The Mikaelson Twins Return

Seylah

I woke up in the middle of the night to Hope shaking me "What do you want Hope?" she said "Landon's in trouble." I got up and got dressed. We headed downstairs and Hope stole some keys. Ric said "Going somewhere? Better question, where the hell do you think you're going with my keys and without telling me?" Hope said "Um, you know, I just said some really harsh things to you yesterday, and so we just wanted to get you an oil change as a peace offering." he scoffed "At 3 a.m.? Hope, Ember, neither one of you have a driver's license. You were gonna commit grand theft auto, which is a felony. You're ditching school right before the midterm exams begin, and unlike your sister you've made it very clear to me that you see me as an authority figure and nothing more. So tell me, why shouldn't I suspend you this very second? And what is that?" Hope said "It's basically a supernatural compass." he said, "Well, I hope it's pointing you to your room 'cause that's where you're going." I said "We're going after Landon." she said "If this thing is glowing, that means that he's in trouble." he said "Then we're going, and I'm driving." so we got in the car. 

As we drove he said "Indiana. Crossroads of America. What's the capital?" Hope said "We learned that in, like, eighth grade." he said "Oh, good, then you should know it." she said "I didn't say we absorbed the information." he said "Yeah, well, neither one of you are saying much of anything. Look, if you can't handle grade school geography... you're gonna flunk all your exams." she said "Are Lizzie and Josie studying? Maybe you should focus on them." he said "Yeah, well, they're still in Europe with Caroline, thank God." she said "Religion has no place in the classroom, Dr. Saltzman. The Supreme Court made sure of that with its ruling on Engel v. Vitale. And Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana. We're getting an "A" in geography. Chill. Take the next left. He's on the move." he said "All right. Indiana is surrounded by what four states?" I said "I thought we just established that we are dominating geography." he said "Fine. Then let's move on to science." I zoned out and eventually Hope nudged me as he said "And that is how osmosis works. Mm. Is this the place?" Hope said "Yup. And not a moment too soon. Pretty sure you were about to tell us how babies are made." he said "Hey, before we go in there, I just want to make sure we're clear." she said "Don't worry, we're crystal. You're Professor X, we're Wolverine." he said, "I was more of a DC kid." I said "Then you're Batman and we're Robin. Either way, you call the shots." she said, "So how do you want to do this, hmm?" I grinned "Fireball?" she said "Wind torrent?" 

He said "I was thinking we'd knock." she said "They'll never see that coming. We should come in hot. There could be a Jabberwocky on the other side of that door, for all we know." he said "Nonsensical poem written by?" she said "Charles Dodgson." he said "Wrong. Lewis Carroll." I chuckled "The pen name of Charles Dodgson. We're crushing English, too." we heard a scream so we busted in and it was an old couple eating lunch and watching a movie. Ric said "I'm so sorry that we've ruined your lunch. I... I-I promise we're gonna replace your door. That's some compass. We're in the wrong place." Hope looked at the mailbox so I being closer, reached in and pulled out Landon's bracelet. Hope said "Someone knew we were coming." we got back in the car and drove until we were stopped, so we got out of the car and a man said, "Can I help you?" Ric said "Yeah, I hope so. Uh... Say, what's going on here?" he had a device that was making noise as he said "Gas leak. Don't worry, though, we have it under control. You wouldn't happen to know who lives here, would you? We tried knocking, but no one's home." Hope said, "Um, we're looking for..." Ric cut in "The highway. See, we're lost, and we... well, we saw you guys, and we thought we'd ask for directions." he said "Yeah, at the end of the road, you make a right. Can't miss it." Ric said "Cool. Thanks. All right, let's go, Emily, Jessica." 

We got in the car and Hope said "Jessica? Really? At least hers starts with her letter." Ric said, "I've been part of enough cover-ups to smell one a mile away." I said "Do you think they're after Landon?" he said "Well, all I know is they wouldn't have asked about him if they had him, so... we gotta find him before they do." we drove to a motel and Ric snuck into the room he said, "Uh, I'm looking for Landon Kirby." A woman said "And who the hell are you?" he said "Uh..." Hope stole her gun and said "People who care about him. So tell me where he is before we blow your head off." the woman said, "You must be the twins' Hope and Ember." Landon came out of the bathroom and she continued "So you're the headmaster of a private school for supernaturals. And you're the teacher's pets?" Ric said, "Actually, they're kind of a pain in my ass." Hope said "A little judgy for an absentee mother." she looked at Landon and said "You were wrong. I like her." Ric said "Well, now you know about us. All we know about you is that you gave birth to Landon, he says a monster attacked you, and now there's some sort of fake gas company coming after you two. So, I think it's time you start filling in some blanks." She said "When I finished my service in the army, I was recruited by an intelligence organization. The States sounded like a better life. I didn't know what I was signing up for, but soon I learned that things like you exist in this world. My job was very much like yours. To keep the supernatural world a secret. Whenever a monster went bump in the night and risked exposing the truth, I tracked it down and brought it back to headquarters."