Chapter 11: Flashback

Written by ASHDU4

It had been two days since they had seen Santana in the compound. They were letting Marcel's right hand man Tieri take care of torturing her while they visited and set out a plan of action for the next few days.

It was around 10 at night when Annie and Beth decided to go and try to convince their prisoner once again to help them.

Santana's eyes widened as she saw the two vampires approach her. She had both wrists and both ankles shackled to the worn out brick wall in a way that made it impossible for her to do anything but stand, barely able to lean forward as the chains were quite short. Beth and Annie had arranged for only her ankles to be chained at night so that she was able to rest although Tieri was more than against it considering it isn't the way he normally treats Marcel's prisoners.

They had given Santana a bottle of fresh cold water as they sat down on two abandoned stools they found in the corner.

"I can try to do the spell." Santana whispered in hoarse voice.

"Good choice. What do you need to do the spell and how long will it take you?" Beth asked impatiently.

After getting the ingredients list from Santana the girls brought Santana upstairs, leading her to a spare guest bedroom with an attached bathroom, locking both the windows and doors to make sure she couldn't escape. They then went in search of a night walker to get them what they needed knowing they were all so desperate for Marcel's approval so they could get a daylight ring that they would do anything that was asked of them.

Once they found one and sent him off they went to tell Marcel of the new living arrangement for their prisoner.

"Hello ladies, what can I do for you tonight?" Marcel asked politely upon seeing the two girls walk into the local vampire bar hangout.

"Just wanted to inform you we moved Santana to a room upstairs, she is going to perform the spell for us." Annie explained.

"Good, you're more than welcome to stick around here tonight and have a few drinks, on me of course." He offered them with a slightly cocky smile.

The girls thanked him and proceeded to the bar to order some drinks, then walked over to a small table to enjoy them in peace.

While drinking Beth's eyes wandered off to Marcel noticing he was staring at her, she sighed quietly and began to think back to the mid 1800's when they had all lived here alongside Marcellus. He had yet to be turned but the day for it had already been set. It was a time when they had all gotten along relatively well. She was spending time with both Elijah and Nik back then and neither man had been upset with the other over it. That particular day she was taking a stroll with Nik.

"It is a wonderful day for a walk love, I'm glad you suggested it." Nik had said brushing his fingers against hers before holding her hand tight in his.

"Yes it is, although it is starting to get colder out. Yet another sign winter is on its way." Beth sighed walking over to a nearby bench and sitting down.

The two sat on the bench for quite awhile just exchanging small talk before they saw Marcellus approaching them.

"Hello Klaus, hello Beth." Marcellus greeted the two by shaking Klaus' hand and bowing slightly to Beth.

"Marcellus." Klaus said as he nodded his head, shaking Marcellus' hand "Good to see you out and about after such a long day yesterday. I hope Kol wasn't too rough with vampire training this time?"

"No he wasn't too rough on me. He did seem distracted though, he left early saying he needed to talk with Annie on a matter most important." Marcellus explained.

Klaus looked distracted now trying to figure out what his brother could be up to this time. Beth could tell he didn't like what he had heard and that he would continue to be distracted until he figured it out

"Go on and talk to him Nik, we can continue our walk later this evening." Beth offered.

"No, no love I would rather be with you."

"Go on, you need to know and walks are more romantic after sunset anyways. I have Marcellus to accompany me home, I will see you tonight." Beth told him.

Before leaving Klaus thanked her and gave her a quite passionate kiss considering they were in public and in front of Marcellus.

Marcellus then accompanied Beth back, talking casually as they went. They were now talking about Marcellus becoming a vampire, he was not as nervous as she would have assumed.

"I am very ready; this is what I want forever, to be here with my family. To be like Klaus, to have what he has." Marcellus explained as they walked.

"Being like Klaus is not what you would expect, he has a past which he would never wish you to know." Beth answered calmly

"He may have an unpleasant past but he currently runs New Orleans, has family that would kill for him and have, he has control and power and you." he smiled softly as he said the last part.

"Me?" Beth questioned with widened eyes.

"Yes you, he is luckier then he realizes to have all he has and to also have your affection and take it for granted and the people around him for granted." Marcellus was leaning towards her cautiously until Beth pushed him back slightly.

"No. This is not what I want, Klaus will not be happy about this." Beth said sternly

"He will eventually fall from his throne and I will be there to take his place. His place as a ruler and his place with his loved ones, I'm sure Rebekah will be pleased with that when he un-daggers her."

Beth left him standing outside the large house as she walked to her room in a fury of rage, wondering why would Marcellus say those things to her. She knew Klaus will surely kill him if he found out so she kept her mouth shut and went on like it had not happened. After all Marcellus was still her family.

It was hard to believe that Marcel had actually taken over New Orleans like he said he would. She was just hoping that he didn't still want to take over the part of Klaus' life that loved her; she had no interest in the young man other than that of a brother.

Beth looked away from his lingering gaze and focussed again on her conversation with Annie about getting back Kol and Elijah.

The next morning both girls woke up early, eager to get the men un-daggered. Walking into Santana's room they found her awake and placing candles about the room lighting them by magic. She motioned for them to sit by a map she had placed in the center of the room.

"I need something to track them for the locator spell, something that belongs to them like a personal item." Santana looked over to Beth "You are sired to one so your blood can be used in the spell."

Both Santana and Beth looked to Annie expectantly.

"Here," Annie said pulling out an old silver chain with a heart pendant on it "He gave it to me a long time ago, the heart was made special but the chain was his originally, he wore it for many years."

Santana placed the chain onto the map then took Beth's hand and cut the palm of her hand holding it over the map while the blood dripped onto the map spreading slowly.

Santana started speaking softly closing her eyes in concentration. The chain and the blood started quivering and moving slowly on the map. It took a few minutes but finally the blood and chain stopped moving, showing the location of Kol and Elijah.

Chicago.

Klaus was keeping them close to him, maybe Rebekah was with them too.

Beth and Annie looked over to Santana as she stood up, brushing off her jeans and blowing out the candles manually.

"It will take me a couple of days to figure out the details of the spell that might help me get them un-daggered"

Annie and Beth got up and left the room accepting that Santana needed time to figure out the spell but they still made sure to have Tieri keep an eye on her.