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Chapter 12 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She chained Stefan up in the little holding cell that she had installed and walked over to the cabinet where she kept some of her tools. The only person who\u2019d be aware of this dungeon would be Klaus, as she had kept the werewolf Mason Lockwood in there previously for Klaus to turn. Sadly, Klaus had killed him when he killed 12 of his hybrids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such a pity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was happy to find her vervain in there, and even a little bit of werewolf venom that she had snuck out of Mason that one time. He hadn\u2019t liked the experience much, but she fed him when she didn\u2019t forget, so he had to pay up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But her favourite was the baseball bat. It was made out of aluminum, and it had been a present from Kol, and it was just perfect for Myriam to use it to get rid of some of her anger towards Stefan. He had it coming. He had it coming for so long, she could feel the anticipation bubbling underneath her skin. Would she be as mean as feeding him human blood to heal up? How about no blood at all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWakey wakey,\u201d Myriam sang as she circled around Stefan, twirling her bat once he started to come to. \u201cAh, there you are,\u201d she smiled at him. \u201cGood boy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam, what are you doing?\u201d Stefan sighed as he hung from the chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoing what I should have done a long time ago,\u201d she said as she swung the bat and hit him in the stomach with it. Twice. Maybe three times. Or four times. Ah, who cared? She lost count at some point. \u201cThat, that was for getting involved with Katerina and for turning your brother into a vampire in 1864.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefan groaned and tried to get out of the chains. However, Myriam had them spelt by a witch from New Orleans, so there was no way he was getting out without Myriam\u2019s assistance. \u201cHe forgave me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, I didn\u2019t!\u201d Myriam countered angrily. She swung the bat once more before discarding it and opting for a knife. \u201cNow\u2026 let\u2019s see\u2026 what was next?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are you doing this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy does anyone does anything?\u201d Myriam shrugged as she circled Stefan and thinking about her next move. \u201cOh, just so you know; my humanity isn\u2019t switched off. I\u2019m merely doing what I have wanted to do for so long but refrained because it wasn\u2019t necessary. And it still isn\u2019t necessary. But I can. And I want to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA good enough reason?\u201d Myriam barked out a laugh as she stabbed Stefan in the back. Literally. \u201cTough,\u201d she spat at him before placing the knife on his skin, barely piercing it before tracing around him with it as she walked around him. \u201cNext. You killed Zak Salvatore. Your uncle. Your amazing uncle who was willing to take a barren widow into his home and care for her. He was selfless. Modest. Harmless. And you killed him before it was his time to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam, you need to stop,\u201d Stefan groaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t need to do anything!\u201d Myriam said furiously. \u201cI\u2019m tired of men telling me what I need to do. I\u2019m no longer listening, because nobody was listening when Kol and I came back from our search for more information about The Five and Silas. You all thought he was insane and now look what happened! Silas is on the loose and already messing with you lot!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have to. And you know why? Because your precious ex-girlfriend and her brother killed my best friend. So I killed her best friend, and now I\u2019m going to kill you. Might go for Liz Forbes next. Or Tyler. Or even Damon, because you were all in on the plan to kill Kol, weren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was necessary!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBullshit!\u201d She plunged the knife into his abdomen and wiggled it around a bit before turning it. She could hear his skin rip and bones crush and Stefan yelled out in pain. \u201cOh, yell all you want, pup, nobody will hear you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStop!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Myriam growled as she grabbed one of the vervain syringes and started to clean out his wound with it. \u201cHeal up. I\u2019ll be back after I\u2019ve had a snack,\u201d she said as she cleaned up the tools and headed upstairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere she is!\u201d Damon knocked her against the wall. \u201cGive my brother back!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have no idea what you\u2019re talking about,\u201d Myriam said as she looked at Damon. \u201cWhat would I possibly want with your brother?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExactly!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at Klaus, all confused. \u201cAm I missing something here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamon came to us saying that you took Stefan in a fit of rage, and he wants Stefan back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t have him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you went out, what did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter I checked that the brothers got my presents, I left to have a little feed and came straight home,\u201d she sighed. \u201cHonestly, just because I killed your beloved Caroline doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m on a killing spree.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou did what!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, she didn\u2019t tell you, Klaus?\u201d Damon teased him. \u201cShe sent Caroline to us in bits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEye for an eye. You kill my best friend, I kill yours. How\u2019s Elena? Still not switching back?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBitch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJerk,\u201d Myriam said as she managed to get free from Damon and headed to the kitchen to grab a bite to eat, but she could hear Klaus, Elijah and Damon talk in the other room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s quite possible that you weren\u2019t seeing Myriam but Silas instead,\u201d Klaus explained to Damon. \u201cSilas got inside my head too, convinced me I was dying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was Myriam,\u201d Damon assured him. \u201cSilas was busy with Bonnie, pretending to be Jeremy, dude can\u2019t be in two places at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan\u2019t he? We don\u2019t know if he can\u2019t,\u201d Klaus countered. \u201cBut I shall keep an eye out for your brother. If I find him, I\u2019ll make sure to return him to you. Right now I need to have a chat with my wife about Caroline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWait with that until I\u2019m out. Don\u2019t want to risk her tearing me apart for my affiliation with Elena,\u201d Damon said before the sound of a door opening, and closing could be heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam walked out of the kitchen as she sipped on her blood bag and looked at Klaus. \u201cWhat? You\u2019re hurt because I killed that cheerleader? I have already killed her, and she came back. She always had a target on her back and not because of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSweetheart, that cheerleader might have been a pain in everyone\u2019s ass for various of reasons, but she and I were actually talking about you most of the time. She gave me\u2026\u201d he sighed as he cast his eyes downward. \u201cI have to admit, I was taking relationship advice of a 17-year-old hopeless romantic, and she told me that if I wanted to make things right with you, we needed to do more things together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou wanted to come back upon hearing about the Cure, Klaus. You have your priorities all wrong,\u201d she pointed out. \u201cAnd as I said, Caroline was always on my shitlist. I took extreme pleasure with taking her apart and sending her in bits to Elena and the Salvatores. You got her hair because you liked it. They killed my best friend, I killed theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could have helped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam looked at him in shock. \u201cYou did not just say that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could have helped because you\u2019re right. Eye for an eye and all that. I love that kind of revenge. There isn\u2019t any better kind of revenge than that. Although I would have gone for one of the Salvatore brothers seeing as Kol was my brother and all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam was speechless. She didn\u2019t know what to say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a reason why our family was feared for so many centuries,\u201d Elijah piped up. \u201cWe all liked our revenge, we all liked to play with our victims and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah see,\u201d Myriam waved her blood bag around. \u201cI don\u2019t see that. I mean, Kol and Klaus told me the stories and all, but the only dangerous one of you lot is\u2026 was Kol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNiklaus and I did calm down somewhat over the years, admittedly. Power isn\u2019t everything, and to be feared makes life a whole lot difficult. As you yourself have experienced ever since Niklaus came back to Mystic Falls. Your so-called friends didn\u2019t like you anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never claimed them to be my friends. I tolerated them, but I was hurt by their treatment of me when they learned I was Klaus\u2019 wife,\u201d Myriam snarled. \u201cI would have raised this entire town to the ground years ago if it weren\u2019t for safekeeping his precious doppelganger who\u2019s now a vampire so yeah, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s stopping me now,\u201d she sighed before she looked back at Klaus. \u201cSpeaking of which, your doppelganger is useless now. Kol\u2019s dead. He died here. What the fuck are we doing here still?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe cu—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFuck that!\u201d Myriam spat at him. \u201cYou know, maybe I should take a page out of Elena\u2019s playbook and turn it all off. Wouldn\u2019t that be fun?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s a good idea, love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d Myriam challenged him. \u201cYou think you won\u2019t be able to handle me?\u201d She huffed then and shook her head. \u201cWhatever. Go and talk amongst yourselves, I\u2019m going back to our guest in our basement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat guest?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStefan Salvatore,\u201d she said simply. \u201cDo you want to join me? You did say you wanted to kill a Salvatore brother for killing your brother, now is your chance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you just said—\u201d Elijah said surprised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey, did you know? I\u2019ve been living with a bunch of unstable vampires for the last 300 years and am even married to one! I know how to lie, Elijah,\u201d she replied as she took a sip from her blood bag. \u201cAre you coming, husband of mine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNiklaus, don\u2019t,\u201d Elijah warned him. \u201cI implore you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know the reason why we\u2019re not a menace anymore? It\u2019s because of Elijah. He wanted us to behave,\u201d Klaus said as he put an arm around his wife. \u201cAnd if my wife wants to do a little bit of murder and mayhem, then she shall get it. And I still stand by the fact that you should have invited me when you were dismembering Caroline. I would have loved to see you taking her apart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam smiled widely as she sloppily kissed him and dragged him off to the basement where Stefan was still hanging from the chains. \u201cI used a lot of vervain on Caroline. You know, on her open wounds and after I pulled out her teeth, I rinsed her mouth with it, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKlaus, you need to stop her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t need to do anything, Stefan,\u201d Klaus said as he joined his wife in the little dungeon. \u201cWell, what I do need to do is listen to my wife more often. And to my idiot brother that you and your co-conspirators had killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a means to an end! He and Myriam killed the vampires you created for Jeremy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still not an excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCaroline gave the same excuse, actually,\u201d Myriam piped up as she grabbed the baseball bat and swung it at Stefan\u2019s knees, breaking his legs in an instant. \u201cYou know, Klaus, they all consider themselves to be so moral, while it\u2019s okay to kill someone loved by an acquaintance of theirs. They see you as the bad guy but what does it make them, though? At least you\u2019re always consistent. They\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m the least of their worries love, they obviously need to fear you.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam beamed then. \u201cAww, thank you Mon LouLou!\u201d She then hit Stefan again with the bat. \u201cGrab a knife! Have some fun! Take your revenge!\u201d She encouraged him as she picked up the knife and held it out for Klaus. \u201cI mean, killing him swiftly would be merciful, but he doesn\u2019t deserve mercy. Not for all of the things he did. Like Caroline, Stefan always had a target on his back for what he did in 1864.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was my friend, once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, you just liked him because he was a ripper,\u201d Myriam rolled her eyes at him. \u201cThere are plenty of those.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough, I do wish to return to New Orleans and could use someone like him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t need anyone but yourself to take back your city, Klaus,\u201d Myriam kissed him sweetly on his lips. \u201cYou\u2019re the big bad wolf. It\u2019s time you get your balls back. You\u2019re the King. You\u2019re my King. We\u2019re done with playing nice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus nodded and smiled wickedly before taking hold of Stefan\u2019s almost healed up leg and pushed the blade inside of the leg before using it to carve around it and break off the bone. \u201cShall we send him back in pieces just like we did with Caroline, love?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam thought for a moment as she looked at Stefan\u2019s severed leg. \u201cTo be honest, wouldn\u2019t it be nice to have a bunny eating vampire on one leg? Imagine the insults. Pirate Stefan. Ohh maybe we should pop out one of his eyes for good measure! Then compel him and send him on his way!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus looked disappointed for a second but then realised the fun this could be. \u201cIt could prove quite the entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExactly!\u201d Myriam smirked. \u201cAs much as I want the guy dead, I think it\u2019s better if he gets ridiculed. More fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove, you are quite diabolical. Are you sure you don\u2019t wish to join me in New Orleans while I take back the city?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She bit her lip then. \u201cI don\u2019t know, Klaus,\u201d she admitted. \u201cI love New Orleans, and I love D\u00e9bauche, but\u2026 there are so many good memories of Kol there. And bad ones, like the time he set fire to my club but\u2026 it\u2019s too fresh. I\u2019ll join you when I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I will not allow you to stay here in Mystic Falls by yourself either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have Rebekah! And when she decides to join you, I\u2019ll find somewhere else to live. Who knows? I might pull a Katherine and find and compel an entire town to like me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not running.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying that you are,\u201d he pulled her close and kissed her. \u201cBut I want you to be sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure. I need to heal, and I can\u2019t do that in New Orleans. Here, the pain is less despite him being murdered here but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI understand,\u201d he smiled at her. \u201cI\u2019ll make New Orleans ours again, and when you\u2019re well and ready, you can join me by my side, as my Queen. Because you are just that. My Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re leaving tonight, aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He slowly nodded before Myriam dropped the bat and pulled the knife out of Klaus\u2019 hands and jumped him, making him stumble against the wall as she kissed him. \u201cLove me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh no\u2026\u201d Stefan groaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days later, Myriam was all alone in her house. Klaus had set off for New Orleans, and Rebekah was out, having fun with her friends. Myriam knew that she had built the house and had lived in it by herself just fine, but now with everyone gone, she had the feeling of it being an empty nest. It was big and lonely. Myriam had surprised Elijah by daggering him, and she had unceremoniously dumped him in his coffin. Elijah was a bad influence on Klaus and Rebekah. A very bad one and they didn\u2019t need him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She hadn\u2019t gone outside in a few days, merely to stop herself from lashing out again and instead had spent days on the sofa with bottles of alcohol and a compelled human standing in the corner of the room so she could have some fresh blood when she wanted it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She loved watching all three Gordon Ramsay shows on television. There was one with a hotel, and she was just appalled by the state of the hotels he was going to try and fix. Kitchen Nightmares<\/em> put her off from dining out for the rest of her life and Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/em> was adorably sadistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She watched Toe The Line<\/em>, a celebrity dancing competition, for shits and giggles when drunk and that was usually followed by Glee<\/em>, and she danced and sang along. When she was drunk. If she wasn\u2019t, she changed channels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supernatural<\/em> was\u2026 entertaining. They had everything wrong about the supernatural, apart from maybe the demons. They were\u2026 slightly accurate. But it also made her miss that part of herself, her demons, and she usually ended up crying and drowning her tears in an entire bottle of vodka. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She switched channels at some point and had to blink twice because there was an actor on TV looking exactly like Elijah and he got blown up by a bomb. Causing her to cheer and throw popcorn around while she danced like crazy. Then rewound it, filmed it with her phone and sent it off to Klaus. For your enjoyment. This actor looks like Elijah. Kaboom!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few minutes later, Klaus sent a message back. Are you glued to the idiot box? Go outside! Have fun!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the idiot box is fun. Don\u2019t worry about me. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very well. Xxx<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, one of Myriam\u2019s latest additions to her TV line up was a show called Ghost Adventures.<\/em> Three idiots who willingly locked themselves up in a haunted building. What could go wrong? Two of said idiots were quite easy on the eyes, and she couldn\u2019t look away from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And at some point during the evening as she watched some of her TV shows, a freak storm erupted outside. \u201cWhat the hell?\u201d Myriam muttered as her TV switched off and all the lights went out. She swung open the door to the back garden and felt a strange sensation in the air, and she knew it was wrong. It wasn\u2019t good. She quickly closed the door and grabbed a handful of her dark objects to surround herself with it before grabbing her phone and started to read a book on her phone instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wasn\u2019t scared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam wasn\u2019t sure for how long she\u2019d been reading, but the front door opened and when she looked, she saw Kol walking in. \u201cKol? Is that really you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol smiled widely as he sat down next to her on the sofa and pulled her into his arms. \u201cThe veil has been dropped, not for long and it\u2019s not completely open, but you\u2019re still in the triangle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally?\u201d She poked him to make sure he was real. \u201cYou\u2019re here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t look so surprised, darling, I just told my sister how much I appreciated her 24 hour mourning period and how someone who\u2019s not a blood relative is still having trouble with my death,\u201d he kissed the top of her head. \u201cGreat job on taking revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She smiled then. \u201cYeah?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d rather have killed Elena. Are you joining me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally? You get to spend time with people you love for only a short period of time, and you want to kill Elena?\u201d Myriam looked up at him. \u201cShe\u2019s still under Stefan and Damon\u2019s protection, even though one of them has to regain his balance. And with the veil dropped, with you here, what about Jeremy? He\u2019ll be protecting her wherever she is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, how about you and I go on a little scavenger hunt? For old time\u2019s sake? I take care of Elena, and you get to beat up Jeremy Gilbert. He\u2019s no longer a hunter. He\u2019s dead. So even if you\u2019d kill him again, no curse!\u201d He said excitedly before motioning around her. \u201cYou need to stop drowning yourself in alcohol, Myriam. You need to find something you\u2019re passionate about. Make new friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou were my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I still am, but I\u2019m dead. And I\u2019m telling you I won\u2019t get jealous if you find someone new. Someone that can complete you as I did. But before you do, let\u2019s have one last hurrah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed. \u201cFine. Because the TV isn\u2019t working and I want to spend time with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They found Elena crying at Jeremy\u2019s headstone in the cemetery. \u201cHello, old friend,\u201d Kol greeted her, causing Elena to turn around to face Kol and Myriam. \u201cPity about your brother. I guess it\u2019s just the three of us now.\u201d He rushed at Elena and started to hit her. And then kicked her, causing the vampire to cough. \u201cNow this is what I’ve missed: two people connecting,\u201d he said as he kicked her again. \u201cIt’s lonely on the Other Side…and I swear being invisible will drive you mad. The way you couldn’t see me standing in front of you, or feel my breath on your cheek as I whispered all the ways that I wished for you to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet me have at her,\u201d Myriam said as she pulled Elena up from the ground and squeezed her neck. \u201cYou\u2019re the reason why I have to miss my pets. You\u2019re the reason why Kol\u2019s lonely on the Other Side,\u201d she said as she squeezed a little tighter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGo ahead, Myriam. Kill me. You’d be doing me a favour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, but I won\u2019t kill you,\u201d she said as she tossed Elena into Kol\u2019s arms. \u201cHe is! He deserves this kill!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol dropped Elena and caught a flying stake. Both he and Myriam turned to see who fired the stake and realised it was Jeremy. \u201cHow many times do I need to kill you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJeremy Gilbert…Welcome back. Now, what’s the saying? ‘Kill me once, shame on you. Kill me twice, shame on–\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe,\u201d Myriam said as she launched herself at Jeremy and pulled broke his arm so he\u2019d release the crossbow before she took a bite out of him and plunged her hand into his chest to rip out his heart. The boy dropped to the ground, and Myriam sighed. \u201cShame he\u2019s already dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFeel better, darling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTons.\u201d She turned around only to see Kol\u2019s neck being snapped and him falling to the ground as well, revealing the eldest Mikaelson brother; Finn. \u201cOh come on! Leave your brother alone!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou two need to stop killing, Myriam. You\u2019re only going to allow it to consume you. First Caroline, then mutilating Stefan and now you\u2019re killing a ghost?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFuck off, Finn,\u201d she said as she looked at Elena. \u201cYou\u2019d better leave before I kill you myself, you little bitch!\u201d She then picked up Kol from the ground and took him home, and she was going to keep him there until the veil went back up again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had caused enough trouble and mayhem now, and Myriam wanted Kol all to herself. She\u2019d chain him up in the basement if she had to. Maybe that was a good thing to do anyway. There was no doubt that the everyone who had a bone to pick with the Scoobies would come back or were back too, and Kol would be the perfect ringmaster. She didn\u2019t care about the town, but she was selfish, and Kol was now hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She dropped him in the basement and closed the door of the dungeon with a dark object in front of it to make sure he wouldn\u2019t be able to open the door when he came to. Oh, he was going to be pissed, but she didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDarling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, mon chou<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy am I locked in here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam leaned against the door and smiled at him. \u201cBecause I\u2019m selfish. Those people who were sacrificed in the name of Silas will be able to take their revenge themselves, they don\u2019t need you for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m so good at revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd so am I, but I\u2019ve missed you, and I\u2019d like to spend my time with you instead you getting yourself into trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m already dead, what\u2019s the worst that can happen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo you have any idea how much I\u2019ve missed you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do. As I said, I watched you grieve and take your revenge. Good call on Stefan and daggering Elijah, he really didn\u2019t see it coming!\u201d Kol laughed as he got to his feet. \u201cAnd as much as I appreciate you mourning me, you really should move on as my siblings did. I do not wish for you to miss me as much as you\u2019re doing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThree hundred years is a long time to be friends, I know that and I feel your love and your grief over on The Other Side. Your grief hurts, Myriam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo what you told Alaric to do. Leave Mystic Falls. Don\u2019t look back. Heal. And once you\u2019ve healed and are ready to face New Orleans, be the Queen that Nik and I both know that you are. Run D\u00e9bauche and give Isabella some time off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sighed as she opened the door to his cell and hugged him tightly. \u201cBut I don\u2019t want to let go of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have to, darling, it\u2019ll tear you apart if you don\u2019t.\u201d He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. He then let out a long sigh. \u201cVery well, I won\u2019t join the other spirits in their revenge against the town, let\u2019s have a good old fashioned party with lots of booze, girls and alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd good music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d he smiled at her and followed her upstairs before turning on the radio and grabbing a bottle. \u201cNow, how are we going to get people in your house when everyone\u2019s running scared?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam shrugged as she took a swig of her bottle and started to dance along to Bon Jovi\u2019s You give love a bad name.<\/em> A party with Kol was just what she needed, even if it was only going to be a private one, to give him a proper send off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the veil was put back up and Kol was back on The Other Side, Myriam gathered her things and did as Kol had wanted her to do; try to move on. Just like she had told Alaric. What better way was there than to hang out with Alaric?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She drove up to McKinley after finding out where he was and even though the campus was closed for the Summer, Ric had an apartment close by. She knocked on the door and funnily enough, the door opened and revealed a very stunned looking Alaric. \u201cMyriam? What are you doing here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFollowing my own advice to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t give me any advice,\u201d he said confused. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight, because I compelled you to leave and move on\u2026 right\u2026\u201d she sighed as she leaned against the door post. \u201cAnyway, I needed to leave Mystic Falls after\u2026 everything. For all I care that entire town gets swallowed up by the Earth. I can\u2019t join Klaus in New Orleans because\u2026 ah well. So I decided to come here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what\u2019s your plan? Enrol in college?\u201d Ric let out a chuckle. \u201cHave you even been to school in the last 300 years?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo\u2026 but there must be something else I can do? Break legs? Make people run? Smack heads on the table? Ohhh, I could be like you! And be a teacher!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what do you think you could be teaching? You said it yourself; you\u2019ve never gone to school!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI run a successful business, Ric.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s already a teacher teaching economics and math.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell\u2026\u201d she thought for a moment. \u201cI know about demons and how they operate and how to control them as a demonologist\u2026 I know Voodoo\u2026 and I think I remember some magic from when I was a witch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot going to happen, either. I\u2019m the Occult teacher at this college.\u201d Ric could see that Myriam was trying hard, but she was a vampire, and the last thing he\u2019d heard from Damon that she had been off the rails. Not quite as much as Elena, but she was unstable. \u201cWhat do you truly want, Myriam?\u201d He wasn\u2019t going to invite her into his apartment just yet, although he believed that she wouldn\u2019t do anything to harm him because he\u2019d never hurt her. \u201cWhat do you need?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at him then before huffing. \u201cForget it,\u201d she said as she turned to walk away, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her back. \u201cLet me go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo. Tell me what you need, and I\u2019ll help you. That\u2019s the least that I can do for you after you saved my ass\u2026 twice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t need anything,\u201d Myriam countered. \u201cForget it. I thought I\u2019d\u2026 I don\u2019t know. I\u2019ll find it somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alaric could see the defeated look on the newly Original Vampire, and that was sad, really. Pathetic, that too. \u201cYou need someone to talk to? Talk about Kol?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you want, Myriam?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want a purpose!\u201d she eventually blurted. \u201cI want a purpose, and I want to get rid of the way that I\u2019m feeling, like\u2026 extremely on edge and willing to kill just about anyone to make me feel better for a couple of minutes. Because everything\u2019s been so unfair!\u201d Myriam then started to cry. \u201cNobody wants me anymore apart from my husband, and I can\u2019t go to him feeling like this!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay,\u201d Ric said as he put an arm around her and smiled. \u201cCome in, I\u2019ll help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How on Earth was he going to help a 300-year-old vampire who recently became an Original? Sure, he knew how to deal with grief, but the way that Myriam was expressing her sadness was completely different than he had done. She opted for the revenge route because that\u2019s what supernatural beings did and could, he had launched himself into becoming a vampire hunter instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was right, she needed a purpose. But for now, she needed a shoulder to cry on. And that\u2019s what she did. Two days straight. And Alaric felt uncomfortable. So when Myriam had finally gone down for a nap, he called Damon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRic! How\u2019s college treating you, buddy?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the Summer holiday, and I know I promised I\u2019d come and help you look for Stefan but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are you whispering?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have my hands full at the moment, and I could use your help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy help?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. \u201cI discovered that one of my students is a vampire. She has been for quite some time, and a couple of months ago she and her family had a run in with one of the Five.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHer parents died, and she has been having difficulties with dealing with their grief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEasy. Kill her if she\u2019s a pain in the ass.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamon, come on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know! Tell her to get on with it or whatever! Grief is a part of life. Parents die. It\u2019s life. Hey, did you know? Bonnie resurrected Jeremy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, you told me. That\u2019s great. Okay, thanks for nothing buddy, I guess I\u2019ll try to fix her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood luck. Don\u2019t get yourself killed. And if you want me to kill her, just let me know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ric hung up and grabbed his laptop. Granted, Myriam had wanted a purpose, she had told him so herself, but what could she do? He wasn\u2019t sure if Myriam was ready to be released into the world, roam the campus by herself. Myriam wasn\u2019t the collected vampire that she was previous to Kol\u2019s death and her husband\u2019s somewhat negligence. She had done everything for Klaus for years, and now that her mission was complete, she didn\u2019t have anything to do anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was sad to see her having given up. She was better than this, and he knew this, not because of what he had seen of her so far, but because he had felt it when she and her demons cleansed him from his dark self. He wasn\u2019t sure if she\u2019d been aware of it, but he certainly was. And she was a beautiful person. And she needed help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rules. She needed rules. Restrictions. Parenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, he needed sleep. Seeing as she was in his bed, he took the couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rules were simple enough. Myriam understood that if Ric was going to help her out, she\u2019d have to follow his rules. Which was fine. No feeding on humans. They were going to keep the apartment clean together; that included using the vacuum cleaner and doing dishes. Laundry. She wasn\u2019t to use her vampire strength or speed, and she had to keep a journal where she\u2019d write her thoughts and feelings in. Alaric was going to print out multiple things for her to write about in her journal every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And over the summer she was getting better. There was progress, but slowly and occasionally they took day trips with just the two of them. Antique book markets for books on the occult or to food truck festivals to gorge on food. Myriam ordered high-end bourbon for her and Ric to drink. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They did research to set up the curriculum for the next school year, and then Ric had a brainfart. \u201cWhy won\u2019t you become my TA for a while?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeacher\u2019s assistant. You help me set up lessons, you enforce school rules, help students with their work, or with problems they might have. You help me with keeping attendance and grading.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSounds boring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOr would you like me to enrol you in college as a student instead?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam opened her mouth to object before closing it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou came to me for help, Myriam. I don\u2019t want you to be alone, and I think that you\u2019ll like the work,\u201d Ric smiled at her. \u201cYou love helping people when they deserve it. What better way to help me teach young, impressionable people?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI help people. That\u2019s how I started my business. We now help humans who were hurt by the Supernatural.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you haven\u2019t run that business for at least 100 years,\u201d Alaric pointed out. \u201cYou haven\u2019t actually properly interacted with humans for a long period of time other than making sure that people behaved like cattle for Klaus and breaking his curse. Most of your interaction has been with vampires. You can learn with the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI trust you not to do anything stupid,\u201d Ric laughed. \u201cCome on, it\u2019s going to be fun!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFiiine,\u201d she sighed as she drank from her blood bag. \u201cBut if something goes wrong, it\u2019s on you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing will go wrong, I trust you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam, wake up,\u201d Alaric knocked on her door. During the summer Alaric and Myriam had cleaned out his spare room and created a space for Myriam with a bed and a fridge and just a place to retreat to so they wouldn\u2019t be on each other\u2019s lip all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d Myriam opened the door and looked at him as she cleaned her mouth from dripping blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWere you out last night?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019d know if I was but why do you ask?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA student got murdered during a party last night. Elena and Caroline were witnesses, and they saw that their friend was killed by a vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you think it\u2019s me?\u201d Myriam raised an eyebrow. \u201cAnd here I thought you trusted me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApart from Caroline and Elena, you\u2019re the only vampire on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat you know of,\u201d Myriam huffed. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t me! And I\u2019m not going to help you find out who it was, either. You want me to live as a human, right? I\u2019m not going to walk head first in danger. What do the police say?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat it was a suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, cover-up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExactly. Are you sure you don\u2019t want to investigate this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOkay, good, get dressed, freshen yourself up, we have class in 30 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChop chop, Myriam, can\u2019t be late for your first class!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teacher\u2019s lounge was quite something. While you had the serious and old professors, the younger ones just hung out and were on their phones or on their laptops. Alaric was happily chatting away with Dr Max Westfield. Oh, he made sure you called him doctor instead of Max because \u2018all those years of med school would be wasted\u2019 if he wasn\u2019t called Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such a prick. Myriam didn\u2019t like him. Especially when she overheard Max talk to Alaric about Greyson Gilbert, Elena\u2019s father, who apparently taught a few classes at Whitmore College back in the day. It made sense because Greyson had been a doctor, but with him being a Gilbert it likely meant bad news, so despite her not wanting to do anything outside of what Alaric wanted her to do, she wanted to do her research for this one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilberts were nuisances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next few days, she managed to piece together enough information about Greyson\u2019s time at Whitmore College and why Dr. Westfield was so in awe of him, a fanboy. Rumour was that both Westfield and Gilbert had been a member of a secret society called The Augustine Society and they used to perform experiments on vampires back in the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she wasn\u2019t so sure that it was all \u2018back in the day\u2019, seeing as Megan was killed by a vampire and Max Westfield had signed the death certificate, ruling it a suicide. It was obvious that he was hiding something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went back to Mystic Falls, with Alaric, for Remembrance Day. She wanted to ring the bell for Kol. Remembering him. For Zak. But she did it in the early hours of the morning, wanting to avoid the Scoobies as she\u2019d likely rip everyone\u2019s throat out. Alaric stayed behind to experience the rest of the day and Myriam went back to Whitmore College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She did surprisingly well if she had to say so herself. The knot in her stomach when thinking about Kol got less and less each day, and she tried to remember the good times she had had with him instead of the pain of his loss. When she got back to the apartment, she wrote in her daily journal to distract herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had to admit that doing work for Alaric every day, every week, had appeared mind-numbing but she actually appreciated it. Myriam liked helping him prepare for classes and do the research along with him, she loved helping students out when they\u2019d come to her for help – even though at the beginning she wanted to snap their little necks for disturbing her peace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what Myriam had learned, these kids were stupid, but they weren\u2019t as stupid as most of the Mystic Falls gang. These youngsters used their brain and partied. Did stupid stuff, sure, but once and then never again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the end of September when Myriam was sitting in the park near the college with her journal and a large cappuccino to enjoy when Katerina sat down next to her. Myriam knew she wasn\u2019t Elena because she smelled like a human and she was told that Elena had shoved the cure down Katerina\u2019s throat. \u201cYou\u2019ve got some nerve,\u201d Myriam mumbled as she closed her journal and looked at the former vampire. \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince becoming human, my priorities have\u2026 shifted. And Silas drained me from my blood, and I\u2019m dying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot my problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, I know, and I\u2019m not here to talk about Silas,\u201d Katerina sighed. \u201cBelieve me, I don\u2019t want to tell you this but you\u2019ve been through enough crap as it is, and truthfully, nobody but Alaric has been nice to you lately so\u2026 I want to make amends and be nice to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam blinked then, deciding to wait for what was going to happen next. \u201cAlright,\u201d she replied as she put her journal into her bag. \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know you\u2019ve been digging into Greyson Gilbert and Dr Wes\u2019 infatuation with him,\u201d Katerina replied. \u201cSo has Elena. Little twerp nearly got herself killed to prove that she wasn\u2019t a vampire. Thing is, Wes is a member of a secret society here on Campus. The Augustine Society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI gathered that, but all campuses have a society, secret or not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reason why it\u2019s secret is that they\u2019re doing research into vampires. Actual scientific research. They have an Augustine Vampire who does their bidding, and right now Dr Wes has a student there who was healed by Elena and now turned into a vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s sick!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katerina nodded and sighed. \u201cI made a deal with Wes. He checks out my blood and sees if he can stop the deterioration of my body and I\u2026\u201d Katherine watched as the Augustine Vampire snapped Myriam\u2019s neck and lifted her from her spot and hoisted her off. \u201cI told him I\u2019d get him a vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She came to in a cellar and Wes was standing over her with a syringe. \u201cWes, what are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know you were a vampire, Myriam,\u201d Wes sighed as he squatted down and injected her. It felt like vervain. \u201cBut, I suppose that\u2019s alright, it\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve had female test subjects. And I\u2019m giving you just enough vervain to keep you sedated. Don\u2019t worry, Katherine told me about your trick of drinking vervain every day, so you\u2019re getting a bigger dose until that\u2019s out of your system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna kill you,\u201d she sighed and closed her eyes. \u201cAnd her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, then it\u2019s a good thing that you can\u2019t do anything in your cell,\u201d Wes happily replied as he drew some blood from Myriam. \u201cI\u2019ve started something with Jesse. And I think that I\u2019m so close to eradicating all the vampires\u2026 I think I\u2019ll experiment on you first before giving it to our loyal vampire next door.\u201d He pushed her hair out of her face. \u201cAnd don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ll regain some movement in your limbs shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have no idea who you\u2019re dealing with,\u201d Myriam said weakly. \u201cThey will come for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho?\u201d Wes let out a chuckle. \u201cKatherine told me you didn\u2019t have any friends left. That you alienated them all. No one\u2019s coming for you, Myriam, not even Alaric. But it\u2019s a good thing you\u2019re here. You see, Elena was taken from me as my patient, and I was about to do something spectacular to her, so I suppose you\u2019ll take her place. Tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIdiot,\u201d she groaned as he injected her with vervain again and some very strong sedative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day she found herself strapped to a table with every safety measure in place, she couldn\u2019t free herself as she\u2019d usually do and she was shot up with vervain. She was hooked up to some machine that was draining her of her blood, and she didn\u2019t understand what was going on. \u201cStop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlmost done,\u201d Wes chirped. \u201cI\u2019m surprised you\u2019re actually coming to instead of you know, passing out. Or continued to be unconscious. In the past, vampires have passed out for less,\u201d he said as he kept looking at his notes and his machine. \u201cYou\u2019re doing great, Myriam. You really are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully I\u2019m going to make you stronger than you are now and give you a different diet. No idea if it\u2019s going to work, of course, but everything for science.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She tried getting out of her bonds again. \u201cStop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re in no position to make demands,\u201d he said as he frowned. \u201cHow is it that you\u2019re appearing to make more blood still? I can\u2019t seem to drain you dry!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sucked in a breath when Wes merely made a bigger opening for her blood to flow away quicker, and he even wedged something into the wound to keep it open. He gave her more sedative, and she passed out again before being awoken by the sensation of someone shaking her awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCome on, love,\u201d Klaus said as he shook her. \u201cWake up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKlaus?\u201d she opened her eyes and had trouble focussing for a moment, but she was indeed looking at her husband. \u201cWhat are you—\u201d she felt better. A lot better. \u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlaric called me, asking if you\u2019d snuck off and had come home,\u201d he helped her sit up and kissed the top of her head. \u201cI moved heaven and earth to find you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid you kill him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKill who?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSadly, no,\u201d Klaus shook his head. \u201cHe ran the moment we kicked in the door, and I\u2019m sorry darling, but you were so close to desiccation that you were my priority. We could go after the bastard later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think he did something to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarcel, grab everything you and your vampires can carry,\u201d Klaus ordered him as he lifted Myriam off the table. After having fed her his blood, she seemed to be pinking up quite quickly. \u201cMyriam\u2019s coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy bag. Did you find my bag?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove, it\u2019s not important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy bag, Klaus,\u201d she insisted as she managed to look at Marcel who was holding up her bag. \u201cYes. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlright, let\u2019s get you home, there\u2019s a car waiting out front.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy? Ric\u2019s apartment is close.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going back to Alaric\u2019s, sweetheart,\u201d Klaus said kindly. \u201cHe\u2019s the one who called me after you went missing, and he also told me you\u2019re ready to come home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo!\u201d she said as she tried to get out of Klaus\u2019 arms. \u201cI can\u2019t! What about the students! I need to stay here and help them! And Ric! You can\u2019t take me away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcel let out a chuckle. \u201cWell, she certainly has pinked up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t go, Klaus. We need to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have no obligation to stay, love, you\u2019re coming home with me,\u201d Klaus said as he struggled to hold the weakened vampire. \u201cMarcel, make sure you get the notebooks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam briefly gave up trying to get out of Klaus\u2019 arms. \u201cI\u2019m hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCome with me to the car and let\u2019s get you home,\u201d he said again and finally managed to get her out of the building and into the waiting car. \u201cYou\u2019re safe now.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam snuggled up against him as they sat down in the car and Myriam closed her eyes. \u201cHe did something to me, I feel strange.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been through a lot, of course, you feel strange.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy me? First, your mom and now this and\u2026 will Alaric be safe?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not a vampire, I\u2019m sure he\u2019s safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause he can teach in New Orleans too. We need to keep him safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus toyed with her hair before kissing the top of her head. \u201cRest, love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sighed. \u201cI rang the bell for Kol on Remembrance Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think he\u2019d appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her eyes shot open when Marcel entered the car with a few notebooks in his arms. \u201cAlright, we\u2019re done. They\u2019ll meet us back in New Orleans, Klaus,\u201d Marcel reported before he looked at Myriam. \u201cI know you don\u2019t like me, but stop looking at me like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShut up,\u201d Myriam growled at him as she put her arms around Klaus tighter. \u201cI\u2019ll rip your heart out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll do nothing of the sort. Alaric said you were doing better, what made you go to him?\u201d Klaus asked to distract her. She had never told him the reason why she had gone to him in the first place. It had been an odd decision in his mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol told me to do the same thing I told Alaric to do,\u201d she sighed. \u201cSo I went to Alaric. And he helped me. And he\u2019s a great friend, I don\u2019t want to go to New Orleans yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus wasn\u2019t surprised that Kol had somehow managed to give Myriam a message from the Other Side in her grief. \u201cYou\u2019re going. You can visit Alaric in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPromise?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI promise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed as she looked at Marcel again. Narrowing her eyes as they were driving towards New Orleans. She cocked her head, not understanding this hunger, this rage towards another vampire. It felt as if she was a young vampire drawn to human blood. \u201cWhat did he do to me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, that\u2019s what we hope to find out in these books.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStart reading, Marcel,\u201d she growled at him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcel blinked as he scratched his head. \u201cUhh, Klaus? Not because I\u2019m afraid of her or anything but uh, she\u2019s never been openly hostile to me like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been through a lot, Marcellus, leave her be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are we in a car?\u201d Myriam looked up to Klaus. \u201cWe\u2019re going home?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to the airport, love,\u201d he smiled at her. \u201cNow rest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStop telling me to rest. I\u2019m hungry!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll get a stewardess on the plane,\u201d Klaus sighed. \u201cYou\u2019re trying my patience, love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFuck you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGladly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sat up and grabbed her bag, hugging it as they drove to the airport. She could feel something itching underneath her skin, almost as if she\u2019d taken drugs – well, it was likely that she was shot up with something a few times because she remembered being awake when her blood was pumped out of her body, but she didn\u2019t feel right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam hurried into the waiting plane and quickly found herself a spot to write in her journal like Alaric had told her to. Whenever she was feeling off, she had to write it down to figure out what was going on. Maybe she could figure it out on her own. But wow, she was hungry. And there was so much rage that she wasn\u2019t sure if she wasn\u2019t going to hurt Klaus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An hour after the plane had taken off, Myriam started to pace, clawing at her arms as she tried to calm down. \u201cDid you find anything yet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all medical crap,\u201d Marcel replied with a sigh. \u201cWe\u2019ll have to find someone to look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot good enough!\u201d Myriam shot at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEasy, it\u2019s the best we can do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Klaus and Marcel had left her alone during the last hour as she had looked so distraught, but right now she was acting like a caged animal trying to control herself. \u201cTry harder!\u201d Her vampire face briefly came to the surface, and Marcel paled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUh, Klaus? When she turned into an Original, did her game face change or something?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause she didn\u2019t look right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShut up, Marcel or I swear I am going to rip your head off your shoulders and shove it up your ass,\u201d Myriam ran towards him, smacking his head against the fuselage and couldn\u2019t help herself while she violently bit his neck and drank from him. Any attempts from Klaus trying to pull her off of his lieutenant caused Myriam to grab Marcel tighter, and the feeding was becoming even more of a bloody frenzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she was done, she dropped Marcel\u2019s mangled and desiccated body and wiped her mouth before she realised what she had just done; she had fed on a vampire and felt satiated. \u201cI-I didn\u2019t mean to but\u2026 he was annoying, and I was so angry and hungry\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus was quiet for a moment to process what he had just witnessed. Ripper behaviour. Vampire on vampire. \u201cWe still have three hours to go before we land,\u201d he said calmly, but worry etched on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m good, Klaus,\u201d Myriam said as she stepped over Marcel\u2019s body and sat down next to him. \u201cI\u2019m full, I\u2019m feeling fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut for how long? I can\u2019t have you eat all my vampires! What if you decide to take a bite out of Rebekah? Or me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, you would live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus rolled his eyes. \u201cWe\u2019ll figure out what\u2019s been done to you and we shall find a cure. I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m fine!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou just fed on and killed a vampire! That is not fine, and you know it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like him anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not a good enough reason,\u201d Klaus argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t help myself, Klaus,\u201d she shot at him. \u201cI\u2019m fine now. I\u2019ll be fine. Don\u2019t worry, I won\u2019t take a bite out of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSweetheart, this is serious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not denying that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo I have your permission to snap your neck if things get too out of hand?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, sure,\u201d she sighed as she reached for the wine. \u201cAnd you\u2019re going to get a scientist or a doctor to take a look at that, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes. Don\u2019t worry, love, we\u2019ll fix this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd then kill Wes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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