Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 20

~Previously on Dragon's Keeper~

If Sophie Deveraux is successful in capturing Davina, she can return Jane-Anne's daughter back to life. We thought we'd come here to wage a war for power. This is about family. In order to return her niece to life, Sophie Deveraux will fight to the death. That makes her more dangerous than anyone." As they speak, Sophie kneels in front of Jane-Anne's grave at Lafayette Cemetery in the pouring rain, crying.

MIKAELSON MANSION

Klaus and Elijah sit opposite each other in the living room, both reading. Klaus is reading "A Poison Tree" by William Blake, and Elijah is reading one of his mother's grimoires. A dead girl lays on the coffee table as they listen to classical music. After a moment, Rebekah enters. "So, this is what you do the first time we're back together as a family? Vampire book club?" Rebekah asks. "Reading edifies the mind, sister. Isn't that right, Elijah?" Klaus says. "Yes, that's quite right, Niklaus." Elijah says. "And what's this business?" She gestures to the dead girl on the table. "This is a...peace offering." Elijah states. "I presumed, after so much time desiccating in a coffin, that my big brother might be a bit peckish." Klaus says. "And I explained to my little brother, that forgiveness cannot be bought. I'd simply prefer to see a change in behavior that indicates contrition, and personal growth." Elijah says back. Klaus rolls his eyes guiltily, and Elijah gestures to the girl. "Not this nonsense." Elijah continues. "Well, I couldn't very well let her go to waste, could I?" Klaus grins. "Well, I suppose I'll go fetch the rubbish bin, because she's staining a two hundred-year-old carpet." Rebekah states. Elijah looks up from his book to see the girl bleeding out onto the table, where the blood drips onto the floor. "Ah, yes." Elijah says. Klaus looks at Elijah, and then to MayBeth, who walks through the room, her hand on her pregnant belly. Elijah watches Klaus set down the book and follow MayBeth into the kitchen. In the kitchen, Klaus finds MayBeth making herself breakfast, and rooting through the fridge. Klaus leans in the doorway. "Good morning love." Klaus says. "Hey." MayBeth says smiling. Rebekah enters through the back door, dragging a trashcan behind her. "Listen, I know I'm the only one in this house that actually drinks milk, but would it kill any of you to make sure it's on the grocery list?" MayBeth calls out. "Speaking of, add bleach." Rebekah stomps through the kitchen and into the living room to clean up the mess. Klaus digs around in a cupboard as MayBeth pulls ice cream out of the freezer. "You know, I do we could spend more time together love." Klaus says. "In your absence, as you like to call it, since you've been with Marcellus..." Looks up to see Klaus bringing a bowl, a spoon, and a bag of cereal to the counter. "I have been attacked by French Quarter vampires, I've had to live in a house with a secret dungeon full of coffins, and I was nearly murdered by witches who are convinced my baby is Lucifer." MayBeth continues. Klaus smiles sympathetically as he pulls orange juice and milk out of the fridge, pours MayBeth a bowl of cereal, and then fills it with milk. MayBeth notices the milk. "Oh...milk ... Well, I'll have you know that I wish we got to spend more time together too." MayBeth says. "I'm just happy to see that you're in one piece love." Klaus smiles. "So, back to the murderous witches." He hands her the bowl of cereal. "I have some concerns." Klaus says. "They're evil. And, my life is still magically linked to Sophie Deveraux, which is not comforting Nik." MayBeth says. "Yes, I think it's time we took care of that little problem." Klaus says. "I am all for it. As soon as they're unlinked, we get to leave this crap town." She says as she drags the dead girl's body across the kitchen floor. "Who do we have to kill?" MayBeth asks. "Probably no one." Klaus says. MayBeth looks at him questioningly. "Alright, potentially everyone." Klaus says as he turns to leave.

ROUSSEAU'S

Sophie chops up vegetables and talks to Sabine, who is sitting on one of the tables. Sophie gestures to table and makes a face. "I cook on that, you know!" She says. "Don't get cranky with me! I'm the only witch who still likes you." Sabine says back. "Yeah, it's not like I'm trying to save the witch heritage or anything." Sophie says. She turns to Sabine. "They'll come around. They're just old-school, and scared." Sabine says. "Scared of what? Your prophecy about the hybrid baby? Agnes and her freak-show minions had a real field day with that one." Sophie says. "I can't help what I see, Soph." Sabine shakes head. "Well, if you're psychic, I'm Martha Stewart!" Sophie walks toward table to grab some celery. "Scootch!" Sophie returns to her table, and Sabine hops down to join her. She sees a shadow in her peripheral vision and gets suspicious. Suddenly, two people in black masks come out. "What the...?" Sabine starts but one of the masked people backhands Sabine across the face, and she as she falls, she hits her head on the table and falls unconscious. Sophie tries to fight the other two masked people off, but they blow some powder in her face that makes her pass out as well.

MIKAELSON MANSION

Rebekah scrubs at the bloodstains in the carpet as Klaus continues to read "A Poison Tree." "Poetry about poisoned apples from dead trees. Looks like someone's worried about impending daddyhood." Rebekah teases. "Nonsense. Elijah's back. In his presence, all problems turn to pixie-dust and float away!" Klaus says. Rebekah side-eyes him and grins, and Klaus grins back. Elijah joins them in the living room. "Strange, I don't recall any pixie-dust from the darkness of the coffin I was recently forced to endure." Elijah opens Esther's grimoire and flips through it. "What are you doing with Mother's spellbook?" Rebekah says. "Well, in exchange for my freedom, I promised the witch Davina that I would share a few pages from Mother's grimoire. To help her learn to control her magic. I thought we'd begin with a little unlinking spell." Elijah states. Rebekah and Klaus look at each other in confusion. "Wait, you want to use her to unlink Young Beth from Sophie Deveraux?" Rebekah asks. MayBeth, in the kitchen hears Rebekah. "Really Bekah, again with that annoying nickname!" She says. Everyone smiles. "Sophie brought us here under false pretenses! She doesn't just want us to take down Marcel and his minions, she wants to take Davina back. So, she yolked her own cause to ours, with magic threats and half-truths! Well, no more. As of now, our deal with Sophie Deveraux is null and void." Elijah continues. Klaus and Rebekah grin. "Niklaus, I need you to come with me. I need five minutes alone with Davina, you need to make certain that I am not interrupted." He said. Elijah points to Rebekah and thinks for a moment. "You stay here and watch Beth." Elijah continues. "How did I get elected supernanny?" Rebekah asks. "More importantly, who put him in charge?" Klaus says and kisses MayBeth and follows Elijah out of the room.

NIGHTWALKER BAR

Marcel sits alone, drinking a bottle of scotch, as various vampires around him feed on humans at the tables around him. Josh sees Marcel, and approaches him. "Hey. Is everything okay?" Josh asks. Marcel gives him a look. "Uh, can I get you something?" Josh continues. "Look, I know you want a daylight ring, kid. Little heads up? I got guys eighty years ahead of you." Marcel states. "Noted. Sorry." Josh says. Marcel watches him walk away. "Wait! You know Klaus Mikaelson. I asked you to give him a lift home a couple of times? To the Palace Royale Hotel, right?" Marcel questions. Josh stammers. "Uhhh, yeah...the Palace Royale." Josh asks. "See, I stopped by his hotel, to say sorry about an argument we had. Turns out he lied about living there. Lied! Do you ever hear the phrase, "Uneasy is the head that wears the crown?"" Marcel asked. "Uhhh...Lord of the Rings?" Josh questioned. "No, Shakespeare. When I was a kid, Klaus taught me how to read with those plays. All about a king who gained the world, but lost his soul. But now, I get it! You see, when it's all said and done, and you look around at the empire you built, the only thing that matters is who you can trust!" Marcel says. "There's gotta be somebody, somewhere that you can trust? "To stick to you, through thick and thin, to the bitter end." Sam and Frodo, The Fellowship of the Ring." Josh shrugs. Marcel nods slowly. "Yeah, there is someone. We used to be best friends." Marcel says and pats Josh on the arm as he leaves.