To say she was unhappy, would be an understatement.
"What on Earth do you think you are doing?" Rebekah questioned from her position on her bed.
As soon as she awoke and was handed a new shirt, she tried to get up and go find Everly, but her brothers had not allowed it. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem, but she was actually quite tired from her ordeal from today.
"Who is that woman, Rebekah? Why did she save you?" Elijah inquired, genuine curiosity emanating from him.
Her gaze softened as she thought about the answers to those questions. They wouldn't understand her relationship with Everly; she knew they wouldn't. But, dear God, she wished they would.
"Her name is Everly. She's been a friend of mine for a few decades. She means no harm, so why is she locked up in the basement?" She hissed, anger coursing through her at their treatment of her.
Klaus snorted, "Rebekah, you don't have friends."
Her heart burned from his words, but she never let it show upon her face. This was something she was used to.
"If that's what you'd like to believe, Klaus, so be it. Nevertheless, Everly is my friend. I'd appreciate it very much, if you bloody idiots would let her go." She spoke through clenched teeth, her rage obvious for anyone to see.
Elijah frowned, but nodded his head in acquiescence to her demand. Her anger ebbed a bit, especially when she felt Everly's aura brush up against her own.
"Is she the guest you spoke of, yesterday?" Leave it to Elijah to remember every conversation.
She nodded her head, "Yes. I know you guys don't like my choice, but I won't run from father, anymore. Everly can kill him. She's stronger than him, and he doesn't even know what she is. So, we have surprise on our side."
Kol cleared his throat, "what is she?"
Rebekah bit her lip, wondering if she should tell them or leave it to Everly. With how angry she was the last time she saw her, Rebekah knew that they probably got a glimpse of her beast, anyways.
Why the hell not..
"Everly is a Kitsune. I'm sure you've all read about them, sometime during your spare time. She was born into the Void clan, but has the coloring of a Heaven clan fox. So, she was cast out as a baby, alone," she shot a look in Klaus' direction, "she's the fox I told you about when we were still human. You remember, don't you? The one that took down one of the children of the moon. Although, I didn't actually meet her until the sixties. All that aside, I need you to understand, Everly and I have a complex relationship. As much as she likes to hide things from me, she cannot hide the fact that we belong to each other. I belong to her as much as she belongs to me. I don't fully understand the connection we share, myself, but she's been the only person I know I can trust with anything."
As she finished, Klaus growled, "we are your family, Rebekah, you can trust us."
This time, it was her turn to snort, "oh really? How many times have you daggered us, Klaus? Whether you like it or not, Everly is family, to me. Nothing you do or say will change that."
His fist went flying through the wall next to him, and they all flinched when they heard a loud roar and the sound of metal being wrenched around until broken. It only took a few seconds after that before Everly strutted into the room, human looking aside from the six tails protruding from her tailbone.
She marched straight to Rebekah's side, and settled onto the bed, as close to her as she could get. Even though she looked completely relaxed, it was obvious to the males in the room, that she was protecting Rebekah by the position she took. Beside her, but slightly in front of her.
As they continued to observe the two, they found it eerie how well the girls complimented each other when sat side-by-side. Even their body language was complimentary to the other. Watching Everly place the necklace back around Rebekah's neck, the silence was broken as soon as it was clasped.
"As much as I love a good fight, even I can tell that she went easy on us, brothers. The only question I have, for curiosities sake, is how did you heal our sister? That was a white oak stake she was punctured with. So, how?" Kol asked, quite intrigued with the new woman amongst them.
Unlike Klaus, he could see the bright side to this situation. Obviously, even with a white oak stake, as long as they have her around, they won't die.
"I placed a peace of my life force inside Rebekah's heart." Her words were soft spoken, but the impact of them was not.
Rebekah gasped, turning her gaze to Everly in concern, "what does that mean, Ever?"
"Oh my feileacan, don't worry. I'm not hurt from what I did to heal you, quite the opposite, actually. I am sorry that I did not ask, but I couldn't watch you die. You see, when I fused my life force with your heart, we became connected. Mate's, if you will." Everly dropped her gaze to the floor, afraid of what she would find if she looked up.
A soft hand grasping her chin and forcing her head back up, surprised her. Her eyes met Rebekah's, and she could have cried from the look within them.
"It's alright, Ever. I would have agreed, even if you had asked me. I don't want to die, just yet, but why would you give up the chance to find a Mate, just to save my life?" She asked.
Everly frowned, taking in Rebekah's forlorn look even as she tried to hide it, "how could I not? Rebekah, you've always been mine, as I've always been yours."
She didn't know how to explain it any better than that. On top of that, how was she supposed to tell Rebekah that she didn't want her to be with anyone else? That it would, literally, drive her insane? In short, how could she tell her that she genuinely loves her?
Elijah cleared his throat, making both of their eyes swing to him, "what does it mean to be mated, Everly?"
She flushed a bright red color, "It's, well, it's a connection, on my part. I can, now, feel where Rebekah is at, and I'll know if she is ever in harms way. I won't be able to leave her for long periods of time, though."
Kol stepped forward, "Is there more to it than that?"
"I...yes..there is a lot more to it, but each bond is different. If a bond is reciprocated, there can be almost no limits to the connection between the people involved." She tried to be as vague as possible.
Outsiders weren't supposed to know these things.
"Wait, you said people, how many people can one be Mated to?" Klaus questioned, looking genuinely intrigued as he spoke.
She blushed, "My kind, usually, have trouble being monogamous. Kitsune are sexual creatures, as much as they are mischievous. The biggest Mating Harem I've seen had seven Mate's to one Kitsune. It's more acceptable to have two or three, but anymore than that and it becomes some sort of taboo."
Kol's eyes seemed to light up, but before he could say anything, Rebekah slammed him into the wall with a hand around his neck.
She snarled, "You stay away from her!"
As the last word left her mouth, the sound of the door being busted in rang throughout the house. Casting each other some questioning glances, they all used their speed to stand in the foyer.
The boys came to a stop, in front of the girls, as if to protect them. Inwardly, Everly rolled her eyes. Placing a hand on Elijah;s shoulder, since he was closest to her, she grinned when he shifted to allow her room to step and see around him.
As she did so, he tensed as her scent washed over him. She smelled of the forest, wild and free, along with a hint of vanilla, comforting. Collecting himself, he focused back on the matter at hand.
Standing in the door way, as imposing as he had ever been, stood their father. What had them all frozen, was the woman in his grasp.
"Father, how you grace us with your presence." Klaus' mocking could have been deciphered by someone just walking by without a hint of the ongoing situation.
Mikael sneered, "Always were dramatic, Niklaus. Come out, now, or I'll end her life on your front door step."
And he calls Klaus dramatic..
"Can't we talk about this, Father? Please?" Rebekah has always wanted a family, it didn't surprise Everly when she spoke up.
Even if he had tried to kill her, just a few hours prior.
The girl whimpered, as Mikael tightened his hold on her neck, "Elijah, please.."
Everly watched as Elijah tensed when the girl spoke, but made no move to help her. Eyeing the girl more closely, she frowned as she saw the the manipulative webs this girl had weaved.
Standing behind Mikael and the girl, in the front yard, was two more men. If she remembered correctly, the one with blonde hair was Stefan. The man Rebekah had a fling with, sometime ago. The other, with a darker countenance was Damon.
Sometimes, she really appreciated her memory.
"Let Elena go, Mikael. We let you out, you owe us." Damon spoke, his voice hinting at a threat.
Everly had the urge to laugh. If the originals couldn't end him, what makes him think that he could?
The audacity of men...
She did have to hand it to Mikael, he didn't just jump to kill the man. Instead, he turned and sent him the most withering glare she had ever seen.
"Just kill her, already." Kol spoke up, completely at ease with the threat to the girl.
With a huff, Everly stepped forward, shoving Klaus out of her way with a nudge of her elbow.
Clearing her throat, she spoke, "Hello again! I don't know if you remember me, but I'm Everly, the Kitsune who laid you flat in the Mystic Grill. Ringing any bells? No? Oh well," she shrugged, "can't be helped. I've found that once vampire's reach a certain age, their memory starts to fail them."
He growled, "I can assure you, my mental facilities are all intact."
A brow rose, "Oh really? Then you should remember how easy it was for me to overpower you, no? Let me remind you, then.."
With that, she raced forward faster than any of them could keep up with. Ripping Elena from the mans grasp, Everly flung her away, not caring where she ended up as long as she wasn't in the line of fire.
Turning her attention back to Mikael, she knew that Rebekah would never forgive her if she killed him. Yes, she may want him dead, but she didn't really.
With that thought in mind, she concentrated her power and began to create a world of illusion as she fought him in hand-to-hand combat. He got his licks in just as much as she did, not wanting to make him believe this was a battle he couldn't win.
He wouldn't continue fighting her if he believed it was a lost cause.
As her powers of illusion continued to craft a world meant to contain Mikael, she never noticed him flashing behind her and grabbing a hold of one of her tails. When he yanked on it, she yowled like a wild animal.
Immediately, her eyes flashed red and she lost herself to her beast. Turning to face him, she lashed out at him with her claws and caught him right across the face. He dropped his hold on her, grabbing at his face, instead.
If it healed, he'd never look the same, again. Right now, she was fighting the urge to kill him, for Rebekah's sake.
"You bitch." He gurgled out, in between spurts of blood that dripping down his face.
"You got it, Pops. I'm the biggest bitch you'll ever meet, and guess what? You've messed with my family. Mine." She snarled, lunging at him one last time.
Grabbing onto the front of his shirt, she lifted him up and threw him into a void her tails opened while she captured him. It appeared in a diamond-like shape, and if one looked through it, they'd see a whole new world on the other side.
As he disappeared into the void, it faded away, out of sight.
Facing the Mikaelson family, she knew she looked a little beat up, "So, any other homicidal family members I should know of?"
Kol laughed, "Can we keep her?"
Elijah cracked a smile, and even Klaus managed to look a bit amused. It was the other three that looked at her as if she was a threat to them.
Elena, god bless her soul, spoke next, "Who are you?"
If Everly had been a lesser person, she would have lashed out at her for speaking to her like that. She had just saved her life, after all.
Opening her mouth to yell at her, she was pleasantly surprised when Damon beat her to it.
"Oh for crying out loud, Elena, shut up. For once, can we not cause a problem before there is one?" That shut her up, but caused her to glare at him and Stefan.
Probably because he didn't stick up for her..
"Not that this isn't entertaining, but what did you do with Mikael, love?" Klaus inquired.
Everly grinned, "Don't worry, I sent him to one of my worlds of illusion. He can't get out, unless I let him out, personally."
"Why didn't you kill him? Couldn't manage it?" Elena spoke up, once more.
"Not that you care, but I'm not in the habit of killing things that don't need to be killed. You and your friends are the ones that let him out. You should be thanking me, since I took care of your problem for you. On top of that, I haven't killed you for endangering my feileacan." She hissed, marching over to the front door and slamming it shut behind her.
Her tails rubbed together in her agitation, causing electric sparks to shower behind her as she walked upstairs.
"I'm going to take a shower. I'll be down in a bit, alright?"
She wasn't expecting a reply, but as her feet landed on the last step, Elijah spoke, "Why didn't you kill him?"
"I know you have had you're differences, and that is putting it mildly, but I couldn't kill him for that. After everything he has done, I know you all still care for him. He is your father, even yours, Niklaus. He was the only father figure you knew. How could I take that from you? From any of you?" With that, she headed on down to Rebekah's room to use her bathroom.
Standing in the foyer, were the Mikaelson's, all in a state of emotional distress.
How could someone most of them just met care for them so much? She knew their past, due to Rebekah, so how could she care?
How?
Why?
