Bellatrix Mikaelson (The Originals S1)

Chapter 12

ROUSSEAU'S
[Cami drinks a pint at a bar, still wearing her gala finery. Klaus enters the place and sits next to her]
Klaus: Cami—
Cami: Don't even try it. I get the bro code. You're here to smooth things over for your friend. It's very nice of you, but—
Klaus: But you've been hurt before, and you aren't taking any more chances.
Cami: Something like that. The guy I saw tonight? Not the guy I thought he was. And if he can turn on a dime like that--
Klaus: Sounds like more than just a broken heart. Someone broke your trust. Camille, the brave bartender. [Cami and Klaus stare at each other. Cami swallows, looking like she might lean in, but Klaus blinks and breaks the moment.]
Klaus: I'm sorry... But I need you to give Marcel another chance.
"Ouch. I feel hurt for Cami." Said Layla.
"Imagine don't wanting to be with Marcel because he is a bad guy and than making a move on Nik." Snorted Bella. Others laughed.
[Cami clears her throat, looking both embarrassed and disappointed.]
Cami: Wow. I totally misread that.
Klaus: No. You read it quite well, but we all have our roles to play. [He stares her in the eyes and compels her] You went to Marcel's. You danced. You feel badly that he had a row with his friend, but otherwise, all you remember is that it was perfect.
Bella hits Klaus's head.
"You're an ass." Said Bella.
MIKAELSON MANSION
[Bella sits at the piano, lazily playing a mozart. Klaus enters and she sits up.]
Bella: Did it work?
Klaus: (smirked) Of course. I killed Katie and saved Marcel and he agreed to return Elijah to us. And when the time is right, when he has told me everything I need to know about Davina, I will have her for myself.
Marcel, Davina, Hayley and Kol glare.
[Bella shakes her head and takes a sip of bourbon, then sets her glass on the piano and leaves.]
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH
[Davina kneels at Elijah's open casket. She hears a door open and looks up to see Marcel enter. She runs to hug him.]
Davina: You're okay! I was so worried.
Marcel: Thank you. Whatever you did, I felt it. You helped me.
Davina: It was the old ones, wasn't it?
"Yes." Said Layla.
"Originals." corrected Bella.
Marcel: Actually, Klaus is the one that saved me tonight. I'm gonna make things right, starting off by giving him his brother back.
Davina: [confused and upset] No!Marcel: [gives her a look] What? Davina--
Davina: [shakes her head] No! You said the old ones were dangerous. I won't give him back until I know how to kill them.
Klaus glared.
MIKAELSON MANSION
[Hayley is sitting at a desk in one of the studies, where she's typing on a laptop surrounded by old texts. Klaus pauses at the doorway before walking in to talk to her.]
Klaus: I thought you might like to know, Elijah is returning to us.
Hayley: Congratulations. I guess being diabolical has its perks.
Klaus: You hardly know him, and yet you miss him. What is it about my brother that always inspires such instant admiration?
Hayley: [hesitates] He was kind to me.
Elijah smiles.
[Klaus takes this in. Elijah speaks in voiceover as he begins to continue narrating his journal.]
Elijah: [voiceover] There are moments when I doubt my family is capable of redemption... [Klaus turns to leave, but stops when Hayley calls out to him, though he doesn't turn around.]
Hayley: Hey, I learned something today. I think it's a girl. [Hayley smiles, and after a moment, Klaus smiles as well. He then leaves Hayley to her research.]
Mikaelsons smile.
Elijah: [voiceover] Yet each time that I am tempted to surrender, I see it, the glimmer of goodness that allows me to believe.
FLASHBACK-- EARLIER AT THE MIKAELSON MANSION
[Hayley is laying on the kitchen counter as Sabine holds a crystal hanging on a chain over Hayley's pregnant belly.]
Sabine: [smiles] I think it's a girl. [The crystal starts to swing in the other direction, and she frowns] No... wait. Hayley: Wait what? Please tell me I'm not having a mini-Klaus.
People chuckled.
[The crystal suddenly glows with a bright light, which causes Sabine to drop it. All of a sudden, her eyes roll back in her head, and she begins to chant in a low voice]
Sabine: Hoc est infantima malom. Nos omnia perditu el eam. [Cut to the Mikaelson Mansion, where Hayley is still in the study on the laptop. She is typing the words Sabine said during her vision into an online language translator, but none of the languages she chooses get any results.]
ST. ANNE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH / MIKAELSON MANSION
[A montage plays while Klaus speaks in voiceover. Marcel walks through the pews of the church toward Davina's room in the attic, where she is kneeling over where Elijah lays in his coffin. She removes the dagger, and stares at it for a moment. At the Mikaelson mansion, Klaus stares at a large painting in his study while he talks to Cami.]
Klaus: [voiceover] Over the course of my life, I've encountered no shortage of those who would presume to speak of good and evil. Such terms mean nothing. People do what is in their best interest, regardless of who gets hurt. Is it evil to take what one wants? To satisfy hunger, even if doing so will cause another suffering? What some would call evil, I believe to be an appropriate response to a harsh and unfair world.
"I agree. Being selfish isn't always a bad thing." Said Bella.
Cami: [confused] No offense, but I'm not sure I follow why you've invited me here.
Klaus: [smiles] Because I enjoy your company. And, I sense that you have the capacity for understanding someone of my... complexity.
"It took you thousand years to realise you need a therapist, but you know what they say: Better late than never." Said Bella. Klaus pushed her off the chair. Others laughed.
Klaus: You see, I returned to New Orleans to investigate a threat posed against me. What I found was a young woman, pregnant, in need of protection. My brother, always the do-gooder, tried to manipulate me into helping her--he thought it might redeem me. Trouble is, I've since learned of another young woman-- a girl, really, one with vast potential—- held in captivity by a tyrant. I want to help both of these women—- protect one and free the other. So, tell me, Cami-- does that sound evil to you?
"Oh, because you wanted to free me out of goodness of your heart." Scoffed Davina.
Cami: I don't believe in evil as a diagnosis. I think you have unstable personal relationships, stress-related paranoia, chronic anger issues, fear of abandonment.
"She is good." Said Bella.
Cami: I think you could benefit from talking to someone. Professionally. [Klaus smiles in amusement.]
Klaus: I think I prefer to talk to you. So, I'm going to offer you a job as my
stenographer.
Cami: [still confused] Okay. What are we writing? 
Klaus: My memoirs, of course. Someone should know my story. And, it will give us time to discuss other riveting subjects, like your handsome suitor, Marcel.
Cami: [mildly offended] Excuse me? My private life is–-
Klaus: [interrupts her] Your private life is, as it turns out, essential to my plans. You see, Marcel wants you. And, because of that, he will trust you, which serves me. The thing is, the French Quarter is on the verge of war. On the one side there's me, and on the other, Marcel. Along with a very powerful witch and an army of vampires.
Cami: [freaked out] WHAT? [Klaus vamp-speeds over to her, pushes her against a wall, and starts to compel her.]
Klaus: [smirks] You're frightened. Don't be.
Cami: [puzzled] I'm not scared anymore. That's... amazing. How did you...?
Klaus: It's called compulsion. It's a neat bit of vampire trickery. I'll tell you all about it. But first, let's talk a little more about Marcel. [Cami stares at him warily]
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH
[Up in Davina's room in the attic, Marcel leans over Elijah's coffin and stares at him while Davina looks out the window]
Marcel: This sucker's resilient. He's like a cockroach in a suit. [He pauses a beat] Doesn't matter. Time to give ol' Elijah back to Klaus, anyway.
Davina: You asked me to figure out a way to kill the Originals. I'm not done! The silver dagger hurts them, but that's it.
"Daggers don't hurt them and they can't tell how much time goes. They are like dead without being dead." Said Bella.
Marcel: Davina, we've been through this. Klaus saved my life, I owe him one. Since he wants his brother back–-
Davina: [interrupts him] Tonight's the annual Dauphine Street Music Festival. I wanna go. Please?
Marcel: The whole point of you being up here is so you're never spotted out there. You know who works smack in the middle of Dauphine Street? Sophie Deveraux. Pain-in-the-ass witch? And you know what the witches will do to you if they find you.
Davina: [pouts] But you control the witches. Make her go away! [Marcel shakes his head, and Davina groans in annoyance.]
Davina: Marcel, it's one night!
Marcel: I said, 'No'. [Marcel turns and walks toward the door to leave, but Davina stops him.]
Davina: I do anything you say, but sometimes I think you forget what I'm capable of. Did you know I can make someone's blood boil? All I have to do is focus. [She stares at Marcel, and we can hear the hiss of boiling blood as he starts to sweat profusely.]
"Go, Girl!" Cheered Bella and Layla. Davina smiled.
[He wipes his damp brow and smiles, clearly impressed by her spunk.]
Marcel: Fine. We compromise, all right? You going out alone? Too dangerous. But, I'll introduce you to a friend of mine that's going to be there. Alright? Nice lady. You two are really gonna hit it off. [Davina smiles widely and bounces on her heels in excitement.]
Kol smiles at her.