Chapter 15: Tough

Written by ASHDU4

Beth awoke to see it was dark outside Nik's bedroom window and saw Annie lying dead not far from her. She immediately remembered the events leading to her neck being snapped. She carefully rubbed the back of her neck while kicking Annie lightly in the leg in hopes of getting her to wake up sooner than later.

Standing up, Beth saw Niklaus laying on his bed and resting his head on the headboard staring over at her. As angry as she was at him for killing her she found it difficult to be truly mad considering the position he was laying in and the way his naked chest went up and down slowly as he breathed.

She continued to stare at him as he did with her until she saw his lips twitch up into a smirk. She quickly looked away only to feel his hand lifting up her chin forcing her to look into his deep blue eyes, she was staring into them so long she was starting to forget what had happened earlier.

"Why isn't Annie waking up?" Beth asked quietly still staring into his eyes.

"She already did sweetheart. But I wanted to talk to you first so I broke her neck again." Klaus answered as he turned to go sit back on the bed "You know I couldn't figure out why you let me come back here if you knew they were going to be undaggered. Why not stay out all night so they could have escaped with ease? Then I figured it out, the sex wasn't a part of your plan. Which means Elijah is going to be so disappointed in you."

Beth's eyes went wide at what he was insinuating, he was going to tell Elijah what happened. The guilt was starting to set in now and the feelings, why did she sleep with Nik? She wished she could say she didn't know but she knew the truth was that she loved him and no matter what he did she always would.

"I won't tell him if you ask me not to. You two will however have to help me out with something considering the both of you betrayed my trust." Klaus said as he watched Beth slightly relax at the mention of not telling Elijah.

It was almost two hours later and Annie was finally starting to wake up.

Within moments she shot up to her feet angry and ready to fight. Upon seeing Beth she went back to her normal state of calm with curiosity written across her face.

"What happened? Where's Klaus?" Annie asked immediately.

"He went out. Said he had errands to do and that he would speak with the both of us when he got back."

"Why didn't you wake me up so we could escape? Kol and Elijah are out there possibly waiting for us we have to leave Beth!" Annie yelled.

"If I leave he will tell Elijah what we did. I can't disappoint him like that, not again he hates when I'm near Nik and now look what happened! He will hate me. Plus Stefan is downstairs "guarding" us till he comes back."

Annie was furious. She was stuck here just because Beth wanted to keep a secret, admittedly though if she slept with Klaus she wouldn't want anyone to know either.

When Klaus came home that evening both girls and Stefan were awaiting his arrival in the living room. Klaus came in with a big smile upon seeing everyone still in the house; he then brought in three women compelling them not to scream then told each of them to have at it while he said down in an armchair to watch.

Stefan, being the ripper that he is, was first to get up. He grabbed the woman gently and bit down hard on her neck. Both Annie and Beth did the same a little suspicious of what Klaus was up to but continued to drink anyways considering both were thirsty and Annie hadn't had a drink in a few days.

When they were all finished and compelled the women away Klaus stood in front of Beth and Annie staring down at the two girls intensely.

"As you may or may not know I am having difficulty making new hybrids that, simply put, don't die. I need to know what the reason for that is and for that a need a witch, an old strong witch. Goes by the name of Gloria. But she won't help me until I give her something Kol stole from her in the 20's."

Annie's eyes went wide when she heard Kol's name, she knew what he had taken all those years ago but she assumed Gloria would be six feet under by the time any Original came back to Chicago.

"Judging by the look on your face Annie I assume he told you what he took. Which also means you may have an idea as to where he hid it? If not, find it. I'm giving the both of you a week to bring it to me, if you don't or simply do not return, the consequences will be far worse than a stake or a dagger to the heart. You better hurry."

Beth and Annie packed their stuff that night and left early the next morning. Once at a safe distance Beth asked Annie what it was they were supposed to get.

"It's an old army knife. It was Gloria's grandfathers; it saved his life during the war or something. As it turns out though it was Kol who had given it to him during his time as a soldier, once he realized that the knife was in fact the same one, he took it back as a remembrance of the guy, since they were good buddies back then." Annie explained.

"Hmm, seems fair to me. Do you know where it's hidden?" Beth asked.

"Yeah in Kol's shoe, so no one can get it he opens the side of his shoes and puts it in the lining. It's kind of weird if you ask me but I guess the guy meant a lot to him and let's face it, he can be seriously paranoid. Remember that time the travellers told him about that Silas guy and he freaked for months compelling other vampires to kill hunters?"

"Yeah he is definitely paranoid. How are we supposed to get the knife from Kol then if it's in his shoe?" Beth questioned.

"I don't know but first we have to find him. He left angry so he could have went most anywhere though he's probably staying local for now so he and Elijah can catch up before parting ways again."

Beth followed Annie around all day as she came up with new places to look for Kol and Elijah. By the end of the day they were about ready to give up when they ran into Elijah. He brought the two back to his hotel suite that he and Kol were sharing, and the girls said they would explain everything to him (especially their magical undaggering) once Kol returned so they didn't have to explain it multiple times.