For the next few weeks, Klaus dragged Stefan and Eliza along to the many different bars in Tennessee. It had turned out that the woman had lied to him, and had given him the wrong name to the bar. This angered Klaus a lot, as he realised how stupid he had been to have trusted her. Of course she was never going to give her boyfriends where-abouts away to someone who wanted to find him. He himself, if threatened, would never give Elizas where-abouts away to someone who wanted to kill her. His own stupidity annoyed him greatly, but he was determined to find his first werwolf, so he could create his first hybrid.
Eliza had already become impatient with the ammount of bars they had gone too. Her count so far had been twenty, and it had been 2 whole weeks. There had been no sign at all of Ray Sutton. She was sill so confused of why Klaus wanted to find him so badly. All that she hoped for, was that he wasn't going to kill him. Klaus had tended to be generally kind to her over the period they had spent together. Then again, he hadn't really spoken to her much. Usually, he was frustrated all the time, and Eliza knew to stay away from him when he was in this type of mood.
Stefan had actually turned out to be worse than Klaus over the two weeks. He'd drank from people in the middle of a bar, meaning Klaus had to compel the whole bar to forget. Eliza had been horrified when she'd seen, and had tried to stop Stefan from killing the poor man. But Stefan was too strong for her, and had draind him almost instantly. She hated seeing Stefan like this again. These were the times she missed Lexi most. Lexi always knew what to do in these kind of situations. Now Eliza had no idea how to fix Stefan back to his normal self.
" Southern Comfort." Eliza read the name of the bar outloud, as she stepped out of the car in one of her comfortable, knee-length purple dresses. Her heels clicked on the pavement as she followed Klaus and Stefan to the entrance. Many cars were lined up outside, meaning that the bar would be rather busy. Eliza hoped this would be the last bar they went too.
" The only bar left that we havn't been to in Tennesee. Come on, love. Ray Sutton should be here." Klaus placed a hand on her lower back, and led her inside. He'd done this a lot lately, so Eliza was no longer uncomfortable with his touch. In fact she quite liked the feeling; It made her feel warm inside.
The bar inside was very full, and many boys eyes turned to Eliza as she walked in. There weren't many females in the bar, and it was mostly filled with loud men who were drunk. While Klaus and Stefan went round compelling the people in the bar, Eliza took a seat and ordered a drink for herself. The bar itself wasn't very classy, and looked more like a local hangout place. There was a large pool table, and darts - just like at Mystic Grill. Instead of table and chairs, however, there were grimy sofas and coffee tables.
" Well hello there. Can I buy you a drink?" A man approached Eliza with a confident smirk on his face. He had dark brown eyes, and long messy brown hair. Behind him, his friends were watching as he spoke to Eliza. Each of them waiting to see if the ' hot new girl' would accept his offer.
" Sorry mate, I think her drinks just arrived." Klaus stepped in front of the man, blocking Eliza from his view. Eliza hadn't even had chance to reply, before Klaus had jumped in and saved her. " Why don't you go sit down with your friends, and forget what you see in this bar tonight, and follow my orders if I say so." Klaus compelled him, not even acknowledging Eliza as he turned to compel more of the people in the bar.
" I could have handled him myself you know." Eliza commented, as Klaus took the empty seat next to me, ordering a drink.
" He needed compelling anyway, love. I couldn't have him flirting with you all night." Klaus repleid, but before Eliza could respond, Klaus turned his attention to the door where a man had just walked in. He had dirty blonde hair, and soft blue eyes. The check shirt he wore was casual, along with the loose fitted jeans. A smile formed on Klaus' face as he saw the man. " Finally." He said to himself.
" Have you finally found Ray Sutton?" I whispered to Klaus, not wanting Ray Sutton to hear me. It would ruin Klaus' chance of confronting him.
" The one and only." Klaus answered, going quiet as Ray took a seat two down from Klaus. Eliza moved to a seat closer to Ray, as Klaus approached him with a cheerful smirk. " Ray Sutton?" Klaus asked, and Ray turned his attention to Klaus with a frown.
" Yes?"
" Wow, i've been looking everywhere for you. First I asked a few of my close friends where to find the nearest werewolves. Then I asked those two very tasty ladies at your house, and then I've looked through almost every bar in the state of Tennesee, and here you are." Ray tensed as Klaus spoke, and he stood up quickly from his chair. In a flash, Klaus was in front of him, stopping him from running.
" You're a vampire. Who are you?" Ray hissed angrily, as he took a step backwards away from Klaus.
" Well Ray, I'm a diffrent kind of monster. I've got a little bit of vampire, little bit of werewolf. Most call me a Hybrid." Klaus' smirk grew larger, as he saw the look of fear now on Rays face.
" What do you want?" He hissed again, trying to hide his fear. Eliza felt slightly sorry for him, as she knew that Klaus would just end up killing him in the end. But she was still confused to why Klaus was hunting werwolves in the first place. What did he even want them for?
" Oh nothing much, I would just like you to tell me where your pack go on a full moon." Klaus answered.
" Never." Ray responded through gritted teeth, his eyes swimming in panic. As if on que, Stefan turned away from his game of darts and walked over to Klaus, the same smirk appearing on Stefans face.
" Why don't I hand you to my friend over here, maybe he can convince you to tell us." After handing Ray over to Stefan, Klaus took a seat next to me, taking a large gulp of his drink.
" What are you going to do to him?" I questioned, not wanting to be around this bar to watch yet another innocent person be killed.
" Well Stefan will convince him to tell us where his pack are. I'm not killing him this time, love." Eliza frowned at his answer, still curious to why Klaus wanted werewolves.
" Why are you even hunting werewolves?" She pressed further, wanting to get some answers out of him.
" Just so I can make more of me, love." Klaus replied simply, watching as Stefan tied ray to the dart board.
" So you're building an army of hybirds... who are you planning on fighting?" Klaus let out a small chuckle at this, and turned to her with a soft expression.
" The beauty of having an invincible army, love, is that nobody would dare go against you." Not bothering to answer, Eliza turned her attention back to Stefan who was dipping a dart into a glass filled with liquid.
" Right Ray, lets play a game. Its called tell me where your friends are, or wolfs bane." Stefan said with a narcisstic smile.
" I'll never tell you." Ray growled, and with a laugh, Stefan threw a dart at him that was covered in wolfsbane. A pained scream echoed throughout the whole bar as the dart hit Rays left shoulder. Immediately, Eliza turned away wincing at the sound.
" Don't worry love, after a few of these darts he should give up his whereabouts." Klaus told her with a small comforting smile placed on his lips. It wasn't like the usual smirk he had, this one was a genuine, worried smile for Eliza. It had turned out that Klaus was right, Eliza only had to sit through around 5 screams before Ray gave up. Not wanting to make the same mistake as last time, Klaus ordered Stefan to lock him in the car with ropes drenched in wolfsbane around him.
" It seems we have a problem." Klaus groaned, slightly angry as Stefan arrived back from the car. Eliza became slightly worried, knowing what Klaus was like when he was angry. But he had just found the werewolf he'd been looking for, for 2 weeks. So why was he now angry again?
" What is it?" Eliza asked.
" It seems your brother dosn't want to let you go. I will have to go sort him out." Klaus was about to walk out the door, before Eliza grabbed his arm quickly, with a pleading look on her face. With a small frown, Klaus turned back to look at her, enjoying the feeling of her touch on his arm. However, he didn't show this.
" Don't hurt him Klaus. He just wants to find his brother. Theres already been enough killing, and Stefans already lost Elena." Eliza practically begged. Despite the fact that Damon had killed Lexi, he didn't deserve to be killed by Klaus. Stefan couldn't lose his brother, after giving up everything to save him.
" I'll go and speak to him, and tell him to stop looking. I know what to do." Stefan said.
" How do I know you will come back?" Klaus questioned, throwing an arm in front of Stefan so he couldn't leave. Elizas hands still gripped Klaus' arm tightly, so he couldn't hurt anyone without having to hurt her by pushing her off. As Klaus said this, Stefan glanced at Eliza, his eyes lingering on her.
" You know why I will." Stefan replied, walking out the door with a final glance.
" I'm going with him." Eliza stated, as soon as Stefan had left. Stefan was no longer Stefan anymore. Which meant that he was going to do something to hurt his brother. To what extent he would go to, Eliza didn't know. But hurting Damon would just make him angry, and Damon angry wasn't a good thing. Just like Klaus been angry, really.
" Oh no your not." Klaus said, standing in front of her and blocking her sight of the exist.
" He might hurt Damon."
" Oh well. Now come on, you've got to get your rest before we go hunting the rest of Rays back." Klaus spoke more softly, brushing a piece of loose hair from her face. Eliza frowned, but didn't object, as Klaus slipped his hand into hers, and lightly dragged her out towards the car. As usual, she took the shot gun seat. Not daring to turn around to see Ray tied up, she kept her eyes on the road in front.
" Why did you let Stefan go?" Eliza asked after a few moments curiously.
" I thought you didn't want me to go hurt Damon?" Klaus replied with another question, which slightly annoyed Eliza. She hated answers like that.
" I don't. Its just its not like you to not hurt someone who gets in your way."
" I'm not all that bad. Maybe the good side in me that you like is coming back." Klaus replied with a small smile, causing more questions to arise in Elizas mind.
Thankyou so much for all the support im getting for this story! I can't believe how many people have followed it already, and i'm glad your enjoying the story. Sorry i havn't managed to put a authors note up before - I'm new to fanfiction. Anyway I think these lyrics fit the story really well so i'm going to share them with you -
" Don't get too close,
Its dark inside.
Its where my demons hide,
Its where my demons hide"
~ Demons- imagine Dragons~