“You need to wake up because I can’t do this without you.”
Missing scene for 2x06 or 2x07 when Klaus has taken Elijah back but hasn't been able to wake him up yet
The room was too silent, the only sounds the soft ticking of the clock and Elijah’s regular slow breathing.
“Elijah,” Klaus said, sitting on the edge of the bed, eyes tracing the familiar features of his brother. “You have to wake up.”
There was no change in Elijah’s breathing, no sign at all that Elijah might finally return to the waking world. It was frustrating, but more than that, it was worrying. Their mother had done some magic to Elijah, and Klaus didn’t know how to save him from it.
“Brother,” he called again, but the result was the same.
Setting his jaw, he touched the side of Elijah’s face, finding his brother’s skin clam and cold.
“Elijah,” he whispered. “I know you must be able to hear me, wherever you are. You need to come back.”
On the bed, Elijah’s brow frowned slightly, as if his sleep was disturbed.
Encouraged, Klaus shuffled closer, and leaned forward until he could press his forehead against Elijah’s, opening his mind to his brother’s.
Brother, he whispered, the word echoing in his mind. Hear me and come back to us. We need you.
He hesitated, then continued. You need to wake up, because I can’t do this without you. There are too many enemies coming for us and I need you by my side.
He felt rather than saw the shiver that went through Elijah as Klaus’s words slid past whatever mental barriers his brother might usually have up.
And just for a moment he was inside Elijah’s mind. There was a flash of a dark forest stretching out for miles and the threat of things lurking in the dark, but no Elijah anywhere. Lightning flashed, illuminating the forest and the large pines all around them.
And then he was back in the bedroom.
Klaus opened his eyes, his heart racing, caught by some terror he couldn’t quite explain, but he knew was not entirely his own. His forehead was still pressed against Elijah’s and his brother was afraid.
It made something in Klaus’s stomach squirm, to feel his brother’s fear. Elijah was always this composed creature. Sure, Klaus knew full well that it was a facade his brother had constructed, hiding the monster that lurked underneath. But even when he lost control, Klaus had rarely seen Elijah scared.
He pulled away, more shaken than he was willing to admit. Elijah wouldn’t be waking on his own, that much was obvious. Klaus would have to find another way to get through to his brother, because it seemed that as much as he needed Elijah, at the moment, his brother needed Klaus more.
