A/N: I'm feeling a bit of angsty, it seems. Apologizes if they seem OOC. No beta and I didn't spend too much time editing, sorry!
Disclaimer: I own none of these peeps.
Chapter 2: The Reason
Days have passed before he emerges from his self-imposed seclusion. Elijah looks up in surprise as he approaches. He straightens he already immaculate suit, preparing for whatever may come. He can see his anger ready to explode, but he knows Klaus is nothing if not calculating and controlling even if said control looks like it could slip at any moment.
Klaus looks at his brother with a sorrowful expression. Elijah has never seen such a look before. "She came to me under false pretenses, brother. Her outpouring of love and loyalty…it was all a lie," he softly states.
"I caught her conspiring against me. Even after uncovering her duplicity, I found myself begging her to explain. Me, the most fierce some creature in existence, begging," he smirks to himself as he says, "Can you imagine, she must have relished in her power in bringing the king to his knees."
"I was a fool, Elijah. I was a fool to believe in love and loyalty. I will never play the fool again," he promises.
"I will find and destroy her and everyone she has ever cared about. They are all dead," he cruelly proclaims.
Elijah walks towards the bar, pours a liberal amount of bourbon for each of them, "I will gladly help you, Niklaus, just tell me what happened."
"What happened…the witches happened. She played the distraction so they could get to Hope. It almost worked if not for Rebekah's watchful eye," he says.
Elijah ever calm and collected nearly dropped his tumbler as a fury he rarely feels rose to the surface. "She dare hurt our family, Niklaus?" he says with a hint of surprise in voice, "How, why? How did she know about Hope to begin with, to what purpose?"
"I foolishly entrusted her with the truth, brother. I wanted to be honest with her, to show her how much I cared and believed in her, us," he says, "But, no more. She's a threat to Hope, our family, and everything we want. I will find her and kill her, make no mistake."
Stupid girl, Elijah thinks. "Either you do or I will, Niklaus. She cannot live, no matter what you may still feel for her," he threatens.
Klaus slowly smiles though it never reaches his eyes, "What I feel, Elijah, is a rage that I haven't felt in a thousand years, not since our Mother's betrayal. I will find her and I will destroy her while you, dear brother, will find and rip apart every last witch in New Orleans down to their ancestral bones."
They clink glasses in a silent salute to death that is to come.
A vicious smirk emerges as he thinks of what lies ahead, "Always and forever, dear brother, always and forever."
A/N: I know, not exactly lighthearted. Sorry, hope you're able to enjoy it anyway.
