Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 40

THE BAYOU
[Night has fallen, and Hayley, dressed all in black, is sitting on the porch of her old shack, where she is writing the name "Jackson Kenner" into the Labonair Bible left to her by Eve. After a moment, Bella approaches her from behind and brushes her shoulder with her hand.]
Bella: [gently] It's time. [Hayley takes a deep breath and shuts the Bible before she stands to head to the funeral. Once at the lake, Bella takes a torch from one of the Crescent wolves and holds it while Hayley says her goodbyes to Jackson. She looks down at his body, wrapped in white sheets and resting on a wooden boat as per Crescent tradition, and starts to cry as she covers his face with the sheet. Hayley then grabs a bottle of whiskey and takes a large swig of it before she pours the rest on his body. She turns to take the torch from Bella, and she watches her silently as she takes it and sets his body ablaze.]
Hayley looks sad.
Hayley:[whispers] 'Til death do us part'.[The boat is set onto the lake, where Jackson is given the traditional Viking funeral while all of his friends and family watch mournfully.]
People look at them sympathetically.
THE MIKAELSON MANSION/KOL'S HOUSE
[Bella is astral projecting in Kol's house, she's talking with Kol amd Davina.]
Bella: Cami choosed to die as human. I'm so sorry, Birdie. [Davina starts to cry. Kol hugs her.]
People look at Davina who is being hugged by Marcel.
[Within Klaus' illusion, standing in the gallery square, several jazz musicians are playing nearby as Cami watches the painters with intrigue as Klaus walks towards her. This scene is a somewhat reinactment to the "Pilot" episode of their meeting.]
Camille: The painter. The music, the crowd.. This is the night we met. You remember every detail. I must have made an impression.
Klaus: You know very well you did. [They both stand by and watch the painter, as they did that first night.]
Camille: If i knew you were so romantic, i wouldn't play so hard to get. [Klaus chuckled.]
Everyone smiles sadly at the couple.
[Cami looks back at painting.]
Camille: We talked about the artist wanting to control his demons. Do you think he ever did?
Klaus: Some demons will not be tamed.
Camille: We just do the best we can.. and never give up. [Birdy's "Terrible Love" begins to play softly in the background.]
"She was too good for this world." Said Freya sadly. Everyone agreed.
Camille: I'm getting tired.. [She stumbles slightly and Klaus quickly grabs her arms to help her.]
Klaus: Camille?
Camille: It's funny.. even though we're so different. I feel like I've always known you. Maybe it's because I've been in your mind, or maybe that's just how you know you love someone.
Klaus: I do love you, you know? [Her smile widens.]
Bella hugs Klaus, tears rolling down from both of their faces.
Camille: I love you, too. [They smile at each other sadly. Cami kisses him, Klaus kisses back. Cami starts to feel weak.]
Camille: The noise, the people.. Can you make it go away? [Klaus turns slightly and the people, the noise around them vanish. Although as he turns back to her, she grips him in panic when the lights begin to flicker around them.]
Camille: Klaus? What-what-what's happening? [Outside of their illusion, Klaus slowly turns his head towards Cami's still figure on the bed, emotion clear on his face as the sound of a soft heartbeat begins to slow. In the illusion, Camille is beginning to frightened at the prospect as Klaus turns to her.]
Klaus: Your heart is slowing. [Camille begins to cry sofly in fear.]
Camille: I wanted to be brave. I wanted to handle this with dignity. But I.. I can't. I.. I.. I'm so scared.
Klaus: You could always chose to turn.
Camille: I don't want to turn, Klaus.
Klaus: It's okay. I'm here. I'm here.
Everyone looks at them sadly.
Camille: So much for the brave bartender, huh? When I said I was ready to die, I was full of it. I just wish I had done more than to serve a few drinks and fail completely as your therapist. [Her soft panting due to crying is impairing her speech slightly as the scene flickers between Klaus holding her hand on the bed, and illusion-Klaus attempting to console her.]
Klaus: Don't you think for a moment that you failed me. You stayed my hand. Quelled my rage. You inspired goodness in me. And unlike all of the souls I've encountered and forgotten in the long march of time... I will carry you with me.
Camille: I guess that makes me immortal.
"You were right, Freya. It's beautiful." Said Bella.
["Terrible Love" plays louder as she cries quietly, and outside of the illusion, Klaus is holding her hand as black veins begin to creep down her arm. Klaus sits Cami down upon the side of a fountain in the street as she begins to weaken.]
Klaus: No, no, no, no.. not yet, just stay a bit longer?
Camille: Do you remember the Bible verse on John's headstone?
Klaus: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
Camille: I was never naive enough to think that.. I was your light. But there is light in you. All that anger, the cycle of abuse that Mikael began, you can end it. You have to. So you can be the light for your little girl. For Hope. [Tears fall down Klaus' face as Camille takes several breaths and collapses against his chest.]
Klaus is crying silently.
Klaus: Do not be afraid. You go now where many have gone before you. And where even I will go in time. Just know.. there will be no more pain. No more heartbreak. You will find peace. [As the street-light dims in the illusion, Camille's body is quickly being overcome with grey/black veins which creep up her chest and over her head, signaling her death. Klaus is kneeling by the bed and rests his head in his hands, tightly holding hers.]
Everyone is crying.
"We will save them." Repeated Bella and patted Klaus's back.
[Downstairs in the darkened Courtyard, there is the solumn atmosphere with Freya and Hayley, with Hope on her lap, seated around a candle-lit table, Marcel and Vincent are sitting at different tables and reading goodbye letters from Cami. When they finish reading and they begin to cry over Camille's death.]
"She left letters?" Asked Layla.
"For Klaus, Bella, Davina, Josh, Hayley, Vincent and Marcel." Said Emma.
[In the bedroom Cami has been laying, Vincent is seated by her bedside, weeping softly as he speaks to her body.]
Vincent: You got me at a loss.. See, all I can think about is how much the Quarter still needs you. How much I still need you, truth be told.. But I won't forget what we set out to do.. And I won't ever shy away from doing what needs to be done.
Freya looks sadly at Vincent.
[Vincent stands beside the top of the bed.]
Vincent: If I stand against all that darkness, even if I do get chopped down, I know you're right there ahead of me. Keeping the fire warm and the beers cold. [Vincent smiles softly and kisses his finger, pressing them softly against Cami's forehead.]
Vincent: Until then, sweet lady.. Until then.
"They had great friendship." Said Hayley.
[He leaves the bedroom, and Freya is shown leaning against a balcony of the Courtyard drinking from a small glass as Bella approaches behind her, taking the glass from her hands.]
Bella: This isn't over.
Freya: Not much in the way of comfort.
Bella: Aurora will pay for this!
Freya: Niklaus. Will he be alright? [Bella hands the glass back to her sharply, beginning to turn away.]
Bella: This isn't over. [Bella leaves Freya alone on the balcony as she searched for Klaus, and Hayley is seated beside Cami's dead body, talking softly.]
Hayley: You know, I've been thinking how my little girl is never going to know you. It's not fair.. considering everything you did for her dad. You know sometimes I can't stand him, but I always figured if he liked you, he couldn't be that bad. This family owes you, you deserved better. [Hayley sniffs quietly and wipes away her tears as she stands, lifting the bed sheets and covering Cami's head.]
There is no dry eye in the theatre. Even Layla's crying and she didn't know Cami personally.
[Klaus's room, Bella knocks, but Klaus doesn't answer, so Bella just walks in.]
Bella: (softly) Nik? [Klaus is laying on the bed, looking more devastated than his room. Bella sits next to him.]
Bella: I'm here... You can talk to me or not, but i'm here. [Bella takes Klaus head and places it on her lap. Klaus looks up at her with teary eyes. Bella stars playing with his hair and singing her song 'The lonliest' (in reality, Måneskin's)]
Bella: You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
[Klaus looks up at Bella, looking surprised.]
Bella: You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
There's a few lines that I have wrote
In case of death, that's what I want, that's what I want
So don't be sad when I'll be gone
There's just one thing I hope you know, I loved you so
"Cami would like this song." Said teary Marcel. Bella smiled.
"I hope so. Seems like i wrote it in honor of her." Said Bella.
Bella: 'Cause I don't even care about the time I've got left here
The only thing I know now is that I wanna spend it
With you, with you nobody else here
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
[Tears roll down Klaus's face, Bella keeps playing with his hair.]
Bella: You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
I'm sorry but I gotta go
If you'll ever miss me give this song another go
And I just keep on thinking how you made me feel better
And all the crazy little things that we did together
In the end, in the end, it doesn't matter
If tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
Everyone is crying for Camille O'Connell- Brave bartender and kind spirit.