CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

"I love you but it's like sleeping with a tornado."

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FINALLY GETTING HOME, Klaus sets Cassandra on the bed before fetching a bucket and placing it in front of her. She groans as she holds her stomach, leaning against him. Klaus sighs as he rubs her back allowing her to puke the rest up. Cassandra coughs, feeling him tug her hair back so she didn't get any in it. Sitting up, he puts the bucket on the floor before bringing her close. "Here, love." He says as he brings her into his lap. Cassandra groans as she nuzzles her head into his neck.

"Nik, I need blood." She tells him as she feels her face transform as she presses her lips to his neck. Klaus rubs her back, nodding his head in order to tell her it's okay. She sinks her fangs in, drinking his blood.

"I would guess so, you almost puked it all up on me on our way here." Klaus jokes but it was reality, she had almost thrown up on him multiple times as he tried to speed them home. She moans, feeling the blood run down her throat until it wasn't anymore. It was coming back up. Cassandra pulls away quickly and Klaus knew what was wrong so he grabbed the bucket just in time for her to throw up into it. He sighs, sitting back as he holds her hair back again.

"I'm sorry." She mumbles as she continues to throw it all up. Klaus grimaces a little bit but rubs her back, knowing it would not be fun to be in her position. Cassandra groans keeping her hands on the bucket. "What's wrong with me?" Cassandra asks as she feels it come up again, letting it out

"Morning sickness?" Klaus suggests but Cassandra glares at him. Her morning sickness only lasted for the first month of summer and she wasn't puking up blood.  "I'm not sure " he says as she coughs, spitting the rest from her mouth into the bucket. She finally sits up, putting the bucket on the ground.

"Maybe I can text Bonnie and ask if she might know." She says as she grabs her phone but Klaus only takes it from her.

"I can do that. Just get some rest." Klaus tells her as he reaches for a tissue in order to wipe her mouth. She shakes her head, knowing she couldn't sleep in this state.

"I can't, Nik. Compel me to sleep, please." She pleads as she knew it was the only way she was actually going to be able to fall asleep.

"Go to sleep, love." Klaus says looking into her eyes and she slowly drifts to sleep. He smiles at her, kissing the side of her head before deciding to sleep too.

They were only asleep for a few more moments before she's having her another dream about Stefan and wakes up in a jolt. Klaus groans, smothering his face into the pillow. "I love you but it's like sleeping with a tornado." He grumbles as he closes his eyes again. Cassandra looks over at him, shaking the man awake again making him mumble something she couldn't understand.

"I saw Stefan again." She announces and that makes him at least turn his head to look at her but he was still deep in his sleep.

"I know you helped us find the safe but having some weird psychic connection with Stefan is not what I want to hear about in bed." He states in an annoyed tone as he was ready to put the pillow over his head. Cassandra sighs as she slaps him again.

"Nik, I'm serious. He's in pain." Cassandra tells him and Klaus opens his eyes and looks at her before sitting up, his face clear that he was tired.

"I'm sure what you saw is way better than what my mind made up so, tell me." Klaus says as he sits back against the headboard. He rubs his eyes a little bit, looking at the girl.

"He was walking out of this bar and it had this broken neon sign. He started burning, I think it's because it doesn't have his daylight ring." Cassandra explains to him making him furrow his eyebrows. It definitely was not what he was thinking of.

"That's very vivid." He tells her and she nods, agreeing with him as shes never had this types of dreams before.

"It felt like I was there with him." Cassandra says with a sigh making the man sigh as he lays back down, resting his head into the pillow in order to go back to sleep.

"Do you want me to go get a crystal ball so we can get an address?" Klaus asks in a muffled voice before holding the pillow and closing his eyes.

"Route 9, Joe's bar." A voice speaks up making klàus groan but they look over to see Katherine standing at the door with Elijah. "I think I had the exact same dream." She tells them making Cassandras eyes widen as she looks at Klaus who had now piqued interest in these so called dreams. Mainly because it wasn't just Cassandra getting them.

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DAMON COMES INTO THE BEDROOM WHICH MAKES KLAUS GROAN, he just wanted to sleep but it seemed like they were now having a party in his bedroom. Klaus only sighs as he rolls over and faces away from them, Cassandra glancing down at him with a smile. Her heart hurt, she couldn't even appreciate these little moments without the void feeling in her chest. She hated the fact that she couldn't tell him she loves him and mean it and she hated that she was unable to tell him because he would definitely have something to say.

"So, there's nine bars along route nine, none of them called Joe's." Damon announces as he kicks Klaus in the leg. Klaus only glances over his shoulder to give a killer glare to the man who only smirks.

"It was real." Cassandra states in a sort of whine as none of them seemed to believe her. I mean, Klaus was falling back to sleep because he didn't care.

"I'm with Cassandra." Katherine announces making them look at her. "Just her having dreams, yeah it might be her pregnancy but both of us having the same one?" She asks, raising an eyebrow as it was pretty rare for two people to have the same vivid dream.

"I admit, it is weird. But we still can't find him." Elijah interjects as they had no way of tracking the man who seemed to be everywhere but nowhere at the same time.

"Look, we'll just go to all of them and check until we find Stefan." Damon suggests making Klaus grumble, hitting Cassandra in the thigh. She was wondering why he was hitting her when Damon suggested it.

"If he's not gone by then." Klaus mumbles and Cassandra only gasps, suddenly seeing pictures of a woman and Stefan together. She couldn't tell who the woman was.

"Seriously, what is wrong with her?" Katherine asks as she moves into the bed making Klaus roll his eyes but it didn't stop him from being concerned for cassandra.

"I thought she locked her powers away." Damon says with furrowed eyebrows and cassandra only groans, holding her head for a moment.

"I did. It's not my powers." She admits making them look at her curiously. "I don't think I'm linked to Stefan. Sure, I'm seeing his memories but there's a reason why everytime I see him, it's been somewhere that has already passed." Cassandra explains to them but everyone was still so confused on what she was talking about. "I'm linked to somebody else." She tells them and Katherine only scoots herself between Cassandra and Klaus. Klaus glares at the girl, hating that he couldn't just kill her.

"Who?" Katherine asks, ignoring klaus's death glares as she wraps her arm around the girl. Cassandra could only think of one person who would want Stefan. And it was most likely because there was a way to connect him to Silas since he was his doppleganger.

"Qetsiyah." Cassandra states making their eyes widen and even Klaus finally sits up. There was the big question of how she even got back but Cassandra guessed she slipped through when the veil was down somehow.

"You mean the witch who trapped Silas in the tomb with the cure and created the other side?" Elijah asks as he moves closer to the bed where they all seemed to be.

"Yeah. I don't know why she linked herself to me or why she wants Stefan but, I think she wants me to find them." She says making Damon look at her confused as there was no possible way that she could just magically find them.

"How would you do that?" He asks her and she only sighs shrugging her shoulders

"I don't know." She admits as she thinks to herself for a moment. "But there's a reason why Qetsiyah chose me, I mean she's been on the other side so she would've been watching us this whole time. She knows I can beat Silas." Cassandra explains to them making Katherine only stare at her bluntly.

"With your powers which you locked away for a reason." Katherine says making Klaus shake his head, already not liking where this was going.

"If she wants to unlock your powers, you're not going to see her." Klaus denies making Cassandra groan as he always wanted to control what she wanted to do.

"I'll just see what she wants." Cassandra tells him making him give her an unapproved look. "You can come with me but I'm going." She states as she crossed her arms and the man only grumbles as he wished for once she didn't want to go on suicide missions especially to a 2000 year old psycho witch. Who happened to be in love with the pain in the ass 2000 year old immortal who didn't seem to want to leave them alone.

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CASSANDRA DIDN'T KNOW HOW OR WHY, But one minute she was alone in her room and the next she was standing outside of a old cabin. Her eyebrows furrow as she glances around but she couldn't see anyone. Cassandra sighs before walking up for he door and opening the door. Her foot hovers over the doorway before she steps inside meaning whoever owned it was long dead. Cassandra looks over, only to see Stefan and who she was assuming was Qetsiyah making her eyes widen. "How did I get here?" She asks, catching their attention as they were both shocked for a moment at the sudden appearance.

"Cassandra?" Stefan asks, his eyebrows furrowing as he was so confused on how she had found them. Cassandra sighs as she moves over to him.

"Stefan. I've been so worried about you." Well that was still an overstatement for her but at least it made him smile a little bit even if she couldn't truly feel that way.

"Why are you here." Stefan questions as he steps closer to her, almost thinking that Qetsiyah was playing a mind trick on him.

"Because I wanted her to be." Qetsiyah speaks up with a smirk before walking over to her. "We finally meet, Cassandra." She says as she gives the girl a once over, sensing something different about her.

"Let me guess." Cassandra says with a sigh, raising an eyebrow. "Qetsiyah." She states and the woman only bows jokingly. "What do you want with Stefan?" She asks getting right to the point because she was ready to just speed them both out of here.

"Im not going to harm him if that's why you're so protective. I need his help to kill Silas and I need yours too." Qetsiyah tells her making Cassandra squint her eyes before shaking her head.

"I can't help you." She says bluntly but Qetsiyah only laughs as she points towards the girls chest.

"But the power in you can." Qetsiyah says as she smirks at the girl who's eyes widen a little bit.

"I-i-- can't let it out. It'll consume me." Cassandra states, not wanting to open the door because she now knew that it was a very bad idea.

"You're linked with me. I can harness some of its energy." Qetsiyah suggests as she raises an eyebrow at the girl.

"No." Stefan states making both women look at him. "She's pregnant, I'm not letting you put her in harm's way." He tells the woman who only rolls her eyes a little bit. Obviously she could tell the girl was pregnant.

"I can put a protection spell on the baby." Qetsiyah tells them, it being the simplest answer but Stefan only shakes his head, not thinking it was that easy.

"Yeah? And what happens when the darkness consumes her and kills the baby anyway?" Stefan asks with a scoff as he didn't know how they would protect a baby that was stuck inside of darkness.

"We're leaving." Cassandra tells her as she grabs Stefan's hand and pulls him towards the door.

"I wouldn't do that." Qetsiyah says causing Cassandra to stop, her eyes drifting down to his hand.

"Your ring. I forgot." She says with a sigh before looking up at Stefan. "Look Stefan, if I had known you were--" Cassandra states as she saw the smile spread on his lips. She could see the obvious pain in his eyes though.

"It's fine." Stefan tells her but she only shakes her head, knowing that he was suffering for months.

"No, it's not. I had this weird feeling like something was wrong all summer and I let everyone convince that it was nothing. I should have looked for you. I'm sorry." Cassandra explains to him and he knew that she would have come if she actually knew that something happened.

"I know you are." Stefan says as he grabs the girls hand a gives it a squeeze before looking over at Qetsiyah. "I know your plan. You're gonna take the cure and shove it down Silas's throat and kill him." He states making her sigh as she shakes her head.

"You're skipping ahead. We don't stand a chance against Silas and his mental powers which is why I need Cassandra. Your power outranks him." Qetsiyah tells her making Cassandra sigh a little bit but nod.

"Okay." She says and Stefan looks over at her with his eyes wide.

"Cassandra." He scolds about to tell her no.

"But we wait until my baby is born." Cassandra says as she looks at the witch who only clenches her jaw a little.

"We can't wait that long." Qetsiyah says with a sigh as she knew the girl wouldn't be due for at least another week.

"It's not that long to go." Cassandra says but Qetsiyah only stares back at her.

"Fine. But if something happens before, we are doing it with or without your baby." Qetsiyah agrees making cassandra nod her head.

"Why do you need Stefan." She asks and Stefan squints over at the flames before his mind realized.

"You're not making me a daylight ring, are you?" He asks and Qetsiyah only smiles at him before giving him an aneurysm. Cassandra furrows her eyebrows as she watches the witch tie him up with vines in a chair.

"What are you doing." Cassandra asks, her face transforming as she walks over to Qetsiyah who only smirks at her.

"You can't harm me. We're linked." She points out making cassandra sigh and turn back to normal.

"Why do you need him?" She questions again and Qetsiyah only rolls her eyes at the constant questions.

"I--" Qetsiyah stops herself before looking at the door, raising an eyebrow. "Klaus Mikaelson and Damon Salvatore. What a pleasure." She says as she stares at the two men who enter the house.

"So you're Qetsi--whatever." Damon asks as he didn't really care enough to get her name right.

"See this is why I wanna change it." She mumbles before walking behind Stefan and putting her hands on his head.

"Let him go." Damon demands but she only glances over at him.

"I can't. I need him to connect with Silas." Qetsiyah explains making Damon squint his eyes, making his way over to them.

"Yeah... We have to get going to you know beat the morning traffic." Damon tells her before trying to take the vines off of Stefan but they were only tightening.

"I can't defeat Silas if he has mind control, I need Stefan to take that away." Qetsiyah tells them and Cassandra only looks at Stefan who closes his eyes for a moment.

"Just do it." Stefan says making Cassandra sigh as she shakes her head. She knew something would go wrong.

"Stefan." She sees him look at her, offering her a soft smile.

"It's okay. Just unlink Cassandra. I'm guessing you're the one making her sick." Stefan demands but Qetsiyah only squints her eyes a little bit

"No." She states making Klaus glare at her.  "It's my leverage so you lot dont try to stop me." She adds making Cassandra sigh but she knew It was smart on Qetsiyah's part to stay linked. "I'm gonna access some of your power but don't worry, it won't unlock whatever you trapped it behind." Qetsiyah explains to Cassandra, not even waiting for an answer before she starts the spell. Cassandra feels her body drain a little but other than that she's fine.

"What are you doing to him?" Damon asks as he noticed the flames spread around the vines as she does the spell.

"I'm frying Silas's brain." Qetsiyah tells them making cassandra glance at Klaus. She does it for an few more minutes, Stefan's eyes starting to bleed before she opens her eyes.

"You're done." Damon tells her and she only smiles as she lets go of Stefan's head causing it to roll to the side.

"You're right. I am done." Qetsiyah says before backing away and allowing Damon to rush over and take the vines off of him.

"Stefan." He says, patting his cheek but Stefan was out cold which scared Damon.

"Now let's talk about you." Qetsiyah says as she walks over to cassandra who only sighs and shakes her head.

"I'm not releasing my powers." Cassandra denies, already knowing what she was going to ask because she may not feel right now but she wasn't about to let some power consume her.

"If Silas stays weak enough, you can have your baby and then we can take on Silas together. If not I will cast a protection spell. Your baby won't be harmed." Qetsiyah explains but she knew the girl was not convinced yet. "Cassandra. If we can't get Elena, you're the only one that can kill him." She says making cassandra furrow her eyebrows. Even if Silas gets the cure, he won't want to die until the other side is destroyed. He's powerful as a witch but Qetsiyah knew Cassandra was better.

"What are you talking about?" She asks confused as she stares at the woman.

"The mark of the divine." Qetsiyah states like it was the most obvious thing in the world but she could tell they were still confused. "It's one of the most ancient forms of dark magic. Why did you think Silas was scared of you? Why he made you an ally?" She asks the girl with a raised eyebrow. It didn't take long to click in anybody's brain. Silas was usually not one for partnerships and yet he wanted to help her? There was only one reason why he would tell her she couldn't hurt him.

"Because I can kill him."

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comment!! ugh I hate Qetsiyah, especially for frying Stefan's brain. like who holds a grudge for that long? move on.