laissez les bon temps rouler//jackson kenner

2.20

Jack and I are laying in bed, my head on his chest. I look up at him and smile slightly. "I don't think we've had a quiet moment like this since Jolie was born."

I can feel Jack's chest rumble as he laughs. "I doubt that you've had many quiet moments in your life, El."

I laugh a little and sit up slightly to look at Jack. "I did have a few quiet moments. Klaus and I would go to Belaga in Malaysia. It was Nik's favorite artist's retreat. Back in the 17th century we would stay for years at a time. It was nice, we were surrounded by nature like when we were kids."

Jack smiles at me. "Why did you stop?"

I laugh slightly. "Belaga burned to the ground and Klaus responded in true Klaus fashion."

"He killed a bunch of people?" Jack asks.

I nod my head. "It's a shame Belaga really was beautiful. I even learned how to speak Malay from the locals."

Jack looks at me kind of surprised. "How many languages do you know?"

I smile. "Ten, if you want to count English." Jack looks at me expectantly. "Old Norse, French, Italian, Latin, English, Danish, Swahili, Spanish, Malay, German."

Jack smiles at me. "How did you learn all those?"

I chuckle. "I have had a thousand years." Jack blushes a little when he realizes he forgot how old I am. "A lot came from necessity. Everytime we moved to a new place we need to communicate."

Suddenly I can hear Jolie crying from the nursery. I get up but Jack stops me. "Stay. I've got her."

I smile at him as he gets up. I lay back down my head on the pillow. I close my eyes for a moment, feeling at peace.

Suddenly I hear Jack shout, "Get away from her!"

I rush into the room as I hear the sounds of thuds and what I can only assume is a struggle. As I step through the door to the nursery I narrowly avoid being hit by Jackson as he is thrown through the air and into the far wall in our bedroom. Looking up I see it is Bekah who has thrown Jack.

"Rebekah! What are you doing?" I shout at her.

I lunge at her to try and get her under control. She casts a pain infliction spell on me. I fall to my knees as I clutch my head. Jack runs through the door and tries to attack Bekah again. She casts a pain infliction spell on Jack as well. I can see him fall to his knees as he holds onto his neck. I can hear him choking. Bekah glares at both of us. I force my way through the spell. I use my claws to scratch a set of deep gashes into Bekah's thigh.

She screams out in pain, "AHHH!"

Bekah lets go of the spell and jumps out the window. I stumble over to Jolie's crib still recovering. Jack does the same. Jolie is sitting calmly in her crib, completely at ease. Jack and I look at each other concerned by what just occurred.

Jack and I meet up with Nik and Marcel in the study. I am holding a pair of the magic-cancelling manacles. "Niklaus you should really stop packing these away. There's always one family member or another in need of a good shackling." I hand the manacles to Marcel. "Find Rebekah, or Eva, or whoever the bloody hell that was, use these to stop her from doing magic. And don't hurt her. The non-psychopathic bits are still my sister."

Marcel looks worried. "Alright, I won't be the only one looking for her. She killed witch-kids. The twenty-four hour hold that Elijah got the covens to agree to? Ended at midnight. Every witch in the city is gonna be gunning for her."

Nik sighs before turning towards me. "Go to Elijah. Get him to charm his elderly witch into calling off the hunt."

I give him a look. "And leave Jolie? Don't you think I should stay here and protect my daughter?"