Chapter 9

Family

Elijah heard Klaus and Flynn returning to the mansion, but he kept his eyes on the book he was reading. Finn was also reading a book, Kol was watching TV and having a drink and Rebekah was concentrated on her phone. None of them said a word, they had already talked. They had decided what they were going to do. Elijah turned the page and continued reading when Klaus marched in. He seemed just as confident and arrogant as ever, but Elijah knew him well enough to notice some very tiny change. A good change. Hopefully.

"How was the doctor's appointment?" Elijah asked calmly.

"Fine," Klaus replied and poured himself a drink.

"Is everything alright with Flynn and the child?"

"Yes."

"Where is she?"

"In her room. I didn't see any reason to upset her."

"Why would she be upset?" Rebekah huffed.

Klaus crossed his arms.

"I think you know, sister. Let's get this over with, shall we?"

All his siblings looked at him, but none of them spoke. Finally they all stood up.

"Alright, Niklaus," Elijah stated. "If you want to get this over with…"

"Excuse me," Flynn's voice cut in. She was standing in the doorway, cautiously observing the people in the room. "I would like to say something."

"Flynn," Klaus stated tensely. "Go back to your room."

She ignored him and entered the living room. She was holding something in her hand. A picture. Klaus tensed even more.

"I don't know if this means anything to you, but this…" she paused and raised the picture up, making sure that everyone could see it."…is my son. Your nephew. I'm not asking any of you to help me or anything like that, but I have to ask one thing from you." She paused again and took a deep breath. "I don't know what issues you have with Klaus, but I do know he can be an ass, so I'm sure you have every right to be mad at him. The thing is that I really need his help to keep my baby safe, so I'm asking you not to kill him or cause him any permanent damage. At least not right now. I would be very grateful if you could do that and… well, I guess that's all I wanted to say."

Silence followed her words, everyone in the room were looking at her. Kol and Rebekah were clearly amused, Finn seemed somewhat curious and Klaus was annoyed. Elijah smiled and walked over to Flynn.

"It's alright," he assured smiling. "We are not going to hurt Niklaus."

"Oh please," Klaus snorted. "You couldn't do that even if…"

"As much as he would deserve it," Elijah cut in and looked at the picture. "May I…?"

"Sure," Flynn replied and handed the picture to him.

"Thank you."

He had never seen an ultrasound photo before and he found it utterly fascinating. His nephew…

"A boy, huh?" Rebekah stated.

"Yeah," Flynn replied.

"Hmm, just what this family needs; more testosterone."

"Rebekah," Elijah scolded.

"I was kidding," she huffed. "Maybe. Anyway, let me see that."

She marched over to Elijah and took the picture from him. Kol and Finn made no attempt to come closer, they were both observing Flynn. Kol was smirking and Finn's face was callous. Rebekah looked at the picture silently for a moment before handing it back to Flynn.

"A new Mikaelson," Rebekah stated. "Who would have ever known…"

"Barden," Flynn corrected.

Rebekah raised an eyebrow.

"Excuse me?"

"My last name is Barden, so…"

"The child will be Mikaelson," Klaus cut in.

Flynn's eyebrows furrowed.

"We haven't decided that…"

"There's nothing to decide, of course my son will have my name."

"He's my son too," Flynn replied firmly.

"I'm the father."

"Yeah, and we live in the 21th century, in case you didn't know. There's no reason why my son couldn't have my last name."

"Enough," Klaus snapped, clearly annoyed. "We'll have this conversation later."

Flynn crossed her arms and looked at him challengingly.

"If you think that you can push me around…" She paused suddenly, looking nauseous. "Damn it… Lucky for you, I need to go and throw up. Excuse me."

"Well…" Kol stated after Flynn had ran out of the room. "That's quite a handful you got there, Nik. Are you sure you can handle her?"

"Watch your tongue, Kol," Klaus replied coolly. "She's carrying my child."

"Yeah, I think we all know that." He paused and smirked. "So, are you planning to make an honest woman out of her? Have you set the date already?"

"Alright, enough," Elijah huffed and looked at Klaus. "We talked and we all want to help you protecting the child."

Klaus looked surprised.

"What?"

"I gave that young lady my word," Elijah stated. "Right now she is the most important person in our family."

Klaus was quiet for a brief moment before turning to his other siblings.

"Why would you want to help?"

"Because you're my brother, you ass," Rebekah snorted. "And I like the little human; she's not like your usual bimbos."

"You're the one to talk…" Kol started.

"Shut up, Kol,"

Klaus looked at Kol and Finn.

"What about you then?"

Kol shrugged.

"What can I say, I've never liked Marcellus. I'll help you to reclaim this city just for that simple reason."

"Fair enough."

Finn hadn't said a word; all his siblings were looking at him now.

"I can't see any reason why you would possibly want to help me," Klaus stated after a moment of silence.

"I don't," Finn replied calmly. "It is not you I wish to help."

Klaus frowned.

"The child? Why…"

"A child is not responsible for his father's sins. You should know that better than anyone, Niklaus."

Klaus pressed his lips together; he wasn't sure what to say.

"We are all with you," Elijah said. "Just like a family should. I believe that this could be a brand new start for us. I would like us to be a real family."

Klaus was quiet for a long while before nodding.

"You need to listen very carefully then," he stated. "We have a lot of work to do."