𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟎𝟓

              𝐸𝐿𝐸𝑁𝐴 had joined Adelaide at the back where the bleachers were as Klaus sat at the end, waiting for Bonnie to come back with a solution. He hadn't spoke to Adelaide since he told her she was a problem, as he wasn't very good at apologises. In fact, he hated apologising. And he was too stubborn to even say it to her. If he was being completely honest, there was a small problem, the problem was what he cared about her. And he hated that. He was Klaus Mikaelson, the Original Hybrid. He didn't need love or friends, he needed power, allies and an army.

"Are you okay?" Elena asked her sister softly. Adelaide stared straight ahead, giving Elena a small nod in response.

"I forgive you." Adelaide suddenly spoke up after a few minutes of silence.
"What?"

"I forgive you. For not telling me about the Supernatural and for trying to erase my memory about it after. And for not telling me we're adopted and that my birth mother was in town," she smiled a little, "I just remembered I never really told you that I forgave you." Adelaide shrugged, looking at her sister before glancing away.

"I never knew how to tell you, even when I wanted to Ads," Adelaide laid her head on Elena's shoulder.

"I know." The two sisters sat in silence together.

The gym doors opened again and they all turned to see Stefan walk through.

"Stefan..." Elena got up as her eyes flashed with concern as a frown appeared on her her face.
"Klaus." Stefan ignored his ex-girlfriend, looking straight towards the hybrid.

"Come to save your damsel, mate?" Klaus mocked him as he sat with his elbows resting on his knees, while Elena walked closer to them, stopping near Dana and Chad.

"I came to ask for your forgiveness." Stefan corrected him. "And pledge my loyalty."

"Well, you broke that pledge once already." Adelaide felt herself wince as Klaus was also talking about her.

"Elena means nothing to me anymore." Elena took a sharp breath in at how serious Stefan was. "And whatever you ask of me... I will do." Adelaide shook her head softly.

"Fair enough." Klaus was quick to stand up and jump down the bleachers. "Let's drink on it." Her eyes went wide. "Kill them." Klaus demanded Stefan, pointing towards Dana and Chad who were terrified.

"Klaus, don't..." Adelaide cut herself off when he sent her a sharp, menacing glare.

"What are you waiting for? Kill them." He told Stefan with a smirk, as he noticed the Salvatore's hesitanetness.

"No! Stefan, don't. He's not going to hurt me. He already said... Ahh!" Adelaide was up in a flash as she ran towards her sisters side, watching as her head whipped to the side as Klaus slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground, sliding on the slippy floor slightly, letting out a scream.

"Klaus!" Adelaide yelled at the hybrid angrily, as she skidded to a stop on her knees, beside her sister who was already starting to get up. Elena's cheek already looked bruised. Stefan had also rushed over to Klaus, his vampire face on show as he was in attack mode. Klaus easily stopped him, throwing his hand around Stefan's throat, cutting his air supply off.

"She means nothing to you?" Klaus sarcastically remarked. "Your lies just keep piling up."

"Let her go! I'll do whatever you want, you have my word!" Stefan gasped between the little oxygen he was receiving.

"Klaus let him go." Adelaide stood back up, throwing glares towards the Mikaelson hybrid.

"Your word doesn't mean much." Klaus sneered, ignoring Adelaide. "I lived by your word all summer, during which time I never had to resort to this... stop fighting." Adelaide felt her eyes go wide as Klaus compelled Stefan.

"Don't do this, don't do this." Stefan whispered, pleasing with the hybrid.

"I didn't want to. All I wanted was your allegiance. And yours Adelaide. So now I'm going to have to take it." He told Stefan, throwing a comment towards the eldest Gilbert, making her frown.

"You will do exactly as I say," Klaus began to compel Stefan, "when I say it. You will not run, you will not hide, you will simply just obey." He let go of Stefan's throat.

"Stefan!" Elena barely managed to say.

"Now kill them. Ripper." Adelaide made her way back over to Elena, pulling her sister towards her so she didn't have to see the love of her life become the thing he hated the most. Adelaide cringed as she saw Stefan forcefully drink Dana's blood, ripping her throat out before dropping her to the floor, dead. Elena let out a scream, making Adelaide tighten her comforting grip on her.

"Don't look. It'll be fine." She kept whispering the soothing words to Elena, trying to get her to calm down. Klaus walked over to the two, ripping Adelaide away from her sister, despite her struggles.

"Let go of me," Adelaide spat at him but he just chuckled before holding her with her back to his chest while he forced Elena to watch Stefan kill Chad.

"It's always nice to see a vampire in his true element." Klaus commented as Stefan killed Chad, blood leaking from his mouth, covering his chin. "The species has become such a broody lot."

"No. You did this to him." Elena denied in a stern voice, looking towards the person she loved.

"I invited him to the party, love." Adelaide tried to get out of his grip but he just pulled her close, as she let out a small grunt. "He's the one dancing on the table."

"Where is it!" Adelaide heard the very familiar voice of Rebekah Mikaelson as said blonde vampire entered the gym, storming in angrily with a tone to match her emotions. "Where's my necklace?"
"What are you talking about?" Klaus asked his sister, not letting go of Adelaide.

"She has my necklace." Rebekah accused Elena, fuming, as she handed Caroline's phone to Klaus, showing him a picture which Adelaide caught a glimpse of. Klaus zoomed in on the necklace Elena was wearing, seeing that it was indeed the necklace they had been looking for.

"Well, well. More lies." Adelaide let out a yelp of pain as Klaus gripped her stomach tightly.

"Where, is, it!" Rebekah seethed each word.

"I don't have it anymore." Elena shook her head, standing back up.

"You're lying!" Rebekah sped forward and sank her teeth in Elena's neck.

"Elena!" Adelaide yelled as she, Stefan and Klaus all made a move to pull the blonde off of Elena.

"Knock it off!" Klaus yelled at his sister, being the one to throw her away from Elena.

"Make her tell me where it is, Nik!" Adelaide bent down beside her sister, inspecting the wound on her neck.

"Elena, where's the necklace?" Adelaide whispered to her sister, giving her an encouraging smile.

"Katherine stole it." Elena told her back, gasping through the pain in her neck.

"There, you happy. The bitchy doppelgänger stole it, now leave Elena alone." Adelaide snapped at both Klaus and Rebekah, pulling Elena closer to her, cradling her head in her lap.

"Katerina." Klaus smirked, "of course. Well, that's unfortunate. If we had the necklace it would make things a whole lot easier for your witch, bit since we're doing this the hard way, let's put a clock on it, shall we?" Klaus made his way over to the controls for the big score board in the gym, starting a timer for twenty minutes. The buzzer sounded as the count down began.

"Twenty minutes. If Bonnie hasn't found a solution by then, I want you to feed again. Only this time, I want you to feed on Elena. You know you want to. Adelaide too if you're hungry." Adelaide felt tears rise to her eyes, out of anger, sadness, hurt and slight heartbreak.

"Klaus if he drinks my blood he'll die." Adelaide reminded the hybrid who just smirked.

"Klaus, don't do this to him!" Elena begged, curling up in her sisters arms, the two of them finding comfort at least being with each other.

"No one leaves. If she tries to run, fracture her spine." Klaus informed Stefan as he grabbed onto Adelaide's wrist and pulled her with him, the two of them leaving the gym with Rebekah following him. 

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