In the compound, Marcel is being fitted for a suit by a tailor while Thierry, who is sitting nearby, talks to him. "Look, I know you and Klaus are friends, but the fact is, since the Originals showed up..." Before Thierry can continue, Klaus arrives and enters the room with Nicole. "Oh, come now, Thierry. You're not still upset about that little, toxic werewolf bite I gave you, are you? I thought we were at bygones." Thierry turns to Marcel in annoyance. "I see you've given him free rein of your compound now, too." Nicole glares at Thierry. "Yes. Well, seeing as my family and I lived here." Nicole cuts him off. "Built the place, in fact you ignorant..."
Marcel interrupts them. "All right. Come on. You all know the drill. Thierry's my guy, inner circle. Klaus is my old-time friend and sire. Nicole is Elijah's ward and an ally. They're also guests here. Peace, all right?" Nicole nods. Klaus smiles. "All right." Marcel turns to Klaus. "What you need, my brother?" Klaus sighs. "I'm afraid my sister Rebekah and Nicole here are insisting I demand Elijah's return. They're quite worked up about it." Nicole glared at her father for making her sound so desperate. Marcel smirked. "I'll say." Nicole relocates her glare to Marcel. "Just because I'm your ally doesn't mean I like you." Marcel's smirk drops and Thierry scoffs. "We're not gonna have three Originals walking around town, are we?"
Nicole charged Thierry but Klaus held her back with his arm. "Half our guys think the sister killed the nightwalkers." Klaus coldly responded to Thierry. "Is that an accusation against an Original?" Thierry shrugs. "Eh." Klaus goes storms at Thierry, who looks to be ready for a confrontation, but Marcel and Nicole intervene before they can be violent. Marcel looks at Thierry while Nicole holds Klaus back. "What did I say about peace?" Marcel says to Thierry. He turns to Klaus and Nicole. "Come on. Walk with me." Klaus smiles smugly at Thierry as Marcel steers him out of the room; Nicole turns and gives him the finger while she follows them onto the balcony overlooking the courtyard.
Klaus is unamused. "Your inner circle man lacks a sense of humor." MARCEL shrugs. "He's a little overprotective, but loyal to a fault. I saved his life back in the '40s, found him dying of a war wound outside a VA hospital. He'd kill for me and die for me. Plus, that boy can play the trumpet like you would not believe. Maybe I'll see if he can play a little tonight at the party. Klaus smirked. "Well Nicole here is quite the singer." Nicole's eyes widened at her father. Marcel smiled. "Nice! Well, you're both coming tonight right?" Klaus smiles at Nicole. "Of course we are. How can I miss my chance to meet the city councilman as he accepts your gigantic charitable donation?"
Marcel laughs. "Oh, he's a schmuck, but he lets us do our thing in exchange for certain community services, like keeping our fangs out of the locals." Nicole rolls her eyes. "How polite of you." Marcel rolls his eyes at Nicole's comment. He hesitates for a moment. "Listen, about your brother... I would love to help you out, but Thierry is right. My guys are on edge. They see the Original family moving in, vampires dying? It makes them nervous. If I hand Elijah back now, it might give the wrong impression about who's really in charge here. You know what I mean?" Nicole is clearly angered by this response, as is Klaus but maintains his poker face and plays it cool. Klaus looks at Nicole giving her a wink. Understanding his hint; Nicole gives a fake smile to Marcel. Klaus turns back to Marcel. "You understand-- I had to ask." Nicole grabbed his arm. "We should go now Niklaus."
Nicole nodded to Marcel and walked away. Klaus said his goodbyes and sped up to Nicole. "What was that?" Nicole put a finger to her lips telling him to be quiet. Once they were out of Marcel's ability to hear them; Nicole turned to her father and smirked. "You want Elijah back and have Marcel on your side." Klaus looked at her and nodded. "You need to remove his lapdog." Klaus smirked. "You mean Thierry?" Nicole nodded. "Thierry needs to go; and never return." Klaus loved his daughters ability to come up with the same ideas he would. "Well my love, I'm assuming you have a plan?" Nicole shrugged. "I might." Nicole winked at her father and they continued to walk home with his arm around her shoulder.
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