Chapter Eight

Flashback

"Loki, Loki is a frost giant?" Katerina stared at her mother, Frigga her brown eyes narrowing as she tried to make sense of what her mother had just told her. "No, no that's not possible he's our brother."

Frigga shook her head. "You weren't even born yet when Odin brought him home and Thor was much too young to remember. But your father adopted Loki when he was just a baby, his parentage is of a frost giant."

"Then why keep it from him?" she asked bitterly as she sat down in the red love seat in her room. "He's has a right to know mother, don't you know how many times he has asked me why he is different and I don't have an answer-"

"I understand that I am asking a lot of you, Katerina." Frigga continued quietly. "But it is important that Loki never finds out about his true parentage. Your father and I don't want him to feel different."

"Then answer me this, father hates Frost Giants and baby or not why did he adopt Loki?"

Frigga didn't answer.

Katerina gave her a look of disbelief. "A bargaining tool that's all Loki's been from the start." She knew how her father's mind work, everything he had, including his children in some way or another were used as bargaining tools. As chess pieces used for his right to power. "He doesn't care about Loki at all, he just wants to use Loki for when the opportunity rises and he can use him as some form of treaty."

"Nonsense, your father loves all three of you equally-"

"Please mother spare me," she spat. "You know that's a lie."

Frigga sighed. "Your father knows best, Katerina." She squeezed her hand. "Just promise me that you won't tell Loki anything that even though now you know the truth you will still treat his as your brother."

"He's been by brother for over a thousand years," she said simply. "Nothing can change that."

End of Flashback

"Oh, come on Elijah, you aren't still pouting are you?" Klaus said without emotion as he served himself a glass of whisky and took a sip. "Surely this is the least of Katerina's treacheries."

"You seem to be overly relaxed, Niklaus." Elijah snapped, letting his anger getting the best of him. "And I was sure you would take a page out of our baby sister's handbook and run out to kill Katerina for her part of having her turn us into vampires, speaking of which aren't you worried?"

"About our sister? No," Klaus responded lazily. "She's immortal and all though they are Gods they can't do any lasting effect on her, but they are stronger and I wasn't stupid enough to go and fight a battle I wasn't going to win."

He pursed his lips. "Aren't you afraid that if Katerina manages to become a Goddess again she may seek revenge for all the torment you've caused her?"

"I caused her torment?" Klaus raised an eyebrow. "We've been her puppets for centuries Elijah and yet you still see her as a victim? She hunted down and killed-or at least let someone else kill her own doppelgangers through the years and yet you still see her as the girl you meet back in 1492. I hate to break it to you, but that girl never existed she was just another puppet, another character in the play that Katerina created. So stop being a fool, Elijah."

Elijah's jaw tightened. "And I was sure you would start seeking revenge, maybe even plotting her murder at least for what she did to Tatia."

"I know now that Tatia was just a copy of the woman that is Katerina Odindottir, noting more," he gave Elijah a glass of whisky. "Besides she's right, thanks to her I am one of the most invincible creatures on earth."

"You sound almost grateful."

"No, but I do admire her clever use of manipulation, lies, and deception. She has taught me a thing or two." His cell phone rang. "Well, well if it isn't our long, lost baby sister. I assume that this means you're not dead yet?"

"Actually I never felt more alive." Rebekah's voice was shaky as if she couldn't hide her excitement. "Hear my voice loud and clear, Nik because it's the last time you'll hear it as an Original vampire."

"Out with it, Rebekah."

Rebekah paused. "Loki and Thor found a way to make Katerina a Goddess again. They are going to this place Vanaheim, where there exist a fountain of life that will make it possible for me to become human. I'm going to do it, this time is safer no side effects of the cure I will have everything that I always wanted. Say goodbye to Elijah for me."

"Rebekah, don't do anything stupid."

Click.

An angry Klaus turned back to face Elijah, who had clearly heard every word.

"How are you feeling?" Damon asked Elena as he wrapped a blanket around her body.

Elena gave a numb nod, her tears were puffy from crying. "Better." She hesitated. "I'm sorry because of how I acted earlier."

Damon gave her a sympathetic grin. "Katherine knows how to ruffle feathers."

Elena tighter her grip on the blanket. "It's just-I'm so angry and I hate her so much." She squeezed her eyes shut. "If I had her here then-"

"Well, at least we all have the same goal in mind," Klaus said sarcastically as he came in followed by Elijah. "Sorry to interrupt the moment, but it seems we all want to kill Katerina then?"

"She killed my parents for fun," Elena snapped flatly. "Why are you mad for? In her words, making you a king."

"My brother just brought up an interesting point," Klaus responded curtly. "Once Katerina becomes a Goddess again, she'll more than likely seek revenge and torment us for the rest of eternity and all though I can't die, you lot can and we have all become very close."

Damon rolled his eyes.

"Our sister just informed us that Katerina and her brothers and now apparently her are looking for a mystical fountain that is called the fountain of life." Elijah said as Stefan slowly reappeared in the room. "The fountain apparently has the power to make anyone who is of a species human and vice versa. Katerina wants to become a Goddess, Rebekah human. As you can see neither of us are too keen on the idea."

Klaus noticed that Elena and Stefan's ears perked up on human. Klaus smirked. "Ah, yes you two would want that wouldn't you, be human again, have a nice little family." He looked at Damon. "So mate are you going to be joining your girlfriend and your brother? Ah, well no matter. We need to kill Katerina before she and her brothers reach that fountain."

"Sir," Jarvis said. "Director Nick Fury is on the line."

"Tell him I'm busy."

"Sir, I'm afraid he is being very insisting and-"

"STARK!"

Tony sighed as he put down his i-pad and yelled over the speakerphone. "What do you want now? I'm on vacation."

Fury ignored his whining. "SHIELD received a report of unusual activity coming from your house in Malibu. The type of activity that is usually connected to Asgardians. Is there anything you want to tell me?"

"Maybe."

"STARK!"

"Ok, fine don't get your eye patch in a twist," Tony laughed as he put down his device. "Thor and Loki came on a little road trip you could say. They were looking for their sister or cousin or someone name Kathy of Kendra or something I can't remember."

"And you didn't think it would be worth mentioning, Stark?"

"Relax, Fury." He rolled his eyes. "I'm sure it's nothing."

"I sending a team over to your house as soon as possible."

"I'm sure Pepper would love that. Perhaps, I'll even ask them to tag along on date night."

-End of Chapter Eight-