A/N: Here's the next chapter guys! I hope you like it!
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"HAYLEY RUN! GET OUT OF HERE NOW AND GET HOPE TO SAFETY! I WILL DEAL WITH THIS LOT." Yetta yells after dispatching Riley as if he were a weed in a garden bed.
Not needing to be told twice I turn and run as fast as I can while not jostling the sleeping Hope too much (which in reality isn't as fast as I would like) in the direction of the Mikaelson compound not daring to look back until I have put some distance between myself and the now four wolves who want to hurt my daughter. When I am satisfied that I am far enough away to be safe I chance a look back and to my surprise three more of the wolves are lying dead on the ground around Yetta. I shake my head in wonder at the vampires speed and allow a small smile to tug at my lips, the smile is short lived however as I see the final wolfs jaws clamp down on her arm as she is attempting to throw him to the ground. Making the most of her momentary lapse in concentration he scampers off into the night. Yetta recovers seconds later and plunges into the darkness after him. Having lost sight of both of them I shake myself out of my shock, turn and run home with Hope only stopping when I get to the Mikaelsons front door only to realize I've forgotten my key.
I pound on the door until it is flung open by a furious looking Rebekah who glares out into the night looking murderous until she see's that its only me. "What the hell Hayley! What are you playing at pounding on the door like that!" she demands, but then upon taking in the look on my face her expression softens and becomes concerned. "Are you ok what happened?" she asks gently leading me inside and sitting me on the couch beside I stunned Elijah.
I hold up a finger indicating I need a minute to catch my breath before answering her question, she and Elijah hover nervously around me waiting for me to speak. "Werewolves, five of them. Ambushed us. Threatened Hope. Yetta…." I trail off and take a gulp of the water Rebekah hands me.
"Ambushed by werewolves? Are you ok? Is Hope?" Elijah demands kneeling in front of me and starting to peer at me closely gently pulling Hope from my arms and handing her to Rebekah who lays her in her cradle.
"We're fine." I snap pushing Elijah's hands away. "Yetta told me to run while she fought them off."
"So then wh..."
"Four of them are dead." I say cutting him off.
"Thank god." he says letting out a breath.
"Wait…four of them are dead? Didn't you say there were five? What happened to the last one?" Rebekah asks.
"He…he bit her and they ran off into the night, I lost sight of them." I say.
Rebekah's face rapidly changes from relieved to blank as she processes my words and what they mean. "No. No you're lying, Yetta's fine." she says her eyes pleading me to take back my words.
"I'm sorry Bekah I wish I was." I say.
"No you…you saw it wrong, you were scared and you saw it wrong it was a trick of the light." she says "Yetta's fine. She's gonna walk through that door any moment and she'll be fine."
"Bekah I…"
"NO DAMN IT! SHE'S FINE!" Rebekah snarls wrenching the front door open and disappearing into the night letting the door slam shut behind her.
"Elijah I'm so sorry. I should have stayed with her." I say looking down at my feet.
"No, no you did the right thing. You had to take care of Hope. Yetta wouldn't have let you stay." he says softly sitting down on the couch beside me.
"But she got bitten! Werewolf bites are fatal to vampires. What if she dies huh? What's Klaus gonna do then? He's gone AWOL at the mere prospect of her leaving town right when she got here, what's he gonna do if she dies? Flip the humanity switch to keep from facing the pain of losing her for good?" I ask.
"Hayley you're forgetting something, Niklaus's blood cures werewolf bites, Yetta will be fine. Rebekah will find her, bring her back here, we'll find Klaus get him back here, he'll give her some blood and everything will be fine." he says.
"But we don't know where Klaus is, and when he doesn't want to be found it's impossible to find him. He might be half way across the country by now and we're none the wiser." I say. "You said it yourself, he's unpredictable when he's upset and he's upset now."
"Yes he is upset, and yes he is unpredictable when he is upset. But no matter what, if we call him and tell him someone tried to harm his daughter he will be back here like a shot. If we tell him Yetta is in trouble again he will be back here like a shot, and if we tell him that Yetta was injured by the same people who tried to hurt his daughter he will be back here at the speed of light." he says.
"Ok but if God forbid the worst does happen and Yetta dies, what are the odds that Klaus won't blame himself for her death?" I ask.
"Slim to none." Elijah admits after a pause.
"That's what I thought." I say with a sigh. "Well I guess there's only one option then isn't there? We have to find Yetta, get her back here, find Klaus get him back here and if Yetta hasn't already done so track down the wolf responsible for biting her and kill him because if he is alive and we leave him out there until Klaus finds out that one of the wolves who not only threatened his daughter but also tried to kill his best friend is still alive it is not going to end well for the wolf."
"Not that being killed by any of us or Yetta is really a great outcome for him anyway." Elijah says.
"Well no, it's not. But it's probably a darn sight better than being killed by a mightily pissed off hybrid who's just lost the only person he's ever loved." I point out.
"That's probably true." Elijah concedes.
"Probably true? Elijah I know you're the noble diplomatic one but seriously stop sitting on the fence for once." I snap.
"Sorry. You're right, being killed by an overly emotional Klaus on the night of the full moon would be about the worst possible way I could think of for one to meet their end." he says.
"How do you reckon he'd do it?" I ask before I can stop myself.
"I don't even want to think about it." Elijah says.
"Yeah, sorry me neither. So umm do you think Rebekah hates me for running off and leaving Yetta to fight the wolves on her own?" I ask finally voicing the question that has been nagging me since Rebekah stormed out.
"No." he says simply not bothering to elaborate.
"You gonna expand on that or are you adopting your brothers infuriating habit of giving incredibly vague answers?" I ask.
"No Rebekah does not hate you, she knows as well as I that once Yetta makes up her mind it's made up. She's just afraid of losing her best friend." he says.
As if on cue we hear Rebekah's voice coming from in front of the house "Little help out here please!" she calls.
"Do you think she found Yetta?" I ask.
"Get a move on would you. This is not the time for you to dilly dally get your asses out here and help me!" she hollers about a minute later.
"I think we can safely assume that the answer to your question is yes." he says.
"So we should probably get out there and see what she needs help with?" I ask.
"That would probably be the best bet yeah." he says.
"How many times do I have to ask you two to get your buts out here! Am I the only one who cares if Yetta lives or dies?" she demands. "Finally! I took you long enough to get out here! Now make yourselves useful and help me get her inside before she tries to run off again."
"Where's she trying to run off to?" Elijah asks.
"No idea. She keeps hallucinating and muttering something about 'they're coming to get me' 'don't let the take me' then she screams for Nik and tries to run away. It took all my strength to restrain her long enough to get her here." she explains keeping a firm grip on Yettas arm.
"She seems ok now." Elijah comments.
"Yeah she is for now. But it's only a matter of time before she starts hallucinating again and makes a break for it." she says.
"Ok lets get her inside where she has less chance of escaping." he says walking around behind Rebekah and taking Yettas left arm. "Hayley get the door, Rebekah and I will bring her inside."
"Where are we taking her?" I ask.
"One the guest rooms, whichever one we come to first." Rebekah says.
"NO NO! DON'T TOUCH ME! GET AWAY!" Yetta yells yanking her arms free and shoving Elijah away with such force that he stumbles backwards struggling to stay on his feet. He recovers quickly, gets a firmer grip on her arm and manages with Rebekah's help to get Yetta over the threshold and into the guest room where she breaks away again and runs to hide in the corner.
"Yetta. No one's going to hurt you. You're safe here." Elijah says taking a tentative step towards her keeping his voice gentle.
"NO! STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Yetta screams.
Elijah immediately backs of exchanging a concerned look with Rebekah.
"Maybe we should give her some space." I suggest uncertainly. "there's no windows in this room so she can't get outside and one of us can stand outside the door in case she tries to get out that way."
"Ok, I guess we could do that." Rebekah says looking over at her friend with a worried expression.
The three of us slowly back out of the room shutting the door behind us and slumping down on the floor outside.
"Is that normal for a werewolf bite?" I ask.
"Everyone's different, but reactions can include hallucinations, nightmares, violent outbursts, flashbacks to significant events in the past and rapid mood swings just to name a few." Rebekah says.
"How does she have before…." I trail off not wanting to finish the sentence. "How long do we have to find Klaus?" I ask instead.
"From my limited experience with wolf bites, I'd say she has anywhere from eight to 48 hours, probably closer to 48 since she's been a vampire for so long. So with any luck she'll be more resistant to the venom from the bite." Elijah says.
"Ok so how do we actually FIND Klaus?" I ask.
"Well we have three options, we can go out and physically search for him, call him on his phone and hope he picks up or we can do both." she says. "I personally think we should do both, but whatever way we decide to go one of us definitely needs to stay here to keep an eye on her."
"Two of us stay here, one to keep an eye on Yetta, the other to call Klaus and the third one of us goes and searches for him around town." Elijah suggests.
"I'll take phone duty." I say. "I don't fancy my chances of being able to handle Klaus or Yetta if they turn violent."
"That's probably a good idea." Rebekah says giving me a quick smile before turning to Elijah with a sigh "you wanna stay here and keep an eye on Yetta or go out there and search for Klaus?" she asks.
"I'll go look for Klaus, you keep an eye on Yetta. If he comes back or if you get in touch with him on the phone call me, if I find him I'll call here and bring him home as fast as I can. If we can't find him or get him on the phone…."
"Don't you dare finish that sentence Elijah Mikaelson. I've already lost two brothers I'm not losing my sister as well." Rebekah snaps at her brother shooting him a look so cold it almost makes me shiver.
"Sorry." he says "We'll find him Bekah, one way or another we'll find him and Henrietta will be ok."
"Yeah. I know." she says not sounding convinced. "I'm gonna go get her some blood." she adds before disappearing into the kitchen.
"We really have to find Klaus. Yetta dying is not an option. If she dies we may as well stake him and Rebekah to." Elijah says.
"Elijah!" I say shocked at his words.
"What? It's true! If she doesn't make it. Rebekah and Niklaus are not gonna take it well. She'll lose her the best friend and sister, he'll lose the only woman he's ever truly loved without ever getting the opportunity to tell her how he really felt about her." he says.
"Even so, how can you even think about killing your siblings?" I ask.
"Sorry, I guess this is effecting me more than I thought." he says.
"It's fine. Well no, it's not fine. No part of this situation is fine, but I understand where you're coming from. Go look for Klaus, try Marcels club, that little creepy vampire bar, Bourbon street, the voodoo shop. Just look everywhere hell even the bayou if you feel like it, he might have gone to see his pack for all we know." I say.
"Let me know if you get in touch with him, and tell Rebekah everything will be ok." he says.
"Yeah I will. Now go! Go find your brother." I say turning my back on him and walking into the kitchen to use the phone in there. "Hey. She'll be ok. She's a survivor like Klaus, she's not gonna go down without a fight." I say softly sitting next to Rebekah who is sitting dejectedly on a stool with a bag of blood in each hand.
"I know. I just….the prospect of losing her terrifies me." she says. "and not just because I'll miss her, but losing her I don't if Nik would be able to cope with that. I'm afraid that if he loses her he'll switch off his humanity and we'll never see him again."
"It's gonna be ok. We'll find Klaus, he'll come barrelling in here like her knight in shining armour give her some blood and we'll all live happily ever after." I say.
"Yeah, and then some day one of them will finally get up the gall to tell the other they love them, the other will reciprocate and we'll all be driven mad by their sickeningly sweet mushy lover talk. It's bad enough now and they're just friends, it's gonna be about a million times worse when they finally get together as a couple." she says.
"You and I both know you'd love nothing more than for your brother and your best friend to get together." I say.
"OK fine you got me. I think it would be beyond perfect if they got together. She's his perfect match, she's seen him at his worst and still loves him. She doesn't condemn him for what he is, or the terrible things he's done and she's not on a mission to change him. He's just naturally a better person around her, not so quick to anger, and he actually smiles not just the forced fake smile that's become his norm but a genuine real smile." she says. "He already has Hope, and she makes him a better person to. If he gets Yetta as well, I think that could possibly be the best thing that's happened to him in the last thousand years."
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