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Dark Angels and Light Angels: Yes even a completed upgraded werewolf venom could be siphoned by Maya, but Kol doesn't know that she can siphon the venom, because Klaus said that she should keep in a secret, and he hasn't told his brother because that would be a violation of her trust. And Maya has just kept it to herself because she didn't think that she needed to tell Kol, because if he gets bitten by a Werewolf, he would heal from it.
LifePrice1412: I haven't really delved that deep into Alaric's character just yet, because he hasn't had the same confrontations with Vampires that he did in the series, so I'm just going with what I think he might act like, especially when he believes that Damon is a Vampire that killed his wife and the new woman he's dating appears to be friends with that Vampire. So Alaric is like, trying to tiptoe around things, because he doesn't know that Jenna is already aware of the Supernatural. Which does mean that he's not going about things in the perfect way. Also, I genuinely have no idea what Twilight reference you are referring to, I've only seen the movies once, because if I didn't, I wouldn't have had anything to talk about with my friends back when they came out, so please tell me what the Twilight reference was! You've left me curious now!
Blu3b3rryT3a: Damon needs to be driven a little nuts sometimes! Mostly cus he can be such a dick, and even though he's mellowed, there's no way that he doesn't drive her crazy sometimes. Freya and Kol's relationship is continuing to grow, I feel like they're going to become they type of siblings that live to annoy one another, but the moment someone tries something with one of them, they'll have each other's backs immediately. Don't worry about Kol! Rebekah took the hit for him, she just potentially risked her life to save her brother!
guest: I'm not sure Alaric is many people's favourite character, especially after how he's portrayed in Legacies, but I think Jenna deserved more than what he gave her in the show, and she definitely deserves more than him in this fic. Stefan and Elena are perfectly annoying together! The lock that Maya put on the tomb is just a basic one, so hate to break it to you, but Sheila's not going to die if she opens it. But I do think that the fact that it's empty, is going to have an effect on Bonnie.
Nicole Cullen Masen: Rebekah's instinct to protect her brother is a pivotal moment for all of the Originals, but Kol especially, because he's never believed that he was as important in the eyes of his siblings, Klaus is making up for his part in making Kol feel like he was nothing to his family, but what Rebekah just did, that will have definitely had an impact on Kol's beliefs.
Guest: He is being really dumb, but I think its quite funny that he and Elena are working themselves into a frenzy, without even really being prompted by anyone. Which sort of shows how Stefan views Damon, as nothing by a harbinger of death and bad tidings, which was true for Season 1 Damon, but it also kind of shows how Stefan and Elena are on the one hand are kinda perfect for one another.
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Saiyanprincess1511: Bex's move, taking the hit for Kol, is definitely going to have an impact on the Originals. Elena and Stefan going off on this tangent together all without any prompting by anyone is kind of fun to write, I'm just imagining their faces when they find out that the tomb is empty and what their freak out about it is going to be.
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xotinkerbella: I gotta make fun of Damon sometimes! Because even though he's pretty chill now, he's probably still just as annoying to the girls, he won't have been able to help himself. You'll find out about Rebekah in this chapter so you'll just have to read and see! I can't kill Stefan, as pissed as Damon is at his brother, he still loves him!
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The Originals rushed back to the home that they'd compelled in Maine, Kol with Rebekah in his arms, and Elijah had taken possession of the Vampire that had infected his sister. He'd snapped his neck again, and tied him up with whatever he could find around the house and began to drain him of his blood. Kol placed his sister on a bed and lifted her shirt, taking a look at her wound, "It's spreading too fast," he said to his brother, "We need to know if she was injected with a completed venom."
"I'm working on it," Elijah replied, snapping the Vampire's neck again as he heard the bones starting to heal, "He's on vervain, I'm draining him."
"That could take too long," Kol breathed, "The upgraded venom can kill an Original in 24 hours, Rebekah may not have the time."
"How do you know that?!"
"It doesn't matter," Kol shook his head, pulling out his phone, "We need help, call Nik!"
/ / /
Maya was eating lunch at school when her phone rang, putting up a quick silencing barrier, she answered it, "Kol? What's up? You know I'm at school."
"Rebekah's been hurt!" Kol said, almost frantically.
"What?"
"We went to Kingmaker to find Lucien, Rebekah took a blow meant for me and she's been infected with venom."
Maya gasped, "Is it the upgraded venom?"
"I don't know! But it's moving through her system fast!"
"Do you have a dagger with you?"
"No, I locked them away!"
"Okay, okay," Maya thought back to what she could remember about the venom, "Get her to New York, Freya can slow the venom with a sleep spell! Run there! I'll meet you as soon as I can! And someone call Nik!" She hung up the phone and immediately called one of the Vampires that Klaus had stationed in town, she needed to get to New York quickly.
/ / /
Klaus was playing with the kids when he received a call from his brother, "Elijah, what can I do for you today?"
"Rebekah was injected with Werewolf venom, and she's not healing!"
"WHAT?!" Klaus yelled, causing the children to freeze and look up at him curiously.
"We were looking for Lucien at one of his offices and she was attacked by his replacement, he injected her with the venom and she passed out! She hasn't woken yet."
"I'm on my way!"
"We're taking her back to New York, meet us there."
Klaus hung up the phone and looked down at the children who, thanks to their enhanced Werewolf senses, heard both sides of the conversation, "You're going?" Luna asked with a frown.
Klaus crouched down to look them both in the eye, "My sister has been hurt," he said, "You both know that family is everything, and I have to take care of her."
Liam was quiet, but he understood, when Luna was hurt, he did everything in his power to watch out for her, "Go," he said, "We'll be fine daddy, but you need to see your sister."
Klaus looked at Luna questioningly, and she nodded in response, family was important, you had to take care of them, he pulled them both to him, giving them a quick hug, and then whooshing them inside, to Cary, "Cary, I have to go! Watch the children!"
He shot to his room, calling Maya as he moved, "Nik, I'm already on the way to the airport, I'll see you in New York in a few hours," she said in lieu of a greeting.
"Hurry," was all he said, he knew that if it was the upgraded venom, then Rebekah didn't have much time, and he couldn't help her.
Freya had been Kol's second call, the moment he got of the phone with Maya, he filled his older sister in with what had happened, and she had immediately grabbed what she needed for a spell to stop the movement of the venom, and rushed over to the Penthouse, because neither Rebekah, nor Elijah had been invited into the Brownstone.
"Freya!" Finn called, surprised to see his sister at the house when she'd been so vocal about her displeasure with him.
"Not now Finn," she said, practically sprinting up the stairs to Rebekah's room.
"What are you doing?" he asked, "What's going on?"
"I think our sister's dying," she replied, setting out her ingredients, and starting to prepare them.
"What?!" How could Rebekah be dying? She was an Original, and the only weapon on earth that could kill one had been destroyed by Niklaus when he killed their father. "What are you talking about?"
"Finn! I don't have time to explain!" Freya exclaimed, "Either be quiet while I work or go!"
/ / /
Kol burst through the doors of the Penthouse, Rebekah in his arms, "FREYA!" he yelled, Rebekah hadn't woken, and her wound had seriously worsened. He heard his eldest sister upstairs and whooshed up to Rebekah's room, laying her the bed in front of the Mikaelson Witch.
Freya reached down, moving the bottom of Rebekah's top, seeing the full extent of the wound, "How long ago did this happen?" she asked, aghast at the damage that had been done to her sister, venom had spread in all directions, the entire lower half of her stomach looked infected now.
"An hour," Kol said, carrying his sister, he had to make several stops along the way. Elijah too, his older brother had brought along the Vampire that had attacked Rebekah, he was clearly old, as he was healing faster than expected. The moment that he'd arrived, he locked the Vampire in a room that Klaus had had spelled by a Witch, prisoners couldn't leave without permission of a Mikaelson.
"An hour?! That's impossible, the venom shouldn't be moving through her system like this!"
"We think it's the upgraded venom," Elijah said, coming in once he'd gotten his prisoner situated.
"You said the upgraded venom can kill you."
"Without the cure," Elijah replied, "Yes."
"I'd need a lot of time to come up with a cure," she said, her hands hovering over Rebekah, trying to understand the magic that had been used to create the venom used, "At the rate this is spreading, I won't be able to."
"Don't focus on the cure, focus on stopping the spread of the venom," Kol said, "If you can do that, then we can get an idea of the cure."
"How do you even know that I can stop the spread?"
"Nik's Witch says you can, it means you can," Kol replied.
/ / /
Maya was on the Mikaelson's private jet, on her way to New York, with one of the Vampire bodyguards that Klaus had compelled. She'd lit out of Mystic Falls so fast, she hadn't had a chance to speak to anyone or grab anything. The problem was, that no one knew whether or not Rebekah had been infected with a completed upgraded Werewolf venom, given what she knew about the venom, she was aware that it had taken Lucien years to find all the ingredients he needed to create it, he hadn't even found all the different packs when he came to New Orleans in a few years time. So her gut was telling her that whatever they'd used on Rebekah, it wasn't the finished product, but there was a small part of her that wasn't quite sure about that, Mother Nature was working against her, what if she'd helped Lucien along with his plan? After all, he had no idea that when an Original died, so would the sire line.
/ / /
Klaus shot into the Penthouse, heading straight for Rebekah's room, Elijah was inside with Kol and Freya, even Finn was hovering just outside, unwilling to enter, but also unwilling to leave. "Has she woken yet?" he asked.
Elijah shook his head, "Not yet."
"What the hell happened?" Klaus growled.
"She took the hit for me Nik," Kol said from his seat beside their sister, "My back was to the door, I didn't see anyone enter but she did, she pushed me out of the way. Where's Maya?"
"She's on her way," Klaus said, "We just need to keep Bekah alive until she gets here," he looked at Freya who had just finished up her spell, "Can you make sure of that?"
"I can slow the spread of the venom, I can't stop it yet." She responded, looking worriedly up at him, she and Rebekah had bonded very quickly, even after her baby sister had left New York to places unknown with Elijah, they'd remained in touch. Calling, texting, video chats, she'd always wanted a sister and it seemed like Bekah felt the same way.
"Just keep her alive, my Witch will be here soon."
"Are you sure that your Witch can help her?" Elijah asked, Klaus's Witch was powerful yes, but she was also young, he didn't believe that she'd be able to undo what had been done to his sister.
"I'm positive," Klaus replied, pulling out his phone as it buzzed with an incoming message, "She's landing, I'll go get her." He whooshed out of the room.
Rebekah groaned in pain as her eyes fluttered open, "What's going on?" she whispered, her insides were in agony.
"Bekah!" Kol gripped her hand, kneeling at her side, "What were you thinking?!"
She shifted slightly, gasping as she felt the stinging burn of the venom, "He was going to attack you."
"Then you let him attack me!" Kol insisted, "You're the baby sister, it's my job to protect you!"
She offered him a weak smile, "I'm sorry Kol," she whimpered, "I've been such a terrible sister."
"Hey," he tightened his grasp on her hand, "None of that now," he brushed her hair from her face, "I've not been the best brother either."
She frowned, "But you protected me, in New Orleans, when I called our father, you tried to protect me, and I betrayed you."
"I know, I know why you did it," he replied, "And as long as you can promise me that you won't go after Marcellus again, I'll forgive you."
"I won't," she shook her head, "I promise," as much as she cared for Marcel, as much as she still loved him, he wasn't worth losing her family over, and if she chose him, she was sure to lose her family, Kol and Nik especially. At that thought, she looked around the room, Elijah, Freya, even Finn standing just outside the door, but where was Nik? Moisture gathering in the corners of her eyes, "Where's Nik?" she asked, feeling a tear fall, she was dying, but Nik hadn't forgiven her, he was going to let her die without him.
Elijah's eyes widened at the sight of her tears and moved to her other side, taking her other hand, "He was here," he said, "Don't fret sister, Niklaus would never leave you to die, he's just gone to fetch his Witch, he said that she can help you."
"I-"
"He's telling the truth Bekah," Kol reassured, "Nik was here, he rushed over the moment he heard you'd been hurt, he's going to take care of you."
Damon, Enzo and Caroline were at the Boarding House, the guys were training her in how best to use her new reflexes against a Vampire, they were there just in case Liz decided to stop by the Sommers residence. She didn't know that they were Vampires, and stumbling across them working with her daughter, was not the way that anyone wanted her to find out.
"Okay, so Maya says that it's best to work off of intent first," Enzo said.
"What do you mean?" Caroline asked, unsure as to what he was getting at.
"Eventually your body will be able to know exactly how to react given the situation, it'll become instinct. But to start off with, you need to focus on your intent, get your body used to what you need the reflexes for," Enzo explained.
"So like, if I went like this," Damon came up from behind her and reached from her arm, but she didn't move, "The magic didn't make you move, because you feel safe with me, you didn't want to move. And that's great, but we're in a training session now, just because you feel safe with me, doesn't mean that you shouldn't be trying to get away. You need to make your intent clear. Do you understand?"
Caroline nodded, "I think so."
"Okay, so we're gonna start off by showing you some moves," Enzo said, "And then you're gonna try to used those moves to escape from the bid bad Vampire." He nodded at Damon who smirked in response.
"You ready Care-Bear?"
"Show me what you've got."
/ / /
Bonnie and Sheila arrived at the tomb with Stefan and Elena, Stefan had explained that he believed that Damon was in town to open the tomb, and Sheila had agreed, she knew that that was why he was in Mystic Falls. Neither Witch hadn't wanted to open the tomb, but Stefan had pointed out that with Maya on his side, Damon would eventually be able to get into the tomb, and he probably wouldn't care about releasing the rest of the Vampires along with Katherine.
"You promise that you'll get rid of these Vampires?" Sheila asked.
"I swear," Stefan replied, "I'll get Katherine out, because if Damon finds out that she's dead, he'll slaughter the town, but I'll stake the rest of the Vampires in there myself."
Sheila nodded, "We won't be able to open the tomb without Emily's grimoire," she said, "It'll show us how to reverse the spell, but we can get a read on the magic today, see how powerful the spell is."
Stefan helped all three women down to the entrance of the tomb, and Bonnie was the first to be drawn to the pentagram, she reached out a hand and gasped at what she felt, "Grams?"
"What is it Bonnie?"
"I-I'm not sure," she said, "I don't know, you said that Emily was our ancestor right?" Sheila nodded in response, "Then shouldn't the magic feel…I dunno…familiar? This doesn't feel right."
Sheila came forward, and reached out with her own magic, furrowing her brow at what she found, this was Bennett magic, but it also wasn't, almost like it had been twisted somehow, "Oh no," she said.
"What is it?" Elena asked.
"I think we're too late."
"What?" Stefan asked.
"I think that Maya's already been here." The magic not only felt off, but it wasn't strong, the spell keeping the tomb sealed was basic, one that with two of them here, could be easily undone. "Give me your hand Bonnie."
Bonnie held out left hand, and Sheila took hold of it, both Bennett Witches placed their free hands on the stone covering, "Say it with me, phasmatos aperire sepulcrum, phasmatos aperire sepulcrum, phasmatos aperire sepulcrum," they chanted together, until they felt a release of pressure. "It's done," Sheila said, and looked over at Stefan, "You'll have to do the heavy lifting."
Stefan walked up to the stone cautiously, he couldn't move it before, but Sheila said that it was done. He tried moving the stone, and it shifted, scraping across the floor, Stefan pushed it so that it was leaning up against a wall, revealing the entrance to the tomb. "I don't hear anything," Stefan said, looking at the Witches.
"You said they were desiccated," Elena pointed out.
"It doesn't matter, I should still be able to hear something, but there's nothing."
"Let's take a look then," she said.
"What? Elena you can't-" Bonnie started.
"Stefan and I are doing this together, right Stefan?" she looked at her boyfriend who took a moment before he nodded in response, the Vampires inside wouldn't be able to move, so he could keep her safe.
He pulled a torch from his pocket, "You stay by my side at all times, do you understand?"
Elena nodded, and slipped her hand into his, the two of them made their way inside, Bonnie held her breath, she didn't want anything to happen to her friend, "Uh, you may want to come in!" Elena called, looking around at the empty tomb.
Bonnie shot her Grams an uncertain look, should they? "What is it?" She asked.
"Shelia needs to see this," Stefan said, "You'll be safe, I promise!"
Bonnie and her grandmother, created a couple of torches out of some broken branches that fallen into the hole when the floor disappeared, and set the tops alight with some magic, they walked inside cautiously, Bonnie taking the rear, just in case. "I don't understand," Bonnie said, "There's nothing here."
Sheila looked around, finally reaching Stefan, "It's worse than I thought," she said, "Maya and Damon must have gotten in earlier, and freed the Vampires."
Bonnie continued to look around, ignoring the discussion taking place behind her, something didn't feel right, she stopped at some marks on the wall and her eyes widened, "Uh, guys!" she called.
"If the Vampires are all free, wouldn't there have been a serious increase in animal attacks?" Elena asked.
"Guys?"
"They could have left," Sheila said.
"Guys?"
"They wouldn't just leave," Stefan replied, "They were locked in here for a 145 years thanks to the founding families, there's no way that they don't want revenge."
"GUYS!" Bonnie finally yelled, causing them all to snap their attention to her, "You need to see this."
She gestured to the marks on the wall and Sheila crouched down to get a better look, "Are those-" Stefan started.
"Scorch marks," Sheila finished, she moved further ahead, keeping the torch low, she could see the marks covered both sides of the tomb, "They're everywhere."
"The Vampires aren't here, and it's not because they were released," Bonnie said, coming to the correct conclusion, "They're not here, because they're all dead. Maya killed them."
"26 Vampires?" Stefan said in shock.
"Why would she do that?" Elena asked.
"And where's Katherine?" Bonnie asked, "You all said that Damon was in town to get her out of the tomb, if the tomb was already opened, Katherine should be out, shouldn't she? Wouldn't Damon've left with her?"
"You really need to speak to Damon," Elena said to her boyfriend.
"Grams, why would Maya kill all of these Vampires? If she's as bad as you say, wouldn't she have left them alive to terrorise the town?"
Sheila could feel her jaw clenched at the question, "Maybe she decided to drain them all of their magic, it would have killed them."
"You-you think that Maya killed 26 people for power?" Bonnie asked incredulously, with everything she knew about Maya, that didn't add up.
"Not people," Sheila said, "Vampires, and yes I do, it's the only explanation."
Maya stepped out of the aeroplane, eyes locking with Klaus's as he stood on the tarmac, waiting for her, "Hey," she said, standing in front of him, "How is she?" She could be happy about seeing Klaus later, right now, her focus had to be Rebekah.
"Freya's managed to slow the spread of the venom, she can't stop it yet."
"Do we know if it's the real thing?"
Klaus shook his head, "We have the Vampire that attacked her in custody, Elijah's draining him of his vervain as we speak, once its out of his system we'll know for certain."
"Okay," she nodded, she'd get her answers soon enough, "Let's go, I'll take care of her." Klaus lifted her into his arms and whooshed away.
/ / /
Klaus and Maya arrived back at the Penthouse in seconds, he put her down outside Rebekah's room and she looked over at him, "You wanna see her first? She's awake now."
"I-"
"It's only been a few hours," Maya said, "A couple of minutes now isn't going to make a difference."
He nodded and went inside while she waited for him to speak with Rebekah, Maya looked to her side and saw Finn, hovering close by, but not inside the room, "Hello Finn," she smirked, "Still desperately trying to get your big sister away from the monsters in the family?"
Finn sneered at her, "I will not allow my sister to be used."
"Your sister's a big girl Finn, I know you were trapped in a box for nine centuries, but it's the 21st century now, women don't belong to anyone and it's not your job to protect her, believe me, she's stronger than you, she can protect herself just fine."
/ / /
"Sister," Klaus said, walking into Rebekah's room.
Her eyes lit up at the sight of him, she hadn't really believed Elijah when he said that Klaus had rushed to her side, she'd truly believed that she'd made him so angry that he didn't care, but here he was, his Witch in tow. "Nik," she breathed.
"You've gotten yourself into quite a mess," he said, offering her a smile.
"It was either me or Kol," she shot back.
"And I'm sure that our brother would have much rather it been him," he glanced at Kol, who nodded in response, "You're our baby sister, it's our job to protect you," he said, bending down and placing a kiss on her forehead, "Now, let's get you fixed up shall we?" he turned to the doorway, where he could see his Siphon arguing with Finn. "Maya," he said, causing her to snap to attention, "Must you antagonise Finn?"
She shot him a humorous look, before glancing back at Finn, "He kidnapped me once, and then tried again here, neither of which I've had an apology for, so yeah," she nodded, "I must."
"Well finish later, for now, my sister." He gestured to Rebekah and Maya nodded, walking over to Rebekah's bedside.
"Alright," she rolled her sleeves up, "Everybody out!"
"What?" Elijah said, "I'm not leaving."
"And I'm not showing you how I fix this. Out. I'm not healing her in front of you." She looked over at Klaus who nodded, ushering his big brother and sister out of the room, "You too, Kol."
"What? Why?"
"Because I said so!"
"But-"
"Do you wan me to fix this? Or do you want to continue arguing?" she asked, gesturing to the wound on Rebekah's stomach.
Klaus rolled his eyes, pulling his baby brother away from his sister and pushing him out the door, "I'll keep them outside Love."
Maya smiled gratefully, before getting to her knees on the floor, next to Rebekah, once the door was closed, "You really believe that you can cure this?" the blonde asked.
Maya nodded, "Freya told you what I am didn't she?" she knew that she could speak freely, because Klaus had had silencing spells put on each of the bedrooms in the Penthouse.
Rebekah nodded, "She did."
"Well, I'm about to show you what I can do, but I'll need your word Rebekah, you won't tell a soul what I did."
Rebekah looked at the girl for a moment, understanding the position that the Siphon was in, she didn't want anyone to know that she could heal a Werewolf bite, less she becomes everyone's go to when they had an encounter with a wolf. "If you can heal me, I swear, I won't breathe a word."
Maya nodded and placed her hands on the wound, "This may sting a little." She began to siphon the magic from the venom, and things were going fine for a moment, but then, she stopped, suddenly feeling very sick. Paling slightly, she snatched the waste basket in the corner of the room and threw up, a disgusting black goo like substance.
"What the hell is that?!" Rebekah asked alarmed.
Maya straightened with a groan, and wiped her mouth, she looked at the substance on her hand in question, "That's never happened before," she said, looking back over at Rebekah, "There's something other than Werewolf venom in there."
"What is it?" Rebekah asked, she had started to feel better as Maya siphoned, but now that she'd stopped the venom had started to spread again.
Maya shook her head, "I have no idea."
"Can you still do this?"
"Yeah," Maya stood on shaky legs, "I just need a little boost first." She went over to the door and opened it, "Nik," she said.
"Is it done?" he asked.
"Not yet, I need a boost, blood and magic."
He took in her pale complexion, "What happened?"
"I don't know yet, but I need that boost." He bit into his hand and she brought the bloody appendage to her mouth, drinking from him for as long as she could, her colour getting noticeably better the more she drank. Pulling away from him, she looked up at him, fully energised, "About that other thing." She held out her hand and Kol placed his in hers.
"I've got you Darling."
The other Originals watched curiously as a strange red glow emanated from her hand, for a few minutes before she pulled away, "Thanks," she said, "I'll be back in a few."
Shutting the door, she turned to Rebekah, "Let's try this again."
Maya closed her eyes and started to siphon again, the venom disappearing from Rebekah, but this time, as she did, her mind was drawn away from the conscious plain. Opening her eyes at the abrupt change in feeling, she came face to face with a woman that she didn't recognise, but felt like she should have.
"Who are you?" Maya asked.
The woman let out a musical laugh, "Don't you remember me little one?" she asked. The sound of her voice sent chills down Maya's spine, "I'm your Mother."
Maya raised a brow at the woman, "My Mother?" she asked, eyeing her up and down, "No you're not."
"Yes, I am," the woman insisted, her dark hair flowing down over caramel skin, "I gave you life, over and over again, you were mine first."
"Yours first," Maya repeated, understanding who the woman was, she let out a hollow laugh, "I may have been yours once, I may have even been your favourite. But you betrayed me. I cried out for help, and you never came!"
"I couldn't-"
"YES YOU COULD!" Maya thundered, "You made this world! It's yours to do with as you wish, you could have come to me when I needed you, but you didn't."
"You left me," Mother Nature said, "I was your Mother and you vanished from my sight!"
"You were my Master, not my Mother, I was your servant, and either way you abandoned me," Maya replied, pain evident on her featured, "You. Abandoned. Me. For your other followers, your other creations, they were newer, shinier, so much more fun, and you left me! But that's all you do isn't it? Get bored. Move on. Leave everyone that loves you behind. So, I did the only thing that I could, I reached out to someone else for help, and I got it."
"Yes, my brother," Mother Nature looked displeased, "He stole you."
"I gave myself to him, I wasn't stolen, I was discarded, and he picked me up, and he kept me safe, and when I wanted to spread my wings, he let me do that too. He broke your cycle, and made one for himself." Her eyes started to bleed black, the plain that they were on trembled, "I was a servant, now I'm a Daughter, I had a Master, and now I have a Father."
Nature looked around frantically, what was going on? "What are you doing?"
"You're in my head, a place that no longer belongs to you, it belongs to Him. I'm not a ten-year-old girl anymore, my mind isn't yours to manipulate! Here I have the power! Now get out!"
"You will not disrespect me!"
"I SAID OUT!" Maya screamed, throwing her hands out, shoving Mother Nature out of her mind, and building up her walls firmly, as she pulled out of her own mind, back to the conscious world, finding that while she'd been gone, her body had automatically continued to siphon the magic in the venom. It took a few more minutes, but the moment the last bit of magic from Rebekah had been removed, she stood up and rushed to the adjoining bathroom, slamming the door behind her as she fell to her knees and heaved, expelling far more black gunk than before.
/ / /
Kol paced the floor in front of Rebekah's room, "What is taking so long?" he asked Klaus.
"The venom spread quite far Kol," Klaus replied.
"What is she doing in there?"
"Kol-"
"No! You know! You know what it is that she's doing! Why won't you tell me?"
"Because it's choice whether she tells you Kol," Klaus replied.
"I find it odd that you're putting such trust in this girl," Elijah cut in, before his brothers started an actual argument.
"She's powerful," Klaus replied.
"So is our sister," Elijah gestured at Freya, who was staring at the door brow furrowed in concentration, trying to figure out what Maya was doing in there, "And yet, you put your trust in an outsider."
"SHE IS NOT- She is not an outsider," Klaus said, trying to stay calm, "Not to me."
Freya cocked her head as she thought about what it was the Maya could do, but she couldn't, and her eyes widened, "Oh!" she realised exactly what Maya was doing.
"What?" Kol asked, looking at her suspiciously.
"Nothing!"
"You know what she's doing don't you?!" When Freya didn't dispute that Kol threw his hands up, "Why can everyone know but me?!"
"To be fair, she just worked it out," Klaus said, causing his little brother to growl at him.
"Now that's just-"
Kol was cut off by the opening of the door, Rebekah stood on the other side, a smile on her face, "I'm barely off my deathbed and you two are arguing," she said.
"Rebekah!" Elijah let out a sigh of relief, being the first to wrap his baby sister in a hug.
Caroline was picking things up very quickly working with Enzo and Damon, whenever someone told her that she couldn't something, she made it her business to prove them wrong, and her defence instructor had told her that she wouldn't be able to reach Maya's level by the end of the school year. She wasn't going to let that just lie, she was smart, and strong and flexible thanks to her cheerleading, she could do this. She laughed as she finally was able to get away from Damon and then Enzo, zipping past them at an enhanced pace.
"DAMON!" Stefan yelled, as he saw how fast Caroline moved, and came to completely the wrong conclusion, "What have you done?!" he rushed forward, leaving Elena and Bonnie stood on the stone balcony that overlooked the backyard. Damon rolled his eyes as Stefan came towards him, "You turned her?!" Stefan asked incredulously. "How could you?!" he gripped Damon's shirt, and was going to throw him back, when his brother brushed him off, forever stronger than him when he wasn't on human blood.
"Back off Stef," Damon straightened his shirt as the blonde and the Brit came to stand next to him, "I didn't do anything."
"I'm not a Vampire, Stefan," Caroline rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Maybe you should check that first before you rush in and attack your brother."
Stefan looked over at her, "Wh-Yo-" he couldn't see any lapis lazuli on her, and the sun was out in full, "I saw you!"
"I'm not a Vampire," she reiterated, "I've been magically enhanced."
"What are you talking about?"
"I was attacked by Logan Fell when I was all alone, Stefan, I didn't want that to happen again, so Maya gave me a magic boost."
"What are you talking about? That's not possible."
"You have no idea what's possible in this world brother," Damon said.
Caroline scowled at the younger Salvatore, "I'm gonna go wash up, now that our session's been interrupted," she knew that there was no way that she and the guys would be able to get back to work now that Stefan was here. She brushed past Bonnie and Elena, who had been staring at her dumbfounded, grabbed her back from downstairs and went up to Damon's room, out of all the bathrooms in the Boarding House, Damon's was the best.
Bonnie and Elena shook themselves from their stupor and chased after the blonde, but they didn't get to her before she'd hopped into the shower. So both girls took a seat in Damon's room, and waited for her. They needed to find out what was going on with Caroline, she said she wasn't a Vampire, but then, how had she moved so fast?
Maya sat, leant up against the wall in Rebekah's bathroom, her head in her hands as her stomach rolled. Klaus had already been to check on her, but she'd sent him away, not wanting him to see her, when she felt so terrible. She didn't know what else was in the venom that she'd siphoned up, but whatever it was, seriously didn't agree with her. She groaned as she felt her stomach rebel against her, she lunged over the toilet, trying to throw up again. This time nothing came up, she was dry heaving, she must have cleared whatever it was she'd absorbed, but her system probably still thought that it was still inside her. Pulling back, she leant against the wall again, whimpering in pain as her body tried to fix itself.
There was a knock at the door and Maya narrowed her eyes at the door, "Nik I told you to go away," she said, assuming that it was either him or Kol, who was there to check on her.
"It's not Niklaus," the voice on the other end of the door said, "May I come in?"
"Ugh, I don't actually think that I can stop you," she muttered back, knowing full well that he could hear her.
The door opened and Elijah came in, holding two glasses, one with water inside, the other, clearly full of blood. "Elijah," she said.
"Niklaus thought that you might want this," he raised that glass of blood, just slightly, "I thought perhaps you might prefer water."
"I'll take the blood," she said without hesitation. Elijah couldn't hide his surprise as he handed her the glass, and she downed the drink in one go, almost immediately the blood took effect. Her stomach settled, her headache cleared, and her skin regained it's healthy colour. "Vampire blood is a miracle drug," she said, when she saw the question on Elijah's face. Standing she took the water from him, and drained it too, "Thanks," she said.
"Miss-"
"Maya," she said.
"No last name?" he asked.
"Not for you," she smirked.
"Maya," Elijah said, "You saved my sister. I owe you a debt."
Maya shrugged, "If you believe you owe me, then I'm not going to dispute it, but I didn't do it for you. Nik asked for my help, and I gave it."
"What exactly is your relationship with my brother?" Elijah asked, he'd never seen Klaus offer his blood so freely to anyone, and he'd definitely never seen him offer anyone his trust, the way he had with her. Leaving the Witch alone with their dying sister, Niklaus trusted her to save Rebekah, and she had.
"That's a question that you should ask your brother," she covered her mouth as she yawned, "Excuse me," she said, "I guess saving Rebekah took a lot out of me. Is there somewhere I can lie down?"
Elijah nodded, "Niklaus has asked that I show you to his room," he replied, "He has had some things brought up for you," he gestured for her to follow him and he led her to Klaus's bedroom. "If you need something, just press the buzzer, someone will be up to take care of you."
"Thank you," Maya said, closing the door behind her as Elijah walked away. She looked around, the room was very 'Klaus'. The walls were a dark stained wood, with artwork on all sides. There was a large window to the right of the bed, providing him with an expansive view of New York. The bed itself was massive, and there was a chandelier dangling above (that she was sure was hell to clean). Shaking her head, she found one of his shirts laying on the bed, along with a new toothbrush and a fresh towel for her. Getting a quick shower in the bathroom attached to Klaus's bedroom, Maya brushed her teeth and slipped his shirt over her head, crawling into his bed, she practically melted into the mattress and quickly fell asleep.
/ / /
Arturo was hanging from the ceiling, the vervain had been completely drained from his system, "Now," Kol gripped his chin, making him look at him, Arturo closed his eyes, knowing that the moment their eyes locked, they would compel the truth from him. "That won't do," Kol said, tearing the younger Vampire's eyelids off, causing him to scream, "Much better." He forced Arturo to look at him, this time with no way to stop it, Kol compelled him. "What was in that syringe that you injected my sister with?"
Arturo tried to fight it, but he couldn't, "It contained 5 out of the 7 Werewolf venoms that are needed to make a venom that can kill an Original."
"Why attack us with it, if you knew that it would kill us?"
Arturo struggled with his bonds, not wanting to give away his sire's secrets, "There's no point trying to get out," Klaus said, "There's no leaving here alive for you, so how about you answer my brother's question." He snarled, Vampire on full display.
"L-Lu-Lucien wanted to see what it would do to an Original," he gasped out, in agony over betraying his sire bond.
"Why?" Klaus asked, "What possible reason would he have to expose something like that to us before it's ready?"
"It hurt her yes?" Arturo panted as Kol reached inside of him, and tore out his innards, "It won't stop! It won't kill her, but she won't heal!" Klaus snarled and ripped one of Arturo's legs off, causing the younger Vampire to howl, "She'll be in agony! Forever! Until you kill her!"
"I'm afraid you're mistaken," Rebekah walked in, looking perfectly put together, "I'm absolutely fine."
Arturo's eyes widened, "No!" he gasped, "No! That's impossible," he flailed, Vampires couldn't grow limbs back, and he was too weak to heal.
"What's impossible?" Kol asked, catching his eyes once more, "Why shouldn't she have healed?"
"The seer saw it! She saw the Originals suffer!"
"What did you do with the tomb Vampires, Damon?" Stefan asked, standing across from his brother inside the house.
"What tomb Vampires?"
"Don't play dumb Damon, I know that you came here to open the tomb under Fells Church, the tomb that Katherine was in." Enzo's jaw clenched as he heard the name of the woman he hated more than anything, "Where is she Damon?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Damon shrugged, taking a seat next to Enzo, pressing himself into his side, in an attempt to reassure the other Vampire.
"Damn it Damon! I spoke to Sheila Bennett! She told me what Emily promised you in return for keeping her family safe! I know the truth!"
"You don't know anything!" Enzo exploded to a stand, "You don't know a damn thing! And you never will!"
"Enzo!" Damon pulled the younger Vampire back toward him, running his fingers down Enzo's back, trying to soothe him. He glared up at his brother, "The tomb was opened years ago," he said.
"What happened to the Vampires?"
Damon shrugged, he didn't want Stefan to know that Maya had killed them, she didn't deserve whatever judgment she'd get from Stefan if he found out, "I killed them."
"What?" Stefan was shocked.
"Katherine wasn't in the tomb," he said, "She faked it, I was pissed, so I set them all on fire."
Stefan shook his head, "No, there wasn't anything inside to indicate that they're all dead!"
"Maya cleaned up for me, she didn't want to leave those bodies for anyone to find, so she washed away all the evidence."
"I don't believe you."
"I don't care."
Klaus walked out of the bathroom, he'd just showered all the blood off from his torture session with the Vampire that had attacked Rebekah, his sister had asked for some time alone with her attacker, she wanted to punish him herself, and Klaus had been all to happy to oblige. The revelation that Lucien had some sort of 'seer' was news to him, news that he would need to discuss with his Siphon, but that was something that they'd get to in the morning. Right now, he just wanted to crawl into bed beside her, and get some sleep. He put on some loose sweatpants and slid under the covers, pulling Maya to him.
"Mm," Maya's eyes fluttered open and she smiled up at him, "Hi Nik." She hadn't had the chance to properly greet him when she first arrived, both of them had larger concerns, but now, in the quiet, she could. She leant up and pressed her lips to his, moaning in delight as he deepened the kiss, one of his hands trailed up her bare thigh, hooking the leg around his hip as he rolled on top of her.
After a few minutes, he pulled back with a smirk, "Hello Love." He stroked her cheek, enjoying the blush that bloomed along her skin, "I see you're feeling better."
"It's not surprising, I'm full of your blood." She reached up and ran a hand through his hair, it was cut short, reminiscent of what his hair looked like when he first arrived in Mystic Falls in the other world. "You cut your hair."
"I thought that it was time for a change," Klaus flipped them over, so that she was stretched out on his chest.
"I like it," she replied, "It means that we're getting closer to you finally coming back to Mystic Falls."
"You remember my hair cut?" he asked, a little surprised.
"I remember everything about you, you were always the one I felt connected to." Her fingers trailed along his bare chest, "I missed you," she whispered.
"Really?" the idea anyone missed him, still baffled him, he should be used to it from her by now, but he wasn't, he always liked hearing the sentiment fall from her lips.
Maya nodded, "I hate being away from you," she admitted, "It feels wrong."
Klaus threaded his fingers between her own, bringing her hand up and brushing his lips over her knuckles, "It won't be long now."
"I know," she replied, "It doesn't mean that I don't wish that you could just come back with me now." He felt her lips graze his chest and tightened his grip on her hand, "I guess I'll just have to find something…or someone to distract myself with when I get back."
He let out a little growl, tugging her hair back, forcing her to look up at him, "Don't you even think about it!"
"You gonna stop me?" she asked cheekily.
"I won't need to, you will." He replied.
"Oh? What makes you so sure?" He moved them both onto their sides, flipping Maya over so that her back pressed against his front, "What are you-" she cut herself off, as she felt Klaus's hand trail up the outside of her bare leg, dipping in between her thighs. She grabbed his hand with her own, "We can't."
"Do you want me to stop?" he whispered.
"No," she whimpered, "But you have to," she gasped as she felt his lips graze the back of neck, "Nik!"
"No touching," he said, allowing her to tighten her grip on his hand, "I understand," his gaze narrowed on her almost faded scar, he didn't like that, he hovered just over the mark, not touching it yet, waiting for her permission, "May I?"
She could feel his warm breath on her neck, she knew what he wanted, and the fact was, she wanted it to. She tilted her head to the side, offering up her throat to him, "Please."
Klaus smirked, sinking his fangs into the bite mark, throwing them both headfirst into a vision of the two of them together. Klaus had her bent over in bed, she looked exactly like she did, in that first boudoir shot that she'd sent him, he was pounding into her, causing her to cry out in delight. He barely drank from her, wanting to prolong the vision for as long as possible, and when he pulled his fangs from her, Maya moaned at the loss.
"Whenever you think about fucking someone else, you remember this," he whispered in her ear, "Remember how you feel when you're with me," his lips grazed the shell of her ear, "Remember that no one will ever hold a candle to the way I make you feel."
Maya felt something cool slide onto her right ring finger, "Wh-" It was a beautiful gold ring, with a white stone in the middle, surrounded by luscious leaf detail, encrusted with tiny diamonds.
"It's moonstone," Klaus said, answering her unasked question, "Werewolves give them to members of their pack that don't have wolves of their own, this is yours."
"I don't understand," he was giving her a ring? Why?
"Everything in me wants to mark every inch of your body, so that everyone knows who you belong to," she felt his fangs scrape across her throat, causing her to shiver, "Until I can, this ring will have to do to remind you that you're mine. You're my pack, my Siphon," he licked his lips as he looked deep into her eyes, "My Alpha Female."
"Nik," she whispered in shock, she couldn't believe that he'd actually said that.
"You're afraid that I'll throw you away," he said, "When Aurora comes back, you're afraid that I'll choose her, over you, I'm telling you now, that will never happen. I don't know what I feel for her anymore, but I do know what I feel for you. You. Are. Mine. And. I. Am. Yours."
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