Chapter 19
The hidden memories- Alana rescues her menfolk
Kol made a panicked sound, and Alana turned to him, rushing to his side. His mind was waking up. She placed her hands on either side of his head and closed her eyes in concentration. In the next second she collapsed and Marcel caught her laying her on the ground beside Kol's sofa.
In the next moment Alana awoke in Finn's dream state. Her hands on Kol's chair back. He was looking at her kindly.
"Hello, Ali." He smiled and Finn looked over at him and winced as Alana's gaze settled on him.
"Hello, little one. It's time to wake up, Kol." Alana kissed his forehead and Kol gasped before disappearing only to awaken in the balcony room at the compound with Marcel and a unconscious Alana.
In Finn's dream state, Elijah rose from his seat and took her hands. "My darling, are you alright?"
"Yes, my dear. I am fine." She smiled and then gasped as something ripped apart in her brain- well her memories anyway... A block had been removed. Memories flooded back- her daughter, the wedding of herself and Elijah- a baby boy. Then a new memory she had never had, the image of a grown man in full Napoleonic uniform- for the British army. She felt the dread before she was able to stand once more- the memories gone. There was a numbness and Elijah's hands in her, one holding her hand, one on her back, supporting her.
Alana stood, still breathing heavily and shot Finn a deadly look. "You bastard!" She screamed- magic filling her with an enormous amount of power. Finn cowered away from her and into his chair as she made her way towards him. The dream was shaking, disintegrating in a way- proving Alana had much more power than Finn.
"Alana? Sweetheart. What is wrong?" Elijah asked as Alana slapped Finn.
"He stole my memories... Our son." She said through gritted teeth as she pummelled Finn with her tiny fists. Finn did noting to defend himself. Elijah looked confused, then felt Alana's mind nudging his to let her in. He did so and he saw what she had seen, then the anger filled him too.
"What happened to him, Finn?" He asked.
"What do you think happened?" Finn gasped and Alana roared with rage. Elijah grabbed hold of her.
"Think of our child you now carry." Elijah said and Alana relaxed a little. Niklaus looked at the heads of the wolf and the stag above the chairs he and Elijah had sat in.
"I am not as noble as you believe, Niklaus." Elijah said his arms still about Alana. "I killed Tatia. Not mother."
The stags head caught fire. The wolf followed as Niklaus placed his hand on his brothers shoulder, his hand taking Alana's.
"Unlike by canine counterpart up there I am capable of forgiveness. You are forgiven Elijah." The image shattered and a blinding light encased Elijah and Niklaus. They disappeared, leaving Alana alone with Finn.
Alana punched Finn once more, before a black raven sat itself on the arm of his chair. "My counterpart, the loyal raven... The angel of death and I swear, I will kill you, Finn." She too disappeared.
Elijah and Niklaus gasped awake in their separate locations. Kol waited, now kneeling on the floor beside her body. Alana should be back then, and she wasn't. He grasped her face in his hands and prayed. Then kissed her forehead and let his magic seep into her.
"Come on!" He said sternly and tried again. She gasped, sputtered and coughed up... Blood. Marcel stayed by the balcony but watched, keeping an eye on his surrogate mother.
"Thank you... Kol." Alana said between coughs.
"It's okay, you're okay." He repeated over and over again. Hugging her close to him. His phone rang and it was Elijah.
"She's fine. She's safe, I've got her... I'll tell her." He disconnected the call and looked at Alana who was breathing heavily in his arms. "Elijah says, he loves you. All of you. He will find out what happened to him." Kol was confused but Alana obviously knew what he meat.
Alana smiled, weakly. "I know, I love them too."