Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 12

FRENCH QUARTER ALLEY
[Klaus is standing in an alley and watches as Lucien's car stops across the street. Lucien gets out of the car and closes the door, tapping the roof of the car to indicate the driver can leave. When he starts to walk away, Klaus, scowling determinedly, starts to walk toward him, only to be stopped by Elijah, who has appeared out of nowhere to slam Klaus against the brick wall of the nearby building.]
Elijah: We should talk.
Klaus: [annoyed] It's too late for that. Lucien needs to die. You said so yourself.
Elijah: I have new information. [Klaus breaks out of Elijah's hold and starts to walk toward where Lucien was last seen, forcing Elijah to call out to stop him.]
Elijah: Brother, if you desire any kind of reconciliation with me, stay your hand. [Klaus stops in his tracks and sighs for a moment before turning back to Elijah.]
FLASHBACK-- COURT OF MARSEILLES, 1002 AD
[Slurping noises are heard in a nearby room, where Lucien is viciously feeding on one of the members of court. Once he's finished, he pulls away, his face covered in blood. He groans as his fangs come in, but eventually becomes euphoric from the feeling of completing his transition.]
Lucien: Ahhhh... hahaha! [He walks toward a corner, where a young woman has been tied up and is whimpering in fear.]
Lucien: Oh, you do not know all that you are missing! Ahhhh... WOO! I feel as though I have left the fog of winter to enter the most glorious springtime!
Young woman: [fearfully] Please! My family! [Just then, Klaus rushes in, and seems alarmed by the sight in front of him.]
Klaus: [anxiously] Lucien, no! This-this will not go unnoticed! Now we will have to leave! [Klaus sighs before walking toward Lucien.]
Klaus: I know you despise me--
Lucien: [happily] Uh, no, hahaha. Not anymore! Ah, this change in me... We are as alike now as brothers, are we not?
Klaus: [warily] It seems so.
Lucien: [pleadingly] Then teach me, Niklaus! Teach me to be what we are![Klaus helps the young woman to her feet and strokes her neck. Lucien looks at him hopefully as the woman whimpers, until finally, Klaus smiles at him.]
Klaus: Gladly. [He vamps-out and bites into the woman's neck.]
Young Woman: AHHHHH!
"They were bad influence on each other." Said Elijah.
MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Klaus and Elijah are seated in one of the sitting rooms, which is completely dark aside from some lit candles and the roaring fire in the fireplace. Klaus stares introspectively at the fire for a long moment before speaking.]
Klaus: And now I reap what I sow. I should have killed him in that chapel.
Elijah: Yet you played right alongside him, succumbing to your savagery. He brought out the worst in you, Niklaus.
Klaus: We brought out the worst in each other. In some ways, we made each other who we are.
"You should have stopped friendship with him when i told you." Said Bella.
Elijah: Well, the moment we have that weapon, we will end him. He and Tristan.
Klaus: [smiles weakly] It's good to hear that word again. "We."
Elijah: [rolls his eyes] It's purely circumstantial, let me assure you, brother. This is not forgiveness. [Klaus seems hurt by this response, but does not let it stop him from saying what needs to be said.]
Klaus: [quietly] I've claimed righteousness in my actions towards you and Hayley... But, perhaps I did stray a little too far from the shores of reason. Freya's prophecy speaks of family against family, and I want you to know... [He sighs nervously.]
Klaus: You will never fall by my hand.
"Or mine." Said Bella.
"Neither from mine." Said Kol.
[Elijah, who has been kneeling in front of the fire, seems touched by this uncharacteristic confession from Klaus. However, he simply stands to his feet and leaves. Klaus, disappointed, looks sad as he continues to stare at the fire.]
MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Freya is in the upstairs study where she's sitting cross-legged on a small purple yoga mat on the floor. After a moment, an unhappy-looking Klaus walks in and seems surprised to see her.]
Klaus: What are you doing here? [Freya gives him a look that is both annoyed and amused.]
Freya: ...I live here?
Klaus: [sighs] Yes. Obviously. [Freya stands and starts doing another yoga pose.]
Klaus: I just hadn't realized you were back from wherever it is you go to when you leave! Perhaps I was thrown off by the lack of strange gentleman callers perusing the contents of my refrigerator this morning.
"Worried?" Teased Kol.
[Freya smirks happily and switches poses again. Bella comes down the stairs and join them.]
Freya: Your concern for my whereabouts is touching.
Klaus: I simply want to know who is here at any given moment! I hardly think that's too much to ask. [Just then, an annoyed Hayley and an amused Elijah walk into the room to join them.]
Hayley: Well, as long as we're talking attendance...
Klaus: [mockingly] Oh, good! It's my not-so-loving older brother and my former one-night-stand! What a nice, normal family gathering.
Everyone chuckles except Hayley and Elijah.
[Bella chuckles. Hayley rolls her eyes and smiles fakely at Klaus.]
Hayley: Charming. Elijah was just catching me up on how you have no clue which one of your long-lost buddies you can trust and which one is trying to kill you.
Klaus: [snarkily] Well, clearly what the situation needs is more opinions. [Bella looks at Elijah.]
Bella: I assume you told her about the bloody prophecy? [Hayley shoots Elijah a glare, and he smiles in amusement.]
Elijah: I was just getting to that... [Hayley turns back to Klaus.]
Hayley: Now would be good.
Bella: So bossy.
"Mhm." Hummed Layla.
Klaus: [rolls his eyes] Well, it appears my old mate Lucien has acquired a genuine seer, and in an effort to prove his good intentions, he got her to show us some rather dire visions of future doom. It's grim stuff, really-- not for the faint of heart.
Hayley: [confused] Who's doom are we talking about, here? Because if it's yours, I think we're all okay with that. [Klaus chuckles, clearly enjoying this conversation. Bella rolls her eyes.]
Offscreen Bella does the same.
Klaus: Well, sadly, we're all on the chopping block. But, chin up! This witch claims her visions are constantly evolving. So, you may just get your wish!
Hayley: [smiles] Well, I want to meet this psychic witch. [She turns and looks back at Elijah.]
Hayley: Tonight.
LUCIEN'S PENTHOUSE / FRENCH QUARTER
[After the break, the scene returns to Lucien's living room in his Penthouse, where he's pacing around as he talks to someone on the phone. Klaus stands nearby and watches him curiously.]
Lucien: I don't want your excuses, I simply want Alexis found! Do you understand? [Lucien hangs up the phone, and Klaus smirks.]
Klaus: All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't find one prognosticating witch. [Lucien rolls his eyes in annoyance.]
Klaus: Ah, well. Takes one to find one, I always say. [Bella comes into the room dramaticaly.]
Bella: Someone asked me? [Klaus and Lucien looked at her amused.]
"You were waiting for that, weren't you?" Said amused Kol.
Lucien: Good entrance, love. We need your help. A dear, dear friend of mine has gone missing, and we must find her. Our lives depend on it.
Bella: [amused] And, I take it I am the only one willing to do it?
Lucien: Well, you're certainly the loveliest.
Bella: [smiles sweetely] Lucien, Stop flirting with me or i will rip out your tongue and wear it as a fucking scarf, but only after i will cut your dick off! [Lucien chuckles.]
"And that's how you deal with exes." Said amused Layla. Bella rolled her eyes.
Klaus: If you're quite finished here... This is hers. [Klaus sets a hairbrush on the table next to the map as Bella begins to light candles in preparation for the locator spell.]
Lucien: [worriedly] Your brother must have told Tristan about the prophecy. If that sadistic bastard so much as touches a hair on her head... [Bella looks annoyed.]
"Someone looks jaelous." Said Hayley.
"Who?" Said Bella.
"You." Said Layla.
"I'm not jaelous!" Said Bella.
"Sure." Said Kol sarcastically.
"I am not!" Said Bella. Klaus hummed. Bella glared at them.
Klaus: [annoyed] Yes, the witch's hair isn't what has me worried. Frankly, your girl seems a bit wanton when it comes to handing out visions.
Lucien: [offended] Alexis would not share her gifts with him. That doesn't mean he wouldn't torture it out of her... [Bella agressively pours black sand from a small bottle into her hand and lets it fall through her fingers onto the table as she chants an unintelligible and whispered incantation under her breath. The three watch as the sand begins to move around in concentric circles on the map until finally making a small circle around Alexis' location.]
Lucien: Ah, the Davilla Estate. Brilliant. Isn't that where--
Klaus: [finishes his sentence] --Our old friend Tristan lured Elijah just the other night. It seems your fears are warranted.
Lucien: Granted, we are the two most cunning, powerful, and handsome vampires of all time-- [Lucien smiles at Bella, who rolls her eyes, but Klaus just smiles happily.]
Everyone rolls their eyes at them.
Klaus: [interjects] --Granted--
Bella: In your dreams, Lucien!
Lucien: Why are you so rude to me? You loved me.
Bella: Loved. As in past. [Lucien looks hurt.]
"He looks hurt." Said Hayley.
"Good." Said Bella.
Bella: Now how do you propose we fight our way into an entire secret society of ancient vampires?
Klaus: Oh, luckily, I have a plan. [Klaus smiles devilishly at Lucien and Bella.]