Finn was merciless. Slash, parry, slam.
He beat Stefan back and then forced him to one knee, but the younger vampire refused to give up.
They had been going at it for over an hour in the huge combination game room/gym. Elijah, Kol, and Katherine were spectators. Stefan could hold his own with skill moves, but was no match strength or speed wise for the Original.
Katherine dug her nails into her palms and started forward.
Finn, without taking his concentration from Stefan, warned her. "Katherina, if you interfere I will take you over my knee."
She stopped short and practically spit with frustration.
Elijah smirked.
Stefan managed to stumble to his feet with Finn chasing him backwards. He backed him into a corner and forced his sword down. The tip of Finn's sword pressed into Stefan's neck and a thin trickle of blood ran down his neck. It was only the latest in a series of wounds that bled and then healed. Finn pulled the tip back, allowing the cut to heal, and then casually sliced him from underneath his chin, down his neck to his collarbone.
Stefan glared at him, totally unimpressed.
"Are you going to ask for mercy, young vampire?"
"Go to hell," was the grim reply.
All three vampire brothers burst out laughing.
"Well, I guess I'll just have to keep beating you up until you learn some humility and answer my questions."
"I've already answered your questions. You don't believe my answers."
Finn ignored his response for a moment. "What about humility? Are you humble yet?"
Stefan glared at him. "What am I supposed to be humble about? The fact that you're umpteen times stronger and faster than me? When we fought on skill alone, I beat you, if I remember correctly."
"Uh oh." Kol shook his head in disbelief as the noise escaped him, and Katherine sucked in her breath. Elijah just made a face.
The smile left Finn's face, and he quickly brought his sword back and stabbed Stefan through the gut. "Would you like to reconsider that statement?"
Stefan doubled over around the sword so Finn grabbed him by the hair and slammed his head up against the wall. "I said would you like to reconsider that statement?"
Stefan struggled against the pain to speak and managed to groan, "Yes."
Finn smiled and pulled the sword out, but didn't release his grip on Stefan's hair. He kept him propped up against the wall and captured the vampire's eyes with his. He dilated his pupils. "Now about the questions. What is the relationship between my sister and brother."
Stefan painfully spoke. "They are sister and brother. That's all I know."
"Enough," Elijah commanded. "You've compelled him several times, and it's the same. We are fretting about nothing."
Finn didn't look convinced. He just couldn't shake the feeling that he wasn't really compelling Stefan, but on the other hand why would Stefan try to protect Niklaus? He finally shrugged and decided to let it go like Elijah said.