Being daggered was never a pleasant experience. Ironically having the dagger removed from her heart was almost equally unpleasant, except for the fact that afterwards she could move and speak again. Normally she awoke to a new horror, but this time Rebekah only saw the person she loved with all her heart.
Immediately she reached out for them and try to speak their name, failing on both accounts the first time although the lovely woman was nice enough to gently cradle her head to stop it from falling backwards, Rebekah rewarding her for it by trying to say her name again and this time succeeding.
"Elena." Rebekah croaked.
"It's me. I'm, I'm here." Elena said softly.
"How..." Rebekah trailed off when she looked at the dagger in Elena's hand. Her thoughts went a mile a minute for a moment and then her eyes narrowed, "You took the cure."
"I wasn't exactly given the choice." Elena murmured bitterly.
"You're human!" Rebekah snapped, trying to sit up, "You're the old Elena."
Catching the weakened Original Elena replied, "Yes to the first part, but-"
"Get away from me!" Rebekah screamed, forcefully pushing Elena away from her and then running out of the room and up the stairs.
Her body still wasn't fully recovered, but she had her supernatural speed back so she was able to reach her bedroom in a matter of seconds. The one she'd been sharing with Elena for weeks, but one she'd never be able to sleep in again knowing what she'd lost.
She couldn't even stand to remain where she was for much longer, not when she could vividly remember pushing Elena up against every wall, and rested her on every surface, this room and every other in the house, Rebekah deciding this instant she needed to sell it and get the hell out of dodge.
She also needed to work out what exactly happened. In the second before she ran away she noted that they were alone, Klaus not bothering to return and put in her casket and instead leaving her paralysed body on the floor. Or he didn't have the opportunity yet, which made her nervous.
Oh well, she could interrogate Elena about it, once she had packed, and really the sooner the better, Rebekah never more grateful for her super speed as it meant she could leave this haunted place quickly and never return.
Of course she should be used to this by now. She'd left hundreds, maybe thousands, of places because they all reminded her of a lover she had lost, this one particularly painful because she would forever associate that beautiful face with her Elena, and there was not one but two people and possibly more walking around with it, one approaching her right now.
Although it was curious why the old Elena was bothering with her. Why would she tried to talk to her alone when it was so obvious Rebekah was upset? And why did she wake up Rebekah in the first place? She must want something.
That must be it. Perhaps she wanted Rebekah's best guess at where Klaus might be after kidnapping one of her friends or something like that? Well, Rebekah didn't owe her anything. Except two wonderful weeks of happiness, and her freedom from the accursed dagger.
"Rebekah!" Elena queried as she walked into the room.
"WHAT?" Rebekah sobbed, only just realising her cheeks were stained with tears.
"Where are you going?" Elena asked.
"I don't know." Rebekah replied truthfully, turning her back to desperately try and hide her current state and fight back the tears, "Just, anywhere that isn't here."
"Oh..." Elena murmured, taking a calming breath before she tried to explain, "Despite everything we did to her, she saved us. She saved us all."
"What are you blathering on about?" Rebekah frowned, before a horrifying thought popped into her head and she turned back to look at Elena, "What happened?"
Taking a calming breath Elena said, "Rebekah, I need you to calm down."
In the blink of an eye Rebekah was invading Elena's personal space and allowed her fangs to protrude from her gums and her eyes to turn black, "I need you to tell me what happened!"
There was a moment's pause and then Elena tilted her head and exposed her neck, "Here it is Rebekah. The cure. It's flowing through my veins right now, and if you drink just a little bit of my blood, it might cure you. Or it might kill you. Bonnie isn't sure, but there's a good chance it's the latter, so I'll let you take it if you really want too, but I wish you wouldn't because it's a big, big risk-"
"Don't pretend to care about me!" Rebekah snapped.
"I do." Elena insisted, stepping forwards and brushing Rebekah's cheek, "I... I care-"
"Just, just tell me what happened." Rebekah said, trying to ignore how that simple gesture made her feel, "I, I promise I won't hurt you."
Elena smiled briefly and then began to explain, "Remember when Bonnie was able to stop Klaus's heart? Well she did it again, and this time we're going to bury him deep underground where he can't hurt anyone ever again."
There was a pause and then Rebekah swallowed, "That's not acceptable."
"Rebekah." Elena said soothingly, "He isn't dead. Just in the same state he put you in... over, and over, and over again."
"He's my brother." Rebekah argued.
"And he used that as an excuse to spend the last thousand years treating you like a pet, tracking you and literally stabbing you in the back whenever you did something he didn't like. He did that countless times, and he did it to your brothers. Used you and abused you whenever it suited him. Why does he deserve your undying loyalty?" Elena asked softly.
"Because he's all I have." Rebekah sobbed, losing her dignity at Elena's soft yet treacherous touch, "Everybody else leaves."
"Isn't Klaus the main reason for that?" Elena pointed out, "Wouldn't he have been the reason you lost me? Cause if it wasn't for Bonnie I would be spending the rest of my life as Klaus's personal blood bag, and he likely wouldn't have woken you up until long after I was dead."
"At least then I would have something." Rebekah spat, "Now I have nothing!"
"That's not true." Elena said.
