Chapter XIV

The Hunter

I heard footsteps behind me and the warmth of hands around my waist. I knew the scent, "Elijah, who removed the dagger from your chest this time?"

"Well it was your doctor, he said you needed me." He kissed my neck softly.

"He is not my doctor he is no one's just a lonely god that's all Elijah, but your mine," I turned around in his arms.

My eyes closed slowly as Elijah kissed my neck, Elijah had noticed Klaus on the floor at our feet. I pushed Elijah back, grabbing his tie, twisting it in my fingers.

"Do I follow her Brother?" He looked at Klaus for assurance.

"When a lady wants to be followed you follow her brother to the ends of the earth," He was clam for me knowing that he was in love with me, "But it is up to you brother, she is yours not mine."

I stopped moving thinking: Do I go over to Klaus or stay with Elijah? If I go over to Klaus I risk him being exposed, but I would be unhappy. I had the two brothers that both loved me and I loved the doctor. He was my true soul mate but Klaus and Elijah both were amazing for me.

I had to go to Klaus he was mine forever and always, I choose the one man that could never be killed by me. I like our little wars they always brought us closer together. Maybe the doctor wasn't my true soul mate maybe this little dream was showing my true soul mate.

"Nicklaus," I looked over at the hybrid.

"Yes, Love?" He smiled.

"Do you think it is possible to be with the wrong person you call your soul mate but you see your real soul mate in a dream?"

"Well it depends on who or what they are? I mean you can be with the wrong person at first but you can find your real person you are supposed to be with."

"Who is your soul mate Klaus?" Elijah asked.

"Well the girl that has a mark along her neck, she may not know this but she has almost brought me out of my darkness. She has saved me from myself." His accent was there nearly.

"Kate, and who do you think is yours." He was worried I would say Klaus.

"I think he knows." I looked at Klaus; he stood up walking towards me.

I didn't know what to say to him.

He knew what to say to me though, "Princess Tardis of the Time lords, will you stay with me forever and Always?"

"Lord Nicklaus Michaelson, if you want me to stay with you forever, I will stay with you." I felt the memory slipping away.

"I don't care who ordered the no visitors! I will see my wife, and you will not stop me!" I could hear the yelling.

"If you don't leave I am going to be forced to call the king."

My younger brother, how did I know that, I can't be waking up? Not yet I am not done here yet. I need to see what happens with me and Klaus.

"Katerina!" I felt my body dropping into Klaus' arms.

The blood dripping down my nose, "Klaus, I love you."

"You can't leave me I love you and I need you. I have no one Kat you can't leave me I will find away to save you from you like you saved me from myself."

My head was pounding, the vortex crushing down on my mind. It was my mother's fault why I was in Klaus' arms dying from the vortex. No one can handle the vortex in their mind not even me. One of the most powerful people in the world.

I felt blood roll over my lips and my tongue the blood of a hybrid. I tried to fight Klaus, I couldn't drink his blood. He pulled his wrist off of my mouth. I tried to replenish the air in my lungs. My eyes shot open looking into Klaus' blue eyes.

"Thank the time lords. I thought I lost you Katerina," he pulled me up closer kissing my head, "don't ever do that again!"

"Gladly Klaus," I kissed his lips putting my arms around his neck.

I heard footsteps that weren't Klaus or Elijah's. The smell was human but he wasn't human.

"Who are you?" I growled.

There was no answer the terrified scream of Elijah, The hunter pulled Elijah around to face his killer, "Jeremy what are you doing?"

"What has to be done to find the cure for Elena."

I started after the white oak stake. Jeremy pulled the stake out of Elijah's back jamming it into his heart.

"Elijah!" I was trying to get through Klaus' grip around my waist, "Elijah please don't do this to me I just got you back!"

I screamed in pain as I saw the stake burn Elijah.

"I am sorry Katerina this is for my sister, I assume you know what the cure can do." He pulled the stake out of Elijah's heart.

"I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth Jeremy and if it means I have to kill Elena then be it so!" I growled breaking free of Klaus' tight grip.

I ran over to Elijah holding his head in my arms, "You can't be dead I just got you back and I need you Elijah. Please come back to me I need you."

I looked up in to the roof, "Father you have to bring him back, please I need him. I love him!" I felt the tears rolling down my cheeks, the warm burning tears.

"What's going on here?!" I heard a new voice that was in my head.

"Hello are you going to help me bring back Elijah?" I thought in my mind trying to get them to listen.

"Did you hear that voice?" He heard me.

"Brother it's me Tardis, where am I?" I looked around; I was still holding Elijah's head. My tears wouldn't stop.

"You're in your room on Gallifrey where else would you be?"

Klaus touched me, making me lose the connection, "I am sorry I would have protected him if I knew this would have happened to him."

"You were the one that brought them to this town and now you're saying it isn't your fault Klaus this was your entire fault!" I growled.

"Hey clam down we don't want anything to get broke." He said calmly.

"What's broke Klaus is my hearts. You don't know the feeling of two hearts being broke. It's like you're dying but you're mind is a completely different thing."

I was angry yet sad that would contain the wolf unless I shut my emotions are shut off, Klaus still trying to get me to let go of Elijah's body.

"You need to let go of him so I can bury him Katerina I know this is hard to except but Elijah's not coming back."

"He has to come back; I never told him I loved him." I was on a breaking point.

"Tardis please you have to give him to me." He was on the verge of crying.

"No I know he will come back my dad will bring him back," I bit my wrist placing it on his lips; he wasn't dead, just close to death.

I felt, the blood being drank from my wrist, "Klaus, Look he is actually drinking from me."

His warm lips, turned in to fangs biting in to my wrist I winced in pain, but it was a good pain.

Klaus smiled, "I can't believe it how are you doing that?"

"Just need a time lord touch Nicklaus." I smiled as Elijah's face started to return to normal, "Klaus look where he has been stabbed."

The small scar on his chest was now fully healed leaving no trace of him ever having a scar. His eyes flashed open he held on to my wrist.

"Elijah you have to stop, you have had enough." I tried to pull my wrist away.

He pulled back he bit harder in to my veins. I felt faint, he released my wrist. I fell backwards on to the stone floor.

"What were you think brother!" Klaus picked me up, walking to his car.

I looked at the roof of his car, I closed my eyes. I knew the floor was moving but I couldn't place where I was.

"Alaric, where have you been? Has Meredith come back yet?" Klaus said impatiently.

"No she is currently in the "Lab" trying to find her blood type in the data base. I was at the school teaching, Jeremy didn't show today do you know why?"

"I know exactly what he was doing, trying to kill my family, Elijah to be exact." Klaus was almost yelling.

"Well I will deal with him later, but right now I need to find out what's taking her so long. Klaus go in with Tardis she needs you right now."

"I can't Elijah is in there they belong together not me and her, we fight too much and most likely she hates me right now." Klaus was sitting outside the room why?

"She will never hate you Klaus, but they do look good together, I admit Elijah is the nice and better brother for her. It's like Stefan and Damon with Elena, Damon is the one she shouldn't be with, so she is with Stefan." Alaric had a point, I should be with Elijah.

I was awake I just needed a break from the boys. I loved them both, but I need to choose. Pretending I was out gave me a moment to think. Klaus is strong, protective, and sweet when he wants to be. Elijah, he is compassionate, forgiving, and everything that is good for me.

Look where I am in a hospital, almost drained of my blood and thinking about which brother I want.

"Elijah I'll stay with her for the night go home you need to rest," Klaus said reassuring him that I would be fine.

"Fine but I will be back in the morning." Elijah walked out shutting the door.

He was far enough out of range so he couldn't hear us.

I opened my eyes, "Klaus, nice job getting him out of here, but you could have not made him angry."

"Sorry it was the fast way to get him out of the room. You back to normal?"

"Mostly but I could use some food. My stomach growled, Real food not human food." I sat up perfectly fine, ripping out the needle that was in my arm.

"Alaric's here he wants to talk to you." He couldn't have been joking.

"I know that I just need "Time to Rest" I have to think of thing, but might as well just get this over with." I rolled my eyes.

"I'll just be sitting outside, I will go get him." Klaus walked out the door closed slowly behind him.