authors note: I own nothing. This is the last chapter before the end of part 2! This chapter has a lot of Carly and Spike. Enjoy!
Chapter 29: Team of Two
Spike paced around the floors of his apartment with Carly standing next to him, staring at him.
"What are you thinking?" Carly asked.
"How to take out the originals one by one..." Spike answered.
"Where would we even begin to look?" Carly asked again.
"I have a way to find them" Spike said as he pulled out a map of New York City and laid it out across the table in his kitchen.
"I'll use a locator spell to find where each original is hiding out after they fled that night" Spike said.
"Klaus will most likely be at his mansion but as for the others I have no clue where they might be" Carly said.
"They couldn't have gone far, the spell Esther and I cast weakened them immensely, I was surprised to know that Klaus was walking around" Spike said as he began what he needed to do for the spell.
"But if Klaus was able to shake off the effects of the spell in a matter of days couldn't the others have done it too?" Carly asked as she leaned over next to Spike.
"Were about to find out" Spike said as he started to chant, then right before their eyes, red dots emerged on the map. First one, then another, then a third, a fourth and finally a fifth.
"Got em" Spike said as he wrote down each address.
"What are we going to do about Elijah?" Carly asked.
"Well considering Natalie and Elijah are back together, nothing, he will be the only one that will be spared" Spike said with a look of uncertainty on his face. "Do you think we should tell them about all this?" Spike asked looking at Carly.
"I don't think so, not yet anyway, they deserve some time away from all this and honestly they should enjoy it while they can" Carly said.
"I think that's a good idea also we don't know how Elijah will react to all this, the last time one of his siblings was close to death, he stopped it and betrayed all of us so yeah it is better for them not to know just yet" Spike said with a smile as he took Carly's hand. "Are you ready for this?" he asked.
"Ready as I ever will be" Carly said as she placed the white oak stake Esther had given them in her bag as well as other weapons she had brought from our home.
Carly and Spike got into his truck and they made their way to the closest address, unsure of which original they would find first but they knew it wouldn't be Elijah or Klaus.
They parked in front of a restaurant and walked in together, they both knew what all the originals looked like and they glanced around to see which was one there.
Spike then walked over to a booth and saw Finn, he remembered him from the night of the ball when he was with Esther in the wilderness. Finn was sitting with a red headed girl and they were engaged in a deep conversation so Spike and Carly's presence went unnoticed.
"I found one" Spike whispered to Carly and she then pulled out a small vile of vervain out of her bag. She walked over to the bar and poured the vervain into two cups of tea and told a waiter to bring it to the couple sitting in the booth.
"Let's see what happens now..." Carly said as her and Spike waited to see the reactions of the two. They both sipped from their tea mugs and immediately began to choke on the liquid, they knew their drinks have just been laced with vervain. Finn looked across the restaurant and his eyes met with Spike's and he recognized him from the other night. Spike then took Carly by the hand once again and they went out the back door, they could see both of them were following behind.
Spike and Carly positioned themselves as they waited for Finn to come outside and Carly pulled out the white oak stake.
"What is that?" Carly asked as she took notice of the small piece of paper wrapped around the stake that Esther had left.
"Esther gave it to me, she told me to read it if I had no other options" Spike answered as he quickly removed the piece of paper and put it in his jeans pocket.
"He's coming..." Carly whispered as she could sense Finn's movements and in an instant Finn burst through the doors with his eyes focused on Spike, he had no idea that Carly was behind him with the stake in hand. Carly then quickly plunged the stake into his back hard enough that it came through his chest. Finn screamed out in agony as he fell to the ground, his body mummified and he burst into flames.
Carly tried to retrieve the stake from Finn's chest but had to be careful that she didn't burn herself in the process, she reached in and pulled with full force but the stake snapped in half as Finn's body burned.
"Let's get out of here" Spike insisted as they both ran back to his truck and started to drive away.
"Was that supposed to happen?" Carly asked as she examined the now broken white oak stake.
"I'm not sure, I don't think it will work now, damn it!" Spike said as he slammed his hand on the stirring wheel. "Now how are we supposed to kill Kol, Rebekah, but most importantly Klaus" Spike said as he tried his best to continue to focus on driving.
"I have an idea" Carly said as she thought quickly. "The white oak stake to the heart kills them as we just saw but the white oak ash basically has the same effect, so if we dagger Kol and Rebekah and hide them away it will be as if their dead, those two were never even a threat to us anyway" Carly said.
"But what about Klaus? He will always be a threat, simply daggering him won't be enough" Spike said.
"Look at the paper Esther gave you, she said to look at it if you had no other options" Carly suggested.
Spike then pulled over briefly and looked at the paper, he read it carefully and realized what it was.
"Good plan Carly, we'll dagger Rebekah and Kol once we burn the remainder of the stake to make ash and then we'll go after Klaus" Spike said.
"How?" Carly questioned. Spike then showed her the paper.
"It's a demobilizing spell, his body will be as good as dead, wrapped in chains dipped in vervain and have a dagger in his heart with white oak ash, it's very powerful and can't be broken by just anyone. If we do this, we won't have to worry about him, hopefully never again" Spike said.
"Okay, let's finish this" Carly said. The two then drove to the next address and before they went inside Spike set fire to the remainder of the stake and collected it's ashes, Carly held the ash near her as she prepared one of her daggers. They then entered inside quietly and saw no sign of anyone, they continued to look as a voice broke the silence.
"Well hello there lovely, what brings you here?" Kol said as he recognized Carly from the ball. "Your the one Niklaus was dancing with, the one who left him flat on the dance floor" he said as he got closer to her.
"Yeah that's me, it's not actually the best way to be known" Carly said with a smile trying to hide the weapon behind her back.
"So why did you seek me out? You want to try to win over another original?" Kol asked as he came closer to her.
"I guess you can say that" Carly said luring him into the trap.
"A member of the five wants me, I can't believe it" Kol said sarcastically as he started to touch Carly's face.
"Neither can I" Spike said from the other part of the room as he took Kol off guard and managed to dagger him in the back. He fell to the floor seconds after as Carly caught her breath and looked at Spike.
"Two down..." he said as they both tried to make their way out of the house Kol was hiding out in.
Carly and Spike drove back to our loft and expected it to be empty but Elijah and I had come in hours before.
"Hey" I said as I saw them both come in the front door. They were both surprised to see me as well as Elijah sitting in my bedroom.
"Hi, I thought you weren't going to be home for a couple more days" Carly said.
"I wasn't but I figured to just come back anyway, the last few days have been great. I called the both of you and you didn't answer. What's going on?" I asked as I could tell by the looks on their faces that something had been going on.
"Spike and I were going after the originals..." Carly said coming right out with it.
"What? How?" I asked.
"Esther came to Spike and gave him a white oak stake, we manged to kill Finn but after we did the stake broke to pieces, so we burned it and decided to dagger the rest of them, we just came back from daggering Kol" Carly said.
"Hold on, you two already got two of the originals?" I asked in disbelief. Carly nodded.
"Why didn't you tell us?" I asked as Elijah came up behind me.
"I figured you two wanted your time alone together and you deserved it after everything, we were going to tell you both when we were done" Carly said.
"That's not the only reason..." Spike said under his breath but Carly nudged him in the shoulder to keep him quiet.
"Finn and Kol are gone?" Elijah asked.
"Yes, Kol is daggered but Finn is dead, I'm sorry" Carly said.
The look on Elijah's face was one of hurt but he knew this needed to be done. "What about Rebekah and Niklaus? Elijah asked hesitating on the last name.
"We haven't found Rebekah yet but we plan on daggering her too but we have another idea in mind for Klaus" Carly said.
"Rebekah will most likely be hiding out with Niklaus" Elijah said as he thought about the close relationship his two younger siblings shared.
"Actually Natalie, your the key to help us with getting Klaus..." Spike said.
"Tell me whatever I have to do" I said as I sat down without any hesitation.
Spike explained the demobilization spell to me and the plan he had come up with to trick Klaus in order for us to do this. I must admit it was risky but I truly believe it can work.
"When is this going to happen?" I asked.
"As soon as possible, better yet, tomorrow" Spike said.
authors note: reviews will be much appreciated. This chapter contained a lot of Spike/Carly, showing the dynamic they share together and as a couple and how they were successful in putting down two of the originals. The next chapter is the final chapter in Part 2 and will have Natalie going through with a plan devised by Spike to get to Klaus. What do you think the plan is and will it work? Part 3 is literally around the corner! Keep reading to find out how part 2 ends!
thanks so much for reading xo
