SEASON ONE - EPISODE NINETEEN
"AN UNBLINKING DEATH"
...The Bayou...
Rosalind, Hayley and Eve are in their shack, where Eve is helping Rosalind prepare for giving birth.
"That's it. Inhale and release" Eve says.
"I guess this means no epidural, huh? You sure I can't do this thing in, say, a hospital? The place with the doctors and the drugs?" Rosalind asks while Hayley holds her hand.
"Honey, the werewolves have been having babies out here since before you were born. Stop worrying" Eve says softly.
"Okay. Then what, Eve? I've lost every single mother example that I have ever had. It's been a while since I knew what is like to have a mom, let alone be one" Rosalind says.
"Trust me, when the time comes, you'll know exactly what to do" Eve tries to tranquilize her.
"I hope so. As fun as it is to image Nik changing dirty diapers, I'm pretty sure that I'll be doing this alone" Rosalind says and frowns.
"I somehow doubt that" Hayley says and helps her sister to stand up.
Elijah arrives at the doorway.
"Pardon the interruption. I wonder if I might have a quick word with the conspirators of a supposed uprising" he requests.
Later, Elijah meets with Jackson and Oliver, along with Eve, Rosalind as Hayley.
"You're making a grave mistake" Elijah says.
"So, you're just worried about us. Is that it?" Oliver asks.
"Look, Elijah. We know all about your brother's reputation, but if there is even a chance that these rings can help us take control of our curse..." Jackson was cut off.
"...Our gift..." Oliver says.
"...Then, honestly, we don't care what he's really after. Won't have to" Jackson finishes.
"I see. There are those in the Quarter who will consider this a great provocation" Elijah says.
"Apparently, most of them see us breathing the same way" Oliver says.
"You signed a pledge, and you looked me in the eye as you did so" Elijah says to Rosalind.
"We don't want a fight, Elijah. We just want a better life" Rosalind says.
"Allegiance with my brother will guarantee you anything but that" he says.
They hear the sound of a motorbike approaching, and cut their argument short to go see who it is.
"What the hell?!" Jackson asks suspiciously.
Outside, a man on a motorbike rides into the encampment and stops as the group approach him.
"Which one of you is in charge?" The man asks.
"Who's asking?" Jackson asks.
Elijah notices something off about the man, and reflexively tackles him, just as the motorbike explodes. Everyone is thrown backwards in the blast.
"AHH!" screams were hears everywhere.
Elijah picks himself up off the ground. His clothes and skin are all singed and covered in ash. It takes a moment for Elijah's ears to heal enough to hear anything. He sees injured people all around him stumbling around, including Jackson, Oliver, Rosalind and Hayley.
"Rosie, are you okay?" Oliver asks worried.
Rosalind gets up quickly and runs over to where everyone else is. She sees a little boy standing next to a severely injured man, and immediately runs over to help.
"It's ok. Here. Come here" she tries to calm him down "Oh, God. Jackson? Here. Get him away from here" she says.
"Come on" Jackson takes the child and walks away.
"ROSIE!" she hears Elijah yelling for her.
"ELIJAH!" she yells back and meets helping an injured man.
Rosalind and Elijah kneel next to the injured man. Elijah lifts his shirt to find chemical and heat burns.
"Wolfsbane" Elijah says.
"It must have been in the gas tank. You're the fastest. Take him, anyone else who can't walk on their own" Elijah looks at Rosalind in concern "It's okay, Elijah. I'm fine. They need your help"
Rosalind and Hayley walks over to where Oliver is helping treat a werewolf who has been impaled with a tree branch.
"Just hang in there, okay?" Oliver says.
Rosalind sees that Oliver is about to pull it out and runs over to them.
"Oliver, no!" she shouts.
"AHH!" the girls screams in pain.
"Oh, God" Hayley muttered.
Rosalind grabs Eve's hands.
"Press here" to Oliver "Give me your shirt" She uses the shirt to make a tourniquet "Now! It's okay"
"How'd you learn how to do that?" Eve asks impressed.
"You get a hell of an education when you father is a doctor and you're always in trouble. That should slow the bleeding, at least until the healing kicks in" Rosalind explains.
Oliver stands up and throws a nearby trashcan in anger.
"Oh! Argh! Vampires. They don't even have the guts to do their own dirty work themselves. I mean, why bother when you can just compel some poor son-of-a-bitch to do it for you? I say we hit them back! Hard" Oliver says angrily.
Rosalind pushes him against a shack.
"Stay here with Hayley, Oliver. I need you to look after everyone until I get back" Rosalind says.
"Where the hell are you going?" Hayley asks.
"If this was vampires, I'm pretty sure that I can guess who gave the order. I'm gonna go find Marcel" she says almost burning in rage.
She grabs a tree branch from the ground and breaks it into a stake before leaving.
...Rosalind's Car...
Rosalind drives across the river, where Marcel is currently living, and calls Elijah to assure him she's okay.
"Rosie" he says in total relief.
"I have to take care of something. I'll be back as soon as I can" she says.
"Where are you?" he asks and she sighs.
"Elijah, I'm fine. Just help Hayley take care of the pack while I'm gone, please?" she asks.
...The Bayou...
Rosalind hangs up on Elijah. Jackson approaches him.
"Is she okay?" Jackson asks.
"Apparently, yes" Elijah answers still worried about the blonde.
"It's a good thing that bomb went off where it did. Could've been a lot worse. We all could've got killed" Jackson says.
The two walk where the entirety of the Bayou wolves have congregated after the explosion, tending to the wounded and dead. Elijah considers Jackson's words for a minute, and his eyes grow wide in panic.
"Unless..." He notices a bomb planted under an RV nearby "Get everyone out of here! Now!" he shouts.
Eight different explosions go off from various points in the encampments, damaging numerous people. Just as Elijah begins tending to the newly injured, another explosion, this one much larger, goes off right behind him, so he dives over a man to protect him.
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The walking wounded are treating the more seriously wounded werewolves, as well as helping dig them out of collapsed shelters and shacks. Elijah sees Jackson examining the body of a werewolf who doesn't seem to be breathing.
"Jackson, she's gone" Elijah says.
"Help! Somebody help!" He's kneeling next to Eve, who is pinned under an overturned RV "Okay. Hold on. Hold on, Eve" Elijah sees Oliver struggling to lift the RV, and runs over to help him "Ah! Uh! Uh! Come on, Eve. Come on. It's okay. You're gonna be okay"
"EVE!" Hayley yells running over them with tears in her eyes.
...Vampire Hideout...
Rosalind barges into the hideout where Diego and the other vampires have been hanging out.
"Rosie!" Diego exclaimed happily "We've been missing you with us"
Rosalind knocks Diego flat on his back, and he jumps back up and growls at her. Rosalind pushes him up against a wall and shoves a stake into his chest, just missing his heart.
"Someone attacked my pack in the Bayou this morning, and since I don't see any genius mastermind-types around here...Why don't you just tell me where Marcel is, and we can both get on with our day, huh?" Rosalind asks through gritted teeth.
Diego groans and fights against her.
"You think I'm playing? There were families out there" she shouts "I am pregnant Diego! My babies were put in danger"
"He used to keep a place. 1917 Patterson. If he's still around, he'll be there" Diego says guilty.
She rips the stake out of his chest and takes her leave but hears him saying behind her.
"We wouldn't hurt you Rosie!" Diego says "and definitely not your babies. Especially Marcel"
She just walks away.
...St Anne's Church...
Klaus is still helping Cami and Father Kieran just as Rosalind indirectly requested when he felt his phone buzzing inside his pocket. Picking it up, his eyes widen at the name that appeared on the screen.
"My love" he breathed out while checking on Kieran.
"Nik, where are you?" she asks.
"His wrath burns against you, demon" Kieran shouts at Klaus.
"I'm in a bit of a situation here, my love" he says then frowned worried "Why? What's the matter?"
"Somebody sent a suicide bomber out to the Bayou this morning" she says sounding exhausted and he clenched his jaw.
"What? Where are you? Tell me where are you Rosalind! I'm going to get you! You're coming back to the compound and I don't..." she cuts him off.
"I'm in the city now. I'm fine. I figured an attack like that must have been Marcel. He's hated the wolves for years, except for me and after that stunt he pulled with the witches...So, I tracked him down. Thought you might like to help kick his ass for trying to blow us to kingdom come" she says.
"Would you get him out of here now, please? Make sure he remembers nothing" Klaus says to Josh and turns his attention back at Rosalind "Tell me where you are now!"
"Don't worry about me" she quickly says "I have everything handled. Just please help Cami and Kieran" she sighs "I'll be in touch. I promise"
He sighs in frustration.
"I assure you, once I am finished here, I am going to check on you, even if it means to burn the whole bloody Bayou into ashes" he says and she scoffs on the other line "In the meantime, please stay out of trouble, my love"
"You don't have to worry. Elijah is with me" she lied and hung up, leaving a very pissed Klaus with his own thoughts.
...Marcel's Loft...
Rosalind barges into Marcel's new apartment. Marcel seems to be expecting her.
"Come on in. Have a seat. I'd offer you a drink like old times, but..." He gestures to her baby bump.
"Sweet pad" she comments.
"Oh, it's just temporary. Friend hooked me up. Believe it or not, I still got a few of those kicking around. I need friends to keep me informed, to warn me when someone is coming looking to blame me for things that I didn't do" He smiles and she scoffs "For the record, you didn't have to work Diego like that. You and I are long overdue for a chat"
"You want to talk? Talk" she says sternly.
"Tough girl. You're a lot like your parents in that way, especially your mom" Rosalind stares at him "Oh, yeah. I knew them. I knew your whole family. In fact, if you knew them like I did, you'd know just how many enemies they have. Back in the nineties, it was the Crescent wolves who took over the city. Or, tried to. They lived to throw down, and they were good at it, too. They didn't care who they killed as long as they got more power"
"So the Crescent curse was your way of stopping them? How heroic" Rosalind huffs.
"It was either that or kill them all, and I'm not big on indiscriminate slaughter. See, I have this thing about kids" Marcel says.
"I know that" she says.
"Oh, you did more than know about it, Amanda Labonair. You're living proof" he smirks and she glares at him.
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Rosalind and Marcel are still talking about Rosalind and her family.
"How long have you known who I am?" Rosalind asks sitting at the couch.
"I have always kept an eye on you, Rosie" he says and she frowned.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asks.
"I knew your parents" he starts "Your father was an Alpha and so was your mother. They were expecting two beautiful baby girls and when you and Hayley were born, the Crescents saw their future blossom"
Rosalind felt her heart burning.
"While Hayley looked like your father, you are the perfect copy of your mother" he says softly and nostalgic "Beautiful, smart, confident, an unique soul, it wasn't that hard for me to recognize you that night in the alley"
A single tear fell from her eye.
"Did you kill them?" she whispers and he sits besides her.
"No" he shook his head "There was in-fighting among the wolves. Your parents were laying low. Somebody turned on them. I honestly don't know who. I got there afterwards, found you and Hayley in a crib"
"Why haven't you told me this before?" she asks "You saw how much I struggled about who I am and yet you pretended to know nothing" she stands up "I want to know why"
"It was to protect you Rosie" he says.
"Protect me?!" she raises her voice "I passed years of life thinking that my parents didn't want me and that I wasn't enough of their love. How's that sounds to you Marcel?"
"You may not believe me Rosie, but you're a first born Labonair. You and Hayley were in danger since the moment your mom found out about her pregnancy" he says and she shook her head.
"No! You don't get to say that. You don't get to use that card with me" she says "We've been friends for years, you could've explained to me, especially after I triggered my curse. You saw how many pieces were missed inside me and you let it happen"
"I am sorry Rosie" he says softly "but I don't regret on keeping you safe. I don't regret a thing that I did, because now I see it was worth it. You're alive and found your family" he sighs and she looks down "Look, you and Hayley are the lasts Labonairs and believe it or not, but I liked your mom enough to promise that I'd save you two"
"You were friends with her?" she whispers.
"Who wasn't?" he says smiling a little "your mom was the brightest star in the world and she used to run this city even without her knowledge. Does it sounds familiar?!"
She smiles a little and wipes her tears.
"Why Hayley and I were separated?" she asks.
"I don't know" he says "I took you both to Kieran and the next time when I saw you, you were already turning 4"
"You went after me?" she asks surprised.
"Yeah" he scratch the back of his neck "I felt like I should"
She laughs.
"I hope you could find a way to forgive me one day..." he smirks "...Amanda"
"Oh stop it" she hits his shoulders playfully "I've been Rosalind since the very day that Grayson and Miranda decided to love me as their daughter"
They exchanged smiles.
Suddenly Marcel pulls out a duffle bag and hands it to her.
"What's that?" she asks.
"Money, mostly. Stuff you need to start over someplace safe" he says and she frowned "I have a place in my mind, we just..." she cuts him off.
"I can't just leave here with the babies" she exclaims incredulously.
"The only way for you and the babies to be safe it's if you're out of this mess the Mikaelsons are creating" Marcel says.
"I am safe Marcel" she says "Not in the most common situation..." she trailed off "but everything is fine and besides your feelings, the Mikaelsons are doing the impossible to keep me safe"
Marcel sighs.
"Whatever happened in the Bayou, I want you to know that I had nothing to do with it. Not me and certainly not my guys" he says and she nods "I know that right now, my word doesn't mean a thing to you, but I'd never hurt you or those babies"
"I know" she smiles "I can't assure you that I full trust you again, but it doesn't mean the love I have for you just disappeared"
His face lit up.
"I still think we should run away to the Bahamas and maybe open a club there" he jokes and she laughs.
"Only if we're planning on having half of the supernatural creatures chasing after us" she joins him too.
He wraps his arms around her and she rests her head on his shoulder.
"Just promise me that you'll consider my proposal" he says "things are about to get ugly here and I don't want you in the middle"
She nods her head and sighs.
"Can you tell me more about them?" she asks.
"Who?" Marcel asks confused.
"My parents" she answers "you said I look like my mom. I...I want to know more"
He smiles warmly and kisses the top of her head before adjusting them at the couch. It was a long, long story.
...The Bayou...
Elijah stands outside and stares at a lake near the encampments. He walks past several dead bodies before entering the shack they're using as a makeshift hospital.
"Is this the peace you promised?" Jackson mocked.
"I gather my brother believes he can remove your curse" Elijah says.
"Klaus was offering us freedom, not just from the pain that comes with turning, but from the contempt we've faced our whole lives" Jackson argues.
"And what about Rosie?" Elijah asks.
"I want to make this place right for her. Safe, for her and the babies" Jackson says and Elijah sighs.
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Outside, a bonfire burns as Oliver is passionately trying to convince everyone to fight back against the vampires, using his manufactured stunt. Elijah watches him speak as Rosalind joins him.
"They are counting on our doubts. That's right! Yeah! They are counting on our fears! That's right! Right!" Oliver shouts.
"You stayed" she says quietly to Elijah.
"Come morning, they will know that we are not cowards" Oliver continues.
"What's going on? What is he doing?" Rosalind asks.
"We are not afraid!" Oliver shouts.
"He's making a move for power in the wake of tragedy. He's not alone. There was another attack after you left" Elijah blurts out.
"What?" Rosalind whispers in horror and sees Hayley crying from the corner of her eyes.
Rosalind rushes into the shack, where Jackson is sitting with Eve's dead body, devastated.
[voiceover] "Your friend Jackson will need your help. They will want vengeance. Blood for blood. And, unfortunately, in troubled times, people do not look for the best. But rather the loudest" Elijah says.
"Hey! Hey!" Oliver shouts.
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Rosalind cries and kisses Eve's hand before leaving the shack with Hayley. Outside, she finds Oliver continuing to rile up the rest of the wolves.
"Look, I know where I'm going. If any of you want to follow, hey, that's up to you. That's up to you!" Oliver says.
...Mikaelson Compound...
Klaus joins Elijah in the study.
"First Marcel's massacre, now bombs in the Bayou. I'll assume you're ready to give up this doomed treaty" Klaus says.
"This alliance with the wolves, well...If it is to succeed, I believe you'll want this" Elijah says.
He hands Klaus Esther's grimoire.
"Seems I have Rosie to thank for your change of heart" Klaus says, despite the fact he hated their proximity, he had to give his brother some credit.
Elijah pours them drinks.
"The rifts in this city run far deeper than I even imagined, Niklaus. These tribes, these factions...they're families, families who choose to fight. Mayhem has descended upon our home, and if I'm to choose a side..." He hands Klaus a drink, and holds his out to toast them "To our victory, brother"
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