Niklaus led the way up the mountain in search of the wolf pack Ray had told us about. I followed close behind, unable to stray too far away because of the spell. Stefan struggled behind us carrying Ray's dead body.

When we arrived at the wolf camp l, Stefan entered it first, attracting everyone's attention. Stefan dropped Ray's body on the ground and one of the women surged forward in concern.

"Ray! Oh, my God. What's going on? Who are you?"

Uncle Nik and I stepped out of the woods to join Stefan. "The important question is who am I? Please forgive the intrusion. My name is Klaus." He informed the camp.

The woman gasped, stating at him in shock, "You're the hybrid."

Uncle Nik smiled wolfishly, "You've heard of me. Fantastic." He sat down on a fallen log and I followed suit as Uncle Nik continued to speak. "It's fascinating, actually...A werewolf who isn't beholden to the moon, a vampire who doesn't burn in the sun. A true hybrid."

Stefan moved to stand next to Niklaus while he was talking. Every member of the pack listened intently and as Niklaus finished speaking Ray woke up.

Niklaus laughed boisterously, "Excellent timing, Ray. Very dramatic."

Ray looked around terrified, "What's happening to me?"

Niklaus ignored Ray and looked at Stefan, "Stefan?"

Stefan took a step forward and declared, "Are any of you human? Your friend here needs human blood to complete his transition to vampire. If he doesn't get it, he will die."

"Doesn't take much, just a sip. Anyone? A boyfriend, a girlfriend, along for the ride?" Niklaus added. He stood up and He looked around at the group and targeted a man. "You!"

I leaned forward and propped my chin in my hands, resting my elbows on my knees with a sigh as Uncle Nik grabbed the man and bit his wrist. He tossed him to Stefan who threw him in front of Ray. A woman protested but Niklaus grabbed her by the throat strangling any sound coming from her.

Stefan taunted Ray, "If you don't drink Ray, I will. Problem is I don't know how to stop."

Uncle Nik looked at the woman he held by the throat, "It's the new order, sweetheart. You join us, or you die."

The woman glared vehemently at Niklaus, "I'd rather die than be a vampire."

"Wrong choice," growled Niklaus. He forced her to drink his blood and broke her neck. As he did this Ray drank from the man in front of him.

"She'll thank me for that later. Heh," Niklaus told the group as he grabbed her head and twisted sharply snapping her neck with ease. "Okay, who's next?" He asked the group showing his hybrid face.

I watched impassively as each wolf fell to Uncle Nik one by one. I felt ill at ease as I watched my uncles antics. I rolled my eyes at the scene, I didn't understand why he didn't just use Ray as a Guinea pig to make sure the process worked before trying to turn everyone. I supposed that he didn't really care what happened to them, maybe he still felt a little resentment towards the wolves that killed his brother, despite the fact that they were also his family.

Niklaus gave his blood to the human healing him and then he compelled him, "There. Good as new. Now you relax, okay, mate? We're gonna need you when the rest of them wake up."

All of a sudden Ray sat up, he crawled to a rock and pulled himself up. He wrapped his arms around his body and shivered.

"They're dead. They're all dead," he moaned.

Niklaus turned towards him with a broad smile, "Ah, he's through his transition. He should be feeling better soon."

Stefan snorted, "So is this your master plan? Build an army of hybrid slaves?"

Uncle Nik shook his head, "No, not slaves. Soldiers, comrades."

"For what war, might I ask?" Stefan asked.

"There's always another one coming," I retorted. "I just lived through two within 30 years' time."

Stefan eyed me strangely as Niklaus replied to Stefan in a patronizing tone, "Oh, you don't arm yourself after war has been declared, Stefan. You build your army so big that no one ever dares pick a fight."

Stefan rolled his eyes, "What makes you so sure that they'll be loyal?"

"Well, it's not difficult to be loyal when you're on the winning team. That's something you'll learn once you shake that horribly depressive chip off your shoulder," Niklaus replied.

I snorted, I was also fairly certain that the new hybrids would be sired to Niklaus. Stefan laughed weakly at Uncle Nik's words.

"That's why you're, uh...you're keeping me around? To witness my attitude adjustment?"

"You'll know why I'm keeping you around when I've decided that I want you to know," Uncle Nik replied as he sat down by Ray and examined his face.

All of a sudden Blood started running from Ray's eyes. I groaned, that was not a good sign, which meant I was probably right, Niklaus should have tested one first, something was wrong.

"Something's wrong," Uncle Nik voiced my thoughts.

"That shouldn't be happening, should it?" Stefan asked unnecessarily.

"Well, obviously," Niklaus replied coldly.

Ray started to shake and his eyes kept bleeding. I got up and approached him, I reached out with my magic to try and figure out what was going on.

"You said it was gonna feel better. Why doesn't it feel better?" Ray moaned.

"Some master race," Stefan said sarcastically.

"Lose the attitude," Niklaus growled at him. "What's wrong?" He asked me.

I frowned, "I don't know. I'm not getting any answers. I'm being blocked by someone or something. I don't know if I can breakthrough."

"Keep trying!" Niklaus barked at me, I ignored his tone knowing why he was upset.

I nodded and kept trying, I felt something pushing me back. I pushed back harder, striving for that breakthrough. My energy started flagging, I got tired a little quicker than normally would. I suspected it was because I didn't sleep as well the night before because of the memories that plagued me. I knew Niklaus wouldn't accept me quitting so I kept pushing, as I did the woman Niklaus killed first woke up.

"Derek, come feed your girlfriend," Uncle Nik called to the human man.

As Derek moved to obey Ray let out a deep snarl and jumped at me. He sank his teeth into my shoulder and ran off into the woods.

"Go get him," Uncle Nik ordered Stefan as he turns toward me in concern. After Stefan disappeared Uncle Nik bit his wrist and held it out to me. "Drink love."

I obeyed and immediately I started to feel better. The wound healed and Niklaus turned his attention to the wolves who were starting to wake up. It was soon evident that something was wrong, every wolf started having the same symptoms as Ray and ultimately they all ended up dead.

Stefan finally returned with a dead Ray slung over his shoulder, it was obvious that he had been bitten. Niklaus stared out at the carnage holding a bottle of beer.

He started to speak as Stefan dropped Ray's body on the ground. "The rest they went rabid. Some of them, I killed. The others just...Bled out. In the end...They're all dead."

Niklaus growled and threw the bottle of beer and screamed up at the sky. "I did everything I was told!" He pulled himself together, "I should be able to turn them. I broke the curse. I killed a werewolf. I killed a vampire. I killed the doppelgänger."

Stefan shifted uncomfortably at the display while I watched from my log drained.

"You look like hell," Niklaus observed.

"Last I checked, I'm dying...and you don't want to heal me," Stefan bit out.

I frowned, nowhere in Niklaus' monologue did he say he was unwilling to heal Stefan. In fact I already knew that he was going to heal Stefan.

Stefan noticed Niklaus looking at Ray's body, "I had to take him out. I didn't have a choice. I failed you. I'm sorry. Do what you have to do."

I rolled my eyes, I never realized my ex-brother-in-law was such a drama queen.

"It should have worked," Uncle Nik repeated quietly.

He turned to me and asked me for an empty bottle. I stood up and handed him a random bottle that was lying near me. Niklaus bit into his wrist and let his blood drip into the bottle.

Niklaus held the bottle out to Stefan, "Bottoms up. We're leaving."

Stefan grabbed the bottle and drank the blood as Niklaus said, "It appears you're the only comrades I have left."

Niklaus walked up to me and gallantly took my arm. He then escorted me out of the camp leaving the carnage behind us. Stefan threw the bottle away and followed behind us to the car.