Crown of Thorns

Chapter Six; Burning

"What are you doing here?" Henry questioned Rebekah.

She began to pace in front of him, searching for the right words to use, "Are you here with my brother?"

"No."

"I see," Rebekah muttered, "You look well, still the same handsome face I remember."

"Did Klaus tell you to come?" Henry asked, "If he did, I would leave."

Rebekah chuckled, "Why would I leave? He told me my niece's safety was in danger."

"He lied," Henry told her quickly, "He is trying to rip this city from us."

"Us?" she questioned.

Henry nodded, "After I was kicked out of your group I came here and found a real family, who took care of me, and Klaus is trying to take it from us."

Rebekah sped in front of him and in a hushed tone she said, "Now Henry, remember who saved your life, and first brought you into a home. Remember who loved you first."

Henry looked down at her in disgust. Her family left Henry to defend for himself, after being so close to the Originals, it was hard for him to defend by himself, something Adrianna had taught him. "Why are you here Rebekah?" Henry asked.

Rebekah looked into his blue eyes, "What Nik has planned is far out of reach for you and your friends, if you would be smart you would step down right now."

"That's not going to happen," Henry told her.

"That's what I am afraid of," Rebekah told him before snapping his neck. His body fell with a thud to the ground. "Here I am again Henry, saving your life." She walked out of the building leaving Henry there by himself.

••••

"No one is coming," Alex said to Kelsey.

"Dammit," she mumbled, "We are low on numbers I was really hoping at least one of them would come back."

Kelsey turned toward the water, Alex followed her, "Nothing seems to be going our way."

"I know," Kelsey muttered.

"Do you think we should just give up?" Alex asked.

"At times."

"Excuse me," a voice said behind the two vampires, making them spin on their heels to match the voice. Standing in front of them was a girl from yesterday, her leather jacket hunover her shoulders and her Doc Martens untied, this was the perfect vampire to Kelsey, the kind that looked scary, but knew how to act properly.

"Who are you?" Kelsey questioned.

"I'm Lizzy," she said, "This may sound stupid, but something told me to come here, and I followed my instinct."

Kelsey smirked, "It's fine. But I have one question for you, are you ready for a change?"

••••

"Where the hell is Henry?" Adrianna said, panic rising in her voice, "He hasn't been back yet, I asked him to check the east side out, not look for Atlantis. What if Klaus got to him? What if a werewolf bit him and he is aimlessly walking the city?"

"Adrianna, calm down," Zach told her, standing up from the bar stool, "Henry can take care of himself, I'm sure he is fine."

"It doesn't make me feel any better," Adrianna mumbled looking around at the rest of the vampires in the bar.

"Look, there he is now," Zach told her, motioning toward the door, which Henry just busted open. They both knew something was wrong once they saw his panic stricken face.