Bow Down - the originals [1] ✔️

t r e n t e - q u a r t e

sorry for the wait, I have so much shit going on at school

SONG FOR THIS CHAPTER: RUBY BLUE - ROISIN MURPHY 

va définir votre drapeau sur le feu

Hayley is doting on Hope in the living room of the safe house. She picks up her daughter and carries her into the kitchen. Hayley and Hope enter the kitchen where Elijah is making breakfast before Marie enters, with her blonde hair in a disarray. Marie and Elijah look as though they're about to kiss, but instead Elijah just kisses Hope's head before getting back to his work. Marie scrunches up her nose, while Hayley looks at her quizically. Meanwhile, Elijah, who becomes overwhelmed by flashbacks of attacking Tatia, his red door, and the restaurant staff he killed.

The doorbell rings, and Marie hears Cami entering the house with Klaus, she finishes the rest of her coffee before entering the living room, where Klaus, Hayley, Cami, and Elijah are brainstorming their next move. "Now that we've entombed our mother, I intend to finish making the city safe for Hope. Which, to start, means dealing with the lingering problem of Finn."

" Oh, once he figures out what you've done to your mother, he's gonna go off the deep end." Cami sighs worriedly, while Marie looks confused.

"Long story short, we fed our mother vampire blood and now she's locked in the body of a transitioning vampire." Klaus smirks triumphantly, before narrowing his eyes at Marie, "Blondes really are dumb."

"Hm, you're blonde too you know that right?" Marie chuckles before Klaus blushes in embarrassment. 

"That's exactly why we need to keep you out of harm's way. Hayley and I will return home and take care of my wayward brother. Elijah will remain here with the two doctors." Klaus returns to Cami. Klaus looks over at Elijah, who looks displeased as he peers out the window, "He's been experiencing some side effects since his ordeal as our mother's captive. Best he stay here and convalesce."

Elijah gives Klaus an offended look, and he's clearly still feeling patronized by his siblings, "A single violent outburst at a filthy road-side café, and one never hears the end of it."

"Oh, Cami has a way with minds plagued by demons and your girlfriend here claims that she has a MD from Columbia, brother. You three can bond!" Klaus cheers.

Cami looks over at Elijah awkwardly, while Elijah simply looks uncomfortable. "I did graduate from Columbia with an MD, and I was first in my class. No need to feel threatened Klaus."

"Well, if you excuse me, I best be on my way! Rebekah should have already woken up in the body of Angelica Barker. Once she has cut the ties of Miss Barker's former life, she'll make her way directly here.  You should expect her shortly." Klaus smiles, and turns to leave for New Orleans.

Elijah is leaving Rebekah one of what appears to be many voicemails in the doorway between the kitchen and living room. "Rebekah, it's me again. Please call."

He hangs up the phone, looking worried. Cami is looking through the cabinets in the kitchen when she finds a bottle of bourbon and takes it off the shelf. "Yahtzee! Ah-ha-ha! If there's one thing I've learned about you people, it's that there's always a bottle of booze around."

She looks in another cabinet for glasses and looks back at Elijah, then at a distracted Marie, "You want one?"

"Sounds delightful. And after that, Camille, then what? We have another, and another, perhaps another after that, another after that... Before long, I find myself opening up to you, or--- "baring my damaged soul," as it were." Elijah smiles condescendingly, while Marie scoffed, annoyed with Elijah.