Bellatrix Mikaelson(Tvd)

Chapter 40

Salvatore Boarding House
[Klaus is pouring himself a drink in the parlor. Bella brings Alaric up from the basement.]
Klaus: That's a little gratuitous, don't you think, Stefan? I would have been more gentle.
Bella: I'm gonna take him to the caves. You're gonna go inside and fetch me the stake and if you think you're gonna hide, you're wrong. [Bella pushes Alaric towards the door and leaves.]
"Esther didn't know that it was siphoned. Well... not until she went in." Said Bella.
Klaus: And then there was one. I know about your brother's little mission to Denver. He failed. Not that that's news anymore.
Stefan: So, what are you gonna do now, Klaus? You gonna kill me?
Klaus: I haven't actually decided yet.
[Klaus sits down.]
Stefan: Aww, sure you have. See you've had every chance and every excuse imaginable to do it, but yet you haven't. Which means you don't want to.
Klaus: You know something, you're right. You see, I'm still waiting for my old friend to come back. By the looks of it, he's just beneath the surface. Waiting to come out and play. Isn't that right, Ripper?
Stefan: I've been fighting that part of myself, thinking that if I repressed it then it would go away. But it won't. And now that I've accepted it, it can't control me. And neither can you. So, unless you're gonna stake me, why don't you get the hell out of my house? [Stefan leaves the room.]
"Lies. He hasn't accepted ripper. As long as he is on bunnie's blood, he will never learn how to control." Said Bella.
Old Lockwood Cellar Cave
[Alaric and Bella walk down into the cave. Alaric enters, but Bella stops where the vampire barrier is.]
Bella: Go get it. [Alaric walks over to a crevice in the stone wall and pulls out the stake. He sits down on Esther's coffin.]
Alaric: Now why would I give you the one thing that requires everyone to keep me alive?
Bella: Are we bargaining now? Fine. What's your offer?
Alaric: There's only one stake out there. Which means only one Original has to die. Help me and I'll make sure it's not you.
Bella: Tenuous, but points for effort. You see, I don't want one Original to die. [Bella steps over the vampire barrier. Alaric is surprised.]
Bella: I want them all to die.
Alaric: How the hell did you do that?
Bella: Barrier was already taken down by Bellatrix.
Alaric: You are Bellatrix.
Bella: It was easy to fool Niklaus, but I thought you of all people would understand. After all, my son did use your body at one point.
"Bitch!" Said Bella glaring at Esther.
Alaric: You're not Bella.
Bella: No. My name is Esther and we have a great deal in common.
Mikaelsons glare at her.
Klaus' Family Mansion
[It's daytime. In the living room, Klaus is being creative working on an abstract painting on an easel. Bella/Esther enters.]
Klaus: What took you so long?
Bella/Esther: Alaric didn't want to hand over the stake. [Shows him a stake.] Luckily I'm quite the charmer.
"Cunt" Said Bella.
Klaus: That's it?
Bella/Esther: The last of the white oak stakes that can kill us. Do you want to do the honors or shall I? [Klaus puts the paintbrush down, takes the stake from Bella/Esther and throws it into the flames in the fireplace. The flames flare up around the stake.]
Bella/Esther: Well that's that then.
Klaus: Pack your bags, we're leaving.
Bella/Esther: Today?
Klaus: Why not? There's nothing keeping us here. We'll grab the doppelgänger and be off by sunset.
Bella/Esther: But tonight is the decade dance.
Klaus: So?
Bella/Esther: So, I'm head of the committee, we have to go.
Klaus: I'm not going to any dance.
Bella/Esther: Caroline will be there.
Klaus: That means nothing to me.
Bella/Esther: Please, I have big plans for tonight. Just go for me.
Bella throws popcorn at Esther.
Klaus: Okay, fine. One last hoorah.
Bella/Esther: One last hoorah, Nik.
Mystic Falls Old Cemetery
[Elena and Esther are walking towards the Salvatore tomb.]
Esther: You'll forgive me for taking you from the dance this evening. That's the burden of being the doppelgänger, I'm afraid. Your blood is a potent binding agent for a witch's spell.
Elena: Just please don't hurt Alaric.
Alaric: She's not hurting me.
Elena: Ric! [Elena moves towards him, but stops when she senses something is different about him.]
Elena: What's going on? What are you doing with him?
Esther: I'm going to remake him.
Elena: Remake him?
Esther: Make him strong, fast, like my children. Indestructible. For one final time I'm going to tap into the dark magic I used a thousand years ago. Like my husband Mikael before him I will make Alaric into a true hunter, a vampire to end all vampires.
Everyone glared at her.
Elena: You can't create another Original. What if he turns out to be an even bigger monster than your children?
Esther: He won't now that he has embraced his darkest aspect his hatred for them will become more pure and uncompromising. In death that hatred will be magnified.
Elena: You don't know that, you don't know anything about him.
Esther: That is where you're wrong. Each time he died with that ring during his brief journey into death I was there on The Other Side. I spoke to him, I nurtured him knowing that every death brought him closer to his true self. Vampires took everything from him.
Now he's getting his vengeance.
Mystic Falls High School
[Back in the gym hall, Caroline and Tyler are slow dancing. Klaus walks in and stares at them. Tyler sees him.]
Caroline: What is it?
Klaus: Where've you been mate?
Tyler: I just got back in town.
Klaus: That's funny, I don't recall giving you permission to leave in the first place.
"You haven't forbidden it either." Said Marcel.
Klaus: You don't mind if I cut in, do you?
Caroline: Yes! Actually we do.
Tyler: No, it's fine.
Caroline: Why do you always have to prove you're the alpha male?!
Klaus: I don't have to prove anything, love. I am the alpha male.
Hayley rolled her eyes, others chuckled.
Klaus: Come on, one dance, I won't bite. [Caroline looks at Tyler and then skeptically takes Klaus' offered hand. He leads her out onto the dance floor.]
Klaus: You would've loved the 1920s, Caroline. The girls were reckless, sexy, fun. They literally used to dance until they dropped.
Caroline: Hmpf, I don't suppose that ever happened to their dance partners.
Klaus: You should be nicer to me. I'm leaving town tomorrow. I'd invite you to come with me but we both know you're not ready to accept my offer. Perhaps one day, in a year, or even in a century you'll turn up at my door and let me show you what the world has to offer. [He stares into her eyes. Caroline looks away.]
"You are good." Said Bella. Klaus smirked.
Caroline: Hmpf!
Klaus: You mark my words. A small town boy, a small town life, it won't be enough for you. [Klaus leaves her. She looks at him confused. Outside, Klaus is talking on the phone as he walks away.]
Klaus: Bella, call me back immediately! I only came to this ridiculous dance because you begged me to and now you're nowhere to be found. [Klaus sees the salt line and stops.]
Klaus: What is this? [Stefan walks up behind him.]
Stefan: Your mother is back.
"Why can't she just stay dead?" Whined Bella.
[Later, in the classroom, several candles are lit and Bonnie is chanting. Damon, Stefan, Klaus, Jamie and Jeremy are there.]
Jamie: She does this all the time, right?
Klaus: What's taking so long?! All boundary spells have a loop hole. [Matt enters.]
Matt: People are walking right out of the dance, past the barrier.
Jeremy: Matt and I can leave, we can stop Esther ourselves. We just gotta find out where she is.
Stefan: It's suicide, Jeremy. [Klaus rushes over and grabs Jamie by the throat and starts to strangle him.]
Klaus: Suicide would be disappointing me! Now work your magic, witch, or I'll start killing people you fancy.
Bonnie: Let him go!
Klaus: Not until you get us out of here.
"How you killing him changes anything?" Said Hayley.
Stefan: Ah, don't be stupid, Klaus. Bonnie doesn't give a damn about us. The only reason she's helping us right now is to save Caroline and Tyler. You start killing the people she cares about, she'll tell us all to go to hell. [Klaus lets go of Jamie.]