SERAPHINA huffed as Klaus made no move to slow his pace as they walked through the woods so Seraphina had to quicken her pace. She knew that he was mad but she couldn't be to blame, she's allowed to have a separate agenda. "Klaus look, I know you don't like me right now but I can help you find her. If we split up we can cover more ground."

"We're not splitting up" He refused barely looking at her as he was angry and knew that he couldn't take his anger with Mikael out on her.

She huffed at his stubbornness. "Look Klaus. I can handle myself."

"We're not splitting up. I know my Father and so we're not splitting up." He repeated stubbornly refusing to change his mind.

"As you wish." She gave in to his commands as he finally slowed his pace, matching her own.

"Why are you helping her?" He asked curious at to why she decided on helping out the little witch.

"Davina?" She asked and he nodded. "I'm helping her because she's on her own, she doesn't have anyone else. She thought she had Marcel but it seems he's not on her side anymore she doesn't have any of the witches and I know what it's like to try and do it on your own. It's hard and people will take you for granted and use your vulnerability against you to get what they want. I guess part of me sees myself in Davina and I don't want her to make the same mistakes I did." She explained as regret flashed through her eyes as she cast her gaze to the ground.

"Pretty admirable of you." He commented causing a Seraphina to shoot him a stern look.

"Which way?" She changed the subject not wanting a debate.

Klaus stopped them as they passed a tree with blood smeared onto it. He knew that Mikael was trying to get him to find them. He carried on following the scent as they reached a clearing where a bonfire was being held with party-goers stood completely still and silent baring masks, presumably compelled by Mikael.

The two of them walked into the centre facing them as one of them began to speak. "Did you honestly think to hold me with a blade forged from pain?" The guy asked speaking on Mikael's behalf.

"Unlike the weak, unlike you, I gain strength from pain!" Another added pointing a machete at them.

"Soon, you will know the taste of white-oak as it pierced your heart." The other continued as Klaus looked around amused.

"Is he such a coward that he could not speak himself?" Seraphina muttered to Klaus who contained his laughter. His eyes light up in amusement.

"It's very clever, Mikael! Compelling the locals to say to my face what you dare not? Enjoy the theatrics! They only delay the inevitable." He shouted back at them knowing that Mikael would be listening.

One of the men grunted as he charged forward trying to attack Klaus, but he easily disarmed and killed him in a second. The other compelled guests quickly follow, surrounding Klaus and Seraphina.

They nodded to each other as they made quick work of defeating the rest of them. Klaus swiftly disarming them and snapping their necks whilst Seraphina flights others dodging their attacks and kicking them down. She got distracted by a couple trying to knock one down and hold the other off when another came from the side and plunged a knife into her lower stomach.

She winced as they dug it in her eyes turning ablaze as she faced the culprit. She smiled sadistically as she placed her hand onto of their own that was still holding the dagger and ripped it out swiftly. She then held their neck in the other as heat rose within her and withdrew from her hand burning them as they struggled to breath, she let go as their life left their eyes. She turned to the rest and burned them down one by one as Klaus quickly killed the rest.

*

Daylight hit when they had finally taken care of the bodies. Klaus phone dialled a few seconds before he reached into his pocket to answer.

"I'm a tad busy. What is it, Hayley?" He asked impatiently, not one for social etiquette.

Seraphina could barely hear Hayley on the other line. "Something happened to Elijah. He was suppose to be our decoy last night, and now he's vanished. There's blood everywhere— werewolf and vampire. There's a trail. I need you to help us track it."

"Well, as much as I might like to help you find my brother, I have more pressing matters at the moment." He denied frustrated as yet another problem had arose.

One of the party-goers who was still alive tried to crawl towards Klaus, but he simply kicks him in the face knocking him a few feet back.

"What's more important than your own brother?" Hayley asks incredulously.

Klaus pretended to think for a moment. "Hmm. My life? Davina had Mikael on a magical leash, and it broke. Now Mikael has Tunde's blade, the white oak stake, and Cami." He listed annoyed at the situation. "I'm gonna get her back."

The partier tries once again to attack Klaus but this time it was Seraphina's turn to kick him back down, she felt his jaw snap as her foot made contact.

Klaus watched impressed as he continued talking on the phone. "And then, I'm gonna end this. Either Mikael or I will be ash by days end." He told Hayley, causing Seraphina to look at him concerned.

"And , if you do find my brother, please, tell him I could do with a hand?" He finalised as he walks towards the guy and grabs him in a choke-hold before proceeding to snap his neck and hang up the phone.

He then ripped into his wrist holding it out for Seraphina who at first looked mildly confused before realising he was offering his blood to her to heal her wound.

*

Both Klaus and Seraphina were still wondering around the outskirts of the Bayou, looking for Cami and Mikael as it had proven harder than they first thought. Klaus notices a rock soaked with blood outside of the abandoned building they had reached. Seraphina frowns as he touches it realising that it was Cami's blood. He looks around and spots a shovel nearby and breaks it in half, giving half to Seraphina before they both entered the building.

As they enter they can see Mikael holding Cami at knife-point. She appears to be weakened by the amount of blood she has lost as she was swaying side to side on her feet, only standing because Mikael was holding her up. Klaus becomes enraged at the sight and points his makeshift stake towards Mikael threateningly.

"You're gonna pay for hurting her." He spat.

Mikael seemed unbothered as he carelessly drops her to the floor. Seraphina itched to rush to her side but instead stood her ground knowing that was what Mikael expected and she know she needed to take him by surprise.

"Aw, how sweet." Mikael spat as he held Papa Tunde's blade in one hand, the white oak stake in the other. "I'll be sure to drain the rest of her right in front of your eyes, just before you burn." He seethes his eyes flickering momentarily to the woman besides Klaus. He smirks maliciously as he eyes her. "This one too. I bet she'll taste exquisite."

Furious at his Fathers words, Klaus leaps a dozen feet into the air and lunges at him with the stake. He tackles Mikael to the ground, but they both quickly rise to their feet in defensive positions. In a flash Mikael has Klaus pinned against the wall and is struggling to stake Klaus in the chest, Seraphina seeing this sneaks up behind the man knowing that he isn't worried about her and twists Mikael's arm until he unwillingly drops the stake and shoves him back with a punch to the gut.

Klaus having recovered slightly then tackles him through a concrete and brick wall into the next room as they continue to fight.

Seraphina's eyes shift over to Cami who looks to be coming to and walks over to her bending down as she pulls the woman to her feet helping to support her weight. Just as she was about to led Cami out of the building, Klaus kicks Mikael back into the room and straddles him as he turns the stake Mikael is trying to use on him around and musters up all of his energy to break Mikael's grip from it.

Klaus smirks as Mikael looks worried. "Not as weak as you remember, am I?" He spits as Klaus gets ready to stake him but Mikael instead throwing the blade he's holding towards a unsuspecting Seraphina as her focus was still on Cami's well-being.

Klaus seeing this vamp-sped towards them and caught it before it touched her face. This gives Mikael the opportunity he needs to steal the stake back and stab Klaus in the chest. Seraphina gently lets go of Cami as she races towards Mikael and Klaus, grabbing ahold of the arm he's using to stake Klaus and trying to push back but it seemed that Mikael had regained his strength back as he smirks at the woman grabbing her shoulder with his spare hand and launching her across the room causing her to crash against the wall knocking her unconscious.

Cami shrieks in horror as she watches helpless and then she turns back to Klaus who has begun to desiccate.

"NO!" She screams as she tries to run towards them but Mikael simply backhands her which throws her backwards towards the floor. Mikael stares at Klaus' body laid out on the floor, but becomes concerned when nothing happens as Cami cries in shock.

He growled as he stares down at the body. "Why aren't you burning? If you were dead, it would burn. BURN!" He demands but still nothing happens. He then seemed to of sensed the others in the building as he rushes out of the room to find them.

Cami had crawled over to where Klaus and Seraphina both lay and stares at the stake in his chest. She grabs it and tries her hardest to pull it out of him, but it barely budges. She lets out a frustrated sound as she continues to try to remove the stake from his chest. Seraphina slowly comes to and looks across to see Cani struggling to pull the white-oak from Klaus and gently removes her hand and grips the stake in both of her own before giving it a rough tug before it's released.

They both sigh in relief as colour begins to return to his skin but it quickly disappears as Mikael makes a reappearance.

"What do you think you're doing?" He barks at them, seeing the stake no longer in Klaus chest but instead the woman's hands.

"Stay the hell away from us!" Cami yells out from behind Seraphina as Seraphina pushes herself to stand holding the stake in a vice grip as she steps closer to Mikael fire brewing in her eyes.

"Take one more step and this stake goes straight through your heart and I will burn you myself." She threatens the man who looks at the women mildly impressed at their talk.

"You're threatening me? Do you know who you're dealing with, foolish girl..."

Seraphina glowered at him. "I am Seraphina Almarrion of House Almarrion , of the blood of Old Valyeria. I am the dragon's daughter and I swear to you if you harm her you will die screaming." She took another step toward, testing him.

He acted unfazed at her speech before coughing. "If I'm mistaken, I do not see any dragons in your possession." He tried to get a rise out of her but she simply smiled wickedly.

"And who told you I needed a Dragon to burn you." She paused as she raises her hands. "Dracarys." She spoke one simple word which engulfed her hands in flames.

Mikael makes a move to grab her but she moves out of the way her hand that is still a lit in flames grazing his side as she quickly threw a couple punches towards his chest to disorientate him. Mikael eventually knocks her back and grabs the stake from her possession holding it up to her chest as the fire in her hands immediately burn out. She breathes nervously as she awaits for him to plunge it into her chest.

"Now,ENOUGH! This night has been a long parade of fools. I'll enjoy killing every last one of us, starting with you my dear." He brushes a lock of her hair away with the stake as she looks down at her. "So much potential, what a shame it has to go to waste."

Just as he raises the stake again two figures enter the room. Marcel quickly vamps over to Seraphina and moves her out of Mikael's reach as Hayley throws a chain around Mikael's neck and yanks on it so hard it knock him off of his feet.

"Yeah, I wouldn't bet on it." She bites back as she hits him in the face with the chain as Klaus awakens with a gasp and determinedly jumps to his feet. Marcel helps Seraphina to stand as Hayley rushes over to Klaus eventually joined by Davina. They all stand in tableau and smirk at Mikael knowing that he is now vastly outnumbered as he wouldn't be able to take them all on at once.

"It's over, Mikael. You're outnumbered. Are you going to beg for your miserable life?" Klaus taunted the man who sneered at them.

He laughed. "You think having people makes your strong? It just proves how weak you are." He spat as he looked around at the people surrounding him. "Come find me when you don't have fools, women and children fighting your battles." He then throws the scrap of wood at them and vamp-speeds from the building.

A few moments later Klaus was stood in front of Seraphina as she sat on top of some crates nursing her head from crashing into the wall. Klaus smoothed over her hair gently as she noticed his stab wound which hasn't healed yet. She lightly traced it causing him to wince slightly as he watched her movements before taking her hand in his own.

"You pulled it out in the nick of time. A moment longer, and I would of been done for." He said gratefully.

Corinth gave him a small smile. "Well i didn't do it alone, and it's the least I could do to try and prove my loyalty to you."

Klaus traced over her hand with his thumb. "Well, for what's it worth. I never stopped doubting your loyalty towards me only questioned it with others." He gave her a cheeky grin. He paused before carrying on. "You know, in a thousand years, I think it's the first time I've seen him run."

"He was weak, a coward. And well you never had me." She replied and before Klaus could comment on it Hayley and Marcel reentered the room with Cami not far behind having heard their conversation.

"And, he knew he was outmatched." Hayley added.

"We checked the perimeter, and he's definitely gone." Marcel informed Klaus who nodded gratefully.

"I appreciate your assistance." He told him honestly.

Marcel shrugged. "Well, hey! You die, I die." He smiled. "Just call me selfish."

"Yeah, you die, a lot of people die. But Klaus? We have another problem..." Hayley confessed as she gave him a serious look.

Ooop did I just update after months...yep lol
Sorry for the wait I actually sorta like how this chapter turned out.
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