Season 1 Episode 10 - The Casket Girls
Rebekah: [voiceover] "For centuries, people have come to New Orleans looking for a fresh start. Looking to find adventure, fortune, and even love. Young society women imported from France with the promise of marrying a proper New Orleans gentleman like the legendary Casket Girls."
Louisiana, 18th Century
Three French women were travelling by Horse and Carriage when they stopped a man and asked him"Excuse me sir, how long before we arrive at the Governer's House?"
Rebekah (voiceover) "Little did they know that the men who awaited them were far from proper, and not at all gentle."
The carriage that carried the three women stoped as they approach a group of men with torches and alcohol in the middle of the road, blocking their path. The men are shouting as they approach and shake the carriage. The women screamed until the shaking stops, and replaced by the shouts of the men outside. They look around, frightened and confused. The man inside the carriage slowly opens and looks around at the devastated of deceased and bloody men scattering the floor. He looks ahead and tries to back inside the carriage as he is pulled out by an invisible force as he screams. Rebekah appears in the door of the carriage with blood on her lips. "There, there little lambs, all the bad men have gone away. Vous êtes en sécurité ici , s'il vous plaît pardonnez le désordre(anYou're safe here, please forgive the disorder). Us girls have got to stick together. Now, is there anything you want to take with you? The women abandon the carriage and the carnage and run from the scene with some belongings.
PRESENT
Rebekah: [voiceover] "The Casket Girls legend lives on, now celebrated in typical New Orleans fashion with stylish costumes and supernatural flair. It's a yearly reminder of how woman can be oppressed by selfish men and how they can triumph when brave enough to fight for themselves."
The Abattoir
Rosealinda POV
i listened for hayley as she was struggling with her zipper i speed to the door and she looked at me "Vould you like zome help?"
i asked her and she smiled at me " You might need to use all your vampire strength."
She replied and i smiled at her "S'il vous plait Allow me"
i stood behind her and zipped up her zipper "Thanks. Not too many pregnant Casket Girls, I guess."
She said and i looked at her and replied "I think you look lovely. Only I would..."
i saw her birthmark and touched it and she covered it with her hand I know, keep the freaky werewolf birthmark covered."
She said frowning "Well, I don't suspect any of the riff-raff here would dare lay a hand on you, knowing you're under the protection of my family. Still, you shouldn't take any chances."
I Said and she looked in the mirror and sighed "All knocked up and nowhere to go."
I looked at her "You know... if you wanted the attend the festivities tonight, I would be more than willing to take you.i have nothing to do" Hmm... you, Elijah and Klaus are barely on speaking terms. Let's not rock the boat, okay?"
she said and i smiled at her "Of course."
I said to her "Rose, do you mind?"
Hayley motions to her zipper and i steped forwards unbuttoning and unzipping her dress and then left
AFEW HOURS LATER Main Street, French Quarter
Rebekah and i are at a shop , searching through racks of dresses "Dull, dreary, hideous-"
she said looking through a rack whilest i was at another i saw marcel enter the door and stand behind bekkah " Talking about the clothes, or something else?"
he asked her an di shook my head "Why, feeling insecure? This festival might as well be in my honor. I need a proper costume, so bugger off."
She said and i smirked at her "Bekah-"
he began and tryed to get her arm and she threw his arm of her "Don't. You made your choice. You and Klaus are best friends again, you've relinquished your right to touch me."
She said and his phone rang and i looked at bekkah and said "I wonder who that could be."
"What's up?"
he said over the phone and i started to look threw dresses again and i looked at bekkah "shall we go look at home?"
and she nodded and we went home
AT MIKELASON MANSION
Me, Hayley and Rebekah were ruffling around chests, looking at old white dress costumes "So the witch is missing, huh?"
Hayley asked "Walked right out of the front door, apparently. Know anything about it?"
Bekkah said "No, although I did tell her that the witch Elders were dead."
Hayley Replied "Well, why would she care, when the witches tried to kill her in their ritual?"
i said and hayley looked at us "I think it was more that Marcel didn't tell her that the one thing preventing her from being free had been eliminated."
She replied "So you are the reason she's run off." Bekkah asked "Hey, I was just telling her the truth. She's the one who realized they were just using her to keep their control over the witches."
Hayley said "Yeah well, I've never been a fan of the boys club. Just wait, Elijah will join them and the three of them will be impossible."
I said and i pulled out a dress for me to wear.
We were now stood on the balcony whatching marcel and nik muttering to each other "Used by the witches, lied to by Marcel, manipulated by Elijah, threatened by Klaus. Just like a modern-day Casket Girl."
Bekkah said "Are you talking about Davina or yourself?"
hayley said "Does it matter? Either way, us girls have got to stick together."
I said and she nodded
FEW HOURS LATER
Main Street, French Quarter
The Festival was in full swing, marching bands and people partying in dressed up costumes to celebrate. I was walking aroung with bekkah when we saw Klaus walking to Marcel and Elijah i listened in and so did Rebekah "Ah, you two look rather cozy."
Niklaus said smirking " Hardly, I was just telling Elijah how we're wasting time."
Marcel Replied and me and bekkah walked over "You don't like festivals?"
Nik asked Marcel and me and bekkah just got to them "I don't see why not? Who doesn't love a street fair?"
Rebekkah said and i smiled walked over to Elijah "Sisters', come to help us find our stray?"
Nik asked us and i looked at him "We can't let your secret weapon get in the wrong hands, can we?"
i asked "For the record, we're moments away from retrieving her."
He replied with a smirk "I recognize that tone of voice, Niklaus. Clearly you have some diabolical machination. What is it?"
Elijah asked him Klaus smirked before he walked closer to a figure ahead of us and we didn't shee him as he walked away with the misteryious person.
"you look lovely love "Elijah said to me "Merci Elijah" i said and kissed him "we damced and joked around for a few more hours before bekkah left then me and Elijah went to the abattoire to meet Niklaus.
THE ABATTOIR
"Where's Rebekah gotten off to?"
Nik asked us "It's not Rebekah that I'm concerned about, and how can you be so certain that Davina will come?"
Elijah asked Nik. SO that who we was waiting for. "One might think you've forgotten what it's like to be in the grip of an all-consuming infatuation. She'll come."
He said back to him "Are the maudlin theatrics absolutely necessary, Niklaus?"
i asked him as a young man was playing a sad song "Ha! It's a fair point, Timothy, play something a little more upbeat, please. That's a good lad. Took you long enough to spread the word."
He said to the man who was called timothy."Have you met his nightwalkers? Not the brightest assortment."
Elijah said to Marcel as he came in to the clearing "All that matters is, I got it covered. When Davina gets here, you three need to let me do the talking."
He said looking at us all i lifted up the hem of my dress and nodded "Well, I'm sure you'll have your chance..."
Davina came in to the clearing "...Hello, love. Silence is golden, Timothy. Thank you."
Nik said "Davina?"
Timothy asked "You got me here. Now let him down."
She commanded to nik but he didn't listen "Well, first, we have to have a little chat about you returning to the fold."
Nik said and marcel looked at him "What did I say, Klaus? I got this."
He said to him then faced to Davina "D, what happened? Why'd you run? Talk to me. Hey, I can make it right."
he said to her "How, by threatening my friend?"
she asked him and Klaus piped up "Actually, that was my idea. Apologies. I've been known to go too far to make a point, But I do always get results."
He said and Davina looked at him "You pretend to be so confident, but I know the truth. You're afraid everyone can see what you really are- an animal..."
she said and started to tourture him with her magic "...A beast. Why don't you show us your real face? That's enough of you."
She said to him and stopped touturing him " Davina, you don't have to do this."
Elijah said to her "You- You looked me in the eyes and lied to my face, pretended you wanted to help me." She said to him "Listen to me."
He said to her and she looked at him "You call yourself the noble one, but you're a killer just like your brother. For 1,000 years, you've fed on innocent blood. Why don't you choke on it?"
she said to him and i placed my head on his chest whilest i heard Davina shuffle around "And you- I trusted you. I loved you, but you were just using me to stay in power. You don't care about me."
She said to who i think is Marcel "You're wrong."
Marcel said "When you lost to Klaus, you handed me over like some trophy. Maybe I should boil you in bronze"
she said to him "I care. I took you in like you were my own blood."
He said to her and i turned around just in time to see Bekah stab Marcel through the chest and he fell on to the floor "Come on now, love. Don't tell me you were falling for that. Isn't it time for us girls to have a chat? Now, that is impressive, and well-deserved, in my opinion. Now, before you turn on me, I have a surprise for you."
She said and Josh came in to the clearing "Josh, what are you doing? Get out of here."
Davina said to him Franticly but Rebekah grabed Josh by the throat "What are you doing?"
he asked Bekah "Now, if I were Klaus, I would rip Josh's head from his neck, feed it to a nightwalker, and that would be the end of your friend But hurting people is such a boyish thing to do, like how Klaus compelled your fiddler on the roof, and, while I am many things, I'm certainly not my brother. It's ok, Timothy. You can come down. No one is gonna hurt you."
She called up to timothy "He told me I couldn't climb down off this beam."
Timothy called to us "Then don't climb, silly. Am I the only smart one in the room? Jump."
She said to him and he jumped down and bekkah caught him "Davina, how did you do all that? How did I even get here?"
He asked her with worry in his voice "I'll explain everything, I promise..." she turned to Rebekkah "..Why are you doing this?"
"Seems to me that you're the one holding all the cards, but you don't know who to trust. I've just proven that you can trust me. Now I'd like to show you one more thing. Won't take long. You can bring your friends." Rebekah said to Davina
"Want to come Rosie"
she asked me and i nodded and we walked down a cellar that rebekah informed me was called the gardene "Oh, don't worry. They're not really dead, just really hungry... and I'm not helping."
Josh said "You think my brother Nik is awful? Marcel learned from the best. 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. 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." Rebekah said to us
"This is insane." Timmy said
"Why are you telling me this?" Davina asked
"Because you need to know who you're dealing with, who you can trust." I said to her and Rebekkah nodded
"Hey, hey, it's gonna be ok. I mean, you're gonna be all right. Here. Drink something." Tim said to Davina who looked panicked and he handed her a bottle of water adn she drank all of it
"Rebekah: Davina, both you and I have been lied to and taken advantage of by Marcel and Klaus. Maybe together, we can get a little payback." Rebekkah said to her and Tim started coughing and fell to his knees
" Tim?" Davina asked frantic
"It was Klaus. He made me do it. I didn't even know what I was doing until I made you—"he said looking scared
"Made her what?" i asked
"Drink."
"Tim?" Davina asked
" Klaus poisoned the water."
Rebekkah said "Tim?" davina asked "Davina? Oh, no."
Rebekkah phone rang and i answered it as she was trying to help davina
Klaus Rosealinda
Rebekah, where are you?
It's me we're with Davina, and she's dying because of your treachery.
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 is you thought she was yours.
Just tell me how to cure her. Vampire blood isn't working.
No. It wouldn't. You see, the poison I compelled Timothy to feed her is quite potent. It's just a matter of time for her.
For both of them, you diabolical bastard. They're children. We could've dealt with her fairly.
There is no dealing with those who threaten us. Davina sealed her fate when she stood against me. This was her choice, not mine.
He hung up and i was pacing when Davina revived, gasping. She turned to Tim's body "Tim? Tim? Tim, Tim, wake up. Tim, please wake up. Open your eyes. No, no. Please wake up. Please don't leave me alone." She said crying she fell asleep hugging tim and Rebekkah picked her up and we walked to the abattoire
"Is she ok?" Marcel asked Rebekah
"She's devastated and exhausted. Where's her room?" bekah asked
"No. I got her. I got her." Marcel said and took Davina and bekkah glared at Klaus and we walked of
Rebekah [voiceover] Said "It is said that this is a man's world, and sometimes it is. For every Casket Girl that was saved, countless others were not...But women are more resilient than given credit for And some women, well, let's just say their oppressors had better watch out."
Me and Rebekah was in the Gardene talking to Thierry "I, too, am resilient, and I'm tired of being oppressed. For 1,000 years, my brother has taken what he wants in whatever way he wants, regardless of the consequences. Marcel seems determined to allow it, and Elijah stands right by his side, futilely awaiting the day that he'll change." She said to him
"So men suck. What do you want me to do about it? He aske her
"Despite your dire warnings to Marcel, he just can't seem to quit my brother. The two of them stand side by side ruling this city whilst you're left in here to rot. I want you to help me take New Orleans right out from under all of their noses, and I have something they won't see coming, someone on the inside. She's quite the resilient girl herself."