Chapter 14(It's a long chapter, Enjoy!)
Elijah, Kol and Marcel stumble upon a very bloody scene. Long trails of blood cover the forest floor and the strong mix of copper and salt clings heavily in the air.
"They must be close." Kol says eyeing the blood.
"Agreed." Elijah stoops down to the bloody river bank, slowly running his hands through it."So tell me again Marcellus," he pulls out his handkerchief wiping the remainder of blood off, "How exactly did you manage to misplace my brother?"
" You of all people know how he gets. When he's on a warpath there's nothing stopping him."
"That nothing was supposed to be you."
Marcel sighs.
"You should've let me do it, I for one," Kol raises his index , " would still be on him, and I certainly wouldn't have so foolishly stepped on an active landmine." Kol tilts his head.
"Really Kol-?"
"And what would've that accomplished? You've been incessantly carrying on about the witches and the child, Niklaus would've left you in a worst condition than Marcel, of that I am certain."Elijah narrows his eyes.
Kol raises his hands and turns in another direction. "I'll look for them over here while you two hold hands hoping for Nik's less than likely honorable change in attitude."He smiles and disappears.
"Not really a big fan of Kol but he's right. Why send me with him instead of one of you?"
Elijah breathes out."Though it may seem odd to some, blood is not the only way to be and Niklaus share that special bond, the bond of child and father. I was hoping-"
"You thought wrong, just because we shared that bond long ago doesn't mean it has any affect on today. Look at us now Elijah, he left me on a bomb."
"And do you know why?" Elijah comes closer, " He knows it too. You are the only one who can get through to him at this time. Your very presence reminds him of a time when he cared. Killing or hurting a child would be much easier to accomplish without you as a spectator."
Marcel shakes his head.
"You and Klaus have a very complex relationship, but it's through that bond, you can understand him in ways that I nor Kol could ever."
Marcel glances up at Elijah, he's is about to speak but he's suddenly cut off by Kol.
"Trail leads this way."
Marcel nods and continues both follow Kol over a family of hills and forestland. They finally spot Klaus by an old cabin.
"Well just don't stare at him, come on mates."
"Wait." Elijah halts Kol.
"Why, I say we go down there, take it and return it back to it's mother. We'll all be saved and rid of the cursed situation."
Elijah eyes Marcel and nods.
"Letting him go again? He'll strike out, and we'll lose I'm going down there now, You two can dally on in the shadows if you like."
Before he can take a step, Elijah's hands quickly seize his neck, forcefully snapping body slowly falls to the ground.
"You know what to do", he grabs Kol's arm, "and please, preferably before Kol wakes."
Elijah disappears, dragging kol away from the scene.
Marcel takes a breath before heading down the footsteps tread lightly as he calmly approaches Klaus from behind. He takes a couple more deep breathes, he has to be calm, cool, and collective.
Klaus sits on the edge of the water, his smiles widens as his pupils travel to the corner of his eye.
"Took you long enough."
"Yeah well I could've been here faster if it wasn't for the bomb situation you left me in."
Klaus chuckles and takes a stand.
"Where is he?"
Klaus nods to the right."Go ahead why don't you, you've been dying to know." Klaus gestures for Marcel to venture into the cabin.
He see's the boy lying face down.
"Did you?"
"No, he's not dead. It's quite the opposite actually. He's alive, breathing, suffering."
Marcel briefly closes his eyes."Tunde's blade."
"Yes."
That was hard to hear, even if the kid attacked Klaus first, Tunde's blade was pain and torment. Only to be used on originals thus far, Klaus,Elijah and Mikael.
"Did he say anything before you, ya know."
"He did, that's the only reason he's still breathing."
Marcel waits for an explanation.
"When the son falls, and the heir is weak, so should the kingdom along with the queen, and mourning, the rest will cease to be recede begans.
Marcel nods.
"That is clear, it's one word I'm unclear about."
"What else is it?"
"Farewell okhiti."
"Goodbye to someone or something."
"Hopefully it means mother, because she's the next to go."
"We'll have to wake him up."
"I know."
Marcel begins to walk inside the cabin but Klaus quickly blocks the door.
"Wait. Give it a few more minutes. That'll teach him or anyone else that dare to cross me."
Marcel hangs back folding his arms.
"Did Elijah bring the pillory?"
"Yes."
"Set it up over there and bolt it to the tree. He's strong. I'll get the body."
They leave Tunde's blade inside of him, all while chaining his hands in place.
"Ready?" Marcel ask.
Klaus forcefully plunges a hand deep inside of the boy's chest retrieving the blade.
It startles Ezra, making him wake.
He breathes heavily, his head hung low.
Niklaus grabs a fistfull of hair yanking his head up right.
"I believe we haven't meet, I'll Klaus."
Ezra chuckles.
"What's so funny?
"That blade, it didn't kill me, which means you need me for something. Which also means I won't be giving it to you. Klaus is it? You're better off sticking that torture device back in me."
"Good Idea." He begins with the tip.
"Wait, Klaus hear me out on this. He knows something, it's too risky to put him back down."
"And who might you be?" Ezra asked.
"I'm the guy you're gonna' answer to."
"Because.."
"I have way more weapons than just that blade, Ezra I can make your life a living hell."
"Dark objects? Your brother may have invented them, but my coven perfected them."
"I say if he doesn't talk we bring mommy dearest here, skin her alive and shove the shredded bones and meaty carcass down your throat." He points with the blade. Marcel and Ezra both turn to Klaus and Marcel clears his throat."So you gonna' tell us."
"What?"
"What your words mean, I was about to kill you and you said something!." Klaus yells.
"Could be of importance."
"Or just utter nonsense." Klaus shrugs.
"You've been around for thousands of years. Figure it out."
"It's a homonym." They all turn to see Kol come out of the forest."
"The words sound the same but they're different."
"You must be the smart one. Kol I presume?"
"How do you know my name?" He inches closer to Ezra's face.
Marcel grabs Kol.
"Wheres Elijah?"
He shakes off Marcel, brushing his coat."Well after he snapped my neck four times I'd say he deserved much worse in return."
"Kol. What does it mean?" Klaus was growing impatient.
"When the son falls. He's giving us the time of day. As in sun."
Marcel joins in. "When the air is weak, it's less dense during the night."
"The kingdom will fall, along with it, queens kings and knights." Klaus adds in.
"In the morning the rest will cease to be known. The reseed begins. Tell us what the last words mean!" His hand clamps around Ezra's throat.
"Fine, I guess you've earned it…... Farewell," he chokes, " thy sister".
"Hope. It's almost nightfall."
"She'll be dead by sunrise, let the mourning begin."
Klaus hits him and mercilessly continues his assault.
Kol and Marcel pull him off." Klaus call Hayley now."
He calls her three times in a row. "She's not answering." He throws his phone.
"It was all a ploy you were stalling!"
"Klaus go home now, we'll take care of him.
He rushes home.
Everything is out of place, broken glass and wood cover the floor.
He spots hayley unconscious on the stairs.
"Klaus," she mumbles.
"I'm here." He pulls her head onto his lap, "What happened?"
"Hope, they took her."
"Who?"
She coughs.
"Ingrid, her body guard." Her voice is strained.
"The wolfsbane?"
"It didn't work."
"Which means."
"She isn't a wolf." Hayley says.
That wasn't Ezra's birth mother.