"The Murder of One"

Now that the tree was gone, we could focus on the next more pressing matters.

Unlinking ourselves.

Rebekah and Klaus went to find Finn while I offered tracking down Kol. I knew he was at Denver, keeping an eye on Jeremy who Elena had compelled to leave town.

I walked closer when I saw Kol alone.

"Making friends?" I teased chuckling, a bag of popcorn in my hands as I watched him untie his baseball helmet, turning to face me with a grin. I wiped away a fake tear, grinning back "You make me proud, darling cousin"

Kol chuckled, "Dear cousin. What brings you by?"

I grabbed a handful of popcorn, eating one by one, "Your blood. Nik's working with Bonnie to unlink us"

Kol raised a brow, "And she's gonna cooperate easily, I assume?" He asked sarcastically, knowing the answer himself. No.

"That's why you're here, big cousin" I pointed at him, "We all know Gilbert is the resident witch's weak point"

Kol's grin widened, understanding what I meant "Oh, I love that diabolical mind of you" I shrugged "I'll send you pictures of our buddy time together, baby cousin"

We exchanged a smirk

~8~

Now with Kol's blood in a vial, along with mine, I returned to Klaus' mansion

I silently placed our blood vials in Klaus' hand with a smug grin in my face, "All ready if she doesn't want to play nice, Nik"

Klaus smiled pleasantly, "Excellent, little cousin"

A painful groan caught my attention, frowning. "Is that Damon?"

Klaus' grin widened, "Oh, yeah. Care to share why Rebekah's torturing him?"

I chuckled, "Oh, he deserves it. He played her" I shrugged, tilting my head aside. "And then, we burnt an entire bridge. Seems Bekah isn't satisfied by that outcome"

Klaus chuckled, walking toward the living room where we encountered Bonnie. The last time I properly saw her was at the sacrifice.

"Bonnie Bennett" I greeted cheerfully as Klaus handed her my blood and Kol's, "Long time without no see"

Bonnie didn't even look at me making my smile grow in amusement.

Klaus looked amused, "Be right back Klary" He gave me a look, practically telling me to behave.

I mock saluted him as he walked toward Rebekah's torture chamber.

I looked back at Bonnie with a smirk, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear, "You're still mad at me for tricking you, aren't you?"

Bonnie looked in, narrowing her eyes. Gotcha. "Speaking of which. How did you do that?"

I remained silent, placing a finger on my lips.

Another scream of pain resounded through the room making Bonnie wince. I looked unfazed, "That's probably Rebekah and her latest toy"

Bonnie shook her head, returning back to her grimroire.

Klaus walked in, "Tick tock. I should hear chanting by now"

I looked at him unamused. You never hurried a witch with their spells. It was a bad thing. Even Kol agreed with me

"I'm still studying the unlinking spell" Bonnie glared at him, looking up briefly "It's not that easy, especially under duress"

"You've been warned" Klaus pointed at her "If you're looking for a way to send for help, I will kill anyone who comes to your rescue"

"For Goodness sake, Nik!" I exclaimed annoyed, "Let her be. A spell like this takes time and it's not that easy for a witch that just started not long ago with her powers"

Bonnie looked surprised for having me defending her

Klaus narrowed his eyes at me

I stared at him defiantly, raising an eyebrow

"This is the spell" Bonnie looked at him, interrupting our intense stare down "I just don't know if I'm strong enough"

Klaus clenched his jaw, annoyed "Then you should have a little more faith in yourself, Bonnie. Your energy helped my mother link us. Honestly, I think someone isn't trying very hard" Klaus looked at me, tilting his head aside "Love"

I looked at Bonnie who like Klaus said wasn't cooperating with us.

Business are business then.

I pulled out my phone, dialing Kol's number "Hello, darling Kol. How's the weather up there in mile high city?" I smiled at Bonnie and my cousin. Klaus smirked "And how's our friend?"

Bonnie looked worried.

I pulled down my phone, seeing Kol had sent me a video clip. I smiled, showing a video of Jeremy playing with a dog.

"That's him. There's Jeremy. Playing fetch with his new puppy" Klaus told us, sarcastically. "Isn't that just the most adorable thing you've ever seen?"

Bonnie's eyes widened in worry, glaring at us.

I pulled my phone back, returning back to Kol, "Thank you, Kol. We'll be in touch" I smiled hanging up. I looked at Bonnie apologetically, shrugging my shoulders

"So, Bonnie" Klaus turned to her "How about that spell?"

We gave her a smirk, walking away.

She now would have the incentive for her to work the spell

~8~

We were with Bonnie as she began getting ready with the spell

Damon's scream was heard

Bonnie looked alarmed, "Who was that?"

"I wouldn't let it bother you, love" Klaus told her

"Well, it does bother me. You bother me" Bonnie told him. I chuckled "The way you use people to get what you want. It's not right"

I looked up at her, "You're being emotional, Bonnie. I understand that things have been rough for you" I said softly "You know, with your mother leaving"

"Again" Klaus added. I gave him a look "It's very sad. I can help you find her. If you want. I have people who can find people. I could bring her back to you. Or, if you choose, I can just bring parts of her back" Klaus threatened "But isn't it obvious that I'm just going to continue to hurt the people you love until you do the spell" I tilted my head annoyed, "Now, I know it's in the grimoire, and I know it requires the blood of my siblings and my cousin so. Here we are"

Klaus pulled up a leather case opening it. It contained 5 flasks of blood

"Elijah, Rebekah, Kol, Finn. Myself" I pointed at each one, looking up at Klaus.

Klaus bit his wrist, "Where do you want me?"

Bonnie grabbed a glass, pouring Klaus' blood in it

Klaus gave her a small smile

~8~

We watched curiously Bonnie as she started with her spell, pouring our blood in the table.

Our blood was mixed as she began her spell.

With the minutes passing, the light of the candles grew stronger and stronger until the pool of blood in the middle suddenly began to form in six rings, separating themselves from each other.

Our link was now broken.

Bonnie looked shocked that she made it work.

I gave her a grin.

~8~

Once the spell was done, Klaus and I walked Bonnie to the door where we came across Rebekah, washing her hands with a towel.

"Oh, leaving so soon?" Rebekah asked her

"Sister" Klaus told her warningly, "Be nice"

"Thank you, Bonnie" Rebekah smiled, walking away. "See you in physics class"

The room she came from had a tortured Damon, tied up to the ceiling and covered in blood

"Oh my god" Bonnie exclaimed horrified

Klaus chuckled, "Yeah, you'll have to excuse the mess. Apparently Damon hurt her feelings"

"Bonnie..." Damon groaned weakly

"Go on. Help him" Klaus told her, gesturing at Damon, "Save the man who turned your mother into a vampire"

Bonnie hesitated for a moment before looking at us, "Just get me out of here"

I gave them a innocent smile "I'll escort you out"

Klaus shrugged, "Suit yourself"

Klaus walked away

I gestured at Bonnie to walk away first.

Bonnie did so without hesitation.

I followed with a smile

~8~

Once outside, I looked at Bonnie. "You wanted to know why your magic didn't work on me?"

Bonnie looked curious, crossing her arms "Are you gonna tell?"

I smirked in amusement "Why do you think I offered to escort you out?"

~8~

Bonnie and I were at the park, sitting in a bench.

"You're not the only Bennett witch I've ever met" I told her

Bonnie tilted her head aside "And...?"

"I made a deal with one of them. Annika is her name. She made a deaging spell and she's still alive. Her brother actually continued their bloodline, ending with you" I explained. Bonnie looked surprised "Annika, in exchange of her services whenever I needed a witch, wanted me to protect her brother's family. Which is why I didn't kill you after the sacrifice"

"That doesn't explain why my magic didn't work on you" Bonnie told me

I looked down with furrowed eyebrows, "I know" I said quietly. "The Bennett's aren't the only witches we've come across who hate us. One time, my family came across a coven in New Orleans. You first hand know how difficult we may be. You hate us. But you're just one person. They were more. At least twenty of them. This is a long story, but I'll make it short. They kidnaped me, don't ask how. And decided to enact their revenge on Klaus and his siblings. They tortured me with their magic for months. Wanted me to use me as some kind of weapon against my own kind. The torture after the first two months became somewhat tolerable and I built some kind of immunity against a sole witch, no matter if you had the power of one hundred at your disposal. Probably if you had your own coven you could have taken me down with all that power"

Bonnie listened intently, her expression unreadable. "Oh"

I twirled a strand of hair, "I don't expect your pity for what I told you. You wanted to know why your magic didn't work. This was the short version, darling"

"Does Klaus know?" Bonnie asked

I shook my head, "Nope. I'm not thinking about telling him though. He wouldn't care"

Bonnie stared at me in surprise but I remained emotionless. While I didn't know how Klaus would react to me being tortured for months, it was better for him not to know. Knowing his paranoia, I knew he'd react badly to that. While he knew the outcome of my stay with the witches, he knew a different version of what I told Bonnie. As far as Klaus knew, that outcome I asked for it voluntarily wanting to be stronger.

My phone rang. I pulled it out, seeing it was a text from Rebeka

Finn's dead

Come home, now

I stared at the phone wide eyed. Everything seemed to fall apart around me, hearing Bonnie calling my name but I was to preoccupied with my phone to notice until I felt a hand in my shoulder

"Klarysse?" Bonnie asked tentatively.

I looked up, glaring at her "What did you and your friends do?" I asked slowly, anger lacing my words as I began to breath heavily. Bonnie looked surprised and somewhat worried. I stood, grabbing my jacket and storming out of the Grill before I could hurt someone in public.

Bonnie followed behind.

~8~

I walked through the Town square, entering an alleyway, punching the wall in anger, there were tears in my eyes as Rebekah's text flashed through my mind one more time. I passed a hand through my hair in frustration, kicking a trash can, breathing heavily, hugging my middle and lowering my head, my lip trembling with silent sobs but not a tear came.

I heard Bonnie behind me "Klary?"

"What are you doing here?" I snapped, not looking at her "Leave me alone. You did enough already"

"You're not okay" Bonnie told me. "I can't leave you alone"

I laughed bitterly "Yes you can. Leave before you kill me like your friends killed Finn"

Bonnie looked shocked "What?"

I turned to face her, glaring at her "As if you don't know"

"Klarysse..." Bonnie trailed off.

I stalked forward toward her, a murder glare in my face "Don't tell me you had no idea about that!" I rushed forward, gripping her throat making her gasp for air and crawl at my hands, "Don't you know what it feels like to have your family being ripped away from you? He was my family, Bennett. I believed your friends would know what it feels like to lose your family. I guess they're not as a nice as they thought"

Bonnie crawled at my hand, pleadingly "Stop, Klary"

I felt a pounding in my head, "That tickles, witch"

"You're hurt" Bonnie gasped, meeting my eyes with sympathy "I'm sorry"

I let go of her throat, backing away, laughing sarcastically "I don't get hurt. I'm not so pathetic vampire who needs your sympathy"

Bonnie massaged her neck, staring at me "I'm sorry"

I glared at her but it didn't have the enough impact I wished, my eyes filling tears again, "Shove your apology up your arse. I don't want it"

I turned around, speeding away with vampire speed, leaving her alone.

~8~

I walked inside Klaus' mansion, no trace of human emotion after my small breakdown, heading to the living room, seeing Rebekah and Klaus sitting together

"I heard Finn died" I told them, crossing my arms

Rebekah took a shaky deep breath, trying to hide her feelings "I can't believe it"

Klaus looked between us "Good riddance. He was an embarrassment, girls"

I glared at him, "He was still your brother"

"Mind your tongue, Nik" Rebekah told him, glaring at him

Klaus sighed in annoyance "Fine. Let's all say a prayer for Finn, who slept in a box longer than he lived as a man. He was a lovesick fool. He's better off in death"

I narrowed my eyes at him hatefully

"Is that how you would speak of me if I died?" Rebekah asked, slightly hurt

"Well, you let the Salvatores loose with two stakes that could kill us, so I guess we'll find out soon enough" Klaus told her "And since when did you have a soft spot for them?"

I scoffed, walking closer to Rebekah

"The Salvatores may fight like dogs, but in the end, they would die for each other" Rebekah told him "At least they know what family means. You destroyed ours"

"I wanted a family" Klaus told us. "They just didn't want me. And now we're unlinked. We're no longer responsible for each other"

"So, what?" I asked, narrowing my eyes "Are you leaving?"

"As soon as I get my stakes, I'm gone" Klaus answered "I'm going to take Elena and use her blood to create a new family... of hybrids"

"Good luck with that" I smiled sarcastically, looking away

Klaus narrowed his eyes

"And if I choose to stay?" Rebekah asked

"Then you're just as pathetic as Finn" Klaus answered

Klaus stood, walking away, out of the room

I sighed, looking at Rebekah, sadly "I'm sorry"

Rebekah looked up at me, sadly "My brother, Klary"

I hugged Rebekah tightly, letting her cry over my shoulder, fighting back my own tears, trying to remain strong for my broken family.

Finn may had wanted to kill us but that didn't change the fact he was still family. He wasn't always like this, hating us. When we first turned, he was protective of us, caring, always being there when we needed. We bonded for our hate of being vampire before Klaus daggered him and never woke him up. I'll admit I should have fought for him to stay awake. I could act freely around Finn, express what I really felt about being a vampire. Which is why his death hurt. I would have love to bond again with him when we awoke but sadly it was no longer possible and I'll regret for the rest of my immortal life. Always and forever.