Chapter 36

Jane Doe

3 weeks later

"Where the hell are they?" Klaus shouted. "They couldn't have just disappeared!"

"Calm down Niklaus", Elijah said. "I'm sure they will come back on any day now."

"They will both pay…" Klaus murmured.

Elijah rolled his eyes.

"That is not helping. Zora needed some time for herself. And it is better that she's with Rebekah than all by herself, don't you think?"

"That's not the point. She ran from me. No one does that without consequences."

"We've been over this, you are not killing Nathan. And besides, he's just as worried about her as you are."

"I'm not worried, I'm angry!" Klaus shouted. And she is going to be punished for this, I promise you."

Elijah sighed. He knew perfectly well that Klaus was worried. He had acted like a lunatic for last three weeks. He had arranged a whole army of people looking for them. But it seemed that at least one of them, probably Zora, knew how to cover her tracks. Elijah poured Klaus a drink. It seemed that he needed one. Finn walked in holding a book. He had been studing very hard during the last weeks. Kol on the other hand was more interest about hunting and partying.

"This is absolutely fashinating", Finn said. "I have been reading about the first and second world war. I would like to know about your first hand experiences, especially about the political aspect…"

"Can we talk about that later?" Elijah said quickly when he saw that Klaus was going to say something very unpleasant.

"Sure. So no word yet about Rebakah or Zora?"

Elijah shook his head.

"Hopefully soon…" In that moment his phone started to ring. "Excuse me", Elijah said before he answered. "Yes? What? Alright…alright slow down Rebekah. What has happened?"

"Give me that…" Klaus started but Elijah took a step back and signaled him to wait.

"Alright, I understand. Where are you? Stay there, I'm on my way. Everything is going to be alright. I'll see you soon."

"What?" Klaus asked immediately when he had hung up.

"We must go right now", Elijah said calmly. "Apparently something has happened."

"What something?" Klaus yelled.

Elijah hesitated.

"Apparently Zora is missing."

Klaus' face turned completely blank.

"Where is Rebekah?" he asked calmly.

"I'll tell on on the way, let's go."

"I am coming too", Finn said.

Elijah nodded.

"Me too", Nathan said tensely. He was standing on the door.

"Yes, sure but we must leave right now."

They ran into Esther on their way out. She wanted to join them as well and she dragged Kol with them too. Since Klaus didn't seem to care about that, Elijah didn't say anything either. Apparently they were all going.

...

5 hours earlier…

"So you're sure?" Rebekah asked.

Zora nodded.

"Yes, I've thought about it a lot and I want to settle things with Klaus."

"You know he's probably going to be super pissed?"

"Yes, I know. When was the last time you talked with Esther?"

"Yesterday. I told her we are coming back."

"Ok. And everything was alright?"

"Yes, I think so."

"Good."

Zora knew Klaus would probably be very angry at her. But she had needed this time away from him. She could saw things more clearly now. She knew she was meant to be with Klaus. She loved him and in his own way he loved her too. It was time to leave the past behind them.

"But since this is our last night on the road together, we should drink to that", Rebekah said.

Zora smiled.

"Yes, let's do that. Thank you so much for taking this trip with me."

"Oh, no problem, this has been fun. I just wish you could have let me choose where we stayed, these motels aren't really my style."

"Klaus would have found us weeks ago if we would have kept using Elijah's credit card. And this had brought back a lot of memories; I spend my childhood in places like this."

Rebekah rolled her eyes.

"Well, I truly feel sorry for you. I think I'll take a shower before we leave."

"Ok, I'll get us some soda cans from the vending machine."

"Why?"

"You wanted to have drinks and since I'm driving…"

"I was thinking more along the line of champagne but sure let's drink some Dr Salt then."

"It's Dr Pepper."

"What ever", Rebekah said and walked to the bathroom.

Zora couldn't help but smile. She had really started to like Rebekah. She was the first girl who she had ever considered to be her friend. Zora took some coins from her purse and headed to the vending machine. It wasn't far from their room. It was very quiet outside. Zora could only saw few cars on the parking lot. Then she noticed a man who was approaching her. He was maybe in his mid thirties, tall and muscular. He had a map on his hand.

"Excuse me miss, I think I'm lost, would be so kind and show me where I am now?"

"Sure", Zora said and looked at his map. "You see this road here, you're…"

Suddenly she felt a sting on her neck. She started to feel very dizzy. Zora tried to take a step back but her legs didn't hold her. Someone caught her before she fell.

"This was easy", she heard someone saying before she fainted.

...

"It's ok Rebekah", Elijah said as calmingly as he could.

They were all standing in front of the motel where Zora and Rebekah had been staying.

"We'll find her."

"I don't know what happened", Rebekah sobbed. "She went to buy some soda and… I've been looking everywhere."

"Perhaps she doesn't want to be found", Esther said calmly.

Rebekah looked at her.

"No, she wanted to go back to Nik…"

"Then why did you help her to run away in the first place?" Klaus asked. His voice was very calm. Elijah didn't like that. It was never a good thing.

"There's no time for that", Elijah said firmly. "We need to organize this thing, you, Nathan and I should start calling to all the police stations and hospitals nearby. If there's no information about her, then we'll start to search all the surrounding areas. Ok?"

Klaus didn't say anything he just took his phone. Elijah had always been organized so handling something like this wasn't difficult for him. He knew how important it was to stay calm. Esther was trying to comfort Rebekah and Finn and Kol were waiting for his instructions. Elijah started to make calls.

"Yes…She's twenty years old, curly brown hair, amber eyes…Yes, I hold."

It was the third hospital he was calling.

"Hello, yes my sister-in-law… So this Jane Doe matches her description? Yes, I will be right there."

Everyone was looking at him.

"Is she dead?" Klaus asked emotionlessly.

"No and it might not even be Zora. They have this female patient who was brought in two hours ago…"

Klaus wasn't listening. He was already in the car. He was driving like crazy but Elijah didn't say anything. He had never seen Klaus like this. He stopped the car in front of the main entrance and was out before Elijah managed to point out that it wasn't allowed to park here. Not that it mattered at the moment. Nathan was right behind him. It didn't take Klaus long to find out where this Jane Doe was. A doctor, who was an elderly man, told them that she had been found naked on the side of the road. She had been badly injured.

"There's one more thing…" he started but Klaus didn't pay any attention to him. He had already opened the door. Zora was sitting on a hospital bed. Klaus froze when he saw her.

"Zora…"

She looked confused. She backed away when he approached her.

"Zora what's wrong?"

She looked at Klaus, Elijah and Nathan who were the first ones in the room.

"Who are you?"