Every one stands in the compounds study feeling a large amount of anxiety. Gabriel was holding Hope and relishing in the peace she brought him reguardless of the situation. A large part of him felt guilty from being so absent in her life. Now that the wolves were always around the compound he very rarely came around and when it was just his brother that had her he didnt dare inturrupt their time. He hoped the little girl would never grow up to question his love for her.

Caroline admired the two of them from afar and couldnt take the thought of him having a child of his own. She's brought out of her thought by a nagging Klaus. "I should really stop packing these away. There's always one family member or another in need of a good shackling." He hands them to Marcel. "Find Rebekah... or Eva, or whoever the bloody hell that was and use these to stop her from doing magic. And don't hurt her. The non-psychopathic bits are still my sister."

Marcel looks around at all of the siblings with worry written on his face. "Alright, I won't be the only one looking for her. She killed witch kids. The twenty-four hour hold that you guys got the covens to agree to? Ended at midnight. Every witch in the city is gonna be gunning for her."

Gabriel sighs into the babies head realizing convincing that old witch was going to be a lot more complicated than the first time around. And frankly, he didn't wanna deal with it. Turning to Hayley who had been eyeing him and caroline the whole time he orders. "Go to Elijah. Get him to charm the elderly witch into calling off the hunt."

Hayley sends him an annoyed glance. "And leave Hope? Don't you think I should stay here and protect my daughter?"

Klaus notices his brothers face drop in slight anger and butts in. "Jackson has been working night and day to secure this compound, surrounding it with his werewolf army. Not to mention the fact that I'm here, and I know the best way to protect our child is to get Rebekah out of that serial killer's body and back into the original model."

Gabriel gestures to his brother in agreement. Hayley glares at the both of them. "Hmm. And, what will you two be doing while we're out doing all the dirty work?"

Klaus shrugs. "Why, tending to the even dirtier work, as usual."

Everyone looks to Gabrile for an explanation and he shrugs as well. "Davina has a parent teacher conference."

Caroline glances at him from the corner of her eye knowing they had both sent Kol and Davina away early this morning.

—

"What are you up to?" Caroline questions the man as they walk hand in hand down the busy streets of new Orleans.

"Coming up with a plan b, c, d, and e." He smirks down at the tiny blonde.

Caroline stops and he sends her a questioning look. "I have to go back to Mystic falls." Gabriel's face drops. "Alaric is getting married but I'll be back as soon as I can." She promises.

Gabriel looks around and lets out a small sigh. Cupping her cheek with his right hand he gives her a soft smile. "You don't have to stay here for me, you know? I know you miss all your friends and it's been a while since you've seen your mothers grave, love. I know you stay up late at night to catch up on everything you've missed through out the day and I also know you eventually wanna go back to school. Don't let me hold you back."

Caroline's eyes tear up and she shakes her head with a small laugh. "You've got it all wrong."

His face scrunches up in confusion.

"You are so smart yet so clueless Gabriel Mikaelson." She sighs. "Yes I miss my friends and I want to visit my mom. But being here these last few months, getting in the car all that time ago to come back with you here was one of the best decisions of my life. You're family is crazy and they do bad things but they've kind of become my family too. You've allowed me the chance to see what kind of people i've been missing out on this whole time. I don't want to wake up one day and realize I passed on the man I have been waiting for since I was a little girl. The man that will take me to see the world, who can put up with all my tantrums and attitudes, and the man who loves me no matter what." She looks to the ground. "I know that you still have feelings for Hayley. I can't blame you she's an incredible woman. But if there is even a sliver of a chance for us... I dont want to be the reason we never tried."

Gabriel felt like he was going through a time machine for a minute. He remembered the first time he had ever met her. Dancing at the Mikaelson ball and she had been spun into his arms at the switch. No words were exchanged but he couldn't help but stare in her eyes the whole time. He remembered all the times late at night he would come to her window and she would always let him in. They would talk about all the places he's been and her plans for the future. He remembered telling her he was leaving to help his family and her calling them all monsters. He remembered how hurt he was when she did it all over again. And he remembers how he felt reading that note and how he wanted no one at his side but her at the moment. All the memories of her standing with his family no matter how dangerous it got, and he see's her infront of him right now spilling her heart out knowing theres a chance of it getting stomped on.

He smashes his lips onto hers not bothering to care about all the on passers. He needed her to know how sincere he was. Her eyes widen in surprise and he chuckles when he pulls away. "You know I once told you that any man would be the luckiest on earth if you allowed him to court you. Don't act so surpised Forbes."

"It's just that, I've put you through so much Gabriel. I'm surprised your family doesn't hate me." She admits. He snorts. "Oh, they did."

She smacks his arm and they both laugh. "All jokes aside my family sees how much I care for you and how much happiness you bring me. Caroline no other woman would stand beside me through all this drama. You don't give yourself enough credit." She nods her head and he takes her hand leading their way down.

"Where are we going?" She questions the smiling man.

"Well, love." He starts. "We're going to buy you a nice dress for that wedding and book you a first class airline ticket so you can hurry your very nice butt back as soon as possible and we can start living the rest of our lives."

Carolines face breaks out into a beaming smile. Nothing could ruin her day.

—

Gabriel is one of the last to arrive to Eva's hideout and see's Rebekah's host body in the middle of the circle for the spell. Salt and herbs surrounding her unconciouss body. Vincent and Marcel were holding her hand on either side of her while Freya chanted as she channelled Elijah.

Everyone was preoccupied and Gabriel softly kneeled next to his dear little sisters head and laid his forehead on her own. Suddenly, his surroundings were a blue-greenish hue and he was behind Marcel. "Marcellus?"

Marcel turns around in surprise but gestures infront of him. Gabriel takes slow steps around the man and a soft smile overcomes his face at what he see's. A very frightened and young Rebekah hiding in the closet. "I tried to get her to come out but she's so scared." Marcel frowns in saddness.

Kneeling down Gabriel opens his arms. "Come here, Bex. Big brother Gabriel won't let anyone or anything hurt you, you know that."

When he see's her hesitate he scoots a bit closer and holds a hand out. "Its okay, Bex. Come on, let me take you home."

She jumps into his arms and her sniffles don't cease. He looks towards Marcel. "Youre still going to have to do the heavy lifting i'm not in her head by freya, I'm here by my own magic so I don't have an anchor holding me here therefor I can't take rebekah anywhere." Marcel nods in understanding.

"You people just don't give up, do you?"

The two men spin around in alarm. Gabriel shoves Rebekah into Marcel's arms. "Run!"

The two disapear and Gabriel turns back towards Eva with a scoff. "I have a bone to pick with you. I had to cut my goodbyes short with my girl just for this." Eva smirks and Gabriel shrugs. "You also possessed my sister and trapped her in a mental torture maze. But who's keeping score?"

Both of their hands flew up and they both slammed into the walls, hurrying to scramble back up so the other couldnt get the upper hand. "You forget you're in my world now." Eva laughs. "No matter how strong you are out there you'll never beat me in my own mind."

"You clearly don't know who you're talking to Mrs. Sinclair." He chuckles.

—

The force of the spell as it breaks pushes Freya, Klaus, and Elijah away from each other, which seems to relief the exhausted Freya. Marcel and Gabriel immediately sits up and looks over at Eva's body, which is still laying unconscious on the floor. He and Vincent both look up at Freya, Klaus, and Elijah, who all seem worried.

"Did it work?" Klaus questions anxiously and no one answers because they, themselves are unsure.

Marcel rushes into the other room where children and Josephine were all starting to wake up. "They're okay!" He shouts to the rest of the group.

Gabriel stays seated on the cement floor trying to catch his breath. Magic is a lot harder when you're fighting someone in their mind along with your physical body fighting to stay in said mind.

"Why isn't she waking?" Klaus raises his voice at Freya in paranoia.

Freya looks at him with worry for herself and partly for her sister. "I dont know."

Right before Klaus could snap the blondes neck once again Rebekah awakes with a gasp. "Bloody hell!"

—

Gabriel stands in the dining room of the compound pouring himself a glass of whiskey with the phone to his ear. "Stay safe. I love you."

Just then, Hayley and Niklaus walk into the room with Hope. "Brother, I do hope you've perhaps given moving back in any more thought."

He glances at Hayley and Hope and shakes his head with a small smile. He felt content. " I realized I've made my choice a while ago."

Hayley looks to the man with slight hope.

"I don't think I'll be living here again." Gabriel admits.

"Does this have anything to do with a certain blonde?" Klaus sincerely smiles. He looks around. "Speaking of, where is she? Usually she'd be nagging me this time around."

"She has gone back to Mystic falls." He answers. Hayley and Klaus both stare at the man in surprise. "She'll be coming back in a week..."

"With the rest of her stuff. She's staying permenantly."