Chapter 6: He's all I Have

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The Grill

"Don't mind me." Klaus says.

"Klaus." Damon says. 

"You gonna do this in the Grill? In front of everyone? It's a little beneath you, don't you think?" 

"I don't know what you are talking about. I just came down to my local pub to grab a drink with a mate." The jogger that followed Elena and Ophira  shows up behind him. 

"And Ophira of course. Get a round in, would you Tony? Klaus smiles, seeing that Elena is shocked.

"I'm surprised you stuck around town long enough for happy hour."

"Rebekah seems to be missing." Ophira states.

"Need to sort that out."

"Cute blonde bombshell, psycho. Shouldn't be too hard to find."

"Truth is I've grown to rather like your little town. Think I might fancy a home here. Oh I imagine you're wondering how does this is affect you. The answer is: not in the slightest. As long as I get what I want and everyone behaves themselves you can go on living your little lives however you choose. You have my word."

"What more could you possibly want?"

"Well for starters, you can tell me where I might find Stefan."

"Stefan skipped town the second he saved your ass."

"Well you see that is a shame." Klaus throws a dart and gets a bulls-eye.

"Your brother stole from me. I need him found so I can take back what's mine."

"That sounds like a Klaus and Stefan problem." Klaus moves toward Elena. Damon steps in between them. Klaus smirks.

"Ha. Well this is me broadening the scope, sweetheart."

Before Klaus and Ophira could walk away, Elena grabs Ophira's arm. She whips her head towards Elena. "Why are you with him?" Elena asks Ophira.

"Excuse me?"

"He's a murder."

"Says the doppleganger who woke the person who killed my parents in front of me, and shot me." Elena let go of her arm, feeling bad for the girl. Ophira was about to walk away when she decide to answer her question. "You asked me why I'm with Klaus, the answer is because he's all I have and I care about him and he cares about me. So I suggest you find Stefan and give me the rest of my family back."

The Salvatore Boarding House

Damon pours himself a drink, he turns around and sees Klaus standing in the doorway holding Ophira's hand.

"I think it's about time we had a drink, don't you?" Klaus states.

"I'd say we're overdue." Damon responded and Ophira let go of his hand as she walked curiously to the book shelves.

"Well, you've been so busy with all your plotting and scheming."

"You know me. Never miss a chance to plan an epic failure."

"Don't be so hard on yourself. Who could have guessed your own brother would betray you?"

"Well, I did have a front row seat when your sister lied to you."

"Yeah, well she's fickle that one. And you say you have no idea of her whereabouts?"

"That's the thing with younger siblings. You just never know what they're gonna do."

"Drink?" Damon pours Klaus and himself a drink and hands Klaus one of the glasses.

"Cheers mate!"

"Down the hatch." They both take a drink.

"You know, we've actually got a lot in common, you and I."

"Really? Well, yeah. Maybe we can bond over our mutual loathing of my brother. Why are you so mad at him? He stole something?"

"My family, the Originals. I had them daggered, boxed-up awaiting the day when I saw fit to wake them. And he went in and pinched the bloody lot."

"Of course he did. Such a buzzkill, my baby bro. Well, I'd love to find him. Just the trouble is, I sure as hell don't work for you."

"You know, your drink stinks of vervain- so I can't compel you. There'd be no point in killing you because you're actually the one with the most hope of getting me what I need. And yet it would seem a demonstration is in order. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough when I told you to find Stefan. Well, it seems you people respond best to displays of violence. Why don't you take this as an example of my reach?"

"Uhh," Ophira rolls her eyes. 

"Why are you upset?"

"Because you people are idiots I mean just gives us Rebekah and will be out of your hair."

Klaus takes out his phone and calls someone. "There he is! So, that thing I told you to do...why don't you go ahead and get on with it?"

Klaus' Mansion

Klaus and Mindy are walking through the rooms of a large mansion; workers are everywhere.

"Compel the men to open up this wall. We need sun. I want a fortress not a dungeon." Tyler appears.

"Here he is: man of the hour!"

"So everything went okay?" Tyler asks.

"Tony ran down Alaric instead of Jeremy, but apples, oranges, message lands the same."

"You said you are sending them a warning."

"And I did. An effective one! Elena's family suffers, she is motivated to get me what I want."

"I didn't think that we actually have to kill anyone."

"Tyler, mate. What you are feeling is the remnant of a guilty conscience. I need you to get over it, okay? End of the day human life is just a means to an end. Our means to our end. You do well to remember that?" Tyler leaves.

"Excuse me!" Ophira exclaimed walking down the stairs and a hybrid with material working on the house almost bumped into her. She turned to Klaus, "Klaus can tell your hybrids to stay out of my room and I swear to god if one of them touch my grimoires." The house start to shake as she grew more upset.

"Ophira darling calm down." He said worried walking over to her. "Whats wrong Little Witch?""I hate being surround by vampires or hybrids or what ever, I miss Bex and Elijah. I'm a witch I need to feel a connection to the earth. I can't control it Klaus." She started to cry.

"I will get them back I promise, love and you can go to the cemetery there is a lot of magic there. Ok, every thing is going to be ok. I will get them back." he whispered to Ophira, she hugged him.Later... 

Rebekah is lying on a table, her skin still gray.

"Here we are, Rebekah. Home sweet home. Only took a thousand years...And to think I was counting on you being here with me. But that's all ruined now, isn't it?" He sees one of her fingers moving a little. "I'm so sorry." He strokes her cheek."Sister...We'll meet again one day..." He daggers her again.