Always Getting Over You:
The New Deal:
Rhea POV:
"Are you ready to leave yet?" a familiar voice cracked into my peaceful dreams so I tiredly blinked my eyes against the new bright light that was streaming into my makeshift prison. My veins were scratching together thanks to the lack of blood in my system but I ignored the discomfort as I turned my head to the side to see Damon leaning in the open doorway with his arms crossed over his chest. I grimaced slightly at the arrogant smirk that was seemed to be permanently etched onto his face and turned my head away from him as I closed my eyes again.
"You should know that once I'm out of here, I'm going to track down my sister and undagger her." I told him honestly as I leaned my head back against the concrete wall behind me where I sat on the hard ground.
"Yeah… I can't let you do that. You see, Rebekah is probably going to want to kill Elena for daggering her and I'm not about to let that happen." Damon explained nonchalantly as I opened my eyes again with effort to glare at him heatedly.
"Maybe that's what she deserves."
"I thought you were the compassionate one." He said with a trace of amusement in his voice and I just rolled my eyes at him before closing my eyes again. "Alright then, if you're going to be all overly dramatic…."
"I am." I interrupted him without opening my eyes as I stretched my legs out in front of me and I knew that he was rolling his electric blue eyes at me.
"… then I'm going to let you stay in here and think about your actions, young lady." He finished in a mock-stern teacher like voice and I ignored him as I listened intently to the sound of retreating footsteps. I let out an audible sigh as I tilted my head to the side and tried to get some more sleep since there was nothing else to do.
Elena POV:
I stood in the middle of the Grill watching Damon nervously as he played darts in his drunken state. Ever since our epic failure the night before the eldest Salvatore had been drowning his sorrows in alcohol and it was starting to concern me.
"You okay?" I asked him warily as he threw the dart at the board across the room and he turned his head slightly to give me a half smirk.
"What makes you think I'm not okay?" he asked me as he looked away back to the dart board and lined up the next shot.
"Well, you're day-drunk. It's not exactly your most attractive look." I said without thinking and immediately slammed my lips together when his head snapped around to face me.
"Hmm- what is my most attractive look?" he asked me teasingly with a flirty glimmer in his pretty blue eyes and my heart rate picked up slightly as he took a few steps closer to me.
"Ahaha- I'm not saying you have any attractive looks. I'm saying this is my least favourite one..." I flirted back lightly out of instinct as I placed a hand gently on his muscular chest and he glanced down at where my hand rested before glancing back into my eyes.
"Noted. See if I can make any improvements."
"Don't mind me." a familiar British accented voice said from behind me and I immediately stiffened in fear.
"Klaus." I greeted him in contempt as I glared at him heatedly and I noticed Damon step in front of me slightly to block me from the hybrids view.
"You gonna do this in the Grill? In front of everyone? It's a little beneath you, don't you think?" Damon asked him as he narrowed his bright blue eyes at the hybrid and I tried to keep the fear off of my face so that he wouldn't see it.
"I don't know what you are talking about. I just came down to my local pub to grab a drink with a mate." Klaus corrected with a smirk before he looked over his shoulder and followed his gaze to the jogger that had been following me earlier today. I bit back a startled gasp at the sight of him and automatically took a step closer to Damon. "Get a round in, would you Tony?"
"I'm surprised you stuck around town long enough for happy hour." Damon spat at him in anger when he noticed that I had tensed at the newcomer's presence.
"My sisters seem to be missing. Need to sort that out." Klaus told him as he glanced nonchalantly around the room in case either Rheanna or Rebekah were there and I managed to hold back a guilty flinch as I remembered what I had done to Rebekah.
"Cute blonde bombshell, psycho. Shouldn't be too hard to find."
"Hmm. And Rheanna?"
"The brunette one is probably following Stefan around like a lost puppy." Damon lied to him as I glared heatedly at Klaus over his shoulder.
"Huh, well the truth is I've grown to rather like your little town. Think I might fancy a home here. Oh, I imagine you're wondering how does this is affect you. The answer is: not in the slightest. Unless I get what I want and everyone behaves themselves you can go on living your little lives however you choose. You have my word."
"What more could you possibly want?" I asked him spitefully as I took a small step closer to him but Damon grasped my wrist in his hand to stop me and Klaus smirked at me as though my courage amused him.
"Well for starters, you can tell me where I might find Stefan." He told us in more of a demand and I quirked an eyebrow at him in surprise because I had thought that after Stefan had saved Klaus they would be on good terms.
"Stefan skipped town the second he saved your ass." Damon hissed at him angrily and the hybrid just smirked at him in amusement like he had a secret that we don't know.
"Well you see that is a shame. Your brother stole from me. I need him found so I can take back what's mine."
"That sounds like a Klaus and Stefan problem." I said bravely as I narrowed at my dark brown eyes at him and he just turned to look at me before moving a small step closer to me. Damon stepped in between us so that he wouldn't get to me but Klaus just smirked at just as though this confirmed something for him.
"Ha. Well this is me broadening the scope, sweetheart."
Rhea POV:
I heard something squeezed outside the door but I was too tired to even open my eyes to see if the noise was a threat to me. My breaths were shallow as tired was all of my strength to stay conscious even though I was pushing the last of my energy. My veins were rubbing together like sandpaper because I hadn't drank any blood since yesterday and even then it was only animal blood so I wasn't up to my normal strength. The loud screeching of the heavy metal door opening echoed throughout the small cell I was being kept in but I didn't turn my head to face them.
"Rheanna?" a familiar female voice broke into my thoughts and I struggled to put a face and name with the face thanks to my lack of blood. "Rheanna, it's Caroline. Can you hear me?"
"Caroline?" I whispered hoarsely when I finally recognised who it was talking to me and I struggled to turn my head in the direction her voice was coming from. The smell of blood invaded my senses and I immediately felt my vampiric features come to life as I lunged forward blindly to sink my teeth into the blood source. My fangs hit a thin layer of plastic so I knew that it was a stolen hospital blood bag that I was currently drinking from and I moaned in pleasure as the delightful taste of blood filled all of my senses. The euphoric feeling slowly faded as I drank the last of the blood from the bag and slowly blinked up my eyes to see a familiar looking blonde vampire crouched next to me tentatively. Caroline nervously took the now empty blood bag from my hands and I offered her a small smile of appreciation. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"What are you doing down here, Caroline?" I asked her curiously as I straightened up slightly from my sprawled position leaning against the hard concrete wall behind me and blinked a few times in a row to get the moisture back in them.
"Elena told me that you were down here." She replied as she moved over to stand leaning against the wall across from me and I frowned at her as I folded my hands on my lap over my purple homecoming dress.
"That didn't answer the question, petite luciole." I reminded her patiently as I tilted my head to the side slightly as I took in the slightly defeated slump of her shoulders and the tired look in her usually vibrant blue eyes. Caroline looked over at me sharply when I used the nickname that I had elected for her and I waited unwaveringly for her to make up her mind whether or not to tell me the truth as to what brought her to see me.
"I have a question for you." She finally explained to me with a weary sigh as she looked away from me and ran a hand through her messy curly blonde hair.
"What's on your mind?"
"What do you know about sire bonds?" Caroline asked me suddenly as her blue eyes stared down at me pleadingly and I felt my blood run cold at her words. An abrupt surge of worry urged me to my feet so fast that Caroline blinked in shock when I stood in front of her quickly and grabbed hold of her shoulders gently as my fingers probed her skin.
"Please, tell me that you aren't sired to someone!" I ordered her sternly as I looked into her blue eyes imploringly and she stared back at me with terrified wide eyes as she shook her head rapidly in denial. I breathed a sigh of relief as I removed my hands from her shoulders and nodded once before stepping back from her to give her room now that I had frightened her. "I apologise for scaring you, petite luciole, but sire bonds are not something to fool around about."
"What does it mean?" she asked me in a small timid voice and I frowned at her in worry as I slowly sat back down on the camp bed that was in the cell for me to sleep on.
"A sire bond is a rare phenomenon that occurs when a vampire has an emotional connection to their sire." I explained to her as I got comfortable on the bed and watched her warily as she rubbed up and down her arm nervously. "Why? Why are you asking, Caroline?"
"No reason." She lied quickly as she glanced at the heavy door that led out of the cell and I quirked an unbelieving eyebrow at her answer when as looked back at me. She sighed in exasperation when she saw that I didn't believe her and when bit her lower lip as debated with herself internally. "Tyler is sired to Klaus. Apparently, sire bonds are more common with hybrids."
"I'm sorry, petite luciole." I told her sadly as she looked down at the ground and she looked back up at my words with tears in her eyes so I offered her a small smile. She gave me a watery smile in return as I patted the place on the bed next to me and she slowly walked over to sit next to me.
"We broke up because of it." She said to me when she was settled on the camper bed next to me and I nodded in understanding as I wrapped an arm around her shoulder in a half hug.
"You know what we need?" I asked her lightly with a smirk on my lips and she shook her head in answer as she looked at me with teary blue eyes. "Tequila and ice-cream."
3rd Person POV:
A knock sounded on the front door of the Salvatore Boarding House and Elena Gilbert walked determinedly to the heavy wooden door. She took a deep breath to steady herself before she swung it open to reveal Niklaus Mikaelson standing on the other side.
"Thank you for coming." Elena greeted the hybrid with a grim look on her pretty face but Klaus just walked passed her into the house.
"I trust you have news of Stefan." Klaus stated more than asked as he walked further into the Boarding House and Elena watched him carefully as he turned around to face her with a quirked eyebrow in question.
"I couldn´t find him. But I have something else." She told him sternly as she walked passed him towards the staircase that lead to the cellar and Niklaus followed her curiously to see what the doppelgänger was talking about. Elena slowly made her way down the steep set of stairs until she reached the bottom and then walked directly to the first door on the right before stopping in front of it. She opened the heavy door to reveal Rebekah Mikaelson's desiccated grey body with her red homecoming dress in on and a dagger lodged in her back.
"My poor sister. I can´t turn my back on her for a moment." Klaus stated sadly as he saw her lying on the ground before he slowly walked over to crouch down next to her and then gently moved a strand of blonde hair off of her face.
"You have Rebekah. A deal is a deal."
"The life of my sister in exchange for your brother? Yeah I´d say that´s a bargain. Consider him spared. Now, where is Rheanna?" Klaus asked menacingly as he stood up from his spot next to his sister and Elena swallowed sharply at the heated glare he was sending her way.
"We only had the one dagger so we had Katherine snap her neck so that we could lock her up in another cell down her. You should know I was the one that daggered Rebekah. When she wakes she´ll come after me." Elena explained to him as she tried to keep her gaze fixed solely on his light blue eyes in a show of courage that she didn't truly feel.
"I can control Rebekah. Besides I still need your help finding Stefan."
"I told you I don´t know where he is." Elena protested lamely as she took a step back from him and he crouched down besides Rebekah's dead body again in order to pull the dagger out of her back.
"You´re lying. Fortunately you have no shortage of loved ones. If I don´t find my family the question you should be asking yourself is who´s gonna die next! Bonnie? Caroline? Damon? It´s only a matter of time before Stefan gives me what I want." Klaus threatened darkly as his eyes narrowed into slits and Elena shook her head slightly in denial as she looked down at Rebekah's body warily.
"He doesn´t care about me anymore. You made sure of that. You turned him into a monster. Now he´s your problem. And just so you know I´m not the only one that Rebekah wants dead. She and Rheanna both know what you did to your mother. They know that you killed her. After you Rheanna from the cell next door, you can let yourself out." Elena told him harshly as she glared at him through dark brown eyes before turning on her heels and striding out of the room determinedly. Niklaus sighed in defeat as he glanced down at his baby sister's desiccated body before he walked out the door to find his other sister. He looked through the small barred window of the cell to see Rheanna Mikaelson sitting on a small fold out camp bed in her purple homecoming dress and her oak brown eyes closed due to exhaustion. His blue eyed gaze swept around the small cement cell and he smirked to himself when he saw the empty bottles of tequila and plastic hospital blood bags littering the floor around her.
"I see they're keeping you well fed and watered, little sister." Klaus announced his presence as he opened the heavy door easily but Rhea remained motionless as he walked into the room.
"I'm not an animal at the zoo, Niklaus." She said to him in her familiar British accent without opening her oak brown eyes and he smiled slightly at her. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I'm here to recuse you, of course." He replied sarcastically as he approached her slowly and she finally cracked up her eyes at glare at him in a way that would melt someone from the inside out.
"I'm not being held captive. I'm here of my own choosing. They have Rebekah and I refuse to leave without her."
"Not to worry, sweetheart. I have out sister with me." Klaus told her sincerely as she tilted her head to the side so that she could look up at him better before she nodded her head and slowly rose to her feet so that she was standing in front of him. He placed his hands behind his back so that they were resting directly over the stake that he had hidden there in anticipation of her rage.
"I know that you knew Rebekah and I helped try to kill you." Rhea stated calmly as she looked directly into her older brothers light blue eyes and he just stared back at her with an emotionlessly mask plastered on his handsome face. "I know that you lied about Mikael killing mother and I know that it was really you who ripped her heart from her chest. I'm prepared to forgive you for lying to me for 1000 years if you forgive me for my participation in your failed assassination attempt." She bargained in the same calm tone of voice and he just continued to look at her with a blank look on his face. "I also know that you have a dagger behind your back and if the tip comes within an inch of my skin I'm going to tear you limb from limb until you're a withering pile of blood on the floor. I understand that you're an immortal hybrid that will heal so I'll just keep doing it over and over again until I grow bored of it."
"When did you become so violent?" Klaus asked with a dark chuckle even though he was actually frightened of his normally compassionate sister because Rhea was usually the level-headed member of the family so when she threatened someone she really meant it.
"Sometimes you all forget that I am still a Mikaelson." She answered him with narrowed oak brown eyes that darkened with bloodlust and Klaus swallowed hard before nodding his head once in accent before Rhea smiled sweetly at him and she flounced out of the cell she had been kept in.
