This chapter is the forty-fifth page of my Vampire Diaries forum: forum/The-Vampire-Diaries-My-Version/127310/
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Notes: Some things have been edited and changed from the original story on the forum. Klaus's love interest will not appear this chapter.
Marcus Rowen looks like Reid Garwin from the movie "The Covenant"
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Deal With the Devil
Marcus was walking on a street in Mystic Falls, going through his phone. He swore the packs he ran with were completely incompetent most times. He'd need to find his siblings at some point. He'd decided to come to this town after hearing they were both here. He'd been hesitant, but his sister had assured him that it would be perfectly safe.
Klaus bumped into Marcus and as he turned around to give an insincere apology he sensed he was a werewolf. He raised an eyebrow curiously.
Marcus did a double-take as he controlled his anger, sensing what Klaus was and freezing. His sister had said this town was safe to come to. She'd told him that Klaus had been killed. "Please tell me you're just some random hybrid and not who I think you are," he finally said.
Klaus smirked, sensing his fear and apprehension. "I would, but then I'd be lying. Klaus Mikaelson…. Pleasure. For one of us, at least."
Marcus backed up quickly and involuntarily at the name. There wasn't much he feared, but Klaus he did/ In fact, Klaus was the only thing he feared. "Marcus Rowen... Klaus... You're the Original Hybrid. I heard about what you do to my kind." He'd heard that Klaus sired the werewolves he came across, and they then became his slaves, unable to refuse a single order.
Klaus shrugged. "Word travels fast, I see…." He seemed extremely pleased. "Are you a werewolf peace advocate or something?"
"Peace advocate?" Marcus said in astonishment. The thought of that actually amused him. There were two people werewolves feared, Klaus of course, and Marcus himself. Marcus was known to force other werewolves to join him one way or another, and he was also known to be the most evil and brutal of the werewolves. "Wrong werewolf for that. I'm one of the Original Werewolves. so I'd appreciate it, if you didn't try to turn me." He smiled as he remembered what else his sister had told him. "From what I hear, you can't anymore anyway. That must suck."
Klaus looked at him with an amused grin. "Original, hmm? Well, you're wrong. I can still turn werewolves. Keep it quiet though. It will be more enjoyable if they don't expect it."
Marcus froze again in obvious fear. "You're bluffing... The doppelganger's dead."
"Undead," Klaus chuckled. "I have friends, correction, family in high places." He bit into his wrist and let a few drops of blood fall on the pavement before it healed. "So this still works."
Marcus had noticeably stiffened when Klaus bit into his wrist, backing up even more. "I don't want to be a hybrid. Never have." It wasn't really becoming a hybrid he feared, or even the sire bond. What he feared was his reputation being marred. He wasn't particularly sure just what Klaus had his hybrids do, as he didn't acquaint himself with them. But he did know that Klaus's hybrids ended up despising him. There must have been a reason for that.
"Good to know," Klaus said with insincerity. "Not that I really would care what you want."
"Just stay away from me." Marcus moved to leave but Klaus followed him, making him even more nervous.
Klaus became even more amused, hearing his heartbeat. "Why not become a hybrid? There's a 50/50 chance you wouldn't have a sire bond. "
Marcus glanced at him. "There's a 50/50 chance I would..." Though he supposed that Klaus was right. As an Original Werewolf, he'd never been forced to transform, which was supposedly what caused the sire bond, so he wouldn't get the sire bond from that. Another way to become sire-bonded was if you loved your maker beforehand, and he definitely wasn't in love with Klaus. But he assumed that he'd get the sire-bond from the fact that Klaus was going to give him the gift of more power. At the thought of having more power, he looked at Klaus and asked, "What exactly do you make your hybrids do to make them hate you?"
Klaus shrugged. "It's more of a pride thing… their free will being limited and all…. It's complicated. Multiple reasons."
Marcus scoffed at that. Of course. Werewolves were known to be the most prideful of the species. "A pride thing. Personally, I wouldn't mind doing things that were actually important. It would make my life less boring." He thought it over. "It's not as if you could order me to hurt someone I cared about as I don't care about anyone." Even his siblings didn't mean much to him. His brother he despised actually, one of his sisters was too distant, and his youngest sister was already dead. He thought about something and sighed. "But it sounds as if you're using them to do household chores or something."
Klaus shrugged. "They were actually okay with it for a while... But then one of my other hybrids got pissed and stared having them all break the sire bond," he stated.
Marcus nodded, knowing about and even having met the hybrid being mentioned. "Tyler Lockwood, right?" Marcus asked. "I remember him. He came to my pack first for assistance. You know, when I first heard about you, at first I was intrigued. Even more so, when I heard about your... extracurricular activities. Never met someone who could actually match my bloodlust before… except your brothers, met two of them. But then Tyler told me about the sire bond, which I really didn't care about at first, until every hybrid I met started telling me... really repulsive stuff about you really... And I don't do housework. They have maids and butlers for that kind of thing, you know. And you're obviously rich." "But maids and butlers only go to a certain extent…. Sired hybrids are a different story. Most of them get killed if I send them to do anything useful. They get all vengeful once they've made alliances with one another and one turns up dead. Of course not with the person who killed them but the person who sent them out to do the job," Klaus commented dryly.
"People are unreasonable that way," Marcus said. "I know how that goes." He had the same problem with the werewolves that he forced to join him. "And I don't form alliances. That whole Werewolf Code of Loyalty thing means crap to me." He stopped walking and turned to Klaus. "Make me a hybrid. I won't die doing something useful."
"I can't. Not right now." Klaus said nonchalantly. "I don't have my doppelgänger on hand."
Marcus shrugged, slightly amused as he could tell that Klaus was using him to get the blood of the doppelganger. "Then I'll get her. She can't be too hard to find. She may be a vampire, but I'm stronger than your average werewolf." And he also didn't need a full moon to be able to transform.
Klaus nodded. "Fine. She most likely has her followers with her though."
Marcus smiled at that as his sadistic side came out. "Even better. I'll get to hurt someone," Marcus replied. "What's the doppelganger's name?"
"Elena Gilbert," Klaus told him.
Marcus nodded. "I'll get her and bring her to you." He zipped off to get her immediately.
Klaus nodded in satisfaction before walking off.
