The Last Sacrifice

Denial

When Hayley finally stood up, she saw Freya, Klaus, Rebekah, and Kol huddled together.

"What's the plan?" Hayley asked, walking up to them. The siblings looked over at Hayley, each of them wearing an identical look of pity on their faces. One that Hayley wanted to knock off. "Stop looking at me like that, I'm fine."

"No, you're not. None of us are." Klaus admitted, "But what plan are you referring to?"

"Don't play dumb." Hayley started, "The plan to get your brother back." Hayley had a sudden sense of déjà vu. If only the solution was as simple as it was when Klaus handed Elijah over to Marcel with a dagger in his chest.

"We have his ashes and his body, so we could use the same spell that Davina used to bring Esther back. But we will need some serious power." Freya explained.

"What about Davina? She did it before." Rebekah chimed in.

"Leave Davina out of this." Kol growled, "She just escaped all of this and I'm not dragging her back in. Besides, Elijah is not her favorite person, considering. And neither are you for that matter." Kol adds, glancing at Freya unapologetically.

"After everything Elijah has done for this family, you seriously aren't going to help?" Hayley demands.

"Look Hayley, I know you have put Elijah up on some pedestal, but he had a part in killing the love of my life. I'm sorry if I'm not going to risk her life again only to try to bring Elijah back for the second time in the span of a week." Kol shrugged as if they weren't discussing the survival of his brother.

"Kol, that's enough." Rebekah stepped in before Hayley said something that would push Kol too far. "Whatever your anger is with Elijah, you need to put it aside for now."

"All I'm saying is Elijah knew what he was doing. He made the decision to sacrifice himself to protect the family. He's not expecting us to bring him back." While everyone knew Kol was right, it didn't matter what Elijah was expecting or not, they would bring him back.

"It doesn't matter anyway, that plan won't work." Freya interjected. "Davina had the full power of the ancestors when she brought Kol back. She's not powerful enough without them. And something tells me, Vincent is not going to volunteer his services as Regent."

Hayley knew it would be a long shot, but maybe she could convince Vincent. After all, the Ancestors have their power again. They could help bring Elijah back.

"You can break my sire line." Rebekah said suddenly, "I mean, that's how Davina harnessed enough power to bring Kol back last time."

"Again, Davina had the power of the Strix's coven. I don't have a coven and neither does Davina for that matter." Freya shot down Rebekah's suggestions.

"Well bloody well make a coven!" Klaus snapped, speaking up for the first time. Hayley noticed he had a far-off look on his face. She wasn't sure where his head was at the moment, but she was pretty sure it wasn't good. He needed time to process away from everyone.

"Klaus, we should go check on Hope." Hayley suggested, "She'll want us with her when she wakes up."

Klaus simply nodded his head and walked off towards the stairs. Hayley followed behind him as the others kept arguing.

When they got to Hayley's room, Hope was asleep on the bed and Vincent and Marcel were standing vigil.

"How is she?" Klaus asked.

"She'll be fine. She's a resilient little girl." Vincent observed, "She'll probably be tired for a while, but she's been through a lot."

"Yeah, well hopefully that is all behind her." Marcel stated, sizing Klaus up. He likely was waiting for Klaus to attack them for their part in Elijah's death.