And there in the Bayou, Elijah found himself alone. He now called Tatia, but she was nowhere to be seen. He sighed and walked in the cabin. 

There, Hayley got up from the chair as she now saw the Original get in.

"Hey" the hybrid said seeing him, obviously glad, but with some sadness in her eyes.

"Hello" Elijah looked at Hayley not believing he was seeing her.

"So, you are -" Hayley got tearful, stopping in the middle of her sentence.

"Dead" Elijah finished for her.

"Yes" Hayley sighed a little, "How - why?"

Elijah now explained why he chose death alongside his brother.

"Yes, you have always thought that it was your responsibility to save his soul" the hybrid remarked.

"I - tried -" Elijah said, going suddenly quiet. He turned to the window looking out, obviously lost in his thoughts.

"You did your best" Hayley then said.

Elijah took a deep breath and turned to the hybrid.

"I made so many bad choices, made so many mistakes."

"We all did. We are not perfect. Far from it. I have an endless list of mistakes, regrets - but now we have to look forward"

"Forward to what? What is this - place? It feels like this is some strange magical trick- first - I saw my - Tatia. She said that she's been watching over me? And she brought me - here"

"Because, you are still not in piece. Your soul is still kund of - let's call it - in a wondering mode" Hayley explained.

"Wondering mode?" Elijah looked at the hybrid puzzled by what she had said.

"Yes. You will understand. This is something what they call a limbo. I am partly in piece, but not completely. I can't rest, because I left too soon. And though Caroline is doing a great job, I can't rest. I still have to look after her."

"Oh! And it was all my fault - I -" Elijah now felt terrible. He still felt tremendously guilty for having stooped Klaus and inadvertently caused Hayley's death.

"Please forgive me!" tears now fell down his cheeks.

Hayley now walked over to Elijah and placed her hands on his face and said, "This was not your fault."

"How is it not - you would have been alive if I was not there - if I'd never made this wretched choice to have my memories erased"

"Elijah - that was a good choice. You carried too much for too long. You deserved a break. You deserved to have a life away from the co-dependent, emotionally wrecked brother, the family, who sucked you dry. Everything else was just unfortunate circumstance."

Elijah shook his head.

"You have to forgive yourself and start loving yourself a little more." Hayley said.

"You are amazing. After everything I have done - you are still so nice to me."

"Because you have a good warm heart. You are a good person. Man. Vampire. Soul. That is what drew me to you. You were so kind. No one has ever been so kind to me, like you were. Thank you."

"You are very welcome."

Hayley smiled a little at the vampire. And then took a step back. There was a shift between them that now brought them to the point before the morning he made a choice to have his memory erased and their break. Elijah's eyes now glittered at Hayley's as if he reached some kind of epiphany, "You have wanted me to be like - him."

Hayley teared up again and smiling a little, she nooded saying, "Yes, I wanted you to be like Jackson. I am sorry. I - understood that - too late. I was so infatuated with you that I - just built this whole idea of you being more like him. When I crossed over, everything became so clear. Whenever I was feeling sad or troubled I would go to Jackson in my head- if you know what I mean. He was my happy place."

Elijah smiled a little now, too, completely understanding what she meant. He thought of Tatia now. Whenever he was troubled, or felt lost, he thought of the doppelganger.

"You were happy with him." Elijah stated.

"Yes, I was. I am."

"You - he was waiting for you- here!?" Elijah now clicked.

"Yes, he was. I chose him back then, like Tatia chose you. And your heart went to her. Same as mine went to him."

Elijah knew that this was true as he could recall the way his heart jumped seeing the doppelganger after more than a thousand years. It ticked with extraordinary gladness. Truth be told - for a thousand years he looked for her in every woman or vampire, witch he had been with.

"My heart has always wanted her." the Original now said.

Hayley smiled happily, "Then you have to go to her."

"How?Huh- she thought I wanted you, that I loved you" - Elijah said desperately looking around, hoping Tatia would appear.

"Come on." Hayley said and walked to the cabin door.

Outside, he saw Tatia standing next to Jackson.

"You are here" Elijah looked at the doppelganger happy to see her. Walking over to her,  he hugged her, "I am never letting you go! Never again! I love you. I have always loved you."

"I love you, too." Tatia said squeezing Elijah wholeheartedly. 

Hayley looked at the pair, taking her husband's hand in hers.

"Let's go."

Elijah and Tatia now easing out of the sweet embrace looking at the hybrid and the wolf.

"Thank you, once again." Elijah said.

"Seeing you reach peace and happiness is thanks enough."- Hayley said, and with that she and Jackson went into the woods.

Elijah now turned to Tatia, looking at her with eyes full of love.

"I love you" Elijah whispered dearly as he now cupped Tatia face, pulling her into a long, deep, sweet kiss.

Breaking a little out of the kiss, playing with her hair, he asked,
"Why did you - bring me here- to the Bayou?"

"Because of that hurt you carried concerning Hayley. Because of what you did when you went through the red door, when you atracked her. Because you did love her." Tatia explained.

"But I never loved her like I loved you."

"I know that. But you needed to unburden your soul."

"You are so wonderful. How did I deserve this?"

"Do you need more clarifications?"

"No. It was good seeing Hayley. And you were right. I needed to face her. I feel free - though not completely" Elijah said.

"You still need to know what happened to Klaus, I presume?!"

"Yes. Can you take me to him?"

Tatia sighed now.

"What is going on?"

"Klaus is - not yet - on this plain. And though he had redeemed himself greatly, he has done a lot of bad."- Tatia said-"He still needs to atone for his misdeeds."

"So, where is he?" Elijah asked.

Tatia could show Elijah where Klaus was.