Alex brings the mug to her lips and takes a sip from the hot chocolate, she sat in a restaurant waiting for her breakfast to be brought as she wasn't in the mood to make her own, she places the mug down on the table and turns the page of the book in her hands, it wasn't long before she felt a presence sitting across from her, without needing to look up she knew who it was.
"Elijah," Alex says.
"Alex..." Elijah says, he wasn't used to calling her Alex, it was something he had to get used to.
"What exactly brings you here?" Alex asks.
"I was in the neighbourhood," Elijah says. "I had heard this place has excellent service." Alex chuckles as she closes her book, she looks up at him as she places the book on the table.
"Why are you really here?" Alex asks, Elijah takes in a deep breath.
"I do not know what you are, and I do not entirely trust you." Elijah begins, but Alex was quick to cut him off.
"You don't trust me at all," Alex says. "Well, not after last night."
"Can you blame me?" Elijah questions. "You disappeared entirely in 2010, and all of a sudden you are here in New Orleans." He looks around them, needing to be sure nobody was listening to their conversation. "Not to mention that you have black wings with horns on them and glowing blue eyes."
"Yet, here you are," Alex says. "Because you're desperate, you need help with something." Elijah lets out a sigh. "But you're not sure if you can trust me enough."
"I can not shake this feeling that you might just be the answer to our problems at the moment," Elijah says, Alex picks up the mug of hot chocolate. "I have told you about my family's history, how we can be killed."
"It does ring a bell," Alex says, she brings the mug to her lips and takes a sip from it.
"Niklaus had made for Rebekah, a small white horse, carved from the white-oak tree," Elijah says. "It was taken from our home last night." Alex nods her head as she places the mug down on the table. "Yes, I am desperate because I fear it might fall into the wrong hands." Alex crosses her arms over her chest.
"And why exactly should I help you?" Alex asks. "I mean, you didn't exactly help me when you offered."
"Can we please have this discussion another time?" Elijah says, he looks around them once again. "Perhaps when we are in a more private area."
"Why hasn't Klaus staked Camille yet? There are people that have done far less than she has, and they're all dead." Alex asks.
"He cares about her," Elijah says. "Aurora thought it would be a fun little game to turn Camille into a vampire."
"She must learn how to control her newly found abilities," Alex says, she uncrosses her arms and picks up the mug. "Before someone kills her."
"Klaus claims he has her under control," Elijah says, Alex takes a sip from her hot chocolate.
"And we both know he had no control over her." Alex states. "She has the white-oak in her possession." Elijah nods his head. "I can sense the distress coming for you, now I don't know who Aurora is or who the Strix are, but they're causing trouble, not just for me, but for everyone else." Alex stood from the chair placing the mug down on the table. "And your first creation, Aya, threatened me, I don't respond too kindly to threads, Elijah." She picks up her book, tucking it underneath her arm. "You owe me breakfast, considering my food is about to arrive."
"I shall pay for your breakfast." Elijah offers.
"I'm so glad to hear you offering, but you were going to pay for it nonetheless," Alex says, she exits the restaurant leaving Elijah with her breakfast and the bill.
•••
"CAMILLE! CAMILLE!" Klaus yells, he held a duffle bag in his hands filled with dark objects.
"They're not going to hear you." Alex says as she approaches him, Klaus turns around to look at Alex. "Someone's burning sage, can't you smell it?"
"They're in danger." Klaus states, he turns around and slams his hands against the invisible barrier.
"Don't worry, I'll go get them," Alex says, she steps over the barrier line and walks into the building where they were, she steps inside and walks down a hallway hearing talking, she quickens her pace and arrives in a room just as something or someone disappears, Camille laid on the ground with a horrified look on her face. "Who was that?"
"She took it," Camille says. "She took the white-oak." Alex takes hold of Camille's jacket and pulls her to her feet.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?" Alex asks, she glances at Vincent before pulling Camille out of the building and towards Klaus.
"Where is it?" Klaus asks when he spots them, Alex pushes Camille towards Klaus.
"Please, do tell him, Camille," Alex says, Klaus takes hold of her upper arm.
"Where is it, Camille?" Klaus asks.
"Somebody took it," Camille says, rage could be seen in Klaus's eyes as he releases Camille's arm, Vincent walks out of the building and towards them holding his head.
"You do realize this is your doing? Your attempt to manipulate me played right into our enemies hands." Klaus barks out.
"And I'm sorry," Camille says.
"You do realize that sorry won't stop their enemies, right?" Alex says. "If they die, every vampire in existence will die as well." Alex looks up at Klaus. "Elijah and I were speaking about this earlier, you have no control over her, Klaus, you're wrapped around her finger." Klaus glares down at her, but he knew she was telling the truth. "You need to control her, locker her up or something."
"Hey, who are you to say what he has to do with me?" Camille asks, clearly upset, Alex looks at Camille.
"You're out of control, look what you've caused," Alex says. "You practically handed the only weapon that can kill them into their enemies hands, because you wanted to manipulate him," Camille growls at her. "You want to do what his enemies have failed to do, how did it work out for you?"
"You have no right, you don't know me," Camille says.
"I know everything about you, Camille," Alex says. "When you were born, who raised, and so much more."
"Camille, you don't want to pick a fight with her." Vincent says, he could sense the amount of power radiating from Alex. "She's too powerful."
"Listen to the witch," Alex says, Camille hisses at Alex showing her bravery, Alex's eyes turn blue giving her a warning.
"I'm not scared of someone with blue glow sticks for eyes," Camille says, clearly not receiving the warning.
"Stop it." Klaus says, he looks between Camille and Alex. "Both of you." Klaus takes notice of Vincent beginning to take his leave. "And where do you think you're going?" Vincent turns around to look at Klaus as Alex's eyes return to her normal colour.
"I'm going to try to locate the witch," Vincent says.
"Well then, by all means, please go, attend to your task," Klaus says, Vincent leaves not wanting to argue with Klaus, Camille begins to follow Vincent but Klaus grabs her forearm. "You, however, are not leaving my sight."
"You two probably have a lot to talk about," Alex says, she walks past Klaus, but he grabs her upper arm, stopping her.
"Where do you think you're going?" Klaus asks, Alex rips her arm out from his grasp showcasing her strength.
"Home, I'm hungry, I haven't eaten all day," Alex says. "And I don't exactly like having all these eyes on me." Alex looks around her at all the ghosts staring at her. "It's unpleasant."
"Oh, don't tell me you can see ghosts now," Camille says. "You need a therapist."
"Your uncle and your brother says hi," Alex says, Camille looks up at her shocked. "Now, excuse me."
•••
Alex enters her apartment and saw Kol anxiously pacing around the living room, he looks up as soon as he heard the door close.
"You took your time getting home," Kol says, he walks up to Alex.
"Now it's our home?" Alex questions.
"Now is not the time to play smart," Kol says, Alex lets out a sigh as she removes her jacket.
"Please, Kol, do share what is bothering you," Alex says.
"It's Davina... she's accepted The Strix offer."