Elijah's Eternity: New Orleans (Complete)

Chapter 3: The Defeat of the Hollow

By: eternityunicorn

Elijah had never seen a more murderous look upon anyone, as he saw upon Eternity's lovely features as her eyes fell upon Niklaus. Before anyone could move, she had him up in the air and thrown against the railing of the upper level's balcony by means of her psychic powers. The others of Elijah's family moved in on her, but did not attack when she stared warningly at each of them. They all sensed instinctually that they were no match for her and self-preservation won out in the end.

He knew he had to do something. He had to get her to release Niklaus. So, he did the only thing he could and moved in behind her, calmly without threat. Elijah placed his hands upon her shoulders, reveling in the ability to touch her again, and whispered to her, "Let him go. Don't do this. Let Niklaus go."

He felt her stiffen beneath his hands briefly before she slackened and sighed. "Elijah," she murmured softly. "I am sorry."

Elijah felt himself thrown from Eternity's person by that same psychic power of hers. He skidded roughly across the concrete floor at least ten feet. Immediately, he was on his feet with a look of surprise and disbelief upon his face. She gazed at him, silently warning him that she wouldn't show him mercy either if he interfered again. He watched helplessly as Eternity proceeded to throw Niklaus around like a rag doll, before throwing him so hard into concrete that it cracked from the force.

Niklaus struggled against the invisible weight that held him down, while everyone else looked on unable to stop it. Even Hayley, though terrified for her husband, kept her distance.

"Please," Elijah's brother managed to say, "stop!"

"You don't deserve mercy," growled Eternity in response. "You sided with a war criminal. By the laws of the Universal Kingdom, you deserve the punishment of death as an accomplice."

"I thought you said we were your favorite vampire family, love," Kol called to her. "What's with the hostility then?"

Eternity threw a smirk at him and quipped, "Oh, you are my favorites, as I have no qualms with the rest of your clan, but your brother is a criminal that must be dealt with. He's has had this coming for ten years."

Then she doubled down her efforts to make Niklaus suffer, crushing him into the flooring further. She was going to kill him! Something had to be done to appease her.

Just as Elijah was going to attempt to talk Eternity down, Hayley stepped up and said to her, "Klaus called you, because we need someone to save our daughter! There's a little girl in danger of being overtaken by an evil spirit. None of us can defeat it! Please, let him go! Save our daughter!"

It seemed to work, because immediately did Eternity cease her assault upon Niklaus. She looked at Hayley curiously, but didn't question the revelation of Hope's existence. It was almost as if she already knew of her. It was possible that she had looked into Hayley's mind, seeing the truth there and didn't need to gain any verbal information from the desperate mother.

Niklaus grunted and groaned in pain as he slowly got to his feet. "Oh, I know I deserved that," he said, "but thank you for showing mercy."

"It's a small mercy, let me assure you," Eternity shot back, before returning her attention to Hayley. "Take me to the child," she said to her gently.

Without hesitation, Hayley lead Eternity up the stairs. Elijah and the rest of the family followed them. Eternity's clone trailed behind them all. Freya and Gia soon joined them as well, each woman curious about this strange newcomer.

The room that young Hope laid in was dark. There were a few candles lit around the girl's bed, making the place feel more like a place of mourning than anything. In a way, it was since up until now, everyone had thought that the child would be lost to them forever.