The Devil's Match | n.mikaelson

Chapter 25

⚠️ TW: violence, murder. ⚠️ 

Another few days passed and everyone was growing increasingly worried. Klaus could feel Cas getting weaker and weaker, and he was more scared than anyone. He had been able to tap into the bond pretty often to read her mind, communicate with her, and try to see her surroundings, but she was so weak and she had been alone that he knew she wasn't all there. He currently sat in the courtyard having a drink when Marcel came running in. He frowned and stood up quickly. "What did you find?"

"A couple of guys were asking around the Quarter about you guys. My guys were able to intercept, and they got some pretty valuable information before they killed them." Marcel gulped.

"Well? Spit it out," Klaus crossed his arms over his chest.

"These guys, there's an army of them. Easily over four dozen guys. They're keeping your girl somewhere in the bayou, but I didn't get a specific location."

Karoline came and stood by Klaus and had heard that Cas was in the bayou. Her eyes widened. "She's in the bayou?!"

Marcel nodded. "My guess is they're keeping her there for a reason. It's pretty isolated and the terrain can be hard to trample through, not to mention the wildlife tends to keep people away."

"Unless it's people like us," Elijah spoke up as he came over as well.

"Exactly. Which begs the question, why hold her there?" Klaus furrowed his brows and started to pace the courtyard.

Marcel watched Klaus pace and frowned. "What are you thinking?"

"I'm not entirely sure. But we need Katy." Klaus looked over at Kol who had come downstairs. "Do you know where Katy is?"

"Yeah she's in the library. Why?"

"We need to talk to her. We know where Cas is. We need her for the final steps."

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Cas sat in her cell and felt her body begin to sway slightly. She had some light coming in this time since they'd moved her somewhere, but her cell was much smaller. It was more of a traditional cell this time, with iron bars and everything. She ran her hand through her hair and leaned against the wall, closing her eyes. 'Maybe if I just take a small nap... maybe it won't hurt so much anymore.'

"Cas wake up!" someone hissed at her.

"H-huh?" She slowly opened her eyes and saw the hallucination of herself standing there again, wearing that stupid navy blue evening dress, making her frown. "Why are you back? What do you want?"

"Cas, you can't go to sleep. You can't. You won't wake up again if you do."

"What are you talking about?"

"That's what they want! Don't you get it? Once you're out of the picture, they can accomplish their mission!"

"What fucking mission?"

Her hallucination growled and ran her hands through her hair before full on slapping her. "Snap out of it!"

Cas's head snapped to the side as a gasp left her mouth. Wait... was that real? She turned her head back and stared at the hallucination. She could feel the sting in her cheek. It had to be real. "W-what the hell?"

"Cas you need to snap out of it! You need to! Stay awake! Think god dammit!"

"How the hell did I feel that slap?!"

"CAS! THINK!"

"Think about what?!"

"You know why they want you. Think about it." The hallucination looked up when she heard footsteps and frowned. "Someone's coming." She looked down at Cas and grasped her shoulders. It felt way too real to be a hallucination. There was just no way. "Cas, you are in deep shit. You need to try to run. The second you can."