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Chapter 21: The Horse's Animosity
June 17, 2010
Rebekah eyes snapped opened and she sat up in her coffin while looking around for Nik to tear him a new one for daggering her again but she didn't see him anywhere. She appeared to be in a closed unit of some kind and she noticed that she was surrounded by four other coffins. Her eyebrows furrowed and she wondered what kind of game Nik was playing. Every time she was undaggered she always woke up with either a person nearby to drain, Elijah to take her somewhere fancy, or Nik to take her on a shopping spree. But no one was around she climbed out of her coffin with a frown on her face.
"Nik?" Rebekah called out, "Elijah?"
Suddenly she heard noise outside and the door to the unit was opened and she saw two unfamiliar men staring at her in shock.
"Who the hell are you two?" Rebekah demanded to know.
The two men just traded looks with each other and the taller one muttered to the shorter one, "We were guarding people?"
"I thought Klaus said we were guarding important artifacts of his?" The shorter one asked confused.
Rebekah did not appreciated being ignored so she jumped out of the unit and grabbed one of the men and shoved him against a tree and shouted, "I asked you a question and I expect an answer!"
"Uh, My name is Dylan," The man answered looking startled and looked over her shoulder at the tall man and said, "That's Carlos. Please calm down ma'am we didn't know you were in there!"
"You mentioned Klaus," Rebekah recalls, "You two work for him?"
"Yes, ma'am," Dylan nods proudly, "We're two of his hybrids!"
"Hybrids?!" Rebekah repeats in slight disbelief and then murmurs to himself, "He broke his curse...?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Dylan confirms, "He turned me and my pack three weeks ago!"
"Where is he now?" Rebekah demands.
"Oh, he went to Miss Sasha's graduation." Dylan shares flippantly.
"Who's Sasha?" Rebekah asks angrily.
"She works with Klaus...ya know I don't really know what she is but Klaus calls her his angelic warrior." Dylan answered with a slight shrug.
Rebekah releases Dylan and walks a little ways away from him while glaring off into space and she grumbles, "Oh, I get a dagger in the heart for having a boyfriend and while I'm gone Nik gets himself a girlfriend?! Bloody hypocrite!"
"I'm sorry Ma'am but who are you?" Dylan asked curiously.
"What year is it?" Rebekah asks suddenly.
"2010." Carlos pipes up.
Rebekah annoyed glare turns murderous, "Nik you...complete and utter wanker! 90 years!?"
"Um...are you okay, ma'am...?" Dylan asks hesitantly as he walks over to her.
Rebekah ignores him until he lays a hand on her shoulder and then she twists him and throws him over her shoulder and breaks his arm. Dylan cries out in pain and shock at this.
"I'm fucking furious." Rebekah growls.
"I didn't do anything?!" Dylan cries.
"Where is my brother staying?" Rebekah asks sharply ignoring his whining.
"The Abattoir-" Dylan starts.
Rebekah interrupts him with a gasp, "We're in New Orleans, right now?!"
"Yes, please let my friend go." Carlos answers as he moves to grab Dylan away from her.
Rebekah carelessly throws Dylan at Carlos which makes them both fall down to the ground in a heap.
"This is the bayou isn't it?" Rebekah asks herself as she finally takes in her surroundings and then she shakes her head and leaves the hybrids behind.
She needed to go and see just what she missed.
Rebekah after grabbing a quick snack arrived at the Abattoir without any fuss and she surprised to see that it looked pretty crowded with people and she freezes when she recognizes an annoyingly familiar brunette.
"Katherine!" Rebekah shouts furiously and wraps her hand around the bitch's throat and slams her into the wall, "How dare you lurk in my old home!"
"That's not Katherine!" A vaguely familiar voice shouts and he tries to pull her away but Rebekah doesn't budge until she actually looks at him and she freezes once again and that allows him to throw her away from the doppelganger.
"Stefan..?" Rebekah whispers in shock.
He was speaking lowly to the doppelganger asking if she was okay and didn't really acknowledge Rebekah just yet.
"Stefan!" Rebekah exclaims happily, "It's me, Rebekah!"
He finally looks at her after the doppelganger assures him that she was fine and there is absolutely no recognition on his face as he asks, "Do I know you?"
Rebekah excitement falls as she realize her brother must have never removed the compulsion that made him forget them. And Rebekah is unable to remove it herself because she was younger and therefore weaker than her brother. She quickly hides her hurt and disappoint behind disdain as she asks, "What are you doing with Katherine?"
"I'm not Katherine," The doppelganger speaks, "My name's Elena Gilbert. I'm human."
Rebekah frowns at her and really pays attention to her and finally notices that she was human. How can that be? If her brother really broke his curse shouldn't this doppelganger be dead? She was missing something.
"How are you not dead?" Rebekah asks bluntly.
"It's a long story." Elena says with a sigh.
Rebekah pauses and she couldn't help asking, "And why are you dressed like prostitute?"
"Excuse me?" Elena asks in offense.
"You are wearing such a short skirt..." Rebekah trails off judgmentally.
"No I'm not it reaches my mid thighs!" Elena says defensively, "Why do you look like you walk straight out of the twenties?"
"Because that exactly what I did," Rebekah retorts slightly bitter, "I suppose fashion may have changed a lot in the past ninety years...now where does Nik keep his money these days, I need new clothes right this moment. I refuse to be seen as old-fashioned."
"Seriously, who are you?" Stefan asks in slight disbelief that she was calling Klaus, Nik.
Rebekah raises her chin proudly and says, "Rebekah Mikaelson."
"You're the sister." Elena realizes.
"He's mentioned me?" Rebekah asks surprised that he'd tell the doppelganger of all people about her.
"No, Sasha did." Elena corrects absentmindedly.
Rebekah's eyebrows rise as she wonders just how close this Sasha and her brother really were but she shakes her head as she starts walking away from the doppelganger and Stefan and heads to where the safe used to be. Klaus changed the combination but thanks to Rebekah's exploits with an old ex-girlfriend of hers, she knows how to crack a safe and she does so. She knows her brother only keeps human valuables in here. As he doesn't really care for money but she knew it would still annoy him that she stole from him. That was her true goal after all as she was going to give Nik hell for leaving her daggered for so long and stealing his money was the first step.
"Do you need help picking out clothes?" Elena offers after following Rebekah.
Rebekah purses her lips in distaste but says, "I suppose...that would be for the best so I know what's in style now. Stefan you're carrying the bags!"
"What?" Stefan asks in disbelief.
"Hurry up you two...I want to go see if my favorite store is still around!" Rebekah orders as she struts out of the compound with them reluctantly following behind her.
As it turns out her favorite store was no longer in business but Elena helped directed her to another store.
Rebekah browsed the woman's clothing and she was surprised that there were so many trousers available for women, "You know I used to get dirty looks for wearing these, how things have changed." She comments.
"Women's right have improved leaps and bounds since the twenties." Elena explains and then offers, "I could get you a history book to read if you want?"
"Hmm," Rebekah hums thoughtfully, "And what is this music? It sounds like a cable car accident."
"It's dance music." Elena answers.
"People dance to this?" Rebekah asks in disbelief.
"I think it's very catchy." Elena responds.
"Oh you would, wouldn't you." Rebekah scoffs under her breath.
"So what did Katherine do to you?" Elena asks curiously, "Everyone I've met seems to have some kind of grudge against her."
"She's a slag that damaged the bond between my brothers." Rebekah answered heatedly, "Just like the doppelganger before her and I'm sure you'll follow the same path. The doppelganger legacy seems to be ruining everything they come in contact with."
"I only tolerate Klaus," Elena stated defensively, "And I barely know Elijah plus I'm with Stefan!"
Rebekah just glared at her darkly and said, "I don't care what you say, you're all the same in my eyes."
She then headed into the changing rooms with a bundle of clothing in her arms leaving a upset Elena in her wake.
Rebekah eventually leaves the store wearing jean shorts, a black tank top, and sandals with an extremely annoyed Stefan carrying multiple shopping bags in his arms and an unusually quiet Elena trailing behind them.
"I'm parched." Rebekah announces suddenly, "Stefan, come feed with me."
"And where would you like me to put these bags unless you want them to get decorated with blood?" Stefan asked with attitude.
"Doppelganger, take my bags back to the manor while we feed." Rebekah ordered.
"You can't just feed freely in the city Marcel has rules." Elena protested.
"Did you say Marcel?" Rebekah asked intently as she turned to look at the younger girl, "Marcel Gerard?"
"Uh yes...do you know him?" Elena asked taken aback by Rebekah's sudden intensity.
Rebekah doesn't answer and just speeds away.
"What just happened?" Elena asked baffled.
"I don't know and I don't care," Stefan responded grouchy, "Good riddance I say."
"You are hungry aren't you?" Elena observes, "Do you want me to take the bags back while you go feed?"
"No, no I'll do it." Stefan sighs, "I'll feed after."
Rebekah arrives at Rousseau's the bar that Marcel always liked to frequent back in the day and low and beyond there he was, sitting at the bar.
"I thought you were dead." Rebekah says quietly when she reaches him.
"You never looked back to find out. What do you want?" Marcel asked bluntly.
"I was daggered for the last ninety years. I just woke up today." Rebekah states defensively.
"From what I understand Klaus daggered you two years after you two fled and yet..." Marcel trailed off.
"You're angry at me?" Rebekah asks in quiet disbelief.
"No...I've always known where I stand in this family. Ya'll made that clear again and again but it took me a while to understand but eventually I got the memo. But I don't need any of you anymore. This is my city now and the Mikaelsons are not welcome." Marcel responded resolutely.
"You've told Nik this?" Rebekah scoffed to hide her hurt at his words, "I'm sure that conversation went well."
"No but soon he won't be a problem anymore." Marcel said smugly.
"What does that mean?" Rebekah asks sharply.
Marcel smiles vaguely and doesn't answer.
"Marcel, what did you do?" Rebekah asks seriously.
"Shouldn't you call Klaus and let him known someone woke you up?" Marcel asks instead of answering.
"What?" Rebekah asks thrown.
"Has no one shown you how to use cellphone yet?" Marcel asked rhetorically as he reaches into his pocket and take it out, "Here you can use mine."
"No." Rebekah refused, "I don't know what you're up to but you'll regret turning your back on this family."
"Can't turn your back on a family that turned their backs on you first." Marcel retorted.
Rebekah just glared at him and then grabbed one of the beer bottles and slammed it against his head then stomped out of the building.
"Real mature!" Marcel shouted after her.
A/N: I hope you guys liked seeing what Rebekah was up to before she met Sasha! And on a more serious note I hope that everyone and your families are staying safe and healthy in these crazy times we live in.
