Bellatrix Mikaelson (The Originals S1)

Chapter 13

MIKAELSON MANSION
[Hayley sits on the couch, flipping through a book while she talks to Agnes. Over at the coffee table, Bella sits and types on a laptop.]
Hayley: I told you Agnes, I feel great!
Agnes: You are overdue for a checkup.
Klaus, Hayley and Bella glare.
Hayley: What am I gonna do? Pop into the Quarter for a quick ultrasound? A pregnant werewolf escorted by a witch? Nothing to see here!
Agnes: I know a doctor out in the Bayou, off the beaten path. Now, I took the liberty of making an appointment for you. Tonight, after-hours, just us. Vampires will never get word of it. [Hayley thinks for a moment and rolls her eyes in reluctant agreement.]
Hayley: Okay, fine. Bayou-baby-doctor it is.  [Agnes and Hayley leave the room. Cut to Bella: she is texting "Firefly❤️‍🔥". Klaus walks in.]
Bella: So where is Elijah? What is your spawn saying?
Klaus: Marcel's delay in returning our brother makes me suspect he's no longer in charge of the situation. If Davina's loyalty to Marcel is strained, perhaps the young witch will be open to discussing a new alliance.
"I'm not." Said Davina. Marcel glared at Klaus.
Bella: [smiles bitterly] As usual, your power grabs are more important than rescuing your brother. 
Klaus: I prefer to think of it as killing two birds with one stone. Rob Marcel of his secret weapon, bring our brother home.
Kol, Bella, Hayley, Davina and Marcel glare.
[Bella, still unimpressed, smiles tightly at her brother as he sips his drink]
"Why are you not saying anything?" Said Layla.
"I know when it doesn't have point to talk to Nik." Said Bella.
ROUSSEAU'S
[The young boy Davina was watching earlier is on stage with another band, playing a fiddle. Davina continues to watch him intently. Over at the bar, Marcel keeps an eye on Davina as he chats with Cami.]
Marcel: It's good to see you. I was worried you thought I was some hothead after that display at the Masquerade.
Cami: [smiles pleasantly] We all have our hot-headed moments! [She shrugs]  Anyway, I'm almost done here until clean-up, so the two of us girls can hang out if you need to go shmooze, or whatever. [Davina leans over to butt into their conversation.]
Davina: You know, he was supposed to stop hovering like, ten minutes ago.
Marcel: [to Cami, exasperatedly] See what I mean? Authority issues! I'll go talk to the mayor-- he actually knows how to show some respect! [Cami watches Davina stare at the boy, and smiles as she approaches her.]
Cami: Soooo, what's his name? Hot guy with the fiddle?
Davina: [smiles shyly] Tim.
Kol looks jaelous. Bella notices and nudges him with smirk. Kol rolls his eyes.
[Cami smiles encouragingly]
Davina: I knew he would be here, he always performs at these kinda things. 
Cami: How long have you two known each other?
Davina: Since we were ten. [Cami looks at her expectantly, and she continues] I had to leave school, and I didn't get to say goodbye. So, I was just hoping to talk to him tonight. [The band finishes their song, and all the patrons of the bar whoop and applaud them. Davina continues to smile and watch Tim play.]
Davina looks sadly at screen. Marcel glares at Klaus.
ST. ANNE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
[A priest is cleaning up a very run-down looking church when Bella enters and starts looking around. He briefly looks up at her before going back to what he was doing]
Priest: Church is closed. If you want your horror fix, go take a ghost tour.
Bella: I don't much care for ghosts. I am, however, interested in what happened here?
Kieran: [sighs again] St. Ann's used to be the heart of the neighborhood. It's been abandoned for a while now... since the night of the massacre. [Flashback to a young, blonde seminary student in the church, who murders several other seminary students by beheading them with a scythe, before ultimately killing himself the same way, despite Father Kieran's pleas.]
Kieran: Nine seminary students were killed... by one of their own.[beat] You're standing on blood.
"Not the first time... or last." Said Bella.
Bella: I'm not squeamish. Where's the attic?
Kieran: Like I said, the church is closed.
[Bella moves herself right in front of his face and compels him.]
Bella: Where is the attic?
Kieran: Past the sacristy, up the stairs.
Bella: [smiles] Thank you. Now, forget I was here. [Bella walks away. After a moment, Father Kieran shakes his head, as if shaking himself out of a daze. Upstairs, Bella finds the attic and opens the door. In the doorway, she looks over at her brother laying in his open coffin. His eyes open and look toward her, and he uses his vampire telepathy to speak with Bella in her head, using a memory of them going to an opera in New Orleans in the 1840s as a backdrop. She is dressed in 19th century finery and standing in front of a horse and carriage, looking incredibly confused.]
Bella: What the bloody hell? [Elijah approaches her from behind, smiling roguishly in his own fine clothing.]
Elijah: Bella, language, please!
Bella: Elijah! [Bella runs toward him and hugs him tightly before looking around them.]
Layla smiles at their relationship.
Bella: What is all this?
Elijah: You don't remember? We went to the opera house together. It was your first full day back into New Orleans' society after adopting Layla. It's a memory that only you and I share. Also, I need you to know it's not Davina's tricks.
Bella: Well, how are you even awake? Last time i saw you, you were daggered and Davina was standing over you.
Elijah: [smiles] Davina removed the dagger, unaware that doing so even once would negate the dagger's power. In a few hours, I shall be as good as new!
Bella: So, pop me into the attic and we can find a way to get you out!
Elijah: I'm afraid I'm not quite ready to leave yet, Bella. [beat] This girl, Davina, she's... curious. Willful, too. [He pours himself and Bella a drink.] Soon, I shall be able to speak to her, perhaps to even propose a truce of some kind. So, if we can end this war between the vampires and the witches, we'll be able to eliminate the threat to Hayley and her baby. Perhaps then Niklaus and our entire family can finally know peace. 
"Why do you always have to be so selfless?" Said Bella. Elijah smiled.
[He hands Bella her drink.] 
Elijah: In the meantime, I need you to look after Hayley. She is our family now, so I need her and her unborn child to fall underneath our protection. [He holds out his drink to toast to her] Swear to me, Bella.
Hayley smiles.
[He returns her back to reality, where she still stands in the doorway, looking at him in his coffin.]
Bella: I swear. [Bella turns to leave]
BAYOU CLINIC
[Dr. Paige is giving Hayley an ultrasound, and we can hear the fetal heartbeat. The doctor smiles at her.]
Dr. Paige: Your baby's heart rate is perfect.
Hayley: [smiles in return] I knew it. She's a tough one, like her mom.
"And aunt." Said Bella proudly.
[Dr. Paige chuckles and hands her a tissue to wipe the ultrasound gel off of her abdomen, which she does. As Hayley sits up, Dr. Paige notices Hayley's crescent-moon shaped birthmark on her shoulder, and she smiles tightly]
Dr. Paige: That's a unique birthmark.
Hayley: [puts on her sweater] We're pretty much done here, right? [Hayley gets a text from Bella, which reads "Where are you?"]
Dr. Paige: Your blood pressure is a bit high, I've got something for it. [Hayley watches as she walks away, to where Agnes is waiting in the next room. She texts "Bayou clinic with doctor" to Bella. Suddenly, a wolf howls loudly, startling Hayley. She gets up to look out the window and sees a car's headlights approaching, which makes her suspicious and anxious. Dr. Paige returns with her medication.]
Everyone glares at Dr. Paige.
Hayley: Ahh, you know, I'm-I'm actually not that good with pills.
Dr. Paige: [nervous] Heh, neither am I, truth be told. [Dr. Paige sets the medicine cup on the table and starts preparing something. A group of intimidating-looking men walk into the clinic and whisper something unintelligible to Agnes. Hayley turns around to see Dr. Paige preparing a syringe, and the doctor lunges at Hayley to inject her with it. Hayley grabs her arm and pushes it away from her, headbutts the doctor to disorient her, and then stabs the syringe into the doctor's neck, causing her to pass out onto the floor.]
"Go, Hayley!" Cheered Bella, Davina and Layla.
[When the men in the lobby see what happened, they run toward the door, but Hayley manages to shut and lock it before they can enter. One of the men rattles the doorknob as Hayley struggles to open the window to escape. When they finally get in, Hayley has already escaped and runs away from the clinic.]