Disclaimer: I do not own Elijah or any elements from the Vampire Diaries or the Originals. I do, however, own my OC Eternity and any elements from my up and coming novel. Please review! I'd appreciate it a lot! Thanks and happy reading!

Elijah watched as Eternity raced ahead of him until they were back at the abandoned factory. Once they were there, she jumped into the passenger seat of his Bentley. He had followed a few paces behind her the whole time, enjoying the unhurried chase. When he saw her in his car, he smirked at her as she grinned back through the passenger side window. Swiftly was he in the driver's seat, pulling her in for a soul searing kiss that left them both breathless.

Without a word, Elijah started the car and drove away from the abandoned building quickly, unaware of the Niklaus shaped silhouette looming in the shadows, watching them. Though, a brief chill of wariness did course down his spine that he pointedly ignored. There were more entertaining matters at the moment than whatever was causing his body to react so alertly.

Down the road Elijah drove them until they reached a high end hotel in the downtown area of Los Angeles. It was here that he stopped. Parking in the parking garage, he lead Eternity inside the tall glass building.

"Where have to taken me, my love?" Eternity finally asked, as he practically dragged her along.

Elijah grinned behind him at her, "To the grandest hotel befit of royalty."

"Whatever for?" She teased knowingly.

Elijah paused in his step, just inside the hotel entrance. He turned back to Eternity, pulling her bodily against him. He kissed her passionately, before gazing needfully at her as he rumbled, "I need the room for what I want to do to you."

Eternity shivered pleasurably, her gaze lusty, and she said no more.

He continued to drag her through the hotel lobby. Once at the front desk, Elijah compelled the nice worker to give them the finest suite at the top of the hotel. Of course, he also left a generous amount of money for the woman, if only to make the acquisition of the room more legitimate.

From there, the pair made their way over to the elevators that would take them up to their room. Inside the empty elevator that took them upward, Elijah pushed Eternity against the side and kept her pinned there with his body. She grunted slightly from the force he used, but didn't seem to mind the rough treatment.

Elijah gazed lovingly down at her, running his fingers through the hair by her face, smoothing it back behind her ear. Then he kissed her sweetly, his tongue slowly invading her mouth as he did. He tasted the sweetness of her mouth throughly, earning him a delighted moan.

While he pressed into her, let his hand trail down her body. She had changed clothes during their breakfast with Veren. Instead of a silk corset and leather leggings, Eternity wore a mid length cotton dress of navy blue color with white flowers spread upon it. He had to admit that he immensely enjoyed her choice of casual clothing. Her dresses gave him access to the treasures of her body underneath.

"You requested a demonstration of the pleasure my hand can bring you," he murmured down to her, lustfully. He bunched the fabric of her dress in his hand until her lower body was exposed to him. "Allow me to show you a quick preview of what my hand is capable of."

Seconds later Elijah's hand was caressing her between her legs, feeling the warmth wetness gathered there. His fingers grazed over her clit briefly, stroking her there before they slipped into her body. She gasped slightly, her eyes fluttering closed at the feeling of his fingers touching her so intimately. His mouth fell to her throat while he built up her pleasure.

Before he could bring her completion by his hand, there was a disruption. Elijah's vampire hearing alerted him to people outside the elevator as it stopped halfway up to the top floor. Instantaneously, he moved away from Eternity, smoothing her dress back into place as he took his place beside her, just as the doors opened.

An interesting turn of events, the new passengers were a small group of vampires, witches, and werewolves. All of them were dressed up in suits and fancy dresses, even though it was early morning. Either they had just come from a party or they were heading to one, Elijah surmised. What was most fascinating was the fact that there were members from the three factions of the supernatural community mingling together as of they were old friends. Not something that one saw normally. There was usually a lot of division and hostility between each faction.

When these newcomers saw Elijah standing there they all gazed at him with curious admiration. None of them moved to enter the elevator. They were too busy looking as if they had just met their favorite celebrity, but didn't quite believe it to be real.

Then one of the vampires, a male of twenty years with swept back blond hair and startling blue eyes, smiled brightly, "Well, Mr. Mikaelson, we certainly didn't expect an Original to be here."

"I do not know you who you are, but if you were going to get into the elevator, I suggest you and your group hurry up," Elijah replied dryly, a little bit irritated from being interrupted.

Immediately, everyone snapped out of their stupors and clambered into the elevator around Elijah and Eternity. One of the werewolves pushed the buttons for the top level, where Elijah and his lady had been heading to begin with.

While they went up, out of curiosity, Elijah spoke to the male vampire from before, "Just where are you and your unusual group going?"

"To the meeting hall on the top floor, all the members of our elite society are meeting there," the male vampire replied. "I don't know of you know of our organization, but we are the Coexisters.

We are a unique group that is made up of all three factions of the supernatural community."

The name of the group did ring a bell in Elijah's mind. He had heard of the Coexisters before. They were notorious for violence against humans. Xenophobes of humankind with superiority complexes to the fullest degree. They captured, tortured, and killed humans just for being in the wrong place, at the wrong time. They coexisted sure, but only with each other. Never with the humans. If any member was caught associating with a human they themselves were tortured and then killed for such an offense.

These people were examples of the darker side of the supernatural community. Elijah didn't agree with their practices. He didn't believe in the unjustified cruelty that their group stood for. They abused their positions as the higher powers of the planet and risked exposing the supernatural community to the persecution of the humans, whom had greater numbers than the entire supernatural community put together.

It was a great risk to all, but there was little that Elijah could do about it in the past. But now?

"I have heard of your little group," Elijah said to the male.

"Well then hey, Mr. Mikaelson," the vampire replied, "why don't you and your guest join us? It be an honor to have you, a famous Original, be at our little party."

With a tight, unpleasant smile, Elijah answered, "Sounds delightful, Mr...?"

"Oh! I'm Cole Richardson."

Richardson! Elijah recognized the name. That was name of the vampire family that was one of three leaders of the Coexisters. There was a werewolf family and a witch family that co-reigned their despicable group along with the Richardson family. This whelp that he had been communicating with must be one of the elder Richardson's sons.

Instantly did Elijah's sense of honor kick in. He needed to eradicate these vile degenerates for the sake of the supernatural community. He didn't need massive drives of humans becoming wise to his kind. It would mean disaster.

"Well, Mr. Richardson, I look forward to your gathering," he said pleasantly.

"Call me, Cole. Mr. Richardson is my father," the young man replied.

The ride to the top was an agonizingly slow one or at least, that was how it seemed to Elijah. He wanted to tear these vile creatures apart, but refrained. He knew better than to act upon impulse and knew that having patience would be far more rewarding. All he needed to do was inform Eternity of these sinister beings and then wait for the perfect moment to descend upon them.

Once they reached the top, there was a long, brightly lit corridor with various hotel rooms on either side. At the end, however, was a room with double doors; one of several swanky ballrooms. It was here that they were led.

Even from the outside, the pulsating music could be heard, muffled but audible. There were also the sounds of many partygoers inside, along with pleads and cries of pain from the captives they no doubt were entertaining themselves with. Alright, so he wasn't going to have time to tell Eternity about the Coexisters or wait for the right moment to strike before all hell broke loose. This was going to be one short party, he thought amusedly.

The doors swung open and a dark lighted room with obnoxious music blaring from various speakers greeted them. Because there were so many in the entering group, Elijah couldn't immediately make out any of the distressful activities that he had heard were going on outside the room. That meant that neither could Eternity.

Yet, the scent of sweat, blood, and decay were so strong, Elijah swore he could taste it.

Immediately, he leaned over to his lady and whispered as loud as he could so she could hear him, but not loud enough to alert their hosts, "This is a villainous place. Humans are held prisoner to be tortured and killed here. We need to stop this."

Eternity nodded her understanding and quickly shifted her clothes into her battle gear. She didn't say anything, because words were not needed. They both knew what needed to be done.

Elijah and Eternity stayed with the group for a time, following them as they moved through the swarms of people gathered about. Every now and then, Elijah could catch glimpses of supernaturals tormenting some poor human. There were vampires feeding upon them, while werewolves cut into their delicate flesh with knifes, and witches would cast spells to make the pain even more unbearable than it already was. There were also a few groups that took turns raping their victims, while feeding and cutting them.

It was nauseatingly sadistic. Elijah had seen a lot of terrible things, had even committed terrible acts, but this was something else entirely. The people he had tormented and tortured were enemies that opposed or threatened his family. He would never think to be so beastly against innocent humans.

A particularly harsh scream rang out, catching the attention of the group, including their two guests. Cole stopped the group's procession and stared as a feisty young woman was tied down to a flat board while she struggled against the binds. Then a werewolf female armed with a particularly sharp knife began to slowly cut into the woman's soft flesh beginning at her ankle and then moving upward along her calf. All the time, the human female screamed in the unimaginable agony she was surely experiencing.

Elijah recognized immediately that they were planing on skinning the woman alive!

Eternity must have too, because she acted before he could. Suddenly armed with her yumi bow and a quiver of arrows upon her back, the white-haired wonder pushed through Cole's group and began firing spiritual arrows at the female werewolf and the other wolves and vampires that had tied the human woman down and were around to observe the ritualistic skinning.

The arrows fused with Eternity's pure energy burned through the bodies of her targets, making them scream in agony for a change as the power ate them alive from the inside out. Then as the supernaturals realized that they were being attacked, they moved in on Eternity, only to have her either shoot them with her arrows too or engage in a close range fight that involved her using her katana to tear through those whom dared to attack her.

Elijah didn't remain idle either. He joined the fray, tearing hearts from the chest of the men and women around him, including Cole Richardson. Then as supernaturals began to move in on him as they had Eternity, he fought them with precision and superior might as an Original. He tore his opponents hearts out or decapitated them as they came at him from all around.

Soon both he and Eternity were covered in the blood of their enemies. Having destroyed a good portion of their enemies, his lady moved to the woman that had been tied down, noticing that she was unconscious. Elijah watched as he fought off move opposition as she unbound the human and healed the wounds the werewolf female had inflicted upon her. The girl awoke quickly after and sat up, looking at her savior in wonder.

Eternity didn't remain. She told the girl to run and carried on slaughtering the supernaturals that came at her. She was quick and fierce, without hesitation or mercy.

Then as Coexister numbers began to dwindle, someone with authoritativeness shouted above the loud music and the commotion, "Enough!"

Immediately, the fighting ceased and through the remaining crowd came three people that Elijah remembered as the Three Elders of the Coexisters. These were the leaders of the abhorrent organization.

The one who had shouted for a cease fire was Mr. Richardson, the vampire leader. Next to him, was a little female witch elder named Mrs. Amelia, and on Richardson's other side was a tall and bulky man named Mr. Kendall, the werewolf alpha.

Elijah had never met these leaders before, but had heard plenty about their notorious organization that lived to torment mortals out of their own belief of species superiority.

"Mr. Mikealson," Mr. Richardson said calmly, despite the slaughter of so many of his underlings. "I do not understand the meaning of this little violent outburst, but whatever has offended you, i can ensure that the issue is taken care of. There is no need to kill my fellow Coexisters."

Elijah detested how Mr. Richardson acted as though he approved of their disgusting organization. He smiled unpleasantly and moved closer to the three leaders. "I do not think that you could take care of the issue I have, not unless you plan on disbanding your organization, effective immediately," he said to the older looking vampire.

"Why would we do that?" Mr. Richardson looked genuinely puzzled. "Surely you of all people would agree that we of the supernatural community are superior to the humans and as such, deserve to do with the little mortals as we please."

"I'm afraid that you might have me confused with a xenophobic madman," Elijah replied evenly. "I would never endorse such an enterprise as this barbaric freak show. The supernatural community isn't supposed to be so blatant in their activities, especially where humans are concerned. Fearful humans become dangerous humans and that could spell disaster for many of our communities, if not all of us."

Mr. Richardson waved his hand dismissively, "What could they possibly do to us? They are the weakest species, unworthy of being more than our food and our entertainment."

Elijah wanted to roll his eyes at this man's stupidity. "Humans are in control of the world's governments, the military, etc. They could easily take us all out with their superior world power. You are wrong to risk exposing us to the ones with the superior firepower. No amount of supernatural ability would be enough to win against the humans."

All three leaders were taken aback by his logic. It was as if they hadn't thought about that one little fact. Of course they didn't.

Elijah was hoping beyond hope that Mr. Richardson wasn't from his sireline. He didn't want such a moronic man to be associated with him. It would certainly tarnish his own reputation, if he was.

So stupid did he find these leaders that Elijah decided right then and there that none of them were going to live. He was going to kill them all that day. It didn't matter what it took to do so either.

When none of the leaders could counteract his logic, he moved in even closer, which provoked fear in each of the elders. Even the big and brutish werewolf alpha stepped back with wide, fearful eyes as Elijah came nearer. Obviously, they instinctively knew they had angered him and recognized it was their doom fir doing so.

"From the looks on your faces, I'd wager that you never saw past your own vanity, your own xenophobia, to see the reality of this life," Elijah said to all three. "None of you are worthy of continued existence. You've all disgraced your people. I think it's time for your brand of moron to be erased from this plain."

With his superior vampire speed, he moved before any of them could react. He tore the hearts out of each elder and watched as each of them crumbled to the floor. This was the end of the Coexisters. Or at least, he hoped so. There might be a resurgence one day, since other members of each elder's families were still at large. One can never predict these things, especially where radical ideology was concerned. It was likely that this wasn't over.

Still, the humans that remained alive were going to be safe and once he had compelled them to forget their ordeals, the secret of the supernatural community would remain intact.

"Well, that was an interesting detour," Eternity said behind him.

Elijah turned toward her, while dropping the hearts in his hands to the floor. She was as soddened as he was with blood staining every surface of her usually flawless being. It was a thrilling sight to the beast inside him. She looked absolutely primal.

"Yes, it was. Though it was fortunate that things happened as they had," he replied as he approached her. "If not, then the humans that remain alive would surely be dead and this organization would have been driving the entire supernatural community to dangerous exposer."

"Indeed," nodded Eternity. "Let us get the human victims out of here."

He mirrored her nod and followed her around the room. She healed the wounds of the victims, while he compelled them to forget all that had transpired there as prisoners of the Coexisters. Eternity also cleaned up the corpses and blood that had been left around the room. It wasn't long at all before all the human victims were freed and once they were, Elijah immediately dragged Eternity to him.

"Now that this side adventure had been dealt with, I believe I owe you a certain demonstration," he rumbled lowly.

Eternity grinned, "Aye, I believe you do."

Without further prompt, the pair were out of the ballroom and down the hall inside the grandest room of the hotel.

To Be Continued...