Lisette's POV

Year: 2013

"Gah!" The dark haired hybrid gasped in pain as I stabbed him in the stomach as he hung immobile in front of me, arms chained tightly down. "Who are you and what the hell are you doing!" He spat weakly, the blood loss sapping his strength considerably.

I stepped back from the pile of growing blood pooling beneath him. I didn't want to ruin my new shoes with a blood of one of Nik's discarded creations, after all. "I'm draining the vervain from your system, you silly boy," I said, stepping close enough that I could grab his chin. "That way I can compel you to do whatever I ask of you," I said sweetly before letting his head drop limply.

"Only Originals can compel other supernaturals," he grunted, gritting his teeth tightly as I removed the knife and stabbed it a different place to drain him faster.

"How correct you are, little Tyler," I chuckled.

"You couldn't be an Original though! The only Original sister is Rebekah and she's in New Orleans with her other two surviving brothers right now!"

"Mmm, but you're wrong there, pup," I hummed. "There is another female Original and she happens to be standing right in front of you. Now, when I finish draining you of the vervain, I will compel you to help me get the attention of my dear, dear Niklaus."

*Timeskip*

I stood out in the swamp, frowning at all the insects flying around my head. How disgusting. The sound of shattering glass, skidding tires, and a slamming car door in the distance cut through the peaceful night, and I stood patiently in the shadows near the cabin by large pond further into the bayou.

There was a slight struggle as Tyler and the werewolf girl argued. She shrieked and moments later, footsteps began to rustle through the bayou as Tyler brought the girl to me like I had compelled. It took about an hour or two for Tyler to reach the cabin, sunlight peeking through the trees as the sun rose in the early dawn. He dropped her unceremoniously on the front porch, her bound hands flashing out to protect her torso from hitting the hard wooden boards.

"Be careful, mutt!" I snapped as I stepped towards the pair. "I wanted you to bring her to me unharmed, not kill her baby by dropping the pregnant woman on her stomach."

"Who are you!" The girl spat, glaring back and forth between Tyler and I.

"My name doesn't matter. Let's just say that Niklaus and I are… old friends. Sorry to bring you into this feud, Hayley dear, but I needed to get his attention somehow."

"I did what you wanted, now can you let me do what I came to do?" Tyler interrupted asked angry.

I rolled my eyes. "Just make sure you don't harm the baby or her. My informants tell me that Elijah seems very fond of the both of them, and I only want to tick off Nik, not the rest of the Mikaelsons. Fetch me when he gets here, won't you?" I said, before walking back towards the trailer where I had been staying the past two nights.

I heard Tyler and Hayley arguing outside before the door to the cabin opened and a large man dragged Hayley inside and out of sight. Sighing, I leaned back into the chair in the small camper, shutting my eyes as I listened the quiet sounds echoing from the bayou.

I heard some commotion from the cabin after a few hours of peace and I slipped quietly outside, watching the cabin silently. In the distance, my hearing picked up the sound of two car doors closing and familiar British accents cut through the air. I smirked when I heard the jab Elijah made about Nik waiting in the car with the windows down.

A sudden pattering of footsteps hurried away from the cabin and I watched as Hayley raced into the woods in the direction of my husband and his brother. Not even a full minute later, Tyler stormed out of the cabin, looking livid. He strode angrily towards the woods, using his hybrid speed to hurry himself along. I frowned before following in his wake. He was wearing a murderous expression and I would not stand for the girl being hurt. She was bait and nothing more. If Tyler harmed her in any way, I would rip his stupid little hybrid head from his shoulders.

I heard Elijah and Hayley in the distance and zipped closer to them, making sure to stay silent as I rushed over the forest floor. I paused behind a tree and watched as Elijah and Hayley hugged, a look of relief on my brother-in-law's face.

"You will not believe the crap day that I am having," Hayley breathed quietly.

"Let's get you home," Elijah said stepping back.

"Elijah," Hayley said, grabbing his arm as he turned away. "There's something you need to know about the baby." I listened, my shock growing as she explained how the baby's blood could make new hybrids, just like Nik's.

I left the pair alone, hurrying back to the camp where Tyler was wandering around, looking for Hayley. "Hayley!" He called, flinging back a tent flap. "Give up now, and I'll end it quick." I rolled my eyes at his stupidity. I would end him nice and slow if he touched a hair on her head. I was just about to step out and confront the idiot, but someone beat me to it.

"Quite an offer," Nik said, staring menacingly at his rogue hybrid. "Though not one I'll be extending to you."

Tyler gritted his teeth in frustration before turning to his old sire. "Klaus."

"Hello ,Tyler. You look well," Nik commented sarcastically. "I aim to change that. Threatening a pregnant girl in order to exact revenge against me," he said, stepping forward while wagging his finger in mock disappointment. "I never expected you to sink so low. I admit, I'm impressed."

"I didn't want to kidnap her," Tyler protested in an effort to save himself. "I do want revenge on you, but this crazy vampire chick made me kidnap Hayley. She says she knows you."

"Well you obviously helped her of your own free will. She couldn't force you to do anything unless she compelled you, and only Originals can do that."

"She did compel me! She drained all of the vervain from my system and then used compulsion to have me kidnap Hayley!"

A look of realization and slight fear crossed Nik's face as he began to realize just who it was that was toying with him now. My lips slowly curled up into a smirk as I watched the paranoia in my husband visibly spike about ten percent higher than usual. "Where is she now," he spat, grabbing Tyler by his neck and lifting him in the air.

"Somewhere in the woods around here. I haven't seen her since early this morning," Tyler responded, trying vainly to pry Nik's iron grip off of his throat. Nik growled angrily before flinging Tyler into a nearby tree.

"LISETTE!" He shouted, turning about in a circle. I watched him in amusement, grinning when I saw the frustration on his face. "COME OUT RIGHT NOW, LOVE!"

Tyler flung himself at Nik from behind, catching my husband off guard. They fought for a while, Tyler jamming a stake through Nik's chest at one point before the little hybrid was flung away again. Nik yanked the stake out of himself before he and Tyler both let their wolf sides show a bit. "Let's finish this, shall we?"

They flung themselves at each other, rolling down a hill as they traded blows before coming to a stop, Tyler slamming his fist into Nik's cheek. Nik grabbed Tyler's neck again. "How dare you!" He seethed.

"I'm just getting started!" Another stake was jammed into Nik's shoulder, causing him to yell out in pain.

"You've grown blood thirsty," he panted. "Perhaps it's best you're mother didn't live to see you like this!" He taunted. I winced at that jab. I didn't care very much about Tyler, but I was aware of how Nik had drowned Mrs. Lockwood a few months back, sparking Tyler on the warpath of revenge.

Tyler smashed his fist repeated into Nik's face again, his anger getting the best of him and giving Nik the opportunity to grab the younger hybrid's fist and flip them so he was on top. Picking up the stake, he jammed it into Tyler again, just shy of his heart before standing up and leaving Tyler as he struggled to remove the stake. "It's sad really," Nik mused. "I thought I made you better. Turns out you're quite the disappointment."

Tyler struggled to his feet, ripping out the stake and throwing it aside. "I guess I'm another one of your failures. Like how you failed at making hybrids?" The smirk on Nik's face began to fade. "How you failed your family." Tyler stepped closer as his voice got louder. "Now it looks like you're gonna fail your own kid."

Anger flashed across Niklaus' face as he grabbed Tyler and pinned him to a tree. "Thus ends your tedious little life. At least it was brief" He paused for a second before looking in the direction of where I stood hidden in the trees. "You may want to come out and say goodbye to your little pet, darling." He said mockingly. "Then I will deal with you."

I rolled my eyes before stepping out into the open. "I have no love for the boy," I said. "In fact, I am quite irritated with him at the moment. I told him not to harm that werewolf girl and then he goes and threatens her life. Tsk Tsk, Tyler. I thought you were better than that. Do what you want with him, Niklaus."

Nik turned back to the hybrid boy and plunged his hand into Tyler's chest, gripping his heart tightly as Tyler cried out in agony.

"Do it!" He spat, making eye contact with Nik as he dared him to tear out his heart. "You're never gonna break me. The only thing you can do is kill me, so go on. Go on! Get it over with!"

"Agh, you want me to end your suffering, don't you?" Nik whispered tauntingly. "Mmm, I did break you. I took everything from you, and now you're begging me to sweep away the shards of your shattered little life." He twisted his hand cruelly inside Tyler, causing the boy to groan in pain before ripping his hand out of the young hybrid's chest, leaving his heart where it was. Tyler stumbled for a moment before Nik grabbed his jaw. "Death offers more peace than you deserve," he murmured softly. "It's better to let you live." A look of horror crossed Tyler's face. "And each morning you will wake, knowing that your wretched existence continues only by my will. Now go and live the rest of your days knowing you are nothing to me," he compelled, before releasing the boy and stalking towards me.

"Dramatic," I said snippily, before his glare silenced me. He grabbed my wrist tightly and dragged me towards the cabin. I followed willingly. I couldn't torment him from afar now that he knew I was around. It was time to move in closer.

When we reached the cabin, he grabbed the broom from the porch, snapped the head off of it, and drove it into my stomach. I gasped in pain, my hands flying to the injury. I'd kept a low profile over the centuries and haven't experienced the pain of being stabbed very often as a result. I promise the it is far from enjoyable.

"You stay right here," Nik ordered forcefully before striding inside the cabin to check things out.

"Love you too, Nikky" I shouted after him, before trying to remove the stake from my body. I couldn't pull it out because Nik had embedded it deeply into the wall behind me, leaving a new hole in the cabin. I attempted to walk forwards off of it, but groaned in pain as I began to regret that escape attempt. My husband apparently knew this trick and had stuck the handle downwards at a slight angle, preventing any forward movement.

I stood immobile by the wall, frowning as I watched the red spot grow on my light brown shirt. "If any blood gets on my shoes, I will kill him," I muttered softly to myself. After a few more minutes, Nik exited the cabin, dragging a body along behind him.

"Who is this?" He inquired, pulling the limp body up so I could see the man.

"He was one of Tyler's werewolf lackeys, I believe. I don't know what his name is though or why he's dead." Nik frowned angrily before dropping the man against a support beam in the porch and stalking away from me. "You're welcome!" I called after him, a smirk growing as I saw him tense up in irritation.

I looked up as two people emerged from the woods. "There you are," Nik said cheerfully as Elijah and Hayley came closer. "I see you've found our wandering stray. Perhaps she could shed some light on the situation." He kicked the dead body off the porch. "Lisette has been no help to me at all."

Elijah's brow furrowed before his gaze flashed towards me, shock evident in his expression. "Hey Elijah," I said, waving. "I would come and give you a hug, but as you can see, my loving husband has been gracious enough to stab a broom through my torso, effectively pinning me here. So sorry about that."

"Wait, you're Klaus' wife?" Hayley asked, horror showing on her face. She probably thought I wanted to rip her heart out for sleeping with my husband, but I honestly didn't feel any animosity towards the girl. She didn't know that Nik was married, so I couldn't blame her for wanting to sleep with him. Not gonna lie, my husband is sexy. The whole brooding bad boy thing makes him even hotter too. Truthfully, if I wasn't so ticked at him for impregnating another girl and then jabbing a broom handle through my stomach, I might actually be tempted to sleep with him. But considering the present circumstances, all I really wanted to do to him right now was rip him limb from limb.

"Yes, she is. Now, this would appear to be the body of a hybrid," Nik said, diverting the conversation back to where he wanted it.

"His name was Dwayne," Hayley provided.

"Well, whoever he was, I didn't sire him. Any idea how that's possible."

"What, afraid of a little competition, Nikky?" I asked.

"As if you didn't know," Hayley stepped forward aggressively, Elijah pulling her backwards and behind him. I frowned, not liking it when I was ignored.

"Oh, aren't you two fast friends," Nik mused. "Well come on then. What horrible accusation have you conspired to levy against me?"

"Tyler Lockwood brought Hayley here on Lisette's orders to test a theory that the blood of her child could be used to sire hybrids. He claims you knew that." A look of shock crossed Nik's face. "Furthermore, you intend to use this knowledge to build an army. Lisette apparently had plans to help you as well, given her involvement in Hayley's kidnapping. I am disappointed in you sister. I thought you were better than that," Elijah said, directing his attention towards me.

"I compelled Tyler to kidnap Hayley so I could get Nik's attention, not with the intent of making an army, numbskull." I said in irritation. "I left Tyler with orders to not harm her while he was babysitting her. I had no idea he was going to go all mad scientist on her!"

"Of course you would believe Tyler's accusations are true," Nik added. "I mean why else would I show any interest in my own flesh and blood? A heartbroken little crybaby points his little finger at me and my own brother falls in line, eager to believe it. How quickly you assume the worst, especially when it comes from her."

"Oh spare me your indignation. When have you ever demonstrated any kind of concern towards Hayley or her child beyond your own selfish pursuits? And what was it you once said to me? Every king needs a heir," he said, mocking Nik's voice.

"My big brother. So you doubt my intentions? Well, I can't say I'm surprised. Standing beside the noble Elijah, how can I be anything but the lesser brother? A liar? A manipulator? A bastard?" Nik walked up to his older brother, staring him right in the face. "That's all I am to you, isn't it? And to Rebekah? And judging by the way Hayley hangs on your every word, it's clear she feels the same way. Even Lisette appears to share your sentiments. No doubt my child will as well."

"Brother, if I ha-"

"We have said all that needs to be said, Brother" Nik cut him off. He put both hands up in the air, a mocking expression his face as he stepped slowly away from Elijah. "I'll play the roll I've been given." He turned to walk back towards me before suddenly turning on his brother and sinking his teeth deeply into Elijah's neck, causing the older Original to yell out in shock and pain.

'Nik!" I shouted as he dropped Elijah to the ground. "What the hell do you think you're doing!"

My husband wiped his brother's blood from his lips before smirking at Hayley patronizingly. "You two enjoy each other's company. You'll have much to bond over once the hallucinations and dementia set in. Consider that bite my parting gift to you both." He turned back to me, grabbing the stake and ripping it out of me. I gasped, stumbling forwards in shock as his arms caught me. I leaned against him for the first time in centuries, breathing heavily as my brain tried to cope with the pain of having a chunk of wood ripped from me after my insides had healed around it.

I closed my eyes tiredly as Nik stroked my hair softly. I was irritated with him, but I also was having trouble staying upright as well, so I would wait to smack him around until I could stand on my own again.

"I'm sorry about this, Love," I heard him say softly, before I heard a snapping noise and a sudden pain pierced through me again as the now shorter broom handle was shoved into my back, piercing through my heart.

I struggled to breath as I felt myself turning gray and veiny in the typical vampire death sequence. Nik loosened his hold on me, staring into my eyes as I slowly died.

"Nik, I just wanted to tell you that I don't think you're the lesser anything," I whispered as I felt my body shutting down and my eyes droop shut. The last thing I saw was the look of sadness and regret in Nik's eyes as he picked me up bridal style and carried me off the porch and into the woods as I slipped into blank darkness.

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