Alex appears in the church behind one of the witches, Alex wraps her arms around the witch's neck and snaps it, she looks up at Hayley as smirk grows on her face, she had gained everyone attention, she turns around to face the other witches.
"I would like to extend my thanks for inviting me to the party," Alex says. "I love a good party!" The witches focus all their energy on Alex trying to harm her. "Oh, wow, are you trying to hurt me? tsk tsk, naughty witches." Alex glances at Hayley and temporarily blinds hr.
"What the hell?" Hayley questions, Alex raises her arms into the air and a blinding light flashes through the church, knocking the entire witch coven into unconsciousness. "Holy shit." Hayley's sight returns to her, Alex sees Camille and Jackson lying on the ground unconscious.
"What happened?" Alex asks as she turns to face Hayley.
"They're after my heart," Hayley says, Aya strides into the church. "I thought I smelled arrogance." Alex turns around to face Aya.
"I think you meant confidence, but I can understand how the uneducated are apt to confuse the two." Aya confidently says.
"You want to tell me what your dead-eyed drones want with my heart?" Hayley questions.
"It's nothing personal, I just value my life above yours," Aya says as she rolls her sleeves up, she launches herself towards Hayley, Alex appears in front of Hayley taking hold of Aya's neck, stopping her from attacked Hayley.
"Shall I remind you about the first time we had met? I warned you to stay away from if you did value living, that included Hayley, Jackson and the entire Mikaelson family, even Camille." Alex says, her voice dangerously low.
"And why would I listen to a little girl?" Aya questions.
"You should have," Alex says. "But I'm so glad you didn't because I have been waiting for a test dummy." A devilish smirk formed on Alex's lips. "Let's see if I have this correct, Vampirism is basically dark magic, Hayley, did I get it right?"
"I believe so," Hayley says, Alex nods her head.
"Oh, fantastic," Alex says. "And wouldn't you know it, I control the darkness." Alex placed her other hand on Aya's chest. "This might hurt or this might kill you, I've never done this before." A dark purple mist appears from underneath Alex's hand and Aya begins screaming out in pain.
"LET GO OF ME!" Aya screams, she struggles against Alex's grip.
"All right, if you insist," Alex says, she releases the grasp she had on Aya's neck letting her fall to the floor, Aya places her hand on her chest as she breathed heavily. "Well, what do you know." Aya glares up at Alex. "It worked."
"What have you done to me?" Aya demands.
"Oh, you know, the usual," Alex says. "Manipulating the darkness, turning you human." Marcel enters the church and sees Aya on the floor he speeds towards her and helps her to her feet.
"What happened?" Marcel demands to know, Alex looks at Marcel.
"Consider this a warning, I suggest you tell your cult of vampires and witches that if they ever try to harm Hayley or Jackson again, they'll all be dead," Alex says, she glances at Aya. "And may I suggest you go buy her some human food, she'll need it."
•••
Alex locks the door to her penthouse and turns around, she sees Kol smiling wide at her from the couch.
"How did your day go?" Kol asks. "Besides for Davina sending you an emergency note."
"Well, I saved your brother, and Aurora appears to be a complete lunatic," Alex says, she unzips her jacket and Kol spots the dried blood on her neck.
"What the bloody hell happened?" Kol asks, he stood from the couch and walks up to her.
"Aurora shot me in the neck," Alex says, Kol nods his head as he examines her neck. "The bullet is destroyed."
"All right, good, but you're all right?" Kol asks, Alex nods her head as she removes her jacket. "You bled a lot."
"Really? I didn't notice when my shirt became soaked with blood." Alex says, Kol rolls his eyes. "Oh, before I forget the best part, I manipulated the darkness as well."
"And who was the test subject?" Kol asks.
"Aya," Alex says.
"Aya, Aya from the Strix?" Kol asks, Alex nods her head.
"She's very much human now," Alex says.
"Oh, you're getting stronger and stronger each day," Kol states, a knock on the door interrupts them. "That's my brother." Alex turns around seeing as she hadn't had the chance to walk away from the door, she unlocks the door and looks up at Elijah.
"Look who's still alive," Alex says, Elijah chuckles but stops once he spots the dried blood on her neck. "How did you know where I stayed?"
"Hayley confessed," Elijah says, Alex nods her head.
"So, what can I do for you?" Alex asks.
"I'm here to thank you," Elijah says.
"Well, go on, I'm all ears," Alex says, a smile growing on her lips.
"You've become quite confident." Elijah states.
"Because I'm braver now," Alex says. "I'm not a fragile little human anymore."
"Right." Elijah softly says. "Thank you, for not only helping my brother and me but Hayley as well." Alex nods her head. "She said that you stripped Aya of her vampirism?"
"I've been itching to test that out on someone," Alex says, It became silent for a moment, neither of them saying a word.
"For the love of it, just kiss already!" Kol loudly says, Alex moves one of her arms behind her back and shows him the middle finger. "Rude."
"Was there anything else?" Alex asks.
"Yes, about this morning." Elijah begins, Alex lifts her hand to silence him.
"No, no," Alex says. "You said enough this morning."
"You did not allow me to say anything." Elijah states.
"Silence speaks louder than words," Alex says.
"You caught me off guard," Elijah says, Alex lets out a sigh.
"All right, fine, I'll allow you to answer the question," Alex says.
"Thank you," Elijah says. "You were not a lost cause, not were you a charity case for me, you weren't a plaything either and you were not there to be entertainment when I became bored." Alex slowly nods her head. "But I will admit, at first it was an experiment, but then I genuinely wanted to help you, I did not want somebody with so much life in them to kill themselves with narcotics and alcohol poisoning."
"Your words didn't help much," Alex says.
"And I will never forgive myself," Elijah says. "When I returned, you were gone."
"I was an experiment to you?" Alex asks. "What kind?"
"I wished to see why humans invest so much time with a human being that was slowly killing themselves," Elijah says. "I wanted to see why they bothered trying, and slowly, I started to actually care."
"You know, that's almost just as horrible as being a charity case or entertainment," Alex says, she was hurt by him. "What did you discover?"
"When I showed up to your home, and it was empty, I thought you had died," Elijah says. "It dawned on me that I grew attached to you, and I did not want you to be dead, I grew to care about you, and realized that, that is why humans help others."
"Because they care for each other, and they don't want to see somebody closer to them suffer, silently destroying themselves," Alex says, Elijah nods his head.
"I did not want to see you suffer anymore, I hated seeing you hurt, destroying yourself," Elijah says.
"It's going to take a while before I can forgive you," Alex says. "Especially now that I know that I was an experiment."
"It was not my intentions to hurt you," Elijah says, Alex nods her head. "What happened after you left?"
"I moved to Las Vegas, finished my school year there, before attending university," Alex says.
"What were you studying?" Elijah asks.
"Veterinarian," Alex says. "But I was killed, and never got to finish."
"I want to know everything that had happened to," Elijah says. "What you are, what you can do, I want to trust you, and I can't do that without knowing what you are."
"Trust? Elijah, I don't trust you right now either." Alex says. "But I'll tell you what I am."
"Invite him in," Kol says.
"We're going to have to work together, I might still care about you, but my trust will have to be earned this time," Alex says, Elijah nods his head. "Would you like to come in?"
"I would love to," Elijah says, Alex steps aside and Elijah enters her apartment, Kol becomes visible to him. "Kol?"
"Brother."