"Come on," Aaron smiled as he pushed Rosalie against a wall and kissed her. "Tell me how to kill your father."
"No, I'm not gonna tell you how to kill my father, you idiot!" Rosalie replied. "I don't want him dead."
"So that must mean you don't like me then," Aaron replied. "You're not even gonna help me avenge my mother."
"Of course I like you," Rosalie replied. "Just cause I won't tell you how to kill my father doesn't mean you can't go after him and try and hurt him. It won't last forever, of course, but if you do a good job, he'll probably respect you much more than he does now."
"Oh, I don't give a damn about having your father's respect," Aaron said resolutely. "I just want to see him hurt. Oh, and one more thing: don't ever bring anyone over to your mother's to try and fix me. I don't wanna be fixed. I'm fine."
"Okay, okay!" Rosalie backed away a little. "Sheesh."
"Good," Aaron replied. "I'm glad we understand each other." He paused. "So…when will you take me to your father's?"
"You won't shut up about it unless I do, right?" Rosalie asked.
"Good for you that you realize that," Aaron responded.
Rosalie stared at him for a little bit, being of two minds: one, she didn't want to take him because she knew that even though he was a vampire now, her father could still hurt him or kill him, and two, he was so crazy now that whatever her father did wouldn't faze him and he probably would get a few licks in himself, and that would probably make him feel better.
"Fine," she said at last. "We'll go see my father. "I'll even let you get in a fight with him. But it stops when you draw blood, all right? Cause you can't kill him, but he can still kill you, even if you are a vampire. You don't have a death wish, do you?"
"Fine," Aaron sighed. "We'll go until I draw blood, then we can leave."
"Good," Rosalie said.
"Well, look who's here again?" Klaus remarked as Rosalie entered with Aaron. "Come to shoot me again? If you do, I'm kicking your ass this time."
"Actually," Aaron replied, "I have something a little different in mind. I'm a vampire now."
"Oh, yes, you're a vampire now," Klaus nodded. "My brother told me that. It doesn't increase your chances of living necessarily, but it makes you worth fighting. That's what you came for, isn't it? Some chance to prove yourself?"
"Yes," Aaron nodded. "Unless you're too afraid."
Klaus scoffed. "Afraid of someone insignificant like you? You've been a vampire for no time at all. I could squish you like a bug and it would take no effort at all."
"Well, then stop talking and do it if you can," Aaron replied.
"Can you believe he's talking to me like this?" Klaus asked Rosalie, feeling genuinely dumbfounded. "Has he lost his mind?"
"Just play along with it and let him fight you," Rosalie told her father. "He won't shut up about it until he makes you bleed."
So Klaus and Aaron began to fight. Klaus was surprised to see that Aaron had a much better grasp of his powers than he thought he had, and for his daughter's sake, let the boy land a few punches and let him think he got the upper hand. Eventually he was left with a broken nose, a black eye, and other bruises while Aaron pinned him to the floor. He only had a black eye and broken wrist, which he'd surprisingly fought his way through.
"Look at that!" He told Rosalie, his voice full of excitement. "I won!"
"So do you feel your mother is avenged now?" She asked.
"Are you sure I can't kill him?" Aaron wanted to know.
"No, you can't," Rosalie shook her head as Klaus pretended to moan in pain. "This is as good as you're gonna get."
"All right," Aaron replied and got up. "Let's go home." He headed to the car while Rosalie stayed behind for a bit to talk to her father.
"Thanks for this," she said as Klaus got to his feet and she gave him a hug. "I know you probably wanted to beat him to a pulp, but I'm glad you didn't."
"You're welcome," Klaus replied. "But if he tries it again, understand that I won't hold back. Will you tell him that?"
"Yes," Rosalie promised. "I will." She headed to the car and then she and Aaron drove home. When they were inside, he took off his shirt and kissed her. "I think I deserve a reward for what I did, don't you?"
"Oh, yes," Rosalie nodded, still in the mood to humor him. She gave him a kiss and then he picked her up and carried her off to bed, slowly undressing her as she threw her arms around his neck and he nibbled on hers, licking the blood up as her legs parted and he slipped inside her.
"Any more boyfriends of yours I need to know about?" Kai asked as Victoria poked her head in the room. "And you can come in. No need to be shy and stand in the doorway."
"I know," Victoria replied. "I just brought a friend with me. I hope she can come in too. Would that be all right?"
"Sure," Kai nodded. "I don't mind meeting your friends." But then he heard a whisper outside the door and felt himself rise up into the air. As he was suspended above their heads, Victoria came in with Rebecca trailing behind her.
"This is my aunt Rebecca," Victoria told Kai. "She's the mother of the cousin you kidnapped. She'll be entertaining you today while I sit back and watch. Is that all right with you?"
"Oh, you don't have to sit and watch," Rebecca told her. "I'd be glad for your help. We can hurt him together."
"And let me guess: no telling Eli about this," Victoria said.
"Yeah," Rebecca nodded as she waved her hand and Kai fell to the floor. "Duh."
As Kai got to his feet, he told Rebecca, "You know, only Victoria's allowed to treat me that way."
"Is that so?" Rebecca asked. "And what will you do if I don't stop? What can you do? I know you can't use your powers in here. Victoria told me." Then she slapped him with brain pain.
"It figures she would give all my secrets away," Kai replied as he tried not to wince. "Vicky doesn't like to keep her mouth shut."
"'Vicky'?" Victoria repeated. "Is that supposed to be referring to me?"
"Well, yes," Kai nodded and looked at her as if she were dumb. "That's a nickname for Victoria, isn't it? And you're the only Victoria here."
"Yes I know that, Malachai," Victoria spat at him. "But why would you start calling me that now?"
"Cause I feel like it," Kai replied. "And you're not the only one to speak my full name with such venom. It's really comforting to me actually."
"Well, anything I can do to make you comfortable," Victoria told him sarcastically.
"Why did you kidnap my son?" Rebecca asked Kai.
"Cause he called me up, and if he's dumb enough to do that, he deserves it," Kai shrugged.
"He also thinks I have the hots for Luke and he got jealous," Victoria added.
"You do realize that Luke is Victoria's cousin, right?" Rebecca said to Kai. "There's no possible way she could be in love with him." Then she turned to Victoria. "Are you?"
"No, I was just screwing with Kai," Victoria replied. "I mean, I admit I've found Luke to be aesthetically pleasing, but nothing more than that."
"Good," Rebecca nodded.
"I don't enjoy being tricked," Kai told Victoria, his eyes narrowed. "If you want to screw around with me, there are other more pleasant ways of doing it then being a sneaky, underhanded bitch."
"Well, well, well," Victoria smirked. "Someone is in a bad mood. Did I hit a nerve?"
"Yes," Kai nodded, bearing his teeth as he advanced on her. "And now I'm close to hitting something else."
"Go ahead," Victoria challenged a wide grin on her lips. "You know it doesn't bother me." She then turned her attention back to Rebecca who was heading toward the door. "Sorry about what happened with Luke," she said. "Really."
"Well, it's not your fault, is it?" Rebecca asked. "You didn't ask for him to be kidnapped."
"That's true, but I still feel a little responsible," Victoria told her aunt as Rebecca knocked on the door in a way that indicated to James (who was waiting in the hallway nearby) that she was ready to go.
Once she'd left, Kai said to Victoria, "I'm glad she's gone. When other people are here, I feel so inhibited."
"What a shame," Victoria replied and jumped him, pinning him to the floor, her hand on his throat.
"What's the matter?" Kai choked out. "Still upset about your boyfriend?"
"No," Victoria shook her head. "Not anymore. Now I just wanna choke you until you can't breathe anymore."
Kai then reached up and punched her in the face so she let him go and soon he had her pinned to the floor. "Look who's on top now?" He crowed to a scowling Victoria as he stroked her face. "I think I like it."
"You would," Victoria replied. She then, to his surprise, grabbed him and pulled him down to kiss her, her hands going up to play with his hair as she wiggled underneath him in a way that made his breathing quicken.
When he finally pulled away and rolled off her, he said, "Well, that was a surprise."
"Good," Victoria replied. "I wouldn't want to be too predictable. You get no stimulation around here."
"Oh, you give me plenty of stimulation," Kai replied. "In fact, I wouldn't mind more."
"No," Victoria shook her head. "I'm not riling you up again until you sincerely apologize to me for kidnapping my cousin. It's one thing when you hurt me cause I can handle it and it's arousing for me. But to bring in other people…that's just taking it too far. Do you understand that?"
"Oh, okay fine," Kai huffed. "The next time I decide to kidnap someone, it'll be you and not some random innocent and I apologize for kidnapping your cousin, even though I really wasn't gonna hurt him."
"You were holding a broken bottle up to his face!" Victoria cried. "How is that not hurting him? Or at least showing that you were planning on it?"
"It was just a joke," Kai reasoned. "I was gonna let him go once you showed up."
"You are big fat liar," Victoria replied and gave him a slap. "And I don't think I want to talk to you anymore." She then turned away as Kai gave her a long look and sighed. He looked around and found some red and green pipe cleaner in a box in the corner (Victoria had zapped him up a box of craft materials to amuse himself with even though she was sure he wouldn't use them) and began twisting both pipe cleaners for a time and then going to tap Victoria on the shoulder.
"What do you want?" She asked without turning around. "When I said I didn't want to talk to you, I meant it. Can you just leave me alone?"
"Okay, I will," Kai replied. "But first just turned around quick. Please?"
Victoria sighed and turned around, noticing that he held what looked like a rose made out of pipe cleaners. "Did you make this for me?" She asked.
"Yes, I did," Kai replied. "I really am sorry about what I did to your cousin and you're much more fun to bother anyway because you don't scream or blubber, you fight back."
"Well thank you," Victoria replied and took the pipe cleaner flower. "I'm glad you're enjoying your craft box."
"If I had my powers, I would have made you a real one," Kai told her. "But that will have to do for now."
"It doesn't matter if it's not real," Victoria told him. "It was a very nice gesture." She then kissed him gently on the lips before zapping up a vase for her flower and removing the picture of Luke from where she'd put it so that Kai didn't have to look at it anymore.