Rebekah got out of her coffin last; meeting eyes with Kol, whose bite was beginning to fade rather well. Freya had been awoken after Elijah, and they had stepped out of the coffin as easily as rolling out on the appropriate side of the bed. Kol continued to stare at her and she looked back to him.
"It seems we're saved after all." Kol supposed, smiling. "I wish it could've been the same for Davina."
"We all do, brother. But it is five years into the past, as Klaus had told us. She wouldn't want you to stop living your life on her behalf." Rebekah replied. Kol stared wide-eyed at her but remained silent, looking away. Rebekah carefully got herself out of the coffin, as she was still perched on a table, and set her feet on the ground, taking in every detail. Where they were, and who they were here with.
Nik had informed them of the present day a little after Kol awoke; he made sure Kol had heard him before returning to Hope. His daughter. The little girl she'd looked after for a few months, making her longing for a family and children even stronger than it had ever been. My she had grown. She hadn't seen Hope for the past few years, not while being safely daggered and away from all she loved. And so the shock was bigger than it was for Elijah or Kol. Rebekah hoped that sweet little girl remembered her.
And then four new faces were with them. Two of them she'd seen before, and both had tried to kill her and her family all the time they were in Mystic Falls. But Caroline was at least nicer to her than Alaric had been. What were they doing together, and with two children younger than Hope?
Hayley looked around at all the people she loved in the same room, and wondered if it was a dream. Hell she even had missed Kol at this point. Who knows if they were going to end up ever talking, but she had felt horrible when Davina passed like he did. She was a friend, and she'd chosen to be. That made Davina an ally in her eyes. Hayley turned to Elijah, whose eyes had glanced towards hers while talking to Alaric, and she looked down at Hope; making sure she was alright being there alone with her father. Then she made her way over to the one man she missed the most, this whole time.
Elijah sat on the corner of the table where his coffin had been placed. Hayley stood before him, a little before the spread out of his legs, and stared right at him. He smiled at her, and Alaric walked away.
Rebekah stood before Klaus and Caroline, the two seemed as if they belonged at each other's side. Whether it was here or any other place on this planet. Her big brother gave her a smile and they came in to hug.
"You're back to stay, now." He decided.
"Only until the next thing makes me go mad, Nik, but let's put that concern on the back burner for now." Rebekah replied, pulling away. Nik watched her, searching to see if what she said she thought was the truth. She gave him a look and turned her eyes to Caroline, who'd been looking towards the two girls.
"Did you assist Hayley in our rescue?" Rebekah asked.
"Yeah, she found me and the girls a few months ago." She replied, giving a shy smile. Rebekah glanced at her brother who had an infectious smile at the sight of the one on her.
"I'm sorry, who are these girls? Did Rick ask you to be a surrogate mother or something? Even then that doesn't make sense, you are dead." Rebekah said.
"They're Gemini twins from a witch coven. Alaric fell in love with a witch that didn't practice anymore and ended up getting her pregnant, but she died before she could have them."
"Which makes this even more puzzling."
"The coven used a spell to put the fetuses into the closest womb, and they found mine." Caroline explained, glaring. Klaus watched his sister as she tried to work it out.
"Why couldn't they have used that Bennett witch's tum? At least there would be no danger that the children would be still-borns or some other horrible death."
"Bonnie wasn't in the room at the time. And some witches made sure my body would accommodate the babies until they were ready to be born." Caroline replied. Rebekah let all of this information sink in.
"And so they're the ones that saved us." Rebekah stated.
"Yeah. They saved my life and my friends' lives once too." She replied, smiling at the girls again.
"Well as lovely as this reunion is, chances are Marcel knows we're out." Rebekah said.
"Just what I thought when we had time to think. Caroline helped Hope reach out to Freya, I assumed you would've seen them work together." Klaus replied.
"It was in their own private world, a room only they could enter and Freya was much more interested in us having peace than updating us on the outside world." Rebekah replied.
"Well then, Hope put up a barrier spell, but if Marcel has found another way to seek out magic as to control the witches again, he most likely knows we're here." Klaus said
"How do you know?" Caroline asked them, their eyes falling on hers. "Wouldn't we feel some kind of a counter on the spell, or hearing his vampire army coming or something?"
"Marcellus knows us the best out of all our enemies." Elijah interjected, making Klaus flinch. "He was once, a part of this family. But he chose to disown us and nearly killed us all." He added, nodding to Klaus and standing beside him. Hayley stood on Elijah's other side and searched for Hope, looking back to find her still talking to Freya.
"So really we need to keep moving." Caroline prompted. She turned to Klaus and saw the same light in his eyes as there had been five years ago.
"Or fight." Klaus replied with a smile. The silence that followed was not an agreeable silence; Elijah shifted his stance and put his hands in his suit pants, Hayley crossed her arms and looked away. Rebekah stared at her big brother as if he was insane.
"What good would starting another war with our family do, when we just reunited?" Rebekah asked him.
"It would teach him that although we are no longer the top of the food chain, we will never fall."
"Nik, where have you been for the past five years? We already did." Kol replied, crossing his arms and standing beside Hayley.
"In my book falling implies you were killed. If there's a chance to reclaim the throne I will take it." Klaus said stubbornly.
"My, he really hasn't changed." Rebekah said in irritated awe. Caroline considered him as the rest of his siblings moved away from him.
"You want to know what I think?" She asked him. Klaus looked at her in interest. "You are definitely a better man than the last time you set up shop in Mystic Falls." He grinned at her.
"I'm glad to be making such a wonderful impression, love." He chuckled. "If you are convinced that I have changed, that is all the support I need." She smiled at him and reached out for his hand, gripping it in both of his.
"Klaus Mikaelson!" The low shout came from the street. Conversations ceased abruptly, pupils dilated and hearts stuttered. No one moved towards the window except the twins, who were pulled back swiftly by their parents.
"I know you're there…" Marcel prompted with a smile. "I had some backups put in place in case you escaped. Let's face it; you would've done so eventually." Klaus ground his teeth and Elijah looked back to him. "As for finding you here, I was in the process of a locator spell when it stopped about fifty yards from here. Didn't take much longer to connect the dots." Hayley moved over to Klaus, having grabbed Elijah's arm and Rebekah following them. "Tell me, how does it feel, surviving the only family you had left?" Klaus scowled and glared out the window
"If he wants brutality, he'll get it." He growled, making for the door.
"Klaus" Caroline called after him "you know Marcel's baiting you, you really want him to find out your siblings are still alive?" She asked. Klaus spun around to stare at her.
"I realize Marcel baiting me is merely a ploy to get my attention. He has more men down there, maybe this new thing he became loses its power over time. He might not be as lethal as he had been before."
"Or maybe he's just counting on you desperately wanting to have the last word, again." Caroline snapped at him. Klaus drew in a breath to retaliate and found no words, setting his mouth.
"What do you suggest?" He asked. Everyone stared at Caroline in surprise, who stared back at him, trying to work out a plan in her mind. Freya went toward Klaus, leaving Hope by herself as Elijah glanced at her.
"I could help Hope cast a cloaking spell in place of the barrier spell. Bring it down as we exit the building. Marcel could possibly be too interested building up his power in the face of everyone else who still fear you, to notice us as we walk right past him, invisible and undetected." Freya offered, staring at her brother. Klaus turned and looked at Hope with a wide eyes.
"Would you be able to do so?" He asked his daughter. Hope stared at her father, and Hayley saw a mix of emotions. Anger. Betrayal. Sadness. But she set her mouth and mutely nodded. Klaus smiled at her and knelt down, pulling Hope towards him and embracing her, resting his chin on her small shoulder. Hope let her arms stay at her sides and waited for her father to pull away, putting the palm of his hand against the side of her face for a moment before standing up again. Hope turned away as Freya came back towards her; Elijah and Hayley helped Freya take his coffin off the table as to prepare the spell. Freya knelt down before Hope.
"Now, you remember the beginning of the barrier spell?" She asked. Hope nodded. "It's basically the same. The middle and the end are different."
As Freya explained the spell to his daughter, Klaus stood watching them, Caroline beside him, the girls coming over to watch as well. Soon Hope closed her eyes and took her aunt's hands. They began to chant in latin, the spell drawn on the table flickering as if it was an illusion. Josie and Elizabeth inched toward the table, watching the drawing continue to flicker.
Kol stood outside of the group that watched his sister and niece work their magic. He didn't care that this family was reunited. He didn't much care that Hope had helped rescue them, nor what she was. Nik was always going to get what he wanted, and apparently that child was one of them. Including the blonde that helped nearly assassinate his family years ago. He didn't know his brother had a thing for blondes now. There was Cami of course, but Nik wasn't acting the same way around this one as he did with Camille. He was happier. More willing to be stripped of his power. And the younger blonde didn't have any problem taking it.
Small conversations started and the table disappeared. All eyes went to Freya.
"We hide the table, chances are Marcel won't realize what we've done until we're far enough away." She explained. She took Hope against her side and looked at Klaus. "We should go." Freya started to lead the group, Alaric the only one looking around at everyone in skepticism.
"Are you sure it's going to work?" He called to her. Freya turned back to him. "I mean, you did just get out of a five-year coma, after whatever the hell it was that landed you there. You sure you're not a little rusty?"
"Pay attention Alaric, its Hope that put the spell into place." Rebekah replied dryly. Alaric turned to Hayley.
"Has she done something this big before?" He asked her. Hayley gave him a look.
"Look, I know you're worried the fact that Hope isn't in control yet makes it easy for your girls to be sitting ducks. But recklessness is just what we have to go with for right now, because we don't have anything else that won't keep up from finally getting finished off by the one guy that can actually kill us." She replied. Caroline noticed that Klaus put a hand on Elijah's shoulder, and gave him a look of worry.
"Well maybe as much faith as I'd put on Hope's power, you shouldn't count on it to not fluctuate. Me and Caroline have seen that happen more than enough. Put something more in as a safeguard." Alaric implored. Hayley glared at him but looked away, smiling in reassurance at Hope and turning to Elijah. Freya stared at Elijah and he looked away for a moment. He shifted his stance and put a hand up to her.
"As much as I have faith, in Hope's ability to protect this family," he turned to her "perhaps a safeguard would be, a good idea."
Hope set her mouth in a thin line, and there was no mistaking the rage that burned in her eyes as she looked between her father and her uncle. Caroline pressed Josie to her leg in a small hug, and turned back to Hope. Seems Hope knew her father as well as she did, but it was going to be alright. Klaus was going to make it right with her.
With a new safeguard in place, Freya took hold of Rebekah and forced the two families to leave the building. Hope gripped her mother's hand tightly as they ran downstairs, and saw the door open, Marcel and his men standing before it. Marcel had changed slightly since their last meeting. Usually the man would stand still before his enemy, waiting them right in the eye. Now, Marcel had taken to pacing, glancing toward the door everytime he turned. And as the Mikaelson family, Caroline and Alaric watched, Marcel continued to pace, continued to look toward the door at every turn. Freya and Rebekah looked back at the group and led them out the door.
Marcel stood still suddenly, startling the two sisters into stopping, their brothers crashing into them, Klaus gripped Hope's shoulder, discreetly reaching back to find Caroline's hand, which was grabbed instantly. Their eyes were wide on the monster before them, until they noticed his chin tipped back and he grinned at the windows again.
"Is this what you are reduced to?" Marcel screamed, taking a step back and making everyone flinch. Klaus looked at Marcel's men that flanked him, but didn't stand before him. They were more afraid of him than respectful. Despite himself, Klaus looked away. The talk of loyalty, respect and love, and Marcel turns into him, just as he hoped he wouldn't. Marcel was his better, but then sons were supposed to surpass their fathers. "Hiding like rats in an abandoned building, hoping to God someone won't turn on the light?"
Elijah looked away and held onto Rebekah tighter.
"I mean sure, couple of your siblings still had some decency, but you always throw it out the window when there's a question of family, right?" Marcel yelled. "Tell you what. If you come out now with your hands up" he said in mockery "you'll be let off with a warning. You can go back to the dark and Klaus, you could go back to the garden. You won't need that blade back in your chest. But if you don't come down now, I won't rest until I find you, and everyone who loves you." Klaus's grip on Caroline's hand grew tighter, and he nearly pulled Hope to him.
"You know what I'm gonna do to you?" Marcel screamed as Kol stood before him. The man's volume hurt Kol's ears and he ducked away, covering his ears. He hadn't gotten used to being out in the world yet, not this time. "You will regret ever trying to take my throne, Klaus Mikaelson. You'll regret ever coming near Davina to help you and your hybrid daughter." He sneered. Hayley looked back to Marcel, and felt her heart break. "Rebekah, you can forget about ever coming back to me if you side with your brother, AGAIN!" Marcel screamed. Rebekah pulled Freya and Elijah harder away from him. Caroline glanced at Alaric and released Klaus's hand, starting to lead Josie before her with her hands on the young girl's ears, Alaric followed suit with Lizzie.
"Klaus I'll make you regret everything you ever did to me that you thought was for my benefit." Kol glared at him and Alaric reluctantly grabbed the young man's shoulder to yank him away.
"I will remind you every day, of what your family did to Davina, and everything she paid for that wasn't her price to pay!" Marcel yelled. "You miss the days you didn't know Freya sought out your family. It was her loyalty to you that got us to where we are right now." He continued.
Rebekah and Freya turned around to look at the man continue to yell up at the windows. Elijah and Klaus caught their eyes.
"You need to wait here and make sure he doesn't catch onto what we're doing." Elijah murmured, as if he was scared Marcel would hear them. Rebekah nodded to him and pulled on Freya to follow her, unable to speed away. Klaus sought Caroline again, and put an arm around her shoulders as she neared him. He looked back at Alaric who was coming up behind them and turned back around to Elijah.
"We need to get them to safety." Klaus said urgently. Elijah nodded.
"There's a place we could go, our sisters will find us." He replied. He roped an arm around Kol and they began to run.
"Whoever it was that helped you, I'll kill them right in front of your eyes. I'll rip their throats out right in front of your eyes. And if they love you, well that makes it even better! After I ensure their deaths, I will kill you, and you can die in extreme pain just like Gia did, but you will be by their side. Their loyalty to you, the day they met you, will be their greatest regret." Marcel growled. He turned to one of his men and gestured for them to go up.
Rebekah and Freya had travelled in the building across the street to the room that was level the one they'd left. They stared at Marcel's men who ran around, yelling threats, throwing around furniture, ripping fabric, smashing windows, just like they had when they came the first time. Freya drew an intake of breath and Rebekah turned to her. Freya glanced at her little sister and shook her head, smiling in reassurance. The man had gotten to the room they had been in. The table was still invisible. Furniture was destroyed, glass smashed, and other objects left behind smashed to dust.
"Will this be our new story? Fleeing from the one person we thought we could trust?" Rebekah asked. Freya turned to her, and breathed deeply, controlling her heartbeat. She laid a hand on her sister's shoulder.
"Rebekah." Freya said, prompting her to look in Freya's eyes. "If you truly believe that, then we are already lost." Rebekah gave her a sorrowful look. "Our brothers will find a way. Our niece will find a way." Rebekah smiled at her and turned back to the vandalizing men. "I will find a way." Freya added. "Caroline and her family will find a way." She said more to herself than to Rebekah. They'd find a way. They weren't lost, and they were not going to hide for the rest of their lives.
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