….last part of First Step….

Hearing her voice over the phone Klaus turned with the class of bourbon in his glass and stared at Elijah.

Elijah looked at Klaus thoughtfully and then said to Cami "Okay but be careful. She is a very powerful witch"

Klaus said to Elijah who was looking a little concerned "she is a brave bartender. She can take care of herself"

Elijah nodded and went to his desk.

Klaus looked at Elijah and opened his mouth to say something but then he closed it and was about to turn when he heard him "what is it Niklaus?"

Klaus smiled and asked "how did you figure?"

"I am after all your brother. I know you very well" Elijah leaned back against the back of his chair and said

Klaus walked towards the desk and sat on the chair opposite him and leaned against the back of the chair and said "what you said to me about the other day …."

When Elijah didn't say anything he said in annoyance "about Hayley and me…"

Elijah smiled and said "I know. Please continue"

"You know I cannot go through it?" Klaus asked with apprehension in his voice

"and why is that?" Elijah asked calmly

"Because she will never be happy with me" Klaus said with frustration

He was expecting this question from his brother; a brother who cannot comprehend that he can be loved or keep anyone happy. He interlocked his fingers and looked at his brother over his hands and said "But she is"

When Klaus just looks at him he leans forward and says "well she is. I have not seen her happier then what she is right now"

"Because of Hope" Klaus said

"Because of Hope and YOU" Elijah said

"What if she leaves me?" Klaus asked "I will lose Hope too"

Elijah knew about his brother's fear but Klaus had not spoken of his fears for a long time now so it took him by surprise a bit. He said "First of all she will not leave you and second of all Hayley will never do something that cruel to you"

"Who will not do anything cruel to whom? if we are talking about Nik then don't be too sure. He has made many enemies a few being in our own home right Rebebak" Kol said while walking towards them and winking at Rebekah who was following Kol.

Kol continued sarcastically with a smile on his face "Ahh the good old days when we all tried our best to kill Nik"

He then turned to Klaus and said "Jokes aside. What are we doing about Lenore?"

Klaus cleared his head and said "Cami is getting her blood. Kaleb will be able to break the immortality spell"

"Okay I am off. If you need me call me" Kol said and before anyone could say anything he left the room.

He went straight to her room.

Hayley was coming out when she bumped into him.

Kol put a hand on her mouth before she could say anything and then whooshed her out of the compound with Hope in her arm.

The moment they were out he let go of her. Hayley looked around and asked her curiously "what is going on?"

"Did he ask you?" Kol asked her excitedly

Hayley smiled and handed Hope to his outstretched arms and said "yes. You were right"

"I told you" Kol said excitedly and then he suddenly became serious and asked her "you said yes right?"

"Of course. Why wouldn't I?" Hayley said offensively.

He suddenly hugged her and then wrapping her in one arm hug they walked into the compound.

"I am off to Davina" He handed her Hope "don't tell them. Nik will get on my case again"

"You honestly think that he does not know about you and Davina" Hayley smiled at Hope and asked him

"Of course he knows but as long as he has not said anything to me I am perfectly fine in denial"

Kol said laughing and then he kissed Hope and said "Bye sweetie and dont get into trouble today"

Hayley walked into the sitting room to hear Rebekah and Klaus talking.

He said to her "Yes she will do it" Klaus said "and once we get the blood we will kill her"

Hayley chided him "Klaus"

Elijah smiled at her and then looked down at the papers in his hand.

Klaus looked at Hope and said to Hayley with a smile on his face "the sooner she get familiarized with this word the better. Don't you think so?"

"What I think is that you need to be careful about your vocabulary in front of her" Hayley said with a little annoyance

She put Hope down on the floor. As soon as her bottom touched the ancient beautiful rug she tried to get up and then started walking towards him on her shaky legs.

Rebekah put her hand on her mouth to step the squeal so that Hope does not get scared.

Elijah looked up from his paper at the sudden quiet in the room and a slow smile started to appear on his face when he saw his niece took two steps and fell into her father's outstretched arms.

Rebekah took Hope from his arms and squealed with happiness. She planted a couple of kisses on Hope's neck, torso and face making her giggle and asked in general "when did she start walking?"

"The first day when she was sick" Hayley said and smiled at the memory.

Klaus said to her "Cami is trying to get Lenore's blood and then Kaleb has an idea t her"

Kaleb was pacing in the bayou and then he took out his cell and called his aunt. He said on hearing her voice "Hello aunt Missouri how are you?"

He smiled when he heard her excited voice "Kaleb my favorite nephew. You still in New Orleans?"

"Yes I am and I wanted to ask you something that is connected with her. Can you help me?" He said to her

"Tell me and I can try. We have to protect that child at any cost" Missouri said

He asked her "Is there any way of dealing with immortality spell?"

Missouri said after a couple of seconds "Well immortality spells are normally based on when people connect them with something and as long as that thing is safe, they remain alive. That is why it is hard actually impossible to deal with immortality spells because finding that thing is like looking for a needle in the haystack"

Kaleb was about to say something when she asked "is it Lenore? Has she done it on herself?"

"Yes. We are trying to figure out how to deal with her without actually having to kill her" Kaleb said

Missouri laughed and said "yes your aunt will not be too happy to hear that you killed her daughter"

"Tell me about it. She is being so immature about all of this" Kaleb said with frustration

"Do they know about your connection to her?" Missouri asked

"Not yet but I think their reaction will not be good when they find out" Kaleb said "I just wish I could tell them"

"Well you cannot. You know what is at stake here" Missouri said sternly "If you tell them that your own cousin is trying to kill the very baby you are trying to protect they will never trust you and you have to stay there for that baby. Remember no evil should touch her"

Kaleb sighed and said "yes I know Aunt Missouri. Okay thanks I will think of something"

Hayley looked over at Elijah and asked him "what are you doing?"

Elijah said without looking at her "Looking through mother's grimoire to see if I can find anything about immortality spells"

Hayley got up and went to him

Klaus was looking at Hayley and Elijah when he got a call from Kaleb. He picked it up and asked him "found anything?"

Kaleb said "Yes but you are not going to like it"

Klaus said with annoyance "whatever it is, it is something so tell"

He says to him "So we don't need her blood. I talked to my aunt and she said that we need to find the thing or a person with whom she had linked her life too. Now I think she has done it with a thing because people can die. We just need to find that thing"

Klaus stared into the cell phone and said "are you out of your damn mind? How can we find that thing?"

Elijah said "Got it"

Klaus looked at Elijah and then said to Kaleb "Come. I think Elijah has found something"

He then cut Kaleb off by turning the phone off. He went to Elijah who is reading the page.

Kaleb went to Jackson who was talking to the pack about the coming full moon and said to him softly so that no one can hear him "I am going to the compound. They have found out something"

Elijah picked up the phone and called Cami. He said to her "Camille you don't need to get the blood. We have found another way"

"Oh that is great then" Cami said

After putting the cell down Elijah leaned back and smiled at his siblings.

Hayley said "I will put Hope for her nap and come down"

She took sleeping Hope from Rebekah's arm and went to her room.

Kaleb reached the compound and went straight to the sitting area.

Elijah said to her after greeting him "So here is the spell" He gave Kaleb the grimoire

Kaleb sat on the sofa and started to read it. He looked up after a couple of minutes and said "This is to find out what she has linked herself to. As per this spell we need her information"

Klaus got up and went to the bar to pour himself a drink and said "Which should not be hard for you. You are a witch and you can get the information about her"

Kaleb looked at him thinking 'should he tell him or not' when he saw Hayley entering the room. Seeing them all looking at him with expectation he decided not to tell them thinking how far he has come in gaining their confidence and he didn't want to lose it.

"That I can do" Kaleb said and then even though he knew Lenore he didn't want to miss anything so he asked Elijah "Do you still have that bracelet that she built for Cami?" Kaleb said

"Yes" Elijah said and then opened his desk drawer and took out the bracelet. Kaleb took the bracelet and then picked up an empty paper and pen. He sat down there and started chanting in Latin over the bracelet. He kept on writing down notes on the sheet of paper. After a couple of minutes he was done. He looked up at them and said "Done"

Hayley asked "Are we planning to kill her after the immortality spell is broken?"

"No love. We will let her live so that she can kill her at any time" Klaus said sarcastically

Hayley looked at him with annoyance and said "I just want to know the end plan. You don't have to be mean about it"

"Of course I don't" Klaus said with a smirk.

She opened her mouth to say something when said again .

"So here it is. Now let me see that spell" He said and went to grimoire and then sat on the sofa and while closing his eyes he started chanting. All of them looked at him without interrupting him. He looked up after a good 10 minutes and said "I found it. Now we need Cami for that. She has boundary spell on from all of us and cami is the only human who can get inside her apartment. I don't see her perceiving Cami as a threat so she might not have put a boundary spell for her.

Klaus nodded and then he got up. "I will go with you"

"You don't have to come with me. I will stop by at cami's and tell her what to do" Kaleb said and then without waiting for a response he left.

Cami was serving drinks when she saw him enter the bar. She smiled at him and when he came close to her she said "you are here because of what Elijah said earlier"

When Kaleb looked confused she said in a whisper "about Lenore"

Kaleb smiled and said "yes so can we talk" He looked around at the half filled bar.

Cami said to him "In 30 min"

Kaleb nodded and went to sit in an empty booth.

He was thinking about how to handle the situation when someone put a drink in front of him. He looked up and smiled at Cami. She smiled back and then left.

He was lost in his thoughts and then suddenly he heard her say "so what are we going to do?"

"Let's go to her apartment and I will show you" Kaleb said.

They reached her apartment. He knew that she was not there so he picked her lock and then gave path for Cami to enter the apartment. When Cami stepped in, he took a sigh of relief. He said to her "So look for a star shaped paper weight. It will be blue and red in color"

He leaned against the door listening to Cami while she searched the apartment and then to his inner joy he heard her "I found it"

Cami came out with the star in her hand and gave it to Kaleb. He smiled at her and then Kaleb said an enchantment and they both left the apartment.

Cami asked him "what was that for?"

Kaleb said "to remove any traces that anyone has been in the apartment"

He dropped Cami at the bar again and then called Klaus to meet him at the bar.

Klaus looked at the caller ID and picked up the phone. Before he could say anything he heard Kaleb's voice "I have got it. You want to meet me at Rouseaus?"

Klaus was up before he answered him "I am coming over right now"

Cami looked up and saw Klaus entering the bar. She nodded at him and pointed at Kaleb talking to a pretty brunette.

Kaleb suddenly looked up and saw him standing near the door. He excused himself from the girl and walked to him. They both walked out. Kaleb showed him the star and said "shall we?"

Klaus knocked on Lenore's apartment door and stood back. When the door opened he said to her sarcastically "I hope you had a good day because it is about to go south now"

Lenore stared at him and then at Kaleb. She said to him "and how will that happen?"

Klaus smiled and showed her the star. He felt a wave of satisfaction when her expressions became shocked and she immediately went to the room.

Klaus and Kaleb exchanged knowing glances. They turned towards her as she came back.

She said to them aggressively "If you manage to kill me someone else will replace my spot. There will always be someone who will try to kill her"

"And that is why we are not going to kill you" Kaleb said making Klaus groan in anger. He continued "We have a leverage now and you will make sure that no one from your coven harms that baby"

A smile spread on Klaus face hearing that.

Lenore stared at Kaleb and said "You wouldnt. You would never kill your own…."

Kaleb stopped her from completing her sentence by saying sternly "I will so don't test me. I will do anything to keep that child safe and nothing you say or do will stop me from doing that"

Lenore looked at Kaleb and Klaus and said with frustration "You think that if I leave this town you will be able to protect her. She will never be safe from me"

Klaus took a step forward but Kaleb stopped him by grabbing him by his arm and said "You can keep on trying. She has plenty of people in her life to protect her from people like you"

"and what will you do when she triggers her gene and become something that you are not able to control" Lenore asked aggressively

"I will never let that happen" Kaleb said cutting of Klaus who was about to say something.

Lenore looked at Kaleb and said "You know that is inevitable. You have seen it"

Klaus looked sideways at Kaleb and realized that Lenore has hit a nerve. He controlled the sudden surge of anger that shot in him and said to Lenore "if you are not gone by tonight I will tear you from limb to limb"

Lenore stared at Klaus and Kaleb and nodded her head.

Klaus turned and stormed out of her apartment with Kaleb walking behind him. The moment they were outside Klaus turned to Kaleb and asked him aggressively "what was she talking about Hope?"

Kaleb took a deep breath and said "Klaus I am in New Orleans for a reason and that reason is to protect Hope and I will do that"

"Have you seen any…." Klaus asked but he could complete his sentence

Kaleb said "yes there is a prophecy about her and it is my job to see that prophecy pans out the way it is supposed to and I cannot tell you anything further about it"

He then took a step to go to the car when Klaus stopped him and said "I can compel you to tell me"

Kaleb smiled and said "No you will not. We have a good relationship and you trust me. I suggest that you don't worry about future and enjoy just being a good father to her"

He then pried his arm free and went towards the car.

Klaus stood there for a moment and then he shook his head and followed him to the car. He dropped Kaleb at the bayou and went to the compound.

He said as he entered the sitting room "She will be gone by tomorrow and I have made sure that she will leave" patting the star in his pocket.

"Okay good now I can relax for at least one day" Hayley said with a sigh of relief.