AN: Sorry this has been crazy, I've been starting some new story ideas so this one got left to the side a little but no worries, I'll be trying to update more frequently. As always please review and enjoy!
Antonia soon found herself behind the wheel of the car on her way to the house Klaus had sent all his Hybrids to. Klaus was on speaker phone, "He's still not back yet? Geez for a vampire he's slow as hell"
"He's probably brooding on his way which makes him slow, I am having fun in his booze cabinet though almost makes the waiting worth it" Klaus chuckled on the other end.
"Steal me some good whiskey while you're there" Antonia joked as she turned off the highway. "What color is the house again?"
"It's a gray I believe. Thanks again for going to keep the Hybrids' moral up and in the loop" Klaus thanked his mate.
"I'm here to help Klaus you know that, I'd do anything for you" Antonia confessed as she looked down at the phone smiling at the photo of Klaus that appeared in its background.
"Tony is waiting your arrival and will help you and show you the works on what they've been doing"
"Alright we'll I think I'm here so I'll talk to you later" Antonia said as she turned into the driveway.
"Be safe my love"
"I will you be safe too" Antonia ended the call, getting out the car she started to make her way up to the front door. It was eerily quiet, there didn't appear to be anyone home, no lights or sounds were coming from the house. Pushing her hair behind her ears she knocked hard on the door anxiously waiting.
It was nearly a minute before some answered the door, "You're Klaus' girl?" A tall man asked as he swung open the door leaving the screen door shut. His eyes racked over her body and Antonia questioned her choice of clothing that clung tight to her body.
"Uh yes that's me, nice to meet you. Can I come in?" Antonia answered shifting on her feet feeling uncomfortable under the man's gaze who looked less than pleased to have her there.
"Sure, I guess" He answered abruptly turning on his heel leaving the screen door shut as he walked away. Figuring she was good to go Antonia opened the screen door letting herself in following after the Hybrid. The house was plainly decorated with the basic furnishings and few decorations.
"Is Tony around?" Antonia asked while walking behind the man who stopped in the living room. The dining room table was covered with papers, maps, and written documents. Both the inside and outside of the house seemed to be nicely kept up but not very distinctive obviously meant to blend in to the surrounding homes.
The man made an no discernable sound of confirmation, "Here's the papers that Klaus wanted"
"All of this?" Antonia asked gesturing to the piles of papers, it looked daunting she wasn't going to lie she had no idea where to start.
"Too much?" The Hybrid patronized.
"Oh, fuck off Greg, give the girl a break it's not like she's the reason we had to leave" A female voice said defending her. Antonia turned around to come face to face with a slender blonde, "Hi I'm Jessica, you must be Antonia" The girl stuck her hand out to shake.
Antonia shook it, "That's me, nice to meet you. So, this is all the data we have on new werewolf packs?"
"This would be all of it. I was trying to sort it from past to most recent sightings but I never finished. I can help you with it if you'd like?" The hybrid offered pulling a seat up to sit at the dining room table.
"Sure, I'd love help. I'm not entirely sure how to do this anyway" Antonia admitted sitting eyeing the man who huffed walking away.
"Don't take it personally, Greg really liked Mystic Falls and he's just salty we had to leave because of that fucking vampire"
Antonia picked up some papers looking at them for a second before commenting, "It's fine, he's reasonably upset, I would be just as salty if I was him"
"This is really forward but are you really Klaus' mate?" Jessica asked as she worked on sorting peaking at the black-haired girl beside her.
"Uh yeah I am, I'm really his mate" Antonia laughed at the weirdness but a smile spread quickly across her face.
"That's crazy"
"What that I'm his mate?"
"No, not that just that mates are a real thing. I mean granted I didn't even know I was a werewolf until a few months ago but mates that's like some real crazy supernatural stuff"
"Yeah, it's hard to wrap your head around something like that"
"So, what do we actually do with all of this after we sort it all?" Jessica asked, "I wasn't really paying attention when I was told to sort"
"Well I'm supposed to pick at least three more packs that we are going to persuade to becoming Hybrids"
"Oh okay, that's basically what I figured" The girl laughed at herself. Antonia heard the creaking of the ceiling above, no doubt where most of the Hybrids were hanging out. Klaus had mentioned that nearly fifteen of them were staying in the house. She wondered if they would come down or if she should go introduce herself but mostly she wondered if Tony was up there.
The two women worked through most of the papers, tracking notes and maps for the next few hours in silence but Antonia had a burning question on her mind she couldn't get off.
"What did it feel like?" Jessica gave her a questioning look so Antonia continued, "becoming a Hybrid?"
"It was painful, it was like turning for the first time all over again but I feel better than anything now" Jessica paused taking a deep breath as if she was reliving those moments all over again, "Becoming a hybrid freed me from feeling trapped and bound to the moon, being essentially immortal is the best feeling. I also gained an entire family in the process. It changed my life for the better, I owe everything to Klaus now, he freed me from chains I wasn't even able to see I had"
"Wow" was all Antonia managed to say, surprised at the openness of the Hybrid, "I had no idea that becoming a Hybrid meant all that to you"
"It means that to most of us, even Greg not that he'd show it" Jessica scoffed at the thought of the hybrid.
"I don't know about you but I'm starting to get hungry, how does ordering in or starting dinner sound?" Antonia suggested.
"I'm handy in the kitchen if we want to make something? We could make homemade pizzas, everyone loves pizzas?"
"I like your thinking!"
The entire group an hour later had been enticed to come down stairs through the aroma of fresh basil and baking pizzas. There were eight Hybrids in total, five of them were men and three women.
