Bellatrix Mikaelson (The Originals S1)

Chapter 6

Bar
[Marcel is sitting in a bar, drinking. Klaus enters.]
Klaus: Well, this is a far cry from last night's party. [Klaus sees Cami sitting in the bar, writing.]
Klaus: Ah, in pursuit of the bartender from "Rousseau's", I see.
Marcel: She's a work in progress.
Klaus: And yet here you are, pining over her when you should be eating her for lunch. Oh, she must be special.
Marcel: Business first. The coroner called. He's got my number in case any dead tourists show up.
Klaus: Let me guess – dead tourists with a stamp on the hand and vampire blood in their veins?
Marcel: It happens. Someone takes a drunken tumble off a balcony, or into the Mississippi... And today I got two of them to deal with. [Klaus rises when he hears that Cami is gathering her things and leaving.]
Klaus: Excuse me, love. What's that you're studying?
Cami: Abnormal psychology.
Klaus: Abnormal psychology, well. Perhaps you could help me diagnose my friend over here. He's been a little bit depressed, can't keep his mind off a girl. He tells me she's a queen, fit for a king. I think he should cut his losses and move on. What's your professional opinion?
Cami: (to Marcel) Be a nice guy, and maybe the opportunity will present itself some day.
Marcel: How about tonight, nine o'clock? I'll meet you right here?
Cami: I'll take it under consideration. [She leaves.]
"That's why i like Cami." Said Bella.
Marcel: Mm, harsh.
Klaus: I daresay I've lost my touch. Or you've lost yours. [They smile at each other, sipping their drinks.]
"You two are cute when you aren't trying to murder each other." Said Layla.
Jardin Gris
[Hayley walks up to a shop front right when the shopkeeper appears to be leaving.]
Hayley: Hey, hey!
Katie: We're closed, sorry.
Hayley: I just need one teeny, tiny little herb. Please?
Katie: Which herb?
Hayley: Crushed aconite flower.
Marcel, Kol and Davina look surprised.
Katie: Wolfsbane? That's a poison. You're gonna kill a wolf?
Hayley: Just a little one.
Katie: Give me a minute. [Katie goes back into the shop. After a few seconds she comes back, holding a phial in her hand.]
Katie: Cut it with jimson weed. A few drops in some hot tea – that should do it. [Hayley hands her some money.]
Hayley: Here. [Katie refuses it.]
Katie: It's an ugly town for wolves. You're doing the right thing. [Hayley walks away. Katie picks up her phone and calls someone.]
Katie: Hey, wanna gain points? Tell Marcel there's a werewolf in the Quarter.
Warehouse
[Marcel and Klaus are in a garage.]
Klaus: You take me to the nicest places.
[Thierry and Diego open the doors of a car. Two people, Tina and Josh, are lying in the car.]
Marcel: Welcome to the land of the newly dead. I won't waste your time. (to Thierry) I trust you filled them in?
Thierry: To be honest, not much in the way of potential here.
Marcel: Yeah, well, I just lost six night-walkers. I got holes to fill. I'll keep this quick. That itch you feel? That's the need to feed coming on strong, a hunger for human blood. Drink it – you're a vampire. Don't – you die. Again. This time for good. Right here in a body bag. (to Klaus) Hey, what do you think, cute dorky girl or gay best friend?
Klaus: Dealer's choice.
Marcel: Dealer's choice, okay. [Marcel shows them a coin.]
Marcel: Whoever picks up this coin gets to live forever. The other one dies. [He lays down the coin between them.]
Marcel: Go! [Josh looks to the Tina. She grabs the coin. Marcel laughs.]
Marcel: Damn girl! I said, damn!
Josh: How could you!?
Tina: Get over it, Josh. It's not like I had a choice. You would've done the same thing, but you're such a little – [Marcel kills Tina by breaking her neck.]
Marcel: Let her die in cold storage. Got a thing about people, who betray their own friends.
Layla, Kol and Bella burst out laughing.
"What is funny?" Asked Marcel.
"You betrayed us by faking your death, but now you says this." Said Bella. Marcel didn't say anything.
Marcel: C'mon. Let's go for a ride. [Bella watches from a balcony above as Klaus loads Josh into he car, and Marcel talks on his cell phone. Marcel finds her after finishing talking on phone.]
Marcel: Bellatrix Mikaelson. Came to teach me another lesson?
Bella: Depends. Are you here to challenge me again?
"What are you talking about?" Said Davina.
"He wanted to prove he was strong enough to be vampire and he challenged me. if he defeated me, I would turn him, but i couldn't use magic and vampirism while fighting. If i won, he would stop asking me." Said Bella.
"What happened?" Said Davina.
"I kicked his ass. Litterally." Chuckled Bella.
"And told me that was my lesson. Don't bite more than you can chew." Said Marcel.
"Terrible student. Didn't learn his lesson." Said Bella. Davina chuckled.
Marcel: Are you? [There is silence.]
Bella: We thought you were dead.
Marcel: You never looked back to find out.
Bella: Don't you dare blame us! You could have found us, The same way i found Nik and Elijah. You knew the places we might have gone, but you didn't even try.
"Why weren't you with them?" Asked curious Davina.
"It was 2 years after they daggered Kol. I was angry. Thro, i came back when i heard about Mikael and stayed with Nik." Said Bella. Davina nodded.
[Marcel opens his mouth to say something, but Bella spells it shut.]
"Angry Bella alert!" Said Layla.
Bella: Do you know how we were? How much Elijah blamed himself for not being able to protect you? [Marcel tries to say something, but he can't.]
Everyone looked at Elijah. His face remained stoic.
Bella: Do you know how Nik was? He was drowing in guilt and sorrow. It took decades for him to be able to sleep and god have mercy on people who dared to mention your name to him, because he definetly didn't. It was like Henrik all over again, but worse. Why would he come back here, huh?! This city associated with pain for him. He saw how the boy he raised and loved as his son die in front of him by his father's hands, while crowd laughed. Why would he come back here?!
Klaus looked down, not wanting to see pity looks. Bella glared at them and motioned for them to look away. Marcel looks guilty.
Bella: What about Layla? You were like little brother for her. When you faked your death, She was destroyed and blamed herself for not being there. Trust me losing your baby brother is the worst and most hearbroking feeling you might ever feel. Expecially when you are a vampire and your feelings are strengthened.
Layla looked down. Kol grabbed Bella's hand to remind her, he was here.
Bella: I had to take care of two heartbroken person while i was mourning, too. Than we came here and find out you faked your death and stole our city while we were mourning you! You heartless bastard! [Bella slaped Marcel. Marcel looked down guiltily.]
Offscreen Marcel looked ashamed of himself, too.
Bella: How dare you?! After everything we have done for you. Nik saved you, gave you your name, home, love, childhood. He gave you new identity, He made you everything you are. He gave you good home and good father he never had. And yes, sometimes he made mistakes, too and was little controlling, but he had never had a parent he could use as an example or experience to raise a child. And because of that, he might not have been the best father there is, but he was damn good one. Expecially for the first try.
Klaus and Marcel looked down with glassy eyes, both of them guilty, but for different reasons.
[Bella saw Marcel's guilty face and said.]
Bella: I get why you did it, I really get it. You wanted to get out of Nik's shadow and become a king instead of a little prince and Nik would never let you do that. But you could find another way. I forgive you for the pain you caused me, but i will never forgive you for breaking my daughter's and brother's hearts! I will not forgive you for taking last of Nik's humanity! I will not forgive you for the pain you caused my family! [Bella turns around and leaves.]
"Your words are sharper than knives." Said Marcel.
"Truth hurts." Said Bella.
BAR
[Marcel walks into a bar, his eyes searching the place until he spots Klaus sitting at the bar.]
Klaus: I know that face-woman trouble.
Marcel: Why didn't you tell me your sister's back in town?
Klaus: Well, I thought it would be more amusing for you to find out for yourself.
Marcel: Is there anything else that I need to know?
Klaus: Only that she's grown considerably more insane in the last century.
"The pott calling the kettle black." Said Bella.
Marcel: Or maybe that it was her who killed my guys?
Klaus: Doubtful. Unless that biker bar is frequented by rippers on bunny diet, I can't imagine she'd be interested.
"Ha. Ha. Very funny." Said Bella and glared at laughing Klaus, Kol, Marcel and Layla.
[Marcel's phone rings and he answers it. Klaus listens with his vampire hearing.]
Marcel: Yeah?
Caller: Just got a tip – someone saw a werewolf in Bienville Park.
Marcel: Get a couple night-walkers to run it down. Bring me back its head. [He hangs up.]
Klaus: Well, I guess that solves the mystery of the murdered riffraff. At least my sister's in the clear.
Marcel: About that. I don't have time for Mikaelson family drama. You're my guest – keep your sister in line. [Klaus responds, his voice rising as Marcel leaves.]
Klaus: I'd have a greater chance of draining the Mississippi with a straw!
"At least you know it." Laughed Bella.
BIENVILLE PARK
[Hayley sits on a bench, dripping the poison into a cup.]
Hayley: (to herself) Come on, Hayley. One upset stomach and all this stupid drama is ancient history. [She lifts the cup toward her face, closes her eyes, then opens them and lowers the cup again without drinking it. She sighs, then hears a branch snap nearby. She stands up, looking around, then turns to find a vampire right in front of her.]
Vampire: Dumb move, coming into the Quarter. You're coming with me, wolf.
Hayley: I have had it up to here with vampires telling me what to do. [She throws the cup's contents into his face, and he roars in pain. She spins around, only to be faced with two more vampires. Suddenly Bella shows up, snaps the neck of one vampire and rips the heart out of the back of the other.]
Bella: (to the dead vampires) Now, that is no way to treat a pregnant lady. [She throws the heart on the ground. Hayley gapes at her, still in shock.]