Part 20 : Civil war

- We had an agreement. And a big part of it was that you would not hurt or kill anyone from Beacon Hills ! You lied and you broke your promise. says Scott, angry at the Mikaelson, standing in front of him, clueless.

Two days ago, I hacked into the sheriff station data base to get information on the "mass-murder at the high school" case, find out if there was any lead yet, other than the stupid mountain line attack. And it wasn't my surprise to intercept an emergency call to all units from a deputy about another mass-murder. It was in the woods, a dozen bodies drained of their blood, just like the first time. I don't like to jump to conclusions, but when I told Scott and the others, we immediately convened the Originals to the Hale loft for a meeting.

- And we kept our word. I don't like to joke with my honor, Isabelle knows it. says Elijah, offended by that accusation.

- We need your help to find my daughter's killer and we weren't just gonna throw it away for a little human blood. says Hayley, indignant.

- It wasn't human blood. intervenes Stiles.

- What are you talking about ? suddenly asks Liam, panicked.

I know my boyfriend has some werewolf friends that aren't part of the pack.

- It was Satomi's pack. continues Stiles, sorry.

- Is Brett...

- No they're dead.

Brett must've been the friend from his old school, Devonfort Prep, that he told me about.

- Satomi, Brett and Laurie are dead. I'm so sorry Liam. Parrish didn't know the other victims so they're the only ones he identified ; he's the one I got on the phone. And we obviously don't need to wait for the autopsy report to come out because we already know what they're gonna find : twelve victims, twelve werewolves, all drained of their blood.

- We didn't have anything to do with this ! And you know how much I like to brag about this kind of things, don't you ? says Kol, irritated.

- I'm starting to know him and that's kinda true. My babe's always bragging about something, anything ! So you can be damn sure if he was behind this second massacre, he wouldn't be hiding out. says Malia.

We all noticed a while after the Originals got in town, Malia was more than friendly with Kol the psychopath ; and another while later they admitted to the whole crew they were seeing each other. Kol was always the one I liked the least, too arrogant for me. And I was dating Nick, so it's a statement.

- They've killed thousands of people ! For them, twelve more or twelve less ain't gonna make a difference ! It matches their profile perfectly !

- We didn't do anything ! We honored our hand of the bargain and for now you have been of no use at all in the search for Hope's murderer ! screams Elijah.

- Well that's a good thing cause the deal's off ! No more common ground ! We want you out of this town, right now ! screams Scott too.

- Scott, we can't beat them, they're Originals. whispers Liam.

- A werewolf bite can put some of them down, and for the rest we have Izzy, Lydia and I asked Allison to make vervain bullets and wooden arrows. whispers Scott even if he knows the Mikaelsons can perfectly hear him.

- We're also angrier. I add, challenging them. I also know no less than four guys who have been waiting to kick Nick's ass since the second you got here. I say, refering to my brothers Isaac and Scott, and Liam and Theo.

Rebekah wasn't there, and neither were Cora or Dereck. But no need to call them because one less Original vampire gives us one hell of an advantage. And I think they just realized that.

Klaus and the rest of the vampires are on one side of the big room and Scott, me and the rest of the pack is on the other. We all get ready to fight, claws and fangs out. I feel kinda bad for Malia, she has to fight her own boyfriend ; even if she obviously doesn't want to, her loyalty lays with the pack and she has the obligation to fight with us no matter what. So Malia and Kira, who often practice together and are getting very good in their duo strategy, take on Hayley, angry mama Hayley. Then, Scott and Liam fight Elijah. Theo tries to kick Kol's ass with the help of Lydia. And finally Isaac, Liam and myself are going after Klaus.

Allison later comes back with her "vampire" arrows made of wood and vervain and starts shooting them all over the room, trying to hit one of the Mikaelsons, wich is everything but easy because of their supernatural speed that is superior to the werewolves's, and she is not familiar with vampire hunting as she is with werewolf hunting because of her dad. Stiles is hiding out with Corey and Mason and they become invisible with the help of Corey's power.

Suddenly, the two persons missing from this fight, one from the pack, the other from the Originals ; walk into the room to stop the madness. That's right Cora and Rebekah finally joined the party. Lydia senses they need to end it now so she screams with her banshee voice :

- STOOOOOOP !

Everybody with a supernatural earing, so everybody in the house, cover their ears and fall on their knees so much the scream was powerful.

- Thank you. says Rebekah to the welling woman before her.

- It wasn't them. It wasn't the Mikaelsons. adds Cora.

- What are you talking about, Core ? I ask, mistrustful.

- We had nothing to do with it, I promise. says Bekah. But we can think of someone who could have.

- Who ? asks Scott.

- Caroline Forbes.

I feel like I'm falling into a precipice and nobody's catching me. I'm just falling. I try to scream but no one hears a thing. My mouth doesn't open, the words won't come out. I need to tell them. All of them, I need to tell them the truth. It's now or never.

- You think she's still upset about that ? asks Klaus.

He knows ! Oh my god, he knows and hasn't said a thing ! Does that mean it doesn't matter to him ?

- How could she be upset at all ? She's dead !

- What are you talking about ?

- The fact that I killed her. What are you talking about ?

- The fact that I broke up with her to get back together with you but you were already gone ! For sure the fact that you KILLED her, didn't help !

- When ? When did you break up with her ?

- I don't remember !

- You remember everything.

He sighs.

- July, thirteenth, 2017.

- I left earlier.

- I know, because when I went looking for you, you weren't there !

- And I didn't come back to kill her, either !

- Wait Iz, you killed someone ? asks Liam, stunned.

- Not now Dumbar. says Theo who already knew about this.

- It's Dunbar.

- So how could... She was a vampire, wasn't she ? I ask, a tear rolling down my cheek.

- I didn't turn her !

- I... Think I did.

- Kol ?!

- Look, there was this night I couldn't control myself. She was pretty, she was human and she was bleeding out because she fell while riding her bycicle to the house. So I obviously jumped on her to suck the bloody life out of her body, but then I remembered it was Caroline and you were gonna dagger me if anything happend to her, especially after Camille.

- Dagger ? asks Lydia.

- Don't ask. says Rebekah.

- Camille ? asks Isaac.

- Dead ex-girlfriend. I answer.

- So I healed her with my blood and erased her memory.

- And your blood was still in her system when I went to her house, half drunk, to have a fun little chat with her about her ruining my life ! That ended pretty baddly as you could've guessed. I add.

- So Caroline is a vampire. The thing is, I saw her, I spent time with her after you were gone, after she was dead ! I would've felt it.

- Not if your feelings towards her were darkening your perspective. I notice.

- So our guess is that she's behind it ? But behind what, actually ? screams Elijah.

Hayley takes his hand to comfort him. Not knowing what happend to their daughter is eating them up.

- Behind the werewolves mass-murder. To hurt me and my family. Behind Hope's murder. To hurt you and your family. I tell Klaus. I made her a vampire, but you, you broke her heart.

- Actually, she seems to be more mad at you because I broke her heart to get yours back !

- Yeah ! That's why you first thought it was Scott who killed Hope ! You should've killed him wich would've hurt Izzy. And when that failed, there was Satomi's pack. We thought it was you so we were gonna fight you, you would've beaten us and killed us but not Izzy, because of your bond with her ; wich would've hurt her too. says Stiles.

Scott and Alli always told me Stiles had this ability, barely supernatural really, to figure out everything before anyone else ! They were right.

Suddenly, the door shuts down. And that perfectly brushed blond hair I hadn't seen in about three years, comes into the loft.