Hallucinations & Massacres

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  THE BAYOU
Elijah is panting loudly while Hayley sits at his bedside with her hand on his forehead. Elijah is hallucinating. "Celeste. Forgive me. I'm sorry."

ELIJAH'S MEMORY
Klaus and another man are standing back to back with revolvers in their hands as they prepare for a duel. Klaus gives unintelligible orders in French, and they walk away from each other as Klaus counts them down. They each turn around and shoot. Klaus remains unharmed, while the man falls down and dies from a headshot. Another man drags the duelist's corpse over to a pile of bodies several feet away. Elijah arrives to the field, looking furious. After a heated argument Elijah snatches a revolver from a nearby man and shoots Klaus in the chest with it. He looks down at his bullet wound in annoyance and sighs. "You care about her. Celeste. Well, that is unfortunate. I hear they're rounding up the towns witches as we speak." Klaus smirks and walks away.

PRESENT DAY
Elijah awakens with a start and screams. Hayley looks at him with a worried expression. "Elijah?" Elijah begins hallucinating that she's Klaus and grabs her in a choke-hold and pins her against the wall. "Niklaus! I'll kill you, you bastard." Hayley is terrified. "Elijah?" Hayley starts fighting for air. Suddenly, Eve appears and stakes Elijah in the back, incapacitating him. Hayley begins to gasp for breath. "Oh, thank you! I thought I was going to die."

THE ABATTOIR
Marcel, Rebekah, and his vampires crowd around Nicole and Klaus who stand in the middle of the circle. "Dad, I don't have enough bullets for all of them." Klaus looked at Nicole who had fear in her eyes. If she stayed; she'd be killed. He glared at Marcel and spreads his arms. "Let's end this charade, shall we? Vampires of New Orleans! Do recall that I am an Original. A hybrid. I cannot be killed. Eternity is an awfully long time. How long, do you think, Marcel will stay in power? What if one of you lot were to release me, knowing I will be eternally in your debt? Oh, I would pity those of you who dared to cross me. And not to mention if any harm should come to my daughter! I can assure you, your ends would be spectacular. To borrow a trick from an old friend..." He reaches out his hand, which holds a large gold coin. Nicole watches his every move. "...Whoever picks up this coin gets to live..." He drops the coin on the floor in front of him. "Now, which of you magnificent bastards wants to join me?" Nicole looked around; Praying someone would pick up the coin.
"Anyone wants that coin, pledge allegiance to Klaus. Take it now. Go ahead. The choice is yours." Marcel said to his vampires. No one moves, except for Klaus, who is slightly astonished that no one picks up the coin. Marcel looks at him, proud of the loyalty his minions show. Nicole is scared for her life. Marcel approaches Nicole. "Nicole, this is not your fight and you haven't wronged me so I will spare you. Rebekah." Rebekah vamps over and grabs Nicole pulling her out of the circle. Nicole is fighting her "Rebekah No! Dad! Marcel please?!" Marcel smirks. "Take him." Nicole shouts in horror. Some of the vampires lunge for Klaus, but he easily takes them out. However, when Klaus stretches his arms wide on either side, two other vampires wrap his wrists in chains and bind him. "No! Daddy! Marcel, no!" Nicole continues screaming as she struggles in Rebekah's grasp. They look triumphant for a moment, but Klaus' hybrid face comes out, and he growls deeply before breaking through his bonds and viciously biting and killing every vampire who comes at him. Nicole let's out a sigh of relief as tears fall down her cheeks. Rebekah is paralyzed by fear as she watches Klaus quickly gain the upper-hand.
Klaus yells. "Marcel! Come and finish this!" Marcel desperately rushes toward Klaus, but Rebekah let's go of Nicole and holds him back. "No! Take the coin!" Marcel is shocked. "What?" Rebekah looks at Klaus then back to Marcel. "He won't stop until everyone is dead. And he will kill you too. End this. Pick up the coin!" Marcel considers this for a long moment before lunging forward. "Enough!" Suddenly, the room falls absolutely silent, and the fighting stops. Marcel picks up the coin off the ground and holds it up. Nicole let's out another sigh of relief. Klaus is amused. "Well, well, well. The great Marcel, self-proclaimed king of New Orleans, bowing before me." Marcel throws the coin at Klaus' feet. "There. I hereby pledge my allegiance to you. You have the keys to my kingdom. It's yours." Marcel says as he bows his head. Klaus smiles gleefully. He looks up to see Nicole smiling at him.  

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