MYSTIC FALLS
Xander sighs as he rubs the back of his neck in complete exhaustion, he had spent all day working on this project as well as helping with the finishing touches on The Summer's Gallery. Leaning against the leather of his car seat he exhales once more before reaching into the backseat to grab the first aid box Elena had asked him to bring with him.
Honestly, he wasn't shocked that in the Boarding house there was no first aid box it's not like Damon Stefan or even Buffy had to deal with injuries but what he didn't understand was why Elena needed it now.
Grabbing his coffee and the box the human climbs out of the car and makes his way inside the extravagant home "Elena?" He calls walking around curiously before he makes his way into one of the rooms only for his coffee to fall from his hands spilling out over the floor at the sight before him.
There in the middle of the room was the crazy witch Tessa about to cast the spell for Bonnie to become the Anchor but that wasn't what caught his attention. It was the other three women in the room, Elena, Katherine, and Amara.
Gulping he continues to stare as all three doppelgangers turn to look at him and he just shakes his head "Is it my birthday? Or am I in heaven cause if so I understand why Buff was bummed about coming back."
Elena merely groans and shakes her head "Shut up Honey."
NEW ORLEANS
Buffy paces back and forth in Klaus' art studio as the two listen to Elijah over speakerphone, it seemed as though yet another thing had somehow managed to go wrong which was just making their lives even more of a pain in the ass.
Turning to lean against the wall Buffy scoffs in disbelief at what Elijah had just revealed to them "Gone? As in what? To the movies? Out the country, or not in the damn correct body!?" She exclaims before rubbing her forehead, she hadn't meant to raise her voice but she cared about Rebekah, the original had done so much for her to help protect Joy and now here they were unable to locate her because again she had tried to protect them.
"I just received a call from Angelica Barker...who is still very much herself."
Buffy groans and glances over at Klaus she could practically feel the anger and frustration pooling off of his skin, honestly, he looked about ready to snap "Stay where you are. We'll handle it." He says glancing at Buffy who nods just as he hangs up the phone opening her mouth to speak she is cut off however as another English voice pops up.
"Everything alright?"
Buffy and Klaus both turn only to spot Kol lingering at the door, as she spots him the blonde couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, something wasn't right here.
Klaus merely clenches his jaw as he faces his younger brother "It will be, provided you found a solution to this quandary of ours."
Buffy couldn't help but nod in agreement "Yeah as someone whose got Slayer blood which you know vamps love, not loving being stuck here tons of hungry ones."
Kol snorts in amusement at the blonde before shrugging "I might have something. You're not gonna like it though. And speaking of that Slayer demon anti-magic blood of yours gonna need a bit more."
Klaus steps in front of the young Slayer glaring daggers at his brother, he would not let a soul, not even his brother use her, Kol spotting his brother's protective nature over the mother of their child rolls his eyes, of course, his brother would side with the Slayer "There are things that we need from the lycee. Which means we need it clear of Finn. And knowing him there's only one thing that will distract him long enough."
Buffy groans in annoyance "Can't I just beat him until he is sleeping the sleep with the knocked unconscious?"
Kol couldn't help but scoff in amusement, despite being a literal defender of good and innocent the young Slayer clearly had more in common with the hybrid then she realized, her first thought was of violence much like Klaus, sighing he turns to his elder brother "Tell him where to find our mother."
MYSTIC FALLS
Xander watches his girlfriend in worry as Tessa continues the spell, out of all the witches he knew this one was definitely his least favorite and that's including crazy Amy, he would trust her a hell of a lot more than this mental case.
As all the lights go out he jumps "Is it done? I'm hungry."
"Shut up human." Tessa hisses before panic fills her eyes as she realizes what was happening and it definitely isn't good "No."
As the window next to Xander shatters the human quickly ducks before wincing as he turns to glance at all the women "I take it not of the good."
As the room begins to shake violently Elena's eyes widen as it clicks, it was Silas he was coming for them, clenching her jaw she is quickly filled with panic as Xander is sent flying across the floor "Xander!" She screams before running over to him and cupping his face in her hands.
Suddenly anger fills her as she spots the bruise now forming on his face "Touch my boyfriend again and I will implode your brains till they are pooling out your ears Silas!" She screams as she helps up her boyfriend before a feeling goes down her spine, and not just a creeped-out one, this was a full-on Banshee feeling.
Whatever was coming next she just knew...it wasn't going to be pretty. And with that single thought, her eyes widen as all the lights in the room explode and they were all left in the darkness.
"Can one of you please call me and let me know if it works." Buffy hisses as she leaves a message on Damon's phone, she was panicking a little right now "I have a bottle of tequila with Bonnie freaking name on it." With that the blonde huffs and hangs up the phone before shoving it back into her pocket. Running her fingers through her hair she leans her against the wall on the small perch by the window that she was sat on.
As the small breeze hits her she inhales softly before glancing out the window out into the French Quarter below, down on the streets it was so lively, people dancing around happily without a care in the world, she couldn't help but smile down at the people, this city had so much life.
She had only come back a handful of times after sending Joy away. The first time she was here was the day she found out she was pregnant and she hadn't been able to appreciate the city in her small-time mainly because she was so busy freaking out. But even when she had returned the few times to visit Klaus after Joy was gone she hadn't really explored.
Hearing the door open up behind her the blonde frowns and glances behind her only for her eyes to widen as three vampires enter the room their eyes filled with hunger as they clutched their stomachs. What made the blonde gulp was the fact that all their eyes were on her, staring at her like she was the last slice of cheesecake "Uh-oh." She breaths before speeding to move out of the room, she knew things worked differently here in New Orleans, she couldn't just slaughter all the vampires here. Well, she could but she had a feeling there would be a lot of yelling later on if she did.
However, before she could get to the door another vampire appears making her groan "Oh come on." She moans while the vampire merely stares at her unable to control the veins under his eyes "Why do you smell so good?" He grunts out as he begins moving towards her the other three coming up behind her.
Buffy groans in annoyance as she quickly finds herself surrounded "Look, guys...I really don't want to fight all four of you...unless I have to." She breaths before grabbing the vampire in front of her and snapping his neck before lifting him up and tossing him at the three behind her sending all of them crashing to the ground. Speeding to the door she quickly locks it behind her before she huffs as she spots them already trying to pull the door off its hinges.
"Klaus!" She yells causing the Hybrid to finally appear by her side with an annoyed expression on his face "Buffy now isn't—"
Before he could finish a vampire tackles her trying to bite into her neck but he causes her to lose her balancing sending them both crashing into the courtyard, as her back hits the floor the blonde groans as he continues to try and get to her neck "I am not a damn chew toy!" She huffs out before placing her feet to his chest she kicks him sending him flying backward before groaning and leaning her head back against the cold concrete floor.
Suddenly Klaus appears above her making her sigh "Like I was gonna say. I don't really wanna be dinner."
Clenching his jaw the hybrid helps her up before groaning, this was bad, Buffy's blood was probably the best thing a vampire could ever dream of and now she was trapped in here with a whole lot of them and they seemed to suddenly be getting hungrier by the second.
"Why is everyone trying to eat me!" Buffy exclaims before quickly snapping the neck of a vampire as he runs at her huffing she turns to Klaus with an extremely annoyed look on her face "This isn't how I wanted to spend the day!"
"You have Slayer blood. This isn't good luv."
Buffy couldn't help but roll her eyes "Ya think!"
"Hi." Buffy says as she follows Klaus into another room where Marcel and some vampires named Gia and Josh were currently clutching their stomachs, Buffy merely smiles from her space beside Klaus "Quick intro. I'm Buffy the Vampire Slayer/ slash very annoyed Slayer/demon Hybrid. Wanna tell me why your vamps keep trying to chow-down on me. Because I happen to like my blood in my damn body."
Klaus shakes his head in amusement before placing a hand on her arm keeping her close, with the way the vampires were reacting to just the smell of her there was no way he was letting her out of his sight. Sighing he turns to Marcel "Your vampires seem to think it's lunchtime. Now I don't fancy having to kill everyone here but I will if they keep jumping at her."
Buffy snorts however her amusement quickly fades as she spots them clutching their stomach, her eyes widen in panic maybe her bad feeling was right "The vamps that attacked me were doing that too. Something's wrong."
"She's right." Marcel breaths as he pulls Josh and Gia trying to keep a fare distance from the vampire Slayer, not out of fear which maybe there was a little but he didn't want to hurt her, he had heard the stories about her over the years and he respected her enough to try and control himself. Plus he was smart enough to know she could kill him without even trying and he couldn't imagine the hybrid would have mercy for anyone that touched her.
"Yeah." Josh gasps out as he pushes himself into the corner "Like super-sized hungry. And there's not just an all-powerful Slayer here...there's..."
"The werewolves." Buffy finishes making her eyes widen in panic and she spins around to face Klaus before both of them sharing the same panicked look, if they didn't do something quick...this was going to turn into a bloodbath.
After Silas had attacked and Stefan had kidnapped Amara, Elena and Xander were quickly trying to find Tessa to finish the spell and bring Bonnie back, after everything it couldn't end now, not after everything they had done to get to this point. They were so close there was no way they were going to give up now.
"Elena in here!" Xander yells as runs into the parlor room and spots Tessa currently laying on the floor with a pipe through her arm "Damn not pretty. Been in your position. Hurts right?"
"You're amusement is hilarious." Tessa snarks just as Elena runs in and quickly runs over grabbing Tessa by the arm yanking her up to her feet "Get the hell up." She hisses before yanking the pipe out of Tessa's arm "You're not done yet."
Xander couldn't help but chuckle "This dark attitude is really sexy...you sure your not a demon?"
Elena merely shakes her head in amusement before they rush out of the room with Tessa, they had to get her to finish this damn spell.
"Seriously?!" Buffy exclaims as Klaus continues to manhandle her by dragging her up the stairs to the top floor of the compound, he literally hadn't removed his hands from her since they found out that Finn had messed with the vampire's hunger.
Groaning in annoyance as he continues to pull her through the halls she grabs ahold of him finally pulling him to a stop "Quit it! I like this shirt!" She huffs yanking his hand off her before sighing as she spots that worried look on his face. Inhaling deeply she places her hands on his shoulders forcing him to face her "You don't need to worry about me."
The hybrid couldn't help but let out a frustrated growl at how stubborn she was being about all of this, all he wanted was to keep her safe "You need to stay as far away as possible Luv—"
"Nik."
As her annoyed tone, the hybrid merely glares down at the blonde Slayer in front of him not budging as she crosses her arms "No."
"But Nik..."
Grabbing her arm again he pulls her further into the room slamming the door shut behind them before he finally turns back to face the blonde who now had probably the most terrifying look on her face, a look he had seen on her mainly during the periods when she had been trying to kill him "Buffy, I am concerned so stop bloody arguing with me!"
Buffy couldn't help but scoff as she raises her arms in annoyance, in all the years they had known each other she would have figured by now that he had figured out she was not one for the easy way out, or even listening "Stop arguing? Who are you talking to? Have you even met me?!"
At her words, the hybrid clenches his jaw, anger, and frustration pooling into his features as he glares down at the blonde "You are the most infuriating woman I have ever met!"
"Says the most pain in the ass man in the world!" She snarks back before rolling her eyes in disbelief, she was just as strong if not stronger than him and if he thought she was just going to hide away then he didn't know her as well as she thought he did.
Klaus sighs at the stubborn look on her face just hoping for her to understand where he was coming from; running a hand through his hair he looks down at the blonde with rare vulnerability "I can't let anything happen to you." He breaths making her pause and her face soften as he speaks "I almost lost you once...I won't do it again."
Buffy gulps slightly before letting out a soft exhale, stepping closer to the immortal hybrid she places her hands on his cheeks and smiles softly as she looks into his blue eyes, eyes that seemed so soft and kind despite the cruelness he may inflict on others "I can take care of myself...Nik...you aren't the only one that's worried. We work together. Protect each other. Okay?"
The hybrid hesitates as he looks into her green orbs before slowly nodding, how this one woman seemed to calm down the anger inside him he would never be able to explain. Taking her hands on his face he kisses her knuckles softly before grabbing his phone and dialing his brother's number "Then let's have a chat with my dear older brother."
"Klaus." Finn's voice pipes up through the phone as the phone sits in-between the two hybrids both of them rolling their eyes at the sound of the new witch's voice "Calling to concede so soon?"
Buffy arches a brow before smirking "Color me confused but are all Mikealsons this smug?"
"Ah Miss Summers, pleasure as always. I take it you and my brother are ready to surrender."
Buffy couldn't help but snort before she looks over at Klaus "I now know why he's your least favorite brother."
Klaus chuckles in amusement at the blonde's words before focusing on his phone "We've called to negotiate brother. You want mother, we want out of this bloody compound. The economics of what comes next should be easy to grasp, even for you."
"Worried your little pets won't be able to resist your dear Slayer brother?" Finn asks in amusement making the smug smile on Klaus' face promptly disappear at his words "I warn you, brother—"
Finn merely chuckles at the anger passing through Klaus' voice "What I want, brother, is to exterminate the plague that is your kind...what I want is to watch the flames flicker on your smoldering corpse...what I want..."
Buffy couldn't help but roll her eyes at his monologuing, it was giving her a serious migraine right now, why couldn't the bad guys just cut straight to the damn point "We get it, we get it, you hate vampires and your family. Bla, bla. Do we have to chat about it all day?"
Finn laughs as the blonde cuts in while Klaus himself tries to hide his grin of amusement at her clearly annoyed face, for a woman that had faced as many evils as her it seemed one long speech off his brother and she was about ready to snap.
"Sharp tongue there Slayer...let me ask you...do you feel it yet?"
Buffy frowns in confusion before she turns to Klaus in confusion however he freezes as he spots something in her eyes, just a flash of black, grabbing his phone he pulls it off speaker as Buffy suddenly groans as a wave of pain passes through her entire body causing her to grip onto the wall; the stone crumbling at her strength "What the bloody hell did you do?!"
"I told you, brother, there are ways around her magic resistance...like good old fashioned voodoo. She is The Slayer and her demon side is getting hungry for a kill. The longer she doesn't kill...the more it will hurt. Her body is literally pulling itself apart right now, trying to make her do what comes natural."
Klaus's eyes widen in panic and he turns to glance at Buffy who gasps in agony and grasps her stomach before dropping to her knees. The blonde felt nothing but pure agony as anger filled every nerve of her body. Every part of her Slayer instincts screaming at her to go downstairs and to end every vampire down there.
Klaus moves over to the blonde who gasps as she grabs the table only for it to snap under her hold, crouching down in front of her he pushes the hair out of her face and almost winces as she gasps again the pain increasing as she forces her body to stay where she was. Despite it screaming at her to run downstairs and stake every single vampire in sight "Nik." She gasps "I can't hold it." She breaths as black veins begin moving across her body and spreading down her arms, hissing in agony she punches her hand through the floor tears streaming down her face from the pain.
Clenching his jaw the hybrid sighs "Esther for our freedom and Buffy's release from your little tricks. Do we have a deal?" He finally agrees not being able to bear the sight of her like this.
There is a pause over the line before Finn clears his throat "Well, I think I know better than to trust your honesty. But I do know you'll do anything for that little Slayer of yours. So yes, if I find our mother unharmed...then I might consider granting your reprieve for now..." Suddenly Buffy gasps in relief and falls forwards into Klaus's arms and he quickly wraps his arms around her waist, lowering her to the floor carefully, the blonde couldn't help but relax the pain was gone.
Klaus sighs in relief "St. Roch, number one." He finally reveals as he holds onto the Slayer in his arms "The Delphine tomb." With that, he hangs up and quickly places his hands on the blonde's face "You're okay Luv. I got you."
MYSTIC FALLS, VIRGINIA
"Stefan and Amara are not inside." Damon informs Elena and Xander as he walks into the room where the couple was watching as Tessa performed the spell to helpfully turn Bonnie into the Anchor.
Xander spins around his eyes widen in panic, this was not good "Can anything else get worse today?"
Damon pauses for a moment thinking of the message Buffy had left him "Buffy's trapped inside a compound in New Orleans with about 50 odd vampires who have no control over their bloodlust. There you go, now it's worse."
Elena groans and runs a hand through her hair in panic, shoving Xander her phone she quickly tries to think of what Buffy would do in this situation. Given everything going on they really needed to stop relying on her to fix all of their problems "You call Buffy."
Xander merely nods still glaring at Damon before moving to take the phone "Buffster patrol got it."
Elena nods before turning back to Damon "Stefan took Amara. You have to find him before he gets himself killed. If he dies before Buffy finds out he got his memories back she's gonna be beyond pissed and I'd like her to come back eventually you know!"
Damon rolls his eyes at the brunette before frowning "He's luring Silas away so we can finish this. He'll be fine."
Elena couldn't help but groan remembering back to her conversation with Stefan in the garage earlier today, he was in pain, and right now the only thing he thought might end that pain involved killing Silas, nothing was going to stand in his way including bringing back Bonnie "He's hurting. Damon, he's not thinking clearly. Think about it... when Buffy got out of her coffin she was angry and confused and all she wanted to do was make the hurt stop. That's why she went overboard trying to kill Klaus."
At her words Damon's eyes widen thinking back to pre-Buffy baby drama, after she had clawed out of her coffin, she had one main focus, killing the person that put her there. She had almost killed Elena trying to get to Klaus. Stefan had been through the same thing but instead, all of his anger was focused on a different Immortal...Silas. "I'm on it." And with that, he speeds out of the house to go find his brother and hopefully keep Amara alive long enough for them to bring Bonnie back.
Buffy sighs as she glances around what looked like a mix of a board meeting room and a dining room that she was in with Klaus, Marcel, and Kol, she couldn't help but roll her eyes as she continued to pace in the back of the room. The place was a freaking maze she was pretty certain if Klaus hadn't refused to leave her side she would so never find her way around this place.
"Things are getting testy out there." Marcel tells them as he glances out into the courtyard where the vampires were barely managing to keep themselves away from the werewolves, all four of them could practically feel the tension coming from just outside the room.
Buffy sighs before moving to stand beside Klaus "Let's get with the hocus pocus already."
Kol shakes his head as he glances in-between the vampire and the two hybrids "Vincent's boundary is too strong. But what Davina and I can do is cast a disruption spell."
Buffy merely arches a brow in confusion wishing for Willow or Bonnie to be here for her own Wicca translation "A what now?"
Kol sighs in annoyance, for a woman who had so many witches with their loyalties sworn to her she clearly didn't pay that much attention to them "It would temporarily neutralize all magical objects in this compound, including the compound itself. If it works." Pausing he turns back to the blonde "We will channel you, your blood it's like throwing a cork in the works. A 60-second migraine for you will give everyone else 60 seconds to escape. Any longer and it could fry your brain."
Buffy's eyes widen in panic and she brings her hands to her head while Marcel merely shrugs "All right, that sounds good to me."
"Hey!" Buffy exclaims, "You're not the one getting your brain microwaved! I've seen it you know...and while funny when it happens to others not exactly jumping for joy in my stylish boots!"
"That's why I won't leave your side." Klaus tells her ignoring Marcel and his brother as he turns the blonde to look at him, he could see the nervous look on her face squeezing her shoulder he sighs "If anything goes wrong, I'll give you my blood and stop the spell."
Marcel and Kol both arch a brow at the sight of the hybrid killer actually acting kind, Marcel couldn't help but frown in confusion before glancing at Kol who merely rolls his eyes too used to seeing them act this way from his time on The Other Side.
Buffy nods before clearing her throat "What about your daylight rights?" Buffy asks turning to face the vampire "Their magical objects, you run out there your basically vampire barbeque on a stick. And from the looks of it..." She states before glancing out into the courtyard again "I don't think they can wait till nightfall."
Marcel clenches his jaw in frustration and rubs the back of his neck as he tries to think, the Slayer was right "She's right."
"Well duh." Buffy says with a small proud smile "Previous Vampire Slayer, I've had plenty of hungry vamps in my vicinity. The newer they are...the less control they have. We're running out of time."
As they all watch Tessa continue the spell Elena reaches over placing a shaky hand in Xander's, the human offers his girlfriend a comforting smile and entangles their fingers together offering her as much support as he could right now. He hoped so much that this worked for Bonnie, he didn't know what to do if Elena lost her best friend again, she had just been through so much and he wanted nothing more than to make sure she was happy.
As she holds onto his arm tightly Xander's eyes widen as he looks behind them where Jeremy was stood by the fireplace, however instead of being stood alone like he was a second ago there was someone else stood with him.
"Oh my god." He breaths causing Elena to frown and look up, as she looks over at her brother she couldn't help but gasp as her eyes fill with tears "Bonnie?"
Xander couldn't help but let out a small exhale "Please tell me your real and we didn't just all die and are now on the other side."
The previous witch merely laughs as tears spill down her face "You guys can see me?" She breaths before running forward Elena meeting her halfway and hugging her tightly. Bonnie takes a shaky breath as happy tears continue to spill down her face "I'm back."
Buffy's eyes widen as she stands beside Kol waiting for him and Davina to start this little circle, however, the witches were not what was catching Buffy's attention. It was the werewolves and the vampires, more specifically the werewolf that had just gotten cut causing his blood to drip to the ground sending a few vampires into a frenzy. Speeding forward she grabs the vampire that had accidentally cut him with a sharp piece of wood and snaps his neck before he could launch himself at the wolf.
As the vampire drops to the ground Buffy turns to face the vampires who all glare at her, the blonde merely smirks "Don't make me take you all out. You may have an urge to eat me...I have an urge to stake you all. I may be small and pretty but I could have you all dead at my feet before you could blink. Wanna see?" When the vampires merely continue to stare at her she turns to the wolf on the ground who was clutching his bleeding arm "Nik!" She yells causing Klaus to speed over and push Josh away who had just spotted the blood causing his own hunger to begin digging at him.
"Buffy Luv we need you over here!" Kol calls out making Buffy sigh and turn to Marcel who nods at her "I got them. Thank you."
The blonde hesitates before glancing at the wolf who had been hurt "Are you okay?" When he nods at the blonde gratefully she smiles before allowing Klaus to place a hand on her back and lead her over to where Kol and Davina had built a circle of salt.
As she approaches she couldn't help but groan as a shiver runs down her spine "Let me guess...Angel dust and salt. Yipee." She mumbles crossing her arms.
Kol rolls his eyes as he spots the blonde glaring at the circle, but to be fair it was like Vervain to vampires for her, so he couldn't expect her to be a fan "It's so they can't try and leap at you once we start." He tells her gesturing to the hungry vampires.
Groaning Buffy glances back to where Marcel was struggling, she couldn't help but gulp, she actually quite liked this vampire he was pretty nice and loyal from what she had seen. Sighing she quickly steps into the circle, holding out her hand to Kol who quickly grabs a blade and places a gentle hand on her wrist "You ready? This isn't going to be pleasant."
"Well, I didn't think it was going to be a damn pony ride." She snarks before wincing as he slices the dagger along her forearm.
As her blood drops into the middle of the circle Kol turns to Davina and holds out his hand towards her "3, 2...1."
And with that the two witches begin chanting while Buffy gasps dropping to her knees as she grabs her head in agony, it felt like a million knives digging into her skull. She couldn't help but scream loudly as blood began to drip from her nose, the pain so excruciating that she couldn't even hold herself let alone hear Klaus yelling for her.
The hybrid who was stood beside Haley panics and runs at the barrier trying to get to the blonde but Hayley holds him back as they wait "If you stop them you don't know what that will do to her."
The hybrid glares at the werewolf before yanking his arm away from her as he focuses on the blonde who was on her knees screaming in agony as blood dripped from her nose.
After what felt like a thousand years Buffy collapses forward and a gust of wind fills the room, all of them freeze waiting until finally, Davina reaches over the boundary her hand now able to touch Kol's.
"Okay!" Hayley calls "Jack. Now." She breaths as she and Jackson begin leading the werewolves out to get them away from the starving vampires.
As they dealt with that Kol quickly moves the salt and Angel dust keeping Buffy in the barrier out of the way "Remember 60 seconds!" He yells as he lifts the now unconscious blonde off the floor and into his arms moving her over to the couch. However, as he places her down and moves to leave Klaus immediately grabs him by the shoulder "Slight change of plans, brother."
With that, he launches Kol back into the compound before moving towards Buffy who was beginning to stir picking her up into his arms he carries her so that they were both safe over the barrier before carefully lowering her back to her feet and wiping the blood from her face.
"I'm okay. Just a migraine...the size of Texas." She breaths offering him a small smile as she allows him to keep her up before he turns back to his brother who was now on the floor wincing as his human body bruises at the impact of being thrown across the hard floor "I no longer have to treat you as anything but the treacherous liar you truly are."
Buffy groans in Klaus' arms before turning to face Kol with a dark look on her face "Where the hell is Rebekah Kol?"
"Please? They'll kill him!" Davina begs from beside the pair of furious Hybrids, her panic rising knowing they didn't have long before the Boundary was back up, Klaus merely rolls his eyes at the teenager before continuing to glare at his younger brother who had only just realized that he had cut his head and was bleeding. While trapped in a compound filled with vampires, which made him very much screwed at the moment.
"Well, he should've thought about that...before he betrayed our sister."
Buffy smirks slightly as she feels herself healing clicking her neck she looks over at the younger Mikaelson "See Nik got a call earlier, seems Bex, not in the body expected. And now some poor woman has been left with a hundred creepy voicemails from Elijah while my favorite Original seems to be missing."
Klaus chuckles as he glances at the blonde beside him trying to hide his relief that she was finally all healed up "Ah yes, I remember that phone call. Buffy who was it again that cast that spell?"
Buffy snorts in amusement as she taps her chin "Oh I believe it was your baby brother."
"Looks like we solved the case Luv." He says before the smile falls from his face as he turns back to his brother who now had a look of panic on his face releasing his dilemma if he didn't get out of here before the boundary was back up.
"Rebekah's fine." Kol assures them "It was a prank. Nothing more than what you lot have done to me." As he begins storming towards the couple glaring at them both he turns to the blonde "And you...your bloody brother and sister lured me into a damn trap and actually killed me so you can keep your trap shut. What I did to Rebekah is nothing worse than what they have done to me." He says as he moves closer to Klaus only to slam right into the barrier making his eyes widen in panic.
Klaus merely shrugs as he spots his brother's horrified face as he realized that it was too late "Barrier's back up." Klaus says smugly before he smirks even brighter as he spots the vampires moving back into the sunlight their rings now working again "And those vampires look, oh, so hungry. I was willing to welcome you back into my home...but you had to return to your selfish petty jealousies. Well, let's see how well they help you survive when you're stuck in there."
And with that Klaus shares one more glance at his brother before he takes Buffy's hand leading them both out and away from the compound.
Standing in the middle of the woods Elena couldn't help but watch Stefan in worry as he stands over the grave he had dug for Silas his eyes completely focused on his now-dead immortal doppelganger.
"So, he's dead." She breaths as she glances in-between the dead witch and her silent friend who still had yet to tear his gaze from "It's over."
"Yeah, it's over." Stefan repeats emotionlessly as he tightens his grip on the shovel in his hands waiting for the pain to disappear. Now that Silas was dead all the pain was supposed to disappear but if anything it was now a hundred times more painful than it had been before.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
The Banshee sighs as she stares at Stefan's back, he was lying to her she knew he was "Look at me and tell me that killing Silas worked. That you'll be okay now."
Stefan couldn't help but scoff as he finally turns around to face his friend "Why is this so important to you?"
"Because I know how much he stole from you." She tells him thinking back to what Stefan had told her this morning. If it wasn't for Silas he wouldn't have been suffering for three months he would have been with Buffy having the life he was supposed to.
"Yeah, and he's dead." He admits before glaring at her "I wanted it to be her." He admits after a beat "I wanted it to be Buffy. When I came out of that safe I wanted it to be Buffy and my brother. I wanted to know that she got Joy back and that things were different."
Buffy stands side by side with Klaus in the crypt where he had trapped his now vampire mother both of them ready to handle the ex-crazy witch now current crazy vampire as well as his ex-vampire not currently a witch brother. Well, Buffy was more than ready given that she was swinging a sword happily awaiting the moment she could chop off Esther's head.
"Careful with that bleeding thing." Klaus tells her as he takes a step back to keep her from stabbing him.
Buffy merely rolls her eyes "Hey I'm an expert just be happy I don't have the scythe. That I may use it to kill you." She teases making him shake his head in amusement before turning his attention back to his phone stepping back again as she playful swings the sword at him "I can handle finding Rebekah."
"Brother, you are asking me to do nothing."
At Elijah's words, Buffy sighs in worry before stepping forward "We're asking you to take care of the most important thing in the world to us. I'm gonna stick around a little while longer to help Nik. Just please...protect Joy."
There is silence for a long moment before finally, Elijah speaks up again "So be it. I shall remain here with the hopelessly courageous Camille. She certainly has charisma. Even if she does lack stealth. Let me call you back."
As Elijah hangs up Klaus glances at the blonde curiously "You're sticking around?"
Buffy sighs before nodding as much as the pit in her stomach made her want to run back to help her friends and family back in Mystic Falls, things we're different the minute Joy was born "My family and friends need to learn to deal without me all the time. I'm not like them. I have a daughter. She comes first. I can't be there to protect them 24/7. Not anymore, not since Joy was born. So you're stuck with me for a while."
Klaus couldn't help the small smile that escaped him as he watched the beautiful Slayer in front of him, perhaps within enough time he might even be able to convince her to move to New Orleans on a long term basis. But for now, the small steps would have to do.
Reaching down he hesitantly places his hand in hers and Buffy smiles before entangling their fingers together before they move further into the crypt however as they do Buffy's eyes widen as they spot an empty crypt and blood bag.
Gulping Buffy glances at Klaus with slight panic on her face, something in her gut made her clench her jaw, something was coming she could feel it "I have a bad feeling Nik. I think it's only gonna get worse for us."
