The steps of heels hitting the stone sidewalk is opposing to the pelting of the rain hitting the umbrella, the moon lighting the way to the near complex building as the wind chill picks up. As she walks past a dark alley, her arm is grabbed and she is pushed against the hard wall with a painful groan as a hand is wrapped around her throat. The umbrella dropping in a puddle as her air supply gets low, a man with a knife pressed against her stomach makes her freeze in place.
"Pretty lady shouldn't be walking alone" he says as he moves his hand from around her neck and gropes her down the front of her jacket. She flinches away from him in disgust only for the knife to be pressed against her neck.
"Try that again and you won't live to see the day" he snarls.
She suddenly feels this energy grow inside of her, balling her fists up she brings her head into his making him stumble back. He holds his nose which is now bleeding before looking at her, he charges towards her and she sends her hands out at his chest. He flies back against the alley wall across from her over a trash can, he rolls off of the metal can and onto his stomach on the ground unconscious. She hurries and grabs her umbrella and rushes out of the alley when a woman appears in front of her in a flash and places a hand on her arm stopping her.
"We need to have a talk" the lady says.
The young witch looks behind her as she hears the man groaning and waking up, the woman grasps her arm firmly and and in less than one second she is outside of a small, White House with a wooden gate.
"Where am I" she asks?
"My home" the young woman with brown hair answers and walks through the gate leaving it open for the witch to follow.
-X-
An hour later, after a shower and changing clothes followed by a meal both women are sitting on the small, red couch in the living room.
"My name is Hayley Marshall and you are a witch" Hayley says.
"I don't know what you are talking about" the young women says who can be no older than nineteen.
"Listen to me. I don't have times to play games, I know you are a witch and I am a Hybrid. I need your magic to save my family" Hayley says.
"I can't help you! My magic is unstable what happened was a small portion" the witch says.
"Listen to me for three years I have been searching for help and no witch can help. You are my last hope" Hayley says.
The adult stands up and walks around the living room with her back to Hayley, she places her hands palms out in front of her. Red veins appear under her skin of her arms before entering her plans and disappearing, this happens whenever she uses her magic. Sometimes the magic is too strong and she has a hard time pushing it back.
"Adrianne my name is Adrianne" she states after a minute of silence before turning around to face Hayley.
"Well Adrienne let's make a deal. You help me save my family and I promise you that you will be forever be protected" Hayley says.
"What do I have to do" Adrienne asks?
"Follow me but be quiet not to wake my daughter" Hayley says and leads Adrienne into the basements where four caskets lie side by side.
"These are the bodies of my family who are in a induced sleep by magic, we can not save them until we save Klaus" Hayley says.
"I don't understand" Adrienne says.
"I will explain everything to you on the drive to New Orleans" Hayley says and walks back out of the basement.
-X-
On the drive to New Orleans, Adrienne has fallen asleep against the passenger side window. Hayley has stopped at a gas station to buy milk for Hope and some snacks for Adrienne, she also stopped by a local hospital to pick up some blood bags. While waiting at a red light, she leans down and grabs Adrienne's wallet out the side of her bag and flips it up. Her name is Adrienne B., only just turned nineteen two weeks ago; she hates having to involve teens in their family drama but she has no choice. Slipping the wallet back in her duffel bag, Hayley sits up as the light turns green and she stands up.
Once they are outside the sign that says Welcome to New Orleans, Hayley stops the cat and wakes up Adrienne. She sees Hope is asleep again and climbs out of the car, looking around making sure none of Marcel's vampires are around she lifts open the UHaul lid and reveals the four coffins. She climbs in and motions for Adrienne to follow, after opening the lids she pulls out a vial with a red liquid inside of it. This is the cure for Freya but she will get it last since her spell is what put them to sleep.
Adrienne is shocked by how beautiful and flawless Rebekah and Freya are, but also at how handsome Elijah and Kol are. She drops down on her knees and sees the bite mark on Kol's neck, Adrienne has the power to absorb energy and magic but she has never tried it on people as powerful as the Originals Vampire and Witch. She places her hand on Kol's neck and focuses on the magic, her hand starts to glow red as the wound on Kol's neck starts to close and heal. Once she is done, she moves over to Rebekah and Elijah: but after she siphons away Rebekah's hex, her eyes roll to the back showing only pure white before she falls back not giving Hayley time to catch her. She falls back out of the truck and lands on her back.
Hayley climbs out of truck after forcing the cure down Freya's throat, she feels that Adrienne has a pulse. Hearing moving, she looks up to see Elijah sits up first and he immediately raises the sleeve of his suit seeing his bite is gone and his skin is flawless as before. Next to wake up is Kol, both climb out of the coffins as Hayley tosses them each a bag of O Positive. Last to wake up are Freya and Rebekah, the Original siblings climb out the back of the truck and stand by Hayley who is tending to Adrienne.
"Who is this young lady" Elijah asks as the color comes back to his face.
"She is the witch that saved you, she fainted after taking away Rebekah's hex" Hayley says.
"We have to find Nik" Rebekah says.
"We have the element of surprise as Marcel believes that we are dead" Kol says.
"Hayley thank you for not giving up on saving us" Elijah says.
"Don't thank me until we have Klaus back" Hayley says as Kol picks up Adrienne in his arms.
He admires how light she feels in his arms before his eyes scan over her body as he walks around the back of the truck and climbs in the back, she has a healed scar on her left brow that kind of resembles a lighting bolt and a small black crater right outside of her left eye. The wind from the window blows some of her hair from around her neck and instantly his eyes are drawn to it, it's like her blood is singing to him. His vampiric hearing picks up the slow pumping of her heart, and his mouth feels dry as his fangs inch at his gums.
Hearing Elijah's voice, he shakes away such thoughts as an image of Davina pops into his mind and his stomach tightens. Elijah walks around the car and appears in front of Kol.
"I am going to run back with Rebekah, Freya should be able to use her magic to hide you and her from view" Elijah says.
"Brother please stay hidden" Kol begs.
"Don't worry little brother" Elijah says before he disappears in the blink of an eye.
Freya climbs in the passenger seat and closes the door making sure not to disturb Hope who has grown a lot in three years, Hayley climbs in after closing the U Haul lid and locking it up. She starts up the car and heads into New Orleans, Freya uses magic to hide Kol, Adrienne and herself as they drive past New Orleans and into the Bayou where Elijah and Rebekah are waiting on the porch. There are empty blood bags scattered around but no one says anything except Kol.
"Did you not leave any for the youngest" he asks?
"There are plenty in the fridge to clench your thirst. Our main priority is getting Niklaus and then we take down Marcel" Elijah says.
"You make it sound easy" Freya says.
"They are keeping him in the old ancestral grounds" Rebekah says.
"There are two guards, they are newly turned vampires who don't stand a chance against us" Elijah says.
"Alright well let's go collect our brother. The ladies should stay here" Kol says.
"Follow my lead brother and don't make a sound" Elijah says before running off followed by Kol.