Chapter 19 (Hey guys! Thank god for this snow day! It helped me catch up on some of my writing so enjoy! More on the way soon enough.)
"How could you possibly make that choice without consulting us first? Of all the times Niklaus." Elijah lightly places his hand on his hips.
"I could ask you and Freya the same, seeing I was held prisoner nearly two hours ago."
Elijah's sighs and turns around.
"Anyway," Klaus continues, "the boy is out of the equation, so find another way."
"Elijah you promised me," Hayley comes closer to him.
He tries to touch her and she quickly retreats. "No. You need to give me one reason and it better be good, for me not to go in there and get my daughter."
Klaus stands up next to her, "Us, Hayley. He needs to convince Us."He says as he narrows his eyes.
Elijah slowly shakes his head.
"Hayley it's a delicate situation." kol tries to intervene.
Both Klaus and Hayley glare at Kol, making him keep to himself.
"I have a plan, you two just need to wait, remain patient. Trust-"
"If the next word you say is me I swear Elijah."
"Oh don't get your hopes up love, swear it, trust me, I promise", Klaus shrugs, "All fitting to the various vernacular of the noble one."
Elijah rolls his eyes.
"So it's settled then, come on Klaus." Hayley says.
"So you two are going to just going to waltz in there with no plan of attack, nothing?" Kol asked.
"Oh we have a plan brother…. attack." Klaus bumps Elijah's shoulder on the way out.
Elijah tries to reach Hayley , and she violently shrugs him off.
"Hayley, please listen to me."
"No. There is nothing you can say or do to prevent me from going in there."
Elijah quickly takes out the tunde blade and inserts it into Hayley.
She grabs onto him, choking and slowly falling to the ground
Klaus runs over, and looks toward his brother, beginning to question his sanity for a moment.
He tries to remove the dagger but Elijah removes Klaus' hand.
"Elijah-"
"No let her be Niklaus. I have a plan, I was saving this for you, yet surprisingly you seem to be the easier to convince of the two. I promise I will take it out but only when the time is right. When she can wake up and have her daughter again."
He almost has him for a second but Klaus doesn't buy in. "Elijah no, this isn't right."
"I'm doing what's necessary."
"It isn't' necessary shes-"
"Unstable, not rational enough to think. When it comes to Hope you two refuse to be wise."
"She just wants her daughter back." Klaus says softly.
"Everyone does Niklaus. This is why i'm working so hard. To negotiate the terms of her safe return."
"Without us. What gives you the right to take us away from our daughter's rescue. Are we not the parents?"
"Not with this petty jealousy again Niklaus."
"It isn't the petty jealousy Elijah,It's the trust!" He raises his voice, "And boundaries. It's you not trusting her parents to do what's best for her. To know what's best for her. ... How Elijah?"
"How…."
He lowers his voice. "How could you stoop this low?" He points to Hayley.
"What? To your level, it wasn't so long ago that was me and almost Rebekah ."
"And it was wrong! I've apologized for it, but you," Klaus sighs, " It's getting really hard to tell who the noble brother is."
"...There is no such thing, only those who are willing to do anything to protect the ones they love. Family above all."
"she is family Elijah. If you love her, remove the blade. She may never forgive you for this."
"She will, She has all eternity to. Soon enough the feeling will pass, as soon as Hope returns."
Klaus starts to walk away.
"Where you going?"
"To find him, find a way to convince Ezra come back, it's time to end this."
"I'll come with you." Kol says.
"No, I don't need you. Please stay here and make sure our older brother doesn't foolishly mess things up even further." Klaus takes off.
"Kol." Elijah says.
He nods.
"Find that boy and please do hurry, preferably before Niklaus."
Klaus begins to search the Bayou.
"Ezra!"
He lightly moves the branches and bushes in his way.
He yells his name again, this time using his nose to sniff and his ears to hear.
"I just want to talk."
He could be miles away by now, Klaus thought. That's what he would have done.
He turns to the right, just as his nostrils start to pick up a scent.
"Marcel?"
He's directly behind him when he turns around.
"What are you doing here?"
"Same as you."
"I thought you were with Elijah back there?"
"I took off."
"For."
"Klaus I need to show you something."
He leads him away to a small trailer, right in the middle of the Bayou.
When he enters he spots Cami and surprisingly Ezra.
"What are you doing here?"
"It's okay I've got this Ezra."
Klaus waits for an explanation.
"Ingrid wants Ezra dead."
"Why?"
"I don't know yet." Marcel answers.
"Maybe she's tying up loose ends,she's got what she wanted." Ezra says.
"What does she give us in return?"
They're all silent.
"Hope? A life for a life." Klaus answers his own question.
"I couldn't let that happen." Marcel adds, "so I went to someone I thought could help."
Klaus looks at Cami.
"I have some dark objects that might be able to help."
Klaus nods. "And Elijah?"
"He knows."
Klaus closes his eyes for a moment. "Where are the dark objects,I'll get them."
"The church attic, hurry."
Without another word Klaus was gone.
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He's caught of guard, while exiting the trailer. The right hook in the jaw came quick.
He slowly gets up as the person comes in full view.
"Kol."
"Guess the hybrids out of the bag I see." He chuckles.
"You're not killing him." Klaus sternly says. "You hear me Elijah! Leave him be!"
"He can't hear you. Though it was Elijah's brilliant plan."
"To cooperate with the very women who took Hope from me?"
"Don't make this harder than it has to be. You barely know him. I'll make it quick I swear."
"They don't have to move an inch. Ingrid can wait."
"No Niklaus. She really can't. The deals only on the table for another five hours. So choose wisely. Or don't. Elijah was right. Can't send a cop to investigate his family's murder. You and Hayley are too close to be rational. Now give me the child."
"No."
"Suit yourselves then. I'll give you one hour and after that I'm coming in."
"Without in invitation?"
"I'll burn this bloody trailer park down if I have to. Unlike you I'm not willing to let my niece die for a science experiment ."
Klaus lunges forward towards Kol.