Buffy huffed and walked back over to Willow; Sitting on the ground she brought her knees up to her chest. She fixed her gaze at the wall in front of her, and sighed. 'You always get yourself into these situation's' she thought, 'you couldn't have just listened to the rational part of you.' She groaned and sat up, she felt like her skin was crawling, her body wouldn't let her sit still. Buffy walked to the door of the crypt and tried to step over but an invisible barrier stopped her.
"Nice I can't even leave this damn crypt." She exclaimed, she punched the barrier over and over. Admitting defeat she went and sat back down next to Willow. "Buff," Willow said as she moved her head to look at her friend. "I put the spell up, so only me and you can be in here." "I thought they used something that temporarily bound your powers..." She said trying to remember what Sabine had called it. "It was a dark object and key word temporarily. They thought it would last, but they also don't know that much about me. When I absorbed all the knowledge from those books at the Magic box, I figured out how to spell myself for protection against things like this. So what would take a normal witch a day or two to recover from, it only takes me an hour or so." Willow saw the look on Buffy's face and new something was wrong.
"Buffy?" She asked, Buffy motioned for her to look at the door to the crypt. Willow gasped and muttered a few words in Latin and the barrier spell broke. There standing at the door to the crypt was Klaus, he looked royally pissed. Not far behind him was Elijah and the witches. Klaus stepped into the crypt, his eyes never leaving Buffy's until Sophie spoke up.
"Well there she is, the girl who is carrying your child." She said, "no that's not possible, vampires can not procreate." Klaus said, "but werewolves can. Magic made you a vampire but you were born a wolf. This pregnancy is one of natures loopholes." "You're lying," Klaus said as he tried to walk away. "My sister gave her life to do the spell that confirmed this pregnancy!" Sophie shouted after him, "so you are going to help us take down Marcel." Elijah spoke up, "if you want Marcel dead I'll do it myself." "No, there are rules at play here," Sophie said. Klaus' face went dark and he turned his head and looked at her, "if you don't help us I'll make sure that she doesn't live long enough to see her first maternity dress." "How dare you threaten me. How dare you try to control me!" He was about to kill Sophie when Elijah grabbed his shoulder, "Niklaus! Listen." Klaus looked over at Buffy and focused on her abdomen, that's when he heard the second heart beat. His face went from pure anger, to a mixture of fear and dismay.
"Admit it, you've been with someone else!" He screamed at Buffy, she cocked her head at him. "Don't you think by now I would have said something by now if it wasn't yours?" She asked, feeling a bit threatened. "Maybe you need some more motivation," Sophie said as she pulled a needle out of a voodoo doll hanging from the ceiling. She stabbed it into the center of her hand, "ow!" Buffy said as blood started flowing from her hand in the exact same place Sophie stabbed herself. "The spell that my sister cast to confirm this pregnancy also linked me to Buffy. So what ever happens to me," she motioned her head at Buffy, "happens to her." Klaus masked the emotion's that covered his face with a cold and detached expression. He listened to the heart beat one last time, "kill her and the baby, what do I care." With that he was gone, Buffy felt like the powers were screwing with her.
"He has until twelve midnight to make his decision. If he doesn't agree to help us by then we kill her and the baby." Sophie said, "he will see reason, and until that point not a hair is to be harmed on that girls head. Or I will kill you myself." He said to Sophie before dispersing.
Klaus walked down the almost empty street, silently cursing to himself. "Niklaus," Elijah said appearing in front of him. "Can't you tell I wish to be alone?" "That's not going to happen brother. We used to call this city home, and that was a time when you were happy, when we were all happy. After father found us you grew detached, and bitter." Elijah said, Klaus turned around but Elijah was standing there in front of him within a heart beat. "For centuries, I have watched you become a man that I can barely call my own brother, because bitterness consumed you, and warped you. But this child, Niklaus, your child, will be our chance to start over. To be a family again." Elijah said, Klaus had a blank expression on her face. "Niklaus save this girl, save your child." Klaus nodded and put both hands on his brothers shoulders, and looked him in the eyes. "No," he said before walking off and leaving a bewildered Elijah on the darkened street. He sighed, and made it up to a roof top, scanning the streets for any sign of his brother.
He spotted him and decided it was best to stay far enough behind him that he could still see him but Klaus couldn't sense his presence.
Klaus had been wandering the streets of New Orleans for hours. He knew Elijah was following him, but he didn't care. He took a sip from a bottle of bourbon he compelled himself at a liquor store and walked into a building. "Are you going to fallow me around all night Elijah?" He called out to his brother, "because if I haven't made it obvious I want to be left alone." "You say that once every century or so." Elijah said, "but I have no intention of leaving you alone. So if I must strike you like our father did to make you see reason then so be it." He said as he pulled a steel bar out of the gate in front of the building. He rushed Klaus and hit him several times with it before Klaus reached his hand out grabbed and swung it like a baseball bat. Elijah fell to the floor, and Klaus was on top of him in a matter of moments.
"Why is it so important that you find my redemption? Because you won't find it." "Because that is the oath we took, over a millennia ago, we stick together always and forever! Family above all!" Elijah spat at his brother. "Because some part of me believes that we can be a family again." Elijah said his voice breaking. Klaus stood up and offered a hand to Elijah. "You really are a fool if you still believe that." "Well... I've lasted this long in sight of that."
"I want it back." Klaus said as Elijah sat down next him on a bench overlooking store fronts. "I created Marcel in my image and he has bettered me." "We could be happy here Niklaus. We can take back this city, we can be a family again." "What does this child offer me? Does it ensure me power?" Klaus asked, "family is power Klaus." Elijah responded, after moments of silence Klaus spoke. "Tell the witches I'll Help them." Elijah smiled and was gone.
Buffy sat against a wall staring at the ground between her feet. She had been stuck in the same crypt for what seemed like days though she knew it was only hours. She shifted uncomfortably as she felt her stomach churn. "Oh no," she said as she puked on the floor beside her. Buffy sat up and moved away from the vomit and walked around the crypt. It was actually pretty big considering the ones she was accustomed to. A voice from outside the crypt shook her out of her thoughts.
"As a peace offering I brought you something." She heard Sophie gasp, "my brother agreed to help, I brought you your sister to ensure that you do not harm Buffy or her child, and that you release her and her friend into my care." Seconds later Elijah appeared at the entrance to the crypt. "The witches have agreed to let you and your friend go, you both will be staying with me and my brother." He said, Buffy nodded and walked over to a sleeping Willow. "Wills they are letting us go." She said gently shaking her friends shoulder. "Get the frog away from me!" Willow yelled as she sat up, looking at her surroundings. She saw a very amused Buffy and a very confused Elijah. "I'm sorry... I have frog fear." She said, "there letting us go, Elijah offered to let us stay with him and Klaus." Willows face went dark, "he better not try anything," "rest assured my brother will be on his best behaviour, you both will be perfectly safe."
A/N: As promised here is the next chapter. Please let me know what you think. I should have the next one up by Wednesday. I hope you enjoyed! You can also expect longer chapters in the coming weeks.
~Lazarus163
