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Klaus was in a seedy bar in Brooklyn the day after his phone call with Maya, he'd already fed on several of the patrons, leaving them for his minions to clean up after he left. He had to take his rage out on something, he was about to kill another human when Rebekah found him. "There you are!" she exclaimed, stepping around the bodies as though they were nothing, she pulled him away from the terrified man, "Leave, remember nothing," she compelled, before turning to her brother. "Honestly Nik, is this helping anything?"
"Rebekah, I don't stop you when you feel like grabbing a bite to eat, I don't expect you to stop me!" he growled.
"Nik," Rebekah sighed, "You're not eating because you're hungry, you're eating because you're depressed, which from what I understand, is fairly common in people these days."
Klaus's eyes narrowed, "Don't be ridiculous, what do I have to be depressed about?"
"Really?" Rebekah raised a brow, "Perhaps it's to do with the fact that the woman you're in love with wants nothing to do with you."
"I'm not in love with her," Klaus growled.
"Oh please! Maybe you could fool Kol, perhaps even Elijah, but you cannot fool me. As you have pointed out, many a time, love is my weakness, God help her, you are in love with that girl, and she doesn't want to see you. That's more than enough to be depressed about." Rebekah's gaze softened, seeing the hurt in her brother's eyes, "Listen to me Nik," she grabbed onto his hands, forcing him to look at her, "This isn't the end of the world, from what Kol has told me, and from what I've seen, that girl is crazy about you. Just give her some time, she'll work through her pain, and find her way back to you."
Klaus stopped short at that, his baby sister, trying to comfort him, that hadn't happened since they were mortal. "She won't even speak to me now." He said, admitting his problem.
"She'll get over it," Rebekah shrugged.
"How could you possibly be sure of that?"
"Nik, you've killed my lovers, you've daggered me, you murdered our mother and then lied about it. Even one of these things should mean that I hate you. But I don't, I may have been angry, and hurt, but I have always loved you. Your Witch is strong, I've seen it for myself. She will forgive you, just be patient."
Klaus let out a laugh, "We both know that I am not well versed in patience little sister."
"Well then, perhaps we should find you a distraction," Rebekah smiled, holding up a hand to stop him from speaking, "One that isn't murdering the locals."
/ / /
Kol was playing on his phone in his room, when there was a knock on the door, pausing his game, Kol opened the door and came face to face with his brother, Elijah. "Elijah, what do you want?" he asked.
Elijah fought the urged to wince at Kol's icy tone, never before had the fact that Kol used his entire first name cause him discomfort. "We need to talk." He said.
Kol opened his door wider and Elijah stepped in, "What?"
"Kol this is getting absurd, I understand why Niklaus is upset with me, but you have no reason to be angry with me, at least none that should make your anger last this long." Kol scoffed at that, shaking his head, "Tell me what is going on!"
"Come off it Elijah! Don't act so surprised that I'm not your biggest fan, I'm not Nik!"
"Kol I can't imagine doing anything to cause such ire, is this because I helped Niklaus dagger you in 1914?" Elijah asked, genuinely baffled at his brother's anger, Kol had always been temperamental, but after his initial fury at his family, his youngest brother would let the betrayal roll off his back, and re-join his siblings.
"This has nothing to do with being daggered!"
"Then what is it?"
Kol shook his head, "Just leave it alone Elijah!"
"No!" Elijah grabbed Kol's arm as he turned away from him, "What is it? I deserve to know!"
"YOU DIDN'T CARE!" Kol finally yelled, "I DIED AND YOU DIDN'T CARE!"
Elijah was taken aback, "What?! What are you talking about?"
Kol froze, he hadn't meant to say that, he shouldn't have said that, "Never mind, just leave."
"No!" Elijah tightened his grip on Kol's arm, "What do you mean?"
Kol looked away, how was he supposed to explain that outburst? Nik would dagger him if Elijah started sniffing around where he shouldn't, but if he didn't give Elijah an explanation that's exactly what his brother would do. What could he do now? There was only one thing that he could think of, and in the next instant, a dagger was sticking out of Elijah's chest.
Rebekah had threaded her arm through Klaus's and the two were walking down the street, far away from the bar, when Klaus's phone rang, he pulled it from his pocket and frowned, it was Cary, "I need to take this," he said to his sister.
"Go ahead," Rebekah replied, unwilling to let him go, he'd been secretive for long enough, she wanted to know what was going on with him, "I'm not stopping you."
Klaus shot her an annoyed look, they had just started to get along again, if he pulled away now, he knew that his sister would act like a little brat. Biting the bullet he answered the call and his children popped up on screen, "Daddy!" Luna cheered, causing Rebekah's eyes to widen in surprise as she stared at her brother in shock. "When are you coming home?"
Ignoring his sister's stare, Klaus offered his daughter a small smile, "I'll be back soon, I am just about finished here."
"Bring me back something from 'Artists and Fleas' please," Liam said.
"Wh-How do you even know about that?!" Klaus asked, surprised.
"Daddy I know how to Google." Liam replied, rolling his eyes.
"Bring me back something too!" Luna cut in, not wanting to be left out, "Something pretty!" she demanded.
"I-" Klaus cut himself off as Rebekah started poking him in the side, trying to get his attention, "Just a minute," he said, putting his phone on mute, "What?" he hissed at sister.
"You have children!" she exclaimed.
Klaus rolled his eyes, "It's not a big deal, you've met them before."
Rebekah thought back to her little spy mission in L.A, "The Werewolf children?! You kidnapped the Werewolf children?!"
"I didn't kidnap them!" Klaus replied, affronted at the accusation. "I took them to the pack, just like I promised."
"And then?"
"And then... I stayed with the pack for several months, sowed the seeds of discord among them and then took over when members of the pack murdered their Alpha," he admitted.
"But you- The only reason you'd be so interested in a pack is if you were close to breaking your curse," Rebekah said in realisation, "You're going to break your curse, aren't you?"
"Yes," he finally said.
"I can't believe it!" Rebekah pulled away from him, "Is this what Kol has been working on? The curse? You trusted Kol with the curse and not me?!"
Klaus's eyes imperceptibly widened as he realised that Rebekah was starting to spiral, "Rebekah-"
"Kol?! He's more likely to ruin your chances than help you and you trusted him over me!"
He had to do something, and quickly, a hurt Rebekah was not something he needed at present, and she certainly wouldn't bow to logic, "Do you want to meet my children?!" he blurted out, causing her to stop in her tracks.
"What?"
"I think it's time for you to meet my children, you know, cement yourself as the favourite aunt now that I have two sisters."
Rebekah cocked her head for a moment thinking, "I would," she said, and Klaus relaxed, "This doesn't mean that I've forgotten about the curse!" she gestured to his phone, "Now let me officially meet my niece and nephew."
/ / /
Kol stared down at his brother's body, panic in his eyes, he wasn't supposed to dagger Elijah, he only kept one dagger with him, and that was to use on Finn just in case, instead, he'd shoved the dagger in his noble brother's heart and he knew that he was screwed. He needed to figure out what to do, preferably before Nik came home. He needed to talk to someone, but the one person he'd usually speak to, wasn't speaking to him. Maya would know what to do, but Nik had said that she had requested that neither of them contact her. What was he meant to do now? He couldn't talk to Freya about this, there was no way that she would approve of him daggering Elijah and she'd immediately pull it out of him. Rebekah similarly was a no go, especially because at the present moment, she was with Nik. Damon and Enzo were both mad at the Originals and probably wouldn't answer their phones, let alone offer any useful advice. In the end, there was only one person he could call. Grabbing his phone he called Caroline, perhaps the feisty blonde could give him a little perspective.
"Kol, I told you that Maya doesn't want to talk to you."
"IdaggeredElijah!" he rushed out.
Caroline paused, "What?!"
"I daggered Elijah!" he repeated, this time more clearly.
"I heard you the first time, I just wanted to know what the hell would posses you to do that!"
"I- he- I- he was an inconvenience!"
"You can't just dagger someone because they're an inconvenience!" Caroline replied.
"Nik can," Kol almost sulked.
"You're not Klaus!" She exclaimed, "Besides, look at what daggering siblings has gotten him! A lifetime of resentment that he hasn't even began to fix, not to mention a brother that is so angry at him, that he'll do whatever he can to destroy even a sliver of Klaus's happiness. You are not Klaus!"
"Well what am I supposed to do now?"
"Un-dagger him!"
"I can't!"
"Why not?"
"Because!"
"Because…?"
"Because he wanted to know why I am so angry at him, and then I blurted out that he didn't care that I died and he wanted to know what I meant by that, but I can't exactly tell him can I?"
"Seriously?" Caroline asked annoyed, how could he have been so stupid?
"I was angry, he forced me!"
"Well now you have to figure out how to explain everything without outing Maya!"
"Rebekah what are you doing?!" Klaus demanded as his sister dragged him to 'FAO Schwarz'.
"I'm going to meet this children in person, as their aunt," she replied, "I need to bring them gifts."
"They don't need any toys Rebekah."
"They're children, all children need toys," she dismissed.
"Not them," he replied, "You think that I haven't bought them everything that they could possibly want?"
Rebekah faltered at that, that was a good point, of course Klaus made sure their every want was met, but she couldn't meet them empty handed. "Then what do you suggest I get them?"
"You don't need to get them anything!"
"Freya has magic," she said, "I can't compete in that regard, but I can, I will, get them something, now are you going to help me or not?"
Sighing Klaus gave in, he did hate denying Rebekah anything, "Fine, Liam is an artist, like me, he wanted something from 'Artists and Fleas' it's a market in Williamsburg, we'll find something there for him."
"And Luna?"
"Luna's a princess, she enjoys anything girly, and shiny and expensive," he said.
"Perfect!" Rebekah's eyes lit up at the thought of being able to take her niece out shopping and actually making a dent in Klaus's bank account. "I know just where to start!" she tugged on his hand, pulling him out of the toy shop, instead heading in the direction of 'Tiffany & Co'.
/ / /
Elijah gasped for breath and shot up with a start, he hated being daggered, jumping to his feet, his eyes landed on his baby brother, "Kol," he almost growled out.
"It's only been half an hour!" Kol defended, he really hadn't meant to dagger his brother, he'd just panicked.
"Why?"
"You weren't supposed to hear what I said!"
"You yelled it at me," Elijah replied, rather deadpan.
"Well-you-just- can we just forget I ever said anything and move on?!"
"You said you died Kol, what were you talking about?"
Sighing Kol knew there was no way that his brother would forget anything that had been said between them. "In addition to being an Old Soul, Nik's Witch is a type of seer, she had vision of my death, she showed me my death, and you didn't care." He finally said.
"Kol that's preposterous," Elijah replied, "Seers are nothing but charlatans, preying on the week, they don't exist."
"They do," Kol insisted, "Lucien has one, you heard his sireling."
"I heard him say that the seer saw the downfall of the Originals, something that is not possible, given that there is no more White Oak in the world."
"The knight that Nik carved for Rebekah when they were children was made out of White Oak," Kol sighed.
"What?!" Elijah asked startled, it couldn't be.
"You collected the wood, you didn't know it was from the White Oak, but it was. In the future, the Stryx stole it, and fashioned it into bullets, one of which was used to murder you."
If he could have, Elijah would have paled at that, "That's not-"
"It is possible," Kol replied, "Maya saw it happen, and I trust her."
"Why? Why do you and Niklaus insist on trusting this Witch? She is not family, what motive does she has to help us?"
Kol scoffed, "You couldn't see it?" he asked, "She loves Nik, and he loves her, she's the reason that father is dead. She found his stake, and his location and gave them both to Nik, she's the reason that we're free."
"But-"
"Besides, how do you think that Nik knew all of our secrets?" Kol asked, "She showed him, because she's a seer…And she showed me my death. She showed me your reaction, the only one of my siblings that actually cared was Nik, he was the only one that tried to avenge me. You didn't even react, and honestly, it doesn't surprise me. You've always looked down on me, especially when we became Vampires."
"Kol," Elijah said, still trying to process the information that he'd been given, "I have never looked down on you," he said, "You are my brother Kol, and if anything ever happened to you, I would do everything in my power to destroy those responsible. I would never let your death go un-punished." He moved closer to Kol who was shaking his head in denial.
"But you did," Kol insisted, "You didn't care, you didn't do anything, I died, and you just…continued on, as though nothing had happened!"
"Kol," Elijah clasped the back of his brother's neck, pulling him close and wrapping his arms around him tightly, "Hear me now, you are my brother, and I love you. I swear to you, I. Would. Avenge. You. No one hurts my family and lives." He finally said.
Rebekah and Klaus finally came back to the penthouse, laden with bags, if Klaus didn't know his sister, he would have been surprised at the amount of money that she'd spent, but alas, he was deeply familiar with her habits and she'd only spent a fraction of what she usually did. "Honestly Rebekah, this was hardly necessary."
"I keep telling you Nik, you never arrive somewhere new empty handed, and especially not when I'm meeting my new niece and nephew!"
"Uh, what's going on?" Freya asked catching the tail end of the conversation.
"Nik has a son and daughter, they both refer to him as their father, and I'm going to meet them in person!"
"What?!" Freya exclaimed.
Upon hearing the noise, both Kol and Elijah appeared in the den, "What is going on?" Kol asked.
"Nik's taking me to meet his son and daughter," Rebekah replied rather smugly.
Kol rolled his eyes, "You know I've already met them, in fact, I'm their favourite Uncle!"
Elijah looked between his siblings, confused, "I'm sorry, what did you just say?" he asked, "Niklaus do you have children that we don't know about?"
"I knew about them," Kol cut in arrogantly, obscenely happy with the fact that he had access to Nik's life before the rest of his siblings.
"Niklaus?"
Klaus rolled his eyes, "Yes, I have a son and daughter, technically Rebekah's already met them, and you spoke to my daughter when she answered my phone and you thought I'd kidnapped her."
"He did kidnap her," Rebekah supplied helpfully.
"I bloody well did not!"
"Fine, he took them to a Werewolf pack, and then caused the pack to implode, picking up the pieces for himself," she shot Klaus and annoyed look, "There, is that better?"
"Much," Klaus sniffed, "At least that explanation lets people know how devious I am."
"Everyone knows how devious you are Niklaus, what I fail to understand though, is why you haven't informed us sooner of these children."
Kol cleared his throat, "I knew! How many times do I have to say that?!"
"I wasn't referring to you Kol."
"No, you were referring to yourself, you want to know why you haven't been told," Kol crossed his arms annoyed, "I knew I should have left the dagger in."
At that both Rebekah and Klaus shot their brother a rather alarmed look, "You daggered Elijah?!" Rebekah exclaimed.
"It was convenient," Kol replied.
"Kol, you can't just dagger Elijah because it's convenient for you," Klaus said, causing all of his siblings to shoot him incredulous looks, "I know what I said!" Klaus said, upon seeing the looks they were giving him.
"Yeah well, I didn't leave it in," Kol muttered.
"Wait, what do you mean that you get to meet the children?" Freya cut in, before an argument could erupt.
"I mean that Nik's taking me with him to meet them! They need to know who their favourite aunt is."
"That's not fair!" Freya exclaimed, "You can't just go and see them with all these presents! That will automatically make you the favourite! What about me?!"
Rebekah shrugged, "Oh well, you snooze, you lose."
"That's not fair!" Freya repeated, "Niklaus! As your older sister, I demand to meet my niece and nephew before Rebekah!"
"Oh no, he already said that I was going! Tell her Nik!"
Klaus's eyes darted between his two sisters, he hadn't even thought that this would cause an argument between the two, but apparently it had. "I think it's best I introduce you one at a time."
"Hah!" Rebekah was feeling terribly smug.
"Just remember not to fall in love with this nephew Rebekah!" Kol snarked.
"Kol!" Rebekah snarled, launching herself at him, her brother dodged her and whooshed out of the room laughing as she gave chase.
Elijah winced as he heard several things smash, and Rebekah shrieking, "Are you sure that you want to take Rebekah with you?"
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