Bellatrix Mikaelson (Season 3)

Chapter 43

THE BAYOU / CARPENTER'S WORKSHOP
[Bella is holding the compass in her hand as she and Klaus make their way through the woods of The Bayou. Klaus is using his hybrid super-senses to track Freya by scent. They come upon the carpenter's cabin where Aurora and Freya just were and Bella stops to turn back toward Klaus to see what is going on.]
Klaus: Freya's not in there. She was-- I can smell her blood-- but the stronger scent is due west. [Bella pauses to consider this for a moment before she replies.]
Bella: You track the scent. I'll take the cabin.
"Don't split up! That's how they die in horror movies." Said Davina.
"Who made Davina watch horror movies?" Said Marcel, narrowing his eyes at Kol.
"Layla did." Said Emma.
"How does she even know Davina?" Asked Hayley.
"Because i am their neighbour and Davina became part of 'Shadow' Coven." Said Layla.
"Davina is in your coven?" Asked surprised Freya.
"Yeah. Witch shouldn't be left without coven. It's just lonely. And also being part of the organisation gives them more protection. By the way, Josh and Kol are part of 'shadow', too, but only Layla, Barty, Enzo and Evan know about Kol's real identity." Said Emma.
"You shouldn't have told anyone except Layla." Said Klaus.
"Calm your paranoid ass! I trust them." Said Bella.
"Do they go on missions?" Asked Marcel.
"Not if they don't want to. Which i assume they do not." Said Bella, sending a look to Kol and Davina. Kol raised his hands.
[The two split up and start walking in two different directions, but after a moment, Bella stops and turns back to her brother.]
Bella: Nik... Whatever happens, you promise me... [Klaus nods in understanding.]
Klaus: Aurora dies today. [Klaus turns and continues to walk west, and after a moment, Bella heads toward the cabin.]
[Klaus continues to walk through the woods of the Bayou, which is slightly foggy in the morning air. He stops walking and stares in horror when he approaches what looks like a freshly dug grave in front of him. In the recently dug-up earth are several fresh lavender plants.]
Everyone is on edge.
[Inside Freya's grave somewhere in the woods, Freya gasps awake when the blue stone pendant on her talisman glows brightly, and she quickly grabs it to use to look around where she is. She's been buried in a wooden coffin, and her black tank top has ridden up her stomach to reveal the bleeding gunshot wound Aurora inflicted on her earlier. She touches her wound and whimpers in pain when she pulls her hand away and sees that it's covered in blood.]
Everyone looks worried. Freya looks nervous.
[Back at the Carpenter's workshop, Bella is looking at all of the sketches on the table when Aurora walks out from the back room and aims her revolver at his head. Bella senses her presence and sighs.]
Bella: Aurora. [Bella turns to face her, and Auroa smirks smugly at her.]
Aurora: Modern weaponry for the modern woman. With a little bit of flair, of course. I couldn't help myself. It's pretty, no?
"She is so dead and she doesn't know it yet." Said Layla, glaring at Aurora.
Bella: Pretty vulgar. [Bella sneers at her with a disgusted expression.]
Bella: Theatrical and tasteless as ever. Where's Freya? [Aurora rolls her eyes, but keeps her gun aimed at her.]
Aurora: Oh, Bellatrix... You remain a stick in the mud. And it seems your darling sister takes after you-- she's stuck in the mud, too. Somewhere out there, busy as a little bee, dying. If not already dead.
Everyone glares at Aurora.
[Out in the Bayou, Klaus has just dug up the grave he found in the woods and has thrown the rudimentary coffin onto the ground next to the hole. However, when he opens the coffin, he finds "GUESS AGAIN" written in blood on the inside of the lid. Just then, he looks behind him and finds that there are at least a dozen more graves, all recently dug, and all with identical lavender flowers planted in the ground. Klaus looks furious and horrified as he sighs and considers his options.]
People look nervous and worried.
[In Freya's grave, wherever that may be, she is trying her best to slow her breathing as she tries to figure out how to save herself. She clutches onto her talisman and whispers under her breath.]
Freya: [quietly] Finn... I need your help. [The talisman glows even brighter, and blood from Freya's gunshot wound raises in droplets above her, pushing itself through the lid of the coffin and into the soil above her so Klaus can more easily track her by scent. The blood climbs up through the soil and coats the lavender flowers planted over her grave. Klaus suddenly catches Freya's scent and heads straight for the correct grave to dig her up.]
People sight with relief.
[Back at the Carpenter's workshop, Bella and Aurora remain in a stand-off. Bella swiftly walks toward her, but Aurora uses her free hand to steady her aim so that the gun is aimed straight at her heart. Bella gives her a patronizing look.]
Bella: Legions of deadly enemies have fallen by my family's hand. What makes you think you stand a chance? [Aurora chuckles softly and smiles at her.]
Aurora: You actually believe in your own myth you and your brother created. Nothing lasts always and forever, and certainly not you.
"We will see about that, bitch!" Said Bella.
Bella: So what are we waiting for? [Bella thinks for a moment before she realizes Aurora's plan, and when Aurora sees she's figured it out, she smiles nervously, keeping her aim steady.]
Bella: Niklaus.
Aurora: I'm not here to kill Niklaus. I'm only waiting for him to arrive... [Aurora cocks the gun in preparation to shoot her.]
Aurora: So he can watch you die. [Bella sneers at her angrily.]
Bella: If i die, so will you.
Aurora: I will still have time to take your brother with me.
"I will skin her alive and enjoy how she screams in pain, than rip out her internal organs while she watches and feed her remainings to dogs, i will make her feel so much pain, even her wicked mind can't imagine." Said Layla, glaring at Aurora. People looked at her impressed.
"That's my daughter!" Said Bella proudly.
CARPENTER'S WORKSHOP
[Aurora still has Bella at gunpoint. Bella starts to circle around her, and Aurora starts to circle around Bella in the opposite direction so she can keep her gun directed at Bella.]
Bella: You think, Elijah is responsible for your little breakup. How adorably delusional of you, Aurora. You do realize that you're utterly insane? Nik can be resilient, but there's only so much madness even he can take.
"Buuuurn!" Said Kol. Bella chuckled at herself.
"I'm awesome." Said Bella.
[Aurora's confident smile falls, and she's visibly hurt by Bella's words, so much that the gun in her hand falls slightly, pointing at Bella's legs rather than her chest.]
Bella: I suppose, eventually, he was able to distinguish between real love and some... petty desire. Once he'd discarded you, the veil was lifted and all that remained was something quite pathetic.
"I love you, mom." Said Layla. Bella winked at her.
[Bella bares her teeth as she lunges for Aurora to snatch the gun, but she lunges toward her as well and holds the barrel of the gun right against her heart. Aurora's hurt has turned to fury as she responds to her insults.]
Aurora: The veil is lifted, all right. Love is nothing but a trap. The one truth you speak, the one thing that I agree with entirely-- only the love of family is unbreakable. [Aurora's voice starts to waver when she thinks of Tristan.]
Aurora: It is the only love worth fighting for. And my beloved brother, Tristan, suffers in a box, drowning over and over again, unable to die.
"Should have known better than to mess with Mikaelsons." Said Bella.
[She walks closer to him, forcing Bella to walk backward until her back is against the wall.]
Bella: (yelled) Because of you so is Elijah!
Elijah smiled at Bella.
"He isn't?" Said Davina.
"She doesn't know that." Said Bella.
[Aurora thrusts the gun against her chest even hared.]
Aurora: I should kill you. And the look on Niklaus' face as a white oak bullet pierces your heart and takes your life... Will be the salve for my own broken heart. [Just then, Klaus bursts into the cabin with his arm slung over the shoulders of the still-weakened Freya to keep her on her feet. Aurora is so startled by his entrance that she spins so that her gun is still pointed directly at Bella's chest, but Bella is now standing between her and Klaus. Aurora backs away from Bella, but keeps her gun aimed at her as Klaus glares at Aurora.]
Everyone glares at Aurora.
Klaus: [furiously] Stop this.
Bella: The bullets... they're white oak, Nik. [Klaus scowls at Aurora, and Freya looks at her siblings with concern. Klaus leaves Freya leaning against the doorway so he can walk closer to Aurora in an attempt to talk her down.]
Klaus: We both know you're not going to pull the trigger.
Aurora: Yet again, you're wrong. [Aurora goes to pull the trigger of her gun, but Freya manages to flick her wrist, using her telekinesis to force Aurora to miss Bella. However, the bullet ricochets off the wall and hits Freya's pendant, and Aurora vamp-speeds away as Freya collapses onto the floor.]
Everyone looks at Freya worried.
[Bella rushes over to her sister to check on her, but Klaus gets a determined look on his face as he turns to Bella.]
Klaus: Tend to Freya. I have to murder my ex. [Klaus vamp-speeds away to chase Aurora down.]
Bella: NIK!
"If you die, i will kill you." Said Bella, glaring at Klaus.
"Otherwise." Said Klaus. People smiled at sibling duo.
JACKSON SQUARE PARK
[Hayley's phone is ringing. She grabs her phone and answers it when she sees that it's Marcel.]
Hayley: Hey.
Marcel: Hayley, you have to listen to me.Aya's witches are coming to kill you.
"What?" Asked Hayley.
"Why?" Asked Klaus.
Hayley: What? [Before Hayley can even process this, the Sisters show up and walk toward her in a single-file line. Hayley's eyes widen at the sight of them. The new lead witch, a pale blonde, thrusts her hand out in front of her, which sends Hayley flying backward so hard that the tree is completely knocked down as she lands on ground.]
Hayley: Ah! [Hayley rubs her side and groans.]
Hayley: Owww! [The witch repeats the movement and sends Hayley flying against the tree until she bounces off onto the ground. Hayley's hybrid face comes out in anger as she tries to pull herself to her feet, but the Sister thrusts her palms downward to telekinetically pin Hayley face-down onto the ground.]
People look at Hayley worried.
Hayley: AHHHH! [Suddenly, Hayley starts to choke as the witches use telekinesis to try to rip Hayley's heart out, which causes a bloody stain to appear on the front of her shirt before she falls to her knees and shrieks in pain.]
Hayley: AAAAAAH!
"Hayley!" Yelled worried Davina.
THE BAYOU
[Klaus has just vamp-sped into the woods of the Bayou, where he calls out to Aurora, who seems to be hiding nearby.]
Klaus: You were right to run. You will pay for what you did to Cami. What I'm going to do to you will redefine the word "sadistic."
"Good threat." Complimented Bella.
[Just then, Aurora vamp-speeds several yards behind him, and Klaus spins on his heel to face her just as she aims her gun at him, pulls the trigger, and shoots him in the shoulder. He groans in pain as she walks closer to him, her gun still directed at his chest.]
Aurora: It was such a beautifully carved little knight. I could tell the effort you put into it. Since you have such an appreciation for chess... Queen takes King.
Everyone is glaring at Aurora.
[Before Aurora can shoot him again, Klaus pulls "NO TRESPASSING" sign off of the nearby barbed-wire fence and throws it at her at vampire speed, where it stabs her in the side. She doubles over and yelps in pain as Klaus vamp-speeds away, and Aurora yanks the sign out of her torso. However, when she spins around to look for Klaus, he's nowhere to be found.]
Aurora: Ah!