014 —TIME OF DEATH

A groan sounded throughout the tower as Rapunzel struggled to sit up due to her whole body feeling like it had shutdown. She peeled her eyes open and blinked multiple times to adjust to the light before letting out a groan when she realised she was back in her tower. Her prison.

She noted that her Mother -Aunt, hadn't appeared yet and chalked it down to her being too busy torturing her family. Rapunzel knew she had to do something before she came back she just didn't know what, she doesn't know what's happened or how long she has been out for. She's so out of the loop she's not sure what she should be preparing for, she just knew she couldn't let Dahlia have Hope.

Rapunzel threw herself into finding a way to defeat Dahlia. She knew that Dahlia only wanted power and that that would be her downfall. She also now understood that Dahlia had been using her for centuries to stay youthful and strong and so if she could figure out a way to reverse that she would be able to have the upper hand, but she wasn't sure how to find a way around it as it was her own magic doing so.

Caught up in her own thoughts she heard a faint voice calling out to her. It called out a few times before Rapunzel finally heard it, it was Eugene! Rapunzel raced over to the tower window flinging the little hatch open, she smiled in relief as she looked down and saw the boy she had grow to adore. She couldn't believe it, she knew he would come for her but she also knew that the others probably advised him against it and it was odd that he was alone but Rapunzel brushed it off.

"Think you could lead me a hand, Rapunzel?" He asks her. She didn't catch on that he had called her by her actual name rather than the usual pet names he comes up with. But she was too elated to realise and Eugene smirked wickedly knowing just how naive she truly was.

Once Rapunzel had finished pulling him up she embraced him holding onto him not wanting to let him go, but soon a chill spread through her as a deep chuckle sounded from him.

'Eugene' pushed her back as he looked her up and down. "Wow, you really are pathetic. Throwing yourself at the first boy who gives you the time of day, I thought I taught you better than that Rapunzel." Rapunzel gasped as she took a step back as "Eugene" shimmered back into Dahlia who cackled at the girls innocence.

"Come now child, don't look so disappointed. It was never going to work out. I mean who else would put up with you but me? Your constant whining and begging to see the world...not to mention your blabbering nonsense day after day, come on now he would of left you sooner or later and look" She waves a hand around the tower. "He hasn't even tried to come to your rescue. Want to know why? Because he doesn't care about you, none of them do otherwise you wouldn't be here with me." She stepped forward grabbing Rapunzel's chin to make her look up at her.

Rapunzel shook her head as Dahlias words cut deep causing her eyes to well up with tears. "No. You're wrong" She pulls away her tears threatening to fall.

Dahlia chuckled. "Am I? Look around Child it's just us. So why won't you just do as I say and we can come to an agreement hmm?"

Rapunzel scoffed at the woman, she couldn't believe she ever fell for her deception. "Because I'm not your puppet anymore. I'm not just some tool or power source you can use when you see fit. I'm not a battery and I'm not your daughter!" She yelled finally having enough of Dahlia's torment. "I'm your niece, and to think after all this time this is how you treat your family....no wonder you don't have the ability to have children. The universe clearly knew you would never be fit to be a Mother—"

A slap resounded in the room leaving Rapunzel speechless, she clutched the side of her face already knowing it was red as she could feel the burn of the slap. She looked up at Dahlia, appalled at her actions but the woman just looked down on her in distaste. There was a flicker of guilt but it disappeared just as quickly as it came.

Dahlia took one step forward making Rapunzel take one back, the woman continued slowly walking towards Rapunzel who kept walking back trying to keep the distance until her back bumped into a wall. "You're right. I'm not your Mother and don't worry Rapunzel from here on out I won't treat you as such. You're my prisoner now so you better start playing by my rules or I won't be as accommodating, starting with the boy." Is all she said to the girl before Rapunzel's vision faded away with a flick of her wrist.

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"I'm a pack guy and your my pack now." Flynn heard Aiden tell Josh, he had to bare witness to their cringey love fest as they walked down the street of the quarter.

"Yuck, is this what love is? I might have to rethink all of this..." He threw his head up in exasperation.

Josh rolls his eyes as he shoves him. "Don't you have anywhere else to be?" He asked annoyed at the boy who decided to tag along with them.

Flynn pretended to think before shaking his head. "Nope. I still have another..." He paused as he counted on his hands. "3 hours of avoiding any dangerous activities, so that means I can't be all heroic and go save Rapunzel myself. So I'm all yours, well not your's Aiden is your's. I'm mine...my own person." Flynn rambled, the two other boys looked between each other sharing a look.

"Please go harass somebody else before I snap your neck, we're having a moment here." Josh pleaded just wanting to boy to leave him be, he thought he was annoying before but ever since Rapunzel has gone missing he has become unbearably clingy.

Flynn feigned offence as he walked forward a few paces creating some space. "Someone's a grumpy gus. I'm going to find someone who actually enjoys my company and doesn't try to kill me any chance they  get." He slowly walked away turning back after a second to see that Josh wasn't going to stop him at all.

"Ok, have fun with that. Try not to die I wouldn't want to have to see your face for eternity." Josh gave him a fake smile.

Flynn looked back over his shoulder. "Liar. Everyone would love to see this face for an eternity." He shouted at him before walking off into the direction of the cemetery to find Davina.

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A couple hours later Flynn is walking down a street with Josh and Davina to meet back up with Aiden. Josh is talking excitedly about his travel plans.

"We'll, I promise, we'll move somewhere cool so you'll want to come visit." Josh tells Davina who laughs at him. "Any preferences? We've got Berlin, Rio, Jo-Berg?"

"Maybe it's the thought of never having to see your face again or maybe it was the burrito I just ate but I might actually miss our friendly banter we have and hey I've always wanted to go to Rio." Flynn weighs in.

Josh grins over at him. "So not Rio." Josh comments causing Flynn to stick his tongue out at him.

"You know I'd go anywhere to see you." Davina cuts in before they start bickering again.

Josh sighs as his face falls slightly. "You know, I hate to leave right after Kol and all. It's just, I feel like a jerk."

Davina laughs brushing it off. "No!" She insists. "I'm glad for you guys. Really I am. It'd be too depressing if one of us didn't get a happy ending."

"Amen to that...even if it is Josh." The boy in question shoved him this time causing Flynn to shove him as they started a shoving war between them trying to see which one of them could push the other over even though they both knew there was no actual competition as Josh could easier topple Flynn if he wanted.

Josh suddenly let go of Flynn causing Flynn to suddenly fly forward but Davina grabbed him just before he fell. Josh looks down an alley they are stopped by and sees a figure laying on the ground and immediately drops his bag getting a bad feeling.

"What the..." He trails off as he approaches the body.

As the three get closer they identify the body to be Aiden. His body is sprawled across the alley floor with his heart laying metres from him having been ripped out of his chest.

Josh falls to his knees besides his boyfriend shaking him gently as his vision blurs not wanting to believe what he was seeing.

"No. No. No, no, no, no, no." He shakes his head in denial as he clutches Aidens body, tears starting to stream down him face.

Flynn looks down uncomfortably at Aiden examining his body. His face is all clawed up and his heart ripped from his chest. He slips his hand into Davinas as they clutch each other for support both watching Josh cry over him.

Josh sobs as he calls out his boyfriends name. "Aiden?Aiden?" He knows he won't get a response as he has already seen his heart on the ground next to him knowing there was no way to fix this.

Flynn slowly kneels down next to him careful not to disturb him, he lays a gentle hand on his shoulder not really good at the whole comforting people thing and he knows he and Josh don't really get along too well but he had deserved to have a happy ending more than any of them and to see it being ripped away from the boy so suddenly was devastating. Josh sniffed and wiped his face with his sleeve before looking up at Flynn and quickly wrapping his arms around the boy and burying his face in his shoulder as he soaked it with his tears.

Flynn who was stunned at Josh's approach awkwardly wrapped his own arms around the boy not thinking it was an appropriate time to let the boy know that his shirt was designer and his tears were not going to come out, so instead he just let Josh cry it out as he patted his back awkwardly both boys finding an odd sense comfort in the moment.

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Flynn knew that Josh needed to be alone for a while, he couldn't imagine the pain he was feeling in that moment and he needed to figure out what really happened and who caused it. To anyone else what happened to Aiden would look like an act of revenge all signs pointing to the only person capable of doing this...Klaus. But something in Flynn was telling him that it couldn't possibly be him, not when Klaus knew the Crescent Wolves were protecting his daughter, he didn't have enough motive or so Flynn believed.

"I don't think it was Klaus." Flynn spoke cutting through the silence he and Davina had been walking in to get to Marcel's loft.

Davina stopped in his tracks as she spun around to him giving him a stern look. "Are you serious right now?"

"Yes!" Flynn said as he threw his hands up. "I mean how would he benefit from this? Aiden was spying for Klaus and he wouldn't of known he went to tell Jackson, plus he's part of the pack! Protecting his own daughter" He said emphasizing the fact that Aiden was protecting the baby. "He would know better than to kill one of them as it would mean that they would get scared and run meaning Hope would be unprotected. It doesn't make any sense." He explained frustrated at the situation, there was too much going on at once and he definitely wasn't going to bring it up in front of Josh earlier as he knew he was in a fragile state, but Flynn just had a gut feeling about it.

Davina sighed at Flynn annoyed that he couldn't see what was right in front of him. "Klaus doesn't need to benefit from anything he just does what Klaus does best, which is murder first plan later."

"I just, I don't think it was him." Flynn was in defeat.

Davina couldn't understand why Flynn was so against Klaus being able to do this. Flynn was scared of Klaus, at one point he was adamant Klaus would kill him just for looking at him in the wrong way and now he's defending him against something in which all signs point to him. "Who else could've done this?" She asked him.

He ran a hand through his hair as he looked up into the night. "I- I don't know but don't you find it a bit convenient that Dahlia couldn't get to Hope because she's protected by the wolves and the spell to stop her from being tracked and now with Aiden gone and everyone on a witch hunt for Klaus,  it just seems like the perfect distraction because once Klaus is out of the way who else is strong enough against Dahlia to protect Hope?"

Davina sighed as she lay a hand on Flynn's shoulder "I hate the woman as much as the next person but how could dahlia possibly have done this. You saw the marks and his heart was ripped out. Klaus also had a motive, he had many against the Crescent Wolves he's never liked them. I'm sorry Flynn but it was him."

Flynn shrugged her hand off as he took a step back. "Ok, I know no one believes me, I know I sound crazy for even defending the guy but I don't want to be a part of this plan. I'll support you and Josh but I can't do this I'm sorry. Let me know when whatever it is your planning is over, I've got more important things to figure out like how to get Rapunzel back and take down Dahlia."

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Flynn decided that the best thing he could do right now was go back to the compound and try to defuse the situation and talk some sense into someone, he knew that someone had to be on his side.

He made his way through the compound whilst eating to try and comfort himself through the stress he was still feeling. "Hey guys, so sorry for like totally bailing earlier you just seemed to be having some family issues I did not want to get in the middle of. Good news though I'm 100% blood...free?" He trails off as he rounds the corner and sees Elijah shove the golden dagger that he had seen Davina with earlier that day into Klaus' heart.

"For Hope." Elijah mutters.

Flynn's food is long forgotten as he drops it in shock as he takes in Klaus' desiccated form.

"Oh, so that's what that does..." Flynn mumbles to himself.

For a few seconds no one says anything as Freya and Rebekah enter the room with blank expressions. Once Klaus is fully neutralized Elijah, Rebekah and Freya all look at each other nervously.

Flynn is the first to snap out of it as he clears his throat.

"So now that that's happened and Klaus is sort of out of action does this mean I can go get Rapunzel now? I mean the plan I made did involve him but I'm sure I can skip around that part..."

"Eugene." Elijah interrupts.

"Ugh, who told you my name?" Flynn blanched, repulsed at what Elijah had called him.

"Stop talking." Elijah snaps as he looks down at Klaus horrified with what he just did.

"11.17" Flynn comments causing the three Mikaelsons to give him a weird look

"Time of death." He shrugged at them. Elijah shook his head in annoyance at the boy before walking out onto the balcony.

"What?... I've always wanted to say it." Flynn tried to defend himself as the four hear the bell tower of St. Louis Cathedral playing Dahlia's tune to the city.

sorry it's been so long I lost all inspiration for all of my books and Netflix took down The Originals which I used to help me write so it's a bit of a mess but I hope you guys who still actually read this enjoyed this Chapter. I will probably edit it a lot later because the writing isn't great but I thought you guys deserved another part and don't worry I haven't abandoned this book

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