"Jello." Elena says as she answers her phone.
"Ellie." Katherine greets with a strangely pleasant tone, surprising all four men in the vehicle.
"What it do, Kitty Kat?" Elena asks cheerfully, bouncing in her seat slightly as Katherine laughs softly.
"I'm fine. I'm just calling to let you know about Mason's pack." Katherine says as Klaus raises a brow from the driver's seat.
"You're still hanging out with Mason?" Elena asks with curiosity as Katherine sighs.
"He is very pretty." She says, emphasizing the very, making Elena laugh with a nod. "And I kinda like being 'Kathy'. At least until I find N-" Elena interrupts loudly.
"Blah blah blah. My god Kat, do you ever stop talking? I mean, am I right original brothers, Klaus and Elijah?" Elena asks pointedly as Katherine breaths in deeply.
"Where are you, Ellie?" Katherine asks cautiously.
"In a car with three of your former lovers and the guy who's been hunting you for 500 years." Ellie answers before correcting herself, "My bad, was hunting you."
"Salvatores. Mikaelsons. Long time no see." Katherine greets nonchalantly, making Elena throw her head back with a laugh.
"God, I miss you, Kat! It's just been me and all these guys for the last few months." Elena says with a pout before turning to Damon. "Ooh, gang bang." She says, making him open a notebook.
"Nice." He says, writing it down as Klaus looks at them in the rearview mirror.
"What is that?" He asks with slight amusement as he turns to look at the notebook in Damon's lap.
"Ellie's to do list." He answers as Elijah sighs and looks out the window, causing Elena and the Salvatore's eyes to snap towards him.
"Jar." They shout in sync as they point to a cup sitting in the cup holder, causing Elijah to reach into his pocket.
"What the hell is happening?" Katherine asks as Elena jumps slightly, forgetting she was on the phone.
"Eli's judgement jar." Elena answers. "We thought it would teach him to stop being so judgemental. Everytime he judges someone, he has to put money in the cup."
"If it's a cup, why do you shout Jar?" Katherine asks.
"I stole the idea from someone who used a jar. Plus, I love alliteration. But, since Elijah's wealth is endless, it's not really a deterrent. So we're just kinda… shaming him." Elena supplies as Katherine sighs.
"I think that's enough Ellie for today." She says as everyone in the car shrugs with a 'fair enough' expression. "As always, it was… weird talking to you, Ellie." Katherine hangs up after telling Elena about the pack.
"She's amazing." Elena says with a smile. "You know, I always kinda thought I would want to bone her, but I just get familial vibes." She narrows her eyes as Elijah goes completely still. "Jar." She says, making him turn to her.
"I didn't do anything." He defends.
"Yeah, but it was in your eyes." He rolls his eyes, reaching into his breast pocket.
"Christ! I'm freezing my balls off out here!" Elena exclaims through chattering teeth as she clings to Klaus's back.
"I told you could stay at the hotel." Klaus reminds with an eye roll as he adjusts her higher on his back.
"And miss you being all 'I am the alpha'? No, thank you. That's shit's hot as hell." She tells him as they trek farther up the mountain.
"Then stop complaining, Love. There is only so much I can take before I take you back to the car and leave you there." He snaps with irritation, making her bite his shoulder in retaliation.
"Is someone nervous?" She asks teasingly as he pretends to drop her, making her shriek and hold on to him tighter. "It's okay to be a little anxious, buddy. You've been waiting for this day for a thousand years." She tells him patting his head like a child as he huffs annoyed.
Elijah clears his throat, clearly uncomfortable with the banter. "I hear them." He says gesturing to the campsite in the distance.
"Showtime." Elena whispers as he sets her on her feet.
Klaus, Elijah, and Elena make their way up the trail, revealing themselves to the pack of wolves.
"Can we help you?" A man asks suspiciously as he sets down a bag and walks towards them.
"No, but can I help you." Klaus replies with a grin as Elena rolls her eyes and drops the backpack holding her blood bags.
"What-" Klaus interrupts.
"You see, my friend Ellie here," Elena waves with a large smile, "tells me I have a habit of being rather dramatic, so let's skip to the important part, shall we? My name is Klaus." He tells them as another man steps forward.
"You're the guy who put out a message to packless wolves." He says.
"Indeed." Klaus confirms walking farther into the campsite, effortlessly commanding the attention of everyone around him. "And I'm here to offer each of you a… gift of sorts." Klaus says thoughtfully as the wolves look to each other in confusion. "But first, I should probably share some things about myself." Klaus reveals his hybrid face and fangs making them all step back in fear.
"What the hell are you?" The first man asks with fear lacing his tone and wide eyes.
"A hybrid. The hybrid, actually. An original vampire born with the curse of a werewolf." He tells them as he looks around, gauging their reactions, they weren't great.
"That- that's impossible." He shakes his head in denial.
"And yet, here I stand, a vampire who can walk in the sun and a wolf who can change at will." Klaus tells them with his arms out.
"What do you want with us?" The man asks bravely, trying to cover his fear.
"Excellent question, mate. I want to help you." Klaus lays it on a little too thick causing Elena to grimace and subtly send him a 'cut it out' motion with her hand, he nods and continues,"And build myself an army in the process." He admits as the wolves protest and look to the alpha.
"No, we don't want anything to do with you. Leave." The alpha demands as Klaus smirks with amusement and looks to the other wolves.
"Is this how you all feel? Not one of you wishes to be released from the excruciating clutches of the moon?" He asks as they all nod, albeit hesitantly.
"We don't want to turn every month," The man admits before Elena interrupts.
"Yeah, that's gotta be ruff." She says sympathetically with a barely contained smirk as everyone ignores her.
"But we don't want to become vampires." He spits the last word with disgust as Klaus growls lowly.
"That's really too bad, because I always get what I want." He says threateningly as he steps closer to the alpha.
"Uh huh. He's like a dog with a bone." Elena adds earning an eye roll from everyone in the vicinity.
"You see, on any other occasion I'd leave being honorable to my brother here," He gestures to Elijah, who seems completely over his brother's theatrics, "but I'm willing to channel my inner Elijah and offer you a deal." Elena snorts and covers her mouth as Klaus's lip twitches. "Some of you agree to become one the strongest creatures on the planet and join me as I build my army or I challenge your alpha here and turn all of you willingly or not." He shrugs as the pack stiffens in fear. "What'll it be?" He asks the alpha with an intense look in his eye, making the man swallow.
"You'll have to kill me to get to my pack." He states bravely as Klaus looks to him with a slight gleam of respect.
"You'll make an excellent second in command." He says before throwing the first punch, dropping the man to the ground as the pack immediately crowds them.
"No, stop." The man holds out hands, "You're not allowed to interfere." He tells his pack who slowly back away as he stands.
The man rushes Klaus, making the hybrid duck and flip him over his shoulder. The man lands in the dirt with a groan, before standing back up.
"You don't actually think you can beat me?" Klaus asks with slight pity as the man shrugs.
"No, but what kind of leader would I be if I didn't fight for them?" The man responds, throwing a punch that Klaus catches.
"Admirable." He comments, dropping the alphas hand and stepping forward, biting his wrist, shoving it into the man's mouth and snapping his neck as the pack gasps in shock.
"I'd consider that a win." Klaus grins at Elena who gives him a thumbs up.
"He's your alpha now." Elena says to the pack while pointing to Klaus. "So this a safe place, free of judgement."
"Which of you would like to become the strongest apex predator to walk the earth? After me, of course." Klaus adds smugly as the pack looks to each other in worry.
"You said you'd turn us all. Why are you asking?" A woman asks, stepping forward with glare.
"Vampirism is not for the weak, sweetheart. If you can't handle it, that reflects badly on my ability to command." He tells her. "As a sign of goodwill, I'm willing to leave some of you mortal."
"Do any of you have kids?" Elena asks, causing three out the pack of fifteen to hesitantly raise their hands. "Any of you have any hard plans to procreate?" Four more raise their hands as Elena looks to Klaus. "Do your thing." She tells him with a grin he returns before turning to the soon to be hybrids.
While Klaus snaps the necks of his new pack, a woman walks into the campsite with shock written across her stunning face.
"Who the hell are you?" The woman asks the three as Elena's jaw drops and her brain short circuits.
"Holy shit." Elena mutters in awe as the original brothers look to the woman.
"Bit late to the party, love." Klaus says stepping forward as Elena puts her hand out shakes her head.
"Not her." She tells him before turning back to the woman while straightening her clothes and taking a deep breath.
"You're Hayley Marshall." Elena states as the woman raises a brow in question.
"How do you know that?" She asks defensively as a lazy grin overtakes Elena's face.
"You'd be amazed by the things I know." She flirts, surprising the wolf before shaking her head. "I know you're probably freaking out a little, sit with me." Elena says motioning to a log. "My name's Elena, but you can call me Ellie." She introduces herself with a hand shake.
"Hayley, but you knew that. Speaking of, how?" She demands, making Elena smile in admiration.
"Do you know what a doppelgänger is?" She asks as Hayley shakes her head no. "They're a magical occurrence, originating in Greece about 2000 years ago." She explains. "To make a long story short, I share this face with a lot of other women in my bloodline. That hunk of grade A man meat over there," Elena points to Klaus as Hayley looks to her amused, "is the original hybrid. He's turning the pack into vampires."
"I need to help them." Hayley says with conviction. "They're my pack." She adds with slightly less conviction.
"No they're not." Elena tells her, making Hayley's brows furrow. "You don't know why, but you've never felt connected to them in the way pack members are supposed to. Have you?" She asks, Hayley shakes her head slightly while looking down.
Elena gets distracted by Klaus as he feeds the last two wolves his blood, his sleeve is rolled to his elbow as he makes the wolf bite into his arm, Elena bites her lip lightly as the muscles on his back contract while he snaps the wolf's neck.
"Damn." Elena breathes out.
"Yeah." Hayley whispers, causing Elena to smirk when she follows her eye line straight to Elijah leaning against a tree watching his brother blankly.
"New Orleans." Elena says, making Hayley's gaze snap to her with question. "Crescent Wolf Pack. Around two decades ago a witch cursed the pack on the order of a vampire. The same year a baby girl was born to a royal werewolf bloodline, the Labonairs. The bloodline was wiped out when she was a baby, but the girl was given up for adoption. You know something weird, every member of the pack is born with this odd little birthmark." Elena's eyes trail Hayley's shoulder as she immediately moves her sweater out of the way revealing her birthmark.
"What are you saying?" Hayley asks hopefully as Elena smiles at her.
"I have been waiting to meet you for a very long time, Andrea Labonair." She says as Hayley mouths 'Andrea' to herself.
"Are you telling me the truth?" She asks, trying to rein in her excitement, Elena nods before Hayley brings her into a tight hug, repeatedly whispering her gratitude.
"Uh, beautiful, as much as I enjoy your body pressed up against me, it's a full moon and your strength is kinda at its peak." Elena struggles to say before Hayley releases her with a laugh.
"I'm sorry." She says with a smile as Elena nods, again uncomfortable with the look in the people she helps eyes.
"So, wanna be a hybrid?" Elena asks casually as Hayley sucks in a surprised breath.
"I-I don't know." Hayley says, making Elena shrug. "The curse on my pack, what is it?" Hayley changes the subject.
"Right. Fair warning, it's gonna piss you off." Elena says as Hayley nods, "the pack is stuck in wolf form until full moons, like tonight. They only get one night to walk on two legs." She tells her as Hayley crushes a piece of the log beneath them, with her hand.
"So I wouldn't be able to meet then?" Hayley asks sadly as Elena shakes her head.
"Not for a few years unless you can control the shift, by oh, I don't know, becoming a badass vampire/wolf hybrid." Elena says as Hayley raises a brow. "Or getting knocked up." She adds, making the wolf grimace.
"Ellie." Klaus calls out, making Elena stand and walk over to him. "They're waking up." He says looking over to Elijah, who grabs the backpack and opens it, taking out the blood bags, a cup, and a bag of medicine syringes.
"Where did you come up with this?" Klaus asks with amusement as Elena pours the blood into a cup.
"When Remy was little he refused to drink his medicine, I love the kid, but he was a real turd. We used to use the little syringes and shoot the medicine down his throat like-"
"No." Elijah interrupts sternly as Elena smirks.
"Jar." She whispers as she uses the syringe to measure out her blood.
Elena walks back over to Hayley as she sits on the log deep in thought.
"What if I become a hybrid and the pack doesn't accept me?" Hayley wonders out loud as Elena sighs.
"Then you can join my pack." She tells her honestly.
"These guys never felt-" Elena shakes her head.
"Not these wolves. My friends. Most of them are currently in Virginia. If being a hybrid is what you want and your pack doesn't see how awesome you are, you're always welcome with me." She bumps Hayley's shoulder with her own as the wolf sends her a grateful smile.
"What happens in a few years?" Hayley asks with curiosity.
"I can get in contact with a witch, who can reverse the curse." She answers.
"I don't think I can wait a few years to meet them. I want to turn." Hayley says definitively as Elena nods.
"To Klaus!" Elena and The Salvatore brothers cheer as they clink their shot glasses together, making Klaus smile and raise his shot.
"So how does it feel becoming the alpha?" Elena asks as she sits across from him on their hotel room's couch.
"I was always the alpha, love." He replies, making her laugh and nod.
"Indian or Thai?" Damon asks, taking a seat next to her, handing her another shot.
"Indian." She replies, tossing it back.
"Too bad, I want Thai, rock, paper, scissors?" He asks as Stefan groans and drops into the chair next to Klaus.
"Okay. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" They say at the same time, both choosing paper.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Both rock.
"Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Rock again.
"You two are very similar." Klaus comments with amusement, gesturing between them with his drink as Stefan rolls his eyes.
"You have no idea." Stefan mutters with annoyance.
"Yep. Two peas in a pod, I'm the stars to her moon, she's the Stefan to my Lexi." He declares, throwing an arm around shoulder as she nods.
"Indeed." She agrees. "We shall be cell mates in hell!" She says loudly before shouting at the same time as him.
"I call top bunk!" She gets the words out first causing him to throw his head back with a groan as she sticks her tongue out, mockingly and gloats.
"I cannot handle the two of you right now." Stefan says standing and grabbing another drink.
"Aww, Stef. Go get someone to eat, you're not you when you're hungry." She teases, making him roll his eyes again.
"I'll come with. Love you, Ellie." He kisses Elena's head before leaving the room with Stefan.
Elena and Klaus sit in comfortable silence, sipping their drinks for a few minutes before Elena clicks her tongue in boredom and looks to Klaus.
"Wanna have sex." She asks, he raises a brow in surprise before nodding.
"Sure." He answers, standing up.
"Really?" She asks hopefully, raising from the couch.
"Yeah." He nods walking towards her.
"Yeah? Right, cool. Okay." She rambles before he brings her into a feverish kiss, backing her up into the wall behind them.
Klaus kisses down her neck as her head falls back against the wall. "If you call me Tatia, I'll kick your ass." She mumbles breathlessly, causing him to halt his actions and look at her with bewilderment. "Shit." She breathes with groan before he starts laughing, making her join him and rest her head against his shoulder.
"You really are mad." He says through a disbelievingly laugh as she hides her face in his neck.
"Did I ruin this?" She asks, smiling when he shakes his head.
"No." He answers before pulling her head back lightly by her hair, claiming her lips.
"You sure?" He asks, pulling away to find her eyes.
"Nice. Verbal consent for the win. Yes, I'm sure. You?" She asks, moving her gaze between his eyes and lips.
"Yes." He answers with a lazy smile before kissing her again.
