Look Into My Eyes Ch.3

"Well, Brother. After finding one of Nick's minions trying to make a meal of this barely conscious injured child, I decided I would bring her home."

She turned to Nick with a barely contained smirk "I killed him by the way."

"When she awoke I found her crying and after saving her life I was curious to know what had caused her so much pain. But then she asked for my help, and so knowing you as well as I do Elijah, I thought you would be interested in learning her story with me."

"What makes it seem as though we are a charity Sister?" Nick sneered while looking at me with a strange mix of curiosity and ferocity.

"In a thousand years I have never known myself or this family to give out charity, even in the greatest reaches of depression. So what is so special about this girl to make me deem her worthy of my help?"

"Nick, what part of "Elijah" made you think that she or I wanted your help?"

Suddenly, the forgotten discarded glass flew into the wall behind Rebekah's head.

"Because I am the King Rebekah" the loudness of his voice was startling almost like a lion's roar, but the next thing he said was in a deadly whisper. "And no matter what you may try to plot, you are powerless to change that."

At this point, I had finally recovered from the shock of having been thrown against the wall. Gathering together all of my courage, I interrupted this family spat.

"I fear it is not your Sister's plots that will be your downfall, but the power that was summoned and has taken over my family."

They all turned to look at me, only now seeming to remember I was there. They seemed to be in an almost stunned silence. I thought myself great to have stunned the great and powerful Originals, but it was the foolishness of a child, to think there silence was a great accomplishment.

I looked between the three of them as they stared at me, and noticed the looks on each of there faces at the audacity of what I had said.

I started with Rebekah. She seemed to be the most stunned of the three of them, but her eyes also held proudness in them, much like a mother would feel for her child, when they accomplish a great feat.

Next my eyes moved to Elijah, whose eyes held a sort of fear, as though he knew that I had sealed my fate, but their also seemed to be a sort of respect, for what I had said and the courage it took to say it.

Last of all was Nicklaus, who I had not gotten a good look at since I had entered the room. I looked at him starting at his feet. He had on old, beat up, not quite dress shoes. As my eyes moved upward, I saw he wore a sort of skater style jeans. My eyes scanned over his unseasonal black long-sleeved shirt. Finally when I moved to his face, what I saw there put a real sense of fear in my young heart. I had thought I had felt fear, true fear, when I had looked into the eyes of the woman who was no longer my Mother. This however was paralyzing. It was unbelievable, and made my heart stop, only to have it pick up speed again, faster than I would imagine the speed of a moving train. In his eyes, that were no longer blue, but had become a strange golden color, held a primal hatred for me, or maybe it was not me, but my words that spoke out against his power and honor. I could not see the tell tale signs of veins that normally came with the face of a Vampire, but I could see the double set of fangs he seemed to have.

Faster than my eyes could follow, he moved forward toward me as the stunned moment was broken. However, before he could reach me, two what seemed to be blurs moved upon him. Then he was slammed into the floor with both his brother and sister holding him down.

"Nicklaus, if you kill her, you will not know what it is she speaks of that could hold more power than yourself." Elijah's voice held an almost desperate plea for him to spare me.

There was a moment of tense silence as both brothers stared one another down. Then Nicklaus's eyes turned back to blue, and he said "Very well brother, I will save killing her for after I have learned of who dare think they are more powerful than their King."