FALLEN | THE ORIGINALS

2.15 | Wicked Witch From Norway

[ Chapter Thirty-Six ]

     ONCE THE REALIZATION dawned on her, Raylynn readied herself for the altercation she knew would come. She made sure every weapon at her disposal rested somewhere on her body. She slung her bow and quiver onto her back, not caring if any of the tourists or locals saw her. She had bigger things to worry about than lingering stares.

     Raylynn departed from the Palace Royale Hotel and headed in the direction of the Mikaelson Compound. She needed to deduct where was not so she could steer clear of the creepy witch. But as the familiar Norwegian toon proceeded to play through the bells of St. Louis Cathedral, she knew that would not be the case. Dahlia had declared her arrival.

     Raylynn entered the building the way she fled. She scaled the balcony to her bedroom and slowly pushed open the closed double doors to enter. A tense silence greeted her as she made her way through the home. She began to worry if it had been deserted, considering many of the residents left in fits of anger, Raylynn included. But when voices erupted from the courtyard, she knew that the compound had been the right choice.

     The huntress crouched low to the ground as she approached the open room. She nearly crawled across the second floor walkway that overlooked the courtyard to keep her presence undetectable. Raylynn quickly slid behind a pillar when her eyes fell on two figures. Dahlia stood at the edge of the courtyard, waving her hand toward Freya. The blonde soared backward and landed harshly inside the room that once held Hayley and Jackson's wedding.

     When they were out of view, Raylynn shifted her attention to where she found two other figures across from her on the same second floor walkway. Klaus had Elijah shoved against the wall, before he grabbed his older brother and yanked him toward the railing.

     "She's controlling you," Elijah rasped from the exertion. "You have to fight her."

     Klaus glared heatedly toward the Original. "The only thing she did is pull out the dagger you stuck in my heart!" he shouted.

     Elijah's expression hardened and shoved the hybrid away, before he sent his fist into the man's jaw. Klaus stumbled back from the blow, which gave Elijah the opportunity to kick him square in the stomach. Raylynn winced when Klaus fell back into the wall behind him. A deep sneer formed on Klaus's features as he pushed from the wall and lunged for his brother. But instead of reaching him, Elijah kneed Klaus several times in the stomach and then slammed him into another wall. The concrete shattered and fell to the floor, while Klaus remained standing against the broken material. He growled and rushed toward his brother. As the rage began to overtake him, Klaus grabbed Elijah and shoved him into the previous wall with a hand around his throat. Elijah reached up and did the same to Klaus, but the hybrid had the upper hand.