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"Time to pay up, Katherine."
Katherine cringed when she heard a very familiar voice say that to her, forcing her to look up from her book to see her own smug, face staring back at her, causing her to signed, "How did you find me?"
"Honestly, it wasn't that hard." Elena grinned, slowly approaching her pray while taunting her, "You're really predictable. You always were. At least, when it came to where you stayed. Actually, I'm beginning to think that Klaus always knew exactly where you were, and just chose to let you live in fear the entire time. I mean, that definitely seems like something he would do."
"Perhaps..." Katherine said dismissively, before offering an alternative, "Or maybe we're just smarter than him?"
"Oh Katherine, flattery won't get you out of this one." Elena chuckled.
"If I thought it would, I would've been the one coming to you." Katherine pointed out dryly, before putting her mirror image and her little friends at ease, and of course taunting them, by pointing out just as dryly, "And I enjoy topping you too much to kill you, so there was no need to bring your little friends along for protection."
"I know." Elena grinned, reassuringly adding, "They're just here for the show."
"Oh, I'm sure they'll enjoy it, while they can. As will you." Katherine grumbled, before quickly pointing out, "But you're not the first to try and break me, and you won't be the last. So just remember, whatever you do to me now, I'll do to you back a thousand times over. Which you will of course enjoy, and will just help remind you that you're my bitch.
So why don't you just save us both some time, and submit? Huh? Mmmmmmmmmm yeahhhhhhhhhhhh, just go ahead and embrace the bottom you were always meant to be, drop down to your knees, and kiss my feet. Go ahead and show that deep down, you know who the superior doppelgänger is. You've always known. So do it."
"No!" Elena said firmly, and impressively without hesitation, "You get down on your knees, and kiss my feet."
The two doppelgängers stared at each other for a few long seconds, and then Katherine grumbled, "Fine."
"Good girl." Elena chuckled.
Katherine briefly reconsidered the idea of simply tearing off Elena's pretty little head, which had never seemed more appealing than in that moment. It was far from the first time she had thought something like that, but it had been a very long time since she gave a serious consideration. However, like she said, this wouldn't be the first time of her submitting.
Hell, it wouldn't even be the first time submitting to someone weaker than herself. No, during her long life of making power plays, and betrayals, she had done whatever it took to stay on top. And occasionally, she had to do things like this in order to get her way in the long term. She wasn't sure if it had ever been worse, but that was okay, as she was confident she could get through it.
So eventually the supposedly mighty Katherine Pierce dropped down onto her knees in front of supposedly sweet and innocent Elena Gilbert, bent her head down, and pressed her lips to the younger girl's right foot in a quick peck. Knowing that would be nowhere near good enough, she then repeated the process with the left, and then going back and forth, like a good girl.
She even gave Elena the satisfaction of looking up, and into a smug expression from the other brunette. Which of course was very infuriating, and yet, she had to admit, in a weird way, she was proud of her mirror image. Oh yes, even after everything she'd seen her do to her friends, she hadn't really thought the other doppelgänger was capable of something like this. Or what came next.
"That will do." Elena said dismissively after a few long seconds, walking over to the bed and sitting down upon it, "Now take off your clothes, and come bend over my knee."
"Yes, Mistress Elena." Katherine said mockingly, before doing as she was told.
Honestly, Katherine rather liked giving stripteases, even when she was about to submit. Or at least, she found a way to feel powerful during one of them. It would've been submissive for lesser women, like Caroline and Bonnie, but not for her, because she knew how to move her body just right. And, Elena's pets certainly seemed enthralled by the show.