No One's POV

Some days it's hard to see,
If I was a fool, or you, a thief.

The stage was set, like the final scene before the climax of a play, the final motions of the plan rolling into action as Elijah, Brooklyn, and Finn finish packing the Mikaelson mansion, ready to leave Mystic Falls as soon as Niklaus' coffin was in their possession.

But it would be unbeknown to anyone, that at this point everything was about to go to hell.

"Damon! Damon, where are you?" Rebekah calls impatiently, walking out of the elevator into the storage units, unknowing that Alaric was already there searching for Niklaus' body.

"Damon, this isn't funny." Rebekah says exasperated, continuing to walk down a line of storage units.

"Rebekah. Shhh." Damon suddenly appears, grabbing her and shoving her behind a unit, hand covering her mouth.

Signaling silently to each other about Alaric, Rebekah and Damon retrieve Niklaus' coffin, finally wheeling it into a waiting truck.

But Alaric would find them, appearing out of nowhere, flashing towards Rebekah, grabbing her, slamming her into the car and throwing her into the ground as if she was little more than a rag doll. Rushing in defense, Damon is swiftly kicked to the side, Alaric single mindedly focused on the coffin that carries the Original Hybrid.

"No!" Rebekah screams, watching as Niklaus' eyes flash open briefly almost like a reflex.

"No, don't!" Damon warns, grabbing at Rebekah.

"No! No! No!" Rebekah wails, watching Alaric stab Niklaus and his body go up in flames.

"Next." Alaric replies deadpan.

"Rebekah, run. Run!" Damon urges, pushing Rebekah away, and in another flash Rebekah is gone.

Made it through the maze to find my one in a million,
And now you're just a page torn from the story I'm living.

Miles away, in the backwoods of Mystic Falls, together with Finn, Elijah, and her brother who was in his wolf form, Brooklyn walks towards the rendezvous point to confirm the transaction of the White Oak and the coffin that held the Original Hybrid, her pack slinking through the shadows running interference, Ryan acting as point guard in case the Mystic Falls Scooby gang tried any tricks.

"Stefan, Elena's not at home. Matt and I, we got her out of town, just in case." Jeremy's voice could be heard from several feet away, talking lowly to the younger Salvatore.

"It's gonna be fine. Klaus was lying, we're all gonna be okay." Stefan assures, sounding cautiously relieved.

"What happened?" Elijah asks seriously, the small party of Finn, Brooklyn, himself, and Aaron stepping from the trees line to reveal themselves.

"Stefan?" Caroline questions, looking fearful.

Suddenly, Rebekah bursts into the clearing, distraught sobs ripping from her throat as if she had run all the way from the storage unit in a blind grief.

"He's gone, Elijah. There was nothing I could do to stop it." Rebekah sobs brokenly, stumbling towards Elijah.

And all I gave you is gone,

For Brooklyn it was as if the entire world had frozen and shattered beneath her, incomparable pain, grief, and most of all unbridled anger roared through her mind and consumed her, drowning out everything else; like a black hole consuming everything in its path or a sun that had suddenly just collapsed in on itself.

Niklaus was dead. The Scooby gang had killed Niklaus. They had killed her mate. And for that, they would pay.

As if sensing the sudden shift in the atmosphere, for the first time in almost several centuries of living, other than running from Mikael, true fear and apprehension prickled at the back of Elijah's mind, creeping up his neck in an eerie, icy hold.

Brooklyn's power was unparalleled, and while Elijah didn't fear his mate because he believed she would hurt him, her power was nothing anyone should try and contend with, especially when tested and pushed to its limits in anger and hurt.

Moreover, Elijah worried that Brooklyn would hurt herself, blinded by her pain and anger of losing Niklaus, her first mate.

Tumbled like it was stone.

"NO!" Brooklyn screams, agony clear in her voice as her power blasts the earth around them, flattening the trees in the surrounding area and gathering rolling dark storm clouds above that thundered and flashed lightning, physical evidence of the emotional turmoil that rolled within Brooklyn's mind, her pack echoing in eerie howls all around her, sending their voices upward towards the heavens like a prayer or haunting vigil.

It was at this point Stefan, Jeremy, and Caroline realized the magnitude of their mistakes. They had been blinded by their own ignorance, their adolescent arrogance, belief in their infallibility, and mostly their petty vengeance towards the Original Hybrid and had missed the greater reality and consequences of their actions.

Brooklyn's attention suddenly turns towards Stefan and Caroline, steel darkness clouding her expression as her eyes glowed with the magic that haunted her soul and flowed through her veins.

"Run." Brooklyn growls, form seamlessly preparing to shift, and with another snarl a white wolf bursts forth, charging with the force of several freight trains or a tornado hurling down.

Jeremy is immediately knocked to the side, Stefan and Caroline barely having time to react before Brooklyn's is barreling down on them, teeth barred ferociously.

"Caroline, go!" Stefan yells, flashing in front of Caroline as she screams in terror, hoping to delay or distract Brooklyn long enough to allow Caroline time to flee.

Brooklyn collides with Stefan with the force of a freight train, giving Stefan no time to react before pain erupts in his shoulder, Brooklyn's canines biting viciously into flesh.

With single minded determination Brooklyn casts Stefan to the side viciously, satisfied at her work, sights now set on the fleeing baby blonde vampire, quickly spinning on her haunches and launching herself through the underbrush, Aaron and Finn following with the pack on their heels like hounds on a chase.

"Elskan!" Elijah worries, pivoting from his spot, preparing to follow his mate, more than a little anxious to have Brooklyn out of his sight both with Alaric still on the loose and with the emotional state Brooklyn was in.

"Elijah," Rebekah sniffles.

"You did everything you could, Rebekah. I do not blame you, and you should not blame yourself either." Elijah says solemnly, turning to place a comforting hand on his sister's shoulder, even drawing her in for a sincere hug.

"Something- something isn't adding up." Rebekah shakes her head. "Tyler Lockwood is dead, but the rest survived."

"You said that Niklaus turned their bloodline." Elijah reiterates.

"I thought he did." Rebekah defends.

"It wasn't me, it wasn't Kol."

"It wasn't me, Elijah. It was Niklaus, I'm sure of it." Rebekah insists.

"Then how are they still alive?" Elijah questions with a resigned sigh, then casts a look were the youngest Salvatore had collided with a tree, snapping it in half after Brooklyn had bitten him and thrown him aside.

"Perhaps not for long, however." Elijah muses, more to himself than to Rebekah.

Thought we built a dynasty that heaven couldn't shake,

Brooklyn was on a rampage, and no doubt she was seeking out the other vampire members of the Scooby gang to extract her version of vengeance on. Elijah almost felt compassion for them, knowing what Finn had gone through after Brooklyn had bitten him and knowing that for a regular vampire the projected time frame and pain was accelerated and exacerbated. On the other hand, the vicious, vindictive side of Elijah couldn't help but be self-righteously pleased for what was coming to them for the death of his brother and the agony they put his mate through.

"Go, Elijah. I know you want to. I'll be fine." Rebekah replies with a small smile. "And, I- I was wrong, you know. About Brooklyn. I thought- well I thought she'd only tear our family apart, like Tatia had. But she cares about our family, truly cares. More than anyone has in centuries. And she makes you happy. Makes Finn happy, and Niklaus, or did. So, I can't hate her for that. Tell her- tell her thank you for me. For everything…"

"I will, sister. Thank you." Elijah nods before flashing off in the direction Brooklyn has last gone.

Thought we built a dynasty like nothing ever made,

Unknown to any of the Scooby gang, Brooklyn and her pack, and the remaining Mikaelson siblings, things were not all that they seemed.

"I know you're here." Bonnie calls out, walking into the old Lockwood property's cellar.

"I must say you really did that spell brilliantly. I didn't think you had it in you." Niklaus smirks.

"I did it to save my friends and my mother, Klaus. Not you." Bonnie retorts with more superiority she ought to have given the state of her inability to do magic.

"The Spirits won't be happy with you." Niklaus tsks.

"The Spirits don't get to tell me what to do anymore. I'm done getting pushed around by all of you. I did it because I wanted to." Bonnie replies defiantly, despite the fact she no longer could do magic and was cut off completely due to the bracelet that practically pulsed around her wrist like a live wire continuously, blocking her from her magic, in spite of her attempts to get it off.

Thought we built a dynasty forever couldn't break up.

Nearly 100 miles from Mystic Falls in the backwoods of Virginia State, Brooklyn had finally managed to run herself ragged, passing out on the forest floor, Finn immediately curling into her side to offer comfort, while Aaron and the pack lie close by on watch, waiting for Elijah to inevitable follow their trail to their location.

And then, even much later, as night fell on the Mikaelson mansion and revenge had been taken, Elena and Matt had been driven off of Wickery Bridge by Rebekah in efforts to end Alaric's life, all was silent in the Mikaelson mansion; Finn sat on the floor leaning against the couch waiting for his sire to awake, Aaron lounged on the fire place rug in wolf form as fire crackled quietly in the hearth, and Elijah sat pensively on the couch, softly brushing fingers along Brooklyn's arm as she lay unconscious in his lap.

It all fell down, it all fell down,
It all fell, it all fell down, it all fell down,
It all fell, it all fell down, it all fell down, (Aye)
It all fell down, it all fell down, it all fell down.

Dynasty ~ MIIA