~the next day~
Today has been pretty boring for the most part. Surprisingly, they haven't called begging for my help today. So, I decided to make the most of it. By sleeping in as late as possible, which didn't turn out that great.
I was too busy worrying about my brothers. Nik is nowhere to be found and Elijah is surprisingly calm considering everything that's going on. I call Elijah to come over, but apparently he's occupied. So I spent my whole day and night looking for Nik.
This time was well spent, as I think I've found something. And just in time, Elijah decided to finally show up at my house. The moment he arrived, I allowed him in and told him everything.
But as I said before, he's acting a little too calm.
"Well, that's an unfortunate turn of events." Elijah said while sipping a glass of wine.
"Seriously? That's all you have to say?" I asked, confused.
"What do you want me to say?" Elijah asked in the same confused tone, and I rolled my eyes.
"I don't know. Maybe 'Sister, steal the dagger back' or 'they are getting too close, you're off the mission now'. Something along those lines." I state irritably.
I have been telling him that they have the dagger and Damon is starting to become suspicious of me; this is all he has to say about it.
"Kalle," Elijah states as he places his glass down. "I am not in control of every decision you make. If you want to steal the dagger, then steal it. But it will only make them even more suspicious. And the Damon problem could easily be fixed with a simple compulsion."
"Okay. First of all, both Salvatores have been drinking vervain." I state knowingly, and my brother looks at me surprised.
"Hm. Taking a page from Katerina's book. Smart." Elijah responded, still not seeming to care.
"And I don't care if I'm caught if it means you are safe. Speaking of brothers, why are you so calm about them holding the dagger?" I ask. Nik would always taunt Elijah with the dagger, but he would never actually dagger Elijah. Mostly because Elijah would never allow Nik the chance.
"Well, for one, they could never dagger me." Elijah states cockily. He has a point. We have faced worse situations than just teenagers with a dagger. On a scale of 1 to 10 of the threats we have faced, they are at a 0.2.
"Okay. Good point." I say, actually agreeing with him for once.
"And besides, even if they did manage, the vampire who daggers me would die." Elijah stated grabbing his glass of wine and started drinking it again.
I looked at him in shock. I never thought of that; mostly because I never cared. Anyone who has tried to dagger an original vampire, besides Nik, are mortals. No one since had even attempted to dagger an original, so I never had the thought that when another vampire tried, it might kill them.
"The Father Gilbert handed Damon a weapon that would get rid of an original, but would also kill the vampire he hates. Wow, humans always seem to surprise me." I stated, shocked.
"So, is everything okay now, sister?" Elijah asked me.
"No, actually. While I have you here, I'll ask you." I get up from the couch I was sitting on and walk to an end table.
"Kalle, if this is about Nik, please don't start."
Elijah says finishing his drink. I do not listen, and continue.
I roll out my map on the table and move out of the way to show Elijah. "He's here."
Elijah looked confused and angry at the same time. He immediately stood up. "What do you mean he's here?"
"Not exactly here, but in the area." I say, pointing to the map. "He is not necessarily in Mystic Falls, and I don't have an exact location for him, but he is not far."
"What is the point of showing me this?" Elijah questioned.
"I tell you what I have been doing, now you tell me what you plan to do with Nik." I state crossing my arms, waiting for an answer. "It's only fair brother."
Elijah sighs and thinks whether or not he wants to answer. It's either Elijah isn't doing anything truly horrible to Niklaus or he really is trying to kill Niklaus, but doesn't care if I know his plans anymore. Either way, he decides to talk.
"Fine.." Elijah started talking, but then the most annoying thing happened.
ring ring*
I look at the phone ringing on the table, and it's Bonnie calling me. I ignore because their problems can wait.
"Ignore that. Please talk." I state in a stern but polite manner. Mother may not have been the best mother, but she sure taught me manners.
"Okay. My plan for-" Elijah starts to talk but he is cutoff again.
ring ring*
This time, it's Caroline calling. Oh my goodness. Can they ever just wait a moment? They act as if I don't have a life of my own.
"Are you sure you want me to continue..." Elijah asked, changing the subject, and I ignored the call again.
"Yes, continue." I barely finish my sentence when another call goes through.
ring ring*
Now it's Damon? What the hell is going on. I was about to hit ignore again, but my brother stops me.
"Sister, maybe you should answer. It may have something to do with Niklaus." Elijah says, trying to stop me from ignoring him again.
"Fine." I say, answering the call. "Damon, this is a really bad time, so I'll talk to you later."
"Wait!" Damon pleaded on the phone, but I hung up. My brother looked at me with an annoyed face.
"What? They don't know anything about Nik, which we don't already know. Please continue, quickly." I say annoyed and on the verge of screaming.
"Oka-"
ring ring*
Oh, for the love of God!
I answer the phone without even looking, who it is, because I am just so irritated at this point. I let my anger out on whoever is calling. "WHAT!"
"I have no idea what's got you so angry. But anyway, where are you?" I hear a voice saying through the phone. It's Bonnie.
"At my house, why?" I ask exhausted.
"Has Elijah come to see you?" Bonnie asked me, and I started to look confused and became nervous.
"What? No. Why would he come to me?" I say lying, while also confused as to why they're asking about Elijah. He gives me the same confused look.
"Elijah has been lying to us this entire time." Bonnie stated, and I started to become intrigued. I didn't have my phone on speaker, but I knew he was listening.
"What do you mean?"
"He lied about protecting Elena." She said, and my face dropped in pure shock. I wasn't expecting that, and my face got even angrier. But it wasn't because of those stupid calls anymore.
Bonnie continued. "He wants to kill Klaus, just like the rest of us. But he'll do it only after Elena is sacrificed. He's using us to get to Klaus."
I looked at Elijah furiously. He doesn't look like he cares that much. I continued to talk to Bonnie.
"Okay. Well, I already told you that we shouldn't trust Elijah completely. So it's okay, I'm fine." I say, trying to end this phone call.
"Are you sure you're okay? Your voice sounds really stressed and you seem to be rushing this call." Bonnie questions. Has her ancestor's intuition, great.
I have to hurry and finish this call, so I just ignore it.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just two things Bonnie. How exactly did you find this out and why did you think Elijah was after me?" I question.
"We found out from one of his witches and we thought he was after you because you are a powerful witch. For the ritual to happen, a powerful witch is needed, and Elena said he knew one of your ancestors."
"Yeah...um look it's late. I'll talk to you guys later." I say trying to hang up the phone.
"Okay..um yeah. I'll see you later. Bye." Bonnie says and I hang up the phone.
"Do you want to explain this?" I asked Elijah, referring to the conversation I just had with Bonnie. Elijah seemed even more calm than he had been before.
"I think that they're taking this out of proportion." Elijah stated while fixing his suit.
"Really? So are you planning to kill Nik?" I asked.
"Yes." He reacts without hesitation.
"And you're also planning to sacrifice the doppelgänger, right?" I ask, my face filled with anger.
"Yes and no. So please sister, stop giving me that evil stare."
"Either it's yes or no, brother, not both."
"I plan to get to Niklaus. But in order for that to happen, he needs to be weak. And the only time when that can happen..." Elijah trails off waiting for me to finish the sentence.
"Is when he is in the middle of his transformation and that won't happen unless the sacrifice happens." I state, realizing why he has to kill Elena and Elijah nods.
"But, as I told you at the beginning, I'm not going to let the doppelgänger die." Elijah stated.
"And how do you expect that to happen? You going to turn her? She would rather die than become a vampire." I say. I know for a fact that Stefan and Damon would never let her turn, even if she wanted to.
"No, there's another way where she survives, and stays human, and it invokes you Kallie." Elijah states, walking past me. I turn around to face him. The only thing I could do is cast a protection spell.
"Elijah, do you hear yourself? You realize if I use a protection spell on Elena, another innocent person would die. Now I told you from the beginning that I couldn't care less about the doppelgänger and the human race in general, but you would never trade one life for another." I say, shocked at Elijah's actions.
"Well, if you don't want to do the spell, Elena will have to die." Elijah stated, and I looked at him, shocked. Who was this, and what had he done with my brother?
"So now you're willing to kill the doppelgänger just to get to Niklaus? Elijah, what is going on with you?" I ask, crossing my arms, but also worried.
"Sister, you don't know what's happened over the last 100 years. Niklaus has gotten even crazier. Our younger sister, was once again, put in a box to rot. Along with our other siblings." Elijah states angrily.
"Yeah. I am fully aware but this has been going on for centuries, and Nik has always been power driven so-" I saying trying to calm him down but he cuts me off.
"No, this is not the same. Because now our siblings rot in the ocean, where they will suffer for eternity. He has gone too far this time, sister. And I will not, I will not, sit here and act as if everything is okay, when it is far from okay!" Elijah screams at me. I stare at him with disbelief.
My brother, no, my family and I have all suffered through many years of living on this earth. After our father started chasing us, after our mother died, we all changed. Whether it was for the better, I never knew. But did it make us stronger? Absolutely.
Elijah has always calmed us down when we got angry. He was the voice and reason of every bad situation. I was supposed to follow my mother's orders and take care of my family. I was supposed to be in charge. I was supposed to protect. And I did, but only to a certain extent. I was young when we became immortal. It was normal for me to get angry sometimes and destroy things. I became so mad and angry all the time. I was not in a place to be in charge, but Elijah was.
We were supposed to follow Finn, as he was the oldest. But he hated being a vampire, and hated us for being a "disgrace to nature". After Nik stabbed him with a dagger and never pulled it out, that most certainly sealed his fate. Elijah was next. And he did everything he needed to do to protect us. He did his job.
But what he didn't do was feel. Don't get me wrong; Elijah wouldn't bury any feelings that didn't have to do with protecting us. He would still act with emotion, and that never changed. But he would never truly say how he felt deep down. Now I know it was because no matter how bad the situation got, he had his family. That no matter what Nik did to us, we would always come back to him, come back as a whole.
However, that is no longer the case.
"I know your anger Elijah. But do not let it consume you." I tell him, trying to calm him down once again.
"Or what Kalle? This is what needed to happen. I was too nice, too compassionate towards Niklaus. I'm the reason this happened." Elijah states, blaming himself, and I can see the anger forming in his eyes. I have seen these eyes before, and the person I saw them on, didn't turn out well.
"Elijah calm down. Nik is responsible for his own actions. And you becoming, whatever this is, will just make you into the very person you despise right now." I state, slowly regretting that last statement as his face gets even angrier. I just need to get through to him.
"Sister, do not tempt me." Elijah states angrily, and I continue.
"I won't. But only if you stop looking at me with those eyes." I say in a stern tone.
"What eyes?" Elijah asked, confused, and I continued, knowing I was going to regret it.
"The same eyes Niklaus has been holding onto for the last couple of centuries." I finally spit out. I knew this was a bad idea, as Elijah comes speeding at me with full force. He pins me against the wall, while choking me, making it hard for me to breathe.
"DO NOT COMPARE ME TO HIM!" Elijah screamed in my face. "I am...nothing...like him."
"S-s-says th-e per-s-s-on choking m-me." I mutter the words out. Oh this was a terrible idea. He is a Mikaelson for gods sake. His temper can be as bad as our wretched father at times.
"Father was wrong about Niklaus. He was not an abomination. Not a monster. He was a creature, waiting patiently, to backstab his own family. HIS OWN BLOOD!" Elijah screams, not even hearing what I just said. Then all of a sudden, his anger turns to guilt.
"And I let it happen. I should of known breaking this seal put on our brother, would not help his redemption, but ruin it. I should of known he was using my hope that he would redeem himself as a weakness. I should of known that if we stayed in New Orleans, father would eventually come after us. I should of been with Rebekah and Niklaus after. We should of all stuck together...We should of never spilt up. If we never spilt up, Rebekah would not be in a box once more. You would not have had to suffer 100 years in that box. I could of kept Niklaus at check. None of this, would be happening. If we just stayed together, like we also do." Elijah states realizing his mistakes.
"G-g-lad y-o-ou came to th-the re-a-a-li-i-za-za-zation." I mutter and this time, he actually listens. After Elijah finally calmed down, he realizes what he was doing and let me go.
"I'm sorry, sister. You were right. I let my anger control me the same way it is controlling Niklaus." Elijah stated his realization.
"Mm..." I state while rubbing my neck. "Just know, next time I will throw you into a wooden stake."
Elijah nodded with a small smirk. It's been a while since I'd watched one of my siblings have a mental breakdown. At least some things haven't changed.
"Okay. But back to the doppelgänger, she is not my favorite person in the world, but there has got to be another way to save her." I say while still rubbing my throat.
Elijah immediately looks at the door and instead of answering me, he grabs my neck again, but this time with more restraint. What?
"What the hell?" I ask him, now being able to speak as his hold is not as strong on me. But just then, Damon opens the door, with Bonnie and Caroline standing behind him.
Ohh.
"We will continue our chat another time, Kalle." Elijah stated, releasing his hold on my neck.
"Let us in, Kalle!" Damon screams at me, and I allow him to come in.
"Oh no you don't." Damon starts rushing at Elijah, with a dagger. Elijah escapes before Damon gets the chance.
I look at the situation in shock. Bonnie and Caroline came to help me up from the floor, and I just looked at them confused.
"Are you okay?" Damon asked, frustrated that Elijah had gotten away.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I say, rubbing my neck.
"What was Elijah doing here?" Bonnie asked me. I looked at her with the same confused face she had on.
I have a better question. What are they doing here, and how did the hell did they find me?