Five years never felt so long. Even for those who 'won' their ways of walking back and forth exposing their victory.
"It's a beautiful day outside" Vincent says, addressing the crowd "Streets are packed with tourists. They're drinking beers, they're chasing beads, headed out on the vampire walking tour of New Orleans. They think it's just a myth. Just part of our city's charm"
You don't say...
"Well, we know better. Just like we know that there's a storm coming. This week marks five years since the fall of the Mikaelsons. Five years of peace and we paid a high price for that peace. We witches we earned that peace. We snatched back our freedom, we severed our link with our ancestors. To take back our city, we backed Marcel Gerard" he proudly points out "Now, since then, we fought hard to build this community and in the next week, as we celebrate our independence, that community will be challenged because every year we get visitors"
New Orleans never saw a time like that.
"Vampires from all over the world. They come here, and they want to see firsthand the suffering of Klaus Mikaelson. Now some of those vampires, they're gonna be well-behaved. Others...not so much. You see, out-of-town vampires they don't care about our city, they don't follow our rules, they will instigate trouble, they will attempt to upset our peace and the only way that we're gonna get through that is if we get through that together" he says.
...Mikaelson Compound...
The Mikaelson Compound is now closed off and a 'Condemned' sing on the gate.
[voiceover] "Now, this ain't the first time that we faced conflict. Each and every single one of us here has faced their fair share of monsters. I swear, I feel sometimes the city just has evil lurking in the shadows. For a long time, we've managed to keep our monsters buried. And now we've got to make sure that they stay buried" Vincent continues.
Deep into the Abattoir, underground, gated off, chained and behind a salt boundary spell, Niklaus Mikaelson sits, awoken from his torture from Tunde's blade.
[voiceover] "Otherwise, we will lose everything that we've built...we will lose it, forever"
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...Marcel's Penthouse...
"To five years of independence and old enemies who became new friends" Marcel smiles, holding up a glass.
"I thought you said this was strictly a business meeting" Sofya smiles teasingly at him.
"Oh, you didn't mind last time we mixed business with pleasure" Marcel clicks his tongue.
