Chapter 18

Finn's mind games.

Elijah sat with Cami in the safe house. Alana had made her way back to New Orleans with Klaus, she had offered to help with Finn and the problems he was causing. Alana hadn't wanted to leave Elijah, but he had forced her to- he didn't feel like the man she had known before... Before his run in with his mother. He didn't want to endanger her or their child, just because he didn't feel in control of himself.

Only issue now was that he was stuck with Cami, her psychological help Niklaus had suggested and his infant niece- not that she was an issue. Currently Hope was asleep and Camille was attempting to aid him through discussing his mental state. Elijah was getting irritated, but played along- talking might help her if it didn't him.

Then the pain started. It was similar to that which is caused from eating too much ice cream, mixed with a drunken stupor and the pounding that is felt inside one's mind after prolonged exposure to magic. Elijah gripped the back of the nearest chair in order to steady himself. Cami asked if he was okay but he didn't hear her. His eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed.

In New Orleans, Alana was stuck inside a house with starving vampires...and Kol. Trapped thanks to Finn's magic and power over the quarter. She was stood with Josh and Marcel, when Kol collapsed. Alana attempted to aid him and then realised what was happening and she didn't like it one little bit.

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Elijah opened his eyes to find himself in a shimmering room, an old Celtic style home, similar to the one they had lived in as children. Beside him stood Niklaus who was fuming and Kol, who was also irritable. Finn, in Vincent's body, was stood away from them, watching with pleasure at the magic he had created.

Elijah looked at Kol and raised his eyebrows. "Is she okay?" He asked and Kol knew who he referred to.

"Yes... Well, as well as one can be, I suppose when their stuck in a house full of starving vampires!" The second half of the sentence was directed at Finn.

"Let's increase the vulnerability then, little brother." He smirked and raised his hand- his magic more powerful than Kol's, he caused Kol's nose to bleed and Kol looked horrified. Elijah handed him a handkerchief from his top pocket.

"Do not worry, Kol, Alana will see no harm comes to you." Elijah only prayed he was right.

"Make yourselves at home we will be here for a while." Finn said and indicated the chairs.

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Alana, with the help of Marcel had moved Kol away from josh and gia who were struggling to cope from lack of blood. Alana sat beside Kol and bathed his face with a cold cloth, all the time watching Marcel who stood by the balcony window.

"You've been bitten, Marcellus." Alana said, knowingly.

"I have," Marcel admitted, knowing it was stupid to lie to his surrogate aunt. " klaus has said he'll save me as soon as he gets to me and we're free."

"You keep seeing them, don't you?" Alana said matter of factly when marcel looked away as if distracted.

"Who?"

"The brotherhood of the damned, the men you turned in the trenches of France in the '14-'18 war."

Marcel nodded, no words necessary. "You question your own leadership skills, my child."

Marcel looked at her over his shoulder. "What do you mean?"

"You question whether you are strong enough and secure enough as a leader to lead those vampires to safety without hurting anyone in New Orleans you care about." Marcel nodded and heard Alana move behind him, the next moment she was at his elbow.

"You are strong, Marcel, and brave. You have seen so many things, things those vampires could only wish to see, both good and bad. But you are a strong leader, Marcel. Gia and Josh they would follow you until the ends of the earth. You worry over nothing, Marcel. And we will make you well and you will survive. I promise." Alana smiled sweetly at him, her hand cupping his cheek in a motherly. She kissed his forehead and hugged him, knowing and trusting Marcel would never hurt her- not in a million years.