Face of the Dead (TVD/TO)

Chapter 2: Petrova Doppelgänger

After retrieving the Mikaelson's long-forgotten brother, Henrik, Elijah and he traveled in search of Niklaus. Traveling down many states, they've reached the small town of Mystic Falls.

"So explain to me why we're following a lead from two vampires that turned their backs on you and Nik as well as turned the last known Petrova Doppelgänger into a vampire," Henrik asked looking at Elijah.

"They willingly asked for me to meet with them after running from us for 500 years," Elijah explains. "If they've got something of usefulness to tell me, I probably free them from running no more."

"And if not?.... You'll kill them?" Henrik looks at him with an unsure look.

"One of them betrayed their loyalty to me. As such I'm not lenient to them," Elijah tells him before assuring him. "That, however, doesn't count for family."

"That's assuring... What happened to the others?" Henrik asked looking at his older brother with concern. "Where are Finn, Kol, and Rebekah?"

Not knowing how to explain the whereabouts of their siblings, Elijah looked towards his baby brother and patted his shoulder.

"Niklaus happened." That was all he said confusing Henrik.

"What?"

"Many, many years ago, we stumbled upon a weapon that could put us into a deep slumber. Magical silver daggers," Elijah explains. "Klaus has found it amusing to dagger us whenever he felt like the need to."

"Why don't use it on him? To prevent him from continuously daggering you," Henrik asked.

"The daggers not work on him, Henrik. As of which we can't put him down for a nap," Elijah tells him.

"Because Nik's a hybrid. As of which hasn't been and probably won't ever be fully learned about... Lovely," Henrik sighed leaning back into his seat and rubbing his face. "What's the longest he held you guys daggered?"

"Finn... -he still continues to hold first place of 900 years," Elijah sadly admits avoiding to look at his baby brother's face of disbelief.

"Yo-you... You let Finn remained daggered for 900 years?!" Henrik says. "That's longer than I've spent in that bloody mirror. Why?"

"... Henrik, Finn despised what we had become and detested the need of killing humans for food... Eventually, he became a danger and would have lead Father to us," Elijah tells him.

"So basically safety over Finn's feelings... And I thought my situation was debatable," Henrik says turning towards his window, watching as they passed by people and small buildings. The ride remained silent between them as Henrik practical played with the radio. After managing to pass through the town with little fussing from Henrik, Elijah continued to drive until they've reached an abandoned mansion.

"Stay here until I come back. I won't be long," Elijah tells his baby brother as he unbuckled himself.

"And what do you want me to do in the meantime?" Henrik questioned.

"Play with the phone I got you," Elijah pointed to the smartphone that was sitting in the cupholder which he bought for Henrik during the long drive down there.

"You mean the thin piece of metal?" Henrik looked at him then back to the smartphone with an unsure look on his face.

Taking the phone from the cupholder, Elijah handed him it and opened his door. "You will figure it out." Hopping out of the car, Elijah left Henrik to mess with his new toy to enter the home but not before telling him something. "If you can hide yourself with your magic. Just in case this is some elaborate scheme of Niklaus's."

Henrik nodded and watched as his elder brother approached the mansion. Raising both his hands, he snapped both his fingers hiding from anyone that approached the car.

"Alone again... Yea.." Henrik muttered before opening up his grimoire. "Let's see... fire creation... soul locking... daylight rings...Here we are. Spirit projection."

Looking up from his book, Henrik made sure that Elijah or anyone else was around. Taking out a ragged old voodoo doll from his bag, that he brought with him. Placing it on the dash, Henrik waved his hand connecting the doll's magic to his own purposing it to alert him of anyone's presence before casting the spirit projection spell.

Focusing on Elijah, Henrik found himself inside the broken down mansion. Looking around, Henrik wandered around before finding himself in a large room with stairs. At the bottom of the stairs was a male vampire and a human girl that appeared older than Henrik.

'T-tatia... Wait... Another doppelganger?' Henrik thought after recognizing the girl's face as he tilted his head to the side. He soon heard his brother and a woman coming his way. Watching as things slowly happened, Henrik watched in curiously on how Elijah acted when he wasn't around.

Not too long after, Henrik felt his voodoo doll's alarm go off, alerting him of two vampires approaching the house. Having the need to flee back to his body, he snapped his finger but not before seeing Elijah beheading the male vampire.

Henrik gasped as he opened his eyes, seeing that he returned back to the car. Leaning back in his seat, he held his head and took deep breath calming himself from what he saw.

"Calm yourself, Henrik... It's been a thousand years since you've been around one of your siblings involuntarily, so seeing them murder others should be no surprise... I think," He says to himself before being himself back to reality. Moving a hand down his face, Henrik felt his hand touch something under his nose.

Realizing it was blood as soon as he looked at his fingers, Henrik just wiped away the blood and looked out of his window. "Stupid limits." He muttered before grabbing the voodoo doll from the dash. "Now who's the unwanted house guest?"

Shutting his eyes, Henrik focused on what the doll had seen. Upon seeing the trespassers, Henrik lazily opened his eyes and laid back in his seat.

"More bloody vampires... Lovely," He mumbled to himself. "Elijah will be fine. Not my expertise."

After like 15 minutes of Henrik playing around with the smartphone, he notices the two females and two guys leaving the mansion. Once they were out of the area, Henrik got out of the car and went inside to find his big brother.

"Elijah?... Where ar- Bloody Hell!" Henrik freaked seeing his big brother impaled to the wooden door by a wooden pole. "Damn it... I am so glad that you can't be killed by just that."

Grabbed the pole with both hands, Henrik attempted to pull in out. "Ngh. Come on- Wait... why am I doing this the hard way?"

Letting go of the wooden pole, Henrik backed up holding his hand out to use his magic to rip the stake out. The stake shook before being forced out of Elijah's chest and into Henrik's hand.

"Ah!.. Crap.. Got to go easy on magic use," Henrik says to himself after feeling a sharp migraine as he wiped blood from his nose. Looking back to his brother, he saw that Elijah's body had fell to the ground. "Elijah... Come on. It's late, brother, and I'm mortal. I need food soon."

Patting his brother's lifeless face, Henrik knelt down next to him. Elijah slowly was brought back to life after a few minutes of Henrik watching as the dark veins disappeared from his face.

"Finally... Can we go now?" He asked like the impatient teen he appears to be.