KLAUS POV

I looked down in perfectly concealed fury as Marcel drowned on about what he wrongfully assumed was his city,

" The city of New Orleans, people of all stripes and flavors from all over the country come here to party on our streets, some are just looking for fun, some are looking for something a little darker, more dangerous. So we invite them into my home, and we give it to them. Then at the stroke of midnight, everything changes, and it's time to feed. " Marcel said, pride itched on every inch of his face, as I looked down to see vampires feeding as their prey screamed," This is how I keep my guys happy, the occasional all-you-can-eat Buffet. My nightwalkers love it, got them working hard trying to earn one of these daylight rings. They deserve to blow off a little steam. My daywalkers, the trusted few, they just like to party."

"It's quite an operation. Tell me, what about the victims? Seems like a lot of graves to dig." I asked

" Can't kill them all. Too many folks go missing and tourism drops, so we heal them with a little vamp blood, erase their memory and send them on their way, No muss, no fuss."

" I am impressed."

" Nothing I didn't learn from you back in the day," Marcel said with a smile, before a man approached him, the same man that Klaus had bitten yesterday informing him about the death of six nightwalkers. And with this Marcellus your destruction begins, I thought, as I excused myself to drive back to the governor's house, intending on checking up on Elena.

I entered the home to see few compelled humans, cleaning the house as Elena sat on the sofa typing furiously on the laptop, she looked better than she did yesterday although pissed that she had been forbidden to move out of this house, although I very much doubted she would follow my advice,

" What are you doing?" I asked,

" Doing the task I originally came to New Orleans to do " she replied not paying him any attention.

" And that will be,"

" Finding any last member of my family."

" I thought you were an orphan," I said, carelessly.

" Apparently not, do you know anything about the crescents?"

" No " I lied. She looked at me doubtfully but said nothing, before closing the laptop.

" I have a question?"

" Ask right away, love."

" When are you going to un dagger, Elijah? "
" When I want to" I replied before I heard the sound of a car approaching, and it seemed like Elena heard too as she got up. And my dear sister has finally arrived, I thought as I send a maid down to get her luggage before sitting down and pouring myself a drink.

" Elijah if not answering your phone was part of your clever prank to get me back to this God-forsaken city, then well done. I am here and I am worried. Now pick up before I kick in your bloody door." Rebekah said before she entered the house.

" And who you may be?" the maid asked

" Ahh, you must be the maid. My bags are in the car get them will you?" my younger sister said. and I heard the sound of Elena's footsteps go down the stair.

" And look who we have here, the doppelganger my brother finally knocked up. Tell me how is your brother doing?" Rebekah said, it seems as if I had forgotten that both Damon and Rebekah had an equal part to play in Elena's brother dead. There was no reply.

" I was expecting to see some kind of miracle natural baby bump, guess you are not showing yet."
" Your manners, just as charming as I remembered."

" And so is my temper so watch it. Where's Elijah?" my sister said.

" Klaus knows."

" It seems as Niklaus has done something bastardly and Klaus-like" I still remember how Rebekah always addressed me as Klaus when she was angry with me. Time to the chase it seems.

" Klaus get out here and tell me what you have done with our brother, you narcissist back-stabbing wanker."

" Enough with all the shouting," I said as I opened the door," Little sister I should have known, I assume the six dead vampires were your doing."

" They were very rude, trying to victimize a poor, innocent girl just trying to find her way to the quarter. So sorry, were they friends of yours. Oh that's right you don't have any friends." trying to take out your anger on me little sister, two can play a game.

" I do have friends. I have Marcel. You remember him, don't you? Yes of course you do." I said as I both hated and enjoyed the look of hurt on her face, and this is why I kill those boys and stop you from falling in love, they will only hurt you and I can't see you hurt. " He fancies himself the king of the Quarter now. And he has these rules about killing vampires. It will be fun to see what sort of punishment he comes up with for you."

" I don't care about Marcel," Lie," or his rules. What did you do to Elijah?"

" Perhaps he is on holiday, or he's taking a long autumn nap upstairs. Well, go on take a look around." I said,

" You remember this house as well as I," I said again making her footsteps take a halt.

" I remember everything," she replied as she moved away. " I remember how the drunken fool of a governor hid away all of our vampire sins in exchange for gold. I remember the lavish party the governor threw as if to impress you. I remember finding a moment of affection with the governor's son Emil. And I remember that even Elijah was happy. I remember how I asked Emil to be turned into a vampire to be with me for all eternity and I remember how you threw him two floors down and killed him in front of me." she said. I dropped on the armchair and answered,

" Well, he wasn't good enough for you."

" No one was ever good enough for me. You made sure of that. Now, where's Elijah?" Instead of answering her, I got off the couch.
" Where are you going?"
"It seems as if the night is quite not over yet. I am off to another drink with Marcel."

" Elijah told me your plan to take apart Marcel's retire empire piece by piece. I didn't remember it involving you two drinking New Orleans dry together."

" I know you don't have many friends Rebekah but what some friends do when they get together is they drink, and when they drink they tell secrets. Marcel has somehow found a way to control the witches in the quarter and I intend to find the how so I can take it for myself. Finding Elijah didn't make my to-do list today." I went to the door leaving Rebekah looking positively furious, " Oh, and welcome home little sister." Oh, how I do love to annoy her.

THIRD-PERSON

Rebekah took a deep breath to control her temper as Elena leaned on the wall, Rebekah turned to face her, " You doppelganger, I am gonna search this house inch by inch until I find what my evil brother had done to my good one. You are helping."

" Klaus has Elijah daggered," Elena said.

" How did you know?"

" He told me."
" And you didn't find the need to tell me. Why?"
"You were rude," Elena said shrugging.

" And do you by any chance happen to know where."

" Beats me, although I did search the house the coffin is nowhere here unless there is a secret room. Although there is a place where I found a set of coffins, Elijah wasn't there either."

" He must have stashed him elsewhere," Rebekah said.

"It's funny how you are so frank with it, I felt sick when I learned about it."

" Welcome to the family love. You should have run the second you realized Elijah was gone."

" Ya well the witches had made a deal with your family, and part of the deal entails that I stay in New Orleans, otherwise they kill me and the baby."

" Well knowing Klaus he is planning a box for you the second you give birth."
" Seems as if I am safe for now then," Elena replied.

" You are not scared."

" I have not been scared of death in a very long time, and I am not that kind of girl to go down without a fight."

Elena walked down the street as she hurried towards the shop,

" Hey, hey," she said.

The witch who was about to close the door said," We are closed sorry,"

" I just need a tiny herb, please"

"Which herb?"

" Crushed aconite flower."

"Wolfsbane it's a poison. Looking to kill a wolf."

" No just have found myself in a wolf predicament, need to defend myself."

" Give me a minute." the witch said as she moved into her shop. Elena sighed if she wanted to find her father's family then she needed wolfsbane at hand and some information. She didn't trust Klaus and Elijah was God knows where put by his lunatic brother. The witch came out and said, " Be careful. Wolves are monsters they have no control over themselves." she touched Elena's hand, for a minute and seemed to freeze something that went unnoticed by Elena before sending the Petrova a smile and on her not so merry way.

Elena opened the gate as it made a creaking sound on being opened, the newspaper in her hands all were of normal human's but they might be able to give her a clue and any clue was what she needed if she wanted any sort of normal family for her children. Elena sat on a bench as she searched through the pile she had when she heard the rustling of wind she stiffened as she slowly took out the vervain in her pocket into her hand and put in the water she was about to drink as she got up and willed herself to be calm.

" Dumb move coming in the quarter, you are coming with me, wolf. It would be a shame that a girl with such a pretty face would be killed." a guy said.

" Well I am just not a pretty face, I like to think I am much more than that. " Elena said as she circled to see three more vampires and glanced at the ground to see some long wooden sticks there.

"Too bad pretty girl." another said, Elena, threw some of the water on the closest one as he screamed when his face burned, his mates surprised she lunged for the wooden sticks and as another guy lunged at her she inserted him in his heart. All of Alaric's teaching coming in handy, it seemed as if she didn't have to take care of the rest of them as Rebekah took out their hearts.

" Now that is no way to treat a pregnant lady, I do hate bad manners. "

" This is why I told you never to leave the house, werewolves are banned in the quarter. I had a plan and your little nighttime stroll put it all in peril." Klaus said as he threw another body to the pile. Rebekah moved forward before her brother screamed at her," Leave him. You have done enough don't you think, leaving a trail of bodies like a road map to my door."

" If I hadn't overheard this lot bragging about werewolves head, everyone here would be screwed, and don't give me that crap about having a plan. You had all the time in the world to execute a plan and no one has seen you do a damn thing. Elijah made a deal to protect your child so that he could save you from your selfish rotten self." Rebekah shouted furiously, as Elena put her hands on her waist, as she watched the ongoing sibling drama.," You don't give a damn about the child or Elijah because what have you done to honor it." Klaus looked furious as he launched into a rant and Elena had to admit the planning was impressive, as she walked back into the house,

" Does anyone has any more questions?" Klaus asked the girls remained silent." No, good because I have a question, Elena. What were you doing in the bloody french quarter in the first place?" when Elena said nothing, he screamed," Answer me."
" Nik leave her be, " Rebekah said.

" I was getting wolfsbane," she said, it all happened in a second as Klaus grabbed hold of her neck and he choked her against the wall.

" Nik, Nik" Rebekah shouted when he didn't move she pushed him off her," Keep your hands off her, she is pregnant for God's sake. All this bluster about not wanting a child, and then the second she hints that she is ready to get rid of it." here Rebekah sighed as Elena took deep breaths.," It's okay to care. It's okay to want something, that was all Elijah was trying to do, all he has ever wanted for you. All we have ever wanted for you." It seemed to calm her brother down, as Klaus sat down on the stairs, Rebekah following soon after.

" I gave Elijah to Marcel."

" What?"

" Marcel was nervous, it was bad enough one original returned to town, but two, his crew was getting antsy. He wanted Elijah gone, so I gave him a peace offering."

" You bartered our brother."
" I have a plan. Gain Marcel's trust, dismantle his empire, and honor Elijah's wish that that baby is born. I am executing that plan the only way that I know-how. If you don't like it, that's the door. See if I care." After saying that Klaus left, Rebekah looked anxious as Elena looked horrified, What have I gotten myself into?

Rebekah was sitting down on a bench when Elena sat down beside her, she hesitated for a second,

" I know you hate me and trust me that the feeling is mutual but thanks for saving my life."

" Us girls have got to look out for each other, what were you doing with the wolfsbane, never pegged you one to kill a child."

"It wasn't for the baby I needed it for something else. I wanted to find my birth father. "

" Family is overrated."

" But you are stuck with them, my own birth mother hated the very sight of me, I just wanted a parent, and I became one." There was silence before Rebekah spoke again,

"Emil wasn't the only boyfriend of mine that Klaus killed, he did it again and again whenever I found someone to care about, he just kept doing it, until I finally stopped falling in love. He said he was protecting me from my mistakes, that no one was ever good enough for his little sister. Until someone was, "
" Who ?"
"Marcel" and here Rebekah proceeded to give her Klaus and Marcel's history.

" If you know Marcel has Elijah then why don't you just get him back yourself?"

" Because if I cross my brother, then there is still a coffin downstairs with my name on it."

" Ya about that, I may have extracted a pair of daggers from under your coffin." Elena bends down to show them to the blonde.

" Oh my God."

" So if these are the only things that are stopping you from getting Elijah back then go ahead." she handed the daggers to her. Rebekah smiled

" And Elena I am sorry about your brother, although Stefan did kill one of mine. But you must understand I thought I had already lost Nick and Kol, Alaric got to Kol after all, and Nick only escaped because of the Bennet witch. I wasn't going to lose another one of my family."

" I guess I do," Elena replied, " I am sorry for your brother too."

Klaus entered Elena's room slowly as he searched around for the wolfsbane that she had had, there was a bag that was lying there, he wet over there and leaned down, there were some newspapers kept in there and on top of them, he found some vervain and wolfsbane kept. He picked the wolfsbane up nut before he could do anything, he heard Elena's voice say,

" I didn't use it, I never intended to."
" You are awake, "

" I am," she replied, getting up. Klaus moved towards the window as he looked down at the city from there.

" Then why did you bought it."

" I wanted to search for my family, and since they are werewolves I thought to be better be safe than sorry. "
" But Caroline told me, that you all considered all of your friends to be family too."
If Elena was surprised that he was talking to one of her best friends she didn't show it.

" Ya well, I think it's just that I want to belong somewhere anywhere but you know belong."

" I am beginning to think we are a lot alike. You and I, little wolf." Klaus said,

" That's why you wanted to make hybrids, didn't you? You wanted someone who was like you. You wanted to belong somewhere." Elena asked in surprise, Klaus didn't say anything.

" This whole thing with Marcel, the deal you have with the witches, trying to take him down, take what's his. Rebekah told me that you once loved each other like family. What happened?"

" I made Marcel everything that he is, I treated him like a son and when my father chased me and my family from New Orleans a hundred years ago, we believed Marcel was killed, we each mourned him in our own way. Yet when I returned I found not only had he survived, he had thrived. Instead of seeking us out, instead of sticking together as one, he made a choice, to take everything my family had built and make it his own. He is now living in our home, he is sleeping in our beds. The letter M that he stamps everywhere is not for Marcel, it is for Mikaelson. I want it all back and if I have to push him out to get it, then that's exactly what I will do."

" Have you asked him?" Elena asked

" Pardon."
" I mean have you asked him why he didn't seek you out. If he was your family then that means that you were his too, he wouldn't have left you all behind without a reason."

Klaus was silent before he said," Since when did you care about Marcel."
Elena shrugged, " I don't. I don't even know what the guy looks like. But I am a writer and everyone has a story, everyone. I mean look at you, to most of the world you are an evil hybrid, but you also have a story don't you, everyone does after all." Klaus stayed silent for a long time before he left the room.