Chapter 8
Gloria's Bar door opened, revealing Niklaus and a blond girl who was described as his sister, Rebekah.
"Ooo, did you bring me something to eat," Rebekah said as she made her way to me with a smirk.
Niklaus grabbed his sister's arm, "Not her, Rebekah. This is Aislinn, a friend of mine. She'll be with us on this trip."
"Pretty little thing. It looks like you have a better idea of the style now a days then my brother," She said, gesturing to her short black dress that she was clearly uncomfortable in.
I chuckled, "Yeah, Klaus may not be the first person you go to for clothing advice."
Rebekah's smile grew, "I like you. I like her," She said to her brother.
Gloria walked out, smiling and extending her arms, "Rebekah, my favorite Mikaelson."
"Well, I think I should just go," Klaus said, smiling slightly.
"Bye," Gloria waved, making me smile and look at Klaus. He rolled his eyes at Gloria's comment and sat at the bar. "So, where is my necklace?"
Rebekah sighed in annoyance, "It's gone, missing."
"Fantastic," I mumbled, turning my straw in my drink.
Gloria sighed, "Well then, I guess we better find it." Gloria walked to the back before returning with some candles, she sat at a table and got to work.
Klaus got himself a drink while Rebekah walked over to me. She leaned against the bar, "So, how'd you get brought into this?"
"My half-sister is the doppelganger Klaus needed to kill to make his hybrid. I guess you could say we're friends or... something."
Rebekah hummed, "Huh, well I guess there is a first for everything. Usually by now you'd be six feet underground or compelled to do something stupid. Guess he really likes you."
"Thanks?" I said, questionable.
"Don't thank me. It's not good when Klaus likes you, trust me, I'm his sister." Rebekah pushed herself away from the bar as the door opened, revealing Stefan. "You left us."
Stefan shrugged, "Yeah, sorry. Retail therapy was making my head explode."
"Tell me about it," Klaus mumbled.
Stefan looked over at Gloria, "What's she doing?"
"Looking for the necklace," I said, turning on the stool to face everyone.
Gloria sighed and leaned back in frustration, "It's hard to find something when you don't have anything to go on."
Rebekah shrugged and crossed her arms, "So use me. I only wore it for a thousand years."
Gesturing to Rebekah, Gloria said, "See? Now this one offers a solution."
Rebekah sits on the table, offering her hand to Gloria. She takes it and starts mumbling words. "I can sense something." She casts a spell, mumbling incoherent words. She suddenly drops Rebekah's hand and looks at Stefan, Klaus, and I. "I found it."
"Where is it?" I asked?
"It doesn't work like that, sweetheart. I get images. There's a girl with her friends..."
Scuffing, Rebekah said, "Yes, a dead girl with dead friends, if I don't get my necklace back."
"Well, I'll have to dive back in to get the details."
Klaus gestured onward, "So dive."
"I need more time, and space. You're harshing my ju-ju."
Klaus looked annoyed, making me stand up and walk over to him, putting a hand on his chest. "Why don't we come back later? Give her some space."
Stefan nodded, "Yeah, I'm hungry anyways."
Rebekah jumped off the table, walking over and wrapping her arm around my neck. "Why don't you boys go on ahead? Ais and I are going to have some girl time."
Klaus looked at his sister, on edge, "Rebekah..."
"Oh stop worrying, Nik. I won't touch your new friend. I just want to get to know the girl. You boys have fun," She said and waved at Stefan and Klaus before leading me out the door.
Well, this wasn't what I expected to happen.
"So, why don't us girls do some real shopping," Rebekah said, climbing into the passenger seat of the SUV. This was Klaus' vehicle, but seeing as I was human and everyone else I was with, was vampires, I needed it more than they did.
I drove off to a clothing store near-by that Gloria had mentioned and we made our way inside.
Rebekah immediately started looking around, "Now this is better. At least I won't look like I'm trying to get every guy I see."
I smirked, "But aren't you trying to do that?"
"Only the cute ones," Rebekah said, wiggling her brows. "So how'd you meet my brother?"
"Supposedly, we met at the Mystic Grill, but I'm starting to wonder if we met sooner than that."
"What? You think he compelled you or something?" Rebekah asked, looking at a shirt she took off the rack.
I shrugged, truthfully unsure.
Stopping her searching, Rebekah turned to me, "Let's see." Her eyes focused on me the same way they do when they want to compel. "You remember meeting my brother, the real first time."
Nothing.
Shrugging I said, "Sorry, nothing. Compulsion doesn't work on me, unless your brother's doing it apparently. That and vampire blood doesn't heal me, but I'm thinking Klaus' does."
"Why all that?"
"Gloria has her thoughts," I said, focusing back on the clothes. I pulled out a few shirts and pants for Rebekah before heading to the changing rooms. I handed them to Rebekah before sitting and waiting for her.
Her voice could be heard through the curtain. "Well, I'm defiantly intrigued, and that's saying something."
Rebekah walked out wearing a red shirt, jean jacket, some tight black pants, and heels.
I nodded, "Now that looks good."
"Finally someone with some taste," Rebekah said and turned, looking in the mirror. "Well, whatever is going on, I hope my brother doesn't ruin it."
Yeah, me too.
Once we had our shopping done and Rebekah was changed into some more comfortable clothes, we headed to a warehouse where Stefan and Klaus were.
A few bodies laid around, dead, making me stop in my tracks for a moment before continuing in. Niklaus stood up from the floor, "Prefect timing. Aislinn, why don't we check on our witch, give these old love birds some alone time."
"Good luck," I said to Rebekah before turning and following Niklaus back out the door.
"Why do you want me around?"
"Like I said before, I like your company," Niklaus said, climbing into the driver seat and driving back to the bar.
As we climbed out of the vehicle and started to head towards Gloria's bar, I grabbed Niklaus' arm, stopping him. "Niklaus, wait. I talked with Gloria about this, thing that's been going on with me and how it connects to you. But I need you to be honest with me. The bar wasn't the first place we met, was it?"
Niklaus starred at me for a moment, he opened his mouth to speak only to stop as his eyes looked passed me. His face fell and he took a step to the side. Confusion filled me and I followed his eyes, "What? What's wrong?"
"Gloria's car is gone," He said and hurried inside with me to follow. We looked around, finding no sign of her.
"Damn it!" Klaus yelled, kicking a table across the room.
I shook my head, "She wouldn't just leave, Klaus."
"Well, she did," he said and stormed out of the bar in anger. I quickly followed him, jumping in the car before he could drive off without me. His knuckles were white with anger as he gripped the steering wheel.
When we arrived back at the warehouse, Stefan and Rebekah quickly looked up from their clearly intense conversation.
"Gloria's gone. She's cleared out. We need to find a new witch immediately." He, like me, noticed the intense conversation they two love birds were having. "What's going on?"
Rebekah walked over, "Something's wrong. He was asking about Michael. He's not with us, Nik. I can sense it."
Stefan shook his head, "She's wrong. Klaus..." Before he could finish, Klaus vamp-sped over and snapped Stefan's neck, surprising me and making me jump. Stefan's body dropped to the ground lifelessly before Klaus turned to me.
"It seems our vacation has ended. We're going back to Mystic Falls."