Chapter 10
Stefan's arm immediately wrapped around Bonnie's waist and pulled her against him, her back to his chest, as soon as he heard Klaus' warning. They were to the corner of the main area. He looked at his brother and Bonnie's two cousins and their stance remained unwaivered.
"You seem so sure of yourself", Lavinia replied the smirk still on her face.
"I've been around a long time. In my earliest memories I carried a bronze axe. I killed with Alexander's army. I fought in the Trojan War. I'm old, little girl. I'm one of the Originals. I helped bring the Roman Empire down. DO NOT TRY MY PATIENCE!", Klaus roared, his handsome features suddenly contorted in madness.
There were about six of Klaus' newborns present with him now, but around twelve more showed up upon his outburst. They all stood behind him, his two witches by his side. His features relaxed and he moved to the bar and sat on one of the stools facing them. "Now", he began, "since it's pretty obvious that you're not moving, I shall have to have you escorted out of here. Invanka, Boris, will you kindly show these young people out? Thank you", he said quite smugly.
Klaus really and truly underestimated the three individuals standing in front of him. He is so sure, so dead sure, that they are absolutely positively no match for him. He was insulting them, asking his two witches to do the honours, while he just sits back and enjoy the show. The nerve of this..this..jackass. This was what was running through Lavinia's mind.
"We're not leaving without Stefan and Bonnie", Damon spoke up.
"Hm", was Klaus' only response. Damon was about to make a move but Bonnie told him to stay put telepathically.
Invanka, the dark haired female witch and Boris, the blond haired male witch raised their right hands but nothing happened. "I haven't got all day, witches", Klaus declared impatiently.
"Nothing is happening", Invanka said, quite stunned. She and Boris were planning on using telekinesis to throw Lucy, Damon and Vinnie out of the pub.
"Our powers have been bound!", Boris exclaimed as he tried to throw a fireball. "How is this possible?"
While Lucy was 'scoping' the place out, she cast a spell binding the powers of Klaus' two remaining witches. All this of course, was said in her mind.
"Well, well, well, I guess I shouldn't have underestimated you. Oh, but wait, I said you're no match for me, not for my witches," Klaus said, the last word uttered with disappointment. "Ha, how rude of me. Have I introduced you to my 'children'?", Klaus added, gesturing to his sires. "Yes, they are a part of my new race, the new world order. Are you sure that you do not want to join me? be a part of my family?", Klaus asked.
Lucy spoke up. "We already have a family, two of whom we've come for." She sounded quite confident, staring at Klaus and then glancing at Bonnie and Stefan who were still in the corner of the room.
Klaus then nodded to two of his sires, a man and a woman. They, along with the rest of them were dressed in all black. Black trousers, black boots and black skin tight round neck t-shirts. The two of them sped over to Stefan and Bonnie and held them by their necks, choking them.
"If there's no family to come for, no point in you staying, now is there?", Klaus told her defiantley.
Bonnie and Stefan were gasping for air, their hands on their assailants' hands, trying to break free.
Lavinia's face went instantly serious and just then the door flew open and the two sires choking Bonnie and Stefan flew in the air to the back of the room. "Get your hands OFF my daughter!"
Bonnie who was rubbing her throat and catching her breath looked up and, "Dad?", she exclaimed. She was in shock. What the hell was her dad doing here and wait...did he just use magic?
Klaus got up off the bar stool and looked at Bonnie's father. Donovan Bennett. "I see this is a family reunion," Klaus let out, getting irritated.
"Alright! Enough is enough!", Klaus bellowed. He then gestured to the rest of his creation and they started to move off but they couldn't. They were held immobile. In the mean time, Stefan sped Bonnie towards her dad and the others. Bonnie hugged her dad, still in shock and still confused. She didn't know that her dad practiced witchcraft. Stefan hugged his brother and stood by his side.
"I'll explain everything when we get out of here", he told her. She simply nodded, knowing that now isn't the time. They have to carry out the plan, the plan she actually knows about. She has to have a talk with Vinnie and Lucy too, cause they felt they had to keep this from her. She really didn't want her father involved, but it looks like he can handle himself.
Klaus was enraged. He now realized that these two witches in front of him were a lot more powerful than he bargained for. It's as if they were the ones toying with him. He let out a snarl and rushed towards the Vinnie, Damon and Lucy, only to stop short about five inches from Vinnie. The force at which he stopped blew Vinnie's reddish-brown hair back. Her hair seemed more red than brown in contrast with her full black ensemble. He couldn't move. He tried to move his legs, his arms, nothing but his head. He was paralyzed from the shoulders down. Klaus was dumbfounded. The force he felt holding him in place was extremely powerful. He has never felt that much power before.
Lavinia was simply staring at him, observing him. She cocked her head to one side and said, "Guess I'm not so little, huh?"
Klaus was looking at her keenly. "Who are you?", he asked. He wanted to know who this person was who had so much power.
"I already told you", Lavinia said to him flatly centering her head.
Klaus was still trying to break free of his hold, but it wasn't working. Lavinia then started to chant ever so lightly while still staring Klaus dead in the eyes. Klaus recognized the language as ancient Egyptian. He glanced down and noticed the pendant around her neck. The Egyptian symbol for protection. He then looked back up at her and noticed that nothing else was happening to him. However, his sires were walking towards the front of the pub. "Where are you going?", he demanded of them. "We can't control it Klaus! We're being pulled against our will!", they said.
He looked back at Vinnie, shock in his eyes. He heard a second voice whispering the same language. He looked behind her and noticed that it belonged to Bonnie's father. Bonnie and the others looked on in disbelief. They had no idea that Vinnie practiced that kind of magic, nor her dad. Especially not her dad.
"Necromancy", Klaus whispered. He was dealing with a damn necromancer. Two in fact. He did not expect this at all. "Do you actually think that you can hold me here forever? You can kill all of them, I'll just create more! You can do all this necromancy shit all you want, but you CAN'T destroy me! I am an ORIGINAL! I am a HYBRID! the most POWERFUL being you little BITCH!", Klaus shouted, clearly outraged and the look on his face was pure madness.
Lavinia, clearly unimpressed and unaffected, didn't respond to him. She simply said, "Bonnie, Lucy." Bonnie and Lucy lifted their right hands and smashed the windows of the pub, allowing the sun to shine in. Klaus' new race were walking towards the sun. Before they reached it they suddenly, against their will, started to remove their rings. Bonnie's father was controlling that part of the spell on his own. Lavinia then faced Klaus and said,"Aren't you feeling a little left out? I mean all our families are here...except yours", she said with a smirk. "How's about a family reunion of your own?", she whispered smiling.
Klaus' eyes narrowed wondering what the hell, when someone else walked through the door. "Hello Niklaus."
Klaus looked up and his eyes were widened, shocked at who he was seeing. "Elijah. Let me guess, this bitch of a necromancer freed you," he said trying to sound casual, trying to conceal the surprise clearly written on his face.
When Lucy, Damon and Vinnie stopped at Klaus' house first, they went to free Elijah and his family. They killed the two witches and the four newborn hybrids before leaving. Lucy telekinetically removed their rings, while Vinnie was holding them immobile. The witches were also held immobile while Damon killed them. They then pulled the daggers out of the Originals' chests and told them of their plan.
Elijah simply smiled confirming his statement. Afterwards, the rest of his family walked in: his father - Leikvard, mother - Alvlaug, sister - Danvør and his brothers - Asger, Björn, Dagur & Halfdan. They were just staring at each other in silence. Klaus hasn't seen his family like this, not since he killed them, which was a long long time ago.
The newborns started to scream as they were being affected by the sun. They were weakening and their skin was starting to burn. Leikvard then spoke up saying,"Children, I do not believe you have been acquainted with your new 'siblings'." "No father, I don't believe we have", Danvør replied. "Shall we?", she asked with a smile. In a flash the Original family started killing all the newborns by ripping their hearts out their chests and dismembering them. Damon and Stefan helped them as well. When all this was going on Ivanka and Boris snuck behind the bar and emerged with rifles. They fired at Lucy and Bonnie but Stefan and Damon got to them and moved them out of the way. They then sped towards the witches and ripped their hearts out. The girls thanked them.
"You know Klaus, I was really expecting more from you. But it's obvious that you underestimated us, me in particular. You think that you are so powerful and mighty, turning people's lives upside down and not caring one iota. You are a deranged psychotic maniac. New world order my ass. You are like the Joker and that crazy rodent from the animated series, Pinky and the Brain - out. of. your. damn. mind," Vinnie told him, still five inches from him. "You actually think that you're the only one of your kind, do you?", Vinnie asked him, her eyes changing from her natural brown to black to amber and back to brown again.
Klaus' eyes widened when he saw her eyes change colours. "Impossible", he whispered. "How can this be?", he asked. "Why didn't I know about you?", he demanded.
"No one knew about me. I made sure of it," Vinnie answered.
"Then why don't you release this hold on me and fight me naturally," Klaus suggested. "Let's see what you got."
"Haha, do you actually think that I trust you?", Lavinia asked incredulously. "Besides, it's like you said, you've been around a long time, longer than me. There is no way in hell, that I'm letting you go. Not after what you did and what you're planning to do."
Elijah and his family came from the back of the room. They just put the destroyed newborns in a pile down in the basement. Lucy chanted something. Apparently she set them on fire, a controlled fire to get rid of the remains.
"You're a traiter to your own kind! You should join me. Imagine what we can accomplish together. What we ALL can accomplish together!", Klaus bellowed. He was still trying to move but he was still held firmly in place.
"Athhab ela al-jaheim" , Vinnie told him, her eyes narrowing, turning amber and her fangs exposed. She quickly retracted them and walked away from him towards Bonnie, Lucy and Donovan. "Are you guys ready?", she asked them. They nodded their heads in affirmation. She then looked towards Elijah and his family and said, "I am sorry."
"No need to apologize", Elijah told her.
"Yes, my child", Alvlaug said. "It's been a long time coming." Yes, Klaus was her son, but it was obvious that he wanted no part of their lives. He killed them for crying out loud. He deceived his brother and killed him as well. He is a powerful, evil being who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He's using all this power for the wrong reasons. It needs to end. He needs to end.
Vinnie nodded her head, turned towards Klaus and raised her left arm, levitating him midair. She went and stood on one side of Bonnie while Lucy stood on the other. Donovan stood beside Lucy and they all joined hands. Bonnie was looking at Klaus who was staring directly at her, his ice blue eyes filled with...regret? Really?
A/N: Hey guys. How was this chapter? Tried to make it sound interesting. Forgive me if it wasn't. I decided to change Klaus' father's name. Kinda liked the way Leikvard sounded. I used Nordic names for the Original family. What did you think of the choices? Anyway, thank you for your reviews and I think you all know that this story is coming to an end, especially since this chapter's kinda short. Probably one or two more chapters to go(leaning more to one). It's a short story, I know, but... hope it's OK so far. :o)
P.S. Athhab ela al-jaheim means 'go to hell' in Egyptian.
