The Hybrid and The Werewolf

REGINING PAIN IN NEW ORLEANS

The vampire army, including Marcel and his closest friends, are seated around the table, and Nyx and Hayley are seated at each end. Nyx calls for everyone's attention to give a speech by tapping her glass with her fork

Nyx: Let us begin with a toast to our shared gift: immortality. After a thousand years, one might expect life to be less keenly felt, for its beauties and its sorrows do diminish with time. But, as vampires, we feel more deeply than humans could possibly imagine.

She gestures toward a group of waiters and waitresses to have them join them at the table, one for each guest

Nyx: Insatiable need, exquisite pain...

The servants slit their wrists with knives, filling the cups with blood for the vampires

Nyx: Our victories, and our defeats.

Diego: [raises his glass] To New Orleans.

Nyx: To New Orleans!

Everyone: New Orleans.

Everyone at the table drinks

Nyx: I understand that some of you may have questions regarding the recent change in leadership, and I invited you here tonight to assure you that you are not defeated. No, my intentions moving forward are to celebrate what we have. What Marcel, in fact, took and built for this true community of vampires.

Diego: What about her? 

He points to Hayley at the far end of the table

Diego: The wolf.

Nyx grabs a knife throwing it across the table hitting Diego right between the eyes, his hand falls down on the table

Marcel: WHAT THE HELL!!!!

Nyx: Had he let me finish. 

She walks over to the end of the table placing her hand on Hayley's shoulder, Hayley places her hand on top of hers linking them together. 

Nyx: This lovely girl is carrying my child. I trust you will all pay her the appropriate respect or suffer the consequences. However, I understand that some of you are concerned by this vicious rumor that I intend to use the blood of our child to create hybrids. I assure you I do not. 

Hayley: Mother of the year

Nyx: Treat my mate with disrespect and I shall rip you limb from limb. 

LATER

Downstairs, Hayley walks alone down the stairs toward the side door of the compound as she tries to sneak out into the French Quarter. She looks around to see if she's being watched, but before she can go anywhere, Diego cuts in front of her

Diego: Going somewhere?

Suddenly, Elijah appears and breaks Diego's neck by throwing him into the wall

Hayley: Elijah, you shouldn't be here. Nyx has her guys watching me.

Elijah: [shrugs] I wouldn't worry about them.

After a moment, Rebekah comes along, kicking down two other vampires who were hiding around the corner

Elijah: Come, we mustn't linger. We'll get you some place safe.

Hayley: No I'm not going with you

Elijah: Hayley, Niklaus cannot keep you safe. Only I can. 

Hayley: If you want to prove to me I can trust you, then save my pack. The vampires are going to kill them. 

Rebekah: Out in the Bayou? Do we look like a bloody vampire-rescue-squad? I think you should be grateful we came to save you!

Hayley: Listen. Rebekah. All my life, I've wanted to know who my real family was, and just as I find out that they're out there in the Bayou. You wanna help me? Help my people. Please.