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The necklace Klaus described, a weave of sapphires around a carving of two women, sounded descriptive enough. That had been before Cami learned how much jewelry Rebekah had.
"This could take a while."
"By all means take your time, not like we have an insane vampire running around New Orleans, threatening to reveal our existence to the world. An existence you now share, which should make you a bit more motivated."
"I assure you Klaus, I'm plenty motivated." Cami put the phone on speaker, and set it on the bed. "You have contacts in NOLA PD, look for reports of people getting attacked. If Aurora doesn't' care, she'd feed in public right?"
"You're the why didn't you think of that?" Klaus demanded.
"I'm not a cop…" Cami began.
"Not you, Camille," Lucien interrupted. "Our mutual friend Detective Kinney is here, helping us out."
"Kinney's there?"
"And being very unhelpful," said Klaus.
"I can call my partner and ask about anyone getting attacked on the street," said Kinney quickly.
"See that you do."
"Klaus, don't kill him,"
"Don't worry about him," said Klaus. "Just try to find the necklace. It looks like magical means are going to be solution here, since humans are obscenely incompetent."
"I'll find it."
Easier said than done. Carefully and quickly as she could, Cami emptied the jewelry box. Some pieces –bracelets, rings and anything not sapphire- Cami could set off to the side immediately. Rebekah had a number of sapphire necklaces, but all of them were distinctly modern.
"It's not in the jewelry box Klaus, does Rebekah have anywhere she'd keep special keepsakes?"
"Under her bed, she's one for the obvious."
Sure enough under Rebekah's bed, Cami found a box that was padlocked shut. Cami had been about to ask for a key, or hope Elijah was good at picking looks, when she remembered what species she was dealing with. What species she now was.
Gripping the lock tightly, Cami pulled with all her might and the metal began to give way. Over the speaker phone, she heard Kinney's report.
"There's no reports of anyone getting attacked, but a boutique on 9th street just got robbed by a red-head who threw the clerk into a wall."
"What do you know, you were useful," said Klaus.
"Lucien go to the boutique, see if you can pick up Aurora's trail from there. I will go with Kinney, to make sure the humans remain outside the know. Keep looking for the necklace, Camille."
"If Aurora went to a boutique and stole clothes, this could just be her on a shopping trip. Maybe check other clothing stores in the area?"
"There are dozens of high-class clothing stores in the area," sid Lucien. "How can we be sure which one she'll go to next?"
"You can't so you'd better get there and start looking."
Cami opened the box. She found a number of wooden toys, and letters. These she placed aside. A shawl that looked centuries old; Camille wondered how it had held up. Beneath the shawl, she found a picture. Rebekah, and a red-head with their arms wrapped around each other.
"I think I found a picture of Aurora and Rebekah, could that work?"
"Possibly. Ask Freya. If it does, call us back her location, if not…"
"I'll keep looking." Cami didn't know how vampire speed worked, and she didn't have time to figure it out. Instead she ran back downstairs and met Elijah and Freya in the courtyard. "I found a picture of Rebekah and possibly Aurora, could that work?"
"Seeing as I've just learned that Aurora's necklace is in a safety deposit box in France, hopefully," said Elijah. He took the picture, and examined it for a moment. "Yes, that's Aurora."
Freya spread a map out over a table. "Elijah I need your blood. You are Tristan sire, and Tristan is Aurora's brother. You are also Rebekah's brother, and she is Aurora's sire. That, with the combination of the picture might be enough."
"Fingers crossed," said Cami.
Elijah dropped several drops of his blood onto the map, and Freya took to murmuring in Latin. For several moments the blood stood still, but then moved across the map, coming to a stop at a shoe store on tenth street.
"NOLA PD just had reports of a red-head robbing a boutique on ninth street," said Cami. "That could be where she is."
"Call Niklaus and Lucien, tell him I will meet them there," said Elijah. "My phone, Camille?"
Cami handed back the device. "I can help you Elijah, I know the area pretty well."
"You're still new, and while you showed remarkable restraint for a young vampire with Davina let's not press our luck," said Elijah. He'd whooshed out of the compound at vampire speed before anything else could be said.
Cami stood a moment, wanting to go after him. If she'd still been human, Cami would have been out of the compound by now. But she wasn't, and Cami remembered all too well what it had been like around Davina and Freya. There'd be more humans out, and that vampire part of her that told her to feed and feed and feed and never stop would be going ballistic. Better to wait…
Steeling herself with a deep breathe, Cami took a seat on the chair beside Freya. She was already on the phone with Klaus filling him in on what they'd learned. With her new vampire hearing Cami could hear Klaus.
"I'm heading there now," said Klaus. "Tell me if she moves."
"It's not GPS Niklaus, I can tell you Aurora's location from when I cast the spell but if she moves can't tell where she's gone," said Freya.
"Then perhaps you should reinvent your spells so you know where people are at all times before modern technology makes you obsolete." Klaus hung the phone without another word.
"He does that when he's feeling anxious," said Cami. "It's his way of coping."
"I've noticed that since I arrived," said Freya.
"Believe it or not, he's made progress actually. Couple centuries ago, Nik would decapitate anyone who stood too close to him as a way of dealing with his emotions." A person Freya and Cami both knew very walked briskly towards them.
"Rebekah!" Cami greeted, rising.
Originals
Josh had gotten a call from Marcel, filling him on what had happened thus far and instructing him to get over to New Orleans General and make sure no one injured by the falling glass knew anything about falling red-heads.
Not two blocks from the compound, he got dragged into an alleyway and pined against a wall. Why oh why hadn't he practiced fighting more with Marcel? In hindsight that would have been really smart. "Who the blonde human Lucien brought to the compound? Who is she to the Original family?"
"What blonde human?" Josh asked. Fair question, Cami wasn't human anymore. If the girl –The voice gave Josh's vampire attacker's gender away- didn't know that, no point in clueing her in. "There's a blonde witch. She's there sister."
"No blonde humans, you say?"
"Maybe they have blonde human maids?"
The girl grabbed his head and slammed Josh's head into the wall. "Don't play dumb with me."
"Now. Now. Now, easy there." The vampire eased up on Josh to look away, giving him the chance to follow her line of sight. A young man leaned against the wall at the front of the alley, amusement clear on his face. "You're going to want to let him go, darling."
The vampire did let Josh go, if by let go, one meant she shoved him behind her several yards. Josh landed painfully on his arm, and struggled back upright. The young man continued to survey the scene in way that redefined relaxed, whereas the vampire tensed; the predator/prey dynamic had shifted.
"You alright Josh?" the young man asked, striding forward.
The vampire backed up a step. "And you are?"
"Bravado, that's adorable. Don't worry darling, I'm not here to hurt you. It's just that, you were roughing up my lady's gay bestie and I couldn't very well let that happen."
TBC
