"Elijah, you are about to have your heart ripped out of your chest." Nikki said slowly.
Elijah rolled his eyes and sighs.
"I don't care for your threats Niklaus. I came so I can have my family back. Nothing more nothing less. As for my comment... I don't want to get any more involved with you than I need to, so I apologize."
We sat in silence for a minute. I just kept looking at Nik. Elijah and he might not be the best of friends, but he's his brother. And I know it hurt him to hear it. Even just a little.
I clear my throat and stand, putting my plate in the sink.
"Well let's go then." I say and walk toward the basement. Grabbing Nikki's hand on the way.
I walk down carefully and when at the bottom flip the light switch. Lighting up the room and drawing eyes to the four very obvious caskets sitting in the center.
Elijah walks in slowly, rubs the top of Finn's casket and sighs.
"900 years. In the dark and alone. It will go on no longer."
He rips the coffin open and rips the dagger out, throwing it across the floor. He does the same to Rebekah and then Kol.
I sigh and squeeze Nik's hand.
He looks down at me with nervous eyes and squeezes back.
"It will take a minute for them to wake up, so let's go get some blood bags and wait upstairs, okay?" I say to Nikki and turn to do just that.
When I get to the kitchen I go to the fridge and grab three bags for each of them. Hmm, maybe five for Finn. Almost a millennium with make someone hungry.
I should set up the rooms for them. If they even stay.
Will Nik be, okay?
What am I saying? Of course not. He will feel abandoned and will lash out.
I just hope it won't be at me. But I can handle it if he does.
A thousand years old and they still can't settle things. I won't lie. Niklaus caused some problems. But so have the others. And as much as Elijah acts so high and mighty, he was right by Niks side. He was the one to help dagger Finn in the first place. And Kol. And Rebekah. He is no saint.
Neither is Niklaus, but I never claimed him to be. I don't think he's done no wrong. I'm not blind... I just ignore it. He has his reasons. And I'm not here to question every little thing he did or does. All this daggering sibling's shit was done in the past. Before me.
I'll be the best partner I can be to Nik and try to help him mend this mess. I'll even hold my tongue when I'm sure they will insult him. That's a big sacrifice for me.
That's my man.
I will defend him even when he's caught red-handed.
I don't give a single fuck what people have to say about it. But i understand that I can't insert myself into their problems.
I'm fixing the blanket on the bed to the guest room when I hear a commotion downstairs. I sigh and stand up.
And so it begins.
I walk down the stairs and watch as everyone screams and tries to hurt Nik.
I have to clench my fists to hold in my magic from going into protective mode. I get to the bottom and see Rebekah throw a dagger at my man.
Fucking bitch.
I freeze the dagger mid-air and melt it in the same second. No more of that, or I'm going to hurt someone... critically.
I take a deep breath and look to Nik to make sure he is okay.
He shrugs as if it's nothing and nods to me. That's when they notice my presence.
Not sure that's good right now though.
Kol looks at me from where he is next to Elijah, who is just fucking standing there letting Nik take all the heat.
Finn is sitting in a chair, head in his hands probably upset that he missed a millennium, one hand bloody, so I assume he had it out with my guy.
Okay, so Finn is all out of the fight. He's too busy having a panic attack, I guess.
"How could you do this Nik?! 90 YEARS! 90 years you kept me away in a box!" She yelled as she threw a chair at him, tears about to fall.
Nikki dodged. and held out his hands, showing peace.
"I'm sorry, sister. I admit I kept you in there far longer than I needed or wanted to. You were going to leave, and Micheal showed up. I knew he would find you easily. So, I did it to keep you safe. Even-"
"SAFE?!-"
"EVEN IF YOU WOULD DESPISE ME AFTER!" He bellowed.
Everyone stands in silence for a moment. Nik taking a breath, and Rebekah staring at the ceiling. Kol and Elijah looking at Klaus with unflinching stares.
"Even-even if what you say is true-" Rebekah starts.
"It is!-"
"You didn't undagger me when he was gone. When I was no longer in danger. You still chose to keep my in a coffin... Why?" She whispered lastly.
Nik looked red in the face and looked anywhere but her.
I knew why.
Because he was afraid, she'd be so mad and angry that she would leave him. He didn't want even the possibility of that happening, so he kept her daggered.
My love. So scary, so fearsome, monstrous, and vengeful..., yet scared to be left alone. And that is something I will never do.
Nik makes eye contact with me and sighs. He looks back at her and clenches his fist as mine are now.
"I didn't want you to leave."
So simple yet they never would have believed him to be man enough to say it.
They all knew of course.
They knew him for what he was. A man who feels too much and who is scared of being alone. No one said anything and for that I was thankful.
I sigh and move closer to Nikki. When I am close enough, he pulls me to his chest and sighs. I pull back and check that he's alright. I know logically they can't really hurt him but that doesn't calm my aching heart. I grab his face in my hands and check his head and neck. There is a little blood under his down from probably being punched but that's all the damage I can see.
I sag into him and wrap my arms around his neck, holding him close to me.
I squeeze him before letting go and turning to his siblings.
"Alright, I've had enough. If you don't want to be here, go. There's the door. Bye, I won't miss you, but just know your brother will. If you want to stay, I cleaned up some guest rooms upstairs. We will be happy to have you, however if you want to stay here there will be no more throwing things at Nik, trying to harm him, or blaming solely him for daggering you. While you want to make Nik the bad guy, Elijah over there is just as much to blame. In fact, he helped dagger you all many times. That's all, go if u want to. Stay if you want to. Good night."
I don't stop to take in the looks on their faces or what they want to say. I grab Nik's hand and drag him to the stairs and up to our room.
I've had enough for one night. I just want one Mikaelson right now, and it looks like he wants me just as much.