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Why Oh Why Did I Choose Here!
SUMMARY: Once Buffy has returned from the dead, she has realized that the Hell-Mouth is eating away at her soul. She contacts the Council, and they finally do something right. Please read for more info. Rating is because of language and possible future scenes.
PREVIOUSLY ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: Meanwhile with the Original Brothers after the girls had left.
As soon as the girls had left, it left the Original brothers sitting in different positions throughout the Parlor.
"So, anyone have any ideas of what to do?" Kol asked of his brothers.
"Well, I guess that we could head into town and grab a late lunch together. It wouldn't hurt if we were seen hanging out in town as normal families do and such." Elijah stated in his ever so calmly manor.
"I could eat." Niklaus added on.
"I would like to see how much the town has changed since we had first arrived here." Finnik stated, as he rose from his chair to place his jacket on.
"As long as there is a chance for a spot of violence I'm always available." Kol stated with a chuckle, as he too rose from his seat.
"You never know Kol. We could always run into those Salvatore brothers while we're out." Niklaus stated, as the group followed him towards the front door closest to where his rental car was still parked under the awning.
A/N: I would like to thank everyone for the reviews. I would like to thank everyone of my readers for their feedback though as well. I am not used to writing chapters that are as long as readers may be used to. I am working in it. I would like to state that Buffy series is set just after she was resurrected, and Vampire Diaries will be set before Klaus's ritual. There are going to be many changes to the story line, and I hope that it is well liked. This is only my second story, and I am still trying to find my niche.
A/N II: I would like to state that the year that is stated will actually be different from the actual year of Buffy's revival due to the fact that I can not remember the actual year of the season. I will be making this the year of 2015.
A/N III: I am feeling a bit better now, and I will try to update as much as possible for now. Please bare with me while I am recovering.
A/N IV: I have temporarily fixed my computer, however it only stays running a short amount of time at a time. I may not be able to post that long of chapters until I am able to get a new one. I have no intentions of abandoning either of my stories, so please just bare with me. I am extremely pleased and shocked by all of my readers.
Chapter 33
After no time at all, the guys were pulling into a parking spot on the street across from the Mystic Grill.
"Let's see what kind of trouble we can cause this evening." Niklaus stated, as he got out of his car along with his brothers.
"I'm sure we can find something to amuse ourselves Nik." Kol said in reply, as he was bouncing on the balls of his feet in hope for some violence.
"Why do the two of you always go for the most bloody ways to have some fun?" Finnik said with an eye roll aimed towards his youngest brothers.
"Because it's more fun that way." Was all that Kol said, with Klaus agreeing wholeheartedly.
As they entered the restaurant, they were pleased to see that there was a table that was empty near the back of the place that gave them the best view of the entire restaurant.
As soon as they had sat down, a young waiter that seemed to be young enough to still be in high school made themselves known to the four brothers.
"Welcome to the Mystic Grill this evening. I'm Matt, and I'll be you server tonight. Are you guys new to town?" The young waiter that was now known as Matt asked the four.
"Yeah we are. We are actually staying with a member of one of your towns' founders' families. While our big brother here completes whatever kind of research that he does, we will be deciding whether or not if we would want to settle here permanently, or leave after we are finished." Niklaus stated, as he pointed to Elijah when he mentioned his big brother.
"Well, good luck with your research and all. The town here sure does have it's colorful history and all. Can I go ahead and start you all with something to drink this evening?" Matt had asked of the newest town residents.
"Yeah, could we get 3 Bourbons and 1 coke please." Klaus ordered, as the brothers began to read the menus over, once Matt had walked away.
"Since when do you not drink Bourbon Nik?" Kol asked of his big brother, fearing that he knows Nik's response already.
"That coke is actually for you dear brother. Seeing as though we have to try and keep up appearances and all, you dear Kol just happen to be the one that is playing the underage teenager. We really don't want to draw anymore attention to us now do we?" Niklaus questioned his little brother with a laugh, causing the other older brothers to laugh as well.
"That is not fair in the slightest." Kol said, as he crossed his arms across his chest is a petulant manner.
"Niklaus? Why don't you just leave Kol alone and stop badgering him?" Elijah asked of his younger brother.
"Very well Elijah. How about this question dear brother of mine? What do you plan on doing about your ever growing feeling for the lovely Elizabeth? I still remember the first time that you had ever spoken of her you know. I knew it then, just as much as I know it even more now." Klaus asked in a joking manner to his brother, causing the others to laugh as well.
"That is actually a fair question Elijah. For the first time in such a long time Elijah, we are actually acting as a true family and not the monsters that we have been turned into. Feelings or not brother, I don't want this to change because you screwed this up for us." Kol stated seriously.
"Kol's right. Plus, I don't think that Rebekah and Sage will be happy with you much if you hurt their first true friend." Finnik added on as well.
Before anyone else could speak up, the front door to the Grill had opened up wide granting entrance to the two Salvatore brothers.
"I guess that there may be some fun yet to be had this evening brothers." Kol stated with an evil smirk firmly planted on his face.
The Original brothers noticed that the two newest arrivals stopped next to our server, cutting off the sight of him for just one moment before starting on their paths once more.
However, the second that the Salvatore's passed the group of four brothers, the cheerfulness from the group was instantaneously gone at the all to familiar scent that the elder Salvatore carried on his person.
"Is it just me, or do the rest of you smell father's scent as well?" Finnik asked of his brothers worriedly.
"We knew that this was a possibility thanks to Beth." Elijah stated, just as Matt the waiter had reached their table with their drinks.
"Will there be anything else for you guys? Would you like some more time to look over the menus?" Matt asked the group of Originals.
The gathered group noticed the slight change in the waiter's appearance.
'I guess that he is one of the townspeople that is fully aware of what we are.' Klaus thought to himself, as he picked up an all to familiar scent of vervain coming from there drinks.
"No thank you. This will be all that we are having tonight. This should cover everything, and please keep the change." Elijah stated, as he handed over a $100.00 bill to the young man, before sending him on his way.
"This seems to be a popular place. Is that not the Mayor and her son that is seated a few rows over?" Finnik asked of the two brothers that had actually met her.
"Yes it is. And, it seems as though at the very least the elder Salvatore thought that he could out us with spiking our drinks as well. Let's get out of here. We need to have a family meeting as soon as possible." Niklaus stated, as he shot back the drink the second he stood from the table to leave.
The moment the drink had passed Klaus's lips, it only took a slight amount of his willpower not to react to the vervain that either the waiter or the elder Salvatore had placed in their drinks.
"Is something wrong Nik?" Kol asked of his brother, just as he took a look at Klaus's face.
"Just fine Kol. Except for the harsh sting of the amount of fresh vervain that was placed in our drinks. Just drink your drinks, and then we'll be off." Niklaus responded curtly.
"That tone is not necessary brother. Kol did not lace our drinks now did he? I guess that they figured that they could try to out us, but had no knowledge of our tolerance to vervain. Thankfully our rather old age among our kind, we are able to handle it better than them." Finnik stated stoically, as he grabbed his drink and threw it back just as Klaus had done previously.
Just as soon as Elijah and Kol had finished their drinks, one by one the Original brothers rose from the table to join Niklaus standing and preparing to leave.
Just as they began to walk towards the exit, each of the brothers sent a harsh glare to Damon Salvatore.
Once they had reached the front door, Niklaus spoke low enough that only Supernatural Creatures could hear what was being said.
"If that was meant to out us, you will have to do better than that. We have been around for 1000 years, and that is a hell of a lot longer than you." Niklaus ended in a growl.
"And just so you know Damon Salvatore. THIS MEANS WAR!" Finnik stated, as taking the place in front of his brothers as the eldest Mikelson.
"I think that we should head back home to meet with the girls and figure out what we should do next. If Mikael is here, then we need to plan accordingly." Niklaus stated, as the quartet made their way to their car to head back to Merryweather Plantation.
Meanwhile with the girls.
"What do you guys think that the boys will be doing?" Rebekah asked of the group, as they joined Buffy at the front door locking up before leaving.
Before they had pulled away, Buffy noticed that Rebekah and Sage both became extraordinarily stiff.
"What's wrong?" Buffy questioned to her two new friends.
"I smell Mikael." Was all that Rebekah said, as she began to shake in fear.
"Let's get back to the house." Buffy said, as she pulled out to the road and sped away heading to her house driving at dangerous speeds.
Just as Buffy's Jeep made it to her street, the girls noticed that the boys were just arriving home as well at the same breakneck speeds as they have.
Seeing as though the girls where at the gate first, Buffy decided to just leave it open for the returning brothers.
Buffy made her way to the garage to park her Jeep, at the same time she seen the guys pull into one of the empty spots at the end of the 6 car garage.
"Fancy meeting you guys here." Buffy said to the fellas, as she was the first one to exit the Jeep.
"Ditto dear Lizzy. What's wrong with Bekah?" Kol asked, just as soon as he had seen his shaking in terror baby sister.
"We smelt Mikael, and I think that Buffy had sensed him earlier outside of her Warehouse. We need to figure out what is going on, and what he is actually doing Finnik?" Sage asked, as she ran straight into the arms of her mate.
"Sage is right. We need to come up with a plan, but I am worried about the fact that he hadn't acted yet. He was there. He knew that we were at our most vulnerable and most unaware. Why didn't he act? Don't get me wrong and all, I am super glad that he didn't, but why didn't he?" Buffy questioned to the group, as Elijah made his way to envelope Buffy in a hug at the same time that Niklaus did the same to Anya, and Kol did the same to Rebekah.
Pair by pair, the group began to make their way into the house, all thinking of that same question that Buffy had just asked.
'Why didn't he attack the most vulnerable group of the two?' Was the question running throughout everyone's minds as they safely entered the house completely.
"At least he can't come in here if he tracks us here." Kol stated, as he sat down on a stool near the island in the kitchen, never once releasing his hold on his baby sister.
"That is too true brother. And, at least Elizabeth is the only one aloud to invite him inside. I really do not see her doing that." Finnik stated, as he too never released his hold on Sage.
"Plus, add in the fact that she is not even able to be compelled." Elijah added on, as he too continued to hold on to Buffy just as tightly as he started to in the garage.
"When did we find this out?" Finnik asked of the gathered group.
"Before I even left LAX, Elijah here became my very own personal airport stalker. He forced his way in to have a meal with him before my flight out here. During said meal, Mr. no tact here tried his freaky mind trick on me in the middle of the meal." Buffy said, ending with a laugh at the memory, trying to ease some high tensions.
"Seriously brother! I thought that you had more class than pulling something like that on a woman?" Rebekah questioned with a laugh.
Buffy smiled slightly, realizing that she had pulled off what she wanted to do.
"That's nothing Bekah. Compared to having been ditched in the middle of the restaurant by being told that your eating companion was just going to the restroom. How much did you pay the waiter to stay away for so long anyways Beth?" Elijah ended with that question, now causing everyone to finally break down and laugh.
"Tell me that you didn't Buffy?" Anya asked of her friend. All the while laughing her ass off along with everyone else.
"Unfortunately An, I did in fact do that. Not my proudest moment I tell you. And to answer your question Elijah, I gave him $50 for my meal and another $50 for holding off your bill for another 10 minutes unless you said you were going to miss your flight." Buffy said, all the while her face began to turn a bright shade of red, causing everyone's laughs to become even louder.
"Plus, Damon tried to compel me my first night here in town not even 10 minutes into me even arriving here. I barely had time to even order my food at the Grill before he tried to pick me up. At least now he will back off. I hope." Buffy added, just as soon as the laughs began to quiet down.
At Buffy's statement, all of the laughs had instantaneously ended.
"What do you mean that Salvatore tried to compel you? What did he try to have you do?" Elijah's body froze, encasing Buffy close to him.
"It's nothing really. He was drunk I guess and tried to hit on me. When that didn't work when I brushed off his advances, he tried to get me to go home with him using his compulsion. That was what Caroline was talking about earlier when she said that she had a video of me setting Damon straight." Buffy explained to her new friends and old friend.
As soon as Buffy explained the story. Several growls were heard throughout the kitchen. However the strange part in particular was that all of the Supernatural Creatures could have sworn that they had heard a growl emanate from outside of the house.
As soon as they heard the sound come from outside, all of the broken tension was made for nothing. In an instant, everyone was set at high alert once more as soon as the men made their way to leave the house to check outside.
Before they could reach the door, a voice was heard from behind the group coming from the dining room.
"I wouldn't do that fellas." Whistler said, just as soon as he made himself visible once again.
"Sorry I'm late Slayer, but duty calls." Whistler stated, as he moved to close the blinds of the kitchen door and windows.
"Why wouldn't we go and check to make sure the grounds are clear?" Niklaus asked, feeling torn between listening or going anyways.
"Daddy dearest is actually out there right now. It appears that he followed the ladies back here as they left the Warehouse. Sorry Blondie, but on the plus side the PTB's are giving you a welcome back to the living gift." Whistler stated nonchalantly.
At the words used by Whistler, Buffy froze once more in Elijah's tight hold.
"What do you mean back to the living?" Kol asked, seeing as though he was the only one without any inkling of her previous being dead status.
Rebekah still gasped at the words herself, even though she had put it all together earlier on.
"Not right now Kol." Niklaus stated sharply, letting his brother know that it was not the time.
"What is this oh so wonderful gift Whistler? Are they finally gonna let me add to my hat collection? Huh?" Buffy asked with no emotion in her voice, as she began to shut down once more.
"Not at all Slayer." Whistler started, but was cut off by Buffy.
"DO NOT CALL ME THAT!" Buffy shouted to the PTB's delivery guy before continuing on. "I stopped being the Powers' little weapon, the second that I had jumped off that DAMNED TOWER." Buffy shouted at the end of her statement directed towards Whistler.
"Beth? Please calm down? You are starting to scare me. You are shaking really bad." Elijah asked of Buffy, trying to soothe her by rubbing down the sides of her arms.
As Buffy's shaking continued to get only worse. Anya made her way out of Niklaus's arms to go and comfort her friend.
"Can someone please tell me what in the hell is going on right now?" Kol asked once again, trying desperately to piece together the bits that he has gathered.
"Not now Kol." Was said by everyone that was present in the kitchen.
"What is it that you wanted to tell Buffy?" Anya asked of the Balance Demon that was still standing near the back door of the kitchen.
"Just that there is going to be some major stuff that will be going down here soon, and as a special precaution, my bosses are going to be making it easier for your group here to make their plans up. All of the buildings on the property here are now 100% soundproof. Hopefully this will help Blondie out when the time comes for the big choices need to be made." Whistler stated, as he and everyone else present, noticed that Buffy had made herself pass out from stress.
"I will give her the message. It may be a good idea if you are gone by the time that she comes to Whistler. I am not really sure of how she will be once she comes out of it. Seeing as though this is the first time that she has broken down since she has been back. I'm surprised that it hasn't happened yet." Anya stated to no one in particular.
"Very well Demon Girl. BTW, I am sorry that she is going through this. I tried my hardest to try to stop Red from going on. Broke a ton of rules doing so too. It shouldn't of happened, but it did and started a whole load of shit that will be heading her way. Just try to keep her from drownin' to bad DG." Whistler said, just before he flashed away once more.
"Well he was helpful." Sage stated with a roll of her eyes.
"That was par for the course with the Powers really." Anya stated, as she continued to rock her friend back and forth on the kitchen floor.
"Is this really the first time that she has broken down since her return?" Elijah asked, with his voice full of concern.
"Yeah, or at least the first time that it has been witnessed. Hold on a minute." Anya said, as she grabbed Buffy's phone from inside her friends' pocket.
"What are you doing?" Niklaus asked of Anya.
"Calling her sister." Was the only thing that Anya had said, as she found Dawn's name in the list of contacts before connecting the call.
"Hey Buffy! I thought that you weren't going to call me tonight?" Dawn questioned, as she waited for her sister's response.