AN: I am so sorry guys. It has taken way to much time to put this chapter out but unfortuntly i cannot lock myself up for hours to write (no matter how much i want to) Real life got in the way.
But without futher ado
Chapter 34
Chapter 34
Cassie rolled over on the bed; she rolled onto something warm so she snuggled into it.
"Well good morning to you to" a British voice said.
Cassie tilted her head up and opened one eye.
"Morning Kol" she said sleepily.
"Is that all the reaction I get from you" Kol asked "you wake up in bed with me and I get a morning Kol"
Cassie laughed and sat up. "Kol," she began "we are both still dressed."
Kol looked down at his jeans and t-shirt. "Point taken," he said.
Cassie laughed "how long was I asleep"
"Well my brother brought you in a couple of hours ago" Kol said, "Elijah thought he had kidnapped you actually"
Cassie laughed again and the two of them got off the bed.
"How did that play out?" Cassie asked.
"You don't want to know" Kol said.
And that was true.
The Night Before
When Klaus brought Cassie in he was carrying her, carefully so he wouldn't wake her up.
She snuggled into him causing her hair to move from her hair.
Klaus looked down at her, when she was like this she seemed relaxed, a look he hasn't seen on her since she arrived to Mystic Falls.
"What have you done brother?" Elijah asked seeing an unconscious Cassie in his arms.
"Relax Elijah, she is just sleeping" Klaus replied
"I asked you to see if Cassandra wanted to come, not kidnap her, " Elijah told his younger brother
"I didn't kidnap her" Klaus growled, "I would never do something like that her"
Klaus walked into one of the several bedrooms in the house and laid Cassie on the bed. He slipped off her shoes and tucked her in. he stared down at her for a moment. He smiled, there was something about this human that made him feel something, actual genuine feel something.
He tucked her hair behind her ear and trailed his finger down her cheek.
"Brother" Elijah said watching Klaus interact with Cassie. "She's not Anita, nor can you make her Anita"
"I know she's not" Klaus said "she is something much more, I just can't put my finger on it, she lights up a room while she tries to fight every ones battles with them, she is so strong and" he trailed off.
"Good, as long as you know that" Elijah said and left the doorframe.
Klaus stared at Cassie for a little longer before leaving the room.
"Well it's about time" Kol said when Klaus finally left the room "it was getting a bit creepy"
Elijah just laughed while Klaus rolled his eyes at his brother's comment.
"Forgive me brother, Kol has filled me in on the extent of your relationship with Cassandra" Elijah said.
Klaus stopped and looked at Elijah, "what did Kol tell you Elijah?" he asked
Elijah just smirked and said nothing.
"Kol" Klaus growled.
But Kol didn't say anything either. The two brothers stood up and left the room to go to their own bedrooms, leaving Klaus with his thoughts.
Back to Present
"So" Cassie said looking around the bedroom "where am I?"
"Elijah's house" Kol replied with a scowl
"What?" she asked "not your taste?"
"Its to classy" Kol replied.
Cassie laughed and the two of them walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen where Elijah and Klaus were already sitting.
"Cassandra" Elijah said "good morning"
"Good morning Elijah" Cassie replied smiling as she sat down at an empty chair next to Elijah.
"Told you I could get her up" Kol sang plopping down in the last empty chair next to Klaus, who was still pouting that Cassie, had not sat next to him.
"I apologize Cassandra for the way my brother woke you up" Elijah said quickly.
Cassie just waved the apology away. "Its fine, no harm no foul" she said.
"Please like it's the first time Cassie has woken up with an original in her bed" Kol said winking at Cassie.
Elijah choked on his tea.
Cassie tilted her head to the side trying to figure out what Kol was doing.
Klaus however growled. "What?"
"How do you think she daggered Rob?" Kol said
It took all of the self-control Cassie had to not laugh as the pieces of Kol's trick fitted themselves together.
"How did you manage to dagger my brother?" Elijah asked.
"Please lets not go into the details," Klaus practically begged.
"Calm down Klaus" Cassie teased standing up she walked barefoot over to the kitchen counter so she could pour herself a cup of coffee. "Kol was teasing you. And actually Elijah, I didn't dagger Rob" she finished sitting back down at the table.
"What do you mean, you didn't dagger him?" Klaus asked. "You daggered Faye?"
"I did" Cassie said "but I considered Rob a friend, he wasn't putting anybody in danger and I didn't see a reason to dagger him. However, my team thought he wouldn't take it to well if he found out we daggered his twin so while Katherine and I were taking care of Faye, they sent a team to dagger Rob. I didn't know about it until, they had hidden his body. I didn't know where he was until I called in several favors so I could get you guys the address" she finished.
Klaus seemed less tense knowing that Cassie hadn't slept with his brother while Kol was laughing at the tension he created for his brother.
Elijah however turned to Kol and gave him a small smile. "That wasn't nice," he said.
Kol just shrugged his shoulders. "I thought it was funny and so did you and Cassie"
Klaus turned his glare to Elijah, then to Cassie who was having a hard time trying not to smile.
"Well I'm glad you all had a laugh at my expense" Klaus said standing up.
Cassie sobered up hearing how hurt Klaus said. She looked up at Klaus who left the kitchen.
She opened her mouth to say something but no words came out. She turned back to Elijah and Kol who looked just as confused at Klaus's outburst. She stood up and followed Klaus.
Stefan walked back into the boarding house the next morning.
Damon, Alaric and Elena were all sitting there.
"What's the emergency?" Stefan asked
"Have you seen my sister?" Elena asked.
"Yep" Stefan said popping the p " she took off with Klaus last night"
"What?" Elena asked
"What do you mean she took off with Klaus last night?" Alaric said.
Stefan smiled "I mean that Klaus showed up at the house, interrupting our movie night I might add and flew Cassie off into the night with his car."
"Where did they go?" Alaric asked
"Movie night?" Damon asked "what were you doing watching movies with Cassie?"
"No idea Ric" Stefan said ignoring Damon "but she took her phone if you need to call her."
Alaric nodded and walked away so he could call his daughter.
Elena and Damon kept looking at Stefan.
"What?" Stefan asked.
"What do you mean movie night?" Elena asked.
"Rebecca and I were over with Cassie and we watched a whole bunch of eighties movies," Stefan said, "What's the big deal?"
"What are you guys like best friends now?" Damon scoffed.
"Why do you two care?" Stefan asked
There was a pause.
"I don't know" Damon said before walking off.
"Klaus" Cassie called following him.
Klaus kept walking down the steps, and out the back door into the garden.
Cassie followed him but stopped once they reached the gardens.
She looked around the breathtaking flowers.
Klaus heard her stop so he turned around and saw that she had found a rose bush that held only white roses.
She took a step closer to the bush and knelt to them while Klaus watched her.
"Most people would think those roses a mistake for not having a color" Klaus voice came out softly behind her.
"Those people cant see the beauty in unique things." Cassie replied just as softly, as if talking to loudly would break the moment.
Cassie stood up and turned toward Klaus.
Cassie looked up into Klaus's eyes, but found that Klaus was staring at something behind her.
Klaus grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
"Behind me there is a greenhouse, the second row of plants there is a hatch, I want you to go and hide there until I come get you." He whispered.
Cassie's breath caught in her throat at hearing Klaus's words.
"Promise me that you wont come out until I come get you" Klaus said squeezing her hand.
Cassie opened her mouth to protest, after all she was a hunter, she could do something.
"Cassandra please" Klaus begged finally taking his eyes off of whatever was behind her to look into her eyes.
"I promise," she whispered.
"Go now" Klaus said letting go of her hand.
Cassie took off to the greenhouse, she ran as fast as she could while her mind raced. What could possibly be so bad that Klaus would beg her to go hide?
She threw opened the door and took off to the second row.
When she turned the corner she tripped over a flowerpot. She tried to catch herself by grabbing onto the table but she just managed to drag down some plants with her as she fell.
"Damn it" she cried trying to get up and dust the dirt off. She felt something wet drip down the side of her face she put her hand to her forehead and saw that she had cut herself.
"Great" she said to herself.
She found the hatch and lifted it. Cassie grabbed a pair of shears from the table and close the hatch.
Darkness closed around her as she felt her way down the steps and for the first time Cassie felt scared, scared for herself and whatever Kol, Elijah and Klaus were dealing with outside.
Klaus remained rooted to where he was. His eyes never leaving the demon that had haunted so many of his nightmares when he was a child.
"Elijah, Kol" Klaus called loud enough for his brothers to hear. "He's here"
It took two seconds for Elijah and Kol to blur to Klaus's side.
"Cassandra?" Elijah asked.
"Safe" Klaus replied.
Elijah nodded
"Lets end this" Kol said.
The man stepped forward "Nicklaus"
"Mikael" Klaus replied, "You look good for a burned corpse"
"Yes, your mother had a hand in making sure I got a second chance at killing you." Mikael replied with ease.
Elijah and Kol stood side by side with Klaus.
"Father" Elijah began "it doesn't need to be this way"
"Step aside Elijah" Mikael commanded, "I have no quarrel with you or Kol"
"He is our brother" Kol replied.
"And if you have a quarrel with him, you have a quarrel with us" Elijah replied.
Mikael however just laughed, "even still you drag others into your fights Nicklaus instead of fighting your own battles. I see that you found sweet little Anita's doppelganger, hopefully she has a better fate then Anita did"
Klaus growled at hearing Mikael threaten Cassie.
"She has no place in this fight," Elijah replied coolly also not liking that Mikael had mention Cassie.
Mikael laughed again "she has everything to do with this"
"Who is dragging people into the fight now?" Kol asked
"Why not fight your own battles" Klaus added.
"She is just a pawn in the grand scheme of the plan" Mikael said and with that he blurred away.
The three brothers looked at each other in confusion to where he went, until they heard Cassie scream.
"Cassie" Klaus called taking off towards the greenhouse with Elijah and Kol right behind him.
Cassie slowly descended the steps till she got to the bottom. There were torches lighting the room. Cassie looked around there was a huge closet and a dresser in it, along with two coffins.
"Well I found Faye and Robert," she muttered to herself.
"I found them too" a voice came from behind her.
Cassie turned around and saw a vampire standing there.
"Well Mikael told me to make sure to get the two coffins safe but he didn't say anything about you" he said taking a step towards Cassie.
"Mikael?" she asked.
"The very one" the vampire said.
"So are you going to kill me?" Cassie asked.
"Yep" the vampire sad and he lunged at Cassie.
Cassie sidestepped the vampire she took the gardening shears she grabbed and stabbed the vampire; she wrapped her hands around his neck. "Not if I kill you first" she whispered and snapped his neck.
He fell to the floor dead.
Alaric began pacing the front room of the boarding house.
"I can't get ahold of Cassie" Alaric said
"I'm sure she is fine" Stefan said, "Klaus won't let anything happen to her"
"You so sure of that?" Damon scoffed.
"Come on its clear he has a thing for her" Stefan said.
"No, he doesn't, he is Klaus" Elena said "he needs her for the cure, that's all"
"I don't think so," Stefan said.
"Can we please stop talking about the hybrid that killed my last girlfriend crushing on my daughter" Alaric said.
"If I makes you feel any better I don't think she likes him" Stefan said
"It doesn't" Alaric said.
"There is no way Cassie is interested in Klaus" Damon said
"And why is that" Stefan challenged
"Because Cassie has good taste" Damon said.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Rebecca said walking into the room "she slept with you"
"You slept with him," Elena said
"And now you are" Rebecca quipped before turning to Stefan "have you heard from Cassie?"
"No" Alaric answered
"I haven't heard for any of my brothers either" Rebecca said.
"So they all packed up and left you here, it wouldn't be the first time" Damon said
"Don't be an ass" Rebecca replied. "Elijah and Kol had a problem so Klaus and Cassie went up to help with the coffins"
"So you think something happened," Stefan said
"I think that there is no way all four of them aren't answering their phones" Rebecca said.
"Do you really think that he would attack?" Alaric asked.
"I honestly don't know what he would do anymore" Rebecca replied sadly.
"What the hell is going on?" Elena said.
"Well, while you two were going behind and stabbing everyone in the back" Rebecca started "everybody else had had to deal with Mikael coming back"
"Mikael is back?" Elena cried
"Papa original?" Damon asked
"The very one" Alaric said.
"And we haven't heard from any of our big players in the fight against him" Stefan said.
All five of them sat down in a seat.
"So what do we do?" Alaric asked.
Mikael was back and it was clear that he doesn't have a care about who is used in plans in killing Klaus. Cassie looked around the room, there were no weapons, and she was trapped.
She heard the hatch open. Cassie let out a breath of relief. "Klaus?" she called.
There was no answer.
"Klaus?" she called taking a step towards the steps.
Mikael came out of the darkness of the steps "afraid not"
Cassie took a step breath, her breath caught in her throat while her heart went into overdrive.
"I don't believe we have officially met," he said. "I know who you are Cassandra for I have been using you in my plans since you arrived back in Mystic falls. But you don't know who I am"
"Your Mikael" she said her voice barely a whisper. "Your Elijah and Kol's father, and you have been trying to kill Klaus since you turned your family into vampires"
"Good, you've heard of me" and with that he lunged at Cassie.
Cassie had no time to react, her hunter's skills were useless and she had no weapons to even put up a halfway decent fight with him, so she did the only thing she could do.
She screamed.
Mikael threw her across the room into the wall.
Cassie fell to the floor and struggled to get up as Klaus came running in.
He blurred right to Cassie "are you ok?" he asked
"I'm fine" she replied breathlessly.
Klaus helped her up and stood in front of her.
Elijah and Kol came right in after him and stood next to Klaus.
Cassie grabbed on to the back of Klaus's shirt she tried to get her heart rate and her breathing back to normal.
"Leave her alone" Klaus said, "Your fight is with me, not her"
"So the monster has a heart" Mikael taunted Klaus. "Tell me is it just because you need her blood for the cure so you can make more hybrids, or do you actually like her.
Cassie's grip tightened on Klaus's shirt.
"And you two, he has daggered you for years, years of your life gone, wasted in a box and yet you still stand here, as brothers" Mikael said addressing Elijah and Kol
"We're family" Elijah said.
Mikael scoffed at that "what a family to be apart of, the moment you anger the bastard he stabs you in the back."
"You forget who stabbed us first," Kol said.
"So this is who you side with, the half breed who doesn't know how to love or how to be apart of a family" Mikael sneered
"It is" Elijah said
"It is" Kol said as well.
"So be it he sneered" and blurred away taking the two coffins with him.
Silence between the four of them.
Until Klaus walked out of the room and up the steps.
Cassie watched him leave until reality came crashing back down.
Klaus stopped dead in his track at hearing Cassie call him that.
She caught up to him and turned him so he was facing her.
Klaus was looking down at the ground.
Cassie wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a hug.
Klaus was shocked and just stood there.
Cassie didn't mind, she knew that he needed someone right now.
She pulled back and cupped his cheeks so he was looking her in the eyes.
Her heart broke seeing the pain in his blue green eyes.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm fine" he replied
"Its ok to admit that you were hurt by what Mikael said" she said
"Please being called a monster, bastard, and a half breed, which could be hurt by being called that by the man that raised you" he replied bitterly
"None of those things Mikael said was true" she whispered.
"Yes they are," he said staring into her eyes reading every emotion that past through them.
"You saved me" she said, "does that sound like a monster?"
"But I daggered my siblings" Klaus said
"Why?" she ask "why did you dagger them?"
"I needed them to make sure that they would be safe," he said "and if they left me then I wouldn't know"
"That sounds like someone who is fully capable of love and is willing to do anything for his family" she said. "Not a monster, plus your brothers made their stand today, they are going to help you. You still have your family"
"I'm still a bastard," Klaus said sadly
"Do you really want Mikael to be your biological father?" she asked.
Klaus thought about it for a minute. "Point taken" he said with a smile.
"All better?" Cassie asked.
Klaus put his hands on her cheek, mirroring her actions. Seeing the concern for him in her eyes. Klaus realized that he wanted to kiss Cassie and that he wanted her. Something he hadn't felt since Anita.
Klaus closed his eyes and rested his forehead on Cassie's who still had her hands on his face. "Oh Cassandra, what are you doing to me?" he asked
"I'm sorry," she said ignoring the question, for she didn't know the answer "that was what I was going to tell you earlier, that I'm sorry I hurt your feelings when I was teasing you with Kol"
Klaus chuckled "I wasn't mad at you"
Cassie pulled back, confusion in her eyes "then why did you leave?"
Klaus took a deep breath, "I'll tell you, but not right not, it's not the time"
"Ok" she said, "tell me whenever you're ready."
Cassie removed her hands from Klaus's face but he kept his on hers, the two of them just staring at each other, making sure the other was ok.
Klaus looked down at Cassie, he saw the cut on her forehead, she had dirt on her clothes and she was barefoot. He looked at the cut with concern.
"Does that hurt?" he asked.
"I've had worse," she said
"You screamed," he said remembering why he felt scared too.
"Don't remind me," she said taking a step away from Klaus.
"Why?" he asked taking a step towards her, closing the distance between them again.
Cassie turned away from Klaus. "Because I became the one thing I swore I was never going to be."
Klaus remained quiet and walked right behind her.
"I was the damsel in distress, I made a promise to myself when I become a hunter that I was always going to defend myself, and today I was unarmed and trapped." She said. "And scared" she finished so softly Klaus almost missed it. "I haven't been that scared since the night my parents died."
"I quite enjoy saving you" Klaus joked trying to lighten the mood.
Cassie didn't say anything.
"Hey" he said grabbing her shoulders and turning her around "do you want to know something"
But he stopped what he was saying.
"Love, what's wrong?" he asked looking at the tears that were coming down her cheeks.
"I'm scared" she whispered "when I was by myself I was scared for myself and for Elijah and Kol and you. And now Mikael is apparently using me in his plan to kill you. I'm scared Nik, and I feel like I am crying every time I see you, I have spent years of my life training so I could defend myself and be strong, and all you see is this scared crying girl"
It was Klaus's turn to hug Cassie; she wrapped her arms around him and buried her face into his shirt, and kept crying her silent tears.
"Cassandra Gilbert" he said into her hair. " I see how strong you are, even I was scared today. And I will not let Mikael use you in his sick plan I promise"
"How?" she asked "we don't have a clue what Mikael has planned"
Klaus rubbed her back "we are going to find out"
The two of them stood there for a while both comforting each other.
"we are quite a pair aren't we" Klaus asked softly
"a broken pair" Cassie said "but somehow I feel less broken when I'm with you.
Klaus smiled hearing that "I feel the same way" he replied.
"I'm sorry," she said after a few minutes of silence.
"Why do you keep apologizing sweetheart?" Klaus asked.
"Because you're comforting me while I cry, when I came out here to comfort you" she said.
Klaus chuckled into her hair again.
"You're laughing?" she asked pulling away from the hug looking up into Klaus's eyes again.
"Love, you did comfort me, but I'm not the only one that went through something today, you did too, so its perfectly ok if you need a big strong hybrid to hug you and save the day, I will step up and do it" Klaus told her.
Cassie smiled and started to laugh. "Thanks" she said stepping out of the hug and wiped her eyes.
"All better?" he asked
"Shut up" she said playfully shoving him "lets go back to your brothers"
Klaus threw his arm over her shoulders. "Lets go"
"You called me Nik" Klaus said smugly.
"I did" Cassie said "is that ok?"
"That is very ok" Klaus said.
They walked into the green house and saw the mess Cassie made when she fell.
"Road trip" Klaus said
Cassie laughed "why not"
Klaus laughed as the headed back down the steps.
"Ok" Rebecca said hearing her brother over the phone. "Is she ok? And are you guys ok?"
"Ok, be safe" Rebecca said hanging up the phone.
She turned back to the group.
"Is Cassie ok?" Alaric asked.
"What happened?" Stefan asked.
"Mikael attacked" Rebecca said. "Cassie is fine, all of them are"
"But" Stefan said
"But Mikael got the coffins" Rebecca said.
"Great" Damon said, "Point for papa original"
"Are they on their way?" Alaric asked ignoring Damon's comment.
"They were going to clean up then head out," Rebecca said.
Alaric nodded and stood up "I'll be at the loft" he said before leaving.
"I should go too," Rebecca said.
"Are you going to be ok by yourself?" Stefan asked. "Your father is out there and you're by yourself"
"I'll be fine," she said "but thanks"
Stefan nodded and Rebecca left as well.
"Are you sure your going to be ok by yourself" Damon mocked "god, Stefan why don't you just jump her bones here"
Stefan rolled his eyes "don't be stupid Damon."
"You moved on quick" Elena quipped.
Stefan looked at Elena "your joking right?" he asked before leaving the room leaving Damon and Elena by themselves.
Damon walked up to Elena "are you ok?" he asked her.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Elena asked.
"Your sister was attacked by papa original" Damon said, "You could be a little but worried."
"Like Stefan said, Klaus wouldn't let anything happen to her, he needs her." she said. "But its good to know that she is ok"
Damon kissed her on the lips.
"Are you ok?" she asked, "I know that you and Cassie are friends"
"I wasn't really worried" Damon said, "I didn't really feel anything"
AN: so here it is chapter 34, read Review and i hoped you enjoyed.
is there something off with Damon and Elena.
and what exactly is Mikael's plan?