Hey all,
I'm in the midst of writing chapter 8 of Saved but this story has been bugging me for a while. I think it's a one shot. Anyway, this is how I envision the crossover between the Originals and TVD going.
I'm sorry about writing about the kid but it's like the elephant in the room.
I hope you enjoy,
K
In the darkest hour he sits with his child in his arms. His eyes are locked on the new born whose face was so much like his. The baby's tiny chest rises and falls in a decreasing pattern. It has been a long night. Frankly it has been 12 long weeks. 12 weeks that have changed, destroyed, everything. At the end of the day, it all leads to the next hour.
It shouldn't be long now. He can feel it.
Guilt is not something that he allows but if there's any moment, this is the one. It gnaws at him that he had not felt anything for this little flesh of his flesh until this moment; that he hates the mother and had intended to kill her as soon as the babe was out. He hates that he wishes she was someone else in this whole situation. He regrets that this child was born to be but an instrument. What good is guilt, though?
This child was born to die.
The tiny breath hitches and his heart trembles knowing the end is near.
In the background somewhere, he hears the mother whimper. She knows it too. He doesn't look at her. In truth, he doesn't care. He only has minutes left and like he's done for the past three hours, he dedicates those solely to the child. He wants, needs, every moment uninterrupted with this blood of his blood.
The child's eyes open slowly and his heart wrenches. They open to see before they close forever. His heart leaps to his throat. The emotions are too much and he can't set them free. He'll suppress and then murder a couple of towns, maybe a whole country. He feels the little heart slow some more as the eyes stare firmly into his. This innocent little creature would have lived and died and the only sight would be the eyes of his father. He couldn't bring himself to share. But he walks to the window and turns the baby him towards the moon without taking his eyes off him.
The little body is working so hard to create the next breath that he knows it's only a couple left. He hears something flash behind him but doesn't turn around. He turns the baby to face him again when he hears Rebekah's voice.
"I got the Doppelganger blood."
He turns around and for this first time he takes his eyes off the child to send a warning to hers. He wouldn't forget this taunt. She ignores him and steps up, and opens a vial, dips a dropper and inserts it in the child's mouth. She waits and then drops some more before leaving it in for good. The child mouth begins to move slowly and after a while, latches onto it. It's amazing. The act of a child simply latching. He doesn't want to move when the heartbeat begins to speed up. He looks up to find Rebekah smiling.
"She will live." She declares.
"How?" He says still enthralled in the bundle in his arms.
The day before
"She's gone." Damon tells Caroline.
"What? Gone where?" She stunned then says "Klaus."
"No, Rebekah called. He's going crazy looking for anything that could help. So is Elijah." Says Matt.
"Well if she ran or if someone took her, at least the demon spawn won't live to see the light of day." Damon said. The rest of them nod.
Matt goes to work and the rest of them go to a café near campus. Jesse's there. He sits next to Caroline. She can barely look at him without blushing. He leans to whisper in her ear "You ran out on me this morning." She shots a mortified look at Elena who is looking at her wide eyed. She looks down as she sees the smirk on Damon's face.
"We should go. Class starts soon." She gets up and grabs his hand.
When they walk away, Elena turns to Damon. "I guess she's over Tyler, finally."
Katherine Pierce devours the cheeseburger and fries. "You need to stop feeding me this stuff. I'm human now. It's going to go straight to my thighs." She doesn't stop eating.
The figure smiles at her and siphons blood from her arm.
The whole dorm is watching the show. Caroline and Jesse wrapped around each other kissing wildly in the hallway. He is fumbling for his room key. The door finally opens as her hands disappear under his shirt.
They forget to shut the door and people can see his roommate sleeping on the bed. After a few minutes, someone kicks the door.
"This better be good. I am needed at home." Rebekah says aggravated.
Without saying a word, the figure hands her something in a pouch. Rebekah takes it, opens it and looks at the figure confused.
"It's the only thing that can help."
Present
The child is comfortable and eagerly nursing. He finally turns back to his sister.
"Elena got the cure." He states.
"No. She forced it on Katherine." She says bitterly. Though she is grateful things worked out this way for her brother's sake. Elijah's head comes up and he flashes to them. He opens his mouth to speak but Klaus' hand stops him.
"So she decided to send me her blood out of the goodness of her human heart or did you take it?" Trying to understand how Rebekah got the blood.
"Neither. Someone else brought it... for you." she couldn't finish the sentence as he grasped her arms
"Where is…"
"I don't know. There's a note in your room."
He flashes out.
"Where did he go?" Hayley asks.
"To his room." Elijah answers. A worried look crosses her face.
The air is thick with the smell of lavender. He sees the envelope on top of the bed and goes to it. He flips the top but pauses.
"I thought you were gone."
The day before.
"They'll never forgive you for this." Katherine hissed.
"You think?." Says the other person in mock surprise, grabbing a pillow from the couch. "Now, I can set you free to run for your life or I can feed you my blood and kill you, restoring your settings to vampire bitch."
Outside Jesse's dorm room, Elena bangs on the door. A sleepy Jesse opens the door. Damon barges in ahead of her.
"Where's Caroline?" He demands.
Before he can answer his roommate sits up on his bed "Caroline's awesome. My boy's a lucky dude."
Jesse grins like an idiot.
Damon and Elena turn to look at each other.
"What have you and Caroline been doing Jesse?" Damon asks looking in his eyes.
"The most wild sex ever." He says seriously
"Very kinky" repeats the roommate.
Damon repeats the question about the days prior but the answer is always the and when pressed for details, Jesse looks confused.
"She's been compelling him." Elena says in a small voice.
"You need to make up your mind. I have to go."
Katherine evaluates.
"You know what? Fuck that, you never gave me a choice." Fangs sinking into wrists, the figure is in front of Katherine grasping her hair and forcing the blood into her mouth. She swallows a few times before the figure lets up.
Katherine is looking in horror as she sees it coming.
"You're scared? Well, this is rich. Then again, if anyone understands, it's me. Give a message to Damon and Elena, don't even think about coming after me."
With that she pressed a pillow to Katherine's face.
His bedroom, present time
She stepped away from the shadows and stepped towards him. The sounds of her heels against the floor echoing in his ears.
"I should've left." She says as she moves past him to the window
His eyes are on the floor because he doesn't dare raise them. Everything inside him feels like liquid . Blood, tears want to leak out of his body. Today he received a miracle he didn't deserve. It was made possible by the one person that could deem him the least entitled. He didn't dare to look in that face.
"Why didn't you?" He questions instead.
She shrugs.
He hears the movement. He can't let it pass. He's never been graceful. He won't start this moment.
"I don't think that's an answer. We both know, I require answers."
Mystic Falls
They found her in the upstairs bedroom. She sat in the middle of the bed, in the carefully arranged bedroom. Not a thing out of place. Smiling photos on the wall, many with her own semblance on them. Her hands shook badly. The terror in her eyes told a story of its own. She looked into those blue eyes that used to be full of love for her but only found curiosity. Then she looked at her mirror image and saw the same.
"She didn't kill me."
"Why?" Elena asked.
"She already has what she needed." Katherine replied in a small voice. It would have been laughable had they not seen her like this with their own eyes.
"How long ago did she leave?" Damon said after finally being able to get the words out of his mouth.
"About 4 hours."
Elijah tried to encourage her. As always, the selfless brother, put aside the news of Katerina to tend to family matters.
"It's a new day. The child lives and Niklaus will be closer than ever to you."
"No, that will never happen" Says Rebekah as she comes closer and grabs the baby's hand in hers. She looks at Hayley straight in the eye and says "The fact that she's living guarantees it."
"It's Katherine's blood. I heard that right?" Hayley asks.
"Yes. But Katherine would never put herself willingly on Nik's path. Only a hand full of people knew Katherine got the cure. We were not part of that group." She pins Hayley with her eyes.
Hayley shakes her head in sheer horror as the meaning of the words dawn on her.
"Why does that have to be explained? It's a baby. Who lets babies die when they can do something?" She replies irritated.
He doesn't move but smiles a little. Her petulance is endearing. It also breaks the wall of tension around him.
" I thought you hated me."
"Yeah I said that." she contemplates her nails.
"I thought you never wanted to see me again."
"I said that too."
The silent question hangs in the air and he lets it.
"Look, I compelled people, betrayed my friends, kidnapped a woman, bled her for days, and almost killed her as she killed me. All that to save your child and to provide you with the army you so desperately need to win this war. If on top of that, you expect some epic declaration, you are seriously…"
He stopped her with a kiss she didn't see coming.