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New Orleans
Forbes Compound
Chase Forbes POV
The trip from Mystic Falls to New Orleans was hell on my neck and my back. No way around it, though. We needed to get this situation fixed. I don't even want to imagine what would happen to our good name if it got out "one of us" was turned. Not that that bitch was ever really one of us. She was raised somewhere else, and I could tell by the shitshow I saw in Mystic Falls she wasn't raised with our values. Not like Nyx, she was a little lost to me right now, but my baby would find her way home.
I didn't really know Liz other than that she was family. I was a kid when she left. Life went on until we started getting her reports when Caroline was turned. Anna was pissed, but so were we. Liz has given the bitch OUR NAME attached her to OUR LEGACY, and now she was a blood-sucking demon. Shit made my blood boil. I would have gone out there and ended her, but Big Mama wanted Bill to do it. A good man, Bill. Lizzy said he was turned, but I learned early on never to trust anything out of her mouth. Nothing ever made sense.
Big Mama would have never let me live if I had done anything about it, though, so I kept my mouth shut. I can't blame her. That was her kid. When Liz finally croaked, I started planting the seeds of doubt. Even if we couldn't beat the Mikaelson's, and I knew we could, I wanted to try. I'm a hunter. It's not in my nature to leave prey free.
Now, Caroline is a glorified demon at shit floor level. She belonged to the devil. All we wanted to do was expedite their meeting in hell. I shook my head. Me and the boys were waiting for Big Mama to see us. She wanted to know everything that was going on. No one breathed or scratched an itch without Mama's okay.
"Well? You better have somethin' good. Can we stake the bitch out or not?" Big Mama bellowed; you'd swear the walls shook. Rumor had it she once yelled at a gator, and it died of a heart attack. I've seen and done crazy shit; nothing worse than that woman. Lucky for me, we were cut from the same cloth. She said so herself I was her favorite and the next in line after she passes.
"I can tell you somethin' isn't right with what Lizzy had told us. That son of a bitch ain't married to nobody. Most of the Mikaelson's don't even talk to each other, and much less that bitch. Lizzy said that they treated her like family. Bullshit. The only connection they have is their privates." I tell her. I won't say that a child she brought into this world and raised is a lying, two-timing traitor. But for the record, she was.
Big Mama's frowned so hard part of her face look like it was melting. "What do you think is really goin' on then. Hm?" She asks me, daring me to speak my mind, but I much rather leave here intact. I chose my words carefully. I know this hits different for Big Mama, and I ain't about to set her off. "I think that Caroline and Klaus Mikaelson are just screwing. The epic love stuff is bullshit." I tell her, itching for a smoke or some tequila—anything to take the edge off.
I continue, "The way I've seen 'em, they keep to themselves. It's just the half beast and that bitch. I think we got a real good shot at settling this. Get Anna out here to do her shit. Have Nyx help her mama, and let's kill the bitches off." The room disrupted in with fear. Nothing but a bunch of scared sissies. It's why they were just foot soldiers.
"Everybody shut the fuck up!" Big Mama exploded. Everyone obeyed, staying so still, we could of been a damn picture. "How many times I gotta tell you punks this shit ain't for the weak, but it's what we are made for! That bitch's time is up, for damn sure! But Klaus Mikaelson, shiiit. That would be a win for the human race, wouldnit?" I nodded in agreement clapping to back her up.
"You said Nyx was out there? What's she doin'? That girl has been MIA too much for my liking. We got shit here that needs doing! She better not be planning nothin'." Big Mama didn't trust nobody, but I needed her to be okay with Nyx. Someday soon, Anna was gonna take that witch magic out of her and leave her human. We could be together finally. Hell, we could start our family. I needed all this to be over and settled so I could bring my woman home.
"Aint nothing goin' on there, Big Mama. You don't gotta worry about her. We taught her right. She knows where home is." I pointed to my chest because I was her home. One day she would be my home too, once that magic was out of her.
"Respectfully, I need her out there with me. She's helpin' us send messages and get intel. The kind of messages you love to send too." I tell her. If she thought Nyx was shady, she would have her beat black and blue just for making her suspicious. And of course, it would have to be me. No one was allowed to lay hands on my woman, and it was better she get her punishments from someone who loves her.
Big Mama grins. "She cut someone's head off?" I nodded, and for the first time, she laughed. Slapping her hand on her knee.
Sure the head thing was my idea, but Nyx volunteered to do it. She's always trying to prove herself worthy to Big Mama, and show her that she hasn't failed her yet. "Aint she gonna want to save her sister?" Cousin Tony butts in with his butt-ass chin. I shook my head. "What's there to save her sister is dead. The devil lives in the body now. She's hanging out there getting information. She's gettin' in good with them. My woman knows where her loyalties are." I say proudly. I get a few grunts from the boys. They don't get it, and they'll never accept her till she's human. They don't know I know.
"Now, what did I tell you about getting too attached to that girl! She's Anna's doll. If she dies, I don't want you around here boohooing all depressed and useless. You've had your fun with her." Big Mama snaps. I try not to think of the good times. This has been the longest we've been apart. The itch to be with her is strong. If I start thinking about old times, I'm just gonna miss her more.
"Respectfully, Mama, if she dies, I'll behead that bitch myself. Nyx is mine. She can kill Caroline that's all for her if she wants it that bad but she leaves mine alone." I stare Mama in the eyes, she knows I'm serious. Nyx was mine. Mine to love, mine to kill. Big Mama shakes her head and snorts.
She doesn't get it, but she won't fight me. She's lost that battle too many times before.
She saw it in my eyes when I asked to be hit harder when she tried to beat the 'infatuation' out of me. Sometimes think I might have scared her a little bit because she never tried to take her away from me again.
"Alright, get Anna in here to see what we can work up. We got the stakes. We can do more. If we catch them hard, fast, and off guard, we might be able to pull this off." Big Mama looks excited, and so am I. We gonna hunt ourselves an original.
Anna comes when she is called because she knows better than to make us wait. Yeah, this arrangement we have has been beneficial to her, but that can change real quick. One day Big Mama will step down, and I'll take over.
Anna eyes me and looks repelled. I'm the only one that's immune to her appeal. The only thing I like about her is her daughter. "To what do I owe the pleasure of being called to the house of Forbes. Hmm?" She asks and Big Mama gives me the floor. I live for this shit!
"We're going to take out Klaus Mikaelson," I tell her in a tone that doesn't allow for protests or failure. It's happening whether people are scared or not. She looks at me like I'm crazy. "I thought we all agreed that is a terrible plan, Chase he's not easily killed! People have been trying for hundreds of years." She tells me. It's the same stupid shit she's said before.
"I don't give two shits what people haven't been able to do. This is me; this is us! You got us stakes that could kill him didn't ya? We need more. We need stronger weapons. You want to get revenge on your youngest kid for dying, right? Killing all that power you gave her? Well, that's what's on the table right now." I point to the imaginary table, for I don't know what reason. Nyx says I do things for dramatic effect. Shit, I don't think about shit like that.
"All my power, gone." She says it's like she's grieving it. To her, life is about power. Her daughters be damned. When Nyx is cured, my wedding present to her will be her mother's head on a stick. Maybe Anna doesn't trust me because every time I see her, all I think about is the love I'm going to make to her daughter after I gut her dead. I smile.
"Listen," She pauses, looks me up and down, and steps away. It makes me laugh. "...we have a deal that keeps me nice, safe, and cozy. So, I'll look into anything that could help, but this is a fool's mission." Fear, what a useless emotion. It makes me think we could have killed him all this time, and she was too scared to try. That enrages me some, but at least now I get to partake in the fun.
I shake my head. "You have a deal with Big Mama; you've yet to make any with me. Do this, and I'll sign up for that deal. I'll keep you safe but not before we get rid of Klaus Mikaelson. Once he's dead, That bitch dies too, and everything falls into place." I clear it up for her.
"What? No torture for her too." She asks with a defiant, taunting pitch—my hand twitches. I stare at her, and the sass drains from her face. She tries to say something else "Well, Nyx is-" I backhand her across the face. Her mention of the times I've had to hurt her was...uncalled for. I never wanted to hurt Nyx; but we needed to control the demon magic that Anna birthed into her. Might have been able to save her sister, too, if Lizzy hadn't left running for the hills.
"CHASE! Who the fuck gave you permission to do that!" Big Mama tries to reel me in; for now, I play nice. "Please excuse me, Ms. Chaintraine. I haven't been all too well recently. You know what sustains me is my love for your daughter. The mention of pain that has come to her sets me over the edge. I can't control myself, you understand. Please see to it that you acquire us the weapons and power needed to complete our mission." My voice was so sweet cotton candy couldn't melt in my mouth. I didn't need to specify a threat I could see in the way she looked at me. She felt it. I played with the ring on my fingers that protected me from death. A silent promise that I would keep coming back until I destroyed everything that got in my way.
"There is a new witch I have become friends with, and she seems to know a lot about vampires and vampire magic. I will reach out to her and anyone that can help." She said, but it was almost a little too panicked. I wondered if she was lying to me about the friend.
"A friend? That's nice; it's good to have friends. What's the witch's name." I say casually, still playing with my ring.
"I know her as Ester."