Chapter 34

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Mikaelson Mansion
[Elijah is walking around the study and finds the burnt sage his mother used last night. Downstairs, Bella walks down in living room, where Kol and Klaus are. Klaus is on a couch sketching.]
Kol: I'm bored. I need entertainment.
Klaus: What are you waiting for? Go on, have at it.
Kol: It's not fun to go alone. Join me, Bella, Nik! It's the least you can do after sticking a dagger in my heart.
"Dagger card. Good one." Said Layla. Kol smirked.
Klaus: Okay. Why not? I didn't have nearly enough to drink last night.
Bella: I can't. I have something to do.
Kol: What?
Bella: Tell you later. You go. [They leave. Elijah enters the room, still holding the burnt sage.]
Elijah: Bella. I'm worried about mother. Have you not noticed her strange behavior?
Bella: I was just gonna talk to you about it.
Elijah: What do you have to say about it?
Bella: She is acting weird. More than usual. She comes back from death and she isn't angry at least for a second and wants to be happy family? Come on! She wasn't like that even when we were humans. And she also made it clear she hated what we became, but now she doesn't have a problem? She did everything to make sure Nik wouldn't get his wolf back and don't creat hybrids even when she was dead, few months ago and now she is suddenly okay with all this? And she also invited Elena. Do you really beileve she invited Elena for apology? I'm telling you she is planning something. I have bad feeling about this.
"You have put thought about it." Said Marcel.
"I never trusted Esther. Not even when they did. [Pointing at Klaus, Elijah and Kol.] That's probably one of the reasons why i was her least favourite. I could always see her real face." Said Bella.
Elijah: (worried) I found Sage in her study. She was doing privaty spell. And she and Finn has this secret talks. [Bella nodded.]
Gilbert Residence
[There's a knock on the door. Elena walks down stairs and answers it. Elijah and Bella are outside.]
Elijah&Bella: Elena.
Elena: Elijah. Bella.
Elijah: I don't mean to intrude. I was hoping you might accompany me. I want to show you something.
Woods
[Elijah parks his car and he, Bella and Elena get out and walk around.]
Elijah: Forgot how much I missed this land.
Elena: I can't even imagine what it must have been like a thousand years ago.
Bella: You know, your school was built over an Indian village. Where I saw my first werewolf. The town square was where the natives would gather to worship. Matter of fact, near that, there was a field where wild horses use to graze.
Elena: That's incredible.
Elijah: Come.
Elena: Do you know this place too?
Elijah: I do. Below us is a cavern I use to play in as a boy. Connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area. Perhaps it's nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savagery of the full moon. My mother said there must be a balance.
Elena: Elijah, I should probably go home.
Elijah: I admire you, Elena. You remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us. [Bella made a face at that.]
Few laughed at Bella.
Elijah: It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet when I asked about your meeting with my mother the other night, you lied to my face.
Elena: That's not true. I told you that all your mother wanted was a new start.
Bella: (glaring) We can hear your heartbeat. It jumps when you're lying.
Elijah: You lied to me at the ball; you are lying to me now. Tell me the truth.
Elena: I never wanted this to happen.
Elijah: What, Elena?
Elena: We were told that whatever was going to be in that coffin was going to kill Klaus. When we found out that it was your mother.... We didn't know what to think.
Mikaelsons glare.
Elijah: Since her return she says she only wants this family whole again.
Elena: When she asked to see me, I... I thought that maybe she could help. That she would find a way to kill Klaus. It's not just Klaus that she wants to kill.
Bella: She wants to kill us all, doesn't she?
Mikaelsons look pained.
Elijah: She wants to undo the evil she created. [Bella placed hand on Elijah in comfort.]
Elena: I'm so sorry, Elijah. I wish there was something I could do to help.
Elijah: You know, one thing I've learned on my time on this Earth...be careful what you wish for. [Elijah breaks a hole into the Earth, grabs Elena, and jumps down the hole with her. Later, Elena is alone in the cavern, trying to get a signal on her cell phone.]
Bella: Cool. Now let's kill our bitch of a mother. AGAIN.
Others look at her amused.
Woods
[Elena is walking around in the underground tunnels, trying to find a way out. She thinks she sees a way when Bella appears, blocking her escape.]
Bella: Going somewhere?
Elena: What are you doing here?
Bella: Not much. Unless you try to run. In which case, I get to kill you.
Salvatore Boarding House
[Stefan enters the house.]
Stefan: I can't find her anywhere. [He walks into the living room and sees Elijah and Bella sitting by the fireplace, talking to Damon.]
Elijah: Hello, Stefan.
Damon: They have Elena.
Elijah: Actually, she's with Bellatrix. As you can imagine, my sister is just dying to tear her throat out. So... if you want to save Elena's life, I need you to help us stop Esther.
"I still want to kill her." Said Kol.
"You can. If you find her." Said Bella.
Damon: I'm a little embarrassed to admit, but when it comes to killing thousand year old resurrected witches, I'm a little rusty.
Elijah: Yes, unfortunately, even when killed, my mother doesn't seem to want to stay dead. Not with the spirits of nature at her side.
Stefan: So, what are we supposed to do?
Elijah: The witches that released Esther, she's drawing her power from their bloodline, that line needs to be broken.
Stefan: Broken?
Damon: Yeah, he means. [Damon makes a cutting motion with his forefinger over his neck.]
Stefan: You want us to kill them.
Elijah: You know I'd do it myself, but I have absolutely no idea where they are. Besides, seeing me, they'd immediately know my intent. They won't expect to be harm by the likes of you. In any case, you have until six minutes after nine to find them.
Damon: Oh, how super specific of you.
Elijah: By 9:07, the moon will be full, Esther will have the power she needs to kill my family. If you do not stop her before then, Bella will kill Elena. So we all have our timeline? I suggest you get started. [Elijah starts walking towards the exit.]
Mystic Grill
[Alaric is on the phone with Damon near the pool table where Meredith is playing pool. Klaus and Kol are still drinking at the bar.]
Alaric: Yeah, no, they're still here. Yeah, they've drank their way through half the Grill's liquor supply.
Damon: Good. It'll be easier if they're wasted.
Alaric: So, what's the plan?
Damon: Divide and conquer. First, we'll need a little blonde distraction. [Caroline enters the Grill. Alaric hangs up. Caroline and him exchange looks.]
Kol: [Pointing at Caroline.] I remember her from last night. She looks like a tasty little thing.
Klaus: Say another word and I'll tear out your liver. Caroline! [She doesn't look happy to see him.]
"Jaelous?" Asked smirking Marcel. Klaus rolled his eyes.
Caroline: Oh, it's you.
Klaus: Join us for a drink?
Caroline: Mmm, I'd rather die of thirst. But thanks. [Caroline leaves.]
Klaus: Isn't she stunning?
Kol: She certainly looks good walking away from you.
Klaus: I'll take that as a challenge. [Klaus puts his drink on the counter and walks after Caroline.]
"Men" Said Layla and Hayley. Davina nodded.
"Come on! The way she dressed and acted screams chase me! How could you fall for that?" Said Bella. Klaus looked away.
[Outside, Caroline has just crossed the road, and Klaus runs after Caroline, almost getting hit by a car.]
Klaus: Caroline! [She stops and turns to face him.]
Caroline: Are you serious? Take a hint. [She turns and walks away from him. He follows.]
Klaus: Don't be angry, love. We had a little spat. I'm over it already.
Caroline: Ah, well, I'm not.
Klaus: How can I acquit myself? [She stops and turns around.]
Caroline: You and your expensive jewelry and your romantic drawings can leave me alone.
Klaus: Oh, come on, take a chance, Caroline. Talk to me. [Klaus sits down on a bench that's next to him.]
Klaus: Come on, get to know me. I dare you.
Caroline: Fine. [She sits down next to him.] So, what do you wanna talk about?
Klaus: I want to talk about you. Your hopes, your dreams, everything you want in life.
"You are so romantic." Said Bella.
Caroline: Just to be clear, I'm too smart to be seduced by you.
Klaus: Well, that's why I like you.
Old Witch House
[Outside the house, Finn is lighting torches around a pentagram on the ground made of salt.]
Esther: The pentagram represents our connection to magic. The salt is a symbol of the Earth.
Bonnie: The torches?
Esther: Five torches. One for each of my children.
Bonnie: What's the spell you're doing?
Esther: As the witch who cast the spell that made them vampires, I can also reverse it. When they become human again, they can be killed. As they are linked as one, my brave Finn will be the sacrifice. With his death, will come theirs.
Mikaelsons glared.
Abby: [To Finn.] And you're just willing to die?
Finn: My mother has released me from an eternity of shame. It's not a sacrifice, it's a gift.
"Momma's boy" Muttered Kol.

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