Chapter 4 - The Eternal Vow - Edited 7/15/14
Last time...
Klaus muses over how life has been for him and how he feels since leaving Caroline at Mystic Falls. Optimistic that what they shared meant something and excited to deepen their relationship further, Klaus contacts Caroline, who simply rejects him once more. Devastated, Klaus lashes out, determined to never again care about anyone before Celeste/Sabine arrives revealing she has in custody a kidnapped Caroline.
Meanwhile, Bonnie is pulled into the Mystic Grill on the Other side while unconscious where she comes across Elena and Kol. Kol tells them that the Other side is in uproar regarding something that has occurred involved Klaus and Caroline. Not long after that, dead supernatural beings gather surrounding a long table discussion consisting of Alaric, Silas, Rose, Mason, Lexi, Ayanna, Mikael, Esther and, to everyone's surprise, Klaus' biological father, Manning.
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*takes a deep breath* Here we go!
Bonnie POV
It's total chaos.
All Elena and I do is sit back and watch like its the best reality TV we've ever seen.
We weren't the only ones though.
Manning, Klaus' dad, just watches, alternating what looks like a golden medallion hanging from gold chain around his neck, between his fingers . The chaos doesn't faze him AT ALL, though the majority of the room is saying some horrible, HORRIBLE stuff about him and Klaus. As I read his cool and patient demeanor, I'm amazed how unlike Klaus his whole facade is. Klaus is impulsive, easily angered, lead by his emotions but this guy...This guy was almost TOO calm.
Which honestly, made me shiver with fear as I remember that old school analogy:
There is a calm before every storm.
Something tells me I won't have to wait long to find out if I'm right as I watch Mikael's murderous stare turn more heated as he stares at Manning.
His jaw twitches, his knuckles turn white from how hard he is clenching his fists, and finally his vampiric features take over, exposing how much his fury has consumed him.
Esther and Kol notice the shift too late and are unable to stop Mikael from lunging in Manning.
Elena and I wince, waiting for impact.
The sound of bones breaking and a loud bang reverberates throughout the Grill. The council at the table gasps and takes a step back when Mikael's head is pinned down by Manning viciously on the table, causing it to shake.
Everyone falls into stunned silence, every eye looking on in disbelief as Mikael struggles under Manning's grasp.
The table gives off an eerie glow, and to our horror, the smell of burn flesh fills the air, and patches of Mikael's skin start to melt on the table.
Mikael growls harshly, thrashing under Manning's hand hopelessly, who is the picture of calm, cool and collected.
When all the skin on his cheek gives way, Mikael bellows furiously: "Damn it woman! Do something!"
Finally, Manning snaps and it is a sight to behold.
"Do...WHAT?!" He growls harshly, his body enveloping in a ghastly dark mist that makes Esther step back and Kol's entertained smile to fall from his face with every word Manning speaks. "To once again use Esther to immobilize me with her magic so you can slit my throat, leaving me powerless to defend myself? I think not. Her magic no longer affects me..."
He bends down and hisses in his ear, but everyone can hear what he says, though I don't understand, Manning's eyes glowing gold amongst the darkness: "nīðing."
With a flick of his wrist, he pushes Mikael back towards the chair, the only one not quaking in fear in front of Manning's ghastly appearance as Mikael's face heals.
"Coward?" He snorts. "You think I fear you, Manning or Death or whatever it is you call yourself?" He snarls defiantly.
"You fool!" Hisses Esther. "Are you so desperate to pass on to your final destination? Oblivion? Hell? You know that those he kills do not return. Their very bodies disappear. They..."
"SILENCE!" Mikael snaps. "I will NEVER bow to a man whore, a pirate..."
Manning, to everyone's surprise, laughs loudly, sitting back in his chair, turning back to normal, hand over his heart. "Oh you pain me, calling your fellow kinsman such things! I prefer the term Explorer, businessman perhaps, but not pirate. I never stole anything. Everything I had, I earned through trading back and forth between the New World and the land of my birth, before I made what is now known as Mystic Falls my new home. It was the place I raised my pack before I made the mistake of saving a family from a plague that would of killed the lot of you. If not for my pity, the whole supernatural world would have looked different!"
Mikael scoffs. "Pity? Try lust. That's all that's ever driven you ever since you laid eyes on her," he spat, jerking his head in Esther's direction.
Before Manning says a word, Ayanna interjects. "As much as we all would love to listen to you two walk down memory lane, I believe there is the matter of Niklaus to discuss?"
All who are still standing reluctantly glance at their seats, then at Manning warily. Noting their apprehension, Manning rolls his eyes. "Trust me. Sit. You will know if your part in this tale has ended," he smiles widely. "I promise. A man whore I may be, but unjust I am not, unlike most in this room."
Even Mikael doesn't make a snide comment at that. His silence seems to give comfort to the others, who finally take their seats again.
"Now," says Kol, rubbing his hands together, his carefree demeanor returned. "What about my dear brother?"
"Ah yes," spits out Mikael with all the venom he can muster, "the bastard. The never ending thorn on my side. The all too annoying reminder of my wife's infidelity."
Esther turns away shamefully.
"Must I, even in death, be bothered with such trifles?" Continues Mikael. "Niklaus should be dead, being nothing but a consistent tarnish on this universe."
"How ironic," Kol responds with a devilish grin. "The same can be said about you and Mother."
Mikael glares at him. "Boy..."
"I'd have to agree with Mikael," says Lexi. When the group gives her looks of disbelief, she raises her hands in a placating gesture.
"Hear me out. I mean, we all know Klaus is no saint. I saw with he did to my best friend Stefan. When he finally finds love and happiness, he turns him back into a bloodthirsty Ripper and makes him turn off his emotions, just cause Klaus wanted a friend."
Elena stiffens at the memory and I soothe her by rubbing her back. She gives me a quick sad smile, before turning her attention to Alaric, who is now speaking.
"And let's not forget those lives he ruined, indirectly and directly..."
"...including my nephew Tyler," adds Mason. "If not for Klaus, he wouldn't be what he is. He wouldn't have lost his mom. Katherine wouldn't have used me to get the Moonstone, and subsequently have gotten me killed..."
"I wouldn't have been sacrificed!" jumps in Jules from the crowd.
"And more importantly," muses Rose quietly, "if Klaus wasn't so obsessed with the curse, Katherine would of had a normal life in 1492, died and never turned the Salvatores."
"Honestly, the list goes on and on," says Grams. "Klaus is at the core of everything wrong with the supernatural community. What exactly is there to discuss?"
The crowd murmurs in agreement, and Elena and I can't help but join in after being reminded of all he's done. Klaus really is the worse ever.
Suddenly, Kol snorts loudly, rolling his eyes. "You lot are so full of yourselves! Yes. Nik is a killer, but save me the dramatics and the oh woe's me's. Take responsibility for your own damn decisions!"
He looks at Mason. "No one told you to fall head over heels for that harlot Katherine." He looks at Alaric and Lexi. "No one told Stefan to hang out with Nik in the 1920's or to fall for Rebekah or to save his ridiculous excuse for a brother called Damon yet again, by agreeing to leave Mystic Falls with Nik, for instance."
He sighs deeply. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but Nik is only bad because his life growing up was tragic," he throws an accusing gaze at his parents. "Thanks to you two. He was always powerless, the victim, misunderstood..."
"Oh I am really going to vomit if you keep talking," calls out a dark haired man that I don't recognize. He is surrounded by a group, 12 others. Something tells they might be the hybrids Klaus killed.
"Tell me about it Adrian," says a dark haired female in distaste. "There is no way I'm going to feel sympathy for that monster who took away my life, my free will! He is far from being a victim!"
Okay. DEFINITELY the 12 hybrids Klaus killed.
The crowd gets riled up with that, getting more rowdy as she speaks. Mikael smiles gleefully while Manning looks on, arms crossed with an unfathomable expression on his face.
"He's a cold hearted monster, says Connor, getting on the Klaus bashing train. "More so than most vampires." Some mutters of dissension and threats thrown at Connor for that as he keeps going. "If we are going to talk about anything, it should be about putting that rabid animal down."
"Well...I wouldn't go that far."
Everyone goes quiet, looking at Silas, who, up to this point, had been silently observing everything.
He looks up and smirks. Then glances at Manning in almost silent admiration. "I must say, you are no fool. I get the game. Well played."
Manning quirks his eyebrow and Silas sees it as a sign to elaborate.
"Yes, the spirits enforce who sits at this table, but it is a selection that is based on your behest."
He gestures at Mikael and Esther. "They were chosen for obvious reasons, being his..."He quotes the air with his fingers, " 'parents.' Mason because of his connection to Klaus' first hybrid Tyler and being a werewolf himself. Alaric, because he is close to the Salvatores, the doppelganger Elena, and the only hunter to slay Klaus, if not temporarily. Sheila and Ayanna for being of the Bennett line that tends to be involved in all matters involving dopplegangers and the Originals, Lexi because of her knowledge of the only real friend Klaus ever had if not briefly, Kol, being a sibling that grew up with him, Rose being a witness to Klaus' mayhem for the longest period of time and finally, yours truly..." He leans back, smiling broadly, "...The only being who has had the pleasure of being in Klaus's mind and would therefore be in the best position to verify certain truths. Especially to such statements like him being..."
He glances at Connor with his fellow hunters. "What did you call him? A rabid animal? That wouldn't be an apt description. He is far from a mindless killer. He's actually in love. With a certain baby blonde vampire."
The whole room stays in stunned silence, before Mikael laughs incredulously.
"Tell me we are NOT about to discuss that abomination's love life!" Mikael exclaims. "He is incapable of such things! There is no one..."
"He spoke the Eternal Vow," interrupts Manning quietly.
Mikael and Kol's mouths hang open while Esther murmurs: "Impossible."
"That..."stutters Mikael when he recovers from the initial shock. "That...Is just an ancient fairytale for romance fanatics. It isn't real..."
Manning closes his eyes, and when he speaks, the words that come out are like a beautiful melody and I can't help but inwardly swoon though I have no idea what he's saying:
"Með öllu sem ég er, með öllu sem ég mun vera, mun ég gefa þér ást sem mun þvert öll völd í eigu Guðs og manna, handan lífs og dauða sjálfs. Þú verður að vera heimili mitt, og ég, að eilífu Kveðja. Alltaf..."
I'm taken aback by Esther's expression at that moment. She looks at Manning in awe and wonder, then turns away, blushing furiously. I can't get over how innocent the psycho witch Esther looks at that moment. What on Earth did he say?
"In the common tongue of the current world, it means 'With all that I am, with all that I will be, I will give you love that will transcend all powers held by God and men, beyond life and death itself. You will be my home, and I, forever yours. Always...' "
Alaric shrugs, unimpressed. "What's the big deal besides the Big Bad falling for a baby vamp? That vow thing sounds like something someone would say at wedding alter or something."
Manning straightens up. "Firstly, I am far from being a romantic, but we would all be fools if we ignore this, when we already have one clear example of love between two or three supernatural creatures causing havoc for everyone else: Our dear Silas, Amara and Qestiyah, and arguably, Esther, Mikael and myself, that lead to the creation of an Original Hybrid and animosity between vampires and werewolves for generations. To your second statement Mr. Saltzman, unlike wedding vows, the Eternal Vow is said to only come forth from the depths of one's soul and cannot be broken due to the magic embedded in them. Some humans are fortunate to find the one that calls forth such words but for supernatural creatures, it has only happened three times, though the words are unique to the individual, their magic is more potent, stronger, binding two souls even through death. Only great magic can separate the bond and it has only been done once with disastrous consequences. The biggest resulting in the creation of what we now called the Other Side, isn't that right Silas?" Manning says, smiling.
Silas' cocky demeanor falls. "Get to the point," he mutters irritably.
"The problem is that Klaus can't die..."
"Yet," interjects Mikael evilly.
Manning ignores him. "But Caroline Forbes, his mate, can and will. Very soon," he says grimly.
Elena and I gasp in unison, my heart dropping to the pits of my stomach. No...NO! Not Caroline! I think, my eyes welling up with tears.
Alaric's features seem to portray the pain I feel, along with surprise. "The baby vamp Klaus loves is Caroline?!"
"Yeah," says Kol. He is the most serious I've seen him, which makes me worry more. "You've missed a lot mate. He most certainly fancies her but I had no idea that it went this deep." He shakes his head. "Sad."
" 'Sad?' " says Rose with a scoff. "I have nothing against Caroline but why does Klaus get a happily ever after despite all the evil he has done?"
"He doesn't," admits Manning. "But a future outcome has been revealed to me that lays before us what will may happen if this Caroline dies. The curse of the vow is that your soul is forever connected with another. For Klaus, his soul will forever yearn to be with his beloved but it will never be sated because he is immortal. It will drive him to madness, much like it did Silas. However, unlike Silas, Klaus is also vampire. He will finally decide to mentally escape," Manning sighs deeply. "To turn his emotions off. For eternity."
"What is the difference?" says Alexander from the crowd. "He is a murderer anyway."
"And so is his little bitch Caroline! She isn't Miss goody-good either!" chimes in one of the 12 witches that Caroline killed. They all nod in approval. "She killed all 12 of us, without a thought! She's training up to be just. Like. Him. How is that good?"
I swallow deeply, unhappy that they are using what Care did to save me as a strike against her.
"Idiot," snaps Kol dismissively. "I can't say anything about the girl, but Klaus without humanity is a problem. A Klaus with feeling only kills, let's say, maybe 10 people a week. Can you imagine how much it will be otherwise? Never mind the fact that he'll kill ANYBODY, not just those who cross him. Are you that desperate to see my brother or his woman suffer that you don't care if he kills your family, your friends that are still living simply because he's bored?!"
There are murmurs of concern that flows through the room, but Mikael ends it. "He exaggerates. Niklaus is a monster with or without feelings. The best course has already been suggested: Put him down. Like the dog he is."
That causes numerous voices of consent and disapproval to arise until Manning clears his throat loudly.
"Let us put it to a vote then!" he proposes. "To the death of Klaus..." A multitude of hands fly up before he adds quickly with a self satisfied smirk, "Which will result in the ending of his bloodline and the demise of thousands of vampires including some of your families or loved ones."
Some hands still in mid-air eventually come down along with a few others.
Esther and Mikael, who were looking thrilled at first, start to frown as more hands come down.
"Cowards!" Mikael bellows, jumping from his chair. "Some sacrifices must be made! Nobody really knows how many Klaus has actually sired anyway. Plus, if it comes down to it, we have witches who can cast spells to break those you care for from his bloodline. Isn't that right Ayanna?" He says, giving a meaningful stare.
She frowns up at him. After awhile, she concedes. "Perhaps something can be arranged, with the help of my sisters."
That seems to do it. Mikael's smiles broadens at the hands that go back up, while Manning's, falls.
Mikael leans towards him and sneers: "I...win."
Manning stands up. His face stoic. "Very well. This council is dismissed."
Without hesitation, the room clears out, people talking amongst themselves as they walk out the Grill, some disappearing into thin air.
The table is clear, save Kol, who is still sitting with a frown on his face.
The group of 12 hybrids, being lead by Adrian, go to the front door to leave along with 30 or so others.
Adrian falls back, as if he's hit a wall.
Esther looks on with confusion as a few others grumble around the room.
Then Mikael's voice, full of fear, makes my heart clench in my chest. If one of the toughest bad guys in the room, who usually is scared of nothing, looks like he's about to piss his pants, you'd be smart and get scared too.
"I...I cannot leave!" he says shrilly.
Esther closes her eyes. When she opens them, the same fear on Mikael's face is etched on hers.
Her eyes fall on Manning as she whispers: "Neither can I."
A slow, ominous smile spreads on Manning's handsome features and I know that shit's about to go down.
Esther feels it too, for she slyly backs away from both men.
"Well," he steps up to Mikael who steps back in response, "I think the spirits have finally given me a gift this day."
Without warning, Manning closes the distance and plunges his hand into Mikael's chest, making me and Elena stumble back in shock.
"No..." gurgles Mikael, blood pooling on his mouth.
"I have waited..." Manning says lowly, his stormy blue eyes alight with malice when he twists his wrist and Mikeal screams in agony,"...A millennium to hold your life in my hands, to repay you for all you did to me, to my son!" he squeezes his heart for emphasis, and Mikael's begging and screaming, punctuates Manning's last word.
The people left in the room stares on in horror as Mikael gasps, looking to Kol desperately, "Please...Son. Help me!"
Kol closes his eyes, pain etched on his features. " You hunted us for centuries. Tried to kill us numerous times..." His chocalate eyes snap open, burning with anger. "On behalf of me and my siblings, burn in hell!"
"Oh no," says Manning, his voice coming off sickeningly sweet. "Hell might be too kind. Something tells me oblivion awaits him."
Fury drenches Mikael's face."Damn you! The both of you! This was your plan all along! Summoning us like sheep to slaughter! You will not be rid of me! Esther! Esther!"
"Do not fret," says Manning coldly. "She is no longer your concern."
With that, he pulls Mikael's heart out of his chest and drops it unceremoniously on the ground.
Adrian, with 12 hybrids cringe, backing up when they see the dark mist reappear and envelope Mikael's body.
"This is it isn't it?" Says Galen with a detached quality to his voice.
"So it seems," says Connor grimly while Alexander stands there with a resigned look on his face.
When Manning slowly turns to face the 12 hybrids, his eyes radiating werewolf yellow, the simultaneously take a step back.
"Listen man," starts Adrian. "This has got to be a mistake..."
"Alas..." Manning snaps his fingers as he approaches them, and out of thin air, a long sword appears in his hand, the dark mist trailing behind him. He passes Kol and I unwittingly let out a sigh of relief. Yeah. He was an Original and I didnt know him that well, but for some reason, a death by Manning's hand just seemed too harsh for him.
"I warned you all," says Manning. "You will know if your part in this tale has ended, and the fact you now plead for your life is a testimony to the truth."
At that moment, when he stops walking, the black mist curling at his feet, I almost think he's Klaus, so similar they look before they unleash death, smiling, eager to smite their prey.
"There is no mistake," he utters huskily.
He moves forward in a blur, the lights going off for some reason when he does. All Elena and I hear are screams, so dark, so painful, so chilling, we find ourselves holding each other for comfort. In the brief moments that the lights flicker back on, I can see him slicing and cutting people in half. In desperation, a group flocks to doors, the windows to escape but some kind of magic wall pushes them back. They weep, they beg, but Manning meticulously kills them all.
Only when the last scream is heard do the lights stay on, displaying all the dead bodies on the ground being swallowed up by the mist.
And a frightened Esther.
They stare at one another for a long moment, a few feet away from one another.
"Your time has come Esther. Final words," he says softly.
"If you love me..." she starts.
"I do not," he says bluntly.
"You did!" She shouts at him. "You did not tell the others, but when you said that vow in our mother tongue I knew then. Only three have ever said it, Silas, Niklaus and...and you."
Manning swallows hard, his Adam's apple bobbing in his throat, but he says nothing. The stricken look on his face saying everything.
Esther's face softens as she takes a few steps towards him. "Did you think I would forget your words that night I finally gave in to you? That I would not treasure them?"
In a flash, he grabs her by the throat and slams her roughly on the wall, causing it to crack. Within a second, his hand is in her chest, grasping her heart. She gasps both in shock and pain.
"Thank the Gods!" Says Kol in relief. "I almost thought you were going to fall for that mate."
"You insult my intelligence," he growls in her face. "As if I would have forgotten that you stood by Mikael and assisted in my demise."
"I warned you to leave..."
"YOU KILLED ME!" He roars, the raw emotion on his face heartbreaking. "YOU! The woman I cherished, bled for, protected..." His face softens, his hand that is wrapped around her throat, moving to caress her cheek, causing her to close her eyes. "...loved."
"Manning...forgive me."
He sighs. "Your sins against me have long been forgiven."
A small smile spreads on her face for a second before he says:
"Your sins against our son however," his face hardens. "You and Mikael are responsible for what he has become and that..." he shakes his head, "...that I can never forgive."
I watch as he tugs at her heart, but it doesn't come out. Again, and again and again Manning pulls to no avail and Esther smiles down at him darkly.
With a frustrated grunt, he pulls himself away from her. "Damn you..." he says, narrowing her eyes dangerously at her. "You've anchor your soul to the Land of the Living somehow."
"Of course. Did you not think I would not take the proper precautions before coming to a highly suspicious council meeting?" She responds smugly.
And just like that ladies and gentlemen, the real Esther we love to hate is back. "You insult my intelligence," she adds mockingly, throwing his own words back at him. "Now, would you be a dear and release me from this place? I have Niklaus along with my other children to kill. Then, perhaps, with Mikael gone, we can be a family."
"She's mad," murmurs Kol quietly.
Manning laughs then, and Esther arches her eyebrow curiously in response.
"I have no doubt you can leave now. The spirits now accomplishing their task of delivering their message."
"Message?"
He smiles broadly, dimples and all, invading her personal space.
"Yes. You see. They hunger for your transcendence, your final death, otherwise they wouldn't have trapped you with all the rest, knowing I would fail. Therefore, they forced you to expose your answer to their loophole which I promise, I will rectify. So..." he reaches to touch her cheek but she jerks back angrily, making him chuckle in return, "...Enjoy your current victory. It will not last."
"Maybe so," she hisses. "But mark me words, I will remedy the mistake I made in making my children vampires, starting with Niklaus' death. I will have my family together. I promise."
With that, she spins on her heel and stalks out of the Grill, no magic barrier stopping her.
"Well," says Kol from the table, standing up. "Guess that's it then. Good show. Let me know when the sequel comes out. Would love to get another front row seat to that."
Manning turns to Kol then. "How rude. You can't leave without us addressing our beautiful guests of honor."
Elena and I give each other a confused look wondering who he could be taking about.
My heart drops to my panties when he says casually: "Wouldn't you agree, Ms. Bennett, Ms. Gilbert?"
We both tense up when we hear our names, quietly swearing when we decide to slowly step out of our hiding spot around the bar. I take a deep breath and stare defiantly into the eyes of the man who killed a room full of people in front of my very eyes, who knows how many more, who fathered Klaus.
Who honestly, up close, is stupidly hot with his dashing brown curls, dimpled smile, and slightly exposed chest that shows off his gold chain medallion with what I now see has the picture of a howling wolf carved on it.
"What do you want?" I ask, somehow managing to keep my voice strong and even despite the fear I felt.
He sits down, settling his sword on the table while Kol cautiously follows suit.
"From what I gather, it is the same thing you want," he says smoothly, throwing a charming grin in my direction. "Your friend, Caroline, to live."
A/N I broke this chapter up so I can give you part of it early to celebrate reaching a 100 follows and favorites. Hopefully that is okay but it does mean I can fit Kalijah and Klaroline next chapter which works. The next chapter will be the last time I write Klaus' dad until the last two chapters of this fic UNLESS you guys want to see him earlier than that. You would need to let me know through a review. Speaking of which. ..
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