No One's POV
"Mo- momma!" Zachary wiggles in Kol's arms, waving his toy dinosaur in his tiny hands, and attempting to crawl to his mother a few feet away.
"Okay buddy." Kol allows his youngest to wobble his way to his mother.
"Hello sweetie." Alexis picks up her son, Zachary snuggling immediately into her lap, playfully making motions along her leg as if the dinosaur was walking.
"Down!" Abigail bounces off the couch, nearly falling off Finn's leg and couch if it wasn't for Finn's quick vampire reflexes, Finn letting out a small sigh at his daughter's energy and rambunctious attitude; he would have a heart attack one of these days, and he thought Alexis was bad enough when she was human and raising hell on her own, no of course not.
"Just like her mother, huh…" Kol mutters slightly.
"I'm sorry… What was that, Kol?" Alexis catches Kol, her own vampire hearing catching Kol's muttering; the brothers able to get away with even less now that their mate was similar to them.
"Nothing, angel. Nothing at all." Kol grins angelically.
"I thought so…" Alexis grins as Abigail runs over to her mother on small legs, bringing over a small armful of stuffed animals and plops down next to her to play next to her mother.
"Yes, I see… I understand, thank you for bringing this to our attention Marcellus, Aya…" Elijah's voice can be heard all of a sudden, tone grave and quiet. "Please, keep us informed."
"Yes, sire." Both Marcel and Aya's voice is heard in return, footsteps stepping away; the muted boots of Marcel and the click of Aya's high heel boots leaving.
"This is a concern, Niklaus." Elijah's voice is yet again heard, a door beginning to swing shut, presumingly to one of the offices.
"Lijah? Nik?" Alexis wanders towards Niklaus' study, worry and curiosity finally getting the best of her.
She would get no answers otherwise, and the Mikaelson mansion was well sound proofed (a necessity when living with a bunch of vampires), every wall, every room, and other than the doors, which were built to code for inspectors, nothing else would allow her, even with her vampire hearing, to hear what was being said.
"Elskan?" Elijah turns to his mate, surprise and his own concern showing in his expression as his mate walks into the room.
"What's happening? Is… Something going on…" Alexis questions. "I- I heard, Marcel, Aya… And, you say something…"
"It is- nothing Elskan." Elijah moves towards his mate to bring her into his chest, lips brushing against her temple. "Nothing to concern yourself over."
"Please don't lie." Alexis whispers, face tucking into his chest, using her powers of persuasion on Elijah. "I want to know."
Elijah sighs a little, lips brushing against the crown of Alexis' head once more and fingers trailing down her spine.
"There have been disappearances." Niklaus finally answers from where he is seated behind his desk, both middle Originals meeting expressions for a moment, communicating without words about something and coming to an agreement about whether to tell their mate about what Aya and Marcel had told them.
"Disappearances?" Alexis echoes.
"Yes, disappearances." Elijah repeats.
"Of children…" Niklaus hesitates, not wanting to worry his mate, yet he also knew she would attempt to get information any other way if not from them.
"Chil- children?" Alexis' voice wobbles a little, lifting her head from Elijah's chest, expression growing concerned and fearful at the thought of her own children and the possibility of them being hurt or taken from her, immediately filling her mind. "Why- why are they- do you know why?"
"We know little." Niklaus answers. "The children have been taken from all over the city. Young witches, warlocks. That is the only commonality."
"It will be alright, Astin. We will-" Elijah's voice fades out in Alexis' mind.
Alexis nearly goes ridged in Elijah's arms at Niklaus' admission, the recent revelation of her own children coming to the forefront of her mind instead, nearly consuming her entire mind to the point of terror.
"Elskan-" Elijah cuts off his words, feeling the sudden change in his mate, Alexis suddenly bolting from the room.
"What the- angel?" Kol's voice asks, clearly startled by the reappearance of his mate in the living room.
"ELIJAH!" Kol growls angrily. "NIK! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!?"
Both brothers are out of the study in a moment.
"What is it, Kol?" Elijah asks.
"Exactly what I just said. What the hell did you do?" Kol demands, tapping his foot impatiently and waving his hand around irrationally. "Alexis just flashed in here like a bat out of hell, growled at me, picked up the twins, and then took Andrew and Zachary to their room. She wouldn't even let me close to her or the twins! So, I'll ask again. What. The. Hell. Did. You. Do?"
"There's been a development… Issues." Elijah answers.
"Issues." Kol simply replies flatly.
"Kidnappings… Children, children from the covens, being taken from the Quarter and New Orleans." Elijah continues.
Kol growls and glares none too lightly at his older brothers at the revelation of what upset his mate, feeling as if he could slap his brothers or maybe tackle them both to the floor and snap their necks for what they had done.
"And you told her!? What is wrong with you!? And you tell me I'm reckless and stupid!" Kol hisses instead. "I'll fix this you morons…" With that Kol stomps up the stairs to his twins' room grumbling all the while.
"When did Kol get intelligent and somewhat responsible?" Niklaus questions, looking grouchy and perhaps a little perturbed at the thought of his younger brother finally becoming responsible.
"When he realized his children were warlocks." Finn raises an eyebrow, having stayed out of the confrontation but observed everything silently; it wasn't his place to intervene after all, and he had been watching his children as well.
"Alexis, angel, sweetie?" Kol knocks carefully, realizing what this was about now.
Alexis simply growls warningly through the door, the full force of fierce, protective vampire mother coming out, though realistically she couldn't overpower any of the Mikaelson brothers.
"Angel, I'm not going to hurt them. I promise. I just want to talk." Kol sooths in low tones. "Can you let me come in? Please? I can keep you and Andrew and Zachary safe. Hmm, isn't that what you want?"
Kol waits, hearing nothing in response and therefore deems it acceptable to push open the door, his head peeking in.
"Angel." Kol says gently, finding Alexis curled up on one of the twin's beds, Andrew and Zachary on her lap, her eyes dark and veins running under them, even if her fangs weren't showing.
"No." Alexis growls simply, definitively, glaring a little and snuggling Andrew and Zachary closer to herself, the twins squirming in her lap not understanding what was going on.
"Shhh." Kol hushes, inching slowly into the room, door clicking shut behind him. "I'm not going to hurt you or our twins. You know this, angel." At that he turns his neck to bare it to her, an act of submission to his mate.
Alexis tilts her head slightly, observing Kol with dark eyes.
"I- I-" Alexis shakes her head, tears shining in her eyes as she attempts to try and voice her emotions.
"I know angel. I know." Kol continues to sooth, arms opening in a non-threatening manner, hoping he could move forward bit by bit. "It's okay, angel. It's okay. You know I'll keep you safe. I'll keep Andrew and Zachary safe. No matter what. I'll burn this whole city to the ground before anything hurts you or our children. Don't you know this?"
"Okay." Alexis answers, instincts finally relenting and ducking her head to rest it on Zachary, the youngest twin, who looks completely content to snuggle into his mother's arms.
"Momma…" Zachary pats Alexis' arm, tugging lightly on her shirt with one hand, the other still holding onto his favorite toy dinosaur. "Nwo, sad."
"Not sad, sweetie." Alexis murmurs, face snuffling into his hair as she cuddles him and his brother closer.
"Okay." Kol nods in response, finally pulling all three of his most beloved and cherished people into his arms. "I love you, Alexis, my little angel. You, and Andrew, and Zachary. Nothing will ever hurt you or take you from me. Know this. You're mine. Always and forever."