𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 16

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"Did you say New Orleans?" Anna asked Elijah in need to be sure.

"What the hell is Klaus doing there?" Rebekah furrowed her brows.

"Evidently there are witches conspiring against him. So, knowing our brother, this was a mission to silence and slaughter."

Anna felt her stomach drop.

"Well, the French Quarter witches are not a lot to be trifled with. You don't suppose they've found a way to kill him once and for all, do you?" Rebekah smiled as she sipped her drink.

Elijah sighed, "Rebekah, in the name of our family, you might try to dial down your glee."

"What family? We're three distrustful acquaintances who happen to share a bloodline. I, for one, hope they've found a way to make that traitorous bastard rot."

Anna was only thinking about having to enter that cursed town once more.

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Annalise walked into the room Elijah was in and watched as he began to pack up a few things up.

"You're going, aren't you?"

The vampire turned and sighed walking up to her, "I believe I'm always needed to help with my brothers mess, would you care to accompany me?"

Anna's hands started to shake a but but she clenched them into a fist. The girl promised herself never to step foot on that land again. It gave her nightmares to this day but, Nik was getting targeted and she didn't want to leave Elijah to do this alone.

Thoughts ran endlessly through her mind, not to mention the ancestors resided there.

The heretic took a deep breath, "Let me get my things."

Elijah smiled and softly nodded, the brunette walked out and felt her stomach churning. What had she just agreed to?

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"Where are you two going?" Rebekah called out as Anna and Elijah were at the front door.

The older Mikaelson turned to face his sister, "To find out who's making a move against our brother. And then I'll either stop them...or I'll help them, depending on my mood."

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Annalise slammed the car door shut as her and Elijah arrived at a bar where they heard word of a Sophie Deveraux that worked here.

The two walked ahead when they heard a girl speaking, "Oh, that sounds like witch business. I'd say ask her yourself, but I guess you can't, seeing as Marcel killed her."

Elijah and Anna face each other before disappearing into the dark night.

Sophie turns when one of Marcel's vampires attacks her but is suddenly gone. She looks up as well as the other vampire and something falls, she narrows her eyes before recognizing it as a heart.

The vampire looked angry but didn't have time to do anything more when Elijah pinned him against the wall with a stake to his heart.

Anna walked out with a sly grin as Elijah turned towards the witch.

"I'm Elijah. You heard of me?"

The witch started nodding her head rather quickly, "Yes"

"So, why don't you tell me what business your family has with my brother?"

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Annalise and Elijah appear beside Klaus who was just with Marcel.

"Evening, Elijah. Anna." the hybrid greeted with out even turning to face them.

"Charming city your visiting." Anna sharply said, if it weren't for him she would have never came here. It felt like she was drowning in horrifying memories.

"Yes well what an entirely unwelcome surprise."

"And what an entirely unsurprising welcome. Come with me."

"I'm not going anywhere. Not till I find out who's conspiring against me."

"Here we go again." Annalise muttered.

"I believe we just found that out for you."

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Anna and Elijah lead the hybrid into the cemetery, "What are we doing here?" Klaus questioned.

"You wanna know what the witches have in store for you? Follow me."

The three enter one of the mausoleums.

Klaus looked weary when he saw the witch. "Sophie Deveraux. What is this?"

"He's all yours. Proceed." Elijah told her.

"You know you're famous in this town? Witches tell bedtime stories about the powerful vampire Klaus. We know Marcel was nothing but an orphan street rat, until you made him what he is. And now he's out of control. He does what he wants, he kills who he wants. I'm gonna stop him, and you're gonna help me."

Anna had to suppress her laugh, witch's were very demanding. One more reason as to why she hated them.

Klaus smiled and started to laugh, "This is why you brought me here?" he asked as he looked at his older brother.

"Hear her out."

Klaus scoffed, "I don't need to hear her out." he turned to look at Sophie, "I assure you, love, there is not a thing on this earth that will matter enough for me to waste even thirty more seconds of my time. Elijah, what madness is this?"

Hayley enters the mausoleum with a few other witches beside her.

"Klaus. You need to listen to them."

The hybrid laughs once more, "You're all out of your minds if you think some liquor-fueled, one-night stand, no offense sweetheart, means a thing to me."

Anna sighed and shook her head.

"Marcel may be able to keep up from practicing real magic in this town, but as keepers of the balance we still know when nature has cooked up something new. For example, I have a special gift...of sensing when a girl is pregnant." Sophie glanced at Hayley.

Klaus' smile dropped, "What?"

"I know it's impossible-" the werewolf started.

"What are you saying?"

"The girl is carrying your child, bloody hell." Anna muttered.

"No. It's impossible. Vampires cannot procreate." Klaus denied it and started shaking his head.

"But werewolves can. Magic made you a vampire, but you were born a werewolf. You're the Original hybrid, the first of your kind, and this pregnancy is one of nature's loopholes."

Klaus looked utterly shocked but he turned towards Hayley and shouted, "You've been with someone else, admit it!"

"Hey, I've spent days held captive in a freaking alligator bayou because they think that I'm carrying some magical miracle baby. Don't you think I would've fessed up if it wasn't yours?"

Sophie chimed in, "My sister gave her life to perform the spell she needed to confirm this pregnancy. Because of Jane-Anne's sacrifice, the lives of this girl and her baby are now controlled by us."

Elijah looked surprised hearing this all of a sudden and Anna clenched her fists.

"If you don't help us take down Marcel, so help me, Hayley won't live long enough to see her first maternity dress."

"Wait what?" the pregnant werewolf said.

"You witch's never do change." Anna scoffed.

"Enough of this. If you want Marcel dead, he's dead. I'll do it myself." Elijah snapped making Anna place her hand on his forearm.

"No. We can't, not yet. We have a clear plan that we need to follow, and there are rules."

Klaus turns with his anger barely restrained, "How dare you command me... threaten me, with what you wrongfully perceive to be my weaknesses. I won't hear any more lies." he goes to leave.

"Niklaus. Listen." Elijah told his brother as the hybrid stopped in front of Hayley paying close attention to her abdomen.

He meets Hayley's eyes for a second and looks away, "Kill her and the baby, what do I care?" he stormed out.

"Stay with her." Elijah told Anna referring to Hayley and walked out after his brother.

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Anna leaned against the wall as she waited, the girl wasn't listening to anything the witch's were saying.

She was focused on not letting her memories consume her. She could hear voices whispering in her ear, she was going to lose her mind if this continued.

Elijah appeared beside Anna making her stand up straight, "She can't. I'm not entirely certain that I can, either. But now that your coven has drawn his ire, I have a question. What prevents my brother from murdering you instead of cooperating?"

Sophie takes a needle and shows it to the Original. She sticks the needle into her hand.

"Ow" Hayley suddenly said.

Anna's eyes widened with realization, "You linked your lives as one."

Sophie nodded, "The spell my sister performed, the one that got her killed? It didn't just confirm the pregnancy. It linked me to Hayley. So anything that happens to me, happens to her, which means her life is in my hands. Klaus may not care about his own child, but it's very clear what it already means to you. If I have to hurt Hayley, or worse, to ensure that I have your attention, I will."

Anna narrowed her eyes.

"You would dare threaten an Original?" Elijah questioned.

"I have nothing else to lose. You have until midnight to get Klaus to change his mind."

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Hayley and Anna start looking around in a room, "So much dust." the werewolf muttered.

Anna nodded in agreement. The werewolf pulled a sheet off of a crib and began coughing from the dust it let out.

"You alright?" the heretic asked her.

"Just dust. This place is ancient."

Annalise smiled, "Well considering no ones been here for over a hundred years, dust ought to appear. How do you feel?"

"About having a miracle baby with a psychotic one-night-stand?" Hayley raised a brow.

"About being a mother."

Hayley looked down, "I was abandoned when I was born and my adoptive parents kicked me out the second that I turned into a wolf. So... I don't really know how I feel about being a mother because I... I never really had a good one."

Anna smiled at her, "I'm sure you'll be a great mother, either way I will be here if you need me."

Elijah suddenly appeared, "I didn't know you could be so welcoming Anna."

"I'm only kind to people I tolerate." the heretic huffed.

"She is not wrong about that." Klaus said as he walked in.

"Is it done?"

"As a matter of fact, yes. Your underhanded deal worked quite well. Marcel was only too happy to accept my blood even as he accepted my heartfelt apologies. His man, Thierry, yet lives and I remain a welcome guest in the French Quarter. My only concern now is this coven of impudent witches. Anna wouldn't you be able to unlink the witch and Hayley?" Klaus asked his friend.

"Well-" the heretic started but the werewolf cut her off.

"You shouldn't do magic here, Marcel has a way of finding out if someone is practicing magic and get them killed for it."

Anna narrowed her eyes, what kind of vampire had those abilities?

"For the time being, it would be best then if you didn't perform any magic at all." Elijah told her, he would not put her in harms way.

Klaus narrowed his eyes at the two soulmates.

"Alright." the heretic nodded, but she was suddenly all too curious as to how he had that power?

"I believe the witch's honorable. They did release Hayley to me. Although, they haven't been entirely forthcoming. Marcel obviously has something that they need. They don't want him dead. There must be a reason why."

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Annalise was cleaning the kitchen when Elijah walked in. "What's wrong Anna?"

The girl turned and furrowed her brows not knowing what he was talking about.

"I've noticed how tense you've been since we arrived here."

The heretic looked down, "This is my home town."

"That's right, the Martin coven used to reside here before they left and got themselves massacred."

Anna gulped anxiously, "Yeah, I just don't have good memories here that's all."

Elijah stood before her and caressed her cheek.

"I will always protect you." he whispered.

Anna's breath hitched at their close proximity, Elijah felt such a strong force willing for him to be with her that he was starting to give in to it, but at the end of the day he always remembered Niklaus.

The original sighed and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. Elijah loved how sparks would erupt when they touched, it made him feel alive again.

He looked down at her emerald eyes, her look had a voice of it's own.

She wanted him to say something, anything that would tell he wanted to be with her. But in the next second he was gone.

She looked around and sighed in disappointment.

The girl began to put away plates and cups when a sharp pain in her heart caused her to drop one. Glass shattered onto the floor as Anna clutched her chest that felt as if she was being stabbed.

Hayley ran in worried, "What happened?"

"I-I don't know."

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