SHE WOKE UP FELLING AN ARM EMBRACING HER. Klaus mikealson was cuddling her with a peaceful smile on his face, making her smile as well. He looked so cute and serene like this but she regained composure, she still hadn't forgiven him for sleeping with that redheaded witch although they were on better terms right now. She had lost Jared, Eve and her brother, she was not ready to get emotionally invested once again with him. She needed some time, she didn't know how to live without the hope of seing her brother again.
Although they hadn't openly said that they were together at the time, their relationship was natural. It was like they didn't need to say they were together, they just were. Besides, she really cared about Klaus, and she still did. They were a lot alike, misunderstood, and broken with disappointments as fathers.
Elizabeth took Klaus's hand from her body and pushed him out of her bed waking him up. At first, he was panicked fearing something had happened while he was sleeping but then he rolled his eyes when he noticed the pregnant siphoner crossing her arms on her chest looking at him scolding him like he was some child that stole candy from a jar.
" Was this really necessary ?" he grunted while getting up from the floor he had fallen on. No women had ever treated him like that and lived on to tell the story. Besides, she used to be much happier to have him in her bed, he remembered her moans of pleasure when they used to be intimate, she was quite loud and it was music to his ears.
He was used to her throwing things or insults at him, but not throwing him out of her bed like some dog, that was definitely a first and he didn't enjoy it.
" Yes I said no funny business, and you were suffocating me with your hands. Of course, it was necessary"
" Oh come on, love you enjoyed it admit it" he teased her smirking.
She smiled and told him innocently " No... I won't lie to you. That would be super mean. Besides there was no devils tango and there won't be ever again, you have your demon witch to satisfy your needs"
" Genevive was a bloody blunter, I ended things with her ages ago" he admitted. " you don't need to worry about sharing me with her"
" Now that you don't have the redhead to satisfy little Klausy, you think I will. Usually, I'm into roleplay, but I'm not some toy you can-"
Klaus chuckled " Your accusations are ridiculous, your not a toy my love." he then looked at her seriously, the intense look in his eyes making her heart melt" There is a light in you so bright it makes me feel like the man I wish I was, just for you...it would be impossible to not notice you, your essence would hover around me until I did... and the fact that you are carrying my children make you even more precious to me, my little siphoner"
" Stop it" I punched his chest frustrated surprising him. If he would continue I would not be able to resist his puppy eyes and his sweet charming words. Nobody had talked about me like that, usually, they would says that I was fun to be around and a good fuck. Nobody told me this kind of poetic stuff " stop with your puppy eyes and you stupid cliche poems you found on the internet"
He gasped and put a hand and his family offended " I'm quite offended love, this came from the bottom of my heart"
" I don't have a stupid light in me, if I have something it's darkness. You pick-up lines are horrible" I pouted. In reality, I loved his stupid romance novel declaration, but I couldn't let him see that. It would be too easy and he would continue with his sweet words.
" You may have darkness but even the purest hearts are drawn to it. You are also so full of light and life, you even manage to make Elijah laugh and that is a miracle. He is so uptight" he finished with a light chuckle. Even Elijah liked her, and he rarely liked any woman Klaus ever fancied.
" Yeah I know that I am the funniest person you ever meet, but it doesn't mean I have some stupid light in me... " Klaus opened his mouth to respond but she quickly stopped him " no more romance novels declarations, lover boy"
He sighed disappointed but not completely defeated, he hoped with time things between them would be like they used to be " Very well...today is father's Kieran funeral will you be attending ?" he asked, maybe the first time going out in weeks to a funeral was not the best idea but it would do her some good.
" Yeah, Hayley wants me to go, besides I love gloomy and sad funerals they are totally my jam. Oh it's an occasion to be dressed in black, and I look hot in black" she said. She and Hayley repatched things up, the werewolf kept texting and calling her. With time Elizabeth grew less bitter, and their friendship came back on track as if they never fought.
" Well I bloody hate funerals" he responded irritated. The priest wasn't so bad and it was a shame for Klaus that he had died. Besides he felt slightly guilty, Genevive was planing on helping father Keiran until he gave her the hands of her thief as a present. The thief was planning on stealing the grimoire he didn't have. He could not tell the witch that Elizabeth had his mother grimoire, otherwise, she could have been in danger from the witches. So he had to pretend to have it in his possession and Genevive had sent someone to steal it.
" Doesn't surprise me," she told him smirking " you look scared of death, like a little puppy"
He groaned at the nickname but didn't mention it knowing she wouldn't stop calling him that otherwise. He looked at her frowning " Aren't you afraid of death ?"
" I'm more scared of being alone after death than actually dying. I already died a couple of times, it removes the whole dramatic thing in it. But I have already been left alone for sixteen years, and I found it way scarier. Like on a scale of ten it would be thirty-four"
The hybrid was left startled by her confession, he smiled at her reassuringly "You won't be alone, you will always have me"
We were at Rousseau for father Kieran's funeral, Klaus and Elijah were having a drink at the table while I had to stay non-alcoholic friendly and settle for an orange juice. It sucked to no being able to drink because I was pregnant. I think after drinking so much in the prison world I may have become an alcoholic.
"Seems rather uncivilized, to laugh and dance around the body of a loved one." said the hybrid who was in a horrible mood. He was far more content this morning, but now he looked grim and glum.
" Well I love it, it's totally savage. I will do an Irish funeral at my father's and Josette's funeral" I told the brothers smirking devilishly.
Elijah pours himself a drink " Yes, far better to practice your process of grief, Niklaus...denial, rage, and hoarding coffins in basements."
I laugh loudly, making people look at us " He is kinda right Nicky," I told Klaus who still looked as grim as before, then I turned to Elijah " I love the snarky and sarcastic remarks, Eli please don't stop"
"I wouldn't dream of it Elizabeth. Especially if you appreciate it" answered the noble vampire smiling at the siphoner he considered a dear friend.
Hayley joins them at the table and sits down between the two brothers and her pregnant best friend who looked bored out of her mind to be here. " Finally you are here" exclaimed the siphoner " You were the one that insisted I had to come to this weird party and you are late, that's so not cool. Bad best friend move...You have a lot of nerve Hayley Andrea Marshall" she scolded her best friend.
Hayley rolled her eyes " It's not a party but a funeral Lizzie. And I'm sorry for being late, but things in the bayou have been complicated lately" she finished exhausted. The tension in the bayou and all the damage they are to repair was really exhausting. Oliver was constantly talking about getting revenge and although she was not against it they weren't ready and would be slaughtered easily.
" Then come back to living in the compound, hayls" the siphoner complained not understanding why her best friend was so adamant about living in the bayou. It wasn't so bad there, but it wasn't a palace either. And a lot of wolves were horrible with her since she was a hybrid like it was her fault that she was killed.
"You know I can't. I have some responsibilities in the bayou"
"You suck " she complained once again.
Elijah poured a drink to Hayley and gave it to her " I will warn you, Hayley, Niklaus is in a spectacularly foul mood today. Far worse than Elizabeth's constant complaints about you coming back to live in the compound"
" Sod off," said Klaus drunkenly.
Hayley ignored his mood and asked " What's the deal with these moonlight rings? Oliver's trying to set a revolution every five seconds, people are scared, angry, and frankly, I'm tired of stalling."
" It's a day of peace, Hayley. Try and enjoy it. And, in the meantime, with all manner of unknown enemies conspiring against our family, you'll move back in with us. " Klaus said knowing that Elizabeth was missing her werewolf friend. Besides he had grown to like her company and she was, after all, the only other hybrid living, well except for that vermin, Tyler Lockwood.
Hayley smiled and told sarcastically " Awesome!" then she asked exasperated " When will you two both realize I'm very capable of looking after myself? I am a hybrid, I can defend myself pretty easily."
Klaus grew frustrated, about these bloody rings. He had more urgent matters to deal with like, like the nightmare he had with his father "The rings are in progress. I will live up to my word. We will find and punish whoever launched the attack on the bayou " Hayley sighs and rolls her eye while I smiled gratefully at Klaus. I wanted to find the culprit and stab him multiple times " But, right now, " he grabs his bottle of scotch "I'm gonna finish this bottle," he opens the bottle" and the next, in the hopes of drowning the demon who has chosen today to haunt me. " he looks up at the ceiling " Cheers, Mikael. Impeccable, Freudian timing. " and dranks straight from the bottle.
I sigh knowing that this dream of Mikael had affected him deeply. Elijah however looked stunned and ask seriously " Elaborate." making Hayley and I look at Elijah and Klaus in concern. Elijah was often stoic and barely showed emotion much less looked stunned.
" Have you dreamt about our father? " Elijah asks seriously.
Klaus smiles bitterly and says "Go ahead, have a good laugh."
" I can assure you there is no piece of this that I find even remotely amusing, Niklaus. Especially considering I've been dreaming of him, too."
"What?" exclaims Klaus.
" I don't think it's a coincidence, this has to be witchy stuff" she informed them.
" If you are also seeing him..." begins Elijah, he notices Genevieve enter Rousseau's. She catches his eye, and smiles " Perhaps our elusive, unknown enemy is orchestrating a further attack?"
Klaus stares at Genevieve "Well, then. What better way to punctuate a day of peace than by killing someone?" he smiles and waves at her.
" Oh I think my morning sickness is coming back, I'm going to puke," I say disgusted by their exchange.
" Hush love, stop with the dramatics. We are just going to find what spell she has done to us and then simply kill her. Seing my father is as you can imagine, not a picnic"
I rolled my eyes "Whatever you can do what you want with the demon witch. But I want her dead in the end, she will cause problems I can sense it, Nicky"
" Oh, you don't have to be worried about me love, I am unkillable"
" With how many people you piss off on daily basis, I'm sure one day all your enemies will create a boys band and find a way to kill you. They will even create tee-shirts with the motto "dead to the annoying hybrid asswhipe wanker" or something like that" she told him jokingly.
Elijah chuckled " At least it would be easy to discern any more of my little brother's enemies"
Klaus rolled his eyes " Well if it comes to that I will end the stupid uprising easily just like I did with Marcel." He then left with Elijah to deal with Genevive while I stayed with Hayley.
Outside, the funeral procession is walking down the street to the sounds of the jazz music being played, behind the priests acting as pallbearers for Father Kieran. I was walking near the end of the parade with Elijah, Hayley, and Klaus. I had been feeling bad since this morning and now I couldn't stop coughing, I was also very cold. I kept shivering and Klaus had given me his jacket scolding me like a child for not taking a jacket. Apparently, he didn't want his children to die from cold.
I was flushed and kept having coughing fits, Elijah looked at me curiously and asked "You alright? You look--"
I interrupted him irritated from my own coughing " --A hundred months pregnant and pissed off at the world with the urge to sab someone?"
Elijah smiles " I was going to say you look lovely."
" Smooth suits, you know not to piss off a pregnant lady with anger issues. But I'm not the one you should give compliments to" I said my eyes going to Hayley who wasn't listening to us, concentrating on looking at Francesca a couple of yards in front of us, who is pretending to wipe tears from her face with a tissue.
Elijah had to make more effort if he really wanted the girl, it was like he wasn't trying anymore which was pissing me off. I looked like a bad cupid, and there was no way Hayley was ending up with Jackson. Elijah looked conflicted by my mention of Hayley.
" Do you think I was the target of those bombings? " asked Hayley.
Klaus scoff at the hybrid " Of course you were the target! Were I to wage a war on the wolves, you'd be my first kill! I would string you up, for all your worshippers to see. "
Hayley glares at him while I chuckle " You forgot without a heart or maybe with her beautiful head cut off, Nicky"
" I believe that was my brother's and Elizabeth's way of telling you they'd like you to return home with us," Elijah said to Hayley. Then he turned to Klaus "Perhaps try a different approach, Niklaus, with fewer references to murder?"
"As much as I would hate to throw you over my shoulder, and drag you kicking and screaming to the compound, we both know I will, " Klaus smiled " for Elizabeth" he added " it appears she is missing your presence and what Elizabeth wants, she gets for the sake of my children"
"One bad dream, and suddenly, you want to be a responsible daddy! " accused Hayley at Klaus. He wraps his arm around Hayley and pulls her close, leaving Elijah standing awkwardly beside them, while I roll my eyes at his dramatics.
" Let me put this into perspective: my father lived to torment me. It is not my intention to become him. This cycle of misery ends with my children." Klaus whispered to Hayley.
" Mmm. " Hayley yanks his arm away from her with a fake smile " You forgot one thing in your little attempt to plead your case-- you don't get to decide what the hell I do"
Hayley grabs my arm and we start to walks away from the brothers. I turn around and wave them goodbye a smile on my face before continuing to walk away with Hayley.
"Very heartfelt, Niklaus," said Elijah irritated at his brother.
"I bloody hate funerals." muttered the original looking at them walking away.
Hayley sees Cami walking near the front of the procession, and runs to catch up with her. I follow her muttering insults, I wasn't in the mood to run or even had the physical capacity.
"Cami!" said Hayley.
" Hayley, Elizabeth hi."
"Hi, I know you don't know me, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about your uncle. He was really...good to people like me during the storm, and I really appreciated that. "
" Yeah, he was a good man of faith" Elizabeth started before coughing once again, she cleared her throat and continued "even if he did piss me off last time I saw him, he was cool for a priest. I remember the priest from Portland, the guy was a total creep and there was this rumor, that he was Jessie's baby daddy who was only fourteen" she looks at me strangely and I notice that I have drifted off the subject "...Anyways I really like Irish funerals, you did a good job blondie"
"Thank you. You want something, do you?" she asked looking at Hayley.
Hayley smiles awkwardly " I'm sorry about the timing...I was just wondering if before he died, he said anything weird about Francesca Correa? I think that she may have been involved in an attack in the bayou. If you hear anything-- "
Camille cuts her off" Look, Hayley? I'm trying--mostly failing--to stay out of all this stuff, but...she's a real bitch, so, yeah, if I hear anything, I'll let you know."
" Yeah that mobster may have a good fashion sense but I can feel the shadiness coming from her, and I am always right in my instincts, "I said trying to figure out what was Francesca's aim of her secret but nothing could come to my mind. What could a human gain in all of this? I knew there were tensions between the factions, the human were basically useless against vampires, werewolves, and witches.
" Thanks. And again, sorry about your uncle," says Hayley.
" You, too," responded Camille.
As the girls start walks away, Elizabeth starts to cough and looks woozy. She leans against a light post as she begins to cough up blood. Horrified, she continues to cough, Hayley notices the blood and calls for Elijah and Klaus. The originals rush to help with Genevive at their side. Elizabeth collapses on the sidewalk, and Hayley catches her before she could touch the ground.
I woke up in the compound, but it was different. It was cold and dark and it felt a lot like death. I notice someone else with me: his features and devilish smile. I recognize it because Elijah showed me their past. It was Mikeal their father, but he was supposed to be dead. As he approaches me I back away from him sacred but mostly confused at what he is doing in front of me means and where the hell I am. Maybe this was a dream, well more a nightmare. I wasn't sure if this was real or not.
" I assume my reputation precedes me," said Mikael proudly.
" What the hell is going on? " she asked surprised "You're supposed to be a dead bloodsucker. This is some kind of freaky nightmare. The witch demon is doing this. I'm dreaming," I said horrified trying to convince myself, I couldn't be dead right?"
Mikeal smiled "On the contrary, my darling-- this is very real. " He vamp-speeds over to her and puts her in a headlock, making Elizabeth gasp in fright. " Welcome to my hell, stuck in an eternity of watching over that hideous creature my children call brother! "
" What the fuck you're supposed to be dead." she exclaims but then realizes " I am on the other side... but the babies," the siphoner said frightened thrashing around in his hold.
" The babies?" he yells at my face, making me scrunch in disgust. His face was way too close to mine "Those kids never had a chance! And as if your bloodline isn't filth enough, you poison it by merging it with Klaus'? " he laughs manically " The deathless vermin, fancying himself a daddy?"
" Says the man that used to get dirty with a witch" she grabs him siphoning him, he grunts in pain, and his grip on her loosens up. She pushes herself out of his grip and breaks his arm by twisting it behind his back. Then, she picks up a coat rack and swings it at his head with all the force she can muster.
" I'm not stupid, you crazy bloodsucker. I'm freaking Elizabeth Parker. Your trying to kill me that means I'm still alive, and the babies too. If your son beat your irritating ass so easily, I can take you down without much trouble. I may be pregnant but I'm not invalid or an easy prey"
" HE is NOT MY SON! He's a scourge, a walking symbol of weakness!"
I laugh at his face which enrages him more " He is the opposite of weak, people quake in fear just at the sound of his name, while you are forgotten even by your own blood. In reality, you were afraid of him, of his potential all this time, you were the weak one...your so much like my father, a weak coward afraid of his own children" She kicks at the banister to the staircase to break off a piece of wood to use as a stake and makes her way up the stairs as Mikael continues to stalk her menacingly.
"I AM AM NOT WEAK, HE IS AN ABOMINATION, A WALKING SYMBOL OF WEAKNESS"
" God you sound like a broken record, do you have any other vocabulary? I mean your supposed to be like a billion" she said smirking.
"There is no saving that atrocity festering in your womb. Klaus will destroy it, one way or another. Better it dies now, and you along with it!"
" Oh what a threat, Ouhouh I am so scared of you," I said laughing mockingly putting my hand up faking surrender.
Mikael jumps up onto the second-floor balcony, startling me. I push him down on the ground thanks to my magic. I manage to stab him in the heart with the stake from behind making him yell in pain.
" My daughters will have an advantage Klaus never had-- they will never, ever know you. Know that you are nothing, you were defeated dumbass twice btw, that means by the way if you didn't know " she said to the man that that abused and hurt deeply Klaus, someone she cared about.
She suddenly awakes with a loud gasp on the table, Klaus's blood still covering her mouth and neck. Elijah helps her sit up, and Klaus rubs her shoulder affectionately " You're alright love. You're alright."
"God your father is an annoying little shit... he's like really intense," I said making them confused " I saw him he tried to kill me. Obviously, he didn't win...Hugh, I need to wash that blood" I finish wiping the blood on my chin with my sleeve.
" Come on Lizzie" Hayley offered " lets clean you up"
After the events on the Other side, Hayley had helped clean me up. She also decided to go back to living in the compound because she wanted to protect me apparently. I didn't really need her protection, but I didn't object because I was glad she was coming back to live with us. I was sitting on my bed talking with Hayley when we heard someone knocking on the door. Hayley went to open the door, to reveal Klaus. Hayley rolled her eyes at the hybrid but still left the room and leaving Elizabeth alone with the hybrid.
" You've proved quite resilient, little siphoner. Fighters, you and the little wolves." said the hybrid proudly.
Elizabeth shrugs " I guess we've had to be. Especially lately. Besides you can't get rid of me that easily"
She looks at Klaus, but he is speechless. " I'm sorry, it was my fault that my father attacked you"
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, none of this was his fault. He didn't choose to be the result of an affair between a werewolf just like she didn't choose to be born a siphoner. Their fathers were just complete dicks who couldn't see that. " It's not your fault Nicky. Mikeal is a complete twat you can't change that."
Klaus smiled at her "Come with me, hm?" He heads out the door, but stops when he sees she isn't following him" Please. I want to show you something. " the siphoner gets up, wondering why he wanted her to come and follows Klaus out the door. He takes her to another room in the compound, which he has already set up to be a nursery, complete with a crib, a bassinet, and a gorgeous mobile hanging from the ceiling, among other things. She stares in surprise as she takes everything in, it looked so pretty and cute.
" Believe it or not, Elizabeth, I would actually like you to be here not just for your safety. Our daughter should be raised by her parents together, in her family home."
I go to touch the crystals hanging from the mobile, smiling fondly " You the psychopathic hybrid, me the sociopathic siphoner, Elijah the original with a stick in the ass always wearing suits, Hayley the other hybrid best friend and the miracles-babies-Gemini twins, all under one roof? Sounds like a good reality show. I'm in"
Klaus chuckles nervously and asks curiously " Uh, you said you saw my father."
" Why do you call him that? He's not your real daddy." if I had found out Joshua was not my father, I would be relieved that I do not share blood with that awful man.
"He's done damage only a father could do." said darkly the hybrid " What did he say to you?"
"Nothing true, Nicky," she said smiling warmingly " He kept repeating the same things like a freaking broken record, I think he may have some mental issues and I'm supposed to be the crazy one. Besides, I totally kicked his ass"
Klaus smiled " I wouldn't expect less from you" then he got closer to her and admits " You almost died. In a thousand years, I can't recall a time I felt so...frightened."
I punch his chest jokingly " I already told you, Nicky, no way you're getting rid of me that easily. I'm a survivor. But it's cute that you worry about me"
Klaus smirks at her not even bothered by being called cute, just because it was her who said it. His attention goes on her beautiful lips. At this moment all he wanted to do was kiss her passionately. Elizabeth noticed his eyes traveling to her lips and turns her head difficultly before he could approach and kiss her. Klaus sigh disappointed by her rejection " Good night Elizabeth" he said before speeding away leaving her in the nursery.
Elizabeth woke up feeling an odd pain in her belly, she felt herself growing weaker and the sharp pain was getting more excruciating. She yelled after Klaus in panic touching her belly. Klaus speed out quickly to Elizabeth's room, and asked startled at the sight of her screaming in pain " What's wrong? Are the babies coming ?"
It was too soon, she was only seven months pregnant but it was not unusual for twins. She shook her head, it didn't feel like she was in labor. It felt more like someone was kicking her with a needle from the inside. She kept screaming, Klaus bit in his wrist to gave her vampire blood not knowing what else to do. He put his wrist on her mouth but instead of drinking it she grabbed his arm by instinct and her hands began to glow red like each time she siphoned.
Klaus grunted in pain, she was hurting so she wasn't concentrated on making it painless, quite the opposite. As soon as she felt the power run through her veins she felt better. She let go of Klaus arm who muttered irritated " Bloody hell"
" I feel better" she immediately said genuinely surprised.
" I was trying to help and you bloody siphoned me" Klaus accused the siphoner. Usually, he wouldn't be so mad and would let her siphon from him. But this time he felt like he was dying like she would siphon him to death. He sensed he was desiccating and he hated that feeling.
" It's not my fault, it's the baby's fault. Blame them " she defended herself childishly irritated at the hybrid. What she experienced was not pleasant, she didn't need him to shout at her.
Klaus sighs and asks concerned " How do you feel?" before she could answer he took his phone ready to call the doctor and said "We should call the obstetrician, maybe something is wrong with the babies"
Elizabeth shook her head negatively " She won't be able to understand this"
Klaus looks at her confused, and frowned " What do you mean? Was this originated by the witches? Some kind of hex? Bloody hell they are a pain in the ass I should butcher -" he said angrily.
" No Nicky" she cut him off, "I think one of the babies just siphoned me, it baby K" I touched my belly and told lovingly" You're a siphon like mommy"
" Did you siphoned your mother in the womb?" the hybrid asked, not knowing how to react to this news. He didn't know a lot about siphons, they were really a rare breed. Kol had mentioned meeting one, and was fascinated by them. His little brother knew a lot more about this kind of thing and he wished he was still alive to aid him.
" No, we didn't discover I was a siphon but until I was five. But kai he used to siphon my mother, and even Josette when she was pregnant. Almost killed them both, and he wasn't even born" I said the last sentence jokingly however Klaus didn't smile.
" You could die? " he asked troubled by the news. He didn't want to lose her.
I grabbed his hand reassuringly " I'm going to be fine Nicky, at least I think. I will have to siphon more than I usually do, that way when mommy's little siphon wants to grab some juice it won't hurt me or her sissy"
" You can siphon from me, of course " he offered " and I'm going to tell Elijah and Hayley to let them be siphoned as well"
" Great more sucking magic for me"
