Aphrodite// Hayley Marshall

012. Panic

(Fruit of a poisoned tree)

"Ella" Rebekah called as she walked into her sisters room singing in relief as she saw her sisters packed bag. "You didn't change your mind" The blonde smiled. "I swore I'd come, I also swore to myself that I'd leave this town and allow myself to heal there's too many memories here" Nora smiled.

"Well then it's time for us to go, we'll tell them we're gone when it's to far for them to force us back" Nora chuckled. "Sounds perfect" Bekah grinned. The girls loaded up Rebekah's car and set off.

The two sisters were speeding down the road with the roof of he car open when Elijah rang them "I thought we would have been further than this before they noticed we were gone" Ella groaned leaning her head back against the chair.

"Goodbye means goodbye Elijah" Rebekah sighed. "Seriously, we told you we were leaving" Ella laughed. "Is she with you?" Their brother asked making the sisters glance at each other in confusion. "What the hell are you talking about?" Rebekah asked.

"Hayley is gone. Where is she?" Elijah continued. "What?" Rebekah asked in shock. "What do you mean gone?" Nora urged. Elijah didn't answer but the two girls heard their other brother talk about Marcel and that was enough for Ellanora. "Pull over Rebekah" Nora ordered. "You head home and I've got some business to deal with" Nora glared before she vamp sped away to the compound.

(Bloodletting)

Ellanora vamp sped into the compound and tore a vampires heart from her chest. She looked up at Marcel as all of the vampires backed away from the murderous original. Elijah and Klaus vamp sped into the circle not to long after their sister and smirked at the predicament she was currently in.

"Good evening, I'd like a word" Klaus grinned. "What do you think your doing?" Marcel asked the two originals he could currently see."It appears that we've interrupted a collection of filthy amateurs. We've come here for the girl, give her to us or we'll kill everyone here" Elijah stated calmly as he walked in.

"I recommend you start talking Marcellus, where the hell is she" Nora scowled. "You three have got a lot of nerve coming into my home and making demands" Marcel tried. "Your home is it?" Klaus asked making his sister roll her eyes at his priorities.

"I'll show you just how much nerve I have when I tear your heart from your chest, don't forget you are no longer a child which means I don't have a problem ending your life" Nora spat. "The girl, I will not ask again" Elijah repeated. "I assume your talking about Hayley, yay high, dark hair, bitchy attitude. Who is she anyway?" Marcel smiled looking directly at Ellanora who he could tell was getting more pissed off the more he spoke. Her body was tense and her fists were clenched as she ground her teeth together to stop the urge to tear out his jugular with her teeth.

"She's an old friend. You know how sentimental I am about old friends" Klaus smirked. "Well, I ain't got her and before you start whining, I did pay her a little visit earlier tonight. I was feeling a little nostalgic, so I took a trip out to the plantation where I used to be a slave and imagine my surprise when I realized that that the original family of vampires had taken up residence. Ellanora, your girl Hayley answered the door. We exchanged hellos. That was it. You don't believe me, look around. Hell, I'll even help you find her, but the question I'd ask is, if Hayley isn't here then where is she?" Marcel spoke tormentingly which pissed Ellanora off to no end so she grabbed the closest vampire to her and ripped his heart from his chest.

"Just in case, you decide to be unhelpful. You don't have a shortage of vampires for me to kill. And I don't have a shortage of trouble to cause" Nora grinned which earned a glare from Marcel. He'd already noticed that she cared about Hayley, she couldn't let him get any ideas that Hayley could be a weakness.

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"Not the most attractive community are they" Elijah stated looking at Marcels crew of baby vamps. "You do realize they can hear you" Klaus smirked. "You do realize I don't care" He quipped. "You know Elijah I liked you better in that box" Marcel chuckled. "And I'd like you better if you were dead. But we don't always get what we want now do we" Nora added smiling sarcastically.

Marcel chose to ignore Nora as he finished what he was saying. "Klaus, my sire I owe you the world and Ellanora you weren't half bad 200 years ago but then again you were often stuck by your brothers side" He chuckled. That was enough to send Nora into a full blown rage, she stood up from the chair she was situated in and was about to attack the younger vampire but was stopped by Elijah who hooked an arm around her waist. "I swear to god Elijah, if you don't let me go I'll rip your heart from your chest" Nora threatened.

"Ellanora, calm down. You're welcome to do what you would like after Hayley is safe" Elijah scolded. Marcel saw an unknown emotion flicker through the girls eyes before she reluctantly huffed and sat back down. He was sure he would have at least ended up with a broken neck but for some reason the thought of making sure the wolf was safe came before attacking him. He was grateful but curious of what had gone on over the past however many months since Nora had arrived in New Orleans.

"Well, I always show respect to my elders and if Nora's special lady friend is missing you could benefit from a witch and since I control all the witches in this town I'll grant you one little locator spell" He grinned. "Oh, how gracious of you" Nora stated sarcastically making her brothers smirk in amusement as she stared at the younger vampire plainly.

"Sabine is the best guide in the quarter. You need to find someone, I guarantee she's your girl" Marcel finished before turning around to walk away. "Where are you going?" Klaus asked. "I hate to cut this short, the sun is coming up soon. My night walkers need to get inside, and I've got a city to run. I'll leave you to track down your lost sheep" he explained before walking away.

"Can you find her?" Elijah asked looking towards the witch. "I can try" Sabine assured but that wasn't enough for the restless original who was now pacing. "Well, we don't need you to try we need you to make certain you do, so you better get your witchy potions and find Hayley" Nora scowled. Elijah sighed, if they didn't find Hayley soon he was going to be in for one hell of a night.