On My Own | Hale - TVD/TO/TW [4]

38 | You Have Done Enough

Lexi waits silently under the Mikaelson compound where desiccated vampires wait for Marcel to let them out. She picks at her nails as she sits on the one bench in the underground garden, her knee bouncing wildly as she stares at the door. Scott and Lydia watch as Lexi narrows her eyes.

Davina steps through the entrance.

"Oh, thank god," Lexi sighs, jumping to her feet and wrapping Davina in her arms. Rebekah walks in next with an old lamp in her hands; Lexi sends her sister a nod. "Thank you."

Rebekah purses her lips. "Anything for you, sister."

"Wait, you knew about this?" Davina pulls back.

Lexi shakes her head. "You cannot defeat Nik, little witch. Not on your own. We all have to accept help sometimes." She looks back at her sister. "So, I called the best person to help us."

Rebekah waves as Josh and a young teenage boy walk in. The human cowers away from the vampires while Josh tries to calm him down. Lexi simply gives them room by walking over to her sister who stands before one of the desiccated vampires. "Give your speech," Lexi mutters. "but you know my answer about Klaus."

Rebekah rolls her eyes before she turns back to Davina. "You think my brother Nik is awful? Marcel learned from the best." Rebekah motions around. "This is how he treats his so-called friends who betray him. Most of what these poor souls did is no worse than what Josh did. Take Thierry, for example." She turns to a vampire. "He was Marcel's most trusted friend. Klaus tricked him into breaking one of Marcel's rules. Marcel knows this, and yet he keeps Thierry locked in here day after day, suffering."

"This is insane," the boy says.

Davina turns to him with a look that makes Lexi glance away. Scott recognizes it. "Why are you telling me this?" Davina asks.

"Because you need to know who you're dealing with," Lexi replies. "and who you can trust."

The boy steps forward with an open water bottle. Lexi narrows her eyes at it when he offers it to Davina. "Hey, hey, it's gonna be ok. I mean, you're gonna be all right. Here—drink something." Davina gladly takes a sip.

Rebekah sighs. "Davina, both you and I have been lied to and taken advantage of my Marcel and Klaus. Lexi is no exception either. Maybe together, we can get a little payback."

Lexi steps forward as the boy begins to cough. "Are you all right, mate?" She asks. In response, he falls to his knees.

Davina rushes over, calling out the boy's name—Tim—as she kneels down next to him.

"It was Klaus," he rasps, his eyes only on Davina. "He made me do it. I didn't even know what I was doing until I made you..."

Lexi's chest rises and falls rapidly as panic fills her body. She exchanges a look with Rebekah. "Made her what?" Lexi demands.

"Drink."

Davina shouts his name as he falls over; Davina's own throat begins to close up as Rebekah mutters, "Klaus poisoned the water."

"Davina!" Lexi kneels down next to her, settling the witch in her lap despite her attempts to reach Tim. She grips Davina's hand tightly as the girl chokes on air. "Call Klaus," Lexi says before ripping into her wrist and shoving her blood down Davina's throat.

Lexi watches as Rebekah places the phone against her ear. The younger blonde lets Davina sit on the ground with Josh as the phone picks up.

"Rebekah, where are you?" Klaus asks.

"I'm with Davina, and she's dying because of your treachery," Rebekah says, her voice cold and wavering.

"Well, I tried to talk to her, out of respect for Marcel, but she made it quite clear she is not our friend. My apologies if you thought she was yours."