"No more games"

[Jessica's POV]

Elizabeth has won. Carmilla and Mary are dead. What's the point? Jessica begins to rationalize. The revolution continues whether I die here or not...

"Do what you got to do" Catherine says coldly, sighing. Jessica doesn't respond.

Oh, Catherine Jessica thinks.

Elizabeth is right. I'm a killer. Why try to fight it? Why the hypocrisy? Jessica thinks. She turns to Elizabeth.

"Okay. I'll do it" she says. Elizabeth raises an eyebrow.

"Do what?" Elizabeth asks.

"I'll kill Catherine. I'll be loyal to you, again....like it was before". Jessica forces herself to recite the words through (mentally) gritted teeth. Jessica feels burning rage, but hides it, keeping her face as placid as she can. Elizabeth is an expert at reading people, but her hubris is her weakness - possibly her only weakness - it clouds her judgement Jessica thinks.

Elizabeth releases Jessica's bonds. Jessica sits up, and rubs her sore wrists. Elizabeth holds Jessica's head and kisses her. Jessica kisses back. Their tongues play against each other. Elizabeth's lips are unbelievably soft. Elizabeth feels warm, like she has fed recently. Jessica forces herself to stay alert. I can't fall for Elizabeth's charms yet another time she thinks. No more of Elizabeth's games. This ends tonight.

"I'm glad that you've returned to us, child", Elizabeth says, brushing the hair from Jessica's face. She tenderly kisses Jessica on the forehead. Jessica finds Elizabeth as mesmerizing as ever. She almost loses herself gazing into Elizabeth's dark eyes, but Jessica snaps herself back into the present.

Elizabeth withdraws a long dagger from the folds of her dress, and hands it to Jessica. Jessica feels the heavy weight in her hand, the coldness of the metal. The blade appears to be silver, but Jessica cannot be certain. She touches it with her finger. Her finger sizzles a bit, a hot pain shooting through her. Yes. Silver.

"Cut her head off" Elizabeth whispers in Jessica's ear, "and then we'll go celebrate your return together. I have so many girls waiting for us..."

Taking the dagger, Jessica walks over to Catherine, who lays bound to the table. Jessica refuses to look Catherine in the eye. It could give away too much.

"I knew her born again bullshit was an act. She can't even look at me!" Catherine says, and begins to laugh. Her laughing becomes hysterical, which Jessica finds disturbing. Oh, Catherine. Just hold on.

Jessica brings the knife to Catherine's throat, as Catherine continues to laugh.

Jessica pauses. She finally brings herself to look at Catherine who stares back at her with a detached hatred. Jessica risks a wink at Catherine. Elizabeth is behind me and cannot possibly have seen, but... Catherine smiles almost imperceptibly, and then resumes yelling at Jessica.

Elizabeth slides behind Jessica, putting a steadying hand on her back.

"Go on. Do it" Elizabeth says quietly but sternly.

Jessica, like a tightly wound spring unwinding, twists and slashes Elizabeth across the face with the blade. Blue smoke rises from the cut in her face. Elizabeth grabs her face in shock as blood pours from the deep slash. She didn't see that coming Jessica thinks triumphantly. The old hag isn't nearly as persuasive as she thought! Jessica exploits Elizabeth's half-second delay to cut Catherine's wrist bindings with the knife. Foolish to use leather, and not handcuffs.

Elizabeth shrieks, the animalistic sound setting Jessica's teeth on edge. Elizabeth's fangs are bared, as she clutches at her mutilated face. Everything happens fast after that.

Elizabeth lunges at Jessica, claws out. She grabs Jessica by the throat, lifting her a clear foot off the ground. Jessica pulls at Elizabeth's arm as Elizabeth squeezes and squeezes. Behind them, Catherine slips free of her ankle bindings, and jumps off the table. Elizabeth hisses and throws Jessica into the wall. Her head makes contact with the brick as the room starts to spin. She sees Catherine and Elizabeth fighting, clawing and tearing at one another. Jessica stumbles to her feet, and sees the silver knife on the floor. Stumbling towards it, she picks it up. She is dizzy, her vision going in and out of double, but she walks forward. Catherine is backed into a corner as Elizabeth pummels her head with blows. Elizabeth is screaming.

"You ungrateful bitches! I should have drained you both. I should have disembowled you and hung you by your own intestines! I will personally rip apart everyone you've ever known!" Catherine has slid to the floor, her forearms feebly trying to block Elizabeth's blows. Elizabeth grabs Catherine's head and begins to pull as Catherine shrieks in pain.

Oh my god. She is going to to decapitate her Jessica thinks.