The Originals: Equilibrium

The Originals Equilibrium (Chapters 1-5)

Chapter 1

Elijah Mikaelson walked through the hospital feeling mentally exhausted from the day's events. He readjusted his tie and suit jacket whilst navigating the maze of long hospital corridors, walking past the harrowing white walls the until the colours merged from the meek white to a joyful baby blue covered with bright patterns and animals the closer he got to his destination. He passed room after room of sickly children, lying hopeless in their beds their loved ones weeping at their sides cherishing every last moment with them, the ward smelling of pure death. Elijah then made his way to a small unit of rooms at the back of the hospital, dreading what waited for him there. He turned the corner of the unit and saw his destination in front of him. A huge window paine was in front of him as well as someone already guarding what he was there to see. The man being a perfect replica of Elijah, the two men looking physically identical. Feeling Elijah's presence within the room, the twin turned around with a small smile and in an American accent, said, "He's a fighter just like his father,".

17 months earlier

He felt drowsy as he opened his eyes, seeing the clear blue sky above him. He didn't want to wake up, feeling that he had been awoken from his slumber too soon. He tried to let his tiredness overtake him once more, closing his eyes tightly but was unsuccessful. Instead, her heard a memer of voices as he slowly drifted back to earth. Then something hit him on the leg, something hard like a rock, forcing him to open his eyes again and slowly sit up. Nicklaus was right in his face with a gleaming smile, pushing a daylight ring into his hand telling him, "Wake up, sleepy head,".

Elijah rubbed his eyes, trying to properly wake up. "Did you throw a rock at me?" he questioned, managing to break through his drowsiness. Klaus winked at him, leaving Elijah to simply shake his head. Klaus then helped him up, where he almost immediately plummeted on the floor, his legs wobbling like Jelly. When he finally was able to stand, he looked around and saw banners and balloons everywhere like it was someone's birthday, seeing what looked like young adults watching them like they've seen a ghost. On closer inspection he saw that the banners read 'happy birthday Hope', it was Hopes birthday party. He then saw an unrecognizable Hope amongst the crowd sharing her father's gleaming smile. Klaus went over to her, the pair embracing in a huge hug. Elijah tried to go see her, but as soon as he tried to p legs caved, causing him to fall to the ground. After a few minutes he was able to walk again and him and Hope shared a brief hug, "Look at you, you're a young woman now," he told her seeing how much she had grown since they last saw each other. Hope informed them that she was the one who brought the pair back from the dead as a birthday present to herself, "I thought screw it, what's the point of being a tribrid if I can't embrace it, so I brought you back. Of course, it was only a one-time thing," she told them, trying not to get into trouble with her father for bringing them back to life.

The rest of the day seemed like a blur, the party going on till the dead of night with Hope and Klaus enjoying every moment of being together again. Elijah enjoyed from afar, as even though he and Hope were on okay terms, he didn't want to get in the way of her party and her reunion with her father. Instead, he watched the stars shimmer in the nights sky, something he didn't think he would miss before he died, he laughed about the irony of missing the small things of life as the party slowly come to an end.

Elijah heard as Hope and Klaus approached him video, calling someone, presuming it was one of his siblings. The two arrived next to him, Hope shoving her phone in his face, seeing Rebecca on the other end of the phone, "Hi, Elijah," she waved from the phone smiling excitedly at him, "Hey Rebecca," he answered back. Then Hope took the phone back, and they talked for a few minutes before hanging up, "See you tomorrow!" as the call ended. They had decided to return to New Orleans so everyone at mystic falls didn't have a heart attack. The three of them talked late into the night, Hope telling them about her adventures at the school, which made Klaus proud and Elijah question how the school had remained open. Then Hope went inside to get them another cup of blood and Klaus waiting for her to go inside turned to Elijah and coldly said, "If Hope and Caroline's children didn't live here, I would burn it to the ground,", Elijah rolled his eyes and let out a small laugh. Before Klaus could comment, Hope darted back, passing them both backs their cups now full of blood. After a long chat about Klaus' experience in hell, the three of them headed inside, the cold night air over taking them Hope inviting them in. For the rest of the night, they discussed what was going to be the first things they were going to do when they arrived at New Orleans with Elijah not knowing and Klaus wanting to scare the shit out of Marcel. Soon morning arrived and the pair called for a taxi saying their goodbyes to Hope them both hugging her goodbye. Elijah got in the back of the taxi and heard Klaus telling Hope, "As soon as I get a phone, ill message you and we can't talk whenever you want," and he gave her one last hug and got into the passenger seat of the taxi and headed on their way back home to New Orleans waving at Hope as they turned the corner. As they did, Elijah felt like he could hear a huge sigh of relief coming from the crowd behind them.