Chapter Eight
Katherine looked both ways before she crossed the street, she crossed her arms over her chest and hurried into Main Square. The words that Rebekah had said kept ringing in her ear, Klaus and Elijah don't like sharing toys. And Rebekah may be a bitch, but she was right. Klaus may care for the baby now, but how long would it last?
Katherine may give birth to the baby, but she doubted Klaus would let her live much longer. Klaus hated Katherine and the feeling was mutual. So there was only one thing she could do. Kill the little wolf baby inside of her. Save her and her child from a life of misery. Then run for the hills as far away from New Orleans as possible and try to find a way to turn herself back into a vampire.
Even since Katherine had announced the baby news Klaus had rarely let her leave the house. Stefan had mentioned a guy named Marcel, but when Katherine had asked him to tell her more he had refused.
The good thing was that she had gone to New Orleans a couple of times during the past 500 years and she remember a tiny shop that sold herbs and witchy voodoo. She was positive that the baby was at least half werewolf and one sip of wolfsbane and all that would be left of the baby would be a dead fetus.
"Wait!" Katherine called out to the woman. She recognize her Sabine, from the one time that the witches had trapped her in the bayou. "I need something."
Sabine pursed her lips. "Sorry, we're closed. Aren't you Klaus' wife?"
Katherine scoffed. "I am not Klaus' anything. I just need a little herb, crushed aconite flower."
"Wolfsbane? That's poison." She lowered her voice. "Trying to kill a werewolf?"
"Just a baby one." She admitted. "It's for the best, then I will finally be free."
Sabine nodded as she came back with the wolfsbane. "A few drops in some hot tea and that should do it. You're doing the right thing, honey. The last thing we need is another little monster on the loose."
Katherine handed her a twenty dollar bill.
"Free of charge. Just hurry."
Sabine watched as Katherine walked away. She smirked. "Idiotic fool, you just walked into my trap." She pulled out her phone. "I have some news, there's a woman with a baby wolf on the way."
Rebekah stood in a balcony trying desperately to locate her brother. It was just like Klaus to leave when their brother was in danger.
"Rebekah Mikaelson. Come to teach me another lesson? Last time I saw you, you were running away from your Daddy." Marcel said.
"I thought you were dead."
"You never bothered to find out. What are you doing here? One Original is more than enough."
Rebekah gulped. "It's Elijah. I think Klaus has done something to him and I need to find him-"
"Stop right there." Marcel interrupted. "I know not to get in the middle of a Mikaelson family feud."
Rebekah scoffed. "After all these years, you're still afraid of him? If I find out you know where Elijah is you don't need to fear Klaus I will kill you myself."
"For the last time I don't know where your brother is." Marcel snapped. "I don't want you here so why don't you get the hell out of town and-"
SNAP.
Rebekah looked confused at Marcel's dead body on the floor. She looked up and saw Stefan who looked apologetic. "Sorry, about that he was getting on my nerves. You were right you know."
"Right?" Rebekah blinked. "Right about what?"
"About everything. There's no way Elijah would have just left, especially how he feels for Katherine. All summer Klaus has been worse and he and Marcel are taking New Orleans by the storm, but I've been with them all summer. Marcel doesn't trust Klaus and Klaus seems desperate enough to earn his trust."
"You don't think," she looked at Marcel. "He knows where Elijah is."
Katherine jiggled her foot and she dropped the wolfsbane into a cup of tea. She closed her eyes. one cup of tea and all of this will be over. She took a big gulp and waited and took a second gulp until she finished the entire cup. She heard a branch snap.
She turned around and came face to face with two vampires. "Wrong move coming into the quarter. You're coming with us wolf."
She scowled. "Ew! I am not a wolf!"
She threw the cup at them smashing one of them in the face, before the other one could attack Rebekah snapped one of their necks and pulled out a heart. She dropped the heart on the floor. "That is no way to treat a pregnant lady. I do hate bad manners." She frowned at Katherine. "What in bloody hell are you doing here? Klaus will kill you if he finds out you're outside."
"Actually, Klaus doesn't order me to do anything." She said, trying to keep her voice from wobbling as she pulled out the tube.
The color drained from Rebekah's face. "You selfish bitch, you're going to get us all killed."
"This is why I told you never to leave the house," Klaus scolded as he dropped the bodies on the floor. "Rebekah, you've practically leaving decapitated vampire bodies leading to my door! I had a plan to finally gain Marcel's trust and it has been ruined by your little nighttime stroll."
"Plan?" she scoffed. "What plan? You don't know what you're doing. You don't care a damn about your baby or Elijah. You're a rotten selfish bastard who only cares about himself and this bloody town. Now where's Elijah?"
"Marcel has him. He was nervous enough with one Original I gave Elijah as a peace offering."
She hissed. "You traded our brother like a common pig?"
"Like I told you I did have a plan, dear sister!" he snapped. "But now that plan is ruined and now I'm going to use him." He pointed to the still alive vampire. "To be my servant and convince Marcel of the reason he has lost three more vampires. Now do any of you have any more questions?"
Neither Katherine nor Rebekah offered a response.
"Good because I have a question. Katherine, what were you doing wandering around in the middle of the night? Answer me!"
Rebekah bit her lip. True, she hated Katherine, but she was human now and she didn't exactly want to see Klaus' torture her. "Leave her be-"
"You want to know what I was doing." Katherine snapped. "I was buying poison so that I could put our little baby to rest. How's that for mother of the year?"
Klaus growled as he pinned her to the door by her neck, strangling her.
"Nik!" Rebekah snarled as she pulled Klaus away from Katherine. "She's human for God's sake."
"She killed my baby, the least she deserves is death, and I will make your life miserable Katerina until you wish you would have never been born." Klaus hissed.
Katherine didn't even have time to response before she started vomiting. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. The vomit was entirely made up of the wolfsbane that she had drunk hours before.
Katherine gulped. "I vomit it back up, the wolfsbane."
"Apparently the baby doesn't want to die." Rebekah murmured.
Katherine and Klaus exchanged looks. "You're still pregnant."
Katherine found Rebekah by the porch. She hesitated. She wasn't sure of what to say, gratefulness wasn't exactly in her vocabulary. "Thanks for what you did today, otherwise Klaus will have strangled me to death."
Rebekah gave her a small smile. "Well, us girls have to stick together especially since we're going to be housemates and all. What you did was incredibly stupid."
"Well, you told me that the only way I would be free from Klaus is if I got rid of the baby. I like my freedom."
"Since when does Katherine Pierce listen to anyone else?"
"Since Katherine Pierce became a weak and frail human. Speaking of which, I brought peace offerings." She handed her the silver daggers.
"Where did you get these?" she gasped as she took them.
Katherine smirked at her. "You said it yourself, us girls have to stick together and if Klaus doesn't want anyone to find them, he better hide his things better before someone who's bored accidently stumbles upon them."
Rebekah smiled.
"You do know that this means Klaus will be more controlling and protective than ever?" Rebekah warned as she grabbed the daggers. "Especially after this stunt you pulled."
Katherine hugged her knees to her chest. "I'm not scared of Klaus. In fact I welcome the challenge."
-End of Chapter Eight-