ST. ANNE'S CHURCH
Father Kieran is sitting in the pews when he sees Klaus and Nicole come in and sit in the row behind him. "What do you want?" Klaus hands a hip flask of liquor to him. "It's Poitin. It'll raise the dead, kill them, and raise 'em again." Kieran takes the flask and drinks silently. "I'd like to talk to you about your niece, Camille. I'm sure you suspect this already, by the gaps in her memory... I compel her. At first, it was because she was a useful spy, but now, for her own protection." Kieran frowns. "I assumed a vampire was messing with her mind. Though I never anticipated a confession." Klaus kneels so he can get closer to Kieran. "She won't leave things be. Her mind churns with the permutations of what happened in this church when her twin went on his slaughter spree. Now, if she finds out what really happened, that the vampires and witch hexes were involved, she will dig and dig and dig until she digs too deep and gets herself killed."
Nicole interrupts. "New Orleans will be the death of her Father. She is my friend but I agree with Klaus. She needs to leave. And, as ironic as it may seem, we both believe it should be her choice." Kieran raises his eyebrows. "Yes. It is ironic discussing free will with a mind-controlling vampire." Klaus puts an hand on his shoulder. "She's a clever girl. She gave me a piece of her mind earlier today. I would have killed others for less. I care about her survival. I smell war in the air, and with every war, there is the innocent victim who could have been spared if they had just walked away." Nicole gets up, kneels in front of Father Kieran and takes his hand in hers. "Please, convince her to walk away from New Orleans. Save your nieces life." Kieran nods slightly in agreement at Nicole. Nicole smiles at him, she stands as Klaus stands up to leave. "Or, I'll be forced to compel her to go." Klaus said as they exited the church.
THE BAYOU
Hayley is still in the shack, sitting on the bed with Elijah's head in her lap as he continues writhing restlessly while he hallucinates more memories.
ELIJAH'S MEMORY-- 1821
It is the same scene as before: Celeste is relaxing in a large bathtub in the middle of a bathroom when Elijah, in 19th century finery, enters the room. Celeste playfully throws her sponge at him, but he catches it deftly, and she giggles at him. Elijah leans down and kisses her passionately.
PRESENT DAY
Elijah shivers and groans in pain. "Hayley, please. This fever. My mind is flooded with these torturous memories. You have to leave." Hayley dabs a rag on his head. "What is your deal? You don't like people taking care of you?" Elijah shivers again. "There are consequences for those that care. I will not have you pay that price." Hayley shrugs. "So, you're having weird, retro sex dreams? Get over it, I'm staying." Elijah looks to the door. "What about our visitor? What does she want?" Hayley follows his gaze and stares out the door. "I'm guessing she's the one that left the mystery Bible on the doorstep last night. Would be nice if she'd stick around long enough to tell me why." Elijah sighs. "Hayley, you came here to gather an information about your family, not to play nursemaid to a vampire with a temperature. Please, find her. Learn what you can." Hayley looks him in the eyes. "No, I'm staying."
THE ABATTOIR
Klaus & Nicole enter the courtyard of the compound to find Marcel standing and waiting for him. "Klaus. Nicole." Nicole nods at him. "Hello Marcel." Klaus presses him. "You've been avoiding my calls." Marcel raises his eyebrow and shrugs. "Little pissed off lately." Klaus remains stern. "Apologies for my behavior can come later. You have something of mine. I want it back." Marcel pulls out the silver dagger and holds it up. Nicole narrows her eyes at Marcel. She knew Josh was lying. "Sorry, but I can't do that." He instead holds out the dagger to his side, and Rebekah enters the courtyard and takes it from him. Klaus looks both unamused and suspicious. Nicole's eyes widen. "I told you they were in this together." She says to Klaus.
Klaus looks at her then back to Marcel. "What is this?" Rebekah crosses her arms and walks toward Marcel. "Apologies for your behavior? You don't apologize, Nik. You just act. I've had enough. We have had enough. Nicole, you need to get out of here." Nicole glares at her Aunt. "If you think I'm leaving you're even stupider than I thought. Don't do this Rebekah." She warned her whilst pulling her glock out of it's holster and aiming it at Marcel. Klaus smirks. "Look at you. Finally in possession of the one thing that can take you down. How does it feel?" Rebekah smirks back. "Great." Nicole has her gun level with Marcel's forehead. Little does Rebekah and Marcel know both her guns are full of wooden bullets.
Marcel shifts his gaze to Nicole. "Aw look at you Nicole! Big, tough witch/werewolf hybrid with a gun. Am I supposed to be scared of you?" Nicole glares at Marcel and cocks her gun at him. "You may be Klaus' daughter but you're still just a human." Nicole's eyes widened. How did he know? "Oh yeah, your brother filled us in on who you really are. He also told us about how you and your half sibling on its way are gonna wipe out the vampire race." Nicole laughed. "You really listened to Tyler? That's just sad." Nicole held her ground. "Enough!" Klaus yelled.
Marcel smirked and whistled. A dozen or two vampires come out of the woodwork and fill the balconies. Klaus laughs sarcastically. "So this is it? The evil bastard Klaus has gone too far, must be punished. And by his own sibling, nonetheless. How positively biblical." Nicole looks up at the vampires. She has fear in her eyes. She is afraid for her father's life. "Klaus, we need to get out of here." Nicole tried pulling him. He just walked closer to Marcel. "And you, Marcel, is this..." He points at the vampires. "...your idea of a hit? I taught you better than this paltry excuse for a take-down. Do you think you can subdue me with this!?" Marcel smirks evilly. "No. But I think I can with this." Marcel whistles again, and dozens more vampires appear and fill the balconies. Nicole's eyes widen. "Oh God." She says and Klaus smirks.
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