Power of Artemis

History

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Nik has brought us to the old opera house to see the ruins left from Mikael's visit in 1919. When cami sees it, she's horrified.

"You know your city's history. That night in 1919, when the opera house burned down on this very spot? That was my father at his worst." He tells Cami.

*flashback*

It's a full house at the theatre as Rebekah and Nik sit in a private box. Nik, looking bored and impatient, reads the program while Rebekah looks around anxiously for Marcel.

"Well, this is off to a bad start. Your first big date together in public after I gave you my blessing, and he stood you up." Nik comments.

"Something must have delayed him." Rebekah says.

"Or, now that your elicit affair is out in the open, he finds the whole relationship a tad lackluster and has run off to Havana with a showgirl." Nik jokes.

"Don't be such a toerag. I'm going to check the lobby." Rebekah says.

"See if you can't find our brother while you're there. The curtain is about to go up." Nik tells her.Rebekah leaves, and Nik  sets the program down. Someone enters the box and sits down behind him. It's Mikael. He pokes his white oak stake against Niks back.

"I would advise against trying to flee, boy. I can drive this into your heart before you can even think of getting to your feet, and I don't want you to die yet." Mikael threatens.

"Father--" Nik his pets in shock and fright.

"Father?" Haha! Still clinging to that word after all these years, a bastard desperate for a daddy? I wonder if your real father would be as embarrassed as I was of you before I discovered you were not mine. Most likely. [Angry, Nik is about to turn around but Mikael stops him] Oh, oh. Uh-uh. Easy now, boy. Don't worry. Death will come, but we need to have a little chat before you shuffle off your immortal coil." Mikael says.

"Any words we have for each other have been spoken long ago. But, know this-- I am no longer the animal begging for scraps of your affection. I will die knowing my hatred for you was just. I will fall proud of all I have achieved here. So, Mikael, if you're going to kill me, then get on with it." Nik tells him.

"Au contraire, Niklaus. Some things remain unsaid. For instance, you were right to be proud of your achievement here. As I walked the streets, your name was spoken of in reverent tones by the city's finest. So, after I kill you, I will remain here in New Orleans until every last person who remembers you is dead. The deeds of the mighty Klaus will be remembered by no one And you, boy, will simply never have existed. [The orchestra begins to warm up in front of the stage] Ah. The grand show. [Mikael relaxes, pulling the stake away from nik as the lights go down. He leans forward and taps Nik's shoulder] Oh, I made some alterations in your honor. You'll love it." He says and The conductor taps his baton against the stand and begins the show.

"And what a show it was." Nik tells us. The curtain goes up to reveal Marcel staked in the hands to a wooden cross. He is barely conscious. Lana is dead and is propped up on a swing, her mouth taped shut, and a stake impaled through her chest. The audience laughs and applauds.

"Mikael compelled the audience to watch it all, applaud as if it were the drollest of comedies, and then to leave celebrating a terrific night at the opera. I tried to save Marcel. [nik is on stage. He tries to pull the stakes from Marcel's hands but Mikael stops him] My father had other ideas. Rebekah attempted to intervene. [The crowd applauds as Mikael pushes Rebekah to the ground and stakes her with a normal stake through the stomach] All these years, I actually believed she was trying to save me." He says. Nik tries to attack again but Mikael throws Nik across the stage. The audience continues to applaud.

"Agh! [in voiceover in the present] But then big brother swooped in." He says.

"There's no helping Marcel." Elijah tells him.

"Just when we thought all was lost." Nik says.

"We must run." Elijah tells them. Nik scoops Rebekah up in his arms, and as they leave, Mikael feeds off of Marcel. Afterward, Mikael grabs a lantern from the stage.

"And so I ran, beaten like the dog my father believed me to be  And as we fled for our lives, he burnt it all to the ground [Mikael walks up toward the exit past the audience, all of whom have been compelled to sit still and not leave. Mikael smashes the lantern onto the ground, causing the floor to catch fire, which quickly spreads throughout the opera house] And with it, we assumed, Marcel." Nik tells us

*flashback over*

"I lived, but all that we had built died, as did the last shred of me that felt human. That is what my father took from me that night. I assure you, Camille, I will not terrorize my sister and her lover for centuries. Nor will I humiliate and torment or dehumanize them. No, none of that. I will simply and quickly end them."He lets go of Cami and vamp-speeds away before Cami can catch him. I speed after him. Nik and I walk into the cemetery, wielding the indestructible white oak stake and screaming in a rage for Rebekah.

"REBEKAH! REBEKAH! Cherish the breath in your lungs! It'll be your last." Nik screams. Night has come an Nik and I found Rebekah with Elijah.

"GET AWAY FROM HER! She's mine." Nik growls. Nik's eyes turn yellow as the veins protrude on his face and his fangs come out. Elijah holds Papa Tunde's blade in his hand. The blade shakes as Elijah's vampire face comes out and he bares his fangs at Nik, and Rebekah quickly does the same. I bare my fangs also ready to use any of my powers. All of us are ready to attack.