The Hybrid's Wife

Chapter 13: The Rager

MYSTIC FALLS HOSPITAL

[Tyler is sleeping in a hospital bed while a police officer stands guard outside in the hall by the door to his room. When the officer hears a noise down the hallway, he walks around the corner to investigate. After looking around a bit, he starts to walk back towards Tyler's room, but Connor attacks him. Tyler hears the commotion and wakes up. In the hall, Connor uses a sleeper hold on the officer until he passes out and slowly lays him on the ground. Tyler listens for any more noise. Suddenly, Connor enters his hospital room. He looks over at the bed, but Tyler has disappeared. Connor walks into the room and turns around to find Tyler hiding in the corner. He attacks Connor, but Connor grabs him and stabs him in the neck with a syringe before injecting him with something, temporarily paralysing Tyler. He lays Tyler down on the hospital bed.]

Connor: Don't bother. It's a paralytic.

[Connor lifts Tyler's lips and sticks another syringe slowly into his gums to withdraw several millilitres of his werewolf venom. Tyler groans in pain until Connor takes the needle out of his mouth and pats Tyler on the face. He then exits the room. Tyler grunts and growls, attempting to fight against the paralytic. After a long moment, he finally manages to super speed to the door to chase after him, but when he gets to the hallway, Connor has already gone.]

LOCKWOOD MANSION

[Carol and Tyler walk into the house. Two men are standing in the foyer and Tyler immediately becomes suspicious.]

Tyler: Who the hell are you two?

Carol: Tyler, it's okay. They're here for your protection.

Tyler: [incredulous] More deputies?

[Ash and Klaus enter the room from the parlour. They have another hybrid following behind them.]

Klaus: Not exactly.

Tyler: [sighs] They're hybrids.

Ash: We were halfway to Chicago when we heard you were attacked. I said we should just leave you but Nik insisted.

Tyler: Nice to know you care.

Klaus: I don't. I should have killed you for the little stunt you and your friends pulled. Stopping my heart, leaving me in a coffin to rot.

Tyler: Yeah, you used my body as an escape hatch, then kissed my girlfriend. So, maybe we're even. [Ash rolls her eyes]

Klaus: Not even close. But, you hybrids are a dying breed. I can't make more of you, and I won't have anyone taking liberties with the ones I have left.

[Klaus begins to walk off.]

Klaus: Consider them your new bodyguards.

[He points at the three hybrids in the room and walks out.]

LATER ON...

[Upstairs in the study, Hayley picks up a picture and looks at it when Ash appears in the doorway behind her.]

Ash: You're a new face.

[Hayley turns around and looks at her.]

Hayley: And I take it from your accent you're an old one. Ash. Klaus' wife

Ash: [smiles] My reputation precedes me. Hopefully not all bad. You know I can never understand why I'm defined as Klaus' wife but Klaus isn't defined as Ash's husband. Little sexist if you ask me.

Hayley: [shrugs]

[Ash moves closer towards her.]

Ash: So, you're a friend of Tyler's? That's strange, he's never mentioned you.