A/N Thank you all so much for the reviews. I really can't find the words to tell you how much each and every one means to me. This chapter was really hard to write, especially the flashback. It's only the first half and to be truthful with you all, I was thinking about giving up. Not because of you, but because of me. I've got a lot of ideas, but writing them is hard. But I forced myself to sit down and try my best. So i'm really sorry if it sucks, but I did really try my hardest so don't hate me.
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Chapter Eleven—Unspoken Remorse
Mikaelson Mansion—One Hour Earlier
"Can't you lot work any faster?"
The several witches that were crowded around the small table in the front room looked up as Klaus and Finn entered it. On the table was a map and several other objects that was needed for the locater spell. The witches were holding hands around the table and had been in the middle of chanting something before the brothers had entered the room. The map had a small trail of blood on it, but instead of leading towards the location where the missing sister was being held, it went in several other directions, telling them that something was blocking them. Their witch bloodline were old friends of the Mikaelson family, mainly Kol, who had given them protection in return for them doing spells for him over the years. They had been working on the spell for most of the night and were beginning to lose hope. But they would keep on trying, mostly because they were deathly scared of being alone with the constant mood changing hybrid king.
Klaus and Finn stalked up to them before separating to either ends of the table.
"I apologize for my brother. He meant to say that is there anyway we could help to speed this process up."
Klaus rolled his eyes at Finn but nodded."Yes. That is what I meant."He said a moment later, a small smirk on his face before his eyes flashed."...only with a more threatening tone at the end."
Mira, the leader witch looked up from the table, an apologetic look on her face."We have tried countless times, Klaus, but there is no getting past this...this barrier. They must have a powerful witch or witches with them that are blocking us."
"That's impossible. I killed the only witch they had on their side."
"Then they must have gotten another."
Klaus shook his head defiantly. Bonnie had been their only witch, he was more than sure of that. He ran a stressed hand over his face, regretting ever setting foot in Mystic Falls. He should have just taken the doppelgänger after finding out that she hadn't died after he thought that he had killed her. He paced back and forth in front of the table. He had to find Kol. He needed to return Kaylah to him, take his family then leave the town forever after burning it down to the ground. He felt a familiar clench in his chest, something he only got whenever he saw Rebekah cry. But this time it happened when he remembered Kol's words from earlier, the sound of betrayal in his voice when he had turned to his hybrid brother. Klaus turned from the others, his eyes falling to the ground as memories of what he and Elijah had done years before.
The memory they never spoke about.
'You gave us your word, Nik. You swore on our family name that you wouldn't allow it. Never again. You both swore.'
If he reunited the twins, showed them that he had no part in their separation, that he was fully committed to their fresh start, then maybe they would forgive him and Elijah for their atrocious act many years before. But in order to prove that, he first had to prove to everyone else that his family came first. With a nod to himself, Klaus turned around to the witches, gaining their attention by slamming his large hands on the table, satisfied when he heard it wobbled, showing signs of being close to snapping.
"I need you to forget about that for a moment. Instead, I want you to do a locator spell on Kol. Take our blood."
The witches nodded fiercely, eager to finish their task before they left. Finn watched in complete shock, his jaw clenching as he looked over at Klaus, instantly assuming the worst. Klaus motioned for Finn to be the one to give his blood as he pulled out his mobile, checking to see how long Kol had been on the warpath with a missing Elena. It had been just over an hour. Elijah and Rebekah had been sent to search for Kol, leaving the two other brothers left with finding Kaylah. His brother held out his hand for the witches to slice his skin with the knife. He didn't show any sign of pain as the knife slashed him before drops of blood began to drip onto the map. Eyes still fixed on Klaus, h took his hand away when the witches had taken enough blood.
"Phasmatos tribum nas ex veras, sequita saguines, ementas asten mihan ega petous."
While the witches chanted, Finn flashed over to Klaus, stopping him before he left the room."Brother. What are you doing? They are the on-"
"They aren't the only way to get to them, big brother. In case you've forgotten, Kaylah was also taken by a certain blonde bombshell. One that has a weakness, too. I have been too focused on the witches pin pointing the location, but not how to get to the children who have taken her wherever she is."
Klaus pointed at the witches chanting, feeling a small sense of relief when he saw that the blood was leading somewhere."Keep an eye on them. I'll be back in a moment. With his state of mind at the moment, who knows where Kol has gone?"
Finn nodded, tapping Klaus on the shoulder somewhat awkwardly before obeying. Klaus nodded with a tight smile before making his way out of the front room and into the one next to it, where Damon, Alaric and Jeremy were at.
"How are we doing?"
He only received painful groans. Klaus grinned as he fished out his mobile once more and hit the first number on his speed dial, brining the mobile to his ear a second later as it connected. It rang for a few moments and as it did, Klaus stalked over to his hostages, smiling widely as Damon failed to glare at him. A second later, he head the sound of mumbling, mostly Rebekah's voice, and she sounded sad. This made Klaus' smile drop, but his mask instantly replaced the expression.
"Niklaus. Has there been an update?"
"No, Elijah. Something better. Something that slipped my mind during all this bloody havoc."
Rebekah's voice, irritated, came from the background."Is he serious? One thousand years of reigning hell and when it is important, he's useless."
He heard Elijah scold Rebekah, but there wasn't heart in it. Their sister was broken at the moment and like every Mikaelson, when she was upset, she showed it through anger. Klaus let the comment side as Rebekah, voice now hopeful, asked him what his lead was. Klaus smiled softly, pleased to hear that Rebekah was sounding better. As he did, he picked up the sharpest knife he got from his very own collection of weapons and flashed over to Damon, bringing the knife underneath the Salvatore's jawline. He lifted Damon's head with the tip of the knife, forcing the raven haired vampire to look at him. As he did, his eyes turned amber, his sharp, double fangs extracting a second later.
Before he took his turn in torturing the three, Klaus replied to his sister.
"...it's not a what, little sister. It's who."
Bordeaux, France—1686
"Here we are."
Klaus and Elijah listened out for the twins as they jumped out of the carriage, looking up at the mansion they had stopped in front of. They had been looking for them for more than a month and a witch, who had done a locator spell, had found them at the mansion they were in front of. It was located in the most vacant spot in Bordeaux. It was silent at the moment but the elder Mikaelson brothers were sure that there had been nothing but screaming going on inside. The brothers noticed another carriage closer to the entrance of the mansion, but the driver of it was missing. The horses were gone too, and they assumed that they had run off after the twins had gotten ahold of the person taming them. Klaus and Elijah shared a displeased look before starting towards the mansion entrance. The carriage driver, compelled, just watched silently as he tended to the horses while the two advanced upon the big wooden mansion door.
"This is where they have been hiding? Rebekah has been out of her mind with worry ever since they didn't turn up for the holidays."Klaus sneered as he and Elijah tried to open the mansion door."When I get my hands on them, i'll-"
"Calm yourself, Niklaus. They won't respond well to your tantrums."
Klaus growled as the door refused to move. They looked at one another, quickly coming to the conclusion that something was behind it. Eventually, the brothers gave up with being gentle, and using all their strength combined, they kicked the door open. As they did, they heard the sound of tumbling after it gave way and once they entered, they quickly realized why it hadn't been opening. Sprawled on the floor behind the door were several bodies. Most of them were women and each had several bite marks all over them. Their thighs, wrists and neck. As they took a step closer, two quickly came to the conclusion that they had been there for a while. Klaus and Elijah looked away in disgust, turning towards the staircase in front of them, a few meters from the door.
"Kol? Kaylah?" Elijah called out, trying to keep his voice calm.
They got no response. There was just eerie silence.
"They stored the bodies against the door? How festive." Klaus mumbled as he followed Elijah up the staircase."Maybe they ran out of space to put them."
The horror didn't stop there, in fact, it got worse. As they climbed the stairs, the Mikaelson brothers avoided more dead bodies leading up to the top. Blood was smeared across the walls, some mirroring hand prints, as if the victims had tried to hold onto something as they were tortured by the twins.
"Is it just me or has their acts of depravity gotten worse?" Elijah asked Klaus when they reached the top of the staircase.
"I agree with you, brother and their horrid ways are going to lead father straight to us. They tore through the village nearby. Forty three dead but they left a few alive to tell the tale. I showed mercy and granted them the death they yearned for. I managed to compel a few locals to burn the bodies but this, Elijah...how are we going to hide this?"
The twins had always led a life of horror in their eyes but the sight that they had walked into made their earlier acts seem angelic. Klaus and Elijah turned towards the long hallway at the left, where the sound of music was coming from, along with the sound of humming. The two followed it, stepping over the broken furniture and the bodies they came across. As they came closer to the room that the music was coming from, the brother heard the sound of gasping. It sounded painful and breathless. Elijah narrowed his eyes, focusing on the noise. A second later, a woman appeared, crawling over to them. She had crawled from the room that the music was coming from.
"Please, I beg of you. Help me." She pleaded, bloody hands reaching out, nails breaking on the tile as she tried to move faster.
As she crawled, she left a path of blood, telling them that she was badly wounded. Her dress was torn, probably due to the fight she had clearly put up. Tears streaked down her cheeks as she begged them to help her. Elijah, always the noble one, sped over to her. But before he could reach her, he found himself thrown back, and he fell against the wall. He quickly jumped up, but not before Kaylah came into view, already making her way over to the woman. Kaylah's long, white and gold gown was now coated in blood, as was her smooth skin. Elijah tried to move and help the woman once more, but again, he was pushed back. Klaus just stood aside, listening out for the other twin, truly not bothered by the murder about to take place.
"Now, now, brother! This one is mine." Kaylah sing songed."She got away from me. It offends me. I left her for last...people can be so ungrateful."
Kaylah slowly trailed behind the woman as she still attempted to crawl away, reaching out for something, anything, to help her. Kaylah shook her head, smile dropping, losing interest in the chase. The woman let out a loud scream when she received a harsh kick in her side, causing her to flip onto her back. Kaylah slithered on top of her, looking like she was a shark stalking it's prey, dark eyes fixed on her victim's neck which was covered in bites. Now straddling the young woman, Kaylah tilted her head, shaking her finger at her, as if scolding her.
"You lose, darling. I win. I never lose at hide and seek."
"Kaylah, sister. I implore you to let her live. Haven't you caused enough pain?" Elijah asked her, dusting off his clothes.
She shook her head, eyes wide."There's never enough pain, Elijah. Besides, she's not going to last long and I hardly want to keep her around as a vampire, do I?"
Before Elijah could stop her, Kaylah sank her fangs into the woman's neck, fingers fisting in her bloody blonde hair as she pulled her up. The woman screamed once again, something that soon died down as her life was taken from her. Now finished, Kaylah got back up after shoving the woman aside, wiping off her chin with her hand as she looked back at her brothers. Elijah swallowed thickly, guilt taking over him as he looked down at the woman who had begged him for help. Kaylah caught his gaze, her own eyes glazed over due to the amount of blood she had drank over the past few days.
"Is there no end to your sadistic acts, sister?"
"Is there no end to your judgmental ways, brother?" Kaylah replied, turning away from her brothers.
"Where's Kol?" Klaus broke in, following Kaylah.
Kaylah walked away from them, humming along to the music once again, twirling around as she moved down the hallway towards the dining room. Elijah and Klaus trailed after her and stopped themselves before they entered the dining room. Kaylah sauntered ahead of them, towards her twin, who was sitting at the end of the long table. At the left of the room was a middle aged man, no doubt compelled, playing on the large piano. Kol clapped his hands rubbing them together as he dropped the young woman he had been feeding on. Blood dripped from his chin as he smiled at them, his feet propped up on the table. Elijah and Klaus avoided the pools of blood on the ground as they neared the table. Klaus, who had done a lot of horrible things in his life, was shocked. Even at the twins. On the long table in front of Kol was another young women with fresh bite marks on her neck and her wrists. She was smiling, obviously compelled, waiting to be bitten again.
"Hello, brothers! Where's Rebekah?"He asked, smirk widening when his twin advanced upon him."There she is. Come, come, darling."
Elijah felt his heart clench as Kol snapped his fingers, pointing at another young woman who was standing at his right. As he did, he tugged his twin into his lap, lips moving across her temple as their brothers came closer. The young woman eagerly skipped up to the two, holding a bowl in her hands. She placed the bowl on the table and began feeding Kaylah the fruit which had been in it. Kaylah rocked her feet back and forth to the sound coming from the piano, opening her mouth to accept the fruit the woman served her with a smile. Elijah was disgusted to say the least. He had seen the twins do horrible things in their time, but this was horrid. It wasn't their worst, not by far, he had seen worse from them. But it was the fact that, instead of killing the people, they were humiliating them, playing with them.
"Rebekah is waiting at our home. She has been worried sick about you two ever since father has rumored to be near." Klaus replied, trying to keep his anger in check.
"...but we see that you are perfectly fine. Using innocent people as your puppets and if not that, taking pleasure in killing them?"
"It's nothing we haven't done before. We're vampires, darling brother. What-"
"You are callous! There is a difference between needing to feed and taking pleasure from it. Your actions are going to cause our downfall if father hears of this. Six hundred years! You two have spent six hundred years tearing your way throughout the nation, slaughtering for the fun of it. I thought that you would soon stop these childish games and start acting like….like you have a conscience. Your vile imaginations are tearing this family apart, do you see that?!"
"I think that if anyone is tearing our family apart, brother, it's Niklaus. We, on the other hand, are just enjoying ourselves. Mikael is after Nik, not us. If he descends upon us, i'm sure we can send him Niklaus' way." Kol snarled, licking the blood from his thumb.
Elijah's desperate words had no effect on the twins. They shared a look before turning back to their tasks. They didn't care. They loved their family and that was why they chose to separate themselves from them at times. They always clashed with Elijah and Klaus, especially about their ways of life. Kaylah turned from Elijah, nuzzling her face in Kol's neck, tongue lapping up the blood that was smeared on his skin. Kol let out a contented him, burying his face in Kaylah's dark locks before telling the young woman to leave them be. There was no reasoning with them. There was no way of getting through to them. They were each-other's world and as long as they had one another, they didn't care about much else.
"That's enough Kol!"Klaus broke in, taking charge from Elijah."You need to stop acting so...impulsively. The both of you."
"This coming from my brother who is the definition of impulsive? What are you going to do, Nik, if you don't get your way? You'll dagger us again? If you do, I can assure you that our ways will only get worse when you eventually pull them out. Your threats, dear brother, are getting boring."
Klaus stormed over to Kol, his expression deadly, but before he could reach the table, Kaylah appeared in front of him. He glared down at her, releasing a warning growl but it had no effect. She just stared back at him, daring him to make a move against her. Kol appeared behind her a moment later, the twins a united front in front of their elder brother. Klaus could dagger them, but he knew that he would pull them out one day. Despite their ways, he loved the twins, just like he loved all his family, and he could never dagger them for all eternity. But each time he pulled out their daggers, they got worse, as if making up for lost time. Individually, their acts were atrocious, but together they created hell. They encouraged one another, goaded each-other on to top their last horrible act.
"Try it, Nik. I dare you." Kaylah whispered to him, eyes dark.
"Are you challenging me, sister? Me?"Klaus growled, his eyes flashing as he took a step closer."How dare you?"
Klaus didn't get a chance to hear Kaylah's response because a second later he was thrown tossed aside. He crashed into a paining hanging on the wall across from them and as he fell to the ground, it fell on top of him. He looked up to see Kol standing in front of his twin, his eyes red and spider veins appearing underneath them as he extracted his fangs. Nobody ever dared to threaten one of the twins in front of the other. The consequences were dire. But Klaus, at that moment, he didn't care. He jumped up a second later, flashing over to his brother. Kol ducked when Klaus swung at him, and he crashed Klaus on top of the table, pulling him across it, the glasses smashing, slicing Klaus' skin. Elijah raised his voice, demanding that they stop, but the two ignored him.
"Stay out of this, Elijah." Klaus demanded with a snarl as he kicked Kol away, rolling off of the table.
Klaus was stronger due to his werewolf half, but Kol was smart and cunning. He had tricks up his sleeve and knew how to play his brother whereas Klaus was impulsive, he was led by his anger. Kol had a clearer mind than Klaus and was a force to be reckoned with when he had his heart set on winning. But that wasn't all. Klaus had disrespected Kaylah. He had challenged her and Kol would never let that slide. Neither would Kaylah if it had been the other way around. It had been that way since the day they were born. Even with Elijah. When Elijah had scolded Kaylah for stomping on Rebekah's daisychains after the sisters had bickered, Kol had jumped in and tackled Elijah. It didn't matter if Kaylah had been in the wrong, it didn't matter how much Kol had respected Elijah, they would always defend the other. It was the same when Klaus had mocked Kol after his youngest brother had tripped over a tree branch. Kaylah, smaller and younger than Klaus, had stomped on his foot and had pushed him over with a smile.
They would always choose one another above all.
Kol and Klaus tumbled to the floor, both brothers fighting to gain the upper-hand. Curses were shouted and punches were thrown, but neither gave up. Kaylah's own vampire face slipped forward when Klaus hit Kol across the face, her twin releasing a bloody moan, red splattering across the ground as he coughed it up. Kol's teeth ground together, teeth bloody, but he showed no sign of being bothered by it. Instead, the male twin let out a chuckle. Kol loved a good fight and he was never one to pass it up. Ignoring Kol's protests, Kaylah jumped in, lunging at Klaus herself. She kicked him off of her twin and pushed him back, her long nails scratching bloody marks down his cheeks. Klaus yelled out in pain. He had forgotten about Kaylah during his fight with Kol and he tried to fight her off, but Kaylah was too quick. She rarely ever fought, she was more of a manipulator. It wasn't that she couldn't, but it was more the fact that Kol was more of the fighter, he never allowed Kaylah to fight if she didn't have to.
Kol was the protector, despite them being the same age and on the same level with power.
"You bastard!"She screeched, hands cupping his head as she hit it off the ground."You good-for-nothing snake!"
"You're fighting a battle you cannot win, sister The both of you. You will return with us, you have no choice and you will abide by my rules."
Kaylah ignored him. She slapped him harshly across the face and Klaus growled. He had never struck his sisters and never would, but his anger towards Kaylah going up against him made it tempting. He tried to grab her wrists to restrain her, but she had fallen over the edge. His head snapped to the side, blood filling his mouth as Kaylah's hard hits broke something that instantly healed. He held onto the last remaining calm thought in his mind, telling himself that he would never hit his sister but it was getting harder.
"Elijah, get her off of me. NOW!"
Elijah nodded and he grabbed Kaylah by the shoulders. She struggled against her elder brother, refusing to give up on punishing Klaus."Let go of me, Elijah! He should be the one that you should be restraining."
"He is right, sister. You will return with us. Your ways will not carry on. I have spoken and you will abide by them."
"We will do no such thing. We are not children, you cannot control us."
Klaus chuckled, wiping the blood off of his bloody lip, standing up."Watch us."
His laughter echoed off of the walls and Kaylah looked at her brother in resentment. She loved Klaus in her own way but he was so adamant in keeping them in line, as if he held some sort of power over them. He did with the daggers. But it wasn't just that. He had to have a say on where they went and gave them a time limit on when they should return. He thought that just because he was part werewolf that he had the right to be the head of the family. Elijah just sat back and let that happen, and she couldn't believe it. Kaylah wrenched herself from Elijah's grasp, shoving him out of the way, a disgusted look on her face. Kol, who saw Elijah get back up, his jaw clenched, stepped in front of his elder brother who was about to storm over to Kaylah. He placed his hand on Elijah's shoulder, lightly pushing him back.
"Don't think about it, Elijah. You don't want to end up in my bad books, do you?"
"It is for your own good, Kol. You both can't keep acting this way. You are going to return with us. Niklaus is right on this matter."
"Controlling us? Forcing us into thing we don't want to? Taking away our freedom? Threatening us?"Kol spat, stepping closer to Elijah with a disgusted look on his face."When did you turn into our father, brother? What happened to you?"
Elijah's expression turned to one of hurt at Kol's harsh words before he quickly gathered himself."I am not him. I am sorry if you think that way now, but you will thank us later on. I am merely keeping our family safe from Mikael."
"Mikael is not after Kaylah and I. He is after Nik! This is about you and Niklaus needing to have control over what we do. We are content here."Kol smirked dangerously, pulling his twin into his side protectively, lacing their fingers together."Perhaps we will remain here for longer. We like it here."
"You are not to remain here. You are to join us for our own good. I will not allow you both to unleash havoc on more innocent people. It reflects badly on us. End of discussion. Now, follow us to the carriage. Rebekah is waiting at our home."
Elijah and Klaus began to walk towards the door, Klaus wiping blood from his face as he trailed behind his elder brother. Kol and Kaylah stayed rooted in their spot, the male twin's thumb running over her knuckles, silently telling her that they weren't going anywhere. They had been in Bordeaux, France for a few weeks and liked it there, mostly because it had given them a break from their family. They had all been at odds recently, especially the twins and their brother while Rebekah had been in the middle of everything. So they had left during the night and was expected to return for the holidays, Rebekah's favorite holiday, but hadn't bothered. Instead, they celebrated by themselves. They had tore their way through a village nearby, challenging each-other by seeing who could gain the most amount of victims. Kaylah had won and for her prize, Kol had led her to the largest and expensive mansion he could find.
They had enjoyed themselves. Up until their brothers had decided to ruin it.
Now they were expected to run again from Mikael, to follow Klaus' commands as always.
"Come on, now. Do I need to repeat myself?" Klaus asked from the doorway.
Kol tilted his head, a bitter smile playing on his lips."You can if you want, brother, but it won't change anything. We are staying whether you like it or not."
Elijah stopped in his tracks, and he slowly turned around, now facing his siblings again. He let out a long sigh, running a hand over his face. He understood that the twins weren't happy about going along with the plans, but frankly, they had no choice. Mikael was close but it wasn't just that. The twins' actions had gotten worse more recently and Elijah refused to stand by and allow that to happen. They were too deadly, especially when they were together, which was twenty four seven. They took childlike delight in their actions and showed no remorse towards those they slaughtered.
In other words, Elijah sadly was ashamed of them at times. Ashamed of what they had become.
"Do not force me to-" Elijah started but was cut off by Kaylah.
"...dagger us, Elijah? You'd really do that to us? We know that you would not keep them in for all eternity and I promise you that if you use them daggers against us, we will never forgive you. You will pay greatly for using them."
"We know that, sister." Klaus responded for Elijah, slowly walking towards them."But your actions have caused Mikael to descend upon us. They have gotten worse and it won't be long before others begin to look our way. Not only that, but you have defied me. You will be punished for that, I swear to you. I give you one last chance to willingly follow us to the carriage and return with us to Rebekah or I will be forced to take action."
"Or what, Niklaus? What could you possibly do that will make us obey you? If not the dagger, then what?"
"I will be forced to take other precautions that will certainly stop your vile acts. You both are more...vicious when together. You being together is causing you both to become worse."Klaus smiled, rocking on his heels.
"You wouldn't dare." Kol growled, pulling Kaylah closer possessively.
Klaus smirked, advancing upon the twins in a predatory manner. His eyes were filled with anger and determination. He had slowly gotten more and more manic over the years but nobody had ever thought that it would ever come to this. Klaus expected everyone in his family to follow his every command and accept whatever he did to them. The twins' murderous ways had gotten more and more unspeakable as the years went on and he thought that if he could separate them, that maybe their ways would fade if they weren't together to encourage it. They had never been apart for more than a few hours, and couldn't bear to be without one another. Kol and Kaylah growled warningly at their brother, Kaylah pushing Kol behind her protectively, but he didn't allow it. He stepped in front of her, their hands still joined.
"You lay one hand on either of us, Niklaus, and I swear to you, I will rein hell upon you that would make Mikael come off as a saint."
"You have given us no choice. Your ways have caused Mikael to find us once again, but it is not only that, you have refused to abide by MY rules! That will no longer stand." Klaus roared angrily."Maybe you will finally learn your lesson. The dagger certainly hasn't succeeded in that before."
Kaylah glanced over at Elijah, who had been silent throughout the whole ordeal."Elijah! Knock some sense to him. You cannot possibly allow him to even attempt-"
"Maybe it will be for your own good. You both have lost your way and maybe remaining together isn't good for either of you." Elijah broke in sadly.
"How can you say that?" Kol hissed at his elder brother.
Kol and Kaylah's eyes widened, filling with betrayal as Elijah refused to defend them. This wasn't Elijah. It couldn't have been. Klaus smirked cruelly, moving towards the growling twins who stood by each-other protectively. What they saw of Klaus wasn't the young boy they once knew who would run after them in the forest. It wasn't Klaus. The thought of being without one another made their faces fall. They just could not bear to be separated, it had been that way since birth. They were each-other's strength, comfort and power. If you took one from the other, it would case them each to slowly unfold, to spiral. They were each-other's home. Them being separated was unheard of, one was never left alone without the other.
They were each-other's sanity.
"We are sorry to do this. Believe that." Elijah repeated as he joined Klaus in front of them.
They were now backed into a corner, their brothers in front of them. Kol shook his head, hand holding onto Kaylah's tightly. He looked towards the exit, the only way of getting out of the room, in determination. Kaylah saw this, and as quickly as they could, the twins flashed towards it. Only to be grabbed by each brother. Each twin growled in protest, using all their strength to try and free themselves, but Elijah and Klaus were older. Kaylah cried out uncomfortably as Klaus held her tightly his arms locked around her waist as he tried his hardest to pull her bac while Elijah grabbed Kol's forearms. Kol tried to wrench himself free, a look of betrayal on his face as he glanced up at his brother.
"Don't do this, Elijah! I swear on our family name that we will never forgive you for this."
Each brother pulled the twins from each-other. But their hands held on tight, their fingers locked together, refusing to be parted. Eventually, Klaus ripped them apart, turning Kaylah around, facing away from her twin. She let out a scream, kicking and struggling against Klaus, as if he had just torn something from her. Kol yelled out, furious his eyes wide and wild, looking like a mad man. Elijah stopped his protests by snapping Kol's neck, catching his brother as he fell to the floor. Kaylah heard the snap of his neck, and she screeched, elbowing Klaus in the ribs. He fell back against the table she flashed over to her twin. She tried to pry him from Elijah's arms, but her brother, after laying Kol gently on the ground, blocked her from him.
"Just give him to me. You have no right to take him from me. He is not yours, Elijah. He's not for you."
He stopped her before she could reach her brother. Kaylah slapped him across the face before he grabbed her wrists, halting her movements. Elijah remained stone cold, unresponsive as Kaylah's face fell, trying to go to her twin. Kaylah stared up at her brother, the one who used to protect them from Mikael, as if he were a stranger. She clawed at him, scratching his skin, leaving bloody trails in her wake. But Elijah overpowered her, using all the strength he had, and since he was older, he won.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" She demanded.
He didn't reply, just looked away. He knew that Kaylah wouldn't have ran away, she could have, but she would have never left Kol behind. Neither of them would. Instead, she just continued to fight, despite knowing that she was going to lose. Her eyes stayed on her twin as Klaus came up behind her, leaving her trapped between them. Trapped. She had resented Klaus for daggering them and what he had become, but at least she and Kol were still together when they were daggered. Now, they were being separated because of Klaus and Elijah, something they would have never guessed they would do.
"How could you? How could you two have fallen so far?" Kaylah whispered harshly, frozen in between her brothers.
Klaus didn't answer, neither did Elijah as he refused to meet her gaze.
Instead, without hesitation, Klaus snapped her neck.
Present—Sheriff's Office
"I'm all right, sweetheart. I promise. I've been really careful."
Liz smiled when she heard her daughter release a sigh of relief."Good. Just make sure to lock the door when you get home and remember to actually go straight home."
A small, warm smile crawled onto Liz's face and she assured her daughter that she would go straight home from her office before hanging up, pocketing her mobile as she stood up. Caroline had called three times in the past hour to remind her mother not to spend more time than needed on the streets because the Mikaelson family were on the warpath. She had refused at first, never one to hide away, but when Caroline had pleaded with her mother and threatened to use her tears, the Sheriff eventually gave into her demands. She placed the file she had been reading back into the cabinet and turned off her desk lamp before shrugging on her heavy coat. She had been extremely busy that day. Mystic Falls High had been on the edge ever since the ambush on the Mikaelson twins the day before. Parents had been calling in, some refusing to send their children back until it was all sorted out. School had been on hold until they fixed the window and Liz had no idea how to cover their tracks.
She had been having words with Carol Lockwood, but neither woman could think of a lie for the locals to buy. Instead, they had just told them that they were in the middle of the investigation. There was also the problem of the dozen teenagers that had died because of the twins feeding on them until death during the same school day. Liz had been working non stop since the night before and was sure that she would be asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
"Time to sleep through the one day I have off."Liz whispered to himself as she walked out of her office, locking it behind her.
She rubbed her tired eyes as she made her way down the long hallway, smiling at deputies she passed."Night, Sheriff!"
Liz trailed out of the Sheriff Department and she stepped down stairs that led out of the building then quickly began walking in the direction of her car, which was across the car park. It was dark since it was close to midnight and chilly which made Liz hug herself. The car-park was bare, only a few cars left since there some deputies finishing paperwork that was related to the commotion that had happened in the high school. Liz let out a long shaky breath, keeping track of every sound she heard on the way to her car. Her daughter had informed her about what had truly taken place at the school and what she and Stefan were up to. It made Liz uneasy. She was concerned for her daughter, terrified that Caroline had gone over her head and secondly, she was scared as to what the Mikaelson family would do to the town.
Especially those twins she had been hearing about.
Having been engrossed in her thoughts, Liz barely noticed the shadow following her until she heard a clatter.
What on earth?
She stopped in her tracks, holding her hand to her chest, feeling her heartbeat thumping against it as she looked around warily. That was when she felt it. Something warm close to her neck. Liz's breath caught in her throat, her eyes screwing shut. She heard something resembling a chuckle behind her, but it got lost in the wind. Her key dug into her hand as she clenched her fists, her entire body shaking and she tried to gain the courage to turn around. After a few seconds and trying to control her heartbeat, Liz opened her eyes and spun around, her gun suddenly in her hand.
But she was met with air.
Liz felt the tension leave her when she saw or heard nothing, just the wind. A long, relieved sigh passed her lips as she placed her gun back in it's holster. She swallowed thickly, mentally scolding herself for allowing her mind to play on her fears. She nodded, as if confirming her mind that she shouldn't be worried, that she was fine. She took one last long look behind her, doubling checking, before slowly turning around to continue walking towards her car.
But as she did, she came face to face with Elijah Mikaelson.
"Good evening, Sheriff. I am sorry about the...fright. My siblings always need to go the extra mile."
Elijah smiled politely at her, but his eyes were dangerous. Threatening. His hands met in front of him, eyes flickering somewhere behind her before they re-settled on her ones. Liz backed away, a scream stuck in her throat as she tried to re-gain her self control. Her eyes widened fearfully as she stepped back, only to have Elijah follow her slowly and calmly. His dress shots made a sound as they hit the ground, but other than that, the only thing she could hear was the echoing of her heartbeat in her ears. She turned around, ready to run back into the department, only to bump into another body. A pair of strong hands closed around her forearms, keeping her still and trapped. Liz's lower lip wobbled as she slowly looked up, her eyes meeting bright blue ones. Filled with unhappiness and tiredness but most of all, they were menacing.
Liz shakily caught her captors gaze. Rebekah.
"Do hush, Elijah. I think I did very well." Rebekah drawled, but there was no humor in her voice.
Just sadness and anger.
A combination Liz knew that wasn't going to end well for her.
"I think we need to have a chat, do we? About your thieving daughter."
Again, I was really nervous about posting this, but I didn't want to let you all down. I hope you enjoyed part of it and if you did, please leave a review. Kol and Kaylah will return in the next chapter. You have all been asking for the flashback and i wanted to give you that first.
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