Lights Flicker And Fade : Kol Mikaelson [3]

282: When The Morning Comes

a/n: yes, the spelling between chapter title and 'opening card' are different, can't tell if it's cos I think I'm 'funny,' or because I wasn't sure which version of the title I preferred lol - either way it has two meanings <3
Please remember last chapters request :)
- Bea xoxo

"You got my venom," Keelin's chains had been loosened but not removed, the muzzle dangling around her neck, "When do I get to go?"

Finn poured an orange vial into his mix, watching as it simmered, "As soon as we know it works."

"And when will that be?"

"Believe me," Hayley put a gentle hand on her shoulder, "You'll know it when you see it."

She nodded to the coffins, "When you wake up the sleeping beauties?"

"You know," Finn glared at her, "You ask a lot of questions."

"We can already start waking one of them," Hayley answered, "But she'll be pretty hungry."

Keelin tensed.

"So, unless you wanna be on the menu..."

"A kinder soul than us gave me a way to speed up the process," Finn dipped a specially crafted glass poker into the beaker, an odd ringing appearing as the liquid began to swirl on its own, "Be grateful I already had the exact measurements to work with, or you'd be here for weeks."

Hayley's eyes fell, "Do we definitely have everything?"

"Rebekah's curse has been transferred to the miniature Mora Miserium; she should be safe," Finn glanced to a specific coffin, "Then, if Mira is not lying?"

Which, was a statement that also technically applied to their fix for Rebekah, but...

"Venom from seven packs, the spell from her brother, a sample of Klaus's blood – "

Ryos had built the cure out of MJ's supplies in the compound.

"Specific dark objects to turn my magic into the type of power Ryos was wielding, as well as each specific sacred ingredient..." He breathed out, "It will take all of my strength, and more than a little luck, but it should be enough to cure the poisoned bite."

Hayley shifted, "What do you mean by 'should?'"

"Mira might not have been honest," He reminded her, "My translation's may be wrong, Ryos's words may be incorrect – we don't even know if Floare magic was part of it, or voodoo, there are things we will never know the answer for, because Mira never truly tested what gave her the ability to make a cure – "

"MJ wouldn't have lied."

Keelin's eyebrows furrowed as she tried to follow the conversation.

"You know she wouldn't have lied."

Before the point could be discussed any further, the sound of wheels filled their ears, Hayley's entire body lurching towards the door, the bubbling solution to Elijah's woes still a different colour to the solution MJ had sent to save Cami and Maci.

"Then," Finn didn't react to her sudden switch in focus, "We can discuss whether we even bother completing our quest tonight."

"You're doing it tonight," Keelin's hands clenched into fists, "If you don't know it works – "

"We could offer the cure to Kol," Finn pitched, Hayley tuning into the outside world, "If he believed Marcel has a way to kill him, he'll want the antidote."

"If he hasn't already had one made himself."

"We have the remaining Malraux," Finn spoke like she wasn't in the room, "Maybe he found a spec of it somewhere else, but if she does not know of him? It is safe to assume we got there first."