Rantipole | THE VAMPIRE DIARIES [COMPLETED] (1)

fifty five | the brothers that care forgot

While seated at the head of the table, Klaus said to Kol and Finn, "We arrive into this world as innocents. Wide-eyed, vulnerable. It is the job of our parents to nurture and protect us. Unfortunately, our own parents failed miserably at even the most basic of parental tasks. But we are not beholden to the past they created for us. Today, a new future awaits. Forget your animosity toward Annabelle, Elijah and myself. Instead, join us against she who truly deserves your ire. Our mother. Do this, and we will welcome you with open arms."

It was then that Kol reached a hand forward as he started to say, "Well..."

After the plate Kol was reaching for was taken away from him, Klaus said, "But if you continue to oppose us, a denial of pastries will be the least of your concerns."

Kol replied, "If all you wanted was my allegiance against mother dearest, you should've said so. Saved me a night shackled to the wall."

Elijah told Kol, "Yes, this was Niklaus." As he gestured towards Annabelle, he said, "Annabelle simply remained unaware of what was to come until she arrived here in the early hours of the morning to find the two of you shackled to the wall. My recommendation was to remove your limbs one by one until you comply."

After moving to stand from his chair as he laughed to himself, Klaus said to Kol and Finn, "We've no desire to torture you, provided you vow to stand beside us as brothers."

It was then that Finn said to them, "'Brothers'. Does that word even apply to us after all these centuries of betrayal? And is loyalty to you ever really rewarded? If so, tell me, Niklaus, where is our sister Rebekah? She was blindly loyal to you for a thousand years, and now nowhere to be found. Where did our youngest sister go? And how did she escape your vile machinations?"

After scoffing to himself, Klaus turned to Finn as he asked, "You think me vile?" After sitting back down into his chair, he asked, "Well, what then do you make of the one who not only made most of Annabelle's human life a living hell, but also cursed us?"

While Kol looked over at Annabelle, who was much too quiet for his own liking, Finn told Klaus, "She was trying to make you mortal again. And the three of you had refused her... only proves how far you've fallen." While Annabelle slowly looked over at Finn with her eyes narrowed and her veins on display, Finn said to them, "But I expect Rebekah will have a different response to her proposal. See, unlike the three of you, she always did cling to her humanity."

Elijah said to him, "Rebekah's off limits to you. You pursue her and you will suffer."

After sighing to himself, Klaus said to Elijah, 'Do not let him goad you, Elijah. Neither he nor Esther will find Rebekah unless she wants to be found, and she does not."

With a shake of his head, Finn told them, "Esther is quite determined. She's been searching for Rebekah since the day she returned. I imagine it's only a matter of time."