Lexi

      “You need not be. It was some time ago now.” The first time was anyway. It never got any easier though, that much he had learned the hard way. “The practice certainly shows. Lexi, pleasure to meet you. My name is Finn —- given the circumstances, perhaps I could offer you a drink and a lighter conversation?”

Freya kept her eyes close on the blonde, listening to her words carefully. She quirked an eyebrow at such a description. Ripper tendencies. That sounded all too familiar to her siblings, only Rebekah had been cursed when it happened to her and Klaus had been playing a role. She listened intently as Lexi spoke. “I believe I could mange that.” For a Mikaelson, receiving hate was easy after all. She pursed her lips. “So I’ll have to starve him is what you mean?” She asked bluntly. 

When hearing the commotion Henry had approached, wanting to help. But ti seemed the blonde had easily gotten it covered. “That was awesome, wow.” He said in shook to such actions. 

❝Are you ALRIGHT?❞ It was such an odd question, but Kat recognized her face from Wyatt’s party and she could not just walk by. ❝What did he do?❞

          “Death does a lot of things to the soul.” Finn returned as he gave the blonde a once over, she certainly didn’t look to be harboring any injuries. “Nevertheless you seem to be rather capable of holding your own.”

“You sound like you know the feeling...-I’m sorry that’s the case.” She wouldn’t wish death or the feeling of being alone..of abandonment on her worst enemy, of course she’d had a good two years or so and then Stefan left...-she was never gonna stop him from doing something he was meant to do but it sucked none the less. 

“ are you sure that was necessary? ” elena asks, looking over the guy who was now crouched on the floor. she doesn’t fully understand why lexi reacted that way, but she knows to be careful about bringing it up. “ i mean, what exactly did he do? ”

“You’d do the same for me,” he huffed, feigning hurt at her words. When he saw her face again, sooner than expected, he gave a slight shrug. “I know we had a pact, and I know we were happy in the little time we did have but.. Lexi, you’re my best friend. Not finding him.. it was hurting you. I knew if there was any shot at all that I could bring you both back, I had to take it. For all of us.”

“Deal.” he said simply, and pulled back himself this time to touch a kiss to his best friend’s temple before he let out a soft sigh and tilted his chin slightly to look out at the view again, much calmer than before.

Stefan’s attention shifted at that moment to the flash he saw out of the corner of his eye. The lights. The main reason ( besides the panic ) that he’d made his way outside in the first place; and definitely the reason for his attendance to the party. His gaze followed the first traces and he smiled slightly as he nodded for Lexi to look, and gently steered his best friend’s body towards them – keeping one arm around her, still unwilling to let go. 

He’d lost her enough already. Another decade apart. He didn’t plan on letting her go for a while.

“I’m grateful, more than grateful...-” she gave him a look, he wasn’t wrong it was hard not getting to see her brother when she had expected to find him but at the same time that didn’t mean she wanted to see or know that her best friend was in pain for the soul reason of bringing them back. She loved him for it though. “Just no more sacrifices now, think we’ve both done enough of those to last for a few lifetimes.” 

She gave a small smile, keeping one arm hooked around him mostly so she knew she had at least some means of holding on and making sure her best friend wasn’t going anywhere. 

“Yes, Lexi, was it?” there talk was brief but memorable. At Lexi’s interest, Freya’s brow quirked. the way the blonde spoke about such an experience with such familiarity peaked her interest. “you sound like you’ve dealt with the sort before.” She noted. “Have you?

       “I don’t think he’ll be bothering you again. After all that was a rather bold message.”

“If you wish to judge save it for tomorrow.” Freya warned the other, warning in her tone alone. “I’m having one night of FUN before I get to work on saving the father of my son from himself.” It would be a chore, more then that. Especially if it ended with Mathias hating her. It would hurt, hurt so bad. But it was necessary and she knew it too. There was no choice to make. “Let me enjoy it.” 

The whitelighter laughs at his best friend’s confusion and shakes his head. “Mm, pretty sure that’s my fault, actually,” he mutters, voice muffled by her hair and their embrace. “Best way to find your brother is if we’re all in the same place, right?” He pulls back, just a little, to look at her. “That’s the last time your life is put in danger for me, or my brother.“ How the Whitelighter could have made any other choice than to appeal on behalf of his best friend and her cause.. It had been worth the extended sentence. Lexi didn’t need to know every single detail. She’d done enough for him over the past century for him to spend a few years in pain if it meant she got to come back. To be reunited with the people she loved. 

“It’s time we find YOURS.” Stefan told her, raising a hand to gently touch her cheek before he wrapped his arm around her again and brought her back into his arms. 

Stefan wanted to answer with something positive. He wanted to tell Lexi that he was absolutely fine. What she’d seen had just been him freaking out over something small. But he couldn’t bring himself to do it. She’d find out from him either way. “Not really,” he answered honestly. “You?”

She almost wanted to shake her head, sure that she should’ve expected no less given that he all too often liked to be the martyr..then again they both did; she was willing to be on her own for the rest of eternity knowing that he was living a higher purpose and now he’d brought her back, she wasn’t sure whether to slap him or hug him.So she went with the latter. “I was fine you know, you didn’t have to go playing the hero.” she added more as a thank you than anything else before she pulled back at his next words, taking her a second to process what was going on.

“You brought him back too....-” her words weren’t much of a question but a realization, something she found herself emotional over even more so when she wondered what it had cost him because she didn’t imagine that the Elders were just happy to bring two people back from the dead, no questions asked. She let out a sigh, hugging her best friend a little tighter.

            “Certainly acts like one.” He mused, offering a curt nod at her word of thanks. “That or he’s over-compensating for something.” He added with a shake of his head, as he looked her over for any sign of injury. Nothing was obvious to the naked eye. “I’ve seen a few different responses tonight, but attempting to meditate has not been one of them.” Nathanael murmured, as he motioning to her previous position on the floor. It was a small attempt to steer the conversation away from the lunatic that had put them in their current position. But an attempt nonetheless. 

“Ticks all the boxes if you ask me.” She chuckled, before shrugging at his next statement. “What an insecure guy that wants to be at the top because he feels like he didn’t get enough attention from mommy and daddy as a kid?...-Yeah that’d be my guess.” She half joked, though it wasn’t like the world wasn’t full of people just like Wyatt luckily for the world most of those people didn’t have the means of achieving their goals. 

❝Adjusting? To the lack of power?❞ Kat questioned in a gentle tone - one that was meant to show her that she WOULD listen, although she wouldn’t push for an answer.

The whitelighter-witch hesitated for one moment until she nodded her head. ❝Yes. That would be wonderful, four eyes are better than two, right?❞ And she needed to find him. FAST.

“I was dead, now I’m not...the lack of power is kinda bottom of the list but hey i’m sure once the hour is over and we all get our powers back, I can head off to go have a few shots of tequila and everything will be that much better.” or so she hoped, she was simply moving on a second by second basis, not really thinking too far ahead. 

She gave a small smile and nodded. “Pretty much doubles your chances of finding him.” Lexi agreed, she was appreciative that the female was friendly enough.

“You’re fine, I was kinda out of it too. It feels weird having no powers.” Parker admitted, ever since her powers were taken away from her, she couldn’t exactly focus on much else. 

“Oh–no–you’re fine!” Henry was quick to assure the blonde women. She didn’t seem to familiar to him. But then again not many people in this ball did. “I’d be out of it too if i had my powers taken away from me.” He exclaimed sheepishly. “but I didn’t–cause I’ve got none so… “ He grimaced. “I just figure it sucks.”

“Understatement but then again, i’ve not exactly been around for a while. So right now it sucks a little more.” death didn’t exactly give anyone the perks of using their supernatural abilities, she wouldn’t change getting to spend the time she did with her best friend...peace pact and all but she was at least hoping in the confusion of being back, she’d be completely back to normal but apparently that guy Wyatt had other plans. 

❝YES.❞ The redhead confirmed as her eyes continued to scan the crowd. Where the hell was he? Katrina inhaled a shaky breath before she glanced at the blonde. ❝I doubt he’s going to hide. I bet he kept HIS powers intact.❞ Not just because he cousin was not one to take risks - casting a spell like that and binding his own abilities along with it could be dangerous for all of them. It could erase all traces of their supernatural skills FOREVER and as nice as that idea might seem… the people outside of this building were not in the same boat as they were. 

❝I’m sorry, are you alright? You look a little…❞ Out of it. That’s how she put it before, right?

She seemed to have all the answers and all Lexi could do was stand there confused, unable to process why she was back or anything about who this Wyatt was. Not to mention that she was hungry too. It was all adding up and she was sure she’d break down at some point but she wouldn’t let that be now. 

She let out a small sigh. “I’ll be...okay, just adjusting I guess....-Need some help finding Wyatt?” she knew she wouldn’t be much help in this state but she certainly needed the distraction.