Two days later

Elijah gets out of his cars and is walking towards her room in the hospital and thinking about last two days. Hayley had a break down so the doctors wanted to keep her in the hospital for a couple of days. He opens the door to her room thinking about how she has spent the last two days. He enters the room and sees Rebekah sitting on the chair. She is holding someone in her arms. Elijah walks towards her when she looks up and says to the baby in her arm "Hey look who it is. This is your uncle Elijah. He is a bit serious but not bad" then she looks towards him and says "doctors checked her today and they say that she is dong perfectly and there might not be any need for incubator but they want to keep her in it as a precaution". Elijah nods and then his gaze shifts to Hayley who is sleeping. He hears her say "she has just slept" Rebekah says sadly

"Is she feeling any better?" Elijah asks her without taking his eyes off of her

"NO, she is the same. She just sits quietly and start to cry all of a sudden. She is aware of the baby. Doctors says it is severe depression. The doctors want her to nurse the baby which will help her depression and I think that is helping a bit. I see her relaxing down when she holds her next to her. But they have put the baby on bottle milk too just in case" Rebekah tells him

Then Elijah looks down at the baby and about to take her when Rebekah tells him "you wash your hands first so to avoid germs". When he looks confused she shrugs and says "I don't know doctors order".

Elijah looks at her for a couple of seconds and then washes his hand from the bathroom. As he comes back in the room he sees Kol standing next to Rebekah looking down at his niece. Kol has just touched her skin when Rebekah smacked his hand and says "Wash your hands first" at his scowl.

Hayley opens her eyes feeling groggy and still tired and the first thing she sees is Elijah sitting there with her daughter in his arms. He has not noticed that she is up so she soundlessly props herself up and keeps looking at them for a while and smiles. Then suddenly as if a film runs in her head and she remembers what has happened in the last two days and the smile slides. She vaguely remembers Rebekah telling her that Klaus is gone. A sigh escapes her mouth which makes Elijah realize that she is up.

Elijah is looking down at the baby. The baby has been sleeping ever since he held her. She is so small that his hand can engulf her whole head. He gently strokes her cheek which makes the baby stir and a tiny smile creeps on his face when he hears her gasp. He looks up and see that she is up. He gets up and walks towards her with the baby in his arms and hands her the baby. Then he stands back and looks at her. She is looking at her baby and the tears are sliding down on her cheek. Elijah, a 1000 year old vampire – the original vampire, feels so helpless. He does not know what to do? How to help her? He just stands there and lets her cry. Her loss is great so why stop her from crying. After a couple of minutes he gives her his handkerchief and says "Hayley that is enough, you are going to get sick. Think about your daughter, she needs her mother".

Hayley looks up at him with blurry eyes, takes the handkerchief from his outstretched arm and rests her head at the head board and wipes her eyes but the tears keep on coming. Then she hears him "have you thought about a name for her?"

Before he can stop himself the words are out "Did you and Niklaus have something in mind?"

He sees the jerking of her hand and then she looks up at him. After staring at her for a couple of seconds she shakes her head. "Well she needs a name before we leave the hospital"

She looks down at her daughter and asks him "what happened?"

Elijah has been expecting her to ask this question and was preparing himself to answer her "Hayley, I will tell you everything once I know too"

She looks at him and knows that he is hiding something from her so she asks again "You know something so please tell me what happened?"

Elijah sighs and says "I don't know the details but I do know that my father, my mother and Finn are gone with Niklaus as well"

Hayley looks at him in surprise "Your father!"

"Yes Hayley they have been back from their death a month ago and we have been trying to kill him but were not successful and now they are gone along with Niklaus" he sighs and says to her and then he starts to pace the room. After a short while he says "I don't know what happened".

HE stops and starts to look outside the window. When he hears the nurse saying "Oh good she is up, she needs to be nursed" he turns and notices that her head snap in his direction. He walks towards her and see that the baby's eyes are open. He is shocked to realize that they are the same shade of blue green that were his brothers. He bends down and gently kisses her on her forehead and looks up at Hayley and says "I will be back soon". He then leaves her.

Elijah is pacing his study while Kol and Rebekah sitting on the sofas when they hear a slight cough. Elijah stops pacing and sees Sophie walking in. she looks nervous so Elijah asks her "what is it Sophie?"

Sophie looks up into his eyes and says "I have something for you". Then she hands him over some envelopes. She then walks towards Kol and Rebekah who are looking at her with surprised expressions and hands them something too. Elijah opens the envelope with his name written on it while he puts the one with Hayley's name on the table.

Sophie is feeling very nervous. She does not know what is in the envelopes but Klaus was very particular about handing the envelopes over if the outcome of their plan is what has happened two days ago. She sees Elijah's face turning white as his eyes travel the length of the paper. She acknowledges surprise and shock on Kol's and Rebekah's faces while they are going through their letters.

Elijah cannot believe that his brother whom he has been trying to redeem for the past 1000 years would be so sentimental and sacrificial. He looks up at Sophie and says in an accusation "You knew. You have been working with him. You knew"

Sophie registers the anger on his face and says "yes I knew. I wanted to tell you but Klaus was very insistent about it. He knew that if you know the plan you would not let him go through it".

She cannot bear his body piercing gaze. She notices Kol getting up from his chair and going over to Elijah who outstretches his arm so that he can take the letter from his hand while his eyes not leaving her face. She has never seen him so angry. Then her attention diverts when she sees Kol angrily turn and throw everything from Elijah's table on the ground with a yell. Rebekah runs to Kol and takes the letter from his defeated hands. She gasps as she reads the letter and looks at Sophie.

"You guys need to understand there was no other way. We tried to do it without getting him involved first but it was more difficult to get to Finn, Esther or Mikael so Klaus suggested this idea… "She stops because she sees Elijah leaving the room.

Hayley is sitting on her bed staring in the empty space. The doctors have told her that she can go home but they want to keep the baby in the incubator for few more days. She looks towards the door when she hears something. For a second she think that it is Klaus and she smiles but then the door opens and Elijah comes in.

Elijah sees her smile falters. He walks to her and says "Hayley how are you feeling?"

"Better the doctor says that I can go back home but the baby will stay in the incubator for a few days" she can see that he is looking very serious and distracted

"You still have not thought about a name?" He says and when she shakes her head he nods. After a couple of silent moments between them he says to her "I have something for you".

He takes out the envelope from the inside pocket of coat and gives it to her. Hayley takes the envelope. Elijah looks down at her, turns and leaves. At the door he stops for a second, turns and sees that she is still holding the envelope and looking down at it sadly.

A week later

Hayley walks into the house with Hope in her arms. She is feeling very apprehensive. How will she live without him? She thinks and then her gaze fall on the painting on the wall and tears start to fall from her eyes.

Elijah looks around the house. This is the first time he has come back into his house ever since his brother has died. The first thing he notices is the paintings on the wall – the paintings that Klaus has made over this last 1000 years. He stops for a moment there and then turns towards Hayley. She is standing in the middle of the room and looking around. He slowly walks to her and says "Hayley why don't you go up and rest"

Hayley looks up towards their room. She cannot bear to go the room which she had shared with Klaus for the past one and a half month but she cannot stand there the whole day so she nods and takes Hope up. The first change she notices in their room is the crib next to her bed. She walks towards it and picks up a card placed in the middle of the beautifully made up bed. She opens and reads it

"Congratulations. Welcome home baby girl.

Love aunty Rebekah, Uncle Kol and uncle Elijah.