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Chapter 16: The Wolf's Army

May 6, 2010

Klaus transformed himself into his wolf form and stalked through the bayou's vegetation as he looked for that pack of wolves he'd mistaken for real wolves.

He found them and they all instantly tensed up and snarled at him but one of the wolves who had brown and white fur stepped forward and tilted it's head at him as if asking him what he wanted.

Klaus shifted into a dominant stance and stared the apparent Alpha down and snarled at him challenging him for his rank.

The Alpha growled lowly back and stood straighter and raised his tail high in the air and slowly trotted over to Klaus.

Klaus raised his hackles and snarled louder and more aggressively as the Alpha got closer and in response the Alpha started circling him and then suddenly lunged at Klaus's throat but Klaus dodged and batted at his face with one of his paws clawing at the Alpha's face.

First blood was drawn and then both of them got highly aggressive and started attacking each other more violently and whines and growls filled the clearing as they fought and injured each other. The Alpha was the more experienced fighter as Klaus wasn't used to fighting in his wolf form but he powers through and refuses to given in even when the Alpha bites his neck and pins him to the ground, he lashes and snarls furiously and suddenly his body shutters and his golden eyes turn blood red.

The Alpha appears alarmed by this and his grip on Klaus's neck loosens and Klaus attacks him with one of his paws and brutally digs into the already bleeding wound on the Alpha's face with his claws. The Alpha howls in pain and stumbles away from Klaus.

Klaus doesn't give him the chance to recover and attacks him with a renewed vigor now much faster and stronger than the other and the Alpha can't keep up at all. Klaus ends up jumping on him and puts his full weight on the other, pinning him and snarls his face and stares him down with his unnerving ruby orbs.

The Alpha arches his neck and shows his submission as he pants heavily from his efforts.

A shutter goes through every wolf in the clearing as they feel the shift in power go from the original alpha to Klaus.

Klaus gets off the old alpha and stares at his new pack.

He arches his back and transforms back to his normal humanoid form.

A naked Klaus grins at the wolves surrounding him and he says, "I am your new Alpha Klaus Mikaelson an Original Vampire but as of recently I am finally a Hybrid and I'm going to make you all just like me. Able to control your transformation at will with little pain and you'll be much more powerful. I know of the curse the witch placed on you that inverts your curse. On the next full moon when you are all human I will turn you all into hybrids. For now you all can go about your business as I have other werewolves to recruit. See you all in four weeks!"

Klaus vamp-speeds away leaving the wolves behind in the bayou.

"How did it go?" Sasha asks when Klaus returns from the bayou.

"You're looking at the new Alpha of the Crescent wolves." Klaus states while smirking smugly.

"That's awesome Klaus!" Sasha praises, "I assume you're ready to leave New Orleans then?"

Klaus nods and says, "Yes I believe we should check the Smokey Mountains next."

"Ah, taking Marcel's advice and checking the Mountain ranges, huh?" Sasha teased.

"I'd planned to check them but you're the one who suggested New Orleans." Klaus remarked pointedly.

"Hmm, a likely story," Sasha responded playfully, "Well let's get going then!"

Klaus rolled his eyes at her but smiled and grabbed her hand and lead her to the car where Stefan and Elena were already waiting.

May 9, 2010

"Hello, Smokey Mountain wolves...I am Klaus Mikaelson the Original Hybrid and I'm here to offer you the chance to be like me!" Klaus announces as he walks into their camp while Stefan, Elena, and Sasha followed.

"Get lost undead scum," A woman scoffed as she glared at him defiantly, "This is our territory and we don't consort with your kind."

"That's not a very nice thing to say, sweetheart." Klaus responded reproachfully as he looked at the brunette with a narrowed gaze.

"Don't call me sweetheart," The woman growled, "I'm the alpha of the pack and you will respect my authority and I say get the fuck out of my forest."

Klaus just looked darkly amused and said, "Sweetheart, I'll call you what I wish when you chose to refer to me as scum."

The woman glared at him.

"Now, I'm here to challenge you for the right of Alpha of your pack and if I beat you, all of you have to become my hybrids." Klaus stated with finality.

"No," The woman scoffed, "You don't have the right to challenge me you half-breed bastard."

Klaus eyes narrowed dangerously and suddenly jumped at her and transformed mid-air and sunk his jaws into her forearm and pulled her down to the ground.

The woman screamed in shock and pain and with her free hand she punched him hard in the snout. Which made him grunt but he didn't release his grip on her arm. He bit down harder and growled at her.

"Let me, go!" She shrieked as she kept punching him.

Klaus started dragging her around the camp and some of the other werewolves decided to try and help their leader and jumped on Klaus and they pulled at him.

One of the men grabbed Klaus's hind legs and raised his lower half high in the air and Klaus released his grip on the woman indignant at being treated like an aggressive dog. He kicked at the man holding him and nailed him in the face and broke his nose.

Klaus landed on the ground on his side but he rolled and got back on his feet and growled in warning at the other werewolves who were interfering in a fight that wasn't theirs.

Sasha moved to help Klaus who was being outnumbered unfairly and she used her powers to throw some of the werewolves away from him. They went into the trees where some fell unconscious with burns or some were burnt but kept fighting determined to help drive these strangers out of territory.

Klaus starts getting more brutal and lethal in his attacks the angrier he gets at all these wolves for disregarding their own laws.

Stefan and Elena both did their best to stay out of action and huddled by some bushes as Klaus and Sasha tried their best to subdue the werewolves but when a regular human who had apparently been in the camp gets injured and his blood gets spilled, Stefan gets lost in his blood lust.

Stefan lunges at the poor human and brutally feeds from him which resulted in the poor man being ripped apart and those who tried to help the man suffer similar fates as Stefan couldn't distinguish human from werewolf when surrounded by so much blood.

Elena watches on in horror as her boyfriend tears people limb from limb in his feeding frenzy until Sasha manages to knock him unconscious by using her powers to break his neck but by then many of the werewolves are either dead or severely injured.

Klaus turns back into his humanoid form and quickly puts on a pair of pants that were on the ground as he looks over the clearing with a livid face and sees that in the chaos that the Alpha woman had been one of Stefan's casualties.

"Klaus..." Sasha says but trails off not really knowing what to say.

Sasha knew that not every pack they came across would be receptive to becoming a hybrid as many werewolves hated vampires but she didn't think it would become a blood bath. She should have seen this coming because wolves can be very aggressive when they feel cornered and it didn't help that Stefan is a ripper and his control was shot to hell the moment he smelled human blood. What a human was doing in a werewolf camp she doesn't know but it yielded bad results for the werewolves in question.

Now thanks to Klaus's losing his temper and Stefan losing control, a lot of potential hybrids were lost.

"I managed to find a entire uncursed pack and now they're all dead and useless to me." Klaus growls lowly and his eyes flash amber briefly but he tries his best to contain himself.

"Klaus-" Sasha starts quietly.

"Don't." Klaus demands sharply, "I do not want to hear your platitudes right now."

Sasha didn't try to speak again but she did slowly slipped her hand into Klaus's and he let her hold his hand as he glared off into space. She squeezed his hand once as a way to give him her support as he tried to process the deep disappoint and anger he was now feeling. His expression didn't change but he did lightly squeezed her hand back but then he let her go and disappeared into the clearing.

Sasha sighed lightly before she looked at Elena who was kneeling next to Stefan's unconscious body with a conflicted look on her face.

"Elena are you okay?" Sasha asked the younger girl as she crouched down next to her on the forest floor.

"...I've seen Stefan when he's on human blood before but it was never this bad. Stefan just ripped them all apart." Elena answered sounding choked up.

"Well he is a Ripper." Sasha quipped.

Elena shook her head, "The Ripper scares me, Sasha." She whispered.

"Elena, he can't help himself." Sasha stated with a frown, "And he can't hurt you anyway Klaus compelled him remember?"

"I know," Elena whispered, "But I just wish I never saw any of this. I want to go home."

"Elena," Sasha said quietly, "You know that Klaus may decide to kill Stefan right?"

"What?" Elena gasped as her eyes widened in horror, "No!"

"Stefan inadvertently killed a lot of the werewolves. He set Klaus's plans back and he's not happy about it." Sasha explained.

"I-I don't want Stefan to die." Elena exclaimed upset, "I still love him."

"I suppose I'll have to keep my side of the deal going then." Sasha remarked lightly.

Elena looked at her with confusion that Sasha ignored as she went towards Stefan's fallen body and put her hands on his temples and his eyes flashed open now glowing gold.

"You..." Elena gasped as she realized what Sasha did, "Thank you."

"What did you do?" Klaus asked sounding neutral when he returned from wherever he ran off to.

"I'm giving him a time out with Ake," Sasha answered with a small smile, "Any objections?"

Klaus slowly started smirking, "No that is a good punishment actually." Klaus responded in amusement.

Sasha's smile widen with her relief at the fact that Klaus was okay with her handling Stefan's punishment for messing up Klaus's plans and that he seemed to no longer be so upset.

"Let's leave ladies, I'm done here." Klaus declared as he slung Stefan over his right shoulder and started walking off.

Sasha and Elena both followed after him.

May 16, 2010

Sasha watched as Klaus paced outside the car looking frustrated. She knew it was because a week has passed and they hadn't managed to find anymore werewolves packs.

Elena who was seated beside her jokingly said, "He should really try Craigslist."

"What? Why?" Sasha asked thrown by the random comment.

"The vampire Slater, he used craigslist to find someone to contact Elijah about the fact the doppelganger was found." Elena revealed with a shrug and an amused smile.

"...You know what?" Sasha said in a thoughtful voice, "He really should."

"I was only joking!" Elena exclaimed.

"Anything is better than wandering around the country without any leads," Sasha retorted, "And it may actually work, you can find a lot of stuff online."

"Klaus!" Sasha called out to him.

Klaus paused in his pacing and vamp-sped over to her car window and asked, "What?"

"Elena has an idea." Sasha stated with a smile.

Elena looked caught off guard that Sasha was giving her credit but nevertheless she said, "You should try looking for werewolves on Craigslist."

"...I should what?!" Klaus exclaimed in disbelief.

"Craigslist is a website-" Elena started to explain but Klaus cut her off.

"I know what Craigslist is," Klaus snapped defensively, "I do bother to keep up with technological advancements and I've used it before."

"Just try it Klaus, you'd be surprised on what you can find online." Sasha advised.

"Fine." Klaus agreed reluctantly.

May 21, 2010

"I think we finally have a real werewolf and not some fake respond to us." Klaus revealed to Sasha as he sat down on her bed in their latest hotel room with his laptop in his arms.

Sasha was laying against her pillow under the covers watching TV but she sat up and leaned close to Klaus so she could peer at the screen and saw that someone named Mindy had responded to their ad. She claimed to want to be willing to join his pack and work for him in exchange for being freed from the pain of transforming every full moon.

"She does seem legit," Sasha commented as she read over the messages that the supposed werewolf had sent them, "But you should call her in the morning and set up a meeting."

Klaus nodded at her with a smirk, "She mentioned she was already part of a pack...I can turn them alongside her."

"Are you going to challenge her previous alpha or just going to go for it and turn them?" Sasha questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Depends on what kind of mood I'm in." Klaus responded.

Sasha rolled her eyes in exasperation at Klaus's response.

"Okay then well it's late so I'm just gonna go to sleep so if you wouldn't mind...?" Sasha urged as she poked at Klaus's side so he'd leave.

Klaus loosely grabbed her hand so she'd stop and leaned close to Sasha and said, "Sweet dreams, Love."

Sasha's cheeks reddened from Klaus's closeness but she just smiled and said, "Goodnight, Klaus."

Klaus removed himself from her space and let her hand go and left her be. Sasha sunk into her covers and did her best to pretend Klaus didn't fluster her. She needed to focus on helping him and nothing else.

May 23, 2010

"Hello Mindy." Klaus greeted when he spotted her at the Portland Starbucks that she requested would be their meeting place.

"Hi Klaus." Mindy responded back with a smile as she gestured for him to sit.

"Before we get started I hope you don't mind if I prove if you're truly a werewolf." Klaus told her as he leaned towards her.

"Of course I understand but if you wouldn't mind showing me your hybrid face in return." Mindy responded back in a polite tone.

Klaus smiled at her and morphed his face to show his double fangs and golden colored irises with veins surrounding his lower eyes.

Mindy's own irises turned gold in response as her wolf was called to the surface but they turned back to brown when Klaus made his own face go back to normal.

Klaus could sense her wolf and he sat back pleased and said, "Alright love, let's go."

"Excuse me?" Mindy questioned with furrowed eyebrows.

"I've waited much too long to make a hybrid and I have a wolf now so I'm not waiting any longer so follow me, sweetheart." Klaus stated with finality.

"Where are we going?" Mindy asked as she scrambled to follow the fast moving man.

"Somewhere more private, we wouldn't want to cause a scene, would we?" Klaus answered.

"I kind of picked a place I wanted to die at, could we go there?" Mindy asked as she walked with him out of the Starbucks.

"How morbid," Klaus commented, "So you truly want to be undead, unusual for a werewolf."

"I always thought vampires were pretty cool. You get to live forever and you don't turn into giant dog every month. What's not to like?" Mindy responded.

"Blood lust can be difficult to master, it's very similar to you trying to controlling your rage but much worse." Klaus warned.

"Yeah but I can temper my anger very well I'm sure I can get a handle on my blood lust too." Mindy stated confidently.

"No children either." Klaus mentions offhandedly.

"I don't want kids," Mindy stated wrinkling her nose in distaste, "Not every woman wants to be a mother."

"Hmm," Klaus muses, "Where is this place you've chosen?"

Mindy smiled and jerked her head to the left, "This way!" She urged.

Klaus followed her but he took out his phone and texted Sasha. We're changing locations I'll text you the new address when we get there.

Okay, good luck! Sasha responded.

"A child's playground?" Klaus asked incredulous.

"I had my best memories at this place," Mindy defended, "My mom used to take me here every day after school. I'd play with the other kids and just have fun without any worries at all."

"Well there are children here right now and unless you want to scar them for life I suggest picking somewhere else." Klaus retorted.

Mindy shook her head and said, "No there's an old abandoned tire swing a little farther into the trees that none of the parents let their kids use because it's old and unsafe."

Klaus eyes narrowed at her as he wondered if this was some kind of set up and he was about to be attacked but low and behold the tire swing was really where she said it was and it did look dreadfully sad and old.

"Okay I'm ready." Mindy announces as she turns to face him expectantly.

Klaus took out his phone and texted Sasha. We're at the children's playground a few blocks from Starbucks.

Why?

Klaus was glad he wasn't the only one who found that was odd. She wanted to die here apparently.

This girl must have a sad life.

Klaus smiled in amusement at her response but before he could reply she sent another text.

I'll bring Elena and be there soon.

Be quick. Klaus responded.

Klaus rolls his eyes slightly when she sends him a thumbs up emoji in response.

"What are you doing?" Mindy asked him with a frown.

"I need the doppelganger to turn you successfully." Klaus told her as he put his phone away.

Mindy just squinted at him looking confused. Klaus didn't bother to elaborate and waited for the girls to arrive. Mindy sighed at his lack of explanation but just got on the swing and they waited in a somewhat awkward silence.

"Do you see Klaus?" Sasha asked Elena as they walked around the playground.

"No..." Elena answered as she looked for him.

"Sasha!" Klaus called out to her as he waved from the tree line.

Sasha and Elena went over to him.

"Sasha, Elena this is Mindy," Klaus introduced, "Mindy they're Sasha and Elena."

Mindy waved at them with a smile. Elena waved back.

"Nice to meet you Mindy." Sasha responded.

"Alright no more stalling," Klaus stated and he was about to bite his wrist when he paused and asked, "Sasha any tips?"

"Huh?" Sasha asked surprised he asked her instead of just going for it.

"Did a birdie share any secrets with you?" Klaus clarified.

'Ake, what is the process to create a hybrid?' Sasha reluctantly asked the Guardian.

He didn't answer.

'Ake?' Sasha mentally asked again.

Still nothing but silence.

'Ake!' Sasha mentally yelled.

No response.

'Oi, winged fucker, answer me!' Sasha mentally screamed as loud as possible.

'Calm down, little bird,' Ake finally responded inside her mind, 'I was asking for permission to tell you.'

'And?!' Sasha asked impatiently.

'First feed them Klaus's blood and then kill the wolf and then have them transition using Elena's blood.' Ake responded.

Sasha repeated this to Klaus and he nodded at her. He bit his wrist and then pulled a vial out of his jacket pocket and poured his blood into it.

Mindy accepted the vial and downed the blood with only a slight grimace of disgust and then Klaus broke her neck and killed her.

"Elena, your wrist." Klaus requested.

Elena didn't move for a moment as she pondered over the implications of what was about to happen. She remembered the warnings Ayana gave her about hybrids but she also remembered seeing how wrecked Tyler was after his first full moon so she sighed and hesitantly stretched out her wrist to Klaus.

Klaus bit her wrist but didn't drink from her and pulled out another vial that he poured her blood into.

Then they just waited for Mindy to wake up.

Mindy woke up slowly with a groan as she ran her tongue over her gums that now ached and she winced when she opened her eyes as the sun felt much too bright.

"Mindy are you alright?" Sasha asked quietly.

Mindy nodded, "Yeah um what's next?"

"Drink this." Klaus demanded as he shoved a vial into her hands.

Mindy braced herself and then downed the doppelganger blood.

Klaus stared Mindy who was panting heavily and now had golden irises and black sclera with veins under her eyes and her canine and premolar teeth were now razor sharp fangs.

Klaus laughed victorious and joyfully shouted, "IT WORKED!"

"Hell yeah!" Sasha cheered as she fist pumped the air and then she jumped at Klaus and hugged him from behind, "You did it!"

Klaus spun her around so she was facing him and he lifted her up into the air by her hips and beamed at her, "You brilliant woman you... what do you want Sasha? Tell me and I'll get it for you."

Sasha was startled by being lifted up by Klaus but she braced herself by grabbing his forearms and she couldn't help smiling softly at Klaus's happiness, "Klaus, I don't want anything." She said.

"Everyone wants something." Klaus disagreed as he lowered her to the ground but kept his hands on her hips.

Sasha paused and stared into his eyes but then she remembered Elijah and the other Mikaelsons she hadn't yet meet yet so she back out of his grasp.

Sasha didn't want to complicate things with romance especially when she had feelings for more than one Mikaelson. She didn't want to become another Tatia or Katherine. But Klaus was seriously making it difficult not to just give in but she really didn't want to hurt him so she resisted.

"Klaus, you should help Mindy get used to her new hybrid status. I'm just gonna go back to the hotel." Sasha stated.

Klaus's eyebrows furrowed in confusion but he nodded, "Alright, if that's what you want."

Sasha just nodded and smiled vaguely and then teleported herself away.

Elena stared at Klaus awkwardly, "I'm just gonna go too."

Klaus waved her off and Elena hurried away as well.

"How do you feel Mindy?" Klaus asked her intently.

"I feel...invincible." Mindy responded sounded awed as she gave him toothy grin showing off her new fangs.

"Fantastic." Klaus grinned as he clasped her shoulder in camaraderie.

"I wish that my old pack could feel this way too," Mindy murmured to herself, "Maybe then they'd understand why I always liked vampires."

"Well they could if you tell me where your old pack is." Klaus offered with a sly smile immediately jumping on the chance to turn more wolves.

Mindy blinked at him as she asked, "Really? You'd do that for me?"

"Of course, sweetheart," Klaus agreed smoothly, "We're pack now, we've got to look after one another."

"You want to turn them?" Mindy asked pensively.

Klaus nodded, "I'd like to."

"I don't think all of them will agree..." Mindy warned.

"I can be very persuasive." Klaus assured her.

"Well okay...follow me I guess." Mindy said with a smile as she started using her new found speed to get to her old pack.

Klaus follow her and he smirked to himself because Mindy old pack was going to become part of his pack one way or another. Klaus was serious about doing anything necessary to get his hybrids.

May 27, 2010

Sasha walked beside Elena as Klaus and Mindy went ahead through the Bayou as they searched for the werewolves. Klaus's other hybrids were back at the Abattoir being entertained by Marcel and his men. It was the full moon tonight which means it was finally time for Klaus to turn the crescent wolves into hybrids. He'd only brought Mindy as he trusted her not to cause a fight unlike the other hybrids that were still adjusting.

The walked into a clearing just in time to see all the wolves turn back into humans. Very naked humans and Sasha blushed and did her best not to stare. She absentmindedly noticed that there were some normal humans embracing some of these naked people. They must be the cursed werewolves friends and family.

A man with curly brown hair stepped forward when he noticed them and he seemed to have a calm but dominant expression as he casually pulled on some pants that an older woman who hadn't been a wolf a few moments ago had thrown at him.

"Thank you, Eve." The man said to her.

"You're Klaus Mikaelson, Marcel's sire." The man stated as he looked at Klaus.

"Not the first thing most people identity me by but yes." Klaus confirmed.

"You've come to turn me and my pack into...hybrids." The man continued.

"Well you are all my pack now. I won the Alpha battle did I not?" Klaus responded smugly.

"Could I implore you not to do this?" The man asked with a sigh.

"What is your name?" Klaus asked instead of answering.

"Jackson Kenner." Jackson answered.

"I can assume that you were the alpha I fought?" Klaus asked further.

Jackson nodded.

"Sorry Jack but you don't make the calls anymore I do-" Klaus started but he was interrupted.

"I refuse to follow a fucking half-vampire freak show!" A blond man snarled and he lunged at Klaus.

Klaus eyes narrowed at the blond werewolf and before anyone could react he had the man in a headlock. The blonde cursed and struggled but couldn't break Klaus's death grip.

"Do not insult me mutt," Klaus threatened lowly, "I'd kill you but I need all the werewolves I can find but if you insult me again I may be willing to change my mind."

"Oliver don't say a word!" Jackson ordered urgently.

"No Jackson I'd rather die that become a disgusting vampire like this bastard!" Oliver shouted.

"I'll grant your wish then." Klaus stated darkly and then brutally twisted Oliver's head around 360 and let his lifeless body fall to the ground.

"Damn it." Jackson muttered angrily as the other crescents gasped and shouted in outrage.

"You bastard!" A dark-haired man shouted, "You killed my friend!"

"Well your friend should not have provoked me," Klaus responded annoyed, "Now who wants to be the first crescent hybrid?"

"I will." Jackson stated firmly, "I'm the one who lost and failed my pack so I'll be the first to change."

"How noble of you." Klaus commented while rolling his eyes and he motioned Jackson to come over to him.

"Why are we letting this happen?!" Someone shouted and suddenly all the wolves were yelling.

"He did win the Alpha battle."

"He cheated using his vampire abilities!"

"Alphas don't treat their pack this way!"

"I don't want to die!"

"It's all of us against him let's fight!"

"Jackson said we shouldn't!"

"Screw him, he's too soft!"

"Klaus is too strong for us!"

"I have vervain back at my house!"

"He's an Original you idiot, I doubt a plant can stop him."

"Not with that attitude!"

"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!" Klaus shouted angrily.

He said it in an alpha voice without meaning to so they all immediately shut up.

"Jackson." Klaus demanded.

Jackson walked over to him and accepted the two vials that were handed to him.

"Drink this one first," Klaus said gesturing to the one his Jackson's right hand and then pointed to the one in his left, "You'll drink this one after you wake up."

Jackson nodded downed the blood with only a slight grimace of disgust and then Klaus broke his neck and killed him.

"How long does it take to wake up?" One of the wolves asked.

Klaus looked at the dark-haired boy that asked and said, "Only a few minutes..."

"Aiden." He supplied helpfully.

"Aiden." Klaus acknowledged.

Jackson frowned as he ran his tongue over his new fangs as he watched his pack being turned just like he was.

He felt deep shame and regret at failing them. When Klaus first arrived on their territory in his wolf form. Jackson had sensed that he was a fellow werewolf. He had noticed that he smelled strange but he hadn't connected the dots that he smelled similar to a vampire until his eyes had turned red.

He had accepted this lone wolf's challenge and he thought he had it in the bag as it had been obvious that the other had only become a werewolf fairly recently based on how awkwardly he fought like he wasn't used to being on four legs. He'd been winning too but his eyes turned red and Jackson was caught off guard and suddenly the other wolf got much stronger and escaped Jackson's hold and he managed to pin Jackson down instead.

Jackson had a decision then. He could keep fighting and die because he knew this lone wolf wasn't kidding around and he could sense how outclassed he now was or he could concede and stay alive to make sure that his pack would be alright with this new leadership. Either way he was losing.

He chose to live and in do so he'd be damned alongside his pack.

He'd hoped that Klaus Mikaelson was more than what the rumors and stories had made him out to be. He did his best to rally his pack after Klaus left them. He urged them not to fight because he didn't want any of them dying trying to fight a fight that would cost them their lives.

Some like Oliver had hated this and he knew they may do something. Oliver did do something and now his good friend was dead because of his pride.

Jackson would mourn later now he had a pack to protect. He may not be alpha anymore but if he gained Klaus's trust he may be able to become his right-hand man. Then he could maybe convince him to listen to his advice and he could better his packs treatment.

Klaus was so far living up to the stories but thanks to him it was morning and Jackson and his pack were still on two legs. So Jackson couldn't find himself to hate him. He was very grateful and he felt an unwarranted amount of loyalty to Klaus creeping up on him.

Jackson wondered if that was a vampire thing.

Sasha leaned against the railings on the second level of the house and smiled at the hybrids that were all mingling with Marcel's vampires. Klaus had decided to throw a mini party at the Abattoir to celebrate the fact he had so many hybrids now.

It was a bit tense at first as the crescents had been cursed thanks to Marcel and his men but after a few drinks and listening to some upbeat music everyone got more friendly.

It also helped that Mindy's former pack who had no personal grudge against Marcel's men and were being friendly with them. Which was only because they were sired to Klaus and he had urged them to get along before he'd left them here to go turn the crescents.

Personally Sasha found the whole concept of being sired very creepy and uncomfortable but at least Klaus wasn't taking advantage of it too badly, not yet anyway. She do her best to make sure he didn't go too far.

Right now she saw that Klaus was speaking with Marcel. She hoped those too managed to work out their problems without her interference. But she could tell that Marcel was only being so helpful and accommodating because he thought Klaus was only visiting and he didn't want to risk his men to Klaus's wrath during that time.

Sasha had a feeling that Klaus would be telling her that he wanted to move to New Orleans permanently after they killed Mikael. After all it was the only place in his thousand years that he ever considered a true home.

She doubted Marcel would be happy about that and they'd probably fight over who gets to lead the city. But that was a future problem, right now Sasha was going to enjoy the calm before the storm.

Sasha moved away from the railings and headed down to the party.