I am so sorry for not updating sooner. Unfortunately, My class workload has been increased, so i might be a little late in updating the next chapters.

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Chapter 5

GEN POV

The next morning, Hailey, Freya and Elijah are in the Living room talking. "Why is she here Elijah?" yelled Hailey, as though she needs an explanation. "Unfortunately I have no idea, not that it matters anyway since Katerina always does what she wants without any plan" answered Elijah. "What do you mean brother?" asked Freya "Is she here to harm us?" "Oh no sister, if she wanted to harm us, we would already know about it. Katerina tends to make plans and then deviate from them. She hates following rules and she has to do something that sets her apart from others. When she does make a plan 'A', she will also have a backup plan 'B','C','D' and so on till 'Z'. I guess that's what sets her apart from others. She's so tenacious; she knows what she wants and will stop at nothing to get it. It does take her a very long time to trust someone. Though if she ends up trusting a person or becoming friends with them, then she will give her live for that person" trails Elijah, lost in his own world. This of course angers Hailey and she asks "How the hell do you know so much about her?" "Well he did spend over 500 years in love with her. Didn't you brother?" says Klaus walking into the room. "That is neither here nor there Niklaus" says Elijah. "Are you ready for your excursion with Katerina brother" asked Freya. "I would if I knew where we were going and when?" replies Klaus. "Oh you have a long wait brother, its only 9:45. Katerina does not wake up until after 11" says Elijah in amusement.

"Oh really Elijah!" came a voice from the doorway. There stood Katherine dressed as usual in full black leather and high heeled boots. She continued speaking as she walked into the room "There was a time when I would consider 11 am as early morning. Everything's different now. I'm not the same Katherine anymore. That naïve girl who let you manipulate her died 2 years ago. It's time you remember who's in charge now". "Um Katerina.." began Freya. "It's Katherine not Katerina. Only Elijah calls me that in spite me correcting him over and over again. Hell even Klaus has started calling me Katherine now" interjects Katherine, with a hint of irritation in her voice.

Freya's POV

Why do I get the feeling that she is just tolerating Elijah for our sakes? If looks would kill, my brother would probably be six feet under. Hmmm…I wonder what happened between them. Niklaus said that Elijah has been in love with her for 500 years. I wonder what happened to change that. She looks at my brother with so much anger, but when I look closely I can see so much pain in her eyes. It's like she is using her anger to mask all the pain she is feeling. Poor Niklaus, he looks so confused at the moment. Guess even he does not understand what's going on. Hailey on the other hand looks positively deranged. I get that she likes Elijah. But for the love of Odin, she's married. She really needs to stop thinking that she owns my brother. I wonder if Rebekah knows what happened. Speaking of Rebekah, I decide to ask Katherine about her. "Katherine is Rebekah ok?" I see a look of guilt pass over her face before she's masks it. This alarms me a bit. "Rebekah is not ok. She had to be daggered this morning", says Katherine. "What? You dare have my sister daggered" yells Niklaus in anger. Hailey gets up and rushes at Katherine, but before she can get there she is slammed into a wall by Katherine. "I warned you were-slut. But you do not listen. I am faster, older and much stronger that you. It will do you well to remember that. Do you understand me" says Katherine with her vampire face on. I see Hailey nod in agreement since Katherine's hold on her neck is probably not allowing her to speak. She then drops Hailey to the floor and turns to Niklaus. "Calm down before I have to deal with you as well" she says.

I see my brother contemplating before I see his anger recede. Thank god. I didn't want to see her hurt my brother. We sit down again and Katherine starts to explain "We had to dagger Rebekah before she went all homicidal on an entire coven. The dagger Aya used to on her was cursed. It has caused Rebekah to have severe anger management issues. Her eyes turn black during her episode and goes full on Ripper on anything in her path. The mark on her arm from the dagger keeps on appearing even after it has been spelled away. She gets around about 5 hours after she has been cured before the mark appears again. Since this kept occurring again and again, she asked the witches to dagger her". "What will happen to Rebekah? Can I do anything to help?" I ask her. "Oh Freya, I know you want to help but at this point we have no clue what to do. The coven that created that dagger has not been in existence for centuries. Right now the only person that can help Rebekah is Kol" she says much to our surprise.

"Kol?" asks Elijah "What does he have to do with this?" he continues. "Kol used to hang around with that coven during the time that dagger was created. I'm positive he knows everything about it" Katherine replies. "Why are you so surprised about this?" says Niklaus to me and Elijah. "Kol has been messing around with magic and witches for centuries. Does that mean that Rebekah cannot be cured until Kol is resurrected?" he asks. "Most probably, Yes, but I think to be on the safe side, her body should be left where it is. I have a bad feeling that if we bring it here we might have some problems" says Katherine. To my surprise my dearest brother Elijah agreed with her, probably to get in her good books. Not that it affected her at all. Poor Elijah, looks like he will have to put in more efforts, to get on her good side. I tried to control my giggles at his face and I could see Niklaus doing the same.

Katherine's POV

I could see Klaus and Freya trying to control their laughter at Elijah's expression. I so want to talk to him, hug him and tell him how much I have missed him. But every time I go to do that, I am reminded of all the pain I had to go through. Of all the pain Nadia had to go through. I can forgive him for not coming to see me on my deathbed. But not for my little girl. Nadia was dead. I blame Elijah for that. If he had just picked up the phone, everything would be all right. I cannot forgive him for that.

"You might want to grab some blood bags to go. We have a long trip and we won't be stopping along the way. I intend to be back by midnight" I say to Klaus. "Oh and we will be taking my car since I'm driving" I tell him. He does not look happy. "Why can't we take my car?" he asks me. "Two reasons. 1: I want to drive. & 2: My car is faster" I tell him. He seems to agree reluctantly. I see him walk into what I assume is the kitchen. I can hear rummaging around. There is an awkward silence around the rest of us. None of seem to know what to say to each other. Elijah keeps staring at me while the were-slut alternates between gazing at him and glaring at me. Freya on the other hand is sitting and watching their antics in amusement. I just hope Klaus gets here soon so we can leave.

After what felt like hours (when I reality it was only 10 minutes) Klaus emerges with a cooler in his hands. I leap up from the chair and say "Bye, we will call you if we find anything interesting" I say to Freya ignoring Elijah and the were-slut. Before I could leave Elijah comes and wraps me up in a bear hug and it takes everything in me not to hug him back. "Take care of yourself and stay safe" he whispers in my ear. I could not form any words, so I just nodded in reply. The moment he lets me go, I walk out of the house.