Chapter 17 ( Enjoy! As I promised Samira V.)
Elijah, Marcel and Kol approach the facility.
"You sure this is it? An abandoned stadium?"
"It has to be." Marcel answers.
"Kol you're the expert?"
"Looks about right. Guards on every exit and entrance. Most likely vampires. The ones in the circle there, in the middle are witches. Probably the ones creating the cloaking spell to mask Hope."
They hear howling, stopping them in their tracks.
"I shouldn't have to tell you what that means mates."
"Wolves."Marcel says as he looks up at the moon.
"They have too many allies. We'd get slaughtered."
"Maybe if we-"
"No. I don't want this to end badly. We'll handle this delicately. Especially with my niece in there." Elijah says.
"Which means?"
"We won't fight our way in. We'll simply just ask."
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Back at the compound
He constantly paces the room back and forth.
"Klaus just sit down,she's not letting us out of here."
"Something isn't adding up."
"You should've thought about that before you withheld valuable information from the group."
He rolls his eyes.
She was starting to get annoyed."We aren't getting out of here, so would you just sit down and wait."
"How dare you," he turns to Haley, "Especially you, let this go, letting Elijah take the 're her parent, her guardian,you know what's best for her. As do I." He's fidgety, anxious, and almost ready to snap.
He briefly cuts Hayley off.
"I should've known something was up, the way Elijah persuaded me to come in here. Gently gesturing me to have a talk with you, work things out."
"Elijah only wants what's best for you and Hope."
"Sure he does, how foolish of me to trust my own family. Let me be apart of my own daughters daring rescue. What was I thinking?"
"You really haven't given us a reason to trust you lately. Secret meetings with Marcel in the quarter. Lying to us about this whole situation. It goes both ways Klaus. If you would've told him, maybe he wouldn't have resorted to this."
"I beg to differ, logic is neither of your strong suits, always the irrational, emotional creatures for as long as I can remember," he sighs, "Besides the moment Ingrid came into our lives you knew exactly what was taking place."
He finally takes a seat and Hayley lets out a huge breath, one she didn't realize she was holding in.
"Now if you want to talk let's talk, but arguing and name calling will get us nowhere."
"What else is there to talk about? As you said,we aren't getting out of here, bound by my siblings."
"What did you and Ezra talk about? What did he say? Anything specific?"
"A little this and that, none of it matters now. Such things only one would share with a father figure."
She rolls her eyes at the cheap shot."Does any of it make sense? You believe him?"
"About as much as I believe in Elijah's ability to get Hope back."
"Seriously Klaus."
"What does it matter now. Don't you believe in Elijah's plan? He's going to bring our daughter back, safe and sound."
"I do,"
"But..."
"Look I wasn't lying when I said I'd go through anyone, or anything to get her back."
He turns to Freya.
"No."Hayley Immediately says. She'd never hurt her, Freya was like a sister. Someone she might've treated her better than Klaus did himself."
"Look Klaus if you give us something to go on maybe she'll let us out."
"Hayley", Freya says.
"Look Freya it's getting late, I need to know that everything's going to plan. They haven't checked in for hours."
Freya nods.
"I could only make out a little, small coherent bits."
The girls both continue to listen.
" He was weak and his voice was strained but he talked. He revealed his part of the plan. The details are a bit unclear. Which is precisely why something isn't adding up."
"We know that Ezra was a distraction in all this. Just a ploy to get to Hope. Did he say anything else?"
"That much he confirmed. He was taught to destroy and kill me, since birth to hate me. His main mission in life up until a couple months ago. He passed out after that."
"What changed a couple months ago?" Haley asked, "And why Hope? She's young, barely able to do magic or even turn on a full moon. She's still learning, inexperienced. If the coven of Giza wanted revenge, why not carry out their plan and just kill you?"
"Hope is still young, easy to manipulate and mold, maybe even to turn against her own family," Freya clears her throat, " I know that all too well." She adds.
"As well as Ezra. Why go through all this trouble of stealing a hybrid, if you already have one. One you claim to be superior to my daughter. If the goal was to make me suffer, they could have taken any of you." Klaus says.
"She's your weakness. As with any know you'd do anything for her, including bending your will to theirs. Ingrid kills two birds with one stone, to make you suffer whilst obtaining a young gifted protégé."
"There's more to the story, then bending my will, there has to be. From what I've seen she is correct. Ezra is far more developed than Hope. They need something, I just don't know what it is."
"We know she wants the stake, maybe Hope for the stake?"
"No, she would've just asked, the motives changed and she needs our daughter. I guess she has something that Ezra lacks."
"Who's to say they still won't be back for him?" Hayley asked.
They all hear a knock on the door.
Klaus gets up, running straight into the spelled barrier.
"I'll get that."
"Be careful Freya, me and Klaus can't protect you from in this room."
"Which is why you need to release us!"
Klaus screams before she turns the corner towards the stairs.
Seconds pass and they both hear a thud. Klaus smiles.
"Freya!" Haley yells.
She turns to Klaus, "What did you do?"
"We need to move she isn't gonna' stay down for long."
Ezra appears. He starts a chant, closing his eyes and dispelling the door.
"Thank you, you'll get what we negotiated on, soon enough."
"What exactly is that?" Haley asked.
"I'll explain the details later."
The three of them walk to the car.
"I need answers." Haley stops Ezra.
"I can give them to you on the way, but we have to move."
"Why exactly are you helping us now?" she grabs his shoulder spinning him around.
"Leave it be Hayley-"
"Because you want your daughter back, and because I'd love nothing more than to slice that wretch's throat open."
"Caring,for someone who claims to be your mother."
He chuckles,"Is that what she told you? She doesn't have a motherly bone in Her body. As soon as she didn't need me anymore she threw me to the wolves."
"When exactly did she realize that?"
"A couple months ago when the almighty Hope Mikaelson showed up on her radar."
"How ? We rarely leave home. Not too many people know about my our daughter." Klaus adds.
Hayley looks at Ezra. "I'm so stupid. Oh my gosh." She feels her stomach drop.
"What?" He asked.
"The long lost relatives Klaus. I knew I'd seen her before. Months ago when we took the trip." She starts to whimper.
"Why didn't you say something earlier?"
"I couldn't pinpoint it. I feel like an idiot this is all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself love. Ingrid is nasty little witch, you never would've stood a chance. And Mai is one of the best warlocks in the coven. If the devil had a whore, it'd be Ingrid Hayes."
"I started to dream around that time too, of a woman with dark hair lurking over a small bassinet. Maybe my conscious trying to warn me."
"Or maybe Mai just playing tricks, take it from me, this coven loves to play mind games. She knew about Hope all along."
"Why'd she go after my daughter? I know you know more than you're letting on. You can have everything I promised just tell us why." Klaus asked,changing the subject back.
Ezra turns his attention back to the road. "She noticed something special in her, something that my unnatural birth wouldn't allow me to do."
"Which is?"
"Reproduce."
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(Thanks for reading, we'll figure out how Ezra grew up and all about his childhood. We'll get a peek at the conversation that took place between him and klaus. Promise. Until next time #happyreading.)