Something Better - Hope Mikaelson [DISCONTINUED]

8 - The Kindness of Strangers

   Eleanor let out a groan when she opened her eyes, and her body smacked against the floor, as she appeared inside the Chamber de Chasse. In hindsight, what she had just done wasn't the most thought out plan ever, but she couldn't let Marcel interfere. At the time, she thought that by putting herself in there with him, she could attempt to stop him giving their plan away to the Mikaelson siblings. 

   "Marcel?" 

   "Eleanor?"

   "Damn it!" Marcel shouted in frustration, scrambling to his feet. "I got to go now!" His eyes snapped toward the Carter girl. "Eleanor, you've gotta send me back!" 

   "I can't." She told him, shaking her head. "I'm sorry, Marcel, but I can't." 

   "Hey!" Klaus butted in, stopping Marcel as began to walk away, in hopes of finding a way out. He looked between Marcel and Eleanor, a serious look on his face. "What game is Vincent playing?"

   "Mar-"

   But the Gerard beast cut the teenager off, not listening. "Oh, this has nothing to do with Vincent. We got to get out of here. The city is about to wash away. They're out of their damn minds." He spoke frantically, Eleanor sighing in defeat, knowing there nothing she could do stop him now. 

   Klaus looked at him in confusion. "Who, Marcel? Who put you here?" 

   "He's on about me and Hope." Eleanor confessed, making all eyes fall on her. Klaus and Rebekah stared at her, stunned, while Freya discreetly looked down. "We're the ones that put all of you in here, and none of you are getting out until you find your keys. That includes Marcel, and for now, it includes me."

   When it became clear Eleanor wasn't willing to say anymore, Klaus, Rebekah, and Freya were listening to what Marcel had to say, while she stood off to the side quietly watching. "Ivy was telling Vincent and me all about the latest prophecy when a hurricane showed up off the coast of nowhere." 

   Freya looked down gravely. "A monsoon from the water is the final curse before the firstborn's die" 

   "I went to go find you guys. Hope and Eleanor were at St Anne's. They had Klaus and Elijah bodies laid out on the floor. They're gathering you all up for Hope to take the power back that's been split up inside of you." He shot a look toward Eleanor, which she ignored. "Eleanor threw me in here when I tried to stop them, and I'm guessing joined me to keep me quiet. Like she said, I can't leave until you guys find your keys." 

   Klaus' eyes grew in anger, looking toward Eleanor. "She can't do this. It'll destroy her. That was the whole point." 

   "Well, she can't find my body." Rebekah pointed out. "It's halfway across the world."

   "She has help." Klaus slowly realised. "I created hybrids with her blood, they're sired to her. They'll do anything she asks. She'll take the power back. She'll end the curses, she'll save the firstborns, and then my daughter as we know her will be forever lost to darkness." His eyes narrowed on the Carter teen. "I thought you of all people wouldn't want this for her! My daughter is meant to be your friend, you're supposed to care about her!"

   "I do care about her!" Eleanor snapped, glaring back the Original, which surprised them all. "I care about Hope a lot more than any of you know, which is why I am not stopping her from doing this. If any of you think I'm about to let this power overtake her, then you're out of your minds. We're both going to take the power. We've linked ourselves together. As long as we're together, even with half the power in each of it, it will be whole. It will stop the curses, it will save the firstborns, and it will reunite all of you."