Always & Forever A Mikaelson {Sequel to Klaus' Daughter Is A Lockwood}

Meeting Clara Summerlin

FLEUR-DE-LIS SANITARIUM

Genevieve has an old record player sitting on a vintage wheelchair. She plays an old jazz tune that echoes throughout the hospital corridors. Rebekah awakens to the music, which causes her to flashback briefly to 1919 at the jazz club, where the exact same song played. "NO! NO! Please!" Klaus hears the music as well. After a moment, Genevieve rejoins him in his room. "Your sister's tryst with Marcel was only the beginning. You see, the burden of your condemnation was too great, and as a result your deepest fear came to pass-- that their love for each other would overshadow their love for you and turn it into hate. Nik, they conspired to rid themselves of you for good." Rebekah runs down the hall. She finds the record player and smashes it against the ground, but the music still plays as she doubles over, clutching her head in her hands. Suddenly, she is transported into another flashback.

FLASHBACK-- JAZZ CLUB, 1919

Clara, Rebekah and Genevieve walk through the club and sit down at a table. "Okay, next round's on me." Clara says. "Clara Summerlin, no! I'll be soused." Genevieve says protesting. "Get it while you can – it's the last real gin in the city!" Rebekah says laughing. Clara heads to the bar while Rebekah and Genevieve sit down at a table. "You're nothing like I thought you'd be when I first met you. I was brought up to think your kind were, well..." Rebekah cuts her off. "An abomination of nature?" Rebekah asks. "You're anything but! Not just you, your whole family is so... Elegant." Genevieve says staring at Elijah. "Yes, I agree, Elijah is quite peerless." Rebekah says. "I don't know... I mean, he's nice and all, but if I had to go for one Mikaelson boy..." Rebekah cuts her off again. "Klaus? Genevieve, who'd have thought a saintly little witch like you would go for the bad boys? I knew we were destined to be friends!"

At the bar, Clara is ordering another drink. "More gin, please." Suddenly, a man next to her spills his drink on her. "Oh!" Elijah appears by her side, handing his handkerchief to her. "Please, allow me. Keep it, it's yours." Elijah says with a smile. He walks away as Clara watches him with interest. She smiles knowingly. At the table, Rebekah and Genevieve continue to have girl-talk. "Well, there's a load of us Mikaelson's. If you like bad boys, you'd love my brother, Kol." Rebekah says with a smirk. "And where is this mystery brother of yours?" Genevieve asks. "It's complicated. Like all siblings, we've had our ups and downs. Family feuds. In fact, I was thinking of reaching out to someone we haven't seen in a very long while. I was hoping that maybe you could help me contact them. But it would have to be a surprise. No one could know." Rebekah says quietly. "Of course. Do you want me to find your brother Kol?" Genevieve asks. "Actually, I'd like you to find Mikael... our father." Rebekah says with fear in her eyes.

END FLASHBACK

In the present day, Klaus is furious and yells at Genevieve. "ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES!" He yells at her. "Don't dismember the messenger. Part of you must have known. Suspected, at least. Your father came to New Orleans in 1919 to kill you, did he not? And as the city burned, he nearly succeeded." Genevieve says matter of factly. "My family and I have done some terrible things to each other over the years, but Rebekah would not call my father! No matter how angry she was." Klaus says. "It's sweet of you to believe that, to believe in her. But, by the time we're done you'll know just how wrong you are." Genevieve says with a sickly sweet smile.