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a sacrifice is a compromise
"GOD, REALLY? THE NEWS LADY?" Athena slaps a hand over her eyes as she steps into Damon's bathroom, having wrongfully he was just styling his hair in the mirror or something. "You can do so much better, Andie, I promise,"
"Thank you, Athena," Damon deadpans, glaring at the girl. "What do you want?"
"I'm going to meet Elijah to talk to him about John, I just wanted to let you know. And Stefan is going to kidnap a witch with Caroline and Bonnie so Bonnie gets her powers back."
Damon points an accusing finger at her, even though she can't see him. "Don't do anything I would do, and if he even looks at you wrong, call me."
Athena rolls her eyes from behind her hand and turns on her heel, departing the vampire's room as swiftly as possible.
Andie furrows her brows, looking at Damon across from her in the porcelain tub. "Is that your sister?"
Damon grimaces and then sighs. "Kind of,"
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"You know, Athena, I'm glad you agreed to a civil meeting but I can't say I'm not surprised you didn't come with some sort of reinforcement."
Athena clasps her hands together in her lap as Elijah approaches her near the lake on the Lockwood property. "I figured a sit-down between friends was a perfectly neutral arrangement, no need for fighting. And I'm virtually indestructible, so I'm not that worried about it."
Elijah smirks as he observes the teenage girl sitting on the bench. She was a curious observational point, and even his morally contracted witch hadn't been able to tell him much about her other than the fact that her powers were old and much more destructive than anything he'd seen before.
"Well," He gestured a hand at her. "Ask away."
Athena shifts, wringing her ring-adorned fingers together. "Are you familiar with John Gilbert?"
"Elena's biological father, yes?"
Athena nods. "He's in town, and usually when he's in town, Elena's mother Isobel isn't too far behind. The problem with that is they only cause trouble, which usually leads to someone dying. Elena thinks that it's suspicious he's in town with the sudden news of Klaus spreading around, but I don't know if it's real or not,"
Elijah raises a brow, his gaze shifting to the glimmering lake for a moment. "Why don't you believe it? It's entirely plausible,"
"Oh, I don't doubt that John Gilbert is capable of something like that, but I think it's a little far-fetched considering he gave Damon the weapon that supposedly kills Originals."
Elijah's eyes widen and he turns to face her, looking at her like he doesn't quite believe her. "What weapon, exactly?"
"A silver dagger, with white oak ashes," Athena quirks a brow, watching Elijah's eyes shift around the Historical Society gathering like he expected the dagger to appear out of thin air. "He gave it to Damon, and asked us to use it if Elena got into any sort of danger with an Original."
