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Chapter 15: The Wolf's Search
May 3, 2010
"I think we should go to New Orleans." Sasha says after they finished dropping Maddox back at his home with his family and a few million dollars now in his bank account. Apparently all he wanted for giving his services was money and Klaus actually obliged. He's been in a very good mood ever since he'd become a hybrid.
"New Orleans?" Klaus repeats with a frown as he drives down the highway.
Sasha nods and says, "I know you haven't been there in like ninety years because of well..." She trails off before shaking her head and continuing, "But it is still a supernatural hot spot, I'm sure there are some werewolves there that you could turn if they wish."
Klaus snorted in amusement, "Are you insinuating that I should politely ask if they want me to kill them so they can become the superior species?"
"Yes, Klaus," Sasha says patiently, "You really should ask people before forcing immortality on them. Free choice and consent are very important."
Stefan scoffed loudly from the backseat when she said that and he mumbled, "You couldn't have said that earlier?"
"Stefan, shut up mate." Klaus said in false pleasant voice before he addressed Sasha again, "Look love, I need my army I'm sure you understand why I can't waste time asking every. single. werewolf that'd way take too long."
"We're on a time crunch, since when?" Sasha asked incredulously.
"The last twenty years have been quiet and I do not like that-" Klaus explained and he was getting himself all worked up so Sasha interrupted him.
"Klaus, I know you have a paranoia problem-" Sasha sighed but Klaus interrupted her by sharply turning off the highway making her violently jerk in her seat as he cut off many cars by switching lanes so he could pull over to the side .
In the back Elena screamed as she was jerked as well and was gripping her seat belt for dear life as car horns angrily blared at them. Stefan automatically grab on to Elena, looking like he was ready to protect her with his body if they did crash. Luckily they didn't and as soon as Klaus had the car in park he vamp-sped out of the car.
"Are you okay, Elena?" Sasha asked after she regained her bearings.
"I'm fine." Elena breathed and then she asked, "What is Klaus's problem?!"
Before Sasha could answer she was startled when Klaus opened her door and dragged her out of the car.
"Hey, hey!" Sasha chastised, "Don't pull me around, I can walk!"
Klaus released her when they were near the tree line and turned to look at her and he looked highly irritated with her and he stared her down.
He released a harsh breath and growled, "Do not speak to me like I am a rowdy child you are looking after. I do not appreciate it."
Sasha opened her mouth to defended herself but Klaus continued speaking.
"Also don't allude to my father with Stefan and Elena in earshot, we don't want them getting any ideas do we?" Klaus asked severely as he tightly crossed his arms over his chest and loomed over her.
"Klaus, don't get mad at me, we're just finally starting to get along and I thought-" Sasha trailed off.
She knew that talking about Mikael always put him in a bad mood but she had thought that Klaus had flirted with her yesterday and now he was mad at her. She really must have been projecting her own feelings on to him and she mentally shook her head at herself.
"What did you think?" Klaus asked her intently as he took in her disheartened expression.
"It doesn't matter," Sasha sighed and continued saying, "Look I'm just trying to get you to understand something. You don't have to force people to help you through compulsion, threats, or bribery. You earn these wolves loyalty so they'd want to join your hybrid army. Werewolves are very loyal creatures and if you earn it you've got a comrade for life. It helps that you are part wolf, you know. Use werewolf culture to your advantage."
"You want me to challenge the alpha to each pack I find to swear their alliance and their packs alliance to me if I beat them in a fight, don't you?" Klaus asked looking pensive and no longer angry.
"Yes," Sasha nodded, "You'd win very easily and you'd gain members into your hybrid army very easily and quickly this way."
"That is...actually a good idea, love." Klaus comments with a growing smile.
"I do have a good idea ever once in a while." Sasha quips.
"You really think there'd be werewolves in New Orleans?" Klaus asks her seriously.
Sasha nods, "I really do."
"Alright, we'll go to New Orleans." Klaus agrees.
"Klaus, we need to stop for food and a place to rest. I'm hungry and tired." Elena demanded a few hours after Klaus got mad at Sasha.
"Don't try to tell me what to do, sweetheart." Klaus scoffed as he kept driving into the night.
"Well you decided to bring me along and I need food and a comfortable place to sleep if you want me to be healthy and cooperative to give my blood for your stupid army." Elena complained bitterly.
"You know I could always go back and slaughter your friends and family." Klaus retorted as he looked at her through the rearview mirror.
"Klaus it's really late, Sasha's already fallen asleep and I really, really need to feed." Stefan says in Elena's defense.
"Fine." Klaus agrees sounding annoyed.
He proceeds to pull off the nearest exit and ended up going through McDonald's drive-thru because she wasn't worth finding somewhere more respectable. He lets Elena order what she wants but he lets Sasha kept sleeping in her curled up position against the car door. He decided he'd get her better food later when she woke up.
He then takes about an hour to find a hotel to stay at that meet his high standards. He compels them a four bedroom suite and carries an unconscious Sasha to the room and places her on one of the bedrooms and leaves her to rest. He compels Elena to not be able to leave the suite and then takes Stefan out to feed.
Klaus halfheartedly watched Stefan rip off some poor blokes head off and he frowned to himself as he pondered over the mysterious contraction that is Sasha Osborn.
The woman was so confusing and infuriating!
She so much power at her fingertips and want did she chose to do with her powers?
She either did some mundane like teleporting to a diner so she could buy chocolate to horde in her purse or she did something insane like bending time to return his moonstone to him!
There was no in between.
She cursed out an ancient deity like the Guardian like it was nothing and she could get inside Klaus's head and always seemed to know what he was thinking and she did not even possess telepathic powers she was just understood him.
It was insane, she was insane.
And yet...Klaus found himself reluctantly admiring her for her passion and commitment.
She did help him break his curse by getting Elena to agree to participate in the curse and to be his blood bag for his hybrids by using the girl's own emotional attachment to her younger brother and her friends.
She prevented Damon Salvatore from sabotaging his plans.
She caught Katherine for him and he is finally able to get his revenge on her after all these years.
He was able to find out his old friend Mary Porter was a traitor thanks to her getting Katherine for him.
Which made it so he had his vampire sacrifice.
She did a lot for him.
But she did have the habit of challenging him and that sparks his temper sometimes especially when she tells him things that he already aware of and she knows that he knows!
She could act like such a condescending know-it-all pest sometimes.
He wants to get along with her better now and that's why he bought her the flowers and chocolate and he teased her by eating a piece of chocolate out of hand. Seeing her embarrassed and caught off guard made her seem more like an actual person than just some all-knowing woman with celestial powers.
Klaus wanted a lot of things.
He wanted his hybrid army, he wanted Mikael dead, he wanted to be reunited with his siblings and he wanted to get to know Sasha Osborn.
And Klaus was a man who did everything in his power to get what he wanted no matter how long it takes.
May 5, 2010
Klaus couldn't help smiling when they entered New Orleans, he had truly missed this city. It had been his home, his kingdom for two centuries. He had never wanted to leave but his hand had been forced and he had ran with Rebekah and his daggered siblings while Elijah had been separated from them and forced to hold Mikael off and then flee on his own.
Klaus lost his kingdom and he had lost Marcellus, a man he saw as his protege. However thanks to Sasha he knows that Marcel lives and is currently ruling the city. It was something Klaus hadn't allowed himself to process as he had been busy breaking his curse and dealing with the fact Sasha knew so much about him.
He knew he'd most likely be reunited with his ward but he had a hybrid army to create first before he allowed that to happen so for now he'd avoid Marcel and head straight to the Bayou where the werewolves used to like to roam.
After accomplishing all that goal however he seek him out and he and Marcel will have a...chat.
"Sasha, can we explore the city?" Elena asked as all of them got out the car and took in the city.
"No you cannot." Klaus answered instead of Sasha.
"And why not?" Elena challenged, "You don't need me until you find some werewolves and I doubt you'll find them on your first try. So while you and Stefan search, Sasha and I can relax and see the city."
"You're willing to leave Stefan alone with me?" Klaus asked skeptically.
"Stefan can take care of himself." Elena asserted.
"Sasha, do you want to babysit Elena for me?" Klaus asked.
"You know, New Orleans was really beautiful to dream about. I always wanted to visit but never had the chance. Now I do so yeah I'll babysit Elena." Sasha agreed with a wide smile.
"Hmm, after I turn some of the wolves I'll show you the really amazing places that you'll no doubt wouldn't get a chance to see in person because Elena is with you." Klaus offers with a smirk.
"That'd be lovely Klaus!" Sasha agreed brightly.
"Well let's leave them to their exploring and get the wolf hunting over with." Stefan sighs sounding annoyed.
"Agreed but you really do need to cheer up mate." Klaus says and he leads Stefan away from the girls.
"So, where do you want to start?" Sasha asks Elena.
"What the best place you saw in your dreams?" Elena asks.
"I know just the place!" Sasha says after a moment of contemplation, "Come on!"
"A chocolate shop?" Elena asked incredulously, "Klaus or Elijah visited here?!"
"No Kol did." Sasha corrects, "Back in the early 1900s."
"Kol's one of their brothers right?" Elena recalled.
"Yes and that's all the info you're getting on him." Sasha bluntly states.
"Why?" Elena protests.
"I'm not giving out the Originals dirty secrets to you so you can use it against them." Sasha scoffed.
"I'm not Katherine," Elena emphasizes, "I don't stab people in the back after I promise not to."
"You promised?" Sasha repeats confused.
"When I made my deal with Elijah, his conditions were I promise to help his brother break his curse and create his hybrids and to not betrayal him or their family and he'd protect my family til the end of their days." Elena explained.
"Elijah didn't mention that." Sasha muttered perplexed but shook her head and said, "You know I'm kind of surprised you didn't fight harder to resist Klaus after Elijah was incapacitated."
"I didn't want my remaining family or my friends to get hurt trying to protect me by defying Klaus. Stefan respected my decision. I convinced Stefan to compel Jeremy to accept my decision and Bonnie accepted it because well...she's kind of scared of your powers. Whatever her ancestors told her spooked her. Bonnie helped me warn Caroline, Matt, and Alaric off. But Uncle John-my biological father refused to listen and he killed himself for me and I have no idea if it was worthless or not." Elena confessed sounding upset.
Sasha frowned awkwardly, "I'm sorry Elena fate's kind of a bitch, yeah?"
"Yeah I wished I wasn't the doppelganger and that I could just be Elena." Elena sighed tiredly.
Sasha frowned deeper and thought about how Ake stole her from her life and made her become the Mikaelson's savior. But now she was doing her best to make it her decision and to do things her way so she could be just Sasha who happened to also be Ake's vessel.
"You can't stop being the doppelganger but you can still be Elena. No one can take that from you. Don't let Klaus, Elijah, me or anyone change who you are. Keep being the girl who'd do anything to keep her family and friends safe." Sasha advised, "Don't let bitterness and fear twist you like Katherine did."
"I...thank you Sasha. I'll do my best, trust me I never want to become Katherine." Elena says honestly.
Sasha nodded at her with a smile, she really hoped Elena stayed true to herself.
"Hey what about Jenna?" Sasha remembered, "You didn't mention her."
"She's still clueless about the supernatural and thinks Stefan and I are decided to spend the summer together travelling across the states." Elena admitted sheepishly.
"Elena that is totally gonna bite you in the ass one day." Sasha laughed.
Elena just grimaced but didn't say anything to disagree.
"Come on let's go eat some chocolate!" Sasha urged as she walked into the store with Elena following her.
"Are going to kept being broody and snappish the entire summer?" Klaus asked as he walked through the bayou with Stefan.
"You tortured my brother for weeks, killed my girlfriend even if she came back, forced me to become a ripper again, and now Elena and I are stuck working for you," Stefan ranted, "I'm allowed to be a bit cranky."
"Your brother is free now and you and Elena are not being treated poorly are you?" Klaus retorted, "I'm helping you learn how to embrace your true nature and in return you're helping me find some wolves. An even exchange I'd say."
"I disagree strongly," Stefan snorted, "I wonder if you even know how to do something nice for someone."
"I'm a thousand years old, I think it's safe to say I've been kind to others a few times in my lifetime." Klaus stated unimpressed with Stefan's mouthiness.
"Can we just not talk?" Stefan requested, "Let's find the wolves and move on already."
"If you want to speed things up then why don't we ask the woman whose been following us for a while?" Klaus suggested as he vamp-speed over to a blonde haired woman who immediately scowled at him but didn't try to run.
"Hello, you wouldn't have seen any werewolves around would you?" Klaus asked pleasantly.
"Did Marcel send you?" The woman asked with a frown.
"Marcel?" Klaus repeated, "No this is solely a request from me."
"And who are you, vampire?" The woman questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Klaus Mikaelson." He told her with a grin.
"It's been a while since that name's been mentioned around here back before I was born," The woman commented, "What's a Mikaelson doing back?"
"Only my last name rings any bells?" Klaus returned.
The woman just stared at him.
"I'm the hybrid and I'm looking for others to turn." Klaus explained, "I need an army you see and I could use some soldiers."
"You won't find any werewolves only wild wolves live in the bayou now," The woman told him, "Marcel chased out the werewolves back in the nineties."
"Did he?" Klaus asked lightly.
"Afraid so." The woman nodded solemnly.
"Well you won't mind if I continue searching the Bayou anyway would you?" Klaus asked rhetorically.
"Feel free, you'll only find wild wolves." The woman shrugged.
"Thank you for the information..." Klaus trailed off suggestively.
"Eve." She says.
"Eve." Klaus acknowledges and then he disappears with Stefan following him.
"That house gives me the creeps." Elena says as she and Sasha walk by an old looking cottage.
Sasha looks at it and says, "Oh that's the Dowager Fauline Cottage, a prison for dark witches."
"How do you know that?" Elena asked in disbelief.
"Well-" Sasha started but she was interrupted.
'Little bird leave the cottage gates right now!' Ake suddenly roared in her mind scaring the hell out of her.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" Sasha shrieked as she stumbled from alarm, "What the hell Ake?!"
"Are you okay?" Elena cried in worry as she tried to steady Sasha, "Who's Ake?"
'Leave I'm dead serious.' Ake stated severely his voice thundering inside her mind.
Sasha waved Elena off and mentally said, 'Ake, explain what is going on right now!'
'Stupid human just do as you're told!' Ake growled.
'No.' Sasha said stubbornly as she crossed her arms.
'There someone inside that house who can kill you so get away from the cottage!' Ake ordered.
'Anyone could kill me, I'm not immortal!' Sasha scoffed, 'What could some crazy witch do that anyone else couldn't?!'
'It's not a witch.' Ake responded gravely.
'What is it then?' Sasha asked confused.
'You're better off not knowing just leave.' Ake responded seriously.
'...Fine.' Sasha agreed unwilling unnerved by Ake's assistance of the matter.
"Elena, we gotta go." Sasha said aloud to the very confused and concerned brunette.
"What just happened?" Elena asked sounding baffled.
"I'm not really sure but don't want to dwell on it now, let's just go have some lunch." Sasha stated definitely.
Klaus clenched his jaw as he watched a pack of wild wolves running throughout the bayou. Him and Stefan had only come across real wolves like that woman had said and the people that lived in the bayou appeared to be just be regular humans.
He was mad that he came all the way back to New Orleans for nothing and that Sasha had been wrong and the werewolves were gone.
Eve had said that Marcel had chased them off, Klaus supposed he was going to have to confront his protege about that. He hadn't wanted to deal with Marcel just yet but he needed to now as he may know where the werewolves had gone.
It was time for that chat.
Klaus enters Rousseau's with Stefan following behind him and he is unsurprised to find Marcel seating with what appeared to be other vampires.
"Marcellus." Klaus calls out in a blank voice.
Marcel immediately looks in Klaus's direction and his eyes widened before he gets up from his seat and goes over to him.
"Klaus." Marcel responds in an equally blank voice.
"I see you survived my father's massacre after all." Klaus noted.
"You know me, I'm a survivor." Marcel responds with a shrug.
"Ninety years and not even postcard that's a bit hurtful Marcel." Klaus sighed like a disappointed father.
"I've been a bit busy, rebuilding the city after your Papa trashed it. By the time I'd regained my footing you'd gone underground and I had no idea where you were." Marcel explained.
"I've been hearing that you're the new King. You see I visited the bayou earlier today and the werewolves are gone. Where did they go, Marcel?" Klaus asked.
"Why do you want to know?" Marcel questioned suspiciously.
"I've broken my curse." Klaus stated simply.
"Really?" Marcel asks stunned before breaking into a huge smile and saying, "Congratulations, Klaus!"
"Thank you now you'll help your sire out won't you?" Klaus asked with a sharp smile.
"Of course, of course." Marcel nods, "It might be a bit difficult, though."
"How so?" Klaus asked with a narrowed gaze.
"The werewolves never left the bayou," Marcel asserted, "I convinced a witch to reverse their curse so instead they're wolves all the time and on the full moon they are human."
"You...had their curse reversed?" Klaus questioned in disbelief.
"Some nasty business went down in the nineties and I found it necessary." Marcel stated seriously.
"Marcel, it appears you got up to a lot while I was gone," Klaus commented and then looked at Stefan and ordered, "Go find the girls and bring them here."
Stefan immediately vamp-sped away.
"Who is that?" Marcel asks curiously.
"Doesn't matter, he's working for me until I no longer need him." Klaus stated dismissively.
"Ah," Marcel acknowledged, "Well follow me I have a feeling you want to continue our conversation somewhere more private?"
"That would be appreciated." Klaus agrees.
"Guys, wait here and treat Klaus's associates to the Marcel hospitality." Marcel ordered, "I'll be back later."
"Are you sure, Boss?" One of the men asked.
"Don't worry Diego everything will be fine." Marcel promised and then he left with Klaus.
"You made the Abattoir your own I see." Klaus commented as he walked into his old home.
"It was my home too and ya'll left so I made some minor changes to suit my needs." Marcel defended.
"Hmm, I hope you don't mind if I take my old room back and use three of the guest rooms for the night." Klaus says.
"That's fine." Marcel agrees tightly as he lead them up to his office.
"Now this witch who cursed the wolves where is she?" Klaus demanded as he sat down in one of the chairs.
"I'm afraid she's dead." Marcel stated apologetically.
"Dead?" Klaus repeated annoyed, "Well that's just wonderful."
"Her name was Brynne Deveraux. She has some relatives that are still alive maybe she shared the spell with them?" Marcel offered.
"You don't sound like you believe that." Klaus remarked flatly.
"Brynne had been a very private person and she wasn't found of sharing her spells." Marcel admitted.
"Marcel, I need werewolves." Klaus stated seriously.
"Well there are other werewolves in the world," Marcel comments and then suggests, "I know that some are fond of living in the Mountain ranges, you should check them."
"I came all this way and you're telling me to leave?" Klaus asked cross.
"The Crescent wolves are useless to you right now. I doubt you can turn them into hybrids when they are in wolf form and the full moon isn't for another 4 weeks," Marcel remarks, "Do you want to wait that long?"
"Klaus!" Sasha shouted as she appeared in her usual golden light, "I've got to tell you something!"
Marcel startled violently as he was not expecting her to appear but Klaus who had gotten used to her teleporting barely blinked and just said, "I'm in the middle of having a conversation, love."
"Oh, sorry," Sasha said and glanced at Marcel and said, "Hello Marcel!"
"...Hello." Marcel greeted back slowly.
"Hey, Sasha how much do you know of Marcel's past as much as mine?" Klaus suddenly asked.
"I know absolutely nothing that you or your siblings weren't apart of." Sasha informed bluntly.
"...Then how did you know he was alive?" Klaus questioned confused.
"He had a brief run in with Elijah in the 40s during the war but I don't think Elijah recognized him but I did and Ake confirmed that I was right." Sasha explained with a shrug.
"Sasha, the werewolves here are useless to me until the full moon." Klaus revealed.
"Huh, why?" Sasha asked with a frown.
Klaus explained what Marcel did and Sasha said, "Well we could always come back on the full moon so you can turn them then. I guess will have to find other werewolves until then."
"You-" Klaus started but Sasha interrupted.
"Although you probably should challenge the Alpha now and beat him so that way as soon as they're human again you can turn them without any fuss."
"That's a great idea," Klaus smiled, "I think I will do that."
"Cool," Sasha smiled, "Glad my advice is not being ignored anymore."
"Careful, love." Klaus warned at her sass.
"Hmm," Sasha hummed, "But before we go can you still take me to see the sights of New Orleans?"
"Sure, love." Klaus agreed.
Sasha grinned at him and then she teleported away.
"What...who was that?" Marcel asks.
"My own personal angelic warrior." Klaus answered with an amused look on his face, "Who also happens to have no concept of boundaries."
"I'm sorry?!" Marcel asked in disbelief.
"It's a long story, mate." Klaus sighed.
"I think I want to hear it." Marcel responded.
"I tell you when I return in four weeks if you do me a favor and hold on to something for me." Klaus tell him thoughtfully.
"What is it?" Marcel asks.
"A person," Klaus reveals, "You won't happen to have a prison would you?"
"This is the infamous Katerina Petrova?" Marcel questioned as Klaus showed him his her desiccated form that he had left in the trunk of his car.
"Yes," Klaus nods, "I really don't want to keep dragging her along it's getting tedious. I had planned to bury her somewhere but since you're here. I was hoping you could hold on to her and make sure she suffers for me."
"You're trusting me with this?" Marcel asks in surprise.
"Why wouldn't I, you've never done anything to betray me...have you?" Klaus asked suspiciously.
"Of course not...I just thought after all this time you'd have more reservations towards me." Marcel stated defensively.
"Well there's no Rebekah around so I trust that you'll be able to behave appropriately." Klaus answers as he grasps Marcel's shoulder in a strong grip and smirked at him.
Marcel nods and smiles tightly in response.
"What did you want to tell me earlier, love?" Klaus asked as they walked down Bourbon street after leaving Stefan and Elena at Rousseau's.
"Ake was acting weird earlier," Sasha shared, "He didn't want me to go near this one building claiming something inside could kill me."
"What?" Klaus asked sharply.
"Here's the thing he refused to tell me what or who could kill me but the building was the Dowager Fauline Cottage you know the prison for witches you helped create?" Sasha reminded.
"That's really strange, the only thing inside the building should be witches but ninety years have passed...I should ask Marcel." Klaus says thoughtfully.
"Please don't," Sasha requested, "Whatever it is it freaked Ake out, I'm not sure I really want to know and I highly doubt Marcel would know anyway."
"All right, I won't." Klaus promised as he took in her uneasy expression.
"Let's not dwell on," Sasha urges, "Just come on and show me your favorite places in this beautiful city to distract me."
Klaus smiled at her and grabbed her hand and pulled her along, "Alright let me show you my favorite place to paint the skyline."
Sasha smiled back and nodded and let herself be lead away.
A/N: So yeah now we're really taking a sharp turn from canon events. They went to New Orleans already, a whole year before the harvest happened so the witches aren't under Marcel's control. Also as a heads up Klaus's wolf side and general werewolf culture will be explored more then it was in the show. Cause wolf Klaus is cool. I hope you guys liked this chapter!