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Chapter 28 Radioactive (Live and Let Die)
Three days earlier…
Davina is sitting at a table with Kol, talking about their day and what was going on with her schooling and his magic along with his family as well.
"My family? Oh, no. They're all crazy as loons. How about your family?" He said.
Davina shifts uncomfortably in her seat and hesitates before speaking. "Not much to say. Only child. My dad was distant, which is a lot better than my mom."
"Mommy issues, eh? Bet she's a control freak, right?" He asked. Davina nods in confirmation. "Yeah, same as mine. She's the reason I stopped practicing magic for so long. We're kindred souls, you and I."
Davina furrowed her brows, confused. "What do you mean?"
"I know your story, Davina. You're the Harvest girl who told them all to shove it." He pauses a beat. "I'm a lot like you. Don't really believe in rules and authority. Your courage, it should be celebrated."
Davina smiles at him, and the two stares at each other for a moment until Davina's phone rings, interrupting their conversation. It's Marcel. She sighed in frustration. One night, that's all she asked for. "I'm so sorry, he'll just keep calling until I answer. I'll make it quick." She said. Davina leaves to take the call.
Finn waits until she's out of earshot before he approaches Kol. "You're stalling." He commented.
Kol rolled his eyes and sighs. "No, that's not creepy at all, watching me on my own date."
Finn annoyed. "Stop complimenting her and what she's hiding."
Kol turned to his older brother and said, "I'm wooing her, Finnigan. It requires charm, and personality- something you'd know nothing about."
"Says the man who thought taking a Missus was a bore." He said. "I am waiting for the perfect moment to ask her." He took the velvet box out of his pocket and showed it to Kol.
Kol confused, looked to his brother with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, what are you gonna do? You gonna bore her until she can't help but until you just ask Luna?"
Finn glared at Kol and shook his head. "Just ask her or I'll compel her to tell me what's going on with her powers." He said.
Kol watched as Finn walked out the door with his head held high. He couldn't believe was going to talk about those ugly hags.
•
Outside, Davina has answered Marcel's call. Marcel is in a car with Elijah, driving to the French Quarter.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"You're not safe, D." Marcel implored. "Anyone who's ever wanted to kill an Original is gonna be coming after you."
Davina stood tall. "Fine. Let them try."
Marcel exasperatedly. "D, come on! Just tell me where you are." Davina is silent. "Hey, we can talk about this!"
Davina angrily. "I'm at Rousseau's. Don't bother coming. I'm leaving now."
Davina hangs up on him and re-enters Rousseau's. Elijah gives Marcel a look and starts to drive faster toward the Quarter.
Davina pushes through a crowd of people to find Kol, looking confused as everyone files out of the restaurant.
"Kol? What's happening?" She asked.
Kol annoyed sighed. "Some fellow just announced they were closing for a private party."
Davina anxiously looked to Kol and implored, "We should leave now."
A man with a group of his fellow werewolves approaches them. "And what's your rush, sweetheart? Why don't you stay and party with us?" A guy asked.
Davina angrily looked to the dirtbag. "Get out of our way. Now." She demanded.
When the werewolf doesn't move, she hits him with a pain infliction spell that brings him to his knees. His fellow werewolf friends surround Davina and Kol, who immediately begins to panic.
Kol asked, "Can you do that with the rest of them, or...?"
Davina shook her head. "...Not all at once."
The werewolf rises to his feet and shoves Davina across the room. Kol tries to shove him back but he's thrown against the wall behind the bar and shatters several bottles when he makes impact. The wolves start to descend upon Davina with their fangs out, so she twists the bracelet around her wrist and starts to chant a spell.
She chanted, "Jwen mwen vennez ça maintenant."
Davina has been grabbed by another werewolf, who shoves her against the bar and turns her head, so he can bite her in the neck. Before he can do so, Kol stood tall and throws the werewolf across the bar.
Kol growled and cracked his neck and knuckles. "You filthy dogs."
As Kol lunges for the werewolves and begins to fight them. Kol snaps a werewolf's neck before ripping the hearts out of several others. Across the room Davina has been grabbed by a different werewolf, and in the struggle, she grabbed her wand and exclaimed, "Expecto Patronus!" And a bright white light blasts from her wand, blinding the werewolves temporarily.
Kol smirked, "Well, now. What an interesting turn of events." He picks Davina up off the floor by the front of her shirt and vamps-out.
Elijah arrives and shoves a werewolf off of him, Elijah attacks the rest of the wolves, and he takes his jacket off. "Now, who is ready?" The wolves growled at the vampire and tried to attack. Meanwhile, Marcel arrives and immediately rushes to check on Davina.
Marcel said, "We're getting out of here."
"No!" She exclaimed.
Marcel sees Elijah continues to struggle with the wolves. One werewolf gets the upper-hand and impales his fist in Elijah's chest.
Elijah screamed, "AAAH!"
Kol growled and speared the werewolf in the gut, getting bitten in the process. He snapped the wolf's neck and grabbed the other by the back of the neck and ripped out his heart.
"STOP! NOW." She demanded.
Kol sighs and reluctantly vamp-speeds back to Davina, speeding out of the bar. Elijah, who is still gasping as he heals from wolf's attack, stares at Marcel in horror. Marcel stares at him as well, disappointed, but they just shake their head at both of them and leaves. Elijah finally notices a barman behind the bar and gives him a look.
Elijah asked, "Something to say?"
The barman shook his head, still stunned. "Not me, mate. Not a bloody thing." He said.
Elijah hummed and vamp-speed out of the bar with Marcel right behind him.
†
Three days later…
The vampires are congregated at Marcel's apartment, where they are all drinking and talking. Gia, the new vampire Marcel turned about a year ago, stands against the wall with her eyes closed, and catches a dart thrown by a fellow vampire before it can hit her in the face. When she opens her eyes, she laughs in victory and holds out her hand to the vampire.
"Pay up!" She exclaims happily.
The vampire hands her a $100 bill. Across the room, Josh, Davina's friend and other vampire that Marcel turned, is checking a message on a dating app on his phone, on which his username is NoLaYolo019. Marcel walks over and hands him a drink.
Marcel asked, "Any prospects?"
Josh said, "Well, since you asked... Yeah, there's this one guy. We've been messaging so far, but... I think I like him. Like, really like him."
Marcel furrowed his brows and gave a curious look to his friend. "So, what's the problem?"
Josh sarcastically replied, "Oh, I don't know... I might have left a few things out of the old profile. For example, what has two thumbs and drinks blood to survive? Oh, right! This guy." He gives Marcel a double-thumbs-up. He rolls his eyes and gives Marcel a double-thumbs up, which makes Marcel laughs.
After a moment, Marcel is about to take a sip of his drink when someone is suddenly thrown through the windows. When everyone gets up to investigate, they find it's one of their fellow vampires, who appears to have had his throat ripped out by a werewolf. Suddenly, werewolves with moonlight rings swarm the loft, led by Oliver and another werewolf named Aiden. Gia furiously glares at the and approaches the wolves who have crashed their party.
Gia narrowed her eyes at them. "The hell is wrong with you people? We didn't do anything!" She exclaimed.
Aiden unimpressed, he said, "This is nothing your kind hasn't done to us. Learn your history."
Marcel said, "I don't know who the hell you are, but we had a deal. Werewolves can roam the quarter now. Everybody's cool."
Aiden scoffed. "That's not good enough anymore."
"Oh yeah? Says who? You? Or that witch you all answer to now? Dahlia, the Sisters right? Never thought I'd see the day- proud werewolves on a witch's leash. I hope those rings you're wearing are worth it." Marcel said.
Aiden smirks and nods toward the wolves behind him. One of the werewolves grabs another one of the vampires and bites into his neck. A third werewolf goes after Josh, and Josh uses all of his strength to keep him from biting him as well.
"That's enough!" Aiden shouted.
Josh manages to push the werewolf off of him before he can be bitten and looks flustered as he glances over at Aiden.
Aiden said, "Consider this a warning, Marcel. It's the only one you're gonna get. You have had your time, it's our turn now." He looked to Josh with detest in his eyes. "But next time? I won't call them off."
Marcel glares at Aiden, who remains unbothered. He had to figure out a way to take down the wolves because he just knows that they are now working for Dahlia and the Sisters.
•
Diego, Thierry, and the other vampires and werewolves who followed the Mikaelsons and their witches are staying at the compound are congregated in the courtyard when Elijah enters the room.
Elijah shouts, "Brother! Niklaus!"
At the sound of Elijah's voice, Rebekah walks into the room to see what is going on.
"You do realize that literally everyone in here has supernatural hearing, right?" She asked.
"Where is our brother?" He asked.
Rebekah sarcastically said, "I'll check his calendar... Wait, no. Not his therapist, not Caroline, only his sister, so..." She shrugged and sighed.
Elijah annoyed at her replied, he rolled his eyes and said, "Rebekah, this city is under siege by an army of beasts following our deranged aunt and the Sister's every command. Now, considering it is our enemy who just declared war on our kind, now's not the best time for your particular brand of sass, sister."
Rebekah unamused by her older brother. "Klaus left a while ago. If you want to find him, I can't help you. If only there was a magical device that people used to call people? I don't know, I'm out of ideas. Good luck." She turns and walks away.
Elijah sighed and walked towards the kitchen where he sees Hermione working hard on a new potion to take out the wolves that were marching on their city like they owned it.
He stood next to his lover and watched as she took notes and poured in a little potion that was a snot green color, the smoke in her cauldron turned bright pink. She smiled and looked to her loyal Mikaelson. "Found anything, love?" He asked.
Hermione sighed. "I have," She replied. "I've tested a few things and I might've have created something to make sure that the wolves can shack off the spell that Dahlia has done to them."
Elijah smirked and kissed her temple while he wrapped his arm around her waist. "You my love are the brightest witch I know," He said.
Hermione rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Not according to Rita Skeeter," She muttered. "Apparently I'm a cheater and a gold digger."
"She's just a jealous hag." Elijah said. He took her chin and made her look at him. "I love you, Hermione Granger, you need to know that those words those people says are not true. You are so much more then what they say." He caressed her cheek and said, "My Hermione." Elijah gripped the back of her neck and pulled her into a deep kiss.
Hermione tried to mush him away to get back to work but she gave in when he gripped her rear end and pulled her close to his semi-cold body. She moaned and rubbed his back and ran her nails down the neck of his neck.
It has been awhile since they have had an intimate moment, things have been crazy since Freya has been kidnapped and Dahlia has come back into the picture. The mansion was a good escape route but not for too long because they were either needed or had someone coming to them. It was a quick mood killer in their eyes.
But they hoped that once this blows over they can get away from all this mess.
Or so they hoped. Old demons will be back in Elijah's life.
†
The All Hallows Eve party is still raging on in the streets as Caroline and Klaus exits Vincent's office. She calls Davina, who answers it. "Finally, you pick up your phone! I've been trying to get a hold of you for days! Way to leave a girl hanging." Caroline said.
Davina is standing on the porch of a cabin out near the Bayou. "I know, I should have called you back. I didn't want you to worry. I just...things are complicated." She watches while Kol and Luke trains with potions, their own version for the wolves.
"Yeah, well, word on the streets- and, by streets, I mean Josh- is that you've gone totally MIA. Seriously, are you okay? Where are you?" Caroline asked.
Davina said, "I'm fine. I'll be back soon, I promise. And... thanks for calling. It's good to hear your voice." She hangs up on Caroline and returns to the cabin.
"Davina? Davina?" She sighs and checks her phone to see that the call has disconnected. Behind her, Klaus is standing and smirking.
Klaus said, "Well, that was rather rude!"
Caroline rolled her eyes and sighed. "What do we do? If we can't find Davina and the werewolves take over, what do we do?" She asked.
Klaus grabbed Caroline's arms and rubs them along with giving them a good squeeze. "We will figure out a way, love. I also have a rather long list of people I need to track down and deal with, and at the top of that list is a certain runaway witch."
Caroline pulled away from her boyfriend and scoffed. "Maybe she doesn't want to be found."
Klaus continued, "And for good reason. A certain little brother of mine a Parker twin are creating their own potion to take down Dahlia and the Sisters."
Caroline stopped and looked to the hybrid. "Wait, what?"
"Oh yes it's quite a messy situation when you have ears and eyes everywhere." Klaus smirked
Caroline shrugged. "Well, you heard her, clearly. She didn't say where she was!" She started to walk away but only slow down when Klaus walked next to her and took her hand.
"Oh, on the contrary, love. You just had to know how to listen. For instance, I heard cicadas, and I heard tans, but the real giveaway was the church bells. Did you know Davina's family owns a little cabin in Terrebonne Parish? It's been abandoned for years! But, a brief glimpse at a map showed it's just a mile from the loveliest little chapel."
Caroline sighed and looked to Klaus. "So, what's the plan?" She asked.
"Well, the way I see it, if Davina wants to use Kol and Luke to take out the wolves and Dahlia, we just have two options. One, you reason with her. Two? Well, I don't think you'd like two very much." He concluded.
Caroline considers this for a moment, she didn't want Klaus to kill Kol's girlfriend, but they wanted to reason with her and this was it. "Fine. Let's go"
The two begin to walk down the street and head off to Davina's cabin.
•
Kol is saying goodbye to Luke as he drove back to the Abattoir where Hermione, Liv and Luna waited for him. Kol is outside, sitting with his eyes closed, as though he is meditating. He is clearly still healing from his battle against the werewolves that happened before they ever got there. After a moment, Davina comes out to join him.
Davina said, "You don't look so good. Those bites—"
Kol sighed. "Werewolf venom is to be purged by force, not acquiesced to."
Davina smirked and asked, "And what is that? A Viking bumper sticker?"
Kol looked to her lovely witch and shook his head. "Exactly how much longer are we going to be hiding here? Like cowards?" He asked.
Davina sighed. "I know you want to go home, so do I," She leaned down to his level and cupped his beard face. "But we have to lay low for a bit longer. Those Sisters want me, and they had their wolves hurt you, basically blindsided you. I just want us to be safe and if that means leaving certain behind then I would do it."
Kol took her wrists and kissed her palms. "You're afraid." He said.
Davina shook her head and stood tall. "I'm not afraid."
Kol stood up and stood toe to toe with Davina. "Well, you should be." He said, rubbing sweat of his face, the venom was getting to him. Kol turns to go back to his training.
Davina calls after him. "Okay. Fine. You're so tough? Teach me."
Kol turned back to her and asked, "Teach you what?"
Davina stomped her foot and said, "How to be strong."
Kol smirked, visibly impressed by her nerve. "Fine, love, but I won't go easy on you." Davina hummed and went to change into her work out clothes. Kol just hoped that he wouldn't hurt his little witch.
†
Dahlia and Sister Araine are in the greenhouse of the Lycée, where they are holding their hands over a map to do a locator spell. They were chanting the spell, while Freya was in the background making sure that they don't find Davina.
"Où tu fuis, a pouvoir la trouver. Yonn souri nan zeb—" Dahlia takes a rose and plucks several petals from it before dropping them in a glass bowl of water.
They stopped when they noticed that nothing was happening, Dahlia furrowed her brow and handed the dagger to Sister Araine to make the spell work more.
Sister Araine pricks her pinky with the end of a dagger and drips her blood into the bowl with the rose petals.
They chant, "Ma te ak san sou ki à lumière la fille—"
Suddenly, the bowl shatters in her hands, startling them. The bloody water and rose petals spill all over the map.
Dahlia sighed in frustration. "She's somehow blocked our locator spell." She said.
"We will find here, Dahlia." Sister Araine assured her. "And we will make sure that she knows who are the people to trust and leave behind."
"Why do you want her?" Freya asked. "I mean it's not like she gave give you anymore power then you already have."
Sister Araine looked to the older Mikaelson female with a blank stare. "We want her so that we can take the city back from your family, we want what was ours. Witches and werewolves roam freely and not be killed by any Mikaelson for no reason."
Freya stood tall and got in the bleach blonde's face. "Go to hell you hag." She tightened her jaw and tried to use her magic, but Dahlia had chains around her hands that stopped her from using her magic. She looked to Dahlia and shook her head. "So, you want the same? Take down my family, a family that I want to build a life with?"
Dahlia eyed her niece. "No, what I want is the first born Mikaelson to reign with me when I do take down your family."
"What are you talking about?" Freya asked. "None of their significant others can have children."
Dahlia ignored her niece and said, "We shall see about that."
Freya didn't understand what her aunt was talking about until it hit her. One of them was pregnant but she didn't know who, if she could find a way to get to either Luna, Davina or Hermione and tell them what's going on than she would, but Dahlia has other plans.
•
The vampires, including Gia, Marcel, and Josh, are all meeting to discuss what to do with the werewolves' ultimatum.
Gia said, "We don't wanna run."
Marcel sighed. "I know, and I respect that. But, believe me, there's a big difference between wanting to fight and knowing how to win."
"So, show us!" She exclaimed. "You've kicked their ass before, I'm guessing you didn't do it alone."
Josh, looking apprehensive, raises his hand as if to ask permission to speak. "Umm, yeah, not that I don't dig the whole Karate Kid vibe that we got going on here, but- how are we supposed to learn to defend ourselves from an army of super-wolves in, like, one day?"
Marcel has no answer. Suddenly, someone vamp-speeds through the room and snaps the necks of two of the male vampires. When the rest of them realize it's Finn, Marcel rolls his eyes and sighs before looking over at a very nervous Josh.
"Lesson one- always be on your guard."
Marcel and Gia stare at Finn. He smirked, took off his jacket and rolled his Henley long sleeve shit up, ready to fight and show these baby vampires a thing or two.
†
Sister Araine is conferring with Oliver, Aiden, and several other werewolf leaders in front of the lycée.
She had her back to the wolves working on a new spell that Dahlia left her in charge of. Araine blew out a candle and looked to the wolves. "Well, I trust our message was well received."
Oliver nodded. "Loud and clear. Those vampires should be gone by tomorrow."
"In my experience, one can never be too careful with these creatures, though. We'll greet them with superior numbers." She turns to another werewolf to give him an order. "Would you bring me the recruits, now, Sam?"
Sam leaves to do as he's told, and Sister Araine returns to Oliver and Aiden.
"Oliver, Aiden- I have a task for you." She commanded.
A group of young children in their early teens are led out to join the leaders. Aiden's eyes widen in shock and confusion when he sees a young, dark-haired boy in the crowd.
"What's going on here?" Aiden asked.
"Tonight, is Luna Sanguinis- a blood moon. Now, one thousand years ago, your people marked this celestial event with a rite of passage. Electing not to shrink from their nature, but to embrace it with pride by slaying a human being and activating their curse." She said.
Aiden gasps quietly in horror when he realizes what this witch is trying to do.
She continued, "Tonight, as unturned wolves, you will kill with the singular purpose of unleashing that warrior that lives within you."
Aiden looked disgusted to Sister Araine and said, "They're just a bunch of kids!"
She cupped his cheeks and said in a sweet high fake voice, "Aiden, we can no longer afford to hide our children from the horrors of war." He puts his arm around the dark-haired boy's shoulders. Oliver and Aiden look horrified. "From now on, you're either with us, or you're against us."
Sister Araine turned to address the young untriggered wolves. "Come with me!"
She leads the children away, and Oliver and Aiden stare at them in shock as they leave.
†
Kol is carving a symbol into another wooden staff he has made from a tree branch when Davina comes outside to join him.
Davina asked, "What's that?"
"The crest of our clan. A reminder that we always carry the honor of our ancestors before we go to battle." He said.
He flings the knife into the wooden swing on which he's sitting before standing and throwing the staff at Davina, who just barely catches it.
Davina exclaimed, "I wasn't ready!"
Kol said, "First lesson- always be on your guard."
Davina takes note of the weight of the staff in her hands for a moment. "It's heavy." She pointed out.
Kol impatiently sighed at his girlfriend. "I was half your age the first time my father gave me the staff. I would have torn every muscle rather than let him see me strain. And, had I" He attacks her, and she barely blocks his blow. "He would have corrected me."
Davina panted and lustfully looked into Kol's eyes. "No offense, but your dad sounds like a jerkwad."
Kol smirked. "Mothers love their children. Fathers make them strong."
He attacks her again, and though she struggles, she manages to continue blocking him.
"My mother tried to sacrifice me, and my dad took off when I was born, so..." She starts to fight back, but Kol easily dodges her strikes.
"You're anticipating." He pointed out. "Do not let me see your move before you make it."
He strikes at her staff, knocking her off-balance and causing her to twist her ankle as she falls. She whimpered in pain.
"Get up." He said.
Davina groaned. "I can't. I hurt my ankle."
Kol got down next to her and said, "The ability to end your pain is a warrior's true weapon. Master that, and nothing holds power over you." Davina glares at him. "Now, on your feet." Davina winces. "I said, On. Your. Feet." He commanded her.
Davina continues to glare at him but does grab her staff to use it to help her pull herself up on her feet. She leans against the staff for support. Kol looks mildly impressed.
Kol smirked. "Good. Perhaps you've actually learned something today."
•
Caroline sits alone at a table with a cocktail, staring off into space, when Klaus walks in and finds her.
Klaus said, '"Wait in the car," you said. "I'll be right back," you said!"
Caroline ignores him and takes a big gulp of her drink.
Klaus sighs impatiently. "Did I not sufficiently explain to you the urgency of this endeavor?" He asked.
"You're the one who hijacked my afternoon to drive me along to this revenge fantasy of yours! Excuse me if I need a drink to take off the edge before the killing begins."
"So, that's your plan, is it? Ply me with alcohol and prattle on until I'm convinced to leave those witches alone to plot my death?"
Caroline looked to her hybrid boyfriend. "No. My plan is to listen. Come on, Klaus. You could have eavesdropped on that phone call and vanished before I even knew you were there. So, let's just get to the part you really want me to play."
Klaus stares at her blankly, and Caroline sighs before she continues. "Girlfriend, frenemy, and drinking buddy. Call it whatever you want, I know why I'm here. To give you the one thing you've never had- someone to hear your side.
Klaus gapes at her, shocked that she would offer such a thing. He then quietly sits down across from Caroline at the table.
"So. You want to kill your aunt? Fine! Let's talk." She smiles at him, and Klaus smiles back before grabbing her drink and taking a sip.
•
In Marcel's living room, Finn is helping to teach Gia how to fight like a vampire. She goes to punch his chest, but he blocks it.
"As a devout feminist, I refuse to say that you hit like a girl." He said. He lets go of her, and she spins around in frustration. "Let's try this again, shall we?" He asked.
Gia pouts. "Tell me again why I don't get to be outside with everybody else. You know, with the nice teacher?"
Finn begins to roll up his sleeves and take off his shirt to better move around. "You are my responsibility."
Gia smiles. "...Says the feminist."
Finn chuckles. "Fighting is rhythm. There is a music, there is a meter, there is a pattern. Let that rhythm beat within you." He stands defensively and nods at her. "Again." He demanded.
Gia puts up her fists and starts to fight him, but he easily blocks her blows. The two spin and continue practicing.
"Legato." They fight. "Ostinato." They fight. "Crescendo."
Gia manages to hit him, but he blocks the majority of it.
"And then, once you've established your cadence—"
Gia spins out of his grip, kicks him, and presses him against the wall while he's distracted. She smiles. "-You change the key."
Finn panting. "Very nice." He grabs her arm and presses her hand against his chest. "Now- the head, or the heart?" Gia hesitates. "None of these matters if you cannot make the kill."
Gia asked, "What if I can't do it?"
She lets go of him, but he grabs her arm and puts it back where it was. "You will. To survive. Now- the head, or the heart?" He asked.
Gia looks terrified, but she shoves her hand into Finn's chest and grabs his heart. Finn winces in pain but looks at her proudly. Suddenly, Luna enters the apartment and is horrified at what she sees.
"Finn?" She asked.
Gia and Finn both look startled and mildly embarrassed. Gia takes her hand out of his chest and lets go of him. Luna looks slightly jealous, but she plays it cool and approaches them while Finn heals.
"We need to talk." She said.
Aiden follows Luna into the loft. Gia looks as though she's about to lunge for him, but Finn holds her back.
"We're not here for a fight. Just hear him out." Luna implored.
Finn looked unimpressed. "Speak. I suggest you be succinct."
Aiden sighs. "Please. I need your help." He begged.
Elijah, Luna, Gia, and Aiden have been joined by Oliver, Josh, and Marcel. The werewolves explain their dilemma.
Aiden said, "The witch wants soldiers. So now, it's either join up, or pay the price."
Finn said, "I've known my aunt to be merciless, but I'll admit, this exceeds even my expectations."
Luna said, "They're just kids. Marcel, you know the Quarter like the back of your hand. If anyone can get them out of here, it's you."
Marcel said, "Oh? And take 'em where?"
"There's still wolves deep in the Bayou. Ones that didn't take a ring. They can look after them." Oliver said.
Marcel nodded. "The ones that never sold out, you mean."
Oliver furrowed his brows at the vampire. "You wanna look at it like that, that's fine. We did what we had to do."
Marcel sighed. "Your wolves have been fighting us for decades. Why trust us now?"
Aiden hesitates. "One of the recruits is my little brother." Josh looks shocked. "There's no way I'm sending him to war."
Marcel looks over at Finn, who sighs. "Tell us what you need." He said.
†
Davina is inside, sitting in a chair, as she gingerly removes her boot to find that her ankle is swollen and bruising. She whimpers in pain as she gently touches the top of her foot.
Kol walked into the cabin and hollered, "Davina, love? Are you alright? Where are ya?"
Davina called back, "In the kitchen."
Kol marched into the kitchen and watched how bruised her ankle was. Kol was taking a lot at Davina's injured ankle. He rolls up her jeans to get a better look. "Oh love, see I told you so."
Davina shook her head and brushed her tears. "Please help." He kissed her forehead and said that he would be right back.
•
Klaus is getting drunk on scotch and telling Caroline what she wants to know.
Klaus said, "Dahlia's intentions are far less savage than my enemy's. She'd prefer to kill our family in some bizarre coven of extremely dysfunctional witches."
Caroline asked, "So, what, are you just gonna kill her?"
Klaus smirked. "If only I could. But, therein lies my predicament- if I kill her, she'll just jump into a body. If I somehow manage to thwart that nasty little inconvenience, she'll rejoin the bloody witch ancestors and haunt me from beyond. But my goal isn't on her and those sister's, no, it's on finding my baby brother and bringing him and his little witch home."
Caroline asked, "And, how are you going to do that unarmed?"
Klaus smiles and reaches inside his inner jacket pocket. "I've taken precautions." He pulls out Papa Tunde's blade and shows it to her."
"What the hell is that? Some Mystical-Knife-of-Ludicrous-Torment?" Caroline sarcastically commented.
Klaus chuckled and shook his head. "This is Papa Tunde's blade, he was a man I killed."
Caroline rolled her eyes. "Oh Klaus." She muttered.
"You know, my parents dedicated their lives to making me feel weak and afraid. I've killed them once already. Now I can kill the sorry witch that she calls my aunt and get my sister back."
He stands to his feet as though he's about to leave, but Caroline stops him by grabbing his arm. "Klaus, wait. I get it. The hurt your parents have inflicted on you for a thousand years. I understand what you're fighting against. The real question is what are you fighting for?"
Klaus looks at her, confused and surprised by this response once again.
Caroline stood tall and gripped his hand, she said matter-of-factly. "Ask me to dance."
Klaus skeptically looked at her. "You want to dance?"
"No. I... never want to dance. I'm actually really bad at it. But, I'm trying to make a point- there's more to life than the pain they made you feel. A cold beer, a slow song, a girlfriend... There are good things, Klaus." She takes his hand. "And you need to see that, too."
Klaus looks as though he's about to cry. Caroline puts her free hand on his shoulder, and he puts his own hand on her waist as the two begin to dance. They stare at each other, their faces close.
Caroline muttered, "There's no real peace in revenge."
Klaus' face slowly creeps closer to Caroline's, as though he's going to kiss her, but he simply moves his face so its resting against hers. Caroline looks overwhelmed as he puts his face close to hers again before he spins her quickly. Caroline smiles for a brief moment, but when she turns back toward him, Klaus has vanished. She looks sad and disappointed.
"Oh Klaus." She muttered, she gathered her things and speed out of the bar-trying to track down her boyfriend.
•
Kol examines her ankle closely, he sighed and shook his head. "Yeah, I've heard about this! I've never actually seen it firsthand. It appears someone has knocked you head over heels, quite literally!" Davina giggles. "And I thought I'd have that honor!"
Davina smiled and hummed at her boyfriend.
Kol uses his fingers to scoop up an herbal poultice that he's made in a bowl and spreads it over Davina's injured foot.
Davina wrinkles her nose. "Ugh, it smells like—"
Kol finished her sentence, "-The wrong end of something quite dead? Yeah. It's just a little something I picked up from a shaman bloke in Uganda. You could thank Snape for that." He finishes treating her ankle. "There you go!"
Davina sighs in relief and tries to stand up. "Wow, the pain is just—" She stumbles on her numb foot, but Kol catches her before she can hit the floor.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" He sits her down on the bench next to him. "It's magic, alright? It's not a miracle."
He sets her ankle on the chair, so it can rest before nodding toward the vials, herbs, and parchments with magical writing sitting on the table.
Kol said, "That's quite the spell you've got going here!" Davina chuckled and held his hand, interlocking their fingers. "I mean, not to pry, but I figured you had your secrets after our last date ended in a werewolf bar brawl."
Davina smiled. "Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Hermione and Luna have been teaching me a few things, here and there." She shrugged.
Kol nodded. "Aw, it's alright. I've never really liked dull girls, anyway. That said, what exactly is going on here?"
"Do you trust me?" She asked.
Kol jokingly said, "Are you slicked? Those sad eyes might fool some people, but not me. I know what you're after."
Davina looks at him in confusion and fear, but he's only teasing her.
Kol muttered, "You've got a lecherous heart, Davina Claire!" Davina bursts out laughing. "I won't be used, not for my body, nor my medicinal herbs!"
Davina giggled, he liked it when she giggled. Made his black heart beat like a normal human.
Kol looked dead in her eyes and said, "We can hold hands, that's it!" He looks at her for a moment. "Whatever it is you're up to, well, you can tell me when you're good and ready."
He brushes a lock of her hair behind her ear, and Davina stares at him, smiling.
†
Marcel, Elijah, Finn, Luna, Josh, Gia, Aiden, and Oliver are organizing their plan for the evening. Josh stares at Aiden awkwardly as he talks.
Aiden said, "Alright, the kids are being held in the City of the Dead until we bring them through the Quarter to St. Anne's Church. Now, meanwhile, one of those Sisters are holding a meeting with a few humans in-the-know. The ones who have been...reluctant to fall in line with his new leadership."
Finn stunned by this revelation. She's going to use the children to kill any opposition."
Aiden nodded. "Activate their curse, send a message to anyone who's thinking about going against him. It's two birds, one... bloodbath."
"Okay, so, we'll hit them while the kids are on the move." Marcel said.
Finn looked to the brunette wolf and said, "Aiden, make certain you and Oliver escort the children. We'll handle the rest."
Oliver stopped and looked to the two vampires. "Wait, wait, wait, wait—Dahlia and the Sisters have been already giving me the stink-eye. If these kids go missing on my watch, I'm as good as dead."
Finn looked to the blonde vampire and said, "You wanted to help your people and make amends for the past. This is your chance."
•
Kol has just put a sleeping Davina in her bed. When he hears something going a miss in the cabin, as he's sure she's asleep, he closes her bedroom door and starts to sneak through the cabin to see who or what was in the safe space.
He passes an ajar door and sees that dozens of candles are lit inside. He slowly opens the door and peers inside, and when he determines it to be empty, he walks inside and starts to look around.
He stops when he sees a figure looking over her spell books and Hermione's personal journals. Kol took the stranger's arm and twisted it behind their back.
"What have we here? A liar thief?"
The stranger groans. "I'm just looking about!" They exclaimed.
Kol shouts. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you right here!?"
"I'm a witch. I know who you are, I know who she is, and I know the magic that runs through the both of you is useful for a more powerful witch. I can help you leave. You'll be free to do whatever you want, provided you promise not to harm me."
Kol furrowed his brows and tightened his grip. "Not good enough, who are you? Don't make me tear your heart out if you know what's good for you."
The stranger didn't say a word, was just silent.
Kol shrugged. "Fine by me, suit yourself if you wanna die tonight."
The stranger was knocked out, but not by Kol. The younger Original looked up to find Davina looking at them. She sighed and nodded to the couch. "Put him there, by all means."
Kol smirked and dragged the stranger to the couch, waiting for him to wake up.
†
Oliver has just arrived in a parking garage where Elijah is waiting for him.
Elijah asked, "Where are they?"
Oliver replied, "They should be right behind me. Any minute now."
•
Finn, Luna and Gia lead the children through the tunnels, Luna puts a finger to her lips to remind them to stay quiet. Josh leads with a flashlight, and when they come up upon a metal gate, he breaks it down. They arrive and meets up with Josh.
Josh asked, "Hey, where's Marcel?"
Gia sighed. "Uh, he's getting the getaway car."
Finn said, "Hey! Big-mouth! Shut it! There are werewolves everywhere."
•
In the parking garage, Elijah and Oliver are waiting when they hear a noise.
Oliver whispered, "Here we go. About time."
Suddenly, they're surrounded by a large group of werewolves.
"Don't bother trying to run. We've got you surrounded." One werewolf said.
Oliver laughed, "What, you don't think that we would be dumb enough to bring 'em here, do you?"
Elijah said, "Yes, I so do apologize for any inconvenience. The little ones you seek are elsewhere." He smiled. "Which, I suppose, leaves you here with me."
The male werewolf growled. "You're the ones that don't seem to understand! We're not looking for the kids. The witch wants you."
Elijah, anticipating a fight, starts to take off his jacket as he steps toward the werewolf. Elijah said, "Listen to me very carefully- I told a good friend that I'd do my very best to spare the lives of her people. You leave right now? I will honor that." He smiles patronizingly. "Stay, and the situation becomes irrefutably awkward."
The werewolf's lip twitches as he braces himself for a fight. The rest of the wolves do the same. Elijah turns to Oliver, rolling his eyes when he realizes the other wolves intend to fight.
Elijah sighed. "Very well." He turns to Oliver. "You should probably leave." Elijah throws his jacket and his tie aside.
Oliver sighed. "Either I'm in, or I'm out, right?"
Elijah nods in understanding, and he and Oliver stand back to back in preparation for the oncoming violence.
•
Josh has just led the werewolf children to Marcel, who is waiting with the ambulance they're using as a getaway vehicle. Marcel quickly hops out of the front seat and gestures toward the children to get in the back.
Finn shouted, "Let's go! Move!"
The children pile into the back of the ambulance, as Marcel helps them up. Nick, Aiden's little brother, is about to get in when Aiden arrives.
"Nick!" Aiden exclaimed.
Nick smiled. "Aiden! You made it!" The two hugged.
Aiden pulled away from his little brother and smiled, hugely. "Of course, I did! I told you I'd be here, didn't I?" He pats Nick on the head and gestures for the ambulance. "Go."
Finn, Marcel and Luna close up the ambulance. Aiden and Josh give each other a look before Aiden walks over to Marcel.
Aiden muttered, "Thank you." He looks at Luna and Finn. "Both of you."
Finn smiled. "We're both fighting for the same thing, you know. Just trying to save the ones that we love." He looked to Luna who was looking over some of the children and seeing some of them were spell free, she was even giving some of them potions to break any other spell Dahlia and the Sisters casted upon them-which there wasn't; luckily.
Aiden smiles at him. Marcel claps Aiden kindly on the shoulder before going to get in the driver's seat of the ambulance as Finn joins him. Aiden takes one last look at Nick through the back window before they leave.
•
Oliver and Elijah have just finished taking out all of the werewolves. They're both covered in blood, and Oliver has ripped one of the werewolves' arms off.
Oliver panted. "Well, I guess this is all they got."
Elijah looked around. "So, it would seem." He said.
Suddenly, Elijah screams out in pain as his muscles seize up. Oliver looks around in alarm and sees that Sister Araine has arrived and is casting a pain infliction spell on Elijah.
"Actually, I am just getting started." She said.
She balls his hand into a fist and Elijah falls to his knees in agony. When Oliver lunges for her, Sister Araine uses telekinesis to throw him backwards against a car. He falls to the floor, unconscious. Elijah takes advantage of Araine's distraction and vamp-speeds toward her and grabs her in a choke-hold against a car.
Elijah growled, "Perhaps your next body will last longer than this one, little girl."
Elijah is about to snap her neck when suddenly, a regular wooden stake impales him from behind. Elijah gasps and moans in pain. Behind him, Dahlia is standing, having telekinetically staked him. She holds out her hand and twists it, which twists the stake until Elijah falls neutralized to the ground. Oliver has just awoken and is watching in horror.
†
Kol is leaning over the stranger's sleeping form, when suddenly they wake up and sees him leaning overhead. Kol quickly grabs Davina's phone from on top of the bed to cover for himself.
Kol looked to his girlfriend and said, "Your phone is chock full of texts. Why is Caroline texting you?"
Davina looks at her phone and sees multiple texts from Caroline. They read: "I really need you to answer me!" "HE KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE!"
Davina scared. "Come with me. Now." She demanded, she takes Kol's hand and leads him out of the room.
Outside, Klaus has just arrived at the cabin. He walks up onto the porch and looks through the windows. Because Davina and Kol are doing a spell inside, he can't see anything.
Davina chanting, "Keschede sede ni canun. Keschede senu ni..."
Kol chanting, "Excede canun infernum da ba nunc canun. Senon canu ni..."
Klaus walks across the porch and looks into another window. When Klaus goes to look around in the yard, he sees a staff with the crest of his family's clan carved on it and grabs it before angrily throwing it through the window like a javelin. When Davina and Kol duck, Davina's head hits the edge of a trunk and she's knocked unconscious.
Klaus shouted, "Enough games, Davina! Send out my brother! NOW!"
Kol is checking on Davina when the stranger grabs him in a choke-hold. "Release me! Or I will kill you right now!"
Kol chuckled and elbowed the stranger in the gut. "Like hell you have a chance in killing me."
The stranger dropped Kol onto the floor, glaring at the vampire. "Let's see about that."
Klaus screamed from outside, "DAVINA! Is this not why you brought him for? I'm not afraid!"
Kol grabs the stranger and tosses him through the door, making him land on the forest floor with groan. Kol marches outside of with his vampiric features showing, ready to kill this stranger but was blindsided by his half-brother.
Klaus lunges for Kol, and the two begin fighting. Though they both manage most of each other's' blows, Kol clearly has the upper hand. He eventually kicks Klaus down onto the ground, and then kicks him again so that he's lying flat on his back.
He grabs Klaus in a choke-hold and is about to stake him when Klaus kicks him backward, allowing him to rise to his feet. He stomps on Kol's hand before he can grab the stranger, who is laying on the ground between them, and the two begin to fight again.
Kol once again knocks Klaus flat on the ground and holds him in a choke-hold as he tries to grab a make shift wooden stake from him, while Klaus desperately tries to keep the stake from piercing his skin.
Eventually, Kol manages to stab him in the shoulder. Klaus screams in pain and grabs Papa Tunde's blade from his jacket before stabbing Kol in the chest with it. Kol screams out in pain and falls to the ground as the knife begins to embed itself in Kol's chest. Klaus pulls the stake out of his shoulder and rises to his feet.
•
Klaus, still with the stake in hand, stares at Kol's body lying still on the ground, completely incapacitated by the pain inflicted by the cursed blade. Suddenly, Caroline appears out of nowhere and runs toward him as fast as she can, panting and trying to catch her breath.
Caroline frantically asked, "Where is she? If something happened to her, Klaus, I swear to God—"
Klaus held his hand up to his girlfriend and replied, "Davina's fine. She'll wake with a spectacular headache, but given her intentions for me, she should count herself lucky."
Caroline sighs in relief, and Klaus smiled.
Klaus jokingly said, "'Course, if you drop dead of a short of breaths, I may have to kill her on general principle."
Caroline still breathless. "You're the one that ditched me at the bar!" She exclaimed. "I had to hitch-hike and then run on the backroads of the Bayou!"
Klaus amused by Caroline's ranting. "Well, your perseverance is duly noted."
Caroline annoyed, she rolled her eyes and punched his shoulder. "Oh, shut up! I'm so mad at you, I can hardly speak. But, I am here, and it is to tell you- not to bargain with you, and not to shame you, but to tell you- under no circumstances will you hurt that girl, do you understand me?"
Klaus opens his mouth to say something snarky, but when he sees just how frustrated Caroline is, he reconsiders his position.
Klaus muttered, "You have my word."
Caroline, relieved, rushes to Klaus and gives him a hug. Klaus looks surprised. When they break apart, Caroline sees Mikael laying on the floor.
Caroline asked, "Is that Kol? Is he...?"
Klaus replied, "He's still alive... in complete and utter agony. I decided to take your advice and keep him that way." Caroline looks surprised and slightly horrified.
†
After their mission, Finn, Luna, Josh, Marcel, and Gia have returned to Marcel's apartment, where he pours the girls drinks. Hayley accepts one and smiles.
"Well, we did it! I never thought I'd see the day when "we" meant us." Josh said.
Marcel, "Well, you're a vampire now. First rule is never say never, 'cause never ain't that long. And, what we did today was the right thing. But, you know it's gonna make things worse between your people and mine."
Josh notices Gia staring out the window and calls out to her. "There's a life lesson for you, baby vamp. It always gets worse before it gets better." He said.
Finn grabs a second drink and walks over to sit next to Gia on the window seat. He hands Gia a drink, but Gia still looks worried.
Gia said, "We left Elijah out there."
Finn sighed, "Look, I worry about a lot of things where Elijah's concerned. But, trust me- he can take care of himself."
Finn smiled at Gia, who smiles weakly back.
Luna knew that she could trust Finn, he would never hurt her. But she would have to keep an eye on this baby vampire just in case.
†
Elijah awakens to find that he is in one of the crypts. He's suspended by his wrists, which are bound by chains. He looks around the room, taking note of the dozens of lit candles surrounding him, before he sees Dahlia sitting nearby. She smiles at him.
Elijah growled at her. "What do you want?"
Dahlia stands to her feet and walks over to him, so she can look him in the eye. "I only want to start over again, Elijah." She holds his chin in her hand and looks at him sadly. "But in order for that to happen, you must be purified. You must face your sins."
She turns and walks away, leaving him bound in the crypt.
Author's Notes: Dun, dun, duuun. But, wow this was one crazy ride, so I hope y'all enjoyed it. Be prepared for the most epic last few chapters!
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