Because You're My Brother

Nikolai and father when father decided that we would leave for the new world told Nikolai that he would not allow his younger son meaning me to die from the plague which had taken freya from us.

Nikolai was enraged because our entire family was in the old world. When we left we left behind more than just nikolai and his family.

Apart from merely just looking like him which is bad enough in itself. because Nikolai believes that I am not even close to being an equal of his, but he also blames me for breaking apart the family because if what father said to him.

Because even father with all of his faults and errors at least punishes us for some reason for the most part.

Because father doesn't know that Nikolai on more than one occasion hit me for no reason, I never told because I was young and I figured that I must have done something wrong. Looking bck though I probably knew that I had never done anything wrong you are lucky that you never faced his wrath.

Elijah finished with a long sigh and what nik said to him next made him smile broadly.

" Elijah you are ten times the man that he will ever be. Because you stand up against father for me repeatedly. We both know that Nikolai never did that for father, besides you look different than Nikolai there's one huge distinguishing characeristic, your eyes they are warmer than his." Elijah seemed to struggle with himself before finally making a decision in his mind,

"Nikolai also hates-"

As soon as Elijah was about to say what he had been going over in his mind earlier,Mikael opened the door to their room and after looking at both of his sons for a minute he walked over to Elijah and after placing a hand on his son's forehead he smiled.

"It looks like your fever has finally broken. But I need to check on how your back is, so while I do that why don't you go and get Ayana Niklaus so that we can ask her if Elijah will be allowed out of bed tomorrow."

Klaus nodded in understanding to what Mikael had said to him before getting up off of the bed and walked out of the room heading off to get Ayana. Mikael after Klaus had left helped Elijah to first sit up so that he could undo the bandages and then helped him to lay flat on his stomach so that Ayana would be able to see them.

"Father what is Nikolai doing? Is he looking for me?" Elijah asked Mikael slightly lifting up his head and then laying it on the bed so that he could look at his father.

"Nikolai is very calm, which is highly unsettling for your uncle because he should be stressed after I told him about the wolves. I don't know exactly what my brother is thinking about, all that I can tell you is that you had better avoid him." Mikael as he was saying this to Elijah seemed as if he was going to say more but upon hearing the sound of the front door opening seemed to reconsider.

Ayana and Niklaus walked through the door, Ayana with a vial of something which she had in her hand along with a bowl filled with a thick, unidentifiable liquid. After Ayana had placed the items on a nearby table she looked to Elijah and after smiling looked to Mikael and then to klaus before looking back once again to him.

"So Niklaus here tells me that you think that you're ready to be done with laying in bed doing nothing is that right Elijah?" Ayana said to him with a smile on her face as she grabbed a rag which she dipped into the bowl and then looked to Mikael and Klaus.

"Elijah can get out of bed so long as he doesn't do anything too strenuous, and I really cannot stress this enough. Anything too strenuous and Elijah will reopen all of the wounds and can risk infection which will result in him laying in this bed again, understand?" Ayana looked more so at Elijah then at his father while saying this, because both she and everyone else knew that Elijah would rather die than to take it easy.

Elijah became embarrassed at this and rather than replying looked down at the bed as she began using the rag which she had dipped in the liquid, and began spreading whatever it was on the wounds.

"This will help in both reducing how bad the scars will be, and will also help sped up the healing process so that Elijah when he no doubt ends up working himself too far will hopefully already be healing enough that it won't get himself sick again." Ayana said aloud talking to all of them but more so yet again in regard to Elijah.

After she had finally finished telling this to the three Mikaelson's Ayana then told Mikael to help Elijah sit up so that she could put clean bandages on him before Elijah laid back down before turning over onto his side so that he could look at Ayana.

"Also you need to drink a mouthful of this for a week at night, this will help reduce both how sore and how stiff you'll more than likely be after laying in bed for so long. And I don't want you cleaning up after horses, or collecting wood or anything like I will hold you responsible if he opens these wounds back up do you understand?"

Elijah and Klaus were seeming to be trying to hold in their amusement at how Ayana was the only one who Mikael actually allowed to speak to him in such a way.

Mikael nodded in response to what Ayana had said to him before turning around to face Elijah and immediately smiled, because his son looked as if he was about to fall asleep as his eyes continued to droop as he was struggling to stay awake.

"Niklaus stay with your brother, and tomorrow you will be responsible for him until he is fully healed, so make sure that he doesn't over exert himself tomorrow understand?" Klaus nodded at his father who placed a hand on his sons shoulder before smiling at him and then walked out after Ayana who had looked like she had wanted to speak to him.

"Mikael, you should keep an eye on Nikolai I have a feeling that he is going to try and intimidate Elijah. From what Esther has said about his attitude upon your departure and ensure that that necklace stays around Elijah's neck, Mikael nodded, but then seemed to panic.

"Does Esther know?"

"I have never told her like you asked, but I don't understand why you never told her of this when it happened in the old world Mikael."

"Because, I was afraid after losing Freya that if another one of our children were like her then they would be taken by the plague. That's why I was so happy when Finn was not like her but that was also the reason as to why I was so afraid when Nikolai nearly killed Elijah when he was younger, because I did not want to lose another child, especially Elijah who is a warrior unlike any other along with Niklaus."

"Mikael if Esther finds out about this then she will probably never forgive you." Ayana said to the elder Mikaelson as he was looking out the window for anyone who might be able to possibly hear what both him and Ayana were saying before he replied in a strong and determined voice,

"I will do whatever it takes to protect my children."