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Chapter 7

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Elijah was back, and Becca couldn't be more excited about it. She finally had someone in the house she knew didn't have an ulterior motive. The only down side? Hayley was now staying with them too. Elijah and she seemed to click right off the bat, and he found any reason there could be for her to stay with them. He reasoned with Klaus, saying it just meant Becca and the baby had more people here to protect them.

Klaus was hoping he finally broke through, or at least chipped at, Becca's walls. He was hoping they made a break through after he got rid of her nightmares, but she didn't even remember it. Not that he expected her to, but a small part of him just wanted her to stop hating him.

The sound of soft footsteps got his attention. He looked up to see Becca coming down from her room for breakfast. Her baby bump had grown over the last week or so, and now it was obvious she was pregnant. She looked beautiful, none the less. "Good morning, darling." He said out, acting as if it was a perfectly normal morning beside the fact they had a dead body in the middle of the room.

"I'm not awake enough to talk to you yet." She grumbled in passing.

Across the room, Elijah chuckled, shaking his head at the two. As pleased as he was to know Becca was still in their lives, even after Klaus screw his relationship with her, he was even more pleased to see she was carrying his brother's child. He hoped this would be the miracle his family needed.

Giving his brother a glance, he got up and followed after his old friend. Walking into the kitchen, he saw her preparing some waffles for herself. While she was preoccupied, Elijah let the sight of her sink in. He was baffled when he was let in on the secret of her pregnancy. It wasn't possible, but looking at her now, baby belly and all, he knew there was no denying it. His only regret was that Becca had to suffer being here alone with his brother for so long.

He wasn't exactly sure what it was that broke them up, he only knew small details from Rebekah, but he could see the pain in her face when she looked at Niklaus. It wasn't just heartbreak kind of pain, but more emotional. Klaus hurt her, and he would need to figure out how when there was a chance to.

"Morning, Elijah. Do you want some waffles? There's plenty left." Becca said out, gaining his attention as he lifted his eyes up to meet hers.

Smiling, Becca didn't mind Elijah keeping her company. She just wasn't in the mood to deal with his brother. The past few nights were better, no more nightmares. She actually had a dream where she was with her family last night, of course it only made her cry when she woke up and realized it was just a dream. It made her realize just how much she missed her parents and Tyler. She was pregnant and had no real family to support her.

"No thank you."

Before he could ask her how she slept, the door behind them opened and Rebekah came back inside. She was cleaning up the mess Klaus left in the living room. Becca, who was searching the fridge for something, looked back at his sister. "Hey, can we add ribs to the grocery list? I'm craving them something fierce." She said back, her eyes lighting up at just the thought of having what she craved.

"Speaking of, add bleach." Rebekah said in passing before leaving the room.

"You know, I do hope my siblings were hospitable toward you in my absence. I'm not sure what happened between you and Niklaus, but I do hope he's treating you well." Elijah went on.

That was almost funny. If he considered ignoring her and their baby for three months, then yeah, Klaus was just peachy and perfect. "In your absence, as you like to call it, which is way nicer than Klaus deserves for stabbing you in the back, I have been ambushed by witches, left behind to be alone with Klaus by Kol, attacked by French Quarter vampires, did I mention I was had to live here with Klaus alone, and I was nearly murdered by witches who's convinced that my baby is Lucifer." She filled him in, huffing before looking over. Taking a deep breath, she realized it wasn't all bad as she made it out to be. "But, other than that, Klaus has been . . . somewhat normal. At least towards the baby and me. It's helped having Bekah here though, and now you." She went on, giving him a weak smile to reassure him.

"I'm just happy to see you in one piece." He said, returning her smile with one of his own. "Back to the murderous witches, I have some concerns." He said, clearing his throat. He moved around the kitchen, preparing a plate with her waffles on them.

It was time to get things fixed. First things first, he needed to make sure Becca and the baby were safe from the witches, then he would focus on whatever diabolical plan his brother had cooked up. "They're evil, Elijah. The second Kol and I came to town, they jumped at the chance to have leverage over Klaus. Now . . . now it's like they know something about my baby and I'm scared I won't be able to protect her when the time comes." She confessed. "It doesn't help that my life is still magically linked to Sophie Devereux." She went on, reminding him of what needed to be fixed first.

"Yes, well one step at a time. I think it's time we took care of that problem." He assured her.

Before she could thank him or ask how he could fix this, the door coming the other room opened and Rebekah's voice was heard. "I am all for it. As soon as they're unlinked, we get to leave this crap town." She said out, coming inside as she dragged a drained body behind her. It had to be Klaus' handy work, Becca thought to herself. "Who do we have to kill?" She asked, grinning as she continued past them.

"Probably no one." Elijah said out, sparing Becca a glance.

She was looking back, her eye brow raised as if to say 'you're joking, right?'. As long as Klaus was involved, they wouldn't leave without some blood spilled. "Alright, potentially everyone." He corrected himself, turning to put the juice away for her. Becca just shook her head, smiling as she bit back a chuckle at his expense.

Maybe things would start looking up after all?

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Elijah went to go see Davina and get her to unlink Becca and Sophie, that was the first thing they needed to achieve before the witches decided to get what they wanted done by going through the other witch to do it. Klaus kept to himself in the living room while Rebekah finished scrubbing away the blood stain. Once that was done, as done as it could be anyway, she went to check on Becca.

Rebekah was coming into the other room when she heard Becca gasp in pain, holding her neck. Becca pulled her hand away from her neck to see blood. She hadn't even done anything to hurt herself, yet she was bleeding. "What the hell was that?" Rebekah asked out.

Becca shook her head, looking at the blood on her fingers. She had no idea what that was, but she was sure it wasn't anything good. After the witches attacking her, she was just waiting for them to try again. "I have no idea." She said back to the blonde, confusion in her eyes as she looked at her hand. "It felt like I was being stabbed." She said, looking for a napkin or something to clean her neck.

Something about this didn't sit well with Rebekah. So soon after the last attack by the witches, she wouldn't put it past them to use Sophie's link to Becca to get to the baby. She just hoped Elijah got a handle on this before something did happen because of the bloody stupid link. "Perhaps you should sit. I'll go get you something to snack on." She said, helping her over to the chair before leaving to get her something to snack on and tell Klaus was was going on.

"It's time for the demon's spawn to snack." She said as she came back in with a basket of fresh picked apples.

"Hey, leave my cupcake alone." Becca said back, smiling as saw the apples.

They've been all she could keep down the past week, and it wasn't like they'd ever run out of them here. To say the least, it was one upside to hiding out here on the plantation. Rebekah wasn't sure if she wanted to smile or roll her eyes at the nickname. "Cupcake? How . . . very you." She finally decided on. "Take one. The plantation's lousy with them." She said, motioning to the apples. Becca gave her a small smile before reaching up and taking one from the basket. "How's your neck?" She asked.

Becca wasn't sure how to answer that. Physically, she felt fine. She had a feeling she shouldn't be though, and this was just false comfort. Maybe Klaus' paranoia really was rubbing off on her. "I feel fine, which is weird. You didn't need to tell Klaus to go running, you know." She said, knowing she told Klaus and that was why she heard him leaving. "Elijah's already out there dealing with the link." She reminded, trying to sound as sure about it as she could.

Rebekah knew her brother was really worried about this. The look on his face said it all when she told him. She just wished Becca could see how invested he really was in her and their baby. "What can I say? He wants to feel important." She said, but she knew Becca didn't believe her. "Do me a favor and don't die on my watch. I'll never hear the end of it." She said back, trying to ease the tension.

"I'll try my best not to." She said back, smiling weakly at her friend.

"Thank you." Rebekah said as she smiled back. Her smile lasted until she remembered she wouldn't be here to see this baby born, not if she had a say in it anyway. She wanted out of this town, and once Becca and Sophie were unlinked, she was gone. "And you better keep that . . . cupcake, safe while I'm gone. I'd like to visit my niece and see her, at least once or twice." She said, trying to keep her smile on even when she saw the disappointment in Becca's eyes.

"Gone? Don't tell me you're leaving too." She said, disappointment in her voice.

She was just getting use to having more than just Klaus here. Rebekah was the only one keeping her from hitting the hell out of him sometimes. She couldn't just leave, not like Kol did. "I only came to town to make sure things were okay with Elijah." She explained, trying not to look as sad as Becca felt. "He's fine, and he hasn't punished Klaus for daggering him, so . . . as usual they'll be thick as thieves, and I'll be left to clean up the mess." She went on, trying to justify her actions. "It's time for me to fly the coup, which I'm sure was what Kol was thinking when he left too." She said, smiling weakly at her friend.

"Oh, right." She said, looking away disappointed.

Becca was about to take a bite of the apple in her hand when she felt her stomach churn. It felt worse than morning sickness. It didn't feel like how she would get before either, this was a whole new kind of sickness and that worried her. "What's wrong?" Rebekah asked when she noticed the look on Becca's face.

Becca hoped it was just morning sickness hitting her late. The thought of it being something else, terrified her. It was only a few days ago she was almost killed, she was not ready to go through that again. "I, um, I don't know." She confessed. "Probably morning sickness. I've been having it the past two weeks." She tried to play it off as nothing, but Rebekah wasn't buying it.

Rebekah moved closer to the chair Becca was sitting in and pressed her hand against Becca's forehead and cheeks to feel her temperature. When she did, she didn't like what she found. It was nothing good, nothing normal anyway. "Oh, you're burning up actually." She said out before helping her up. "Come on, let's get you upstairs into bed." She said as she let her lean on her and helped her out of the room.

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After getting Becca into bed, she texted Klaus what was going on and called Elijah. He was on his way back, hopeful with good news. While they were waiting, Klaus called back, demanding he talk to Becca. "Klaus, it's okay. I just . . . I just don't feel well." She tried to reassure him, but she wasn't even convinced. She'd just rather him not go on a witchy killing spree because of her.

"Just sit tight, love. I've got a plan."

Smiling weakly, she couldn't help it. Maybe it was the fever talking, but she knew he would come through for her. He always had a plan. "We'll be fine, Klaus. You and I will be fighting before the night's over." She said, smiling weakly at her own joke. Hearing him chuckle helped though.

"Is that a promise, sweetheart?"

She tried to laugh, but she was just too sick to. Her body felt like it was on fire. She just wanted to close her eyes and wake up again and have this all be a bad dream. "Get some rest, love. I'll see you later." He said before hanging up. Hearing the tiredness in her voice only fueled his anger more toward the witches. It wasn't just the baby in trouble, it was her, and that struck a new feeling inside of him. Terror.

Back at the plantation, Rebekah was trying to keep Becca's fever down by pressing the wet cloth to her head, but the human girl kept squirming. Her body felt like it was on fire and was just getting hotter by the second. Whatever this was, it was burning her from the inside out, and it actually felt worse than when she was sick from her curse. At least then she was just tired and weak, right now was just painful. "Stop fussing, will you? Elijah will be here any minute." Rebekah sighed, getting annoyed with her friend.

"It doesn't feel like the curse, Rebekah. Something's wrong." Becca groaned, trying to explain it to her.

Rebekah could see how that unsettled her friend. She'd been there before when Becca was sick, and it wasn't pretty then. She couldn't imagine what she was feeling now if this was worse than before. She wasn't even sure what she could do to help her. "Everything's going to be okay. Elijah and Klaus will figure this out." She said. She felt useless, and that killed her to realize. "Besides, I'm sure my little niece is healing you up as we speak." She tried to comfort her. Hearing footsteps, she turned to see Elijah coming inside with Sophie. "What the hell is she doing here?" She scoffed.

"I'm trying to help." Sophie defended herself.

Rebekah wanted to laugh at that. This entire thing was her fault, and now she wanted to help Becca? She should have thought about that before she ambushed her and Kol. "Help? You're the reason we're in this bloody mess. Why aren't we unlinked with this witch yet, Elijah?" She asked, glaring at Sophie before shifting her eyes over to her brother.

"Rebekah, let her do what she can." Elijah said over, shooting her a look to just behave.

Sophie ignored her, just focusing on helping the sick girl laying in the bed. That was the priority here, not to listen to Rebekah's jabs. She should have been more careful, she knew that, but it wasn't like she expected Agnes to have her jumped and drugged. "I may know a way to slow the fever down, but I'm going to need some special herbs. I'll text you a list." She said back to the blonde.

Glancing between her brother and best friend, she nodded and got up from her spot beside Becca. If it meant her friend would be okay until Elijah could figure this out, then she'd do anything she could. "Fine. Happy to play the French cook." She said, sparing Becca one last look before leaving the room. Elijah glanced back to watch her leave before sitting beside Becca, brushing back her hair as he felt her face. He was hoping it wouldn't take Davina much longer to finish that unbinding spell.