AN: Apologies for not updating sooner. Actually I got into an accident unfortunately. Still I wrote this chapter for you but I must admit, I'm not satisfied with how this chapter came out. If I didn't have a broken leg and annoying pain, I could've made the chapter more interesting. Maybe I'll change it later if I feel like doing it. Anyway, thanks a lot for your reviews. They mean a lot to me. So please keep them coming. Thank you!
Chapter 35: Something Unexpected Happened
Third Person's POV
Rebekah found her brother Klaus painting something. He was completely absorbed into his art. Klaus obviously knew Rebekah was there but he didn't acknowledged her presence. He pretended to be busy with his paint brush and colors. Rebekah however wasn't going to let him ignore her. She had something serious to talk about with Klaus.
"It's been two days Nik." Rebekah spoke up and hoped that her brother would kindly respond to her.
"-since Esther tried to kill us?" Klaus asked. His tone of voice was very normal as if his mother's doing didn't bother him at all. The originals were still linked as one because their self loathing brother Finn has disappeared somewhere and they couldn't undo the linking spell without him, or his blood. Klaus was doing everything to find him. And as soon as he finds Finn, Klaus would force Bonnie or Amelia to perform the spell to unlink them. The matter was of great importance however Rebekah was not talking about that.
"No, since Markus took Jacqueline." Rebekah almost snapped at Klaus for pretending not to care about it when she knew that deep down he was worried. Why was Klaus pretending otherwise was beyond Rebekah's understanding. What Rebekah didn't know was that Klaus' reason for being worried about Jacqueline was very different from others. Klaus knew that if anyone could help him kill Markus, it was Jacqueline. Therefore he certainly didn't want her to die. Specially before she could help him getting rid of his newly found biological father who also wanted him dead in a way. Klaus was very unlucky when it comes to parents department. The only original who didn't know about Markus being Klaus' biological father was Finn since he fled with his evil mother before Jacqueline disclosed this information.
Elijah and Kol were already on the mission of retrieving the original werewolf from his tomb. So that they could rescue Jacqueline. Rebekah was genuinely worried about her and for more than one reason.
"You know Jacq was telling the truth when she said she took care of the new white oak tree. I did some investigation and found out that she indeed burned all the woods that could have killed us." Klaus only smirked as Rebekah said that.
"Of course I knew she was telling the truth but it seems you didn't trust her considering the fact that you bothered yourself with investigating the matter." Rebekah didn't hesitate to glare at Klaus for saying that. Her brother was bluntly implying that she got unnecessary trust issues.
"Well forgive me for learning not to trust anyone over the centuries. But how come you believed Jacqueline so easily considering she tricked you before. Not to mention desiccated you." Rebekah said bitterly, as she degraded Klaus' reputation of being the most cunning person. Klaus finally looked at his sister but with an angry glare.
"I could easily believe her because I know that no matter what, she'll never do anything to kill me. Because if I die then many of her loved ones would die along with me." Klaus didn't only say this to Rebekah but also believed it himself. Rebekah however disagreed with Klaus. She knew Jacqueline didn't want Klaus alive for one reason only.
"So you are saying that she got ulterior motives for caring about us otherwise she wouldn't have given a damn about our lives." Rebekah rephrased what Klaus was saying.
"Do you think otherwise sister?" Klaus asked while resuming doing his painting.
"Yes" said Rebekah confidently, at once.
"Jacqueline may have an ulterior motive to keep you alive but she didn't need to bother about my life or Kol's. She rescued us from certain death." Klaus had to look back at Rebekah as she said that so bluntly and truthfully.
"And your point is?" Klaus asked sounding patient yet there was an undeniable edge in his voice.
"My point is that Jacqueline cares about us Nik. She cares about us without any ulterior motive. She put her life in danger to keep us safe when our own mother wants to kill us. Name me one person who selflessly did that for us in a thousand years." Klaus stood speechless for a moment as Rebekah said that. Then Klaus spoke up again and said the only thing he could've said that time without exposing his concern for Jacqueline.
"You know we are doing everything we need to do to kill Markus." Rebekah unhesitatingly rolled her eyes at Klaus as he avoided expressing any concern for Jacqueline. Why was Klaus so spooked about admitting to care about someone?
"Shouldn't we also try to look for Jacqueline and rescue her in case Markus is taking pleasure in torturing her to death?" Even though Jacqueline said that Markus didn't want to kill her but Rebekah wasn't ready to believe that. What if Markus was lying about it? What if he already killed her? What if he didn't kill her but did something worse to her?
"There's nothing we can do about that." Klaus stated at once and turned his back towards Rebekah again. She glared at her brother for not taking her seriously. And she aggressively walked out of the room. Only if Rebekah knew that Klaus already had his hybrids searching everything for Jacqueline. Klaus would never admit that to anyone, even himself that he too like everyone else cared enough about the human girl from another world to worry about her well being. Even if Klaus admitted that to himself, he wouldn't let anyone else know. And he does that for valid reasons. It wasn't a secret that Klaus has a lot of enemies. Fortunately his enemies can't get to him, or his family since they are originals. But those enemies could certainly go after someone Klaus cares about. The enemies would see that person as Klaus' weakness and wouldn't hesitate to exploit that weakness. Many people already knew that his family was his one weakness, Klaus didn't wish to add Jacqueline's name in the list of weaknesses.
People might think that Klaus cared about the doppelganger Elena as her blood is the key to making more hybrids. But the truth was Klaus only considered her his asset. Though his enemies could use her against him as well but Klaus was aware that Elena got more protection than anyone else in the town at the moment. Klaus himself and his hybrids were constant protection for Elena. Then the Salvatore brother would also die for her. Well if not Damon, then Stefan would definitely give up his life for that girl. Also Elena got a very loyal group of friends who would do anything for her. As ironic as it was but at the time being, Elena was more safe than even Klaus. And the good thing about Elena Gilbert was, that she seek protection from others. She let others put their lives in danger for her. And that could be the only reason she stays alive at the end of the day no matter what.
Long story short, because of Klaus' lack of personal concern for Elena he could comfortably admit that he needs her, well her blood to make more hybrids. And also to continue the Patrova line as well. But when it comes to Jacqueline, Klaus didn't have that kind of freedom to express his concerns for her. The girl already enjoys getting herself into trouble willingly. Klaus didn't need his enemies put their eyes on her. So no matter how much Jacqueline cares about him and his family, no matter what she does to save their lives, Klaus would never stop being mean towards her. He'd never show any kind of concern for her. He would however do everything in his power to not let the girl die again. Only if Klaus knew what was happening with Jacqueline at that very moment and that she was already beyond saving.
Jacqueline's POV
I groaned in pain as I slowly started to gain back my consciousness. The last thing I remembered was getting attacked by Markus. Why did he attack me? I had no answer to that question. I thought he wanted me alive and wanted me to protect Klaus. Did he change his mind over night? Or was he lying? Well Markus definitely is a maniac, so it's highly possible. But the last time I spoke to him, he seemed quite the planner. I had paged him as someone who thinks before doing something; not someone impulsive. Maybe he was out of control when he attacked me. He was after all in his wolf form. I groaned again, this time louder than before as I tried to move and it hurt like hell. I slowly opened my eyes and found myself in a stranger place because obviously I had no idea where I was.
"About time you woke up." Someone said startling me a little. There was someone in the room, probably a werewolf. I looked at him. He must be watching over me while I was unconscious. I didn't ask him anything instead, I glanced at my wounded arm first. There was a bite mark on it, Markus' bite mark. The wound was nicely taken care of but I still felt pain and it was kind of unbearable which confused me. I had suffered the pain of a werewolf bite before with Mason Lockwood. But that was nothing compared to the pain I was experiencing this time. I could barely stop myself from crying due to the pain I was feeling. And it wasn't just in my arm hurting. The pain was throughout my entire body.
"It's hurting too much, isn't it?" The guy asked who was still staring at me and quite intensely too.
"Do you know why is that?" I asked instead of answering him straight away.
"I don't but Markus does. He has been waiting for you to wake up since you fainted in the woods. You took a long time, I must add." I knew this guy was a werewolf but he didn't seem dangerous to me unlike the other werewolves of Markus' pack. But I knew that looks could be deceiving.
"Well if Markus hadn't attacked me, I wouldn't have fainted in the first place. How long has it been anyway?" I asked with annoyance in my voice. I really didn't like the fact that I was unconscious for a long time with Markus around me.
"It's been over two days since we brought you here. This is one of the mansions Markus loves to live in. It's not that far from Mystic Falls." Except for his name the guy gave me all the necessary information about my whereabouts.
"Can you please help me up?" I asked politely. He was being friendly towards me so there was no reason for me to be rude with him.
"Sure." He said and came over to help me.
"You are a werewolf, aren't you?" I couldn't help but ask as he helped me stand up on my feet.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" The guy asked curiously.
"I just wanted to confirm my assumption. Anyway I guess it is forbidden for you to tell me your name." I said and the guy laughed a little.
"No it's nothing like that. I thought you wouldn't be interested in knowing my name. It's Samuel but I go by Sam." For the time being, Sam really seemed like a nice guy. What was he doing with Markus? Or was he just acting nice?
"I'm Jacqueline but I guess you already know that." Sam nodded his head to that.
"Markus would want to talk with you soon." My breath hitched as I heard that.
"Don't worry he won't hurt you again" said Sam assuring me but I couldn't believe him.
"Are you sure about that?" I asked making it obvious that I didn't believe him.
"He needs you Jacqueline and as long as he needs you, Markus would never let any harm come to you." I felt a serious urge to roll my eyes at Sam when he said that.
"Then why did he try to kill me in the woods back in Mystic Falls?" I asked curiously.
"He wasn't trying to kill you. If he had tried, you would be dead" said Sam but before I could ask anything else, another guy appeared at the door. This guy was older than Sam and he looked dangerous as other members of Markus' pack. I guess Sam was the only odd ball in the pack. It made me wonder again why Sam was in this evil pack of werewolves. The other werewolf stared at me for a moment before he turned his cold gaze towards Sam.
"Bring the girl to Markus immediately. He's waiting." Sam nodded his head obediently and the other werewolf left. Sam looked back at me and I nodded my head letting him know that I was ready to meet Markus. But ready I maybe but I would be lying if I say I wasn't feeling a bit fear after what happened. Okay scratch that, I was feeling terrified inwardly but I tried hard not to show it. Sam helped me walk because I was so weak that I couldn't even stand properly on my own. Not to mention the pain was still there though it was slowly lessening.
"If you don't mind, can I ask you a question?" I couldn't help but ask Sam as we walked down a long corridor.
"Go ahead" said Sam.
"Why are you with Markus? Because honestly, you don't seem evil to me at all." Sam smiled as I said that but there was sadness behind that small smile.
"I don't exactly have a choice but to stick around Markus. I happen to be his grandson." Just as Sam said that I almost choked on my own breath.
"Grandson?" I asked while gaping at him openly.
"Yeah, one of the many and you are right, I'm not evil. Actually I hate to be here." I felt pity for Sam. Poor guy. He didn't ask to be with Markus.
"Why can't you just leave?" I asked but as soon as I did, I figured out the answer on my own.
"Markus will kill you if you leave his pack, won't he?" I answered my own question and Sam just nodded his head. Confirming my assumption.
"We are here." Sam announced as we came to a stop in front of a huge door. It was closed. Markus must be inside, waiting for me. God knows what he'd do to me this time. Sam held the door open for me and I stepped inside. When I got inside, I found that it was actually a bathing chamber with a huge bathtub in the middle of the room. The tub was almost half the size and depth of a regular swimming pool. However, instead of water, the tub was filled with blood. It was very cold in there as well. I couldn't stop myself from shivering a little. Sam was standing right behind me and it was comforting to say the least. However, there was no sign of Markus in there.
"Where is he?" I asked more to myself than to Sam. Before he could answer, the devil himself came there. A couple of other werewolves followed Markus in, who by the way was only wearing a bathrobe. I hoped he wouldn't start bathing in front of me but then realized that was exactly what he was planning on doing. I immediately grew uncomfortable.
"Jacqueline, I'm very glad to see you wake finally. You on the other hand don't seem happy at all." Markus said rather mirthfully while he eyed me briefly. I had to gather up all my strength not to glare at him.
"Well forgive me for not being happy about the fact that you almost killed me and I'm still suffering from the pain that you inflected on me." I said both bitterly and sarcastically. Markus however only smirked at me.
"Why would you think that I attacked you for killing you? Did I not made myself clear in our previous conversation that I need you to protect Klaus. Your being dead wouldn't do the job for me." I frowned at Markus with confusion and curiosity as he said that.
"Then why did you attack me?" I asked while trying to figure out the reason myself but came up with nothing logical.
"Personally I had no wish to attack you but I needed a witch to put a spell on you and it required biting you in my wolf form. That's why I had to wait until full moon to take you in with me." Just as Markus explained that I started having a bad feeling about it.
"What kind of spell did you put on me?" I asked almost in a demanding tone of voice that made Markus look at me sternly. I immediately lost my demanding attitude because I didn't want Markus to attack me again. Besides, I needed answers from him so not pissing him off was necessary.
"The spell is quite fascinating actually, dark but fascinating. You see I'm well aware of the fact that you care about Klaus. So, it's expected that you'd try everything to save him even when I would need him to die for me. And with your help the originals might find a way to kill me as well. I don't want anyone to kill me, obviously. And also to save you from the trouble of plotting my murder; I made a witch put a spell on you that tied your breathing with mine." I frowned at Markus with confusion. I didn't quite understand what he meant really.
"What do you mean by tied my breathing with yours?" Markus smirked at me evilly as I asked that. The bad feelings I was experiencing only got worse at this point.
"Let me explain it to you properly." Saying that Markus took off his bathrobe and got nude in front of me without hesitation.
I looked away immediately for the sake of decency. Markus stepped into the bathtub filled with blood. What the hell was he doing? I asked myself in my mind. Before I knew it Markus was drowning himself in blood. Of course he was holding his breath at the moment but why the hell I suddenly started to feel strange. I soon realized that I was unable to breathe as well. I tried to inhale air but couldn't do it. Finally, I started to understand what Markus meant earlier. I can't breathe if he is not breathing. It also meant that if he ever dies, I'd die along with him. And there are a lot of people out there who would do anything to protect him instead of killing him if it meant that I'd stay alive. Soon enough I started to crave for oxygen. I fell on my knees while struggling to breath. I felt as if someone was forcefully drowning me in the water, cutting off my air supply. Sam was holding me but it wasn't helping at all. I was turning blue from lack of oxygen and was about to faint when Markus finally showed me mercy and rose from the water. As soon as he started breathing, I started breathing. I took deep breaths and filled my lungs with air.
"I believe, you don't need any other explanation" said Markus enjoying my suffering.
"And let me warn you for the first and last time Jacqueline, if you ever dare to break the spell on you, know that I'll realize it immediately and I'll start slaughtering people one by one in your precious town Mystic Falls." I could only stare at Markus as he said that. Unable to utter a single word. Markus looked at Sam and said-
"Take her back to Mystic Falls. She needs to keep my hybrid safe for me." Sam only nodded his head and picked me up from the floor. He practically carried me out of the chamber. I didn't know when Sam put me in a car and started driving towards Mystic Falls. I was too busy thinking about what the hell just happened. I definitely didn't expect something like this to happen with Markus. And the only thing I could think at the moment was - 'What am I going to do now?'
Third Person's POV
Back to the Mikaelson drama, Klaus finally found Finn. He was watching Finn walking down the sidewalk. Finn wasn't with their wicked mother like Klaus thought he would be. But Klaus decided to worry about Esther later. At the moment, getting unliked with his siblings was his main priority. Klaus jogged up to Finn with a smirk on his lips.
"Hello Finn." The eldest Mikaelson sibling glanced at Klaus with distaste.
"Hello Niklaus" said Finn as he kept walking at the same pace as if he didn't want to get away from Klaus as soon as possible.
"I have nothing to say to you." Finn said rather calmly.
"Well I'm not here to chat but I'll ask you one time though where's our mother?" Klaus asked even though he knew Finn would never give him a proper answer to that question.
"Gone to find another way to end our abominable lives" replied Finn quite smoothly.
"And when she does, I will sacrifice myself all over again."
"How fortunate I found you then," said Klaus being humorous about what Finn just said.
"I require your assistance." Klaus said charmingly.
"I have no wish to help you, only to see you dead." Finn said with a grin that hardly shows on his face.
"Right well that's the thing. You see, you won't be able to see me dead because if I die then you die. So it's a wish unfulfilled." Klaus said still being humorous about it.
"Oh bother someone else with your hollow charms Niklaus" said Finn getting annoyed now.
"Why? When I can bother my big brother? I need you to accompany me back to Mystic Falls. I have a witch there who can help undo Esther's spell that linked us together" said Klaus walking side by side with his brother.
"I have no wish to be unlinked" stated Finn firmly. Klaus blocked his way this time.
"Again with the wishes…. Let me rephrase, you will come back with me or I will put you back in that coffin in which you rotted for nine hundred years." Klaus said in a threatening way that would have worked on anyone. But Finn was hard to scare. However, with help from Rebekah, Klaus managed to bring Finn back to Mystic Falls where Sage was already waiting up for him. Sage didn't believe it at first that Finn really wanted to die in his mother's ritual. That he didn't even think about her. To say the least Sage was heartbroken by Finn's actions when he had promised her once that they'd live together forever. After some arguments and lots of apologies, Sage forgave Finn and Finn changed his mind about dying. They decided to get out of Mystic Falls as soon as possible and start living their lives together like they wanted to since they were humans. Klaus had already taken blood from Finn and the couple was about to leave when someone unexpected came to the mansion.
Jacqueline's POV
Sam dropped me off at the Mikaelson mansion. Before driving away, Sam told me that he'd be around the town because Markus ordered him to keep an eye on me. The entire car ride, I had been thinking. Thinking about what happened and what I was supposed to do now? And after thinking a lot, I made a decision. I decided to do the only thing I could do really. I decided not to tell anyone about the spell that Markus put on me. No one would know that if Markus dies, I'd die along with him. Because Markus needs to die or he'd kill everyone I love and care about. There was no other option here. If Markus is not killed off, sooner or later he'd find a way to break the curse on him. Klaus would be sacrificed in the ritual and everyone linked to him would die too. All of these fatalities could be prevented from happening if we succeed in killing Markus. And for that to happen, I must keep my mouth shut till the end of my life and hopefully Markus' as well.
I had decided to keep this secret from the originals as well. Klaus might not care about my life but Elijah certainly would. He'd immediately start looking for another way to end Markus without risking my life. A way he might never find. And god forbid if Amelia found out about this secret, she'd never kill prince Erik then. No one must know because if one person learned about it, then half the town would find out about it in no time. Then everything I didn't want to happen would happen for example, Markus staying alive while everyone else dying around me. I could absolutely not let it happen. I knew that at first everyone's going to curse me for betraying them again, when they'd find me dead after killing Markus. And then they would cry for me. Eventually they would get over it and move on with their lives. And I'd be back to where I really belong, in a grave. And hopefully I wouldn't come back again to mess up everything once more.
As I walked through the entrance door, I found Finn and Sage there. It seemed that they were leaving. Finn probably didn't know what happened with me so he didn't look shocked at all to see me there. However both Rebekah and Klaus were looking at me with wide eyes. Obviously they were extremely shocked to see me when I was supposed to be Markus' prisoner.
"Jacq!" Gasped Rebekah. It seemed that she couldn't believe her own eyes that I was actually standing there. And if I was correct, she was kind of relieved to see me again.
"I know you guys must be wondering how come I'm here right now, when Markus took me away. Well he let me go." I said as I slowly walked over to where everyone was standing.
"What do you mean, Markus took you away?" Finn asked confirming my suspicion that he didn't know anything about what happened in past two days after Esther tried to kill her children.
"It's a long story Finn. I'll tell you some other time." Before I could say anything else Sage spoke up, interrupting me.
"Well we are leaving town so you might not get another chance to speak with him." I was about to stop them from leaving town because there was no one out there to kill him this time. Unlike in the show, I didn't miss to burn the sign board as well which was made out of white oak wood. Besides, after what happened with Esther, I didn't think anyone would dare to think about killing an original without proper weapon in possession. But I understood that Sage was determined to get Finn out of Mystic Falls as soon as possible. And it was probably for the best for them anyway.
"Right, well I'll text him the story then. And Sage, please try to change his self loathing attitude a bit. It'll get him killed one day and only you can prevent that from happening." Though that one day was supposed to be today but I didn't bother mentioning that to her.
"I will never let anything happen to him" said Sage with strong determination in her voice.
"But how do you know who I am?" Sage asked with curiosity.
"I heard about you from Damon. You were his mentor once, weren't you?" Well Sage was more than a mentor to Damon and did a lot of things with him apart from teaching him how to be a good vampire but I didn't dare mention them in front of Finn. He definitely wouldn't like to know about Sage's past with Damon. However when I glanced at Rebekah and Klaus from the corner of my eyes, I found them trying to hide their smirks. I shook my head inwardly at them.
"Right, we better leave now." Sage rushed Finn out of the mansion. Clearly she feared that I'd spill things about her and Damon that would upset her true love. But I wasn't that evil. Unfortunately she didn't know that. After Sage and Finn left, I turned my attention to Rebekah and Klaus. They again had serious looks on their faces.
"Would you mind telling us what exactly happened?" Klaus asked curiously yet with some amount of carelessness in his voice as if he didn't care that much about what I went through. Though I could tell that carelessness was absolutely unreal. Rebekah scowled at Klaus for his mean attitude towards me but the hybrid didn't pay any attention to that.
"Look, all Markus wants from me is that I protect you and keep you safe from death. So, obviously he couldn't keep me imprisoned. Actually he never planned on doing it in the first place." Klaus and Rebekah both frowned at me with confusion.
"Then why did he took you away in the first place and kept you with him." Rebekah asked and she genuinely sounded concerned. Though she tried very hard to hide that concern. It touched me anyway.
"Markus just wanted to make sure that I'd follow his orders properly." I said nonchalantly. I was wearing a black jacket so the originals couldn't see the bandage on my arm where Markus bit me. When Klaus and Rebekah didn't ask me anything else, I was thankful that they stopped interrogating me about Markus so easily. I thought it would be harder to convince them that everything was okay and under control.
"I guess you are not unlinked yet and you need Bonnie's help to perform the spell for you." I stated changing the subject.
"Yes, actually I was on my way to collect the witch." Klaus said with raised eyebrows and a wise look on his face. I rolled my eyes at him openly.
"I'll get her for you. Bonnie will be more willing to perform the unlinking spell if I ask her to do it." Klaus started considering the idea as I said that but later disagreed.
"I don't think the Bennett Witch will willingly help you this time as you deliberately let Damon turn her mother into a vampire and did nothing about it when you most certainly could have stopped it from happening." I sighed out heavily at the reminder of that event.
"Look just let me try once, if I fail then you can work your charms on her anytime." I said sounding exhausted because I was feeling exhausted and didn't wish to further argue with Klaus. So hoped that he'd be considerate in this matter. Besides, I wanted to apologize to Bonnie. In my attempt to teach everyone a lesson, she was the only one who lost something precious, her mother. Because I was certain that by now, Abby has bailed out on Bonnie again. Klaus was right, I could've stopped all this from happening but I didn't and I'd keep feeling guilty until I apologize for it and Bonnie forgives me. Thankfully Klaus agreed with me after giving it some thought. So after sometime, I was standing on the porch of Bonnie's house. I knocked on the door and hoped that she was home. After a few minutes, Bonnie opened the door. She was surprised to see me of course. By the look on her face, I could tell that she was crying. What I didn't understand was that why no one was here to comfort her? Where was Jamie? Perhaps Bonnie asked everyone to leave her alone for a while.
"Can I come in?" I asked feeling quite awkward all on a sudden. Bonnie nodded her head and stepped aside to let me in. I had no idea how to begin with what I wanted to say to her.
"Is everything alright Jacq?" Bonnie asked breaking the unnerving silence between us. I didn't answer that question however took in a deep breath and started talking.
"Bonnie, I know that I can't ask you to forgive me for what I did to you and your mom. I could've stopped everything from happening but I didn't. And I've no idea how to make it up to you either. So, if you want to punish me in any way, please do it. I don't want to feel guilty anymore, please…." The next thing I knew Bonnie was hugging me tightly. I hugged her back right away.
"It's not you who needs to feel guilty for what happened, Jacq. You had warned me and everyone else about Esther but we didn't listen to you. It's absolutely my fault that mom turned into a vampire. Only if I hadn't opened the coffin, none of this would have happened in the first place." Bonnie began to cry as she kept blaming herself for whatever happened. She didn't even say anything about Elena's part in all this. Not to mention Damon and Stefan supported Elena the entire time. I didn't say anything about that though and kept consoling Bonnie. After Bonnie calmed down enough I decided to talk to her about unlinking the originals.
"Bonnie I know that you are going through a rough time right now but I really need you to do something for me." Bonnie agreed immediately as I explained to her why we needed the originals unlinked right away. Esther never broke the bloodlines so it was very important that the originals stay alive no matter what. I returned to the Mikaelson mansion with Bonnie this time. Klaus smirked at us as he saw me walking through the door with Bonnie.
"Well you proved me wrong again Jacq. I guess I really need to stop underestimating you" said Klaus as he approached us with long strides.
"Listen to me Klaus, Bonnie is helping you on her own and willingly, so no threatening loved ones and absolutely no putting pressure on her. Are we clear?" I asked with dead serious voice. Klaus narrowed his eyes at me but agreed anyway.
"Fair enough." He said bitterly before leading us into another room. Rebekah was there but unlike last time she wasn't busy with slicing and dicing Damon with a knife. So I guess nothing like previous time happened between them.
"Let's get started. The sooner they are unlinked the better." I said as Bonnie and I settled on the couch. Bonnie started to study the spell and I started to get bored. I began thinking about everything and nothing. Suddenly I remembered about Uncle John. I haven't heard anything about him after coming back.
"Bonnie, do you know anything about Uncle John?" I asked interrupting her study.
"You mean about his homicidal alter ego. Yeah, I know about that. He tried to kill Meredith yesterday. I gave Elena herbs that would help keep his dark side buried. She and Stefan are looking after him now." I took in all the information that Bonnie gave me about Uncle John. The situation was similar to how it was with Alaric in the show. I decided to go talk more about it with Meredith. I looked at Bonnie with hopeful eyes.
"Bonnie would you be alright if I go out for a while. I really need to talk to Meredith." Bonnie thought for a moment before nodding her head. Besides, Klaus wouldn't dare to hurt her. Moreover he'd protect her as long as he needs her to perform the unlinking spell.
"Just don't take too long" said Bonnie. She obviously didn't want to stay alone in the mansion.
"I'll be back before you know it." Saying that I walked out of the room but bumped into Rebekah right away. By the look on her face I knew she had something going on in her mind.
"I am bored so I am coming along with you" stated Rebekah strongly. I shrugged my shoulders at her nonchalantly.
"Sure, why not?"
Rebekah and I reached the hospital. Fortunately Meredith wasn't working at the time. She was surprised to see me and Rebekah at the hospital but understood right away that we were there to see her.
"Jacq, what are you doing here?" She asked casually inquiring about it while eying Rebekah with more curiosity.
"I heard you were attacked yesterday by Uncle John." Meredith nodded to that while flinching at the thought of almost getting killed.
"His mind really isn't in a good condition Jacq. Even after taking off the resurrecting ring, he kept changing." I guess the situation here was a bit worse than how it was in the show with Alaric.
"Then why he isn't at the hospital. Why did you discharge him?" Meredith sighed out heavily as I asked her that. Clearly she didn't like the idea of John out of the hospital as well.
"I had to; Elena said she can take care of him with Stefan and Bonnie's help." I couldn't help but roll my eyes at that. Only if Elena and Stefan knew what they were dealing with.
"Where is the ring?" I asked Meredith
"You weren't in town, so I gave it to Elena." Great, another good news. I have to get the ring from Elena and destroy it before Esther gets her hands on it. In the show Esther turned Alaric into a vampire to kill all the originals. It was highly possible that this time, she is going to turn John Gilbert into a vampire to do the job for her. And considering the condition of Uncle John, he was already beyond saving from this alter ego personality curse. I told Meredith and Rebekah about Esther's plans and they too got worried.
"What should we do now?" Rebekah asked and I was also wondering the same thing. By the look on Meredith's face, she was thinking the same thing as well. After considering everything, I came up with one possible solution for John Gilbert.
"We have to kill him before Esther could turn him into a vampire hunter."
AN: This is it for now. Hope the chapter didn't disappoint you too much. I'll try to rewrite it and the next chapter will come out soon. Please read and review. Love you all :)