The city was surprisingly quiet for a late saturday night and Elijah reveled in the silence as he made his way home, deep in thought about the conversation he had shared with Caroline and the information she had provided him with.
He could hear laughter from a little way in front of him and saw a group of ignorant humans stumbling across the street, no doubt they had consumed a heavy amount of alcohol and had no idea of the supernatural world that inhabited this city.
He was brought out of his thoughts when the sound of his phone rang out in the silent night and he saw Rebekah's name flash across the screen.
"I am on my way home sister" he told her and increased his pace.
"Is Haley with you?" Elijah stopped where he stood and tightened the grip on his phone, he didn't like the worried note in his sisters voice.
"She was still sleeping when I left her at home" he informed her and heard Rebekah cuss violently on the other end.
"Well she's not here Elijah, and I know for a fact she isn't with Nik, he's at Rousseau's pestering that blonde bartender again" Elijah knew that despite the fact Rebekah didn't like Camille much, she didn't approve of Niklaus' compulsion over the young human girl.
"Are there any signs of struggle Rebekah?" he demanded and heard his sister mutter quietly to himself.
"No, but there is a slightly familiar scent here Elijah, I can't place it" she sighed and he locked his jaw, turning the last few days over in his mind to see if anything unusual or suspicious had happened around Haley lately.
"Don't go anywhere Bekah, I'll be home in a minute" he told her firmly and hung up the phone, he was quick as he walked down the street and towards their home, he needed to find Haley as soon as possible, preferably before Niklaus discovered she was missing. Elijah feared not only for Haley and his nieces life, but also for what it would do to his brother if anything was to happen to his unborn child.
"Let go of me Tyler!" Haley hissed and tried to wrestle herself free of his grip, she knew it was futile with his superior Hybrid strength, but she wouldn't go down without a fight.
"Not a chance" he bit back and she ground her teeth together and stopped right behind him, making herself as rooted to the ground as she could, he sighed in annoyance and picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"You can fight me all you want Haley, it won't matter" he said coldly and Haley wondered what had happened to the sweet guy she'd met in the Appalacians, the one who had needed her help to break his sire bond to Klaus.
"Why are you doing this?" she begged him and wanted to scream when he made a point out of totally ignoring her. She realized that her best hope for the moment was that someone would notice her disappearance and come look for her.
"Please Tyler just put me down, I can walk on my own" she said quietly and for a moment she thought he wouldn't listen but then he put her down on her feet without a word and placed his hand on her back and steered her forward, she wasn't oblivious to the fact that they were in the quarter but she didn't think calling for help would do her any good at this point.
"I can make it easy for you Haley" he said and leaned in to whisper in her ear, "I just want to rid the world of that thing growing inside of you and you can walk away a free woman" he said it like he was fulfilling one of her deepest desires, and a few months ago that may have been the case, but not now, never now. She spun around and slapped him hard across the face, backing up slightly when his eyes changed into the trademark yellow of a hybrid, swallowing away her fear.
"I'm not going to let you kill my daughter Tyler, you're going to have to kill me too" to her surprise and relief her voice came out strong without waver and she placed a protective hand over her protruding belly, his gaze traveled down to her stomach with disgust.
"So be it" he said without flinching and moved towards her, his intent to kill her was clear on his face. His hands wrapped around her throat in the fraction of a second and he lifted her off the ground, she could feel the air leave her lungs and she clawed at his hands and choked on the last breath she had left.
"Put her down" the voice wasn't one Haley had ever heard before, but it seemed Tyler had as he dropped Haley in surprise and turned around to face the newcomer.
"Caroline?" he breathed in disbelief and Haley peered up at the girl from where she lay on the ground, trying to regain her breath.
"Long time, no see Tyler" the blonde said quietly and Haley looked from Tyler to Caroline and back again, she couldn't understand how the two knew each other.
"I thought you were..." he trailed off and Caroline raised a brow, darting a quick glance at Haley to make sure she was okay.
"Dead? Yeah, most of Mystic Falls does" she told him with a shrug and Haley noticed how Tyler took an unconcious step towards the blonde vampire.
"What are you doing here Caroline?" he asked and she crossed her arms, her expression suddening hardening along with her previously relaxed stance.
"Do you mean as in here right now here or as in here in New Orleans?" Tyler only looked at her calculatingly, seemingly having forgotten everything about Haley and the baby.
"Both" he said at last and Caroline cocked her head to the side, she could remember when Tyler was nothing more than a high school jock with a fucked up relationship with his father, and he took it out on everyone except for his father.
"I needed a change of scenery as for New Orleans, but for the right here part, hmm" she said and stepped closer to him, they were almost nose to nose now and even Haley was worried for what might happen next, the blonde looked almost scary calm.
"Nice touch with the werewolf in the quarter as a diversion, but I'm not stupid and it didn't take me long to get him to spill the beans. I suggest you get out of town before sunrise" she said without a hint of fear and his eyes narrowed as he looked at her, this wasn't the insecure Caroline he remembered from high school.
"I don't want to hurt you Caroline, all I want is the girl" he said quietly and motioned towards Haley who was stumbling to her feet, ready to run if need be it.
"And you can't have her" Caroline said determindly, she didn't even back away when his eyes flashed yellow, even though she knew that one bite from him could kill her.
"You don't know what Klaus did to me Caroline, I won't stop until I..." she cut him off by a wave of her hand and poked his chest hard, making him stumble back because it was so unexpected.
"I know he killed your mom Tyler, like I said, most of Mystic Falls thinks I'm dead. I don't care what he did, your not getting Haley or the baby" Tyler couldn't focus on anything but the "I don't care" part of her speech and when he lunged for her Caroline had predicted it and stepped out of his way, causing him to fly straight into a brick wall across the street. Now their positions were reversed, Caroline was the one in front of Haley, keeping a protective stance in front of her.
Tyler got to his feet and Caroline could see him get ready to shift, she hadn't been prepared for that, she wasn't fast enought to outrun a werewolf.
"Shit" she muttered and had to think fast, she looked up at the rooftop and before Haley could see it coming, Caroline had hauled her into her arms, flashed her onto the roof and put her down.
"Stay here" she ordered and Haley walked to the edge of the roof, looking down at the ground and seeing the blonde vampire square off against a fully turned hybrid. Haley was afraid for the blonde, she didn't like the thought of someone else dying to protect her, she couldn't even understand why she did it but she was grateful and just hoped the vampire knew how to handle herself in a fight.
Klaus was just leaving the bar when Marcel entered into his line of sight, he was approaching him with an ill fitted look on his face and Klaus didn't like it one bit.
"What's going on?" he demanded and Marcel tightened his jaw, he didn't like the new order of things but he was not ready to die.
"We caught a werewolf in the quarter, Caroline interrogated him and then she took off, he won't talk anymore but she left in a hell of a hurry, I think there is something more to it."
Klaus didn't wait to order Marcel to take him to the insolant little werewolf and he wasn't surprised when he found the man tied to a cheer, he was unconcious and Klaus could smell blood, lots of it.
"Who did this?" he demanded and Drake stepped up from behind the chair in the warehouse the wolf was being kept in.
"Caroline, she did a number on him and now he won't wake up, I don't know what she did but not even my blood can wake him up" he informed him and Klaus gritted his teeth together and dug out his phone, dialing Elijah's number.
"Brother" he snapped once the phone was picked out and walked out of hearing distance from the other vampire.
"Something is going on with the werewolves, have you heard anything?" he demanded and heard Elijah sigh on the other end, it was a worried sigh.
"Haley is missing Niklaus" Klaus punched a hand through the brick wall and let out an angry roar.
"Find her" he hissed through his teeth and hung up the phone.
He flashed back to Marcel and Drake and grabbed Drake by the neck and slammed him up against the wall so hard the plaster cracked and Drake let out a groan. Marcel moved to stop him but Klaus flashed him a challenging look and he held back.
"What did you hear?" he demanded and Drake looked at Marcel who gave a brief nod.
"I didn't hear anything, she told me to leave them alone." Klaus slammed him against the wall one more time and he could feel his hybrid nature seeping through.
"What. Did. You. Hear." he said again and there was no escaping the threat in his voice. Drake swallowed and looked at Klaus with wide eyes that showed fear.
"I couldn't hear much, I could only hear something about Treme, he said something about Treme!" Drake said and Klaus let him go and he slid down the wall with a groan. Klaus turned to Marcel and shot him a look.
"Clean this up" he ordered and glared at the unconcious werewolf before he took off in direction Treme.
Hey again! So that was the next chapter of my story, I want you all to keep in mind that only parts of this is based on VD and TO, so for all of you fans reading this, I'm really just writing out of my imagination here.
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