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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Mikael had recently come back to life, so he'd been feeding on and slaughtering as many werewolves as he could, in order to get his strength back to normal. Now, he'd just ripped apart a whole lot of them at the bar. And because he didn't like to miss opportunities when they presented themselves to him, when he saw Elijah, he tried to kill him with the White Oak./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Enough!" Kat yelled at Mikael, and magically through him off Elijah. Then she went to stand between them, as Mikael got to his feet./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Katherine. What a turn of events," he replied, realizing that she was human. He wasn't sure how she had magic though, since he knew she wasn't a witch. "We were once on the same side. I would think you'd know better. Get out of my way."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""We were once, because I hated Klaus at the time, but even when I hated Klaus, I never would've allowed you to harm Elijah. And I still won't allow it. We've always had a rule. Anyone after Elijah, is after me, and anyone after me, is after Elijah. Go before I decide to give you something you won't soon forget. Now that I'm human, I'm descended from Travelers," she replied. Then, assuming that he got the message and would listen to her, she knelt by Elijah and help him pull out the indestructible stake. Lucky for the both of them, it wasn't near his heart./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"She got up after knowing that her love life was going to live, only to get grabbed, and knew it was Mikael, before he spoke./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What's that saying you like to use? We're going to have so much fun together? That we will, Katherine."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"A moment later, she found herself amongst a bunch of trees with Mikael, and he let go of her./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What's your whole plan, huh? Kill Klaus and Elijah? Maybe kill some werewolves along the way? Because that's not going to be okay with me. You go after your children and Klaus, and you make an enemy out of me. And wolves are some of my friends, so I'll stand by them, too," she said, back against a tree. She knew better than to run from the almighty vampire that hunted vampires. After all, she'd been fed on by him once, back when she'd awoken him to help defeat Klaus, only for it to end up with Mikael dead and her running for the hills. All because she'd had morals when it came to people she loved and cared about. She hadn't wanted to see Damon get killed, and that would have happened, if Klaus had been killed, because of his hybrids that were left alive./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""My whole plan is simply Niklaus. Killing him will finally bring me the victory I so desire, and if I kill your precious Elijah along the way for standing against me, then that'll be just as satisfying."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""So, tell me, are you the one that stole at least part of that Harvest magic? Or was it just Esther? Because you appearing after Esther does is quite the coincidence."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I never did such a thing. I simply offered that little witch the downfall of Niklaus, in exchange for her bringing me back to life. But if my wife is alive, then maybe it's time for a family reunion," he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Not exactly. She body jumped herself into a witch. Not technically alive, but as long as she keeps body jumping, then she keeps from disappearing forever," she informed him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Seems like she's up to her old tricks again," he commented. "There's no way I can persuade you to join me, is there?" he then inquired./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""There's nothing you can say to make me turn my back on Klaus or my 500 sum years of love I've had of Elijah. But if you team up with us to take down Esther, maybe I'll forgive you for taking me hostage. What's your plan with me, anyways? Most people don't live when they say the phrases to me that I went by as a vampire."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You're my leverage. Against them both. If you and Niklaus have buried the hatchet, then he'll work with Elijah to try and get you back," he informed her./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Two heads. One stone. You know what the problem is? You've been trying to kill Klaus for a millennium. You're always being bested by him. You know how I survived him? I was smart enough not to be anywhere near him. I knew to run, instead of trying to kill him. When I made the mistake in helping everyone try to kill him, I realized it was better to be alive along with the people I care about, than for him to die, as well as everyone else in his line," she replied. She then tried to persuade him, saying, "This cycle needs to stop. I'll never know why you hate him so much, because I'm not one to pry, but hate only goes so far. It's not worth it. Whatever happened, you have to find a way to forgive him. I did."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You may have found a way to forgive Niklaus, but I never will. He took everything from me. You only know half the story," he informed her./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I know the little that Elijah told me a long time ago. One of them got killed by the wolves a thousand years ago, when he and Klaus snuck out to watch them phase. I also know that your wife went to the darkest place imaginable when he was killed. It started a dark path, but you and the rest of you don't have to continue on that dark path. Henrik's death was just an accident. They were both children. You can't blame a child for their mistakes."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""An accident!?" he yelled at her. "He murdered my wife! His own mother, who sought to cleanse him of his beast-like nature! He betrayed me! He turned my entire family against me!" After a moment, a little calmer now, he inquired, "Why must you defend him?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"She wasn't very phased with his yelling, nor the way he spoke about the hybrid she used to hate, and began to walk around, but kept a small distance between herself and Mikael./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You know, the way I've been told from others, yes. He killed Esther. But guess what? She always comes back. So, you can stop being angry at the fact that he killed her. It a thousand years ago, give or take. As for turning your family against you? That wasn't Klaus' doing. That was all you. You've been filled with so much hate and anger for several centuries, you made your own children fear you. A little birdie told me centuries ago, your anger didn't start with Klaus. I can't imagine what it was like for you, coming back home, only to hear that your eldest died. And so, you weren't the best father, because you were angry with yourself for not being there. And then Elijah, Rebekah, and Klaus were born. You loved them, but you couldn't love them the way you wanted to, because you just couldn't get past what happened to your daughter. And you were so cruel to Klaus, even before you knew he wasn't your kid. If anyone is to blame, it's you," she replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What do you know?" he inquired, assuming she knew something that she wasn't telling him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I know how you beat Klaus when he was a defenseless boy. I know that you were angry at him for wanting to paint and sculpt, rather than learn to hunt and fight. You saw his artistic talents as weakness, just as my own father saw my wild side I've always had as weakness. I also know that you used to whip him when he grew up. Even the smallest things angered you. And you were angry at Rebekah for pulling that sword on you to make you stop. And you were also angry at Elijah for the bond he had with Klaus. No one knows this, but my father was a lot like you. Klaus did the honors for me in killing him, and I hope when Klaus kills you again, you rot in hell for eternity. You deserve it."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""He stole my family away with every affection they gave him. He deserves to pay for that, and for what he did to my wife," he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""And in doing so, you have ripped your family in two trying to hunt down and kill him. As I said, it's better for you to forgive him, but unlike other idiotic humans, I'm not going to run from you, nor try to escape."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You're smarter than I originally anticipated," he complimented her, as he stood in front of her, looking at her./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"The next day, Mikael brought her to what looked to be an abandoned warehouse, which wasn't too far from what looked to be the woods./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What are we doing here?" she questioned him, as he walked in with her, a hand on her arm./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I need more food," he replied to her. He'd already fed on some wolves the night before, but that hadn't done much for him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""So, what? You're going to feed on me like you did when I was a vampire?" she inquired./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Why not? Even in times of need, the devil eats flies," he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Suddenly, before he vamped out on her, Mikael was thrown, making him land against one of the walls./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""True, but not today," Klaus commented to Mikael's last comment to Katerina./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"She looked to see Klaus a distance away, and then saw Elijah a small distance behind her. When she did, she rushed over to him, and they hugged./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Elijah."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You're okay," he assured her, before they let go of each other./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Later that night, they returned to the compound after temporarily defeating him. It had been Katherine's idea not to kill Mikael this time, but to chain him with some pretty sturdy chains inside the deep portion of one of the mausoleums that looked like a cave. Katherine wanted to see what would happen secretly. If her daughter could change her, then she was certain Freya's return could change him, too. But she was the only one that knew that Freya was still alive. And it would be just a matter of time now, before the eldest daughter awoken./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"After they'd gotten into more decent clothes for the night, they celebrated in the parlor over shot glasses of Bourbon. Klaus and Elijah had found a way to kill their mother, which they'd succeeded at doing for good, and Mikael was chained, never to be freed until any of them had the mind to do so. And Katherine didn't want that happening until Freya returned. And so, it was just a waiting game for her. And with Esther dead, everything was returning back to normal in the Quarter. She and the others were thankful for that./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Mikael had recently come back to life, so he'd been feeding on and slaughtering as many werewolves as he could, in order to get his strength back to normal. Now, he'd just ripped apart a whole lot of them at the bar. And because he didn't like to miss opportunities when they presented themselves to him, when he saw Elijah, he tried to kill him with the White Oak./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Enough!" Kat yelled at Mikael, and magically through him off Elijah. Then she went to stand between them, as Mikael got to his feet./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Katherine. What a turn of events," he replied, realizing that she was human. He wasn't sure how she had magic though, since he knew she wasn't a witch. "We were once on the same side. I would think you'd know better. Get out of my way."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""We were once, because I hated Klaus at the time, but even when I hated Klaus, I never would've allowed you to harm Elijah. And I still won't allow it. We've always had a rule. Anyone after Elijah, is after me, and anyone after me, is after Elijah. Go before I decide to give you something you won't soon forget. Now that I'm human, I'm descended from Travelers," she replied. Then, assuming that he got the message and would listen to her, she knelt by Elijah and help him pull out the indestructible stake. Lucky for the both of them, it wasn't near his heart./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"She got up after knowing that her love life was going to live, only to get grabbed, and knew it was Mikael, before he spoke./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What's that saying you like to use? We're going to have so much fun together? That we will, Katherine."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"A moment later, she found herself amongst a bunch of trees with Mikael, and he let go of her./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What's your whole plan, huh? Kill Klaus and Elijah? Maybe kill some werewolves along the way? Because that's not going to be okay with me. You go after your children and Klaus, and you make an enemy out of me. And wolves are some of my friends, so I'll stand by them, too," she said, back against a tree. She knew better than to run from the almighty vampire that hunted vampires. After all, she'd been fed on by him once, back when she'd awoken him to help defeat Klaus, only for it to end up with Mikael dead and her running for the hills. All because she'd had morals when it came to people she loved and cared about. She hadn't wanted to see Damon get killed, and that would have happened, if Klaus had been killed, because of his hybrids that were left alive./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""My whole plan is simply Niklaus. Killing him will finally bring me the victory I so desire, and if I kill your precious Elijah along the way for standing against me, then that'll be just as satisfying."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""So, tell me, are you the one that stole at least part of that Harvest magic? Or was it just Esther? Because you appearing after Esther does is quite the coincidence."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I never did such a thing. I simply offered that little witch the downfall of Niklaus, in exchange for her bringing me back to life. But if my wife is alive, then maybe it's time for a family reunion," he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Not exactly. She body jumped herself into a witch. Not technically alive, but as long as she keeps body jumping, then she keeps from disappearing forever," she informed him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Seems like she's up to her old tricks again," he commented. "There's no way I can persuade you to join me, is there?" he then inquired./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""There's nothing you can say to make me turn my back on Klaus or my 500 sum years of love I've had of Elijah. But if you team up with us to take down Esther, maybe I'll forgive you for taking me hostage. What's your plan with me, anyways? Most people don't live when they say the phrases to me that I went by as a vampire."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You're my leverage. Against them both. If you and Niklaus have buried the hatchet, then he'll work with Elijah to try and get you back," he informed her./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Two heads. One stone. You know what the problem is? You've been trying to kill Klaus for a millennium. You're always being bested by him. You know how I survived him? I was smart enough not to be anywhere near him. I knew to run, instead of trying to kill him. When I made the mistake in helping everyone try to kill him, I realized it was better to be alive along with the people I care about, than for him to die, as well as everyone else in his line," she replied. She then tried to persuade him, saying, "This cycle needs to stop. I'll never know why you hate him so much, because I'm not one to pry, but hate only goes so far. It's not worth it. Whatever happened, you have to find a way to forgive him. I did."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You may have found a way to forgive Niklaus, but I never will. He took everything from me. You only know half the story," he informed her./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I know the little that Elijah told me a long time ago. One of them got killed by the wolves a thousand years ago, when he and Klaus snuck out to watch them phase. I also know that your wife went to the darkest place imaginable when he was killed. It started a dark path, but you and the rest of you don't have to continue on that dark path. Henrik's death was just an accident. They were both children. You can't blame a child for their mistakes."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""An accident!?" he yelled at her. "He murdered my wife! His own mother, who sought to cleanse him of his beast-like nature! He betrayed me! He turned my entire family against me!" After a moment, a little calmer now, he inquired, "Why must you defend him?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"She wasn't very phased with his yelling, nor the way he spoke about the hybrid she used to hate, and began to walk around, but kept a small distance between herself and Mikael./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You know, the way I've been told from others, yes. He killed Esther. But guess what? She always comes back. So, you can stop being angry at the fact that he killed her. It a thousand years ago, give or take. As for turning your family against you? That wasn't Klaus' doing. That was all you. You've been filled with so much hate and anger for several centuries, you made your own children fear you. A little birdie told me centuries ago, your anger didn't start with Klaus. I can't imagine what it was like for you, coming back home, only to hear that your eldest died. And so, you weren't the best father, because you were angry with yourself for not being there. And then Elijah, Rebekah, and Klaus were born. You loved them, but you couldn't love them the way you wanted to, because you just couldn't get past what happened to your daughter. And you were so cruel to Klaus, even before you knew he wasn't your kid. If anyone is to blame, it's you," she replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What do you know?" he inquired, assuming she knew something that she wasn't telling him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I know how you beat Klaus when he was a defenseless boy. I know that you were angry at him for wanting to paint and sculpt, rather than learn to hunt and fight. You saw his artistic talents as weakness, just as my own father saw my wild side I've always had as weakness. I also know that you used to whip him when he grew up. Even the smallest things angered you. And you were angry at Rebekah for pulling that sword on you to make you stop. And you were also angry at Elijah for the bond he had with Klaus. No one knows this, but my father was a lot like you. Klaus did the honors for me in killing him, and I hope when Klaus kills you again, you rot in hell for eternity. You deserve it."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""He stole my family away with every affection they gave him. He deserves to pay for that, and for what he did to my wife," he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""And in doing so, you have ripped your family in two trying to hunt down and kill him. As I said, it's better for you to forgive him, but unlike other idiotic humans, I'm not going to run from you, nor try to escape."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You're smarter than I originally anticipated," he complimented her, as he stood in front of her, looking at her./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"The next day, Mikael brought her to what looked to be an abandoned warehouse, which wasn't too far from what looked to be the woods./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""What are we doing here?" she questioned him, as he walked in with her, a hand on her arm./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""I need more food," he replied to her. He'd already fed on some wolves the night before, but that hadn't done much for him./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""So, what? You're going to feed on me like you did when I was a vampire?" she inquired./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Why not? Even in times of need, the devil eats flies," he replied./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Suddenly, before he vamped out on her, Mikael was thrown, making him land against one of the walls./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""True, but not today," Klaus commented to Mikael's last comment to Katerina./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"She looked to see Klaus a distance away, and then saw Elijah a small distance behind her. When she did, she rushed over to him, and they hugged./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Elijah."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""You're okay," he assured her, before they let go of each other./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"Later that night, they returned to the compound after temporarily defeating him. It had been Katherine's idea not to kill Mikael this time, but to chain him with some pretty sturdy chains inside the deep portion of one of the mausoleums that looked like a cave. Katherine wanted to see what would happen secretly. If her daughter could change her, then she was certain Freya's return could change him, too. But she was the only one that knew that Freya was still alive. And it would be just a matter of time now, before the eldest daughter awoken./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"After they'd gotten into more decent clothes for the night, they celebrated in the parlor over shot glasses of Bourbon. Klaus and Elijah had found a way to kill their mother, which they'd succeeded at doing for good, and Mikael was chained, never to be freed until any of them had the mind to do so. And Katherine didn't want that happening until Freya returned. And so, it was just a waiting game for her. And with Esther dead, everything was returning back to normal in the Quarter. She and the others were thankful for that./p