Day One:
Mikaelson Corporations.
Katherine and Elena Petrova: Grifters.
"It's so nice to see you two back home!" Bonnie Bennett's Grams said to Elena and Katherine as she patted their heads fondly with a smile on her wise face.
"Hello, Grams," Elena said, since she was the nicest twin and actually liked the old woman and her granddaughter, whereas Katherine thought the old woman daft and the granddaughter annoying.
"Hey, Grams," Katherine said, masking her annoyance with a smile. She wasn't a grifter for anything, after all.
"Are you all home for good now? I heard Caroline and Klaus were back as well—I'm surprised they haven't eloped yet!" The frail woman laughed and then smiled. Caroline, elope? Did she forget already that Caroline never did anything small? She was head cheerleader, chair of every single committee, and planned almost every single event in Mystic Falls when they were in high school. "Even Kol and Alexia are back. They always were cute; do you think they are dating yet?"
The twins had forgotten that when they had all left for good after their graduation that Kol and Lexie's relationship was still kept quiet. Katherine and Elena just nodded and smiled at her, waiting for her to leave.
"And Elijah! What a nice man, all grown up and polite." She looked away from them for a moment before sighing and rolling her dark eyes. "There's Bonnie now, I guess I'll go over and talk to her. She's off for winter holiday since the elementary schools are out. I know she misses her kids dearly—she's such a great teacher!"
Katherine and Elena smiled at her and Grams made them promise to come visit her before they left again.
"That woman…" Katherine grumbled as the old last walked away from them.
Elena rolled her eyes and handed Katherine her coffee.
"She's not so bad, Kat," Elena scolded.
"You're too good," Katherine shot back as they walk across the street and into the large building of Mikaelson Corp.
They quickly take inventory of the room:
Pretty little receptionist stationed at the desk on the far wall of the room.
A cop stationed at the doors.
Waiting area with three people sitting in the chairs.
Cameras in each of the four corners in the room.
Hallway leading to the back.
"Oh my gosh! Elena! Is that Vicki Donovan? I think that's Vicki Donovan! Vicki Donovan! Hi! Do you remember us? We were seniors with your brother while you were a sophomore! Wow, it really is you, Vicki Donovan!" Katherine said in the fakest of high-pitched voices. She always had hated Vicki Donovan, the harlot.
"Oh my gosh! Katherine! It is Vicki Donovan! Vicki Donovan! Hi! It's Elena and Katherine Petrova! Don't you remember us?" Elena said right after Katherine, feigning innocence and surprise perfectly, just like her sister.
Katherine dragged Elena over to the receptionist's desk, and set her coffee down, by the edge, on purpose. Then, she clapped her well-manicured hands and jumped in her high heels. Katherine leaned over the desk, giving Vicki a hug, and then she let Elena lean over. While Vicki was distracted she stuck a USB in the back of the computer. The closer Katherine leaned over the desk, she knew her elbow would be able to touch the coffee cup and…
Oops—there it goes.
"Oh my gosh! Elena! Can you believe that? I'm such a klutz! I'm sorry Vicki! I'm such a klutz, I really didn't mean to!" Katherine giggled into her hand as she looked down at her coffee, which was spilled all over the floor, and part of it on Vicki's white top. There is payback for sleeping with my boyfriend back in my senior year… Katherine thought.
"Kat! I can't you believe you spilled coffee all over Vicki Donovan's shirt! I'm sorry Vicki, you know her, always the klutz!" Elena said loudly, making sure her voice was loud and carried, drawing everyone's attention to them. There is payback for telling Matt I was secretly seeing Damon, back in my senior year… Elena thought.
Vicki's cheeks grew as red as her lipstick, and her eyes narrowed.
"Welcome home, Katherine, Elena." Vicki all but growled, signaling to the cop that she needed help as she held her soiled top away from her body.
"What can I do for you, Miss Donovan?" He asked, looking at Katherine and Elena.
"I need you to watch the desk for me while I go change. Katherine, Elena, write your names down and I'll be with you after."
Vicki stormed off in her too-tight pencil skirt, her too-tall heels and her too-tight shirt. Katherine saw the green light on the USB and stealthily unplugged it, dropping it in her purse before anyone could notice.
"Cheap ass skank," Katherine whispered under her breath, looking at her no-doubt Sears and fake Gucci heels as she walked away.
"Not everyone can con their way into money, Kat," Elena singsonged as they walked over to the elevators, disregarding Vicki's orders.
Good job girls, just make your way to the second floor and tell me what you see… They heard Elijah's voice on the coms unit and pressed the button for the second floor.
As the elevator dinged and signaled their arrival on the second floor, they quickly took inventory again, just how Giuseppe taught them.
Receptionist in the middle of the room.
No cops.
Three hallways (all rooms glass).
One camera (above receptionist desk).
They vaguely recognized this girl as April Young, the shy daughter of Pastor Young. She'd been a freshman when they were seniors, and Elena always had a soft spot for the girl who was always asking innocent questions.
"April! Hi, it's Elena Petrova! How have you been?" Elena walked around the desk, giving her younger friend a hug as Katherine stuck a different USB in the back of April's computer.
"Elena! It's so nice to see you—and you too Katherine!" April said, only a slight shake in her voice as she addressed Katherine.
"Likewise," Kat agreed smoothly, smiling a wicked smile at her.
Elena rolled her eyes and sat on the desk in front of the computer so April couldn't see anything.
"What are you two doing here? Are you back in town? Did they come with you?" April asked.
Old habits die hard… Katherine thought dryly as the young girl fired off questions at them.
"We thought we'd visit Esther and Henrik—we haven't seen them and years!" Elena giggled, swinging her legs back and forth, acting as if she didn't already know of Esther and Mikael's divorce.
"Henrik was so little when we left! What was he—seven, eight, when we left?" Katherine asked, looking up as if she was thinking hard.
"You haven't heard?" April gasped. "Mr. and Mrs. Mikaelson got a divorce!" She whispered, as if it was taboo.
"Really!"
"No!"
The twins gasped, looking at each other with wide eyes, covering their mouths.
"Yes, it didn't happen too long ago. I'm surprised you haven't heard, it's been the talk of the town!" April nodded her head, her own eyes wide.
"I guess we'll go give our best wishes to Mikael then," Katherine said, slipping the second USB in her purse as Elena hopped off of the desk.
"Mr. Mikaelson isn't here, he went to New York on business last night—but he'll be back tomorrow if you want to talk to him. I could leave him a message?"
"Oh, that won't be necessary. We want to surprise him when he sees us next." Katherine said, winking as they walked back into the elevator. The next two floors were office floors, with one camera each, but the third was where they hit the jackpot: Mikael's office floor; only a receptionist's small desk off to the side, and Mikael's office. No cameras were on this floor, but they'd bet it had sensors, knowing Mikael. They didn't know the receptionist, so they didn't take a chance at trying to stick a USB in her computer, playing it safe sometimes was a bonus.
Day One:
Mikaelson Manor.
Katherine and Elena Petrova: Grifters.
The drive to Mikaelson Manor was one quiet drive.
"Elijah, do you think we should park farther out, by the woods, and then walk, or just drive up to the house?"
Right now, Damon's trying to get into the security system to shut off the cameras inside and outside of the house. It'd save you guys a lot of time, otherwise I'd call this off and we'd all go tonight.
"So wait it out right where we are for a bit." Katherine stated, tapping her fingers on the steering wheel.
Yes.
Katherine continues to tap her fingers, and Elena plays with the charm on her necklace, looking at the Mikaelson Manor in the distance.
Alright, you're safe. Go in through the back kitchen door, and I'll tell you the rest.
They heard Damon's voice of the coms unit, and Katherine parked farther into the woods, and then set off on foot.
Katherine, ever the… stylish one, was wearing her usual five-inch high heels, and by the time they got to the back door, she was about to throw a fit.
Elena giggles and turns the door handle, stepping in slyly and disappearing almost instantly, Katherine following immediately. The house looked the same, so thank goodness they didn't need to scope out every inch of this place.
They keep close to the shadows and follow the winding staircase up, up, up… until they reach Mikael's office.
"There's a passcode and finger scanner," Katherine whispers as Elena gets out some powder and tape.
You know what to do…
Elena brushes some powder across the finger scanner, then puts the tape on top, taking the fingerprint and putting the tape in a container for Damon. She brushes the same powder against the numbers on the passcode and takes a picture on her phone, sending it to Damon.
Now get out of there, before someone finds you.
Within five minutes, the twins are speeding back into the outskirts of town, to home.
Day Two:
Home.
"Well, we know that the ground floor has one cop, a receptionist, two elevators and four cameras. The second floor has two hallways, two elevators, three offices, a storage closet, one cop and one receptionist. The last floor has two cops, a receptionist, two elevators, one office, and an unknown door. Great job, girls," Elijah commended the girls as they sat sipping a macchiato each on the couch in their slips.
"Beauty and brains," Kat sang, smirking over at Elena before winking at Elijah.
"Kitty, stop flirting and let Elijah carry on," Caroline scolded from Klaus's lap.
Katherine raised her eyebrow and was about to say something before Elijah began speaking again.
"Tomorrow we'll have Lexie 'accidentally' bump into Tyler Lockwood, Mikael's personal assistant. Flirt with him a little, get him to ask you on a date, just make sure you get on his good side. We know he'll take the bait since he was such a sleaze back in school. Kol, make sure you are within a fine enough distance if Lexie gets in trouble—follow the conversation through the coms—but don't get too close."
"If he touches a hair on her head, Elijah—I'll—."
Klaus growled and interrupted Kol's rant. "If Tyler Lockwood doesn't get what's coming to him, I'll finish him off myself." His arms wrapped tighter around Caroline and she kissed his cheek.
"Don't worry, sweetheart," She mumbled into his neck. "I'm not afraid of him anymore."
Klaus growled again, as he thought of how she and Lockwood had been a thing back in her Junior year, into the summer before Senior. Lockwood had an awful temper back then, and he knew something like that wouldn't go away. When she broke up with Lockwood, he demanded why. When she told Lockwood she was leaving him for Klaus, in a fit he threw a glass of cheap whiskey at her. If he ever got his hands on Tyler Lockwood, he knew he wouldn't be able to stop from killing him.
"Care, maybe you should be the one to distract him?" Elena asked. "Since he was into you and all..."
"I don't think so," Klaus spoke up, and Caroline shook her head, running her fingers through Klaus's hair in an attempt to soothe him.
"I agree with Niklaus, it is not safe for Caroline." Elijah spoke.
Elijah nodded to himself and Katherine stood up, wrapping an arm around his shoulder and leading him to his bedroom, saying, "I think it's about time you relaxed, Eli,"
Day Two:
Home.
Caroline's POV:
I fell back, bouncing slightly and out of breath. Klaus lifted his head from my shoulder and rolled onto his back, pulling me with him so that I was snuggled into his chest. It was quiet for a little bit, besides the sound of our breath intermingling, so I filled the silence with tracing patterns on his strong, hard chest. After even longer, I began kissing the faint scars there.
"I hate him," I said, after kissing a scar I remembered how he got.
"I do too, sweetheart," He answered, brushing my hair back, away from my face as we looked at each other.
"You don't deserve this," I said, tears filling my eyes as I looked at all the scars on his chest again, knowing that there were more on his back.
"Shhh, sweetheart, no need to worry. This will all be over, and we won't ever have to think about him again."
I shook my head 'no' and bit my lip. "It's Esther's fault, that she had an affair, not yours. And yet, he's only ever punished you for it."
"The man is delusional—he's mental! He's beaten Finn, Elijah, Kol and I so many times I've lost count."
"He shouldn't be able to do this, and now he's going after all of us! We have to stop him!" My voice was getting louder and he shushed me again.
"Hush now, darling, everything will be all right as long as we stick together. You will always have me by your side."
"Always and forever?" I asked my voice childlike.
"Always and forever." He responded, kissing me, making me forget all that could go wrong on a job so personal.
AN:
Hey Guys! It's been so long! Sadly, it's going to be even LONGER until you guys get an update for Heist, and Always and Forever (my other story). I have midterm exams coming up, and then Holiday break, so you all probably won't hear from me until next year! Don't fret sweethearts, I'm always thinking of my stories and what else I could add into it.
-zoenichole