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This is a repost of Love Me Like You.

Chapter Eight: Facing Mikael.

Rocking Alexander in her arms, Davina looked around a little panicked at what had set the younger twin off; he had been screaming for the past twenty minutes and nothing she did would settle him. She'd tried to get a hold of Evelyn but her phone had been turned off and Davina guessed that she was busy with her friend; she was going to have to find a way to settle the little boy herself.

"It's okay Alex," Davina said trying desperately to calm the baby down, she had no idea what had caused this; he had been fine one moment then screaming the at the clock, Davina frowned knowing that Evelyn would never stay away this long; she would have at least called to check in on the twins so far. Hope stared up at her from cot, her eyes seeming to stare right into Davina's soul and it made the teenager a little nervous especially since Hope wasn't screaming like her brother was. The sound of the front door opening made Davina jump a little and she turned just in time to catch a confused Klaus stepping into the room with a confused look on his face.

"Hey now. What's all the screaming about?" Klaus asked taking Alexander from Davina, he cuddled his son close trying to sooth him before offering Davina a look wanting an explanation. Davina moved away, she knew that he wasn't going to be thrilled when he learnt that Evelyn had left the house alone; especially with the fact that Elijah was missing and Esther was plotting against them.

"A friend of Evelyn's called looking for some help so she left me in charge of the twins, everything was fine until twenty minutes ago when he just started screaming," Davina explained nervously, she stood beside Hope's cot and made sure that she was alright while Alexander continued to cry. Klaus frowned, he knew that this couldn't be a coincidence and he feared that there was something more to this; Evelyn had lived in New Orleans for a year now and this friend hadn't contacted her before now. Alexander's watery eyes only seemed to confirm Klaus's concerns and he carefully handled his son over to Davina knowing that he couldn't just leave this to chance.

"I need you to locate Evelyn," Klaus said doubting that Davina would argue with him, something just didn't feel right about all of this and he was going to make sure that she was okay. Davina nodded her head, she quickly set down Alexander before going to get everything that she would need for the spell; she could only hope that Evelyn was going to be okay. Klaus moved closer to the twins and watched them, a smile forming on his face knowing that for them; he would do just about anything.

"Don't worry. I will bring her home," Klaus whispered to them, he didn't know how he would raise them without Evelyn; he didn't want them to turn out like he had done because of his mother and Mikael. He wanted a better life for his children and they were having that here in this house, he was going to provide them with everything that they could have ever dreamed of.

Turning away from the twins, Klaus headed out of the house knowing that Davina would send him Evelyn's location; the sooner that he got there the better and he hoped he wouldn't be too late. He would rip his mother apart if she'd done anything to Evelyn in hopes of getting him to agree to her plan; he wouldn't have put it past her to be waiting with a trap for him.

Evelyn and the twins were his weak spots, anyone would know that and he was determined to send a message to those who might use them to hurt him.

Wandering around the outskirts of the Bayou, Klaus frowned wondering just what might have brought Evelyn here; she was meant to helping her friend and he was sure that said friend wasn't from around here. He paused as he saw a rock soaked with blood outside of the abandoned building that he had approached; he frowned anxiously as he ducked down and touched it with his things.

He didn't have to even bring it close to his nose to know that it was Evelyn's blood, he doubted he would ever forget the scent after what had happened to her when the twins were born. Seeing a shovel nearby, Klaus reached for it and broke it in half before he entered the building; he came to a complete stop as he stared at the sight that greeted him.

Mikael holding Evelyn at knife-point, her head lolling and she swayed from the blood loss; the only thing keeping her standing was Mikael as he held her in front of him. Pointing his handmade stake before him, Klaus couldn't believe that he hadn't seen this coming; he had expected Esther to be behind this not Mikael who was meant to still be dead.

"You're gonna pay for hurting her," Klaus threatened furious that this had happened, he had thought they'd had enough to deal with especially with Esther back in the picture. Mikael carelessly let go of Evelyn and dropped her to the floor; she didn't even resist and he smiled at the look that formed on Klaus's face at what had just happened.

"Aw, how sweet. The cur whines for its bitch," Mikael mocked, he held in one hand Papa Tunde's blade and in the other the white oak stake; he was certain that he would end this today.

"I'll be sure to drain the rest of her right in front of your eyes, just before you burn," Mikael continued, once he was done here then he would head to the house and destroy the monsters that Klaus had created with the witch. Furious Klaus leapt a dozen feet into the air and lunged at him with his makeshift stake; He tackled Mikael, but they both quickly rise to their feet in defensive positions knowing that this was a fight to the death.

Mikael pinned Klaus against the wall and struggled to stake Klaus in the chest just as Evelyn started to come to and saw that the two of them were fighting one another. Just as Klaus is about to be staked by Mikael, he fought back by kneeing Mikael in the gut and the face before the two begin to fight again.

Klaus then tackles him, and the two bust through a concrete and brick wall into the next room leaving Evelyn to struggle to push herself to her feet while they continued to fight one another. She stands up weakly, just as Klaus kicks Mikael to the floor, then straddles Mikael, and although he tries to stake Klaus while he pinned, Klaus easily turns the stake on him, and musters up all his energy to break his grip to kill him.

"Not as weak as you remember, am I?" Klaus taunted breaking the stake out of his grip and going to stake him only for Mikael to throw Tunde's blade towards Evelyn. Klaus vamp-sped toward her and catch it before it stabs her in the face; she swallows realising that moving out of the way might be a good idea. This gives Mikael the opportunity he needs to steal the stake back and stab Klaus through the chest with it; he smirks as Klaus cries out in pain and fall to the floor.

"NO!" Evelyn cried throwing up her hand and launching Mikael across the room with what little energy that she had left; she hurried over to Klaus whose face has started to desiccate. She took his hand shaking not knowing what to do to stop him from burning, she felt a little light headed after what had happened and she knew she'd have to defend Klaus from Mikael.

"Why aren't you burning? If you were dead, it would burn. BURN!" Mikael roared that his final defeat had seemed to have halted, he stepped forward eyeing the witch that held onto the beast only to realise that this was not her doing. Mikael vamp-speed away leaving Evelyn alone with Klaus, he was so still and she feared that it might be too late; she stared at the stake in his chest before she reached for it.

She grabbed the stake and pulled as hard as she could trying to remove it but it barely budged; she glanced behind her knowing that Mikael wouldn't be distracted forever. Finally, Evelyn removed the stake from Klaus' chest, and colour starts to return to his skin just in time for Mikael to return to the room and find the stake now safely in her hand.

"What do you think you're doing?" Mikael snarled, his mouth surrounded with blood as he stared at Evelyn knowing that he had just dealt with one witch now he must deal with the other. Evelyn sits up and turns to face him, the white oak stake in her grip and she points it at him knowing that she wo

"Stay the hell away from us! Or, I swear to God, I'll kill you myself," Evelyn spat angrily, she couldn't believe that this had happened and she was tired of being tossed around. Mikael looked at her amused, he had to admit that she had more fight in her than he had originally thought but he wasn't in the mood for this right now.

"You have a warrior's heart. Perhaps I'll keep it as a souvenir," Mikael mused approaching them, he is about to grab Evelyn when Marcel appears from nowhere and throws him away from her. Marcel started to hit Mikael over and over so quickly that Mikael's too disoriented to fight back right away. Mikael eventually knocks Marcel flat on his back and grabs Klaus' makeshift stake to point it at Marcel's heart; he glared down at the other vampire determined to put an end to this quickly.

"Now, ENOUGH! This night has been a long parade of fools. I'll enjoy killing every last one of you," Mikael thundered, he'd been so close to victory that he could taste it and he couldn't believe that it was being taken from him. Klaus awakens with a gasp, slowly sitting and he looked at Mikael who was standing just feet from him; he had no idea how he was alive but he knew that he had been lucky. Davina and Kaleb appeared behind them, blood on Davina's neck and she leant against the doorframe; they had come as soon as they had realised what sort of trouble, they were in.

"It's over, Mikael. You're outnumbered. Are you going to beg for your miserable life?" Klaus said climbing to his feet, he was surprised to see that Marcel had come to his aid and he could only imagine what had made him do so. He reached out for Evelyn's hand and was relieved when she took his, he glanced at her knowing that they were going to have to have a long talk about all of this.

"You think having people makes you strong? It proves how weak you are. Come find me when you don't have fools, women and children fighting your battles," Mikael spat shaking his head, this victory would have been his and he was sure that next time he would win. He threw the scrap of wood at them before vamp-speeding away to heal, he wasn't going to just let this go and he would be back when he had his full strength again.

Klaus closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around Evelyn, this was the last thing that they needed; he had hoped that they were past all this and he feared just what might come at them next. Burying her head into his shoulder, Evelyn closed her eyes they had both come so close to dying today; they would have to be more careful in the future or they could seriously risk leaving the twins as orphans.

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