Chapter Twenty

"You're going against Klaus and locking him up in Marcel's garden?" Stefan hissed despite Rebekah's happy look on her face. They were standing in the middle of the compound where Marcel lived after Rebekah told him to meet her there. "Are you insane? Klaus will crush and kill everyone in sight."

"We have it all figure out, Stefan." Rebekah said confidently. "Me and Marcel."

Marcel, of course he had to be behind this. "Does Marcel actually care about his life? Klaus is an Original Hybrid, even I'm not dumb enough to pick a fight especially since he just killed Tyler without even blinking."

Rebekah crossed her arms over his chest. "Don't tell me, you're afraid of him."

"No, I'm just not dumb enough to piss him off more than he already is."

"Please, Stefan you should be glad that we are doing this, especially after all the things he has done to me and you combine he deserves some punishment." Rebekah murmured bitterly.

"Well, how about when he manages to kill all of us and keeps you in a box for the next couple of centuries?" Stefan shot back. "It's not worth the risk, Rebekah."

"The outcome is worth the risk, Stefan ah here he comes." They turned their gazes towards the entrance where Klaus was approaching with an amused look playing on his face as the two dozen or so vampires that Marcel had choose to fight stood in front of him.

"Well, isn't this a pleasant surprise, fine I like a challenge," he crossed his arms over his chest and then dropped a gold coin on the floor. "Let see who wins, all of you against me. The only one who will survive is the one that picks up the coin. Let's begin shall we?"

Two vampires rushed towards him, but Klaus managed to rip their hearts out as they fell to the floor. Four vampire managed to chain him, but he easily broke the chains and Rebekah flinched when she saw his golden hybrid eyes.

Stefan tried to push Klaus to the wall. "Klaus, that's enough you win-"

"Ah, Stefan always the hero. But a piece of advice." He snapped his neck. "Don't get involved."

Rebekah gaped as she saw Stefan's body on the floor, she hissed at Marcel. "Pick up the coin."

Marcel looked at her in disbelief. "If you don't, he'll kill you!"

Marcel snatched the coin from the floor. "Enough, you win!"

Klaus smirked. "Well, it seems I'm king now."

"Are you sure you should stand?" Katherine asked as she helped a wobbling Elijah stand up. "No offense, but you're looking kind of green."

Elijah forced a smile. "I'm fine, Katerina. Hand me my jacket, please. I parked the car not so far from here. The wolf venom is almost out of my system."

Despite Katherine's skepticism, Elijah managed to walk towards the car and drive them home. Now they were standing in front of the Mikaelson mansion.

"Yeah, I'm not sure I want to go in there." Katherine said awkwardly sitting in the passenger seat. "I doubt it's safe."

A small smile twitched on Elijah's lips. "I know I am no position to ask you this, Katerina but please be patient with my brother. He lets his anger control him and he doesn't know how to express his emotions."

"I'll try." She shrugged. "But your brother doesn't exactly make things easy. What about us, Elijah? What's going to happen to us?"

Elijah hesitated. "I don't know, Katerina."

Katherine looked disappointed. "You don't know?"

"It is obvious that a relationship between us with anger by brother and result in your harm." He glance back at her. "I don't want that."

"I don't want to lose you again, Elijah." She murmured. "I know you want your family whole again. But do you think it is possible? That after a thousand years Klaus will finally see the light?"

"I have tried and fought for Klaus' salvation for the past 1000 years and I've seen a glimpse of hope for the first time in centuries when the witches announced that you were expecting. I do believe that there is a way to save Niklaus and I'm determine to do just that."

Katherine rested her head on his shoulder. "You're a good big brother, I hope Klaus and Rebekah know how lucky they are."

"Are you ok?" Rebekah asked as she helped a slightly limping Stefan go through the door. "It seems you always get the crappy part of the deals."

"I'm fine, I'm not really sure you should be worrying about-"he trailed off when he and Rebekah entered the living room and saw Klaus holding a silver dagger.

"Stefan, Rebekah nice of you to show up, sorry about earlier this afternoon, mate no hard feelings." Klaus placed the dagger against Rebekah's throat. "How could you betray me? My own sister!"

"Don't you dare, Niklaus!" Elijah stormed into the room.

Klaus removed the dagger from Rebekah's neck. "Ah, another traitor comes. Perhaps I should dagger you for trying to steal my children's affections, flirting and fawning over Katerina even though she's pregnant with my children."

"This has nothing to do with Katerina!"

"It has everything to do with her!" he snapped. "You have loved her since 1492 and even though she was courting me back then she has always preferred you! And now my children, my family will grow up to adore you."

"Do you hear yourself, Nik?" Rebekah demanded. "Nobody is trying to take your place or betray you! But you sure make it tempting every time you drive us away."

"Clever sister, blaming me." Klaus hissed while looking at Stefan in disappointment. "I have done nothing, but make this city our home for all of us and in only a matter of minutes you managed to destroy everything, even you Stefan have sided with my traitor of a sister. Let me make one thing clear though, I had no desire, no wish to hunt down Katerina or to use my children in any way, but since you obviously don't believe me I'm going to my home and leave you three here to rot in hell."

What was taking them so long? Katherine could hear their bickering from outside, though she couldn't understand what they were all so upset about. Her thoughts drifted to Elijah. They couldn't be together. It was so unfair.

Couldn't the universe cut her some slack?

She heard the door opening and Klaus stormed out, not even bothering to glance at Katherine. "Let's go, Katerina." He opened the door of the car parked in front of her.

Katherine frowned. "Where are we going?"

"Does it matter?" he asked sarcastically. "I don't particularly care about you, but I do care about those children that you are carrying so you will come with me. You can fight me on this, but you will lose. So you better get inside this car right now."

Katherine crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm not going anywhere with you, Klaus. I'm staying here."

Klaus glared at her and in a flash he scoped her up and not-so gently threw her in the backseat of the car.

"Ow!" she glowered as she sat up. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Klaus didn't bother to respond as he closed the door and turned on the engine.

-End of Chapter Twenty-

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