Hayley straightened her disheveled hair and looked at him leaving in bewilderment and then shook her head. She put on her sandals and went down to discuss further plans with Klaus. Klaus was sitting in Elijah's study reading a book when he saw her come in. She looked fresh and much calmer than before. He put the book down and asked her "Feeling any better?"
"Yes" Hayley smiled and sat opposite him
Klaus opened his book again and started reading it again "So what are you planning to do with Francesca?" Hayley asked him after a couple of minutes of silence.
He looked up at her from his book, sighed and then put the book down with exasperation. "We need to get all those stones before we kill her so I am working on that"
"No you are not. We are working on that" Elijah said from the door way stopping Hayley from whatever she was about to say.
"NO more Niklaus. We all want the same thing. SO no going behind each other back" Elijah entered the room and said to him
"Going behind each other's back!" Klaus repeated and laughed sarcastically. His eyes went to Hayley who felt a sudden blush come on her cheeks "okay brother as you wish"
Elijah felt a wave of guilt on hearing those words and thought 'is it a coincidence or does he know?' He looked towards Hayley and by the look on her face he knew that she was thinking the same thing.
Klaus's gaze travelled from his face to her and then he shook his head and picked up the book again and started reading it trying to ignore the pang of jealousy and anger that was bubbling in his stomach.
Elijah shifted his gaze to Klaus who was absorbed in his book and shook his head as to get that thought out of his mind.
Klaus said to them without looking at them "So as I was saying that we need to find where those stones are. As per my calculation and the information I got from Oliver" he smiled at the thought of how he had gotten the information and continued "I would say there are 5 stones left. 2 from Francesca and Oliver, 2 unknown and the third one which I missed from my first kill"
He then got up from the couch and said "Now I have to go and help Stefan with something. You two best friends should go and figure that out. I suggest you guys start from Palace Royale Casino". Then without waiting for their reply he went out.
"Does he know?" Hayley asked Elijah who was staring his brother.
"I don't know" Elijah said with confused expression.
He then turned to Hayley and said "Hayley I am sorry about earlier"
"It is okay Elijah. It is a complicated situation and I don't want to force you" Hayley said with a smile on her face.
Elijah looked at her for a while and then said "hmm.. Let's go then"
The ride to Palace Royale Casio was really quiet with Hayley looking out of the window and Elijah's eyes on the road.
Hayley got out of the car and walked with Elijah towards the Casino. They entered the Casino in a lot of mayhem and Chaos. The staff was still cleaning up the mess made by Klaus and Hayley earlier that day. Hayley looked around and grabbed a man from his neck and ignoring Elijah's shocked expressions she hissed "where can I find Francesca Correa?"
The man whimpered and his eyes started to bulge and then he pointed at one direction.
Hayley let him go and walked to the door he was pointing with Elijah behind her still trying to recover from the shock of what he had just witnessed. She banged the door open and entered the room.
Francesca spun around at the sound and smiled when she saw Hayley and Elijah standing in her room. "Well Mr Mikealson and Ms Marshall. Good to see you"
"You bitch" Hayley advanced towards her in anger when Elijah stopped her by saying "Hayley"
Hayley looked at Elijah in anger and then turned back to Francesca who was smiling.
"How are you coping with the loss of your baby?" Francesca asked cruelly which just snapped Hayley. She was about to pounce on Francesca but Elijah stops her by pulling her towards him.
Elijah tried to keep her from breaking his hold on her but he realized that Hayley was too strong for him right now. May be it was her new hybrid powers and the combination of fury and adreline but she was fighting him tooth and nail to let her go and attack Francesca. Francesca laughed and said "I see I have hit a nerve"
"Francesca Correa I think you should choose your words wisely. She was just a child" Elijah turned to her still holding the struggling Hayley in his arms and said to her coldly
"Yes she was but she was a collateral damage in a war and you should know some collateral damages cannot be avoided" She lifted her hand and brushed her hair away. Elijah's gaze fell on her ring and he made a mental note of telling that to Klaus.
"What will you do now that my brother has successfully demolished your small army?" Elijah baited her by saying that. He felt Hayley calming down a bit in his arm but he still didn't let her go. He could feel her warm breath against his neck.
The smile faltered on her face for just a second and she said angrily "Yes I know. Your brother had been really busy" that brought a satisfied smile on Hayley's face which went unnoticed by Elijah but not by Francesca "don't worry I can make more army. I still have some stones left" She said and then left the room.
Elijah looked at Hayley who was smiling now. She said "nicely done Elijah". Elijah just held her there and then leaned in and kissed her on her lips. Hayley looked into his eyes and kissed him back. Then suddenly Elijah parted with her and stepped back
Hayley looked at him in surprise and said "what is going on Elijah? Every time I want to move things forward you step back"
Elijah looked at her face trying to take the image of her snarling at Francesca, the image of her almost choking the man in the lobby out of his mind but he is unable to. He just shook his head and then left without saying a thing.
The both drove quietly to home.
Klaus was sitting in the car waiting for Stefan to come. As per the plan Stefan wanted him to stay in the car so as not to antagonize Davina. HE was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize when Stefan came and sat in the car. He was startled from his thoughts when he said "she is not there"
"Hmm I know where she can be" Klaus said with a smirk on his lips.
He turned the engine on and put the car in the gear. Stefan started fiddling with the radio. He went through different channels and when he heard
"… but while we are apart don't you give your heart to anyone"
He stopped and leaned back
"And don't forget who is taking you home and whose arm you are going to be in..
Sooo darling save the last dance for me…"
Klaus looked at Stefan with anger and then leaned forward and switched it off with frustration. He didn't need to see Stefan smile because he could feel it. He paid attention to his driving and tried to push the image of Hayley kissing his brother out of his mind.
In 10 mintues they were parking outside Father K's church. "There. She must be in there" Klaus said.
Stefan looked at him in surprise and got out of car. He puts his hands on the rim of the window and said "how do you know?"
"I can sense her from here" Klaus smirked
Stefan nodded with pursed lips and went inside. Klaus started thinking about his plans to take down Francesca trying to ignore the thought about Hayley and Elijah together working against Francesca.
He came back from his thought when Stefan closed the car door and sat on the passenger's seat. He looked at her for a second and then said "You didn't tell me your father is back"
Klaus thought that he didn't hear him right. He stared at his face in confusion. Then he remembered the nightmares he had been having before Hope was born, Hayley mentioning something about his father when he tried to kill her and the strong sense of fear he felt the day he gave Hope to Rebekah. He spun his head towards the church and said angrily "she didn't!"
"What do you mean?" Stefan asked him
"Davina that bitch brought my father back Stefan and right under our noses. That clever bitch" Klaus said with his clenched teeth.
"So you had no idea" Stefan said.
"No Stefan I had no idea. If I had do you think I would have been sitting quietly letting him live" Klaus said angrily and turned on the engine and turned the car to his house.
"So is she willing to help you?" After a while Klaus asked him.
"No, your father told her who I am and she is very adamant that she will not help me unless …" Stefan intentionally didn't finish his sentence
Klaus laughed cynically and said "I see, why don't you do it Stefan"
Stefan turned towards him and looked at him with thoughtful expressions. He had known Klaus for a long time now and he had not seen him act this way ever before. He turned away from him and started looking out of the window.
They entered the compound and went to the study.
"So how was your mission? Ours was bust but we found something really interesting" Klaus entered the room and said to them.
Hayley turned to Klaus and said "She is going to create more army. She has some stones left. If what you said was right then she had only two stones left"
Klaus looked at her eager face and realized that she seemed relaxed about something. He shifted his gaze to Elijah who was looking out of window lost in his thoughts.
"Not to break your bubble of happiness and in the light of working together in peace I want to tell you that our dear father is back" Klaus said in a sarcastic voice.
Elijah felt as if someone threw a tub of cold water in him. He turned to Klaus with stunned expressions and then to Stefan who was leaning against the door casually. Stefan shrugged and walked to the couch and pour himself a drink.
"How?" Elijah asked
"You should ask your beloved witch Davina" Klaus replied smirking.
"But how can she?" Elijah said
Klaus said with frustration "who knows what is going on that stupid witch's head?" and went to pour a drink for himself too.
"But he is dead. Mikael is dead" Hayley said in surprise looking at him
"Yes love but he is back. You know how magic works. It can undo anything. That stupid girl brought my father back to torment me" Klaus lifted the glass to his lips and smiled when she snapped and said
"Don't call him your father. That man is anything but your father" Hayley snapped and got up from the couch.
Elijah looked at her outburst in surprise whereas Klaus smiled at the memory of their last conversation on his topic. He still remember her smile when she had said "nothing true". It was so genuine and she was obviously trying to make him feel better. His heart was touched when she had said that.
"So what are we going to do now? With your father back and the remaining Gurrera wolves we will have our hands full" Hayley asked in general
"Don't worry love, I will kill my father…. Mikael some way this time too. Stefan do you want to participate in this new war seeing that you are unable to do anything about Damon yet" Klaus said and then turned to Stefan
Elijah looked at Klaus with stunned expressions and said "brother, don't you think that we should work together to kill our father?"
Klaus smirked at that and then said "Yes we should but you have other things to occupy you" he glared at Hayley who stared him back and continued "with killing the wolves and all that"
Stefan smiled at this exchange. He had caught on to something in the past couple of days he had been living in the compound and wondered 'Does Klaus even know what he is doing?'
"And don't worry about me love I have the white oak stake" Klaus smiled at her angry expression. Stefan looked at him in surprise. He had no idea that one stake had survived.
"Which stake?" He asked
"You buddy Alaric's when he tried to kill me" Klaus said.
Klaus left the room and a couple of seconds later they heard his roar. He was back within seconds and said "It is gone"
"What do you mean it is gone?" Elijah asked him astonished
"The stake Elijah, the stake is gone" Klaus said in anger and started pacing the room. Then he stopped and turned to him thinking "It is all started to make sense now. Mikael killed Marcel's army of vampires, he stole the stake and Davina brought him back but where did she get a spell so powerful?"
"Mother's grimoire" Elijah said slowly and rushed to the place where he had kept the grimoire and took a sigh of relief when he saw the book there. He flipped it open and went through it and stopped at "a resurrection spell". He read the page and then looked at Hayley and said slowly "I think she used your child's birth's incidence to draw power for the ritual"
Klaus recovered before Hayley and laughed "that clever witch. Only if she sided with us"
Hayley snapped at that and turned to him and yelled "what is wrong with you? She used your daughter's birth event to resurrect your fa… Mikael or have you forgotten that?"
Klaus stared at her for a second and then slowly said "No Hayley I have not forgotten". He then turned and left everyone in complete silence.