I Feel You - Elijah Mikaelson -

Shattered Dreams

It was dark when Cassie and Elijah entered the graveyard again. A chill ran down the blonde vampires spine. She felt that something wasn't alright...and it was grotesque to visit the graveyard she lately had been buried in.

The witches seem to await them. All of them had a slight hint of a dark smile on their faces.

One of the women stepped in front of the coven, she seemed to the leader.

„You came back quite quickly. What do you want."

She had a thick Russian accent.

„We need to reconsider the terms of our deal. The New Orleans' witches don't want you here. It's not safe for you here."

The laughter of the witch echoed through the marble tombs.

And then it suddenly struck Cassie. They didn't need a safe place. They needed power. And with all the dead supernatural creatures here...

„You're not as weak as you pretended to be. At least you could to a very powerful, quite dark spell to resurrect me...no tiny, weak witchy could do that. You wanted to be exactly here. Your relicts are at a climax of power here. And..."

„...no one will stop us with a Mikaelson at our leash."

Elijah furrowed his eyebrows and growled.

„How do you think you are? I'm an Original, I'm not on anyones leash."

The witch laughed for another time. Cassie urged to punch that grin out of her silly face.

„Oh yes, you are. Do you really thought we would just bring you your little plaything back without keeping a bit of a safekeeping-insurance with us? We know that you would just kill us. Karina, come here."

He hadn't really thought of anything, Cassie said to herself and sighted.

A young witch took place next to her leader. She pulled out a knife from her pocket and slit through the palm of her hand. Blood poured out of the wound.

Suddenly Cassie felt a sharp pain on her hand, her own blood wetting her hand.

No...

They definitely had her leverage.

„So, as you see, we now control her life. You should better play along, Mr. Mikaelson."

Elijah was enraged, he speeded up to the witches, but when he reached them, he held his head in pain. In addition, the young witch held the knife against her throat, slightly cutting the skin. Cassie gasped.

„Elijah, don't!"

He tried to fight through the pain but Cassie grabbed his arm, stopping him.

„Let's just go. We'll make up a plan to fight these lunatics."

Both of them turned to leave but were interrupted by the leader's voice.

„Oh, and before you think of it: she can't leave the city. And if we feel you trying, we will kill her."

...

Elijah angrily paced up and down the room. He ran his hand through his hair multiple times. Cassie couldn't bear seeing him like that.

„And they didn't exactly tell you what the hell they want from you."

Hayley asked nervously.

„Believe me, we'll know when they come up with something. I guess they'll want Elijah to kill the other witches of the city. So they have all of the power on their own."

Cassie closed her eyes shortly before grabbing Elijah's hand, stopping him in his tracks.

„Good thing that you have a powerful witch sister."

Freya walked into the room, looking confident to help.

„What is your plan to save my life, newbie Mikaelson?"

She rolled her eyes at Cassie's snappy comment.

„I will just unbind you from that witch and..."

Elijah interrupted his older sister.

„They'll feel when we try that. They've been one step ahead of me before."

Now Niklaus raised his voice.

„Brother, Freya is right. We take the surprise moment. They count on the fact that you'll not risk her life."

„Yes, brother, they're quite right. I will not risk her life!"

He pulled Cassie closer to him.

„Of course it's easier to just do what they want and hope that they'll release her."

„But they could just kill me every time they like. No, I will not live like that. I don't want to be in constant fear! I better die trying to get my free will back."

Elijah gave her an intense glare and grabbed her wrist.

„Stop talking like that."

Cassie tried to pull away from his iron grip.

„Elijah, that's not your choice to make! It's my life, I decide if I'll risk it."

Her lover grew even more angry.

„You will not put yourself in danger again. End of discussion."

„I have to admit that she's right, brother."

Klaus tried to break the tensed up moment.

„Let go of her, you're hurting her. Or do I need to break your arm?"

Kol's raging voice seemed to break to Elijah. The brothers shared a long look and for a short moment Cassie was afraid that they'll go outside to clear that matter in a barbarous way. But Elijah let go of her wrist and took a step back.

„I'm sorry."

She sighted, but gave Elijah a warm smile.

„So, let's kick some witches ass, shall we?"

...

Cassie screamed loudly at the sudden pain near her heart. As she looked down, she saw blood on her chest.

„It's not working!"

Her voice was panicked. Elijah rushed to her with widened eyes but was stopped by the circle of salt.

It went wrong. Freya's spell was not quick enough, the coven found out they were trying to unbind her und now she was again on the edge of death.

„Freya!!!"

Elijah shouted his sister's name. She was chanting even quicker.

Suddenly Niklaus appeared in the doorframe, shoving a coffin in the room. He opened the lid, showing the body of Mikael. The hybrid held the white oak stake in his hand.

„Maybe all our sister needs is a little motivation."

He hovered the stake over their fathers sleeping body.

Freya's eyes widened in shock but a new idea came to her mind. She grabbed Elijah's hand, trying to channel him. It was not easy to channel vampires, but maybe it would gave her the little more power she needed.

Blood poured from her nose. Never had she seen such a strong binding spell.

Cassie's heart rate increased, she saw black spots in her vision. It became hard to breathe.

But abruptly it stopped and her body calmed down again. By the moment she felt better.

„It stopped..."

A heavy weight fell of everyone. They all took a deep breath in.

„Thank you Freya, thank you for saving me."

She grabbed the witches hands. She hadn't noticed that Freya had needed a rush of motivation with her father leverage, but the vampire wouldn't have cared anyway.

Elijah gave his sister a slight glare but then nodded and they all left the room.