I was currently at the Mystic Grill drinking the most amazing milkshake ever. I was alone, and it was so nice finally having some time to myself. With everything that has been happening, I felt like I haven't been alone for more than five minutes. It's exhausting. Suddenly, that haze filled with peace was gone when I saw Damon Salvatore walk in. I blew a raspberry in annoyance, but decided to turn my head away. I went to drink more of my milkshake, but to my sadness and disappointment I had finished it without realizing, so I began to pout.

"Do you want a refill?" I jumped when I heard Matt's voice on my right. When I turned and looked at him, I saw that he was staring at me with amusement and a raised eyebrow.

"Thanks, but I just ate, and I don't want to make myself stuffed by drinking more." I shook my head but smiled at him. Instead of leaving and continuing to work, he sat down across from me.

"Well, I'm on break at the moment, so I might as well stay here." At first he smiled, but then he looked a bit confused as though he remembered something. "Actually, I've been meaning to talk to you."

I blinked in surprise at his tone of confusion. "What about?"

"Well, I heard that you've been hanging around Klaus now? You know, you shouldn't help him. He's kills people, and he's evil, Eva." He looked worried while staring at me.

My eyes softened, touched by his care, and I bit my lip. "I know, Matt. But I can't just not help him."

He interrupted me. "Is he threatening you? Did he compel you?"

Remembering that Klaus undid the original compulsion that restricted me from telling anyone about the compulsion, I answered truthfully. "Well, he did compel me to do whatever he tells me help him get his family back. Though, even if I wasn't under his compulsion, I would still help him. It's his family Matt, and family is important." I paused. "Plus, I'm doing this for Rebekah too."

Matt got confused and a bit angry. "How could you help him with everything he has done? He doesn't deserve his family. Eva, he killed Elena's aunt, tried to kill Elena, and turned Tyler into a hybrid who can't go against him!"

I rolled my eyes, annoyed at the mention of Elena. "From what I know, if Elena had cooperated and helped him from the beginning, her aunt's death could have been avoided. Also, Elena is alive, so while he tried to kill her, he obviously didn't succeed. Not to mention, Tyler is better off as a hybrid; he doesn't have to go through the transformation anymore. The not going against him part just happens to be one downside compared to many benefits. Now, I'm not exactly trying to defend him, but I can understand him Matt. Even if you don't believe Klaus doesn't deserve his family, then what about the said mentioned family, huh? What about them?"

I sat glaring at Matt after I said all of that. He only stared at me with shock and disbelief written all over his face. "You're making a mistake Eva. Look, you're only going to get hurt."

"I happen to be taking the side of the most powerful immortal at the moment." I raised my eyebrow. "While I am aware at the dangers because of that, I'm pretty sure that also keeps me pretty damn safe."

I gathered my things and got up to leave, but Matt got up and stood in my way. "I can't let you make this mistake; I won't let you."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I finally show interest in a guy, and this happens. I shoved my finger into his chest. "You do not, nor will you ever, get to make that decision Matt." I pushed past him and stomped away, but stopped right before I went to far to turn and say one last thing. "Also, don't bother with me anymore; I want nothing to do with you from now on."

My whole being was filled to the brim with anger. I needed something to do; I needed to distract myself. With that need, and without realizing it, I started to head towards the house where Klaus is at. As I walked, my anger grew. I was so angry; I barely even realized I was already there.

As soon I marched up to the door, Klaus had come out. He grinned when he saw me. "Interesting timing, come with me."

I frowned in confusion. "Where are we going? What's happening?" My anger dissipated somewhat with the distraction.

He opened up the door for the passenger seat of a car I was too angry to notice before, and motioned me to get in. "We're going to pay a quick visit to Stefan to discuss my family."

Klaus was sitting on a chair while I was leaning against it. After a few boring moments of waiting, Stefan finally came in. He seemed annoyed, but I couldn't exactly tell.

"What are you doing here, Klaus?" He went straight to the point. I glared at him for ignoring me.

My mind then started running away from the conversation as they started to speak, so I looked down at my fingernails and began to pick at them. I vaguely listened, but didn't pay attention to what was going on.

"The question is what you want? My hybrids left town as you demanded, so please tell me what I need to do to get my family back." When Klaus finished that sentence, I quickly stopped what I was doing and began to listen closely.

"Well, see... Klaus... I'm not negotiating." My eyes widened as he said this, and my head quickly snapped up to stare at him.

"And you understand, that holding them indefinitely is the same thing as dropping them in the ocean?" Klaus was holding back anger.

"No, No. You leave Mystic Falls and then give me call in a few years and we'll talk." Stefan became nonchalant about the topic.

What he said angered me, so I spoke up. "A deal is a deal, Stefan. You can't just change things everytime he does as you say." I glared at him.

Both Stefan and Klaus seemed a bit confused. Stefan responded to me with a question. "And why do you care?"

"Well, for one, you're holding Rebekah hostage, who happens to be the only friend I have in this psychotic town at the moment. Second, your grudge is with Klaus and not his family. They have done nothing to you, yet you keep them prisoner. You're a complete hypocrite!" I let off my earlier anger from before as I said this.

Both men didn't speak for a few more moments until the choice of action appeared to be to just ignore me and what I said.

Klaus spoke up. "I can give you another chance. Just one more. Let's make a reasonable deal."

"Or what? You make one move and I will drop…" Stefan went back to being a complete douche, and I went back to glaring at him.

Klaus laughed, which I strangely found cute and adorable. "Yes, right. Crazy Stefan. How is that working out for you? Any friends left?"

After this, I began to daze out once more. It seemed clear to me that Stefan would never disclose the location of the coffins. I bit my lip and hoped that Klaus at least had a few back up plans to handle his stubborness. After what felt like an hour, Stefan and Klaus had finally stopped talking. The next thing I know it that Klaus is not directly in front of Stefan, and they're glaring at each other. It was tense, and I expected a fight to break out, but Klaus only made his face change as all other vampires do, except his eyes were gold, and backed away.

"Come, Eva." Was all he said as he left.

Klaus and I were currently walking to some cottage in the woods. It was quite some time after his talk with Stefan, and Klaus was somehow able to find out the location of the cottage from a witch whose name I couldn't remember. When I asked how she knew, he just ignored me.

After a short time, Klaus became irritated at the pace we were going, lifted me over his shoulder, and ran at a supernatural pace. I had to close my eyes and try not to vomit at the sensation. When he finally stopped and put me down, I threw my body to the ground and willed my churning stomach to quell. Klaus only rolled his eyes at my actions and began to enter the cottage. Not wanting to be alone, I followed him.

When we got inside of the cottage, we found it empty of the coffins. Though we did find Damon.

Klaus of course began the insults. "What took you so long? Hiding behind your witchy friends. And in squalor no less." After he said this, he began to break down in pain. Of course when I realized it was magic, I began to snigger.

"Insulting a bunch of dead witches... not smart. I made the exact same mistake first time I came in here." Damon seemed to find it amusing as well.

"Well, you know, the funny thing about witches is, that living or death, they care about their own. A hundred dead witches have a thousand living descendants... And I have no problem, killing every last one of them, if I don't get my coffins back. As we speak, my hybrid friend is prepared to end the Bennett line." The candles that I not just noticed were dying down, and Klaus was suddenly not in pain anymore. He chose then to glare at me.

I stuck my tongue out in response to him glaring at me after a few short seconds, but he ignored me and began to speak to the air. "Now... please... show me the coffins." The coffins became visible. "Here we are. Where's the fourth? Show me!"

"Well, here's the thing. They can't. It's not here." Klaus quickly snapped his head towards Damon when he said this.

If looks could kill, I wondered what would happen to Damon at that moment. "What did you do?"

"Well, Bonnie gave me the heads-up. I didn't have enough time, to get all four, but I did have time to get one." Frowning, I realized that all of the coffins present had all of his siblings, so who was in the last coffin?

Klaus became livid, and I backed away from him slightly out of fear. "I will tear you, limb from limb. And only then, when you're a riving mass of blood and flesh, will I rip your heart from your chest."

"Sorry. The same rules apply. You know, leverage and all. I know you want your family back. But something tells me, you want what's in that coffin a lot more." Damon didn't even seem to flinch at the threat!

There was another glaring contest again, though this time to was completely one-sided. Damon was just looking like a smug bastard. I rolled my eyes at their behavior and began to walk outside.

I stopped and turned slightly to look at Klaus. "Since we seem to be done here, I'll just be outside. The testosterone levels in here are too obnoxious. I'm assuming a hybrid dude will be coming to act as a delivery truck soon?"

He rolled his eyes at me, ignoring me. He only began walking out as well while whipping out his phone to do just as I expected.


Finally, we were back at Klaus's house. I was sitting on the floor watching the hybrid and Klaus interact while the coffins are being shoved into the room by said hybrid.

"You've got your family back. Finally. You gonna open them?" I listened to this since I wondered as well. He didn't un-dagger them before, so would he now?

"Not quite yet. I still have some unfinished business to take care of." I rolled my eyes as he said what I assumed he would. My legs began to become numb, so I walked over to the coffins to look at their symbols.

"What business?" I snorted when he asked this. It wasn't as though Klaus would actually answer.

Suddenly, the hybrid squirms and falls to the floor, dead. Some guy in a fancy suit is standing behind him with his heart in his hand. As I saw this, I squeaked in surprise and fear and moved closer to Klaus until I was practically behins him.

The guy looked at me curiously and raised an eyebrow, but soon turned his attention to my current shield. "So, Niklaus…"

"Elijah?" I then realized that this was her other brother; he was the 'noble Elijah' that Rebekah had talked about.

He glanced at me again "What did I miss?" From what I had seen I wasn't too sure on whether or not she had told the truth about him yet.

Fatigue and shock then began to creep into me from everything that has happened to far, that my vision began to blur with dancing black dots. I backed away from Klaus slightly to clear my head, but the next thing I know, my vision becomes completely black. The last thing I remember before becoming unconscious is the sensation of falling, but then being caught by someone.