No One's POV
"You know, you could just call them." Stefan suggests, watching Alexis fiddle with her burner cell phone for probably the millionth time in an hour as they sit on the Mikaelson's private jet on their way back, first to Mystic Falls, Virginia to drop the Salvatore brothers off and then to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Alexis gives Stefan a deadpan look that tells him his suggestion was possibly the stupidest thing he could have said.
"Or not…" Stefan offers, holding his hands up innocently. "I was just saying… You've been staring at the phone for a solid hour or more. Maybe giving them a call once we land, as a heads up. You're all mope-y anyways."
"I've been away for two weeks… Just how exactly do you think that conversation would go?" Alexis questions. "Yeah… It's- it's just better to do it in person… Not that I expect it to go well… But…"
"They're your mates, Alexis. Mates are fundamentally designed to love you, their world revolves around you, so they may be upset at first, but in the end they'll be overjoyed you're back and any anger, fear, or hurt they feel will be overridden by the fact you're back with them." Stefan tries to encourage.
"Yeah, well the upset part is what I'm worried about. Their upset state is nuclear." Alexis sighs.
"Things will be fine. You'll see." Stefan comforts, smiling assuring.
"IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF WEEKS!" Kol growls, slamming his fists into the wall, the plaster cracking under his strength.
Niklaus growls ferociously, his teeth bared in vicious impatience as the tenth… Or was it fifteenth witch? Either way, as whatever numbered witch, fails at locating his mate… The witch's heart being pulled out of their chest by Elijah, their body abruptly dropping to the ground haphazardly, over half their bodies still lying in the Mikaelson mansion, Finn simply prowling like an agitated panther around the living room, growling ever so often, his inner vampire completely unable to be shoved away or be restrained at this point, completely irrational.
The double doors to the Mikaelson mansion creak open, Alexis' light footsteps padding into the entry way as she hesitantly walks in, wondering what scene she may find, Jeremy and Lucas following her a few steps behind that much more warily.
Alexis gapes, looking wide eyed, giving an intake of breathe at the sight before her; the Mikaelson mansion was a nothing short of a disaster, as if a hurricane had ripped through it leaving nothing but chaos in the aftermath.
Bodies of witches and warlocks were everywhere, some even staked rather brutally to the wall, blood was spattered across the marble tile and wall, other random bodies from humans Kol or Niklaus had drained were strewn, dismembered or otherwise horrifically brutalized around the floor, even Elijah having gone slightly out of control in her absence, only Finn managing to restrain himself in regards to bloodlust (and by restrained meaning simply fed and then cast aside humans rather than played with his food), the walls and tile cracked in places where one of the brothers had let loose in anger or frustration, and an honest to god car was pitched through a window, it completely smashed where it had been rolled into another car first.
"Is- is that my car!?" Alexis shrieks, doing a double take, gaping at her 4 Runner pitched basically nose first into one of the bay windows of the right wing of the mansion, the window shattered, glass on the floor and pillars cracked.
"Oh… Look who's decided to come home." Kol growls, his eyes pitch black, veins spider webbing underneath them as he and his brothers flash into the entryway, presenting a united front, far too casual, but the anger simmering and shifting underneath, like a firecracker lit and ready to ignite. "Our mate."
"IS THAT MY CAR!?" Alexis shrieks again, voice inflecting high, pointing and waiving at her car rolled into the house.
Kol simply growls again, his inner vampire desperately wanting to be close to his mate but also severely pissed off that she left him in the first place.
"Hello love." Niklaus rumbles, his own expression rather thunderous. "So wonderful to see you, hear your voice. We've been doing rather lovely…" The last bit is said with heavy sarcasm, it practically drips from his tone.
"Umm… Hey, Alexis?" Jeremy says, voice a little shaky, looking at the expressions on the Mikaelson brothers' faces and evaluating the situation, questioning if, for the first time he had to protect Alexis from her mates.
"You." Kol simply snarls, any trace of warmth for his friend gone from his eyes as he charges the Hunter.
"No!" Alexis screams, diving in front of Jeremy, and by proxy, Lucas as well.
"Move, angel." Kol snarls at his mate, his eyes glaring heatedly at the Hunter from over Alexis' head, Kol's vampire instincts more than ramped up to a million, Kol practically spitting fire as he puffs his chest out intimidatingly, nearly towering over Alexis in attempts to get past her to the Hunter.
"Kol, please! I know you're angry. I know you don't understand why I left. I know you're hurt. But please. Jeremy didn't do anything wrong. Jeremy only went along to protect me. Like you wanted him to. He kept me safe. Please. Don't do something you'll regret. If you want to be mad, be mad at me." Alexis pleads, hand finally coming to rest on Kol's chest, directly over his heart.
Kol snarls and growls a few more moments, his glare cold enough to freeze a tundra, as if to continue to get his point across before finally deflating, immediately becoming calmer under Alexis' touch, like a balloon having air let out of it all at once.
"Never. Do. That. Again. Angel." Kol growls in warning, his head bending down to snuffle Alexis' neck, teeth grazing the spot where he bonded with her.
"Never again. I promise, Kol. I'm sorry, sweetie." Alexis vows, fingers smoothing through Kol's hair to distract her mate, making Kol purr happily under his mate's touch and inner vampire settle somewhat. "Now about my car…"
"I was angry." Kol mutters, face nudging against his mate's neck further, practically stuffing his head against the crook of Alexis' neck.
"Uh-huh… I see." Alexis raises an eyebrow.
"I ruined our Audi and Lamborghini too." Kol admits.
"Which one?"
"All of them." Kol mutters, almost like a child admitting some horrible wrong doing.
Alexis chokes a little at that admission.
"All of them? How many do they have?" She hears Lucas ask Jeremy quietly.
Alexis can't help but laugh a little at Kol; Niklaus may be the most feared, but that was only because Kol had been daggered longer, don't be mistaken, Kol had a temper to rival Niklaus and was probably more psychotic than the Hybrid, with no conscience to back it up (not that Niklaus had much of a conscience either, but a little more at times).
"Oh Kol. I'm so sorry." Alexis sighs softly, pulling back a little to look at Kol. "I love you."
"I love you too, angel." Kol replies immediately, nose rubbing against her cheek affectionately, almost like a cat; really she had cats for mates.
Alexis presses a kiss to Kol's cheek before turning to face the other three brothers, Finn, Elijah, and Niklaus who have been watching her ever so observant as she interacts with their younger brother.
"As I said… I know you're angry at me. I know you don't understand why I left. And I know you probably don't trust me right now. And you have every right to be. And I will explain. I promise. I just- I need to talk to Nik and 'Lijah, first. Alone." Alexis pleads.
Kol opens his mouth to object, but snaps his mouth shut upon seeing his mate's pleading expression.
"Alright, angel. I'll hold you to that promise." Kol softens, nose pressing against the underside of her jaw once more, breathing in her scent before he lets her go.
"Nik, 'Lijah." Alexis beckons, wiggling her fingers, the two middle Originals at her side within a moment.
"Don't kill Jeremy and Lucas. Kol… Honestly, I'm looking at you." Alexis turns back around to point a finger at the youngest Mikaelson.
Kol just grins angelically, Finn still milling around warily, disliking that he was not allowed to be with his mate quite yet.
"I love you, Finn." Alexis smiles.
Finn flashes up to his mate, nosing against her neck where he had bitten her jugular, a bold, possessive bite that stood out both when first claimed and whenever reaffirmed, for the normally reserved, ever so chivalrous, and polite, eldest Mikaelson.
"I love you, Alexis." Finn murmurs, his eyes dark and hinting with deep, unfathomable, possessiveness that the oldest Mikaelson possessed when he allowed himself to.
"I'll be back. I just need to talk to Elijah and Niklaus, Finn." Alexis assures, fingers tracing down Finn's arm.
Finn nods, teeth grazing Alexis' neck once more in a clearly possessive gesture before he relinquishes his hold on his mate, disappearing somewhere back into the Mikaelson manor, his mate instincts urging him to care for his mate by preparing her something to eat.
"Elskan, what is it?" Elijah pesters, his anger and hurt about his mate's disappearance now disappearing, replaced with overwhelming anxiety and worry as Alexis leads him and Niklaus out to the gazebo in their backyard, a stone path away from their back patio and house.
"I- I-" Alexis starts, biting her lip, wondering just how to begin or even tell them, finally turning to the two middle Mikaelsons. "There's something I need- I need to tell you… I'm just- not sure how…"
"Perhaps, love…" Niklaus begins for his mate, both Elijah and Niklaus sitting on the bench observing their mate pace slightly in front of them. "You should just tell us plainly..."
"First… I- I am sorry. I know that doesn't begin to make up for how I left. Or even that I did. But I am sorry." Alexis sighs, running a hand through her hair. "I should have known that you would react that way, with everything… In your- past… But I knew- I knew that if I left any clues- that- that you would find me and be right there with me the next moment you could. And I couldn't let that happen."
"Why?" Elijah demands, feeling angry again, even if he was worried about whatever his mate was clearly avoiding telling him.
"Because… You're more of an ask questions later and kill type of people. And if things don't go the way you kind of get… Growly. Then all, stabby and murdery…" Alexis says.
"Growly…" Niklaus deadpans.
"Murdery…" Elijah echoes.
"Umm, yes." Alexis nods.
"I fail to see how that is relevant." Niklaus shakes his head, choosing to ignore how his mate just described his perhaps slightly homicidal tendencies as "growly" and "stabby".
"I just-" Alexis fails again to try and tell them why she left, tears slowly gathering in her eyes. "I was trying to protect us."
"Protect us from what, Elskan?" Elijah asks, now feeling alarm shoot through him. "Please, tell us. You are worrying us."
"Alexis, do not play games right now." Niklaus warns, his voice rumbling in his chest, the worry and alarm making his chest tight and his inner wolf and vampire pace inside him.
"I-" Alexis hesitates again, before taking a deep calming breathe; better to just spit it out right? Like ripping off a band aid, but frankly, whoever said that was full of shit, because ripping off a band aid hurt like hell.
Alexis finally pulls out the piece of paper that had the test results, practically shoving it in Elijah and Niklaus' face, her face practically full of terror at their reactions.
"You're pregnant?" Elijah half states, half questions, gaze rising to meet Alexis'.
"I'm pregnant." Alexis finally manages to confirm. "And it's yours, both of yours. I mean- there's more than one. See? Lucas confirmed it with a spell, it was safe of course, I would never let him do something to harm them, but he's a part of the Gemini Coven, so he could tell anyways. There's three, technically triplets. But two are twins, solely Nik's, and one is yours Elijah. Now I'm just rambling, will you say something please?"
Elijah is tossing the paper to the ground in another moment, lifting his mate into his arms, one hand firmly planted over her hips, fingers pressing against the place he had bonded her in a fiercely possessive gesture before they drift over to her still flat stomach, smoothing over it as if he could feel his child growing inside his mate.
"A child. You are pregnant. Pregnant with my child." Elijah whispers, his lips pressing against Alexis' sweetly before he noses against her neck, sniffing her scent as if hoping to smell the change in her hormones.
"Yes… Are you- you happy?" Alexis asks unsurely, her arms wrapping around Elijah's neck as he holds her up off her feet.
"I am overjoyed, Elskan." Elijah assures, his lips brushing against his mate's neck. "You have given me- this is the greatest gift you could have ever given me. I- I have always desired children- a child. Mother took that from me- us- when she turned us. And you have given that gift back to me."
"I love you, Elskan. And I will love this child so dearly." Elijah vows, pressing a kiss to his mate's forehead gently before nuzzling at his mate's neck again, his inner vampire nearly frantic to not let any separation between them.
Alexis nearly cries, resting her head against Elijah's chest comfortingly.
"Preg-nant? Child-ren? Tw-ins?" Niklaus echoes, inflecting every word he says as if not computing the words his mate has said.
Elijah growls warningly at his brother, as if daring Niklaus to disappoint their mate, to disapprove.
"I'm… Having… Children?" Niklaus stumbles out one last time, his head turning even more, tilting like a dog.
"Nik?" Alexis murmurs, twisting in Elijah's hold, fingers reaching for the Hybrid.
"We're having children?" Niklaus finally comes to terms with things.
"Yes. Children, Nik. I'm pregnant." Alexis nods, still fearing the Hybrid's reaction.
Niklaus is in front of his mate in a moment, kneeling in front of Alexis, head resting against her stomach, fingers softly gliding over her tummy.
"Hello there, babies. I'm your daddy." Niklaus whispers softly, so heartbreakingly tender Alexis could barely believe it.
Alexis finally breaks down in tears, slumping in Elijah's embrace, the last few days, weeks, catching up with her.
And, with fingers running through Niklaus' blond locks atop his head, Niklaus pressing a kiss to Alexis' stomach before he rises, he hushes his mate softly, cadging her between himself and his brother, continuing to sooth her soft cries using affectionate words and tender caresses.
Things weren't perfect, far from it, no doubt they were still furious, still hurt, and still confused to why she had left, but despite these things, all Alexis could feel was overwhelming relief in this moment; she was home and she was safe.