Two Fangs Deep

One on One

Scarlett's POV

Why does every chapter of my life begin with me waking up? Why can't I be falling asleep or having a pleasant dream? Anyway, I woke up to Klaus sitting in front of me, on the floor, looking surprisingly vulnerable. I lifted my head, studying him. He has always fascinated me. I never understood my distaste for him, his motivation for everything he does, everything he did. I still don't.

Yet, when he met me as Scarlett, as a new me. He acts vulnerable, like a lost puppy... I don't understand. 

What did I do differently this time? 

He's a monster. He murdered me. He murdered my family and yet here I am, fascinated by him and not even remotely afraid. Well, I haven't been afraid of anything in a long while but that's beside the point. 

Maybe there's something wrong with me... After all... Likeminded people attract each other...

"Awake, I see," Klaus said interrupting my train of thought. 

"Oh, happy day!" I said sarcastically. 

Klaus didn't move from his sitting position, instead, he lifted his head and rested it on his knees, looking at me. 

"Why... How do you know my father? How do you know Mikael?" Klaus asked oddly calm. 

He must have had some time to think. 

"He's an old friend," I answered simply. 

"Stop lying. Mikael doesn't have friends. His entire life is focused around killing me, killing my siblings." Klaus sighed. 

"Yeah? What would you know about his friends? He always hated you. I mean, he has, as you said, been trying to kill you for centuries. Still, he has always wanted you dead more than the others. I wonder what would make a father feel that about his own child. You must have done something real bad. Killed your momma maybe?" I said trying to get a reaction from him. All I got was a pained expression.

"Listening to you is like hearing him again. Who knew you fooled us like this," he said and let out a sad chuckle. 

"Are you going to cry? Wow, you really are pathetic." I said like it was venom dripping from my mouth. 

"You knew him well, didn't you? He has poisoned your mind like he did everyone else in my life..." Klaus said and just above a whisper he said; 

"Even mother." For a short moment, our eyes met and I could see the betrayal in his eyes. 

I didn't know if it was directed at me or at his family but something in me made me feel sympathy for him... 

I cannot feel this way towards him I have to kill him... 

KILL HIM! 

I Have to rearrange my thoughts...

Watching his vulnerable expression simply made me angry... 

Yes, angry. I wanted him to fight, to get angry, to maim me, to show me the monster he truly is. 

This-this didn't feel satisfactory at all, it felt weird... it felt wrong. 

No... Scar, No! It's not wrong. It's justice. It's karma coming for him.

"You know, when I was a child he used to lynch me for no apparent reason. He simply wanted to. It didn't get better when he figured out that I wasn't his. After that was revealed, he almost killed me on multiple occasions. He never blamed my mother, he blamed me, my mother even helped him to hide from her own transgressions. I trusted her with all my heart for a long, long time. She even gave me a necklace, she told me it contained a magic spell that would protect me... She lied. It was made to weaken me... so my father could more easily beat me. I could not access the extra strength my werewolf genes would have given me. The genes I needed to beat him. In the end, I did" Klaus paused and looked away from me.