Open to: Mikaelson family/Significant Others
Elijah felt as if he had been punched in the gut. He couldn’t get to them in time. He had been too far away to reach them in time. But he had seen what Rebekah had seen. Had seen Klaus too close to the cage. He could feel his panic mounting at the thought of losing his brother, but apparently Rebekah had thought the same thing as the woman rushed to push Niklaus out of the way. But even he could see what was coming, could see that this would not end well. “REBEKAH NO!” Eljah screamed as he tried to rush to save her, but it was too late. His little sister, the most important woman in his life had fallen into the pits of hell screaming. He couldn’t even help her.
Sinking to his knees he could feel darkness envelop him. This was yet another way that he had failed his family over the years. He had failed to protect Klaus from Mikael has a child, which had turned him into this…angry bitter soul that stood before him today. He couldn’t prevent Klaus from daggering his sibblings whenever he had fits of anger, he hadn’t been able to protect Kol and Finn from the plotting of the Gilberts which had ultimately ended in their deaths. And now? Now he hadn’t been able to save Rebekah. She was gone and it was on him. His fault. He was useless, a horrible excuse for a man and a brother.
With a scream of rage he pounded his fist into the ground as he felt heart wrenching sobs rack his body. He thought briefly of turning off his emotions, but then he would no longer care that his sister was gone and he most definitely cared. He would care until his dying day that his sister had selflessly sacrificed herself to save the brother who had treated her so poorly over the years. Perhaps her sacrifice would finally be the thing that brought their broken family together. In Rebekah’s honor they should try.
Numbly he took out his phone to text Katerina with the simple message.
“We lost Rebekah. She sacrificed herself saving Klaus. She’s gone.”
Putting the phone away he looked up seeing if he could locate his family. He needed his family. Needed to ensure they were safe. Needed to hold onto all of them in this time of grief. He had to make sure Klaus knew it wasn’t his fault.