Part 3
While Veronica took a nap and Kol walked her over protective dog, Klaus took his phone out asked one of his hybrid who happened to live nearby to come in Neptune and get ready in case they needed him. There was no way he was risking his new daughter's life. He wanted to have backup in case something happened.
"I'll go in town and look into her rape… No need to ask her the details or the names in her state when I can find everything out so fast. I'll start with the sheriff. Don't worry brother, people will pay for this. She's your daughter, it means that she's one of us and we stick together, always and forever." Rebekah told him gently before she rushed out of the apartment and started on her mission to avenge her niece.
"Thank you." Klaus told her right before she went out the door.
"Don't worry brother, you know how Rebekah gets when someone she cares about gets hurt. She can be relentless. You can trust her to take care of this." Elijah said to Klaus with a reassuring smile.
"I know... You're right, I shouldn't worry about this..." Klaus nodded.
Elijah couldn't believe what he was seeing.
His brother, the one he believed too far gone for redemption, was actually showing his humanity to this presently fragile young girl that appeared to be his daughter. That alone was enough for Elijah to love this new niece of his.
"What are you doing?" Elijah asked Klaus as he opened several kitchen cupboards and the fridge.
"I doubt she had much to eat in the past few days and she needs to eat. I'm going to try and make her something for when she wakes up." Klaus replied.
"You have some time before she wakes up. You can do this later." The suited original advised.
"I can't just sit around and do nothing Elijah… I need to do something for her…" Klaus exclaimed.
"Why don't you go and make sure she doesn't have nightmares? I'll step outside and watch out for Derek so he doesn't wake her up with the doorbell. He shouldn't be too long now." Elijah replied, understanding his brother's confused state.
This was new to them all.
"I… I don't want to intrude on her privacy…" Klaus protested weakly.
"I'm sure she won't mind brother. If she did, she would have closed her door behind her. She left it open, it's a sign." Elijah assured him and Klaus nodded.
The hybrid entered his daughter's bedroom and looked around. She had a professional camera on her desk and if the pictures on the wall were hers, then she was gifted. Her camera was not the newest or the best model there was and yet her pictures were superb.
An artist, just like him.
He made a mental note to buy her a better camera later, the latest model of the best brand there was, and sat by her side on the bed. With the way it moved under him, he understood that it was a waterbed. He had never had one but if she liked it, he would get her a new one too.
Even while sleeping, his daughter was crying and he softly erased her tears with his thumb before he placed his hand against the side of her face. He wanted to enter her mind but her sleep looked peaceful enough now so he changed his mind and simply settled on staying by her side, waiting for her to wake up and listening to the beating of her heart.
"Will you leave me too?" Veronica mumbled in her sleep and even though she wasn't awake, Klaus knew that her desperate question was for him.
"Never Sweetheart. I'll be there for you, always and forever." He replied, kissing her forehead and he couldn't help but see the smile that just appeared on her face.
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About an hour and a half after Veronica went to sleep, Kol came back with an exhausted dog who went right for his bowl of water.
"What did you do Kol? Vampire ran him around town?" Elijah asked him.
He had been worried for his brother. It didn't take this long to walk a dog, did it?
"Well, I took him to the beach. We ran, we played fetch… I should have gotten a dog centuries ago, this little fellow is great. I hope Veronica will let me play with him once in a while." Kol exclaimed happily while the trusty dog walked to his mistress's bed and lay down beside Klaus, waiting for her to wake up.
"Well, I'm happy to know that you enjoyed yourself. Did you see Rebekah at all?" Elijah asked him.
"I did. She was compelling some mean blond bimbo bitch to tell her about Veronica's…you know. I think she already took care of the sheriff one way or another." Kol replied and Elijah nodded.
"Someone's coming. Hopefully it's Derek with answers." Elijah exclaimed as he went to open the door before the man could knock on it.
"Did you find anything?" Elijah asked him before the middle aged man could say anything.
"The spirits say that the girl is Klaus' daughter. She's also a hybrid but won't be fully one until her 18th birthday. Drinking blood will only become necessary after she turns 18 and then she'll be a true hybrid. She'll be able to make hybrids without blood from a doppelganger and the only way to kill her will be a white oak stake, like her father. She won't be as strong as he is though and just like you originals, she can't be compelled. This is all I could find from the spirits." Derek told the elder Mickealson brother.
"How could I conceive her?" Klaus asked from the doorway, one eye on his sleeping daughter and the other on the witch.
"You're the hybrid. You managed to procreate because you didn't compel her mother or drank from her while you had sex or for the week after that. It's one of the loopholes of you being the hybrid I guess. Oh, and since she's the last living descendant of Esther, she'll be able to use magic." Derek replied.
"Will she be able to have children? Will she grow old?" Klaus asked in a calm and serious voice.
"She'll stop growing old as soon as she turns 18 but as for your other question, I don't know. The spirits didn't tell me. I guess you'll find out with time." Derek replied.
"Is there anything else you can tell us?" Elijah asked after Klaus nodded and went back to watch over his sleeping daughter.
"I've told you all I know. All I can add is that the spirits seem to like her. They believe that her being in Klaus' life is a good thing, that it will make him better. And by the spirits I include your mother. Knowing of Veronica is enough for her to think you'll all find some kind of redemption. She's found peace and won't try to come back to life to kill you anymore." Derek replied.
"Thank you." Elijah replied with a nod.
"I'll go now, I have a friend in town I need to visit. Good luck." The witch replied before he went back through the door.
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Around noon, Rebekah came back.
She seemed satisfied and if they didn't ask her how things went, it was obvious that she was happy with the results. Elijah and Kol filled her in with what Derek told them about Veronica.
"How has she been?" She asked once they were done talking.
"I think her sleep is pretty peaceful. Klaus hasn't left her side." Elijah whispered.
Suddenly, they all heard Veronica's heart beating faster, a sign that she was waking up and so they stopped talking and turned their heads toward her bedroom, waiting to see or hear what would happen next.
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Veronica slowly opened her eyes and Klaus kept her hand in his.
"You're real? It wasn't a dream?" She asked softly.
"Yes, I'm real. How did you sleep Sweetheart?" He answered.
"Good, I think… What time is it?" She asked as she sat up.
"Around noon. My witch friend came and gave us the answers we wanted if you want to hear them. But first I think you need to eat something." He told her with a gentle smile.
"You stayed with me the entire time?" She asked him.
"I did. Now come on, I think it's time you got to know your aunt and uncles better." Klaus stood up and extended his hand to her.
Shyly, Veronica took it and let him guide her to the kitchen where Elijah started making her a sandwich with what little he found in the nearly empty fridge.
Apparently, before she left, Leanne hadn't bothered to make sure there would be enough food in the apartment to feed her daughter.
While Veronica ate her lunch, her father told her everything that Derek had informed them of and he followed it with answering all of her questions about the supernatural world. It was a lot to take in for the young girl of course but she felt that it was the truth, that these people were really her family and that she was safe with them.
"What am I going to do now?" She asked when they were done explaining everything to her.
"You'll come with us of course!" Rebekah replied.
"As long as it's what you want." Elijah added.
"When you were asleep you asked me if I'd leave you and I told you that I wouldn't. I will stay by your side Veronica, Always and Forever. You're my family and I will take care of you. All you have to decide is if you want to stay here or would rather go somewhere else. Whatever you decide, I'll make the necessary arrangements." Klaus told her, looking her in the eyes so she could see that he was being honest.
"I hate this town, It's hell. I don't want to stay here." She said as she shook her head.
"Then I guess we'll take you back to Mystic Fall's with us." Klaus smiled.
"Are you sure you want me?" She asked him.
"You're my daughter, something I never thought would be possible. You're my miracle. Of course I want you." Klaus reassured her.
"We all do Veronica." Rebekah added as the other two nodded.
"Can Back-up come too?" She asked shyly.
"Of course he can. The little guy and I are best friends now, didn't he tell you?" Kol smiled.
"How soon can we leave?" The blond teenage girl asked her father.
"Don't you want time to say goodbye to some people?" Rebekah asked her.
"No… I mean, just Weevil but it can be done before we leave. I don't have anyone else left in this town."
"Then as soon as you have everything you want packed, we can go." Klaus smiled at her.
"Keep just a bag with what you need for a few days with you. I'll order a moving truck right away for everything else." Elijah added.
"Don't leave anything behind, we have plenty of storage for everything. Even if you don't think you want it now, you might want it later. Trust me." Klaus told her.
"I'll go and pack right away." Veronica smiled.
"Don't be silly, we're not about to let you do everything by yourself." Rebekah rolled her eyes.
"Put us to work sweet niece of mine. Our vampire muscles need work." Kol joked.
For the rest of the day, they packed everything according to Veronica's wishes.
Mainly, she left behind Keith's stuff, even if she kept a few meaningful objects, the rest she put in boxes for good will. She made a point of taking all of the things that were tied to her childhood. Baby pictures, Christmas ornaments, photo albums, videos… She took her entire bedroom too but left behind the waterbed who reminded her of Keith too much and of the lie that had been her life so far.
Since Mars Investigations needed to be packed up too, Veronica gave the keys to Elijah and Kol who went to take care of it. Mainly, Veronica asked them to destroy the files and keep all of the equipment. Knowing it shouldn't take too much time, the two brothers nodded and hurried there to do as she wished.
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