Chapter Nineteen

Stefan and Rebekah knew that something was wrong the minute that Klaus stormed into the room. They both stood up when they saw Klaus' bloody clothes.

"What the hell happened to you?" Stefan blurted out.

Klaus shrugged as he took off his leather jacket. "Oh, you know the usual the girl I impregnated got kidnapped by a werewolf who I really should have killed a long time ago and my brother and Katerina are now against me." He glance back at Stefan. "Oh, and Stefan I killed your friend Tyler, I hope you don't mind."

"You what?" Stefan hissed. He wasn't too fond of Tyler, but that didn't mean that Klaus could just pop out of nowhere and kill him.

"Yes, he is the said werewolf that attacked Katerina." Klaus snapped. "He was attempting to build his own hybrid army, poor lad had such big dreams."

"Caroline will never forgive you."

"Well, fortunately Caroline is not my biggest problem right now. I see you two are friends again, your fight lasted long, and I'm shocked."

Rebekah ignored his sarcasm. "Where's Elijah?"

"Oh, I left him in the woods, I thought they deserved a cozy weekend." He replied sarcastically. "Though I don't know how romantic it will be with Elijah filled with pain because of the wound I inflected on him by biting him."

"You bit him?" Rebekah snarled angrily. "What is wrong with you? He's our brother, our loyal brother that has done nothing, but stayed by your side!"

"Yes, Rebekah he is so loyal that he will use every gossip he hears as a tool against me, just to get his beloved Katerina!" Klaus snapped as he walked up the stairs. "Don't test my temper, I won't hesitate to bite either one of you."

When he entered his art studio, he saw Belle yapping at him. Klaus was already regretting buying the dog. Great, even the stupid dog hated him. He grabbed Belle by her collar and glared at her. "I should kill you as punishment."

Belle licked his hand and threw him a pity look. The dog was already starting to act like Katherine.

Against his better judgment he patted Belle's soft fur as he sat in the arm chair and Belle curled next to him.

He tried to drift his thoughts to something else other that Katherine and Elijah, but it was impossible and his blood was boiling with anger. Why did they always choose Elijah for everything? Why always him? After a thousand years nothing had changed, everything was still exactly the same.

How could those two idiots think he would use his own children, his own flesh and blood as potential blood bags? He would never, not even Katherine. The girl might be a pain in the ass, but she was still the mother of his children.

He needed to get Katherine and Elijah away from each other. Why did it matter if they had been obsess with each other for five hundred years? He was not letting their relationship be used against him.

Elijah's entire body was shaking and his face was burning up from fever. Katherine managed to drag Elijah to the small cabin where Tyler had held her captive. The room didn't have much, but she had spread several blankets on the floor like a small bed and had helped removed his suit jacket and tie.

She felt guilty when she saw him shiver. His entire body was shaking and his eyes looked feverish and he was obviously trying to hide groans of pains for her sake. She was so stupid, she should have waited to talk to Klaus privately. But who knew that Klaus would react like this? Katherine had gotten soft.

"I'm sorry, Elijah." She murmured, desperately looking for a cloth. She found one and wiped his forehead with it. "I shouldn't have said anything."

"This is no one fault, Katerina." He murmured as he closed his eyes. "Tatia. . .Tatia." he gripped her hand and Katherine suddenly had an image in her mind:

"Catch me, Elijah!" Tatia threw a flirtatious smile as she picked up her skirts and started running. "Catch me!"

Elijah wrapped his hands around her waist. "You're far too easy to catch, my dear."

Tatia rested her head against his chest. "Do you love me, Elijah?"

Katherine pulled back, "You let me inside your mind? So that was the famous Tatia."

Elijah looked at her apologetic. "I'm sorry, with this fever, I'm not myself. I must have let you in my mind." He took a deep breath. "I know you're angry, Katerina about Tatia, but you must know that I never have compared you to Tatia. I see you two as completely different women. I love you Katerina, I love you for you." He touched her cheek. "For your sass."

Katherine smiled a bit and said self-consciously. "So you've never compared me and Tatia?"

"No." he said. "I don't think I ever loved Tatia, when I meet you in 1492 I saw the chance to have the kind of love that I always wanted to experience."

They were silent for a moment, before Elijah talked again.

"You know, Klaus wasn't always the monster he is now." He said. "You should have meet him when he was human. He was kind and loyal, though desperate for my father's affection and approval."

"Klaus and his father didn't get along?"

Elijah coughed. "My father and Klaus hated each other, but Klaus was always desperate for our father's affection. This is why I believe it makes it difficult for him to love. Let me show you."

"Get up, you pathetic boy!" Mikael snarled as he kicked a human Klaus in the stomach.

Klaus grunted, his eyes wide with fear. "Father, I'm sorry!"

"Sorry!" Mikael snarled as he threw Klaus against the wall, ignoring Klaus' cries of pain. "You think a measly sorry is going to bring Henrik, back to life boy!"

"I didn't mean too." Klaus voice was trembling and Mikael slapped him. "It was an accident, I'm sorry . . . I'm sorry."

"Mikael used to beat Klaus?" Katherine murmured, more to herself than to Elijah. Klaus may be a dick, but she couldn't help but feel sorry for him. His eyes had shown fear, genuine fear. He had looked scared. He had looked human.

Elijah gave another cry of pain as he closed his eyes. Katherine gently wiped his forehead with a cloth and cradled his head in her arms.

"I'm right here," she murmured. "Elijah, I'm right here."

-End of Chapter Nineteen-