Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 26

~Previously on Dragon's Keeper~

"Marcel's worried that someone could hear. It's not his fault, he just wants to keep me safe." Davina says. "Safe from what?" Josh says confused. "Basically, a coven of psycho witches wants to sacrifice me in a blood ritual." Davina says. Josh laughs dryly. "Oh! Wow, okay, uhhh...I'm sorry?" He says. "Don't be. I'm going to destroy them all. And once they're gone, everything will go back to normal. I'll have my old life back!" Davina smiles. Josh smiles sadly at her.

THE BAYOU--DWAYNE'S SHACK

Tyler returns to the shack after Dwayne's transformation. "It worked, didn't it? He's a hybrid." MayBeth says. "If Klaus gets a hold of you, if he gets that kid--he wins." Tyler says. "Nik wouldn't hurt our child Tyler!" MayBeth states. Tyler walks over and picks the knife up off the floor. "He wouldn't, you're wrong." MayBeth says. "He'll find you, he'll take your kid away, and he'll make more hybrid monsters. Slaves who do everything he says." Tyler says. "Tyler, whatever you're thinking of doing, there has to be another way. You're not like this!" MayBeth says terrified. When Tyler shakes his head and continues to walk toward her, she stabs him in the gut with the broken chair leg. Tyler screams in pain and pulls the stake out. "That was stupid!" He starts to walk toward MayBeth again when Dwayne walks in. "Get away from her!" Dwayne says. "What do you care?" Tyler asks. "I said get away!" Dwayne says. "You got what you wanted, now get lost!" Tyler says. "Dwayne, he's gonna kill me! And he's gonna kill you, too, he said that hybrids are too dangerous to live! You NEED to stop him!" MayBeth says desperately. "SHUT UP!" Tyler says. Dwayne comes behind Tyler and tosses him across the room. He lands on the floor, and when he gets up, Dwayne runs to tackle him. MayBeth sees that Tyler dropped the knife within reach, and uses it to cut herself free. Tyler eventually overpowers Dwayne and rips his heart out. When he turns back toward MayBeth, he sees that she's escaped, and becomes furious. MayBeth runs as fast as she can through the woods, Tyler's knife still in hand, and stops to hide behind a tree. As she catches her breath, she hears someone approaching. She braces herself, readies her knife, and turns to attack, but it's just Elijah. He holds her hand steady to protect himself. "Forgive me! I thought you were in danger, it appears I was mistaken." Elijah smiles. MayBeth sighs in relief and dives into Elijah's arms. The two hug for a long moment before Maybeth eventually pulls away. "You will not believe the crap day I'm having." MayBeth states. "I'll take you home." He turns to leave, but MayBeth stops him. "Elijah, there's something you need to know about the baby." MayBeth says. Meanwhile, Tyler continues to look for MayBeth in various tents. "MAYBETH! Don't make this harder than it has to be! Give up now...I'll end it quick." Tyler says. Klaus appears behind him. "Quite an offer! Though, not one I'll be extending to you." Klaus says. Tyler braces himself for a fight. "Klaus." He says. "Hello, Tyler. You look well! I aim to change that. Threatening my pregnant lover in order to exact revenge against me. I never expected you to sink so low!" Klaus says and walks toward Tyler. "I admit, I'm impressed!" Klaus continues. Tyler ducks away from Klaus and puts more distance between them. "Used to hang out with you, I guess something must have rubbed off." Tyler says. "Come on, mate! Give it a bit more effort! I want to enjoy myself." Klaus bellows. Tyler glares at Klaus and braces himself to fight, but at the last minute, he vamp-runs away. Klaus smiles, and waits for a moment before chasing after him.

THE GARDEN

Marcel leads Rebekah into the Garden, and gestures at a vampire guard to leave them alone. Rebekah stares around in confusion and mild horror. "What is this place?" Rebekah asks. Marcel gestures around them. "This is the Garden. It's where I punish vampires who break my rules." Marcel says and he pulls some blueprints out of a little hole in the wall. "But, a long time ago, it used to be something else." Marcel continues. He spreads out the blueprints and shows them to Rebekah. "Go on, tell me what you see." Rebekah looks at the paper. "Two stories, Greek columns, wrap-around porch. High ceilings, transom windows. It's lovely. So what?" She says. "So, I designed it for you. It was going to be ours." Marcel states. "That, this...was supposed to be our happily-ever-after?" Rebekah asks. "Yours, and mine." Marcel puts the blueprints away. "Except you flew the coop with Klaus. I already built the foundation for the place. I halted constructions after you took off. The plan was to wait for you to return. You never did, so, now it's where I bury the people who betray me." Marcel continues. "You could have come after me!" Rebekah states. "You were with Klaus! I didn't know where, I didn't know if you still wanted to be with me! All you had to do was come home!" Marcel states. "It was more complicated than that. Not long after we left here, he put a dagger in my heart and stuck me in a box for NINETY YEARS. He stole a century for me, like it was nothing!" Rebekah says getting angry. "That's what he does, Rebekah! Klaus will never be happy. He'll be damned if he lets anyone get something that HE can't have!" Marcel says. "I know! I've been dancing to this song for a thousand years!" Rebekah states. "Starting right now, you have a choice, between the brother who takes away your happiness whenever he feels like it, and the man who wants to give you anything you ever wanted." Marcel says. The two stare at each other for a long moment. "He will kill you in front of my eyes out of spite." Rebekah says. Marcel shakes head. "Not if we get rid of him, first." Marcel says. Rebekah looks at him in shock at what he's proposing.

THE BAYOU--MIDDLE OF THE WOODS

MayBeth is sitting against a tree as she tells Elijah what she's learned. Elijah paces anxiously as he listens. "Lijah I don't think Nik would do anything to our baby.." She looks at Elijah, and they share a look before Elijah looks away, troubled by MayBeth's news. "Although, Lijah...the way that Dwayne was acting...it was more like he was sired to me." MayBeth says. They both continue to think about the implications. "I should take you home." Elijah says. "Are you serious? Home to what? Marcellus knows where we live." MayBeth says. "Look, regardless of my brother's intentions, mine remain the same. I said that I would protect you, even, if need be, from Klaus himself." Elijah says. "I can take care of myself. I've done it for a long time." MayBeth gets up and walks away. After a moment, Elijah follows her. Meanwhile, in the werewolf encampments, Klaus wanders around and checks random tents to find Tyler. "Is this your idea of revenge, Tyler? A grueling game of hide-and-seek?" Klaus says. Tyler runs up behind Klaus and stabs him through the chest with a stake. Klaus yells in pain and backhands Tyler away, before he pulls the stake out of his chest and readies himself to fight back. Klaus glares at Tyler. "Let's end this, shall we?" Klaus says. The two continue to glare at each other. Before they lunge forward to fight, their hybrid eyes and fangs emerge. Tyler tackles Klaus, and they both roll down a small hill and land in front of Dwayne's shack. Tyler punches Klaus in the face, so Klaus grabs him in a chokehold. "How dare you!" Klaus says. "I'm just getting started." Tyler stakes him in the side, and Klaus groans in pain. "You've grown bloodthirsty. Perhaps it's best your mother didn't live to see you like this, hahahahaha!" Klaus says. Tyler gets more enraged and begins to pummel Klaus in the face. Klaus grabs his fist, flips him over so Klaus is on top of him, and stakes Tyler in the chest with the stake that was stuck in his side. Tyler moans in pain, and they both get back on their feet. "It's sad, really. I thought I made you better. Turns out you're quite the disappointment." Klaus says. Tyler pulls the stake out of his chest and throws it aside. "I guess I'm another one of your failures. Like how you FAILED at making hybrids, how you FAILED your family!" Tyler approaches Klaus and smiles. "Now it looks like you're going to fail your own kid!" He continues. Klaus grabs Tyler by the throat and pushes him against a tree. "And thus ends your tedious little life. At least it was brief!" He jams his hand into Tyler's chest and grabs his heart as Tyler shouts in agony. "Do it! You're never gonna break me! Only thing you can do is kill me, so go on! Go on, get it over with!" Tyler said. Klaus just chuckles. "Ahhh, you want me to end your suffering, don't you, hmm? I did break you! Took everything from you, and now you're begging me to sweep away the shards of your shattered little life." Klaus says. He stares at him for a moment, and just when Tyler thinks Klaus is about to kill him, he pulls his empty hand out of his chest and chokes Tyler momentarily. "Death offers more peace than you deserve. It's better to let you live. And each morning, you will wake knowing your wretched existence continues only by my will." Klaus starts to compel him. "Now go, and live the rest of your days knowing that you are NOTHING to me." Klaus lets him go, and leaves him in agony by himself.