hey guys so here is the newest chapter for you based on 3x03 which i think is more like the show than the last couple of chapters that I've posted lately as I've tried to fit Peyton into the main plot of the story rather than using the scenes with Hayley simply due to the fact that I just that they didn't fit in with my previous changes as well as I've tried to add a features of my own plot into the mix with the addition of Sam Ward. I know that I'm much later with this once than I have been with the others but I've been unbelievable busy recent with things with my sister's wedding coming up and also updates are going to be a little slower due to the fact that I'm going to have two stories going on at the same time so hopefully they won't be too slow. And of course I've extend lines and scenes just make it flow better as well as to make fit in better. so I just hope that you love and I would to hear what you think if it. Thank you so much for the reviews, follows and favourites, I love hear what you think of my story the good and bad so please keep it up. Also there is a link below for you to see Peyton's outfits.
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Chapter 51: I'll see you in hell or New Orleans
Being back in New Orleans wasn't easy for Peyton or for Klaus as they settled back into the lives that that they had decided to leave behind months before although moving into their own apartment across from the compound seemed to be helping them since it gave them their space to be a proper married couple as well as grow as a family without all of the craziness that came with living in the compound, however the only draw back of moving into a new apartment was the decorating and the unpacking which was how Peyton's morning was beginning while trying to sort out her husband and twins. Peyton wore a long striped tank dress, a dark red cardigan, a pair of dark grey leggings, a pair of red ballet flats. She decided to place up half of her hair into a messy bun while leaving the rest of it down in a mass of waves in order to keep it out of her eyes, she wore light eye makeup consisting of eyeliner that went well with her natural looking beige lips
" you know that you don't have to unpack this very second right?" Klaus said as he placed Wyatt into his high chair before doing the same with Ava before going to make them some breakfast
" I know I don't but I want to this our home as soon as possible which means making ours with our things" she said ripping open another box which revealed more of her large book collection
" which I get but don't you think that you're focusing a little too hard on the whole apartment thing" he said worried that she was avoiding some of the bigger and recent issues in their lives right now
" you mean other than focusing on how my sister and my co alpha out in the bayou trying to get grips with being human again or on your old friend Lucien or the prophecy?" She said panicking
" hey shush calm down...your sister and Jackson will come to terms with being human again, we'll work out what game Lucien is playing and where the prophecy fits in" he said trying to comfort her
" and then we'll deal with it right? I guess I'm just on edge with everything... this is when mommy envies you two being babies with nothing to worry about yet" she said kissing them on the head
" I hope that I'm not interrupting anything but I thought that you might interested in talking about this supposed prophecy" Elijah said entering the apartment as he surprised the small family
" no you aren't but in saying that you can't just walk in here, what if I was indecent?" Klaus said as he mocked anger as she took over feeding the twins who were hungrily waiting
" so who wants to start off by telling who exactly Lucien is and what happened with him? I mean I know the basics" Peyton said while feeding them as she became curious about Lucien
" My memory of Lucien goes back to a time when our family was happy, things were good... or as good as things could be as vampires hiding in plain sight" Klaus said beginning to tell her
" so what happened to change it?" She said that there had to be more to than Mikael finding them and forcing them to flee yet another place that they felt might eventually become home
" well everyone in Marseilles was held in the thrall of the Count's arrogant son Tristan and his sister, the Lady Aurora" he said as he began to think back on Tristan and Aurora from then
" and let me guess Lucien had a thing for Aurora?" She said as she gave Ava and Wyatt their final spoonfuls before using the bib that they were wearing to clean their mouths and hands
" In hindsight, I could have done more to prevent what was to follow but then even an endless life cannot be played in reverse" he said looking at Elijah who blamed him for certain things
" as I recall Lucien wanted Klaus to pass a note to Aurora to declare his undying love for her unfortunately she was already in love with another wasn't she?" Elijah said with a pointed look
" to dissuade Lucien, I told him Aurora would not accept his note so I thought the matter settled. How could I tell him that she was in love with another?" Klaus said to himself than her
" another? Why am I sensing that she was in love with you?... so what happened next?" She said as Klaus noticed that his wife's tone had grown cold and hardened at this realisation
" Lucien was a hopeless romantic so in his desperation, he sought her out and the in process caught us together" he said mentally comparing his love for Aurora to his love for Peyton
" which lead Aurora's brother finding them together and to believe that Lucien was the one having the affair with her" Elijah said leaving out some of the more major details for her
" either way given the circumstance, Lucien qualifies as both friend and foe and according to Freya's prophecy-" Klaus said trying to move away from the past as she let out the twins
" You are to beware both friend and foe but let us not forget family, Niklaus." Elijah said as the twins began to walk towards their uncle to greet him as they all thought of the prophecy
" which is why we shouldn't be making double edged comments at each other but instead be banding together against this new threat" she said as she began to clean up the twins's mess
" she's right and as for Lucien who is two out of three, I say we put him down just like old times" he said thinking about all the fun that they used to have as brothers before Dahlia
" Just like old times? Brother, I wonder who among our family do you suppose has the greatest predilection for betrayal?" Elijah said still believing that it would be Klaus to do this
" Elijah, enough! Don't do this around Ava and Wyatt, I was serious about us not turning on each other like this" she said gesturing to the babies in the room around them playing happily
" I apologise, Peyton... so before we murder Lucien, there are certain questions that need to be answered. Chiefly, what is he doing here?" He said knowing that it would involve trouble
" or why he said he didn't get bitten by Jackson or have werewolf venom in his system when you both say he did... why lie to you?" Peyton said clearly confused about this element of it
" I'm afraid we might have to resort to something deliciously medieval here, brother..." he said knowing that Peyton couldn't and wouldn't be involved in this particular fight of theirs just now
"'We?' I take it you will lower yourself to associate with your bastard brother? Have you finally forgiven me?" Klaus asked almost hopeful at this as it was all he wanted from Elijah lately
" I will consider it...When Hayley forgives you, Gia rises from the dead, and hell freezes over. let's just hope your little friendship with Lucien doesn't disrupt our mission" he said in warning
" what about you little red? Will you join us in dealing with Lucien?" He said as Elijah kissed the twins goodbye before giving them a nod as he left them alone in the apartment
" no actually I think I'll stay out of this one for now, I was hoping to take the twins for a walk through the Quarter but keep me up to date" she said giving him a kiss on the cheek
Later that morning after Peyton had gotten both of the twins dressed appropriately for the weather and gotten together all of the things that she might need for them like their snacks or favourite soft toys into their diaper hate as well as gotten dressed herself, they headed out to the French Quarter for their walk as Peyton decided to take their stroller with them but allow them to walk will on reins in case they became too tired to keep as they looked at different street artists surrounding the streets until something or rather someone kept catching Peyton's eye causing her to be on high alert. Soon she decided to shake who ever was following her as she tried to lose herself in the crowd before that certain someone stood in her way. Peyton wished that she had wore something that would help her look a little more fierce rather than the white jersey blouse, a white lace bralette, a pair of high waisted jeans, brown ankle boots and a brown biker jacket. Her growing hair was in a half up half down style with sections of it loosely held back with a clip, her eye makeup was simple and light smoked to got with her dull soft dark red lipstick
" Sam, I should have guessed that it was you creeping in the shadows... what the hell are you doing here?" Peyton said feeling uncomfortable with having him so close to her children
" I figured that you wouldn't listen to my warnings about staying away from the Mikaelson family, I know that you tend to fight rather than go with flight" he said almost to sweetly to her
" there was things here that needed my attention and still do but something tells me that you know all about that" she said making a mental note to call her old alpha for an update on Sam
" maybe... who are these little delights? I think that you might be more heavily involved with that family than you led me to believe" he said looking at Wyatt who was a mirror image of Klaus
" I'm sorry I was supposed to give you a complete run down of my life since I left you and the pack... this is my children, Ava and Wyatt" she said as she decided to be somewhat polite
" she looks just like you, every bit as beautiful as her mother is" he said bending down to the stroller to stoke Ava's cheek, however Peyton pulled the stroller and the twins out of his reach
" Sam, what are you doing here?" She said more slowly and firm this time as she realised that it couldn't be a coincidence that people from their past were suddenly showing up in their city
" easy mama bear, I come in peace and with a warning or two for you... from the way I hear things in New Orleans is about heat up in more than one way" he said cryptically to her
" would you quit with the crypticness and just tell me whatever it is?" she said clearly getting annoyed with him over this as she tried to get a better feel for whatever he was up to right now
" the sire line war is being brought here due to Lucien Castle and Tristan de Martel being here, they hate each other due to their long history" he said waving it as if it was nothing major
" I'm aware of it, why is it that you're warning are nothing new to me and are pretty much useless?" She said acting completely indifferent and annoyed by him as she wanted to leave
" come on, darling! Let's play nice... how about this for new information? Tommy Lowe has been asking questions about you lately" he said knowing that would get a reaction from her
" Tommy Lowe? Why would Tommy being after me? We dealt him years ago" she said remembering the days that she was more like him working on her pure animal instinct like him
" well the word on the streets is that you've gotten soft since becoming a mommy" he said looking down at her children as he compared the girl he knew from back when to the one in front of him
" if Tommy thinks I've gotten soft over the years then he just needs to look at the missing chunk out of his ear to remind him" she said not proud of how she took a chunk out of his ear
" hey darling, don't stupid the messenger now" he said holding his hands up in mock defeat as she rolled her eyes and turned to walk in the other direction to go back to the apartment, just then her phone began to ring as her screen showed that it was Cami calling
" hey Peyton, it's Cami...I need your help with something" she said into the phone as Peyton continued to walk while constantly looking back to see whether or not Sam was following her
" sure, what with?" She said absentmindedly as her main concern was getting somewhere safe and away from Sam or anyone else who might be lurking in the shadows from her
" Lucien Castle, he was arrested in connection to those human murders and is only willing to talk if it's with you" she said as Peyton realised that everything lately led right back to Lucien
" of course he is, let me just someone to look after the twins and I'll be there" she said suddenly intrigued by whatever was going on and what it had to with Sam as well as her past
" if you're ok with bringing them here then either me or Vincent will babysit them while you talk to Lucien" Cami said trying to save time as well as be helpful as she was doing her a favour
" sure then I'll be there as soon as I can" she said heading back to where her apartment was as she strapped the twins into her car before driving off to the local New Orleans prescient
Peyton got to the prescient and gave her name into the receptionist since she knew that the local detective on the case would be waiting for her as he came out and lead her to the interrogation room where Lucien was being questioned as Cami silently greeted the twins who were now having a nap in the midst of all the craziness which made it a little easier for Peyton to leave them so that she could take to the latest bad man from their father's past. She looked in the mirror before going into the room as she decided that she had be colder than normal so that he would know that she was a force to be reckoned with
" you wanted to talk to me so talk, otherwise I'm going to go and I'm not coming back anytime" Peyton said sitting down on the chair in front of him as she glared at him coldly
" here's me thinking that you were nice and brought out the good in Nicklaus" he said to her in the hopes to unnerve her slightly but unfortunately he barely got a reaction from her
" if you wanted nice and goodness then you should have asked for the therapist but instead you asked for me, why?" She said showing him that she wasn't in the mood to be messed with
" I thought New Orleans had the same burden of proof as the rest of the colonies, what is it? Ah yes...innocent until proven guilty" he said referring to the fact he had been arrested for murder
" I don't care if you murdered theses guys or not but more about why you're in New Orleans to begin with so why talk to me?" She said getting back on track as she heard Cami groan
" is it so hard to believe that I wouldn't take this opportunity to get to know Nik's wife? Listen you don't know me but if you did then you would see that we were the same" he said plainly
" we're not the same' in so many ways we are nothing a like" she said sitting back in her chair as she folded her arms trying to mentally compare herself to Lucien but didn't like to doing it
" oh we are, two souls caught in the orbit of Family Mikaelson yet somehow survived to tell the tale with scars to show for or except one of us is still in it" he said nodding towards her
" let me guess, this is the point where you tell me your story and I'm supposed to be all sympathetic while pretending you're trying to ruin my family?" She said showing her boredom
" what do you know of my story?" He said curious about what Klaus had told her about their mutually shared past as she considered her words carefully as to not make this fun for him
" I know that you met them just after they become vampires and helped them blend in, I know you and Klaus had feelings for the same girl and that her brother caught you with her" she said summarising everything that she had learned about him and his past that morning
" after being caught by the Lord Tristan, I was tortured... when Nik and Elijah came to my rescue it only angered him who then sliced my face like this" he said pushing the photos towards her
" so either you're enacting your time as a torture victim or this Lord Tristan is in town having his own special brand of fun" she said bringing it back to the murders for Cami's sake
" really? I tell you that I was horrifically tortured by this guy and you somehow continue to think that I might be the bad guy" he said fascinated by her as he believed Klaus was just now
" it's a talent of mine among many others... so what happened after you were given the joker grin?" She said trying to get onto the topic and away from her to make it less personal for her
" Nik came into my cell to give me some water but I had other intentions involving a knife of his, to cut a long story short I had his blood in my system" he said thinking about the night
" hence why you don't have any scars or marks from Tristan's torture spree and why you're a vampire" she said working out what happened next with his background story as he smiled
" I was killed by guard a short while later when I tried to get my revenge and I awakened moments before Nik was about to burn my body" he said seeing her smile begin to grow
" and what a shame that would have been huh? So bringing it back to the murders, are you saying that you didn't do it?" She said with a smile although wasn't sure that she believed him
" that's exactly what I am saying and now the question that the people behind the glass should ask is who did which fortunately for them is something I can answer" he said confidently which made her want to punch him hard in the face
" great, do you feeling like sharing the answer with the group or...?" She said still not showing any emotion towards him as they were both surprised by the door being thrown opened
" I think that we have to have a conversation about the company that you decide to keep for future reference, my wife but for now we're leaving" Klaus said walking into the interrogation room
" oh I don't know about that, I mean Lucien here has been telling me all about the good old days" she said still in the previous mood she had been by not letting his presence affect her
" Whatever Lucien's said to you today has most certainly been a lie, little red" he said thinking about the flashes of the prophecy that he had seen while drinking from the seer with Elijah
" Oh come on, Nik! Why should I lie?" Lucien said clearly outraged by the accusation as he had been working so hard to get Peyton onto his side for Klaus to come and ruining it all
" For the same reason you lied about avoiding a werewolf bite when Elijah saw it with his own eyes and the wolf himself knows that he bit you? This ends now" he said warning him sternly
" Then you're giving Tristan the victory he seeks, he is the guilty one" he said showing his undying hatred for the privileged son as Peyton learned more in this moment than before
" I'm going to need a word with Lucien in private if you wouldn't mind, little red" he said trying to keep control of his tempter when talking to his wife since he knew that it come back later
" not happening, he asked to talk to me and I want to know why but more than that I want to know what's going on unless you can think of a reason for me not to?" She said testing him
" not a single one...so Tristan huh? Whatever Tristan's role in this charade may be, have no fear as I will discover it but first I'm going to drain you of vervain" he said taunting Lucien
" why? What motive could you possibly have for doing that?" He said knowing that whatever Klaus had in mind for him wouldn't be pleasant as he made it sound as Peyton rolled her eyes
" I'm going to ask you a few questions and once you've answered if I'm feeling sentimental perhaps I'll grant you a painless death" he said still in full raging sire mode to threaten him
" which might not happen since we both know Klaus isn't particular sentimental" she said moving so that she was now sitting on the table after getting up to stretch her legs slightly
" Please, enough posturing! Ask me anything you want as I've said I am only here to protect you" he said ignoring Peyton as he knew that she was the one who could undo all of his work
" And yet you lied about your werewolf bite, why?" Klaus said thinking about how lucien should be having visions of the past and being suffer greatly from the werewolf venom
" I simply didn't want to bother you! Don't you have greater concerns than a little wolf-bite that I can cure on my own?" He said stunning both Peyton and Klaus with this new knowledge
" I'm actually curious about how you can do that as someone with her own werewolf venom without the use of Klaus's blood" she said hoping that she was intimating him like she wanted
" instead let's discuss these absurd murders, If it were true that I was scattering bodies and scarring faces then you would be right to assume I'm mentally unstable which I'm not but who would benefit most from you thinking that I am? Who else but Tristan?" He said holding the file
" I'm thinking that any one of our enemies might benefit from it including you so that you could spin this all into your advantage" Peyton said clearly suspicious of Lucien despite his words
" if you don't trust me, if you kill me and are forced to stand alone then wouldn't that benefit him?" He said thinking about how if Klaus died then so would his entire sire line with him
" It's a very interesting theory... only I don't need your protection, I'm quite capable of protecting myself and my family" he said showing that he wasn't as alone as he used to be
" Undoubtedly but who looks after your family hmm? Your friends? Peyton, for instance? Such associations make you vulnerable and thus in need of me" he said implying that she made him weak
" What the hell are you doing here?" Detective Kinney said to Klaus as he walked into the interrogation room to check on Peyton to see that she was now joined by her wealthy husband
" I'm Mr. Castle's legal counsel...Here to ensure justice is served" Klaus said smiling fakery to the detective before compelling him into believe the story of why he was here and to let him go
" Hmm, well your client's not gonna need you today. We found another body, this one's fresh so it couldn't have been you. You're free to go, Mr. Castle but don't leave town" he told the,
" And like a phoenix I rise...Do think about what I said, Nik" Lucien said before leaving as he left Peyton and Klaus alone in the interrogation room completely stunned about it all just now
" you don't have to say it, I know that we'll talk about this later but right now I should go get our children from Cami next door" she said suddenly feeling exhausted as she walked away
After Peyton collected her children from Cami, she decided to go back to the apartment while Klaus went to deal with Lucien and was eventually joined by Elijah who wanted to prevent him from doing anything stupid like killing him due to Tristan's words still being fresh in his head from his meeting with the Strix. It allowed to process everything between her surprise meeting with Sam to Lucien wanting to talk to her as she couldn't stop herself from thinking about while she went through her motherly and wifely duties since she was still thinking about how the two people may just not be completely unconnected, she was pulled out of her thoughts when Klaus and Elijah walked through the door just after she had out the twins to sleep for the night
" now I reap what I sow, I should have killed him in that chapel" Klaus said after pouring the three of them a glass of bourbon before sitting down as he thought about his time with Lucien
" Yet you played right alongside him succumbing to your savagery, he brought out the worst in you Niklaus" Elijah said thinking the type of person he had been under Lucien's influence
" that isn't exactly a crime now is it? And if it were, can you really say that you have done the same with someone from your past? I can't" Peyton said thinking her when she was with Sam
" he's right though, we brought out the worst in each other but in some ways we made each other who we are" he said giving her a side look wondering what she meant by that comment
" well the moment we have that weapon, we will end him...He and Tristan" he said thinking that they would end the threat before it became any bigger than it already was for them
" It's good to hear that word again...'We'" he said smiling as he thought about him and Elijah being reunited against their foes as brothers as Peyton felt for him already knowing Elijah's response
" It's purely circumstantial let me assure you, brother but this is not forgiveness" he said rolling his eyes as Peyton got the urge to whack on the head with something to give him some sense
" seriously you couldn't just give him that? You know that he had no choice but to go along with Dahlia's plan" she said clearly annoyed by the fact that he had just hurt Klaus like that
" I've claimed righteousness in my actions towards you... perhaps I did stray a little too far from the shores of reason. Freya's prophecy speaks of family against family and I want you to know...You will never fall by my hand" he said wanting him to know this before he left them
" he might not be proud of that little speech of yours but I am, I know that took lot for you to say and do" she said joining him on the couch as she took a sip from her glass of bourbon
" thank you little red... so do you want to tell me what's bothering you? I mean that comment wasn't something innocent or you just defending me" he said moving her hair from her face
" you aren't the only one who's past is coming to haunt them, you remember I told you about an old contact of mine?" She said knowing that she had to tell him about Sam sooner or later
" the one that you found about the prophecy from back in Mystic Falls? Of course" he said wondering where she was going from this as her comment was in fresh in his memory
" his name is Sam Ward, I met him when I came across a pack in upstate New York in this small little town... I was there for a year" she said knowing that he would get how big that was
" that was the longest time you stayed in one since being a wolf, why?" He said sensing that there was more to this story than that and more to whatever Sam Ward meant to her than this
" partly because I was so involved with pack things and with Sam, he was the pack enforcer and I caught up in the brutality that came with" she said draining the rest of what was left in her glass with a shaky hand
" he brought out the worst in you" he said as the realisation hit him as the pieces of the puzzle suddenly clicked back into place which made her previous comment make a lot more sense
" yeah he did, Sam is used to using his animalistic instincts from being turned so young and he taught me to the same in way that I forgot my morals" she said horrified by herself just now
" why is suddenly coming back to you now though?" He said thinking that it had been a while she had seen him in Mystic Falls as he wondered why it was becoming an issue for her now
" because I saw him today and he warned an old enemy of mine, he said he was planning something against me but I know Tommy wouldn't do that" she said so certain of this fact
" why are you so sure on this?" He said wondering how she could know for sure as he got up to pour them another glass of bourbon since he could tell that they both needed it right now
" because he's terrified of me or used to be and no rumours of how I am now would convince him to strike against me" she said thinking about the little reminder that she left him with
" so what do you think he really wanted if not to warn you against this Tommy character?" He said handing her glass as he sat back on the couch as she curled up next to him for comfort
" honestly? To stop me from suspecting him of working me, I mean if I really had to guess I would say that he was working with your enemies" she said thinking of Lucien and Sam
