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

The Tale Of The Opera House

FRENCH QUARTER STREET

Cami and Nicole walk out of the compound and into the street to find Klaus feeding on an random man he stumbled upon. When Klaus notices their presence, he stops feeding and sends the man away. "Dad! What the hell are you doing?" Nicole asks furious at her father's actions. "Well, if you have to ask, you two obviously haven't been paying attention. I'm going to kill my sister, but first, I needed some sustenance with a little less vervain in it. No offense." Klaus replies with no remorse. "When Davina showed me all you did to me, all you took from me, I wanted to kill you. I even thought about burying that blade in you like the witches asked me to, but I didn't. I stopped. I thought. I weighed the good I see in you versus the horrible things I know you've done, and I realized if I hurt you, I'd be filled with a terrible regret. You will, too, if you hurt your sister. Your sister, Klaus. As a person who has lost a sibling, who has felt that pain, you won't survive if you're the one who kills her." Cami says trying to make him stop his Rebekah warpath. "Dad, you know she's right. This is Rebekah we're talking about." Nicole says trying to echo what Cami said. "Exactly! And I'll tell you what I almost didn't survive... My sister bringing the most vile creature ever to have walked the earth down upon me." Klaus yelled at the two women. Nicole rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Yes; Mikael we know!" Nicole yelled back at her father. Cami put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. "But, by hunting Rebekah and Marcel down to the ends of the earth, by terrorizing them the way you yourself were terrorized, you'll be no different than him. Don't become your father." Cami says calmly. Nicole saw the hurt and hate surface in her father's eyes. She grabbed Cami's hand; afraid of what Klaus was going to do next. "I've been called every shade of monster, but that's new. My father? Mikael was the monster monsters were afraid of. Come. Let me show you." Klaus says as he grabs hold of the women and vamp-speeds them away.

THE BAYOU

Elijah and Celeste return to the Bayou where Hayley waiting for them seated on a log. She is alone, with the exception Jackson, who has stayed behind, though still in his wolf-form. "You came back." Hayley says relieved. "I'll always come back. Take it. It will work." Elijah says handing her the mason jar. "Eve and I will round up as many of our people as we can. Come full moon, I can finally free my family." Hayley says with a huge smile. She hugs Elijah, and he kisses her gently on the head. "Hayley, I wonder if they have any idea how lucky they are to have you." He says as Hayley smiles and walks back to the encampments with Jackson, leaving Elijah and Celeste alone again. "Mmm. That was touching, such a chaste, little kiss. The Elijah I knew was never so meek." Celeste says teasingly. "Well, the Celeste I knew was never so cruel. What is it that you want? What's your end game?" Elijah asks losing his patience. "Oh, this game never ends, Elijah. We're both immortal, you know." Celeste says with no emotion. "Then what's the point if you can't possibly win?" Elijah asks not understanding. "But, I have. You just lost the girl, the girl you never made a move on because you were so desperate to save your family. And now, your family lies in ruins." Celeste says smirking. "My family, despite all that you have done, will heal in time." Elijah says with positivity. "If you had the time, maybe. But, do you really think Rebekah ran far and fast from here? I bet she didn't." Celeste says as if she knows. "She's long gone." Elijah says with certainty. "Is she? She's with Marcel. Now, Marcel loves Davina. Davina is dead, but she could come back under the right circumstances." Celeste said with a raised eyebrow. "They wouldn't dare." Elijah says with a threatening tone. "If you hadn't been so worried about Hayley, you might have figured it out sooner. But, you know who did have the time to think about it? Your brother. I wonder what he'll do." Celeste says with a huge smirk. Elijah grabs Sabine by the neck and vamps out. Celeste dares him. "Do it." Elijah bites into her neck and viciously feeds on her.

RUE DE MAIN-- OLD OPERA HOUSE

Klaus has brought Cami and Nicole to the old opera house to see the ruins left from Mikael's visit in 1919. When Cami sees it, she's horrified. Klaus turns to Cami. "You know your city's history. That night in 1919, when the opera house burned down on this very spot? That was my father at his worst." Nicole sees Cami's face and grabs her hand. "Dad, what did Mikael do?" Nicole asked with worry.

FLASHBACK-- OPERA HOUSE, 1919

It's a full house at the theatre as Rebekah and Klaus sit in a private box. Klaus, looking bored and impatient, reads the program while Rebekah looks around anxiously for Marcel. "Well, this is off to a bad start. Your first big date together in public after I gave you my blessing, and he stood you up." Klaus said with a frown. "Something must have delayed him." Rebekah replied hopeful. "Or, now that your elicit affair is out in the open, he finds the whole relationship a tad lackluster and has run off to Havana with a showgirl." Klaus said with a wicked grin. "Don't be such a toerag. I'm going to check the lobby." Rebekah spat as she stormed out. "See if you can't find our brother while you're there. The curtain is about to go up." Rebekah leaves, and Klaus sets the program down.

Someone enters the box and sits down behind him. It's Mikael. He pokes his white oak stake against Klaus' back. "I would advise against trying to flee, boy. I can drive this into your heart before you can even think of getting to your feet, and I don't want you to die yet." Mikael said with venom in his every word. "Father..." Klaus whispers in shock and fright. "Father? Haha! Still clinging to that word after all these years, a bastard desperate for a daddy? I wonder if your real father would be as embarrassed as I was of you before I discovered you were not mine. Most likely." Mikael teased to get a rise out of Klaus. As expected, angrily, Klaus is about to turn around but Mikael stopped him. "Oh, oh. Uh-uh. Easy now, boy. Don't worry. Death will come, but we need to have a little chat before you shuffle off your immortal coil." Mikael said above a whisper. "Any words we have for each other have been spoken long ago. But, know this-- I am no longer the animal begging for scraps of your affection. I will die knowing my hatred for you was just. I will fall proud of all I have achieved here. So, Mikael, if you're going to kill me, then get on with it." Niklaus spat back at the man behind him. "Au contraire, Niklaus. Some things remain unsaid. For instance, you were right to be proud of your achievement here. As I walked the streets, your name was spoken of in reverent tones by the city's finest. So, after I kill you, I will remain here in New Orleans until every last person who remembers you is dead. The deeds of the mighty Klaus will be remembered by no one And you, boy, will simply never have existed." Mikael said as the orchestra begins to warm up in front of the stage. "Ah. The grand show." Mikael said and relaxes, pulling the stake away from Klaus as the lights go down. He leaned forward and tapped Klaus' shoulder. "Oh, I made some alterations in your honor. You'll love it." He said with an evil in his eyes.

The conductor taps his baton against the stand and begins the show. The curtain goes up to reveal Marcel staked in the hands to a wooden cross. He is barely conscious. Lana is dead and is propped up on a swing, her mouth taped shut, and a stake impaled through her chest. The audience laughs and applauds.

PRESENT DAY-- OLD OPERA HOUSE

Klaus was focused on one object. Not breaking eye contact as he told his story. "Mikael compelled the audience to watch it all, applaud as if it were the drollest of comedies, and then to leave celebrating a terrific night at the opera. I tried to save Marcel. My father had other ideas. Rebekah attempted to intervene. All these years, I actually believed she was trying to save me. I tried to attack again but Mikael threw me across the stage. The audience continued to applaud but then big brother swooped in. Just when we thought all was lost."

FLASHBACK-- OPERA HOUSE, 1919

Elijah turns to Klaus as he tries to rescue Marcel. "There's no helping Marcel. We must run." Elijah said; his voice breaking with sadness. Klaus scoops Rebekah up in his arms, and as they leave, Mikael feeds off of Marcel. Afterward, Mikael grabs a lantern from the stage. Mikael walks up toward the exit past the audience, all of whom have been compelled to sit still and not leave. Mikael smashes the lantern onto the ground, causing the floor to catch fire, which quickly spreads throughout the opera house.

END FLASHBACK

PRESENT DAY-- OLD OPERA HOUSE

Klaus had tears building in his eyes. Nicole and Cami were already crying. "And so I ran, beaten like the dog my father believed me to be And as we fled for our lives, he burnt it all to the ground. And with it, we assumed, Marcel. I lived, but all that we had built died, as did the last shred of me that felt human. That is what my father took from me that night. I assure you, Camille, I will not terrorize my sister and her lover for centuries. Nor will I humiliate and torment or dehumanize them. No, none of that. I will simply and quickly end them." Klaus says with hate as he turns away from Cami, kisses Nicole and vamp-speeds away before either of them can catch him. "Klaus, wait!" Cami yells as Nicole yells "Dad no!" The two women are left there sad and dumbfounded.