Klaus didn't know when he fell asleep in that position.

"he was walking in the woods when he heard a sound. He stopped and looked around. Then he heard it again. He walked towards the sound trying to figure out what it was. And then he heard it clear as a day "daddy help me". He sprinted to the sound and stopped as he saw a small girl with wavy brown hair and brown eyes. He felts his lips move "Hope".

"Daddy I want to come home" the girl said with tears falling down her cheeks

He walked towards her when suddenly she looked behind and screamed. He looked over her shoulder and saw to his horror her father standing there with the white oak stake in his hand. He lunged forward and tried to hug her but suddenly she vanished and Mikael started laughing"

Klaus opened his eyes and stared at the cover of the bed on which he was lying.

"Klaus" he turned towards the door where Hayley was standing.

Hayley walked towards her room when she stopped and turned and walked towards him room. The door to his room is wide open so she stood there on the threshold and saw that the he was sleeping on his bed. Hayley was about to retreat when she saw his eyes open. She called him "Klaus"

Klaus laid there for a second and then turned to her voice and looked at her absentmindedly. She walked inside and stopped a couple of feet away from him. He suddenly realized that she had caught him in his most vulnerable moment. He got up and suddenly remembering the nightmare he just had he went to the walking closet to check on the stake leaving Hayley bewildered. He came back in a minute.

Hayley looked into his eyes and saw the shadow of sleeplessness in them. She said "Klaus I wanted to talk…" she stopped as she realized that something was wrong. She asked him "what is it?"

Klaus looked at her and said "Nothing. I just…" he couldn't finish his sentence and tried to shake the nightmare out of his mind. He asked her "What were you saying?"

Hayley stared at him for a second and then said "I was going to say what we are going to do now? It was just Francesca and witches first. Now it is your parents too. When are we going to get her back?"

Klaus looked at her sad expressions and said "Hayley I don't know but I can promise you soon"

"I want her back Klaus" suddenly she lost it and yelled while gripping his shirt from the front

Elijah was walking towards his room when he heard her shout. He ran to the direction of the sound and stopped right outside his room.

Klaus looked into her anguished eyes and held her wrist gently and said "I promise she will be back soon. Please be patient a little longer"

"How long? It has already been three weeks. I cannot wait any longer. I cannot sleep. I can feel her all the time, when she is hungry, when she is upset. How long? I just want her back… please I want her back" Hayley started out in a loud voice and by the end of the sentence her voice was pleading to him.

Klaus felt as if someone was squashing his heart. He let her wrist go and pulled her towards him in a hug.

Hayley felt his arm go around her neck and be pulled towards him. She let her head fall on his chest and started to cry.

Klaus could feel that she was crying by the shaking of her body. He could feel her tears on his shirt. He patted her head awkwardly and then his gaze fell on Elijah who was looking at them from the door way.

Klaus looked at him and then nodded to him.

Elijah walked in. Klaus moved Hayley away from him to transfer her into his arms but he felt a tug on his shirt from where she was still holding her.

Hayley looked up into his eyes and then sensed Elijah standing behind her. She let go of his shirt and then brushed past Elijah and went to her room.

Klaus rubbed his forehead and said to Elijah "we need to do something about our parents and I think as soon as possible"

Elijah didn't say anything for a while and then nodded and left.

Klaus touched his shirt from the front where her tears had fallen and then dropped his hand. He went to freshen himself up. He needed to be fresh to make a plan.

Hayley entered her room and closed the door behind her. She went to the washroom to freshen herself. After washing her face she just stood in front of the mirror thinking about what has just happened. Why did she have a meltdown in front of him? What he must be thinking of her? What Elijah must be thinking of her now? She was never one to have meltdowns so what was going on? Was it because of her turning a hybrid? Her emotions were heightened? But why did she go to him? And why was he so sweet to her? Then she thought that she couldn't stand there forever so she wiped her face with a towel and came. She was so lost in her thought that she didn't even hear Elijah knocking at her door.

She opened the door and walked down to the study from where she could hear voices. As she entered the room Klaus stopped talking.

Klaus looked at her for a second absorbing her sadness, frustration and tiredness and continued in frustration "… so Jackson can take the ring and we can have the ring from Jackson. It is simple Elijah why don't you understand it?"

"Because that will put Jackson in danger if Francesca ever finds out" Elijah said looking at Hayley.

"who cares about Jackson" Klaus suddenly yelled

"I care about him" Hayley said softly

Before he could stop himself words were out "You care about him more than OUR daughter?"

He didn't have to hear Elijah's stern voice "Niklaus" or Hayley turning white to realize that mistake he had made. He regretted saying those words. He looked at her and said "I am …"

Hayley recovered and said "That is okay Klaus. I want Hope back so badly but I cannot let Jackson die for it"

"Who is saying anything about dying? He just needs to get the ring. I am sure he will not be caught" Klaus said

When both of them didn't say anything Klaus said "I am going to talk to him. We have to get those rings before coming full moon"

"Why before full moon?" Stefan asked from the door way

Klaus kept quiet until Elijah said "Brother?"

Klaus laughed and said "Genevieve did a little modification to the spell on the stones. Every full moon when a Gurrea wolves use the stone not to turn they draw on to my power" He picked up the glass filled with drink and gulped it down

Hayley gasped whereas Elijah said "and you have waited until now to tell us Niklaus"

"What was the point of telling you? I thought I would get the rings by now. I am still short of four rings. If Jackson can get one stone for us then we have three more left. Less the better by full moon" Klaus said casually

"Klaus I need to talk to you about something important" Stefan said

"Okay come with me then. I am going to Jackson to persuade him to get one stone for us" Klaus was about to leave the room when Hayley stopped him and said "don't hurt him okay"

"Yes love as you wish" Klaus said sarcastically and left before she could say anything.

Elijah looked at Hayley and asked "are you feeling any better?"

"Yes I am fine. Just a bit tired" Hayley said

"You need to have a good night sleep. Are you drinking blood? That will give you energy" Elijah asked

"Yes Elijah I am" she said with exasperation.

Elijah opened his mouth to say something but then closed it and then after a couple of minutes of silence he said "Niklaus has gone to see Jackson about Francesca. We should think about how to take down our parents"

"and what about the spell Genevieve put on Klaus?" Hayley asked rubbing her forehead.

As soon as the question is out of her mouth, she looked up at Elijah thinking why did she ask about that right now.

Elijah was surprised at the question too not because it was not a valid question but it was just out of blue. He said "hmm I think I will talk to Davina about it"

"No" Hayley said sharply "I don't trust her"

Elijah stared at her for a while and then said "do you have any suggestions?"

"Sadly no. but not Davina" Hayley said firmly.

Elijah said "Okay then we have to find another witch who can undo what Genevieve has done. Right now I want to talk to her about our mother. Do you want to come?"

"Wouldn't it be easier if we get all the stones back and no one is able to use them" Hayley said without moving from her spot as if she had not listened to him.

Elijah looked at her and realized that she was not listening to him. He nodded and said "Yes that is another way of going about things. I think that is what Niklaus has been trying to do. If Jackson is able to get one stone then we will have three more to fish. One is Francesca's whereas the other two we need to locate. Finding the stones will be like finding a needle in the haystack"

Hayley said "hmm. Then we need to start looking for it or at least take Francesca's"

Elijah said while looking at her "Yes next time any one of us sees Francesca I think we need to get that stone or the ring from her"

Hayley nodded and then sat down on the couch.
Elijah said "Do you want to go to Davina's with me?"

Hayley looked at him and then nodded. She got up and left the compound with Elijah.

On the way to the bayou Stefan told Klaus about his suspicions of Kaleb and what he told him about his daughter. Klaus's heart sank when he heard that.

"What do you mean interested in her?" Klaus asked him

"I don't know but when I said that she has…well died then he really got upset and left while calling someone" Stefan said. He then continued "I get the feeling that he was a witch because I couldn't sense any vampire or werewolf on him. Definitely he is a supernatural so only one possibility is left"

"Another witch!" Klaus exclaimed angrily.

Stefan was quiet for a while and then asked "and why didn't you tell your brother about the curse put on you by that other witch"

Klaus looked at Stefan with annoyance and said "Do you not know me?"

"I know you that is why I am asking you" Stefan said without looking at him.

When he didn't hear anything from Klaus he looked at him just to see that he had no intentions of answering that question.

Klaus stopped the car and got out with Stefan following him. Stefan had not been to the bayou yet so he looked around with interest. The kids were running around. People were sitting around a fire burning in the center.

Jackson was laughing at some body's joke when someone nudged him. He looked up and spotted Klaus. He groaned and then got and went to him.

He asked him "what are you doing here and bringing strangers Klaus?"

"I have a task for you" Klaus said without answering his question.

When Jackson looked at him with raised eyebrows he said "I want you to take a ring from Francesca"

Jackson looked at him in shock and then said angrily "I told you Klaus I have no intentions of joining her"

Klaus said impatiently "I know but they don't. I need the stones and the only way I can get it is if you ask for it"

Jackson opened his mouth to object but he didn't really have any valid reason to refuse it. He started pacing thinking it through and then he nodded after a couple of minutes.

Klaus smiled and said perfect and was about to leave when he turned and said sarcastically "Don't get yourself killed. Hayley will never let go it if you die in the process" bringing a smile to Stefan's face and surprise on Jackson's face

Jackson asked "She knows your plan?"

"Of course she knows. She doesn't approved of it but she knows" Klaus said indifferently and then left without waiting for a response.