "You're the only vampire I trust." There was a hint of a smile on Katherine's face.
"Meaning?"
"Like I said, you have a friend. And do you know what friends do?" Katherine shook her head.
"They hug." said Diana, as she hugged Katherine. She looked confused at first, but then hugged her back.
"This actually feels good." she said.
Diana chuckles. "Get used to it."



After Diana and Katherine came back, their friends were all there, and everyone was done with their names. Stefan repeated all of them to Katherine as Nick explained about The Avengers. How he assembled a superhero team to fight against evil, which was Loki at the time, and how Bruce joined them later on. Then, at about 6:00 a.m everyone started to feel tired, so everyone went to their rooms.
"We do need clean clothes, you know." said Marty to Steve before leaving.
"We got everything you bought, and took care of what you already have, they're in your rooms." he said.
When the girls came back to their room, Rachel remembered what Stefan told her. she threw herself on the bed next to the wright wall, and found a switch behind it. As she turned it on, the walls pushed back, making the room wider, and changed color from grey to light green. A screen lit up in the wall facing the beds itself, the floor opened and out slid up a few fluffy chairs and pillow chairs with a small coffee table and a couch. To the left of that, near the entrance door, a crack in the wall formed, opening and revealing a huge bathroom with a jacuzzi, two sinks, and shower inside. A desk slid out of the right wall, with an advanced computer like the ones downstairs. To the right of the huge TV, appeared another big crack, revealing an enormous closet with their clothes, the ones they bought, and a lot of new ones. That closet could fit fifty people at least, it had clothes to the sides, every section had one of the girl's names labeled on it, huge space with a big mirror, and shoes in the back wall. As the girls looked around, they noticed they had no lamp, the ceiling itself was emitting light. And as they looked at the bunk beds, they saw they turned neon, everyone with a different color.
"So...." Aline finally said after a huge moment of shock. "Avengers, huh?"
"I think I'm loving this." said Emily. And everyone else said "Hell yeah." at the same time.
And, with that, Rachel turned off the ceiling light (by a little sensor display next to the door) and climbed at the top of her neon blue bunkbed which she shared with Diana. Sara climbed in with Aria, Aline with Sophie, Emily with Villy, Atie with Albie, and Marty with Ines.
And that was just Day one.