"So help me god, Niklaus, if your mother has so much as laid a finger on either of them, I will rip her heart out with with my bare hands." I snarl as I move across the room and towards the stairs. I practically launch myself up them and down the hall in search of Esther.
I slam open a doo and find her sitting in a chair, pretending to be regal.
"Where are my brothers?" I ask as calmly as I can manage.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She says, for once only playing dumb.
"DO NOT TEST MY PATIENCE ESTHER." I roar at her and the room gets hotter.
"You and I know that I am a better witch that you could have ever hoped to be. Tell. Me. Where. My. Brothers. Are." I demand and shrugs.
"It seems that we both have things we want. I want my children dead and you want to keep your brothers and yourself alive." She says and I roll my eyes.
"If you think I'm about to help you murder your children you are mistaken. You can try to kill me all that you want. It will not work. You are a scared, weak woman and you will not succeed." I tell her and sweep from the room. I fly down the stairs again and almost make out the door before Niklaus stops me.
"Did you find them?" He asks.
"Your mother has them and is threatening to kill you and your siblings, as well as me and mine." I say, anger still bubbling in my chest.
"Your mother has forgotten just what kind of enemy that I can be. Do not let your guard down around her Niklaus." I say and put my hand on his arm.
"She should not have threatened my brothers. Some of us still know the value of family." I say and exit the manor.
When I get home, I launch into my basement and shut all of the lights off trying to contact one of my brothers.
In a few minutes I can see a hazy vision of my brothers. Both looking rather beat up and terrible.
"What has she done to the two of you?" I ask and I see August lift his head weakly.
"Trying to torture the secret of our immortality out of us." He responds sounding hoarse.
"Jesus she's as dumb as she is old. We don't know what our mother did." I respond still just as angry.
"Hang in there, she knows she can't kill you. I'll get you out of there soon." I say and feel myself fade out.
The door to the boarding house flies open and I stomp inside. I can see Damon and Stefan staring at me before I wave my hand and they both collapse, almost screaming. Elena looks at me with pure terror in her eyes.
"You can either come with me the easy way, or you can make this harder for myself. I know Esther has you in on her little plot." I state, managing to keep a level voice.
"I don't understand why you care so much about the Mikaelsons." She says sounding both scared and confused.
"She has my brothers as well. She does not get to decide the fate of my family as well." I say and step forward and place a hand on her forehead.
"Sleep." I whisper and she collapses to the ground.
"You two need to break the Bennet bloodline or Elena dies." I say to the boys as I pick up Elena.
"We haven't got much time so you had better be quick about it." I snarl to them as I walk Elena to my car. I place her in the back and dial Niklaus' number. After one ring he answers.
"Your mother involved the fucking Gilbert girl. But I have her now. If the Salvatores care about her as much as they seem to everything should fall into place." I say before he can get a word out.
"I don't think I've ever seen you this vengeful." He says and I nearly scream in rage.
"Your mother can try to manipulate the fate of your family all that she wants. She has no right to try and harm mine. I will burn her to ash Niklaus." I say beyond angry.
"Shall I keep Elena at mine or bring her to yours?" I say as I speed away from the boarding house.
"She will probably be the most secure at my house until the Salvatore boys sort out their task." I say.
"I did threaten to kill her and I think they took me seriously." I say and Niklaus groans.
"You understand that they're going to be upset then?" He says and I roll my eyes.
"Elena Gilbert is nothing special. There are a thousand girls just like her. They can be angry all they want. It's not their family that is at risk." I say as I pull to a stop in front of my house. I drag Elena inside and down to my basement and wait for one of the Salvatores to turn up.
It takes about three hours before they turn up.
"I changed Bonnie's mother." Damon announces.
"I suppose Elena gets to live to see another day. But I'm late for a meeting." I say and walk past them
I arrive at the Mikaelson house and sweep across the threshold. When I find the other Mikaelsons they all look up at me.
"I think we might be a step ahead of your mother." I say and cross my arms.
"What do you mean?" Elijah asks.
"Your mother went to the only witches left in town that isn't yours truly. The Bennetts. Break the bloodline, you break the spell she's trying to cast. I don't know which one it might've been. But if she couldn't succeed on her own then it was a big one." I say and cross my arms.
"Outside." I hear Fletcher's voice in my head and I snap my head towards the window. Out on the back lawn I see Esther with the spineless worm Finn, and my brothers in tow.
"Oh good." I say darkly as the other look out the window too.
"Just who is been wanting to see."