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EIGHT | RIVER IN REVERSE
IT HAD BEEN A FEW HOURS since Klaus had left Hayley, Elijah and Octavia in the Bayou. Elijah with a vicious werewolf bite from Klaus. He wasn't getting better and Octavia was almost positive there was nothing she could do for him. The blonde walked over and offered a cup of water.
"Here, drink this." Elijah drank from the cup but almost immediately started to gag and cough. She could feel how much pain she was in, herself started to sweat and look paler. She didn't want Elijah or Hayley to worry about her though.
"Forgive me. Please." He gabbed onto Octavia's hand for support. The young girl placed her other hand on his head, taking some of his pain away and her strength onto him. It wouldn't be much, but she wanted to help him. Her head began to her and she started to sweat more.
"It's fine, Elijah, honestly. Just remind me to kill your brother once your better." She wanted him to suffer like Elijah was suffering, only ten times worse.
"Yes, remind me to remind you to get in line." The blonde held a smile on her face.
"It doesn't help that we decided to shack up in a swamp either." Hayley said and walked out on the porch. Octavia was almost positive that Hayley kept leaving them alone on purpose. She young witch started to flip through the Bible on her lap. Elijah then started coughing, really badly. She felt her throat itch and she wanted to cough, but she held it in.
"Are you okay?" Hayley rushed in when Octavia asked him that.
"I'm fine. Please, just... return to your reading." He spoke waving them both away. They weren't leaving him alone, he looked like he was about to drop dead.
"I went through the whole thing and Octavia's been through it twice. It's just a regular Bible... With an entry in a family tree that may or may not be me." The werewolf girl responded to him, it was true. The whole Bible was a Bible and then the end had names and dates. Octavia went through it twice just to see if there were any hidden messages that they didn't catch the first time.
"Hayley, please. This fever will make me unstable. And once the hallucinations begin, I'll start to see things. You must and Octavia leave here." He pleaded, he didn't want Octavia to see him in such a state of weakness. Of vulnerability.
"I'm not leaving you like this." The seventeen her old said and sat on the bed beside him and took one of his hands in her own.
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A WHILE LATER Octavia is outside, she had removed her sweater and now was in a tank top. The Bayou was hotter than hot. Hayley was in the same boat, she had removed her cardigan and was in a tank-top. She heard Elijah groaning in pain inside and returned to his bedside. The blonde girl sat down on the bed next to him and placed her hand on his forehead to feel his temperature. She didn't need to, she was sure it was high. Her own was high, she felt like she was dying and no doubt she looked worse. When she touched his head she was placed in a memory of Elijah's from the 1800's.
