Hello readers! Thank you to those that are new to following this story! It really does mean a lot to me! Okay, its not Monday, but I finished this chapter and felt the strong need to post it. I was going to wait until Midnight, my time, to post it and be like 'Oh look its Monday!' But seeing as that is less than ten hours away... I couldnt bring myself to. SO IT'S A DAY EARLY!
WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! In this chapter it contains spoilers to episode 3.16. If you have not seen the episode, I do not advise that you read this chapter since it does contain certain parts from the episode. While a majority of this chapter has a twist of my own creation, I think it is best to add in that there are a lot of spoilers! Moving on!
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As much as Elizabeth didn't want to get up and open her door, she got up anyways. She opened the door and began to say "This better be impor-" and cut herself off once she seen who was on the other side. Her hand dropped from the door knob and her mouth opened in shock. At first she didn't believe her eyes and she blinked a few times.
"Finn." She said with a grin on her face. She moved forward to hug him and he gladly hugged her back.
"Little Lizzy." He said with a smile as they pulled away from each other.
"How are you-I thought you were-" She shook her head trying to wrap her head around how Finn was alive and back in his original body.
"Lets not discuss details right now." He said with a nod. "I had heard you were staying here and figured I'd stop by and see the little girl that annoyed me so much. And I must say, you look like a mess."
Elizabeth laughed and shook her head. "I haven't really slept." Then something hit Elizabeth. "Does Elijah know you are here?"
"Not yet." Before Finn could say anything else, Elizabeth pulled him into her room and shut the door.
"What are you thinking?" She asked as she smacked him over the head. Elizabeth was well aware of what Finn had attempted to do several times. And while she should loath the man for trying to kill his siblings and what eventually would have been her, she still saw Finn as the older Mikaelson, besides Elijah, that allowed Elizabeth to be as bothersome as she was as a child. The smack she had given and the question she asked was to encompass everything he attempted to do as well as what he was doing here with out talking to his siblings first. "You know they hate you."
"And I was hoping to fix that while I was here. Freya was going to help with that." He said ignoring the fact that she had smacked him.
Elizabeth raised an eyebrow before sighing. She gestured for him to take a seat and he had. Sitting across from him, she smiled at him. "Now, tell Lizzy why you are really here."
Jazz music filled St. James Infirmary. Elizabeth stood at the bar with a smile on her face as she watched the band play with Elijah joining them by playing the piano. For the moment it seemed like this had been entertainment enough from what they had been through the last day. But that wasn't the case. As much as it seemed that the two were having fun and enjoying themselves, they both were watching the new vampires that arrived in town.
While Elijah would have been just fine that Elizabeth was following him around, he wasn't happy with the Strix following him. With the two in the club now, he knew that they were watching his every move and couldnt follow the one vampire that caught Elijah's attention with one eavesdropped phone call. His eyes met Elizabeth's for a moment, a way of trying to tell her to create a distraction. Elizabeth understood a moment later when his eyes flickered to the vampire a few feet away from her.
As a waitress passed, Elizabeth stopped her and compelled her before walking out into the night to wait for the vampire to walk out as well as Elijah. Waiting around the corner, she watched as the vampire walked out. She kept her eyes on the path he was going until Elijah walked out. Walking with him, they followed the vampire until to the two Strix members from the club show up in front of them.
"Well it was worth a shot." Elizabeth said crossing her arms.
Elijah nodded slightly at the Strix members in front of them. "Gentlemen."
"Come on, Elijah! I thought we agreed." Elizabeth knew that voice anywhere.
"Marcel Gerard." She said turning to face him. "It's been some time since I've actually last seen you." She was purposely trying to change the subject.
"Yes it has, Liz. And I must give it to you, the compelled waitress was a nice touch." Marcel said before turning to Elijah. "But you're the one who wanted to keep the Strix around for security."
"Maybe I was enough security for him to walk home." Elizabeth said with a shrug. But her words received a disapproving look from both Marcel and the Strixs members. "What? Just because you guys are apart of some society that I cant be there to watch over my sire?"
"Look, Liz. Its not that we don't trust you. But with there being a legion of Mikaelson enemies in town, we need the Strix to do their job."
Elijah turned to look at Marcel. "Maybe I was just looking for a little me-time."
"With Liz, following you?" Marcel wasn't buying it. "As soon as they know you are safe and sound, they will be more than happy to give you all the 'me-time' you want. But in the meantime... If you stayed PUT, maybe they could devote more of their energy to finding out who has their hands on that missing white oak bullet?"
A groan passed Elizabeth's lips. "And when you say stay put, you actually mean for him to stay locked away in his own home."
Marcel shrugged. "More or less."
Elizabeth looks to Elijah. "When was the last time you played a board game to keep yourself entertained?"
Without wasting anymore time, The Strix members and Marcel walked with Elijah and Elizabeth towards the compound. While Elizabeth wasn't excited about it, she did have some kind of distraction from it. Her phone kept buzzing from the text messages she was receiving from Malakai. And with the new one coming in, she couldnt help but chuckle. It caused Elijah to look over at her.
"Is Malakai enjoying his time with my brother?" He asked.
"From the message I just got stating, in all caps, 'Why did I agree to this trip when all they do is bicker with each other' I'd say he's not enjoying himself like he thought he would be." Elizabeth smiled down at her phone as she typed a quick reply before looking back up at Elijah. "With as much time as I've spent with him since he has been awake, there was a moment I was angry for Niklaus taking him away from me."
Elijah chuckled. "I am surprised he had actually decided to leave with my brother. I half expected him to stay by your side."
Elizabeth shrugged. "He wanted to help Niklaus. Something about the hybrids needing to stick together."
"Home sweet home." Marcel said interrupting their conversation. Both Elijah and Elizabeth walked into the compound. Marcel left, leaving the Strix members at the entry way of the compound.
The next morning, Elizabeth had woken up to several messages on her phone from Malakai.
You should see the hat Hayley bought for Klaus! It literally says Mother Trucker on it.
Ohhh she's driving now. I wonder how long before Klaus demands the keys back.
Liiiizzzzz how are you not up yet?
Woman, I swear if you're lying in bed with a certain vampire and not answering your best friend's text messages, we are going to have a problem.
Elizabeth laughed at the messages. They had all been minutes apart from each other. Quickly sending out a message that she was alright and she had been sleeping in her own bed alone, she got up and got ready for the day. Once she was to her own standards of ready, which was with light makeup and her usual style of clothing: black skinny jean, heels, and a light colored top. She left the room. Elizabeth knew that if Elijah wasn't leaving the compound because of the Strix, then she shouldn't. She wouldn't dare leave him here with them or even alone with Kol for so long. She didn't trust him still.
As she walked out of her room and down the stairs to the courtyard, she heard a voice that caused her to stop in her tracks. Walking to the entrance of the compound, she seen Lucian standing in front of two Strix members. "I wouldn't let him him." She said as she stopped right next to the two guarding the door.
"Elizabeth isn't it?" Lucian said with a small smirk on his face. "The last time I had saw you, you had just left the Strix party." That had caused Elizabeth to stiffen a bit. "Ah, I can see you still haven't gotten that part of you back yet. But think of it as a good thing, darling. If you still had that connection between the two of you, you'd have a target on your back just for others to get to him."
Elizabeth glared at him before looking to the two that were guarding. "Do not let him unless Elijah or Freya say to do so." The two nodded and Elizabeth turned to walk away.
"Oh come now love." Lucian said and that stopped her mid step. She turned around and walked back to him until she was standing on the other side of the members with Lucian. She walked up to him until their faces were inches away from each other.
"You may be older, and you may be stronger than me. But don't think for a second that I don't know what you've been up to." She said watching Lucian. She could see the flicker of shock and amusement in his eyes. "I do not trust you. I never have. It was your witch working that night. You knew before any of us did. But when Aya found out, you were the one that had placed the idea in her head through your witch. I'll gladly watch you suffer when the comes and it will Lucian."
He chuckled. "Is that a threat?"
Elizabeth only smirked before turning and walking away. She wanted to say it was a promise. But leaving it with nothing at all, felt even better to her. She headed back upstairs to find Elijah. Seeing Lucian placed a bit of fear in her. She should tell him about it. Finding him in his study with Kol, she stopped at the door. She felt it rude to interrupt anything between family, even if it had been Kol he was talking to. She listened to the conversation before Freya walked up to her.
"Whats going on in there?" She asked curiously.
"They are talking about Finn." She said with a slight nod. Freya sighed and began walking in. Elizabeth took the opportunity to follow her in.
"You're wrong." Freya said already knowing what was just said moments before. "Those rumors began before either of you returned. Finn is innocent."
"Innocent?" Kol asked looking at Freya a slight glare. "Pardon me, love, but Finn tried to kill the rest of us more than once! He's an enemy of our family."
"He had his reasons." Elizabeth said. It had caused both Elijah and Kol to look at her in shock. "While I do not approve on a majority on what he has done, he is your family."
"Finn's return is an opportunity to mend old wounds and fix what is broken." Freya said with a slight nod.
"He didn't just drop a bloody vase!" Kol said practically yelling at two. "He murdered me."
"Look at you." Elizabeth said with almost the same volume. "Look at who you were before you came back. Believe me Kol, if I had the chance to do it, I would have."
"Liz." Freya said placing her hand on Elizabeth's shoulder. Elizabeth sighed softly.
"Finn isn't here to harm you." Elizabeth said. She wasn't going to mention that he had stopped by to see her, but she knew from their talk, he wasn't going to cause any problems.
Elijah took a few steps towards Elizabeth and Freya. "You both seem so certain."
"Are you honestly siding with both of them?" Kol asked and Elijah raised his hand to silence him.
"Time and time again, Finn has demonstrated nothing but contempt toward his family. So, you tell me-how can you be so certain that he would return to us in peace?" Elijah asked watching both of them.
"Trust me Elijah," Elizabeth said looking straight at him. "He wants peace between all of you." Elizabeth could see that Elijah was willing to trust her.
"Elizabeth and Freya know me well." Finn said walking into the room with his hands in a non-threatening gesture. "Though, perhaps you are right to doubt my intentions. By all means, let's discuss our family quarrels. I believe we are long overdue."
Elizabeth stepped out to let the Mikaelsons speak too each other. It wasn't her place to stay. Just as she walked out the door, her phone buzzed with a message from Malakai.
Does Elijah know that Hayley used to dance on top of bars?
Elizabeth shook her head and replied with: How am I supposed to know?
Free moonshine! I like her. She gets us free stuff.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes and typed in a quick have fun and that she would text him later before she placed her phone back in her pocket. She walked over to the railing and looked down in the courtyard. It seemed that the number of Strix multiplied. Elizabeth rolled her eyes at the sight of it. When she looked up from the courtyard, she seen Elijah looking down at all of them. He had been on the phone with someone and a moment later he had hung up the phone and stuck it in his inner jacket pocket.
Elizabeth was about to open her mouth to say something to him when they both heard Kol yelling. Both of them rush into the room. Once there, Elizabeth could see Kol attempting to get around Freya to get to Finn, and before she knew it, Lucian had Kol up against a book shelf with his hand around Kol's neck.
"Perhaps we should let them fight? After all, they cant kill each other." Lucian said looking to Freya.
"Behave yourselves!" Elijah's voice filled the room. "Particularly considering we will be confined here together for the foreseeable future."
Taking advantage of Lucian's distraction, Kol pushes him off and walk towards Elijah.
"What does that mean?" Kol asked.
"I believe the term is 'staycation.'" Elijah said with a slight nod. "You see, Niklaus isn't the only one who has inspired revenge fantasies. Right now, we are all at risk. So, While Marcel works to retrieve the white oak, I recommend we dispense with the posturing and get down to some good, old-fashioned family bonding."
Everyone else had seemed to react to Elijah's words. But Elizabeth hadn't. The whole time she had been watching Lucian. It seemed that either Elijah or Freya had allowed him into the compound. And as much as she had told the Strix to do so, she wished they hadn't. Her mind was reeling with thoughts and a lot of it weren't good at all. Shaking her head slightly to rid her mind with the thoughts, she looked to Elijah.
"Elijah, may I have a moment to speak with you alone?" Elizabeth asked and he nodded. The others left the room and Elijah closed the door behind them.
"What is troubling you Elizabeth?" He asked taking a few steps towards her.
" I know in the past you already dealt with Lucian, but him being here, I'm getting all the wrong vibes from him." She said watching him.
"Elizabeth, as much I thank you for your concern, I believe Lucian is the least of our worries for the time being."
"I get that we are dealing with other things, but he always has a plan up his sleeves and I honestly believe that him being here will end badly."
"Is there anything to prove that he is actually up to something?" Elijah asked not really concerned by it.
"It's Lucian, Elijah. The only proof I have is past experiences and the gut feeling that I have now that we should not be trusting him."
Elijah sighed. "I can not go off your gut instinct, Elizabeth. He has not shown any resistance in helping us. And I feel that he is not a threat to us."
Elizabeth nodded. "Just think about it though, Elijah. Why is he so suddenly interested in helping us out?"
"I believe that has something to do with Freya." Elijah said shrugging slightly. "But for now Elizabeth, it is best to leave things be and to focus on what is important right now."
"But, Elijah-"
"Enough, Elizabeth. What matters in this moment is finding that last white oak bullet. And while we are stuck in the compound my worries are on if Marcel can retrieve it or not. If he can do so, then I will look into your suspicions of Lucian, but until then, I cannot."
Elizabeth nodded. "Forgive me." She said before walking out of the room, leaving Elijah behind watching her leave.
Elizabeth once again found herself on the balcony looking out into the city. She had her phone placed to her ear and had Malakai talking away to her. She had a smile on her face, but she missed him dearly.
"At least you aren't dealing with Kol and Lucian in the same house." Elizabeth said looking out into the city
Wait, Lucian is there?
"Yes. And I have this bad feeling, Kai. It's not going to end well."
Have you spoken to Elijah about it.
"I have. But his main priority is the last white oak bullet, which I completely understand. " She paused for a minute. "Let's not talk about Lucian."
Okay, Any luck on the spell?
Elizabeth chuckled. "Davina is going to help me with it. She is supposed to be coming by later to actually do the spell. I'm nervous, Kai."
What for? It is one spell to get back what you lost and then you have nothing to worry about. It may be a hell of a lot of pain, but isn't worth it.
"It is." She said with a sigh. "If Davina can undo it-"
She can undo it. Stop doubting it all. Later on tonight you should be your old self again.
"I should be. And hopefully, I will feel a lot better."
I'm sure you will.
"Now tell me about where you are at and what you are doing without actually telling me where exactly you are at." She said with a smile. While Elizabeth continued her conversation with Malakai, she was unaware of Lucian standing just behind the door listening in on the beginning of the conversation. He walked away quietly with a smirk on his face. Pulling out his phone he began to dial a number. Once the person on the other end answered, all Lucian said was "Be ready to receive two, not one."
