The Mikaelsons and The Petrovas...

I know my work is riddle with errors but I really have no time to proof read. Sorry for the typos. This chapter took me a while since its so long and due to the festive season. Once again happy reading and please review...

Chapter 7:

The Buckernear en-route to NOLA

Elijah pushed open the galley door with his foot. He was greeted by a very unpleasant odour and a searing heat. The place smelled of sea, sweat and rotting food. The twins immediately covered their noses as did Katherine using Elijah's handkerchief. "You looking for somethin mate." A grizzly looking man asked. "Yes, actually I was. You see these children are very hungry. We were hoping to procure something to eat." Elijah answered in tone that sounded like he had a blocked nose. He was obviously holding his breath because of the foul smell. "Lunch is in an hour mate, check up in the dinning Hall on the left when it's time." The man said while spitting.

"Alright thank you." Elijah said closing the galley door and running to the upper deck. He and the children immediately took a deep breath and began to cough. Klaus and Rebekah found them hunched over the ship's banister over looking the water. Each of them looked sick. "Elijah are you alright?" Rebekah asked concerned. "You don't look good at all brother." Klaus added. " How do these people eat that food, it smells worse than a rotting corpse!" Elijah managed to huff out between coughs.

"Mr Elijah, what were they cooking?" Katherine asked she too still choking on the smell. "I have no idea love, but one thing is for sure, we aren't eating it." Elijah responded his coughing finally calming down. The twins were doubled over, the putrid smell too much for their little stomachs. They were throwing up in minutes. "Niklaus, we must find some proper food." Elijah said. Rebekah took the children to clean them up. "Brother, we are in the middle of the ocean. Where do I find any food?" Klaus asked. "Niklaus we can manage but the children can not. They were already starved when we found them, they might wither away to nothing if we don't give the a meal soon." Elijah stated.

Rebekah was finally done cleaning the twins up. She noticed how small their clothes were. Caroline wore a pale blue dress with gold piping around the edges. Stefan wore a black trousers with several holes at the knee and turn up. His white shirt was dirty and very short for his body. Katherine had a burgundy dress with white details, the dress was short and sat just above her shin. The worst thing about their clothing was their shoes. Old and worn out, not to mention two sizes small.

Rebekah couldn't help but feel for these children. They were left to fend for themselves and no one in their village cared. She would have slaughtered that entire village if she could. "Miss Rebekah, how long are we going to be on this ship?" Katherine asked. "Around 10 days love, maybe more." Rebekah sat down on the bed and huffed. How were they going to make it she wondered.

"Miss Rebekah, I'm bored." Caroline cried for the sixth time in the past hour. "Me too." Stefan joined in. "Can we go explore the ship?" The twins asked. "No, this ship is very dangerous. If your not careful you might fall overboard." The twins huffed and wore upset looks on their faces. Rebekah wondered where her brothers were. They had promised to find food almost 3 hours ago. "Miss Rebekah, can we go look for Mr Klaus and Mr Elijah?" Stefan asked. "Oh, alright. Katherine love go with them and keep them safe." Katherine nodded in agreement and took her siblings hands and lead them out the door.

The Buckenear: Captain's Cabin

" Yes captain, it's them I'm sure of it." Habelo spoke to the captain. "Are you certain Habelo? We don't need any mistakes. Mikael will pay us handsomely for capturing those three." The captain sneered thinking of all the gold he would get once his boss payed him. " Uhhhh captain..." Habelo stammered. "What is it fool!" The captain shouted, angry that his day dreaming was interrupted. "Captain, there's some youngins withem." "WHAT!" The captain screamed on rage. " What do you mean by youngins, they have kids?" "Yes captain, they boarded the ship with em." Habelo replied. "Dammit Habelo!, this throws our whole plan overboard.

The captain was furious and tried to think of a plan. "What should we do captain?" Habelo asked. The captain was in a jam. He could not kill the three targets he was after. Mikael was very clear about leaving them alive. He had even given him special herbs to put into the meals so they would be knocked out and easier to deal with. Mikael said nothing about kids. " Well Habelo, we have no other choice. We have to kill the kids, and poison the Mikaelsons. It's the only way." Habelo looked uneasy but eventually nodded his head in agreement. Just then they heard what sound like footsteps. They immediately seized their conversation and looked outside, but they saw nothing.

Katherine could not believe what she just heard. The captain of the ship was planning to murder them and poison the Mikaelsons. Katherine grabbed her siblings and ran back to their cabin to look for Rebekah. The cabin was empty upon arrival and Katherine feared that the captain had already gotten to Rebekah. " Stefan, Caroline you must not tell anyone what we heard ok!" Katherine told the twins firmly. "But Katty, what if they hurt Mr Klausy? I like him. " Caroline asked as she began to sob. "Don't worry Care, I won't let that happen I promise."

Rebekah had managed to find her brothers on the deck trying to fish. They had crafted a makeshift rod out of a plank and some old fishing line. Their first seven attempts proved both unsuccessful and comical, much to the delight of their baby sister. "Give up you two, it's never going to work." She taunted. " Patience is a virtue and key dear sister." Klaus retorted when suddenly a huge fish caught onto the line and Elijah pulled it up.

"Ha! Success at last brother." Elijah cried in excitement. Rebekah stood in awe. They actually did it. She was about to give a comment when she heard shrill screams. THE CHILDREN!

Rebekah used her vampire speed to run to the cabin. Elijah and Klaus dropped the rod ran after their sister. When Rebekah reached the cabin she found that it was empty, but there was evidence of a struggle. The bedsheets were crumpled and the pillows were scattered. The little table was flipped over and Rebekah could smell the vapours of chloroform. "Elijah! Nik! They took the kids." Rebekah called to her brothers. Elijah followed the trail of chloroform, which lead him to the lower deck.

Meanwhile...

"LET GO OF ME!" Caroline screamed. She was being carried off by some guy with an eye patch. She struggled against the man and kicked her legs furiously. She turned her head and saw her twin being carried off by another man, he looked as if he were sleeping. "STEFAN! STEFAN HELP ME!" The blonde called out for her brother, but to no avail. Her twin was knocked out. Soon she felt an old rag with a strong stench being held over her mouth and nose and in seconds she was unconscious.

"What should we do withem Cap'n?" one of the pirates asked. "Lock them in here." The captain responded opening a huge steel safe. The unconscious twins were stuffed inside and the steel door shut. Katherine on the other hand was separated from her siblings and lead to another small dilapidated room. She struggled so much as she could and it took two men to hold her and keep her quiet. She lay on the floor blindfold, tied up and knocked out. When she did finally come to, she struggled against her restraints but could not manage to get out of them. She pulled her knees up to her chest and managed to take of her blindfold.

She surveyed the area and found that she could do nothing to escape. She tried desperately to take off her gag when two skinny, filthy looking men entered the room. She immediately recognised one as Habelo. "Whatcha gonna do with this one mate?" the other man asked Habelo. "She's a beaut ain't she?" Habelo laughed stroking the side of Katherine's face. "Yeah, I do good to sell this one of to the brothel, bet I'd get a few hundred pounds or so for her!" Habelo said with a smirk. "Infact I think we should test you out before we send you to that brothel." Habelo and his partner laughed. Katherine's eyes widened, what were they going to do to her?

She started to panic and move around, the men still laughing at her escape attempts. She used their laughing as a distraction and used her tongue to move the gag down. Once her mouth was free she shouted for the only thing that would keep her safe, the only one whom she trusted now, "ELIJAH!".

Elijah heard his name being shouted and no doubt that it was from Katherine. Elijah followed the sound of the screams to a small room deep in the ship. He found Katherine on the floor tied up Habelo moving toward her. Elijah used his speed and knocked out the two men. He would have detached their limbs but he did not want to scare little Katherine. The poor girl had tears in her eyes as Elijah effortlessly broke her binds and set her free. She immediately embraced him, crying into his shoulder. "Katherine, love its ok, I'm here now."Elijah whispered rreassuringly.

"Mr Elijah... I was so scared...they grabbed me and they took Stefan and Caroline...I don't know where they are..." Katherine managed to say between heavy sobs. " Don't you worry love, Niklaus and Rebekah are out looking for them as we speak."

"STEFAN! CAROLINE!" Klaus and Rebekah screamed as loudly as they could. Rebekah was beginning to panic. Just then a sword flew in their position. "Mikaelsons! You were supposed to be asleep!" The captain yelled out to them. "Where are the children you prick?" Rebekah demanded. "Ha! You'll never find them you! Men after them!" the captain ordered. Around six armed man approached the twin vampires who effortlessly ripped them apart. The captain stood wide eyed, just witnessing his men being torn to shreds. He then took off in the opposite direction only to be stopped by Klaus.

Klaus picked the captain up by his collar and compelled him to tell him where the twins were. "They're in the steel safe in my cabin." The captain responded in a monotone. Klaus bite into the man tearing out his jugular and throwing his body clear across the room. " Klaus and Rebekah sped over to the captain's cabin and found the safe sitting in the corner. Rebekah could her one very low pulse. Klaus tore the door off the safe and chucked it aside. The twins bodies came rolling out, their faces blue and Stefan was barely breathing. Rebekah took the cup of water from the captain's table and threw it on the little boy's face, he began to open his eyes and Rebekah felt and overwhelming sense of relief wash over her.

"CAROLINE CAROLINE WAKE UP!" Klaus scremed but to no avail. The little blonde girl wasn't breathing...