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Chapter 11
ELIJAH POV
It's been hours since we heard from Niklaus and Katerina. I hope nothing went wrong. The two of them together might be a recipe for disaster. Though, Niklaus has changed a lot since Hope's birth, so maybe my worries might be for nothing. The same can be said for Katerina. She change in her is evident. I do know people change when they come back from the dead but not to this extent. She seems colder and harder now, even more so than before. Then there is the fact that she can do magic now, since she lost her ability to perform magic when she became a vampire. While I was lost in my own thoughts Freya came into the room. "Brother. Are you troubled?" she asked me. "A bit. Niklaus and Katerina have been gone a long time" I say to her. "You think Niklaus will harm her"? She asked. "Oh No. There was a time where I would have thought that but now… I think I'm more worried about Katerina harming him, since it appears that she is the new 'big bad' in town. As the kids now a days say" I tell her.
"I think that Niklaus is worried enough to be on his best behaviour, especially since she is more powerful than him" says Freya. "More powerful than whom?" Asked Hayley walking into the room. I wasn't even aware that she was in the house. "Katherine being more powerful than Niklaus" said Freya before I could answer her.
All of a sudden Elijah started to hear loud drunken singing coming from somewhere in the streets. He noticed that Hayley's hybrid hearing had also picked up the singing.
Whoa, we're half way there
Whoa, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Whoa, livin' on a prayer
...We've gotta hold on to what we've got.
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
We've got each other and that's a lot.
For love we'll give it a shot."
She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got.
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
We've got each other and that's a lot.
For love we'll give it a shot
As they listened to the singing, he realised that the voiced were very familiar and seemed to come closer towards their courtyard. Next thing you know Katerina and Niklaus stumble in blazing drunk with bottles of alcohol in their hands. They seemed completely oblivious to the fact that Hayley, Freya and himself were sitting there and watching. We just watched amused as they continued singing using their bottles as microphones. They looked so carefree, as though the weight of the world had dropped from their shoulders. Just looking at them singing and swaying drunkenly, no one would guess that these 2 were the most dangerous beings in the world.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that an amused Freya had her phone out recording their behaviour. They just continued singling the same thing again and again; I just did not have the heart to stop them. Unfortunately, Hayley coughed and put an end to their performance. The startle duo looked like deer caught in headlights. "Why is that wereslut staring at us?" Katherine asked Klaus. "Wereslut?" asked Freya. "Yeah. She was a stripper before she became my minion" replied Katherine. "What? When did she work for you? I thought she worked for that creepy professor" said Klaus in disbelief. "Oh please, she basically kept me up to date on the Scooby gang's progress. Of course she was only asked to infiltrate the gang not sleep with Lockwood to get information said.
Listening to their conversation I wanted to slap myself. I had completely forgotten that a very drunk Katerina equals to a very truthful Katerina. Before Hayley can attack Katherine or Katherine blurts out some more truth bombs I decide to interfere. "Enough" I bellowed. "Both of you, upstairs now. Hayley go home. Freya go to bed. I'll deal with these two" I tell them before I start to push them towards the stairs. "I wanna go home now" whines Katherine. "No. you are in no state to be driving home" I tell her. I ignore her protests and take them both upstairs. Once we reached Niklaus's room, I make Katherine wait near the door. Once Klaus is on the bed I take off his shoes and pull the blanket over him, turn off the lights and leave.
I take Katherine to my room. Once there I tell her to undress and lend her a t-shirt while I change into my pyjamas. I can't believe I am in a room with my formerly dead wife. There is so much I want to ask her especially now that she is truth serum drunk, for I know I will get the truth about everything. God, I have missed her so much. I know she is angry with me but the anger doesn't only seem to be about the fact that I did not see her before she died.
"Why are you so angry with me? Is it because I did not come when you died. I know I should have come but I could not bear the thought of watching you fade away. That has always been my worst nightmare. I did not want to watch it unfold before my eyes" I said to her. "Instead you spent your time babysitting the wereslut, who you then slept with barely a few months after I died" she yelled at me. "It's funny that you say Klaus causes problems, but at least he doesn't cheat on his partners. You are nothing but a hypocrite. You claim to be so moral yet you are the one who doesn't seem to have any morals. I was your wife not some common whore that you used and tossed away" she says nearly in tears. "Forget about me, you were so busy with that slut, that you ignored your own children when they needed you the most. Nadia was a grownup at least; she knew that your siblings came first with everyone else second. But what about Henrik, he was not even a year old when I died. You abandoned him for the slut. It's been nearly 2 years since you last saw him. He doesn't even remember your face. This is good since he won't have to face disappointment in his life" she rants.
I could feel my heart break listening to her words. But she is right, I did abandon my children. All I wanted to do was protect them, keep them safe from Klaus and my father. I suddenly realized something Katherine said. She spoke about Henrik in the present tense but Nadia in the past tense. Why would she do that? Oh God I have a really bad feeling about this. Is my little girl ok? "Katerina, why did you speak about Nadia in the past tense instead of the present tense. Where is she? Is she ok?" I asked her. I could feel my heart beat fast just waiting for her to answer. She just looks at me with sad eyes and at that moment I felt my heart break…
To Be Continued...