Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 22

Lucien's Penthouse
[Lucien returns to the sitting room, where Detective Kinney is even more pale and weak than before due to bloodloss and Cami is still rifling around the many boxes of dark objects.]
Lucien: Have you found it yet? Because as far as deadlines go, well... Yours seems to be almost dead. [Lucien lifts Kinney's chin to make sure he's still alive, and the detective is too weak to fight back. Cami, worried about her friend, stops what she's doing and stands her ground.]
Cami: You've made your point. You win, humans lose. Now let him go.
Lucien: So, you have found it? [Cami does her best to appear as calm as possible, but it's impossible for her to completely hide her fear.]
Cami: Maybe. I'll only show you if you heal him now.
Layla nodded in approval.
Lucien: Show me first.
Cami: [firmly] Heal him. [Lucien scoffs in annoyance and bites into his wrist, allowing his blood to dribble into a cup Cami gives him a reassuring look as Lucien slides the glass across the table toward him.]
Cami: It's okay. You can drink it. It will heal you. [Kinney takes the glass and quickly drinks the blood as Lucien approaches Cami, eyeing her suspiciously.]
Cami: I've checked everywhere else. [Cami pulls out what looks like a very small human skull and sets it on the table next to her.]
Cami: This is the only place it could be.
[Lucien picks up the skull from the table, but as soon as he touches it, the eye sockets of the skull begin to glow with a glaring green light, which causes Lucien's hand to shake before being thrown backward in pain as though he's been blinded.]
Lucien: AHHH! [Lucien drops the skeleton head onto the floor, and Cami quickly grabs a knife off the table to defend herself as Kinney stands to his feet, smashing the skull into pieces under his boots in the process.]
"Smart." Said Bella. Klaus nodded, smiling at Cami.
[Lucien, having recovered from the effects of the skull, growls menacingly as he lunges toward Cami, grabbing her wrist as he snatches the knife from her.]
Lucien: Oh! I can see why Nik is so fond of you. You do have spirit! [Lucien points the blade of the knife directly at her throat, terrifying Cami.]
Lucien: But your heart skipped a beat just before I healed your friend. I know you know exactly where my medallion is, you crafty girl. [Lucien shakes his head in exasperation as he lowers the knife and turns to look at Detective Kinney.]
Lucien: Knife to your throat, mate [Detective Kinney reflexively grabs another knife from the table and points the blade at his throat, clearly terrified at the prospect of his death. Cami, at a loss for options, becomes desperate.]
Cami: No. Don't do this, please.
Lucien: [scoffs] Are you trying to appeal to my merciful side? I hate to tell you, darling-- I don't have one!
Everyone glares at Lucien.
[Kinney, still terrified and angry, yells over to Cami.]
Kinney: Don't give him a damn thing!
[Lucien finally loses his patience and snaps at him.]
Lucien: Oh! Enough! Go on, slit your--
[Cami, panicked, cuts him off before he can finish.]
Cami: Wait! [Cami picks up a dark object that looks like a large pin attached to a thick brown base and hands it to him.]
Cami: [frantically] Take it! Just take it! It's in here! [Lucien chuckles in amusement as he examines the object.]
Lucien: Heh. Had it all along. How about that? [Lucien smashes the object onto the table until he finds a large, flat medallion with Runic symbols stamped on one side and smiles at Cami.]
Lucien: Turns out we make quite a team. [Cami and Will both look horrified about the potential consequences of Lucien having the medallion.]
[Detective Kinney is at the sink, where he's presumably been compelled to wash all of the dishes from the lunch he made for Lucien. Cami, looking tense and afraid, is standing nearby as Lucien walks toward Kinney.]
Lucien: [cheerfully] He cooks and he cleans. He's a real keeper, this one. [Kinney glares at Lucien furiously, who isn't the least bit offended by it.]
Lucien: [patronizingly] Aw, sadly it was not meant to be. Now, you will go and tell your superiors you arrested the wrong suspect.
Kinney: [coldly] You can compel me all you want. I'll find you.
"Not the best idea." Said Bella.
Lucien: [sighs] No. You won't. [Lucien grabs him by the throat and stares into his eyes as he compels him to comply.]
Lucien: Instead, you'll keep up this wretched failure that is your life. You'll continue with this pitiful investigation, never quite connecting the dots or making any progress whatsoever. After a time, you'll grow to hate yourself for you mediocre talents. All the while. knowing there are things lurking in the shadows, and in the face of these, you are nothing.
"You really dated this guy?" Said Layla.
"He wasn't like that when i dated him." Defended Bella.
[Lucien pats Will's face in a condescending gesture, and Cami, looking at them hopelessly, begins to plead with him.]
Cami: Don't do this. [Lucien turns to her and rolls his eyes.]
Lucien: Oh, don't look so chagrined, eh? Once the vervain's out of your system, I'll compel you to forget, as well. But like him, I will leave you with one lesson-- against vampires, humans always lose. [Cami gulps nervously, her eyes wide with fear.]
"Not nesseserily true. Many hunters for example. How many vampires they killed?" Said Layla.
MIKAELSON COMPOUND / HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES/ ST. ANNE'S CHURCH
[At the Mikaelson compound, Aurora is sleeping soundly in Klaus' bed after their sexual escapades, and he sits next to her and strokes her face gently.]
People look at Klaus sadly.
[At the Mikaelson Compound, Freya is sleeping in her room.]
[In the house at Los Angeles, Davina has her head on Kol's chest and sleeping.]
Bella smiles. Marcel glares at them.
[At the Mikaelson Compound, In Bella's room, Bella is holding flower crown. Her minds drift to flashback.]
[1002 Ad, Bella and Lucien are sitting on ground. Lucien making a flower crown, Bella watches him smilling.]
Lucien: (smiling) Crown for my queen. [Places crown on Bella. Bella takes the crown in her hands and looks at it smiling. Than kisses Lucien.]
"Charmer." Said Layla.
Bella: Thank you, Lucien. I'll keep it forever.
Lucien: It will crunch.
Bella: (smiling) It won't. [Bella mutters the spell under her breath.]
Lucien: What did you do?
Bella: Made sure it can live forever. Like my love for you. [Lucien smiles and kisses her, Bella kisses back.]
People look at Bella with pity.
[At ST. Anne's church, Hayley is in the room outside the gym, where she's looking at photos of Hope on her phone. After a moment, Marcel approaches her, and she looks up at him.]
Marcel: Elijah was taken by strix. [Hayley's eyes widen and she looks shocked.]
"How did they take you down?" Said Layla.
"It's future." Said Elijah.
"There were many of them and some of them were witches." Said Emma.