Chapter Fifty. Only if I'm there with you...
Elly
Hell wasn't all the fire and brimstone that I had imagined it to be. It was grey actually, thick fog that covered everything. There were leafless, dead trees in what seemed like a long endless stretch of road in some mysterious enchanted forest covered by thick, dense fog. It was depressing though and cold. I could feel the cold straight to my bones. I looked at my sister as the both of us got off the horses. The Civil War soldiers one from the Union army and the other from the Confederacy gave us a polite nod and tipped their hats before getting up on their horses and rode away. Such gentlemen they were. Galloping off in the mists in lightning speed.
Elena took my hand and we trudged on, on the dirt road. The fog was thick coming from both sides the road where the grey, dead leafless trees were. I grew afraid. I knew I shouldn't be but I was. I was threading in the Underworld. Lost, scared but not alone. My sister was there with me. I looked at Elena and gave her a small smile and we walked on. We didn't really know where we were going and then several minutes passed and I saw the water's edge when the mists cleared.
"We have to wait for the boatman," Elena breathed and I looked at her, confused by her words.
"What boatman?" I asked her. I couldn't believe that I didn't really plan my trip to the Underworld. All that went through my mind was getting there and finding my husband. I really was that rash and impulsive. A thousand years never changed that.
"The boatman will get us across the river. We can't swim there, we'll drown and our souls will be in the river, stuck for an eternity.."
"Anthony told me that the boatman will come here soon. He gave me this," Elena said and showed four gold coins that looked really old.
"Elly listen to me…" Elena spoke and looked straight into my eyes. "When we reach there, don't eat or drink anything no matter how hungry or thirsty you are. Anthony says if you do, you won't be able to leave. You'll be stuck here."
"Alright," I told my sister and nodded.
We saw the boat from a far. It was just a simple wooden row boat and there stood the boatman dressed in his dark coarse cloak with the hood that covered his face. The boat came ashore and Elena and I got in. She handed the coins to the boat man and I gasped seeing his skeleton hands receiving. No skin or flesh just bones. I shivered in fear and sat down next to my sister. The both of us quiet and still like the dead as the boat crossed the waterway. I believed it was the River Styx.
The boatman rowed on and I looked at the surface of the dark waters underneath. I thought it was the wind howling, but it seemed more like whispers and distant screams of restless souls that were under the water. Elena and I leaned and saw the faces, hands flailing crying for help in their soft distant voices. Help that we could not render. I started to grow worried. Worried for Klaus. I wondered how he was doing. I hope he was alright though. My husband was a strong Original vampire/Lycanthrope but I wondered if it was the same here in this dark distant abyss of the hell or the Underworld. I wondered if he could endure any trials or punishment meted.
The boat finally stopped at an old, rickety wooden jetty where the wooden boards were broken and you could see the murky dark waters underneath. We had to walk carefully less we missed a step and found ourselves falling through the cracks. I just looked around seeing more mists and fog and then a sign that was in some foreign language. I think it was Greek. My sister took my hand and led the way. I didn't how, but Elena seemed to know her way around the place.
We found ourselves in a large hallway with arched columns and a cathedral ceiling. We walked in and it grew dark and when there was light finally, we were in a corridor somewhere. There were doors on both sides. Just a long stretch of corridor and doors. Hundreds of them, thousands maybe. Oh God...which one should we open? Which door should we go through?
"Elena…where do we go next?" I asked her. She wasn't so sure. I saw her hesitating and then she opened one door. The light coming out of it was so bright, I was almost blinded by it.
"Elly come on…" Elena said and took my hand. When I finally could see, I was surprised that we were in a bright field somewhere and my eyes widened when I saw my house, my lovely modest farmhouse with the thatched roof that I had spent my childhood in. Elena looked at me and smiled. We saw Papa sitting on a stool outside and waving at us. He was smoking his pipe.
"Papa!" We shouted happily and ran towards him. My father was so happy to see us. He stood up and wrapped both of us in his arms.
"Oh…I miss you two. My precious, beloved Petrova girls," He said heartily and kissed each of our cheeks. He then called my mother. "Anastasia! Your daughters are here…" He said as we all walked into the house. Mama come out of the kitchen and gasped in surprise. I saw the tears in her eyes as she walked to us and hugged each of us tightly.
"Oh…no one told us you'd be here," Mama said and wiped her tears. "But I think I've cooked enough for dinner."
"Mama no," Elena smiled. "We're only here for a while."
"A visit?" She asked and looked at Papa. "You're from the land of the living?"
Elena nodded and looked at me. I breathed and shrugged. "Well this is a strange surprise…" Papa said and looked at Mama. Elena just looked around.
"Where is Eli? Mama, Papa." She asked and looked at my parents. "Where is my son?"
"He visits us sometimes. But he is so busy lately," Papa said and gave a smile. "What a nice young man he is…He bought me this…for Christmas last year." Papa showed us his Ipad and I just stared at it in shock. Everything in the farmhouse looked like it was still in the eleventh century and Papa had an Ipad? How was it even remotely possible?
"I still don't know how it works…" Papa said and shrugged. "Eli showed me before but I forgot."
"Eli brought you this?" Elena was surprised and stared at the Ipad. She then took it from Papa's hands. She touched the Photo icon and I stared at it, seeing the photographs taken of Manhattan. There was the Empire State building, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty. The Brooklyn bridge and then there was a photograph of a young man wearing a maroon Harvard hoodie smiling brightly. I knew the young man. It was The Director.
"What's his photo doing there?" I asked Papa. Papa looked at it and chuckled.
"That's our Eli. Look how handsome he is…" Mama said with a bright smile and looked at Elena. "He looks like you Karina."
"He's all grown up now. He's working for this big organization. And his rank is something like that of a knight or a Lord." Papa sounded so proud saying it.
"What!" I almost screamed, hearing that.
The Director was Eli, as in Eli who was Elena/Karina and Elijah's son, as in my nephew Eli? Adorable, chubby cheeked, brown haired, brown eyed Eli? Little Eli had stolen my heart. I remembered what a sweet baby boy he was and I had always like to play with him. He was the one behind all this! He was behind the separation of me and my husband! He was the one who got me into the Egregoi in the first place and took me from Klaus and now Klaus from me! Aaargh! I changed his diapers and bathed him and he did this to me!
"Elly…what is going on?" Elena asked and looked closely at me. "You know this guy. This young man?"
"Elena…he's the one responsible for everything. He's The Director."
"My son?" Elena stared at me in shock. "I guess…" I shrugged. It was still a huge shock to me. That sweet, little Eli grew up to be one of the biggest dickhead I had come to known.
"Your son has become one of the most powerful, in fact maybe the most powerful man up there, on Earth. He and his pesky Watchers control everything. The Director runs the Egregoi, who in turn, runs everything."
"How is that even possible?" Elena looked at me and then at Papa. I saw my sister looking at something ahead and I turned around and stared, shock he was there. There was The Director standing in the house. He looked at Elena and smiled.
"Hello Mother…" He said to Elena.
"No…" I uttered and stared at The Director or Eli or whoever he was. "You're not bringing me back! I'm not leaving without my husband."
The Director looked at me and sighed. "Relax…Hades says I can only bring one of you up…" He then looked at Elena who was just staring at him and then at my parents.
"Eli…you're here…" Mama spoke. The Director smiled at Mama and hugged her. "Just for a little while Baba." He then hugged my father and looked at him. "Diado, could you give us a moment?"
"Sure of course…" Papa smiled at him
"I brought you some nice Cuban cigars Diado," The Director said to Papa. He called them Bulgarian words for grandmother and grandfather. My parents nodded and left the living room. It was just The Director, Elena and I standing there.
"You're more beautiful up close," The Director told my sister. Elena only eyed him, half curiosity, and the other half with suspicion.
"I had always wanted to meet you. And I had hoped that it would be in a much better circumstances but…" He paused and looked at me. "As happenstance would have it, I had to come down here and bring you back."
"I won't leave without my sister." Elena spoke boldly and stared at him.
"You don't have a choice…" The Director spoke. I heard the edge in his tone. "You can't speak to her that way." I frowned. "Eli, she's your mother."
"You don't get to call me by my given name," The Director snapped and looked at me. "You have caused nothing but trouble to me! You and that husband of yours."
"You took me away from Klaus!" I cried. "Why did you?"
"I had to…" The Director shrugged.
He then stared at me. "My mother died because of you Elly. I never knew her and it was all your fault. Call it Karma, you took someone I love away from me and now you know how it feels like."
"Eli…" Elena called him softly. "You know it's not true. Things were meant to happen."
"So this is all an act of revenge?" I just stared at the Director in disbelief. He did all this because he had abandonment issues.
"A small part is personal…" He replied. "The rest is pure business. I needed Klaus out but it seemed that you were his secret weapon. You were as power hungry and you wanted Alexander to rule. I could not let it happen. LUNE Global has to be in the Egregoi hands. I didn't want another rehash of The Originals and their dynasty." The Director said and looked at me.
"The Elders wanted you dead. But you are still my aunt, still family so I showed mercy…I thought maybe you could change, be rehabilitated. Turn over a new leaf…but of course you are who you are Eleanna. Whatever darkness you have, can't be tamed away or controlled."
"So what are you doing here then?" Elena asked him. "Klaus is banished to hell. He's no longer a threat."
"I'm here to bring you home Mother. Back to Father." He spoke and looked at Elena. "You don't belong here…This is not your place."
"She is my sister Eli." Elena said and gave him a gentle smile. "I love her and I would never leave her here by herself."
"She won't be." The Director said. "I'll bring her to Klaus myself. You have my word Mother. No harm will come to them. I've spoken to Hades and he has agreed to the terms."
"How about her children Eli?" Elena asked The Director. "You'll have to take care of them Mother." He said.
Elena looked at me, doubtful and I only gave a nod. "It's okay Elena. I'll be fine here." I then narrowed my eyes at The Director and continued. "The Director has given his word that no harm would come to me and Klaus, and I'm sure like his father's, his words can be trusted."
"Elly…I'm not sure…" Elena shook her head. She then stared at The Director. "I want to see it for myself. I want to see Elly reunited with Klaus and that she'll be safe, then I'll leave."
"You're negotiating with me?" The Director was almost taken a back. It was obvious that no one ever questioned him before. He wasn't used to that.
Elena pursed her lips and stared at him. "I carried you for nine months and nearly died giving birth to you so yes…that gives me a right. And it's not a negotiation. Those are my terms."
"If that is what you wish," The Director told Elena and gave a nod.
I didn't know what happened but a bright white light engulfed everything and then we were transported somewhere else. It looked familiar. I was in what remained of the Original's castle. It was in ruins. The towers had collapsed. Most of the wings severely damaged by fire or what seemed like a landslide. I walked towards the edge and saw that the draw bridge was gone. The castle was just precariously perched on the cliff cut off from everything.
"What is this place?" I asked The Director.
"This is Klaus' hell…" He simply said. Elena looked around as well. "Where is he?" I asked. "I need to go find him."
I ran off into the main hall with Elena behind me, calling my name. "Elly wait!"
Everything was a mess. The chairs were all strewn all over the place. Tapestries torn and I saw some burn patches on the walls. The castle was in complete ruin. It was filthy and it smelled rotten. I saw rats scurrying on the floor.
"Klaus!" I called him. "Niklaus!" I saw the stairs and ran up. My chamber. He could be back in my chamber. "Niklaus!"
I walked as hurriedly as I could, Elena running right behind me. I heard the sobs and it broke my heart. I opened the door and there Klaus was kneeling on the floor crying as he cradled a body in his arms.
"No…Elly…no…Don't leave me…" He cried. "Please!" He screamed. I moved forward and saw that he was holding me close. It was me. I was lying there, dead in his arms. I gasped and looked at the bed seeing the bodies of Alexander and Bella, lying dead, drained of blood. I saw the punctured wounds on their necks. No...not my babies...
"What did you do?" I turned and stared at The Director. "What have you done to him?"
"I didn't do anything. This is hell for Klaus. To have you, your children dead by his hands. It will be replayed over and over again in his mind. More effective than any punishment."
I shook my head and walked towards Klaus. He was still so distraught that he was shaking badly. "Niklaus…" I called him. "I'm here…" I said softly and touched his head. "I'm never leaving you."
Klaus couldn't seem to hear or see me. He was still crying, holding that dead body close to him. I stared at The Director. "Make it stop! Why can't he see me?"
"It's not up to me…" The Director said and both his hands were in his pants pockets. "It's up to Klaus. He needs to save himself. It was always that way…He's the only one who can end this."
I knelt down in front of Klaus and took his hand. "Klaus...Look at me." I said to him "I'm not dead. This is all in your head Darling. You can beat this! Our love is stronger than this place. Niklaus, Please." I said desperately. He just stared ahead lifeless, numb and empty.
" I love you…" I whispered and bent to kiss his lips. Klaus still sat there and stared. I then looked at my sister and The Director standing in front of the doorway. "Elena I'll be fine. You have to go…"
"Elly…" My sister called me and I saw the worry in her eyes. "Go Elena please. Isabella needs her mother…" I said sadly.
"I will tell her about you and Klaus. I promise Elly. I will tell Alexander too. They will know the truth…" Elena said firmly and I gave a nod. "I know you will."
My sister rushed into the room and pulled me up. Elena hugged me tight and I felt her tears flowing down. "Elly, I love you so much." She said and squeezed me in her arms.
"I know I love you too. You're my only sister." I said. I pulled away and Elena gently caressed my face. "You will pull through this, you know. You're much stronger." She said and I nodded.
"Never as strong as you Sister…" I said and smiled at Elena who only sighed. The Director looked at me and suddenly spoke. "It might take time. It could take a while before he can finally see or hear you. Weeks, months or even years."
"I don't care…" I said, never sounding so determined in all my life. "I'm not leaving my husband alone here."
The Director gave a nod and came to Elena. "Well we have to go Mother. Father is still up there, in the field waiting for you. The portal will close soon and we must hurry…"
"Elly…" My sister called and I smiled at her. Elena smiled back and waved farewell. The Director took Elena's hand and the bright white light appeared again, engulfing everything and then they were gone. It was just me and Klaus and the fake corpses of my children and I. I sighed and sat next to Klaus as he just stared ahead in his catatonic state. I took his hand and leaned my head on his shoulder.
"Just you and me now Klaus…" I whispered to him. "But we'll be alright."
I heard Klaus sobbing again and he covered his face with both hands in agony. "Shh…Niklaus. It's okay…I'm here. You'll realize it one day. I never left you." I said softly and kissed his cheek. He couldn't hear me of course. Just lost in the hell of his mind.
Sometimes it felt like I was caring for a helpless child or an invalid or someone who had lost his mind. We were left alone the castle ruins and I took care of Klaus as much as I could. He fed from my blood. And we slept in the same bed. I held him close to me. I refused to be away from him. He would wake up screaming for me, and even though, I had tried to comfort and calm him down but he would not stop. He could not see or hear me. He still thought that he was alone in the ruins of his old home. Trapped in that hell of his, in a catatonic, dazed state.
I would watch as Klaus hummed that haunting tune to himself. And I would hum along with him. Sometimes he would do silly, crazy things like muttering gibberish and thinking that he was a cat, chasing after birds or mice. I just watched him. He would even play with the candles and set things on fire and I'd burn things with him. We would watch the huge flames lapping all the wood in the bonfire that we had made. Klaus would lie out in the courtyard and stared at the stars when it was dark. He'd be singing twinkle twinkle little stars and I would lie beside him, singing the nursery rhyme as well. Anything he did, I would do it with him, keeping him company, being close to him. It was just me and Klaus, Klaus and I. The two of us away from everything and everyone, in our own little world, our hell or our Garden of Eden.
At times, it would get so hard that I would cry too, especially when Klaus started to attack the clones of me and my children. It happened almost everyday. I leaned against the wall, outside my room, tears falling down my cheeks as he drank our children dry and then me as well. He would break down afterwards and cry, sobbing and wailing in despair that he had killed his family in a rage and then I would come into the room and hold him.
"I'm sorry Elly...I'm so sorry..." Klaus would mumble over and over again to himself as he just stared in space.
"I know Niklaus...I know..." I whispered and rocked him in my arms. I smiled seeing how long his hair had grown and while he sat there, staring into nothingness and empty space as he normally did. I had found a pair of scissors and started snipping his hair. I'd wash him, bathe him and even shave him.
"I wonder how long we've been here…" I said one day as I washed his back. Klaus was in a wooden tub while I stood outside. I smiled at my husband, he was staring out again. He was there but he really wasn't.
"Maybe Bella is all grown up now…" I sighed. "Our daughter looked so pretty Niklaus. Bella is beautiful…" I told him wistfully. "You would be so proud of her. And she's smart too, she knew I was crazy right away…" I laughed softly, remembering Bella calling me 'Mommy's crazy friend.'
I then looked at Klaus. "I miss her and Alexander Darling. I do, so very much." I said sadly thinking of my children. I bend and kissed his forehead.
"Doesn't matter now…so long as I'm with you…nothing matters. Our children are safe and loved and I am grateful." I told him. I moved to take his clothes and suddenly I felt him holding my hand. I turned and looked at him.
"Elly…" Klaus uttered, calling my name. I wondered if he was just saying it in his despair or if he really knew I was there.
"Klaus…" I called him, tears prickling my eyes. He looked at me confused and a little shaken. "I remember…Elly…I remember everything."
"Oh God…" I cried and held his face gently. "You can see me?" Klaus nodded and I went inside the tub and embraced him. "Oh Niklaus…" I said and kissed his lips and he kissed me back. "You're back."
"I thought I lost you…" He said and looked closely at me. "I thought I killed you Elly, you and our children…"
"No you didn't Klaus…" I shook my head. "It was just your mind. Playing tricks on you. It never happened Darling. I knew you'd come back. Back to me," I smiled as my tears flowed and held his face gently.
Klaus pulled me close to him and I knew he would never let me go again. "I love you Elly..." He whispered and I just smiled, relieved that I had him back. I knew I would never let him go or leave him.
Elly
In hell forever… Sure it seemed like I was getting the shorter end of the stick and maybe it was my come uppance for all the troubles and destruction I had caused. But it was not really all that bad. I was sitting on a grassy field somewhere near a river. I didn't know which one. I smiled seeing Klaus walking towards me carrying some apples he had plucked from that very sacred tree that was near by. They looked so red and shiny, I felt my mouth watered just looking at them. Klaus threw one at me and I caught it. I took a bite and almost moaned at how delicious and juicy it tasted. You couldn't really fault Eve for tempting Adam and asking him to taste the forbidden fruit.
Klaus lied down on the grassy field next to me and pulled me into his arms. I just leaned there, enjoying the cool breeze. We were having our daily walks, exploring this wild, unchartered land. Klaus had gotten better, fully recovered from the hell that went through his mind and I was relieved that he had remembered everything. Me, our children, the centuries we had together. Every single memory was returned to him.
"Are we really going to be stuck here forever?" I asked him. I was contemplating on how I was ever going to spend my eternity down there. What could I possibly do to occupy my time? I looked at my husband. Klaus was still munching the apple.
"Hades says we could be out on parole or something…"Klaus told me. He finished his apple and threw the core away.
"When will that be?" I asked as I snuggled closer in his arms. Klaus shrugged and pulled me close. "A thousand years maybe. A few centuries if we're good."
I laughed and shook my head. It was a preposterous idea. "Good? Niklaus, you can never be good."
"I could." Klaus said and gazed at me. "I could be motivated enough to be good. Anything to get out of this hell hole. It's boring down here..." He then let out a yawn.
"Where's all the hell fires and brimstone?" He snickered. "Even the demons here are boring. They play chess and battleship."
I smiled at him and leaned to kiss his lips. "I'm just glad that I'm here with you." I really was. As long as Klaus was with me, I knew we'd both be fine. He was my true home just as I was his.
"Ah yes…" Klaus gave a sly smile and nuzzled my nose with his. "What will you ever do without me Elly? How will you ever survive?" He gave a mock sigh of sadness.
He sounded so cocky and obnoxious that I rolled my eyes and gave him a hard punch on his shoulder. "Ow!" Klaus yelped and stared at me. "That hurts. I'm not as strong as I was before." He whined.
"You're a pussy..." I laughed at Klaus. "A pussy vamp. You're worse than Edward! Worse than a Cullen!"
He was furious hearing that. Klaus hated Edward and the Cullens and I knew I had hit a sore spot. "Take that back Elly!"
"I won't." I shook my head and suddenly got up. I only giggled and started to run away from him. "Elly!" Klaus screamed. He got up as well and started to chase after me. He caught me of course, even without his vampiric abilities, he was still faster than I was and maybe I just wanted him to catch me.
"No Niklaus…" I laughed and he held me close and pulled me down to the ground. I was out of breath from the short run and I smiled seeing his face so close to mine. He looked deeply at me, his pale blue eyes piercing mine. I saw it. His soul, calm, peaceful and loved. Klaus whispered softly in my ear. "I love you, Eleanna."
"Forever?" I asked him softly as I gently ran my fingers through his short golden hair. Klaus smiled back at me and nodded. "Forever and thereafter…" He said sweetly.
He moved to kiss me and I kissed him ardently back. The kiss grew more passionate and we started shedding our clothes. We were brazenly making love in the fields, out in the open, somewhere in Hell, The Underworld, wherever it was. But neither of us cared. We had each other, nothing else mattered.
"You know, I was thinking…" I sighed as I lied on my husbands's bare chest. The both of us still in the midst of our postcoital bliss. Hazy, satisfied smiles on both of our faces.
"What is it Darling?" Klaus asked me gently.
"I've heard whispers…" I said and gave him a simpering smile. "That there is a way out of here. We could escape Klaus…"
"Really?" He looked at me curiously. "We could go back up there…back on Earth…" I told him.
"And how do you propose we do that?" Klaus asked and just gazed at me.
"We need to get one of those teleportation demons…or we could just wait till we get our parole." I yawned and snuggled close. I was getting sleepy and my eyes felt heavy.
"Rest Sweetheart…" Klaus cooed and leaned to plant a kiss on my head as I closed my eyes. "We have forever Eleanna and forever is a long time…"
Epilogue…
Everyone knows of that crazy couple. The ones with the legendary, drama filled, rollercoaster ride of a relationship. A cycle of pain, love and outright insanity. You've read about them in the books or the tabloid papers. Watched them in reality shows or TV dramas. Like Romeo & Juliet, Anthony & Cleopatra. Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII, Kim Mathers & Eminem…Rachel & Ross. You may even heard them arguing, or saw their fights right in front of you. You're probably friends with them. Maybe you're even one of them. It's the same story. She yells at him and he yells back, then she slaps him and storms off. But he'll chase after her and try to win her back and they'd reconcile but it would start all over again, this vicious cycle.
The passion, the romance, the crazy, obsessive jealousy that comes with it. The angry public fights and the passionate make up sex that followed behind closed doors. A love that was crazy and destructive. It could reduce one to cry oceans of tears and makes you want to kill yourself, only after you killed him or her. And maybe even burn the house down in the process. There are reasons why some crimes are called 'crimes of passion'. Love is a silly, crazy thing. It wasn't healthy of course and I would never recommend such a love to anyone. Love shouldn't have to hurt but sometimes it inevitably does. But I supposed, in the end, you have to ask yourself, if it was really worth the pain.
It was to me…Every single moment. Every single tear. Every single heartache…It was all worth it.
I just sat there in the booth in Mystic Bar & Grill, wearing my Jackie O oversized glasses. Dressed in a simple checkered blue sundress and wearing a short denim jacket. The place had gone through a couple of changes and renovations but I guessed it still more or less looked the same. I looked out the window and saw that black Mustang driving up the road. The same one that had belonged to Damon Salvatore. It stopped right in front of the Grill and I watched as a beautiful young woman stepped out dressed in skinny jeans a long top and Damon's black leather jacket, as well as pointy knee high boots. She had long, lustrous hair that flowed like a golden waterfall behind her. Her eyes were deep and blue and blazing furiously. Her face was heartshaped. She had golden perfectly arched eyebrows that were a few shades darker than her hair, pouty pink lips, a teeny cleft in her chin. She was pale, her skin so milky white and translucent. She got out of the car and slammed the door hard.
"What the hell Izzie!" Damon screamed at her as he got out from the driver's seat. "You're gonna break the door and I just fix it."
"I don't care about the stupid door and I hate you!" The blonde screamed back at him. "Why do you always do this? Why did you have to get so jealous?"
"I saw the way he was looking at you…he was undressing you with his eyes." Damon seethed. "God! I want to rip his heart out. I really do."
"He's my professor Damon!" Izzie yelled at him.
"You don't have to get jealous every fucking time! There are guys in college Damon. Plenty of guys. Why can't you just trust me?" Izzie said furiously. She folded her arms angrily and walked away. Damon went after her. He took her arm and she struggled. I watched as she tried to pull herself away from him but he just pulled her in his embrace.
"Let me go Damon…" She told him, tears falling down her eyes. "I want a break up. I don't want to be with you anymore."
"No Izzie. No breaking up. Ever! I won't let you go." Damon shook his head and told her in a firm, stubborn tone. "You know I won't." He brushed her tears away and pulled her in for a fierce kiss and she kissed him passionately back.
I just sighed seeing it. My daughter Isabella and Damon were lovers and from the look of things, very much in love with each other. Another one of those dramatic, crazy relationships in the making. Guess the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
I turned and wondered where Klaus went. He took a while to settle the bill for lunch. I saw him standing by the bar, talking to some high school girl who was wearing a super short mini denim skirt and I frowned immediately. Just staring at the body language, it was obvious that he was flirting with her. I got up and stalked right up to my husband. Klaus was wearing a long sleeved dark grey T shirt and dark jeans. I preferred him in casual clothes to the smart suits and jackets. He looked so much younger wearing that than the suits and ties.
"Excuse me…" I said to the leggy brunette in my condescending, imperious tone. "If you don't mind, I need to have a word with my husband."
She stepped back and gasped in shock. I showed her my wedding band which was on my middle finger. The girl moved away and Klaus glared angrily at me, irritated that I had interrupted his conversation.
"Really Niklaus…" I rolled my eyes at him and crossed my arms. "First thing you do when you get out of hell is to find yourself some tramp."
"I was merely talking to her Darling, asking for directions…everything's different." Klaus said an edge to his tone.
"Directions to her fucking cunt you mean..." I snapped and glared at him.
"Do you always have to be so bloody crude Elly?" Klaus grumbled and sighed. He took my hand and we headed out the door, bumping into another couple. Klaus stared at the young dark haired man and I smiled as I look at my daughter's beautiful face.
"Watch where you're going…" Klaus snarled at Damon. "Same to you…" Damon shot back. Klaus grew angry hearing that, his eyes stared at Damon's. I just pulled his arm away. "Come on Sweetheart…" I said to Klaus and tried to pull him away.
"Crazy, rude Brits…" Damon muttered under his breath and pulled Bella or Izzie as they now called her in with him.
"I feel like snapping his neck…" Klaus said angrily as he turned and looked at Damon's back, while we were outside. "That bloody wanker!"
"Niklaus enough…" I gritted and took his hand. Klaus wouldn't let it go. He stared at the black Mustang. "Is this his car?" Klaus asked me. My eyes widened.
"Klaus No! We don't want any trouble." I warned him and held his arm, gripping it tight.
"He was rude to me. He deserved it." Klaus said and gave a smirk. He pulled away. I watched as Klaus looked around for people. He then moved close to the car and banged the hood hard with his fist that all the four tires went flat. Klaus smashed the windscreen and windows as well.
"What the fuck!" Damon came running out from The Grill. He speeded to Klaus and stared at him. "Do you know who you're messing with?" Damon glared at him.
Klaus only leaned at his face aggressively. "You don't know am I, do you?" He hissed at Damon.
"Damon!" Izzie called his name.
"I don't care…" Damon seethed in anger. "You are going to pay for messing with my car. You stupid asshole!" I saw Damon's vampire's features come out. Klaus only smirked, not afraid of him. I saw it in Klaus' face. He was going to strike Damon down and I didn't want it to happen.
"What the hell is going on?" Izzie asked and stared at Klaus.
Klaus saw her and I heard a sigh slipping from his mouth. He knew he couldn't hurt Damon. Izzie would be devastated and as evil and cruel a monster that Klaus was, he would never want to hurt her. Not his precious, sweet Isabella. Klaus stepped back and moved away from Damon. She then looked at the damage done to Damon's car.
"Are you going to pay for that?" Izzie demanded him. "Fine…" Klaus said softly and looked at me. He took out his wallet and gave Damon a thick pad of hundred dollar bills. "That should cover it…"
"He's lucky that I didn't have his head…" Klaus said and gave a smile to Izzie who only glared angrily back at him. "Niklaus…" I sighed and took his arm leading him away.
"Who the hell are you?" My daughter asked, eyes just staring at him. She looked closely at him and I wondered if she recognized him.
"The name's Klaus. Daddy's back Darling," Klaus said and grinned widely at her. He pulled me in his arms and kissed me softly on the lips. "Come on Elly…let's go, leave the kiddies to themselves…"
"What?" Izzie was confused and stared at us before looking at Damon.
I gave a loud sigh and Klaus held his arm around my waist as we walked away. I shook my head and looked at him while we walked. "Do you really have to do that?" I asked him, my eyes narrowing.
"He got off easy…" Klaus shrugged. He then smiled at me and kissed me again. "At least our little girl is fine. She does have your temper though…"
"My temper?" I frowned and stared at him. "She has yours pat down." I couldn't believe Klaus would say that. Bella had obviously inherited his temper tantrums. She has everything of his, the golden hair, the cleft on her chin, his pale skin and pouty lips. The only thing Bella had that was mine, was my deep blue eyes.
"Yours…mine…ours…" Klaus sighed easily. "Does it really matter my Love?" He asked. I smiled and kissed him again, forgetting that I was ever angry or annoyed with him.
We had come back to Mystic Falls to see how our children were doing when they finally let us out. Twenty years had passed but it felt like centuries back in hell. Bella or Izzie as she was now known was in college doing her Masters in Anthropology, with a speciality in the Occult. As for our son, Alexander, well he was grown up now. In his early forties, married to Meredith Sulez with three children of his own. He had grown older of course and decided against being an immortal.
Oh…and one more thing. My son was the current sitting president of the country. Klaus was so proud of that and so was I. Alexander did rule after all...Haha in your face Eli. The youngest ever elected, just a few months younger than JFK had been during his inauguration. Guessed our children really did turn out well without us. Elena was doing well too. She and Elijah had a brood of kids. Seven in total now and I saw that my sister was pregnant again. I think they were aiming to have a dozen. I was happy for my sister and pleased that my children were alright.
We got into the SUV and Klaus started the engine. He gave me a smile and drove the car out of the parking lot. "Where to now, Darling?"
"Anywhere…" I smiled tenderly and looked at him, as silly as it sounds, I could just stare at his perfect, angelic, Adonis face all eternity long. "As long as you're there with me and only if I'm there with you."
Klaus gave a nod and I looked out the window. I felt his hand touching mine and I squeezed it. Our fingers lacing through each other. Deep in Hell or on Earth and maybe who knows, the pearly gates of Heaven, although I doubt we could ever get in there. As long as we had each other, I knew that we'd be alright. You and me against the world…It had always been that way. Me & Klaus. Klaus & I. We belonged together. We always have. Some universal truths would stand the test of time.
"Klaus?" Damon uttered and stared at his girlfriend. Both of them were still standing outside the Grill. "Who the hell's Klaus?"
"He's my father Damon…I think he's my real father" Izzie spoke and groaned. She couldn't believe it herself.
"No shit…" Damon shook his head and stared at the damage done to his car. Izzie just sidled close to him and he put his arm around her and kissed her forehead firmly.
"I'm sorry about your car…" She whispered. Damon only sighed and held her close. The damage was significant and he did love the car. He wondered if he should let Stefan knew about it. It was Stefan's as well. The Salvatore brothers shared the car. Nah… No point in spoiling Stefan's mood. His brother was probably partying somewhere in Rio with Katherine.
"If he's really your Dad. I guess now, we know why they call you The Monster's Daughter." He uttered and gave Izzie a charming, toothy grin.
"You're an asshole…" Izzie frowned and beat his chest. Damon only shrugged and chuckled. "Yes I am, but you love me."
"I'm a stupid girl," Izzie said and sighed loudly. Damon smiled and kissed her deeply. "A stupid girl whom I'm crazily in love with."
Well like I've said before, love is a silly, crazy thing…
Thank You so much for reading and for sticking this long. Thank You for your patience and kind reviews. I wanted a happy ending for everyone and though Klaus & Elly should probably stay in Hell or wherever they were, I just thought it'd be so much more fun for them to be back on Earth. And Isabella and Damon :) Hah...another drama couple in the making.
