Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 27

LUCIEN'S PENTHOUSE
[Cami and Anton are still in the living room watching football. After a moment, Cami gets up and starts picking up beer bottles before walking into the kitchen with them.]
Anton: Thought I told you to sit still. [Cami pretends to be drunk and wobbles on her feet as she walks to dispose of the bottles.]
Cami: No. You told me to drink, so I drank, and now I'm cleaning up. [Anton, suspicious of her, follows her into the kitchen and stares at her menacingly.]
Cami: How much do you know about Klaus Mikaelson? Because the chances of Lucien coming back are, um... kind of slim.
Anton: [unamused] You better hope you're wrong, or you might not make it through the night.
Everyone glares at him.
[Cami continues pretending that she's drunk and slurs her words as she cheerfully rambles to him.]
Cami: Oh, I don't think you want to hurt me. See, Klaus is the most ruthless vampire in all of history, and guess what? He kind of likes me, so maybe you should be the one worrying about whether or not you make it through the night.
"Aww... She's bragging about Klaus." Said Layla.
Anton: You're a bad drunk. [Suddenly, Cami bashes one of the beer bottles against the back of her head, causing Anton to groan in pain.]
Anton: Oh! Aagh!
Cami: I think I'm a pretty good drunk. [Cami then takes advantage of Anton's distraction and quickly grabs the knife laying on the table, pins his hand down against the table top, and severs the finger with his daylight ring from his hand.]
"That was cool." Said Davina. Girls agreed.
Anton: [in pain] Ooh! I'm gonna kill you. [Anton is about to lunge for her when his face and hands start to burn from the sunlight streaming in the windows of the apartment.]
Anton: Oh...
Cami: Not while the sun's still out. [Cami quickly turns and runs toward the door, dropping Anton's severed finger onto the ground once she has extricated the ring from it. Once out in the hallway, she makes a beeline for the elevator she pushes the button to summon it to the top floor with her free hand as she holds onto Anton's daylight ring in the other. Waiting for the elevator only makes her more nervous, and she anxiously paces around for a few moments until she pauses to hit the button again. Just then, the elevator arrives, and Cami is about to rush through the opening doors when she suddenly stops in her tracks at the sight of who is already inside. It's Aurora, who smiles fakely at her.]
Everyone glares at Aurora.
Aurora: You must be Cami. [Cami's eyes widen in fear as Aurora continues to stare at her threateningly, stepping backward to allow her to enter the elevator.]
[Some time later, the scene returns inside Lucien's penthouse, where Klaus is taking out his frustrations on Anton by shoving him backward so hard he falls flat onto his back on the ground at Lucien's feet.]
Anton: [groans] Uh! [Klaus angrily pulls a painting off of the wall and slams it sideways into the corner of the wall until it smashes into pieces.]
Klaus: Rrgh! Raagh! [Klaus picks up a broken piece of wood to use as a makeshift stake before storming back over to where Anton is crouched on the floor and cradling his injured hand.]
Klaus: [roars] Where is she?
Anton: I told you. She took my daylight ring and ran. [Klaus is so enraged by this answer that he drives the stake into Anton's chest without another word.]
Klaus: UHHHH! [Anton's skin desiccates and turns gray as he dies from the stake to his heart. Once he's dead, Klaus turns to Lucien with a murderous glint in his eyes.]
Klaus: This is your fault.
Lucien: [nervously] Well, to be fair, if Cami had done as she was told, she'd still be here, so technically, it's her fault.
"He's making it worse." Said Marcel.
[Klaus growls under his breath and stalks toward Lucien, who anxiously backs far away from him and attempts to talk him down.]
Lucien: Ah, ah. Now, you may hate me for involving your pretty friend, but I needed your full attention. You certainly don't listen to me, despite my nonstop efforts to keep you alive. [Lucien picks up a small box with a fleur-de-lis statue on the lid and opens it up to reveal the Serratura is inside. He hands the open box out to Klaus as a peace offering, but Klaus just stares at him suspiciously.]
Klaus: If that really is the weapon that can lock me away for eternity, why hand it over?
Lucien: Proof of my loyalty. Yes. I sided with Tristan, but it's quite clear his devotion to Aurora outweighs even the value he places on his own life. Take it. It's yours. [Klaus hesitates for a moment before reaching out and taking the bronze medallion from the box.]
"He knows Tristand and Aurora will lose and is trying to save his skin." Said Bell.
MIKAELSON COMPOUND / FRENCH QUARTER
[At the Mikaelson compound, Bella has just returned to the courtyard, where he's on the phone with Klaus, who is walking down the streets of the French quarter.]
Bella: Have you found Cami?
Klaus: [on the phone] Not yet, but I will.
Bella: [worriedly] Nik, do you think it was wise, allowing Aurora to go free?
Klaus: With her brother captured, she has no choice but to bring our brother home.
Bella: [hesitantly] Do you love her? [Klaus pauses for a moment before replying in an irritated voice.]
Klaus: Do you love him?
Bella: (sights) Touché.
"Love. Love. Love. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing." Said Bella while drinking whiskey. Klaus nodded. Others wanted to disagree, but knew it wouldn't work on them.
Klaus: My affections are not the point. What matters now is that we have this maddening prophecy under control. [Bella's eyes widen as she stares at the table where they held their failed Thanksgiving dinner earlier.]
Bella: [softly] Perhaps. [Klaus scowls as he hangs up the phone and continues to walk down the street. Bella, looking panicked, hangs up her phone as well before returning her attention to the table, which is in shambles-- the plates were all knocked together when Aurora angrily shoved the table earlier, and many of the glasses of wine and bourbon have toppled over and spilled their contents all over the tablecloth. Suddenly, Bella has a flashback to the events of visions of the prophecy. Included in the visions are a quick cut to a spell in a grimoire before the vision cuts to flashes of a holiday dinner table in the courtyard of the compound, where the table top is in the same state of disarray that their Thanksgiving dinner has become in the present day.]
Everone looks nervous.
[In the present, Bella looks horrified as she realizes that the events of this day were among the visions. Bella looks down at the table again, taking notice of the identical smashed wine glasses and centerpieces from the visions and begins to visibly worry about their future.]
Everyone is worried.
MIKAELSON COMPOUND
[Freya and Bella are in the upstairs study, where Freya is in the middle of setting up a magical binding circle made of salt and herbs to trap Tristan, who has been chained to a chair. Inside the circle are Elder Futhark runes, including ingwaz and algiz. Once the circle is complete, Freya looks up at Bella and sighs.]
Freya: The spell is complete. Tristan cannot cross the boundary of his own will, but we can enter and leave as we please. [Bella crouches down to look at Tristan more closely.]
Freya: I took the liberty of injecting him with hibiscus and mugwort to counteract any vervain in his system. All you have to do is compel him to give you the longitude of Elijah's location.
Bella: He says he's immune.
Freya: [shrugs] Well, then I'll find some other way to make him talk. [Freya walks over to an end table and sets the jar of salt on it before she picks up an old-fashioned looking dagger with a thick, wavy-cut blade.]
Bella: Oh, sister. I'm liking you more and more.
People smile at them.
[Freya smiled. Bella walks over to Freya and holds out her hand, and she sighs again before reluctantly giving her the dagger.]
Freya: How should we proceed?
Bella: Devastate his body, infiltrate the mind, and steal the information we need. To that end, I've invited a friend. [Just then, Hayley, who has Hope balanced on her hip, walks through the doorway to join them. At the sight of his niece, Bella gives Hayley a look of confusion.]
Hayley: Bella. I got your text.
Bella: Unless she's violently teething, I don't recommend this as a daycare...
Klaus agreed.
Hayley: [sighs] Jack's gone, and I don't know if he's coming back.
Bella: (confused) when did he left?
"How do you not know? Aren't you living in the same house?" Said Davina.
"We do, but it's not like i watch everyone who goes out." Said Bella.
Hayley: Yesterday. I really don't want to talk about it. So, which one of you will take Hope while I take out my anger on this pompous dick. [Bella seems shocked by the news, but after a moment, she gives Freya a significant look. Understanding what she's trying to communicate, Freya turns to Hope and smiles before taking her out of Hayley's arms.]
Freya: Come here, baby girl. [Freya gives Hayley a sympathetic smile before taking Hope into one of the other rooms, leaving Bella and Hayley alone with Tristan. Bella looks at Hayley as she walks toward the door as well. Hayley snarls at Tristan before baring her fangs and hybrid eyes and biting him viciously on the neck, causing Tristan to awaken and scream in pain.]
Tristan: AHHHHH!