Chapter 41: Back to where it all began

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Kat woke up from her sedative induced sleep about 13 hours later when the car hit a speed bump in the road and she flew from one side of the trunk against the next. She needed a moment to acclimate and figure out what had happened.

After blinking a few times, and finding that her hands were tied together she slowly sat up peering to the front of the SUV and saw the backs of Tyler and Caroline's heads. Upon noticing that it was daylight she looked through the glass window to see where they were. After a few minutes she was able to read "Virginia" on a sign…Mystic Falls?!

"Tyler! Caroline! Stop this damn car, I'm not going back to that shit town!"

Caroline turned her head at her childhood best friend. "Katie trust me, this is for the best"

"The best?! This little town brings nothing but shit to everyone that lives there…especially to me!"

Tyler was still angrily gripping the wheel, his knuckles white from the tight squeezing. His sister was living under one roof with Klaus Mikaelson again… on top of that, she was pregnant with his child. "SHUT UP KATELYN!"

The raised voice from her big brother made her feel like a little girl for a moment. The moment quickly went as she figured out she needed to escape. She used her wolf strength to kick against the window twice and broke the glass.

Tyler abruptly stopped the car and used his vampire speed to get around it and grab his sister roughly throwing her over his shoulder. Upon this action Katelyn immediately started to kick and resist his hold on her. "Tyler I swear put me down or you'll regret it." Her anger only grew and she somehow managed to reach her keys in her back pocket. "I'll show you, you backstabbing piece of…" She rammed the keys into his shoulder blade and Tyler winced.

Caroline shook her head at the entire situation. "Guys please just calm down. There's another way"

Tyler set his sister down on the floor but held her arm tightly to make sure that she wouldn't make a run for it.

"Really Caroline? I don't see why I should remain calm. You kidnapped me out of my damn front yard…to bring me back to this hell hole"

"Klaus's front yard!" Tyler looked down at her with a scolding look.

She ripped her arms out of her brother's hold. "Oh really and I suppose Mystic Falls is a better place for me? Do I need to refresh you on my actions when I left this town…you don't think Bonnie, Stefan and Jeremy are holding a grudge against me, out for my blood"

"oh you missed a lot in these past months Katelyn. Bonnie managed to revive Elena and Damon with some help from the travellers of course."

Kate rolled her eyes and scoffed " 'course she did…so the band is back together, well congrats still doesn't change the fact that they will want revenge and that I'm not necessarily eager to see them again."

"You're my sister, they'll have to respect that and besides everyone's occupied, lot has been going on"

Tyler pulled her back over to the car but Kate kicked him in the shin as hard as she could, making him stumble back. "I don't give a damn if they respect it or not…Tyler, I'm sorry but I'm going back to New Orleans, a lot has changed in my life too"

Caroline sighed and stepped forward. "Like how you're pregnant with Klaus's child?"

Kate looked down for a moment and her cheeks coloured and the judgemental look on especially Tyler's face. "Hey, it's not like I planned for this."

The softer look on Caroline's face calmed her down and made her soften her voice."How did you know anyways?"

"Klaus may be diabolical but he is ancient…guess he doesn't understand technology all too well…I still have his phone number from when he was using me as his little hybrid fetch boy. I tracked him down, found he had moved to New Orleans. What I didn't expect was to find you there so I stayed around for a few days, trying to learn as much about the situation as I could and finally figured that that thing inside you" He glared towards her abdomen "is another one of Klaus's hybrid army schemes"

"wait what?"

Tyler's mouth twitched slightly. "Oh you didn't know yet Katelyn? Are you really still so naive that you thought Klaus loved you." He let out a little chuckle. "I think I'll keep you here for a little while, to test this little thing I've learned about and after that I'll even help you get rid of it."

Kate's eyes grew slightly bigger, suddenly she reached out with her magic to give both Tyler and Caroline an aneurysm and she darted towards the front of the car. She was about to press the gas heard a murmur of spells being chanted and she noticed her sight began to falter but could still make out the face of the person next to her "Bonnie?"

As she felt the darkness of a black out surrounding her she managed to hear the voices for a few more seconds, words that made her lose courage.

"Is it done?" She heard her brother speak

"Yes, the travellers helped me in exchange for some information and a spell, no way any witch will be able to locate her."

"Good."

Klaus was sitting in one of the chairs in Katelyn's room the dawning sun throwing playful shadows on her walls and floor. The past few days had been awful, bumping into Marcel that first night who informed him he had dropped by this house and spoken to Katelyn. Running home to find her absent, going back to the Quarter almost picking a fight with Marcel who finally let him use Sabine for a locator spell only to find that Katelyn's location was cloaked and therefor nowhere to be found.

Nothing for five days now. He was defeated, they had searched every inch of the Quarter, every inch of the Bayou, the house, nothing.

He sighed looking at the letter he had found on the porch addressed to Kate and clearly in Rebekah's handwriting. As much as he wanted to read it he wouldn't invade their privacy so instead he grabbed the letter Rebekah had left for him.

Niklaus,

You have made my life miserable and stood between me and my happiness for too long. I know that in your own twisted way you truly believe you were protecting me as your little sister but over the centuries you have hurt me irrevocably.

I hope you understand that I need my time and freedom to forgive you for I would never want to turn on my family. Brother there is one thing I demand from you. Do not hurt Katelyn the way you have hurt me, or everyone in your life, that girl loves you and she is giving you a gift more precious then anything in this world. Protect your little family at any cost, love them with everything left in you and be the father that we never had.

Your sister,

Rebekah.

"protect them at any cost." He muttered as he rubbed his chin sorrowfully. "I don't even know where she is." Please let them be alright. His thoughts inevitably travelled to all the horrible things that could have happened to her and began squeezing the wooden arm rail of his chair so tight that one of them broke. He angrily tossed the debris on the ground his eyes turning amber gold and dark veins forming underneath his eyes.

Elijah walked in seeing his brother completely distressed, a murderous expression in the goldish eyes. He realised it was only 7 pm but Klaus looked exhausted "Niklaus, you should get some sleep…you have not had any rest in five days and this full moon tonight is only going to heighten your emotions. Your anger will not help us find Katalyna"

The amber gold eyes locked with the deep brown ones. "Nothing has helped us find her yet"

Elijah crossed his arms. "We will brother, I just have to find a different approach."

Klaus got up and walked up in front of Elijah. "Oh YOU just have to find a different approach…Katalyna is not here Elijah, no reason to be barking orders to me hoping to impress the little wolf by assuming the role of family patriarch."

Elijah narrowed his eyes and looked straight into Klaus's. "Niklaus I am not going to play this game with you."

"Are you not brother? You did with Tatia, you did with Katerina Petrova…Katelyn far outstretches the likes of them both."

Elijah bit the inside of his cheek remaining calm and composed "Niklaus before you say anything that can not be unsaid, or do anything that can not be undone, I suggest you turn in for the night." As he turned his back on the blonde hybrid he could feel the tension within Klaus building.

Klaus watched Elijah turn his back to him and felt his fangs coming out. He sped towards his older brother and as he gripped his shoulder to turn him back around, something was stung into his artery.

Klaus and Elijah turned to see Kol behind them plunging a needle into Klaus's neck with a smirk. "Sleep well big brother."

As Klaus slumped to the floor Elijah used his vampire speed and strength to throw him in Katelyn's bed. "What did you give him Kol?"

"A concentrated shot of vervain and wolfsbane, should keep him out for a good twelve hours. He needs his sleep and so do we." Kol nodded to Elijah and walked over to his own bedroom.

That same night a little over a thousand miles to the north-east

Kate looked at the little clock on the side-table next to her bed and sighed. 7 pm, another boring day filled with failed attempts of magic. She walked over to the bathroom attached to her room and splashed some water in her face. She hated to be back in this town, in the house where she was once so alone. It reminded her of all the deaths that had taken place here, everyone who was gone.

More so she hated to be locked up, unable to do anything, though she had to thank Tyler for one thing, at least he had the decency to lock her in her own room. Of course she already tried everything, magic, escaping through the window but Tyler had managed to get some group of these so called travellers to cast a barrier spell around the room that wouldn't allow her or her magic to pass.

Kate was reading a book when there was a knock at her door and she gave a weak smile that didn't reach her eyes when Caroline entered with a plateau of dinner. She had been visiting her every day lunch and dinner, trying to be as sweet and bubbly as she always had been. She had filled her in on everything, College, Silas and Amora dying, travellers, Elena shoving the cure down Katherine's throat..Damon and Elena together…

"Hi Caroline."

"Hey, I brought you dinner"

Caroline sat down next to her on the bed and neatly laid out everything in front of them.

"Thanks but I'm not really hungry."

Caroline raised her eyebrows. "Kate you have to eat, if not for you then for the baby."

There was an awkward silence for a good five minutes before Katelyn opened her mouth.

"Caroline, let me ask you a question…"

Care looked up into the blue eyes of her friend.

"Do you hate me?"

The blonde vampires blue orb's grew big in shock. "No! No I don't hate you, I'd never hate you… we are…were best friends."

"Then what have I done to deserve this? What have I done so wrong that everyone seems to loathe me. That we aren't best friends anymore, that you no longer speak to me? That I'm locked up in my room"

"Well Kate, you did kill Damon and Elena…you turned your back on us, joined the originals" Care said. "but…" She whispered the last bit but Kate could hear it. "I guess you just fell in love with the wrong guy."

Kate looked at the wall for a moment before turning back to her friend. "Care, I have never hurt you, or your family nor did I hurt Bonnie's. I always had your backs, I even had Elena's back before noticing how many innocent lives were lost only for her sake. I never threw the first punch. I tried to forgive and look the other way."

She sighed. "Yes, I killed Elena but only because she was about to kill Kol and his entire sire line. Who is to say that that sire line did not contain friend groups like we had…vampires that were good and didn't deserve to die. Yes I turned my back on Elena and the Salvatore's…but that was after Damon killed my uncle. After Damon tried to kill you when you had just turned, after I heard Damon compelled you, used you like some cheap toy…After Stefan turned his humanity off and tried killing me to get to Klaus."

Rubbing her hand through her hair she continued "How in the midst of everything did I become the bad guy? You were all so eager to call me a traitor but I never chose a side, I punished the people who did wrong, I didn't only punish Elena and the Salvatore's I punished the originals when they were unjust too. You are all just being brainwashed to see me in the wrong way"

Caroline got tears in her eyes as she realised all that Katie was saying was true. "You're right." Care said as a tear rolled down her cheek and she looked into Kate's soft blue eyes. "I'm so so sorry but I can't go against everyone in this town like you did. My life is here…" She let out a soft sob thinking about losing her best friend who showed her compassion by pulling the blonde into a hug.

"It's okay Care. Friends forever remember…look how far we came"

Care wiped the tears from her eyes "There is one thing I need to know, one thing you did wrong. You abandoned me…when you killed Elena and betrayed the originals, you skipped town without any explanation, without a goodbye. I want to know why"

"Because I had just found out I was pregnant." Katelyn softly laid one of her hands on her belly. "Klaus didn't know, I'd broken up with him…he had just killed Carol and I needed a way to escape this life. No one could know about the baby especially not Klaus. So I ran, evidently to the wrong city but I ran without looking back for the sake of my child."

Caroline nodded in understanding. "What made you go to New Orleans? Why didn't you go to Italy to your grandparents?"

Kate turned red. "Caroline, I never planned on this, I…I'm not old enough to be a mom. I'm almost nineteen, pregnant with the child of Klaus Mikaelson, someone whom I'd broken up with because he murdered my stepmom. I'm a pregnant teenager not ready to take this responsibility. I was afraid and too ashamed so I never told my grandparents, they still don't know…I've been avoiding their calls, sending an occasional text message saying I'm okay."

"Kate you know Tyler came to New Orleans to take revenge of Klaus. I only followed him after I heard you were there. I had to know you would be okay. I still think you deserve better than Klaus and I'm worried about what Tyler has heard about your baby but a mother should never be separated from her chid unwillingly."

Caroline opened her mouth to say something else when the door to Kate's room was flung open and Tyler barged in with another man. Care quickly got up when Tyler gave her a glance and left the room, an apologetic look towards Katelyn.

"Tyler whatever you think you're doing please don't. It's not too late, let me go not just for me or my child but for yourself. If you hurt me the original family will come after you"

Tyler crossed his arms. "What makes you think I'm afraid to die?"

Kate felt a pang of sadness within her. "Tyler don't say that…I want you to live, you're my brother."

Tyler ignored Katelyn's words and turned to the other guy in the room. "You ready for this?"

The guy nodded. "let's do this." Kate watched him walk over to her and fear grew within her as Tyler pulled a syringe from his bag.

"Tyler…what are you gonna do with that." The guy walked over to her and quickly cuffed her hands to her bedpost. "Tyler please…"

Her brother bent down in front of her. "Klaus destroyed everything good in my life! He ruined our family, so I'm gonna return the favour and take away the thing he wants most"

Kate bit her lip. "No please, Tyler…please!" She yelled out as Tyler plunged the needle into her belly and sucked out some blood. Only to empty it into the neck of the guy sitting next to her seconds later.

"What the hell are you trying to achie…" she gasped mid sentence as her brother snapped the guy's neck and dragged him out of the room leaving Katie speechless.

"get some sleep Katelyn." Tyler yelled over his shoulder as he was walking down the stairs.

Kate under her blanket, tears stinging her eyes as she felt defeated and alone, not knowing Klaus was feeling the exact same thing a thousand miles from her. She said a little prayer, hoping someone would come for her soon but knew not to count on it.

What Katelyn didn't know was that a certain blonde vampire had heard her plea and was going to do something Kat would be eternally grateful for.

Klaus was rolling around in the bed, sweat breaking out as his nightmares tortured him. In every single one he was just a second away from her as she was killed. "KATELYN!"

He watched the blue eyes filled with sorrow focus on him. She started running towards him and he to her but before he could reach her an anonymous figure tackled her to the floor and sat on top of her.

He ran as fast as he could but every time he looked up she seemed to be further away. The surroundings looked so familiar, the smell of the woods, he had been there before but he just couldn't put his finger on it. "NOOOOO" he watched as her heart got ripped out and her eyes slowly glazed over. Nothing, he heard nothing but whizzing in his ear, he felt nothing but an ache in his heart and dropped to his knees as her body lay in front of him.

"NIKLAUS!" He shot up straight as something cold and wet was emptied over him. Kol was leaning over him empty bucket at hand.

There was a sheepish grin on his younger siblings face. "sorry you were not waking up…besides you could use a bath."

Klaus was in no mood to attack his baby brother so he just huffed and swung his legs out of the bed. What a night. He noticed the sun had already been up for quite some time and angrily glared at Kol. "Why did you not wake me earlier."

Elijah leaned against the doorpost. "we tried."

"Yeah, maybe next time don't roofie me with vervain."

Kol and Elijah gave each other a look and then back at Niklaus. "We'll be downstairs."

As they left Klaus felt his phone buzz in his back pocket. He fished it out of his pocket and looked through it. 1 missed call 9 PM yesterday, he didn't recognised the number but decided to listen to it's voicemail.

His eyes opened wide in surprise when he heard the blonde's bubbly voice through the phone. "Klaus, I know I'm gonna regret this but a family should be together. Katelyn is here in mystic falls you need to get her quickly because I don't know what is going to happen. I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing this for my best friend but please don't hurt us." The voice message ended and Klaus's lips were tightly pressed together.

He walked out of the room and leaned on the banister of the stair well, his eyes squinted together tightly then for a moment closing his eyes. This was all his fault, if he hadn't killed Carol, every single time he had made an enemy for himself in his past he only endangered his future.

"Elijah! Kol!" His siblings ran into the foyer and looked up at him from the ground floor. "We're leaving in 10 minutes I know where she is"

"what where?"

Klaus got a crooked dimpled smirk on his face. "Let's just say we're going back to where it all began."

Katie woke up early in the afternoon and found that she was still cuffed to the bed post. Only minutes after she was awake her brother came in and she looked at him disappointed and angry. "Tyler, what did you do to that guy."

"Don't get all judgy…Dwayne knew what he was getting into. He volunteered"

Tyler sat down on the end of her bed but his little sister's glare made him put some more distance between them. "For you to kill him?!"

Tyler smiled. "See Kat that's where you are wrong. Dwayne is a werewolf who died with your blood in his system…the same blood you share with your hybrid baby."

Suddenly it all clicked in Katie's mind. "You're trying to turn him into a hybrid…that's impossible! You need doppelgänger blood for that"

Tyler shook his head. "Just as impossible as a thousand year old hybrid to procreate? You know Bonnie was the one that came to me…she had nightmare visions about your baby and how Klaus could use it's blood to make an army of hybrid slaves…"

Kate rolled her eyes and got defensive "You know what, I am sick of all these witches with their prophesies and premonitions about my baby. It's just a baby" She angrily looked at her big brother. "but Since you're all about trying to rectify situations how about we talk about this baby. My son, your nephew!"

Suddenly Tyler sped in front of her, purple veins under his eyes showing. "That thing is not my family! I don't give a damn that it's growing inside you…There's now way I'm letting this thing live so Klaus can use it to sire new Hybrids. So help me Katelyn I will cut it out of you."

Before she knew it Kat had smacked her brother across the face as hard as she could. "This is my son and I don't give a damn about what you think of his father! I won't let you hurt him. How can you even be so sure Klaus knows what this baby's blood will do?"

Tyler calmed down thinking of another, better way to play his sister. "What do you think Katie, Klaus Mikaelson…killer of men, women and puppies all of a sudden wants to be a daddy?" He paused for a moment seeing how his words were hitting his sister hard, playing her insecurities. "or he's got an ulterior motive."

He looked her dead in the eyes "hybrids can walk in the sun. Their bite is lethal to vampires. With this kid, Klaus will be able to take over New Orleans by the end of the week and you know what's going to stop Klaus then? Nothing…"

He faked a compassionate look. "Katelyn, Klaus Mikaelson is using you and you are to naive to see it. Did you really think he was in love with you. After all he's done to you? Did he even tell you he loves you after he found out you were pregnant with his child? Why do you think he's accepting it?"

Kate felt something wet fall from her eye. She couldn't help but take her brother's words seriously. Klaus's first reaction to her being pregnant was to let someone kill her. What was the sudden change that made him want to keep this child? He hadn't said that he loved her, maybe all this mister nice guy lately was just an act, something she wanted so badly that she let her guard down. Klaus was the most diabolical of everyone she knew.

She hadn't noticed Tyler get up from the bed and only looked up to see him open the door and reveal Dwayne. "I fed him some of your blood tonight whilst you were sleeping. "he's a hybrid Katelyn… Which means I was right and if Klaus get's a hold of you, if he gets that kid. He wins."

Kate looked away in thought. What if Tyler was right, Klaus was always the first to know things. She couldn't have her son be treated like a blood bag. Anger surfaced within her as she thought about Klaus's possible ulterior motives "Then help me hide the baby from him Tyler. Help me run, I'm a witch, I'll go back to Italy, I'll cloak myself."

Tyler's voice quivered for a moment. "Klaus will find you…He'll take your kid away and make more hybrid monsters, slaves who do everything he says." She noticed her brother grabbing a little but sharp blade out of his pocket as he began to approach her again.

"Tyler, don't do this, there has to be another way. You're not like this! Klaus and everything that has happened to our family has made you bitter…I get it, I get that you're mad at me or disappointed and want revenge for your mom. I get that you feel lost and alone! I get it…But nothing will bring her back. Nothing can bring our old lives back!" At this point, she had raised her voice and took a deep breath to calm down.

"Ty, all I ever wanted, All Carol would've ever wanted is for you to be happy and at peace. Not chasing after Klaus, staying wrapped in this twisted web of sad memories and unfortunate events."

"I'm sorry Kate but this needs to be done…you're a wolf, you'll survive this. As he reached out to press the blade against her abdomen she kicked him in the face as hard as she could making him drop the knife in shock.

Suddenly Dwayne was standing next to her and threateningly looked at Tyler. "Get away from her."

Kate looked up at him surprised and Tyler frowned at him. "What do you care."

The new hybrid's voice and face got more stern and intense. "I said get away." Kate noticed an extremely loyal look in his eyes as he looked down on her and quickly glanced to her abdomen. Another thing clicked. He's sired to my child.

"Dwayne you have to uncuff me, Tyler is going to hurt me."

Not a second after the words had left her mouth, Dwayne sped forward and started wrestling Tyler for the key to Katie's cuffs. Kate watched nervously when Tyler got the upper-hand and jammed his hand into Dwayne's ribcage grabbing his heart. "This isn't your fight!"

Before Tyler could make another move the door was kicked open and a fast blur moved across the room. A neck was snapped and Kate's mouth fell open when the blonde came to a stop and her brother's body hit the floor with a thud. "Caroline?!"

Caroline nonchalantly smiled at her and quickly snatched the keys from Tyler's pocket, speeding over to her and freeing her from the handcuffs. "Listen to me carefully. I have a car for you waiting downstairs. Inside it are Nadia Petrova and a traveler, they helped me break the spell on this house in return for your help with another spell…Go!"

Katelyn pulled the blonde vampire into a warm embrace. "What about you?"

"I'm staying here, the only one in this world that can convince Tyler to stop this is me. I have to try, besides I know he'd never kill me."

Kat was quiet for a moment thinking about the statement but knew it was true. Caroline broke the hug and pushed her towards the door. "Kate, Klaus also knows you're in mystic falls. I don't know if it was the right thing but I called him. At least he'll keep your child alive for now. If you ever need my help, don't hesitate, call me and I'll be there."

Kat took her best friend's hands into hers. "Thank you Care, same goes for you"

Tears sprung into the blonde's eyes knowing it would be a while before they'd be reunited again. "Take Dwayne with you…and stay safe okay! You'll be a great mom Katelyn"

Kat gave one last nod before sprinting down the stairs and into the car waiting for her outside.

Kat walked into the boarding house, her conversation with Nadia in the car had been very short and she just wanted to get this over with, leaving the Salvatore house and this town in her past forever. She walked up the flight of stairs, Nadia and the traveller witch behind her, when she heard a voice she wished never to hear again.

"No one's coming to say goodbye Katherine, because no one cares.." Damon sounded vindictive but his facial expression changed when he felt a shudder travel down his spine, a presence he still remembered.

He quickly got up and glared right into Kat's bright, baby blue eyes. "Baby Lockwood is back in town…sorry didn't get the memo."

"Yeeaah, not feeling in the mood to reminisce about the past Damon… so sorry not sorry." With a flick of her wrist she snapped the older Salvator's neck and his body came down in front of her feet with a thud. She nonchalantly stepped over his body and walked over to Katherine's bed side.

"Katelyn Lockwood, in the flesh…wasn't sure you were going to make it out of that witch tomb alive…how's life with the Mikaelsons?" Katherine smirked at the tiny brunette in front of her "Must say that I'm surprised your baby daddy isn't here to gloat"

"Huh…believe me when I tell you, I'm not here by choice but I was brought here to help so let's get this over with."

Nadia and Katherine exchanged some words about why Kat was there as Kate swiftly and easily performed the spell. "alright it's done, your body is ready…Bonnie will be fooled by an illusion of you passing through the anchor as you say that weird Czech thing to passenger into your daughter here."

Nadia nodded a quick thanks and turned to her mother. "Alright…say it and it's done. Your spirit goes inside my body…Mia here will activate you by calling you forth and you get to live"

Katherine was quiet for a moment before turning to Katelyn and Mia. "Can I have a moment with my daughter please?"

Nadia tossed the car keys to Katelyn who strode out of the room, ready to get to that car and drive as far away from this town and life as possible. One sentence however made her stop dead in her tracks. "Nadia..letting my father rip you out of my arms was the biggest regret of my life…I should have fought harder to keep you, but I didn't "

Sadness flooded Katelyn's heart hearing those words escape Katherine's mouth and she cradled her womb with on of her hands listening to the rest of the conversation unfold to the point where Nadia ran out of the room in tears. Damn it, she scolded herself for not leaving as she reentered the room to see Katherine ready to stick another syringe with drugs into herself to help her death along.

She also noticed Damon stir and used her magic to snap his neck again, just to be sure. "Stop" Kate looked right into Katherine's deep brown eyes. "There is another way."

"What are you talking about?" Katherine scoffed at the young witch. "Just let it go…leave me be."

"You were right to decline Nadia's offer but from a mother to a mother, let me help you. You don't have to passenger into Nadia, there's someone else you can easily passenger into…someone from your bloodline. If anyone can pull this off you can"

"Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting."

Kat mischievously smiled. "Hey, I might come across as a sweetheart but I've spend enough time with diabolical masterminds to come up with plans of my own. My spell will work on anyone of your blood, Elena is part of your bloodline…passenger into her. You'll have some more time to spend with your daughter…."

"Why are you of all people helping me." Katherine couldn't help but be sceptical.

"Because, I heard what you just said to your daughter and I think you deserve more time to make things right with her. Besides…I favour your doppelgänger butt over that of Elena…Sure you're a conniving bitch but you have your reasons. You have been alone all your life…Had everything ripped away from you and no one to stand by your side. You had Klaus on your ass for centuries but you never demand pity. You take care of things, yes it makes you cruel and selfish but this world sucked you in and spit you out. So listen, if you wanna die fine…I don't give a rats ass but if you want out…this is the way out." With those words Katelyn turned on her heel and was ready to walk out.

"Hey little Lockwood…since we're exchanging motherly advise: get yourself and your child out of this life. Run away from that family and don't look back because no matter if Klaus, Elijah, Kol or Rebekah loves you…they'll be your undoing."

"KATELYN I KNOW YOU'RE HERE!" Tyler's voice boomed across the meadow as he used his arms to tiger through the field waiting for all the fractures in his legs to heal.

Kat's ears were still ringing and her lungs were finally getting rid of the smoke and dirt she had inhaled. She was crawling through the grass too with Dwayne next to her giving her a concerned but reassuring look as he was healing from the crash as well.

Tyler had found them driving through the forest and just before they could reach the cottage Kate had grown up in, that was safely cloaked, he had jumped in front of the car and made it flip and crash into a tree. Dwayne being a hybrid and sired to her, pulled her out of the wreckage and away from the car before it exploded.

Therefor Kat's injuries were minor, apart from an ugly bruise on her forehead due to hitting it on the dashboard and the windshield braking she was quite alright. Dwayne had almost fully recovered too but feared for the two of them, knowing that even though he had hit Tyler frontally with incredible speed, the hybrid was healing quick as well.

"Katelyn you have to get out of here. We won't make it…you have to call them." When he saw her confused glance he continued, his breaths still rugged "K..Klaus, Elias…or w-whoever is coming for you."

She looked at him scared, tired but determined. "I Can't! Tyler may be insane but what he said did make sense…I can't let Klaus take my son away from me. Use him as a blood bank" Her voice was hushed but panicked.

Dwayne looked at her incredulously as he grabbed her elbow and pulled her up from the ground indicating he had healed enough. "Right now that is the best chance you but especially this baby have at surviving. Your brother…a hybrid is set on killing this kid, you were sedated, your magic is not strong to fight against him and I am a one day old hybrid." Dwayne turned to see Tyler slowly trying to stand up, his eyes amber coloured, fangs extending and quickly lifted Katelyn a few inches from the ground speeding them to the cottage he could see at the far end of the meadow.

Once inside he closed and barricaded the door. When his eyes fell on Katelyn again he couldn't help but feel compassionate with the young mother. Maybe it wás the sire bond, maybe it wás his incessant unexplained need to protect this girl and a child he barely knew but the way she was sitting their staring at her phone in defeat, he felt sorry for her.

Kate was surprised to suddenly feel arms wrap around her but accepted the hug from the hybrid she barely knew. "Listen, I don't know you but I can sense you're afraid and probably rightfully so, but Klaus will not be able to take away your kid if your brother kills it first. Choose your battles wisely, first this then the next or you'll go crazy. Survive day by day and your best chance at surviving today is to call for backup."

Kat let out a deep sigh and pressed in a couple of buttons on her phone. "I suppose you're right." With those words she pressed in the call button. It was barely a second before the other side answered.

"Kate! Love tell me this is you?!" Klaus sounded like he was at his wits end.

"Klaus, I'm at the cottage." Her voice was strained with emotions.

Klaus was about to say something when there was a loud crash on the other side of the line and the connection broke. He had just passed the border of the little Virginian town and slammed his foot on the gas accelerating to the car's max speed.

It took him and his brother mere minutes to arrive at the scene. The first thing they saw was a lot of flames, smoke and Kate's childhood home being burned down to rubbles.

"KAT?!" Kol screamed for her at the top of his lungs, fear creeping through his body as he took in the burning house and crashed car.

Elijah had sped closer to investigate and Klaus felt his stomach churn when he returned with a desiccated body. "Niklaus…one of your creations?"

Klaus looked at the body of the young man in surprise. "I'm afraid not 'Lijah."

Kol had come to stand next to them and looked at the man as well. "How do you explain that he was turned into a hybrid then?"

"I know as much as either of you alright!"

Suddenly all three turned as the sound of hooves thumping on the ground reached their ears.

5 minutes earlier.

Kat had her hands outstretched using her magic to keep her brother frozen at a safe distance. She had barely made it out of the cottage without being barbecued. Tyler had channeled all his anger into strength and had thrown the burning car into the cottage.

The only connection she had left to her mother after she had passed away. Tears pricked in her eyes as she looked at her big brother. A boy she had grown up with but now a man who was a cold blooded killer. Tyler had patiently waited outside of the cottage until Dwayne had to speed Kate out because of the flames, heat and rubble. As they did he had taken his chance to attack Dwayne.

Dwayne had already anticipated that this would be how it was going down and fought bravely, keeping Tyler busy for as long as he could so that she could run. "Tyler please, enough is enough. We've both lost so much…I don't want to lose you too" The tears now freely fell down her cheeks

Tyler also slowly began crying. Standing across from his baby sister. Watching the sadness in the big baby blue orbs, pain he had caused. She was still just a girl. "Katie, I don't see how…I would give anything to turn back time and change everything but we can't. You fell in love with Klaus…You got pregnant with him! HE RUINED MY LIFE!"

"Tyler, I don't condone his actions! I ran away from Klaus…from his family. After what he did to Carol…when I found out I was pregnant, I even tried to abort the baby but I couldn't. This child is innocent, I need you to see that!"

Tyler felt frustration building up inside him again, he knew he wouldn't be able to kill his little sister. That baby inside of her, he could, without a doubt because that was Klaus's child. "Katelyn, this is going to be your choice! Me or that demon kid!"

Suddenly he became sincere, as if her sweet face and blue eyes cast a spell over him. "Listen. I can't kill you because deep down I care for you and I see my baby sister but I can't live like this. Knowing Klaus gets everything he wants after what he has done to me, to our family. I nééd revenge…We both know you have the power to kill me and I will let you…I have nothing left to live for"

Katie looked at him, the words cutting deep into her heart as she heard the desperation inside her brother. He continued, emotions mixed. "But if you let me live…I can't stop myself…I will kill that kid because I'll be damned that Klaus can sire more hybrids and know that he breaks your heart over and over again. So kill me or I swear I'll make myself turn and lose control."

Katie violently began shaking her head. "Tyler…I can't do that. Please, let me go… let this go. I'll stay out of your life. This will be the last time you'll ever see or hear from me. I promise"

He shook his head "That's not good enough, I can't live like this!. Tyler focussed and began turning. "I's now or never Katelyn…once I turn I'll come after you so please, stop this and kill me! I'll move on. No more hurting"

Katie continued the spell to keep Tyler locked in place and knelt in front of him. She punched her hand into his chest and he let out a little whimper. He stared at her, tears in his eyes but nodded. "It's okay…please"

She began sobbing, trying to focus to pull out the heart but as she felt it beating in her hand. As she looked into Tylers deep brown eyes she saw flashes of her past fly by. The goofy nine year old Tyler, trying to impress their dad as he practiced hitting a baseball in the backyard. Tyler standing up to a bully that had made her trip on the playground. The moment he had found out she was alive after the accident on wicker bridge. No she couldn't kill Tyler, because no matter how much they had hurt each other they were still family. With a deep sigh and a teary face she let go of the heart. "I can't, you're my brother and I love you…I'm sorry."

Tyler broke down he pulled her into one final hug. Both knowing this was their final goodbye. He closed his eyes to turn of his control and regretted everything as he spoke the words "So am I."

Suddenly Kat saw his eyes turn amber gold and heard the breaking of bones. She jumped up and turned beginning to run. As she ran she whistled as loud as she could, knowing who would respond to that. It wasn't long before she heard the thumping of hooves coming towards her and as she looked to her left, seeing a black English thoroughbred stallion came galloping towards her. "Jupiter" She smiled insecurely as the horse stopped next to her and allowed her to mount it. As she did Kat turned her head to see her brother had almost finished transitioning.

She clicked with her tongue and grabbed on to Jupiter's manes as it began galloping as fast as he could. Even though they practically flew across the meadow, every time she turned her head she saw her brother catching up on them.

In the distance she began seeing 3 figures near the burning cottage. It wasn't long after that when she recognised them. Their heads turned towards her and though she couldn't read their facial expressions but could only imagine their thoughts.

Kol and Elijah used their vampire speed to get to her as fast as they could but Klaus was doing something else.

"KAT WATCH OUT!" She heard Kol yell out to her and the next few seconds seemed to go by in slow-motion. Tyler in his wolf form had caught up to her and jumped on the back of Jupiter biting into her shoulder and pulling her off the horse backwards.

As she dropped to the ground her head hit something hard, what turned out to be a rock and she looked up with blurred vision. The wolf was now on top of her and snarled aggressively, as it was ready to bite down on her it was thrown off.

Kol pulled her up into his arms and sped her a few feet away from the scene, far enough not to be attacked but close enough to see. He then pulled her into a strong hug. "You had us worried sick Kat"

"Imagine how much of a bore your lives would be without me." She grinned smugly at him as they parted from the hug.

"Good to see you're still your cheeky self" He tucked one of her fallen golden brown curls behind her ear and only then noticed the gaping wound at the side of her head. He bit into his wrist ready to feed her some blood but she pushed his arm away.

"The baby heals me remember." When he was about to protest she gave him a stern look. "Kol, I've been through a lot these past few days, today alone I was in a car crash, almost got barbecued and thrown of a horse. Please let me be for a moment."

Suddenly they heard Elijah cry out as he was bit by Tyler and slung across the field. Tyler ran for Kol and Katie. Kol took a protective stance in front of her ready took take any blow but before Tyler could even reach them another wolf jumped up from behind them and snarled angrily and Tyler.

Kol recognised his brother instantly though he had only seen his brother's wolf form once, before Esther had used her magic to repress Klaus's werewolf side. Katie barely had the chance to register what she was seeing before Klaus and Tyler started to fight.

Klaus's wolf form was bigger, with light almost sandy-blonde fur and big goldish eyes. Katie watched worriedly as the two wolves fought mercilessly. Kol went to retrieve Elijah and a blonde figure appeared across the field.

Kate was engulfed by one of Caroline's crushing hugs. "Oh my god! You're okay!" The two girls were joined by Kol and Elijah as they watched the fight unravel.

Katie could barely look. The two men in this world she loved so deeply were trying to kill each other. It broke her heart to see them hurt. She winced as Tyler bit into Klaus who let out a little snarl and made a move. "Please, we have to stop this."

Elijah shook his head. "There is no stopping Klaus in this form. They have blacked out Katalyna, it is like how we flip a switch, they channel everything into blind rage."

Caroline shook her head in fear. "Please don't let him kill Tyler."

Klaus was done playing games with the boy in front of him and used his strength to throw Tyler on his back. Game's over now. A high pitched whine escaped Tyler as Klaus bit into his exposed neck.

He was a mere second from finishing him when a loud voice ringed through his ears. "NO!" His eyes darted towards the voice but his teeth were still sunk into the other wolf's neck. Katie saw Klaus hesitate, knew he was hearing her but she couldn't take any chances. This was her brother's life.

She then used her last energy to cast the spell she had learned from her grandmother. "Ad formam tuo verum est" A surge over power was send across the field and Tyler and Klaus were thrown off of each other and away for a bit. Everyone looked mesmerised at Kate as they saw Tyler and Klaus return to their human form.

Katie staggered backwards as she was sucked into darkness. "Please, just let him go." Caroline caught her friend as the girl's knees buckled and she spilled into unconsciousness.

Klaus had sped back to his clothes and gotten dressed as his brothers and Caroline cautiously put Kate in the backseat of the car.

Klaus was standing in front of the almost completely destroyed cottage. A certain sadness overcame him staring at it but he still noticed a presence softly walking up next to him. Neither of them spoke for a while but finally she broke the silence.

"Thank you." Caroline's voice was soft. "For letting him go."

Klaus didn't tare his eyes away from the house. "I did not do it for you. Besides I should be thanking you, Caroline, I wouldn't have found her had you not called me."

There was another long silence and she contemplated leaving but one question kept nagging at her. "Why do you pretend so hard not to care for Katelyn. Convince everyone at every chance you get that you care about nothing…yet when she asks you something sincerely, when you see her hurt, you do everything to make it better."

Klaus tried to stay indifferent. "You're mistaking Caroline. I don't care."

Caroline crossed her arms. "Right" she turned her back to walk away from him but changed her mind midway. "No you know what…it's not right!." She stepped in between Klaus's eyes and the cottage making him look at her.

"You try to convince yourself that you don't care about Katelyn or that child and that's only because you're afraid to get hurt. Which means that there is a part of you that is human, a part that cares"

Klaus stared intensely into her blue eyes. "How could you think that? After everything I've done…after what you have seen me do."

"Because I've seen it. I've seen it in the way you look at my best friend. How you let one of your biggest enemies walk away alive just because it's her brother and she loves him. You show mercy when she asks you to. And Katie always tries to defend you, telling me how she has seen the good in you, hoping that the love inside you will defeat the monster that you've learned to be. She has tried to forgive you so many times and forget all the horrible things that you've done so that you can become a family."

He cut her short, his voice trembling with emotions he was unable to hide. "But she can't…nobody is capable of that much forgiveness."

Caroline shook her head at him. "You know, for a centuries old man you're pretty clueless. Shé can, she is capable of that much love and forgiveness but you have to wake up. I know that you're in love with her and anyone capable of love is capable of being saved, especially if they have a woman like Kat standing by their side."

His eyes got watery and he turned away from the blonde's intents look for a moment. "Caroline, this cottage is the exact spot where I compelled her to forget me, to go back to Italy two years ago. That day with her here, was the happiest day of my life, the first time in centuries that I remembered what peace and love was like…but it was also when I realised that I do not deserve this girl. Because she is not safe with me, because she is pure and selfless and I can only ruin her. Katelyn is extraordinary and though I may not admit it easily, you are right…she is the first girl I have truly and unconditionally loved. That is why I should do right by her and leave her"

Caroline's eyes grew wide in surprise at his confession. "Yes..and No! It would have been best if she hadn't met you, fallen in love with you but even when you compelled her to forget you, to forget your feelings, memories and love she came back. She came back and fell in love with you all over again. Call it destiny or magic or prophecies but this child is no coincidence either. It would be wrong for you to abandon them, even if you think it's in their best interest. Show Katelyn that your intensions for her and your child are pure and if that fails she can always walk away but at least try. Try to give this baby a family and a home that it deserves."

Klaus turned back to Caroline a soft smile on his face. "You are a good friend Caroline Forbes."

" Yeah well, if anyone deserves happiness it is Katelyn. Do right by her or I swear I'll find a way to murder your immortal ass"

Klaus smirked and winked at the blonde. "If you ever pass through New Orleans, know that our door is open."

Klaus was patiently waiting for her to wake up. It had been almost two days that she had been in and out of the deep magic induced slumber but a doctor had ensured him that she and the baby were alright. After everything she'd been through the past few days he wasn't surprised that her body and mind needed rest.

Elijah and Kol took turns watching over her when Klaus needed to leave her side to run errands or feed. Klaus rubbed his jaw with one of his hands, leaning against the wall but quickly changed his demeanour as he saw her stir and open her baby blue eyes.

He didn't move as he watched her, screen the room and finally her eyes landed on him. "Tyler?"

"Is very much alive. I let him go." He gave her the space she needed by not giving into his desire to walk over to her bed and wrap her in his arms.

Kat simply nodded at him. She had no idea how to act around him anymore, did the father of her son really not care about them except for the hybrid blood…

Unfortunately Klaus brought it up. "So love, there is one question I must ask. When we were looking for you near the cottage, we stumbled upon the dead body of what appeared to be a hybrid. I did not turn him, so…care to explain what happened."

Kat swung the blanket off of her and walked over to him. Looking up into his blue eyes with so many different emotions coursing through her. Not just emotions towards him but she was being ripped apart from the inside, maybe that's why she decided to stab him with her words. She wanted him to feel the pain that she had been through. "Don't act as if you don't know…coward."

Klaus himself felt rage build up when she insulted him but instead of giving in, he suppressed his natural response. "I promise you Kate, I do not."

"Yeah right…if not for this baby's blood being able to sire hybrids then why would you be pretending to be so nice and involved huh?" She saw the utter shock in his face but decided to write it off as part of his charade. "Acting like you care about me and maybe want to raise this child together but planning to take my kid away and use him as a blood bank!"

That hurt. Klaus bit on the inside of his cheek, still remaining calm as he noticed how she was trying so hard not to break down and acted out towards him. "Do you really think that low of me?"

"Yes…" Katie didn't mean it, he knew because she looked away from his eyes.

Klaus saw her bottom lip tremble a little but before he got the chance to reach out, she turned away and grabbed one of the suitcases underneath her bed.

"I should've run, after you found me here in New Orleans, told those witches to kill me and our son because you didn't care." Her voice was high pitched and she was hysterically walking around the room grabbing stuff and recklessly throwing it in the suitcases. "Every time I keep hoping…wishing that things are going to get better between us. To have a stable home, no doubts, no ulterior motives." Her breath almost hitched in her throat but she swallowed. "Not even for me, I can survive on my own, I can be hurt and abandoned, people can break my heart time and time again, I can take that. But this baby, my son is my responsibility a-and he deserves a home!" Her hands were shaking so much she let the grimoire she was trying to pack slip from her hands.

Before the old book hit the floor Klaus had sped over and caught it, placing it on the bed. When his eyes met her baby blue ones again he saw tears carefully cross her eyelashes and fall on her cheeks. "He has a home." His thumb softly moved across her face and wiped away a tear, grabbing her hands making her look into his strong and secure dark blue eyes he spoke with convincingly "You both have a home."

A sob left her lips and he quickly wrapped her in his arms, letting her break down. Katie's hands softly pressed against his back and her face buried in his chest. "It's alright Katie." He barely ever called her Katie but right now she was vulnerable, she always kept her head high and that's why he always forgot that she had only been on this earth for 19 years. In a way she was still so young.

"N-n..no." Katelyn pushed away from his chest slightly. Teary eyes looking up at him as he continued stroking her hair and showing her with a soft facial expression that she had his attention. "N-nothing is okay about any of this." Another soft sob interrupted the sentences. "My brother wanted to k-kill my son. Everything is lost, I lost my family home, I witnessed my last connection to m-my mom burn to the ground. My entire childhood…I have nowhere left to turn to. No place to call home…no idea who to trust and believe anymore."

Klaus slowly moved his hands from her hair and neck to her cheeks. "I know that you are conflicted and that you do not want to hear this anymore but love, I swear on our unborn little boy that I did not know about the hybrid blood. The past five days, when I did not know where you were…when I could not find you, protect you. I was sick with worry"

Her breathing slowed down, listening to his genuine voice. "Believe me when I tell you that I love our child and yes I a frightened. I never had a father that cared for me, to look up to, I want to raise our son right. I am not asking you to trust me now…to believe me right away, because I have done you wrong in our past but I want our family. I choose you both and I will provide you with a home. I will earn your forgiveness for all my trespasses. I will face all my enemies, sacrifice anything I have to, to keep you at my side because…"

Klaus paused for a moment bending down a little towards her face, keeping his eyes locked on hers. Something was nagging at him, tell or don't tell. "because I love you." It felt liberating to finally say it to her again. He saw that her tears had seized falling.

Kate didn't get time to register his words before he let her go and quickly changed topic. She knew Klaus all to well, he didn't want to hear her response…afraid that he said too much, put himself at a vulnerable position.

Klaus cleared his throat and fished something out of his back pocket. Katelyn couldn't help but give a soft smile as she saw what he handed to her.

"Rebekah's letter."

"I found it on the porch, right before we all discovered that you were taken."

Katelyn nodded. "I was about to read it before…well, you know."

"I know, I assure you I did not read it love."

"Thank you." She sat down on the bed next to her still un-packed suitcase and opened it.

"Well, I'll leave you to it then." Klaus walked out of the room and Katie started reading the letter.

Dear Kate,

Out of everyone, I am most sorry to leave you behind. My brothers and I have had our fair share of quarrels in the past centuries but I know we'll be family always and forever. I wish I could've stayed but truth is, you were right, I was afraid to be conflicted and torn between Marcel and Klaus and I would never want to end up on a side fighting against you.

I do not know why you came into our lives or how we have deserved you but you have been a blessing for us all. You are a strong, intelligent but most importantly kind young woman. Kindness, I think comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss…it implies an understanding of the human condition and forgives its many flaws and quirks.

Do not ever change who you are Katelyn for if you remain with my family there are many hard lessons to come. My brothers care for you and will try to be by your side but do not be surprised when they disappoint you, as they each have their flaws. Know one more thing, Niklaus whether he gives into it or not loves you irrevocably and will protect your little family with his dying breath, no matter how difficult he becomes, no matter what he tries to tell you, believe that. Most importantly, fight for yourself and your son, trust your instincts and when you feel that you have to leave, leave.

If you ever feel the need to contact me for help I have left a bracelet on my nightstand, it was spelled by a witch many years ago…I will be there for you and my nephew always and forever.

With love,

Rebekah Mikaelson

Katelyn let out a deep sigh, putting the letter next to her on the bed. Stay, leave she didn't know what to do anymore. A knock on the door interrupted her thought and she lifted her head from her hands. "Come in."

It was Klaus again and he carefully entered, clearly keeping something hidden from her behind her bedroom door.

Katie's curiosity got the better of her and she got up walking over to him.

Klaus smirked at her reaction but remained in front of her. "I figured, when you woke up, you'd feel upset and alone. I know that you are a strong believer of actions speaking louder than words…and I want to prove to you that I do not take your happiness lightly, so I had this arranged yesterday."

As he opened the door wide, Katie's mouth dropped open to see who were standing there.

"Hello child." Tears of joy welled up when Kat's eyes clashed with the bright blues of her grandmother.

"Katalyna" She tore her eyes from her grandma to her granddad.

"I can't believe you're here." She ran into her grandparents arms and was engulfed by their hug. For the first time in a long time, she did feel home, completely and utterly safe and loved.

Katie opened her eyes, still being in the long hug of her grandparents and saw the three Mikaelson brothers standing in the doorway. All three men smiled at her and she couldn't help but smile back at them, her blue eyes finally content and at peace whilst she mouthed "thank you" to Klaus.

The hybrid winked at her before turning and signalling to his brothers to walk away and give the reunited family their time.

That's it for this chapter,

Let me know if you'd like to see changes in where the plot is going,

Also are the chapters getting too long? Should I consider splitting the chapter into 2 chapters if it gets this long?

Hope to update again soon!

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-CWawesomeness