Beneath that facade

by Catherina1450

This is a story about Elijah and Katherine. After centuries while Katherine had been hiding and running from him and Klaus they meet again . It seems like there is no way for them to get to know each other because the doppelgangers fear is too strong , but then everything seems to change...while even more difficult problems appear

2. Who is the liar ?

Elijah stood right in front of Katherine and looked at her without saying a word. He couldn't count the days he had spent, trying to find her and now he finally saw her. The last time they met was a longer while ago when Katherine was imprisoned in a tomb. He had compelled her to stay where she was and not to try to escape – of course she was afraid of him. He remembered that he had always been loyal to Klaus, but now he regretted a few things of his past. One of it was that he let Katerina go and helped his brother to find her. He was glad that she had always been able to run from them or to hide, because she would be dead if they would have found her before. Of course he knew that he should say something, but he didn't know what to say. Elijah just stood there, staring at the Petrova doppelganger in front of him.

Katherine was still afraid of the original vampire. She knew that he was the eldest vampire alive at the moment, which was another reason for her to be afraid. She knew that he was always helping Klaus and that he hated her for running from them in 1492. She looked at him "What are you doing here…?" she asked, because he said nothing. The vampire stepped back until she could feel the tree right behind her and tried to find a possibility to escape from him without getting hurt.

As Elijah heard Katherine's words he continued on looking at her and hesitated for a moment "Don't be afraid Katerina…I mean no harm to you" he said in a calm tone. He didn't want her to be frightened.

"I asked for your reason to be here." she just said and stayed where she was still hoping for a possibility to run again.

Elijah hesitated for a moment and looked at her "Honestly Katerina, I was looking for you. I heard that you have to cure. Is that true?" he asked while looking into her eyes.

"I…" she hesitated for a moment, "I do have the cure. Is that everything you wanted to know? Can I leave now?" she asked , slightly trembling. She couldn't remember the last time that she had been that afraid, probably it was when Klaus imprisoned her in this apartment and told her that he will make her suffer for ..at least 250 years. She wanted to lie to Elijah, she didn't wanted him to know about her having the cure, but she just couldn't. He was the only one she couldn't lie to, which made her worry even more.

"Why do you keep it? I suppose you don't want to take it" he said and looked at the woman in front of him. He knew that people hated her and they had millions of reason for it, but everytime when he saw her and looked into her eyes he still saw that the human part of her – the innocent Katerina Petrova – was still somewhere inside her. There was no strength like she pretended to have as Katherine Pierce. There was just a girl who was lonely and afraid.

Katherine tried to lie to him but she couldn't he always made her tell the truth. She didn't even knew if it was a strange way of compelling her or not, everything she knew was that she couldn't help but tell him the truth "The cure is what Klaus needs for defeating Silas. As long as I have it, I have the possibility to make a deal with him…I want my freedom back" she said and looked up at him.

Elijah smiled warmly "Do you really think that Klaus would make a deal with you Katerina? You should know that he always breaks his promises. He will take the cure and kill you. He wants vengeance. If you go to him it means that you die..but" he hesitated , "I could offer you to ask him for a deal for you , I could help you " he said as he heard a voice behind them as he could see the shocked expression in Katerina's face. Elijah turned around and looked at him "Niklaus" he said, "Brother , I didn't expected to meet you here"

Klaus looked at him as an evil smile appeared in his face "You know I'm always watching my family and I'm very glad to see that you did what I told you to do. Finally you found her and you made her stay until I arrived. I'm very proud of you." he said and tilted his head slightly, looking at Katherine "I see you're happy to see me. But you can enjoy the honor of being around me for the next centuries. I promise." He said , grinning.