Myriam and Kol spent a month and a half looking for answers. Kol had told her everything he knew about Silas and his cult, and again the story about the Five because she had forgotten some of it – she only remembered her demons killing them last time because Kol had been so afraid of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During their time away, Klaus dutifully kept her apprised of everything he had done, and what he had discovered. That Elena was a vampire and that he could no longer make hybrids. That he had to cure Elena because the hunter had spiked a keg of beer at a party that Rebekah had thrown. That he had gone to Italy to retrieve Alexander\u2019s sword, Alexander being the first hunter and Rebekah\u2019s former lover, as it would complete the map on a hunter\u2019s body and it\u2019d point in the direction of Silas and the cure for vampirism. How Rebekah was back in her box. And, that he helped Elena with her hunter\u2019s curse as she had killed the Hunter. How he had murdered all of his hybrids apart from Tyler with the sword, he had found in Italy because his hybrids tried to kill him and then he killed Carol Lockwood for revenge on Tyler. And how Rebekah was back out of her box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Klaus was spiralling, but she and Kol knew that. Realizing that they had all the information they could gather, they returned to Mystic Falls and right back into the action. Rebekah was playing with Elena, Caroline, Stefan and Tyler to find the cure, and this professor that had been sticking around who knew exactly where the location of the cure was, was in school as well because Myriam and Kol picked him up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myriam was torn between sticking with Kol or have a front row seat for the torture that Rebekah implemented but on the other hand\u2026 seeing Kol in action was always a feast. It wasn\u2019t as if Myriam could go to Klaus at this point, he was at the Gilbert family cabin to deal with Damon and Jeremy the Hunter. Poor Jeremy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere is the cure?\u201d Kol demanded as he pushed Professor Shane into the water. Myriam rolled her eyes from her spot at the door. \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe can\u2019t actually say shit when he\u2019s submerged,\u201d she pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, you\u2019re right, thanks darling,\u201d he said as he pulled Shane out of the water. \u201cWhere is the cure?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow is he doing?\u201d Rebekah asked as she walked into the classroom and Kol dunked Shane back into the water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBrilliantly. Your brother is just\u2026 so good at this,\u201d Myriam sighed appreciatively. \u201cI think you\u2019re both very good at what you\u2019re doing. As Kol said, you\u2019re almost as bad as Klaus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, don\u2019t sell yourself short, darling,\u201d Rebekah beamed. \u201cThanks for letting us play.\u201d When Kol pulled Shane out of the water again, Rebekah sighed. \u201cYou\u2019re human. Why do you want it anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of this,\u201d Shane said out of breath. \u201cYou can have it, I just want Silas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo!\u201d Kol said as he grabbed Shane and pulled him to his feet. \u201cWhat do you know about Silas?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s the world\u2019s first immortal being who just happens to be imprisoned with the cure. And I want to free him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh hell no,\u201d Myriam said as Kol dragged the professor back to the water to dunk him into it. She would have done the same as Kol was doing right now. There was no way that Silas was going to walk the Earth again. No fucking way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStop!\u201d Rebekah said just as the professor was about to die. \u201cHe\u2019s of no use dead!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDid you not hear what he just said?\u201d Kol angrily shot at his sister. \u201cSilas will kill us all, sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSilas does not exist. He\u2019s a fairytale. Made up to scare children into eating their vegetables.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSilas is very real,\u201d Shane panted as he held on to the sink. \u201cI know where he\u2019s buried and soon I will have the spell that wakes him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myriam narrowed her eyes at the dripping human in front of them. \u201cWait a second, you\u2019re lying. You can\u2019t get to him without his—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWithout his tombstone? Dozens to die in a blood sacrifice? Yeah, believe me, I know. I\u2019ve done it,\u201d Shane said as he tried to get to his feet. \u201cThose massacres are a pain to engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re the one who blew up the council,\u201d Rebekah realised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a noble sacrifice. And temporary, because once I raise Silas, Silas will raise the dead.\u201d Myriam noticed Kol moving from the corner of her eye but kept her eyes trained on Shane. \u201cHe will bring back every last soul who died on his behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo!\u201d Kol said as he used his speed to push Shane against the wall and impaled him on a copper rod. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat did you do!\u201d Rebekah screeched as she advanced on her brother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou should be thanking me,\u201d Kol said as he kept Rebekah from hitting him. \u201cMyriam would have done the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYep,\u201d Myriam nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou killed my only chance at finding the cure!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSilas on the loose would mean hell on Earth, Rebekah,\u201d Myriam said calmly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd frankly, sister,\u201d Kol added as he pulled the immortal white oak stake out of his pocket, a devious smile on his lips. \u201cI don\u2019t think you could handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow did you get that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWay too easily,\u201d Kol replied playfully. \u201cAre you coming, Myriam?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYep,\u201d she replied as she followed Kol out. They had a lot of work to do, and making sure that Jeremy wouldn\u2019t become a full-fledged hunter with his entire mark on his body was the most important thing on their list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was no doubt that Klaus didn\u2019t know the whole story and that he was likely merely after the cure, just like Rebekah. Just like Damon and Stefan. But the consequences of getting that cure would be too great. Silas was an even bigger monster than any of the Original vampires combined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sure, both Myriam and Kol didn\u2019t know the full story as there was barely anyone left who could tell them the story, but everyone they spoke knew that raising Silas would be catastrophic. Myriam suspected that there was so much more to the story, why would there be an immortal, with the cure, and not walking the Earth? All it could bring was bad news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know,\u201d Myriam said as she was looking on her phone and Kol was driving. \u201cNear the Gilbert holiday home, there\u2019s a bar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou reckon Nik made a bunch of new vampires there for Jeremy to kill?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo doubt about it. It\u2019s what I would do. And you too, if we\u2019re being honest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlthough I wouldn\u2019t be so stupid to go after the bloody cure and raise Silas!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, because you know better. And so do I., But we don\u2019t know if it truly means the end of time, or if something else happens. Until we can prove that something terrible is going to happen, people will ignore our ideas. Rebekah wants the cure because she wants to be human. Damon, Stefan and Jeremy want it to cure Elena of her vampirism and Klaus wants it because he\u2019s afraid it\u2019ll be used against him.\u201d She then thought for a moment. \u201cAnd you know, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Katerina showed up to get the cure herself so that she has leverage over Klaus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019d be a fool.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s done worse,\u201d Myriam shrugged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kol let out a snort. \u201cWe\u2019ve done worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStill, this whole thing? She could take advantage of the mess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m more afraid of Silas than Katerina Petrova, Myriam. As long as we make sure nobody gets the cure, we\u2019ll be alright. Even if it takes killing them all and give Nik the cure for safekeeping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myriam sighed as she relaxed in her car seat. \u201cJust drive. Klaus will be angry with me enough as it is for making sure Jeremy won\u2019t complete the mark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHave you tried explaining yourself to him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe paranoia is strong in that one,\u201d she sighed again. \u201cHe\u2019s more worried about the cure than Silas. You know, that\u2019s the fucked up part about not having my demons anymore. I could just sit back and tell them what to do. Now, I have to choose. And to keep my husband safe, I am choosing to side with his brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll forgive you, you\u2019re his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When they arrived at the bar, she actually felt bad that it was full of new vampires just like she had expected. These innocent people were all turned into vampires for one reason; to complete Jeremy\u2019s hunter mark, and now they were going to die for nothing. \u201cI thought we had rules about making vampires,\u201d Myriam muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNik isn\u2019t thinking clearly. Shall we?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myriam nodded as she walked over to the jukebox and put on some cheesy dance song while she and Kol slaughtered every single vampire in the bar and put them all in cold storage before both taking a bottle of alcohol from the bar and taking a well deserved few sips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, that felt good, didn\u2019t it, darling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt had to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cExactly! Just because they used to be innocent people, doesn\u2019t mean we should allow Jeremy to kill them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpeaking of which\u2026 I think I heard a car,\u201d Myriam said before they both moved out of sight, just in case. But she could hear Damon\u2019s voice outside, so there was no doubt that they had come to kill the vampires. Oh, she was all giddy now. Weren\u2019t they going to be disappointed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSomething\u2019s not right,\u201d Damon muttered, his voice clearly audible over the loud jukebox in the bar area. She could hear him and Jeremy walk towards the cold storage, no doubt following the trail of blood that was on the floor. They walked through the plastic curtains and Myriam tried not to let out a giggle as she put a hand on her mouth. \u201cAh\u2026\u201d Damon groaned. \u201cLooks like we\u2019re going to have to find some new vampires. What a waste!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat the hell happened?\u201d Jeremy sounded shocked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kol signalled for her to stay out of sight still, and walked up behind the vampire and the hunter. \u201cI confess,\u201d he said with his hands raised, one hand still holding his bottle of alcohol. Jeremy swung around his weapon to point it at him. \u201cI did it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKol?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJeremy!\u201d Kol smiled widely as he lowered his arms. \u201cGood to see you, mate! Sorry about the mess,\u201d he sighed. \u201cIt was a little crowded when we arrived, and we prefer more intimate gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myriam took a swig from her bottle as she joined Kol by his side. \u201cBoys,\u201d she nodded as a greeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMyriam?\u201d Damon blinked. \u201cWhat the hell!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe four need a little chat,\u201d Kol said as he took a swig of his bottle. \u201cCare for a drink?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe\u2019s underage,\u201d Damon said as he tapped Jeremy\u2019s arm. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t like you, used to like her but if she\u2019s on the crazy train\u2026 I don\u2019t like her either. So let\u2019s just cut to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy brother bragged about his plan to complete Jeremy\u2019s hunter mark,\u201d Kol laughed slightly. \u201cIt was easy enough to track this lot down. They were all hiding in the shadows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKilling young vampires is easy,\u201d Myriam shrugged. \u201cSame goes for the older ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy? What is it to you either way?\u201d Damon moved in front of Jeremy so that Kol or Myriam couldn\u2019t get to him, but he felt severely outnumbered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause, you fools, in your zeal to find the cure you risk waking someone very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOhh, you must be talking about Silas!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you know of him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNothing. Don\u2019t want to. Not our problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t it?\u201d Myriam piped up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy God, I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re so short-sighted, Damon. I had you pegged smarter than that.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou see, a few hundred years back I came across a group that worshipped Silas. His followers told me that he would rise again, and when he did, he would trigger the end of all time,\u201d Kol explained. \u201cYou know, being an immortal, you can see why I\u2019m opposed to time\u2019s ending. So I murdered all of them. And now, here you are willing to risk raising him in your search for the cure. I can\u2019t exactly sit back and let that happen, can I?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not going to back off the cure because you were told one too many scary bedtime stories, you idiot,\u201d Damon huffed before looking at Myriam. \u201cYou truly believe this guy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the last month and a half we\u2019ve been trying to find more information about what the end of time will entail, but we couldn\u2019t find anything. Only that it would be really really bad for us. Please, Damon, stop this nonsense,\u201d she asked him. \u201cI know you want the cure for Elena, but is that really worth the risk?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTotally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kol pushed Damon to the side. \u201cJeremy, we were mates in Colorado. You\u2019re a smart lad. Why don\u2019t you call off this imbecilic treasure hunt?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not calling anything off, mate,\u201d Jeremy spat at him. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Myriam, but I\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myriam sighed as she took a few steps back when Kol started to move again. She knew him too well, and this was likely not going to end well. \u201cWell, I could kill you,\u201d Kol shrugged as he set down his bottle of bourbon. \u201cBut then I\u2019d have to deal with the hunter\u2019s curse, and I– I don\u2019t feel particularly like being haunted for the next century. Neither does Myriam,\u201d he said as he pretended to think and snapped his fingers. \u201cBetter idea! I\u2019ll just rip off your arms!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Kol made a move, Damon pushed him away from Jeremy all the way into the bar area, causing Myriam to roll her eyes. So predictable. From the both of them. Some smacking around and Myriam merely sighed as she kept an eye on Jeremy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJeremy, run!\u201d Damon yelled at him, causing Jeremy to quickly put a knife in Myriam\u2019s leg and pushing her to the side before running out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kol got the upper hand in the fight and had Damon in a headlock. \u201cYou okay, darling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll live,\u201d she muttered as she pulled the knife out of her leg. \u201cDon\u2019t kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, I won\u2019t even touch him\u2026 much,\u201d Kol grinned as he snapped Damon\u2019s neck and put him down in a chair. \u201cHe\u2019s on vervain, isn\u2019t he?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYep,\u201d Myriam said as she took a sip of her bottle of alcohol and picked up a beam for Kol to push through Damon\u2019s torso, causing Kol to raise an eyebrow in surprise. \u201cI said not kill him. Torture is fine. Compelling him to do things is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kol shrugged as he broke the beam and pushed it a little inside of Damon so he would start to bleed out. \u201cHow long is he usually out?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot long, 30 min max,\u201d Myriam shrugged as she looked at her bottle. \u201cEmpty. I\u2019m going to get another one,\u201d she said before breaking the bottle and making a few more cuts on Damon\u2019s body to make the bleeding out go a bit faster. He wasn\u2019t saturated in vervain, so they didn\u2019t have to bleed him out completely to have some fun with him. She then went to get another bottle of alcohol and Damon was coming to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome on, Nik, I was only having some fun,\u201d Kol said as Myriam walked back in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThose vampires were for my hunter.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll make some more, there\u2019s no shortage of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhere\u2019s Damon Salvatore?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kol giggled. \u201cI gave him a good and proper beating. Just for old times sake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, well, you\u2019ve had your fun. Now let him go and come home. Avoid any more trouble, or you\u2019ll find yourself back in a box.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam growled. \u201cThe hell he is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIs that Myriam?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo. And no need to get nasty about all of this!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn the contrary, I find nastiness to be essential whenever my siblings try to sabotage me! Listen closely Kol. Stay away from the Gilbert boy. You understand?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFine. I won\u2019t touch him. You have my word,\u201d Kol said as he disconnected the call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When Myriam\u2019s phone beeped, she had a look at the message and scoffed. \u201cHe\u2019s telling me not to touch Jeremy, too. As if I\u2019m so stupid to kill a hunter without my demons!\u201d She took a swig of her bottle and looked at Damon who was looking quite angry as he held onto the pole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVery good, darling,\u201d Kol said encouragingly to Damon. \u201cNow, stab yourself a little further,\u201d he compelled him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Damon groaned as he did what he was told to do. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to kill me, do it like a man!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to kill you. Well, I do, but Myriam told me I wasn\u2019t allowed to kill you,\u201d he shrugged. \u201cI merely wanted to make sure you were able to be compelled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m gonna rip out your spleen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey now, be nice, Damon,\u201d Myriam said from her spot near the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you stopping him, Myriam?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause you\u2019re an idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou know, Damon, you ought to be thanking me,\u201d Kol said as he walked closer to Damon. \u201cYou don\u2019t really want the cure found. You fancy Elena, even more now that she\u2019s a vampire. Admit it,\u201d he smiled at him. \u201cThe last vestige of her humanity is her annoying little brother Jeremy. And deep, deep down you want him dead. Don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNope,\u201d Damon replied. \u201cAnd neither does Myriam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe helped you after the whole Esther thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh,\u201d Myriam cooed and thought for a moment. \u201cYeah, no. I don\u2019t owe him anything. I don\u2019t feel anything towards the two Gilberts but toleration. Sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kol grabbed Damon around the shoulder and squeezed it. \u201cYou\u2019re lying, Damon. With Jeremy out of the way, Elena will be yours. And yours alone. I bet you\u2019d love to rip his head right off. And I\u2019m going to give you your wish.\u201d Kol then turned around and looked Damon in the eye. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to remember what I say, but you\u2019re going to find Jeremy Gilbert, and when you do, you\u2019re going to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When they got home, they were \u2018greeted\u2019 by Rebekah. \u201cGoing somewhere? I would if I were you. If Damon kills the hunter, Nik will not be pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam huffed. \u201cIf Klaus listened to us instead of his paranoia, he\u2019d see what we\u2019re up to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI told Nik I wouldn\u2019t touch the kid,\u201d Kol retorted. \u201cI didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh well, that was clever,\u201d Rebekah nodded. \u201cI\u2019m sure that he\u2019ll really appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Kol moved passed Rebekah, she pulled out a dagger and held it against his back, causing Kol to freeze, immediately. \u201cYou\u2019d really dagger me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf I do, Damon\u2019s compulsion ends, and this is all over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen you\u2019re no better than Niklaus,\u201d Kol growled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam pulled the dagger out of Rebekah\u2019s hand. \u201cGimme that. No one\u2019s going to be doing any daggering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGive that back!\u201d Rebekah yelled as she tried to get the dagger out of Myriam\u2019s possession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLook at what you guys have become! Bickering idiots, the lot of you!\u201d Myriam countered angrily. \u201cAll this for what? The cure? Paranoia on Klaus\u2019 part, you want to be human and what? Do you really think that the cure will provide for multiple vampires? No. It likely won\u2019t, Rebekah. My god, just imagine what would happen if the cure would be found! You\u2019ll kill each other over it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh shut up, Myriam. This family was ruined way before we knew about the cure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kol turned around with the white oak stake in his hand and put it against Rebekah\u2019s heart. \u201cI won\u2019t let you raise Silas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus ran in and pushed Kol against the wall. \u201cEnough of this foolishness. Put it down, Kol.\u201d Of course, Kol wouldn\u2019t. He ran away instead. With the stake. Klaus then turned to Myriam. \u201cYou have a lot of explaining to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy?\u201d Myriam asked as she twirled the silver dagger between her fingers. \u201cKol and I have told you what will happen if you find the cure, and you don\u2019t seem to care. The best way to stop you is to stop Jeremy and to silence Shane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe was going to kill me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus rolled his eyes as he looked at Rebekah. \u201cWell then, I suppose you\u2019ll need lessons in how to properly dagger a sibling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rebekah narrowed her eyes at him. \u201cBurn in hell!\u201d she said before leaving through the same door as Kol had. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is your fault, Myriam!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy fault? How the hell is this my fault?!\u201d Myriam countered angrily. \u201cFor the last month and a half Kol and I have done as you asked us to; to gather more information about this cure, and prove that Silas wasn\u2019t just a scary bedtime story. The cure and Silas come together, Klaus, it\u2019s a two for one deal. Silas will kill us all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow are you allowing yourself to listen to Kol\u2019s paranoid rants?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs if yours are any better!\u201d Myriam countered angrily before raising her hands in defeat. \u201cYou know what? Fine. I\u2019ll just stay quiet and watch from afar. As long as you\u2019ll know that once Silas is back, I\u2019ll so remind you of the fact that both Kol and I warned you about him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSilas is a myth! A story!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJust like the sun and moon curse was!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDid you at least find evidence that the stories are true?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen until we find the cure, Silas does not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam wanted to tell him that he was an idiot but instead pretended to zip her mouth shut and headed upstairs to their bedroom to hide the silver dagger. There was no fighting this, and she was tired to be in the middle of it all, so she decided to stay out of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It wasn\u2019t as if she wasn\u2019t used to the Original siblings fighting with each other and getting physical or threatening with daggers, but like always, it was best to stay out of their way in case she\u2019d end up as collateral damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She just hoped nobody she cared for would end up hurt in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam decided to go out of town for a few days and left her cell phone at home. She had enough of people not listening and squabbling siblings. She went to New Orleans instead, quietly slipping in and out of the city while she caught up with Isabella and D\u00e9bauche. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, when she returned home a few days later, a jar of ashes was standing on the coffee table, and Klaus was sitting next to it with a few empty bottles of alcohol. \u201cWhere were you!\u201d he growled as he got to his feet. \u201cWhere the hell were you?! I tried calling you at least a hundred times, and you didn\u2019t pick up!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI left my phone here. I had enough of you and Kol making me choose a side!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah, well, as my wife<\/em> you should have chosen my<\/em> side!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot after all the stories Kol and I heard about Silas!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus pointed at the jar. \u201cHis insistence got him killed, Myriam. If only you had tempered his enthusiasm for those stories, he wouldn\u2019t have ended up in a pile of ash!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam looked at him, confused. \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKol\u2019s dead because you went along in his delusions!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She stumbled back in shock then, her chest tightened, and she could feel tears form in her eyes. It was like the wind got knocked out of her body. \u201cNo\u2026 He can\u2019t be\u2026 w-what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe was lured to the Gilbert house for a \u2018truce\u2019. It was all an elaborate plan to kill him, and complete Gilbert\u2019s hunters mark!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam managed to bark out a laugh. \u201cJust like you wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNot at the expense of my brother! This is your fault, Myriam. You encouraged him and went along with him! You should have stopped him!\u201d He walked towards her with a raised hand but lowered it after realising what he was doing. \u201cIt\u2019s a good thing you\u2019re my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam hadn\u2019t flinched, Klaus was grieving, but so was she. \u201cWho killed him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJeremy. Elena helped,\u201d Klaus admitted with a sigh. \u201cTo their defence, Kol was going to kill Elena and chop off Jeremy\u2019s arms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd what are you going to do about it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMe?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah? Did you at least get your beloved cure so that Kol didn\u2019t die for nothing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKaterina she —\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, of course! Mon Dieu<\/em>! I told Kol this was a possibility! He died for nothing! Nothing! And his death is on you! You didn\u2019t listen and take him seriously!\u201d Myriam pushed Klaus away from her and ran out of the house. She managed to grab Caroline on her way to likely Elena. She snapped Caroline\u2019s neck and dragged her off to Alaric\u2019s apartment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d Alaric was drunk off his ass and watched Myriam tie up Caroline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEye for an eye, but I\u2019m going to drag it out,\u201d Myriam said as she grabbed Alaric\u2019s bottle and took a swig from it. \u201cAre you off vervain?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to deal with you guys anymore, leave me alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou should have left Mystic Falls if you want to get rid of vampires\u2026\u201d she said before she sat down next to him. \u201cI think that\u2019s an excellent idea, Ric,\u201d she said as she compelled him. \u201cYou should leave Mystic Falls, start a life somewhere else. Teach. Sober up. Live a life away from vampires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat sounds good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTake a break from Mystic Falls, Ric. Start packing your bags and find a place that\u2019s not here,\u201d she didn\u2019t break the compulsion just yet. \u201cHeal. Go to your bedroom and sleep off the alcohol and leave. Tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alaric nodded, and Myriam broke the compulsion, causing him to look at her, confused. \u201cAre you alright, Myriam?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo,\u201d she smiled at him. \u201cBut I will be. And so will you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah,\u201d he nodded before pointing to the bedroom. \u201cI\u2019m drunk. I\u2019m going to sleep it off. I\u2019m leaving tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCan I stay here for a while? With Caroline?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah, sure,\u201d Alaric nodded as he got to his feet. \u201cGood night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGood night, Ric,\u201d she smiled at him and watched him go into his bedroom. After she was sure he was gone and out like a light, she dug into his closets to find a bottle of vervain water that she knew he had, some cleaning gloves and poured it in a bucket before dunking rope in it and started to tie Caroline to the chair. She could smell the scent of burning flesh, and Caroline was groaning as she came to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam started to hum Neil Diamond\u2019s Sweet Caroline <\/em>as she grabbed a knife and began to make deep cuts to wake Caroline up even further before grabbing some vinegar and salt and started to pour that in the wounds, causing the young vampire to cry out in pain. \u201cShh, Ric\u2019s asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMyriam? What?\u201d Caroline said weakly. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEye for an eye, sugar,\u201d Myriam replied as she squatted down in front of Caroline, waving around a big knife. \u201cElena and Jeremy killed my best friend. I\u2019m going to return the favour. But I\u2019m going to drag this one out and not give you the satisfaction of a swift death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMyriam\u2026 you don\u2019t have\u2026 you\u2019re better than this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh, no, sugar, I\u2019m not,\u201d Myriam said as she gently ran a finger up and down Caroline\u2019s leg. \u201cHmm\u2026 shall I put a tarp underneath you? Nah, why bother?\u201d She twirled around her knife as she looked up at Caroline. \u201cYou\u2019re not off the vervain yet, so I can\u2019t compel you to be quiet, but please keep your screams to a minimum.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n She swiftly grabbed Caroline\u2019s leg and severed it below the knee, blood spurting everywhere, covering Myriam and the surrounding area, and Myriam just laughed as Caroline screamed like a little piggy. \u201cFantastic!\u201d Myriam cheered as she got to her feet and tossed Caroline\u2019s leg on the couch before getting a salt-filled plate from the kitchen and put it against her open wound, causing Caroline to scream even louder. Her face was all red and puffy and so beautiful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When Caroline passed out from all the excitement, Myriam quickly wrote a note saying Game On and headed to a neighbor with Caroline\u2019s severed leg and compelled the neighbor not to tell anyone where she was from and deliver the leg to Elena Gilbert before leaving out of town for a few days so that nobody could track her back to Alaric\u2019s building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There were plenty of neighbours to compel anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She returned to a still unconscious Caroline and slapped her cheeks. \u201cWakey wakey, we\u2019re not done yet, but you\u2019re bleeding out so nicely.\u201d When Caroline opened her eyes again, she was slightly unfocused but enough focus so Myriam could compel the young vampire. \u201cDon\u2019t scream. You can cry, but you\u2019re not to make a sound. Alaric is asleep, and we don\u2019t want to draw attention to the neighbours. Do you understand?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes,\u201d she groaned. \u201cStop, Myriam, please, you don\u2019t have to do this!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been over this, Caroline. I\u2019m so doing this. I don\u2019t have to, but I want to,\u201d Myriam picked up her knife again and started to cut off Caroline\u2019s blonde locks. \u201cOh\u2026 I think I\u2019m going to send these to Klaus. You see, he thinks I\u2019m to blame for Kol\u2019s death, but I\u2019m not. He is. Because he didn\u2019t listen. And he likes you. He just keeps on saving you, doesn\u2019t he? Why is that? You\u2019re nothing special,\u201d Myriam said as she kept cutting Caroline\u2019s hair. \u201cYou\u2019re a dumb, blonde, cheerleader. What is so special about you, huh? Well, I guess you\u2019re special because you get saved by my husband a lot\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam took a few steps back to admire her handiwork. Caroline\u2019s hair was a mess. Some long bits, some shorter. She put the blonde hair in a doggy bag and compelled another neighbour to take this to Klaus. When she returned, Caroline was trying to get out of her vervained ropes, and Myriam grabbed a coffee cup, dunked it in the bucket that she had filled up with Alaric\u2019s vervain water and dunked it over Caroline\u2019s head. \u201cDon\u2019t make me compel you not to move. I already don\u2019t prefer it that I told you not to scream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The vampire was shaking, and Myriam was thinking about what her next move was going to be. She went back into the kitchen and found a pair of pliers. \u201cOhhh,\u201d she cooed as she walked back to Caroline and waved the pliers in front of her face. \u201cWhat do you think I could do with this? You know, they usually use pliers to cut off fingers or toes\u2026 but\u2026 ah, I know!\u201d She said all giddily. \u201cPut your game face on, Caroline,\u201d Myriam compelled her and saw Caroline\u2019s face change. \u201cNow keep it that way until I say otherwise.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Straightening herself up, she grabbed the mug she had used to pour vervain over Caroline\u2019s head and set it in Caroline\u2019s lap. Myriam pulled Caroline\u2019s head back and started to pull out her teeth, and her fangs. Caroline was squirming underneath Myriam\u2019s assault, and Myriam took extreme pleasure pulling out all those perfectly lined up teeth and putting them in the cup while humming Sweet Caroline<\/em> again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo much blood,\u201d Myriam hummed after she had pulled out every tooth and molar in Caroline\u2019s mouth. \u201cBetter rinse it out,\u201d she dropped her pliers and headed into the kitchen to get another cup and dunked it in her vervain bucket and poured it in Caroline\u2019s mouth. \u201cYou can turn off your vamp face now,\u201d Myriam smirked as Caroline spluttered and nearly choked on the vervain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeah, you\u2019re absolutely right, Caroline,\u201d Myriam agreed with the vampire in pain. \u201cTime to have a drink!\u201d She grabbed her bottle and sat down on the sofa, looking at the young vampire from her spot and took a swig of her bottle. \u201cYour best friend killed mine,\u201d Myriam sighed. \u201cYou know, I had to miss him for a very long time, but I always knew that he was safe. In his box. And now\u2026\u201d she let out a dark chuckle. \u201cMy best friend is gone. Dead. Ashes. I\u2019ll never be able to speak to him again. Have fun with him. He\u2019s taught me so much over the years, and now he\u2019s gone. Poof! For the rest of my eternal life, I won\u2019t have my best friend. And I\u2019m going to do the exact same to Elena. She\u2019ll have to miss you for the rest of her miserable life.\u201d She took another swig of the alcohol. \u201cUgh. Alaric should really invest in the better stuff, this is like drinking straight out of the gutter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPlease\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh please,\u201d Myriam rolled her eyes at the young vampire, weakened by the loss of blood. \u201cRelax, I\u2019m going to take my time with you\u2026 although you\u2019re bleeding out so fast that I might have to speed things along and then spend days giving your bestie a pressie,\u201d Myriam chuckled then. \u201cBestie a pressie. My bestie won\u2019t ever give me a pressie again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sighing, Myriam got to her feet and ripped off Caroline\u2019s arm with a single jank. \u201cYou know, I wonder how soon your friends realised that you\u2019ve gone missing. You think she\u2019d like to receive your arm as a consolation prize? She could use it to hug herself!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPlease stop\u2026 please\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNope,\u201d Myriam said as she tore off Caroline\u2019s other arm and threw both of them on the sofa. \u201cYou\u2019re fading. I need to make the pain last for a while. Right until you die. Or you know, you could just turn it off, but I suppose you\u2019re too chicken to do that,\u201d she shrugged as she picked up her knife again and made a deep gash on Caroline\u2019s remaining leg, almost cutting it in half before scooping up some more vervain water and poured that into the wound. \u201cTo be honest, I thought you\u2019d last longer,\u201d Myriam said slightly disappointed. \u201cAh, not to worry, Stefan\u2019s next. Or\u2026 ohh, what about your mom?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNO! No, please, not my mom\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTyler then. I\u2019ll have to buy a muzzle, so he doesn\u2019t bite me, but Tyler is a good candidate. He\u2019s a hybrid. He\u2019ll definitely last longer than you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMatt?\u201d Myriam picked up the pliers again and pulled Caroline\u2019s ears off of her head. Then her nose before sighing deeply. \u201cOkay, bored now,\u201d she said before punching Caroline\u2019s torso and ripped out her heart. \u201cOh, that\u2019ll make a pretty gift for Klaus!\u201d She dropped the heart on the floor before going back into the kitchen to find some sandwich bags to wrap it up in. She wrote little notes for all the body parts before severing Caroline\u2019s leg and disconnected her head from her shoulders and wrote notes for them too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After compelling more neighbours with set times to deliver the packages, Myriam could hear fire truck sirens driving fast through Mystic Falls and curious as what had happened, she followed the noise, only to see the Gilbert House going up in flames and a part of her made her happy about it. Elena didn\u2019t have a home anymore. But it was also the place where Elena and Jeremy had murdered Kol and Myriam couldn\u2019t go there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She hadn\u2019t been as conspicuous as she believed she\u2019d been, and Damon spotted her. \u201cWhat are you doing here? Are you alright?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d Myriam said evenly as she looked at the flames. \u201cDid you do this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo, Elena did. Jeremy\u2019s dead. It\u2019s his body that\u2019s inside the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh,\u201d she said in the same tone of voice. \u201cDid Silas kill him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAh. My condolences.\u201d She didn\u2019t mean it. Not at all, and that was very evident in her voice. Even Damon seemed to be taken aback by how cold she sounded. \u201cYou know who else is dead? My best friend. And guess what? He warned you about Silas, but did you listen? No.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMyriam\u2026\u201d Damon sighed. \u201cElena and Jeremy did what they have to do to complete Jeremy\u2019s mark. You shouldn\u2019t have killed those vampires at the bar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She looked up at him then. \u201cIf you had listened to us in the first place, Kol wouldn\u2019t have died! To\u2026 to use the excuse of \u2018he had to die\u2019 is lame and hurtful. Downright disrespectful, too. Why him? Because he\u2019s an easy target?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe was convenient. Why won\u2019t you come home with us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGo to hell, Damon,\u201d Myriam shot at him. \u201cJust so you know, Kol liked Jeremy as a potential friend. What he and Elena did to him, it\u2019s the ultimate act of betrayal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShouldn\u2019t you help Klaus find Katherine or something?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m not going to do a bloody thing!\u201d Myriam snarled before she remembered what she had done for hours previously. \u201cHowever, I\u2019m sure that in the coming day, you\u2019ll get some surprises delivered on your doorstep,\u201d and with that, she sped off, back to her home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ignoring Klaus, she headed straight to Kol\u2019s room, took a shower to rinse off the blood and laid down in his bed. His scent still lingered, and suddenly she was overcome with grief and started to sob. Just for a little while, she could be vulnerable. Mourning her best friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a knock on the door, and she could hear it open. \u201cLove? Are you alright?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLeave me alone,\u201d Myriam replied as she rolled herself in Kol\u2019s blankets. \u201cYou have no right to ask me if I\u2019m alright.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn the contrary, I\u2019m your husband,\u201d he said as he sat down on the bed, holding a bag. \u201cWhat did you do to Caroline?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She peeked out from underneath the covers and saw the bag that she had put Caroline\u2019s hair in as a present to Klaus. \u201cI gave her a haircut, now, leave me alone. You\u2019re ruining this space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus sighed and nodded. \u201cVery well, love. I\u2019m just letting you know that I might be out of town for a bit. I have Katerina to hunt down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam felt anger rise inside of her again. She wanted to tell him that finding the cure was the least of his problems but bit her tongue instead. \u201cGo away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He planted a kiss on top of her head and left the bed, gently closing the door as he made his way out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam took a deep breath and closed her eyes. It was almost as if Kol was still with her. Almost. She sat up straight and looked around for a moment before realising that she could have him with her. Maybe it wasn\u2019t too late to use Voodoo to bind his essence to something. But would he want it though? Likely not. Sighing, she fell back down onto the bed. \u201cYou\u2019re lucky that I take your feelings into account, Kol,\u201d she muttered. \u201cBinding you to me wouldn\u2019t do you any good, and that would be incredibly selfish. Just stay with me? I hope I did you proud with what I did to Caroline. I hope you saw that. I think I\u2019ll go for Stefan next, what do you think?\u201d she added in a whisper before she allowed the tiredness to overtake her and drifted off in an uneasy sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When she woke again, she found a message from Klaus on her phone that he was on his way back again, deciding to leave the chasing Katherine to Rebekah because he felt he needed to be home for his wife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam reluctantly went to get a blood bag to have something to eat before taking her ritual objects into Kol\u2019s room and started to do a few voodoo blessings for the dead and for Kol\u2019s protection, and she immediately felt somewhat better afterwards. Knowing that that was the only thing she could have done for her best friend, it felt right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus\u2019 screaming jostled her from her peaceful thoughts and energy, and she ran downstairs only to see him with his top off and trying to ram into a wall. \u201cWhat are you doing?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus wasn\u2019t paying attention to her as he stumbled through the living room, groaning and clawing at his back. She stopped him and made him look at him. \u201cWhat happened to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSilas,\u201d he groaned. \u201cHe attacked me. He stabbed me with the White Oak Stake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam tried hard not to laugh as she looked at his back, seeing nothing. Silas was playing mind games. It was a good thing that she had decided to steer clear of the whole mess. \u201cCan I say it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSay what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe told you so,\u201d she said as she let go of him and sat down in one of the chairs with a glass of bourbon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAren\u2019t you going to help me?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo. You\u2019ll live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m your husband!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd you\u2019re an idiot!\u201d Myriam took a sip of her drink and watched as Klaus writhed against the fireplace mantle. \u201cIf only you used that brilliant mind of yours better. Perhaps you\u2019d be less impulsive and jumping to conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMyriam, please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo,\u201d she said firmly. \u201cAnd you know why? Because I was trying to help you with Kol and you blame me for his death. I don\u2019t like to put the blame on you, but you were a factor in his death, Klaus, by pushing him away and telling him that he was crazy for believing in scary bedtime stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI forgive you, please, help me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo,\u201d she said as she took her phone and called Damon. \u201cHey, where are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNew York, chasing after Rebekah and Elena. Elena has switched off. Why?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam sighed as she made circular motions with her wrist to swirl the bourbon around in her glass. \u201cIs Stefan home?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you,\u201d she hung up on Damon and called Rebekah instead. \u201cHey Bekah, can you give me to Elena for a moment, please?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t want to know how the hunt for Katherine is going?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNah,\u201d Myriam said as Klaus let out another yell in pain as he tried to dislocate his shoulder again. \u201cAnd don\u2019t mind your brother, Silas is fucking with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rebekah sighed as she handed the phone to Elena. \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI heard you turned your humanity off,\u201d Myriam sighed. \u201cSuch a pity. I think you need to rush home, there are a few time-sensitive presents waiting for you. You\u2019re gonna love them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m not interested.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAh, such a pity, perhaps I should ask Stefan to open the presents instead. Then he can call you with the good news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhatever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam blinked at her phone as Elena had disconnected the call. \u201cWow, Stefan and Damon must have their hands full with that one. Did she do that because she lost Jeremy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWho cares!\u201d Klaus called out. \u201cHelp me! A piece of the White Oak Stake is still inside me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo there isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, there is!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam let out a breath. \u201cHere we go again. Again with the not listening to your wife,\u201d she said as she finished her glass of bourbon and refilled it. \u201cAnyway, in case you were wondering, I\u2019ve performed a few voodoo rituals to protect Kol\u2019s spirit from harm from other spirits, and I\u2019ve said a few prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd how is that going to help me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam shrugged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd why did you call Damon and Elena?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cReasons,\u201d Myriam replied as she finished her glass in one go. \u201cSpeaking of those two\u2026Once they all return, I\u2019m going to bring home a guest and put him in our soundproof basement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou could help me, first!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy dearest husband,\u201d she sighed as she rose to her feet and approached him to ruffle his hair. \u201cFor Silas to be messing with you, you must have done something to piss him off. But what you\u2019re experiencing is not real. You don\u2019t have a piece of the White Oak Stake in you, and you\u2019re only hurting yourself. The sooner you realise that, the sooner you\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe got inside your head,\u201d she smiled at him. \u201cAnd here you thought you were telepathically sealed. Nope. Not for Silas. He\u2019s to be feared, Klaus. And my guess is that you poked the proverbial bear. He\u2019s the real big bad wolf here. So, calm down, and claim your mind back. I\u2019ll be upstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone returned two days later. Everyone, including Elijah. Who, much to her and Klaus\u2019 surprise had been fooling around with Katerina. Who, not to anyone\u2019s surprise, had been lying through her teeth to get Elijah\u2019s protection from Klaus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aaand, the cure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rebekah was whining, begging, for the cure. She wanted to be human again, start a family, much like Kol and Myriam had anticipated she\u2019d wish to. The four of them were sitting at the table to have that discussion about Rebekah wanting the cure. Myriam wisely kept her mouth shut. \u201cElijah, being human means a fresh start,\u201d Rebekah said hopefully. \u201cI can grow old and have a family and fill my days with meaning knowing that each day matters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus laughed then as he looked at his brother. \u201cWell, that was poetic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, if you can provide us with a more compelling reason for wanting the cure, Klaus, please,\u201d Elijah invited him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Klaus sighed then and folded his hands on the table as he shifted. \u201cI suppose we\u2019ve now established that the crazy ramblings of our brother weren\u2019t that crazy after all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Myriam huffed as she crossed her arms over her chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSilas can appear as anyone,\u201d Klaus continued. \u201cHe got inside my thoughts, convinced me I was dying. He will torment me until I give him the cure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd, in doing so,\u201d Rebekah interjected with a sigh. \u201cHe will break down the wall to the Other Side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo it doesn\u2019t trap him there when he dies,\u201d Klaus shot at her before motioning with his hand, trying to prove a point. \u201cHe wants to reunite with his lost soulmate.\u201d He then looked at Elijah with a cheeky smile on his face. \u201cYou, of all lovesick fools, should applaud his devotion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe will open the floodgates for every supernatural being that has ever died!\u201d Rebekah retorted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIncluding our dear brothers Kol and Finn,\u201d Klaus countered. \u201cWe\u2019ll have our family back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYeahhh, I\u2019m not going to sit here and not to tell you \u2018I told you so\u2019,\u201d Myriam said as she got to her feet. \u201cHave fun squabbling, I\u2019m going to see if the Salvatores and Elena liked my present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She spat off to the Salvatore House and giddily entered the house where Damon and Stefan were having an argument about Elena. \u201cOh, poor Elena, still with her humanity switched off, what can we do? Oh, what can we do?\u201d Myriam sang as she leaned against the doorpost. \u201cHello boys, liked my present? Oh wait, did you like my many presents?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou killed Caroline,\u201d Stefan said as he ran up to her and pushed her against the wall, his vampire face out as he was so angry, causing Myriam to just laugh. \u201cWhat?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re cute,\u201d she said as she ruffled his hair. \u201cNow, let me go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhy did you kill Caroline? Do you have any idea what you\u2019ve done?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHmm\u2026 well\u2026 no doubt the Sheriff is sad that her vampire daughter got herself killed\u2026 and oh, no doubt that Elena is refusing to turn on her humanity even more!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe sheriff is on the warpath, Myriam! She thinks it\u2019s one of us, what would you do if I told her it was you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019d kill her,\u201d Myriam replied as she pushed Stefan away from her and snapped her fingers. \u201cJust. Like. That.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh great,\u201d Damon groaned. \u201cAs if we didn\u2019t have our hands full with a baby vamp with her humanity switched off, there\u2019s now an old one too!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSugar, I have not turned my humanity off,\u201d Myriam purred. \u201cEye for an eye. Elena and Jeremy killed my best friend, I killed hers. And I think I\u2019m going for one of her ex-boyfriends next,\u201d she smiled as she snapped Stefan\u2019s neck, hoisted him over her shoulders and ran off with him to throw him in the soundproof and vampire proof basement underneath her home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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