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Previously on HOW ORIGINAL (Chapter 21): If the dark object was worn for too long by both users, their hearts would stop permanently. Haley wants to volunteer, others disagree.
Chapter 22
Silence blankets the room for a moment.
When Hayley moves to speak Klaus interferes. "Absolutely not." He's serious, stern and unwilling to budge.
"Klaus I'm the only one who can do it-"
"No, he's right take me instead." Elijah says.
"No," she looks at the both of them, "I can do this, I'd do anything for Hope."
"As would we but-"
"Hayley, could I speak to you, privately?"
She nods and follows Klaus as if she has a choice.
They go into the hall.
He shakes his head."I won't allow you to do this, you can put on a mask, a facade for them but I know you're scared. You won't do it, I won't allow you to."
"I'm not scared."
"I can see through you. You're strong but this-"
"I think your scared." She flips it around.
"So what if I am!" He almost raises his voice. He lowers it after hearing himself. He pinches the bridge of his nose and his hands come together. "Hope just almost lost her mom, nearly two hours ago and now you want to risk your life again?"
"What if it was you? Would you let me stop you?"
"No because I'm-"
"There is no difference, Klaus! Hope will not lose me, you won't either."
"I don't even want to think about that, if Hope ever losses you how would she ever forgive me. I can't, I won't do this alone."
Hayleys taken back a bit, When he says alone he meant fatherhood, raising a child.
She lets out a breathe,"Look, even if something were to happen to me, you'd have family, Elijah, Rebekah, Kol and Marcel,even Hope and Ezra. You will not be alone."
"No."
"She won't have to forgive you, she'll know what I did was for her." A small tear comes down her face as she embraces Klaus' hands.
"It's like you told Elijah, we are her parents we know what's best for her," her hands start to slowly slide from his, "Now let me do my part." She completely drops her hands from his and goes back into the other room.
Elijah grabs her.
"Not now, we have to move besides me and Ezra are already linked, get the dark object and go."
"Precisely." Vincent says, "We don't have much time."
"What are we waiting on?"Marcel says.
Hayley lays down next to Ezra and Klaus comes over with the object.
He nods and reluctantly pulls away from the table.
She grabs his arm, halting him.
"Look,You be a good dad to our little girl, regardless if I make it out of this alive or 've always been a good to her, despite all the terrible things you've done,despite everything we've been through,you've always been an amazing dad .Promise me, that won't ever change."
With his head hung low, he nods "I promise." He has to walk away quickly, his emotions starting to get the better of him.
She genuinely smiles, and closes her eyes.
…..
When they arrive at the stadium, they are led to the center auditorium. They see Ingrid or Nerfiti sitting on a throne. She has witches, werewolves and vampires surrounding her. Including her personal bodyguard Mai.
"Well," Klaus starts it off, "We're all here, where's my daughter?"
"Where's our dead son?" She challenges him.
"I've done it, it's over. Now give me my daughter back! I will not ask again!" His patience was wearing thin.
"In due time."
The blood begins to rush in under his eyes, making them flip to a bright shade of gold.
"Ah ah ah, my men guarding your daughter have strict instructions to kill her if anything were to happen to me. Trust me, you don't want to hear how, not exactly for the faint of heart."
It takes everything Klaus has in him to calm himself down.
"So what is it. What do you want? Ezra's dead and I still don't have Hope."
She smiles. "Now that's more like it. Groveling suits you well Niklaus."
Before Klaus can say anything to ruin their chances a getting Hope back, Kol jumps in.
"Nefertiti you look beautiful." He says.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Kol Mikaelson, it's been a while." She gently sideswipes a curl behind her ear.
"Way too long, perhaps. You've aged gracefully and lovely as ever."
"Well the soul jumping spell you gave me from your mother's grimoire definitely helps."
Klaus immediately side eyes Kol.
He clears his throat and steps forward, the guards block his entry.
"May I?" He asked.
"Let him through." She orders.
He approaches her bench.
He slightly grazes her skin, and intertwines his hand in hers. "Still beautiful indeed."
"That's enough." One guard says.
"Very well then." He steps back toward his brother.
"As much as I'd love to catch up Kol, me and your brother have business to attend too."
"Perhaps another time then?"
"In this body or the next." She sweetly smiles.
She turns her attention back to Klaus, "As for you, I'll ask again wheres our son?"
"About two miles north in the forest. You won't see him, not until I see Hope."
She takes a moment to think, "I suggest that's only fair."
She snaps twice., "Bring her."
Hope is brought out with metal clamps on her wrist and feet, she can barely keep up with the jailor.
When she see's Klaus her eye's light up.
"Dad!" She screams, fearfully. She tries to run to him but when she does the jailor yanks her back into place, making her fall to the concrete.
Klaus is already half way across the room. When he takes one step, her bodyguards take five.
He gets on a lower level to where Hope is. "It's going to be okay sweetheart, daddy promises."
He stands again.
"You don't have to chain her up like 's unnecessary. She'll do you no harm." His voice is shakey.
"MMMMMmmm, it's oh so satisfying."She smiles and stands, then walks over in front of Klaus, " The great Klaus Mikaelson bowing and groveling before me just to save his daughter," she smiles, "It's pathetic." The smile fades and menacingly pulls into a thin line.
"How so, you're telling me you wouldn't you do the same. For your child?"
"No." She shrugs. "You didn't give me much of a choice did you? I have no family." She walks over to Hope and looks up at Klaus. "You slaughtered them all."
"Hope it's not true, don't listen to her, she's lying." He says.
"No it's the truth."Ingrid grabs Hope's face to make her look at Klaus. "Hear that sweetie, your fathers a murderer. A cold blooded killer."
"Stop it." Klaus begs.
She ignores him,continuing," He killed my entire family member one by one. All drained of blood. That's who your father is."
"You're lying." Hope Confidently says, she looks toward her father.
"Is that so?" Ingrid says, she walks to Klaus again.
"I may have lied about Ezra being my biological son, about my identity but this is true. My family was butchered at the very hands of your father. Not just my family plenty of others too. Hes daggered your aunt, uncles. He's even killed his own mother. Still think I'm lying?"
Hope hangs her head down, a frown beginning to form.
"Your fathers speechless. He know's it's the truth. Now ask yourself Hope. Even at your young age,answer this for me? What type of person kills his own mother? Ding ding ding, the answer is your father. A monster."
He slightly hangs his head down,"You have anything else useless you want to tell her?" He says.
"Useless? I call it facts. Things she needs to know. If we are to live together in harmony and spend the rest of eternity together, we have to get to know each other."
"That wasn't part of the deal."
"It always has been. You were one move behind in our chess game."
"How so?"
"I was never going to kill Hope, I would never. I need her. You though. You and your siblings are quite expendable. I thought I made that clear when Elijah killed Hayley."
Hope's eyes are on Klaus, her eyes begin to water.
Ingrid cracks a cocky grin, "It all depends on where your loyalty lies Klaus."
"So let's hear it what's your plan?"
"Move to Egypt with me. All of you. There Hope can learn everything she needs too. She can excel at magic there."
Klaus chuckles. "And I am to assume you won't be doing this from the kindness of your own heart. What's in it for you?"
"Nothing more for her than to live a happy long life. And bear many, many children."
"Not -"
"Hear me out on this, she'll be with you. You'll never have to leave her side. We can be together, a family. She won't bear the burden until she becomes of age."
"What are you creating? An army?"
"Think about Klaus, hundreds of hybrid soldiers, slaves. The original vampires and one of the oldest and most skilled covens this world has ever known. We'll be unstoppable, kings and queens of the supernatural realm. Mortals and immortals will fear us. Tremble in the very wake of our name."
He slowly nods, taking it all in.
Klaus looks at Hope and then back to Ingrid.
"There was once a time in my life where I would jump the chance for that. Power, Royalty, my name to be written on the wall all throughout history, in every land," He looks at Hope again, "but I was wrong. Family is power, It's all I need and you nor you lackeys, Ingrid will never be apart of my family. Not for as long as I my dead body."
Ingrid's mouth pulls into a thin line, "That can be arranged." With the flick of her wrist she throws Klaus up against the wall.
"Kill them all." She orders her men, "Spare no one."
"No!" Hope screams, "Dad!"
Ingrid takes Hope away, leaving her men to fight Kol and Klaus.
"Hope!" Klaus screams.
It was time to get to work.
Klaus pulls out two hearts of the werewolfs standing in front of him.
He was making his way to Ingrid and Hope.
Elijah and Vincent come in joining, ready to help out with the battle.
Klaus begins to run to the doors. Right until Mai puts a spell on him. Constricting him from moving.
"Hope!"
He feels it being lifted as Hayley comes in jumping on Mai. She sinks her teeth deep into him and jumps off, running over to Klaus.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yes."
"Where's Hope?"
"Ingrid took her."
"Come on."
She pulls him to his feet and they're out the door.
"Which way?" Hayley asked.
"Left," they continue to run.
"I see Kol's plan worked."
"It was a longshot but it worked."
They find Ingrid on a boating dock towards the back of the facility.
"Don't take another step if you do, I'll kill her, I swear. If she can't die I'll torture her, whatever It takes." Ingrid shakingly holds a blade to Hope's neck.
"Give it up you lost. Now give me my daughter back." Klaus says.
When Ingrid see's Hayley she's surprised.
"Don't look so surprised Ingrid. No I'm not dead. Very well and alive thank you. Your linking spell between me and Ezra gave us exactly what we needed."
"I'm not dead either Mother, thanks for your concern." Ezra comes into the picture.
"Ezra, my sweet baby boy, kill them and you and I-." Ingrid says.
"No. I hope you burn in hell." Ezra cuts her off.
"It's done. You're done."
"Not quite yet. If I'm dying she's going with me." She starts to chant a spell, hoping to link her too Hope.
Ingrid's blade lightly touches hopes neck and a drop of blood spills.
Hope sucks her teeth. "Aaahhhh."
Klaus and Hayleys eyes light up in unison.
Blood slowly begins to drip for Ingrid's neck and she smiles, "Me and the child, we're linked. You can't hurt me, not without hurting her." She wipes the blood and makes them look at it on her hands.
She lets go of Hope and Hayley grabs her up.
"You can't touch me Klaus. Once I'm far enough away, I'll dispel the link. I promise."
Hayley still wants Ingrid's head but Klaus side eyes her, warning her to let her go. As long as they had Hope back, that's all that mattered.
Ingrid begins to slowly walk away until a sharp pain in her gut brings her to her knees. A few deep breathes come from her lips. She looks down as the blood begins to seep through her blouse.
She looks at Hope and back to herself.
"My linking spell…" She was confused.
"Oh you're linked alright, just not to my daughter." Klaus tells her.
"How, who?"
"I linked you two." Freya says, she points to a breathless Mai. "It was easy."
"And I slipped this little trinket onto you when you weren't looking." Kol says. He holds up Mai's wrist. He was wearing the dual dark object Hayley and Ezra once wore. Ingrid now wore the other. "You really have aged beautifully, after this it's no more body jumping for you."
Ingrid looks at her wrist.
"When you touched me earlier."
Kol nods.
Hayley turns to Marcel, "Can you take Hope to the car? I don't want her to see this."
"Ofcourse."
Marcel picks her up and leaves.
"What to do with you now." Hayley says to Ingrid.
"Please don't, I'm begging you. I'll do anything."
She was still on her knees.
Klaus walks over and gently caresses her face. He sideswipes that same curl.
"Your begging was well worth the wait. Perhaps queen doesn't fit you. Groveling suits you more."
"Please Klaus don't kill me."
"Shhh shhh shhh," he calms her, and caresses her chin,"I promise I won't….", he sucks his teeth three times, "although I can't say the same for Hayley."
"I'm done with her. Let the river carry you."
Hayley kicks Mai into the river bank and Ingrid immediately starts to gasp for air. She gurgles and chokes as water and bubbles erupt from her insides. Klaus is the last thing she sees before he eventually kicks her in too.
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