Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 43

~Previously on Dragon's Keeper~

Elijah throws Thierry against the wall. He's unconscious. "I shall take that into consideration." Elijah states. "I'm coming with you." MayBeth says. "No. Stay here. The compound is safe." Elijah argues. "Rebekah is my sister too and she's in trouble Elijah. I'm going." MayBeth argues back. Elijah considers this, and sighs. "Do not leave my sight. Understand?" Elijah states. MayBeth nods, and the two leave for the docks.

ROUSSEAU'S

"Me calling things off with you wasn't lack of interest. I was hoping to save you from all this." Marcel says. "Well, thanks, Romeo, but I'm in it. So, when are you gonna get to the good part with Klaus and that Papa guy?" Cami says.

FLASHBACK--1919

"Papa Tunde said he wanted to empower the witches. Mostly, he wanted money and territory. Klaus and Elijah weren't about to give him either. He didn't like that, so he went on a rampage. No one was safe. Not the humans in the faction. Papa Tunde killed them. Not the Guerrera werewolves. He even went after the witches who opposed him. Elijah offered a truce. He gave his word, in fact, but Klaus, being Klaus, he had another idea." Marcel says. "Papa Tunde is waiting in their meeting place when he hears someone enter. "You're late, Elijah. It's not like the noble brother to keep me waiting." Papa Tunde says. "'m sorry, mate. Elijah is the brother you meet when negotiations are to be had. I'm the one you get when negotiations are closed." Klaus says. "You do not scare me. You have no idea the power I possess." Papa Tunde states. "Oh, in fact, I made it a point to learn all about your power. I noticed how you're almost always near those twin sons of yours, how they bear your distinctive, mark. Got me to thinking--you channel their power, don't you? Which, of course, begs the question: what would happen were that power to be taken away, if those sons whose lives you depend on were suddenly struck down? What of that power then?" Klaus says. Marcel brings in a box and sets it down. Papa Tunde looks into the box and sees the severed heads of his twin sons. "I will kill you for this." Papa Tunde says, enraged. "I cannot be killed. You, however..." Klaus says and zooms over to him and presses his thumbs into Papa Tunde's eyes and in through his brain, eventually killing him. "Aagh!" Papa Tunde yells.

PRESENT DAY--ROUSSEAU'S

"That's awful!" Cami says. "Oh, to Klaus, it's just business." Marcel says. "And don't you think there's something fundamentally wrong with that? Don't you worry you'll end up one of his victims or, worse, just like him?" Cami states. Papa Tunde suddenly appears in the bar. "Poor Marcellus. You remain always in the shadow of your father. Climb out from beneath it, will you, so you can die like a man?" Papa Tunde says. "Cami, you need to run now. Don't look back. Just go." Marcel tells her. "I think she should stay. I prefer an audience, and I'm about to put on quite the show." Papa Tunde states. "Marcel?" Cami asks. "I said get out of here." Marcel says. Cami, terrified, hesitates in the doorway, not wanting to leave Marcel alone. "You cannot defeat me. I channel the power of an Original vampire. Soon, I will have all three. But first, I will take you." Papa Tunde states.

THE DOCKS

Sophie examines the abandoned desiccated vampires that Papa Tunde left for the vampires to find. "It's a complex spell. Old-school stuff, rooted in sacrificial magic. Whoever did this to your guys, my guess is they were an offering to gain more power. More guys they kill, the more power they have." Sophie says. Klaus' phone rings, and when he sees it's Cami, he answers it. "I didn't expect a call from you so soon." Klaus says. "You need to get to Rousseau's now. Some lunatic witch doctor is killing Marcel." Cami states. "Get as far away from there as you can." Klaus says.

THE DOCKS

MayBeth and Elijah arrive to where Rebekah's body was left and immediately ran toward her. Elijah is also on the phone with Sophie, who is still with the other body. "Rebekah!" Elijah says. He goes to kneel next to her, but can't cross the barrier made by the salt. "Oh, what's happening?" MayBeth asks. "Some kind of boundary spell. Someone is channeling her. Typically, it's a lethal process, but, because she's an Original, she can't die. Instead, she's an endless source of power." Elijah states. "So what are we supposed to do?" Maybeth questioned. "You have to get her out of there." Elijah states.