AN: I will be updating Colors regularly from now on! I'm sorry this was on the backburner while I worked on other projects, that was not my intention!
It's just the first step, the translation says. There's a confusing riddle that accompanies it. She wonders if she's thinking too hard about it, or not hard enough. When she looks at Elijah, he says what she's thinking.
"We need to talk to Niklaus."
So he drives and she asks what he thinks the translation means. He tells her that he thinks it's just a hint to the next step, the next clue. Elena wonders how many steps there are, how much effort Klaus put into this. Elijah just wants to find their siblings.
Klaus grins like he had been expecting them. Judging by the look on his face, Elena guesses that he had. Elijah tells him that he wants to know the exact location of their siblings. Klaus denies him this information and Elena watches them carefully.
Elijah's phone rings and he gives Elena a conflicted look. He needs to take it, but it's not something he wants her to overhear.
"If you need to take that, I'll be fine in here." She tells him and he shoots a look at his brother.
"I won't hurt your precious Elena. You have my word." He draws her name out, but he doesn't do it right. Elijah pulls her close for a moment, and puts a stake in the inner pocket of her jacket.
"I will be back in a moment." He promises. She nods.
"I'll be fine." She assures him. She thinks she is, he's not sure if that's true or not.
Elijah leaves, but her eyes stay focused on her best friend's soulmate.
They don't speak for a moment.
"Despite what you might think of me, I would never go after you." Klaus tells her and she knows she shouldn't encourage him, but she can't help it. She asks him why that is. He tells the truth, despite the fact he knows she thinks him to be a liar. Elijah's retribution for harming even a single hair on her head would be very painful.
She shouldn't feel a rush of affection for Elijah as he says that, she tells herself. She feels it anyway.
"Why won't you just tell him where they are?" The question that she's wanted to ask for a few days slips out.
"While you're my brother's soulmate, you're a new addition to our game. My brother has hated me, if not desired my death for centuries. By ensuring the fact I am the only one who knows where they are, I am safe." He tells her, with an odd look on his face.
"Elijah and I could just follow the clues until we find them." She suggests. That makes him laugh, and she tries to figure out what was wrong with what she said.
"Some of the clues involve asking me. It's my game, and it's rigged in my favor, love. You see, Elijah needs me if he ever wants to see our siblings again. I need convincing that he won't try to kill me. I rather like living." Klaus tells her and she groans internally. The door opens and Elijah returns.
Elijah tells his brother a brief goodbye, and Elena follows him out.
They don't speak until they're out of Klaus's hearing range. Elena begins to tell Elijah what Klaus said when he says he heard their conversation. She wonders how they can convince Klaus he's safe.
Elijah is thinking the same thing.
