Hayley McCall The Last Labonair

Chapter Four

Episode 16- Bring it on

I walk out of a store and walk in between a few trucks when I hear a noise making me turn to look that way and turn around stopping. I hear another noise and I turn around and there's a guy standing a few feet in front of me. The guy speeds towards me holding me by the throat against the trailer of one of the truck. The vampire throws me to the ground. Klaus speeds behind him showing his hybrid face. "Have a care, mate. That's no way to treat a lady." Klaus said before biting the vampire. Before throwing him up in the air before letting him fall to the ground.

"You came." I say "Well, you did say it was urgent." Klaus helps me up and I look at the vampire who speeds away. "Oh, don't worry about him, love. He'll never make it through tomorrow night." Klaus said "What if there are more?" I ask "You were foolish enough to make a deal with Katerina Petrova. She used you to find the cure, and now you're nothing but a loose end. You'll be lucky if she lets you live." Klaus said "You said you would protect me." I say walking past him. "And I will, just as soon as you tell me everything you know about Katerina." Klaus said and I stop to look at him.

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I lean back in the chair putting my foot in the chair grabbing the wine. "So you're rested, you're fed. Tell me about Katerina." Klaus said "Most men get their power kick from torture and intimidation. With you, it's drinks and fine dining." I say "Well, in your case, I favor hospitality over unpleasantness, but I have been known to change my mind on a whim. Where is Katerina?" Klaus asked "You seriously think I know?" I ask "You tipped her off as to what we were up to and set her on a course to find the cure. In return, she sent her lackey to snuff you out. Tell me, what did Katerina promise you?" Klaus asked and I sit the wine down before sitting up putting my foot on the floor. "I was in New Orleans trying to find information about my real parents. Katherine found me and told me she could help." I say "An orphan? Well, that does explain your charming bravado. Abandonment issues will do it every time." Klaus said "Sounds like you would know." I say "I'm the only one that can protect you. I'm happy to do so, provided you cooperate." Klaus said

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I walk in Klaus' art room with him following me. I take a drink of the drink in my hand. I look at his painting. "Hate that. Too much. I don't get that. Hmm... I don't care." I look at a painting. "Hmm. This one." I slightly pick it up and look back at him. "It doesn't make me want to puke." I turn around and lean against the table. "Why'd you paint it?" I ask "Painting is a metaphor for control. Every choice is mine... The canvas, the color. As a child, I had neither a sense of the world nor my place in it, but art taught me that one's vision can be achieved with sheer force of will. The same is true of life, provided one refuses to let anything stand in one's way." Klaus said and he stands in front of me. "So this is your thing... Show a girl a few mediocre paintings, whine about your childhood, and I swoon and spill all my dirty secrets?" I ask drinking my drink.

"I felt I had many charms, but, uh, regardless, I'm enjoying myself." Klaus said "And you do whatever you enjoy, up to and including hunting my friend Tyler for the next century." I say walking closer to him. "Oh, surely not the next century." He walks over to the alcohol. "Only until I kill him." Klaus said "You talk a good game, but the truth is you let him go. My guess: You know if you kill him, Caroline will hate you forever." I say "If I simply killed Tyler, my revenge would be over in a moment. Sentencing him to a lifetime of paranoia and fear... That's Tyler's true punishment. But come now. You never really thought there was a future for you two, did you?" Klaus asked "I don't know. He might have left Caroline for me if I'd used the cure to kill you." I say "You know, if Tyler has even half your resolve, he may actually make it through the year." Klaus said "It doesn't take resolve. It takes allies, a network of people willing to do anything for you, including chase down loose ends to their death. That's how Katherine escaped you all this time." I say "Perhaps you know the names of Katerina's special little helpers." Klaus said walking closer to me. "Maybe I know one or two. Maybe I'll even tell you." I say finishing my drink.