Dragon's Keeper

Chapter 45

~Previously on Dragon's Keeper~

Celeste (in Sabine's body) meets with Papa Tunde near a crypt. "Is it done?" Celeste asks. Papa Tunde nods at her. "This blade now contains all the power I harvested from the vampires. It will do things worse than death, even to an Original." He states. "And are you ready for the final offering?" Celeste asks him. "In the name of the witches of the French Quarter, it is my honor." Papa Tunde say and he hands her the bone knife. "Thank you, Papa Tunde." Celeste says and stands behind him and slits his throat with the knife.

St. Anne

Kieran's holding a mass. "Thank you all for coming. It means more than I can tell you. We gather today for the first public service of our newly reopened church. St. Anne's can finally once again be the heart of our community, where we can congregate as a people united. Here, this hour, we come together to praise God and give thanks. The events that took place at our church were tragic." Kieran states. Klaus and Marcel, sitting next to each other, start to talk, while Kieran continues speaking in the background. Marcel sees someone he recognizes across the church, but can't get a proper look at her. "Problem?" Klaus asks. "No." Marcel says. "Then pay attention. We're meant to seem like devoted parishioners." Klaus says. "...and it is that hope in our hearts, and with the help of many benefactors, that allows us to be here today. So we gather with renewed spirit, made stronger, committed to the ideals of peace and love. Amen." Kieran concludes. While Kieran's speaking, Bastianna enters the church. "Amen." The people says.

Cemetery

In the cemetery Sabine/Celeste guides some tourists. "Each tomb is well cared for. Families honor their dead with display of affection and respect." Celeste says. Trapped inside her tomb, Monique calls out, but the group outside doesn't hear her. "Is someone there?" Monique asks. "This place belongs to the Deveraux family, known throughout the Quarter for their strong connection to witchcraft." Celeste continues on. "Please help me!" Monique cries out. "And if you look close, these fresh bricks tell us someone in the family has recently fallen." Celeste says. Monique screams. The tourists look disturbed by the noise. In the next moment, Monique bursts out of the wall of bricks and tumbles out of the tomb. The tourists are frightened, though some of them take photographs. "Hello, Monique. Welcome back to the land of the living." Celeste concludes. The tourists are taking pictures of Monique's empty grave. Sophie enters the cemetery confused. When she saw what happened, she runs into a mausoleum, where Celeste and Monique are. "What is it? What's going on?" Sophie asks. "It's a miracle." Celeste says. "Monique? You're alive!" Sophie says. They embrace.

St. Anne's Church

After the mass, the people leave the church. Kieran stands in front of it. Marcel and Klaus join him. "Lovely sermon this morning, Father. Quite inspirational." Klaus says. "I wasn't expecting you to join us." Kieran says. "Oh, we were hoping for some word from your human sources on the recent Haitian invasion." Klaus says. "My guys have their ears on the ground and no one has seen or heard any sign of whatever his name is." Kieran states. "He is called Papa Tunde. And right now he's wandering in the Quarter with the power he absorbed from every soul I had buried in the Garden, so you might wanna put your ear a little closer to the ground." Marcel says. "Or I could steer clear of whatever war is brewing between your kind and his, before I find myself–" Kieran gets cut off. Cami appears and starts to shake Kieran's hand. "I wanted to congratulate you on getting the church up running. I can see this is a bad time. Nice to see you, Marcel." Cami says and leaves. "Cami!" Kieran calls out. "Well, don't look at me. I tried to send her away." Klaus says. His phone rings. "Yes, Diego, what do you have for me?" Klaus answers. "Uh, we got a special delivery." Diego says. "Would you care to elaborate?" Klaus says. Papa Tunde is lying in the middle of a white, magical circle with blood all over his suit. "Either our witch problems are over, or they're just getting started." Diego says. Klaus hangs up. "Marcel." Klaus calls. They leave. Kieran turns to the church visitors. "God be with you. Thank you. God be with you. God be with you." Kieran says. Bastianna appears. "Oh, I doubt that, but I do appreciate the thought." Bastianna says. "Bastianna!" Kieran yells. She hexes him. "Toursion fou, mort de l'esprit! Give your nephew Sean my regards when you see him in hell." Bastianna says.

Courtyard

Elijah crouches near Papa Tunde's corpse. Klaus and Marcel are standing beside him. "Can I get you anything, brother? A magnifying glass, a pipe perhaps?" Klaus says sarcastically. "You have a theory you'd like to share with us, Niklaus?" Elijah retorts. "Back in the day, the witches wanted to send a threat, they just killed a chicken and leave it on your doorstep." Marcel cuts in. "It's rather a large and ominous chicken, wouldn't you say?" Elijah says. "Papa Tunde defeated Rebekah with ease, almost got the two of us as well. If he was supposed to be the prize fighter, why leave him for dead in our front yard?" Klaus asks. Rebekah shows up. "Well, don't you look cheery. Listen to this: A girl literally exploded from a grave today as Sabine was giving a tour of the city of the dead. It was Monique Deveraux." Rebekah states. "What?" Klaus questions. "The tourists thought it was part of the show, but the witches are celebrating like it's some kind of bloody miracle." Rebekah gives more details. "Maybe it is. They think that all hope is lost, but now suddenly a Harvest girl is resurrected. This is how we're gonna get Davina back – kill the witch who took her place." Marcel says. MayBeth shows up. She goes to stand next to Klaus. "I have a theory about who one of them could be. Celeste. Mean, it's got to be. Davina was trying to tell us, she was drawing pictures of Celeste. She was warning us that a great evil is coming." MayBeth says. "First, Papa Tunde returns to settle old scores, now your murdered lover is back. This isn't witches attacking vampires. They're declaring war on us." Klaus says. He turns and kisses the top of MayBeth's head.

Inside

Rebekah and Elijah are talking. "It's not too early for scotch, is it, with all the witchy shenanigans and subterfuge afoot?" Rebekah asks. "It is entirely too early if one intends to drive, yes." Elijah states. "Funny, I don't have any plans to go anywhere." Rebekah says. "She's not safe here. You have to take MayBeth to the plantation house until this is over." Elijah says. "Are you worried about MayBeth or whether or not you can trust me?" Rebekah questioned. "It's precisely because I trust you that I'm asking you to do this." Elijah says. "Here's a novel idea: Why don't you let MayBeth decide for herself? Why are you dictating her fate?" Rebekah says, defending MayBeth's choice. "You know why." Elijah says. "Then perhaps you should take her yourself." Rebekah says. "We have many enemies that may follow me. No one, however, can seem to lay a finger on you. So, would you kindly do this for me?" Elijah states. "You know mama wolf loves to be told what to do. She's not gonna like it. But I will do it for you, if only to end this silly quarrel between the two of us." Rebekah says. Rebekah leaves the room. Marcel grabs her. "What the hell do you think you are doing?" Rebekah demands. "Listen, everybody's running off looking for resurrected witches. Meanwhile, I think I saw one at the church: Genevieve." Marcel states. "What?" Rebekah says in shock. "I can't be sure. I only caught her out of the corner of my eye. But it looked like her. And you and I both know that she would have a reason to wanna be back. A lot of unfinished business, a lot of secrets that you and I don't want to get out." Marcel states. "I have to take MayBeth to the plantation. You need to find Genevieve and end this. End it like we did the last time." Rebekah says. Marcel nods, then leaves.