First off I'd like to apologize that I missed two weeks worth of updates like I said it was a possibility that because of finals which are now officially done I can update again. Priorities come first.
You know that line in Terminator 2: Judgement Day where Arnie says he wants a vacation well after what happened to Hayden last night this was his 'I need a vacation!' moment. Looks like Dr. Frankenstein got her monster back on his feet after coming back from the dead….AGAIN!!!
Honestly as much as Hayden wants to let loose and just be the one to say it that, would it kill Esther to stay dead…unfortunately there is a pointless irony to that line. Because apparently it would kill her over and over again. Even if it means becoming completely hooked on the little hobby of possession, namely one of his good friends you know a little witch by the name of Bonnie Bennett.
She'd been too busy hearing it from Damon and Stefan that she was being hard on herself.
More than she needed to in his opinion. While he's kinda passively careless from time to time when a lot of the fucked up supernatural back from the dead shit like this starts going down often as it has been.
Hayden decided to try and distract himself. By helping Rebekah out with the clean up committee which consisted of her, himself, Matt, and Caroline.
But bad luck strikes again, not as bad as finding out there's a ruthless vampire hunter out to get the originals, which means lights out for him, Tyler, and the a few of rest of his friends if he gets that thing in Klaus' empty chest.
After arriving 30 minutes early…hey what can he say he likes to get a jump on things. He got started in the lounge area where he started taking down the extra chairs and tables, and after about 20 minutes or so Rebekah showed up slightly taken aback by his early arrival. That's when Matt showed but one phone call from work was all it took to get his ass out the door and back to the Mystic Grill. That's typical Matt, but hey can you blame the guy he's human and needs a steady paycheck.
That's when Caroline walks in a little bit later looking like she just got off the phone with someone while Hayden Carrie's the long table in his hands to the corner where all the others were currently stacked.
Caroline looks around and notices a certain blonde ex-boyfriend that's also a human that should be here helping clean up.
"Where is Matt?" She asks Rebekah whose currently picking up the trash and recycling on the tables still standing.
"He bailed, got called into work at the last minute." Rebekah answers the girl without turning around.
Caroline drops her hands to her sides looking at her in disbelief. "Are you kidding me?"
Hayden starts folding up another table. "Hey! I think I should be insulted by that, Forbes? I'm here aren't I, does nobody appreciate quality over quantity?" Putting in that morning sarcasm, well about half of it that is.
Both Rebekah and Caroline roll their eyes at that.
"I mean come on Considering that I missed the dance and given that my ass wasn't here to help you out, and for things to get even better…Esther hijacked Bonnie's mind long enough to screw us over by getting hunter/vampire Alaric back online and out to get us, gotta say Rebekah as far as moms go, death just seems to be kicking yours on her ass right back out again and again, huh?" Hayden comments.
"Esther is quite persistent like I've always said, these days I'm not entirely sure what it will take to get her to cease and desist from her personal vendetta against us meeting our annihilation." The blonde original states.
"Still, I guess when ya really think about it a lot of not normal shit starts happening so much around here that it becomes the new normal so in that sense I don't really have any excuses Caroline." Hayden explains.
"Well I guess you get a pass considering that it isn't exactly your fault when your juju'd by a ancient witch that's hell bent on killing her kids and you get caught up in the middle of it." Caroline admits. Trying to lighten the mood.
Hayden gives a sarcastic 'I'm touched' gesture putting one hand over his heart giving a small gasp and awe.
"Oh stop, Caroline. You're too sweet on little old me." Hayden exaggerates.
Caroline groans at his annoying antics, especially this early in the morning.
"So it's just us?" Caroline repeats.
Hayden just nods with a 'Mmm Hmm' following behind that.
"Yes indeed, and you're late. Clean-up committee started at 8 o'clock this morning." Rebekah chastises.
Caroline scrunches her eyebrows in confusion, looking down at her phone for the time.
"It's like 8:02." She says, unsure of what the problem is.
"Exactly. I managed to turn up on time and I didn't even get to attend the dance that I organized." Rebekah explains to the peppy blonde.
Rebekah then walks past Caroline who pockets her phone and turns to follow the blonde. Who is currently emptying the recycling.
Caroline gives a sigh, "I'm sorry about your mom." She bluntly tells the original out of the blue, grabbing her attention almost immediately.
"I mean, I know you, like, hated her and everything, but still…I'm sorry." She elaborates.
Rebekah seems a bit touched by this. Even Hayden who's currently watching the moment play out seeing where it goes, considering how rare this is.
"I'm sorry about your teacher. He seemed like a nice guy." Rebekah replies expressing her own sympathies to Caroline who nods in agreement.
"Yeah, he was."
Silence now occupies the lounge as the two girls just stare at each other for another minute before finally breaking the silence.
"I'm gonna get started on the gym." Rebekah tells them. Then walks out of the room kinda quickly.
Hayden sets down the current table, "You know what I'm gonna go see if she needs a hand or two." Holding up both hands to make his point to Caroline, who shakes her head.
Hayden quickly jogs up to Rebekah. "You know Rebekah, I could still be reeling back from your mom's little magic hangover spell, but were you and Caroline actually having a friends moment in there?" He asks almost in shock walking alongside her.
Rebekah gives him a look that shows she doesn't think it's funny. Swatting him playfully on the arm.
Hayden pretends to hurt and gives a little fake cry of pain.
"Ow!"
Rebekah just rolls her eyes at her best friend "Spare me the childish dramatic antics, Hayden. Don't be such a baby."
He arches an eyebrow at that, "Hey, thought that was your job, I mean have you seen yourself the last time you didn't get what you were after and threw that bratty little original vampire temper tantrum ya got…yeah, I'm pretty sure you're still the drama queen right up there competing with Caroline which is another reason why I can see the two of you getting along so well, that's a girls night I'd pay big money to see happen."
Rebekah gives something between a scoff and a giggle as she actually hits him this time…playfully but still, she hits him on the arm.
They both share a laugh.
However their friendly little moment is interrupted by a harsh flash of reality as a figure that comes in the form of the not-so-dead Alaric Saltzman turned vampires hunter-hunter…or some shit like that. And in his hand is Hayden and Rebekah's least favorite toy, the upgraded white oak stake.
Both of them stop where they stand, Rebekah looks in shock and even a little fright especially at the sight of that goddamn white oak stake.
Hayden on the other hand is looking at him with a hard glare that could burn a hole through a wall.
And judging by the look on Alaric's face he wasn't here to hang out like friends do on their average weekend.
Hayden immediately tenses your at the sight of him as his eyes flash yellow and black with an audible growl.
Rebekah snaps out of her shocked expression.
"You're supposed to be dead." She says barely above a whisper.
"I am."
Alaric looks at her before he rushes her blurring right at her with the white oak stake ready to pierce her heart through and through.
Luckily, Hayden catches his arm and let's out a roar bearing his fangs at the newborn vampire hunter slamming him against the lockers giving a few left crosses and blows to the gut, then trying to pry the stake from his grip as the two flip each other around until Alaric pins Hayden against the lockers and raised the stake ready to send him to the other side…literally.
That's when two girls on either side of the hunter, Rebekah and Caroline who heard the noise out in the hall and came to check it out. They forcibly yank Alaric away and push him up against the lockers on the other side of the hallway.
Hayden sees that Alaric dropped the white oak stake and grabs it and blurs over to where the girls have him and rams it right in his chest or a bit below.
The three of them back away and watch but see nothing happening. That's when Alaric groans as he start to pull the stake out slowly.
Hayden nods to himself looking worried, "And that's our exit cue…come on let's bolt!" The hybrid warns the girls as they follow his warning Rebekah is the first to exit the build followed by Hayden and they head straight for the tree line when they come to a stop Hayden looks back for Caroline only to find that she isn't there. Hayden walks back moving a low branch out of the way to see Caroline is fumbling with her car keys only to have Alaric sneak up from behind and snaps her neck.
Rebekah comes around from behind the tree and watches as Alaric who's sizzling for the sunlight his skin burning slightly and fighting through the pain as he drags Caroline's unconscious body back into the school.
Hayden shakes his head and sighs looking to Rebekah, "Get outta here Rebekah, warn the others that Alaric's here, I'm going back in for Caroline."
Before Hayden can move Rebekah roughly grabs his arm keeping him from moving.
"Have you gone mad?! In case you weren't very perceptive during our little confrontation he has the white oak stake a nasty hinderance that I just can't seem to avoid that can actually kill me, so do forgive me if I don't seem as persistent to go to her rescue as you are." She admits.
"You really don't think I know that, that's why I want you to high tail it outta here and get the others until we got Alaric put down, just…lay low, okay." Hayden tells the blonde.
"You certain you want to go in after her?" Rebekah checks with him, genuinely concerned for her best friend's in fact her…only friend's well being.
Hayden gives her a look that says 'thanks for the concern'.
"I'd do the same for you, and hopefully you would for me, but can't say I'd blame you if you didn't, sometimes you gotta look out for #1, but that day ain't today for me." He tells her with pride.
With a whoosh and a blur Rebekah is gone and Hayden heads straight for the building after Alaric and Caroline.
Hayden follows the scent to whether you can believe it or not, Alaric's classroom. Wow, what another cliche!
Hayden enters slowly and cautiously, ready to go full on attack mode at any given moment.
He enters the room to see the twisted psychopathic vampire hunter-hunter sitting at his desk just chilling. When he catches Alaric's attention.
"Aw, well well well, look who it is the rogue hybrid coming to your rescue." Alaric laments carelessly to Caroline. Twirling around in his chair with the white oak stake in his hand.
Hayden notices she is currently gagged with what look like burn marks around her mouth, while his nose picks up an all too familiar scent in the air coming from Caroline. Only one word comes to the hybrid's mind.
Vervain!
Immediately he figured that the gag must be soaked in it. As well as the pencils currently jammed in her hands.
Alaric notices where Hayden's gaze is at and looks over to Caroline who is whimpering from the burning pains fighting against the urge to cry.
It brings a familiar pain to Hayden's own chest to see her like this, before Rebekah showed up and became his new bestie. Caroline was always someone he could talk to when he needed to, which wasn't often because even then he was still a stubborn son of a bitch, which he's proud of.
Alaric smirks to himself to see the rogue powerless, unsure what to do, really overall…useless right now.
He turns back to Hayden, "Admiring my handiwork?" Giving that irritating smirk that makes Hayden want to punch this bastard's new fangs right out.
Hayden only smirks in response giving his head a slight tilt, "Maybe, I mean if we're doing show and tell, I'd be very happy to show you my art skills, and honestly as much as I want to use you as an example by brutally mutilating your ass beyond the point of recognition I'm gonna take a hard pass on that." He tells his former friend and history teacher.
Alaric chuckles, "You know Hayden you really aren't living up to that whole 'Rogue Hybrid' name that's been flying around, you're just a parasite and coward that just pretends to be a tough guy. But if it's any consolation you are living up to one saying though." He points out.
"And what the hell may that be?" He asks not really giving any shits at the moment.
"Your bark is worse than your bite." Alaric answers.
Hayden gives a humorless laugh. "Wow, you should really give up your hunting career and try being a comedian since you think you're such a funny guy." He suggests, sarcasm clear as always.
Alaric gives a look that makes it seem he's actually thinking about it. "Maybe I will after wiping out The Originals along with all of you monsters in the process."
Hayden chuckles at that, "Now that right there is a good one, us," pointing between himself and Caroline, "Monsters…You know if you want to see a real monster all you need to do is just look in a mirror." He advises.
Alaric points the stake at Hayden with a dangerous look in his eyes that means no more fooling around.
"If you want to stay alive I think you'd better shut that mouth of yours now, Kerbex." Alaric warns lowly.
Hayden seems unfazed by the threat.
"Please you're just gonna kill me anyways when you gut the originals, what fucking difference does it make?"
"Go sit down and if you try and free her…she dies first." Alaric orders pointing towards the desks.
If this were any other scenario, Hayden wouldn't roll over or say uncle. But he doesn't gamble when the odds are stacked against him, with Caroline's life in the pot.
He does so and walks over to Caroline and bends down so they are eye level. He looks at her concerned.
"You okay?"
Caroline nods, truthfully she isn't with the vervain and pencils burning her, but for the current situation where she is still breathing, yeah she's fine.
"I'm gonna get ya out of here, okay?" He assures her. He then moves and sits himself down in the desk behind her eyeing Alaric dangerously making sure he doesn't try anything or he'll shove that stake somewhere where the sun can't shine.
After another minute Alaric gets him and starts walking towards them and pulls out his phone.
"I think it's time we called out last guest for today here don't you think?" He asks rhetorically.
Dialing the number he brings the phone up to his ear.
"Whoever this is, it isn't funny." The voice on the other end of the line says rather seriously.
Hayden with his hearing recognizes that voice anywhere, it's Elena.
"Who else would it be?" Alaric questions.
Elena on the other end halts and feels a chill run up her spine.
"Ric?" She whispers as if she was talking to a ghost.
"Listen closely, I'm at the school, I've got Caroline and Hayden, and if you want them to stay alive I need you to get into your car and come down here right away. If you tell anyone where you are going, I will kill them." Alaric instructs and then hangs up.
Hayden fixes him a severe glare with his fist being clenched.
"You wanna bet that I'll let you do that?" Hayden warns.
Alaric just smirks and says nothing.
About fifteen minutes later Elena arrives running into the classroom and spots Caroline tied down and Hayden right behind her free but looks restrained somehow.
"Caroline! Let her go Alaric." Elena demands.
He just passively waves her off. "Free her yourself."
Elena stands there for a moment seeing what the catch is before moving to help Caroline. Hayden also takes this opportunity to get off his ass and process to try and pull the pencils out of her hands as does Elena.
Caroline whimpers as the pain stings her, when suddenly hands come slamming down on top of Caroline's causing her to scream as the pencils are jammed back in.
Elena jumps back while Hayden's eyes flash yellow and he growls and raises his fist ready to throw a punch.
Alaric see this and with lighting fast speed he aims the stake right over Caroline's heart.
"Move and she's dead!" Alaric warns.
Hayden is really going to need a punching bag because he desperately feels the urge to let loose on something right now or he might explode.
Hayden does so and lowers his fist taking a step back.
"Good doggie." Alaric smirks.
Hayden flips him the bird. "Fuck you!"
"You said that you would let her go." Elena complains.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Elena? Stop trusting vampires and hybrids." Alaric chastises.
"Sit down both of you." Alaric demands.
Elena easily complies not wanting to see anything happen to Caroline. For Hayden it takes longer since he's much more prideful.
Alaric sets the stake down and then takes the gag out of Caroline's mouth.
She looks like she's on the verge of crying.
"Alaric, please stop, please!" She begs.
Alaric ignores her and dips the part of the gag that was in her mouth into the vervain beaker. Then brings it back to her mouth.
"No, don't, please don't." She whimpers.
"Alaric stop!" Elena demands standing up to him, literally.
Alalric just pushes her back into her seat roughly. "Sit down."
Hayden who is behind Alaric is shaking like a volcano ready to explode.
"This keeps the vervain in her system," He tells her. "It's like inhaling razor blades with every breath." Bringing the gag back over her mouth.
He tugs it tight with a bit of smoke and a small sizzle.
Caroline sobs as the burns get to her.
Elena tries to comfort her but rubbing her hand over her arm.
"Why are you doing this?" Elena asks unsure of what his goal even is.
"To make it easier on you, when you put her out of her misery." Alaric answers.
"What are you talking about?" Hayden questions completely oblivious.
Elena shakes her head. "What No!" She states.
Alaric tilts his head confused, "Isn't this what you wanted, Elena?" He quires.
"For me to teach you how to kill a vampire?" He elaborates.
Pointing the thick end of the stake at Caroline. "Well, here's a vampire, Elena."
He then offers Elena the stake. "Kill her."
"This isn't what I want." Elena grits through her teeth mad as hell.
"Of course it is." Alaric shoots down.
"All these hours you spent training, getting stronger…you could be a hunter, Elena. But you've never actually staked a vampire through the heart."
The two of them are interrupted by the sound of Hayden chuckling from the back of the classroom.
Alaric looks at him confused and slightly irritated.
"Something funny to you, Kerbex?"
Hayden nods in-between chuckles. "Oh hilarious, you talk a big game about taking down vampires and yet you're too much of a pussy to skip the basics and throw her right into some real action."
"Why not teach her how to take them down when they come a lot bigger, are less defenseless, and very…very pissed off, a real challenge." Hayden offers standing up.
Hayden just continues to glare a Alaric before the corner of his mouth tugs into a smirk. Two can play at this game.
"You told my you know your western classics right, Alaric?" Hayden questions.
Elena, Caroline, even Alaric all look confused as to where this is coming from.
Hayden doesn't give the man time to answer. "Of course you do, well you remember the 'The Cowboys' 1972 with western actor legend, John Wayne. Well remember that one scene, where Bruce Dern is playing with him and the cowboys and then tells him to pick up his own gun but no matter how much he threatens him he doesn't do shit…answer pride, stubborn pride, and I ain't gonna be made anyones bitch and I ain't playing your fucking game, ya got it."
That's when Alaric return the cocky expression. "You also remember, that Bruce Dern also killed John Wayne shortly after that right?" Alaric points out hinting at what might happen to Hayden or possibly one of the girls.
Hayden gives a side nod, "True but your forgetting two things. One, Wayne kicked Dern's ass all the way to hell and back before he took the cowards way and shot him several times. And two, this ain't a movie so I think I'll write my own script where it ends with you begging me for mercy knowing that I'll show you the same kind you're showing Caroline…none!" He clarifies.
Hayden already is expecting a blow or cliche of some kind in an attempt to rile him up, but he ain't doing shit until he gets Caroline outta here and far far away from this guy.
"How about we play a little game? Just to make things more interesting." Alaric suggests.
"Stand up." Hayden just glared, but still played along for Caroline's sake and maybe even Elena's. Hey despite not taking sides a little while ago with all that Originals drama. When Esther took her first crack at her kids. Back at the ball you know around the time that he lost his virginity to one smoking hot vampire, Rebekah Mikaelson. Aw good times, good times!!
"Here is what your going to do, Elena," Alaric says as he yanks Elena from her seat and forces the white oak stake into her hand.
"You've got two choices, either kill Caroline and I'll let Hayden live…for now, or you can like he suggested take on a real challenge and kill him and Caroline lives instead."
"And do note that if you refuse to choose then I'll kill them both slowly and very painfully." Alaric snidely states.
Elena starts to shudder and looks to Caroline and then Hayden before letting out something between a grunt and a war cry and tries to stake Alaric instead as he easily catches her hand.
"I thought I taught you better than that?" Alaric chastises.
Elena gives a smirk, "You did…HAYDEN NOW!!"
Without warning the hybrid does what he does best and goes rogue letting out a loud roar and rushes at Alaric who is caught off guard and smashes the beaker of vervain on the hunter's face as he falls to his knees crying out in pain as the vervain burns him and Hayden's hand as well but it's worth it to finally stick it to the son of a bitch.
He delivers a few punches as he pins Alaric to the ground.
"Elena get her out of her, Now!" Hayden urges the doppelgänger who is quickly trying to free Caroline.
Once she does so Hayden is squeezing the life out of Alaric by the throat, but the hunter manages to get ahold of the white oak stake and punches a hole into the side of Hayden's neck breaking the rogue's concentration for a moment which is all Alaric needs to kick him off and then blurs over to the boy and quickly snaps his neck before he can react.
What feels like only a few minutes later Hayden wakes up giving the usual groan and neck pain to go with it and then immediately remembers the situation. In the next instant he's onto his feet and at the door out into the hall where he sees a lifeless Stefan and Damon on the ground with Alaric currently fighting with Klaus.
Okay, he doesn't even want to know how that happened.
"Hayden, attack me!" The voice belonging to Elena says out of the blue to his left.
The hybrid shakes his head in response to that, "What?"
"You have to attack me, drink my blood if you have to." Elena
Hayden scoffs, "Are you serious right now?"
"Just do it, Hayden, trust me." Elena orders, and he complies.
That when Hayden grips Elena's throat, "Yoo Hoo! Alaric?" He sing-songs.
Alaric turns his head to find Hayden with his left hand on Elena's throat, and his right on her arm.
"Hey, how ya doing? You see Elena here has cooked up a theory about you, and I really think you oughta listen, cause your currently worthless life may actually depend on it." Hayden advises snidely.
Alaric looks to Elena, "There's a reason why Esther used me to make you, isn't there?" She assumes.
Alaric just looks at her blankly.
"She didn't want you to be immortal. So she tied your life to a human one…mine. That way you only have one lifespan to kill all vampires and then you'll be gone. So when I die you'll die to, that's it, it has to be!" Elena theorizes.
Alaric just grunts, "You're wrong." He deadpans.
Elena raises her eyebrows, "Am I?" She says challengingly.
"If you couldn't kill a vampire, then you definitely don't have what it takes to kill yourself." Alaric claims.
"You got a point there, and your right she doesn't have the balls to shut herself down…I on the other hand do have some balls of steel when it comes to getting my hands dirty." Hayden tells him, with a satisfied smirk written on his face awaiting victory.
"He's right, after all he's an Omega he doesn't exactly stick to one side for very long, and even better he's a rogue he'll kill me and he'll make it quick, the choice is yours Ric…let him go," gesturing to Klaus "Or Hayden kills me." Elena presents the ultimatum.
"So here's the situation right now Alaric in case you weren't listening, you kill Klaus and I die, or I kill Elena and you die. Practically, like a western showdown, which leaves only one question…who's gonna be the first to strike?"
Hayden extends his fangs as his eyes turn his mouth near her neck, he looks to Alaric who looks about this close to saying uncle.
"Draw!" Hayden taunts.
Alaric does nothing except keeping that stake right above a defenseless Klaus, who's watching the situation unfold itself.
Hayden makes his move as he digs his fangs into Elena's neck drawing blood.
That does it for Alaric who is not frantically begging Hayden to stop.
What the hunter doesn't see is Klaus taking advantage of this slight distraction knocking Alaric off and then blurs ripping Hayden off of Elena grabbing her and then taking off.
Hayden follows shortly after Klaus but loses him quickly.
However after 5-10 minutes of following the scent Hayden's phone starts going off and picks it up.
"Hello?"
"Hayden is that you?" The voice on the other end turning out to be Tyler Lockwood asks.
"No this is just his non-rogue hybrid self that's currently taking his calls until the real one gets back from his vacation in Hawaii…YES ITS ME! What do you want Ty? I'm a little busy here Klaus bolted and snatched Elena. I've got to find her before he starts butchering her." Hayden tells him.
"I know, that's why I'm calling, she's here at his mansion, and he still thinks that I'm sired to him, and I need some help." Tyler states.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Afterword Hayden hangs up and speed his way over to the Mikaelson Mansion.
In good time he arrives at the big ass palace and finds Tyler waiting for him. The two go in and they both find Elena strapped down to a chair with blood tubes hooked up to her arms and blood bags filling up with the dark red substance.
Hayden immediately knows what this is about, Klaus wants to 'cash out' while he's still ahead and go back to cranking out some more hybrids, but if he recalls that recipe the key ingredient is doppelgänger blood or otherwise he ain't got nothing.
Tyler begins to help Elena out of the chair but that's when Hayden and him notice Klaus standing off to the side several feet away.
He's finally put 22 together.
"Well so much for that sire bond." Klaus deadpans.
Tyler stands up and takes a few steps towards Klaus who walks over to his two successful hybrids, now turned utter failures.
"I'm not your little bitch anymore." Tyler yells with smug defiance like butter at Klaus.
"Feels good to finally be able to say that to him doesn't it." Hayden smirks turning to Tyler before looking back to Klaus. "Looks like your last attack dog finally broke his shock collar, too bad, so sad well not for us at least, just for you really." Klaus fixes the rogue a severe glare at those words.
"Apparently your memory span is severely damaged, need I remind you that there is still a bargain we still have that you have yet to uphold that I am currently and sorely tempted to nullify should you push me, boy." Klaus grits through his teeth adding a low growl.
Hayden holds his hands up "Hold on there for a minute cowboy, last I checked that contract's section on rules and regulations it didn't say shit about helping out a fellow hybrid out of a jam." He points out. "Or bailing out an old friend and former crush from being squeezed for what she's worth to your either."
Klaus smirks temporarily turning his attention towards Tyler, itching to know one thing that's currently on his mind.
"How did you break the sire bond?" He asks the former jock and bully.
"By breaking every bone in my body a hundred times for the girl I love." Tyler simply replies.
Klaus' expression turns grim, "it's impossible." He whispers.
"Is it?" Tyler wonders halfheartedly.
He then jerks his thumb towards Hayden, "Because you made him before you made me, and Hayden sure as hell didn't kiss you feet, since he's an Omega."
Hayden points towards Tyler, "Thanks for the reminder, you know honestly, Ty may not have gone rogue like me, which is good for two reasons one being if there are anymore rogues then it just steals my thunder making me stand out less, and two being is that he knows the discipline of what it takes to break his collar and bond to you." He summarizes.
Tyler told his head in agreement, "that's possibly, or maybe real love is stronger than fake loyalty. But what would you know about that?" He questions getting up in Klaus' face.
"You should be thanking me, I gave you purpose, I took away your misery." Klaus defends.
"You didn't give a crap about me, you just didn't want to be alone!" Tyler yells out.
Hayden wanted to give Tyler a Pat on the back for that one. Klaus really needed to hear it.
Tyler turns around and goes to help untie Elena from the chair and slowly helps her up seeing as Klaus has drained her quite well of blood so she's a little drowsy right now.
That's when Klaus attacks Tyler an Elena hits her head on the floor.
"Goodbye Tyler." Klaus bid farewell as Hayden catches his arm pulling Klaus off of Tyler and throwing him across the other side of the room.
"Yeah, I don't think so, big boy." The rogue tells off the original.
Klaus gets to his feet and breaks one of the chairs and grabs the broken leg and in a blur grabs Hayden and returns the favor by throwing him against the wall with a loud thud, then in a blur uses one hand to keep him pinned down while using the other to drive the makeshift stake into his stomach.
Hayden groans out his face visibly strained.
Klaus give a sadistic joyful grin at the rogue's pain.
"As of now you can consider our contract officially terminated. For your acts of insubordination and treason against me I hereby sentence you to death…as well as your dearly beloved grandmother who will share the same fate, need not worry for your poor attempts uphold your end I'll grant you the small mercy of dying first so you don't have to watch what becomes of her." Klaus taunts arrogantly.
A burst of energy and rage rises within the rogue and uses his hand to snap Klaus's wrist against his chest. And pulls out the wooden stake.
Suddenly two blurs that take the form of Stefan and Damon appear each grabbing a hold on either side of Klaus and pulling him away Tyler joins in replacing Stefan who sinks his hand right into Klaus' chest the original hybrid yells in pain.
A minute later Stefan and Klaus lock eyes as if the two feel something for a moment. Then weirdly Klaus starts to turn a pale grey all around as the veins become visible and then slumps to the ground lifeless, but not dead because we all know what would happen if he was.
Hayden now fully healed, walks over and looks down on Klaus with Stefan and feels a sense of pride and relief knowing that Klaus is finally out of his hair.
After leaving the mansion he got a call from Caroline telling him to meet over at Elena's place where there was a party of some kind. Booze, ice cream, more booze…yep this is definitely a victory party.
Hayden thinks about pouring himself a glass but given the kind of day he's had with both the good and the bad, he wouldn't mind feeling a little buzz right about now. Swiping the bottle itself and taking a few swigs.
Elena who shorty just arrived takes notice of this.
"I thought you didn't drink, Hayden?" Elena quires surprised.
The rogue just shrugs, "Special victories call for special exceptions, and I'd say finally putting Klaus in his place calls for a fucking celebration!" He cheers raising his bottle of whisky and slamming it.
The others just chuckle as his cheery spirit.
They each raise a glass, "To a Klaus-free life." They all cheer in unison clinking their glasses.
Hayden then sets the bottle down and walks off to grab his jacket.
"Well if you'll excuse me but I have something that I'd like to do that's long overdue." Starting to head out the door.
Caroline chased after him. "What do you mean? Where are you going?" She asks.
Hayden halts dead in his tracks and turned to her with a sweet smile.
"To see someone that I've missed for a long time now, enjoy your party."
Hayden couldn't wait another minute to go back and see her she he vamped his ass back to his grandma's house.
He stopped right in the front door and hesitated for a moment before giving a knock knock knock.
The door opened a minute later and was greeted with the sight of his grandma Sharon with her short grey hair and glasses. A sight that he's missed like you can't imagine.
"Oh hi, Hayden your back?" His grandma Sharon says with a smile.
Hayden didn't really get emotional, but in this case after all the shit that's been going on that he's been trying to keep her out of, all the constant fuck ups that he's dealt with, now that his number one nemesis is gone…hopefully for good. Once again he think he can give himself a pass.
Without warning Hayden takes a step forward and brings his arms around his grandma in a warm overdue hug as he buried his head into the crook of her neck. Barely able to keep his cool, emotions running hot and currently threatening to let loose. The overwhelming sensation of finally being able to come home…emotionally speaking you know with family and all of that was enough to bring tears of joy to his eyes.
"Yeah grandma…I'm back, I've missed you so much." Hayden manages to say barely able for anyone to hear, but she manages to hear him.
His grandma returns the hug rubbing small circles around his grandson's back soothing him.
"Oh, I've missed you too honey." She replies.
As they break apart from their hug, Hayden wipes away the stray tears trailing down his cheeks.
"You look happy to be back, did you see any good places with your friends?" She asks.
He chuckles, "Yeah there were some good places, but as Dorothy Gale told the world grandma, 'there's no place like home!'" Hayden quoted. Bit of a cliche…but at least it's a classic one, and their ain't nothing like the classics.
His grandma managed to give a small laugh, considering that was one of her favorite movies growing up.
That's when an epiphany hit him or more of a realization well there similar but both meet at the same end. If things do go to shit again and he has to protect her, then it's better that she knows the truth. On top of that she's family and family don't keep secrets like this unless it's the price that has to be paid to keep them safe.
Hayden's already been there and done that where when he was off with Katherine over almost a month or two ago he doesn't really keep track of time. Klaus was able to get to her and he was lucky enough to cut a deal which is gone now.
Considering the unpredictability that always right down the road in the future, he may as well take a chance if it makes him feel closer to his only family again. Up next, trying his luck on the leap of faith, Hayden Kerbex.
Hayden is brought back down to earth at the sound of his grandma's sweet voice.
Hayden is now sitting at the table in the kitchen he realizes.
"What is it, Hayden? You know you can tell me
anything, right?" She encourages.
Hayden just nods.
"I know that grandma it's just…this is different, so you might wanna sit down for this." He suggests.
She does so planting herself in the chair at the table.
Taking his grandma's hand into his own sitting across from him. Looking into her eyes and takes a deep breath to calm down.
"There's something you need to know, grandma."
The only question left is where does he even fucking start?
Sorry, originally I wanted it to be longer but like I said I don't want to copy the entire episode unless I have to, so I cut a few corners but hey I didn't want to make you guys wait anymore then you already have.
Again I'm sorry but like I keep saying depending on the episode and the current flow of the story everything is up in the air. But I at least aim for a minimum of 3k words per chapter.
IMPORTANT!!! As of now I am officially on break but only for 1 week this time instead of 2 but the first half of next week will be spent towards looking for places for up upcoming field experience internship class in the spring. Also unfortunately the next quarter I'm back to 2 classes again and both of them go for the full 11 weeks so that means double the work again and still trying to handle my internship application responsibilities. So updating 1 chapter every week might become 1 chapter every other week. Like I say I'll try.
But believe this for sure if nothing else that I will finish this story no matter what because it's my masterpiece and as long as people keep commenting, favoriting, and following it I'll never stop writing no matter how long it takes.
I'll try to get one more chapter out by early this next week to make up for lost time or at least maybe the beginning of this next week and 2 more late next week but 1 a week is always my goal. Again I make no promises.
Just a heads up though so it gives something for all of you too look forward too that Katherine is back in the next chapter and something happens that brings Hayden and her closer…but how close?
Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Until next time!