Bellatrix Mikaelson (The Originals S1)

Chapter 27

THE ABBATOIR / NEWLY-RETURNED MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Klaus and Bella have set up a dinner table is set up in the courtyard to celebrate Klaus's return to leadership over New Orleans and his repossession of the Abbatoir compound from Marcel. The vampire army, including Marcel and his closest friends, are seated around the table, and Klaus and Hayley are seated at each end. Bella is sitting next to Klaus. Klaus calls for everyone's attention to give a speech by tapping his glass with his fork.]
Klaus: Let us begin with a toast to our shared gift: immortality. After a thousand years, one might expect life to be less keenly felt, for its beauties and its sorrows do diminish with time. But, as vampires, we feel more deeply than humans could possibly imagine. [Klaus gestures toward a group of waiters and waitresses to have them join them at the table, one for each guest.]
Klaus: Insatiable need, exquisite pain...
[The servants slit their wrists with knives, filling the cups with blood for the vampires.]
Klaus: Our victories, and our defeats. [raises his glass in a toast to the others]...To my city, my home again. May the blood never cease to flow...
Marcel: [lifts his glass] ...and the party never end!
Bella: [raises her glass] To New Orleans.
Klaus: [repeats] To New Orleans!
Everyone: New Orleans. [Everyone at the table drinks.]
Klaus: I understand that some of you may have questions regarding the recent change in leadership, and I invited you here tonight to assure you that you are not defeated. No, my intentions moving forward are to celebrate what we have. What Marcel, in fact, took and built for this true community of vampires.
Diego: What about her? [He points to Hayley at the far end of the table] The wolf.
Klaus: Had you'd let me finish, Diego, you would know that there is, of course, one further matter I would like to address. [He walks over to the other end of the table where Hayley sits] As many of you know, the girl is carrying my child. Consequently, I trust you will all pay her the appropriate respect. However, I understand that some of you are concerned by this vicious rumor that I intend to use the blood of our child to create hybrids. I assure you I do not.
Hayley: [smirks sarcastically] Father of the year. [Bella glared at Hayley.]
"Why are you glaring at me?" Said Hayley.
"Do you even know what your sitting arragment means? He sit you down in the head of the table, in front of him, that's queen's place. It's leadership of whole city. You can't act like you did in street, Hayley. You can't just say things like that when he sit you down as a queen. With comments like this you are questioning his authority in front of his people." Said Bella.
Klaus: [mildly frustrated] It appears I will have to earn your trust. Very well. We'll eliminate the root of your anxiety. You see, how I can I sire any hybrids if there are no more werewolves alive in the Bayou to turn?
Hayley: [horrified] What? Klaus, no!
"If you held your tongue, it wouldn't happen!" Said Bella.
Klaus: [ignores Hayley] So-- eat, drink, and be merry. And, tomorrow, I suggest you have yourselves a little wolf hunt. Go ahead, have fun. Kill them all!
MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Klaus is with Cami, who continues to transcribe his memoirs on the typewriter in Klaus' study while he paces anxiously.]
Klaus: And, so then I bit Elijah, and left him in the Bayou with my hybrid venom in his veins. Serves him right, for making such vile accusations against me. And then...  [He turns to see that Cami has stopped typing] Are you taking this down?
Cami: To be clear-- if the Quarter is yours now, you still need me why?
Klaus: [smiles] My memoirs. A thousand years of history isn't going to write itself. [Marcel joins them in the study, and when he sees Cami, he looks surprised and concerned.]
Marcel: Cami? What are you doing here?
Cami: [to Klaus] My question exactly.
Klaus: [to Marcel] Oh, it's quite alright. She knows.
Marcel: [raises his eyebrows] She does?Cami: That you're vampires? Don't worry, he's compelled me to forget everything as soon as I leave. That way, I'm too busy agonizing over whether or not I'm losing my damn mind to realize I'm playing spy for an immortal egomaniac.
Marcel: [turns to Klaus, mildly hurt] You compelled her to go out with me, didn't you? [to Cami] And I thought you really liked me.
Cami: So did I.
Klaus: [guilty] I mean, to be clear, I only compelled you to give him a chance. Anything you felt for him was quite real. [Cami and Marcel exchange confused glances.]
Everyone chuckled.
Klaus: [uncomfortable] ...and, for the record, the level of awkwardness we're all currently experiencing is entirely genuine.
Everyone chuckles again.
Cami: [loses her temper] You think you're so clever, don't you? Compelling the poor naive bartender. Look what I found: real me, not your compelled therapist. [She shows Klaus the old newspaper photo she found of him and Marcel from 1919.]
Klaus: Actually, I prefer "devoted stenographer...'
Cami: You think this is funny, messing with my mind? My sanity is not a joke!
Klaus: No, love. I don't believe it is. [He looks into her eyes and compels her] You never found this. You will remember nothing of our life as vampires when you leave here, do you understand? [Cami nods] I think that just about does it for the day. You may go. [Cami picks up her things and leaves.]
"Just let her go!" Said Davina glaring at Klaus.
[Downstairs, Hayley walks alone down the stairs toward the side door of the compound as she tries to sneak out into the French Quarter. She looks around to see if she's being watched, but before she can go anywhere, Diego cuts in front of her]
Diego: Going somewhere? [Suddenly, Elijah appears and breaks Diego's neck by throwing him into the wall.]
Hayley: Elijah, you shouldn't be here. Klaus has his guys watching me.
Elijah: [shrugs] I wouldn't worry about them. [After a moment, Elijah kicks down two other vampires who were hiding around the corner.]
Elijah: Come, we mustn't linger. We'll get you some place safe.
Hayley: No, you don't have to worry about me. I'm fine. I've been deemed under protection by the almighty Klaus. It's the werewolves who need help. He ordered a wolf hunt as some jacked-up peace offering to Marcel's crew. You have to help them. All my life, I've wanted to know who my real family was, and just as I find out that they're out there in the Bayou, Klaus orders them killed. You wanna help me? Help my people. Please. [Back inside, Klaus and Marcel are sitting down opposite to each other in the courtyard to have a talk.]
Marcel: The humans have called a meeting. They're not exactly thrilled with the new status quo.
Klaus: How unfortunate for them.
Marcel: Look, it's your show now. But, you wanna know how I built what I built? Politics. A little diplomacy goes a long way, especially with the human faction.
Klaus: Duly noted. [He looks at the newspaper photo that Cami found] I haven't thought about this night in ages. 1919, the opera house, just before it burned. This was the end of an era. Now, in the interest of new beginnings, I feel that there are some things I should probably confess to you. But...[He grabs a glass of alcohol] Where to begin? [He takes a large drink of bourbon before he begins his confession] Thierry was never disloyal to you. I set him up. He's your friend, and consequently, he can return to the compound at your discretion. Cami's part, you just learned. And then, there's young Joshua. I've been compelling him from the beginning, although I suspect you already knew that, as he was the one who led me into your trap.
Marcel: [shrugs guiltily] I may have fed the kid some misinformation.
Klaus: And then there's Davina. She's a powerful weapon. At this point, I'd like to keep her close at hand. I think we should have her move in to the compound here with us.
Davina, Bella and Kol glare at him.
Marcel: She can't leave the attic. I already tried to move her once.
Klaus: Yes, about that... Turns out, your little witch is quite the actress. She made a deal with Elijah while he was in captivity, tricked you into letting her stay put in exchange for some spells from our mother's grimoire and Bella's magic lessons.
"Lessons? More than one?" Said Hayley.
"Yes, she was teaching me everday until this happened." Said Davina.
Marcel: [nods bitterly, clearly not happy about this] Good to know. Is that all?
Klaus: I do believe it is.
Marcel: [sighs] I appreciate the honesty. [Klaus drinks from his glass. Marcel looks uncomfortable and rises to his feet.]
Marcel: Meeting's in an hour. [Marcel leaves.]
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH
[Downstairs, Father Kieran has gathered the human faction in the front pews of the church. He lifts his head and sees Klaus, Bella and Marcel arrive and greets them as he ushers them to the rest of the members.]
Kieran: Klaus, Bella, Marcel, thank you for coming. We are aware of the change in the leadership in your community, and we thought it was time to make the appropriate introductions. [The Mayor and the Sheriff stand up to introduce themselves.]
Mayor: [to Klaus] We wanna be sure you understand how things work around here. [Klaus and Bella looked at each other amused, than looked at Mayor again and said together:]
Klaus&Bella: [amused] Is that so?
"They always did that even when we were children." Said Elijah.
"It's quite annoying." Said Kol.
"No, it's not." Said Klaus and Bella together.
"It's creepy." Said Hayley.
"How do you do that?" Said Davina. Bella shrugged.
"We know each other better than anyone. We can guess what other's thinking." Said Bella.
[The Mayor nods confidently.]
Kieran: [to Klaus and Bella, anxiously] What the Mayor means is that we just want some insurance that this new development isn't going to endanger our city or its inhabitants.
Sheriff: [to Klaus and Marcel] Look, you freaks do your thing, and we'll look the other way. [Klaus and Bella look at Marcel incredulously.]
"Can you beilieve them? They called us freaks, claimed our city, gave us orders and thought we would let them live. Some people are so stupid." Said Bella. Klaus nodded.
Sheriff: As long as our pockets stay full, we won't have a problem. [Father Kieran becomes more anxious, and, fearing a violent confrontation, tries to backtrack.]
Kieran: [to Klaus anf Bella] More importantly, there are rules. No feeding on the locals. Don't bring any unwanted attention to the city. History has proven that we can co-exist peacefully. However if you cross the line... [The Sheriff interrupts Kieran.]
Sheriff: [to Klaus and Bella] You answer to us. [Klaus and Bella laugh loudly.]
Kol and Layla laughed along.
"Idiots." Said Layla laughing.
Bella: [laughs loudly] Okay... I'm sorry, let me get this straight-- we're to play supplicant to this pompous ass and his ridiculous group of petty thieves? [Klaus sighs dramatically and walks towards the Sheriff and Mayor.] 
Klaus: Here are my terms: You will take whatever scraps I see fit to leave you, and you will be grateful. If that doesn't suit you, I may decide you've outlived your usefulness. [The Sheriff looks angry as Klaus and Bella walk down the aisle to take their leave. Marcel follows, annoyed at their lack of diplomacy.]