Chapter 11: Archive of Wisdom and Madness
Klaus and Caroline walk silently towards Andromeda while holding each other's hands. They both wonder why Andromeda was looking down at the bridge. As if she is studying the flow of water in the gulf.
"What's up?" Caroline asks while looking at her sister.
"We're going swimming for tonight" Andromeda smiles while looking to Caroline and Klaus.
Klaus smiles back at her, this time he's getting thrilled by this mischievous journey that they have right now "I wonder if there's a Cetus down there, but no worries Love, your sister is Andromeda herself. Maybe Perseus will come if we need his assistance with those matters or we can sacrifice her instead" Klaus mocked while trying to scared Caroline."
"Klaus! now is not the time to crack Greek mythology parallel jokes" While eyeing him trying to hide that she's afraid.
"So Andy you were saying that we teleported all the way from New Orleans just to walk in this unknown & very long bridge-"Caroline cut what she was saying when Klaus interfere.
"It's the Rio-Antirrio Bridge, Love" Klaus interrupted
"And now you want us to jump in to our deaths to the river?" Caroline asks while raising the tone of her voice, but it can't hide the fear that her mind is now entertaining.
"Love, it's the gulf of Corinth down there not river." Klaus corrected her again. Caroline glared at him while getting irritated towards what he was saying to her.
"Actually it was officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge now Klaus" Andromeda mocked him.
Caroline giggles after saying "What's the name of this bridge again Mr. I know everything Mikaelson?"
"And sister you're the first and only one who came there, I can't teleport to the place I don't exactly know where it is, at the same time we're running out of time. This is where the guardian led us; it said that this is the nearest gate to the Archive"
"But are you sure that there's no Cetus or any sea monsters down there?" Caroline asks her sister with a small tone of voice because of fear. Klaus laughs at her and so was Andromeda.
"Klaus! It is not funny" Caroline while glaring at him with bashful mood.
"I know, I know" Klaus replied while trying to contain his laugh.
"Then stop laughing" she then replied that makes him shut his laughter.
"Ok I'm going to go first. I'll signal you guys" Andromeda instructs them while climbing in the rail and then jumping down from the bridge.
After a minute they saw a fire down the gulf. "Shall we Love?" Klaus asks Caroline after he helped her climbing over the rails.
Caroline nodded with excitement and fear as they jump from the bridge, this time she's screaming from the top of her lungs until they heat the ocean. For her this is a fun but scary experience.
"Follow me" Andromeda said while pointing them to dive. As they hold their breath for another voyage they will take.
They started to dive under the sea when Andromeda cast a fire into her hands in order for them to see where they are. Both Caroline and Klaus were astounded of what she did; they're both witnessing one of the most impossible things in a human life. As they're getting deeper from the ocean surface they saw a small circle that has a mark of an owl in the right side of the coral reef, Andromeda put both of her hands into the circle as she started praying through her mind. Soon the circle open and they went inside of it, the three of them were amaze as suddenly the glowing lights from different diamonds that was attached to the passage walls started to light up there way, it started to lead them up where they realize that the Archive doorway is under the earth's surface.
As soon as the three of them reach the end of the passage they started to get up to reach for the rocks above them and immediately gasp for an air. Caroline notices the medieval doorway; this time the door was carved perfectly with a figure of an owl face. She then gently knocks on it while Klaus dried himself by squeezing his shirt on the other hand Andromeda cast a spell to increase her body temperature in order to dry her body. When suddenly a trembling voice speaks and stated that they could now enter.
Andromeda approaches her sister and they started pushing the door slowly, Caroline slowly glances in what was in front of them. Upon opening the door, they saw the room filled with bookshelves. Each bookshelves represents the era where it came from, it has scrolls, journals, and books. Some of the important artifacts like tablets, scepter, or authentic inventions were used as a display. It was put inside of a glass box.
Mages and spells from the ancient up to the present were all sealed inside of each scrolls, it was organize from what time and century it came from the normal to highest type of mages, to healing of different kind of wounds, from minimal to a massive destruction, restoring the balance of the world, everything in this shelves can answer a person's starvation to the truth and so was knowledge but it can also drives people to madness for an unknown reason that's why Athena the Goddess of Wisdom decided to hide the Archives away from Human world.
"Wow! Now this is what we call legit" Caroline said while wandering inside the room filled different knowledge that each centuries has to offer. Klaus was astonished of what he saw; everything in this room was the things that he has been looking for almost centuries. Ancient artifacts of different dynasty from around the world but what really caught his enthusiasm is when he noticed the ceiling where the map of the whole world was not just carved in it, for it visualize the weather but also the heavenly bodies into the sky during at night.
"Found something you like?" a voice that's comes from an owl as it transform into a human like form. Klaus was astounded of what he had witness, while Caroline and Andromeda rush to where he stands.
"Athena" Andromeda immediately bows down next to the Goddess of Wisdom.
"Get on your knees my child; a beautiful constellation goddess like you who always fulfill her duties very well is always welcome to my creations" She looks at Klaus as her eyes filled with interests, "Heh's favored tyrant."
Caroline and Klaus were startled by the Goddess herself. A tall, slim woman with bluish-green eyes trickling light, wearing a suit of armor and golden helmet was standing in front of them.
"I know my Dearest Helena that you're in a hurry, so I already prepared what you seek, here's the thing that you need" while handing a thick journal that looks like a book for Caroline.
Caroline tried to read what was written in the journal but she couldn't, because it was written in earlier Phoenician Alphabet, she then asks for her sister's help, the three of them sit in a Kline which is made from pure gold, it was decorated with ebony, ivory and precious stones. Andromeda browses the journal by following the date that was written on the upper right side of the corner of every page. She reaches the last two pages; where she saw the thing that would help them.
Andromeda reads her sister's journal "Xekleidónontas tin apánemi grammí" while spreading a wide grin into her face.
"Andy what does it mean?" Caroline said while she noticed a wide grin into Klaus's face too.
"Hey! You too! I'm not an Ancient person what does it mean!?" Caroline argues to both them.
"Unlocking the infernal bloodline" Klaus's replied at her with a determine smile in his face.
"To Kolié vrísketai sto píso kálymma" Andromeda said while flipping the journal to the back cover, she then immediately open a small metal case and found the necklace which is one of the things they need to unlock Caroline's bloodline.
As soon as the three of them saw what's inside of the metal case, Caroline gently grabs the necklace inside of the journals cover. It was the necklace that Hike gives to her back then, the golden thin necklace with a pendant made from sapphire that has a shape of Ankh.
"This is the one you gave to me for my birthday Klaus, I saw it in my vision, when we were dancing last night at the ball" Caroline said with gladness that can be seen to her face and hear to her voice, she show to him with the necklace with excitement.
Klaus smile warmly at her as he gently touch the necklace
"Now this explains why I don't hesitate to give you lavish gifts Love"
He laughs with amazement in his eyes while Caroline gives him an annoyed look.
"And now I know how much I love you since now and then" he smiles at her again but this time with seriousness in his eyes.
"This symbol means endlessness, Love" he said while looking deeply into her eyes.
"I will love you too endlessly Klaus" Caroline replied with happiness, though Klaus may not remember anything from their past life, she knows that his heart can remember it.
Klaus gently kiss her head and caresses her hair, he then smiles at her as his mind and heart is over flowing with joy and felicity.
"It would be an honor for me if you once again wear this Love" while he gently wear the necklace to Caroline.
Andromeda look at them with deep joy in her heart, knowing that this is all her sister ever wanted back then, to be happy with her dearest mate and as they getting closer to unlocking their bloodline, they slowly achieving her sister's wish.
"How did you know it was here Andy? " Caroline asks whit gladness in her eyes, she never thought she would see the necklace again.
"It was written here sister that is one of the things we need to unlock your bloodline, there is another one that we should find. Your blood" Andromeda replied to her sister.
"Sure thing, I could just cut my hand and then we already have my blood" Caroline replied with a goofy voice.
"No sister, we need your infernal blood" Andromeda replied with a hint of worry in the tone of her voice. "But no worries because we can still have that blood, but by looking for it in the secret cave somewhere in Argos" Andromeda added while lowering her voice.
"Wait? Secret cave? I know where it is, and I think that's where we procreate Clarence" Caroline replied while a little embarrass at sharing it especially right in front of Klaus.
"Do we? In the cave?" Klaus asks with a huge amazement at the same time he laughs of what he had found out.
"Yes we did! And you're the one who brought me there because…" Caroline stops when she realizes she's about to share another embarrassing sex life she had with Klaus back then.
"Because?" Andromeda asks while looking so curious to what she's about to say.
"Nothing, is that it Andy?" Caroline tried to change the topic.
Klaus look at her with an insulting grin in his face, Caroline knows that those grins will haunt her again before she sleeps, for it brings her the feeling of embarrassment that sometimes she wishes she didn't did and the romantic excitement she never felt to any guy before even to Tyler.
"Even if you didn't say it, I know it was not just a hot hybrid sex but it's also a fire burning sex scene we have back then, aren't we Love?" Klaus said while his nose gently touch her ears and softly whisper those words that send a spine tingling effect to Caroline.
Andromeda cut their steamy moment when she read the last page of the book. "The last page is for you Klaus" she glances to both her sister and Klaus "seems that things go in our way now" Andromeda added.
"Klaus needs to go to his… tomb, it says here that you have to go inside the tomb alone, Because Heh puts a curse in it to avoid any future arcanist in destroying your mummified body."
"Don't tell me it needs my blood to raise a corpse that you supposed to be saying was me Andromeda?" Klaus asks with confusion.
"No, it's not, just like to my sister, we need her infernal blood and your corpse in that tomb for it will act as a remnant in order to complete the process of unlocking the bloodline. I can teleport you to where your tomb is, it clearly says here too, that everything you need in unlocking your bloodline is inside the tomb and someone will help you there?" Andromeda look at the journal as it bewildered her mind.
"Who's going to help him there? I mean if it's a tomb, it's just a collectibles of Klaus's lavish items back from his old days of being tyrant right? Caroline argues at what she just heard.
"Well that's what you write here, I'm just reading it." Andromeda replied to her sister. "Plus we can't risk our lives getting inside of a curse tomb, it's the God of endlessness were messing here with Dear sister."
Athena walks in "trust what you write Caroline, you're the one who entrust that journal under my protection, I can guarantee you it was never tampered nor altered. And messing with Gods of Egypt sounds like an upcoming war to me. "She walks towards Klaus and look straight into his eyes.
"Hurry up reincarnated hybrid, he's been waiting for you, all this time. The real father you've been longing for your whole life." Athena added.
"I don't need a father" Klaus then replied without any hesitation.
"Do you forget who you were talking to? I know everything; I can tell everything about you like I'm just reading an open book" Athena replied with a confident tone of voice.
Andromeda stands between them before they get piss with each other. "Why don't we start our voyage to your tomb Klaus while my sister waits here so that we unlock both bloodlines at the same time?" Andromeda interrupts the raging war between the two.
"Can we have a minute to talk my Lord?" Andromeda added
"Very well" Athena replied while heading towards the book shelves.
"We have to do this, so that we can go to the underworld as soon as possible" Andromeda said while walking back in forth.
Caroline, took a deep breath "You sure that he'll be ok in there?" While she's holding his hands.
"Of course it's his tomb, don't be scared of what will happen to him, be scared of what will happen to us if we follow him inside. He's the only one who have the immunity from spells and curses in that tomb sister don't worry" Andromeda ensure her sister.
"I'll be fine Love" Klaus said before kissing her lips and smiling at her. "I'll be fine, see you later" He then caresses her hair while waiting for his Queen's approval.
"Ok be careful" Caroline Smiles back at him.
Andromeda stands beside his brother in law while the raging fire circle's them around. "I'll be back, it won't take long sister" with a blink of an eye they're gone.
Marcel headed to the Mikaelson's manor to warn them about Davina's plan and what will happen in New Orleans if they didn't give Caroline. Before he decided to enter, he throws some small pebbles inside the doorway but it was block by the armor spell. It flew back to ground while burning and suddenly turns to ashes.
"Damn it" Marcel said with exasperate expression painted in to his face. He gently reaches for his cell inside his pocket and call Elijah.
Elijah felt a vibration near his chest, he reach to his pocket inside his suit to get his phone when he notices that Marcel is calling.
"Marcellus, what odd makes you phone me?" as Elijah answer his call.
"I have something to say it's very important, Elijah you need to know this but I can't get in to the Manor" Marcel replied with a troubled voice.
"sounds lovely to me, but I have some crisis in my hands right now Marcellus I was obliged to not let anyone get in to the manor" he said before letting a deep sigh came out of his system "perhaps you could spit it out now or we could arrange a small meeting between the two of us whenever it fits to my schedule".
"I know you're just protecting Hayley and the baby, look I came here for help, you need to know this" Marcel Argues with a low voice to convince Elijah.
"All right, wait for me" Elijah replied before hanging up.
He immediately gathered Damon and 5 hybrids from Hayley's pack to ensure that they can overpower Marcel, if his just a decoy that the other Arcanist used to get inside the Manor. Elijah still believes that Marcel won't do anything that can harm them but he doesn't want to left Hayley and his niece's safety by chance.
As they reach the doorway of the Manor Elijah opens the door "Get in"
"I don't want to turn myself into a Vampire Combustion" Marcel replied.
"Trust me when I say get in Marcellus" Elijah then replied as he reaches his hand to the old friend of their family. Marcel was amaze that Elijah's arms didn't burn and he gently reaches for him. All of them headed towards the living room, where Damon sits to the long couch and Elijah so was Marcel seated in front of him.
"So what odd brings you here?" Elijah asks his old friend.
"2 powerful witches came here to talk with Vincent and Davina, they're looking for someone name Helena and I believe she's the girl that your brother brings here. The thing is if we didn't give her to them, the Whole City will be set into a massive bonfire like what happened to Mystic Falls" Marcel took a deep breath
"Davina is planning to reach every single witch in the whole city to help her break into the manor, get Klaus's blonde vampire and bring her to the 2 other witches but if they couldn't find her they will give one of you, the Mikaelson Family. I'm against of it but I'm also worried of what will happen to our City if we didn't give what they want, that's why I'm here Elijah" Marcel added while looking at him.
Damon look to the two young men in front of him "They're already here" Damon mumbled angrily "We need to summon Caroline's pyro kinetic sister now Elijah!" Damon interrupted them.
"Not now, I believe that her assistance is still needed somewhere else but not here, not for now" Elijah replied with a worried tone of voice.
"Who is he? Elijah and the pyro kinetic girl" Marcel asks him with confusion to what's really going on.
"His last survivor from Mystic falls, Damon Salvatore. I believe you've been out for a while when I and my brother were dealing with this new mind blowing news Marcel but I'm willing to share the detail but for now I need your help and so was Damon. I have a plan.
Andromeda and Klaus reaches the outside gate of the tomb, he then breaks the lock so that they could start walking to the main entrance of it.
"Thanks for what you did for my sister earlier, she was so distracted because of what happen to her Mother" Andromeda said so him with smile in her lips.
"I would do anything for your sister" Klaus replied with a relief tone of voice. "I want to start again with her, fix all this mess and create a new beginning" He then added while looking up in the sky.
Andromeda smiles at him while she realizes that the Hike before and now is still the same after all. He will always do the right thing for his sister. When they reach the doorway of the tomb, Klaus stands in front of it and face Andromeda so he could thank her for helping him.
"The things you need to find inside are a golden thin necklace that has a fire shape pendant made from ruby, your horrific mummified corpse and the Guardian of your soul." Andromeda instructs him before he gets in.
"I'm certain that I could find the first 2 objects you're asking me to look for, but the last one doesn't ring a bell?" Klaus replied with puzzled mind.
"The guardian is always right beside you wherever you go Klaus you will see it when you started to unlock your bloodline, I'm positive that someone much knowledgeable than me will help you inside" Andromeda replied assuring him that he'll be fine. "One more thing" She snaps her finger when suddenly a portrait sized rolled old paper with a seal of Ankh in it. She gently grabs it and handed it to him.
"Rebeckah's right, you really might come in handy for a next family vacation" Klaus replied while slightly laughing. "What this?"
"When you died, some of your belongings that were left in Athens is either burned or taken by your rightful servants to bring inside of your tomb, but I saved something I know you will like" Andromeda said while smiling with a teary eyes.
Klaus look at her with a puzzled mind; he gently removed the seal and opens the paper where he saw a well-drawn image of a child with his mother holding him. Tears rapidly flow from his cheeks when he realizes that the mother in the sketch is Caroline and the child might be there late son.
"Is this?" Klaus couldn't speak straight, he was frozen, and his eyes were fixed to the image of Caroline and the child happy together. He notice that Caroline was so elated in the sketch, he could imagine the three of them together always and forever that if he could bring back the time, he would savor the moment with her and their little one, once again.
Even just for a while. He wants to held his son; upclosingly observes him while he sleeps in his arms. He wants to know where or whom did he get those beautiful blue eyes, the tiny nose, and perfect lips.
His dearest son, Clarence.
"I tried to save some of your masterpiece but that's the only thing left, I hope that with this art you created. You can still picture every little details of the face of your little angel once again" Andromeda said while looking into his eyes.
"I might say, for observing this sketch for over a thousand years, he's a good looking boy"
"No doubt to that, He got his mother's eyes after all" Klaus smiles like a father being proud of his soon while looking at his sketch.
"But you miss something" Klaus spread a wide grin into his lips.
Andromeda look at him with a hint of smile as her mind clouded with confuse.
"You see, he got the same smile as mine" Klaus added while Andromeda walk towards were Klaus is and look at Clarence face.
"Yeah he got your dimples" Andromeda replied while smiling.
"But when you look closely it has a hint of smile of a Demon, that's what he got from me." Klaus said while gently closing rolling the paper and hiding it to his chest pocket.
"Be careful little sister and Welcome to the Mikaelson Family, Take care of my Queen while I'm away" Klaus added before turning his back and headed towards inside the tomb.
Andromeda watches him walk inside the tomb as the darkness embrace him slowly.
"What was happening down their Rebeckah? Why are they planning that something like that? I thought Andy said we will be safe here?" Hayley asks while her right hand caresses her belly.
Rebeckah sits beside Hayley and nodded "Yes, Andy said that but she's away by now unlike the other nights were she always revamp the armor spell. Calm down Hayley it's not good to your child when you're stress ok? Just rest for the mean time, I know Elijah can pull this off together."
Rebeckah gently help Hayley to lie down in her bed, though she believes in Andromeda's power she can't shrug off the fact that Andy gave her brother a ring that could summon her if bad things happen plus the fact that his brother and Marcel were planning something for a backup plan means, something gone wrong.
"Andromeda is on her way back here, I wish you a good voyage Caroline, do what you have to do, retrieve your Mother's soul as soon as possible my child" Athena smile at her warmly, though Caroline don't get why generous she was to them; she feels that they have a deep connection from the past.
Suddenly a raging whirl will of fire came from nowhere, but it then slowly fades away to reveal Andromeda inside of it.
"How did you know?" Caroline asks while looking into her bluish-green eyes.
"I know everything Caroline but I am not in the position to speak with those matters, but I do know someone who is waiting for this moment to come, pay him a visit to his thrown" the Goddess again smile at Caroline but this time it messes up her mind to whom she's addressing with.
"Hades?" Andromeda asks with a lower tone of voice.
"Bright child" Athena smiles again to both of them.
As two headed towards the exit, Athena gently held Caroline's right arm and offered her something in return for the good did she has done from her past life as Helena.
"I can sense you have so many questions in your mind my child, let me offer you the reasons why, but as a God, I want you to solve it on your own."
Caroline was confused about what the Goddess said "like a riddle or something?"
Athena smiles at her while slowly pats her left shoulder "like what I said solve it on your own"
Caroline just give her a half smile and nodded, knowing that she can't freak out and act like a total control freak in front of a Goddess like her who turn Arachne to a spider by just pissing her off.
Athena then said;
Before it run into you
Every benediction so was benevolence
was bestow upon you
Yet you couldn't seek
The genuine Zion
So kismet finds its way
To make it stumble before you
Though it cost everything
That gives your existence a meaning
You fear not
For you found eternal bliss by playing the game of chaos