"Where are we going?" Violet questioned looking away from her phone and out the car window.
"I told you it's a surprise. You don't know where we are?" Klaus asked taking his eyes of the road for a quick second.
"I hope to God we are not in the swamp or near it. These are new boots and they cost four hundred dollars"
He glanced towards the black combat boots that were sitting on the seat. She had her legs pressed up to her chest and sat in a curled ball. He had noticed the last few days she had been acting a little harsher, a little meaner. He wondered what had gotten into her but he was used to it. Over the last two years he had spent around her, he knew the ups and downs. That was part of being around Violet.
"I know, I bought those for you as I couldn't figure out why they were so much"
She shrugged her shoulders and returned back to her phone. She never explained how Marcel had shown up at the loft and tempted her with blood. Violet kept it to herself as she didn't want him to get angry or want to help her. She knew that Klaus had her in his best interest but she wanted to just throw it away. The ripper was going to take over and she couldn't do anything, why should she try?
"Are we almost there? I want to go to the Christmas Festival down on Bourbon, you want to go?"
He looked away from the road again. "I don't know that's a good idea, you haven't been feeling well lately"
"No you sound like Marcel and Elijah. I'm fine, I can handle being around humans, not a big deal. I just want to go before Christmas is over. I missed Halloween so I'm not missing the second biggest holiday of my life…What can I get Hope?" She put her phone back down on her lap and looked at him.
"You know she's not going to be here right?"
"So I can't get her anything? I get that I'm not allowed to see any of your family or know about their whereabouts but I didn't know I couldn't buy your daughter a Christmas present? She's what, a seven year old girl? There is so much I could buy her now that I know what to get a child instead of a baby. What about a Barbie Doll? Doll House? A book of magic"
Violet smirked to herself finding the whole situation humorous. It made perfect sense for Klaus not to tell her where his siblings were especially Hope. If anyone particularly Marcel wanted to go after them no one could use her as a torture device. She knew a few things here and there but knew nothing else. She ran into Hayley by Mystic Falls and that's when she saw a glimpse of Hope.
Klaus wanted to change the subject. "So I hunted through a few listings and I thought this one stood the most. Welcome to our new home"
He continued down a gravel road then stopped once it led to the grass. It led to a two story white plantation home with wrap around porch on both stories. Weeping willows hung over the black SUV and surrounded the home making it look very mysterious. Klaus put the car in park and Violet slowly climbed out staring at it in wonder.
"I've been this city for years and I never even seen this house before" She slipped her phone in her back pocket. "How did you find this?" It faintly reminded her of where she grew up.
"I just looked and looked until I found the perfect place. I also talked to a few people you knew and pull some strings"
Klaus smiled pulling the key from his jacket and open the main door. As Violet rushed inside to look around, he followed her carefully. Now her demeanor had changed from easily irritated to being overly happy. He hated when she was like that but didn't dare say anything.
After disappearing then reappearing upstairs, she pointed down the hall. "Our room is down there. This is better than Georgia, can we move this?" Violet leaned on the railing that overlooked the entry way and Klaus looked up.
"I didn't think you'd like this better than your house"
"Living in Covington for whatever many years is enough. I moved in there about…" She looked towards the ceiling thinking. "I think it was about 1917 but I didn't move in fully until 1925. I had to find someone to look over the place after I came back to New Orleans after you all left"
"Why did you leave? I was surprised when Rebekah told me you fled the castle"
"I had my reasons…" Violet moved away from the balcony and studied a picture near the window behind her. She slowly made her way down the stairs one at a time still looking around. "Are there blood bags here?"
She brushed past Klaus looking what way to go towards the kitchen. She assumed some would be in a cold place and that was the first place to look. Seeing it through the dining room, she headed that way and he followed behind her. Violet whipped open the freezer door then opened the refrigerator.
"Yet you are so sure you can handle humans but the first thing you want is blood"
"I know myself better than anyone and I can handle myself. If you want to pull a Fifty Shades of Grey and lock me in handcuffs be my guest. But I can get out of them no matter how hard you try"
"So you remember the deal right?" Klaus asked while getting out of the SUV and locking the doors.
Violet jumped out of the passenger side, her boots splashed into a puddle and she sighed. "You told me told me twice on the way here. To stay at your side and if I leave to tell you where I'm going. No fighting with anyone around, no feeding on anyone until we get home. Any more orders?"
Violet moved over a few more puddles and moved to his side. The music was blaring from where they were as he parked the car down an empty alley. It was better to sneak inside of the city without being noticed than make a scene so Marcel's vampires could figure them out. She slipped her hand into his and started pulling him along before a car approached. Shielding her eyes with her other hand, the bright lights had slowly turned off and out stepped a familiar face.
"Well isn't this a picture perfect couple. Good to see you again Violet"
Elijah closed the Porsche door ad slipped his hands in his pocket. It was a cool night and he walked over to them. Violet cocked her head curiously to Klaus. "What's he doing here?"
Elijah now realized that Klaus hadn't told her about him coming into town. Last she seen him was after he got the cure and left days later. She didn't know anywhere he was compared to the others.
"I came to see Rebekah if that is alright with you. I was expecting her to be here in the crowd and I thought maybe we could reunite as a family for a little while"
"Good so I can go my separate way…C'mon, let's go before we miss anything"
Grabbing their hands linked with her other one; she tugged Klaus along ready to go out into the streets. She was ready to act like a human for once and hope that she could forget what she was going through. They were ahead and she realized Elijah wasn't behind them. Letting go of his hand, she walked back to him and held her arm out. Violet had held her arm out; Elijah raised an eyebrow but hooked his arm with her. He was a gentleman as always.
"Now can we all just go for the hundredth time?" Running back over to Klaus, he grabbed his hand once more pulling the Mikaelson brothers on their way.
"Niklaus…" Elijah called to him through the crowd trying to find him. Bourbon Street was littered with people that you couldn't even see your hand in front of our face.
They had gotten separated somehow when a large crowd came through. Last he knew, Violet's arm had slipped out from his and when he looked towards his left, she and Klaus were gone. He fished around in his suit pocket looking for his phone to call him. Using the vampire hearing as well, he tried listening for familiar voices but there was so much noise that he couldn't make anything out.
The phone had just ringed so he hung up and spun around. It was hard to move through the street but he made it the best he could. Elijah felt a hand on his shoulder so he looked behind him swiftly.
"Please tell me Violet is with you" Klaus had looked around Elijah and didn't see her.
"I haven't seen her as I've been looking for the both of you. I don't know what happened but you both were separated from me. She's not with you?"
Klaus had shaken his head and cursed under his breath. He began to wonder if she had a whole game plan up her sleeve. It would make sense for her to disappear as she had been asking for blood all day. He knew that she wasn't going to be able to control herself and God knows where she disappeared to.
They moved past tons of people to find one who seemed out of place. A girl had brushed right in between them and Elijah was the first to notice the wound on her neck. She seemed in a trance and just continued on as if nothing had happened. He was faintly confused as Violet always drained her victims especially in ripper form. It was a trait that all of them had and leaving them alive wasn't the same.
Violet had been in a deserted alleyway burying her fangs into some girls neck. It was her third person of the night as she tossed the girls boyfriend to the side and sent another. She didn't want anyone finding her so she knew that by sending a victim out with a wound would make sense. Pulling back, the girl had a frightened expression but Violet compelled her not to scream.
"You got blood on my new scarf…" She noticed a dark red patch on the bottom of her light blue scarf. "I bought this just yesterday" Violet ripped it off her neck and tried rubbing it out with her fingers. She scrubbed at it as hard as she could, nothing worked. Her eyes trailed to the girls boyfriend on the ground so she pulled him up off the ground.
Looking into the girls eyes she compelled her, "Since you ruined my new scarf I'm going to kill your boyfriend. You can scream now but you have to watch as I rip his head off. Afterwards, I'll kill you in the same manner, sound good?"
The girl nodded which gave pleasure to Violet. Having her fangs reappear, she tore into his neck and his screams were quiet but not the girls. The music drowns out the sound but she could hear it and it was wonderful. Violet fed and let the blood pour as she didn't care if she ruined her clothes anymore. The boys head popped off as she threw the body back down with a thud.
The girl watched in horror but Violet didn't care. Blood ran from her mouth to her chest, covering the scarf and leather jacket. Smiling sadistically, she reached out for the human and bit into her once more draining whatever was left. "Violet!" Klaus ran over after seeing her from the street.
She never paused and continued to feed as if she never heard him. He ran over to her grabbing Violet's arm but she only pushed him back with her shoulder. The girl had slowly stopped screaming and with a crack, the girl's head snapped off. They both watched the body and head fall onto the gravel but her expression had faintly changed. She still didn't turn around, she just stared down her.
"Hey…It's okay. Let's get you out of here"
Klaus had wrapped an arm around her shoulders trying to pry her away from the scene. He knew that Violet was going to have a breakdown which she usually did. It wasn't guilt that would overcome her, it was confusion. Many thoughts would run through her head and she couldn't get an answer to any of them. Why do I do this? Why do I enjoy it? Why do I have to be like this? Why, why why?
Violet didn't even move she just shifted her eyes over to Klaus. Her mouth had slowly curled into a smirk and blood pour from it slowly. Laughing lowly, she let him move her away. "Come on, we need to get out of here before someone picks up on this"
"Too late" Marcel had appeared in front of them from behind a building with a trail of vampires behind him. He took great strides towards the couple and Violet slowly turned her head.
"I can't have dead tourists scattered all over the street and alleyways. Are you forgetting I've got these guys that have their eyes on everything? She's messy; you left a human roaming the street with blood pouring from her neck. Come on Violet, I know what you are"
"Well there is a festival tonight which means there's going to be plenty to eat. Say hello to Michelle and Dean. You know how I prefer brunettes"
Marcel saw the bodies but as he took a few steps closer, he realized they didn't have their heads attached. He placed his hand to his mouth and rubbed it, that wasn't a good side. Violet didn't even notice she was still in her vampire form so she took a deep breath to return to her mask. Glancing back at the bodies, she bent down and searched Michelle's jacket.
Shaking his head, he spoke "Go ahead, take her Id, a necklace, a piece of jewelry. Things don't change, do they?"
He nodded to his right side as two vampires stepped forward towards her. Klaus being protective as always steps in front of her. "Why don't you send your minions away and handle it yourself?"
Marcel ignored him not wanting to deal with him but rather her. "Word on the street is that you've got a whole plan to take me down and I'm not standing for it. It's bad enough you brought the Mikaelson's back into town. When I sent you to the garden all those years ago I thought fifteen was going to be enough. I think you need to relearn your lesson for longer time"
It became transparent on her face that she was afraid of that. Her expression dropped and she shook her head hard. Violet rubbed the blood from her chin and looked between the two vampires. It through her back into the past when he used to do that all the time. The feeling overwhelmed her and the only thing she could think of was to fight her way out and she did.
She pushed past Klaus and headed straight towards the vampires. She grabbed one's arm and snapped it tossing him aside. The other grabbed her around the waist and she tried kicking free…Until Klaus threw himself into the fold.
He zipped over from behind and bit into the vampire's neck which made him drop Violet. Once she was free, she rushed towards Marcel who was caught off guard. He jumped back away from her in reaction rather than face the problem head on. Two other vampires came forward but from out of nowhere Elijah and came up behind her and swiftly pulled the vampires hearts out. Marcel had watched the scene unfold in front of him with anger boiling in his veins.
"This is my city!" He pointed to himself and held the rest of his vampires back. "You don't get to walk through these streets acting like you own the place. I did what I had to get where I'm at. If you want war, I'll give you a damn war"
He backed away before he would do something stupid and something he'd regret. "Clean up the mess and I better not see you feed from any human walking these streets…If you do, I'll have you suffer just like Elijah did. I don't think you're going to like that much"
Violet had something smart to answer back but Marcel disappeared before she could say it. She huffed and looked back at the Mikaelson's. "What? Do I still have blood on my face?"
She rubbed her upper arms feeling cold for some reason. Elijah had given Klaus a look then slipped his jacket off and draped it over her shoulders. They needed to get out of there and Violet was covered in blood.
She offered him a little smile and started walking away from the mess. The two brothers weren't sure of what to do and Violet's carefree attitude. They felt like they were transported back in time just like she was. The difference this time around was that Klaus was approaching her differently. He wasn't egging her on like he did in the past. Looking over her shoulder, she forgot the most important thing.
"I'll deal with the mess. You take Violet back to the house"
"No I'll take care of this. You didn't come here for all of this. Go find Rebekah"
"She needs you Niklaus"
Klaus had nodded at that but wasn't sure to how much. He began to feel as if she didn't need him anymore, he felt like he was in place of Marcel all these years. But he knew that the Violet he spent time with was the one in front of him now. He'd do whatever it would take for him to save her from the demons that were weighing her down. As Violet more dug through the things of her victims, she felt guilt for what she did but wasn't going to show it.