"Are you decent? Not morally, but I'm wearing pants, if that's what you're asking."

I woke up with a gasp.

I was in a darkish area -- a car. I looked to my right and saw Hayley who was looking at me with wide eyes. "Hayley," I whispered.

"It's okay, don't worry. I'll get us out of this," She whispered back to me and started kicking at the back window.

The person - who was driving the car - stopped and made their way back the trunk. When the person opened up the door, he tried to grab me, but I kicked him in the face.

"Seriously?" The guy said in a voice that was very familiar. I looked up and was met by Tyler Lockwood.

"Tyler?" Hayley asked in disbelief.

"You don't wanna fight me, Hayley, Spencer. You know you can't beat a hybrid," He told us which made me growl. He zip-tied our ankles so that we couldn't run away.

"Ahh! Let me go, you backstabbing half-breed piece of shi-" I started, but was cut off.

"Shut up!" He hissed at me.

I growled again and kicked him in the jaw, my eyes turning blue. He slapped me across the face which just made me angrier. I kicked him again which made him seething in anger. He grabbed my head and bashed it into the car door -- everything went black.

"You stupid son of a—" Hayley started  but Tyler roughly grabbed her and Spencer's body, throwing them over his shoulders. As he was carrying the two girls, his eyes flashed gold due to anger and frustration.

Tyler dropped both Hayley's and I on the front stoop of a little shack. When I hit the ground, I jolted awake.

"What is this place?" Hayley asked Tyler as I placed my tied hands on my stomach. If he hurt my baby, I will kill him, and painfully.

"The armpit of Louisiana," He answered then pulled a knife out of his pocket. I growled which made Hayley look at me with worry filled eyes.

"What are you gonna do with that?" Hayley asked him as she glanced at me.

"Depends on you two," He cut the zip-ties on our ankles.

"Hey," I started with a stern voice. "You attacked is, remember? You ambushed us, in my own backyard," I told him, gripping my wrists to see the marks from the zip-ties disappearing.

"It's not your backyard, it's Klaus'!" He informed us. "You're shacked up in that mansion with that psycho. You, I understand, Spencer since you've been a traitor since day one. But, you, Hayley, you're a long way from the girl I met in the Appalachians, helping other werewolves," He informed us with an angry look on his face, his eyes glowing gold for a second.

"Tyler, I'm sorry, but a lot has happened since the last time I saw you," Hayley told him, her head hanging a little.

"You mean that she's pregnant?" He asked, pointing to my stomach. I growled and put my hand on my stomach. "A hybrid baby, yeah, I know all about it. I've been roaming around the bayou, asking questions. Let me tell you what I learned!" He exclaimed. He pulled down Hayley's sweater-sleeves so we can see the birthmark on her shoulder. "This crescent birthmark means you come from a big-shot family. Some kind of royalty for the werewolves of this region," He explained to us.

I looked at Hayley wide eyes, her giving me the same look. We just learned something about her family which is something we've been doing since the first day we've arrived in New Orleans.

"And right here." He gestured around us. "This is all that's left of them." We then looked around, seeing more shacks and tents made of blankets. I then spottee a girl standing nearby.

"Hey!" The woman is startled and immediately ran away. "Help us!" I yelled out but to no avail, the woman didn't come back.

"They can't help you!" Tyler exclaimed to us. "They're in the woods, hiding, because they were persecuted for decades by vampires," He explained to us which made me sigh in frustration. Another werewolf then appeared in front of us.

"Is that her?" He asked as he pointed at me.

"Yeah, Dwayne. Get them inside," Tyler instructed him and the guy obliged. He grabbed both of us roughly and dragged us inside.

I growled and kicked Dwayne in the back of the leg, swiping at his face, using my claws. I snarled and turned around to punch Tyler who grabbed my wrists in his hands. He growled at me and threw me towards the ground. I landed on my side and the last thing I saw was a foot speeding towards my face.

KLAUS and Elijah continued their search for Spenced and Hayley near the werewolf encampments. "You seem quite determined to find the little wolf and my girl," Klaus observed, slightly walking behind Elijah.

"If I'm moving too fast for you, Niklaus, you're welcome to wait in the car. Do be certain to leave the windows down," Elijah retorted and Klaus smiled in amusement.

"Ah, so I've touched a nerve?" Klaus asked with a smile but anger in his eyes. "You've begun to admire these girls. Perhaps that's why you've been barking orders since your return, hoping to impress Hayley and Spencer by assuming the role of family patriarch," Klaus noted as Elijah stopped walking, turning around to face his brother.

"If you're going to insist on treating Spencer like a walking incubator, then that's your mistake!" Elijah exclaimed with narrowed eyes. Klaus then sniffed and looked around. "Have you found their scent?" Elijah asked him.

"No, but I found someone else's," He said with a look of anger across his face. They then made it to a car aka Tyler's car that he used to kidnap Hayley and Spencer. "This vehicle reeks of someone I thought I was rid of...Tyler Lockwood," He informed his suit-wearing brother.

"And why would your little hybrid-sidekick from Mystic Falls have any interest in Spencer and Hayley?" Elijah asked in confusion.

"Back when I had the means to sire hybrids, he was my first, Although, I didn't give him much choice in the matter," Klaus started while rummaging through the jeep for any signs of the girls. Klaus pulled a blanket out of the abandoned car and sniffed at it. "He was loyal in the beginning, but he grew insubordinate, turned my other hybrids against me. I couldn't have that." He jumped down from the car and stood in front of Elijah. "So Spencer and I massacred the lot of them. Tyler ran like a coward before we could finish him off," He explained to his brother

"Anything else that you would like to share?" Elijah asked him, knowing there was something else that he wasn't saying.

"Well, there was this business with his mum that both Spencer and I took a part in." Klaus tilted his head a little with a sheepish, but proud smile on his face.

Elijah looked at him incredulously. "You killed his mother. Wonderful," He said with sarcasm. "And you had to drag Spencer into the mess."

"He needed to be taught a lesson!" Klaus exclaimed to his brother. "And Spencer was happy to help."

"And what lesson will you be taught, Niklaus, if he retaliates by harming Spencer or Hayley?" Elijah asked the important question.

"So you do care about them," Klaus noted with a teasing smirk. "Well, go on, then. Have at it, brother. Save them. Claim what spoils you can. I've sampled what Spencer has to offer and let me tell you, she is exquisite." He started with a smirk plastered on his face when he saw the look on his brothers face.

"Niklaus, so help me..." Elijah started, narrowing his eyes. He knows this whole act is to try and make it seem like he didn't care about Spencer, but everyone knows he does.

"Enough. I'll kill Tyler Lockwood myself!" Klaus exclaimed and then vamp-ran away to find Tyler.

HAYLEY and I were alone in the shack, ziptied to a fire stove, when Tyler walked in and joined us.

"Tyler, there's been a wolf watching us lately. Protecting us, like it instinctively knows that we're part of it's pack," Hayley then paused, glancing at me. "You're a hybrid, you can turn into a wolf whenever you want. Was it you?" She asked him.

Why in the world would he protect us just to bring us here and possibly kill us?

Tyler looked confused. "No, but you're right, only hybrids can control when they change. And I'm the only one left, besides Klaus. Which is why we're here," He informed us as I sat back in defeat.

"Whatever you think you're doing, you should know that the whole Original family cares about us. They want to keep me, this baby and Hayley safe. So, if you hurt us, they'll kill you," I informed him with a glare. "And, so help me god, if you kill or even harm my baby, I will kill you," I growled, barring my teeth at him. "And I'm not going to sit by like I did when Klaus killed your mother."

He growled, grabbing my face. I spat in his face which made him reel back, disgusted before sighing. "What makes you think I'm afraid to die?" He asked as Dwayne walked into the shack and joined us. Tyler turned to Dwayne. "You ready for this?" He asked him, making me confused.

Dwayne nodded his head. "Let's do it." Tyler dug in a bag and drew out a large syringe.

"What are you doing?" I asked, sitting up straighter, my eyes widening.

Dwayne walked over and held me down as I struggled in his hold, my eyes wide in fear. Tyler made his way towards me and crouched down in front of me. "Tyler, please, no, Tyler!" I begged, trying to move away but being held down by a person and my hands zip-tied does not help.

"Klaus destroyed everything good in my life! Along with your help!" He yelled in my face, making me cringe. "So, I'm gonna take away the thing he wants most!"

"'No, Please, Tyler, Please!" I yelled, struggling to get away. Even Hayley was trying to get to me.

Tyler jammed the syringe into my stomach and drew out a measure of blood. I screamed in pain and anger. Once he removed the syringe from my stomach, he jammed it into Dwayne's neck, injecting the blood into him, and snapped his neck as we watched in horror.

"What the hell!?"

Tyler lifted Dwayne's dead body up off the floor and drug him over to the other side of the room. He noticed our looks. "Don't get all judgy!" He told us. "Dwayne knew what he was getting into. He volunteered," He informed us which made me scoff.

"For you to kill him?" Both Hayley and I asked in unison.

"Dwayne is a werewolf who died with your blood in his system. The same blood you share with your hybrid baby," He explained to us and that's when everything connected.

"You're trying to turn him into a hybrid! That's impossible!" I exclaimed, shaking my head.

"I've been running with wolf packs all over the country. One of them was tight with a witch. She had nightmare visions about your baby and how Klaus could use it's blood to make an army of hybrid slaves," He explained to me which made me angry. Can they stop talking like that about my baby!?

"I am sick of these witches and their premonitions about my baby. It's just a baby!" I exclaimed in anger and frustration. "She's just a baby," I whispered to myself, staring down at my stomach. I could not imagine my baby being evil.

"Maybe. Maybe not. That's where Dwayne comes in. You see, he was happy to be the test case. If you haven't noticed, these people don't have much to live for! They'd all welcome the chance to become the superior species. Trouble is, all hybrids are sired to Klaus. They follow his every move," He informed us, grabbing a knife from his bag and sets it on the table. "No way I will let that happen," He told me, he had this evil glint in his eyes.

"How can you be so sure Klaus knows what the baby's blood will do?" I asked him because I knew that Klaus didn't know. I mean, if he did, he would already be turning werewolves into hybrids. Plus, deep down, I still loved him very much and knew that no matter how much he tries to hide it, he cared for our baby.

"What do you think?" He asked me. "Klaus Mikaelson, killer of men, women and puppies, all of a sudden wants to be a daddy? Or, he's got an ulterior motive. Hybrids can walk in the sun, their bite is lethal to vampires. They'll take over New Orleans by the end of the week. And you know what's going to stop Klaus then?" He asked me but I shook my head. "Nothing," He stated as Dwayne awakened with a gasp and started freaking out. Tyler looked at me, but talked to Dwayne. "You're gonna have to feed on her," He told the newly formed hybrid. Tyler picked up the knife and walked towards me.

"What? No!" I said, trying to push myself away from him. "Get away from me, you freak!" He grabbed my head and roughly pushed it to the side, cutting it with the knife.

"Spencer!" Hayley shouted, growling and snapping her teeth at Tyler who ignored her.

Dwayne walked over to me and fed on me, despite my cries. After a moment, Dwayne stopped feeding, and fell to the floor in pain. Tyler pushed him outside and left to tend to him.

Hayley noticed the knife on the ground and strained to reach for it. When she couldn't reach it, she grabbed a broken chair leg from the floor.

At that moment, Tyler came in and noticed what Hayley was doing. He growled and ran towards me. He took the syringe again and stabbed it into my stomach, taking out more blood and stabbed it into Hayley's neck. He then broke her neck as I watched with a tear falling down my cheek.

"I'm going to kill you!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, not taking my eyes off of Hayley's body. "She never wanted to be a hybrid!" I turned to Tyler, my eyes glowing brightly. "I can't fucking believe you!"

"Oh, don't worry." He chuckled darkly. "It won't matter when she comes to. I'll be sure to rip out her heart right in front of you."

I snarled and snapped my teeth at him, my watery eyes turning to look at Hayley again.

"If Klaus gets ahold of you, if he gets that kid--he wins," Tyler informed me, glancing at Hayley as she woke up, gasping for air. She looked in horror at Tyler, but I could see a plan being held behind her eyes.

When he went to jam his hand into her heart like he had said moments ago, I yelled out to him, distracting him from taking another person away from me. "Tyler, whatever you're thinking of doing, there has to be another way. You're not like this!" I exclaimed in a desperate attempt to save Hayley's life.

When Tyler shook his head as he made his way towards me with his knife. "He'll find you, he'll take your kid away, and he'll make more hybrid monsters. Slaves who do everything he says," He informed me.

When he approached me, I saw Hayley get out of her binds from the corner of my eyes. "Nobody hurts the people I love!" she snarled before stabbing him in the gut with the broken chair leg. Tyler screamed in pain and pulled the stake out.

"That was stupid!" He glared and pushed her back, her head hitting the wall harshly. "You know, instead of killing you, I'm going to turn you into something you hate." He took what little blood he had if mine and force fed her.

When he went to walk towards me, Dwayne walked in. "Get away from her!" He growled at Tyler which made me surprised.

"What do you care?" Tyler asked him, seething in anger.

"I said get away!"

"You got what you wanted, now get lost!" Tyler hissed at him.

I then realized what was happening.

"Dwayne, he's gonna kill me! And he's gonna kill you, too, he said that hybrids are too dangerous to live! You need to stop him!" I begged with wide terrified eyes. The only time I was this afraid was when those guys broke into mine and Hanna's camp ground. 

"Shut up!" Tyler yelled at me which made me flinch.

Dwayne came up behind Tyler and tossed him across the room. He landed on the floor, and when he got up, Dwayne ran to tackle him.

My brown eyes narrowed in on the knife that Tyler had dropped and grabbed it, quickly cutting my binds so that I was free. I grabbed Hayley and we ran.

We ran as fast as we could through the woods, Tyler's knife still in my hand, we stopped to hide behind a tree.

As we caught our breaths, we heard someone approaching.

Hayley grabbed the knife from me, and we braced ourselves. We turned aroune to only come face to face with Elijah. 

"Forgive me! I thought you were in danger, it appears I was mistaken." He then smiled at us.

Both Hayley and I sighed in relief, Hayley dived into Elijah's arms. The two hug for a long moment before Hayley eventually pulled away. Elijah turned to me and I ran into his arms. One of his arms were around my waist as the other hand was on the back of my head.

"You will not believe the crap day we're having," I told him, exhaling through my mouth.

"I'll take you both home." He turned to leave, but I stopped him.

"Elijah, there's something you need to know about the baby," I started with a look of worry.

HAYLEY and I are sitting against a tree as I told Elijah what we learned. Elijah paced anxiously as he listened. When I told him about Hayley being a hybrid, he had gotten wide eyes.

"Klaus must have known, that's the only explanation! He could care less about the baby, he just wants her to be born so he can use her to make more sired hybrids," Hayley told us her thoughts as I sighed. Hayley looked at Elijah, and they shared a look before Elijah looked away, troubled by Hayley's words.

"I don't think that Klaus knows about it. I mean, we didn't even know about it and I'm carrying her!" I exclaimed, telling them my thoughts, not caring if they disagreed.

"Although...the way that Dwayne was acting...it was more like he was sired to Spencer," Hayley told Elijah as she ignored my words. She has always hated Klaus, especially after what I told her what happened between us.

"I should take you both home," Elijah told us and I nodded.

"Are you serious? Home to what?" Hayley asked which made me growl.

"Look, regardless of my brother's intentions, mine remain the same. I said that I would protect you both, even, if need be, from Klaus himself," Elijah informed us, reaching towards me.

"Klaus isn't going to hurt me!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands in the air. "He might've left me in the middle of the night, hurting my feelings, but he would never physically hurt me. Trust me, I know this! He might be some killing machine or monster, as most like to call him, but I don't think of him like that. You guys think about all the bad stuff he has done. What about some of the good? I know for a fact that not everything he has done has been bad," I ranted out, catching my breathe at the end. "If anyone's a monster, it would be me," I whispered.

"You're not a monster," Both Hayley and Elijah told me, shaking their heads. "Come on, we need to go so I can protect you and the baby," Elijah added.

"I can take care of myself. I've done it for a long time," I told them both, I got up and walked away.

After a moment, Elijah and Hayley followed.

KLAUS was waiting at the shack when we arrived. He shoved Dwayne's dead body in front of us. "There you are! I see you've found our wandering stray. Perhaps you could shed some light on the situation. This," He started as he kicked the body over. "Appears to be a hybrid," He stated and I nodded.

"His name was Dwayne," I told him, running a hand through my hair.

"Well, whoever it was, I didn't sire him. Any idea how that's possible?" He shook his head as he looked at us.

Hayley stomped toward him. "As if you didn't know!" She yelled in his face as Elijah held her back and walked in front of her to protect her from Klaus.

"Ah, well, aren't you two fast friends? Oh, come on, then. What kind of horrible accusation have you conspired to levy against me?" He asked with amusement in his eyes.

"Tyler Lockwood brought Spencer here to test a theory," Elijah stated as he grabbed my hand and pulled me to his side. Klaus nodded at him to continue. "That the blood of her child could be used to sire hybrids. He claims that you knew that. Futhermore, that you intended to use this knowledge to build an army," Elijah explained to his dear brother who looked both hurt and angry.

"And, of course, you assume it's true. I mean, why else would I show interest in my own flesh and blood? A heartbroken little crybaby points his finger at me, and my own brother falls in line, eager to believe it! How quickly you believe the worst, especially when it comes from her," He said to Elijah with a broken voice, indicating to me. I stood by, my mouth agape.

"Oh, spare me your indignation. When have you ever demonstrated any kind of concern towards Spencer or her child, beyond your own selfish pursuits? And what was it you once said to me?" He rhetorically asked. "Every king needs an heir!" He impersonated Klaus. 

"My big brother, so, you doubt my intentions? Well, I can't say I'm surprised, standing next to the noble Elijah, how can I be anything but the lesser brother? A liar, a manipulator, a bastard," He ranted with tears prickling his eyes. I felt my heart break for him. The two stare at each other as Klaus approached him. Elijah seemed to be reconsidering his position.

"That's all I am to you, isn't it? And Rebekah. And, judging by the way Hayley and Spencer hangs on your every word, it's clear they feels the same way!" He exclaimed. "No doubt my child will as well," He added which made me even sadder. My heart shattered at the pure hurt in his eyes.

"Brother, if--" Elijah started more kindly.

Klaus interrupted him. "You've said all that needs to be said, Brother." He stepped back a few steps and held his arms out in defeat. "I'll play the role I've been given." He turned to walk away, but vamp-ran over to Elijah and bit him savagely on the neck. Hayley screamed in horror and ran over to him. Klaus wiped his mouth with his hand. "You three enjoy each other's company. You'll have much to bond over, once the hallucinations and dementia set in. Consider that bite to be my parting gift for you three," He told us, before walking away.

I stood still for a second, my heart having a battle with my head. I glanced to a hurt Elijah and Hayley who was staring at me with wide eyes.

I let out a deep breath before chasing after Klaus, grabbing ahold of his hand, making him turn around to me. I looked up at with wide eyes. "I knew you didn't know. I know you would never purposely hurt me." I sucked in my breath, looking away from him. "I forgive you for what you did to me." I gulped, looking him back in the eyes, his big, surprised eyes. "I... I'm still hurt by how you did it, but I forgive you."

"Really?" His voice was small and broken, cracking slightly.

I nodded. "I do." I smiled up at him slightly. "Now, let's get home."

As he grabbed my hand fully in his and we started to walk away, I glanced back at Hayley and Elijah with an apologetic look.

WHEN we got home, Klaus led me to my bedroom.

On the trip home, I explained everything that happened so that he was caught up. I told him about Hayley being a hybrid now and to say he was surprised would be an understatement. He was more pissed at Tyler than he already was because of what he did to me.

"Get changed and rest, love," He told me and I nodded.

He went to walk away, but I grabbed his hand and pulled him towards me. I gave him a kiss on the cheek which surprised him. "Thank you . . . Nik," so whispered after a moment of hesitation.

Nik smiled. "You're welcome, love." He sighed, walking away, but paused at the door. "Get down sleep." He slipped out the door, closing it behind him.