Lovely • The Originals [4]

TWO

|02.| WELCOME HOME

THE MIKAELSON SIBLINGS make their way out of the area where Cora had brutally killed more than a dozen vampires. Bunch of corpses lay on the ground, all being prisoners in orange jumpsuits and prison guards. Screaming can be heard from afar, indicating that Kol had hunted down his prey. The other two Mikaelsons feed on their own person who have died in an instant when they had their fangs on their necks.

"Good lord, that one has some lungs on him. He should've been an opera singer," Rebekah looks back at the woods where the screams can be heard. "Might've ended better for him, actually."

"Is this absolutely necessary?" Freya asks the group, walking from the rolled over prison bus.

"That depends. Do you want us at our full strength, or do you plan on rescuing Nik on your own?" Rebekah asks, placing her hands on her hips.

"Well, death rattles are distracting, and I'm trying to break a cloaking spell," Freya replies.

"Kol, would you please?!" Elijah shouts and, instantly, the screaming stops. "Thank you. You were saying?"

"I can sense. Klaus is still in New Orleans. Most likely somewhere underground. I can't get a read on exactly where, unless I'm in the city itself." Freya explains what she had discovered and Kol comes back from his feeding as he joins them.

"Yeah. That's gonna be a problem. I have contacts in New Orleans. As you can imagine, the place is crawling with vampires, all of whom hate all of us," Cora explains the conflict. "Whatever we do, we need to do it fast."

"Well, I wasn't planning on a pub crawl. I don't want to stay any longer than we have to. But we need to go," Freya agrees with the tribrid.

"Whoa. Wait...Wait, we're not doing this today?" Kol asks as he looks between his siblings and Cora.

"Hasn't Nik suffered enough?" Rebekah gives him a look and he nods.

"Yes. And I've died. Twice. I'm not about to give Marcel a shot at a third," Kol exclaims, holding three fingers up. "Now, I say, we draw that Muppet out of town. And when he's gone..."

"I have been away from my kids long enough. If you're afraid..." Cora starts off but is quickly interrupted by the vampire.

"It's called being sensible." Kol gives her look of annoyance. "Until Freya can make enough cure with her werewolf hostage, Marcel can basically chew through our bloody throats."

"Enough. We're all in danger," Elijah stops the bickering and stands up. "We free Niklaus today. Even if I have to burn that city to the ground."

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The group splits up into two: Rebekah and Elijah search for Josh while the other three go to a place where they won't be found for Freya to do a locator spell to find Klaus. Cora quietly walks into the bell tower, checking the surroundings to make sure that they're in the clear.