"This is us, the original family and we remain together always and forever."
~Elijah Mikaelson
"How could you let a witch best you so easily?" Klaus asked Elijah as they sat on the bench.
"Not my finest moment, I'll admit." Elijah murmured. "I will find her, make no mistake of that." And she would pay dearly for what she had done to him. "The magic that is keeping me in the coffin is strong, different from anything I've ever encountered before."
"Like the magic that created the huntress." Klaus said a thoughtful look crossing his face. "Do you think this witch might be part of the same coven that is after Bonnie?"
"It's possible." Elijah answered. "The witches of New Orleans are not allowed to practice magic in the Quarter, those are Marcel's rules. Either this coven has no regard for his rules and willingly breaks them or…"
"Marcel has allowed them to do magic." Klaus finished for him. The Mikaelson brothers were no strangers to secret alliances. The coven was clearly more powerful than the witches of the Quarter, Marcel could've easily made a deal with them that benefited both of them. "You said that Marcel has a witch?"
"A young girl who wants to kill us," Elijah replied. While he was trapped inside the coffin, he was still conscious and had been able to hear their conversation perfectly. While he knew Marcel's witch could never kill him, the magic that kept him trapped was slowly sucking the life out of him. "From what I heard of their conversation she believes our family will bring death and destruction to New Orleans."
"Well, she's right on that account." Klaus muttered angrily. "How did he survive?" he wondered. "I saw father kill him with my own eyes…" his hands balled into fists remembering that terrible night when Mikael had come for him and chased him out of his city. He had grieved for Marcel thinking him dead, they all had.
"Why does a coven of witches want Bonnie dead?" Elijah asked instead of answering his brother's question. He had his suspicions as to how Marcel had survived Mikael's attack but that was a conversation for another day. "Why did Jane-Anne and Sophie risked everything to kidnap her? And the alliance with the Navarro werewolves…" He stared at his brother, sensing that Klaus knew more than he was telling him.
There was a long moment of silence as Klaus contemplated if he should tell Elijah the truth or not. His brother waited for his answer studying his face in silence. Klaus took a deep breath before finally answering his brother's inquiry. "Bonnie is pregnant…" he whispered almost afraid to say the words out loud, "…with my child." He confessed.
Elijah could count on one hand the number of times he had been rendered speechless and Klaus's revelation was at the top of the short list. "Pregnant…" he repeated, thinking that perhaps he had heard wrong. "…but…how can that be?" he finally managed to say, bewildered by his brother's revelation.
Under different circumstances Klaus would've laughed at the look on his brother's face. Elijah had always prided himself for being calmed and controlled and Klaus was quite amused by the dumbfounded look on his face. It was a rare sight to behold.
"Well you see when a man and a woman…" Klaus began with a smirk and a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"I do not believe this is the time for jokes, Niklaus." Elijah chided him while regaining his composure.
Klaus shrugged. "I don't know how it can be." He admitted his face becoming serious once more. "Vampires can't procreate and yet…." He was still struggling to understand it himself and he hadn't had the chance to talk about it with Bonnie either. There was a lot they had yet to discuss.
"You broke your curse perhaps your werewolf side allowed for it to happen." Elijah told him deep in thought. In the one thousand years he had walked the earth he had never heard of a witch becoming pregnant by a vampire or hybrid in this case. Then again, there had been no hybrids prior to his brother and Bonnie was also an extremely powerful witch. "Or magic," he suggested.
"Perhaps," Klaus murmured. Expression was the most powerful kind of magic known to exist, that could have allowed Bonnie to become pregnant. "There is no way to know for sure. It's-"
"A gift," Elijah said with emotion, dark eyes focusing on his brother. "Your chance, our chance…" he whispered a soft smile on his face.
"To what?" Klaus questioned.
"To start over," Elijah responded. "All we have ever wanted, all you have ever wanted is a family." Elijah reminded him.
"Do you have any idea how many enemies I have made?" Klaus snapped while standing up from the bench. "What they will do once they learn about the baby? How could they ever fear me again?" his enemies would see this as an opportunity to come for him.
You have created your own undoing…Sophie's words echoed in his ears. Everyone who wants you dead will use your own child against you!
"Is it so important to you that people quake with fear at the sound of your name?" Elijah asked raising his voice.
"People quake with fear because I have the power to make them afraid." Klaus said in a harsh voice. "What could this child offer me?" he asked, "will it guarantee me power?"
"Family is power Niklaus." Elijah said standing up. "Love, loyalty that is power, is what we swore to one another a thousand years ago before life tore away what little humanity you had left." Elijah told him. "Before ego, before anger, before paranoia..." Elijah said taking a step closer and placing his hand on his shoulder. "Niklaus, our own parents came to despise us. Our family was ruined, we were ruined but this child could be our chance to start again, to be a family once more." Elijah gave him a hopeful smile, "this child is a gift. Do you realize the opportunity you have been given?"
"You don't understand!" Klaus pulled away and turned his back to him.
Elijah studied his brother's profile, noticing the tense set of his shoulders. "You're afraid." He realized suddenly. His brother was good at hiding his emotions but Elijah knew him best. He could see beyond the mask. Klaus was absolutely terrified of becoming a father. "Every time you are given a chance at happiness you run in the opposite direction." Elijah said sadly. "Because you believe you are not worthy of it." He cursed Mikael for the damage he had inflicted upon his brother, the damage he had inflicted on all of them. A thousand years later and all of them were damaged by their parents' actions.
"The noble Elijah," Klaus mocked. "At what point will you stop searching for my redemption?" He asked turning back to look at his brother, lips curving into a sneer.
"I will stop when I believe there is none left to be found." Elijah answered fully convinced of his words. "You pretend that you don't care but the truth is that you do." Elijah stared into his eyes daring Klaus to contradict him.
Klaus looked away a myriad of emotions flickering over his face.
"It's okay to care Niklaus, its okay to want something." Elijah murmured as Klaus's jaw clenched while still refusing to look at him. "And you are not him…" Elijah told him quietly. "Despite what you may believe you are not Mikael." Oh, there were times when Klaus did resemble their father and the irony was not lost to Elijah, the son who did not share his blood was the one to resemble Mikael the most. But Elijah still had hope for his brother, that deep down despite all the anger, cruelty and viciousness there was still a shred of humanity left in him. He had to believe that the brother he knew once was still hidden somewhere inside the monster everyone else feared.
"You're pathetic." Klaus snarled masking the way Elijah's words got to him. What it mean to hear him say that he was not Mikael.
"Who's more pathetic?" Elijah asked quietly, "the one who sees hope to make his family whole or the coward who only sees the world though his own fear?"
"I haven't cared about anything for centuries." Klaus hissed. "Why on earth do you?"
"Because I failed you," Elijah replied. "The first time father laid a hand on you, I should've struck him dead." Elijah told him fiercely. "And because I know that deep down you care for your child. You want that child even if you're afraid to admit it."
"You're a fool." Klaus told him, but he did not deny Elijah's words.
As impossible as it seemed, as terrifying as it was to know that there was a life growing inside of Bonnie, a life they had created…the thought of anyone hurting that baby made his blood boiled with anger. There were so many conflicting emotions regarding the fact that he was going to be a father but there was one thing he knew for sure, one absolute truth he felt deep in his heart.
Elijah watched him closely, seeing the conflicted emotions flickering over his face. He didn't say anything, he simply waited.
"There is only one thing I know for sure…" Klaus finally said. One thing he knew in spite of the doubts and fears he felt at becoming a father. "I'm not going to let anyone hurt Bonnie…" he met his brother's eyes. "I won't let anyone hurt that baby." The swell of protectiveness he felt towards Bonnie and the baby was beyond anything he had ever felt before.
Elijah nodded. "We will protect them." He vowed. "I will stand by you and so will Rebekah." Elijah was sure of it. They had made a promise to each other a thousand years ago, always and forever, family above all, and that promise now extended towards Bonnie and the baby. "Those who wish Bonnie and your child harm will die."
Klaus nodded. "I will get you out of that coffin." He promised Elijah. "I will find you and get you out."
"I know you will." Elijah gave him a soft smile. "And when you do, we will destroy our enemies." His eyes darkened. "We will kill them all." He hissed.
Bonnie woke up alone. It was morning and sunlight streamed through the open window. She stayed in bed, thinking about the events of the past two days and how her life had changed so dramatically. She had been kidnapped, her magic taken from her. She had been rescued and she had destroyed the huntress that had been after her. But the most important change in her life was the revelation that she was pregnant.
She was going to be a mother. There was a life growing inside of her.
Bonnie got out of bed. After putting her shoes on she made her way to the bathroom. Her senses alerting her to the presence of the hybrids downstairs while the bond pulsed letting her know that Klaus was also inside the house.
After she washed her face, she stared at her reflection in the mirror. I'm having a baby, she thought. I'm having a baby with Klaus.
Bonnie pulled her top up and stared at her still flat stomach absently touching the soft skin with the other hand. She wasn't that far along, Prom had been about a month ago after all. How can this be? She wondered. And more importantly, how am I going to tell my dad? And my friends…What will they think?
What am I going to do? She panicked.
Tears formed in her eyes as the realization of her situation hit her like a ton of bricks. She was eighteen years old and she didn't know the first thing about raising a baby, she had barely even known her own mother. How could she raise a child in the crazy world that she lived in?
She had planned to go to Whitmore in the fall, how was she going to go to college with a baby on the way and a coven of witches determined to kill her?
Bonnie wished more than anything that her Grams were still alive, Bonnie needed her. She had so many questions, so many fears and she didn't really have anyone to talk to. She and Klaus hadn't even had a chance to discuss anything. He had accepted the fact that she was pregnant and the night before he had refused to feed from her at first because he didn't want to hurt the baby and that gave Bonnie hope that he would be there for her and that she wouldn't have to go through this alone.
You are a servant of nature and in the eyes of our kind you have betrayed everything we stand for…they will not rest until you and that baby are dead.
Bonnie remembered Sophie's words clearly. She knew that the coven of witches in New Orleans was just the beginning and that thought terrified her. How many more enemies are coming my way? She wondered fearfully. And the enemies Klaus had made?
She had never felt so afraid before. She couldn't shake the feeling that there was something bad coming for her; something far more dangerous than the coven of witches that had sent the hunters after her.
Bonnie closed her eyes, shaking. She had thought that after defeating Silas everything would go back to normal or as normal as life can be when you live in Mystic Falls. And yet, here she was pregnant with a miracle baby. She wasn't even sure how it was possible for her to be pregnant, because of Klaus's werewolf side or because she was a witch? Maybe because of expression or was it something else entirely?
Was a witch pregnancy different than a human pregnancy?
She choked back a sob missing her Grams and wishing that her mother had never abandoned her. In times like this she wished she had her mother, to ease her fears, to comfort her, to tell her that everything was going to be okay. She didn't even have her best friends, Elena was off somewhere without her emotions while Caroline…how was she going to explain to Caroline that she had sex with Klaus and gotten pregnant with his baby.
"What am I going to do?" she asked out loud while staring at her reflection, seeing the tear stained face staring back at her and the fear in her green eyes. In that moment, she felt like she had the whole world on her shoulders.
The lights flickered on and off for a few seconds and a small crack formed in the mirror, cutting the reflection of her face in half. Bonnie stumbled back, feeling the magic inside of her react to her emotions.
She took a deep breath trying to get a hold of herself. She couldn't lose control, not with the amount of power flowing inside of her; it could be a very dangerous thing.
One step a time Bonnie, she thought. Just breathe…don't lose control and breathe.
She couldn't let the fear and the panic she felt get to her. She needed to calm down and figure out what to do. The thing she wanted the most right now was to see her dad and then get her grimoires maybe she could find something there that would help her. There had to be something about a mystical pregnancy in there somewhere. And above all she needed to talk to Klaus.
Bonnie waved her hand over the mirror, magically fixing the crack before placing both of her trembling hands over her stomach. "We'll be okay." She told the baby. "I promise."
Bonnie took a deep breath wiping the tears off her face before walking out of the bathroom and making her way downstairs.
There was a nervous flutter in Bonnie's stomach as she walked down the stairs.
Klaus stood in the foyer, talking to a hybrid and the dark haired witch that had tried to help her against the huntress the night before.
Klaus sensed her before the hybrid and witch of course and turned to greet her, "morning love."
"Morning," Bonnie smiled heart skipping a beat. It had to be a crime to look so good in the morning, especially when he had been near desiccation the night before.
"This is Riley. I believe you met him last night." Klaus said nodding towards the hybrid who greeted Bonnie with a nod of the head. "And this is Angelica." He introduced the witch. "Angelica this is Bonnie Bennett."
The woman's eyes widened and to Bonnie's surprise she bowed in her direction. "It is an honor to be in your presence, blessed one."
"…Thank-you…" Bonnie didn't know what else to say, she hadn't expected such greeting.
Angelica smiled. She looked to be in her thirties with dark long hair and clear blue eyes. She had a calming presence, a soothing aura that immediately put Bonnie at ease. "You turned the huntress to stone." She said in awe. "I wish I had been able to see it but my injuries got the best of me."
"It was so cool." A young hybrid girl said coming into the foyer, she had auburn hair and hazel eyes. She looked to be about Bonnie's age. "You totally kicked her ass." She smiled at Bonnie, "I'm Belle, well technically is Annabelle but everyone calls me Belle, you know like Belle from Beauty and the Beast. It was my mom's favorite movie and when she-"
"How many times have we heard the pathetic story of your life?" Alexa snapped coming into the foyer, followed by two other hybrids, a man and a woman.
Bonnie caught the hurt look on Belle's eyes before she looked down at her feet.
"Alexa," Klaus said in warning.
"We've heard it like a million times by now…" she gave Klaus an apologetic smile but Bonnie could tell how fake it was. And by the way Riley glared in her direction he didn't like the way Alexa had spoken to the young girl either.
"There is no need to be rude." Riley told Alexa the anger in his voice palpable. Belle kept staring down at her feet.
Alexa ignored him, turning to look at Bonnie. "We just buried the three hybrids that died last night."
"I'm really sorry." Bonnie said sincerely while turning to look at Klaus. The hybrids had died because the huntress had been after her and Bonnie felt guilty.
"It's not your fault." Klaus told her softly.
"You should be sorry. It's your fault they died." Alexa said at the same time loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Get out." Klaus growled.
Alexa's eyes widened, "I was just-"
"I do not like to repeat myself." Klaus told her. The coldness in his voice sent a shiver down Bonnie's spine. He had never spoken to her that way not even when he had kidnapped her and threatened her. His voice sounded so cold, so devoid of any emotions and he shut any of Alexa's complaints with a single look. In that moment, he wasn't her Klaus Bonnie thought but an Alpha dealing with his pack.
Alexa sent a venomous look in Bonnie's direction before angrily storming out of the house. The hybrid woman that had come with her followed her out. No one dared to say another word.
"I don't think she likes me very much." Bonnie muttered breaking the silence. She could feel Klaus's anger and annoyance at Alexa through the bond.
"She doesn't like anyone." Belle told her, eyes burning with unshed tears.
"Would you like something to eat?" Angelica asked Bonnie.
Before Bonnie could answer her stomach made a loud growling noise, she flushed.
"I guess that's your answer." One of the hybrids that had come with Alexa muttered with a nervous smile. "Better get something now before Jesse eats all of it." he winked at Bonnie.
"I heard that Chris!" Jesse strolled into the foyer, followed by another hybrid that moved to whisper something in Klaus's ear.
Bonnie stared in their direction with curiosity, not able to hear what the hybrid said, but she noticed the frown on Riley's face and even Belle jerked her head in their direction a thoughtful look crossing her face.
Sensing her eyes on him Klaus looked up and gave her a small smile, conflicting emotions echoed through the bond. "I have some things to discuss with Riley and Felix." He told Bonnie. "Why don't you go get some breakfast and then we can head back to Mystic Falls."
"We're leaving today?" Bonnie asked, when Klaus nodded she beamed. She wanted to see her dad more than anything. With everything that had happened she hadn't even had the chance to call him. "I thought you wanted to go to…" New Orleans, she thought and trailed off, not knowing how much they could openly discuss with his pack present.
Klaus took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "I have to go to Mystic Falls first and you need to see your dad." He told her.
Bonnie nodded, "what about the huntress?" she asked.
"We threw her in the ocean." Klaus informed her, after burying the three hybrids Klaus himself had gotten rid of the stoned bitch. "You won't have to worry about her any longer."
"Thank-you." Bonnie murmured. Klaus kissed her forehead before pulling his hand away and walking towards the study, Riley and Felix following him.
Bonnie watched him go, trying to make sense of the conflicted emotions she felt through the bond. Something troubled him. What had the hybrid told him?
"Don't let Alexa get to you." Angelica told Belle, seeing her watery eyes. She put one arm around the young girl and pulled her towards the kitchen. "She's…" she struggled to find the right word.
"A bitch," Jesse suggested.
"I was going to say a special case." Angelica told him but there was a hint of a smile on her lips.
"She means a bitch, but is far too polite to say it." Jesse told Bonnie. "Come on, let's get something to eat. The noises your stomach is making are really scary." He said playfully.
"Hey!" Bonnie replied in mock offense as they walked towards the kitchen.
"You already ate." Belle reminded Jesse.
"I'm hungry again." He muttered. "It's a hybrid thing, I guess." He said while rubbing his stomach.
Bonnie's mouth watered when the smell of food hit her nose. Pancakes, she thought happily, forgetting all about Alexa and her attitude.
Mystic Falls
"Your plan sucks." Caroline mumbled while crossing her arms over her chest and leaning back against the couch. They had spent the whole night waiting to hear from Rebekah but nothing. Every time Damon had called the original girl he got her voicemail. "She's probably planning ways to torture you."
"You know what Blondie?" Damon turned to her, glass on bourbon in one hand. "You're not helping."
Caroline rolled her eyes. Matt sat next to her in silence, wondering if something bad had happened to Rebekah. It was strange that they hadn't heard from her yet, he hoped she and Bonnie were okay.
"Maybe Rebekah doesn't really care about you after all." Damon smirked in Matt's direction.
Matt glared at him, ignoring his jab. "You know I have to go to work right?" he had a late shift at the Grill.
"I don't care." Damon muttered.
"This isn't working." Stefan came into the room. "Holding Matt hostage is not going to bring Bonnie back."
"Like you have a better idea," Damon snapped.
"I think we should wait for Bonnie to return." Stefan suggested calmly.
"Hello, you think Klaus is going to let her go so easily." Damon told him.
"You do realize Bonnie is a powerful witch who has taken down Klaus before." Stefan said. He doubted Klaus could keep Bonnie hostage unless she didn't have her magic or he had found away to coerce her into doing his bidding. Or worst, Bonnie had willingly stayed with him.
"What are you saying?" Caroline asked suspiciously. "That she's with him willingly." She stood up. "Bonnie would never-"
"We don't know the circumstances." Stefan turned to look at her.
"Are you out of your mind?" Damon snapped. "Klaus has probably threatened her or hurt her in some way-"
"Have you ever thought that maybe Bonnie has finally seen the light and realized that she can do better than all of you pathetic lot?"
They all turned at the sound of the accented voice. Rebekah leaned against the doorway a smirk in place.
Matt stood up smiling upon seeing his girlfriend. Her shoes and jeans were covered in mud and her hair looked disheveled but she seemed fine. He felt relieved; he had been worried about her.
"Barbie Klaus-" Damon smirked but didn't get to finish, Rebekah had him by the throat in the next second.
"You threatened my boyfriend!" Rebekah hissed. Damon struggled to break free but it was in vain, she was stronger than him.
"Rebekah-" Stefan tried to intervened.
Rebekah turned to him face shifting. Stefan took a step back. She looked past him towards Matt. "Get out of here, go to the mansion. I won't take long." She promised.
Matt didn't need to be told twice, he nodded running out of the boarding house. Stefan and Caroline didn't try to stop him.
"I guess this is my cue to go." Caroline murmured. She flashed out of the room only to be blocked by Rebekah who suddenly appeared in front of her.
"You're not getting out of here so easily darling." The original blonde told her a wicked glint in her eyes.
Caroline swallowed turning to look back at Damon who lay unconscious on the ground. "Look Rebekah-"
Stefan tried to sneak behind Rebekah only for her to turn around and punch him in the face. Stefan stumbled back and in the next second Rebekah had snapped his neck.
Caroline took the opportunity to run out of the mansion but she didn't make it very far, she was suddenly flung back inside, crashing against the wall.
She blinked, her vision blurry by the blow to the head she received.
Rebekah stood in front of her, "you and the Salvatore brothers are going to learn a very important lesson today." She smirked.
"I shall be going to New Orleans very soon." Klaus told Riley and Felix, they were the oldest hybrids in his pack and the ones the others turned to when he wasn't around. "I need to get a few things from Mystic Falls first." His favorite paintings, his collection of grimoires and the white oak stake were at the top of the list.
"Felix, I want you and Angelica to head there first." Klaus instructed. "I need a house, close to the city but with enough space and land for the pack. And I also need information about Marcel Gerard, his friends, lovers, allies anything useful but do not attract attention to yourself or the witch."
Felix nodded. "I will find everything you need."
"What about Tyler Lockwood?" Riley asked crossing his arms over his chest. "One of the hybrids tracked him down, he's in Tennessee."
"And what is that traitor doing there?" Klaus asked while leaning against the desk.
"He's helping a pack of wolves, misfits." Felix told him. "Say the words sire and I will gladly bring you his head." His eyes flashed gold for a brief moment.
"Not yet," Klaus murmured. "Keep an eye on him for now." Sooner or later he would have to deal with Tyler but for now he had bigger problems to attend to.
"What about the wolf that's following us?" Riley asked.
Klaus's jaw clenched. For the past few days there had been a wolf tracking their every movement and they had yet to catch him. "Are you sure he was circling the property last night?" he asked. Klaus hadn't sensed anything, then again he had nearly been desiccated and had spent most of the night communicating with Elijah.
"Yes," Felix replied. "Is the same wolf from before, the same scent, he was here last night. He's very good at hiding his tracks." He growled angry with himself for not having caught him yet. The bastard was good at hiding from them.
"Do you think he wants to be part of the pack?" Riley asked curiously. It was only a matter of time before word spread that Klaus was siring new hybrids. Maybe this wolf wanted to break free from the curse of the moon like they had.
"He wouldn't stay in the shadows if that was the case." Klaus said lost in thought. The wolf had followed them, watched them but had not attacked or asked to be turn. And he had never gotten close enough for them to catch him or see his face. Who are you? Klaus wondered. What do you want?
"We'll get him." Felix promised.
Klaus nodded blue eyes turning to Riley. "You and Jesse are coming with me to Mystic Falls. The others will remain here and wait until we have to go to New Orleans."
"What about Belle?" Riley asked almost nervously. "Alexa is giving her a hard time, can she come with us?"
That was another problem he had to deal with Klaus thought angrily.
"Alexa thinks of herself as the Alpha female of the pack. She's been giving orders left and right…" Felix muttered staring at Klaus, his tone was neutral but Klaus could see the question in his eyes.
"She's not." Klaus hissed. "You take orders from me, no one else." He had fucked Alexa once, months ago, quite the forgettable experience but ever since that night the stupid girl thought that she had a special place in the hierarchy of the pack. If she didn't fall in line Klaus would just rip her heart out and be done with it.
Riley waited expectantly.
"Belle will come with us." Klaus told Riley. The young wolf relaxed immediately. "Get everything ready, I want to leave in an hour."
Riley nodded and left the study.
Klaus turned to look at Felix, "there is something else I need you to do while in New Orleans."
"Tell me and it shall be done." The loyal hybrid answered.
"Marcel has a powerful witch helping him. I need you to find everything you can about her." Klaus ordered. "Her family, her coven…but more importantly I need to know where Marcel is keeping her." Wherever that witch was hiding so was Elijah. As soon as he had woken up Klaus had asked Angelica to perform a locator spell to find out where they were keeping Elijah but he was cloaked under powerful magic. Klaus knew the only way to find his brother was by tracking down the witch helping Marcel.
"Of course," Felix told him. "May I ask?" he licked his lips nervously. "Why are we going to New Orleans, what is happening down there?" he wanted to ask if it had something to do with the green eyed witch but he didn't dared to do so.
"War has been declared on my family." Klaus told him, a hint of gold in his eyes. "And the time has come to retaliate." His lips curved into a wicked grin.
Felix couldn't help but pity the poor souls that had been stupid enough to cross his sire.
Mystic Falls
Rebekah pushed Matt against the door to her bedroom, their lips meeting in a heated frenzy. After taking care of the Salvatore brothers, she had gone straight to the mansion where Matt waited for her.
Matt pulled away breathless, "You didn't kill them right?" he managed to ask through the lust that filled his brain and body. "Caroline is my friend and-"
"And she didn't do anything to help you out." Rebekah rolled her eyes. Matt looked ready to protest but she cut him off. "Relax love. I know that you and Bonnie care for those idiots. I didn't kill them." She bit her lip as she stared at his lips desperate to kiss him again. "I simply made sure that they will never mess with you or me again." She gave him a wicked smile.
"What did you do to them?" Matt asked curiously.
"You'll find out soon enough." Rebekah told him before her lips came crashing down on his once more. Matt responded with equal passion, forgetting about everything else and enjoying the moment. It felt like they hadn't seen each other in years. He had been reluctant to go on a date with her at first but he was more than glad he had given in. He felt like the luckiest man in the world with her in his arms.
Matt pulled her body closer to him, holding her with one arm while he struggled to open the door with the other. Rebekah kissed down his neck, sucking lightly on his pulse point before her hands ripped his shirt open.
In a blink of an eye she had opened the door and had Matt on the bed. She sat on top of him, placing soft kisses on his chest and moving up until she reached his lips once more. Matt suddenly pulled away.
"I swear…" Rebekah began but stopped at the look he gave her.
Matt traced his index finger over her cheek and the look on his face, it took Rebekah's breath away, her heart nearly burst out of her chest. "I missed you." He said softly moving his fingers over her lips.
Rebekah wondered when had been the last time someone had looked at her with such tenderness or caressed her so gently. Not that it mattered, in that moment all she could think about was Matt.
"I missed you too." Rebekah told him smiling.
And then they were kissing again, desperate and hungry for more. Hands began pulling off clothes until they were finally skin against skin, touching, kissing, and learning each other's bodies for the first time.
They had kissed countless of times before but they hadn't done more than that. They had been taking things slow, seeing whether they could work as a couple or not. But right now, in that moment, it felt right to take the next step.
They forgot about everything else and got lost in each other.
"Rebekah I need to talk to you, it's about Elijah. Call me." Klaus ordered before hanging up. He looked at Bonnie before focusing on the road once more.
Bonnie blinked awake, yawning as she stretched as best as she could in the passenger seat of the car. They had left South Carolina well past noon and she had fallen asleep as soon as she had gotten inside the car. Jesse, Riley and Belle were following them in another car.
"Hello there, sleeping beauty." Klaus teased. Bonnie hadn't even stirred when Klaus had stopped at a gas station about two hours ago to fill the tank.
"Hi." She mumbled a bit drowsy. "Are we close to Mystic Falls?" she asked wondering how long she had been asleep.
"About an hour or so more," Klaus informed her.
Bonnie noticed the white plastic bag by her feet.
"I stopped for gas about two hours ago." Klaus told her as Bonnie pulled the bag into her lap. She found two bottles of water and a couple snacks. "You didn't wake up at all." She had been asleep for over five hours.
Bonnie could sense a hint of worry echoing through the bond. "I'm fine, just tired." She pulled a bottle of water out and drank half of it. "Do you know where Elijah is?" she had heard the voicemail he had left for Rebekah. She had not returned to the safe house the night before or in the morning and Bonnie had been worried but Klaus had assured her his sister could take care of herself.
"In a coffin," Klaus replied calmly. "We believe the witch that trapped him is from the same coven as the witches who sent the hunters after you."
"Wait…you talked to him? He's in a coffin?" she looked at him with confusion. Had Elijah been desiccated?
"We communicated telepathically." Klaus explained.
"You guys can do that?" Bonnie asked amazed. She had known vampires could get inside people's heads. To communicate with others though the mind seemed like a cool ability to possess.
"Yes." Klaus told her. "It's easier to get inside someone's mind when you share the same blood." It was something that came in handy from time to time.
"Did you tell him about the baby?" Bonnie asked quietly.
"I did." Klaus kept his eyes on the road. "We need to tell Rebekah too and figure out a plan of attack against our enemies."
Bonnie sighed. "You're going to New Orleans." He had told her the night before but she still felt reluctant about it. She had come to think of New Orleans as the lair where all their enemies laid.
"We are going to New Orleans." Klaus told her, looking briefly in her direction.
"What if I don't want to go?" Bonnie challenged. "What if I want to stay in Mystic Falls? I would be safer there."
"The safest place for you is with me." Klaus told her firmly.
"And you plan to take me to a city filled with vampires and where the coven of witches that wants me dead lives." Bonnie told him angrily. "The minute I set foot in New Orleans they'll come after me."
"And you think you'll be safe from them in Mystic Falls." Klaus shook his head and laughed. "The witches probably already sent another hunter after you. He might be waiting at your door right now and the Navarro werewolves…" Klaus reminded her of the wolves that had helped kidnapped her. "We don't know what Jane-Anne told them." Klaus said. "They'll want to know how their pack members died and if they hear about you, they'll come for you, make no mistake of that."
"And you think that declaring war on the witches is the best thing to do?" Bonnie snapped. "Because that's what will happen when we arrive in New Orleans. The witches will see it as a declaration of war."
"War was declared the minute they came for you." Klaus told her. The minute the witches had come for Bonnie and the baby they had signed their death warrants. "And they will pay for it!"
"I can't just pack up my things and leave, Klaus. What am I going to tell my dad?" She didn't even know for how long Klaus planned to stay there.
"I can easily compel him to think you're on vacation or something and if it's his health that worries you, I'll give him some of my blood, problem solved." Klaus told her as he glanced in her direction.
"Are you serious?" Bonnie stared at him in disbelief. "Do you even care what I want?"
"What are you so afraid of?" Klaus asked suddenly, feeling the fear echoing through the bond.
Bonnie turned to look out of the window before answering. "Everything," she told him truthfully. "I'm eighteen years old Klaus and I'm pregnant with a miracle baby and I don't even know…I…" tears burned in her eyes. "I don't know how this can be possible or why they want our baby dead."
Our baby, Klaus couldn't describe the emotions he felt when he heard her say those words. Despite the anger he felt at her refusal to come to New Orleans with him his face softened.
Klaus had been a seasoned warrior for centuries but not Bonnie. In spite of the enemies she had faced in her short life she had lived a rather sheltered life. Unlike he who had been fighting to survive since the moment he had been born and who had started plenty of wars throughout the centuries, Bonnie fought when pushed, when backed into a corner, not because it was her desire to do so.
"They won't stop Bonnie." Klaus told her softly. "They will keep coming for you and the baby." Klaus had sensed their determination when he had drunk from the huntress the night before. "The last thing they expect, the last thing they want is for us to bring the fight into their territory. I will end them. I promise you."
Bonnie looked down at her lap. "I feel like…" she struggled to find the right words. "Like the whole world is coming after us and I don't know…" she had never been this terrified before. How are we going to keep our baby safe?
"Let them." Klaus said.
Bonnie jerked her head in his direction, feeling his determination through the bond.
Klaus took her left hand with his right, rubbing his thumb lightly over her knuckles. "Whatever enemies come our way, we will destroy them." Klaus told her. "I won't let anything happen to you, either of you." He promised.
Bonnie's breath hitched feeling the swell of protectiveness he felt towards her and the baby. There was a lot they had yet to figure out, to discuss but in that moment Bonnie felt hope. They could do this. Together they could face all the enemies coming their way. Together they would keep their baby safe.
Bonnie held on to Klaus's hand, feeling its warmth as well as the strength and reassurance that flowed through their bond.
Together they would brave the storm and destroy all those who wished their child harm.
Mystic Falls Hospital
Bonnie ran through the hospital hallway going straight for her father's room. Her heart nearly burst out of her chest when she opened the door. Finally, she was going to see him.
"Dad!" Bonnie stepped inside with a smile on her face, Klaus following closely behind. The smile dropped however when she spotted the figure by her father's bedside. "What the hell are you doing here?" she snapped.
Abby Bennett stood up from her seat, putting the book she had been reading on the bedside table. "Hello Bonnie," she frowned looking from Bonnie to the original hybrid standing behind her. "What are you doing with him?" she asked.
"Aren't you the caring ex-wife?" Klaus smirked shutting the door behind him.
Abby glared at him.
"What are you doing here?" Bonnie wanted to know, she hadn't seen her mother in months. Since she and her dad had tried to help her with expression.
"Liz Forbes called me, told me that your father had been shot and you were nowhere to be found." Abby answered. "What's going on Bonnie? Where have you been? And why are you with him?" she asked.
In the morning Bonnie had wished to have her mother with her but now that the wish had suddenly come true she didn't know what to say or do.
Mother and daughter stared at each other, standing rather close but Bonnie felt like there was an ocean in between them.
A/N: Klaus's pack is of about twenty hybrids plus Angelica who is a witch. Three of the hybrids died in the previous chapter and I'm not going to introduce every single one of them just the ones who will be relevant to the plot. And yeah Abby is back.
I hope you liked this chapter, the next one is going to be very emotional for Bonnie…