It was near dawn and he was not able to sleep. He kept thinking of Hayley turning and he kept thinking of Monique cutting her throat. The guilt and the anger were eating him from inside. He knew that Hayley didn't like hybrids and now she was one of them. He never thought about her turning to a hybrid- an abomination as per his father. He rubbed his hands at the back of his neck to relieve the tension he had been carrying since that awful day. He then sat on his bed and fell backwards and in no time he was asleep.

Hayley was pacing her room unable to sleep. She had lost it today on Klaus. He was acting like such a jerk. She tried to calm herself down but her emotions were really getting out of control and she felt like as if someone is strangling her. She walked to the door, opened it and went out. After half an hour she was walking on the streets aimlessly when she heard some humans. She turned around but she could not see anyone. She tried to listen to where the sound was coming from. It sounded that someone was very near her. She then spotted some guys very far away walking towards her. She can hear them talking from her newly enhanced hybrid hearing. "Hey check out that chick" one of them was saying.

Hayley smiled and thought "perfect"

She continued walking towards him with hands crossed behind her back. The guys reached her. There were four of them. One of them was really big and bald whereas the rest of the three were average size men. They stopped right in front of her and smirked at her. One of them said to her "Where are you going sweetheart?"

The other two walked around her and came to her back .Hayley kept looking at the one who had talked to her and then before those men could say anything she turned herself and her fangs came out and the veins under her eyes popped out and she jumped at that man. She bit him in the neck and started feeding on him. The other three screamed and yelled and became panicked. She threw the man on one side and then attacked the other three. Soon there were four bodies lying on the ground listless. Hayley got up from the crouching position from over the guy she was feeding on and cleaned her mouth with the back of her hand and started walking back to the compound after giving them one look.

She entered the compound just a little after 2 in the morning. She went into her room and went to sleep in her bed in the same bloodied clothes. When she woke up it was already 10 am from the clock on the wall. She got up and went to the bathroom to change and then gasped when she looked down at her clothes. They were all covered in blood. She quickly took them off and took a long shower to wash away all the dried blood from her hands and hair. After coming out she put the clothes in the hamper and changed into something comfortable and went down.

Stefan slept through the night after a long time actually for the first time ever since Damon had gone. HE got up and went down after freshening himself up. He looked around and then followed the voices. He entered the study and saw Elijah and Hayley standing close to each other. He cleared his throat

Hayley jumped back suddenly which brought a smile on Stefan's lips.

"You have a really nice house Elijah" Stefan said to Elijah and walked to the wall and looked at the paining.

"So Stefan up for some fun today" Everyone turned towards the door where Klaus was leaning against the door. Klaus looked at Hayley and his eyes suddenly narrowed but then he looked away towards Stefan.

Stefan looked at Elijah and Hayley, shrugged and then nodded.

Klaus turned and then stopped and looked at Hayley directly and said "Her name is Hope". He just stayed there to register the realization hit her and then turned and left. Stefan looked back just in time to see tears falls from Hayley's eyes and her hand on her mouth. He looked at Elijah in bewilderment but Elijah seemed to be lost in thoughts too.

"Stefan coming or planning to stand there for whole day?" Klaus called him with annoyance.

They got into Klaus's car. After a couple of minutes of silence Stefan turned to him and asked him "who is Hope?"

He saw Klaus's grip on the steering wheel tighten but he didn't answer.

"What is going on here Klaus?" Stefan asked him "You, Elijah and Hayley all are looking really tense and how did Hayley turn into a hybrid. Wasn't she a werewolf?"

Klaus stopped the car and looked at Stefan and asked him "How are you going to get Damon back Stefan?"

Stefan looked at him for a second and then shook his head and said "I don't know. The other side is gone. Bonnie is gone. I was wondering if there is a witch here who can help me"

Klaus laughed and said cynically "Yes there is a witch here but I cannot promise if she will help you or not when she knows that you are associated to me or a vampire"

"Okay why? What have you done to her?" Stefan asked sarcastically

"I killed her first love and then I bit her friend" Klaus said carelessly starting the car again.

"So you have been busy" Stefan said sarcastically

"More than you can imagine" Klaus said under his breath.

Klaus stopped the car in front of a big mansion and then looked at Stefan who is looking at him questioningly "are you ready for some action?"

Stefan looked at him without saying anything. Klaus got out of the car and said "Just don't get bitten. Werewolves bites are lethal to vampires if you remember"

"We are fighting werewolves but why?" Stefan said.

"Because I need to kill a few before the next full moon" Klaus said to him while walking to the front door.

He pressed the bell and then stepped back with hands folded on the front while Stefan just looked at him with shock. Before he could say anything the door opened and a man saw them. He suddenly turned which took Stefan by surprise. Before he could do anything the man jumped at Klaus who punched him in his stomach throwing him at a distance. Klaus then walked to him but the man was up on his feet. Klaus grabbed him by his neck using his hybrid speed and then with the other hand pulled his heart out. He turned back to Stefan who was still looking at everything with shocked eyes. He smiled at Stefan and dropped the body on the ground.

"Behind you" Klaus said but before Stefan turned he was jumped on. Stefan twisted and picked the man up by grabbing him from the shirt's front. He threw him over his shoulder. He turned but the man was faster than he had expected. His eyes had turned yellow and the fangs were out. Stefan had just seen someone do that earlier that day so he stepped back calmly and got ready for the man to attack him. The man stared at him for a second and then attacked Stefan. Stefan dodged him and then turned quickly and took out his heart like Klaus had done a couple of seconds ago. Stefan dropped the heart in his hand and turned to Klaus who was smiling at him with contend expressions.

"Okay now let's go" Klaus said but then he stopped and went to the dead bodies of the guys they had just killed and checked their hands and pockets and then he took off their rings.

"NO, first you tell me what that was?" Stefan asked him

"Not now Stefan" Klaus said with tired voice. Suddenly he got tired. The fatigue and the emotions were taking a toll on him after all.

Stefan scared at him for a while and then shrugged and walked towards the car. He felt a bit light. He had not felt this light ever since Damon had gone. He felt energetic and somehow relieved.

"I will appreciate it if you don't tell Elijah or Hayley about this" Klaus said to him while getting into the car.

Stefan looked at him with surprised expressions and then nodded.

They drove back to French Quarter when suddenly Klaus stopped the car and said "I will be back in a minute" He got out of the car and went into Rousseau's.

Stefan got out of the car too and started looking around the street. People were walking on the street without any care. They were laughing, musicians were play live music. Some palm readers were reading palms. He walked towards them and stood near one of the table to look at the lady reading the palm of a young man. Then suddenly his eyes fell on a wall where there were a lot of pictures and flower on the ground. He walked towards it and looked at the names. It looked like some sort of memorial wall. Then suddenly his eyes caught it.

"Baby Mikealsons"

He stood there and gaped at it when he realized someone standing next to him. He shifted his gaze from the plaque on the wall and turned to Klaus who was staring at it

"Who is this?" Stefan asked him

Klaus just stared at the plaque for a while and then said "Hope" and then left and went to his car. The drive home was really quiet because Stefan knew that there is no point in asking him. He made a mental note of asking Elijah.

They entered the compound and Klaus went into the study with Stefan following him. He stopped when he entered the study because Elijah had engulfed Hayley in his arms. Elijah's back was towards them so he couldn't see them but Hayley could. Seeing Klaus Hayley suddenly detangled herself from Elijah. Elijah turned and looked at him and asked "Where did you go Niklaus?" and then he added a bit aggressively "We have a lot to do so you need to snap out of it whatever you are going through"

Stefan half expected Klaus to say something but he was glaring at Hayley who was avoiding his eyes contact.

Klaus shifted his gaze to Elijah and said "What do you want to do?"

"I was thinking that we; Hayley, you and I should go and talk to Jackson to see how can he be of assistance?"

"Fine" Klaus said and sat on the couch. He then leaned over and poured himself a drink. Stefan looked at him but he was lost in thoughts.

When he didn't show any indication of leaving, Hayley snapped at Elijah and said "I think we should go then" and then without waiting for a reply she left.

Elijah looked at Klaus who was still lost in thoughts and shook his head. Then he said to Stefan "Keep an eye on my brother and see to it that he does not leave the compound"