Chapter 25
A long wait but 11k words chapter
Angst. Drama and more drama but then again. The Genre is drama so...
Italics are the past parts
A/N: I deleted the chapter and I'm posting it again because apparently their had been some issue in the site and I didn't get any notification so really sorry in advance. Xoxo
"Stake down, Damon" Rebekah warned. "I will talk to him" she added, turning to her brother who was glaring at her sister's mate. "Nick! Whatever you heard from Jenna was wrong…"
"He is lying" Klaus replied, his eyes fixated on the Ripper he despised the most. The Ripper that had snatched everything from him. His sister, his power and his honor.
"I saw his memories" Rebekah said taking a step toward her brother. "Honey is happ-"
"Memories manipulation" Klaus said, smirking. "He showed you only the good parts. The parts he believes are true." he added. Klaus hated how easily Rippers could manipulate his delicate sisters. Elena and Rebekah had a heart of gold and the Rippers took advantage of it. It made him even more furious at Damon and more protective toward Elena. Even if his power didn't depend on Elena. He would still never let them be together. This was against his rules and his honor. Especially not now when he found out the Ripper had took advantage of her.
"Nick…"
"Hush, Rebekah!" Damon said with a smirk on his handsome face. "My future brother in law is just bitter because he knows Elena will choose me over him every time"
Brother in law. In his fucking dreams. Klaus thought. As if he would let this filth be a part of his family.
"You son of a bitch" Klaus growled, zooming toward him, launching a fist at him aiming for an uppercut but with years of training Damon had an advantage, he dodged at the last minute, flashing as far away from the unhinged Original chief.
"Stake him, Bekah" Klaus ordered.
"No" Rebekah hissed.
"You're on this leech's side" Klaus roared. "Didn't I tell you Rebekah? Put your family first"
Damon looked around for a way of escape. Fighting two Originals was illogical. Elena's sister was so far on his side but who knows when she turns around. One could never depend on an Original.
"He is Honey's mate" Rebekah tried to remind him. Did her brother forget what losing mate does to a vampire. "This is not fair to her"
"Everything is fair in love and war. And this is kind of both…" Klaus snarled.
"No"
"You silly girl! He is the enemy. He is the one who abused your sister. He is the one who dishonored our noble clan. Honey will be better off without him."
"I did no such thing" Damon hissed, taking a few steps back. How could the Original idiot say that. Elena was his mate. She was a part of his soul. His peace was in her.
Klaus didn't wait for him to finish and advanced at him. This time Damon's reflexes weren't fast.
Within a second, using his supernatural speed the original vampire within a foot of him and punched him on face. Keeping his arm outstretched he twisted Damon's arm in an unnatural position, he chuckled when he heard the ligaments and bones breaking. He laughed and threw the young vampire down.
Holding him down by one foot on his chest, Klaus's eyes searched for a stake. It was about time he wipes this scum off this planet. Rippers had been nuisance for two centuries. Killing their chief would be major victory.
"Come on Becky!" Klaus said with his leg on Damon's chest. "Hand me the stake"
Rebekah didn't have time to react when the Ripper vampire pushed Klaus off him, vamp-speeding away from him as far as he could. But Klaus was fast. With an evil smirk, Klaus picked up a table without much of an effort and threw it at the already injured Ripper vampire.
Before he could recover from the blow, Klaus held him by his neck. Damon didn't waste time thinking. He shot Klaus with his revolver without taking an aim. Klaus staggered from the aim. Normal wood couldn't affect him but it still hurt enough to distract him.
Klaus staggered and fell on the floor, crying in pain. His stake fell from his hand. He glared at the Ripper vampire, dangerously. Royally pissed now. Damon shot him again, ignoring warning pleas from Rebekah.
He took a few steps toward the exit.
Rebekah was at her brother's side in an instant, helping him take the painful wooden bullets out. Klaus pushed her away and flashed in front of Damon.
"Leaving so soon" Klaus hissed, vamping out. Using his years of training, the Ripper chief successfully dodged and held his assailant in a headlock, smirking.
"Let him go" Rebekah spat as she pushed Damon off her brother. Damon staggered and hit the wall behind him. He felt his shoulder bone break from the force. His instant healing started working immediately but he could still feel immense pain in his shoulder. He held his arm, groaning in pain.
Klaus was violently fuming as he stood there. His hand darted to a chair and gripping it. Without much of an effort he broke the chair in pieces. Holding the biggest piece that resembled a stake he took a step toward Ripper chief.
"Nick! Let's just get out of here" Rebekah begged him. "He is Honey's mate. This is wrong"
Klaus's shook his head, a dark look on his face. "I order you to stay back, Rebekah".
"Nick! No. I can't allow you to do that" she said firmly.
"Are you seriously defending this Ripper over your brother?"
"You know I hate him with all my being. I'm not stopping you for him. I am stopping you for Elena. Think about her"
"She is better off without him" Klaus growled.
"Nick—"
"I order you to stay back" he said in his chief tone.
He broke the stake in two pieces and threw one piece at Damon. The wooden piece of stake plunged right above his heart. He screamed in agony. He looked like someone had set him on fire.
"Shit! Missed" Klaus said with a chuckle. Before he could aim again, Damon used whatever left in him. Gripping a piece of wood from the floor, he vamped out and attacked Klaus.
"Stop it! Stop it you two" Rebekah shouted but was unable to move.
Klaus easily kicked him back and throwing him against the wall. Damon's back hit the wall again. He groaned. Of course, he was no match for the Original. He might have some tricks up his sleeves but Klaus was naturally stronger.
Without delaying more, Klaus sprang at him and held the injured vampire by his neck, choking him. "Bekah! Get me a stake. It's time we showed these rat bastards who they're playing with." He stopped. "You played with my sister. You forced yourself on her and then you turned my own blood against me. You're dead, Ripper. DEAD" Klaus said, with each word he spoke, Klaus tightened his grip on Damon's neck.
Forced. He did not force his mate.
With speed of lightning, he plunged the wooden stake that he had grabbed from the floor awhile back and plunged it into Klaus's stomach with full force. As soon as Klaus's grip on his neck loosened momentarily, Damon leaned away and hammered his forehead down on the other man. Klaus fell on his knees, shouting with rage and agony.
"How dare you accuse me of mistreating the girl I could die for? You were the one who forced your will on her by using the damn sire bond on her" The Ripper chief said as he plunged another stake in the Original vampire's shoulder.
"and that reminds me" he said as he got closer and kicked him in his already injured stomach. "How dare you raise your hand on my mate? MY MATE?" He could just recall the moment and churn in anger. In a mad rage, the Ripper chief hit him again and again, until Original vampire fell on the ground.
The fucker Original thinks he could do anything. Not anymore. Damon took out the white oak stake from his back pocket. Klaus was still struggling to breath with the wood inside his stomach. It didn't kill him but it burned like hell.
Damon grabbed him by the collar and threw him against the wall. He collapsed, gagging on the blood pouring from his broken nose. "I will not spare you, you mixed breed filth" Damon said as he flashed in front of the Original, not giving him time to recover. He gripped him by his neck and aimed the white oak stake to his heart but before he could plunge the stake in him, someone, probably Rebekah held him from behind and threw him aside like a piece of lint, snarling at him. No matter how much she supported Damon in the moment, Klaus was still her brother and she will not let anything happen to him.
"Move out of the way, Rebekah" Damon warned. "I don't want to hurt you"
Rebekah took a step in front of her brother protectively, showing Damon her own stake as if warning him that if he took one step closer she will kill him.
By now, Klaus had recovered. He stood strong as if nothing had happened. "Thank you, Rebekah" Klaus said, smirking, holding out his hand gesturing her to give him the stake.
"No" Rebekah refused, her eyes turning soft again.
"Rebekah, stop this madness. He is a fucking Ripper." Klaus glared at his sister. Why was she being so difficult?
"Killing him means destroying Honey and I don't approve of that" Rebekah said.
"Get away, Stupid girl" Klaus said, wearily as snatched the stake from her and pushed her away. She fell against the table from the force, hitting her head in the process.
"You have no idea how long I've waited for this Ripper" Klaus said, his eyes sparkling as if he got the world. "How long I've waited to crush your skull and kill you as painfully as possible" he hissed, his voice dripping with venom.
"Kill me but remember she will never forgive you for this" Damon replied without any fear. "She will hate you forever" he added.
"She will forget you... I will make her forget you" Klaus said with a devilish smirk. He had a little trick called "compulsion" up his sleeve.
"We are bound by the mating bond, Klaus. Even if you kill me you will gain nothing. Not Elena and certainly not what you're so desperately after. My clan will keep them safe"
"We will see about that" Klaus said with a smirk. He knew what Damon was referring to. With a flash, he threw the vampire across the hall, away from exit. He liked playing with his prey before going for a kill. He could easily pull his heart out but that would mean instant death and he wanted the Ripper who stole his sister and humiliated him to feel as much as pain as possible before he took his final breath. The burn from the wooden stake would assure him his sweet revenge.
"Stop it, Nick" Rebekah said, trying to defend the Ripper, getting in his way.
"Rebekah, you're wasting my time" Klaus shouted at her. "GET OUT OF THE WAY. DON'T INTERFERE. STAY OUT OF IT" he ordered. Rebekah didn't understand what happened to her. Unwillingly she moved out of his way. Uncertain. Confused. What was happening to her?
"I see…" Damon said, panting against the counter. "You have her under your little mind control bond too…huh…pathetic."
Rebekah's eyes flashed. What does that mean? What
"It's called careful thinking and strategy." Klaus said, moving toward him, picking up a chair and breaking it into pieces to make a sharp stake. Despite the injuries Damon was about to flash away when Klaus threw the wooden stake at his leg. It struck him near the ankle, plunging deep inside. The pain was indescribable. He toppled and fell on the ground. A rush of pain shot through his body as the wooden stake sliced a deep gash, burning his insides.
Ignoring Rebekah's screams begging Klaus to stop, Klaus advanced on him. "Messed with the wrong vampire for a century, kid" he let out a self-satisfied chuckle as he gripped the vampire from his neck. "See you in hell" Klaus said as he lifted his stake aiming at his heart. Before it could plunge inside the Ripper chief and finish him forever, the stake magically broke in half.
Puzzled, Klaus looked at it. His ears picked up the sound of footsteps rushing. It all happened in seconds. One moment he was holding the Ripper chief down and the next moment a mind numbing pain took over his sense and he found himself against the wall pinned by the other Ripper, the Ripper he despised the second most. "Stefan" he choked as the pain faded away.
"What? The party is over" he said looking around.
Damon rolled his eyes. "How did you even find me?"
"Locater spell" Stefan muttered, not in mood to converse with his brother at all.
"Stefan! Leave him" Rebekah shouted from distance. She still couldn't move. Klaus's orders were specific. Stay away. Don't interfere. She couldn't help him.
Klaus kicked him away, vamping out, snarling. Damon was at his brother's side in an instant.
"Tables have turned, Klaus" he said, smirking. "Let's see how you get out of this"
"One Lion is enough to eat a pack of wolves"
"Classic" Damon praised him as Stefan handed him a gun. "but you know what they say? A lion maybe stronger but a wolf doesn't jump hoops" he added as he shot Klaus in the leg just like Klaus did to him a few moments ago.
"Damon! Stop it. Honey will never approve of this" Rebekah reminded him. He didn't care now. Screw Rebekah and Klaus.
Klaus growled. Pissed at the two young vampires. He vamped out and was about to launch at them when a mind numbing pain hit him. He fell on his knees, shouting in agony.
Rebekah's eyes darted to the witch behind the Rippers glaring at her brother, her eyes fixated on Klaus. By Klaus's order she couldn't interfere but she found another way. She flashed back and picked up a coffee mug and threw at the witch with full force. In an instant Stefan was in front of the witch. The coffee mug hit him and broke into several pieces.
"Bekah! Help" Klaus shouted.
"Shit" Damon muttered as he kicked the Original chief.
"Damon let him go" Rebekah said, released from Klaus's order. "Tell your witch to stop NOW" she added, dangerously.
"We have plenty of white oak stakes. So unless you don't want any trouble, I suggest you back off" Damon ordered, back to his Ripper chief tone.
"Damon! I'm warning you" Rebekah said, taking a step toward them.
"I will hold her. You kill him" Stefan said with a smirk as he stood in front of her.
"I can't hold up much longer" Bonnie said, concentrating hard.
Over confident, Stefan attacked the blonde girl but she dodged him. Her eyes darted to the chair Klaus had just recently broke into pieces to make stakes to kill Damon. Hurriedly she picked up a piece and plunged into Stefan's back.
"STEFAN!" Damon shouted. His focus drifting from staking Klaus to his brother's safety. "I am fine" Stefan managed to choke as he continued blocking Rebekah to reach Klaus.
Back on task, Damon looked toward Bonnie. She understood the signal and hurriedly handed him a white oak stake. This was it. Klaus would be gone forever now. His lifelong mission just a few steps away.
Even with the torture spell the Bennett witch had inflicted on him, he was still sensible enough to know what was happening. Crying and whimpering he dragged himself away from the Ripper.
No. No. No. this can't be the end of Original chief. He was this close to rule the world.
"Get out of my way, Stefan." Rebekah warned him.
"Or what?" Stefan said pushing her away with full force.
Rebekah fell against the wall. Her eyes darted to the Ripper chief who was holding a stake over her brother.
"No" she gasped.
She rose up. Enough is enough. She thought. She was an Original for fuck sake. A couple of immature Rippers were no match to her. It was like Mikael taught them. Feelings hold you back. You will reach your true power once you stop letting feelings get in the way. Her soft spot for Stefan could snatch her brother's life.
Vamping out, she attacked Stefan with full force. Stefan fought back with as much fervor. He was a trained warrior. He was born for killing the kind of hers.
"Hurry up" Bonnie said to Damon. He nodded, as he held Klaus's arm. A dangerous look surfaced his face. "I want to break his bones, one by one but guess we don't have much time" a frightening voice spoke from his mouth. Klaus tried to break away from his iron grip. But Bonnie's spell had made him utterly vulnerable and weak. Was this really his end?
Damon's shoulder still hurt. His healing was working but it took time. That reminded him. "Payback" he said as he turned Klaus's arm into an unnatural position, and a horrible crack echoed throughout the café.
Klaus fell on floor. Hopeless. Vulnerable. At that moment he wanted to stake himself. He never liked being weak.
Damon rose the stake, aiming at his heart.
In an instant, Rebekah pushed Stefan away and flashed in front of her sister's mate. Her eyes flashed with hatred at him.
Damon hadn't even registered her presence properly before she launched at him.
Screams. Stake. And then complete darkness.
She hid her face in her hands and her whole body shook with sobs. Mason, the werewolf clan chief and Alaric were in the study assembling troops for instant attack on Originals. Lexi, Bonnie, Stefan, Tyler even a very tired Enzo were out looking for her mate along with other fresh vampires.
She wanted to help too. But Stefan strictly ordered her to stay at home and not create more problems. Just two hours ago. Everything had happened just two hours ago.
"He is my mate. I want to help too. I can't stay here, Stefan" she had shouted at her mate's brother.
"You want to help? Then stay here" he said, rudely.
"No. No. I can't. You don't understand, Stefan" She said, reaching to hold his hand. "Nick will kill him. Nick hates him. I can stop Nick. He will listen to me. He is my brother"
"Elena if he cared about you he wouldn't kill your mate" Stefan said bluntly. "He doesn't care about anyone except power. Not you. Not anyone. It's a risk taking you out in open. So stay here and let us do our work" he ordered.
In a fog of fear and sadness she dropped on the couch. Attuning herself to her mate's emotions she found him alert and desperate for some sort of understanding.
"Look, Elena! I know that you're worried and so are we and I promise you that I won't let anyone harm him. I will get him back. And then we can both kick his ass for this stupidity" Stefan said, kindly seeing her so anxious as if her world would crash any minute. She nodded, understandingly.
"Now don't over stress yourself. It's not good for my nephew" Stefan advised before he left. Even though he had promised her, she couldn't help but feel complete dread take over her. She felt it. Something very wrong was going to happen.
It had been one hour to that. She had tried calling Stefan and Bonnie multiple times but their phone was switched off.
Then she felt it. The connection with her mate break. He wasn't there. "What's happening?" she muttered. She tried to search for it. But it was as if he never existed. "No" she gasped. Was her mate hurt? Did her siblings killed him?
"Rick!" she said as she swiftly moved toward the study.
"Elena" Rick said, coming out of the room. "Is something wrong?" he said, worried.
"I can't…I can't feel him. It's like he is not there" She replied, her eyes welling with tears. Anxious. Desperate. Restless.
"They couldn't have…have…killed him. Right?" she asked, her voice shaking.
Rick's face was pale. If she couldn't feel connection to her mate that could only mean one thing. "I will call them" he said as he took out his phone. Elena nodded, trying to stay calm when she was anything but that.
"What happened?" Mason asked, coming out of the room.
Rick signaled him to stay quiet. Elena looked down at her sweaty palms. She denied in her head that something could have happened to her mate. No. No. She repeated over and over again.
"They are not answering" Alaric said in a grave tone.
Her chest heaved with her rough inhalations. She didn't know when Alaric took her to living room. She didn't know he got her to drink water. She was desperately trying to reconnect with her mate. She felt restless, incomplete without the connection. Ever since the mating bond, his thoughts, feelings and whispers were her safety blanket. She felt empty without it. Without him.
With every passing second, she felt her heart drop further. After an hour what seemed like forever to Elena finally she heard the car stop in driveway.
In a flash, Rick was at the door. As mortal vampire, Elena still fed on blood. Damon's blood. So she knew exactly the kind of blood she was smelling.
"What happened to him?" she gasped as she moved to see her mate.
"Elena—he is…" Alaric tried to stop her.
Elena walked passed him to see her mate and cupped her mouth when she saw him. Battered, bruised and brutally beaten. Both of his eyes were horribly bruised, almost swollen shut, and his mouth was cut, the bottom lip swollen. His clothes were ripped and he looked nothing like the man who had picked her from college and drove her here. Stefan and Tyler were supporting his limp lifeless body.
"Wha… What happened to him?" she demanded. She hurried toward them.
"Your sister snapped his neck" Stefan hissed. His mind replying the exact moment that bitch attacked their chief.
Rebekah didn't think much. Before Stefan could warn Damon she plunged a stake in his back. The Ripper shouted in agony and fell on his knees. She couldn't give him time to recover. She knew Elena would hate her after this but right now. All she cared was to get Klaus safe. She snapped Damon's neck and flashed away with her brutality injured brother
"Rick! Get her out of the way." Stefan added, snarling at the memory. They carried his brother's lifeless body to his bedroom. Elena was at his side in an instant, her anxious eyes taking the sight before her. Her chest heaved heavily. Tears exploded from her eyes as she sat next to him.
"He will wake up, Right?" she asked, her voice shaking. "Please tell me he will wake up"
"Yes" Stefan answered as he ordered someone to bring a strong human for Damon to feed on when he wakes up.
Her hands shook as she raked it through his hair. Even with Stefan's assurance, a profound sense of desperateness and restlessness gripped her. She held his hand and found his fingers broken. A whimper escaped her lips. He was hurt. So hurt. All because of her. Her eyes searched his body for more wounds. His kneecaps were busted, and his shoulders looked dislocated. There were huge gashes on his ankles too.
"Why isn't he healing?" she demanded, panicking.
"He is healing. You should have seen him when we reached there." Stefan said almost lost in another world. "Look at the damage, Elena" Stefan said. "It will take a lot of time and blood to heal" he replied. A whimper escaped her lips again.
As his mate, his pain broke her. True, because he was technically dead she couldn't feel it but it still hurt like hell to see him like this.
"He will be fine, Elena" Bonnie tried to comfort her but it did nothing. She was getting more restless with every minute.
She rose up and went to washroom, returning with a bucket of water and towels. "I'm sorry" she whispered to her lifeless mate over and over again as she cleaned blood off his wounded body. His gashes were healing slowly.
Silent tears were rolling down her eyes throughout the whole process. Other than Stefan and Elena everyone else had left the room. She was anxiously checking for slow pulse after every five minutes, expecting him to wake up.
Normally it took few hours for vampires to wake up in case they "die" but to Elena every second felt like forever. With the help of Stefan she changed her mate's clothes, muttering something about how he was a complete cleanliness freak. After taking back the basket to washroom, she came and sat next to him, holding his hand.
They had been silent for a while now. One or two hours, Stefan didn't keep track. Damon still hadn't woken up. For the last hour Elena had asked him multiple times when he would wake up. "In a while" he responded softly for the umpteenth time. Not irritated at all. Her anxiousness made him restless too.
At times, he would admit he acted like a dick with her. But he had reasons for that. The last time he behaved like a gentleman with an unknown girl with suspicious background he had almost killed his own brother and had become a key part of his enemy's conspiracy against his family. And Elena proved no different. Actually she proved worst.
Katherine was just Klaus's evil minion and Elena was Klaus's sister. Not evil. Just misunderstood. Before the news of her pregnancy he was all in favor of killing her. Anything threatening his brother and his clan should be immediately killed off. That was his logic. But after Damon and Alaric told him about his nephew. It softened him towards her. He felt immense gratitude. She would be giving birth to his brother's heir. He had always loved children. But it could never be possible for him. However his brother's children would be everything for him. Maybe that's what he needed all along. A child to dot on.
His feelings for Elena didn't change. He didn't hate her as much but now he felt it as his duty to protect her. As the Ripper chief heir's mother he had to respect her and so he did. He still didn't believe she loved his brother. She was an Original. And Originals don't love anyone.
His opinions about Elena changed tonight though. There was so much pain, restlessness and anxiousness in her eyes. Silent tears were still streaming down her face. Time and time again she would check Damon's pulse again. Her hand would shake while caressing his face…out of love or out of fear of almost losing him. She would drop kisses on his forehead, silently pleading him to wake up.
Her eyes stayed on his brother's sleeping form. Her eyes were a stormy, filled with pain for her mate, fear as if she had seen hell, confusion, and if he didn't know better, he'd have sworn he saw raw rage. Mates were over protective of each other. They didn't tolerate it when anyone harmed their mate. They wouldn't even hesitate to kill for their mate.
She checked his wrist for the light pulse again. Disappointed, she just held his hand bent down to kiss the back of it.
So much anxiousness. So much restlessness. Stefan noticed.
"Wake up please" she whispered. "Please" she added, dropping a kiss on his forehead, tenderly, lovingly.
"Hey" Stefan said as he went toward her. "He is okay, Elena. Just give him some time. It's only been what-thirty minutes?" he said comforting her. "Are you hungry? Should I make something for you? I don't cook as good as your mate but…"
"No, I'm fine" she said, annoyed.
"Elena.."
"Did Rebekah do this to him? Who else was their?" she demanded.
"Elena…we can talk about this later…"
"No! Tell me? Was Nick their too? Was Kol their too? Who did this to him? And why did he went alone to meet them?"
"Elena, Calm down"
"I will not calm down." She hissed. "They tried to kill my mate. Don't tell me to calm down. Now tell me? Who else was their?"
"Only Rebekah and Klaus" Stefan answered with a sigh.
"And? They hurt him…they tried to kill my mate?" she knew the answer but she wanted to confirm.
Stefan nodded. Elena's eyes darkened. Her chest heaved in spent anger, her hands clenched and unclenched. How could they?
"Damon knew you missed them a lot. Your mind had been open to him lately. You have been having dreams about your family. I guess he was feeling guilty for making you choose between him and your family. And as impulsively stupid he is, he called your sister. I told him not to trust that sl…that bitch" Stefan spat with as much venom in his voice as possible.
"I am sorry for saying this but Originals can never be trusted" he added. "Look what they did to your mate, Elena" Stefan said, angry again. "They know what losing a mate does to a vampire. It makes you lose your senses. It makes you lose your mind. It makes you want to die as well. If they considered you one of your own would they do that to you? Would they subject you to that type of pain?" he asked.
Elena's looked up at him from her wet lashes. He was right. How could they do this to her? Was Klaus, Rebekah and Kol so blinded with their hatred for Rippers that they didn't give a damn about her anymore? She knew Klaus hated Rippers guts but she was his sister wasn't she? Did he hold no regard for her too?
She rose up from her spot beside her mate and rushed to her drawer. She took out her phone and skimmed through her numbers to find the contacts she had not called even once this month.
"Elena? Who are you calling?" Stefan asked, alarmed.
She held her hand in front of him signaling him to stay silent.
One Ring.
Second Ring.
"Honey?" She heard Rebekah's worried and surprised voice through the phone.
"Elena" Elena corrected. They had no right to call her names of love when they hated her so much. So much that they decided to kill her mate. "How dare you?" she hissed. "I can't believe you of all people could do this to me. I can expect that from Nick but…"
"Honey, listen to me" Rebekah tried to explain.
"Is it Honey?" she could hear Klaus in the background.
"NO! You listen to me. All of you." Elena spat. "I know that I went against clan rules. I chose my mate over all of you. I knew you were hurt but I never expected you to stoop this low and lure my mate to your death trap using his vulnerability for my feelings."
"Give me the phone" she heard Klaus demand.
"He is my mate. How could you do this me? I know you hate him but didn't you ever think once of me? I will die too if my mate dies. Didn't that thought once cross your mind at all?" she raged.
"Elena…I am" Rebekah struggled to speak.
"The Rippers are right. You're all bunch of selfish assholes." Elena continued. "and tell that bastard brother of mine that I don't want anything to do with him anymore either. I fucking hate him. Even the thought that I'm related to any of you disgusts me. Especially you Klaus. I fucking hate you so much. You fucking coward. My mate is ten times the man you would ever be." She spat with so much hatred and disgust in her tone.
"Honey! Listen to me…" she heard Klaus now, panic and hurt.
"No. You bastard, you disgusting pig. You did this to him. You hurt my mate? My MATE? How could you, how could you? What kind of a man are you? You claim that you love me and yet you plan on destroying me by conspiring to kill my mate" she hissed.
"After everything I did for you. I saved your mate from the humiliation of coming to the council. I begged for your forgiveness even though I committed no crime and this is how you pay me back. I don't want anything ever to do with you. I hate you and curse the ground that you walked on." She said venomously.
" From now on I will be fighting alongside my mate against you. You fucking selfish monster." She said before hanging up.
"Elena, Sweetheart" Stefan tried to calm her down. He hated Klaus just as much she did now but this stress was not good for either her or the child. He led her to the bed where his brother was still sleeping (dead) unaware of the storm awaiting him.
He vamp sped to the living room to get her water and flashed back. Elena's eyes were still closed. The anxiousness and the pain visible on her face. Stefan poured water in the glass and rushed to her. "Drink" he ordered. She complied. Her restless eyes darting to her mate. She was close to a mental break down if he didn't wake up soon.
Extreme guilt crippled her. Her mate was hurt because of her. Like Stefan told her, he only went down there to meet her sister because she couldn't stop missing them. He almost got killed by the hands of her brother. She could never forgive Klaus for that. Never.
Her thoughts shifted to her brother that she had just declared she hated. Never in her life had she raised her voice against him let alone tell him that she hated him. Klaus had always given her so much love. Her heart fell as she remembered her words. But in an instant she remembered what he did to her mate. Anger flared in her again. No. She hated him.
She bent down to kiss her mate's forehead. He had done so much for her. After everything she did to him. He still managed to forgive her. He still loved her like no one ever did. So much that he almost got killed for her today. He hated Originals yet he went down there to talk to her sister to meet her. Could she ever ask for a better person to share her life with? No. Probably not.
Stefan studied the completely torn girl. He was now sure that the Original girl indeed loved his brother. It was in the way she looked at him. Her eyes fluttered anxiously, looking for any sign of life in her mate. Her lips trembled as if holding back sobs. She was peace less without him. He felt slightly envious of his brother that he had someone who loved him so much passionately. Someone who left everything, everyone for him. So, so much envious.
"I'm sorry" he finally said it. "I am sorry for threatening you and harassing you. I had my reasons for that but still please forgive me for my behavior."
She didn't look up at him. She softly caressed her mate's face "You were only trying to keep your brother safe. I understand"
"And I'm sorry for everything you lost because of us. I can't thank you enough for choosing my brother that day." He added, sitting next to her.
"It wasn't a difficult choice" she said. "I would choose him over the world"
It took another hour for Damon to wake up. He heard sobs. Silent sobs that he immediately recognized. Elena was sitting on the couch across the bed. She laid her head on the back of the couch and wrapped her arms around her middle as if she couldn't breathe, as if she would crush into pieces if she didn't hold herself. Despair, pain and restlessness was what he felt from her.
But immediately she stiffened, she sat still. Her eyes were glassy as they opened and locked with his. Surge of relief flooded in them. She was at his side before he could even register what happened. "Thank God" she sighed in relief, the concern leaks in her tone. Before he could even inquire why was she acting like that he found himself locked in her embrace.
"Elena?" he asked, alarmed when he felt wetness on his neck. "What happened?"
She mumbled some incoherent sentences, too overwhelmed. Fear, Love and heart-wrenching pain. "I was so worried"
Wordless, he drew her to him, pulling her to envelop her small, shivering body in his arms. She let herself drawn, pressing herself against his chest. She could not tell him how relieved she was to see him alive again.
She drew back, immediately touching his now healed face. "You were really injured. We had to ask some witches to heal you." She mumbled as her anxious eyes examined her mate. "One of the wound was near your heart. It was the deepest one. The wood missed you by half inch" she told him. "Mr. Bennett said you'll feel weak because of the loss of blood…" she muttered. "Stefan! He is awake" she said turning slightly towards the door.
In a matter of seconds, Stefan rushed and got him two strong humans to feed on while his mate tended him as if he had just returned from war. He almost drained the human female but didn't kill her. His mate was pure and he felt unworthy of touching her if he killed innocent life.
After a while, memories rushed to him. He remembered calling Rebekah. He remembered his meeting with her. He remembered Klaus showing up. And then their fight and then Bonnie and Stefan showing up, saving his weak ass. He remembered being this close to killing Klaus off. But then the bitch Rebekah snapped his neck. And he was sure she must have flashed away with Klaus after that. Stronger she was. She was faster too. He was waiting for the scolding to begin but they were all very quiet.
"What were you thinking, Damon? Alaric asked in a grave tone once he was healed enough to go to study room with them where the Werewolf chief, the witch clan chief and his most important clan members waited for him.
"I know what you're thinking…and I know I made a mistake…"
"A mistake. You went on a suicide mission. How could you do this to us?" Bonnie snapped at him.
"I told him not to trust Rebekah" Stefan growled.
"Rebekah was misguided. Klaus had told her completely different story of me and Elena" Damon replied.
"So who cares what she thinks?" Mason asked. "Damon! When we agreed on keeping Elena here. We made it clear that she would not have anything to do with Originals. And I assure you the wolves weren't happy about that but I convinced them. However this is unacceptable"
"Do you expect us to agree on a treaty with Orignials? Damon because that's not going to happen" Bonnie said. "My witches will never approve of that"
"That goes for my werewolves too" Mason said, strictly. "Our treaty stays with you as long as you protect us from Originals"
"I didn't plan any treaty with them" Damon replied, firmly. "Nor I have any sort of that intention. I hate them just as much. But my mate wanted to meet her sister. It was only one time thing. She left them for me. I just wanted her to say Good bye to her sister"
"Damon, she was well aware of the fact that she will lose her family if she chooses to be part of the Rippers. I know that it must be killing her to leave her family but her feelings are not our headache. Please don't put our clan in jeopardy for her" Mason spat.
The argument continued. Mason and Alaric were not at all happy with the importance he gave to Elena's feelings. For the first time, Bonnie and Stefan were against him too. Bonnie claimed that he was being reckless and insane.
"We can't even report it to the council because you were the one who called her up first" Stefan said when Alaric suggested Damon tell the council about attack on him.
Situation with Mason hasn't still cooled down. His nephew Tyler kept bringing up his immature behavior over and over again. "So, will you stop being a Romeo and pay attention to our strategy against Originals again?" he said.
"Tyler, I will castrate you if you bring this up again. Everyone knows my clan is my top priority. Have I ever let my clan down? Protected you all any less?" Damon demanded. And it was the truth, despite his reckless and impulsive attitude he still had managed so far to keep everyone at his clan safe.
Tyler bit his lip, still uncertain. Okay, he would admit Damon had never failed them so far. He was clever and cunning enough to lead them so far and keep them safe. But before everything happened related to Elena, they were planning on attacking Originals.
Would Damon now be able to launch a war against the other tribe? When his own mate was from their clan. Will Elena's tears cloud his decision? The girl certainly held a lot of power on him. She managed to sway his thoughts, his firm beliefs. Before today, Tyler was sure Damon despised Originals and would order them to be thrown at young wolves whenever any of them crossed the border but today he went behind their back and secretly met the other Original sister. Could they trust him now?
The Ripper continued discussing strategies. "We will inform Lord Augustine about this though" Damon said, strictly. "We will train harder" he added. He was going to continue when there was a knock on the door. He knew it was his mate.
Elena had been stressed as hell when he was knocked out because of the little incident with Rebekah. She felt slight pain in her abdomen. He was always paranoid when it came to his mate. So he ordered Dr. Lucy to come and examine his pregnant mate and make sure his mate and his child were both safe.
She entered when he permitted.
"Can I talk to my mate alone?" she asked, nervously.
He looked puzzled. Was she okay? Is something wrong with her? They haven't got alone time since they were back.
"We will continue this tomorrow" Alaric said, allowing everyone to leave.
"Who is on night duty tonight?" Stefan inquired as they walked out.
"Mason and a few young wolves. It's a part of their training" Tyler answered him. They all walked out of the room talking about additional security measures.
Closing the door, Elena walked toward him, looking at him. Her gaze was so tender, so full of love as if she couldn't believe he was fine again.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
Klaus's eyes weren't tearing. He was in denial this couldn't be his sister at all. She was the one who respected him with everything in her .They had times. Good and bad.
Did that ripper loved her better than he did? She was an object to her parents but he treated her right. Taught her what life was .It had been a month since he hadn't seen his favorite sister. His little angel. No one loved her better than he did. He was like father to her, Rebekah and Kol.
He was reminded of the time when she was a little baby and she played with him. Her little hands used to trace on his face as if she was astonished from his features. He never thought they'd part. He never thought there would be a time when his sister will choose his enemy over him. Proudly. Shamelessly.
He wanted to see her make sure if she's okay. If they treated her like the princesses she was. His soul was restless .He was fuming downing another drink of the vintage vine. But it didn't calm him like it usually did.
She said she hated him . She never meant that he told himself over and over again trying to console himself. He said it once to her too. He never meant it though. She called him a bastard for him?
Was he worth it?
Twenty six long years with him. Twenty six years he, Rebekah and Kol kept her safe. Twenty six years, they had raised her. Twenty six years. And she didn't consider it once. She had only been with the Ripper for like what six month? And she left him for that trash?
He rephrased his question. Am I not worth it?
Caroline could see him across the half opened door . He was never so lost. She felt bitter toward her sister in law. Fine! Ripper was her mate but how could she do this to her siblings? Rebekah had left teary eyed too. Kol had muttered obscenities after he heard Elena's call. He tried not to show it but he was hurt too. He left in hurry as well.
Caroline took steps ahead and joined him sitting on the foot of the bed beside him lowering her head on his shoulder. She felt his dread, his self-pity and a lot of hurt. His pride and ego were hurt too.
He whispers in thin air "She hates me "
Caroline could say he was burning inside "No! She doesn't"
He nods "Where did I go wrong? Care . Am I not a good brother?"
She shook her head "No, Love. You're the best brother." He cared about all of them so much. This was the reason why she fell in love with him. Of course, he was scheming and sometimes scary. But he was furiously protective of the people he loved. And what was wrong with that?
He scoffs "Sure! Doesn't seem like it"
She cups the side of this face turning him to her "She is just confused"
He shook his head tears filling his eyes "She said loud and clear that she hates me, she's against me , that I am a bastard, low life, she...she…"his tears left his eyes he choked on words "She had the audacity to choose him over me, to say she knows better ,indicating I have no value in her life that he...he...he means everything"
She wrapped her arms around him letting him weep on her shoulder. She patted his back holding back her own tears as he said
"I am just trying to protect my family. I am just trying to protect her...I gave...gave up everything. My comfort…and…my rest. And…and she talks back to me for him. I raised her and she forgets that. All my sacrifices. You don't know what it feels like to lose a child. I raised her like she was my own. My baby sister" He pushed his tears away in an uncontrollable burst of rage, pulling back from his mate.
"And here I am, still thinking about her, thinking of all everything we had. She can't do this to me. Can you imagine loving someone this much and then letting go like that? I raised her and now she says she hates me. Suddenly I don't have any fucking value?"
She shook her head "Nick she loves you, she can never hate you. You are everything for her. You're everything to Kol, Bex and Hon."
He breathed "No Caroline. Elena's choices have changed .You know this is her favorite color. She loved it on me. So we bought like ten of these shirts. She hated my old furniture. So we let her renovate our whole God damn house." he said. "She threw my most prized paintings but I didn't say a word and let her do whatever she wanted."
"and she selected that car parked outside. Cause it's what she liked. Will he ever do this for her? Change everything about himself for her?No, he wouldn't. He is just with her because he knows my siblings are my weakness and he is using her to hurt me."
Caroline sighed "Klaus! Damon has nothing on you."
He sighed "No, love! He has everything on me. She went to him. He wasn't here from the start I was! I deserve her. I deserve my sister's complete devotion. She is my little girl that he changed according to his wish by his manipulation. He could have chosen any woman on whom he could express his fucking carnal affection but it was my sister and that points to one thing rivalry- Ripper scheme and war"
They stay silent for moments before he says almost sighing "I once told you I never asked from God for anything." She nodded. He swallowed "I lied! I did ask. The atheist in me broke once on the night when I was going to confess my feelings to you and every time my kid sister got ill" he chuckled almost sadly.
She caressed his cheek "Don't torture yourself " He was hurt and it killed her.
He grins in a sad way "I named her Elena. It means "light" in Greek, because she used to distract me from all these clan wars. From our dark world. A time when my only source of peace was my family. Whenever I got home I'd take her from Rebekah and sit by the fireplace, she had these little fingers ,little and soft and whenever she use to trace them on my mouth, playing with my fangs. And she used to be so amused by it. And that was my best pass time. Bekah, Kol and I enjoyed, relived our childhood with her.
When she got older we played a lot of hide and seek. Her favorite place was behind the curtain. Stupid child. I always knew but I acted like I didn't see her and she was so proud of herself."
Caroline sniffed "Baby don't do this to yourself"
He continued, he only showed his vulnerable side to his mate and his siblings "And just like her name. She was our light. I forgot I was a clan leader. For her I was her horseback ride ,her peter pan ,her superman and no one dare reminded me what I was until our game was over, I forgot all about being a leader, about being the legend lion and ironic is how now she is the one waging a war against me, her older brother"
Caroline rose up as he did and threw the glass at the wall "For that fucking bastard. She told me she hates me. For a guy she met yesterday she forgot me. My love, my time, my sacrifices. She forgot everything Bekah did for her. She forgot Kol. She prefers Rippers over us"
Caroline shook at his flame blazing eyes "The sister who couldn't look me in the eye told me she hates me. Because he is the one changing her. Turning her against me."
She shook "Nick you're scaring me "
He didn't changed or softened "This needs to happen Caroline. It's on now if he wants me to sink to his level I will give him pain to the point where he wishes to die but he won't die easy. I will squeeze every little drop of life out of his body before discarding him to death. His death shouts will feed these walls of my castle and his blood will wash the dirt he threw on me, on my honor.
I promise you Caroline I will make him suffer a death where he will face the humiliation of rejection from his mate . Just like, I lost my honor I will humiliate him such that whole world will laugh at him and his death will be an example to the motherfucking smothers who intend to mess with Klaus Michaelson ever again"
She held his elbow "You're drunk calm down. Don't do something you'll regret later"
He brushed her hand off him "Oh No, Love. My turn of regrets is over. It's his turn. He will regret messing with me "
He cups her face talking in a dangerously low voice "He will regret turning my blood against me. He will regret touching my sister. He will regret the time when he thought it's okay to fall in love with an original ...my sister he will regret being on this earth in the first place." He stopped.
"You know what I have in store for him " she shook her head afraid to ask he smirks "Death. A painful. Heart screeching death. And not the death of pride but of a failure that he is. I will deprive him of his crown, his mate and everything he has. It's not just about power anymore. It's about my ego. It's about my honor. It's about my status"
Caroline swallowed "What do you plan to do ?"
He left her in place taking a step back kicking a vase on the table "Taking what was mine...the reason of Elena's existence. The hybrid baby" He no longer looked the broken brother but a venomous enemy of the Ripper leader "Damon Salvatore you're dead."
"Are you okay?" She asked approaching him rubbing her own hands.
He sighs "They need more than a neck snap to kill this player" he pointed towards himself ,there was still no hint of a smile on her face that he intended to put.
"Well the chest kind of itched a little but it's.." he added.
She interrupted "Are you feeling better?" He nodded with his signature smirk "Yup" She looked at him from up to down "So it's all healed up?"
He chuckled "Fresh as a daisy!" She pursed her lips "Good" and in a flash she slapped him hard across the face and he moved back trying to recover the hard jaw sting. His vampire hearing picked Stefan's chuckle.
"What was that for?" Although he knew he added "That training is giving you some strength"
She got ahead still angry "How dare you take decisions for me?"She pushed him back with eyes filled in tears. He never could stand her tears. He sighed "Relax."
That got her more fueled up. She got ahead pushing him further and further punching his chest "How dare you put yourself in danger? Who the fuck do you think you are? How will I relax with you screwing things up huh?" he held her wrist pulling her to him "Listen"
Mewling like a cat, she pushed" I don't want to hear a word I hate you so much for this. You're a fucking jerk ! Don't you know how much I care for you? How much I love you?" She pushed him back giving his chest a few pushes, he held her wrists tightly now and pinned them to his chest, close to his heart, pulling her against him "If you love me why are you angry at me? "
She spat loud"because you deserve it. Who do you think you're? Stefan is right. You think you can do no wrong. You're just a fucking 170 year old vampire. You cannot fight two vampires ten times powerful than you. What did you wanted to achieve from this? Is this a punishment?"
He huffed "You're over reacting" She looks up at him angrily and Boy, did she reminded him awfully of a lioness "Over reacting? You nearly died-I nearly died." she yelled.
"You fucked up …You are only breathing because of two people who reached there to help you on the right time. But if they didn't? What if they were too late? Did you think about that? What the hell were you even thinking? You cannot finish a clan war by coffee meetings." she hissed angrily.
"I wasn't there for the clan it was for you Elena"
She nodded, guilt crossing her face again "And who exactly told you that I'd be glad by seeing you covered in blood ? Didn't I clear myself when I said I didn't wanted to meet them? How come you take decisions important as these on your own?"
He sighed "Okay I did it. I screwed up but it was after seeing your longing- "
She interrupted "So what? Who even told you about my so called feelings?"
He pursed his lips" I tuned to your emotions. Your thoughts these days are open to me" Her eyes grew wide "So you'd sum up things this way. What if I think of killing you like I am right now will you help?"
He shamelessly grinned "You're not thinking that by the way." She shouted "Get out of my fucking head Damon. I will feel things it doesn't mean you'll stop thinking logically and use that barely existent brain of yours . They could have killed you. They would have snatched you from me and they intended to. The gash on your chest says that. You have been saved by an inch. Do you realize what that inch could have done to me? "
He smirked "That's what she said" his attempt to make her laugh failed as she shouted at him, trying her best to show him how in grave danger had he put himself in and also trying her best not to laugh at his stupid jokes "You're incorrigible"
She used her anger force to push him away freeing herself from his grasp. She added " I am so done with you." He held her wrist as and turned her around, pulling her to him "Nothing can take you away from me Elena! I joke about it because it is impossible to snatch you from me. I may not be as strong as him but I can fight for you till my last breath "
She pursed her lips looking into his eyes ,her own eyes filling in tears. Pregnancy had made her over emotional and the events from the day had worked her up "You don't give a fuck about me Damon "He frowned "You can't say that"
She swallowed "I will. Because you actually don't. You don't give a damn that you are everything I have now. How could you be so careless?"
He attempted to wrap his arms around her but she kept a distance. "Don't touch me. Don't ever touch me" He pressed his lips together trying to process her behavior. She added "You love to tune to my emotions right? Where the fuck were you in the two most tough hours of my life today?"
He swallowed as she kept going with tears rolling down her eyes "When I thought a million horrible things they could do to you? What if they killed you ?. I never thought you'd be this stupid with us having a baby on the way. You don't care at all"
He pulled her to him in a hug "I care I promise I do. I just wanted to make you smile like before"
She shook her head against his shoulder " I don't want to smile like before, I've changed, You've given me a new smile don't you see that. I can't live where there is no you, Damon " She cupped his face, tears were streaming down her face, as she no doubt was recalling the pain that she felt when she thought she had lost him forever and he would never return. Then suddenly she removed her hands from him, wiping her tears with the back of her hand. "I'm not staying here…I am going back to college. You clearly can't think logically when I am here" she said turning around.
"Elena! I am so sorry" he said, genuinely as he held her wrist, turning her to him. Before she could stop him since she was so furious at him, his arms were enfolding her and his lips pressed hard against hers. At first, she wanted to push him away and slap him again, but slowly melted into his kiss breathing in every scent of him.
"I am sorry I had no right" She felt his hand at her waist tighten, and he dropped his forehead down to rest against hers, their panting breath mingling.
She nodded clinging on to him even hardly as if he would disappear in a mist "You had no right. I don't want to be there I want to be here, in your arms for the rest of eternity "
He smiled kissing her forehead " I guess I was still feeling guilty for snatching you from your family. I just wanted to comfort you. Give you a few moments with your sis-" she hissed. "Don't talk to me about them"
"you know what you did was crazy…stupid and reckless, Right?" she added.
"Yup but you're worth it" he replied, kissing her cheek. "the craziness and recklessness"
She frowned.
He sighed " I swear upon our child that I'll never try this again, Happy? "
She nodded, snuggling her nose in his neck, pulling him in a tight hug "I hate them Damon. Every single one of them. They tried to take you away .They tried to snatch my happiness…I can't even tell you what seeing you injured was like " she started, close to breaking into sobs again.
"Hey! Hey! I am fine now. No more tear drama" he said, wiping her already wet eyes.
"I don't care about anything . I just want to be with you. I love you so much. It hurt so much to see you like that" She said, tiptoeing, fevering kisses on his face. He closed his eyes in content at this display of affection.
"I love you too sunshine "
Pushing him back on a chair, she straddled him on the it and ran her fingers through his hair as she kissed him letting her tongue dance in his mouth as his hands caressed her body through the dress. He chuckled "Is it your way of saying sorry for dislocating my jaw?" he said in her mouth between desperate kisses.
She lightly taps on his cheek " Shut up" she said as she continued kissing him. Then suddenly she pulled back. "Promise me you'll never do this again? "
"If I said yes? Will you let me have my way with you?" he asked.
Her brows furrowed.
"Please" he pouted.
"Fine" she said after pretending to think.
"Then I promise" he said with a grin. Without removing his lips from her, he picked her up in his arms and laid her on the table." Kiss me" she demanded. "My Queen gets what she wants" he said, with a smirk as he attacked her lips. She arched up into him as he peppered kisses down her jawline to her neck. A low raspy moan escaped her lips. With every intention of making her forget the horrible things she went through today, his kisses intensified moving from her jaw to her ear. "I think the door isn't locked" Elena whispered.
"Screw them" he said as he continued. And just like that the rest of the world was forgotten.
Mikael himself had planned it all after Klaus told him everything.
"How can you let him escape?"
"There were two of you and only one Ripper" he growled at both Klaus and Rebekah.
"He is her mate"
"So what?" Mikael growled. "All of you are useless. My children are cowards" he hissed.
"Elena is right, Klaus. If you were indeed even half a man as her mate you would go down there and bring her here" Isobel taunted him.
"Treaty doesn't allow us that" Kol hissed.
"The treaty doesn't matter anyway" Klaus said, lost in his thoughts. "He will inform the council that we attacked him" Klaus said.
"We already lost Alliance of Smiths and Adames. Everyone thinks we are weak" Kol informed him. "We are joke in council now"
Klaus shook his head. No. No. This was his nightmare. Rippers had snatched one of his most close friend clans too. Then suddenly a thought came to his mind. Ripper's power was with his friends too. The witch clan and the werewolf clan. Surely, they will never approve of an Original as their chief's mate. And especially after today. They should be on edge. That was it he found the weakness.
Very carefully, he signaled Kol and his fellow vampires to take position near the border. Any minute now the wolf chief Mason will come here to complete the perimeter. There were a couple of Ripper vampires also guarding but this time Klaus, the chief, himself was monitoring this scheme.
In a flash, they would kill him and he will turn the game on Ripper. His own friends will rebel against him. Kol signaled Marcel to order his vampires to stay ready to attack as soon as the wolf come close. There were six of them and two Original vampires against one werewolf. It would be easy as hell. Just like so many other times he killed werewolves. Klaus thought. God! He despised these creatures so much.
As soon as the large animal came close, it started sniffing, probably picking up vampire scent. Before it could howl, Klaus launched at him. Kol and his vampires followed, plunging wolfsbane laced daggers into him. The huge animal turned to attack one vampire of Kol's team. It bit him. He shouted in agony but they were all strictly ordered by Klaus to not leave until the vampire was dead.
Klaus's vampire, Rose, plunged a knife in the huge creature's eyes. She was promised revenge. And Klaus never went back on his word.
It howled painfully, alerting others. Klaus heard footsteps rushing. "Kill him, already" he ordered. Klaus's snake like fangs elongated. His clan mates followed him. He raised his head high and plunged his fangs into the flesh of the wolf. His companions followed.
Kol always had an unreasonable fear from werewolves. He wasn't even sure today but Klaus's orders were clear. Kill the creature.
Kol rushed to aid his brother. He flashed to a side of the struggling wolf, with his lightning speed plunging his fangs into the wolf's chest subduing it enough so he too was able to sink his fangs into his neck. It shook furiously, trying to throw them off. "Farewell! Wolf boy" Klaus said as he signaled Marcel.
With his signal, Marcel flashed at its side; he kneeled and plunged the silver tip of the sharp blade into the creature's heart. It stopped moving.
Within seconds, Ripper vampires flashed to the place where Originals had attacked the chief wolf but Originals had already fled, leaving the dead wolf on the ground.
Spoilers
Klaus threatens Rippers that if they didn't return Elena he'd kill them all one by one
Rippers in panic
Mason's death arise problems with werewolves
Klaus's game plan
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