Niklaus Mikaelson was standing out on the balcony of his mansion with a glass of scotch in his hand overlooking the walkers in the woods stumbling around trying to find something to eat. His older brother Elijah came out standing next to him.
"Elijah, what in the bloody hell is this? What is wrong with these people?"
"I haven't a clue, brother. These aren't humans anymore though. I smell death off of them."
"They aren't vampires, that's for sure. But if they aren't vampires what could they possibly be?"
"My cell phone has no reception. Neither does Rebekah's or Kol's. What about yours?"
"I checked. Mine doesn't either. I also noticed none of the television channels will not pick up anything. It's all static."
"I noticed that too. Something isn't right here."
Klaus and Elijah both suddenly heard what sounded like a teenage girl screaming. She wasn't far from the Mikaelson Manor they could tell. They spotted her. She was running away from something or someone.
"Someone please help me!" she screamed. Elijah jumped down from the balcony suddenly and sped towards the girl. She ran right into his arms. "Help me please?" she begged. "They're coming."
"Who's coming?" Elijah asked the terrified girl.
"Those things," she trembled pointing towards the walkers.
For the first time Elijah got an upfront look of the walkers. It was nothing he had ever seen in his 1,000 years alive. "Oh my God," he gasped. He picked up the girl bridal style. "Hold on tight," he told her. She wrapped her arms tight around his neck while he used his vampire speed to run back to the mansion. He jumped back up to the balcony. Klaus was still standing there with his scotch.
"So what's going on?" Klaus asked him.
"Get inside. Now," Elijah ordered him. Klaus followed behind him. Elijah let the girl down on her feet. She was trembling so bad he had to make her stand still.
"Thank you for saving me," she told him. "But how were you running so fast?"
"You're welcome, dear. And that's not important right now. What's your name, child?"
"It's April. April Young."
"Hello, April." He shook her hand. "I'm Elijah Mikaelson. This is my brother Niklaus."
"Just call me Klaus," Klaus told her taking a drink of his scotch.
"My siblings Rebekah and Kol shall join us soon. But April, tell me what is going on? What are those things you were running away from?"
"I-I don't know exactly," she stuttered. "The town is overrun by those things. If you hadn't saved me I would've been ate for sure."
"Ate?" Elijah questioned. Klaus now had his attention focused on April.
"Yeah. These things, they eat people. They eat on flesh. And if they bite you you'll turn into one of them." April looked like she wanted to cry. "They got my parents." By then tears were rolling down her cheeks. "So I ran. And I ran. I haven't ate or barely slept."
Elijah felt sympathy for the girl. "Take a hot shower. We'll fix you something to eat. Then you can rest. You'll be safe here." He smiled at her letting her know that she was safe.
"I don't have nothing clean to change into."
"You can borrow something from Rebekah. I'll go find her right now." Elijah went to search for his sister. Klaus decided to join Elijah too. They found Rebekah and Kol in the living room. Rebekah stared out the window while Kol was laid back on the couch.
"Elijah, Nik, why are those humans just walking around like that?" Rebekah asked them.
"Those aren't humans anymore, Rebekah, dear," Elijah told her. "I rescued a girl that was running away from them. She's upstairs right now. She said they eat on flesh."
"What?" Rebekah had a look of disgust on her face.
Kol lifted himself up front the couch. "Are they vampires?"
"No, Kol, they aren't," Klaus answered him.
"These things are nothing like vampires," said Elijah. "Their skin is gray, like death. And they smell like they're...rotting." The other Mikaelsons looked disgusted. "The girl said if they bite you you'll into one of them."
April made her way downstairs into the living room. All eyes locked on her, Kol's especially.
"Rebekah, Kol, this is April Young. She's the girl I saved. She hasn't ate or slept so she's going to be staying here. Rebekah, let her borrow some of your clothes to wear. Show her where she'll sleep tonight." Rebekah nodded at her brother and led April back upstairs.
"She's quite a beauty," Kol told his brothers.
"Kol, I seriously doubt the human girl wants you to come onto her," Klaus told him.
"What? I was just saying she's pretty. Is there a crime against that?"
"In your case? Yes." Kol just rolled his eyes at his older brother.
"Enough childish play out of you two," Elijah told them both. "We have more important matters that need tending to. We need to learn more about this outbreak."
Kol rubbed his chin. "What do you suppose the Salvatores know about this?" he asked. "They have that witch on their side. She might know something."
"Good point," Klaus told him. "Kol, you and I will make a quick trip to the Salvatore home. We'll interrogate the witch."
"You two haven't seen the faces of these creatures," said Elijah. "It's literally looking at death in the face. And if humans can turn into one of those if they get bit what could possibly happen to a vampire?" Klaus and Kol didn't have an answer for him. "You both must be careful out there."
"Relax, Elijah, we always are," Klaus told him wrapping an arm around his brother's shoulder. "We'll just dodge them."
"Yeah. And I'm sure these things aren't hard to kill," Kol said. "Just one quick chop to the head and it's over."
Elijah wanted to trust his brothers, but this was Klaus and Kol. Anything could happen when it came to these two.
"I can't believe he thinks we're childish," Kol said to Klaus. They were driving towards the Salvatore boarding house.
"You and Rebekah are really the childish ones," Klaus told him.
"Well Elijah said you was being pretty childish yourself. If you hadn't made your snarky remark towards me looking at April Elijah never would have said anything."
"Oh come on, Kol, like the girl would want anything to do with you anyway."
"And you think Caroline wants anything to do with you?" Klaus turned at Kol and gave him a death glare. "Did I strike a nerve, brother?" He smirked at him. Klaus was fixing to say something back until the windshield came into contact with something.
"What the bloody hell?!" Klaus said to himself.
"Great going, Nik, you hit someone."
"Shut up!" Klaus stepped out of the vehicle to see what he hit. "What in the hell?"
Kol got out of the vehicle to see himself what Klaus hit. "So, Nik, what did you-oh my God! What the bloody hell is that?"
Klaus and Kol were looking down to see a walker trapped underneath the vehicle. It was growling at them, snapping at them trying to bite.
"Its one of those things," said Klaus.
"It sure is ugly," Kol told him. He looked up. "Uhh, Nik?" Klaus looked at his brother. They seen more walkers coming towards them, growling. "I think it's time to run."
"Good idea."
They both took off at vampire speed away from the walkers.
