Chapter Seventeen

"Elijah."

"Stefan." Elijah greeted as both men walked towards the entrance of the Mikaelson home. "I assume you know the news that my sister has left."

Stefan nodded, trying not to let the guilt show in his voice, even though Klaus was the overprotective one when it came to Rebekah. "Yeah, she told me that she needed to get out of New Orleans."

"It's probably for the best, my sister has already suffered enough." He walked up the stairs. "No need to drag her into our mess."

Elijah entered the room quietly, as not to wake up Katherine, but he was surprise that when he entered the room he was greeted by a half dirty room and a whining dog without her owner. He ran towards the open window. No, it couldn't be . . . no one would dare. "Katerina!"

Klaus was pacing around the room with a murderess expression while Elijah and Stefan stood back, wondering that if they said anything Klaus would rip their heads off. "How the hell did this happen? Besides her few escapes, nobody knows that Katerina even exist and where were you two when she was kidnapped?"

"I was taking care of Agnes," Elijah responded dryly.

"And I was taking a walk." Stefan replied.

"Wonderful," Klaus snarled. "Why you two were on your leisure walk, Katerina got taken away from under of very noses."

"Perhaps, if you weren't so concerned in gaining control of the French quarter you would pay more attention to the mother of your children." Elijah shot back angrily.

Klaus shot daggers at Elijah. "Don't you dare, guilt trip me! You're so in love with Katerina that you don't leave her side for even a minute and the first time you do she gets kidnapped, you're not doing so great either Elijah!"

"At least I'm trying! You're the one who sees her as a walking incubator."

Klaus snarled as he pushed Elijah against the wall. "Say that again and I will rip your bloody heart out."

"Go ahead," Elijah demanded. "I dare you."

Stefan pushed Klaus away from Elijah. "We arguing isn't helping anyone, we need to focus on finding Katherine. Name one person besides the witches that would want to harm Katherine."

"It will take a century to write down all the people that Katerina has pissed off."

"Marcel." They turned towards the feminine voice and saw Rebekah with a guilty expression on her face. She bit her lip. "I'm so sorry, I told Marcel about Katherine."

"What's taking that damn witch, so long?" Klaus demanded impatiently as he folded and unfolded his arms. "I told you, we should have just torture it out of Marcel instead of relying on the same witches that tried to kill Katerina."

"Be patient brother," Elijah murmured. "Besides Stefan and Rebekah are taking care of Marcel."

"Oh, yes Rebekah and Stefan taking on Marcel I feel much better." Klaus snapped sarcastically. "Those two will probably just be looking at each awkwardly while Marcel sits back and watches our sister's love life crumble with is basically a soap opera-the failed loved life of Rebekah Mikaelson."

Before Elijah could scold Klaus, a familiar witch approached them, holding a map. "Ready for a locator spell? And you do promise that my head and my body will remain intact?"

Elijah looked at Sabine. "You have my word, now please help us find her."

"Your hand, please." Sabine insisted to Klaus. "Your babies carry your gene, so it will be easier to locate her." Klaus bit his hand and let the drops of blood fall on the map. Sabine squinted. "She's deep in the bayou."

Elijah frowned. "Can't you be more specific?"

"What's wrong Elijah? Five minutes ago you couldn't wait to play the white knight and now you're afraid of a little dirt." Klaus jabbed.

Elijah pursed his lips. "I know you may not know this Klaus, but you and Katerina have made many enemies and I would like to find her alive and fast rather than slow and as a corpse."

"Elijah, slow down no need to rush," Klaus said lazily as he waved away in Elijah's direction as he closed the car door and headed towards the muddy streets of the bayou. "I know firsthand that your precious Katerina can take care of herself perfectly."

"Perhaps if she were still a vampire, but now she's human and pregnant." He turned back towards his brother. "You're more than welcome to return back home. Rebekah and Stefan just called me, Marcel is in the clear."

Klaus chuckled. "You know I find it a bit sad how hard you're trying to win back Katerina's affections when you and I know that she will never forgive you for treating her as a replacement for Tatia."

Elijah pushed Klaus against a tree. "I have never compared Katerina to Tatia, you know that why the hell would you fill her head with the ridiculous notion that she's just a replacement?"

"Fight all you want, Elijah." Klaus smirked. "I don't care how much you love her, or how much she loves you I will never let you two be together." He sniffed the air. "Tyler Lockwood. He must have been the one to take Katerina the scent in the air reeks of both of their smells."

Elijah let go of Klaus. "Why would your old sidekick from Mystic Falls be here and why would he want to act against Katerina?"

Klaus shrugged innocently. "Well, I have no idea though I suppose it has to do with the fact that I killed his mother, turned him into a hybrid, and stole his girl from under his very nose and let's not forget dear Katerina I heard she made his life quite miserable when she was in town."

"Niklaus." Elijah said tightly.

"I'll take care of him, brother." Klaus reassured him. "Meanwhile, go find your girl."

Katherine woke up slowly when she felt the warm fire and the throbbing pain in the back of her head. She sat up frightened when she saw that she was in a small cabin and that Tyler was talking to someone outside with his cell phone.

She was not going to be held hostage by Tyler Lockwood. She notice the blade sitting on the edge of the small table. She slowly picked it up and walked small, quiet steps toward Tyler. One stab in the head and he would be dead.

She had barely managed to stab the knife in Tyler's shoulder, before Tyler react to the pain and threw her across the wall making her throbbing head hurt even more. "Bitch!" he hissed.

"Sorry, darling," she managed a smirk to play on her lips. "Did that hurt? Well, it's nothing like the pain I feel. Didn't your drunk mom tell you to be nice to pregnant ladies?"

Tyler threw the knife to the side. "Shut up!"

He grabbed her by the wrists and looked at her straight in the eye. "You and Klaus have made my life a living hell and now I'm going to make you pay for it."

Katherine did her best not to look scared. "Who send you here, Tyler because I have a hard time imagining that you came up with this plan all by yourself. What would Caroline think of you if she found out that you're giving out free abortions in order to save the world? I'm sure little miss sunshine would want that."

He tightened his grip on Katherine's wrists and she yelped. "You're right, I didn't come up with this idea, on my own, but someone else did and she's a genius, though if it's any comfort I won't kill you today." He pulled out a shot. "Now I'm going to show both you and Klaus what it feels to have something taken away from you."

Panic entered Katherine as she kicked Tyler in the stomach as hard as she could distracting him for a moment. She tried to stand up, but then she felt the sharp pain of a needle in her belly as she watched it filled with blood. "You coward." She murmured.

"Your blood, Katherine is the key to making hybrids," Tyler showed her the shot filled with her babies' blood. "If Klaus wants to fight, fine. But I'll have my own army this time."

-End of Chapter Seventeen-