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General POV

Stefan was walking up the mountainside carrying Ray's dead body on his back. Next to him was Klaus, who was carrying Jessica on his back. She made him carry her because she was tired. Jess had her legs wrapped around Klaus's waist and her arms around his neck. Her head was laying on his shoulder as she tried to sleep.
"Is Ray getting heavy?" Klaus asked Stefan to break the silence.
"I'm fine." Stefan said as they walked.
"If you need a some water, or a little sit down..."
"You know, I get that we're stuck with you, but if we could just skip the chitchat."
"Soo much brooding." Klaus said as Jessica yawned. "Your self-loathing is suffocating you my friend."
"Stop talking...I'm trying to sleep." Jessica muttered.
"Maybe it's because I'm tired of hunting werewolves." Stefan said. "We've been doing it all summer.
"Shhh!" Jessica said, trying to get Stefan and Klaus to be quiet.
"You should have slept last night instead of drinking luv." Klaus said to Jessica.
"Yeah...well if there is anything you've learned, is that you can't tell me what to do." Jessica muttered. Stefan looked at them with curiosity, not knowing much about Jessica's past with the Originals. "If I have to put up with you two, I have to drink." She said, trying to joke with them even though she was tired. Jessica could hear noise in the distance. She reluctantly opened her eyes and could see the campground. "We found the pack..." Jess tried to look at Klaus's face "...does that mean I have to get off?" Instead of answering, Klaus unwrapped Jess's legs from his waist. Jess groaned and got off of Klaus. Jess yawned again as they started to walk closer to the campsite.

The werewolves became aware of the vampires walking closer. They all stood and watched as Stefan put Ray's body on the ground.
"Ray!" A woman yelled before going to Ray's body. She knew right away that he was dead. "Who are you?" She asked Stefan as she lifted her head.
"The more important thing is, who am I?" Klaus asked as he stepped to Stefan's side. Jess stayed behind them and looked around. "Excuse the intrusion, my name is Klaus." The woman slowly stood up and took a few steps back.
"You're the hybrid." She said as she recognized the name.
"You've heard of me..." Klaus started to say "...fantastic." He smiled and Jess rolled her eyes. She knew that the last thing he needed was a bigger ego.

After a few minutes, Stefan decided to sit down on a nearby log. Jess sat on the log next to Stefan. She leaned against him and rested her head on his shoulder. Klaus looked at her and Stefan for a minute before joining them on the same log.
"It's fascinating really..." Klaus started to say.
"No it's not." Jess said, but Klaus ignored her.
"...A werewolf who isn't bound to the moon and a vampire who isn't burned by the sun..." Klaus continued "...a true hybrid." Jess moved so her back was against Stefan's arm. Stefan smiled inside and wrapped his arm around her. Jess closed her eyes and smiled a little as she held his hand. Ray gasped for air, interrupting their little moment of peace. "Nice timing Ray, very dramatic."
"What's happening to me?" Ray asked as he rolled into his stomach.
"Jessica?" Klaus asked as he looked to her.
"Not a chance." Jessica said, which made Klaus smirk. She's been almost just as he remembered her.
"Stefan?" Klaus looked at Stefan, who got up from the log. It made Jessica fall back and hit her head on the log.
"Owww!" She said and looked to Stefan.
"Sorry." He said and wanted to give her a small smile, but didn't. Jess sat up and looked around as Stefan continued to talk. "He needs human blood to complete his transition vampire. If he doesn't get it...he will die." Klaus stood up from the log.
"Doesn't take much, just a sip." He said as he looked around. "Anyone? A boyfriend or girlfriend along for the ride?" Jess watched as Klaus took a few steps. He sped towards the closest man, bit him, then threw him by Ray. Stefan held the man down near Ray as the woman tried to stop him. Klaus stopped her only after a few steps.
"If you don't, I will Ray." Jess looked at Stefan with some worry in her eyes. She knew what he could be like when he goes down the ripper path. "Problem is...I don't know how to stop." Jessica stood up from the log and stepped closer to Stefan. It took her a second to realize that she was hungry and the smell of blood was starting to get to her.
"It's the new order." Klaus said, not noticing how Jess was acting behind him. "It's the new order. Either you join us...or you die." He looked at the woman he was holding by the neck.
"I'd rather die than become a vampire." She hissed and Jess looked over. Jess remembered for a second her thoughts about being a vampire before she was one. 'I learned to love being a vampire...' Jess thought to herself, with only a small part of her remembering what it was like before. She was snapped out of her thoughts when Klaus snapped the woman's mouth. He turned towards Jess, licking his own blood off his fingers.
"Now...who's next?" He asked before glancing at Stefan and Ray. Jess followed his eye sight to see that Ray fed.

~Jessica's POV~

I took some of the fold up chairs that the pack brought with, and some pillows and tried to make a couch. Stefan helped just a little.
'Are you okay?' I mouthed to him, knowing Klaus would be able to hear anything we said out loud.
'No...' He mouthed after a little bit. 'It's good to see you again' I smiled a little before testing out the makeshift couch. Stefan watched me as I got comfortable.
"What are you going to do with him when you're done?" I asked, talking about the human.
"Haven't decided." Klaus said as he went to Ray.
"Can I see Kol when you're done making hybrids?" I ask Klaus. He didn't even look at me, which I took as a no. I decide to look over at Ray, who was bleeding from his eyes.
"They're dead. They're all dead." He muttered as I looked around at the dead ones on the ground. 'I'm surprised Klaus isn't mad' I think to myself.
"He's up his transition so he should be better soon." Klaus said and I decide to get comfy and close my eyes.
"So is this your plan?" I hear Stefan ask. "To build an army of hybrid slaves?"
"Not slaves. Soldiers...comrades." Klaus said.
"For what might I ask?" Stefan asked.
"You don't arm yourself after war has been declared." I say before Klaus can say anything. "You build an army so big that no one wants to pick a fight." I point to where I knew Klaus was. "Something I learned a long time ago from that ass. Now be quiet before I make you." I said and tried to take a nap on my make-shift couch.
"It's something you'll learn when you shake that horrible depressive chip off your shoulder." Klaus said and I tried to ignore him.
"Is that why you've been keeping me around? To witness my attitude adjustment?" Stefan asked and I sighed. 'Just ignore them' I think to myself.
"You'll know why I'm keeping you around when I want you to know." Klaus said.
"Would you two shut up so I can sleep?" I yell at Klaus and Stefan.
"I can compel you to sleep if it'll help." Klaus suggested, which felt weird.
"Can't...I've been on vervain for years." I said and yawned.

I finally managed to go to sleep when I was knocked over.
"What the hell?" I shout and see that Ray was running away.
"Go get him." Klaus said to Stefan, who went after Ray. I get up and dust myself off. "When did you meet Stefan?" Klaus asked me. I sigh and turn towards him.
"After you daggered Kol this last time, I left." I said. "I met Stefan in Chicago after a shooting at a bar in 1920. I stayed with him until a year ago."
"Does he know what you used to be?" Klaus asked me and I sighed, knowing what he meant.
"No." I said. "No one knows besides your family." I saw the look on Klaus's face. "Don't tell him."
"Wouldn't dream of it luv." He smirked and walked away.

I looked over at Derek, who Klaus had compelled to feed the others for their transition. Once he had fed the last one, I went and started to drink from his neck. I drank him until I felt his heart stop. My eyes looked up to see Klaus returning after a few minutes, I put my hand in Derek's chest and pulled his heart out.
"Oops." I say with innocence to Klaus. I dropped the heart on the ground and licked my fingertips.
"Just like Kol wouldn't have done." Klaus said and I smiled.
"I take that as a compliment." I say with a smile before taking some wipes out of the backpack I brought and wiping my hands.

When the sun set, I knew something was wrong. All the wolves Klaus made into hybrids, died. They bled from their eyes. Out of curiosity I examined all of them. Some lasted longer than the others, but in the end they all died. I stood up and looked at Klaus, who was sitting on a log drinking.
"Maybe something went wrong..." I suggested "...something with your curse." I knew all about his curse and how he had broken it.
"You think?" Klaus asked as he took a sip. I rolled my eyes as I walked towards him. He may be an ass sometimes, but he was almost my brother in-law. In a way, he was like family. I decide to sit next to him, opening a bottle near us.

I was a little buzzed, but still alert. Stefan eventually returned and dropped Ray's body on the ground.
"They went rabid." Klaus morbidly said. "Some of them we killed, the rest just bleed out. In the end they're all dead." Klaus slowly stood up. He yelled and threw the bottle on the ground, which scared me a little. "I DID EVERYTHING I WAS TOLD!" He shouts and I slowly stand up from the ground. "I should be able to turn them. I broke the curse. I killed a werewolf. I killed a vampire. I killed her doppelgänger." I looked at Stefan. We both knew Elena was still alive, but we didn't say anything. There was an awkward silence as Klaus looked at Stefan. "You look like hell."
"Yeah, well last I checked...I'm dying and you don't want to heal me." Stefan moved his arm and I saw a werewolf bite. I speed next to Stefan's side, worried about him. I look at Klaus, who looked down at Ray. "I had to take him out, I didn't have a choice. I'm sorry. Do what you have to do." I stood in front of Stefan, hoping Klaus wouldn't kill him. Klaus looked at Stefan and then to me. I pleaded with my eyes for him not to kill Stefan.
"It should have worked." Klaus said, but I didn't move. I followed him with my eyes as he picked up a bottle. He bit his wrist and let his blood drop into it. "Bottoms up." He held the bottle out. I took it and gave it to Stefan. "We're leaving. It appears you're the only two comrades I have left..." Klaus gave me a sad look before he walked away. I turned to Stefan to see him drinking from the bottle. I look at his arm and it was already healing.
"You'll be okay..." I say on loud to myself.
"You worry too much." Stefan said and I smile a little.
"Only with those I care about." I smile at Stefan and give him a hug. We hug each other for a while before I packed my stuff and we went in the direction Klaus went in.

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