SEASON TWO - EPISODE THIRTEEN
"THE DEVIL IS DAMNED"
...Mikaelson Compound...
Rebekah is standing in one of the upstairs lounges, looking at a painted portrait of Rebekah, in her original body, that was seemingly created centuries earlier which hangs on the wall while Klaus stands behind her.
"That is just not my chin, Nik. It was much more delicate" she pouts.
"The only delicate thing about you, sister, is your ego" he replies.
Rebekah turns to face him with a sarcastic smirk on her face.
"Well, placed next to the behemoth size of yours, certainly!" she mocked.
They both laugh good-naturedly. Suddenly, Elijah's voice is heard, revealing that they are talking with him on speakerphone while he and Cami stay at the safe house in Arkansas.
"Could we dispense with this fascinating dispute for just a moment and return to the subject of our supposed long-lost sister?" Elijah says a little annoyed.
"There's not much to discuss, Elijah. She said she was Freya, and then she darted off into the night" Rebekah sighs.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
Elijah is folding blankets in Hope's and Theodore's nursery while he talks with his siblings on the phone.
"And you believed her?" Elijah asks.
"Well, I met the girl in a mystical loony-bin...she could be anyone telling any lie. But, she did seem...familiar, somehow" Rebekah says confused.
"Then how is she still alive?" Klaus asks frustrated.
He rolls his eyes and sighs as he starts to pace anxiously around the room.
"A question, as ridiculous as its possible solutions, given this family's annoying predilection for cheating death" Klaus says.
"I dunno, Nik, I'm just telling you what she said!" Rebekah says frustrated.
"Well, did you happen to ask, if by some similar miracle, our aunt Dahlia lives as well?" Klaus asks sarcastically.
"I barely had a chance to process..." she was cut off.
"...Because on the list of obvious questions, it would be nice to know if the woman who placed a curse on the first-borns of this family is still breathing air" Klaus continues.
"Well, let me just turn back time and do it again to your liking, then!" Rebekah says annoyed.
"Enough! Both of you. If she is who she says, we'll find out soon enough. For now, it remains imperative that no one learns of Theodore's and Hope's existence. This has been our salvation thus far" Elijah says.
"Unless Hayley's husband-to-be starts flapping his gums" Klaus says and smiles "Perhaps I should take preventative measures and separate him from his head?"
"Jackson will do nothing to jeopardize that wedding" Elijah says and sighs.
"Hayley's getting married?!" Rebekah gasps.
Klaus smiles at her, and she sighs and pretends to pout again.
"Well, what in hell else did I miss?" she pouts.
...The Bayou...
Jackson is sitting outside Rosalind's and Hayley's old shack in the werewolf encampments, where he's whittling a tree branch with a knife. After a moment, Rosalind comes out with two brooms in her hands and Hayley with one too.
"If one more broom appears outside here for me to take, I'll be very pissed" Rosalind says causing Jackson to laugh and throws it at the ground.
"Uh, why do people keep leaving broomsticks on the porch?" Jackson sees them and smiles widely "Seeing as I'm not much of a 'sweep while the soup's cookin' kind of gal" Hayley says.
Jackson smiles even wider as he chokes back a laugh.
"Well, back in the day, it wasn't easy getting a preacher out here. So, if you were engaged, and you couldn't wait...then the community would let you jump the broom" Jackson says and Rosalind's eyes widen.
Hayley gives him a look that is visibly confused and oblivious to the sexual connotations.
"Couldn't wait for what?" Hayley asks confused.
Jackson can barely hold in his laughter and gives Hayley a significant look while Rosalind starts to giggle. Hayley looks at him, puzzled, and Jackson starts giggling along with Rosalind, before Hayley finally understands the joke and clears her throat awkwardly in understanding.
"Oh!" she says awkwardly.
"Yup" Jackson nods still giggling.
Rosalind bursted out laughing seeing their faces.
"Stop it!" Hayley glares at her.
The blonde raises her hands in the air in fake innocence.
Hayley waves the broom in the air before unceremoniously dropping it on the floor.
"I would have been happier with a panini press..." Hayley says.
Jackson laughs hysterically, and she smiles at him goofily.
"It's just a tradition!" Jackson explains.
"Yeah! Got it" Hayley says uncomfortable.
They sit in awkward silence for a moment before Rosalind rolls her eyes playfully and changes the subject and points to the tree branch in his hands.
"So...what are you working on?" Rosalind asks.
Jackson stands up and moves onto the porch, where he walks toward two sheets-covered mound in the corner.
"Oh! I started on this for your little babies when you lived here before. Now that they're alive..." He pulls off the sheets, revealing two half-finished babies cribs made out of wood with a crescent moon carved into the headboard underneath it "...I figured it was time to finish it"
Rosalind stares at the nursery in amazement, and after a moment, she smiles at him.
"Jack..." she gasps happily "...this is amazing! Thank you!"
Jackson clears his throat.
"Something else...I'm getting word from a few packs outside of Louisiana? They wanna be here for the wedding! They want in on the Unification ritual!" Jackson says.
"I thought the ritual only affected the powers of the wolves in our pack?" Rosalind asks confused.
"Unless they recognize me as their Alpha. Then your power becomes their power!" Jackson says excitedly.
"You think their Alphas will step down and bow to you?" Hayley asks.
"They're coming here today to do just that" Jackson nods.
Rosalind looks around, clearly overwhelmed by this news.
"They want what you have, Rosie. I mean, we all do. I mean, a couple of weeks after the wedding, you are gonna have one hell of an army to protect your little boy and little girl" he says softly.
Rosalind shares a look with Hayley before looking at him and smiling.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
Cami is in the living room, playing with Hope and Theodore, who are laying on their back on a blanket on the floor. In the kitchen, Elijah has just finished cleaning a skillet in preparation to make breakfast for the Cami and the babies. He puts butter in the pan before cracking an egg into it. Suddenly, he hears a crash in the next room as Hope starts crying, and Elijah vamp-speeds in to see what happened. A broken dish lays on the floor as Cami picks her up. Hope has a small cut on her forehead.
"Oh!" Cami says to Elijah "She yanked the tablecloth and that knick-knack fell on her!"
Elijah tries to soothe Hope as he examines her wound.
"It's just a scratch" Cami says examining the baby.
As Hope continues to scream and cry from the shock of the injury, Elijah is triggered into another one of his visions, where he gets flashes of the red door at the end of the hallway. Cami holds Hope closer to her as she tries to snap Elijah out of it.
"Elijah? Elijah!" she calls out for him holding the baby closer.
There's a little whine from the blanket and Elijah snaps out of his trance and looks at Theodore, who's scared by what happened to Hope. The Original recomposes himself and picks up the little baby in his arms, to calm him down too.
"Yes" Elijah says staring at the baby, soothing his back comfortingly.
He looks embarrassed and uncomfortable, and Cami looks as though she's worried about him.
"Forgive me" Elijah says.
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In the living room, Elijah is sitting on the floor with Hope in his lap, where he's putting a cupcake-patterned bandage on the scratch on Hope's forehead. Cami stands in the doorway and watches as she holds Theodore in her arms.
"It's a trigger. You pulled yourself back, which is an improvement for sure, but we can't ignore that your mind clearly went elsewhere" she says.
Elijah stands, holding Hope in his arms, and faces her, looking uncomfortable.
"It's very common in traditional PTSD patients. We've done the work to face your atrocities. The truth is, it's just going to take some time to settle" she says.
"And you believe you have the power to resolve this?" he asks smiling.
"It's not that easy. There's no..." She snaps her fingers "...and you're fixed. In cases like yours, sometimes not dwelling on the problem is more productive than examining it through the minutiae of therapy"
She pulls out a list on a sheet of paper and hands it to him.
"Staying mentally busy instead of physically. This house...though charming...is completely falling apart" she says.
Elijah examines the list.
"So, this is your solution? Mend the home, mend the man?" he asks.
"Or, we could go fishing and I could tell you about the summer I lost my virginity..." she was cut off.
"I'll mend the home" he says rapidly.
"I'll spend the day with the twins! And you spend the day not thinking. And fixing the heater, because this place is freezing at night" she says.
Elijah looks at Cami and smiles, and she smiles back.
...The Bayou...
Jackson is outside of Rosalind's and Hayley's old shack, where he is wrestling and playing with a handful of young children. They're all pulling on his arms and legs to try to get him to fall over as Jackson laughs happily. When the sisters return outside, they find them playing and start laughing as well, and watches as they continue wrestling.
"Oh, ho ho ho!" Jackson plays with the kids.
"Hey, that's mine! Go to the water!" a young boy says.
"Last one there's a rotten egg!" another kid shouts.
Most of the children rush over to the lake, but one young girl, Daisy, stays behind and keeps tugging on Jackson's arm to try to knock him over. He picks her up and swings her around, but when they see both sisters, he just laughs and puts her down, patting her gently on the head before she runs off to join the others.
"Wait for me!" the little girl screams.
"Looks like I've got some competition!" Hayley says smiling.
"Unfortunately for Daisy, I am a one-woman kind of guy" Jackson says and Rosalind snickered.
"The meeting's taking place at Mary's" Rosalind informs.
"Okay" Jackson nods.
Rosalind senses something nearby and looks around for a moment before turning her attention back to Jackson.
"You two go ahead! I'll be right there" Rosalind says and they nod.
Jackson smiles at her and squeezes her hand affectionately before he leaves for Mary's cabin with his arm around Hayley's shoulder. Once he's gone, Rosalind vamp-speeds over to a wooded area nearby, where she finds Marcel and shoves him, catching him off-guard.
"AHH!" he yells "Whoa! Calm down!"
He sees Rosalind staring blankly at him and nervously puts up his hands to show he's not a threat.
"Are you insane?!" he asks incredulously "do you think I'd hurt you?"
"Well, stalking me is a very funny way of assuring me. You're lucky we're friends, or I would have just killed you" Rosalind says impatiently.
"Okay, first, I am your best friend" she rolls her eyes "Finn sent me to get your blood"
"Why would Finn want my blood?" Rosalind asks confused.
"I assume he needs it for a locator spell...to find your babies" Marcel blurts out.
Rosalind is stunned and horrified and gapes at him for a moment before speaking.
"No" she shook her head.
She looks around anxiously to make sure no one is listening.
"How does he know?" she whispers.
"He put two and two together" Marcel answers.
"Where's Finn now?" she asks.
"I don't know. He said he'd tell me where to meet him later. But listen...I gotta give him something. He's killing one of my guys every hour until he gets it" Marcel says and sighs.
"I need to call Nik" she says.
She rushes away, leaving Marcel looking anxious and scared.
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Outside Mary's cabin, she has gathered all of the Alphas of the packs intending to join the Crescents and has set up the ingredients for the ritual to bind them to Rosalind, Jackson and Hayley's pack. She waves a smudge-stick of sage over a bowl before turning to Jackson and the other Alphas.
"Wolves are bonded by what is most important to us. The earth of our territory. The blood of our packs" Mary says.
As Mary walks toward the Alphas, Rosalind sneaks over to Jackson to talk to him.
"We have a problem" she whispers.
"What's wrong?" Jackson asks and Hayley frowned.
"Too many ears" she gestures around "can you speak sign language?"
Jackson's eyes widen in surprise but also in awe. Every time she managed to surprise him.
"Do you?" Hayley asks.
"Of course" Rosalind shrugged "you don't?"
"Why would I?" Hayley asks confused.
"It's a form to serve to the society" Rosalind answers "anyways..."
She looks over at the Alphas, who are each pouring a handful of grain into the bowl to symbolize merging their packs.
"I need some of your blood" Jackson gives her a puzzled look "It's...it's a stall. I'll explain later"
Jackson nods in understanding and looks over at Mary and the Alphas.
"Well, your timing's perfect" he says.
The Alphas each take a blade and slice open their palms to bleed into the bowl in turn.
"Mixing these elements, we irrevocably bind ourselves to one another, creating a new Crescent pack. I ask each one of you...do you renounce your Alpha status?" Mary asks.
The Alphas all kneel in front of Jackson. Mary brings the blade and the bowl over to Jackson, and he slices his own palm to bleed into the bowl. Mary leaves with the bowl, and the sisters looks up at Jackson.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
Elijah is back in the horse stable, putting away all of his tools, when his phone starts to ring. When he sees it's Klaus, he answers it.
"Niklaus..." he was cut off.
"Finn knows. About Theodore and Hope, about everything. I don't know how long until he gets there, but he is on his way" Klaus says quickly.
Elijah sees someone approaching him from the driveway, and his body tenses in anticipation.
"Yes, remarkably well on his way, I would say, brother..." Elijah says.
Finn, who has just arrived, stands in front of Elijah's face as he hangs up the phone. Finn says nothing, but simply flicks his wrist and telekinetically throws Elijah backwards into the wall.
...Farmer's Market, Arkansas...
Cami has taken Theodore and Hope to the Farmer's Market, and she stops for a moment to call Elijah and leave him a voicemail from a payphone nearby.
"Hey, Elijah...I left my cell at the house like an idiot. Luckily, payphones are still a thing out here in the sticks!" Cami says.
She's distracted momentarily when she looks over at the twins in their stroller next to her and realizes the cut on Hope's forehead is no longer visible underneath the bandage.
"Um, anyway, we're heading home now" Cami says.
She hangs up the phone and kneels in front of the babies' stroller to examine Hope wound. She peels off the bandage to reveal that while there is blood on it, the wound itself is completely healed. Cami laughs in amusement and gently caresses her head.
"I don't know if the pediatric ward would approve of Uncle Elijah using vampire blood to heal boo-boos!" Cami says.
She laughs again and continues to gaze at the babies affectionately.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
Elijah has just picked himself off the floor and glares at Finn angrily as he lunges for him. Before Elijah can touch him, Finn waves his arm in front of him and casts a spell to protect him.
"Kembe po transi" Finn chants.
Elijah looks at him murderously, but Finn just smiles and shrugs.
"How'd you find me?" Elijah asks.
"A little help from our sister" Finn shrugged.
"Rebekah would never lure herself to wallow in your filth" Elijah says.
"We have more than one, you know" Elijah looks confused "And I get the sense she doesn't like you all that much"
"Freya?" Elijah says shocked.
"Mother warned me Dahlia would kill us all to acquire another first-born Mikaelson. And me? I'm in no mood to die!" Finn says.
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Elijah is still in the stable, pacing around, while Finn stands defiantly.
"Cowering behind your witchcraft. You always were pathetic, Finn" Elijah says in disgust.
"After nearly a millennium of dishonorable acts hidden away in your own mind, you have the audacity to call me names? Ha! What I do now, I do for the members of my family who can still be saved. Unfortunately, neither you nor Niklaus managed to make that list" Finn says.
Finn uses his magic to telekinetically throws a nearby pick-ax into Elijah's back. While Elijah desperately tries to pull it out, he telekinetically throws the handle of a shovel into his heart, temporarily neutralizing him. Elijah falls to the ground, and once he's down, his skin starts to desiccate. Satisfied, Finn leaves the barn and walks toward the house.
...The Bayou...
Marcel is carrying the unconscious bodies of the vampires outside in the yard while Rosalind stands by and watches. After a moment, Jackson returns from Mary's cabin with Hayley.
"Rosie?" Hayley calls out for her sister.
As soon as Rosalind sees them, she hugs them tightly and breathes a sigh of relief. Jackson rubs her back soothingly until she pulls away.
"Hope and Theo will be alright. Elijah will protect them, I know it" Rosalind says confident and Jackson nods in understanding.
"Of course they will, Rosie" Hayley holds her hands.
"But Jack, this stuff, these attacks...they're only going to get worse" Rosalind says and turns to Hayley "You two need to get married as soon as possible"
"We shall do it soon" Hayley says confidently.
Jackson nods again, but remains silent.
...Arkansas Back Roads...
Cami is driving up the road toward the safe house with the twins in tow in their carseats in the back.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
Inside the house, Finn is still kneeling on the floor in the hallway, but manages to get to his feet. He's shaky as he walks into the next room, where Elijah is staring at his hands in a daze as he rubs them together, smearing the blood over his skin.
...Arkansas Back Roads...
In the car, Cami hears Theodore make a whiney noise and Hope getting a little agitated, causing her to smile as she checks on them.
"Hey! It's okay!" she says softly.
As they drive, Cami starts humming Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star to soothe them just like Rosalind told her to do, even though it hasn't the same effect as when Rosalind did it, of course.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
In the safe house, Finn watches Elijah from behind him as he continues smearing the blood over his hands.
"Look at you, brother. You're a mess" Finn spats in disgust.
Unbeknownst to Finn, Elijah is listening and forcing himself not to react as he keeps rubbing his hands together.
"And, as we both know, untidiness is your undoing. Tell me, do your soiled clothes serve as a reminder of your filthy memories? Your many sins? Are you having bad memories now, brother? Perhaps of the innocent Tatia? Or any one of the other poor souls who met their fate at your hands?" Finn continues.
...Arkansas Back Roads...
Cami and the babies continue driving toward the house. She notices them getting more and more agitated.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
Inside, Elijah continues pretending not to listen to Finn taunt him.
"It's a shame, really, because, in a way, the children are just another ones of your victims. Had you the will to stand against me, you might've saved them. But, because they're were left under the protection of a wretch, a beast that basks in the blood of others, They. Will. Die. I suppose your little niece and nephew never really had a chance" Finn says.
Elijah glares at him in pure rage.
...Arkansas Back Roads...
Cami and the babies are just about to the house when the car suddenly shuts off in the middle of the road. Cami, confused, starts pressing the start button, but nothing will power up.
...Mikaelson Safe House, Arkansas...
In the house, Elijah continues to wait Finn out.
"I'd ask for a response, but I wouldn't want to taint myself with the vulgar refuge that must, even now, be flashing through your mind" Finn says.
Finally, Elijah sets his hands in his lap and sighs in annoyance before speaking calmly.
"Let me assure you...my mind is quite clear" Elijah says.
Finn looks alarmed as he stares at Elijah, not expecting this reaction.
"Much like the gas that has pervaded every single room in this home whilst you've been rambling like the lunatic that you are" Elijah continues.
He turns to face Finn, who is staring at him in shock.
"You have disgraced this family for the last time" Elijah continues.
Elijah takes off his daylight ring and holds it in one hand while he holds his other hand into the sunlight.
"Goodbye, brother" Elijah says with finality.
His hand burns and bursts into flames, igniting the gas in the air and blowing up Finn and the house in a humongous fire-ball.
...Arkansas Back Roads...
Down the road from the house, Cami sees the explosion from inside the car and jumps in shock and horror as she watches the house go up in flames.
"Oh my God!" she gasps horrified.
All of a sudden, the car's power clicks back on, startling Cami once again. Completely shocked, Cami turns back to Hope and Theodore, who are sitting calmly in their car seat. She realizes that the twins magically stopped the car somehow in order to protect them from harm and gapes at her in awe.
"Oh. my. god" Cami says out of breath, too impressed to think as she continues to stare at the now very calm babies in the back seat.
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