Hayley laid on her bed for a couple of hours tossing and turning thinking about the events of last few weeks. She missed her so much. She had never thought that she will miss anyone as much as she was missing her. If only she could find out how she was but there was no way of finding out where she was – well except may be Klaus. Would he know and if he knew would he tell her? Hayley's mind was becoming really crowded with all of these thought and eventually she managed to get a shut eye only to be woken up by that terrible dream again.

"Someone had his sliced wrist near her lips and the warm liquid was touching her lips. She tried to open her eyes and look at her saviors face but it was a blank. She closed her eyes again in frustration. She heard him say "… I will rip it out myself" and then she heard some commotion and his desperate voice following it "I wouldn't lose it". She wanted to scream "save my baby" but the words were not coming out of her mouth. She opened her eyes with difficulty and looked towards the sound and gasped when she saw the anguished face and her eyes flew open"

Hayley wiped the tears on her cheek and whispered "Klaus"

She got out of the bed quickly and went to the door. She wanted to talk to him but then something stopped her. She looked towards the window and realized that it was still dark outside. She came back and sat on her bed again. She had suspected it was him a couple of days ago but today she saw him. The anguish on his face was just heart touching for her. His need to save their child was so strong that it didn't even bother her that he was willing to go through her to save the baby. Hayley's heart swelled at those emotions. She had seen something in Klaus today that she had never seen before. She had come to realize in these past nine months that he cared about the baby but that was not care that she had just seen. It was love for his unborn baby. How difficult must it have been to send her away! They both were in the same boat and they both have been ignoring each other, ignoring each other's pain and loss.

She got under the covers again and tried to go to sleep hoping that she will not dream again.

Klaus couldn't sleep the whole night. He needed to do something about Francesca and the stones before the full moon. He could ask Elijah's help but then he would have to explain it to Elijah and he was not in a sharing kind of mood. Stefan on the other hand could be useful but now solution to his own issue was forming shape too. He got up, changed and left the compound. He went to Marcel's who was as expected up and having a party in this new place.

Marcel looked up laughing at what Josh was saying and saw him standing there. He walked up to him and said "Klaus long time my friend. Come and enjoy"

Klaus walked into the room with almost 20 vampires dancing and laughing. He remember the parties when they first move to New Orleans. It seemed like ages now. He was led to the liquor which he pour and gulped down.

Klaus looked at Marcel and said "I need your help to get the rest of the stones from Francesca"

"Anything for you mate" Marcel said sipping his scotch "but right now come and enjoy the party with my new sires"

Klaus sat on the chair and sipped his drink while scanning the room, seeing Marcel mingle with his new army. It looked so homey and friendly. He thought about the parties Marcel had when he had first moved to New Orleans. Marcel had a knack of inspiring loyalty from his people which he had yet to master but does he want that or is he looking for loyalty from a particular set of people? He thought in frustration. Would it all have happened if he had left Marcel alone to rule New Orleans? Was Elijah right that everything happened because of him?

Marcel looked in his direction while talking to Josh and saw him lost in his thoughts. He walked over to him and sat next to him. They sat their quietly for a while and then Klaus asked him "Do you think that they took her away from us because of what I have done?"

Marcel looked at him in surprise and realized what he was talking about. He said "well you haven't done anything to Gurrea wolves so I don't think so"

"Gurrea wolves?" Klaus asked in surprise

"Didn't they kill your daughter?" marcel asked

Klaus suddenly remembered their cover story and he nodded and said angrily "Yes they did and that I why I want to make them weak, suffer, lose all the power for which they did all of this" and then it hit him 'if he had not pursued the stones or trusted Francesca none of this would have happened'. That realization made his guilt over not protecting Hayley double. He sat there drinking one drink after another until the sun was about to came up and Marcel started to round up his vampires. Klaus got up and stumbled but he regained his composure. Marcel walked to him as he saw him leaving and said "when you want my help call me" He then turned to his vampires to finish the rounding off.

Klaus walked into the compound totally drunk. He was walking up the stairs when he heard Elijah calling him "Niklaus"

Klaus turned towards him and stumbled a bit and asked "what is it brother? I thought curfew time got lifted up when I became a hybrid"

Elijah walked up to him and said "I want to talk to you about Hayley"

Klaus said in slurry voice "I don't want to talk about her"

He turned and walked up the stairs. Elijah whooshed up and stood in his path. Klaus sighed and then said "brother if you don't want to fight with me then get out of my way". He pushed Elijah out of the way and continued up.

"Niklaus" Elijah called him and as usual that name did make him stop and turn. "What Elijah?" he shouted "I don't want to talk about it. You have an issue with it then you solve it. I am not responsible for her" He said and then turned when he bumped into Hayley

Hayley stopped right in her track when she heard him "… responsibility for her" and then Klaus bumped into her. He lost balance. She put her hand on his arm to steady him. From the smell of his breath she could see that he was totally drunk. Looking at him in this state reminded her of her nightmare and the thoughts that she had been having the night before.

Klaus steadied himself and looked up into her eyes which had not been slept in. He freed himself from her grasp with a jerk and turned to leave when he heard her "Klaus I want to talk to you about something"

Klaus stopped and started laughing. He turned still laughing and said drunkenly pointing at them "You two want to talk to ME. I wonder what that could me. Hmmm…" he did fake thinking acting and then said "guess what I am not interested right now". He turned and left them standing there gaping at him.

Elijah climbed up the stairs to her still rooted at the spot and asked her "what did you want to talk to him about?"

"Apparently nothing important" Hayley snapped in anger.

"Hmm. I was thinking we need to devise a plan to take down our father" Elijah said thinking

"You guys have the stake now so what is stopping you" Stefan said walking towards them.

"Yes we do but to use it against him we need a plan" Elijah said

Stefan nodded and then walked towards his room. Elijah asked him "where are you going?"

"To talk to him" Stefan said and left them standing there.

His room door was open so he entered and saw him face down on his bed. He said "Klaus I have been thinking about this witch who told Caroli…"

Klaus turned and cut him off by saying "Stefan can we talk about how you can kill me later. I am very drunk and very tired so leave please". He fell down again and went to sleep.

Stefan walked out of his room and saw them standing there holding each other's hands.

Hayley quickly let go of his hand when she saw Stefan and blushed.

Stefan tried to hide a smile and then said "He is not in a mood right now. May be some other time"

He then went to his room.

Caroline was pacing up and down in the room with anxiety. She turned towards him as he entered and said "we have a problem"

"What now?" Stefan said running his fingers through his hair. He looked over at Elena who was lying on his bed.

"I talked to Lenore". On the confused look on Stefan face she said impatiently "Bonnie's distinct cousin I told you about. Well in any case as per her it is not Klaus they want dead. It was his bloodline and now that I know that he had a …"

Stefan spun towards her and said in shock "Caroline"

"I know and the problem is that she is dead" Elena said cruelly from the bed.

Stefan looked from Caroline to Elena and said in a disappointing voice "I don't believe it. We are talking about a baby here"

His words brought a blush on Caroline's face but Elena got up angrily and said "You do want your brother back right?"

Stefan looked into her angry eyes and said "yes I want him back but not like this and secondly his daughter is already dead so there is no discussing it further. I am sure Damon wouldn't want to come back this way" He then turned to Caroline and said "I cannot believe that you would even think about it"

He left the room before anyone of them could say anything. He went to Rouseau's and asked for a drink from Cami. While drinking his drink he kept on thinking about what Elena and Caroline were thinking. He wanted to get Damon back as badly as them but what they were thinking of doing he wouldn't go there. He thought about the change in Elena ever since she had become a vampire and shook his head in sadness. That was the reason he hated being a vampire. You start to lose your humanity. He startled from his thoughts when he heard Cami asking him "Come to earth Stefan"

He looked up and smiled at her. She asked him "Did you have any luck with him?"

"No I didn't and I don't think it will happen any time soon but you should not give up" Stefan said drinking his scotch.

Suddenly cami looked towards the door and said with a smile "Kaleb right?"

Kaleb walked in and sat next to Stefan and said "You are the 'man who could kill me' friend"

Stefan got confused for a second and then said "You mean Klaus. Yes I am"

He suddenly remember Kaleb's reaction when Klaus's name was mentioned

"How do you know Klaus?" Stefan asked him after a couple of minutes

He saw surprise on Kaleb's face and smiled. Kaleb was quiet for a while and then said "His child. She is supposed to be something really powerful and my family is really invested in her wellbeing"

"Well I am afraid to break it to you but she died" Stefan said while sipping his drink

"What?" Kaleb asked in shock

"Yes she died couple of hours after her birth" Stefan said. He looked at Kaleb in shock when he saw him get up, take out his cell and left the bar without stopping even when Cami called him "hey you have to pay here"

Stefan smiled at Cami and said "sorry I think I spooked him somehow"

He paid for his and Kaleb's drink and started walking to the compound to tell Klaus about this newly found information.