NOVEL NEXT Chapter 31: [30]
"Why...why did you save her...I could have been freed from this pain every lunar cycle it's torture, it's agony." Klaus looks at me with tears running down his face, as he shouts about being tortured, 'I didn't know you were actually in pain this whole time Klaus...I knew Esther was a cruel cunt...but to punish you like this...' I mutter a sigh in my mind.
"Niklaus... I'm about to tell...a closely guarded secret that can never be uttered again...before Bjorn married Tatia...Tatia tried to seduce me...it wouldn't have worked as I didn't care for her and the games she was playing with you and Elijah...but Lagertha convinced me to show her a good time and take her maidenhood." I start speaking and feel a sense of relief for finally getting this off my chest.
"I didn't find out until Tatia came to me and begged me to save our how many greats, great granddaughter..." I finish and Klaus looks at me gaping like a fish.
"B-but...you defiled her..." Klaus whispers softly, making me burst into laughter.
"Please...I only did what Katerina desired to have done to her." I wave Klaus off.
"Now do you understand why...?" I ask Klaus while trailing off and notice him nodding a bit absently...'Good fuck... honestly I only did it for the hope that it would ensure Hope was born in the future...wirh the whole breaking the curse thing.' I mutter in my mind feeling glad that Klaus bought my excuse.
"I-I, I you have my apologies brother...for trying to stab you and for trying to kill your descendant...can you forgive me...can you help me break my curse?" Klaus asks me softly.
"I forgive you Nik, and I wish I could break the curse that vile whore put you under...but even with my abilities there is just too much magic to siphon and it constantly reinforces itself thanks to the vampire spell." I reply to Klaus he cries some more we stand up and hug things out I say farewell to the siblings that even though they said they were leaving stuck around.
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"Haa, fucking pussy…" I sigh as I leave New Orleans with Gar walking beside me keeping his side pressed against mine while Rebekah tries to stealthily follow us from behind.
'I still can't believe that little spat was solved by that and hugging it out…' I mutter in my head.
"Come on Gar I want to introduce you to your new uncle…" I say softly as Garmr and I take off at full speed and run to the Caribbean.
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"Mama, was sad…and Papa…made her happy but now Papa is sad…I'm glad I'm not a two legger." Garmr says in a series of low sounds.
"I sad, Mama's gone…but happy I can be with Papa all the time again…the annoying pup follows though." Gar continues to talk to himself as he starts to run across the ocean beside Vidar.
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"What is that !?!" Jack shouts as Garmr and I jump onto the deck of the Black Pearl followed by Rebekah who tries to hide but I grab her arm and pull her close to me.
"The big fuzzball here is Garmr…but he prefers to be called Gar…" Gar growls at me softly, as I continue my introductions, "and this is my sister and former lover Rebekah Mikaelson…Garmr Rebekah this is Captain Jack Sparrow…the one who reminded me of what it was like to have siblings." I finish with a bit of jokiness in my voice as Jack just about drooled while looking at Bekah, and I took in Jack's crew noticing the familiar faces of Barbosa, Mr.Gibbs and the two stooges along with the monkey.
"I'm glad you returned when you did Vidar…we're close to the treasure." Jack mutters while looking at his compass.
I smile at Jack even as my heart twists as an image of myself plunging a stake into Jack and Lagertha's hearts.
"Vidar…Vi…Ser Mikaelson…HEY!" Jack shouts as he claps me on my shoulder and I react on sheer instinct as I grab him by his throat and slam him down onto the deck of the ship.
"My apologies Jack…you startled me…" I mutter an apology as I trail off.
"It's alright mate…rum?" Jack says gently as he pats my arm and I release him, and he sits up and offers me his water bladder filled with rum, though I can see genuine concern in his eyes as he studies me.
"Thanks Jack." I reply as I take the offered bladder and lift Jack to his feet, pull the cork out of said bladder and drain it dry in a couple of seconds.
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"Hey Blondie, why don't you come spend some time with me and I'll show you a real man." Barbosa says and I grab hold of him by the back of his neck, push him against the guard rail or the ship and rip off one of his legs.
"ANYONE TOUCH WHAT'S MINE WILL RECEIVE THIS A HUNDRED FOLD ! ! !" I shout as Barbosa screams and I turn him to face me and hold his face still as he struggles.
"Silence…" I command softly, as I grab a loose piece of timber and use telekinesis to roughly shape the wood into a leg press the wooden leg against the rough ripped flesh and chant a spell of bonding/graphing in Latin.
"Those who respect me, respect what's mine…and respect Captain Jack Sparrow, will be rewarded…those who don't will be punished." I growl softly.
"Rum for everyone…" Jack shouts and many of the crew hoot, though some stare at me in hate and fear.
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It takes us a month longer to find Cortes's gold and when we do the absolutely overpowering immortality curse nearly knocks me on my ass, and I just manage to pull Jack's hand back before he could touch it.
"No one touches this treasure…anyone that does will curse everyone here, with the worst type of immortality imaginable." I say to everyone though the one squirrely looking guy whose name is Turner…something or other that has his son on the ship with him…grabs a skull and crossbones coin.
"SHIT, EVERYONE JOIN HANDS ! ! !" I shout as I grab a hold of Jack and Gar.
"YOU HEARD HIM DO AS THE BLOODY BLOOD MONSTER COMMANDS ! ! !" Barbosa bellows as the flesh on his hand starts to melt away revealing white bone.
"Bekah, rest your hand against Gar!" I command urgently as I start siphoning the curse energy spreading from the treasure throughout Jack's crew.
It feels like an inferno is raging inside of me, I watch as my flesh melts off to reveal bone only to regrow itself constantly before I black out.
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My mind comes back to me as I enter mine and Lagertha's chambers, 'What...how am I here?' I internally ask as I pause in the doorway and just watch Lagertha sitting in front of the window the sunlight reflecting off of Lagertha's pale, flawless skin as Garmr rests his head in her lap.
'This is what home feels like…I never want to lose this feeling.' I mutter in my mind as my heart aches. 'Yet I killed the person who made Home...home.' I mutter in my mind as my eyes sting with unshed tears.
"Welcome home, My Husband." Lagertha turns and greets me with a facsimile of her old smile that could light up a room.
"It's good to be home, my wife…I miss you so damn much," I reply to Lagertha my face twisting to reflect the agony that I feel inside. "Garmr…I'm home," I say to Gar who doesn't even turn his head to look at me. 'Gar must be really mad at me for being gone so long he's not even acknowledging me.' I sigh in my mind.
"Come my lovely Lagertha, I have a surprise for you." I say and motion with my hand and I wave my other hand over a secret compartment, that reveals 7 intricately carved white oak stakes with each of our names carved into them with runes, each stake spelled to only work on the ones whose name is on it.
'No...No, Stop it, STOP IT, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN ! ! !' I beg in my mind but my body and mouth keep moving of their own accords.
I remove mine and Lagertha's and when she walks over to me I press my stake into her hand.
"Husband?" Lagertha asks me in shock.
"I believe it's time…we should have fallen in battle long ago…I know you hate this life and long for the days when battles held real risk for you." I whisper to Lagertha as I cup her face in my hand and kiss her fully.
"Thank you for being so selfless and staying by my side, my beautiful Shieldwife." I say as I break the kiss.
"Vidar." Lagertha expresses as her eyes grow misty and I take her hand and lead her outside where my warriors await us armored and armed ready for battle, I draw my sword and Shadousuri hands Lagertha her weapons as I speed to the other side of the battle grounds.
"Come my Wife show me the Valkyrie of old, the one that stole my heart and has kept it safe all these centuries!" I shout and watch as a true real smile splits across Lagertha's face.
Lagertha's happy laugh echoes across the field and a real smile splits across my face as Lagertha charges the line of my sired warriors.
Lagertha crashes into the line of the warriors from our old village, she shreds them like they are fodder, limbs, heads and everything flies across the battlefield.
Leaving Lagertha staring at me a bloodthirsty smile on her face as she's covered in blood.
"Come my Husband…show me a real warrior of old." Lagertha teases me gently as we engage in battle, we dance around one another Lagertha blocks every swipe of my sword.
As he shield and ax finally disintegrate, I throw my sword to Shadousuri, and draw Lagertha's white oak stake, as she brings out mine, Lagertha and I grapple each other.
Our punches create sonic waves, divots form in the earth, and I feel the press of Lagertha's stake against my chest as we interlock with one another mine, I can feel spreading her ribcage apart and I fall to my knees cradling Latherga to my chest.
"No." I whisper as my eyes sting and distort with tears and Lagertha pulls the stake for me away from my chest.
"You have my apologies my Husband, but as your Shieldwife…I can't take your life." Lagertha whispers to me as she cups my cheek, her face slowly becoming gray with blue veins starting to rise underneath her flesh.
'Nooooooo!' I cry out in my mind over having to relive this moment again.
"Thank you my love for granting me a good death." Lagertha whispers to me as I look into her beautiful blue eyes, as the stake in her chest ignites in flames, and consumes her the fire burning me feels like a soothing balm as I roar into the sky.
The world goes black and I find myself standing back in the doorway to mine and Lagertha's chambers…only there is someone new…waiting for me alongside Lagertha.
"Vi!" Freya shouts as she runs over to me like a blonde missile and hugs me… "Vi…why?" Freya asks me and I look down to see my hand through Freya's chest, I hold Freya's still beating heart in my hand, feel the hot blood become frigid against the flesh of my hand.
I fall to my knees holding Freya in my arms, as she chokes on her own blood, Freya looks up at me staring into my eyes, her beautiful blue eyes are filled with betrayal,"I love you...Vidar...Always and Forever." Freya coughs splattering my face with her blood, I hold Freya until her corpse becomes cold, 'No no no, bring her back bring her back!' I shout in my mind as my body continues to walk away from Freya's corpse...holding Lagertha's hand as I lead her outside, Lagertha…and I have our fight and I stake her.
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I give up on trying to count how many times I kill, Freya…Gar…Jack and Lagertha…but it's somewhere in the thousands….no matter what I do I can't stop I can't die it just resets with the final death of those who I love most…over and over again.
"RAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH ! ! !" I roar as I finally feel myself break...