Lights Flicker And Fade : Kol Mikaelson [3]

259: A Black Mark On Her Soul

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- Bea x

MJ made a few choices as she rushed away from St James. Vincent had sent Marcel to point her to the cemetery, but her phone said something had happened to Klaus, and she needed to check if he was okay, or would be okay, or who even knew.

If Kol was okay –

"He will be."

MJ froze.

She was on the edge of the city centre, with stalls for the music festival just within sight. The central roads were closed, meaning groups of pedestrians continued past as she stilled. So many; it was like a swarm, feet grazing over grey cobblestones, unaware of the young girl crashing their festival.

Eyes pinned on her, MJ pulled out her phone and dialled Cami.

"It's been so long since I've been a person to anyone."

The ringing of her phone stopped the tune in the wind.

"I am not the noise trying to break you."

"Then why did you know the words?"

"Because I have been forced to listen."

The shops and restaurants had bright bunting hung across their doors and windows. Orange and green were usually such an awful combination, but for just a moment, it was the exact thing MJ needed. Something only the complicated living would select. Bright. Full of everything yet ugly at the same time.

"Do you know what it is like to sit in nothing but silence?"

MJ didn't like that her phone was still ringing.

"To float as a light, the world desperate to snuff you out?"

"You don't normally look like this?"

"I dream I could still look like this."

The pain in her voice made MJ hesitate.

About to ask a question –

"MJ?"

Cami's voice replaced the droning tone of her phone, someone knocking into MJ's shoulder. A reminder that no phantom before her changed where she was. A city trying to celebrate.

"You there?"

"Yeah..."

Cami panicked, "What's wrong?"

"Kol...uh – "

"How do you do this?"

"Kol's currently knocked out," She couldn't look away from her, "What's happened to Klaus?"

"He baited Lucien," Hayley answered, "We're gonna go save his ass."

"Guys – "

"Lucien texted Elijah."

"There is no way to find me, yet you have."

"He's meeting him at some whiskey bar."

"Text me the address," MJ decided, "I'll make sure he doesn't die."

"Thank you."

"Not just found – but I am me."