Chapter 21
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Elijah immediately drops the body and grabs the phone.
"Is she okay? Is she alright?!" Elijah frantically speaks into the phone.
"Yea,she's okay, she's fine." Marcel answers.
"Let me speak to her."
"I don't think. ….. that's a good idea." He slowly says.
Klaus grabs the phone and hangs up for him.
"The last thing you'll want to do is talk to her, not now . I'll get Ezra to the church, you find Kol and meet us there."
Elijah doesn't flinch, he just stands over Ezra, hovering. His shaking hand comes up to cover his mouth and Klaus lays a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Trust that I know your thoughts Elijah but we have no time to wallow in self pity. We must move. Now."
Elijah nods and klaus grabs Ezra.
They both depart and go their separate ways.
…..
When Klaus goes to the church, he meets Marcel, Vincent and a timid Hayley.
Marcels the first to speak."Hey, thought we could use all the help we could get." Vincent steps up towards Klaus.
"Here to help."
"Thank you." Klaus gives a small smile, moving didn't mean to move so quickly but he wanted to check on Hayley. If she wasn't ready mentally, she wasn't ready at all.
"Anything for Hope." Vincent continues, " I'll burn some sage and focus my energy on Ezra, see if I can get him responsive."
Klaus nods.
He's a little reluctant to approach Hayley. He wanted to check on her but he was unsure of how she'd react. Almost dying does that to anyone, especially when it's by someone you love.
"Are you okay." He gently asked.
Her eyes flicker up to him and back towards the floor.
"I'm fine." She lies.
He doesn't ask anymore after that,even if he didn't believe her, he didn't want to aggravate her. He starts to make his way back to Ezra.
"So what's the plan?"
Her voice almost startles him.
"We wait for Ezra to wake. Then we attack."
He sits next to Hayley on the pew.
" If I have to rip Ingrid's bloody head off myself it'll be done. If I am to be damned for the rest of my eternity so be it," he stands, "but she and everyone else will know one thing, you don't come for my child," he looks towards Marcel and Ezra, " any of them."
She nods in agreement. She wouldn't say it now but was proud of him, he'd really grown.
Just then Elijah and Kol come in and everyone meets at the altar.
"How much time do we have left?" Klaus asked Elijah.
He looks at Hayley and back to Klaus. "A little under an hour."
"Okay," Vincent interrupts, "before I perform any spell. I need to know everything this witchcraft has to offer , before I get involved and I mean everything in at least thirty minutes."
Kol steps in. "Come with me mate. I'll have in done in twenty."
Klaus grabs his jacket.
"Where are you going?" Elijah asked.
"To get a dark object, Camille says it can help."
Elijah looks at Klaus and back to Hayley.
"Give her some time, see if you can help Marcel come up with anything to defeat our enemy."
….
Klaus enters camille's home but he doesn't see her.
"Camille?"
She comes around the corner with a box.
"I thought it was here somewhere."
"Do you have it?"
"Yes but then I lost it. I could've sworn I had it right here."
"What does it look like?"
"Circular, silver, almost looks like a bracelet."
Klaus looks around and finds it under a book on her desk.
"Is it this?" He grabs the item.
"That's it." She lets out a breath of air.
"What does it do?"
"Makes the user seem to be dead. No heartbeat, no pulse, nothing, you can't perform any magic on the person wearing it and it must be taken off by someone else."
"Sounds good. She'll believe Ezra to be dead, thus releasing Hope." he smiles, " Thank you Camille."
"Your welcome."
He grabs his coat and heads for the door.
"Klaus."
She says. She almost regrets it.
He turns around.
"I know you're off to save the world, your family," she looks towards the ground, "Do something dangerous. As usual," she clears her throat, "but I'd just like to let you know. I was wrong and I'm sorry. I should've never pushed you away."
He doesn't respond.
"If you don't want to be involved with me, romantically, I mean. I understand but that doesn't mean we can't be friends, colleagues."
He still stands at the door.
She remembers what Elijah said to her.
"Even if it's not in the form of a relationship I want It's worth it. Klaus you're worth it."
Hes speeds across the room and kisses her on the lips.
She willingly accepts his advances but
Before anything goes further, Klaus quickly breaks the kiss,pulling them apart.
He slowly brings his index finger up to her lips."You talk too much."
"Well," she blushes and slides some hair behind her ear, "I am a therapist."
He cracks a grin."I'd forgiven you the instant you pushed me away."
She nods and they both sweetly caress each other. Everything thing seems so perfect until reality set it.
Klaus immediately drops his hands,"I have to go."
She nods, understanding."Go get your daughter and come back to me safe."
"I will."
"Promise me."
He nods in her direction before speeding out - door.
….
Vincent hovers over Ezra with burning sage,chanting.
"What does it feel like mate?" Kol asked.
Vincent's eyes are still closed. "Expressional, yet dark. It's hard to explain, it's a mixture of the two."
"Sounds like Egypt to me. We probably aren't going to find anything else. Where's Nik?"
"Hold on." Vincent grabs Kol's arm.
"There are a few layers, if I could just."
He carefully places his hands on Ezra's head and chants.
Vincents head immediately snaps back and his body starts to shake.
Kol tries to snap him out of it but it doesn't work.
Vincent's eyes and nose begin to run with blood, he starts to speak in a different language.
"Vincent!"
He still doesn't answer.
"Vincent!"
He finally breaks loose and snap's out of it.
His breathing is heavy and he falls to the ground, shaking his head.
He seemed terrified.
"Are you okay?" Kol asked.
He shakes his head. " I … have… never.. felt….something like that...before." He points to Ezra.
"What'd you see this time?"
"A women, black hair green eyes. She felt dark. Colder than ice and like,like, " he scrambles,"death."
Kol begins to leave but Vincent grabs him again.
"Yet it was warm at the same time, maternal, almost motherly. As if the beginning and the end of your life was merged together as one.
"Are you sure?" Kol's brows pull together.
Vincent stands.
"That can't be right feels like a-"
"Reincarnation, a body jump but stronger. Like necromancy just stronger."
"We have to go, I know who it is."
"Who?"
"No time to explain we must go, now."
…..
They all meet back in the church and Klaus holds the dark object ready to go.
"Nik before we go you need to know something."
Vincent steps up. "What I felt, what I seen when I looked inside your son's head wasn't normal. Something or someone's been brought back to life. A powerful spirit."
"Elijah It's her, she's back."
"Nefertiti." Elijah says.
"Who?" Klaus asked. They had forgotten he wasn't there for that conversation.
"A powerful witch who's come back. Her spells have been banned from the land of Egypt. When she died her grimwar was ripped in half and burned, the remains were scattered amongst the desert sands of Egypt.", Kol takes it a step further,
" When she was executed her fingers were ripped from their sockets and her mouth was sewn shut. Nobody would practice that witch craft for years to come, until now, " he points to Ezra, "She's powerful Nik, your new son is evidence of that."
He nods. Klaus didn't understand everything that was being said but it hadn't derailed him from his plans. They were still getting his daughter back tonight.
Then his phone rings. If one more thing interrupted them.
It was Cami.
"Hello."
"I promise I'll make this fast"
"Sure go on."
"It's something I didn't tell you about that dark object or should I say object's. The bracelet is split into two. It's a dual dark object. The user has one and another person."
"Okay."
"In order for this to work the two must be linked already."
"Sounds easy enough."
"One more thing….. if you use this object it can end bad."
"How so."
"If worn for too long by both users your heart could stop….. permanently."