Chapter 9: Loophole Hybrids.

"Jasmine." An unsteady voice called out to Jazz as she lay on a musty bed in a one-room shack. Her eye fluttered open and Jasmine was greeted by the familiar face of Tyler Lockwood.

She groaned and sat up. "What is this place?"

"The armpit of Louisiana." He said.

Jasmine was confused. The ache in her head and gap in her memory was proof enough though. "You ambushed me?" She asked affronted.

Tyler nodded. "I'd say nothing personal but.." Jasmine tried to send a stinging hex his way but her magic felt dormant, it was only then that she noticed the shackles around her wrists and zip ties around her feet. Tyler pulled a knife from his pocket and Jasmine felt a small prick fear. Something that she didn't like.

"Put that away, Tyler. We both know it would do you no good."

"I will. Depending on you." He said slowly and his eyes flickered to another person in the shack. Jasmine followed his gaze and saw the back of another woman lay across from her. Dark hair draped across her back. "And her."

"And who might she be?" Jazz all but growled. She didn't recognise her but then again. Even she didn't have the power to recognise someone from the back of their head.

Under different circumstances, Jasmine would have been able to sense the person with her magic. People she knew had a feeling of familiarity.

"She is the reason I'm here. Or so I thought."

The girl groaned grabbing their attention, rolling over onto her back and sitting up. Jasmine's eyes widened.

"So you have a thing for pregnant girls. Merlin, Tyler. You've changed a lot since Mystic Falls." Jasmine rolled her eyes.

The girl looked at him with anger. She too was zip tied but to the shack itself.

"What the hell, Tyler?!" She shouted and Tyler rolled his eyes before taking his knife and cutting the zip ties at the girl's feet.

"Jasmine. This is Hayley. Hayley, Jasmine." Tyler introduced them as if it were a founder's ball. "You're both having the same guy's baby." He smiled widely before leaving the shack.

Jasmine's face fell before her eyes widened to look at the girl. A similar expression danced across Hayley's.

"You're Jasmine Potter?!" She asked her eyes wide and terror in them.

"I am." Jazz said plainly, the anger inside her bubbling dangerously. The only thing keeping her magic from exploding was the shackles. But there was also hurt and pain. If Tyler is telling the truth, this girl was pregnant with Nik's baby. "I need you to tell me what he meant." The calm in her voice, hiding the storm within.

Hayley nodded and sighed. She had hoped to stay off the Original Radar.

-x-

Marcel was holding one of his nightly escapades when Elijah and Klaus walked into the Abattoir.

"Klaus." Marcel smiled before seeing the angry looks on both faces. "What can I help you with?"

"You can tell us where Jasmine is," Nik growled. Both brothers were sure it had to be Marcel who had taken her.

But after hearing the news, Marcel's was as confused as the Priest was when he was questioned.

"I'm sorry but I haven't seen her. Though D did mention she hadn't been by today." Marcel said. But neither original was in the mood.

"Well. You're the self-proclaimed King of New Orleans. Use your little amateur army to find her." Elijah snapped and Marcel glared.

"So give her to us now, or we will skin everybody here. Starting with you." Nik growled.

"You two got a lot of nerve, coming into my home and making demands."

"Your home, is it?" Klaus' false smile looked more like a snarl in that moment.

Marcel sighed and shook his head, "I ain't got her. And before you start whining bout how you don't believe me. Look around. Hell, I'll even help you find her. But the question that I'd ask is: if Jasmine isn't here, then where is she?."

-x-

Jasmine was sat staring at the wall in front of her. She and Hayley had been in silence for a while now. Hayley had confirmed what Tyler had said and explained that once she found out she was pregnant she started to hide out in a shack in the bayou. For hers and her babies protection. Klaus has many enemies. None of which made Jazz feel any better.

The silence was rudely cut when Tyler came back in the room with bottles of water and some sandwiches.

"Wow. You must be the nicest kidnapper ever." Hayley said. The sarcasm dripping from her words.

"You've come a long way from the girl I've met in the Appalachians, helping other werewolves," Tyler said with his own false smile.

"Tyler, I'm sorry, but a lot has happened since the last time I saw you."

"You mean that you're pregnant? A hybrid baby, yeah, I know all about it. I know all about both of you. I've been roaming around the Bayou, asking questions." He said passing both of them their designated rations.

"This is not happening," Jasmine muttered to herself.

Tyler ignored her and went on, "Let me tell you what I learned!" He walked over to Hayley and pointed to the small moon shaped mark on her back. Jasmine watched, trying to calm herself down. "This crescent birthmark means you come from a big-shot family. Some kind of royalty for the werewolves of this region. And right here, in this little clearing. This is all that's left of them."

As he said that, Jasmine saw a small blonde woman walk quickly past the door.

Hayley spotted her too and started trying to get her attention.

"Hey!" she shouted and Jasmine groaned. "Hey! Help us!"

"They won't, Hayley," Jasmine said plainly.

"They can't help you! They're in the woods, hiding because they were persecuted for decades by vampires." Tyler said.

Jasmine was focusing less on Tyler and his reasoning and not won her escape plan. Just as she was contemplating whether or not to take Hayley with her two huge men made their way into the rundown shack. Jasmine watched them like a hawk.

-x-

Klaus and Elijah watched intently as Sabine waved her hands over the map containing Nik's blood.

As the spell progressed the blood began to vibrate before beginning to move in a straight line towards the Bayou.

"She's in the backcountry. Way up past Houma, deep in the Bayou." Sabine confirmed their thoughts.

"I don't suppose you could be more precise?" Elijah asked, an edge to his voice. Neither brother was in the mood to waste time traipsing around the Bayou, but Klaus saw no other option.

"What's the matter, Elijah? You're worried a bit of splashing about in the bog might ruin your expensive shoes?" Klaus asked a slight smirk.

"As a matter of fact, after my recent confinement, I could use a decent stroll through the countryside." Elijah conceded.

"There are stories of exiled werewolves, encampments, though I can't see why a witch would be in those parts, that's where I'd start," Sabine suggested, a movement on the map caused her to gasp slightly. Drawing the attention of both brothers back to the map. "Somebody else related to you is out there."

"Could it not just be representing both babies?" Elijah asked and Sabine shook her head.

"No matter how many babies in utero, they show up as one because they share the same blood, otherwise the mother would show too. No, there is someone else with your blood out there other than Jasmine."

Elijah and Nik shared a look.

"I'll call Rebekah, you call Kol."

Elijah nodded and they both went to work.

-x-

Jasmine and Hayley sat in silence as Tyler left to talk to his lackeys.

Jasmine was trying her hardest not to stare out the werewolf in front of her.

"It's not what you think, you know," Hayley said cutting through the silence.

Jasmine laughed, no humour whatsoever. "You can't even begin to fathom what is going through my head."

"Klaus didn't cheat on you," Hayley said plainly. She did not want to be on the bad side of this woman. "We had a one night stand before you. Though it was obvious he had a thing for someone else."

Jasmine mulled over her words before signing. "Whilst that does make me feel slightly better," Jasmine said. "We're still stuck here and you're still carrying my boyfriends baby. I may be a witch but I'm still human. It still hurts."

"We're going to get out of here," Hayley said, though the complete lack of faith in her own words wasn't comforting to Jazz.

"I know we will. Nik won't rest till I'm found." Jasmine smiled. "Then we'll all talk."

Hayley nodded though there was slight fear dancing across her face.

"Don't worry. Nik would never hurt his own blood and if this is all true, then we'll figure this out." Jasmine was trying to think rationally. Though the anger was still bubbling.

Not long after Tyler can back into the shack, his wolf friends with him.

"Tyler, there's been a wolf watching me lately. Protecting me, like it instinctively knows that I'm part of its pack." She said wearily. "You're a hybrid, you can turn into a wolf whenever you want... Was it you?"

"No, but you're right. Only hybrids can control when they change. And I'm the only one left besides Klaus. Which is why we're here."

"You are an even bigger idiot than I remember." Jasmine chuckled. "If you hurt me, they'll come for you. If you hurt her. I will come for you."

"What makes you think I'm afraid to die?" He asked a smirk on his face.

Jasmine glared. "Who said anything about dying?"

Tyler blanched but held himself. He turned to Dwayne, "You ready for this?"

The bigger wolf nodded, "Let's do it."

Tyler pulled out an empty syringe and gestured for Dwayne and his other wolf friend toward Hayley.

"Tyler, please. NO! Tyler!" She begged and Jasmine began to try and fight against her bindings.

"Don't you dare hurt her." Jasmine hissed.

"Klaus destroyed everything good in my life!" He snapped back. "So, I'm gonna take away the thing he wants most!"

Tyler pulled up Hayleys top and jammed the syringe into her stomachs, the girl screamed as her old friend drew blood.

Jasmine and to Hayley watched him in horror, as he turned to Dwayne and inject the blood into his friend's neck before snapping his neck.

Jasmine's stomach dropped as the realization crept in.

Tyler turned to Jasmine and pulled out a new syringe, "Your turn."

-x-

"Don't get all judgy! They knew what they were getting into. They volunteered!" Tyler said and Jasmine rolled her eyes.

"For you to kill them?." Hayley asked.

"They're not dead, Hayley." Jazz said softly. Tyler looked at Jasmine slightly impressed. She had caught on quick.

"She's right. Dwayne is a werewolf who died with your blood in his system. Same blood you share with your hybrid baby."

"You're trying to turn them into hybrids. That's impossible!" Hayley said looking to Jazz for confirmation but the witch just shrugged. They'd soon know.

"I've been running with wolf packs all over the country. One of them was tight with a witch. She had nightmare visions about your babies and how Klaus could use their blood to make an army of hybrid slaves."

"I'm so sick of these witches." Jasmine sighed. "Making demon predictions about my babies."

Hayley and Tyler both turned to look at Jasmine.

"Babies?" Hayley asked slightly disturbed.

Jasmine's eyes widened before she laughed a bit, "Don't worry, I'm not planning on stealing your baby. I'm having twins."

"Great," Tyler said sarcasm dripping from his word. "Another spawn of Satan to add to the growing pack."

Hayley snapped. "They're just babies!"

"Maybe. Maybe not. That's where Dwayne comes in. You see, he was happy to be the test case. If you haven't noticed, these people don't have much to live for. They'd all welcome the chance to become the superior species. Trouble is, all hybrids are sired to Klaus. They follow his every move." Tyler pulled a knife out of his duffle and placed it on the table in front of them. "No way I'd let that happen."

"How can you be so sure Klaus knows what these babies blood will do?" Hayley asked.

"He doesn't," Jasmine added.

"Are you so sure? This is the man you've known for barely half a year. Klaus Mikaelson, killer of men, women and puppies, all of a sudden wants to be a daddy? Or, he's got an ulterior motive. Hybrids can walk in the sun. Their bite is lethal to vampires. They'll take over New Orleans by the end of the week. And you know what's going to stop Klaus then? Nothing."

Hayley looked sick. Jasmine was angry. She hasn't felt this way since Elena. Or even Bellatrix. It was building in her chest.

Dwayne gasped, waking up in transition. Confirming Tyler's theory, if it wasn't true, Dwayne wouldn't have woken up. The other wolf wasn't far behind. They were both in transition.

"You're gonna have to feed on them," Tyler said as though it was an everyday thing. He took the knife and made a cut on Hayley's neck, then made to move for Jasmine.

"Absolutely not!" She seethed. "Hayley has healing abilities. I don't. Use my wrist." She lifted up her arms and Tyler looked perplexed but agreed and cut her arm. The newly turned wolves started drinking.

Jazz watched in horror as the transformation was completed, they thrashed around and broke things, barely keeping it together, Tyler pulled them out of the shack. It had worked. Tyler was right.

Both hers and Hayley's children could make hybrids. All three men left the cabin.

Jasmine used a piece of her shirt she has ripped off to wrap around her wound to stop the bleeding. "Hayley, try and reach that knife," Jasmine said hurriedly.

The poor girl tried but she was too far away.

"The chair," Jasmine said gesturing to the broken piece for furniture, Dwayne had stumbled into.

Hayley grabbed a large piece and his it, sharing a look with Jasmine who took a deep breath and smiled. "We're not dying here today."

Moments later Tyler returned alone, a dower look on his face.

"It worked, didn't it? They're hybrids." Hayley asked.

"If Klaus gets those kids. He wins."

"Then help me hide the baby from him," Hayley begged and Jasmine just sighed. Hayley was grasping at straws. "Help me run!"

"He'll find you, he'll take your kid away, and he'll make more hybrid monsters. Slaves who do everything he says." He said picking up the knife again. "And besides that's only one of my problems solved. Jasmine will never leave him."

"Tyler, whatever you're thinking of doing, there has to be another way. You're not like this!." Hayley tried to talk sense into him, but Tyler only walked closer to her. Hayley took this as her chance and plunged the stake into his stomach.

It stopped Tyler, but only momentarily. "That was stupid."

Jasmine sat up and despite all her trying, she could get her hands free.

"Hayley." She gasped as Tyler moved towards her once again.

Dwayne came back into the shack, a scandalized look on his face. "Get away from her." He said to Tyler.

"Dwayne, he's gonna kill me! And he's gonna kill you, too! He said that hybrids are too dangerous to live! You need to stop him!" Hayley said and the newly changed Hybrid pounced on Tyler, making him drop the knife.

Hayley grabbed it in the commotion and cut herself free. She looked over to Jasmine, a slight fight in her eyes, before signing and running over to her. She cut the ties off of Jasmine's feet and then moved to the handcuffs.

"Leave them!" Jazz said. " We need to go."

She grabbed Hayley's arm and pulled her from the shack and they both began running as far and as fast as their bodies could take them.

They ran and leapt over fallen trees, hand in hand. Snapping twigs not caused by their own feet caused them to stop and hide behind the nearest tree.

Jasmine gestured for her to be quiet.

Hayley nodded and readied her weapon. Someone was approaching, Hayley closed her eyes and braced herself.

Her reflexes were fast, but not as fast as Elijah's. He stopped knife an inch away from his throat, a delicate but strong grip on Hayley's arm. He let go once he knew she was no threat.

"Elijah." Jasmine sighed before running to hug him. She took a breath before releasing him.

"No hugs for me, love?" Nik was behind him. Jasmine smiled and went to hug him, before remembering the other person in their company. The feelings of anger resurfacing. She stopped just short of his open arms.

"Nik, Tyler.." She said trying not to look him in the eyes.

"I know love, I caught his stench in an abandoned car off the side of the road." He said, not understanding her reluctance to hug him. "Who is your friend?" He asked, the other woman was standing just out of sight behind Elijah.

Jasmine laughed shaking her head, "Her name is Hayley. I think you two know each other."

Hayley came into view and Nik's eyes were drawn to her stomach. The Hybrid drew in a sharp breath and Jasmine turned away from him, holding her head in her hands.

"Hayley," Nik said his shock evident.

"Tyler wanted to end all of your offspring." Jasmine sighed. Trying to keep her cool. She turned to Elijah and held up her shackled hand. "Would you mind?"

Even though the older original brother was very confused, he obliged with a nod and small smile.

Hayley was terrified. Klaus hadn't taken his eyes off of her stomach. She had heard the stories. He didn't want him to erupt.

The clang of Jasmine's shackles hitting floor pulled them both out of their trances.

"Jasmine, I.," Nik said edging closer to her.

"It's fine Nik, Hayley explained it all. I just need some time to.." Jasmine stopped, keeling over. Pain radiating throughout her body. She screamed dropping to her knees.

She felt like she was going to explode.

Her magic was about to erupt.

Nik grabbed Jasmine holding her shoulder, "What wrong love, is it the babies."

Jasmine groaned and gritted her teeth, "Elijah take Hayley somewhere safe. Not the plantation."

She used what strength she had left to apparate to the foyer. She jumped up and ran out into the back garden as fast as she could. Nik followed behind her as she collapsed to her knee's once more.

Klaus had never heard anything like it, the scream that echoed from his pregnant girlfriend as her magic exploded. Nik barely had a second to run.

The pent up emotions that weren't allowed to flow freely whilst her magic was blocked. It vibrated and the air around her shook. The sheer force of the blow demolished everything within a five-mile radius. Trees, fences, plants.

The most devastating of all was the house. At first, all the windows shattered and then the foundations crumbled. Debris flew everywhere.

Jasmine was panting trying to catch her breath as it stopped. She looked around at the destruction. Nothing was left. Everything was dead. Jasmine cried out. " Nik?!"

Her eyes fell on the one other thing besides herself left standing.

The lily had survived all that anger and hurt. Her breathing slowed, eyes rolling into the back off her head. Magical exhaustion taking its toll.

-x-

Klaus watched as the plantation was wiped out. Snuffles wriggling in his arms. He was glad he decided to grab the puppy on his way out. The gust of wind and debris passed him and then there was silence.

Elijah vamp sped the pregnant Hayley in his arms until he had his brother in sight.

Both gasped as they saw the ruins. Nik passed the puppy to his brother and then stepped towards the clearing. Elijah placed his empty hand on his brother's shoulder.

"Is it safe?" He asked.

"NIK?!" Jasmine screamed in the distance. Klaus turned to his brother shrugged his arm off.

"Stay here." and with that, the Hybrid took off towards his girlfriend.

Elijah sighed, fear evident on his face. Not fear of Jasmine. Fear for her.

Hayley looked torn but decided someone needed to hear what she had to say, "Elijah?"

Elijah looked at her, curious as to what she could say at this moment in time.

"There is something you should know, about the babies."

-x-

There we go. Hayley has been introduced, It wasn't always my plan to have her show up in the series, but I thought it would be a spanner to throw into the works. Plus I loved her in the original series and I feel like this story needs some of her sass..

It was a pretty long drawn out chapter for me. I felt like it was taking forever to form something.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. As always, review and tell me anything you like to see in this story,