KAI HAD SIPHONED THE COMPULSION OUT OF ME. We had gone to a hotel where I compelled us a room so that we could do locator spells without disturbance. I wanted to remove the dagger from Klaus's body, but I didn't know where they had put his body. Neither did I want to be compelled again if I failed and Elijah caught me. On top of that, I wanted to find Kolina first. It was my priority as she was the one in the most danger. It was a matter of time until Dahlia found her so we had to be quick.
Then I would find a way to free Klaus. There was no way he wasn't going to be in the twin's life. I wanted
to have a father that loved me growing up, but I never got my dream. Not that I wanted Joshua to love me now after everything he had done to me. But I wanted my daughters to have a father that loved them. And I knew that even if Klaus wasn't perfect he was still their father. And on top of that, he loved them more than his own life. I could see it. They were his priority, unlike my father who always put the coven first. So it would be cruel of me to take their possibility of having a father that loved them so much. I just couldn't.
"Did you find her?" I asked Kai for the hundredth time as I was rocking a worried Kayla. She sensed something was wrong and that her sister wasn't there. That didn't sit well with my moody Kayla and she was showing it with her sour mood. They were twins, so in a way, they were connected.
Kai shook his head "No...I'm sorry. Something is blocking my locator spell. I can sense her in the bayou but not exactly where. And they are constantly moving"
"We have to find her! I- "
Kai sighed sympathetically. It was unusual for him to be sympathetic like that. "I know sissy. I'm trying. Don't worry I'm mega-powerful I'll find the little munchkin"
"I-I feel like I'm going to explode!" I yelled frustrated. I just felt so betrayed by Hayley right now and I was so worried for Kolina. As I yelled the grimoire Kai was holding closed and a vase on a shelf broke, caused by my magic.
Sometimes when I was very emotional I had a hard time controlling my magic, things would break around me. Another reason why my father thought I was unfit to have my magic of my own.
What if I never see her again? What if I lose my baby forever? I wouldn't be able to survive it, I never loved someone as much as I love my daughters.
"Hayley- she was supposed to be my best friend. But she freaking betrayed me!" I yelled once again, I had this rage inside of me and I had to let it out somehow "And she's putting Kolina in danger... I won't forgive myself because" I pointed a finger at myself "I brought Hayley into my daughter's life. I didn't see what she planning when it was so obvious- because I trusted her and it's on me"
Kai grimaced "Okay the naughty doggie is a bad friend, but it's not your fault. My sister is perfect she doesn't make mistakes," he said as a matter of fact.
I rolled my eyes "I'm not perfect."
"In my eyes, you are" answered Kai with a small smile. "I mean I shaped you into a mini-me so of course, you're perfect"
"But I'm not." I said stubbornly "Dad was right I'm an embarrassment, a freaking abomination and I shouldn't be a mother" I admitted, and looked sadly at my daughter "I'm a bad person, the twins... they deserve a better mother"
I was always confident, but sometimes my father's words stuck too much. Sometimes I felt like he was right. And in those moments I doubted everything.
Kai rolled his eyes "Dad is a major Dick so his opinion doesn't matter. And I think your good with the little munchkins. Besides you just have to be better than mom and it's not complicated."
Kai then asked firmly "What do we always say?"
"You lose some, you win some. But we always win no matter how long it takes" I repeated our motto.
"No one is taking Kolina because we always win sissy. No worries. I'll found her in a jiffy, I'm very close" said Kai reassuringly with a grin on his face.
Kai went back to casting locators spells while I was reading the grimoires to find a more powerful spell to counterbalance the bracelet they gave Kolina. Because even if it could prevent her from doing magic, she still had a magical footprint. We can find this magical footprint, but that required precise and complicated spells. Besides locators spells weren't really our specialty, we were more into cloaking spells. So it was complicated but she was getting there. Damn after that I was going to practice magic more so stuff like that won't happen ever again.
"Wait," I said surprised looking at my phone who just buzzed "Hayley just send me a voicemail"
Maybe Hayley finally came to her senses and realized how stupid her plan was. But it was wishful thinking knowing Hayley holier than you attitude she always had. Hayley never accepted when she was wrong she always believed she was doing the right thing. At first, Elizabeth liked it because she also felt like she was always right. So she thought she found someone similar to her, but now that trait she liked in Hayley put her daughter in danger and Elizabeth was furious at her former best friend.
"Lizzie, I know you must be mad at me... But I did it to protect Kolina, she's the priority here. We can't trust Klaus... you didn't realize paranoid he acted, he didn't even trust you to tell you his plan and Dahlia already beat him once. Running in the bayou it was the only way to protect Kolina. But... I'm calling to say goodbye. I... can't be part of that family anymore and Kolina shouldn't. Kayla neither, they are just babies. All Kolina's life, her family has tried to destroy her. That can't be that little girl's story. Family is supposed to love you. Even if she is free of Dahlia's first-born curse, Kolina would still be Klaus' daughter. She'd inherit a thousand years of enemies, all his anger and rage... Being a Mikaelson, all the pain that comes with that name... And even your father is after the twins. Elizabeth... she doesn't deserve all those enemies. With Jack well protect her I promise baby girl deserves better. And only once it's safe...without Klaus...maybe you will be able to be with your baby girl again. In the meantime, with Jack, we will raise her as if she was our own. Take care of yourself and little Kayla"
"NO!" I screamed tears falling down my face as soon as I finished the voice mail. "No she can't she can't no, she can't take my daughter!" I said frantically.
"Liz-"
I cut Kai off whimpering "No she can't" I yelled once again and threw furiously the phone I had in my hand on the wall.
Kayla suddenly starts to cry making me realize that I shouldn't act so violently while holding my daughter. "Mommy is sorry," I said while rocking smoothingly my crying daughter. I forced a smile on my lips despite the rage I felt "It's okay, my little monster. Mommy is getting your sister back don't worry sh sh sh"
It had been hours, but we were getting close with the locator spell. I had to stop helping Kai for a while to feed Kayla, in all the chaos I almost forgot and left my daughter starving. I felt like I was neglecting Kayla because Kolina's life was threatened. I honestly felt like a shitty mother. On top of that, someone managed to kidnap my child from my arms so I felt even more like I was a disappointment.
We had tried with Kayla's blood to make the connection stronger. Even if I hated it when I heard her cry when we had to hurt to take the blood, she healed instantly and it was to save her sister.
We were interrupted in our locator's spells when I got a call from Rebekah. As much as I was mad at them right now, maybe this was important. Maybe it was bout my little Kolina so I picked up the call, despite my annoyance.
"Unless it's to give my daughter back I don't want to talk to you or any of the other Mikealson," I said as soon as I picked up the call. Better make things straight to the point from the beginning.
"Klaus is gone"
Rebekah left me stunned "What do you mean, he's gone?"
Gone? Did she mean dead, missing? Maybe, Dahlia, he took that chance to end Klaus who was the biggest there at while he was unable to defend himself. If that was the case I would never forgive the Mikealsons.
"Exactly that. The coffin's empty, and he is nowhere to be found. If I had to guess, I'd say he's planning a long list of cruel and unusual punishments for his treacherous siblings." She sighs dramatically "Given that we have an ancient witch to kill, I was hoping you might try and reason with him. Ideally, before he goes ballistic."
So he wasn't dead, but he didn't reach it to me. Why? Did he think I helped Hayley run with Kolina? Did he think I helped Elijah dagger him? Did he think this was my plan or something like that? I knew how much paranoid and untrustful he could be.
"Hum" I pretended to think about it "nope...you messed up, deal with it like the big girl you are Bexi. I'm too busy looking for my daughter that Hayley proclaimed she would raise because she thinks her parents are unfit"
"She said what?" asked Rebekah stunned "Look, as soon as Dahlia is defeated we will all help you get Kolina back from Hayley. This wasn't the plan, she was just supposed to keep Kolina safe until Dahlia was eliminated" Rebekah let out an exasperated sigh "Hayley told us you agreed to this plan, that's why we agreed to help in the first place. You're her mother Lizzie and nobody is taking her from you, I promise"
"I don't think I have any trust in me left after what you all did to me" I answered in all honesty. I didn't trust a lot of people, and they backstabbed me in the back, it hurt a lot.
Rebekah sighed "Look, I'm truly sorry about how things went down but now we must focus on what's important. We don't need Nik against us if we wanna fight Dahlia successfully. You need to reason with him somehow. You're the only person he'll listen to."
I answer anxiously "Nicky is an unstable, paranoid narcissist with chronic mood issues and zero impulse control! Right now, he's furious because the people he loves most literally stabbed him in the heart. You left him without the possibility to protect his daughter. That is his worst fear coming true. What makes you think he'll listen to anyone, least of all me? Call sweet Camille she's his therapist she knows how to sweet talk to him"
Honestly, I was anxious about Klaus. Did he trust I had nothing to do with this? And on top of that, I was literally backstabbed by the few people I decided to trust. What if Klaus did the same to me in his rage?
Rebekah says exasperatedly "Please, Lizzie-- isn't it clear by now? He doesn't just fancy you. I know my brother better than anymore and he's in love with you. I never saw my brother laugh as much as he does with you. He's happy with you, and he'll listen to anything you tell him"
A smile appeared on my lips "Yeah he's pretty obsessed with me, but I don't blame him I'm pretty awesome"
Rebekah sighs "Will you help us, or not? Elizabeth we can't go against him and Dahlia at the same time, we need him on our side to save Kolina"
"Fine I'll come to convince him, but this is for my daughter, not your backstabbing asses"
I hang up the phone, just as another crash of thunder and lightning rumbles overhead making Kayla cry at the sound. I sigh knowing convincing Klaus won't be easy, he was a stubborn prick.
Klaus is looking out the window of the bell tower at the pounding rain, while Dahlia paces impatiently behind him. His phone rings, but when he sees it's Elizabeth, he ignores the call.
Daliah turns to him "My deadline has come and gone, and yet you bring me here."
Klaus smirks "I find it fitting. This is where Freya plotted her own treachery."
"When I granted you the strength to overcome that dagger's curse, I assumed you would thank me by taking swift and merciless action."
Klaus smiles and asks sarcastically "Am I allowed to traipse around in this monsoon you created?
Dahlia rubs her hands together and blows on them, which seems to cause Klaus a momentary degree of pain "This storm is to stop your family from running with the child! So, I wonder... are you having second thoughts about standing against them? They are the family, after all, who left you here to rot."
Klaus turns to face her and scowls at Dahlia. Klaus growls "I assure you, there are no second thoughts."
"We struck a bargain for the benefit of your child so that she would be delivered to me safely and be content by the presence of her father. Make no mistake-- I will take her-- with or without you."
Klaus smirks "Let me be clear about one thing, witch." Dahlia rolls her eyes dramatically at him "You need me. I know my siblings better than anyone. Their strengths, their weaknesses. They are a powerful and determined lot! Perhaps capable of evading you for the short year you have until your slumber begins anew!"
Dahlia sighs in frustration, knowing that he's right. Klaus continues "You may well lose everything. But, I know how to vanquish those who stand against us, and that is exactly what I intend to do."
Dahlia sighs again and curls her hand into a fist, which reverses the spell that caused the storm. When Klaus notices the wind has died down, he smiles.
"The storm has served its purpose. Now, enough delays. I will take what is owed to me, and if the wolf resists, or attempts to run, I will kill her myself. Same for the mother, she was insolent and I will kill her despite our alliance. If she attempts to take back her child, I won't hesitate to kill the defective one"
A flash of fury and fear appears in Klaus's eyes, but he forces himself to smile. Kayla was his daughter as Kolina and he loved them both equally. He wanted to tear the witch's head off for insulting his daughter and even mentioning his little girl's death. But he had to play along. He just hoped Elizabeth would try to interfere otherwise he will be forced to take action.
"I wouldn't worry about that." He turns to leave "What I have planned for Hayley is far worse than death. And Elizabeth... I know exactly where to hurt her. As for my daughters, Kolina is my priority"
He leaves the room to his diabolical plan.
After Rebekah's call, I had decided to go to the compound. Klaus wasn't answering any of my calls, and he wasn't cloaked like Kolina so I found him pretty fast. He was in the compound doing God knows what. Kai had insisted to come with me, he acted a little strangely. In fact, he wanted to go alone to Klaus, because he feared for my life. But I was determined to find Klaus, he wouldn't listen to Kai anyway he hated him.
Kai was nervous constantly rambling, he looked like he was hiding something from me the whole road to the compound. But I trusted Kai more than anything in the world, so I brushed off my worries. He would never do something to hurt me or the twins. Speaking of the twins we had to take Kayla with us, I couldn't just leave her alone in the hotel. And I had nobody left to trust with her except Kai.
Who knows with Dahlia, maybe she did the weird thingy she did to Jackson to other people like Davina or Camille. And after having Kolina taken from me so easily I didn't trust anyone with my daughters. It was dangerous to take her but I was here to protect her. Besides Klaus would never do anything to hurt her, or let anyone hurt for that matter. Despite the rage, he must feel right now, he would never dare this.
When we arrive at the compound, I expected to see maybe a fight, and a furious Klaus. But I did not expect him to have Dahlia on his side. What the fuck was going on in his mind? Did the dagger make him lose his brain cells? Dahlia was the enemy, not his buddy and she wanted to use our daughter as a magical battery.
"Nick!" I exclaimed surprised, as I put down Kayla on the table in the compound. She was in her car seat with a pacifier in her mouth while holding her stuffed animal.
Klaus and Elijah were still viciously fighting each other on the courtyard's balcony. Klaus turns to me and notices my presence, with Kayla's and Kai's. A hint of distress is present in his eyes, but he turns his head back to Elijah quickly. Klaus pins Elijah against the wall in another choke-hold, though Elijah manages to stretch out his arm and choke Klaus as well.
Elijah gasps "She will take--" Klaus chokes Elijah tighter "-- everything from us."
Klaus shouts angrily "You took everything when you broke our vow! Perhaps I'll take something from you."
Klaus chokes Elijah even tighter, and then twists Elijah's arm backward, breaking many of his bones.
Elijah in agony "AHHH!"
Klaus spins Elijah around and pins his face to the balcony railing so he's forced to watch as Gia walks into the courtyard and stares up at him fearfully, clearly compelled to be there by Klaus. Elijah becomes frantic at the sight of her.
Gia mumbles terrified "Elijah?"
Klaus smirks and says politely "Gia, be a sweetheart and take off-"
"No! Motus!" I exclaimed when I understood what Klaus had planned. As much as I hated Elijah right now, Gia didn't deserve to die. Especially not because of Hayley's and Elijah's actions, and I liked Gia.
Klaus is stopped in his sentence by my spell and Elijah uses this distraction to stop him. I grab Gia by the arm while Klaus is on the ground held momentarily by Elijah. Gia screams as I siphon the compulsion out of her.
When I'm finished I order her "Run"
"But-"
"If you don't run now I'll kill you myself" I yelled harshly at her. It was not the time to play the hero, she nods and speeds off the compound before anyone else could stop her.
Klaus overpowers Elijah and looks furious that I stopped one of his murders. He sends me an irritated glare and turns to Elijah emotionlessly.
"You seem vexed by what I attempted, brother. Wait until you see what I've got in store for Hayley" Klaus smirks gleefully, and Elijah, who is too enraged for words, elbows him forcefully and begins fighting him again, only this time even more viciously than before. Elijah tackles Klaus, and the two of them tumble down the stairs into the courtyard, where Klaus quickly hops to his feet. Elijah gets in a defensive position and vamps-out, hissing and baring his fangs at his brother.
Klaus smirks "Is that a hint of the fabled beast behind the red door?" Elijah continues to glare at him "Come on, brother-- let him out to play"
Elijah leaps toward him and punches him forcefully in the head, but Klaus easily spins and wraps an arm around him, quickly stabbing him in the heart with Papa Tunde's blade before Elijah can react.
"You should know better than to fight me in anger, for my anger is unending"
Elijah tries his best to break out of Klaus' grip, but he's quickly overwhelmed by the excruciating pain of the cursed blade and screams in agony as the blade magically embeds itself in his chest.
Elijah bellows "UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. AHHH! AHHHH! AHHHH! AHHH!"
Klaus drops Elijah's body on the floor, carelessly although looks momentarily ashamed at the sight of his daughter present before pushing it down and regaining his appearance of evilness.
"Can't say he didn't deserve it" mumbled Elizabeth "But not the good time for siblings rivalry"
Klaus gives her an annoyed look and drops Elijah's body on the ground. "You shouldn't have come here, Elizabeth"
Kai was oddly silent while Klaus and Elizabeth were talking. Elizabeth crossed her arms "Apparently I need to since your working with the lunatic witch. What the hell is going on?" she asked genuinely concerned, he was not acting the Klaus she knew.
Klaus sneered "My dear aunt and I have reached a bargain after the lot of you aided Hayley in taking my daughter."
"What no! I didn't-"
Klaus cut her off "And you're certainly responsible for the dagger, as you were aiding Davina and my brother in making it"
Elizabeth shook her head "no, I swear I didn't. I wouldn't let you get daggered"
He had never acted so cold with her, it was like seeing another person. Someone she didn't recognize and she didn't know what to do or how to act.
Klaus laughed dryly "Well you weren't the one who undaggered me that's for sure"
"Because your freaking brother compelled me! And then I was looking for our daughter who was kidnapped by those doggies!"
A hint of anger flashed in Klaus's eyes at the mention of Elijah's actions, but then he sneered "Lies!" he laughed dryly "You were always a good liar, manipulating the truth. A true psychopath"
"Hey!" intervened Kai, at Klaus's words" you naughty doggie don't speak to my sister like that" Both men stared at each other disdainfully.
I rolled my eyes "Whatever I don't care" talking about whether she was a psychopath or not was important right now. What was important was her daughter. "What I care about is what you're doing with Dahlia. She wants to take our daughter, to hurt her...What's wrong with you? Is this like a plan or something?" she asked and sensed a hint of panic in Klaus.
He sneered once again "Yes, it's all a plan! A plan to get my daughter back so neither of my family or her mother tries to take her from me, ever again. And I have reached a reasonable bargain where I will still be raising my daughter unlike what the lot of you wanted"
I went closer to him and told him gently "I never wanted that, I always wanted you in the twin's life." I touched his cheek, while he couldn't even look me in the face "Nick..."
He took her hand off his face harshly "Again lies, you're trying to seduce me so you can stab me in the back once again. I'm getting back my daughter...You can keep the other one she's defective anyway"
Elizabeth couldn't believe her ears, he couldn't have said that. He knew how her father treated her because she was a siphon and he just had insulted their daughter like her father used to do. Those words left her in complete shock and she slapped Klaus with so much anger. He let her slap him, although he could easily stop her.
"You did not just say that," she said in complete disbelief wide eyes.
Klaus chuckled dryly "Remind me what's your favorite movie again?" He asked sarcastically "Oh yes, parent trap. I'm allowing you to keep Kayla, while I will have Kolina. Just like your favorite movie you forced me to watch countless times"
Dahlia, having neutralizing Freya for the time being, joins Klaus, Elizabeth in the courtyard. Kai and a fussy Kayla were also present. The baby sensed the tension in the room and was fussing near tears.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked dumbfounded.
How could he can say that? He had promised he would never let anyone take the twins from her including himself. He had promised but here he was breaking his promise and she couldn't believe it.
Dalhia rolls her eyes "Is there a problem?"
Klaus turns to his aunt and smirks "Not at all. Just another victim."
"A victim?" she asked in disbelief once again. She sighs "I trust you as I have never trusted anyone, Nick. You would never hurt me"
Klaus caresses her cheek with his hand before speaking "Maybe your right, as the mother of my children I won't be able to physically hurt you. But I have other ways."
As soon as the words left his lips he lunges forward and sinks his fangs into Kai's neck while Dahlia watches. Elizabeth had even forgotten Kai's presence as he had been mostly silent while she was arguing with Klaus.
"NO" Elizabeth yelled at the sight. She speeds out to Klaus and siphons him, so he would stop feeding on her brother. Klaus pushes her off from him and Elizabeth falls against the wall. He looks down at her guiltily but goes back to draining her brother faster. After a moment, Klaus stops feeding and releases Kai, who is now dead, before dropping him onto the floor carelessly.
Elizabeth went to her brother her hands trembling as she touched his face and looked for a pulse. We tried to give him her blood but it was too late.
"I HATE YOU" she yelled at him hatefully as she was on the ground holding her dead brother on her lap, sobbing.
Klaus only smiled gleefully and left with Dahlia on his side. Kayla starts to cry when her father leaves the compound while her mother cries hysterically over her dead uncle's body.
"I hate him...I-I hate-I hate him. Kai, I'm sorry so sorry"
She couldn't even comprehend what the fuck just had happened.