Chapter 24 - In need of help
Thursday 11PM, Meanwhile back in New York
Recap:
« Elena?» she asks with surprise and confusion thinking about why and how she came to find her.
Elena released her and gave an awkward smile that was meant to be kind.
« Hey sister. How are you?», Elena asks her
Though Mazikeen ticked at the word sister, she didn't show it. « good. You? Did you read my letter?»
« Letter? Oh yeah I did. Thanks for what you said It helped a lot.» Elena answers with confusion on her face.
Crossing her arms, mazikeen says « Really so you know then...that I did that to protect all of you?»
« Yeah, I know and thank you for what you did even though you had to turn me into a vampire.» Elena says with a sad smile.
At that Mazikeen smiles but then she tilts her head to the side and her smile turns into a smirk. « don't you think this game is getting old?»
Elena acting all confused asks: « what?»
« Gosh! I'm surprised that for a 500 years old vampire, one would have thought you got a diploma in the acting department...Kathrine.» Mazikeen says with a smirk, a challenging look in her eyes as she says her name.
As soon as she says that, Elena/Katherine changes her composure and asks the Gilbert girl how she found out.
« Well, sometimes Elena tries to always be kind while you…you just try too hard, and your resting bitch face wants to pop out of your face. », Mazikeen answers with a smirk.
At that, Katherine slams her against the wall, using her vampire hearing to hear the girl complain about her poor back.
« Pretty stupid thing to say to a vampire, you know? »
« Yeah, I'm a reckless bitch. », the human girl says back.
« I could snap your neck like a twig. », Katherine threatens not liking the fact that this human girl is not scared of her.
« And rip my heart out, break my arms I got it. But that wouldn't be a fair fight…Done stating facts? », Mazikeen retorts back as if they were discussing cars.
Katherine lets her go and crosses her arms. « I didn't know when going back to mystic falls I would have found unexpected things. I didn't know the one to be plotting against my look alike would be her own sister. », the vampire asks with a smirk, remembering what her spy told her.
« Hm, what can I say, you do everything you can to survive, aye? », Mazikeen tells Katherine, already having an idea of her next move.
« I like your way of thinking. »
« Good because I like you…and I need your help. », she replies. At that, the Petrova vampire narrows her eyes and takes a threatening stance. « And what makes you think I'm going to agree with you? »
Knowing where to touch, Mazikeen smiles and says: « Well, it's simple, we both need help. I help you, you help me. »
« What are you trying to do here? You're friends with the Mikaelsons and my look alike' sister, and now you want to be friends with me? .alone! »
« Not if you want to find your daughter. », the girl tells her. And again, she's slammed against the wall, a hand on her throat choking her. Katherine glares hard at her while also thinking of the possibilities on how she found out. Meanwhile, Mazikeen tried clawing at the vampire's hands before she used her foot which she slammed on Katherine's chest, making her back down. It seemed she used some incredible force because Katherine slammed hard onto the other wall of the alley, and it hurt.
« Uh Pendeja! Perra! My poor back. Ugh, now for sure I'll have back pains before I reach 20… », Mazikeen starts calling the vampire names in Spanish, while Katherine was shrugging dust off her clothes. She narrowed her eyes at the human again, confused about the sudden force, but then shrugged it off, deciding to think about it later.
« What do you know about her? Who told you? », she asks again, slamming the girl on the wall but this time not choking her, just keeping her still.
« No one told me, I had a dream. », Mazikeen explains, figuring out she couldn't reveal the truth. She's thankful she doesn't have a lying trait.
« I could just compel you… », Katherine threatens, glaring at Mazikeen who just sweetly smiles. « No puedes, I'm on so much vervain that I could be confused with the plant. »
« Go on then. », the vampire demands.
« I can help you find her. »
At that, the vampire scoffed before stepping away, crossing her arms. « You? A human, trying to help me find my daughter? You're lying. »
« Look, I'm trying to make a deal here. You help me, I help you. Está simple. »
« A deal? Give me one good damn reason not to snap your neck right now. »
Smiling to herself Mazikeen thought for a moment, thinking about her next words. « I'll help you find Nadia Petrova, born from an asshole father and naive mother in Bulgaria, in 1489 or was it-. »
« Watch your words…and it was 1490. », Katherine says taking a step forward, making Mazikeen raise her hands in surrender. « So, you know about my daughter? What's in it for you to help me? »
« Yup, I do. As for what's in it for me. I'll tell you later… »
« What the-. »
« I could tell you here right now, but it'll take time and I'm sure you don't want the Mikaelsons to find you here so…how about finding a nice place to stay and I'll contact you. », Mazikeen tells her, ignoring the displeasing look on the Petrova's face. She takes her phone, noticing 10 missed calls and a message from Caroline, which she notes to deal with later, and gives it to Katherine. « You have a phone right? Put your number. »
And Katherine does that, they then agree to meet later, though with reluctance and a threat to rip her body to shreds from Katherine, before they separate. And mazikeen sighs before making her way back to the club where she sits and talks with the rest of Mikaelsons, minus Kol.
Friday Morning 10 AM
Inside the house or more mansion-like the Mikaelsons bought in New York, the level of boredom was at its peak. While Elijah was reading a book in the parlour, Klaus was somewhere painting. Their little sister was skipping through magazines, Finn was with Ayden, who came back with them, avoiding the hot looks the human guy was sending him. Kol was in his room and mazikeen was in the kitchen, speaking with Caroline. The moment they all came back from the nightclub, she called the perky blond and they had the longest conversation two girls on a phone can have. She didn't know why people were annoyed with the blonde, sure she was perky, and talked a lot but she was interesting and a lot.
That of course depends on what you're talking about because if you're talking about who is the sexiest man alive, the subject is bound to drag. Finishing the conversation, she went into the living room with dead people, minus Ayden and sighed dramatically before -literally- plunging onto Rebekah, who flunked her on Elijah instead. Rolling his eyes, he glared playfully at his sister.
« -sigh- Aren't you bored? You're always reading books. Seriously can you imagine yourself visiting a museum? You're already a museum on your own. », Mazikeen says to the suit vampire, making him look a bit offended while Rebekah and Finn are laughing their asses off.
« Miss Anastasia, I believe Kol and Niklaus are upstairs and they're probably dying to be entertained by you. », Elijah retorts back sassily, looking at her before turning the page of his book. All mazikeen did was agreeing and leaving, pouting and mumbling like a child.
She went to find Klaus first but of course, in a mansion-like the movie the maze runner could have been made, it was hard. She didn't have any vampire hearing and was sure she passed the same hallway 3 times. Giving up she stumbled into Kol's room, and should have probably knocked first because she came upon…
« That's a hot back…definitely a hot ba…ck. », she trails off admiring the view. 'Hm, I've been blessed, really I have. First Klaus and now him. There is definitely a god out here sculpting these handsome creatures.', was her thought, as now she was staring at the bloodied torso of the original vampire.
« Maze what are you doing here? Get out. », Kol commands, taking a step back. He spoke English but the girl was sure she heard Chinese.
« Kol…what's going on? What's with the blood…? What's wrong? », she asks, noticing his bloody hands and torso. She started to walk towards him but he yelled at her not to. He must have yelled too much because she seemed frightened for a second and stumbled back. His face softened but he soon put on a hard one, she needed to get out before he hurt her. He didn't want it.
Meanwhile, Mazikeen wasn't frightened because of kol. She wasn't scared of him but, for her, it's been a long time since someone yelled at her the way he did. For a moment, she thought it was him standing in front of her. Deciding to calm her fast beating heart, she shook her head before looking at Kol once again.
« Kol…Panda, look I don't know what has been happening to you lately but, I can help you, I- your family, they can help you… »
« There's nothing wrong with me. Maze. Get. out. », he growled out, his vampire face showing. Again he didn't want to hurt her but suddenly all he could hear was her pulse. All he could smell was her scent and now, his gums were aching. And the fact that she was marching towards him wasn't helping at all. So, feeling his control slipping and hoping that one day she would understand, he took the scariest stance he could and yelled: « GET OUT! »
He watched as she stumbled back, putting a hand on her heart before her eyes watered and she finally scurried out of the room. He immediately closed the door and locked it, before punching the wall, trying to stop himself from chasing after her. He stood against the door and let himself fall to the ground, pulling his knees up before resting his head on his arms. « I don't want to hurt you…I'm sorry. », he cries out. He wanted to know if she was fine so he used his vampire hearing and listened to Klaus trying to calm her. She tried to explain there was something going on with him. And it amazed him again that she didn't think there was something wrong with him.
There was a knock on the door and he was ready to send away that person but he heard Rebekah's voice and slowly, he let her in. She saw the state he was in and asked what was wrong and all he could do is cry out again how he didn't want to hurt her. Despite being a bitch, Rebekah was a lovely sister, she loved her family dearly and that's why she took Kol in her arms and calmed him, telling him comforting words.
For ten minutes they stayed still before a strong smell of blood filled her nose. She stood up, ignoring Kol who was trying to stop her, and followed it. It led her to his bathroom, his blood painted bathroom to be exact and where 15 bodies were stacked up. She looked at it before staring at her brother who looked like he was crazy and shook her head, staring at him with pity.
« I can't- I can't keep the blood down, sister. I-I'm always thirsty. I-i don't know what's happening to me I-. », he pleads, gripping his hair tightly, not realising he was putting blood in them.
« Shh it's okay, we'll find what's happening, you're going to be okay. », she shushed him, hugging him, her own tears falling down.
« Don't- don't tell Maze, don't-. », Kol tells her, hugging his sister for dear life.
« Okay I won't. I promise. », she says, calming him. Rebekah was scared of her brother dying, because not keeping the blood down would mean he can't feed and would desiccate. And she doesn't want that, she's happy now with her family and she won't let anything separate them. She must see a witch and soon.
Mazikeen was in the back garden, taking a stroll at night, thinking about what happened. 'They all know what's happening with Kol but nobody wants to tell me. I even bribed Rebekah with shopping for a day. A whole day. But she refused! Why? And now I'm forbidden from seeing Kol. Qué está pasando?' She wasn't looking at where she was going, making her trip over a rock and fall on lilies.
« I was wondering who was cursing at the plants out here. So it was you. », a voice says from behind her, startling her. She turned around ready to throw a punch but stopped midair when she realised it was Elijah.
Sheepishly smiling she says: « Sorry, I didn't mean to make a ruckus, I just fell on those demonic plants… »
« It is all well. I was not sleeping. If you do not mind me asking, what is occupying your mind? I've seen you mindlessly passing by here for five times already. So? »
« Well first of all, Kol, since I'm grounded from seeing him. And then, how do you know you're not dreaming? », Mazikeen asks, turning to look at him as they come to a stop, in front of the fountain. Elijah can see that hope in her eyes that makes him all confused. 'What scares her?'
« -Ahem- Miss Anastasia, I can not reveal to you anything about Kol per his choice, but you need not worry about him, he will get well soon. », Elijah answers with a serious tone that meant to drop the subject about Kol. However, it made her worry more but she decided to accept it for now and find out later.
Then Elijah says: « As for your other worry, perhaps you need some sleep instead of-. »
« No I-. », she cuts him off, knowing what he was going to say. Elijah frowns again before she speaks again. « How do you know that whatever that's happening around you is real and not just your imagination. How do you know you're not dreaming that all of this is not just yourself hoping for it? », she asks, her movements and tone screaming desperation.
Elijah sighed, thinking about what to say. Never in his life has someone asked him that. He led her to the bench so they could sit and talk. When seated, he started by Miss. Anastasia but Mazikeen cut him off, saying to call her Ana.
« Ana, I do not have a proper answer for you. I do not know what I can say exactly however, from my-uh- experience of being daggered I could project to the places I've seen and then the places I wanted to be. I would dream about my family and I before we became what we are today. About the normal time, the good and the bad. As much as I could feel happy upon seeing my family, all of them together once again, deep inside, I knew it was not what I longed for- if what I saw were a product of my mind or just me hoping I- perhaps I wouldn't have been the only one happy and instead of seeing a younger version of my family, I would see them as they are today, old. Perhaps not as the creatures we are. Not as monsters. »
Mazikeen slightly shook her head, lost in thought of what the original was saying, trying to understand him.
« There are inconveniences, instead of dreaming of a beautiful land you could dream of hell on earth. », he adds.
« Right, nightmares… »
« If you don't mind me asking, why the sudden question? For I can tell you are very much alive in this moment. »
« I- I'm not sure if I'm living. I don't want to start believing into something that just ends up just being all fake? I don't want to get my hopes high up just for me to have them stumbling down and being crushed but the universe. », she ends up, panting a bit, with tears in her eyes. « I'm sorry, I'm being a bit too dramatic. I didn't plan on you seeing me like this. »
« M-Ana, do not be too harsh on yourself. You and only yourself can find out if you are indeed alive. If what you see is a dream or not. I believe you to be an amazing person, though with remarkable tendencies sometimes, but you are truly something else. Perhaps a wonder to the world and probably why my family fancies you. I was surprised by what you did the other day with Niklaus, truthfully I was preparing myself to announce your death to your siblings. », he chuckles.
« Wha-seriously? »
« Pardon me but you threatened the unthinkable and his puppies. Perhaps you haven't seen it but you left quite a few shocked faces. », At that they both laugh, until Elijah stops laughing and puts his hand on Mazikeen's shoulder. « Ana, you are the first person to have gone against my family, to have turned it upside down until it got onto the right path and I must say that I'm grateful that we met you. But I hope my family will not taint your soul. », he ends up, serious but with a hint of a joke. Though Mazikeen takes it as a joke because her soul didn't need any of them to be more tainted than it was.
« Alright I think it is time for you to sleep. », Elijah tells her, standing up and brushing his Armani pants, while she looks at him like deer caught in the headlights. « What? No! I'm not tired. », she protests, whining like a child. Standing up and staring at him, she crosses her arms clearly showing her disagreement.
« Oh yes I believe so. You ought to go to sleep. », he tells her sternly.
« Ugh, you act like a father sometimes, did you know that. Plus-. », she starts pouting again but he cuts her off, crossing his arms and putting one hand on his chin, acting like he was thoroughly thinking. « How surprising, I think I heard Rebekah saying she has planned some amazing things to do tomo-. »
« Gosh, is that my bed calling me? I'm coming! Buenas noches. », Mazikeen interrupts him, as she makes a scared face and immediately scrams from the noble bee and into her room after whispering a good night.
Elijah is left laughing before he shakes his head while staring at where she retreated. « I hope you'll find out what you've been looking for. »
HI GUYS! How are you?
Surprise surprise! Another chapter today, I'm so excited for Katherine!
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The translations:
Pendeja = Stupid
Perra = Bitch (can be used for talking about a female dog but also like a slang thing.
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