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Blu3b3rryT3a: With Damon and Enzo in Mystic Falls there's no way that Elena's just going to get away with what she's done! They'll make sure of it. Cary's gonna have to get used to Klaus getting his way, he doesn't compromise for anyone (except Maya).

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guest: Oh they will, she will feel 'compelled' to tell the truth (hint, hint)

WiseGirlDivergence46: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH! I can be evil when I want to be!

xotinkerbella: I definitely think that the being related thing was such bullshit, only done so the writers had an excuse to kill Klaus and Elijah, which was a terrible decision from a logical point of view, because in what world would Klaus let Alaric Saltzman take care of his daughter? It was such a terrible decision, also why is a human in charge of the Supernatural school and not Caroline? She's the one that Klaus trusted, and she's nowhere to be seen when Hope's in trouble? It's completely senseless. I have new plans for Miranda, so I'm decided to let her live. I'm trying to give you all some Denzo as much as I can because you've waited for a while for them to get together, and I think it's only right that they're part of the Sommers 'family' because Maya wasn't the only one who saved Enzo, Jenna did too. Sorry for messing with your anxiety, honestly I had about four different plans for how I was going to deal with the accident, and Maya being in the car wasn't even an idea, it just happened while I was writing! (I thought about Elena stealing Maya's car to go to the party and then crashing!)

LifePrice1412: Thank you very much!

UnknownReaderHasJoined: In the show when we first see Elena it's been four months since her parents' death and from what I understand, it really her changed her. In this, her dad has been dead for just over a year now, I imagine her reacting differently because she still has her mother around, and doesn't feel the guilt over her father's death because she had no part in the lead up to it. So she's reacting like a spoiled teenager, which she is, she's only sixteen and has a 'rival' in the family in Maya, she's acting out. Plus with her mother around, she doesn't feel like she has to grow up instantly to take care of Jeremy, Jeremy has a parent that can look after him, I think that was a big part of Elena's personality in the first season, (her wanting to protect Jeremy), that's not the case this time.

I definitely wanted the siblings to bee on more equal ground, in the show Kol always felt like an outsider, and I don't think that Maya wants that for him, or the rest of the Originals, because in Season 3 of TO, it was all about breaking the siblings apart and destroying them. The Originals are stronger together, and getting Kol on equal footing with the rest of his siblings is a big part of keeping them together.

Raven R. Mahmood: Hope you enjoy.

fire and flam: Most definitely!

Heroina: I can't comment on what the accident was, you'll just have to read! Nik and the kids are a fun, unexpected thing that I didn't expect to get so much traction, but the kids really help soften Klaus's image with the rest of the pack, and the guy has a soft spot for people that remind him of himself. This chapter will show you what happens with Maya, so enjoy!

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muneey20: Sorry! I had to! I couldn't help myself! I love the interactions between Klaus and kids, I think the dynamic is really working, and I can't help but put in these adorable images that pop into my head!

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Error-NoSkill: Thank you so much! I can't wait till Klaus comes to town permanently because it will be a lot of fun! Damon needs Enzo in his life, especially when Katherine arrives. I think Damon and Jenna are going to be like best frenemies, especially while he's living at their house. Kol isn't going to know what hits him if he hurts Care Bear.

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CloudZzFluffyBedsOfWhite: Ooh 'Hurricane Klaus' I like that descriptor, he is going to be majorly unhappy, especially when he finds out who Elena is, because it means that he won't be able to kill her for causing the crash, I imagine he'll take very specific pleasure in killing her in the ritual. But Elena's not going to get away with it, Damon and Enzo are both in Mystic Falls, and she'll feel compelled to tell the truth (hint, hint). We are getting close to actually meeting St Stefan! How will the boys react?

Athena-Spencer: I'm going to attribute her stupidness this time to drunken belligerence, she drank a lot and she's sixteen. But yes, Klaus ain't gonna be happy.

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Jamie Gemini: Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. I don't know if I'm going to have Marcel follow through on contacting Klaus, according to TVD he was essentially MIA, and Elijah had no idea where he was. If Klaus is in a home that the Original's don't know about, I doubt anyone else knows where it is, so Marcel would have a hard time finding him. Plus, I'm sure he thinks that Mikael is still out there somewhere, so re-connecting with Klaus might put a target on his back. I guess he's just weighing up what would be the best for him. Klaus hasn't apologised for what he's done, but I don't think any of the siblings really apologised for anything they've done either. I think what they need to do is move on from all the terrible things that they've inflicted on one another, plus I think Klaus does better with gestures as apposed to words when it comes to saying sorry. Luna and Liam's interactions with Klaus really soften him in the pack's view, which is something that he needs while he's wolf-less, to make it easier to hold on to them. Elena's in trouble, at least one of the vampires in Maya's life will make sure of it.

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xoxoKaraKxoxo: Yes the time jump means we are getting so close to Season 1! Thank you, Damon is more adjusted now because he's had a few years to deal with the pain and trauma that Katherine put him through, plus he has a support system now. I think he's finally realising that, and because he's never had that before, he's going to be surprised and vulnerable because he's not used to it. Honestly I had four plans for the crash and not one of them was Maya going over the bridge with Elena, but as I wrote the chapter it just made perfect sense, and it is going to cause a serious strain in not just Maya's relationship with her aunt, but Jenna's relationship with her sister, because the two of them are going to be on opposite sides of this. Maya was driving, but Elena caused the accident, and they'll be police involved, and I doubt Miranda would want Elena punished by the police, whereas Jenna will see things differently. So this chapter deals with the immediate aftermath of the crash, so you'll get some answers, but not all of them.

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The line went dead and Jenna froze, eyes wide with shock, what had just happened? Had she heard that right?

"Oh my God!" Miranda gasped, grabbing her keys from the counter, "Call the Sheriff! We have to go!" she said to Jenna, but the younger woman hadn't moved. "Jenna now!" but she still hadn't snapped out of it. "Jeremy help Aunt Jenna to the car, I'm calling Liz!"

Jeremy shook his aunt and Jenna startled, "What?"

"Aunt Jenna we have to go," Jeremy said, he was scared too, but he could help his aunt, she needed it.

"Right," Jenna nodded a little faintly, standing, "Maya was in an accident," she whispered, "Oh my God Maya!"

Jeremy helped her to the car, the reality of the situation was sinking in and Jenna was panicking, she'd sent her daughter out to get Elena, and they'd gotten into an accident, why did she send Maya? Why did she let her go? It didn't make any sense.

Jeremy sat in the back of the car, as his mother sped down the street, there was no way that they'd get to the bridge in time…but he knew someone who could. He had the number for emergencies and this definitely classified as an emergency.

Enzo's phone rang and he frowned, he and Damon were enjoying some time alone while the Sommers and Gilberts were having their family night, no one was supposed to bother him, and Jeremy wasn't supposed to call him at all unless there was an emergency. "Jeremy? What-"

"Maya was in an accident, her car went off Wickery Bridge!" That was all Jeremy managed to get out before Enzo had whooshed out of the house and straight to the bridge.

Damon came out of the kitchen and frowned, "Enzo?" he called, "Enzo?!" He did a quick look through the house but realised that he wasn't there. Where had he gone?"

Enzo was at the bridge within seconds, someone was in the water, they'd just come up and pulled a person up with them, zeroing in on them, Enzo could see that it wasn't Maya. He dived into the water, he could just about see the car as it was sinking to the bottom and used his speed and strength to propel him towards it. There she was, completely submerged, unconscious, ripping the door off, Enzo realised that the steering column had pinned her in. Growling, his vampire face coming to the surface, Enzo tore the steering wheel and half of the dashboard away from the car, uncaring about how it would look to the locals when it was dredged up. He yanked Maya from her seat and propelled himself to the surface, getting to land as fast as possible.

"Maya!" he lay her on her back, she wasn't breathing, and he couldn't hear her heart beat, "No, no, no! Maya! Adjusting her head, Enzo pinched her nostrils and sealed his mouth over hers, he wasn't letting this happen. Pulling back he started chest compressions, before repeating the process, over and over again. "Come on damn it!" He panted, she couldn't die, not like this. "Wake up Maya!" He didn't stop the compressions, not even when he heard her ribs crack under the pressure, "Wake up!" He cried desperately. "WAKE UP!"

Maya found herself seated at a table that she'd been sat at before, across from her, the only one in existence that knew her better than she knew herself, "This…isn't good, is it?" she said slowly, not bothering to look around when she knew exactly where she was.

"No, it is not," Death said, looking at her, fairly displeased with her sudden appearance.

"There's no Original with me."

"No, there is not."

"But if I'm here, without a vampire, that means that I'm…"

"Dead."

"That's not how this goes," Maya said, "This isn't where I go when I die, I know that, I'm cold, why am I so cold? I shouldn't be. When I come here I'm not supposed to be cold," she insisted, rubbing her arms, trying to increase her circulation, "When I come here I'm warm, and safe, and happy. I'm not any of those things!" Maya looked down at her hands, "And I'm still in this body, I never stay in my last form, I always come back to my first one! What's going on?!"

"What's going on? What's going on?!" Death repeated, frustration evident on his face, "What is going on is that you did, quite possibly the one thing that you shouldn't have done!" he was angry, "What the hell were you thinking?! Getting into that car! May 23rd 2009! You were never supposed to get into that car with Elena!"

"What was I supposed to do?! It's not like you left me an instruction manual!"

"Yes I did! It's all there in your brain! This date should have triggered your memory!"

"What memory?!"

"What-" Death reached forward and placed both of his hands on her temple and dove into her mind, he searched for what felt like an eternity but couldn't find it, the memory of Elena going over the bridge with her parents in the car, it was gone, completely wiped from her mind. "It's gone," he said.

"What?"

"Something that should have been there isn't, it's just gone."

"How? The whole point of you hiding my memories behind the wall was so that it couldn't happen."

"Tell me everything about the accident, everything."

"There's not much to tell, Elena snuck out, Miranda was going to get her, but I insisted on going instead."

"Why?"

"I don't know," she shrugged, suddenly questioning her reasoning, why wouldn't she want Miranda to go and get Elena "I had this feeling in my gut, it told me not to let her go, and Miranda let me, even though she knew it would be a bad idea. It didn't take much persuasion." Death growled and his hands found her head again as he did another deep dive. "Owe!" Maya cried out as she felt him in her mind, "Aah! Stop it!" she screamed, it was like she was being stabbed.

He pulled out again, "The memory was taken, and a suggestion was planted," he said.

"When?" she gasped, her hand going to her temple, her mind was supposed to be her safe space.

"December."

Maya scoffed, "That's what she was doing."

"What?" Death asked, Maya had come to some sort of realisation that he hadn't.

"In December I created two moonlight rings, first one then the other, I could feel her fighting against me, your sister, I thought that she was trying to stop me from making the rings. But the magic I used, the spell I did, it connected me to nature. What if it gave her access to me? A way to get inside my head? What if that's what I was feeling? She wasn't fighting against the spell, she was fighting against your barrier."

"My sister knows what we're doing," Death said, "More than I expected."

"She tried to kill me," Maya realised, "She did kill me."

"Not yet," he said.

"I'm here without an aid, I'm dead, I can't- I can't go back." She felt another shiver down her spine, her body was getting colder.

"You still feel the cold?" Death asked.

"It's getting worse," Maya nodded.

"Then a part of you is still over there!"

"Not enough! I don't come here on my own and then live! That's not how this works! It's never has!"

"You listen to me!" Death growled, eyes going completely black as he felt rage overtake him, "I have been stuck in this domain for thousands of years! While she gets to run around and do whatever she wants, because that's how the universe made us! This is the closest I've ever been to being free! To doing what I want!" He stood her up, grabbing her arms tight, "You and I planned this together! Six thousand years looking for a way to get me to the land of the living and now that we have you want to give up?!"

"I don't want to give up!" Maya exclaimed. "You think I wanted this? You think I wanted to lose what I have there? People that love me, more power than I ever dreamed of at my fingertips, and a man that- a man that I could- Six thousand years and this is the first time that I have a family." she clenched her fists and pulled away from him, "I. Didn't. Want. To. Die!"

"Maybe you don't have to," Death said.

"What are you talking about?!"

"You said it yourself, you've never had as much power as you do now, and it's all there, in your body, on the living plain. I'll send you back!"

"How? You've never been able to do that before."

"Your power comes from me. Every time I've brought you back in the past, you've been one of hers, human, witch, werewolf. But this time everything in you comes from me. I can do it."

Maya shook her head, "You think she's going to let you? She won't, she'll make sure that I stay dead." She wanted to say more, but instead coughed up water, her hair and clothes were suddenly drenched and Death grabbed her before she could fall down, "What's- what's happening?" she gripped his shirt as her knees buckled.

"It's seeping over, life and death," he said, "If we're going to do this, it has to be now! Six thousand years and you're the only one, out of all of my children that I would ever trust with this. Tell me you're not giving up! Tell me!"

Maya nodded, she wanted to go back, she wanted it more than anything, more than the first time she came back to life, "Do it," she gasped, more water spilling from her mouth.

"Wake up!" Enzo cried desperately, tears falling as Maya wasn't responding, she couldn't die, not like this. "WAKE UP!" Maya's eyes flew open and she started coughing up water, "Oh thank God!" He turned her on her side, so she wouldn't choke, "That's it Love, breathe for me." Enzo cocked his head, he could hear sirens, the ambulance and police were almost there.

"Go," Maya gasped, gripping onto his hand tightly, despite the instruction.

"I'm not leaving you," Enzo shook his head.

"You can't stay," she coughed, now she could hear the sirens, they were seconds away, "Go!"

Enzo snarled and whooshed into the trees, she may have needed him out of sight, but she wouldn't leave his, not till he knew that she was safe. He watched as two ambulances pulled up, along with a police car. The other girl wasn't far from Maya, she was unconscious, whoever had pulled her out of the water was long gone, but Enzo didn't care, all he cared about was Maya.

Enzo burst through the doors of the Sommers home, soaking wet and panting, "Where the hell have you-" Damon cut himself off when he took in in the other man.

"Damon," Enzo gasped as he stumbled in, heading straight for the older vampire, he threw his arms around Damon's waist and broke down.

"Hey," Damon said quietly, his arms came up and cradled Enzo against him, "What happened? What's wrong?" He carded his fingers through Enzo's hair, unsure of how to comfort his broken partner.

Enzo tightened his grip on Damon, he needed a moment, to catch his breath, to process what he'd seen, what he'd heard, Maya still wasn't out of the woods, she fallen back into unconsciousness as she'd been loaded into the ambulance. "Maya's car went over the bridge," he finally managed.

"What?!" Damon stiffened, "What happened?!"

Enzo shook his head, burying his face further into Damon's neck, "I don't know, Jeremy called, said there was an accident, I ran and pulled her out of the car, out of the water." He swallowed heavily and looked Damon in his eyes, "She wasn't breathing, and I broke her ribs to get her heart beating again."

"Where is she?"

"On her way to the hospital."

Damon nodded, "Okay, okay, let's get you changed, you're soaking, we'll dry you off, and then go."

Jenna, Miranda and Jeremy were in the hospital waiting room, by the time they had gotten to the bridge paramedics were loading Maya and Elena into ambulances. So they'd gone straight to the emergency room, Jeremy had called Caroline after Enzo, she was already there waiting for them. Damon and Enzo arrived next, they got there in record time, but they had to hang back, couldn't make themselves known without raising suspicion, especially not with how Enzo had torn Maya's car up. As soon as the Sheriff's Department dredged the water and pulled the car out, there would be questions, questions that they didn't want directed at Jenna. So they stayed outside, hearing tuned into the waiting room.

Liz arrived at the hospital, and after speaking with an officer for a few minutes she came over to Miranda and Jenna. "Miranda, Jenna," Liz said, voice full of sympathy, "How are the girls?"

Jenna was still trembling and could barely speak, so Miranda did for her, "Elena's got a broken leg, they're going to set it now."

"And Maya?"

"She's in critical condition, her ribs are broken, she's got internal bleeding, they've taken her into surgery."

"I'm so sorry about this," Liz said, with Miranda as her best friend, and Maya as Caroline's, Liz had known both of the girls since they were born, she'd seen them laugh and cry, and she was just as worried for them, but as Sheriff, she had a job to do. "But we need to discuss what happened," she looked between the two women, "Maya was driving when they went over the bridge and-"

"Hold on!" Jenna snapped out of her despair when she heard what Liz was saying, "You're not actually implying that Maya was responsible for this accident?! Not when we all know what happened!" Jenna looked over at Miranda incredulously, her older sister torn between protecting her daughter and her niece.

"They crashed and we haven't been able to find any witnesses, what are you talking about?" Liz asked.

"Uh- Liz would you give Jenna and I a few minutes please, she's very distraught," Miranda said, tugging at her sister's hand.

Jenna pulled her hand away, "No! We know what happened!" Jenna insisted turning back to Liz, "Maya was on speaker phone, we heard everything!"

"What happened?" Liz asked, her 'Sheriff's' face on full display.

"Jenna-"

"No! You're not pinning this on Maya when it was Elena's fault!" Jenna exclaimed, getting the attention of more than a few people in the hospital, "She was drunk, distracting Maya! Maya kept telling her to stop it, and then, then we just heard them scream," she trailed off with a whimper, and fled the waiting room, not wanting anyone to see her break down.

Damon and Enzo stiffened as Jenna burst through the hospital doors, tears already falling, "You go," Damon said, "I'll check on Caroline and Jeremy."

Enzo nodded and went after her while Damon went inside as he heard the Sheriff follow Miranda who'd taken off in the other direction.

/ / /

"Hey!" Damon said, when he saw Caroline and Jeremy, both of them leaning on each other as they sobbed, "Hey come here," he said, pulling them both to him.

"Damon," Caroline cried, burying herself into his chest, Jeremy quickly following suit.

"Hey, hey it's okay," he said softly, reminded of the fact that they were both so young, "It'll be okay."

Caroline shook her head, sniffling, "They don't know what's wrong! She was awake and then she wasn't! And now she's in surgery!"

"Enzo got to her in time," Damon said, squeezing tightly, "And when she comes out of there, we'll pump her full of vampire blood, just to make sure. I promise." He said, terrified of what was going on. He needed answers from the doctors and he needed them soon, otherwise he'd go into that operating room and give her his blood himself.

/ / /

"Jenna!" Enzo called, jogging up to her.

"Enzo!" Jenna cried, throwing herself at him, "Thank you!" she sobbed, "Thank you!" no one knew how the girls had gotten out of the car, but Jeremy had told her that he'd called Enzo.

"It's alright," he held on as she trembled, "She'll be okay," he said, unsure, but knowing that he had to be strong for her.

"You can't know that," Jenna shook.

"Yes I can," he said, "She woke up! I pulled her out, and I got her breathing, and she woke up, she spoke to me, she's a fighter, she'll be okay."

"Thank you," she whispered, "I don't know what I'd do without you, if you hadn't been there, I can't even imagine-"

"Don't even talk like that. It'll never happen," he said, "I'll always be there for her, and you, she's not my only saviour, and I love you just as much." He whispered into her hair, "You're my family, I will always protect you, both of you."

/ / /

Damon could hear the Sheriff and Miranda come back, "I have to go."

"No," Jeremy sniffled, it had been over a year since his dad had died, and here Damon was, comforting him the way that a father might.

"Your mothers are coming back, Enzo almost ripped the car in half to get to Maya, they can't see me, but Enzo and I will be right outside. We can hear everything, but we can't be in here." He prised their fingers from him, "It'll be okay," he disappeared less than a second before the two women reappeared.

/ / /

Jenna went back inside as Damon came out, "So 'Aunt Miranda' is trying to keep the Sheriff from seeing her daughter before she talks to her alone," Damon said to Enzo, "My guess is to get her story straight."

Enzo snorted, "Well there are only two people that truly know what happened, and one of them is in surgery right now."

"Well maybe we should find out for ourselves," Damon said, "Only the doctors are with the cousin right now."

"Let's go," Enzo frowned, fully intending on ensuring that Elena Gilbert would tell the truth no matter what.

/ / /

Damon and Enzo whooshed back inside the hospital, avoiding anyone and everyone that could be a problem, while looking for Elena. Once they found her room, Enzo compelled the doctors away while Damon walked inside and froze. "Damon?" he asked, "Damon?" he shook the Salvatore by the shoulder and he snapped up to look at the Brit.

"She looks like her," Damon whispered.

"What?" Enzo asked.

"Katherine," Damon breathed, "She looks exactly like Katherine."

/ / /

Caroline rubbed her hands over her face as she tried to keep the tears at bay, her mother was still working the accident and Jeremy had been taken to see his sister by his mom. "Someone needs to let Klaus know what's happened." She said to Jenna.

"Oh God," Jenna breathed, she'd forgotten about him, she and Maya had spoken about the Original in depth, about Maya's feeling for the ancient vampire, and what she was supposed to do, because she didn't really know what Klaus wanted, besides some flirtatious looks and a few comments. Jenna hadn't had the chance to see how the two interacted, having spent the summer helping Miranda, so she had no idea how Klaus was going to react. "He's not going to react well, is he?"

Caroline shook her head, "No, I think it'll be bad, really bad, like biblical bad."

Jenna looked over at the younger girl with wide eyes, "I'm not calling him," she said finally, she was in no mood to deal with an angry Original Vampire. It wasn't happening, no way.

"Who's going to call him then?" Caroline asked.

Jenna gave her a look, "You could call Kol…"

"Kol's going to be just as bad!" the blonde protested.

"Well from what I understand he likes you the best."

"He likes Maya the best!" Caroline replied offended.

"Well then you're second best, either way, I'm not in primary contact with either of the Originals."

"Fine!" Caroline relented, "I'll call him, he can tell Klaus."

It was four p.m. in Sydney Australia when Kol's phone rang, "Caroline!" he purred with a smile, the whole time she had his number, she'd refused to call him, but perhaps she'd finally broken down and was ready to admit that she liked him, "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"Kol," she started cautiously, "Are you…alone, somewhere private?"

"I'm out in the city at the moment, why?"

"I need you to go somewhere without people. Now." Her voice brooked no argument, and it had Kol frowning, something was wrong.

"Give me a moment Darling." Kol whooshed out of the store that he was in and seconds later was at his home, away from everyone. "I'm alone now."

"You need to stay calm while I tell you this," she said slowly, "Because it's bad."

"What is it?" Kol's voice hardened.

"Maya was at family night, and her cousin, Elena, snuck out to a party, when Elena's mom found out, Maya volunteered to go and get her."

"You're stalling Darling, just tell me what's going on."

"Elena was drunk when Maya picked her up, they were on their way home and Elena was acting like a spoiled brat! She was shoving Maya while she was driving, the car was going over Wickery Bridge and Elena hit the wheel, they crashed, into the water."

"WHAT?!" There was no humour left in Kol, only anger, "WHERE IS MAYA NOW?! TELL ME!" he thundered.

"She's still in surgery, she has broken ribs and internal bleeding, and I don't what's going on because the doctors haven't come out yet," she broke down.

"Where's Damon and Enzo?"

"I don't know, they came out after they spoke to Elena to tell us what she did, but they can't be seen here. Kol," Caroline breathed, "Someone needs to tell Klaus."

Kol froze, no one had told Nik, and he understood why, the person they had to give Nik bad news was currently unconscious in surgery and no one knew when she'd be awake. "I'll take care of it."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm in Australia," he said, "Nik can't do anything to me here, but be aware, Nik's only 2000 miles away, at a push he could be there in 15 minutes."

"WHAT?!" Caroline almost screamed in shock, how was that even possible?

"We get faster every year, we're a thousand, and Nik will use the full extent of his abilities to get there, be ready."

The roar of anger that Klaus let out was almost deafening, it rang out through the compound and had the whole pack cowering back in fear as they knew it came from their leader. "Everyone back in your rooms! Now!" Cary ordered. He was surprised he wasn't shaking in terror, he never heard Klaus make that sound before, he'd never heard anyone make that sound before, but he knew that he needed to get the pack out of view, he wouldn't risk them against the Original's anger.

The pack were quick to follow instructions, including the Elders, who usually had more freedom than the rest of the pack, Cary made sure that everyone was hidden away before slowly making his way upstairs, "Klaus?" he asked, hearing crashing coming from the other side of the door. "Klaus I'm coming in, please don't kill me." He swallowed before opening the door, the Original was stood in the middle of a wreckage that was once his studio, chest heaving, vampire on full display. "I'm here to help, just tell me what you need."

Klaus snarled, the urge to kill right on the surface, but the earnestness in Cary's eyes had him holding off. "I'm going to Virginia, watch the pack."

"How long will you be gone?" Cary asked, "Just so I know what to tell the pack."

"Unknown," Klaus said, tossing Cary a credit card, "Use that for expenses."

"Are you going to take the car? Shall I take you to the airport?"

"It'll be faster if I run," Klaus said lowly, making a move to leave but Cary stopped him.

"Are you going to tell the kids?" he didn't need to elaborate on who the kids were, "We may look after them, but you're who they look to."

Klaus's jaw clenched as he thought about the two young children who had come to rely solely on him and nodded, he would swing by and speak to them before he left, he owed them that much.

/ / /

"Liam, Luna," Klaus said, walking into their room, Cary hadn't told the pack to leave their rooms yet, and he wouldn't while Klaus was still on the property. Liam was reading while Luna was colouring, both of them looked up at his entrance. "I'm leaving for a bit, I don't know how long I'll be gone, but while I am, you two will listen to Cary."

"No!" Luna exclaimed, running over to Klaus and wrapping her arms around his legs, "You can't go!"

Liam was calmer about it, but expressed the same sentiment as he came over to them, "You have to stay," he said, "You're our Alpha."

Klaus looked down at both of them, eyes wide, he hadn't realised how attached to him the children were, "I have to go."

"No!" Luna said again, tightening her grip, "No! You're not leaving!" She demanded.

Klaus pulled her away from his legs and crouched down, looking them both in the eye, "Do you remember the Witch that made you your rings?" he asked.

"Yes," Liam said and Luna nodded, she'd started crying.

"She is a very good friend of mine, and she's been hurt, quite badly, I have to make sure that she's okay."

Luna's little body shook as she tried to withhold her sobs, she remembered the woman that helped her, she gave her and her brother a gift that no one else had, "She's hurt?" she asked, voice small and fragile.

Klaus nodded, "She is, she's very important to me, and did me a great favour when I asked her to come and help you. So I have to go." He motioned for Liam to come closer and the young boy did. Klaus placed his hand on his shoulder, "I need you to look after your sister, can you do that for me?"

"Yes," Liam said, putting on a brave face.

"And you Sweetheart," Klaus turned back to Luna, "I need you to be brave for me, can you do that?" Luna nodded and threw herself at Klaus, he was surprised, but eventually moved to hug her.

"You'll come back?" she asked, telling him what she was really afraid of, her parents and her pack were gone, Klaus and her brother were the only constants that she had in her life, and she'd latched on quite tightly.

"I give you my word, I will come back," he locked eyes with Liam, "as soon as I can."

Liam nodded, his fists clenched at his side as he watched his sister hug Klaus, Klaus tugged the boy to him, and felt as his arms came up fairly hesitantly to hug him, but once they had, he held onto him quite strongly. "Please come back soon," he whispered.

"I promise."

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