The New Deal:
The day after homecoming, I still hadn't seen Rebekah since the day before and was starting to worry a little about her. I decided to go down to the Mystic Grill drown my sorrows in alcohol. When I walked in I immediately felt eyes on my and I turned to see Elena and Damon playing darts to the side of the room. I smiled at them slightly but continued on my way to the bar. I jumped up onto one of the vacant bar stools and smiled at the male bartender that came to take my order.
"Vodka tonic." I ordered with a flirtatious smile since I was still technically underage. The bartender just nodded with a smile and left to get my drink. He brought it back almost immediately and I smiled at him before he walked away. I sipped my drink and decided to listen in on Elena and Damon's conversation with my advanced vampire hearing.
"Not everyone. He still has you." I heard Damon say to her and I frowned before it was obvious they were talking about Jeremy.
"You okay?" Elena asked him in concern.
"What makes you think I'm not okay?"
"Well, you're day drunk. It's not exactly your most attractive look."
"Hmm- what is my most attractive look?" Damon said flirtatiously and I rolled my eyes at him.
"Aha, I'm not saying you have any attractive looks. I'm saying this is my least favourite one..." Elena corrected him.
"Noted. See if I can make any improvements."
"Don't mind me." I heard Niklaus' voice join in the conversation and I spun around in my seat so that I could watch and listen.
"Klaus." Elena said deadpan.
"You gonna do this in the Grill? In front of everyone? It's a little beneath you, don't you think?" Damon taunted Nik and I rolled my eyes again at his stupidity.
"I don't know what you are talking about. I just came down to my local pub to grab a drink with a mate." Nik replied with an easy smile as he gestured to a male hybrid behind him. "Get a round in, would you Tony? And make sure Ellyse over there has everything she needs." Nik requested as he gazed at me and I smirked at him as I raised my half empty glass in the air.
"I'm surprised you stuck around town long enough for happy hour." Damon said, breaking the silence that was growing.
"My sister seems to be missing. Need to sort that out." Nik said and at that I jumped up from my stool and sauntered over to them because I was interested in getting Bec back as well.
"Yes, that's something I'm interested in as well." I said to them with smile as I stood to the middle over the two groups.
Cute blonde bombshell, psycho. Shouldn't be too hard to find." Damon commented with a smirk.
"Truth is I've grown to rather like your little town. Think I might fancy a home here. And this is where my girl calls home." Nik said as he glanced at me and I just glared at him.
"I'm not your girl." I told him matter-of-factly as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"I thought you two were together." Elena said in confusion.
"Nope." I said and popped the 'p'.
"Ellyse has decided we aren't together at the moment." Nik informed her with an eye roll. "She's being dramatic."
"You compelled me. Three times!"
"Dramatic." Nik said in a singsong voice and I rolled my eyes at his childishness. Then Nik turned his attention back to Elena and Damon. "Oh I imagine you're wondering how does this is affect you. The answer is: not in the slightest. Unless I get what I want and everyone behaves themselves you can go on living your little lives however you choose. You have my word."
"What more could you possibly want?" Elena spat at him.
"Well for starters, you can tell me where I might find Stefan."
"What did Stefan do?" I asked in confusion.
"I'll explain in a moment, love."
"Stefan skipped town the second he saved your ass." Damon told him.
"Well you see that is a shame. Your brother stole from me. I need him found so I can take back what's mine."
"That sounds like a Klaus and Stefan problem." Elena said to Nik and I felt a little proud at her trying to be confident. Nik took a step closer to Elena but Damon stepped in between the two of them, making Nik and I both smirk.
"Well this is me broadening the scope, sweetheart." Nik said to her and then grabbed my hand to lead me towards the bar. Once we were at the bar, I waved at the same bartender as before to bring me another drink.
"What's going on, Nik?" I demanded of him as I sat down on a stool.
"Stefan stole my coffins." Nik answered darkly and I choked on my drink. I looked up at him in shock and he just nodded his head in confirmation.
"Wow." I muttered as I sipped my drink.
"Hello?" I said in greeting into the phone.
"Elena has something concerning my coffins. Come with me to meet with her?" Nik asked me and I thought about it for a moment.
"And why would I do that?"
"It might have something to do with Rebekah." He said as enticement and I narrowed my eyes even though it wasn't there.
"Fine." I ground out reluctantly and then hung up the phone without saying anything more. I was at the grill still, drowning my problems in alcohol. I quickly finished off my vodka and tonic before walking at human speed out of the grill. Once I was out of the public eye, I utilised my vampire speed and ran over to the boarding house. Nik was waiting outside for me and smiled when I slowed down enough to walk at a human speed. He knocked on the door and we waited silently for Elena to answer it. I could feel his gaze on my face but I ignored him the best I could. Elena opened the door and her face was surprised when she saw me standing there with Nik but she quickly masked the shock with confidence.
"Thank you for coming." Elena said in a strong voice and Nik and I entered the house.
"I trust you have news of Stefan." Nik stated instead of asked her.
"I couldn´t find him. But I have something else." She told us and then started towards the cellar in the basement. We followed her downstairs and Elena opened the heavy door to reveal Rebekah lying desiccated on the floor. She was still wearing her red homecoming dress. The dagger was sticking in her heart and I rushed to her side immediately.
"My poor sister. I can´t turn my back on her for a moment." Nik said to no one in particular.
"You have Rebekah. A deal is a deal." Elena told him sternly as she folded her arms over her chest and I glanced up in confusion because I had no idea what they were talking about.
"The life of my sister in exchange for your brother? Yeah I´d say that´s a bargain. Consider him spared."
"You should know I was the one that daggered her. When she wakes she´ll come after me." Elena said and I stood up to face.
"I wouldn't worry about Rebekah, it's me you have to worry about." I snapped at her and took a menacing step forward but Nik blocked me with an arm around the waist.
"I can control Rebekah. And Ellyse. Besides I still need your help finding Stefan." Nik said to Elena and I just glared at him and pushed his arm away from me in a huff.
"I told you I don´t know where he is." Elena said to him and Nik gestured for me to undagger Rebekah. I grinned as turned to my friend's body and then I pulled the dagger out of her back.
"You´re lying. Fortunately you have no shortage of loved ones. If I don´t find my family the question you should be asking yourself is who´s gonna die next! Bonnie? Caroline? Damon? It´s only a matter of time before Stefan gives me what I want."
"He doesn´t care about me anymore. You made sure of that. You turned him into a monster. Now he´s your problem. And just so you know I´m not the only one that Rebekah wants dead. She knows what you did to your mother. She knows that you killed her. You can let yourself out." Elena snapped at him and then turned around and left the room.
"Who did you try to kill?" I asked him curiously as I tilted my head to the side.
"Jeremy." He answered me simply and I froze in horror. Jeremy was the one person from my old life that I still gave a damn about and Nik knew that. Nik picked up Rebekah's body and carried her out of the room with the dagger in hand. I knew that Nik didn't plan on undaggering her now that he knew that Rebekah knew the truth about the Original Witch's death. Now that I knew that Rebekah was safe, I had no reason to help Nik with his coffins. If he was going to kill my family, then it was time to repay the favour. My blood boiled as I thought about how Nik had tried to kill the one person I cared about. How could he do that? I was pissed as I went up the stairs with tears blurring my vision. I had an idea where Stefan would be keeping the coffins. I headed straight for the old witches house knowing that was where Stefan would have taken the coffins so that the witches could use magic to help him hide them. I entered the house hesitantly, not knowing whether or not the witches would respond well to me being there. When I wasn't immediately given an aneurism, I walked slowly further into the house. I went down to the basement where Stefan was sure to be hiding. I found him pacing the length of the room.
"Why did you steal the coffins?" I asked him from where I stood leaning against the doorframe. He jumped a little in surprise but then turned to face me in suspicion.
"Because Klaus´s family is one weakness I can use against him." he explained to me with narrowed eyes and I nodded slowly in understanding.
"Use against him to do what? You´re not gonna kill him, you know how I know? ´Cause there was only one way to kill him and you blew." I said to him with a raised eyebrow as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"You´re wrong Ellyse. Klaus isn´t just get to just live forever. There´s another way. There has to be."
"Fair enough. But whatever you´re doing I´m on in." I told him as I straightened up.
"I don´t need your help."
"Really? Last time I checked you´re hiding in a haunted house." I said to him as I gestured around the dusty room.
"I´m in this alone Ellyse." Stefan tried to tell me but I shook my head as I walked forward into the room. I walked up so that he could see the pain and sincerity in my eyes.
"He tried to kill Jeremy tonight. Jer is the one person from my old life that I still love more than anything, Stefan. I don't take the attempt on his life lightly. I might not want to kill him like you do, but now that I know Rebekah is safe, I want Niklaus to pay for what he did to Jeremy, to Jenna, to Elena and to you." I told him honestly and he just looked into my eyes as if to judge my honesty. Finally, he nodded his head in agreement and I smirked slightly in anticipation.
"Have a look." Stefan said as he gestured to the room in front of us. I looked around but couldn't see any coffins anywhere.
"What? Klaus is allergic to dust?" I asked him mockingly and he glared at me playfully.
"Hm... Look again." He instructed and I rolled my eyes but looked again. Suddenly, there were four coffins in the room with us and I grinned. "Witch spirits hate Klaus as much as we do. They´re using their powers to hide the coffins."
"So even if he comes in the house... " I started to say.
"...he won´t be able to find them." Stefan finished.