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Chapter 4: Family Reunion
Klaus, Caroline and Mikael had almost arrived at the storage area in which Klaus had stored his remaining siblings when Mikael suddenly remembered something he had left back at the house. "Damn it," Mikael bellowed. Klaus and Caroline jumped in their seats and Klaus swerved into the opposite lane narrowly avoiding a tanker truck carrying oil by a solid two inches.
"What, Father?" Klaus called to Mikael, who was rubbing his temples in the back of the car.
"I forgot bloody Rebekah. We must go back and collect your sister. Immediately." Mikael was frowning as he looked out the windshield at the trucker, who was waving a not so friendly gesture at the occupants of Klaus' car. "You must turn around now."
"Father, I do not believe that Rebekah will feel left out," Klaus began to argue with his father.
Mikael cut him off. "Now." He bellowed and Klaus found himself slinking down in the seat and turning the car around. "Now, boy, I want you to pull up beside this wonderful gentleman's vehicle." Mikael was eying the truck driver with a gleam in his eye.
Klaus eyed his father in the rearview mirror but refused to argue with him. He pulled the car into the lane next to the truck. The truck driver looked down and began to make obscene gestures at Caroline. Caroline's face turned red and she turned her face away. "Seriously," she muttered.
Klaus was furious. Ordinarily he would pull over and rip the man limb from limb for that behavior. He had no right to look at a woman of Caroline's caliber, let alone make lewd suggestions toward her. Klaus was so focused on what he wanted to do to the man he did not observe Mikael climbing out of the window of the back of his car until Caroline gasped. Growling, Klaus turned his head to find out what things the man was doing now to offend his beloved when he saw Mikael dragging the man out of the driver's seat of the truck.
"What is he doing?" Caroline asked in awe as Mikael opened the driver's side door of the truck and slid inside the vehicle. Klaus and Caroline watched as Mikael drove the truck over to a rest stop. Mikael hopped out of the truck with a fist full of the trucker's shirt clutched in his fist. The driver seemed relatively calm as Mikael pulled him along.
"Okay, kids, here's a snack." Mikael turned the driver around and looked him in the eye. "You can be afraid now. Very afraid." After compelling the man he shoved him in Klaus and Caroline's direction.
Caroline looked at Klaus unsure of what to do. Klaus was unsure himself as he stared at his father thinking that this must be some kind of a trick. Allowing his vampiric instincts to kick in, he bit into the man's throat. Drinking his fill he held the man out to Caroline who did not seem to want to drink.
"Don't be a fool, Caroline." Mikael called with his back to the pair. "I read his thoughts when I grabbed him and what he wanted to do to you would cause most human women to lose control. Let alone a vampire. Now, drink. We need to collect my daughter."
Caroline gave up and took the man in her arms and sank her fangs in. He wasn't the tastiest. She had had better blood bags. That was for sure. However, she hadn't had fresh blood in a while and it was a rush.
Klaus could only feel joy watching Caroline making a kill. He relished watching her in her true element. Why she resisted what she was beyond him. Looking over to Mikael he saw his father watching him closely like he was trying to make up his mind about something. Klaus did not like being examined so he looked away. He knew what Mikael had said about being his father must be incorrect. He did not know which one of his enemies' work this was but he would find out and make them pay dearly.
After dumping the body in a trash can the trio set off again. They arrived in front of Klaus' mansion just in time to see Rebekah striding toward her own car. She stopped when she saw her brother and Mikael getting out of Klaus' car. "Where have you two been? Bonding? Making up for lost time? Well, good for you. I have shopping to do." She started to open the door to her car when Mikael appeared before her.
"Rebekah, dear, we are going to have a family reunion and you must accompany us." Mikael's words were more of an order than a request.
Rebekah scoffed. "Well, Father you may have decided that you can tell Nik what to do you but you will not be doing the same to me." With that Rebekah turned away from her father and opened the door. Mikael sighed and grabbed Rebekah by the back of the neck slamming her head into the roof of her car, knocking her unconscious.
Klaus frowned. "Was that necessary?"
"Yes. Very. Now, let's go." Mikael said as he picked his daughter up and carried her to the car. "I will be driving on the way back, Niklaus. I take it you do not have a firm understanding of how to drive down one lane."
Klaus' jaw began to move up and down as his father slid Rebekah into the back seat and climbed into the driver's seat. "Are you coming, boy?" Mikael called to Klaus, whose shoulders slumped as he dragged his feet over to the car. "Walk like a man." Mikael yelled, causing Klaus to jump.
Mikael shook his head as he sat back down and watched as his son's love interest began to play with dial of the radio. Caroline began to sing along with the radio when Klaus got into the backseat to sit with his sister. "Walk like a man. Talk like a man." Caroline sang. Soon she and Mikael were a duet crooning to each other as Klaus looked dejectedly out the window.
Rebekah awoke as they arrived in front of the storage facility. "Oh, my head is killing me." She rubbed at her forehead and glared at her father.
"You're not the only one." Klaus replied, his arms folded over his chest. He had had to listen to Caroline and Mikael sing the entire hour and half of the trip.
"Where are we?" Rebekah looked at the unfamiliar area.
Mikael answered her. "This is where your other siblings are."
"Oh." Rebekah was unimpressed. "I was going to get a new dress but you brought me here. For this?"
"Your mother is here as well." Mikael informed her.
Rebekah's eyes lit up. "Mother." She breathed.
Mikael nodded. "Alright, Niklaus, lead the way."
Klaus was not happy about having to lead them to the locker but he did it anyway. Jerking a door up he led Mikael, Caroline and Rebekah into the locker. Mikael looked at the coffins and walked over to the first one he saw. "Not that one." Klaus protested, his eyes widening in alarm as Mikael jerked the lid off.
Kol lay inside the coffin his flesh grey, a dagger protruding from his chest. Mikael grabbed the dagger and jerked it out. Mikael then walked over to the next coffin and pulled the lid off to reveal nothing. He turned around to stare at Klaus questioningly.
"I don't know where Elijah is." Klaus informed his father, who simply walked over to the next coffin and yanked it open to reveal Finn. He jerked Finn's dagger out. Then he turned to Esther's coffin. He laid his hand heavily on the lid.
Breathing deeply Klaus watched his father stroke the lid of his mother's coffin. That was the one he wanted open the least until he felt something sharp go through his side, piercing his heart. He turned to glare at the person who had just stabbed at him but there was no one there. Spinning quickly he saw Kol grab Caroline dip her low and kiss her on the mouth. "Son of a bitch." Klaus snarled jerking the dagger out.
Before Klaus could make a move to redagger his brother, he heard a loud cry of frustration as Mikael continued to jerk at the lid to his wife's coffin. Finn suddenly sat up in his coffin and began to babble in a dead language.
"Speak English." Rebekah snapped.
Finn looked at his sister. "Rebekah," he said in awe and then he saw Klaus. "Niklaus." He growled.
Kol let go of Caroline and hopped into his older brother's coffin and kissed him on the lips. "I'm alive." Kol shrieked with glee before he leapt back out and ran for the door.
"Kol." Mikael bellowed.
Kol turned around slowly. "Holy shit, Father. I want to go back to my coffin now. Please! Anyone?" Kol looked at the others for help. "I'll be good. Don't let him take me with him." He got down on his knees and made a pleading gesture.
Caroline looked at Rebekah. Rebekah shrugged. "Kol's always been a drama queen."
"No. I am not." Kol replied, sitting down on floor and pouting.
Mikael gave up on Esther's coffin. "Now, that you're awake we have some catching up to do." He stated, smiling brightly at his children.
"Why?" Finn asked.
"Because I want to spend time with my children." Mikael told them.
"Why would we want to do that?" Kol asked from the floor, folding his arms over his chest.
"Because you don't have a choice." Mikael yelled. "Now, get off the damn floor. We're going to have lunch together like a normal family on one of those stupid TV sitcoms and you're going to be happy. Damn it."
"Well, when you put it that way …" Kol muttered, still sitting on the floor.
Mikael jerked his youngest son off the floor by the back of his jacket. "We're going to make a film together and you're going to like it." Mikael led the group out of the locker, dragging a kicking and screaming Kol behind him.
"Have mercy. Stake me now." Kol yelled at no one particular as they headed off for the family lunch.
So, that was chapter five. I hope you're excited to see the arrival of Rebekah, Kol and Finn. If you love Elijah don't worry. An Original story is not complete without him. Now, I want to thank my reviewers. AK, thank you for your reviews of both chapter 2 and 3. I agree comedy is not easy to write. It's all about the timing and sometimes I bite my nails thinking: did that even work? Thank you ferrylis for sending me all of these reviews. They make my day. foureyedgirl01 I like Tyler too, which is why he shows up in most my stories. I need to find him a girlfriend. (Not Hayley.) IrishShipperholic, I'm glad you like my version of Mikael. He isn't quite what you would expect because he's entirely vicious. However, he does have certain ideas about the way his children should be behave and will be trying to enforce these ideals. Not so easy when they've been around for over a thousand years. And, yes, Finn will definitely be part of the story and Sage will be appearing soon. Mystery Girl 3 I work to think of ridiculous things to put in the story and if I start smiling it goes in (like the sex thing). hellfabulousgirl, I aim to please. Carrot Killer, thank you. redrosebud, thank you. Nath W, thank you I was laughing about the virginity thing myself. Yes, I laugh at my own jokes. Oh, that is pitiful. Thanks for reading, favoriting, following. Keep it up. It is cool!
