Rekindle - Klaus Mikaelson

Chapter 23; Klaus

Lilly

I shot up gasping for breath as I felt like the air was being sucked out of me, like I was being suffocated. No!

I pushed the covers off me as I stumbled my way down the stairs and outside as I held myself up on the wall. Stumbling out of the house Damon and Stefan snapped their heads towards me. “s**t! Lilly!” They both rushed over to me helping me outside, which thankfully allowed me to breathe again.

I snapped my head towards them both sending them a glare. “You c**k sucking monkeys! You forgot to wake me before Elena signed the deed, are you seriously that focused on Elena you forgot?!” I snapped making them both look at me sheepishly. “Sorry” They mumbled as I sat on the stone wall outside.

“Do you think Bonnie can take Klaus?” I asked staring off into the distance, I had a feeling that she couldn’t and some part of me was a bit depressed about the whole Klaus dying situation. “She said she can channel enough witches power, Elijah though that could work, he’s an original, so…” Stef trailed off as I sighed.

Should I tell them what I know or just wait for them to find out on their own?

“We just need to find him” Damon mumbled making me snort. “It’s a bit late for that, he’s coming to town Damon and there’s nothing we can do to stop him, he knows we’re here, so my guess is that he’s either already in town, waiting, and now his little minions have done his dirty work he’s gonna show up”

“Can’t Bonnie do a locating spell?” Stefan suggested, looking at me. “Nope, a normal witch has to either have a possession of the target or the blood of the target or one of their relatives” I answered turning to look at him. “Why don’t you just teach her one of yours” Stefan suggested, earning a roll of the eyes from me. “For one, I’m not a witch anymore and two, I would never give out my spells” I told him rolling my eyes before sending him a glare.

“Do you think Katherine’s dead?” Damon asked changing the subject knowing I wasn’t going to change my mind. No matter of the danger I would never share my witch craft with anyone. Especially a Bennett witch. I made that mistake once, and I’m not doing it again. I always get out of situations like these by myself and that’s exactly what I was going to do now.

“Probably” Stef shrugged. “Who cares? The b***h deserves it” I mumbled, just as Elena opened the door for the lawyer to leave.

“Thank you Mr Henry” Elena smiled at him before he left. Once he drove off I tried to get into the house but I was stopped at the threshold. “I’m sorry, I completely forgot. Stefan, would you like to come inside my house?” Elena asked smiling at him.

Her house?! Her house?! The dopplebitch wants to watch what she says because she wouldn’t have to worry about Klaus anymore. I’d kill her myself.

“I would love to” Stefan smirked at me and Damon as he stepped into the house. “Listen, Elena and listen well, when I make a threat I stick to it” I warned her making her visibly gulp making me smirk. She’s scared of me. Fantastic. “Lilly, please come in” She spoke with fear in her voice.

“See that wasn’t so hard now was it darling?” I smirked at her as I stepped into the house. “What are we, 12?” Damon asked when she didn’t invite him in. “One of us is, If I let you in do you promise to obey the owner of this house?” Elena asked crossing her arms over her chest while Stef stood looking between them both in amusement.

“No” Damon refused. “Seriously, Damon. My way, you promised. I call the shots, no lies, secret agendas, remember?” She asked. “Yes, Elena. Sure” Damon sighed agreeing. “Then please, come in” She smiled at him.

Just as Damon walked in Bonnie walked into the hallway from the handing Elena her jacket. “Thanks” Elena smiled at her. “Wait, where are you going?” Stef asked confused. “To school” Elena stated. “Huh?” Stef asked scrunching his face up in confusion.

“No, no, no. We didn’t create a safe house for you to leave it” Damon told her. “Yeah, guys, Klaus is out there. We know that” Stefan reminded her. “Right. But where? No one knows. Look, I really appreciate what you guys are doing. And I’ll be able to sleep at night knowing that I’ll be safe here, but I’m not going to be a prisoner” Elena stated.

“Eugh! Just let them go, it’s not like he’s going to cause a scene in front of the humans, if she wants to go to school, let her go” I snapped glaring at my 2 over baring brothers.

Elena and Bonnie looked at me in confusion. “Don’t think of this as me worried or concerned about you Elena, I just don’t want you here to bring my mood down. Have a good day at school kids” I smirked before heading up to my room to get ready for the day.

After getting ready and getting myself a bloodbag I walked in to the parlour where Damon was sat, as soon as I walked in he snapped his head towards me. “Jesus what took you so long?” I rolled my eyes. “If you wanna look this good, it takes time Damon, and I wanted a nice relaxing bath, is that so bad?”

He sighed. “Whatever, now are you going to tell me why you have your emotions back?” He questioned making me chuckle. “I didn’t tell you before so what makes you think I’m gonna tell you now?” I asked before drinking my bloodbag, he sighed but thankfully left it at that.

Not long later Elena, Stef and Bonnie came storming into the house. “Whoa! Where’s the fire kids?” I asked standing up looking at them. “Klaus compelled someone at school” Stefan told us. “What happened?” Damon asked looking at the 3 of them. “He compelled Dana – a girl from class – to ask if Elena was going to the 60’s dance tonight and for her to tell you that he’s looking forward to seeing you” Bonnie spoke up.

“Yeah, well the only thing he’ll be seeing is me ripping his heart out of his chest” I snapped. Who the hell does this clown think he is? Okay. Maybe he’s an original but that doesn’t mean crap. I’m not going down without a fight!

Damon asked Ric to come to the boarding house, he thought that he should know since he gets involved with everything vampire related, plus, Damon wanted him to put us down as chaperones. “We’ll it looks like Klaus’ll be seeing me sooner than he thought” I mumbled.

I walked over to the mini bar grabbing the bottle of whiskey downing the last half of the bottle. “Whoa” Bonnie stared at me shocked. “Don’t judge witchy, I’m stressed” I warned her. “So what’s the plan? For Lilly to drink herself into oblivion?” Elena asked raising her eyebrow at me.

“No, but we’ll go to the dance and we find him, then we’ll kill him” Damon spoke up, giving me a pointed look. Eugh! Take all my fun away! “Really? How are we going to do that? We don’t even know what he looks like” Stefan asked, looking at me and Damon. “Something tells me that he’s not going to be 16 and pimply” I retorted chuckling to myself as I slumped down onto a chair.

“He can be anywhere at any time, he compelled someone at school... I guess it’s not as safe as you guys thought eh?” Stefan asked Bonnie and Elena, before one of them could say anything Ric walked through the door, knocking. “There you are” Damon looked over at Ric who was staring at me. Okay then.

“Yeah, sorry I’m late” He apologized finally taking his eyes off me. “I need you to put me and Lilly down as chaperones at the dance tonight, Klaus made his first move” Damon told Ric.

“Is it a good idea for Lilly to come?” Bonnie asked looking at my 2 brothers. “Of course it’s a good idea Bonnie, I’m a vampire I can handle my alcohol” I told her going to grab a bottle of wine but Bonnie used her witchy juju to throw it out of my hand and against the wall.

“Are you serious?” I snapped glaring at her. “We can’t have you drunk tonight” Bonnie told me. “So you destroy a perfectly fine bottle of wine? Are you crazy?!” I growled at her taking a step towards her. “Lilly” Stef warned knowing that I was ready to kill the Bennett witch. “Oh, who’s going to miss the witch b***h?” I asked before I rushed over to her and grabbed her by her neck choking her.

“LILLY!” Elena shouted at me, making me roll my eyes, I looked at Bonnie squinting my eyes “Listen witch and listen good, do not ever take my alcohol away from me again, do you understand?” I growled making her try and nod.

“Good” I smiled at her before I let her go, I looked at everyone and chuckled Damon, Stefan, Bonnie and Elena was glaring at me while Ric had a small smile on his face, but when he noticed me looking he wiped his face of emotion.

Weird.

“Look, Klaus is in town so we find him then what? Eh? What’s our plan of attack?” Elena asked getting back onto topic. “Me I’m the plan, he has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him I can kill him” Bonnie spoke up.

I snorted, she might be able to kill him, but she’ll also be killing herself, but oh well. It’s not my problem. “Perfect” I smiled because once Klaus is dead I’ll have this bounty off my head.

“That’s not going to be easy” Ric chuckled making us all look at him. “What do you mean it won’t be that bloody easy?” I asked intrigued. “He is the biggest, badest vampire around” He added, making me laugh. “Ric’s right, I mean what if he-“ Damon spoke before he rushed towards Bonnie who flicked her wrist throwing him into the table. “Not bad for a newbie witch” I shrugged.

“It doesn’t matter if he’s an original, I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him Elena, I know I can” Bonnie told her, making hope appear in the dopplebitch’s eyes. “This isn’t going to end well” I spoke staring at Bonnie letting her know that I knew what she was hiding from them all.

Ric ended up leaving saying he needed to get ready for the dance tonight so I decided to head up to my room and start getting ready for the dance myself.

Once I was ready I checked myself over in my mirror before grabbing my phone and making my way downstairs to join the others. “Is everyone ready to kick some original ass?” I asked smirking at the 3 of them. “Let’s just get this over with” Stef mumbled.

I nodded before grabbing the keys to my car. “Who wants to ride in style?” I asked as I made my way outside. “Elena and Stefan can ride together” Damon told them making his way towards my car.

As we drove to the school it was silent, but as I parked outside the school I turned to look at Damon. “Good luck” He smiled at me. “Please, I’m Lilly Marie Salvatore, I’m a fighter” I winked at him as I shut iff the engine. “Are you not worried?” He asked raising his eyebrows.

“He’s not going to kill me, Damon, Elijah promised me that, so if he doesn’t want to kill me, he’s going to take me with him” I told him, before stepping out of my car. “What and you’re just going to go willingly?” He asked stepping out himself. I looked over at him, smirking. “What do you think?” I asked him before walking towards the Scooby gang who was stood outside the school.

“Everyone ready to do this?” Stefan asked looking at mostly Elena and Bonnie. “Yep” Bonnie and Elena nodded before we made our way into the dance. The room was full of teenagers dancing with eachother to a song that was playing – which stopped as a girl walked onto the stage. “Thanks for being here everybody, we have a shoutout tonight” She started just as me, Damon, Elena, Stefan, Bonnie and Jeremy started walking over to the stage.

“Lilly, your secret admirer says it’s good to see you again, and this is for you” She spoke just as a song started playing, but I wasn’t really listening.

My secret admirer? What th- Klaus!

“Well that was a lame ass cheap shot, he’s just trying to bait us” Damon mumbled, bringing me out of my raging thoughts. “Seriously? He’s a big bad original and he’s compelling teenagers at a dance? Couldn’t he come up with something better to scare us?” I chuckled shaking my head.

“I know everyone here” Elena spoke up looking around the hall. “So do I” Bonnie added. “Look, it’s a party, go enjoy yourself, go dance or whatever you humans do at these dance things” I shooed them off before walking over to Ric with Damon behind me.

“Special dedication huh? This guys a little twisted” Ric spoke looking me over, this dude is really starting to get on my nerves, just because he and Jenna aren’t doing too good at the moment didn’t mean he could get with me. “Please, I’m not impressed. Its child’s play” I chuckled sitting down on a stool next to him. “Me neither” Damon chuckled.

“No?” Ric asked looking at Damon who shook his head. “Keep your eyes open” Damon told us before walking off.

“So what do you think of all this?” Ric asked looking at me. “Honestly? I think Elena’s just making the whole situation worse, along with my brothers. If they just handed her over all of our lives would be better” I shrugged.

“You’re not bothered that Klaus is gonna kill her?” He asked raising his eyebrows. “Every human dies Ric, unless you have those trusty little rings you have” I chuckled.

“So I take that as a no” Ric mumbled. “No, if she put up a fight I might feel a bit sympathetic for her but she hasn’t, she’s just stood there scared instead of asking me or my brothers for our blood. You need to fight to live, Ric” I swear I saw him smirk but I just ignored it.

“What happened to you?” Ric mumbled staring at me, I looked at him confused. “What?” I asked raising my eyebrows. “I need to go do my job” He mumbled before walking off. What the hell just happened? I shrugged my shoulders before having a walk around the school to see if I could find Klaus he had to be here somewhere.

As I walked down a corridor I heard Stefan and Jeremy talking and of course I’m nosey enough to listen in. “What is it? Hey, you got something on your mind, spit it out” Stefan told him. “If Bonnie takes on Klaus, channelling all that energy’s going to kill her” Jeremy admitted letting the cat out of the bag.

“What?” Stefan asked confused. “But she doesn’t want Elena to know ‘cause if Elena knows she’s gonna try to stop her, and it’s Elena that could turn up dead, so… What am I supposed to do?” Jeremy asked.

“If it could kill her Lilly would have said something” Stefan mumbled and I decided to make my presence known. “I did know I just wasn’t bothered, if it meant that Klaus was dead and I was free I’d let anyone die” They both snapped their heads towards me. “Lilly…” Stefan trailed off not knowing what to say while Jeremy looked at me in disgust.

“Listen, my life comes before anyone else’s, she’s just a way to my freedom. Don’t look for any good in me, either of you, this is me, my life comes before anyone else’s” I told them before walking off.

I made my way outside to get some air. I’m positive that Klaus is here to kill the witch so she can’t kill him, it’s not the full moon yet so he doesn’t want dopplewench yet, me however I have no clue. I could be dead by the end of tonight, I might have lived more than your usual time but I still wasn’t ready.

“How could you not tell me?” I heard Elena ask making me snap my head to my left where Bonnie and Elena stood. “Cause’ I knew how you’d react” Bonnie told her. “No, no way, it’s not an option” Elena shook her head.

“There isn’t any other option… well there is but I’m not sure you’d want to become a vampire, or be on the run from an original for the rest of your life… It’s her decision anyway” I told her walking over to them.

“She could die Lilly and you’re not saying anything” She snapped at me. “At least I’ll still be alive by the end of it, Elena” I told her crossing my arms over my chest. “That’s it? That’s all you can say? She can die” Elena snapped.

“And I’ll be alive living my life how I want to” I told her, she went to smack me but I grabbed her wrist squeezing on it hard hearing her bone pop out of place making her cry out in pain. “Don’t ever try to hit me again, the next time I’ll kill you” I warned her before letting go of her hand.

Before she could say anything Ric came running over to us. “Elena, Klaus has Jeremy, come on” He told her, sounding panicked.

What? I just saw Jeremy with Stefan, how the hell can Klaus get him in the matter of minutes?

“What?” Elena asked shocked. “Yeah, come on” He told her walking over to a door. Something didn’t feel right so I decided to join them, I didn’t want the witch to die until Klaus is dead, I want my freedom. “Wait, I’ll come with you” I grumbled following behind the 3 of them.

It was silent for a couple of minutes as we walked down some corridors, until Elena broke the silence. “Okay, so where are you taking us?” She asked Ric who was leading us god knows where.

“Just a little further” Ric mumbled and that when I felt it, there was something that didn’t feel right. “Wait” I spoke stopping them. “Where’s Jeremy?” Bonnie asked probably feeling like this wasn’t right. “Eugh! I just had to get away from that dance. Eugh! The 60’s? Not my decade. Who’s call was that anyway?” Ric chuckled.

“I’m with you one that one” I mumbled, I couldn’t remember much of it thanks to all the partying and blood. “Now the 20’s wasn’t too bad, the style, the jazz, but there was something missing” Ric spoke making me raise my eyebrows since Ric wasn’t alive in the 20’s.

“Alaric, are you on vervain?” Elena asked him looking at him sceptically. “Why don’t you ask Lilly Marie?” Ric asked her looking over at me.

“He’s been compelled” Elena nodded looking at Bonnie. “It’s not compulsion” I shook my head walking to stand in between Bonnie and Elena.

“What’s going on?” Bonnie asked confused. “Okay, I’ll give you a hint, I am not Alaric” He told them, slowly so they would understand, while everything clicked in my head. “Klaus” I mumbled. “Surprise” Klaus/Ric sang.

“No. No. It’s not possible” Elena mumbled. “Relax Elena, I’m not going to hurt you, you’re not on my hit list tonight” Klaus/Ric told her before looking at Bonnie.

“But you are” He told her before trying to attack her but ended up being chucked into some lockers himself by the witch.

I quickly turned around and looked at Elena. “Go find my brothers. Now” I told her pushing her away. “Now did I mention that I had a witch on my side? You’re going to have to hit me a lot harder than that” He told her before going to attack her again, but I quickly jumped in front of him and pinned him to the floor.

“You might be an original, but right now you’re just a weak human” I chuckled. “If you kill this body I’ll just jump into another. Maybe Jeremy?” He smirked looking at Bonnie.

I looked at her aswel. “Run” I mouthed to her and thankfully she listened to me. I knew he wanted to kill her and I was prepared to be one step ahead.

Once I knew she had a good distance between us, I quickly jumped off Alaric/Klaus and went to speed away but before I could make it to the door I dropped to my knees holding my head.

“Argh!” I groaned holding onto my head, thankfully it wasn’t as bad as it should be when a vampire gets an aneurism but right now I wasn’t going to complain. I snapped my head up to see a witch stood in front of me and Klaus/Ric stood next to him smiling down at me.

“Witches have no respect these day” I gritted out still holding onto my head, Klaus/Ric laughed walking towards me. “Now I never thought I would see the day Lilly Marie Salvatore got brought down to her knees” He chuckled making me glare at him. “Glad you’re enjoying it” I snapped still in pain. I was gonna kill this witch!

Klaus/Ric bent down to be level with me and grabbed my chin making me look at him. “My sweet Lilly Marie” He whispered flicking his eyes over me. “I’ve missed you” He whispered before pressing a kiss against my forehead and for some reason I didn’t want to kill him like I would have normally done to any man that touched me.

“Have a good sleep, my love” He smiled at me before snapping my neck. Eugh!