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[originalwitch]

Esther leaves the Hale house and makes her way directly to Rebekah's front door. It isn't a place she visits often, or at all, considering she had never been invited over, but she does know where it is. She made a point of learning where all her children lived in their time here, if for no other reason than she knows which areas of the city where she was not welcome.

She's crossing those lines tonight. She doesn't have much of a choice.

She goes to Rebekah's first - she's closer - and if he isn't there she will find Elijah after that. If she's lucky, and she can't guarantee she is, they're both together and she can tell them at the same time. She tries not to run, as she does not want to attract attention to herself. Panic will only get more people hurt at this point. But once she reaches her daughter's front door, the pounding of the flat of her hand against the door is just as urgent.

"Rebekah!" She pauses for a moment. "Rebekah, I need to speak with you."

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[manof_myword]

Elijah stares blankly at their mother's body as he feels the life leave her body. He can't move for a few moments, but to not do so is to focus on his own grief, his own feelings...and that's not what he's good at, not when someone else is hurting.

Carefully letting Esther go, he moves to Rebekah, pulling her close, but knowing that she might want to run, to get to Matt.

"She's gone..."

What feels like an earthquake makes him glad he's already on the ground--even with their abilities, he's pretty sure he'd have fallen if standing. When he sees the light coming, his arms tighten around her, not willing to let go now. If this is the end, it should be together.

[easily]

Rebekah hugs her brother tightly in return, allowing her eyes to shut as she did so, trying to blink back the tears spilling down her cheeks. There are people she should go to, she should warn but she is too emotionally compromised at the moment to move.

The ground shakes -- there's a flash of light and she knows there wouldn't have been time now.

If this is the end -- well then it should be like this. Together as one.

Always and forever.