Well after all the crap they put me through, I didn't get the job guys. Gutted and pissed off. I will be licking my wounds and recuperating for a bit but will continue to write for you. My husband has managed to get me a contact for the writers guild and so I will hopefully be writing something of mine soon to see if I can make it as a writer. Apparently lots of people in the guild wrote for screen and t.v. That's be where I belong I think. I see these chapters like episodes in my head;-) Thanks for the patience and love. I will need it to survive my horrible day job that I am now trapped in until I get another interview.
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Chapter 44 BF
"Tyler!" Elena shouted as Tyler walked away with the other wolves. Leaving them standing in dismay and horror. "Don't do this!"
"They just need a little blood Elena and then Klaus will be over. I'm sorry. I have to do this." Tyler said apologetically but with conviction as Nathan shook his head at him.
"No!" Elena shouted tearily. "Caroline will never forgive you for this."
"I know." He swallowed pained.
He looked to Constance and she nodded at him confidently.
"Take them and keep them safe. We can't have them calling ahead to warn the others." Tyler said and Elena gasped in disbelief and Nathan tried to fight as the woman's pack descended and grabbed them, holding Elena by her throat to make Nathan stop and surrender.
"Hurt my friends and I'll kill you." Tyler warned the female wolf and she nodded and indicated to the others to take Nathan and Elena away and watch them.
Tyler closed his eyes and tried to breathe. The female wolf patted his back as they walked away from them, over to join the rest of her pack deeper in the woods.
"You're making the right decision, for them and for you Tyler. They don't understand what Klaus is really like, how dangerous. You do. By helping us, you're saving them in future too. Klaus may be playing nice with you all now, but he could turn on you any time."
"I know." He agreed.
"I am alpha in this pack Tyler. My name is Constance." The female wolf advised him, almost as a warning of her stature here and she shook his hand as she turned to the rest of the pack members who arrived and stared at him in query. "We have a hybrid ready to end this." She introduced him and they all studied him warily.
There were around ten of them. A big pack. Mostly men but the few women present looked just as strong and capable.
"How do we know we can trust you? You might be following his orders right now." One of the beta males pointed out.
"Because we're going to make a deal right here." Tyler clenched his jaw and they waited silently. "No one dies. I'll get one of the babies and you take a small amount of their blood for the spell. If any of my friends or the babies die, then I'll take you all down."
The response was one of challenge and humour as the wolves stood taller and growled at the concept that Tyler could take them all.
"I can take you all no problem. Hybrid beats normal wolves any day." He said confidently and they seemed to shuffle amongst themselves, annoyed but in belief of that.
"Deal." Constance nodded. "We're not child killing monsters Tyler. We just want our lives back. We deserve not to have to live in fear that Klaus will arrive and turn us all into slaves."
He nodded in understanding and pulled his cell out. The wolves all tensed and bore their human teeth at him.
"If I go blundering in there, they're going to know that something's up. I have to let them think that it's over and I'm coming for the babies to bring them home." Tyler reasoned and they all looked to each other thinking on it.
"The fate of your friends lies with you not screwing us over Tyler." Constance said and he frowned at her.
Wasn't he the one who just pointed out that he was stronger? That he held the cards here? Still, they did now have Nathan and Elena. He shuffled in discomfort.
"You hold up you're end of the deal and so will we." Constance nodded.
"And if you try to trick us…" One beta male growled defensively, "…then we have your friends to chew on when the moon comes tomorrow."
Tomorrow? Shit the moon was tomorrow? Of course it was! How could he have forgotten that?! He looked down at his cell, swallowing and typed in the number.
"Liz? It's Tyler. We got them all." He said. "No, no everyone's fine. Caroline's just helping straighten the house out now. She's fine."
"You know Caroline." Tyler joked, trying to sound casual. "Stefan and Damon are pretty bashed up though, they asked me to come get Vida for them. Klaus and Elizabeth are heading over for Toby soon too."
Silence persisted from the wolves as he listened the other side of the conversation.
"No, it's best if you stay there until I come over. Just in case there are any we don't know about. Bonnie said we were being watched so we have to remain on alert just in case. Once I get Vida, Stefan and Damon are hitting the road to put in some distance, just in case."
Constance nodded at him encouragingly.
"Yeah. I'll be there in five. Don't let in anyone but me." Tyler clicked his phone off and turned around.
"Nothing will happen to any more people if you hold up your end. They believed you?" She asked.
"Yeah." He nodded, running his hands through his hair vexed.
"Good. Bring the baby back here and we'll get this done. Then we can all get back to our lives." She said and he nodded.
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"Jesus." Stefan gulped as the army headed towards the house.
Klaus's cell wrang and he answered it snapping.
"What?!" He growled. "Where are you?"
Stefan and Damon held each other, Damon scenting Stefan's face almost as though it'd be their last chance to do so and Stefan grew tight and tense in his muscles. Klaus threw his cell phone across the room and smashed it against a wall and they both snapped out of their reverie and looked to him. Klaus actually looked scared. They hadn't seen that in him since Michael had burst in when he'd held them captive and tried to take him down. Stefan had saved Klaus's life that day, it seemed they were even now.
"What's happening?" Damon asked and Stefan looked out the window again to see the army had halted and they were simply staring at the Boarding House.
He frowned, what were they doing? What were they waiting for?
"Wolves." Klaus panted and looked at them angrily.
"What?"
"The wolves are here for them too!" He shouted and lifted a chair, smashing it against a wall as Stefan and Damon fell back.
"Who was on the phone?" Stefan paled, in fear that the wolves already had the babies. "Klaus!" He shouted, panicking.
"Tyler." Klaus panted. "They have Tyler."
"What?" Stefan frowned and Damon exhaled and looked up to the ceiling. "How do you know?"
"Code word from Tyler is Caroline." Klaus growled and clenched his fists. "He must be with the wolves right now."
"I knew we couldn't trust that bastard!" Damon hissed and Stefan shook his head. "Why would wolves be involved with other vampires?"
"Could you think of anyone else keener to end me?" Klaus scoffed.
"Tyler hasn't turned against us, he called to warn us." Stefan ruminated and looked to Klaus. "When's the moon?"
Klaus blinked at him in confusion at the subject change and Damon gasped.
"Shit." Damon said.
"The wolves were always going to be the ones to snatch the babies. They're day walkers too. The vampires are just a diversion to keep us occupied, to keep us here." Stefan guessed and they all looked to each other in fear and realisation.
"They knew we wouldn't risk keeping the babies here, despite our feelings. The moon is our deadline." Stefan said.
"What do you mean?" Damon squinted at him and Klaus began to pace.
"Whatever spell they are going to do…needs the moon." Stefan croaked and Damon looked to Klaus as he realised that was it.
"The wolves will turn though." Damon said confused.
"Not if the spell they're casting isn't just to incapacitate me." Klaus said quietly. "If they can extract my ability to change at will."
That was it. The wolves wanted to be able to turn when they wanted, the other vampires wanted Klaus gone because he was a threat to their territory perhaps. So they had joined forces in hate and made this deal. The babies weren't just related to Klaus, they were a perfect balance of wolf and vampire. Their blood could be the key to the wolves getting the control they wanted.
"What did Tyler say?" Damon asked as Stefan's blood began to pound in his ears loudly.
"He was clueing us to the fact that he was going to Liz for Vida." Klaus looked at Stefan's reddening face.
Damon pulled his cell out and called Rick, warning him what was happening – that Tyler was on his way for Vida and he wouldn't be alone because he was being coerced. Their plan had been, if something like this happened, to hit the road with the babies immediately and go somewhere none of them knew until everything was over or they were dead. No communication was to be passed on as to their whereabouts. It was a call none of them wanted to make, because it meant that they might not see the babies again for a long time, until it was safe. Stefan tried not to focus on that as he and Klaus studied each other.
"I'll kill them." Stefan began to pant and Klaus frowned.
"We don't know how many there are, mate."
"I don't care." Stefan snapped and Damon tried to squeeze his shoulder when Stefan's full vampire face appeared and he snapped at him, panting.
Stefan, calm down. We'll stop them.
No, enough talking and making me sit out of the fight Damon!
Stefan hit back angrily and Klaus took a step closer in concern.
I'm going to kill them all and anyone who tries to get in my way!
"Stefan, breathe." Damon said worried and Stefan shook his head and backed away, practically foaming at the mouth.
"Ripper." Klaus addressed him. "You'll get yourself killed."
"I don't care!" He said and pushed Damon out of the way as he reached for him, blurring out of the house before they could grab him.
Stefan burst out of the house and towards the line of vampires waiting. Now he understood their intentions. Whatever spell was going to go down, they needed them all in one place for it to happen. He charged at them, letting his ripper instincts take over. He didn't care who they were, good or bad people. He didn't care if he killed them. All that he could focus on was that no one was going to touch his little Vida. No one.
He tore and ripped arms and legs off, vampires jumping on him in droves to restrain him and he fought like a mad dog. It would take them all to stop him. He managed to kill at least five before hearing more screams around him. He looked around to see Klaus ripping apart those holding him and Stefan resumed his fight to get through their barrier, until he heard Damon cry out.
He paused and looked for him frantically and saw a group of vampires holding Damon's head at a strange angle, with him on his knees, in challenge. Both he and Klaus stopped.
"Surrender or he dies." One of the vampires panted at the exertion of holding Damon in place.
"He's immortal." Klaus reminded Stefan and Stefan bit his lip.
That's what Klaus assumed but was it actually true? Damon's eyes were guarded and he looked at Stefan channelling that Stefan should go, kill the wolves. The vampires holding him huffed angrily and one produced a wooden stake too.
"I'm sure if his head comes off and he's staked that'll be enough to kill him." One warned and Stefan panted and looked at Klaus.
"Your mates' head on a stick or a little blood from your baby Stefan."
"No." Stefan growled at the mention of her again.
"You're all going to die." Damon growled in warning at them.
"Why protect him?" One vampire frowned at them, indicating towards Klaus. "He'd kill you without a single thought. He controls your lives."
Stefan looked at Klaus. Things were so confusing now. He had no idea what Klaus's thoughts or intentions were. Klaus kept saving him, keeping him alive but why? Was it really the sense of brotherhood he seemed to bear Stefan? Was it to keep Elizabeth happy only? After all of this, would Klaus return to being the same threat to them that he'd been before?
"Look what the dogs found." A voice boomed and everyone looked over to see Elena being pulled into the circle.
"Elena." Stefan croaked in fear.
"Where's Nathan?" Damon struggled against his hold and looked at her angry at the thought that she'd been left unprotected.
A vampire emerged and tossed Nathan's broken body onto the ground and Stefan gasped and took a step forward.
No! Pain, Nathan!
Stefan channelled, knowing he was beaten. Damon studied his face carefully and growled.
"She's just a human. Let her go!" Damon said and Elena sobbed as she was made to kneel on the ground.
"Not just any human. She's the doppelganger." One vampire said and Stefan held tight in fear, trying his best to keep a mask of nonchalance on his expression.
Klaus managed to do the same. Did they know how important she was to Klaus? They evidently knew that she had been important to breaking the curse that had kept him from being a hybrid, but did they know that it was her blood that enabled Klaus to make new hybrids? Stefan's heart began to pound loudly in his ears as everyone fell silent.
"Take her and secure them. The sun is coming." One vampire said and Stefan blinked, realising how long into the night they'd been fighting.
"Oh, I don't think so lads." Klaus gave a relaxed smile.
"Don't imagine you'd get on very well without your doppelganger. How would the great and powerful Klaus make any more slaves?" The same vampire responded and others took a hold of Elena and dragged Damon to his feet as he struggled.
"We could kill her right now and end that for you."
"Go on then." Klaus smiled politely and Damon and Stefan glared at him. "I don't need hybrids to kill you all."
"Really?" The vampire feigned nonchalance and shrugged. "Ok then."
He moved to Elena and produced a knife and she cowered in fear as Stefan and Damon both shouted and growled, struggling to get to her and Klaus held tight.
"Enough!" Klaus shouted as the blade was placed across her throat.
The vampire turned back to him smugly.
"Get them inside and secured." The vampire instructed and Klaus's eyes blazed with anger as he was led away with Stefan, Damon and Elena in toe, back into the Boarding House.
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Tyler pulled up outside Rick's new apartment. His heart pounding as he tried not to show how much he was anxious. Constance had accompanied him of course, so he hadn't been able to do anything other than warn Klaus on his phone call. He hoped that the message had gotten through. A small part of him fought against this. A small part actually hoped that the babies were still here. If a small amount of blood was all that was needed from one of them…
But then, spells didn't always go down the way they should and he knew from experience that spells of this nature normally required all of someone's blood – not a small sample of it. Clearly the wolves had been lied to.
"So who's the witch?" He asked her as he turned off the ignition.
"I don't know her name."
"You think she can really pull this off?"
"Yes." Constance nodded confidently.
"Then what? You mummify him, bury him in the ocean and let us all go?"
"We have no interest in the rest of you Tyler. We just want our freedom." She advised carefully as she studied his face. "One alpha to another. I just want my pack safe."
"That's all I'm interested in too."
"Where is your pack? I only saw one." She frowned and he sighed and thought of Mike and Michelle.
"My pack isn't all wolves." He mumbled as he realised how true that was.
"What, you count all of those hybrids and vampires too?" She asked incredulously and he shook his head.
"They're not hybrids. They're mated pairs. There's a difference alright?" He defended. "They're not slaves and neither are the babies."
"These people are not your responsibility Tyler. You should be with other wolves."
"I'm half vampire remember. Even if I wasn't, I wouldn't stand by while they were slaughtered. They're people." He said coldly and she sighed and gave a small nod of acceptance.
"Let's do this." She said, opening her door and he swallowed and did the same.
They walked up to the apartment building in silence.
"It's a shame you're bound here. We could use a wolf like you." She mumbled and he looked at her in surprise as they entered into the foyer. "We have devastated families and packs on account of Klaus's activities. They could use a leader."
He kept his mouth closed as he thought on that. No doubt, Klaus's reign of terror had left some packs without members, left some families devastated. His wolf instincts reared inside of him and he bit his lip to keep his head focussed. They climbed the stairs to the apartment and he knocked on the door, pausing in shock when he heard a baby cry inside. No! Why were they still here?! Didn't Klaus warn them?
Tyler's heart thumped loudly as footsteps approached the door from the other side. He knew he'd have to fight Constance now. He'd hoped that he could delay this, make her think they'd be here to give them longer to hit the road before the other wolves were looking for them. If he could disable her now, he could use her as a hostage and get her pack to release Nathan and Elena. If he could just talk them round, show them that they were fighting on the wrong side. The New Orleans vampires would be under no illusions as to the fate of the wolves after this. Hell, her pack could already be dead.
He'd heard one of her beta's speaking to another vampire on the phone and inform them that they had Tyler and were proceeding to collect one of the babies. Tyler exhaled at his thoughts and blanched as the door to the apartment opened. He took a step back in surprise and horror to see the face of a stranger holding Vida, who was wailing.
"The hybrid?" The woman asked and he nodded, looking around her frantically for everyone else. "They're alive, as long as you do what I say."
"Who are you?" Tyler asked and Constance came forward and stood at his side.
"You're the female alpha. Good. You're just in time." The woman said.
"You the witch?" The woman nodded and Constance frowned. "How did you know they were here?"
"Magic has its ways, especially when it comes to these creatures." The woman looked down at Vida who gazed up at her in fear as she screamed and kicked her legs.
Constance tensed fractionally and Tyler noticed it out of the corner of his eyes.
"We just need a little blood then. Let's do this. Then get back to my pack."
"No, we'll take the creature with us." The woman stepped out of the room and they both stood back.
"You said we only needed a little blood. Let's not complicate matters." Constance argued and Tyler caught a faint whiff of a strange scent.
He looked at Constance and clicked what the scent was.
"We'll need it all. This is a powerful spell."
"What?!" Tyler growled and stepped towards her as Vida kicked her legs. "That wasn't the deal!"
"Do you want Klaus gone or not?" The witch looked to him and he panted in disbelief and looked at the little bundle screaming for her daddies. "Do you want the power only to turn when you want to?" She looked to Constance and Constance swallowed nervously.
"There has to be another way, without killing it." All of the confidence Constance had demonstrated to him before, seemed to evaporate.
"It's not supposed to be alive." The witch said with finality. "It shouldn't exist."
The witch closed the door behind her, locking everyone inside before Tyler could even check to make sure they were still alive and walked past them along the hall with the screaming baby. Tyler panted and looked to Constance, begging her for aid with his expression and Constance had a similarly torn expression.
"Help me stop this." He whispered frantically and she shrugged torn.
"I'm truly sorry." She said grieved and followed the witch as Tyler ripped at his hair.
