Bellatrix Mikaelson (The Originals S1)

Chapter 3

The Cemetery
[Klaus and Elijah are back at the cemetery. Some witches and Hayley are present.]
Klaus: No. It's impossible.
Elijah: I said the same thing myself. 
Klaus: This is a lie. You are all lying. Vampires cannot procreate. 
Sophie: But werewolves can. Magic made you a vampire, but you were born a werewolf. You're the Original hybrid, the first of your kind. And this pregnancy is one of nature's loopholes. 
Klaus: (screaming, to Hayley) You've been with someone else, admit it! 
Hayley: Hey, I've spent days held captive in a freaking alligator bayou because they think that I'm carrying some magical miracle baby. Don't you think I would've fessed up if it wasn't yours?
"This seems so long ago." Said Hayley.
Sophie: My sister gave her life to perform the spell she needed to confirm this pregnancy. Because of Jane-Anne's sacrifice, the lives of this girl and her baby are now controlled by us. We can keep them save. Or we can kill them. If you don't help us take down Marcel, so help me, Hayley won't live long enough to see her first maternity dress.
Hayley: Wait, what? 
Elijah: Enough of this. If you want Marcel dead, he's dead. I'll do it myself.
Marcel glared at Elijah.
"Yeah, because killing Nik's one kid for another will help him be happy." Said Bella sarcastically.
Sophie: No. We can't, not yet. We have a clear plan that we need to follow, and there are rules. [Elijah looks at Klaus, awaiting his reaction.]
Klaus: How dare you command me, threaten me, with what you wrongfully perceive to be my weaknesses. This is a pathetic deception. I won't hear any more lies.
Elijah: Niklaus!... Listen. [Klaus can hear the heartbeat of the baby. He looks at Hayley, then at his brother and the witches.]
Klaus: Kill her and the baby. What do I care? [He leaves.]
Hayley: Screw this. I'm out of here!
Elijah: No one touches the girl. I'll fix this. [Sophie nods.]
New Orleans
[Klaus is running through a street. Elijah catches up with him.]
Elijah: Niklaus.
Klaus: It's a trick, Elijah.
Elijah: No, brother. It's gift. It's your chance – it's our chance.
Klaus: To what?
Elijah: To start over. Take back everything we lost, everything that was taken from us. Niklaus, our own parents came to despise us. Our family was ruined – we were ruined. And since then, all that you have ever wanted – all that we have ever wanted was a family.
Klaus: I will not be manipulated. [Klaus turns away but Elijah vamp-speeds over to block his way.]
Bella looked at Klaus sadly.
Elijah: So they're manipulating you. So what? With them, this girl and her child –your child – live.
Klaus: I'm gonna kill every last one of them. [He shoves Elijah and turns away, but once again Elijah vampire-speeds over and blocks him.]
Elijah: And then what? Then you return to Mystic Falls to resume your life as the hated one, as the evil hybrid? Is it so important to you that people quake with fear at the sound of your name?
Klaus: People quake with fear because I have the power to make them afraid. What will this child offer me? Will it guarantee me power?
"Child isn't for power." Said Marcel.
"He knows it. He's just scared of being father." Said Bella.
"I'm not scared." Said Klaus.
"Yeah, yeah." Bella shrugged off Klaus.
Elijah: Family is power, Niklaus. Love, loyalty – that's power. This is what we swore to one another a thousand years ago, before life tore away what little humanity you had left, before ego, before anger, before paranoia created in this person before me someone I can barely even recognize as my own brother. This is us, the Original family, and we remain together, always and forever. I am asking you to stay here. I will help you and I will stand by you. I will be your brother. We will build a home here together. So save this girl. Save your child.
"Wow. His speech was even better than Bella's." Said Layla surprised.
"Hey! My speeches are the best and much more inspiring than Elijah's." Pouted Bella. Others laughed.
[Elijah has placed a hand on Klaus' shoulder. Klaus brings his own hand to Elijah's neck in a brotherly gesture.]
Klaus: (whispering) No. [Klaus walks away.]
The Mausoleum
[The witches are in the mausoleum, talking.]
Sophie: Marcel and his vampires are out of control. Something had to be done.
Agnes: And the solution is to bring in more vampires?
Sophie: These aren't just any vampires, Agnes. They're the Originals. 
"Exactly. They are worse. No offence." Said Layla.
"None taken." Said Bella.
Agnes: What makes you think you can control the hybrid? [Elijah appears, leaning on the wall.]
Elijah: She can't. I'm not entirely certain that I can, either. But now that your coven has drawn his ire, I have a question: What prevents my brother from murdering you instead of cooperating? [Sophie takes a needle and shows it to the Original. She sticks the needle into her hand.]
Hayley: Ow! [Elijah looks at her. There is a drop of blood on her hand, exactly at the same point where Sophie hurt herself.]
"Bitch." Said Hayley.
Hayley: What the hell!?
Sophie: The spell my sister performed, the one that got her killed? It didn't just confirm the pregnancy. It linked me to Hayley. So anything that happens to me, happens to her, which means her life is in my hands. Klaus may not care about his own child, but it's very clear what it already means to you. If I have to hurt Hayley – or worse – to ensure that I have your attention, I will. [Elijah is slightly amused.]
Elijah: You would dare threaten an Original?
Sophie: I have nothing to lose. [The grin disappears from Elijah's face.]
"His grin disappeared." Noticed Davina.
"Because he know that the most dangerous person is the one who has nothing to lose." Said Bella.
Sophie: You have until midnight to get Klaus to change his mind.
New Orleans
[Loud music plays. A courtyard party takes place. Vampires – including Marcel – are dancing and drinking. Klaus appears. Elijah stands above on a balcony, observing the scene.]
Marcel: Someone put you in a mood. What can I do? 
Klaus: What you can do is you can tell me what this thing is that you have with the witches. 
Marcel: We're back to that.
Klaus: Yeah, we're back to that.
Marcel: You know I owe you everything I got, but I'm afraid I have to draw the line on this one. This is my business. I control the witches in my town. Let's just leave it at that.
Klaus: Your town?
Marcel: Damn straight.
Klaus: That's funny, because when I left 100 years ago, you were just a pathetic little scrapper still trembling from the lashes of the whips of those who would keep you down, and now look at you – master of your domain, prince of the city. [The music stops and the crowd watches them.] I'd like to know how.
"Wow. That was low blow, Klaus." Said Layla.
Marcel: Why? Jealous? Hey, man, I get it. Three hundred years ago, you helped build a backwater penal colony into something. You started it, but then you left. Actually, you ran from it. I saw it through. Look around. Vampires rule this city now. I got rid of the werewolves. I even found a way to shut down the witches.
"And you call that being a king of city? You are more like king of vampires. You are dictator to others. You gave werewolves worse fate than death. You exhiled them and let them turn into humans only for few hours and you killed witches for using magic. It's like killing vampires for drinking blood or killing humans for breathing." Said Bella. Davina and Marcel looked down.
Marcel: The blood never stops flowing and the party never ends. You wanna pass on through? You wanna stay a while? Great. What's mine is yours, but it is mine. My home, my family, my rules
Klaus: And if someone breaks those rules?
Marcel: They die. Mercy is for the weak. You taught me that, too. And I'm not the prince of the Quarter, friend. I'm the king! Show me some respect.  [Klaus takes this all in for a few moments, then he vamp-speeds towards one of Marcel's men, bites him viciously in the neck, then drops him. Klaus speaks with blood dripping from his lips.]
Klaus: Your friend will be dead by the weekend, which means I've broken one of your rules. And yet I cannot be killed. I am immortal. Who has the power now, friend? [Klaus faces off with Marcel, who says nothing.]
"That's what happens when you bite more than you can chew." Said Bella. Marcel glared at her.
[After a moment Klaus smiles around at the crowd then turns and leaves.]
New Orleans
[Marcel talks on his cell phone.]
Marcel: You find him, and then you call me. Don't worry. I know how to deal with Klaus. 
Bella raised her eyebrow.
"Do you now? How is that?" Said Bella.
[Elijah appears.]
Elijah: Is that so? Please elaborate.
Marcel: Elijah Mikaelson. [Marcel's entourage of vampire bodyguards, seated around the restaurant, rise as one in readiness to protect.]
Marcel: No. I got it. It's all good. [Elijah takes a seat opposite Marcel.]
Elijah: It's time we had a little chat.
Marcel: Well if you're gonna talk, talk. I got things to do.
Elijah: Oh my, you have grown quite confident over the last century, haven't you?
Marcel: Me? I'd say it's you and your brother who got cocky, coming to my town like you own the place.
Elijah: Well, we did own the place once. We were all quite happy here as I recall. But we could never control those pesky witches of the French Quarter. How do you do it? 
"By using Davina." Said Bella.
Marcel: Your brother asked me the same question. I gave him the same answer: It's my business. Everything in the Quarter is my business. Klaus comes into town all nice and friendly, then he starts looking down his nose at what I've down like it's some cheap knock-off of one of his dumb paintings, then he gets pissed of like a little bitch and bites one of my guys. 
Klaus and Bella glare.
Elijah: Well, I do apologize for Klaus' poor behavior. I assume you know that that bite will kill your friend within a matter of days. Of course, Niklaus' blood would cure him. 
Marcel: What?
Elijah: Yes, apparently the blood of the hybrid will cure a werewolf bite. Quite a handy little thing when one needs leverage in negotiation. 
Marcel: What kind of negotiations are we talking about? 
Elijah: Return the body of the witch Jane-Anne. Allow her people to put her to rest. 
Marcel: What do you care about the witches? 
Elijah: Well, that's my business, now, isn't it?