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Brotherhood Of The Damned

"Haven't you found Finn yet?" Klaus asked impatiently pacing in front of Luke who came back from the Safe house to help Klaus and were setting a magical circle. The salt in her hand drawing out shapes of ancient runes.

Luke just ignores him and continues to work on setting up for his spell.

" I must say, for a witch and a siphon of your caliber, your spells are not particularly efficient." Klaus says impatiently.

Luke sighed in frustration and continued their set up " Finn is blocking my locator spell. So, I am trying something new. But, I need to concentrate, and it would help a lot if you two would stop standing over me like a stalker."

Luke lights a match and begins to use it to light the candles in the circle.

"Luke, you can't do the spell alone. I will help you. You need powerful beings in order to stop Finn's spell."Lizzie told her brother.

Lizzie walked toward Luke and they chanted the spell together "We du le mon ennemi on ton. We du le mon ennemi on ton."

As they chanted, Lizzie felt an energy and she and Luke got visions of Finn, who is casting his own spell somewhere in Lafayette Cemetery. He's leaning over a bowl of what looks like blood, and he has several objects, including a fox tail, a feather, and a deer antler, sitting on the table around him. When they comes out of the vision, they looked extremely concerned.

"What did you see?"Klaus asked, moving forward.

"We saw glimpses of him. He's combining sacred objects. Totems. Representational magic." Luke explained.

"Where?"Klaus asked.

Luke and Lizzie dives back into their visions, and gets more flashes of Finn working on his spell in one of the tombs.

"Lafayette No. 1. The Lyonne tomb." Lizzie answered.

"And what he's using?"Klaus asked.

Once again, Luke and Lizzie dives in again and sees both Esther and Mikael laying desiccated in the middle of another salt circle.

"He's channeling your parents!" Luke said in shock.

Not as expected, Klaus smiled widely at the thought "And here I thought I was the poster-child for least grateful offspring! Well, then. Shall you and us go crash their little party?"

Klaus step through the doorway, suddenly lurching over gasping for air.

"Nik!"Lizzie says.

Klaus falls to the ground unconscious.

Lizzie kneeled down next to him, checking his pulses, a pulsating burning Lizzie's lungs. She then started wheezing before blacking out on Klaus chest as Luke yelled out" Lizzie!"

Lizzie blinked her eyes open to see Klaus leaning over them. She holds his hands out, and Lizzie reached for it letting him heave them to her feet.

Lizzie scanned the room, noticing a bunch of animals heads, the one with a black panther jumping out at her.

"Niklaus." Elijah voices stepping into the light.

Kol, who is in a nearby corner, notices his brothers' presence and frowns in confusion "You three."

"Great."Lizzie brushing her hand against the black fur of the panther head.

"What is this?" Elijah asked.

" It's a chambre de chasse. A hunt room. It's where witches bring their prey for mental target practice. Our bodies are in the real world, laying dead on the floor, whilst our minds are in here, represented by these creepy animal heads." Kol explained.

"Let me take a wild guess as to who is the author of this nightmare." Klaus said, raising his eyebrows highly unimpressed before he raised voice and started yelling "FINN! Show yourself!"

The front door to the shack opened up, Finn casually wading into the room, a smug look on his face.

Klaus rushed at him but is thrown backwards.

Finn raised his hand as he says "Save your strength. In here...I am untouchable. My magic, my rules. So, make yourselves at home. We're gonna be here for a while. At the very least, this prison is a bit more comfortable than the box you held me in for... Almost nine hundred years?"

He pretends to count his fingers.

Klaus rolls his eyes as he said " The heads are a nice touch. Let me guess...I'm the big, bad wolf? Kol, the wily fox. Elijah is the noble stag, and you, fittingly enough, are the boar! Bit obvious, as far as symbolism goes... Elizabeth, the black panther, a seemingly suitable choices for her."

"Why did you pick a panther?" Lizzie asked, intrigued.

Finn smiled "Well you are smart and sneaky, roaming through the night. Not to mention the fact, it's a symbol of beauty."

Lizzie was disgusted by his attemps of flirting and Klaus glared coldly at his brother.

"Please leave your flirting tactics to someone else who care. Besides, I like my men strong and powerful. My actual boyfriend is your brother Klaus. And let's be honest, you are the opposite of strong and powerful."Lizzie scoffed.

"This isn't about Mother, this is about you. I want you to know how it feels to be powerless! So, I'm going to take the thing that matters most to you...the city you've come to love so much." Finn frowned, as it seems Klaus hitting a nerve.

Elijah rolled his eyes as he said "Are we quite done here? You will release us now."

Lizzie narrow her eyes at Finn who smirked triumphantly.

"I will! After sundown. Because at sundown, when the marchers of Carillon Eve take to the streets, my barrier spell drops. Marcel and his hungry vampires will be unleashed to kill their way through the Quarter! I imagine that, after their atrocities, the supernatural community of New Orleans will be forced to find another place to call home." Finn said.

"You're pathetic." Lizzie spat.

"I show you pathetic! What if you were made vulnerable? What then?" Finn said as he stare hard in Lizzie's eyes.

Finn instantly flicks his wrist, Lizzie's body tensing up, small droplets of blood running out her nostril. Lizzie then get somewhat severe noseblood here mentally, Finn reminding them that what ever happens here will happen in the physical reality.

Lizzie yelled alarmed "Okay. Point made. Now, if you gould just get back to my body...that would be lovely."

"If you hurt her again, I will find a way to hurt you." Klaus threatened Finn as he handed Lizzie a handkerchief being passed over to Lizzie.

"No I couldn't find Rebekah."Finn said.

"Ask Kol."Klaus told him.

"Yes! What did you do to Rebekah?"Finn said.

"For goodness sake, she crossed me, so I crossed her back! Look, if you could just get me back to my body, I will tell anybody anything that they need to know!"Kol groaned.

" How narrow-minded of me! Rebekah. You don't know where she is, and the only thing standing between you and our sister is this selfish fool. Maybe it's time for you to go enjoy the rest of your mortal life while you still can."Finn laughed as he makes a fist with his hand, which sends Kol back into his body. Elijah and Klaus are both startled and confused.

"So, what shall we talk about while we wait for nightfall? Oh! I know! Let's talk about our parents." Finn gasped mockingly.

"You know, I figured you wouldn't be kind to Mother, but imagine my surprise to learn that Mikael met the same fate! Bravo, brother." Klaus mocked.

"You see, the parent I was interested in talking about was your father. Your real one? I mean, you longed to know him your whole life, yet at the first opportunity, you murdered him! Why, I wonder?" Finn questioned Klaus.

Klaus takes a step closer to Finn as he said "Possibly the same reason you took out Esther. Severing parental ties has a way of freeing one up to recognize one's true potential."

Finn furrows his eyebrows as he told them "But, Esther was no fool. She pinpointed your wants, and knowing your true father was at the top of the list! No, something else occupies the top of your list of affections. And it's not your favorite city. Because I'm about to take that from you, using your own vampires, and I barely get a rise out of you! I thought maybe it was Rebekah, but you remain calm, even when the one who knows her fate probably just met his."

He smacks Klaus on the back.

"I am fighting the monumental urge to mount your severed head upon one of these walls..." Elijah sighed in boredom.

"And then, I thought it was your favorite brother, but Mother broke him into a thousand pieces, and rather than fix him, you left him to fend for himself God knows where. You know, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were hiding something from me. Something big. Something dark. Maybe your real father found out what it was, and you had to kill him?" Finn grinned.

"You want to know why I killed our father?" Klaus inhaled sharply.

Finn nodded ghosting a smile on his lips.

"Because when blood relations let me down, I don't stop to reason with them... I remove them." Klaus added.

Finn looked at Klaus skeptically before he asked "So, the secret is there is no secret? You long for nothing, care for no one?"

Klaus smiled fakely at him, but Finn just shakes his head as he said "The problem, brother, I don't believe you. It's clear to me that you're hiding something. And, as I control your presence here, we've got all the time in the world to figure out just what that might be."

Finn then stepped closer to Lizzie, Klaus and Elijah tensing a little as Finn then says "Well, if you won't tell what it is, maybe your beloved here will."

"What makes you think they know what it is?" Elijah asked.

"So...you don't love Kiara and Valerie or is that your secret you truly do care for someone about than yourself." Finn said.

Elijah and Klaus ignored Finn.

"Let's see, shall we?" Finn said as he tried to use magic against Lizzie but it wasn't working as she had a flashes and Luke was chanting a protection spell on her that even in the Chambre in the Chasse she couldn't be hurt.

"It seems your magic doesn't working on me."Lizzie smirked.

"It's a shame, really, for you to lose New Orleans. You've worked so hard to make this city a home. On the other hand, this city hasn't given you much in the way of good fortune. You have Marcel's betrayal, Father's attack, the loss of your children..." Finn taunted.

"It is a delicate craft." Elijah says to Finn.

Finn looks over at him, clearly puzzled by this statement, and waits for him to clarify.

"Representational magic? One must be ever so precise. If you misrepresent us, the very enchantment that this room was built upon would collapse, would it not?" Elijah muttered.

Finn looked slightly alarmed but quickly brushed it off as he says "I assure you, you have not been misrepresented."

"Well, that depends upon how well the hunter knows his prey. This façade, this illusion that I have created over the course of my life... the noble stag. It is nothing more than a deception. To myself. To everyone. If I were a truly noble brother, I would not withheld from you a vile deed. One that I, like a coward, allowed Mother to erase from my memory. It was I who killed Tatia." Elijah said.

Klaus looked hughly stunned by this revelation, the room beginning to shake as Elijah flickers in and out of focus.

"I hunted her down, and mercilessly, I feasted upon her flesh. I tore her from us. Mother took the blame. Brother, I felt certain if you knew, you would in no way forgive me." Elijah continued, looking at Klaus.

"The act may be reprehensible, but your admitting to it proves you to be the man I thought you to be! My magic stands!" Finn said, shaking his head as he lifted his arms gesturing to the room.

"So does my powers." Lizzie stated as she used her magic to send Kol back in his body.

Klaus then smirked at Finn "Does it? It turns out my brother is even more depraved than I am."

Elijah looked up at him as Klaus continued "He is the noble stag no longer. Indeed, another altogether different beast is creeping through the cracks. And you have also failed in your representation of me, because there is one thing you have never thought me capable of. Forgiveness."

Klaus reached out for Elijah's shoulder squeezing it softly.

Finn glanced at Lizzie as he says "The magic will continued to stand until all representative magic is dislodged. Elizabeth is and always be a black panther."

"That's where you're wrong, once again, you're underestimated me." Lizzie scoffed.

"What are you talking about?" He frowned.

"If panthers are slaves to the night, thriving in its power then why do I constantly seek for the light in not only myself... but others too."Lizzie said.

The room shakes once again, Finn's face falling into one of horror.

"See, a lone survivor would not rely on light and love and yet that is what I thrive upon."Lizzie says, placing a soft kiss on Klaus lips.

Klaus pulled away smirking at Finn "All the while, you, Finn, have remained a boar for centuries, but here is where your true fault lies...you never learnt that the bonds of family far outweigh anything else! Such bonds trump petty jealousies. They overcome ancient feuds. And, yes, they are capable of allowing one monster to pardon the great sins of another."

Lizzie watched as the black panther cracks of the wall falling to the floor, revealing that she had accepted who she was inside, but changing for the better.

On the other hand the wolf and stag both erupt in flames, since both Klaus and Elijah have shed their skins, being reborn into something new.

"How is this possible?" Finn muffles, completely agst at the confession from each and everyone of them.

"Your magic is as flawed as your perception of your own siblings. I wonder... just how untouchable are you?" Klaus smirked proudly.

Klaus lunge for Finn who flicked his wrist.

Lizzie gasped and sat up, propped up on Klaus chest.

"Thanks, you woke! I was getting worried." Luke said.

Klaus scoffed, sitting up "I'm fine, thank you for your concern. The same, however, can not be said for your friends and the people of the French Quarter. Now, I can stand here and explain to you the specifics, or you can show a little trust and come with me."

Luke simply shrugs and grabs his coat from the nearby pew "I'm the one who's been waiting for you to move your ass. Let's go!"

Klaus and Lizzie chuckled before following Luke.

Later, Klaus and Lizzie were at Marcel's loft, they noticed Aiden and Klaus said "Ah! The cavalry has arrived! And right on time. No doubt eager to save your precious Josh."

"Yes. Just tell me what you need." Aiden said.

"You can start by questioning your wolves. Find out what Finn has done with Marcel and his vampires."Lizzie says.

"Well, I would, but most of the wolves took off for the Bayou, waiting for Hayley to finish her wedding trials." Aiden told them.

"And what trials might those be?" Klaus asked.

"Your basic old-school werewolf stuff. They go out into the woods and smoke this blue calamus root out of a peace pipe." Aiden answered.

"Blue calamus? A rather specific plant. Known by many for its unique properties as a truth serum. In generations past, it was used as among the wolves for divulgement rituals." Lizzie repeated.

"Ancient rites where secrets are confessed. I don't suppose they mentioned such a thing?" Klaus said.

"They just said they had to do a bunch of rituals and ceremonial stuff." Aiden told them.

"And where exactly did is Hayley?" Klaus asked.

"Jackson took her to the back country. Deep Bayou. Why?" Aiden says.

" That'll be all. Stay on point!" Klaus told him as he and Lizzie heads for the door.

"Wait, that's it? Where are you going?" Aiden asked.

"I'm going to have a little chat with the bride-to-be. Remind her that some secrets need to stay buried." Klaus said.

"And I'm helping." Lizzie said as the two walk out.


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