Nathaniel awoke with a sharp gasp, looking around his surroundings he tried to remember what had happened. Noticing he was still in his dining room, he remembered Klaus visiting earlier today and finding out about his alliance with Adrienne and taking his revenge by killing him.
"It's about time you woke up," an angelic voice sounded from the other side of the room, Nathaniel looked over and spotted Adrienne sitting comfortably on one of the dining room chairs, "I take it this was the handy work of my brother?" she questioned the man who was still on the floor, trying to piece a few blank pieces together, he looked down to his hand and saw no trace of the wounds that Klaus had left him.
Adrienne knelt down next to Nathaniel and handed him a blood bag, "this will help," she told him and he took it from her hands slowly, not too sure if he wanted to go through with drinking it, noticing his concern, Adrienne let out a sigh, "if you don't drink you'll die," she urged and handed him the bag.
He took the bag from her hands and stared at it for a moment before he started to drink, disgusted at first he tore the bag from his lips and gagged at the taste. He shot a look at Adrienne whose eyes were urging him to keep drinking; he brought the bag back up to his lips and took another sip. Slow at first, but after a moment he began to drink more enthusiastically, no longer finding the taste revolting but rather intoxicating. It wasn't long before he had finished off the bag.
"Now aren't you glad I gave you my blood?"
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With every passing minute, Klaus' patients were growing thinner and thinner. He never thought that finding Adrienne would be such a hard task and even with a witch as powerful as Bonnie, it wasn't any easier. Adrienne had made sure that she left no trace of herself wherever she went; she made sure that nothing of hers that could be used to locate her was left behind.
He must admit though, he had to give her credit for managing to avoid him for so long.
Pushing the laptop aside, Klaus decided that he needed something to drink, something other than the alcohol that he'd been consuming for most of the night. Getting up from the chair, he casted a look towards the closed bedroom door, he contemplated for a moment about whether or not he should leave the witch here on her own. Deciding that she's not stupid enough to run, he grabbed his jacket and left the room in search of something, or rather someone, to state his hunger.
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Sean Bennett sat in his daughters room, looking at a picture of himself and Bonnie when she was only seven, it had been taken by his mother on Christmas Day, Bonnie was sitting on his lap and both of them had those silly little paper crowns on their heads. Sean absolutely hated those things with a passion, but he wore them anyway because his daughter loved them.
A part of him knew that this would happen eventually, she would get sucked into the supernatural world and something like this would happen. That's why he tried to so hard to keep this from her, to keep her safe.
Every time she would come home from a visit with her Grams, she'd ask about it and he always told her that none of it was true and that his mother was just a little crazy. He'd confronted his mother many times about the subject, telling her it wasn't her place to tell Bonnie these things and she had no right to fill Bonnie's head with her witch nonsense. A part of him would never forgive his mother for getting his daughter involved in all this.
All he wanted for his daughter was a safe, happy and normal life.
She'd never get that now.
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Klaus had returned around six in the morning and he felt much better, his hunger had been satisfied amongst other things. He spent a lovely evening with two young ladies he met in bar who had invited him back to their apartment.
He spotted Bonnie sitting at the table reading one of the books he had taken from Nathaniel, she looked up when he came inside, "where've you been?" she questioned and turned her attention back to the book.
"Had matters to attend to," he replied. Klaus felt no need for her to know about his little night out. "What are you doing?" he asked her as he took off his jacket and tossed it over a chair.
"Nothing, I'm bored," she pulled something out of the book and handed it to him, "I found this."
It was a photograph of Adrienne, taken around the 1920s. It had been so long since Klaus had seen his sister; he'd almost forgotten what she looked like. Looking at the photo brought back memories and reminded him of how close they were, how much he looked up to her and it only made the memory of her betrayal sting just that little bit more. He believed that he could always count on her, trust her, but she proved that to be very wrong.
Bonnie looked at Klaus as he stared at the photo in his hand, she didn't know who it was in the photo but from his reaction she had a fair idea. "Is that Adrienne?" she asked him softly.
Klaus nodded and put the photo on the table, "did you find anything else?"
Bonnie shook her head, "No, I've only looked in here so far," she motioned to the book in front of her, "is this all you got?" she asked, pointing to three other books on the table.
Klaus nodded his head, "They were all I could find that could have some relevance to Adrienne."
"I'm sure he would have had things specifically to do with her," Bonnie replied to him, tilting her head to look at the hybrid, "probably hidden around his house somewhere."
"I searched the whole house, Bonnie; if there was something I would have found it,"
Bonnie rolled her eyes and stood up from the chair, she grabbed her jacket and headed to the door, "you coming?" she called over her shoulder as she headed out the door. Klaus furrowed his brow but followed the young witch anyway.
"Where exactly are we going?" Klaus questioned the witch when they got to his car.
"Nathaniel's" she answered him and hopped into the car, "I'm going to find what you missed," she smiled sweetly at him; Klaus himself couldn't help but smile lightly at her as he seated himself in the car.
Arriving at Nathaniel's, Bonnie jumped out of the car and made her way up the steps and opened the door, walking inside. She figured she would start with the more obvious room, where all his research was.
Klaus tensed up as soon as he walked through the front door, someone else had been here since he left last night. The scent was fading, but he still managed to pick up on it. There was something familiar about it; he had definitely come across them before.
"What did you do with Nathaniel?" Bonnie called out from the other room.
"Nothing, why?" he called back.
"Well, he's not here," Klaus furrowed his brow and sped into the room where Bonnie was, Nathaniel's corpse not where he left it. Looking to the side of the room he saw an empty blood bag; he cursed and picked up the bag, "what?" Bonnie questioned.
Klaus waved the empty bag, "Nathaniel must have had vampire blood in his system when I killed him," he said, "he's now a vampire," he scoffed and threw the bag back on the ground.
Bonnie walked over and picked up the bag and held it in her hands, she took a deep breath, cleared her mind and concentrated on Nathaniel. Maybe she could see what happened. She saw an image of a woman handing Nathaniel a blood bag but could only see the back off her. Bonnie concentrated harder and tried to get another vision, this time she saw the woman's face. The witch opened her eyes and stared at Klaus.
"What did you see?" he asked.
"Well, Nathaniel is now a vampire," she answered and bit her lip, not sure if she wanted to continue, she had no idea how Klaus would react.
"And?"
"Adrienne," was all she said, it was all she needed to say because it all made perfect sense to Klaus now. The scent belonged to Adrienne; he hadn't figured it out at first because he hadn't encountered his older sister in nearly five hundred years. She'd been close to him this whole time and he didn't pick up on it.
Bonnie could practically feel the anger radiating from Klaus though his face remained void of any kind of emotion as he stared off, jaw clenched.
"Klaus?" the young witch tried to get his attention. His head snapped to look at Bonnie when he felt her hand lightly touch his arm. Klaus stared at her hand; she had a very faint grip just above his elbow. "You okay?" she asked softly, even if the man that stood in front of her was a monster, Bonnie was a very caring person, it was in her nature to help. Klaus' gaze went to Bonnie's face, and she noticed there was something in his eyes but she could not decipher what it was.
It had been quite a long time since someone had asked Klaus that and genuinely meant it. Klaus shrugged her hand of his arm and put some space between them, neither realising how close they had gotten to each other.
"We should go," he said, his voice very un-Klaus like. Bonnie nodded her head and followed him through the house.
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The sun was high in the sky and shone over the park, everything was brighter now, clearer and a lot louder. The new vampire sat on the park bench and inspected his newest piece of jewellery, given to him by Adrienne, a day walking ring.
"Take care of that, they are not easy to come by," Adrienne told him and sat down beside him. It wasn't so much the ring that was hard to come by, but the spell. Not many witches these days were willing to spell them for vampires. "Now, back to the topic of my brother, you said he had someone with him."
Nathaniel nodded his head, "Yes, a young girl, a witch," he told her, "also, she has friends and family that want her back, they visited me earlier, another witch -my friend, Lisa- and two vampires."
"Do you know where I can find them?" she asked him. Some extra help might not hurt and if Klaus had taken this girl, surely her friends and family would only beg her to help them get her back.
He nodded his head again, "they are from a town in Virginia, Mystic Falls."
The name of the town sounded all too familiar to Adrienne, she knew that it was the home of the second doppelgänger, Elena Gilbert, and she also knew that the town had a long history of vampires and a number of other supernatural creatures.
Not to mention, the current location of Alaric Saltzman.
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Klaus was deathly silent for the rest of the day and he was actually beginning to worry the young witch. Sure, they may have spent most of their time together in silence but this was different. Bonnie knew that it had everything to do with Adrienne, he seemed to be so determined to destroy her all these years and now that she is close by he doesn't know what to do. Needless to say, Bonnie was very curious about what this whole extreme sibling rivalry was started by.
Bonnie sat on the couch and debated whether or not to speak to him, though she didn't want to make the situation any worse by saying the wrong thing to him.
When he came out and sat down beside her he held the dress that Bonnie got when she first left with him in his hands. Bonnie raised her eyebrow, "please tell me you're not going to put that on."
Klaus let out a laugh, something Bonnie found herself to like the sound of, and handed her the dress, "not my style, sweetheart. I want you to wear it tonight," he told her.
"Why?" Bonnie asked, and took the dress from him.
"We are going out for dinner," he said to the witch, "and we will leave around eight, so be ready by then," he told her and got up from the couch, "I'll leave you to get ready, if you need anything just ask the owner, they have been compelled," he finished.
Of course they had been.
"Where are you going?" she asked him.
"I'm going to go see if Adrienne's scent is anywhere else; I'll be back by eight," he said before leaving.
The witch let out a sigh before looking at the clock on the wall, it was already six. She contemplated about ringing Stefan and informing him about Adrienne, but part of her knew she may have to speak to Damon and she wasn't sure she was ready for whatever he had to say. She settled for a simple text message about Adrienne's current whereabouts and Nathaniel's transformation then proceeded to get ready for whatever Klaus had planned for tonight.
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Klaus arrived back at the room a little after seven thirty. He had no luck with his search, if there was one thing his older sister was good at, it was hiding from people she didn't want to find her.
He heard a frustrated groan coming from the bedroom so he made his way into the room and saw the witch trying to twist herself around to do up the zipper on the back of the dress. "Need some help?" he smirked at Bonnie, who whipped her head around at the sound of his voice, obviously not hearing him come in.
"I think the zipper is stuck," she whined with an adorable pout on her lips.
Klaus slowly walked towards her and removed her hands from the zipper and replaced them with his own. With a simple tug he got the zipper the move and very slowly began zipping up her dress, letting his fingers run up her spine before it was rudely covered by the fabric. He smirked when he noticed her breathing become uneven and her heart rate pick up. When the zipper closed he continued to run his hands up to her shoulders, one covered by the dress, the other completely bare. He stepped in closer to her; his front pressed against her back, and turned her to face the mirror admiring her reflection, the hybrid brought his lips down to her ear, "you look stunning, Bonnie," he whispered against her ear.
The witch wanted nothing more than to close her eyes and lean back into the dangerous hybrids embrace, but she had to try and think rational. The man behind her was a monster, no matter how charming he may be at times. He was her enemy, and nothing more. The guilt that started to well up inside of her gave her the strength to break out of his embrace. Not once had her body reacted that way when Jeremy touched her, not once had he ever made her weak at the knees with just a simple whisper.
Bonnie kept her eyes off the hybrid as she slipped on a pair of simple black pumps. When she did finally bring her eyes to him she noticed he had since changed clothes, instead of his usual long sleeved shirt and jeans he had on a dark red button down shirt with the first few buttons undone, showing off some of his chest, with a black jacket over the top, paired with a pair of black pants.
She removed her eyes from him and concentrated on trying to clasp the charm bracelet that her Grams gave her for her fifteenth birthday around her wrist. Klaus once again coming to her rescue and gently took her wrist in his hand while clasping the bracelet with his other. He kept a gentle but firm grasp on her hand, "are you ready to go?" he asked her and she nodded, allowing him to lead her from the room, her hand still in his.
When they got to the car a driver stood by the car and opened the back seat door when they approached. Klaus helped her into the car, following behind her. This was a new side of Klaus that Bonnie had yet to experience, a side that was gentle and if she were honest, she kind of liked it and hated herself for thinking so.
It was probably all just another trick of his. If he couldn't persuade her with violence and threats, then try to woo her with charming notions and chivalry.
"Did you find anything to do with Adrienne while you were gone?" she asked after they started driving along the main road.
"Let's not talk about my sister tonight, sweetheart," he said to her, eyeing her bare legs on the sly. He wasn't lying to the witch when he said she looked stunning, she looked absolutely gorgeous right now, good enough to eat. Pun intended. What he wouldn't give to be able to get just a small taste of the witch sitting beside him, but he knew with that boyfriend of hers back home, he wouldn't be getting much of her, which is something that would have to change, because he wanted more than just a small taste. Much more.
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The elder Original sister knocked on the door of the Salvatore Boarding house and the door swung open a minute revealing who Adrienne assumed was the younger Salvatore brother, Stefan.
"Can I help you?" He asked politely, not knowing who she was.
"I don't know if you can help me, but I can certainly help you," Adrienne replied to him, and Stefan raised an eye brow, "My name is Adrienne," she could practically see the wheels turning inside the younger vampire's head and smiled when he put everything together, "may I come in?" she asked politely.
Stefan opened the door wider and stepped aside to let her in, "why are you here?" he asked and led her through the house.
"Like I said, I can help you. I'm aware that Klaus has your friend, the witch and I can help you get her back," she said to him.
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I am so so so so sorry for the very late update! I had a bit of trouble with this chapter and I have another two versions of it but I like this one the best (I'm not too happy with the start but I don't mind the ending lol), I just couldn't seem to get it out how I wanted it. Anyway, thank you to all of you who have read/reviewed/faved/alerted! It means a lot to me! I'm aiming to get the next chapter out by the weekend. BTW I have made a tumblr page, so if you would like to follow me (I will do some progress reports and stuff like that) my URL is on my profile page. =D Thanks so much! Also, I apologise for any mistakes and/or inaccuracies.