Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 9

~Previously on Dragon's Keeper~

Klaus daggers Elijah with the silver dagger. Elijah groans. "Forgive me, my brother. If I am going to win this war, I have to do it alone." Klaus says as he put Elijah's body in a coffin.

Marcel leads Klaus around a balcony overlooking the party. They watch as Marcel's vampires feed ravenously on the humans, who scream in terror. "This is how I keep my guys happy: the occasional, all-you-can-eat buffet. My night-walker's love it. I've got 'em working hard, trying to earn one of these daylight rings. They deserve to blow off a little steam. My day-walkers, the trusted few – they just like the party." Marcel tells Klaus. Klaus notices a crest of some sort engraved on the stone wall below: it includes the 'M' monogram, as well as a coiled serpent. He does not comment on it. "It's quite an operation. Tell me – what about the victims? Seems like a lot of graves to dig." Klaus asks. "Can't kill 'em all. Too many folks go missing, tourism drops. So, we heal them with a little vamp blood, erase their memory, send them on their way – no muss, no fuss." Marcel answers. "I'm impressed." Klaus says. "Nothing I didn't learn from you back in the day." Thierry, one of Marcel's vampires, approaches the two. "Marcel." Thierry says. "Sup, Thierry?" Marcel turns to him. "Six of our guys were killed in a bar outside of the Quarter. Night-walkers. No one saw who." He tells Marcel. While Marcel receives this news, Klaus looks away.

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Rebekah parks in front of the Mikaelson mansion, leaving a message on her phone as she gets out. MayBeth, inside, hears something and walks warily down the stairs. "Elijah, if not answering your phone is part of your clever plan to get me back to this godforsaken city, then well done. I'm here, and I'm worried. Now pick up before I kick in your bloody door." Rebekah walks up the front steps and opens the door. She walks in as MayBeth comes down the stairs, wielding a fire iron. "Bekah?" MayBeth feels relief. "MayBeth? What the hell. I move back to Mystic Falls only for me to come back here because I hear you're pregnant." MayBeth, smiling wryly, puts down the iron poker. "Well, you know me, I'm full of surprises." Rebekah smiles at her. "Right. I was expecting to see some kind of supernatural, miracle baby bump. Guess you're not showing yet." She tells MayBeth. "You have your brother's manners alright" MayBeth says and goes to hug Rebekah. Rebekah hugs her back. "And his temper, too, so watch it." She says smiling. "Where's Elijah?" Rebekah asks. "Beats me. He's long gone." MayBeth says while going to sit in a chair. "What do you mean, "long gone"?" Bekah asks. "Well, one minute he was here making epic promises about protecting me in this predicament that a bottle of scotch and some bad decisions got me into – he was all poetic about how we're family – and then Klaus told me he bailed. Which I don't really believe, but I'm not going to question Nik because I don't feel like having an argument with him." MayBeth told Rebekah. "Well, that's true. Elijah doesn't break promises. Which means Niklaus has done something dastardly and Klaus-like. Klaus! Get out here and tell me what you've done with our brother, you narcissistic, backstabbing wanker!" She yells. Klaus opens a pair of doors and enters the room. "Enough with all the shouting. Little sister, I should have known. I assume the six dead vampires were your doing?" Klaus asks. "They were very rude." Rebekah says faking innocence. "Trying to victimize a poor, innocent girl just trying to find her way to the Quarter. So sorry, were they friends of yours? Oh, that's right, you don't have any friends." She continues. "I do have friends. I have Marcel. You remember him, don't you? Yes, of course you do. He fancies himself the 'King of the Quarter' now, and he has these rules about killing vampires. It'll be fun to see what sort of punishment he comes up with for you." Klaus grins. MayBeth shakes her head at the both of them. Klaus sees this and smiles lovingly at her. "I don't care about Marcel or his rules. Elijah doesn't welch on deals. What did you do to him?" Bekah asks her brother. "Perhaps he's on holiday... or taking a long autumn nap upstairs. Well, go on. Take a look around. You remember this house as well as I." He says smugly. Rebekah, who had gotten up to leave the room, turns back to Klaus. "I remember everything." She says back.