MIKAELSON MANSION
[Hayley is sitting cross-legged on the floor in Elijah's bedroom as she reads one of Elijah's thick, leather-bound journals. As she reads, Elijah narrates his journal entries in voiceover]
Elijah: [voiceover] August 1359. I have noticed a difference in my siblings. Our bond strains beneath the pressure of our life as vampires. Each day removes them further from the humanity we once possessed. My sweet sister, Bella, has grown quite indifferent to brutality.
"Says you." scoffed Bella. Elijah looked down.
[In a flashback to the previous episode, Bella is seen viciously killing the vampires who tried to attack Hayley in the French Quarter]
Elijah: [voiceover] However, the true problem remains my brother, Niklaus.
Klaus glared at Elijah.
[In a flashback to the previous evening, Klaus can be seen pouring gasoline over the bodies of the nightwalkers Bella killed to protect Hayley, which are piled up in the front yard of the Mikaelson Mansion.
Elijah: [voiceover] He continues to hide his loneliness with cruelty. Still, I cling to the hope that I, as their eldest brother, can lead them down the correct path, a path charged with the power of a family united. For if I fail, our family's legacy will end in darkness.
"What about Kol?" Asked Layla. Elijah didn't answer. Kol did good job of hiding his feelings, but Bella noticed and smiled at him. Kol smiled back.
[Hayley stops reading and walks downstairs with the journal in her hands to find Bella and Klaus talking in the foyer]
Bella: [pouts] I cannot believe you disposed of those vampires without me. You know how I love to set things on fire!
"I love fire,too." Said Layla.
"Me, too." Said Kol.
Klaus: [smirks] Was I supposed to leave them in the front yard to rot? Besides, they were my responsibility. They attacked the helpless pregnant girl who's carrying my child!
Bella: I don't think werewolf would apprecate you calling her helpess.
[Hayley joins them in the foyer]
Hayley: The werewolf would like to know what the plan is.
Klaus: Well, that depends what plan you mean, love--
Hayley: The plan to rescue Elijah. You know, the good brother? The one who is now in the possession of your mortal enemy after you stabbed him in the back?
Klaus: [smirks] In the front, if we're being specific.
Elijah glared at him.
Hayley: You two said that you would get him back. So is there a plan, or what?
Klaus: Okay. Well, firstly, Marcel is not my mortal enemy-- he's my friend. Albeit one who is unaware that I'm trying to sabotage his hold over the supernatural community of the French Quarter, but a friend nonetheless.
Marcel glared.
Klaus: And secondly, I daggered Elijah in order to gain Marcel's trust. If I had known he would place my brother in the hands of a particularly nasty teenage witch, I certainly would have weighed my options a bit differently.
Hayley: What teenage witch?
Bella: I found where Elijah is and there was teen witch there and i felt very powerful magic from her. I have never felt so much power from one witch.
"You knew?" Said Davina.
"I had a doubt, but i wasn't sure." Said Bella.
Hayley: (sarcastically) Great. And why not just take Elijah?
Bella: First we are gonna try Nik's way.
Hayley: Which is?
Bella: Niklaus simply asks Marcel for Elijah back.
Hayley: [incredulous] That's... that's not the whole plan, is it?
Klaus: That's only the Plan A, love! There's always a Plan B.
Hayley: And what's Plan B?Bella: [smiles] War.
Marcel glares at them.
THE ABATTOIR
[In the compound, Marcel is being fitted for a suit by a tailor while Thierry, who is sitting nearby, talks to him]
Marcel: [smirks] Damn, I do look good in a suit. [Thierry chuckles, then turns back to the television, where photos of Tina McGreevy and Joshua Rosza, the tourists that Klaus killed after they had ingested vampire blood at Marcel's party, flash on the screen.]
Thierry: My guy at the docks is gonna come forward as an eyewitness, say he saw those two drunkenly fall into the Mississippi. They'll be dredging for weeks. No one will come looking around here.
Marcel: That's good, considering one's dead in a dumpster behind the county morgue, and the other one is a vampire now. Anything else? [The tailor accidentally pricks her finger on a pin as she hems Marcel's pants]
Tailor: Ow!
Marcel: Allow me, darling. [Marcel kneels down and reaches for her hand before gently sucking the drop of blood off her finger. Thierry, looking anxious, begins to speak]
Thierry: One thing-- I sent four nightwalkers to look into a werewolf sighting in the Quarter. I haven't heard from them since.
Marcel: That makes ten dead nightwalkers in the last week. You think the werewolves are back in town trying to start some trouble?
Thierry: [hesitantly] Look, I know you and Klaus are friends, but the fact is, since the Originals showed up—
"Wow. He has brain." Said Bella.
[Before Thierry can continue, Klaus arrives and enters the room.]
Klaus: Oh, come now, Thierry. You're not still upset about that little, toxic werewolf bite I gave you, are you? I thought we were at bygones.
Thierry: [turns to Marcel in annoyance] I see you've given him free rein of your compound now, too.
Klaus: Yes. Well, seeing as my family and I lived here-- built the place, in fact—-
Marcel: [interrupts them] All right. Come on. You both know the drill. Thierry's my guy, inner circle. Klaus is my old-time friend. He's also a guest here. Peace, all right? All right. [He turns to Klaus] What you need, my brother?
"Oh, when did you became brothers?" Said Layla. They ignored her.
Klaus: [sighs] I'm afraid my sister Bella is insisting I demand Elijah's return. She's quite worked up about it.
Marcel: I'll say.
Thierry: [scoffs] We're not gonna have three Originals walking around town, are we? Half our guys think the sister killed the nightwalkers.
Klaus: [coldly] Is that an accusation against an Original?
Thierry: Eh. [Klaus goes storms at Thierry, who looks to be ready for a confrontation, but Marcel intervenes before they can be violent.]
Marcel: [to Thierry] What did I say about peace? [He turns to Klaus] Come on. Walk with me. [Klaus smiles smugly at Thierry as Marcel steers him out of the room and onto the balcony overlooking the courtyard.]
"You looks so smug." Chuckled Bella.
Klaus: [unamused] You inner circle man lacks a sense of humor.
Marcel: He's a little overprotective, but loyal to a fault. I saved his life back in the '40s, found him dying of a war wound outside a VA hospital. He'd kill for me and die for me. Plus, that boy can play the trumpet like you would not believe. Maybe I'll see if he can play a little tonight at the party. You're coming, right?
Klaus: How can I miss my chance to meet the city councilman as he accepts your gigantic charitable donation?
Marcel: [laughs] Oh, he's a schmuck, but he lets us do our thing in exchange for certain community services, like keeping our fangs out of the locals. [He hesitates for a moment.] Listen, about your brother... I would love to help you out, but Thierry is right. My guys are on edge. They see the Original family moving in, vampires dying? It makes them nervous. If I hand Elijah back now, it might give the wrong impression about who's really in charge here. You know what I mean? [Klaus is clearly angered by this response, but he maintains his poker face and plays it cool.]
"Nik is furious." Said Bella.
"What are you talking about?" Said Hayley.
"Oh, come on! You can't see it? He's practically throwing fires from his eyes." Said Bella.
Klaus: [smiles fakely] You understand-- I had to ask.
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Bellatrix Mikaelson (The Originals S1)
Fanfiction[Book 2] Bella is grieving Kol's death, but hearing news about becoming aunt cheers her up and decides to got to New Orleans. Lets see what trouble her brothers got her into now.
