Phoenix Rising

1:2: Nightwalkers

Klaus and I are at the French Quarter with a party going on below us and Marcel is boasting about the Vampire Nightlife. "The city of New Orleans... people of all stripes and flavors from all over the country come here to party on our streets. Some are just looking for fun.. some are looking for something a little darker, more dangerous. So, we invite them into my home and we give it to them. Then, at the stroke of midnight, everything changes, and it's time to feed." Marcel says as we walk around to get a better view and Klaus smiles as midnight strikes and we see the vampires starting to feed on the tourists. "This is how I keep my guys happy: the occasional, all-you-can-eat buffet. My night-walkers love it. I've got 'em working hard, trying to earn one of these daylight rings." Marcel says, showing off his daylight ring. "They deserve to blow off a little steam. My Dayalkers, the trusted few, they just like the party." He says and Klaus and I notice a fancy, bronze Crest with a fancy M on it with a dragon below it. "It's quite an operation. Tell me.. what about the victims? Seems like a lot of graves to dig." Klaus says. "More like their own Cemetery." I say. "Can't kill 'em all. Too many folks go missing, tourism drops. So, we heal them with a little vamp blood, erase their memory, send them on their way.. no muss, no fuss." Marcel says as we see some of the vampires healing humans. "I'm impressed." Klaus says. "Nothing I didn't learn from you back in the day." Marcel says and they smile at each other, and we see Thierry approach us. "Marcel." He says and Marcel walks over to him. "'Sup, Thierry?" He asks. "Six of our guys were killed in a bar outside of the Quarter. Nightwalkers. No one saw who." Thierry says and Klaus and I look at each other and back to Marcel and Thierry.

Klaus and I are back inside the mansion only to hear Rebekah shouting. "Is that Rebekah?" I ask and he grins. "Yep." He says. "Klaus! Get out here and tell me what you've done with our brother, you narcissistic, back-stabbing wanker!" She shouts and Klaus opens the double doors after we walk from the kitchen to see Rebekah and Hayley and Klaus smiles. "Enough with all the shouting. Little sister, I should have known. I assume the six dead vampires were your doing?" Klaus asks as we walk over to her. "They were very rude. Trying to victimize a poor, innocent girl just trying to find her way to the Quarter. So sorry, were they friends of yours? Oh, that's right, you don't have any friends." She says. "Well, they sounded very rude." I say, laughing along with her as we smile and hug each other. "I do have friends. I have Adam Marcel. You remember Marcel, don't you? Yes, of course you do. He fancies himself the 'King of the Quarter' now, and he has these rules about killing vampires. It'll be fun to see what sort of punishment he comes up with for you." Klaus says, grinning at her. "I don't care about Marcel or his rules. Elijah doesn't welch on deals. What did you do to him?" She asks. "Not to mention Kol." I say, crossing my arms at Klaus and he sits down, smiling. "Perhaps he's on holiday.. or taking a long autumn nap upstairs. Well, go on. Take a look around. You remember this house as well as I." He says and she starts walking off and he turns around to look at her. "You remember this house as well as I." He says and she turns around to look at him. "I remember everything. I remember how the drunken fool of a governor hid away all of our vampire sins in exchange for gold. I remember the lavish parties the governor threw, as if to impress you.  I remember finding a moment of affection with the governor's son, Emil. And I remember that even Elijah was happy." Rebekah says as we move to talk in the hallway and Klaus sits down in the chair as Rebekah has her arms crossed. "Well, he wasn't good enough for you." He says. "No one was ever good enough for me, Nik, you made sure of that. Now where is Elijah and Kol?" Rebekah asks and we see Klaus' phone buzz and he gets up to leave. "Where are you going?" I ask and he turns around to look at us. "It appears the night is not quite over, yet. I'm off for another drink with Marcel." Klaus says, smiling. "Elijah told me about your plan to take apart Marcel's empire piece by piece. I don't remember it involving you two drinking New Orleans dry together." Rebekah says. "I know you don't have many friends, Rebekah, but what some friends do when they get together is they drink. And when they drink, they tell secrets." Klaus says, stepping forward. "Marcel has somehow found a way to control the entirety of witches in the Quarter, and I aim to uncover the 'how' so I might take it for myself. Finding Elijah didn't make my to-do list today." He says and walks over to the door, opening it before looking back at us. "Oh, and welcome home, little sister." He says, smiling and shuts the door behind him and Rebekah and I look at each other and turn around to see Hayley sitting on the steps on the stairs. "You, wolf girl." Rebekah says and Hayley looks up at us and stands up, walking to the ledge. "I'm going to search this house inch by inch until I find what my evil brother has done to my good ones. You and Adam are helping." Rebekah says.