Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 5

THE BAYOU
[One of the hunters is stumbling quickly through the woods in an attempt to run for his life, but he trips and falls onto the ground. When he looks around, he sees that many of his fellow hunters have been slaughtered and gets so scared he immediately starts to run again. Unfortunately for him, he runs straight into Elijah, who looks furious.]
Elijah: You will provide me with the precise location of every last one of those vulgar traps, as well as the routes used by any of your other men.
Hunter 3: [stutters nervously] I-I don't know-- [Before Elijah can react, a very naked, thin, brown-haired woman appears and lunges for Hunter 3, tackling him and clawing him viciously until she either knocks him out or kills him. Elijah looks stunned to see her.]
Elijah: [murmurs] Hayley... [The girl turns toward Elijah, revealing that she is not, in fact, Hayley, but another one of the female Crescent wolves who has returned to their human form for the full moon. She stares at Elijah blankly, and he considerately maintains eye contact with her, looking slightly embarrassed.]
Elijah: Forgive me, I thought--
Crescent wolf: I know who you thought I was.
Elijah: [worriedly] Do you know where she is?
Crescent wolf: Judging by what these hunters did... The traps they set, and the blood I saw? If she's not with her daughter, she's probably dead. [Elijah looks horrified by the thought and gulps nervously.]
Everyone looks worried.
LUCIEN'S PENTHOUSE
[Lucien, Klaus, and Alexis are still in his master bedroom. Lucien kisses the palm of Alexis' left hand, just above where he had fed from her wrist earlier, and smiles at her affectionately before walking toward Klaus.]
Bella looks jaelous.
[Alexis silently walks away and leaves them to talk.]
Lucien: I told you-- something is coming. You'll need me. [Klaus immediately becomes enraged by this statement and groans angrily before throwing him against the nearby wall.]
Klaus: [shouts] I AM KLAUS MIKAELSON! I don't need anyone, nor will I be warned by lesser men! [Lucien narrows his eyes at Klaus in annoyance as Klaus leans forward until his face is only inches from Lucien's.]
Klaus: [whispers] I am the thing lesser men fear!
"Stop throwing tantrums." Said Bella with eyeroll.
Lucien: [smirks] Then act like it! [Lucien chuckles and walks past Klaus, who seems both hurt and angry at this reaction]
Lucien: Instead of doting on your pretty human girls and pouting about your family's disapproval! Yes, you are Klaus Mikaelson! You are the most ruthless, wicked beast to ever live! [Lucien points at Klaus and pokes him in the chest hard with his index finger.]
Lucien: I came here to remind you of that. Because, quite frankly, I've been worried that you've lost a step.
"I want to kill him more." Said Layla.
Klaus: [growls] I need no reminding of who I am. That truth has been clear to me for a thousand years.
Lucien: And, in those years, you've acquired countless enemies. And, with the sirelines at war, you now have mine as well. [Lucien walks over to the window and looks out at the city as he leans against the wall.]
Lucien: Anyone who would kill me can now come after you. And, since I have so many rivals, and because I do not want to die, I beg you-- let me help you! From now on, I'm the only one you can trust!
"Yeah, cheating arse is the one who he can trust!" Said Bella with eyeroll.
[Klaus considers this for a moment and hesitates before finally speaking.]
Klaus: [quietly] I don't trust anyone.
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY
[In the tomb where Esther was held by Klaus, Hayley awakens in her naked human form on the floor to find that she's trapped in a magical circle made of salt and is surrounded by lit white candles. She looks both confused and worried as she looks around to figure out where she is, and she yelps when she hears footsteps approaching her.]
Hayley: Ahh! [Bella appears beside her, looking unamused as she holds a bundle in her hands.]
Hayley: [angrily] What the hell am I doing here? Why am I trapped? [Bella throws the bundle at her, which is revealed to be a blanket for Hayley to use to cover herself.]
Bella: I used magic to draw you here. [Hayley uses the blanket to cover her front and stands to her feet, looking even more furious than before.]
Hayley: You and Klaus cursed me and my pack!
Bella: [calmly] firstly, you deserved it for trying to take Hope away from us, her family and second, If we didn't, Dahlia would kill you and your pack so you're welcome. [Hayley, not at all impressed, glares at Bella angrily.]
"I'm speaking facts." Said Bella.
CAMI'S APARTMENT
[Cami returns to her apartment through the front door after examining the crime scene and is startled to see that the back door, which is in her bedroom, is ajar. When she senses someone nearby, she becomes more concerned.]
Cami: [anxiously] Who's there? [Klaus appears behind her, smiling in amusement as he holds a small painting in his hands.]
Klaus: You're on edge. [Cami yelps and turns to face him, not at all happy to see him in her apartment.]
Cami: Ahh! [She catches her breath, looking flustered.]
Cami: And you're... trespassing! You can't just come-- I mean, Klaus, seriously!
Klaus: I didn't come here to quarrel, I came here to offer a gift. [He places the small painting onto the nearby desk, propping it up against a lamp as Cami rolls her eyes in exasperation.]
Klaus: Maybe it exchange for one of our little chats, which I'm in particular need, given as my brother doesn't bother to answer his calls, and now my old mate Lucien swanned into town with all manner of troubling news--
Cami: [interrupts him] Fine. If you want to talk it through, come back tomorrow. [Klaus sits down on her couch, his back to her, and sighs nervously.]
Klaus: I'm afraid I need to talk about it now.
Cami: [frustrated] No. No! You don't get to just come into my house uninvited! [Klaus stands to his feet and walks toward her, trying to cover up his hurt feelings with jokes.]
Klaus: Well, you already invited me in once, love, so technically--
"Not the right thing to say." Said Layla.
"Or time. She's clearly not in the mood for this." Said Bella.
Cami: [cuts him off] Don't do that! Don't be so flippant and self-absorbed! [Klaus seems surprised and hurt by her hostility.]
Cami: Right now, people like me are out there getting killed by people like you-- conveniently timed with the arrival of your "old acquaintance!" And you just barge in here and start mouthing off orders? I get it, you're a vampire, it's a tortured existence, I'm sorry, but do you really have to be such an insensitive disappointment?
Everyone seems stunned.
"She went too far." Said Bella.
[Klaus is stunned by this insult, and as soon as Cami realizes what she's just said, she immediately regrets her words and tries to backpedal. Klaus, clearly upset, silently walks past her and goes to leave, but Cami, feeling guilty, tries to stop him.]
Cami: Wait! That wasn't fair. [Klaus stops in his tracks, and after a moment, he turns to face her, smiling weakly at her.]
Klaus: Keep the gift. I painted it for you. [She looks over at the painting, which is inspired by the scene from Always and Forever in which Cami and Klaus watched a man painting on a street corner of the French Quarter. However, in this painting, it is just Cami standing on the brick street by Rousseau's.]
Cami: Klaus... [She turns back around to speak to him, only to find he has vamp-sped away, leaving her back door. Cami looks even more guilty as before and thinks about what has just happened.]
FRENCH QUARTER
[The art critic who spoke poorly of Klaus' art work at the exhibition walks down the street, not knowing that Klaus is hiding in the alley as he waits for him. When the man passes him, Klaus comes out of the shadows to greet him.]
Klaus: [smiles] Good evening! I wonder if we might discuss your analysis of my work? [The man looks at Klaus in confusion, but before he can react, Klaus pulls him into the alley and throws him onto the ground. Only their shadows can be seen, but it appears that Klaus has pinned the man onto the ground with his foot, and the man screams as Klaus literally begins ripping him limb-from-limb, first pulling off one arm, and then the other before pulling him up by the front of the shirt and feeding on him viciously.]
Davina winced.
"That's what happens when you poke a sleeping dragon!" Said Bella.
LUCIEN'S PENTHOUSE
[Lucien's apartment is empty of people now, and he finishes his drink before setting the glass on the table and heading for the nearby desk. He picks up a blank page of stationary from the desk, which is headed with the name Kingmaker Land Development Inc., the company that bought the land in the Bayou in which the Crescent Wolf Clan's encampments are located and who hired the werewolf hunters to kill them. Under the stationary is a straight razor, which Lucien picks up and flicks open. He looks into the mirror above the desk, and it looks as though he's about to shave his face with the razor, but instead, he uses it to slice his mouth open ear to ear, just like the murder victims whose deaths Will, Cami, and Vincent are investigating. Lucien looks at his mutilated face in the mirror and smiles creepily as the wounds healed themselves before his eyes.]
"Ok. He got crazier in last centuries." Said Bella.
"Seems like he is reminding himself who he is. Who he wants to be. Like he was trying to do with Klaus." Said Layla.