Hello readers! Here is another chapter! I would have posted this sooner but I have been binge watching Saving Hope. Its a great show and seeing Daniel play a doctor just makes it even better! ;D And the Season 3 finale brought me to tears. -sniffles; Okay, attempting (And failing) to move on! I am excited for you to read this chapter. I have twisted a lot and I do hope you enjoy it! I have so many ideas that I already have most of the next chapter done as well as bits and pieces for chapter 15/16! Some big things are coming to AF and you may or may not hate me for it. You'll just have to wait and see if you do.
Onto the reviews:
TheBae E.M., I couldnt have Elijah just be relaxed about the whole thing. There has to be some jealousy and possessiveness ;) I am glad you enjoyed the last few chapters. Malakai is actually back in this chapter as well as the next. He has been having an adventure on his own while Elizabeth has been dealing with the Mikaelsons and their problems.
This chapter is canon with episode 3.20. As a reminder, I had decided that episode 3.19 (as saddening as it was) did not belong in the story. I felt as if I could not manipulate it to my liking and felt it pointless. And as a reminder, the events of 3.19 did in fact happen. I just couldnt write a chapter where Elizabeth would have been feeling awkward the whole time.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Originals or the characters. I do own Elizabeth and Malakai as well as the added twists of each chapter that do not happen in the episodes.
Happy reading.
The compound had felt gloomy to Elizabeth. While she had not spent time with Cami and wasn't any way close to her, she could see that the Mikaelsons loved and cared for her. With a death once more, she knew it was putting the family closer to the edge. They needed a way to kill Lucien and they needed to find it quickly. There was no telling what their grief could bring. Cami's death should have already caused Klaus to take action already, but he hadn't. It had surprised Elizabeth that Klaus did not go out and seek revenge for his love. Instead, he stayed by her body all night.
Elizabeth had felt the bed sink down next to her. She had been awake for hours but she did not want to get up and face the grief that was just outside her bedroom doors. Turning around, Elizabeth saw Malakai sitting there. She smiled up at him for a moment before it faded and she shook her head. The look on his face alone to Elizabeth everything she needed to know.
"Was she worth it?" Elizabeth asked. Malakai's face had told her that he had spent the last few days with a girl. Who she was, Elizabeth would never know. There was a mixed expression on Malakai's face that pretty much stated 'I had a blast, spent some time with a girl and I killed her.'
"I would answer that, but I have a feeling I'd get smacked." He said with a slight nod. "Or get my neck broken."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes and sighed. "Just please tell me she wasn't a local."
"She wasn't a local." He said nodding. Elizabeth eyed him for a moment. She wasn't sure she believed him but she trusted him.
"Did you dispose of the body?" She asked sitting up. "Do I need to clean up after you?"
Malakai chuckled and shook his head. "No, you don't. I took care of everything. Even compelled a few people for some help." Elizabeth rose her eyebrow and Malakai raised his hands up as if he was surrendering. "No one else saw beside the...six of us..." Elizabeth was about to open her mouth and say something when Malakai continued. "It was a party with some humans that went a tad bit wrong in the end and I got it all taken care of. You can relax, Liz."
"I swear I feel more like your mother than I do your best friend." She said shaking her head and getting out of bed.
"You're both." He said with a not so innocent smile.
"I am not both." She said picking up a shoe and tossing it at him. "I am your best friend." She walked to the closet and pulled out clothes for the day. "And that is why as your best friend, we are going to spend the day together-"
"And you play shrink the whole day to make sure I haven't thought about some crazy blood lust." Malakai rolled his eyes.
"I'm just trying to help-"
"So that I don't end up like you." Elizabeth sighed. She must had that conversation with him several hundred times. Since Malakai had been awake, he had only killed a few people. Compared to Elizabeth, his record was still clean.
"I'm sorry, Kai." She said softly. "I guess I'd rather you have very few deaths on your hands. It's not fun being responsible for thousands of deaths."
"Your numbers aren't even close to being in the thousands." He shook his head and smiled. "You keep trying to make it seem like you are a killer."
"About sixty more and I would have reached the thousands." Malakai rolled his eyes. He knew the number was so much less than what she was making it out to be. One time she had admitted to how many people she actually killed. Rounding it off, she barely made it past 700 people. He was going to comment on what her real number was when her phone started buzzing. He picked it up off the night stand and tossed it to her.
Elizabeth looked at who was calling her and sighed. Answering it, she placed the phone against her ear. "Does she hate me?" Elizabeth asked Marcel about Davina. While everyone had said their goodbyes to Cami, Elizabeth hadn't bothered asking Davina or Marcel about what happened when Davina had come back to St. James.
Liz, I- Elizabeth could tell something was wrong just by the sound of his voice.
"Marcel, what is it?" She asked getting worried. She knew he wouldn't have called unless it had something to do with Davina. She heard a sigh from Marcel but the words she heard next didn't belong to him.
Lizzy, I'm sorry.
"Please tell me that was just my imagination and Kol is not standing there next you." Elizabeth's worry grew. If Kol was there, something must have gone wrong. "Is she okay?"
No Liz, she isn't. She's dead. Elizabeth had froze for a moment hearing Marcel's words.
"I'm going to kill him." That had been the last thing Marcel had heard before the line had gone dead from Elizabeth throwing the phone at the nearest wall. Elizabeth was fuming now. With her sudden changes of emotions from worry to complete anger, Elijah had rushed to her room to see what had happened. He only caught her throwing the phone at the wall.
"What happened?" He asked looking back and forth between Malakai and Elizabeth.
"She's going to kill someone." Malakai said. "Marcel called and the next thing I know is she's throwing her phone at the wall." Elizabeth hadn't bothered to comment on anything. Instead she grabbed the clothes that she had picked out and walked behind the changing wall. Elijah raised his eyebrow as he watched Elizabeth walk behind it.
"Elizabeth, what happened?" Elijah asked taking a step closer to the changing wall. Elizabeth said nothing as she changed and came back around it. She shook her head and sighed.
"Davina is dead." She said without a once of sadness in her voice. She was to angry to be sad. She wanted Kol dead for what he had done. She looked back and forth between Elijah and Malakai.
Malakai sighed and looked towards Elijah. "You might want to keep your brother away from her until she calms down."
"Oh there isn't any calming down." Elizabeth said shaking her head as she began to head towards the door. Elijah grabbed a hold of her arm and it caused Elizabeth to stop mid step and turn and look at him.
"Malakai, could you give us a moment?" Elijah asked as his eyes never left Elizabeth's eyes.
"Sure." Malakai said headed towards the door.
"Don't wander to far," Elizabeth said still looking at Elijah. "We're gonna have a body to bury soon. Wouldn't want you to miss it."
"You aren't thinking clearly." Elijah said the moment Malakai left the room. Elizabeth scoffed.
"I am thinking clearly." She said with a smile on her face. Elijah could see past it though. He could feel the anger that was alight inside her. He knew that this was one of the things that Elizabeth wouldn't rest until she did what she thought was needed to be done.
"You are angry with my brother, I understand. But I can not let you kill him." Elijah was going to try his hardest to get her to calm down. He hated for her to feel the way she did. If it had been anyone else but Kol, Elijah wouldn't have held her back. He wanted the demons that hid inside her to be gone. Kol was family.
"You want me to forget the promise-no, threat-I made to him?" She asked with an eyebrow raised. She shook her head a moment later. "I can't just do that, 'Lijah."
Elijah sighed. "Please understand this won't make the situation any better." He said bringing his hand up to her cheek. "And with you being technically younger than Kol, I'd hate to see you get hurt, or even killed. "
Elizabeth sighed and leaned into his hand. She couldn't get herself killed, she knew that. Even though she did, she wanted some kind of punishment for Kol. "Can I put a dagger in his heart at least?" She asked in all seriousness.
"You would have to ask Niklaus for one." He said with a small smile. "Though I am not sure there is one in this compound anymore."
"If there is, I will find it." She said with a small shrug. "And when I do put a dagger in his heart, I will be the one to put him six feet under only when I see fit will he be able to walk this earth again."
Elijah couldn't help but chuckle. Elizabeth may have been serious, but he couldn't see it that way. Not when she was trying so hard to stay angry with him around her. They were each others balance. When one was angry and murderous, the other could easily calm the other down. It amazed them both how this bond between them had made things so much different. It was a good different.
Elijah and Elizabeth walked into a room to find Freya looking over a spell. She had been shaking her head and Elizabeth had wondered what it was that Freya was working on.
"Something the matter?" Elijah asked as they walked closer to the table Freya had been working at.
"I need a strand of hair from both of you." Freya said with a small nod. Elijah and Elizabeth both plucked a strand of hair from their heads before handing them to Frey. "I'm working on an early warning system. Lucien has all the witch Ancestors in New Orleans on his side. I need to know if they tried to magically interfere with any one of you."
"Freya, when we said no rest for the wicked," Elijah said walking around the table looking at the ingredients on the table. "I certainly didn't expect you to-"
"I'm up against centuries of dead witches who are apparently now strong enough to reach beyond the grave and shake the entire city on its foundation." Freya said interrupting Elijah. "I'll rest once I've sent them all running back to hell."
"That seems like a lot of sleepless days." Elizabeth said looking at Freya. "Are you sure you'll be able to handle that?" All Elizabeth got back was a smirk that made Elizabeth smile back.
"Elijah!"Marcel's voice filled the compound. Elijah started to walk out of the room and Elizabeth followed. She knew if Marcel was here, it meant Kol wasn't far behind. Walking into the courtyard, Elizabeth saw Kol standing there.
"You just couldn't keep away, could you?" She asked starting to walk towards him. Elijah grabbed her arm and Marcel stepped in front of her.
"Listen, Liz." Marcel said getting her attention. "We have a plan."
"And what is that?" She asked. "Allow him to live while Davina is dead?!"
"We intend to bring Davina back." Marcel said looking at Elizabeth hoping that she would actually calm down.
"How can you do that when only a rege-" Elizabeth stopped herself from continuing her sentence. "You are going to force Van to do it." It had made Elizabeth relax a bit. She knew that if they were able to get Davina back, it would be like she never left.
"More like persuade him to do it." He said with a smirk growing on his face.
"Doing so will only anger the witches even more." Elijah said shaking his head.
"If it is a chance to bring back Davina," Kol said taking a step closer to Elijah. "We will risk it."
"This is a war." Elijah said looking at all of them. "Please understand, I despise the situation."
"No," Kol said shaking his head and raising his voice. "that's the wrong answer!" Both Marcel and Elizabeth stepped in between both brothers.
"No, no, no." Marcel said looking back and forth between them. "I know this is a war, but I've lost a lot of friends, too." He stopped and looked at Elizabeth before looking at Elijah. "Today I need your help."
"And you shall have it. I'm not just going to let her die or worse. We don't even know what the ancestors have planned for her." Elizabeth said with a nod before looking at Elijah, pleading with her eyes for him to agree with her. Sighing and a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips, he nodded.
"She speaks as if she is the one to be making decisions." Klaus said as he walked down the stairs. "I must say it takes some guts to do so in my home."
"Someone has to make the right decisions." She said as she smirked at Klaus.
"What ever you say orphan." Klaus said before walking over to Kol. "Come on, Kol. Let's get you cleaned up." Klaus lead Kol out of the courtyard leaving the others.
"Thank you." Marcel said to Elizabeth and Elijah.
"Anything to get her back." Elizabeth said with a smile. "Maybe then we will get our awards taken away." Her words caused Marcel to laugh.
"Even if we do, I'm sure we will find another way to get them back." Marcel said with a small shake of his head.
"I think it's best if we try not to. I wouldn't want to make her hate me after bringing her back from the dead."
"You have a point there." Marcel said before nodding and walking out of the courtyard.
Elijah watched as he did and once he was gone, an eyebrow raised and he looked at Elizabeth. "Awards?"
Elizabeth chuckled and took a step closer to Elijah. "We talked a few days ago about how we got the awards for being the worst family to Davina." She said with smile.
"You are not." Elijah said smiling at her.
"I did tell her boyfriend to leave her and to leave town." She said reminding him. "Horrible grandmother."
"Indeed you are." He said with a smirk. She shook her head and laughed before walking back towards the room Freya was in. The others were already in there when Elizabeth and Elijah walked into the room. Freya was looking over the spell.
"I'll draw Davina's spirit to a circle. As long as she's there, the Ancestors won't be able to torment her." She said looking at everyone before looking back at the spell in front of her. "With luck that will buy you some time to find a way to resurrect her, but I'll need to channel an Original if I'm going to sustain the spell."
Kol stepped closer to her. "Well, take me." He said all to willing to volunteer. He wanted to do anything to get Davina back and if it meant using himself, he would be glad to do it. "Put me down for all I care, if it keeps her safe."
"No, " Freya said shaking her head. "you've been marred by the Ancestors' magic, so, Klaus, Elijah, rock, paper, scissors."
Elijah took a few steps towards Freya. He knew he would be the one to help Freya with the spell. He couldn't see Klaus helping Davina in anyway. He stopped in his tracks when they all seen the candles alight at once.
"That can't be good." Elizabeth said walking over to where Elijah was currently standing. Freya looked at the candles in surprise.
"My early warning system." She said never taking her eyes off the candles. "I think a New Orleans witch is trying to meddle with one of you."
"Lucien has the new Regent at his beck and call." Klaus said looking at Freya. "It's me he's coming after." A second later, the portrait of Rebekah hanging on the wall burst into flames.
"I don't think it is you, Klaus." Elizabeth said as she watched the flames cover the whole portrait.
"He's going after Rebekah. " Freya said looking at the portrait before looking towards Klaus.
"Lucien thought that killing Cami would have me charging into his lair on a suicide mission." He said beginning to walk towards the door. " When it didn't, he set his sights on Rebekah. He's kicking hornets' nests, until we have no choice but to confront him." He turned to face the others.
"Presumably, he still believes she's at the bottom of the ocean." Elijah said as he began to worry if Lucien would be able to find their sister or not.
"I cloaked all of you, but with the Ancestors working for Lucien, it may take awhile, but if he wants to find Rebekah, he will." Freya said knowing it was only a matter of time.
"I'll go get her." Klaus said turning to leave again.
"It's not safe out there." Elizabeth said. It had surprised her but for right now, she had been right, it wasn't safe for any of them to be out there.
"What then?!" Klaus asked raising his voice as he stopped and looked at them all. His only concern had been getting to Rebekah. He did not care that there was the possibility of him being in danger if he left the compound. "Are we to sit here and play cards until Lucien slides Rebekah's bitten corpse down the hall?"
"Let me go." Elijah said as he began to go towards the door before Klaus grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"I moved her." Klaus said to Elijah and everyone could see the surprised look on Elijah's face. "What, don't look so surprised. I never did like you two sharing secrets."
"Tell me where she is, " Elijah said becoming protective of Rebekah. He didn't like that Klaus had moved her. "unless you expect me to stay here and leave our sister entirely defenseless."
Klaus took a step closer to Elijah. "I expect you to prevent Kol from suffering the same loss that I did. Lucien deserves our collective ire. Today, your grievances are tabled." He said before leaving the room.
Elijah looked at his siblings and at Elizabeth. Elizabeth gave a small smile at him and walked over to him once more. "Rebekah will be okay." She said placing her hand on Elijah's arm. "Klaus can take care of himself and Rebekah." Elijah only nodded. "Now lets help Freya get ready to help Davina."
Moments later, everything was set up. All they needed to make sure Davina would be safe once in the circle had been put in their proper places. Elizabeth stood next to Marcel and Kol on one side of the circle while Elijah and Freya were on the other.
"Tell Vincent to begin the consecration." Freya said to Marcel who sent a quick text.
They watched as Freya waited a moment for Vincent to complete the consecration before she began the spell. With each repeated chant, Elizabeth hoped that it would work. While she knew Kol and Marcel were feeling the same way, she couldn't help but wonder what the ancestors were doing now that Davina was now in their domain. There had been a sigh of relief from everyone when Davina appeared in the circle.
"What ever it is you did, thank you." Davina said looking at everyone. Elizabeth could see how scared she looked and Elizabeth didn't like it. To see her safe gave her some piece of mind. She just wanted her back alive now.
Seeing the sweet moment between her and Kol, Elizabeth smiled a bit and looked at the others. "Lets give them a moment, shall we?" The others nodded and they left the room, giving Kol and Davina a moment of privacy.
Freya, Elizabeth and Elijah walked out onto the balcony. Freya had asked to speak to them alone for a moment. Once they were out, Freya closed the door behind them.
"I think there is a way to Kill Lucien." Freya said turning to them.
"I'm all ears to hear this plan of yours, Freya." Elizabeth said nodding, eager to hear whatever it is.
"What is it?" Elijah asked looking between the women in front of him.
"As long as Davina is caught between our worlds, I can use her as a conduit to channel power from the Ancestors." Freya said hoping that they would agree to this idea especially Elizabeth. " The same power to create Lucien. Once I have it, I can make Lucien killable again."
"That sounds like something that could work." Elizabeth said with a nod. "As long as that circle stays intact, she'll be okay. Would you be able to do it without breaking the circle?"
"Everything comes with a price." Freya said beginning to pace. It caused Elizabeth to start shaking her head. She knew where this was going. "In order to take power from the Ancestors, you have to steal it. Which means to make Lucien killable, I'll have to draw through Davina while she is in the ancestral well. And to do that, I will have to break the circle that protects her."
"No." Elizabeth said shaking her head again. "Not if it puts her in danger. "
"Freya, they will destroy her." Elijah said looking at Freya. He didn't like the idea at all and with Elizabeth saying no as well to this, it should have been made clear that this wasn't such a good idea.
"I know what is at stake, Elijah." Freya said.
"Do you?" Elizabeth asked getting angry. "She's a child. She goes back we lose her. There is no chance for her to come back if she goes back in there." Elijah placed a hand on her shoulder hoping to calm down some of the anger. She wanted to shrug his hand off but didn't. "Doing that will kill her all over again. We are not doing this. At all. Try and you wont like what happens." She looked at both of them wanting to make it clear that she would try and stop them if they had tired.
Elijah sighed and looked at Freya. "We cant do that."
"What the hell do we do?" Freya asked looking at both of them.
"We find another way." Elizabeth said before turning and walking away. She didnt want to hear anymore of it. She made it clear that she would in no way put Davina through something just to kill Lucien. As much as Elizabeth wanted him dead, she would rather have Davina back.
Elijah watched as Elizabeth walked away before turning to Freya. A though crossed his mind before he pulled out his phone and dialed Klaus's number. He explained the situation to his brother.
And Freya is certain that this power is enough to kill Lucien? Klaus asked.
"Yes, we would be placing Davina in terrible danger. The only thing protecting her from the Ancestors is Freya's circle. Now if that circle is broken-"
They will rip her apart, Elijah. Hayley said into the speaker. She is just a kid.
Elijah sighed. "Elizabeth has even stated that if we tried this she would stop us. But what choice do we have?"
No. Klaus said. Find another way. If we destroy Davina, we don't only lose Kol and Marcel, you lose Elizabeth. I wont have us all turning on each other and I don't think you'd want to feel the betrayal coming from your mate if you did this. Keep looking brother.
The call went dead and Elijah looked to Freya. Klaus had been right though, doing this would betray Elizabeth and he wasn't sure he wanted that. He cared for Elizabeth and doing anything to Davina would surely cause Elizabeth to feel betrayed and he did not want to be at the other end of that.
Elizabeth had joined Marcel and Davina. She didn't mention the conversation she had with Freya and Elijah. She couldn't even think about what would happen if anything had happened to her. She stood by Marcel by the circle looking at Davina. Elizabeth felt better about Davina being close by. Even though she was dead, it was good to see her.
"This wasn't your fault." She said to Marcel. "Or Kol's. The ancestors hate me because of the decisions I have made. I'm not a kid."
"To me you are." Elizabeth said with a smile. "You'll be a kid to me until you've reached my age." It caused them both to laugh.
"She's got a point there, D." Marcel said with a smile.
Davina smiled back. "But I'm not your responsibility anymore."
Marcel shook his head. "Honey, you will always be my responsibility."
"What were you supposed to do? Lock me away in an attic and keep the world at bay forever?" It caused both Elizabeth and Marcel to laugh.
"And the award goes to.." Elizabeth whispered with a smile looking back and forth between Marcel and Davina and she placed a hand on Marcel's shoulder. Marcel smiled at Elizabeth for a moment.
"I would do anything to keep you safe if I could." He said.
"So would I." Elizabeth said with a nod.
"You didn't let me down." Davina said looking back and forth between them. While Elizabeth had only been in her life a few weeks, Davina knew she would have done anything to make sure she was alright. And while Elizabeth had been there, she never once disappointed Davina. "Neither of you did. I just grew up." She looked to Marcel and smiled. "Thank you for saving me that first time. And for everything else after. I love you Marcel."
Marcel smiled at her. "I love you too, Davina." They smiled at each other for a few minutes. If he could have, Marcel would have hugged her and not let her go. Elizabeth smiled at them before turning to Marcel.
"Go check on Vincent and Kol." Elizabeth said with a small smile. "I'll keep her company." Marcel nodded and headed out of the room. Elizabeth sighed and gave a small smile to Davina. "When Marcel called me this morning, I had been so ready to kill Kol."
"Good thing you couldnt." Davina said with a shake of her head. "It wasn't his fault, Liz. If it had been, I would have understood."
"I made a promise to Kol when he had first come back that if he in anyway messed up, I'd kill him." Elizabeth shook her head. "Even though I know the Ancestors have their hold on him Davina, I can't forgive him."
"I don't expect you to, Liz." Davina said with a smile. "I don't even expect you to be nice to him anymore."
Elizabeth chuckled and shook her head. "I haven't been nice to him at all. Even when they came to the compound before Freya did her spell, I was about ready to try. But Marcel and Elijah stopped me."
"I'm glad they did." She said with a small nod. A thought crossed her mind and she sighed softly. "Liz, if this doesn't work out, can you promise me something?"
"You know this will work." Elizabeth said shaking her head. "You know we will do everything we can to make sure you come back to us. I can't have my granddaughter suffering somewhere I can't protect her."
"If I go back, my soul is in trouble." She said scared. "No matter how this goes, just keep the promise I tell you?" Elizabeth sighed and nodded.
"Okay. What am I promising you?" Before Davina could tell Elizabeth, Elijah came in and pushed her with her back up against a column in the room. Elizabeth raised her eyebrow at him as to what he was doing and why he had been holding her firmly against it. "Elijah what are you doing?"
"Please forgive me, Elizabeth." He said watching her. He watched as her eyes widened when she heard Freya step into the room starting a spell.
"No." She said shaking her head and started to fight against Elijah's hold. "Freya, please don't do this to her." She watched as Freya grabbed a hold of Davina's hand.
"Don't please," Davina said trying to plead with Freya as she continued her spell. "You'll break the circle." Hearing Davina begging for Freya to stop, made Elizabeth fight harder against Elijah's hold. "Liz!" Davina pleaded for her help.
Elizabeth was able to push Elijah off of her for a moment. She had rushed to Freya and was about to snap the woman's neck when Elijah pulled her back and held onto her tighter.
"No!" Elizabeth yelled as she tried pulling herself out of Elijah's hold again. "Don't let her do this Elijah!" She begged as she stared at Freya as she continued her spell.
By the time the spell was done and Davina was gone, Elizabeth had froze in her spot. She couldn't believe what Freya had done. She also couldn't believe that Elijah had helped her do it. They both knew how much Davina had meant to Elizabeth and after their talk earlier, she thought they would have understood. Her mind couldn't wrap around the fact that this had all been real. She had hoped that this had just been a bad dream and that she would wake up from this.
"It had to be done." Freya said looking back and forth between Elijah and Elizabeth. Elizabeth shook her head quickly at Freya's words.
"No." She said standing out of Elijah's hold and away from him. "You could have found another way!" She yelled as she stepped right in front of Freya.
"There was no other way, Liz." Freya said trying to get Elizabeth to see that this had been what they needed to do.
"Elizabeth." Elijah said and Elizabeth turned to him. She shook her head at him. He could see the tears that had formed and spilled down her cheeks. After Klaus did not answer his phone, he had felt this had been the right thing to do to save their family, to keep Elizabeth safe. But seeing her reactions now, he felt worse about the whole thing.
"We need to get to Klaus and Hayley." Freya said walking around them and out of the room.
Elijah sighed as he watched Elizabeth took a step closer to him. While he had felt Elizabeth's sadness a moment ago, it grew to betrayal. She shook her head again trying to clear her thoughts for something to say to him. Nothing came to mind. Instead, she brought her hand up and smacked him hard across the cheek. "We were supposed to find another way. I hope it was worth it." She said through clenched teeth.
Elijah knew he had deserved it. He had made her watch as the possibilities of bringing back her loved one from the dead diminished. The look on his face showed he had indeed hated himself for what had been done. Without saying anything, Elijah turned and walked out of the room.