We arrive back at the house. Caroline is asleep on the couch. Tyler picks her yp and carries her up to a room. The rest of us all head to bed after a hard day behind us.
The next day Nik wakes up to a phone call from Stefan.
"Stefan! Miss me already?" He answers, while smiling at me. He runs his fingers through my hair it's one of those rare moments where we get to relax, and the kids aren't awake.
"I'm just calling to thank you for my freedom," Stefan says.
"Oh, I like to believe I'm a man of my word more or less," Nik replies.
"The thing is it came at too high of a price. You took everything from me, Klaus," Stefan tells him. I give Nik a worried look.
"Let bygones be bygones, trust me. Resentment gets old." He says.
"You know what never gets old? Revenge." Stefan says with an evil voice.
"No!" Nik yells bolting out of bed. Slamming our door open. I run after him to the kid's rooms. The windows are open the kids beds empty. I immediately start to cry. Nik pulls me into his chest kissing the top of my head.
"What's the matter, Klaus? Missing something?" Stefan taunts.
"What are you doing?" Nik asks.
"Just enjoying my freedom," Stefan says in a cocky tone.
"I will kill you and everyone you've ever met," Nik threatens.
|You do that, and you will never see your kids again. I wonder Klaus, as someone who has been one step ahead for a thousand years… are ou prepared for this?" Stefan hangs up with that. I sob harder into his chest. He tries to sooth me. Finn and Sage come in wondering what all the commotion is.
"Oh my god, where are they?" Sage asks bolting to each of the kid's room with tears in her eyes.
"Stefan has them." Nik tells them.
Sage starts to cry. Even Finn looks upset. Elijah and Kol walk in upset hearing what Nik said.
"We will get them back, brother," Elijah tells Nik while putting his hand on his shoulder in solidarity.
I know they will also have to find Bekah.
"Get Bekah back as well. Also check on Ester's coffin. I have a feeling he took that as well." I say putting myself back together.
There is no time to cry. I need to find my kids and bring them home safe and sound. Crying won't help that as all.
"I would imagine so as well," Nik says agreeing with me.
He heads out to go check on Ester's coffin, Sage makes me a cup of tea. I sit on the couch.
"I knew it was way too quiet. I thought the kids were just sleeping in because yesterday was existing, but Freya would never sleep in." I say beating myself up. "Why didn't I go check on them. I'm a horrible mother. I had a horrible feeling about Stefan. I should have trusted it."
"You're not a horrible mother, Tyra." Elijah says.
Tyler walks downstairs and looks at me. I probably look like a mess. He quickly runs over and pulls me into his arms.
"What happened?" He asks alarmed.
"It seems young Stefan has taken Thor, James and Freya," Elijah says.
"What!? No?!" Tyler exclaims outraged. "What do you need me to do? I bet the rest of the hybrids would be willing to help as well."
"Sit tight for now. I need to make a plan. For now, I have to meet Tony at the grill. He's good at tracking. Elijah, Tyra you two will come with me," Nik tells us coming back in the room.
"Ester's coffin gone?" Finn asks.
"Yes, it's gone. I'm less worried about that then my kids," he says.
"Why do you need Tyra and I to come?" Elijah asks.
"You will keep a level head I know that. I also want the Scooby gang to see how this is impacting Tyra. How broken up she is." He says.
"What do you want us to do?" Kol asks.
"Can you contact some witch friends and see if they can track one of my kids down?" Nik asks. "II will cash in every favour I have to have all three of them here safe and sound."
It makes my heart flutter that he thinks of James as his son. Caroline walks in and sees Tyler cuddling me. She gets angry and stomps her foot.
"Now, he has you keeping his baby mama's bed warm," she exclaims out of anger.
"I will excuse that disrespect to Tyra only once. Do not try that again though." Nik threatens.
She looks shocked then quickly covers it up.
"Caroline. Nik and Tyra's kids were kidnapped. She needed a hug." Tyler explains.
"What?!" She exclaims. "Her kids were taken. Why not tell the police?"
"One would your mom really want to help Nik find his kids?" I ask. "Two Stefan has them."
"We should get going. I don't want to be late to the meeting with Tony," Nik says taking my hand and helping me up. He doesn't let go of my hand as he leads me out to the car. Elijah follows behind him.
"Tyler why don't you go let Jeremy know about James. He's probably worried." I suggest on my way out.
"Sounds good," he agrees.
"Make yourself at home Caroline," I yell out to her.
We arrive at the grill in what seems like minutes. We walk in, there is Elena happy as ever. While my kids are probably scared. I start to cry again. Nik pulls me close into his chest. He puts hi chin on my head and rubs my back. He shushes me gently. Once I calm down again. I can see Elena staring at us. We walk towards Tony passing Elena and Damon.
"You gonna do this in the grill? In front of everyone? It's a little beneath you, don't you think?" Damon asks. We all turn to look at him.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I just come down to my local pub to meet up with a mate," Nik replies. "Get a round for us, would you Tony?"
He gives Tony a fifty and Tony goes to get the drinks. For some reason Elena looks shocked.
"I'm surprised you stuck around town long enough for happy hour," Damon says.
"My sister seems to be missing. I need to sort that out," Nik taunts him.
"Cute blonde bombshell, psycho. Shouldn't be too hard to find," Damon replies.
"Truth is I've grown to rather like your little town. Think I might fancy a home here. Oh, I imagine you're wondering how this is affecting you. The answer is not in the slightest. As long as I get what I want, and everyone behaves themselves you can go on living your little lives how ever you choose you have my word." Nik says.
"What more could you possibly want?" Elena asks.
"Well, for starters, you can tell me where I might find Stefan," he says.
"Stefan skipped town the second he saved your ass," Damon replies.
"That's a shame. You see your brother stole from me. I need him found so I can take back what is mine," Nik tells them.
"That sounds like a Klaus and Stefan problem," Elena says cockily.
"Ha. Well, this is me broadening the scope, sweetheart." He replies.
"This isn't just a Klaus and Stefan issue. It's actually a Tyra, police, and Stefan issue." I say narrowing my eyes at Elena. "So, I would find him cause, well him and Damon can avoid jail you can't" I turn around and walk to Tony with tears falling down my cheeks. Tony gives me a hug trying to offer me some support and comfort. Elijah and Nik follow behind me. We all sit down with Tony, Nik pulling me into his side. The boys sip on their drinks, I down mine in one go.
"Thank you so much for meeting me," Nik tells Tony.
"No problem, man. You know all of us love Tyra and the kids. The fact that they took your kids is not okay. Stefan seemed to forget that those kids aren't just yours. The Scooby gang seems to forget about Tyra easily." Tony tells us. "Oh, I thought you should know I ran into Elena during my morning run."
"That's why she looked so uncomfortable when she saw you." A
I say, as it dawns on me. "She probably has it in her head that it was planned. She's self centered that way."
"You're right." Elijah agrees. I guess he saw what I saw. "Maybe we can use that to our advantage."
"How?" I ask confused.
"By making her feel like she's being followed." Nik explains catching on.
"I can do that. I will also ask Mandy if she wants to help me catch a scent. Hopefully we can catch one and it will lead us right to them," Tony plans. I do hope he is right. I need mt kids back.
"Thank you so much, Tony. You have no idea how much this means to us." I say. "Oh, if you talk to Mindy before we do mention that we are hiring her contracting company to help build our house."
"It's no problem, Tyra. I know if it wasn't a vampire who took them you would have a police force behind you. I'll let her know," Tony says.
"I still plan to just to have a paper trail if I need. The Sheriff is supposed to meet me here," I tell him.
"That's smart," he remarks. I see the Sheriff come in. Damon goes over to talk to her.
"Liz, they are clearly just wanting attention. They have killed," Damon whines.
"My kids have killed? I have killed? I must have slept through that. Wanna tell me about it? I do apologize," I say sarcastically, covering up how upset I am. "Sheriff thank you for meeting me here. I wanted to report it as soon as I could."
"Why don't you tell me what happened as we walk back to your house. I'd like to see the scene of the crime." Sheriff says professionally.
Damon scoffs. "If a crime was even committed." He mumbles under his breath but still oud enough for us to hear. We ignore him and step out of the grill.
"How are you holding up?" She asks.
"I'm barely holding on. I want my babies back at home safe and sound."
"I will do my best to make sure that happens." She vows.
"So, what happened?"
"Well, Nik and I woke up to a phone call from Stefan. He was telling us that he took something important. We went into the kids' room and their beds were empty and the windows open. James's room was trashed like he fought back." I wipe tears that are streaming from my eyes.
"Stefan kidnapped your kids? Is there a chance they are playing hide in seek?"
"I have a three-year-old who's favourite thing is to jump out at his dad. He would have come out as soon as he saw Nik to jump on him. My sixteen-year-old is a little old for that. He would understand the gravity of the situation. My three-month-old can't walk or crawl. So I'm not sure how she would be able to play."
"I just have to ask to cover all the bases."
"I understand. I apologize. I'm just really worried and on edge. It seems people forget my kids aren't just Niklaus's kids. They also forget that Thor and Freya are way too young to understand what's going on. They have no idea what their dad has done they just see him as an amazing father, nothing else." I say ready to scream and cry.
We arrive at my house, and I invite her in. Kol is sitting in the living room making calls still. He even has a notebook and is taking notes. I bring the Sheriff upstairs to look at each of the kid's rooms.
"Nik and I only walked in and checked their beds." I say opening the door to Freya's room.
She looks around the room a bit them does the same for Thor's and James's.
"I will have to take pictures. I will grab the camera from the station and do that," she tells me.
She leaves and I head into the living room. I sit down with a big sigh.
"I'm surprised she's even entertaining this idea." Kol says hanging up the phone.
"She has to. It's her job. If she doesn't and I run this up the chain of command she can get in a lot of trouble' including but not limited to jail time for herself. She won't go to jail for Stefan. Especially with him acting as erratic as he is. I want to corner Stefan on all sides. I want him to trust no one," I reply.
"That's a smart and devious plan. You must be picking some stuff up from us, Mikaelson's." Kol says proudly. "I did get a few witches willing to help. I have a few trying tracking. One is willing to come to put a spell on the house, so it doesn't happen again," Kol has a smile on his face. "They aren't counting this as a favour either because it's about saving witch children."
"That's fantastic to hear."
Nik and Elijah come back, and we catch then up quickly. Sheriff comes back and takes pictures then leaves. Nik and I head to the mansion that Nik is renovating for everyone to move into. He apparently saw Mindy at the Grill and she got started right away. Mindy walks up to us as soon as we enter.
"Tell the Men to open up this wall. We need sun. I want a fortress not a dungeon." Nik tells her. She walks away to tell the guys. Tyler then walks in. "Here he is. Man of the hour!" He embraces Tyler.
I look at him confused. What is going on? What did I miss?
"So, everything went, okay?" Tyler asks him.
"Tony ran down Alaric instead of Jeremy, but apples, oranges, message lands the same." Nik says nonchalantly.
"What did you just say?" I dare him to repeat himself. He smartly keeps quiet. "Did you say that Tony was supposed to run over Jeremy? An innocent child like my babies. You know the one's Tony is supposed to be out looking for!" I am right pissed off.
"Don't worry Tyra. He was compelled so he wouldn't have felt it," Niklaus says.
"Because compelling him is so much better. What happens when it wore off?" I exclaim absolutely outraged. "You know what I don't want to hear it." I turn around and storm off. Tyler follows me. "Tyler, you know better. I can't believe you agreed to that." He looks upset and hurt.
"I didn't realize that was the plan. I wanted to get you your kids back. I'm sorry that I took it too far." He apologies.
"I imagine you and Jeremy will never be able to be in the same room again. This isn't just something you get over." I tell him. "That's your punishment, you will also apologize to him. Niklaus's will be much more creative."
"What are you planning?" He asks.
"You will have to wait and see," I reply calling Kol. "Hey Kol, mind doing that project we joked about a little while ago?"
"What happened?" He asks.
"Niklaus fucked up big time." I reply.
"So, you're giving me permission to build that?" He clarifies.
"Yes, I am." I agree,
"Sweet, bye." Kol quickly ends the call in excitement.
I chuckle putting my phone in my pocket. I walk back over to Niklaus.
"I was just trying to get our kid back," He tries to justify.
"I don't care. You do not put another child in danger. I don't care if you are the biggest and baddest of them all. Putting children in danger makes us no better then them and I refuse to sink down to their level. Find another way, Niklaus." He flinches when I use his full name.
I storm off going to go check in on Jeremy to make sure he is okay.