Unbreakable | Klaus Mikaelson

You're Free

"I plead you to shut up and listen." She rolled her eyes.

"You summoned our father. You brought him to our home. What possible defense could you have?" He questioned, waving around his white oak stake in the air.

"I knew he was the only thing that you feared, and I wanted you to run."

"Because you hated me."

"Because you were hateful." She corrected. "You denied me the freedom to love.

"Oh, so that's your defense? You called Mikael; the destroyer, the hunter of vampires, because I detained you from pursuing some dull suitors."

"You were cruel, and controlling, and manipulative." She argued.

"I was trying to protect you!" He shouted. "From imbeciles, and leeches. Not to mention your own poor judgement."

"And what about the one that you loved enough to call friend? Why did you forbid me to love Marcel?"

Klaus stood up pointing his finger at his sister. "Do not mention his name."

"What has happened to you? I remember the sweet boy who made me laugh and gave me gifts, who loved art and music. I wanted to be just like you. How could you have fallen so far?"

Elijah has now stood up, ready to add his views to the argument. "You say you despise Rebekah for her betrayal, and yet no one has stood by your side for so long, not even myself. Perhaps it's you that's forgotten. I remember the day that father caught you whittling little chess pieces with his hinting knife. He beat you so mercilessly and for so long, I actually feared for your life."

FLASHBACK

Mikael was brutally beating Klaus, who was now curled in a fetal position on the floor, with a whip.

Elijah rushed in to stop him. "Father! Father, please!"

It was no use as Mikael pushed Elijah out of the way. "Stay back!"

Rebekah then ran in with a sword in her hands, aiming it at her father. "Stop it! Stop it! I will not let you hurt him anymore!

"You stand against me? For him?!" Mikael pointed angrily to Klaus.

He then grabbed the sword from Rebekah before storming out of the hut.

PRESENT

"So, you would paint her as a loyal sister, but she betrayed me out of lust for Marcel. Perhaps that was why you did it, for love. Perhaps I might temper my rage if Rebekah will admit she was a victim of her own idiocy. That her great love, Marcel, used her to oust this family and to take my city!"

Rebekah shook her head. "Marcel did not manipulate me."

"You defend him." Klaus kneeled down to be at eye level with Rebekah. "And yet you can't help but wonder, what if I'm right?"

"We loved each other. It was your refusal to respect that he led to your ruin."

"Then why didn't he chase after you when you fled New Orleans?" Klaus questioned, before standing up and answering it himself. "Oh, yes! He that's right. He was here stealing what I built!"

"You want me to renounce Marcel, to beg for your forgiveness? I won't. Marcel is not at fault. I called Mikael."

"Rebekah, you must-" Elijah tried to calm her down before she said anything to anger Klaus even more but she didn't stop.

"I was the one who brought him to New Orleans because of your wickedness! I wanted love and happiness, and you denied me the freedom to have either. Yes, I hated and I was afraid of our father, but he was a lesser evil than you. My bastard brother who loomed over me, threatening me as you are now. I wanted rid of you, and given the choice, I'd do it again!" She screamed at him with tears in her eyes.