Family Coffins
The next morning came and Eliza awoke with a small gasp of fright. By her side lay Klaus with his arm wrapped tightly around her waist protectively and their bodies layed tightly knitted together. His touch reminded her of where she was and allowed her to take her mind away from the horrible nightmare that she had just been having.
After all had been confessed a few days before, Klaus and Eliza had spent as much time together as possible; they either took walks together, kissed, talked or did anything they could find to entertain themselves. Their love for each other had evolved slightly more over the past few days, now that danger was behind them they both wanted nothing more than to just be together; now that they finally could be together without anyone stopping them. The monster in Klaus had seemingly disappeared for now and he was becoming more and more infatuated by Eliza - which meant he was becoming more and more scared to lose her again.
Lately Klaus had been very protective. Like he'd early promised and stated he had never left her side over the past few days - never even let her out of his site. Somehow he still seemed to be living in fear. Despite his father being dead - the only person who could have killed Klaus - he was still afraid that something terrible would happen again; that something or someone would steal Eliza away from him again. Though Klaus had decided, as soon as he had won Eliza back, that anyone who hurt Eliza again, he would kill in a matter of seconds. No matter who it was. Niklaus would never lose his long lost love again.
Having highly enjoyed the past few days, Eliza cherished the few moments she laid in her's and Klaus' bed. The same familiar tingles were running through her whole body at Klaus' arm around her and it was oddly amusing to hear him sleeping next to her. It had been strange at first, sleeping in the same bed as Klaus. This had never once happened back in the twenties, as back then Eliza had been vulnerable, respectable young girl. It would have been wrong for her to have been in the same bed with him before marrying him.
Now that Eliza had her memories back of what truly happened between her and Klaus in the twenties, Eliza felt as if she knew him better. She now knew that he wasn't always harsh to others or seemingly unkind. She had seen for herself that he was a good person and that he loved her very much. Though forgiving him for yelling at Mikael to kill her would seem like a stupid, unwise decision to others, Eliza could see for herself how much Klaus loved her and she loved him just as much. Only a short while ago Eliza had wanted Klaus dead too, she'd hated him. So really they were even but they especially needed to move on. Eliza needed Klaus, now more than ever. Recently she'd felt safer than ever before but nightmares of Mikael still haunted her dreams. His face still appeared every time she closed her eyes. Eliza was still afraid. Klaus kept her sane, he reminded her that Mikael was no longer alive and couldn't hurt Klaus or herself.
" Morning love," Klaus' deep morning voice said to her, while he leaned over and placed a lightly kiss on her cheek, pulling her body closer to his as he did. " It's rude to listen to someone sleep you know,"
" Oh please, like you have never watched me sleep. Anyway, I've only been awake for a few minutes," Eliza replied lightly, a small smile growing on her face.
" I'm surprised you're awake before me, usually you end up waking me up because of your terrible snoring," A smirk formed on Klaus' face and Eliza rolled over to face him, hitting him lightly on the arm.
" I do not snore!" Eliza retorted, frowning deeply and Klaus' laughed at her expression.
" Whatever you say sweetheart," He chuckled and Eliza rolled her eyes in annoyance. " So what woke you up so early?"
" Oh... It's nothing," Eliza said hesitantly. She hadn't planned on telling Klaus about the nightmares as she was worried about how he would react.
" What's worrying you love?" Klaus asked seriously now, seeing clearly the worry and fear in Eliza's eyes. In previous nights, Eliza had usually shot awake in the middle of the night so Klaus hadn't noticed. Last nights dream had been a lot worse than the others though, meaning that it had lasted a lot longer.
" It's nothing really, just a few nightmares," Eliza responded and Klaus' frown deepened. Pulling her petite body more tightly against his , Eliza laid her head on Klaus' bare chest - still facing him - and he stroked her hair softly.
" What about love?" He asked worriedly.
" Just... There just about Mikael," Eliza replied in a whisper, worried to see Klaus' reaction. As she had expected, Klaus' expression hardened and his arms gripped her body in an unbreakable lock.
" How long have you been having these nightmares?" He questioned, his voice low and angry.
" Since you killed him," Eliza said.
" He's gone now love. He can't hurt you anymore. I won't let anyone hurt you again. You should have never been involved in my family affairs, I'm sorry," Klaus apologized, his voice softening as he spoke to her.
" This isn't your fault Nik. There just stupid nightmares and anyway I always feel better when I wake up in the morning and feel your arms around me. It reminds me that he hasn't physically hurt you or taken you away from me," Eliza responded.
" That's what you're scared of? Me getting hurt?" Klaus asked with an incredulous look.
" As stupid as it sounds, yes. I worry all the time," Eliza nodded.
" Nobody can physically hurt me anymore Eliza. The only way someone can hurt me now is by hurting you, which means you need to worry about keeping yourself safe rather than me,"
" I know and as long as your by my side I'm sure I will stay safe," Eliza replied with a bright smile, all her worry and fear had now disappeared.
" Now I hope this doesn't change anything love, but I thought I'd tell you before you found out from anyone else," Klaus began causing curiosity to burn in Eliza. " I killed my mother over a thousand years a go and Rebekah knows so she isn't going to be too pleased. None of my siblings are when I reawaken them today. Which is why, for now, I need you to avoid the house today so none of them decide to take their anger out on you," The fact that Klaus had killed his mother didn't shock Eliza at all and despite being slightly disgusted by it, she knew really it was just one of the many things Klaus had done and it didn't affect her at all.
" You've decided to take the daggers out of your siblings?" Eliza asked cheerfully, seeing how Klaus was happy about this and was being a good person.
" Now that they are no longer in any danger, I believe it is only fair,"
" That's great! I can't wait to meet them. I have no idea what I'm going to do for the day though,"
" Well I think I have forgotten to mention that I freed Stefan the night Mikael died because Stefan was the one who saved me. He no longer has his emotions turned off I believe, so I'm guessing you will probably want to go and see him,"
" You let him go?" Eliza exclaimed, her smile growing. This pleased Klaus a lot and it especially please him when Eliza placed a thankful kiss on his lips.
" I did. But please do avoid Damon as I haven't yet dealt with him for his part in your torturing," Klaus warned in a dark voice.
" I'll be fine Nik. Damon won't hurt me again, the only reason he did last time was because he was trying to kill you. I think he actually asked Mikael not to kill me," Eliza reassured Klaus.
" Still sweetheart, stay out of danger please,"
" I will, I promise," Eliza said, again kissing him softly. " Now I'm off to get dressed, have breakfast and go see Stefan. I'll see you tonight," Eliza announced.
" You're bored of me already?" Klaus said sarcastically.
" Obviously. You're the big bad hybrid, you're highly annoying," Eliza said with a giggle before pushing herself up from the bed. A small, playful growl escaped Klaus' lips and he softly grabbed Eliza's body before she could get up from the bed. Rolling her over swiftly, he pinned her down to the bed, pressing his body to hers.
" Take that back," Klaus ordered with a grin.
" Nope," Eliza said, trying to push him off of her. However Klaus didn't budge.
" Fine, but my annoyingness can't be worse than your snoring. It's a good job we don't have neighbours love otherwise you'd wake the whole street up," Klaus chuckled and Eliza frowned again, hitting her fists against his chest to try and move him from pinning her down.
" You're so mean!" Eliza pouted and with a large grin, Klaus kissed her on the lips.
" You love me anyway," Klaus said after pulling away from the long, passionate kiss.
" I do. Now lets go, you need to go be a good hybrid and awaken your siblings,"
" Fine," Klaus groaned, climbing off of her and rolling over back to his side of the bed. " I love you Eliza,"
" Love you too," Eliza replied after climbing out of the bed. " See you tonight,"
Whizzing over to the bathroom, Eliza quickly showered and changed then darted down to the kitchen. The new fridge in the renovated house was filled to the brink with blood bags and Eliza happily picked her favourite, O negative, and sipped on the blood while heading towards her car. After drinking all of her breakfast, she headed towards the Salvatore boarding house with a spring in her step. Now there was nothing left for her to be mad at Klaus for since he had finally freed Stefan. Eliza only hoped that Stefan wouldn't be too angry with Klaus and hoped he and Elena will soon get back together. Upon arriving at the boarding house, Eliza didn't bother to knock and walked straight into the house.
" Well hello little miss Mikaelson," Damon greeted with a sly smirk as she entered through the door.
" Hey Elena lover. I'm here to see Stefan," Eliza said bluntly, not wishing to converse with Damon.
" Oh so you're psychotic, supposed to be dead boyfriend finally told you he freed Stefan?" Damon asked and Eliza clenched her fists.
" He's not psychotic or supposed to be dead at all Damon. You have me to thank for the fact that he hasn't decided to kill you yet. He wasn't pleased at all after he found out that it was you who awakened Mikael and then helped him torture me. It was I who convinced him not to kill you," Eliza said in a matter of fact tone.
" Well aren't you the sweetest," Damon said in a fake baby voice, pouting his lips sarcastically.
" Please don't get the wrong impression though Elena lover. I did it for Stefan, not you. If you weren't Stefan's brother I would have killed you a long time ago," Eliza stated threateningly but this only caused Damon to smirk. In a flash Damon had Eliza pinned against the wall by her neck.
" You wouldn't stand a chance against me,"
" And you wouldn't stand a chance against Klaus. So I suggest you let me go otherwise you'll probably have him to deal with and then you'll never get your precious chance to win Elena over," Eliza said, struggling in Damon's tight grip.
" Let her go Damon," Stefan ordered as he sauntered down the stairs with an emotionless expression planted upon his face.
" Buzz kill," Damon groaned, letting Eliza go and heading out the door without another word. Breathing a sigh of relief once Damon had left, Eliza smiled brightly at Stefan.
" Stefan! You're back," Eliza exclaimed in delight.
" Yep. All thanks to Klaus. Though it was his fault in the first place," Stefan said, his voice low and threatening.
" Have you spoken to Elena yet? She's really missed you! You two are obviously meant to be together and now you can get back together again,"
" What just like you and Klaus getting back together?"
" Well I guess..." Eliza said hesitantly with a small frown. No smile crossed Stefan's face and he looked quite angry.
" After he broke me and took my emotions away from me? You just forgive him straight away?" Stefan questioned.
" No, I didn't. I was the one trying to convince him to give you your freedom, it was only after he did that we got back together,"
" You really don't understand, do you Eliza?" Stefan said with a deep frown. " Klaus broke me. He took everything from me and now I have nothing left! Did you just expect me to be happy once he'd granted me freedom? After he used me for months without giving me any choice about it? Your dating a monster Eliza,"
" He's not a monster Stefan. He may not be the most righteous person you'll ever meet, he makes mistakes like everyone else! Remember when you bit me back in the twenties twice? Remember when you almost killed me? Remember when you took the choice away from Damon of whether he wanted to be a vampire or not? We all make mistakes! By giving you your freedom it proves that he's trying to undo all the bad things he's done to people in this town!" Eliza said forcefully, not wishing to hear that Klaus is a monster from yet another person. Those 4 words reminded her too much of Mikael.
" God he's really manipulated you Eliza. Your just like his sired hybrids. You're too loyal. Don't you see what he's done to you? He's broken you too!" Stefan shouted in annoyance.
" I love Klaus Stefan! I did in the 20's and I do now. He hasn't manipulated me at all, I'm speaking what I believe. Your just too blinded by hatred to see anything!"
" Fine. You won't join my side. I hope you don't mind if I take my own bits of revenge out on Klaus then. I'm going to give him what he deserves for hurting countless people in this town!" Worry flooded through Eliza at Stefan's words. Over the past few days things had finally been normal for once and Eliza had been happy; nobody was trying to kill or get revenge on Klaus and nobody was trying to hurt Eliza. Now the same constant flow of people trying to hurt either herself or Klaus again was coming back.
" Please Stefan don't do anything to hurt him! I really don't want you dead! I can't loose yet another person! I've already lost Lexi, my family, Annabelle and practically all the friends I've ever had! The only two people that I have left are you and Klaus. I can't lose either of you!" Eliza's voice was now sounding frantic and she tried and tried to push the memories of Mikael out of her mind.
" You're too late Eliza. See I've already started on my revenge," Stefan said with a smirk, one that resembled Damon's exactly.
" Stefan what have you done?" Eliza asked with a worried look, knowing that Stefan has done something that Klaus will not be happy about.
" Well Rebekah's downstairs with a dagger in her back and I did manage to locate all of the coffins he carts around with him that have his family in them. I've hidden them in a very secret place," Stefan explained.
" You stole his family?" Eliza asked in shock and anger. There was not a chance now that Klaus wouldn't kill Stefan. By stealing Klaus' coffins Stefan had basically signed himself a death wish.
" Yep,"
" He was going to bring them back today! He was actually happy this morning! Happy that he was going to get his family back!" Eliza exclaimed in anger.
" Well that's too bad for him," Stefan said. " You know what? Lets call him! I have another plan up my sleeve," Pulling his phone out of his pocket, Stefan dialed Klaus' number.
" Stefan! Did you miss me already? Or has Eliza told you to call me?" Klaus greeted Stefan cheerfully down the phone and Eliza began to pace up and down, not quite knowing what to do. Really there was nothing she could do to help.
" Oh I'm just calling to thank you for my freedom," Stefan spoke in the same low, threatening tone, one that was foreign to him.
" Well I like to believe I'm a man of my word... more or less," Klaus said with a chuckle.
" See the thing is, it came at too high of a price. You took everything for me Klaus,"
" Well forgive and forget Stefan. Trust me, resentments get old,"
" You know what never gets old?" Stefan began, a malicious smirk forming on his face yet again. After pausing for a moment, he spoke again. " Revenge," The phone line went silent for a moment and Eliza knew she would soon be hearing the angered voice of Klaus.
" No," His familiar, furious voice growled down the phone.
" What's the matter Klaus? Missing something?" Stefan asked playfully.
" What are you doing?" Klaus growled in a deep, angry voice.
" Oh I'm just enjoying my freedom!"
" I will kill everyone you've ever met and loved," Eliza hated this; she hated seeing the two of them argue. Stefan and Klaus were two of the only people that Eliza had left. Though this time Stefan was definitely in the wrong, Eliza still hated hearing Klaus' menacing tone as he spoke angered words to Stefan.
" Well you do that, I don't really care. Meanwhile, you'll never find your family and I'll have killed the one person you love most," Eliza froze upon hearing this and stared at Stefan in shock. Again, silence echoed down the phone. In one sudden movement, Stefan attacked Eliza and tried pinning her against the wall. Since many people previously had tried to attack her, this time Eliza was prepared and put up a good fight. She dodged Stefan's hits and fought back, throwing punches and kicks as hard as she could.
" Eliza!" She heard Klaus' voice shout down the phone in worry as Klaus heard the crashing of furniture as Eliza and Stefan fought equally. Though, because she had never been skilled in fighting, it wasn't long before Stefan had a broken piece of wood from a lamp plunged into Eliza's stomach. Crying out in pain, Eliza was thrown against the wall and held there by Stefan.
" Stefan! What the hell are you doing?" Eliza asked in small gasps of air, hating the familiar feeling of pain she was yet again feeling. Memories of Mikael were beginning to swim in her mind again and Eliza found herself growing more and more afraid.
" Let her go Stefan," Klaus growled down the phone menacingly, while sprinting as fast as he could towards the Salvatore boarding house - it wasn't fast enough.
" Get your hybrids to leave town and I won't kill her right now," Stefan said down the phone lightly, as if killing his best friend for over a century was no big deal.
" This is between me and you Stefan. You wouldn't dare kill her. She'll hate you forever just like everyone else,"
" Well considering she'd be dead I doubt her hating me would make much difference," This caused Klaus to growl again angrily.
" If you kill her, I'll kill you," Klaus threatened menacingly, still running hard and fast.
" And then you'll never see your family again, Eliza will be dead and you'll be all alone," Stefan chuckled, shoving another piece of the broken lamp into Eliza's stomach. Again, she moaned in pain.
" Let her go Stefan!" Klaus' voice was so full of desperation and fear. There was nothing Klaus could do but give Stefan what he wanted.
" Get your hybrids to leave town and I will," Stefan responded and Klaus fell silent again.
" Let me go Stefan," Eliza ordered weakly, memories of Mikael over taking her mind again. Right now she needed Klaus, for comfort and protection. She needed him to diminish the horrid memories she was yet again experiencing.
" Tick tock Klaus. 20 seconds and she's dead,"
" Fine I'll get them to leave town, now let her go," Klaus ordered in defeat causing a triumphant smirk to form on Stefan's face.
" Good. Now I suggest you come pick Eliza up, she's a little... weak to drive," Stefan suggested casually, pulling the bits of wood out of Eliza's body and hanging up the phone. Whistling to himself happily, Stefan poured himself a glass of whiskey and sat down on the sofa.
" I can't believe you just did that," Eliza said, a few small tears welling in her eyes. For the second time now, Stefan had attempted to kill her. Though this time was worse as he'd actually meant to do it - he'd meant to kill his own best friend.
" He was never going to let you die Eliza. Stop being so touchy," Stefan rolled his eyes.
" You just threatened to kill me!"
" Oh stop being so melodramatic. I used you to get to Klaus. I broke him by threatening to kill you, he was hardly going to let you die! I got what I want," Eliza was beginning to become very annoyed with Stefan. He was so blinded by rage that he didn't even regret trying to kill her.
" Melodramatic? You threatened to kill me Stefan! I've been your friend for a century and I've stood by you through everything! Through your ripper stages! Through everything! Do I mean so little to you that you would throw away my life for pitiful revenge that? Nobody can kill Klaus Stefan. He's given you your freedom. You drove Elena away on your own and it's because of your rage that you have nobody left! Don't blame this all on Klaus!" Eliza shouted furiously and for the second time, Stefan took out his anger on Eliza and pinned her against the wall yet again.
" Don't you dare speak about Elena. You never meant anything to me Eliza. You and Lexi were just a waste of space trying to fix a lost cause. You wasted so many years trying to fix me. I've never cared one single bit," Stefan growled, his calm demeanor finally was replaced with anger.
" Your a liar Stefan. Your the monster you think Klaus is. I just hope that Elena has the heart to fix you again, though I wouldn't be surprised if she ran off with Damon leaving you behind," This definitely hurt Stefan as he slammed Eliza against the wall, his hands grasping her neck tightly. However before he could do anymore damage, Stefan was thrown off of Eliza by a figure that had only just emerged through the door.
" Take your hands off of her," Klaus growled menacingly, protection for Eliza taking over his entire body. Right now he wished for nothing more than to rip Stefan apart from limb to limb.
" Now you're here to save your damsel," Stefan replied with a chuckle, pulling himself quickly up off of the floor. This comment blew Klaus over the edge and in seconds Klaus had Stefan the scrap pieces of wood on the ground plunged near Stefan's heart.
" Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now," Klaus held one last piece of wood firmly in his hand and had it ready to kill Stefan with. Almost instantly, Eliza caught onto his arm, pulling him away from Stefan.
" No Nik. You've done enough to him," Eliza spoke to him softly.
" He tried to kill you Eliza," Klaus growled, though his voice had already turned velvety again as he spoke to Eliza.
" If you kill him you won't get your family back," Eliza reminded him gently, tugging his arm to pull him away from Stefan. With a small nod, Klaus snapped Stefan's neck and moved away from him with Eliza. " Thank you,"
" He deserved to die for the things he said and did to you," Klaus said, pulling Eliza into a loving hug as he tried to calm himself down.
" You need your family though, which is why you shouldn't kill him. Plus there's still my best friend in him somewhere," Eliza said, though there were parts of her that were doubting that this was true.
" I've broken my promise already, I let you get hurt," Klaus said to himself angrily, his grip tightening possessively.
" I'm fine. Stefan wouldn't have killed me anyway. But just in case you best send your hybrids away for now. Plus I must say they're kind of annoying me,"
" I'll send them away once we get back to our home love. I'm having dinner made for us since I broke my promise," Klaus said with a small smile, pulling away from the hug but keeping Eliza in a tight embrace.
" You have nothing to apologize for Nik. I still love you anyway," Eliza said and Klaus kissed her softly before heading out of the Salvatore boarding house, still worrying frantically over how he was going to keep Eliza safe as well as getting his family back...
Definitely loved writing the Eliza/Klaus scenes in this chapter! Really hoped you liked the chapter! I promise this is the last chapter that someone is going to try and hurt Eliza, since I know it's getting a little repetitive. Next chapter a certain someone will return and meet Eliza for the second time!
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