ophelia.

“Suit up. We have to leave in 20.”

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Ophelia was shocked. Weren’t they supposed to leave tomorrow? She was confused and stopped Steve from notifying the others. “Wait, aren’t we leaving tomorrow? I don’t understand.” She was truly confused, and she needed someone to explain why they were leaving early.

“We need time to set up and also, we’re kind of going sightseeing.” He smiled and gave her time to change into her suit. Ophelia had gotten a new suit, thanks to Tony. It was somewhat similar to Natasha’s suit, but it had a little twist. Imagine Natasha’s suit but a turtleneck version of it. 

She quickly zipped up her bag and exited her room, proceeding to the quinjet. “Next stop, New Orleans! Yay!” Tony exclaimed, receiving a look from Ophelia. Tony had mumbled a ‘sorry’, then he continued to pilot the jet. Ophelia had put on her earphones, playing her favourite songs on her phone, trying to relax her mind.

3 HOURS LATER – LOUIS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEW ORLEANS.

After that quiet ride from New York, Ophelia had stepped out of the quinjet and she stretched her arms and legs. She got some sleep and not going to lie, but it was a good sleep for her, considering she hadn’t slept in a while. “Hey, you alright?” Steve asked her softly.

“Oh, yeah, yeah. I’m good. All G.” She chuckled, earning a confused look from the Captain. Steve had raised an eyebrow after she said ‘All G.’

“All G?”

“It means, all good, Cap. Damn, remind me to teach you modern-day words when we finish this mission.” She joked, elbowing Steve’s side. He nodded and gave a chuckle. When the rest of the team got out of the jet, Nat had explained their accommodation and tourist attractions.

‘Why would we go sightseeing when we’re on a mission?’ Ophelia thought but she didn’t want to offend anyone, so she kept it to herself. She sighed and nodded along. When they reached the French Quarter, Ophelia had a massive headache and stopped at the side of the sidewalk, bumping into someone.

“Oh, my Thor, I’m so sorry. I didn’t see you there.” She apologised to the man in the suit. She looked up and saw a pair of dark brown eyes with a slight stubble. The team signalled her to hurry up but she just waved them off and told them she’d catch up later.

“It’s quite alright. I should’ve seen where I was going.” The man said, puzzled at her choice of words.

 ‘Why would this guy wear a suit in this heat?’ She thought. Even though Ophelia could read other people’s minds, she respected their privacy and she’ll only use it if they were bad guys. She made sure of it.

“My name’s Elijah. Elijah Mikaelson.”

Wait, Mikaelson? Is he Klaus’ brother? Ophelia met Klaus when she was here before her mission. You can say they were… very close.

“Huh, how funny. We almost have the same last name. I’m, uh, Ophelia Michaels.” She introduced herself, taking note of the accent he had.  Elijah chuckled, intrigued by Ophelia. He thought that Ophelia had looked very familiar, but he dismissed it. Then, another man came up to the pair. He wore a grin on his face, but it quickly faltered when he saw Ophelia.

“Ophelia? What are you doing here?” Klaus asked her with a straight face. The thing is, Klaus and Ophelia had been seeing each other for a few months, but she was you know, held captive and brainwashed by HYDRA for five months. Klaus assumed that Ophelia had just got up and left him, feeling broken and betrayed. He never trusted anyone more than Ophelia.

“Wait, you two know each other?”

“Oh, um, yeah. We did.” Ophelia cleared her throat and gave Elijah a small smile. Klaus looked at her with hatred and hurt. No matter what he did to forget her and move on, he couldn’t bring himself to forget. He was too in love with her. Ophelia knew what the Mikaelsons were and she made a promise to not tell anyone.

“Klaus, you never told me about your brother-“Ophelia was cut off by another British accent, but this time it was a woman. Klaus rolled his eyes and just stood there.

“And sister too apparently. Hi, I’m Rebekah.” Rebekah announced her presence to Ophelia. Again, Klaus rolled his eyes at the three of them. Klaus wanted to talk to Ophelia, more than anything, but he couldn’t but he did anyway.

“Ophelia, can we talk?” Klaus cleared his throat and signalled Ophelia to walk with him. Ophelia was never the one to talk about their relationship. She never told anyone, not even Natasha. She just kept it to herself and she was scared to let anyone know about the hybrid vampire and the ex-HYDRA assassin. It would’ve brought too much attention.

“I missed you, Ophelia. When you left, I got worried. I couldn’t sleep for weeks. I was angry at you, at everyone. I fed, a lot. I couldn’t handle your absence, O. Where were you? Why did you leave.” Klaus started tearing up. It was out of his character. It wasn’t the Klaus everyone knew. It was the Niklaus Mikaelson she had grown to love and got to know. The man who everyone feared broke down, in the middle of the day, in front of locals and tourists. Ophelia hugged him and wiped his tears away from his cheeks.

“Shh, love. I didn’t leave you, Klaus. I was taken by HYDRA. They abducted me when I was five. They found me here, so they took me again. I’m so sorry for leaving you like this. I really am. I missed you too.” She gave a small smile and pulled him for a hug. Rebekah and Elijah had gone back to the Compound, so Klaus took her there. They passed their time walking to the Compound by catching up. It made her happy when Klaus told her that he had a daughter.

THE COMPOUND

After their 15-minute walk, they finally reached the Compound. It looked exactly the same when she last saw it. It was still beautiful. The pair caught up with Rebekah and Elijah right before they reached their home.

“So, Ophelia. Why are you in New Orleans?”

“I’m uh, here for some sort of mission. Yeah, you could say that.” She briefly explained to Elijah, giving him a small smile. Rebekah and Elijah of them stopped at the same time, looking at Ophelia with a poker face. Klaus just kept smiling. He was proud of her.

“Mission?’ Rebekah asked. Suddenly, Ophelia’s phone rang and of course, it was a particular redhead.

“Hold on, I have to take this call.”

“Ophelia Jane Michaels! Where are you? We lost you midway! Oh god, please tell me you’re safe.”

“Yes, hello Nat. I swear to you, I’m perfectly fine. I just met some cool people. Yeah, I guess you could call them cool.” Ophelia could hear Klaus scoff. It made her chuckle.

“What? The Ophelia Michaels had found some friends? Woah! Way to go, O!” Now that, ladies and gentlemen, was the Tony Stark himself. He couldn’t believe that Ophelia had made new friends during a mission.

“Yeah, yeah, Tony. I’ll come back soon. I promise and don’t worry, Nat! I’ll be fine.” She hung up the phone and smiled at the three siblings. “Now, where were we?” She continued.

“You were going to talk about some mission you have going on here, in my city.” Klaus exaggerated. Ophelia raised an eyebrow, chuckling. He was still sarcastic and Ophelia loved it about him.

Rebekah had signalled her to continue with her reason why she was here. Ophelia had told them that they needed to sit and process the words that are going to fall out of her mouth. Ophelia didn’t know why she was telling this to them, but she felt like it was the right thing to do. Ophelia trusted Klaus though.

“Ever heard of HYDRA?” Ophelia received three head shakes when she heard footsteps charging at her. Before Ophelia could blink, she was pinned to a wall by a woman. She pointed her hands to the woman, her psionics activated. She formed a blade with her psionics. Ophelia couldn’t lie, it was an act of self-defence. After all of the HYDRA training, she’d been through. Everyone looked at her in awe.

“Let. Go. Of. Me.” Ophelia snarled at the woman.

“Hayley, let go of her. She’s a friend.” Elijah calmed the woman down.

“Who is this? Why did you bring her here?” Hayley asked the three siblings and Elijah explained to her about everything. So, Ophelia continued her mission story and how HYDRA took control of her. Then, she saw another man coming out from one of the rooms in the building. How many people live here? She thought.

“Wait, wait, wait. Klaus, who is this?” The man eyed Ophelia up and down and waited for him to explain.

“God, how many people live in this building?” Ophelia raised her eyebrows at all of them. When she found out that it was just them, she retold her reason why she was here. Ophelia had learnt that the man’s name was Marcel.

“Wait. Hold up. You’re an Avenger?” He asked, earning a small nod from Ophelia.

It was around 5 p.m. and it was still early. Ophelia sat down next to Klaus. Ophelia was comfortable around Klaus, and she knew they weren’t together anymore, but it was just a habit. Klaus smiled to himself.

Klaus can may be  a psychopath sometimes but when it came to Ophelia, he’s soft as a baby. He’d do anything for her. It was safe to say that Niklaus Mikaelson, was whipped. He still couldn’t believe he had gotten Ophelia back, after five months of her disappearance.

So, the five of them talked to each other, getting to know Ophelia and the rest. They talked for hours. Then, she heard a loud cry from a baby. Klaus stood up and took Ophelia’s hand. He dragged her into Hayley’s room. Ophelia saw a crying baby on the bed and she was in awe. She loved babies, but she remembered one of the things HYDRA did to make her missions easier. Her smile dropped immediately but she quickly covered it up. Klaus picked the baby up and introduced her to Ophelia.

“Hi, my little wolf. This is Ophelia. Ophelia, meet my daughter, Hope.” Klaus’ eyes instantly lit up and it honestly made her happy to see him happy again. Klaus had given Hope to Ophelia and Ophelia happily carried her. Hope was giggling and laughing when the pair played with her. Then, Klaus had put Hope to sleep.

After Klaus had put her to sleep, they went back down to the rest. It was currently 8 p.m. and she was in the Compound for three hours and she heard her phone ring. Ophelia had received another call, but this time it was from the Captain himself.

“Ophelia! Please come back to the hotel, now. It’s urgent. We need your help with the rooms again. Thor is clueless and Clint forgot which room he was supposed to be in.”

“Alright, alright. Fine. I’ll be there in around 20 minutes.” She sighed. “I’m afraid we have to cut this friendly meeting. I’ve been summoned by a group of dysfunctional people.” They laughed at Ophelia’s joke. They exchanged their goodbyes and ‘see you soon’. She continued to walk to their hotel in the French Quarter, thanking Tony for booking a nearby hotel.

As soon as she got on the top floor of the hotel, courtesy of Tony Stark. She quickly ran to the group of superheroes. “What’s up? I was happily hanging out with my friends and you had to ruin the party.” She joked, hearing Tony chuckle. She then put her hands out for her psionics and explained to the group of people about the HYDRA base they were going to infiltrate tomorrow. After an hour, Clint and Thor finally knew what he had to do.

“Okay, get some rest, everyone. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow.” Steve ordered.