No One's POV
The mansion was silent, the early dawn rising across the Mikaelson plantation, birds just beginning to wake, chirping and stirring in their nests, and small animals hoping and scurrying about in their dens.
But the peace and tranquility would not last long; soon an all too familiar roar and blue aura was upon the Mikaelson plantation, rushing, clouding the horizon, and attempting to take over and fight the Gemini boundary barrier.
The roar was deafening, shaking at the foundations of the Mikaelson manor, rattling the window panes and rumbling the very ground of the entire plantation, making the horses stir and neigh in their stalls with fright.
"Li- Lijah?" Alexis stirs, eyes flashing open with a gasp, feeling the tremble of the tremors.
"Shh, Astin." Elijah hushes, lips pressing against the nap of her neck, firm and assuring. "Shhh. All will be well." He calms.
"What- what is it?" Alexis asks, stirring more.
"The Hollow as arrived." Elijah answers truthfully, already up and moving around their room, his actions tense and purposeful as he dresses in a flash.
"The Hollow-" Alexis echoes.
"Shhh." Elijah kneels again to their bedside. "We have a plan. Dr. Laughlin has a plan."
"Will it work?" Alexis worries, pushing herself up more, already sliding out of the covers to change.
"It is the best plan we have." Elijah follows his mate into their closet, pulling her close to himself, lips caressing her neck and jaw. "Do not worry, Elskan. It will work."
"I want to bring our children home, 'Lijah. I want our family to be whole."
"As do I, Astin. And I will do everything in my power to give you your desire." Elijah vows, gently trailing kisses along his mate's bare shoulder. "Any and everything. The Hollow shall not plague us any longer. This I vow."
The entire Gemini Coven was assembled when Elijah and Alexis walked out of the Mikaelson mansion to the training grounds, where, not too long ago Alexis was watching Olivia train Zachary and Andrew; it seemed like a life time ago rather than a mere few weeks; but the memory was like a raw wound left open and gaping.
"Dr. Laughlin." Elijah nods to the eldest Gemini leader, Olivia standing next to her sister Josette, only Lucas was absent since he was with Rebekah taking care of the Mikaelson heirs.
"Elijah." Josette nods back, looking equally as tense as the roar continues along the Mikaelson boarders.
"What's- what's happening?" Alexis questions nervously, twisting her hands together as she watches the Gemini Coven circle together (Davina was a given, she was family after all and the French Quarter Coven leader), Finn, Kol, and Niklaus already in some sort of loose circle together, clearly she and Elijah the last to arrive.
"We're taking the barrier down." Niklaus speaks evenly.
"What!?" Alexis bursts out. "No! You- you can't!"
"Angel-" Kol sooths. "It's- it's just like before. They'll channel us. We're Originals. And the Hollow is strong. Channeling us gives them the power they need. And they'll trap her in a Prison World. Then, it'll be all over."
"But-" Alexis protests, hands twisting into her shirt and looking down at the ground, hating how weak and feeble she sounded.
"Just like before." Kol promises, stepping towards Alexis and gently pushing her face up to meet his gaze. "It's alright, angel. Trust me. Trust us."
"Okay." Alexis whispers.
"There's my angel." Kol smiles, gently kissing Alexis' nose. "It'll all be over soon. And we'll go get our little monsters. They'll be home."
"Okay." Alexis nods a little more firm, struggling to feel as strong as she knew she needed to be; for herself, for her family, for New Orleans.
Because ultimately, this fight wasn't just about them, even if the Hollow was targeting primarily the Mikaelson heirs, she had also terrorized many of the covens and their children as well; the Hollow was a plague, a disease, infecting and destroying the city, and they were fighting for themselves, for their children, for their city, and their crown.
"Dr. Laughlin. Olivia. The barrier, if you would?" Elijah signals with a slight nod, everything and everyone in position a few moments later, Alexis watching with anxious and worried anticipation from the sidelines with Aya and Marcel beside her.
Alexis could feel when the Gemini barrier came down, or rather, she could see it, because the moment it happened the blue aura rushed like a monsoon over the Mikaelson plantation.
"HOLD!" Josette yells, her command nearly drowned out by the deafening scream of the Hollow, it hurt Alexis' ears, like nails on a chalk board, or metal crushing against metal, grating and harsh.
"NO!" Alexis screams, watching the Hollow obscure the Mikaelsons and the Gemini Coven, the flickering of power from the Gemini Coven, like an arching, fragile dome of ice shattering with only one touch.
Despite their well thought out plan and the strength of the Gemini Coven, they were vastly over powered and under prepared; Alexis watched the Gemini Coven and her mates fall.
"Someone, fucking do something!" Alexis hears herself scream in anguish, lashing out.
"Alexis- Alexis- mom!" Marcel grips Alexis around the waist, his own voice breaking, but his iron strength locks around her as she lurches towards her mates and allies, no friends, they were her friends, as if she could do something, anything.
"We- we can't-" Marcel says, his voice tense and clearly just as defeated and shattered as hers. "I have to- I have to protect you."
"NO!" Alexis screams, her mind clearly rejecting the reality she sees; she refused to believe that this was how things were going to be, that this was the end.
Alexis wasn't sure what happened in the next few moments, Marcel, despite both his actual physical age and his superior strength as an older vampire, Alexis managed to free herself from him; her mind fumbling for some sort of plan to simply help.
"Alex- MOM!" Marcel flashes after Alexis.
Niklaus, his sire and adopted father, the only one in a thousand of years (despite their rather rocky and tense times in between those thousands of years), who had showed him any type of love or affection, had made him promise to watch over Alexis and his children if something were to happen. He would keep that vow to the end of his days, and not just because his sire and adopted father had asked, but because Alexis herself had showed him love and compassion, like a mother would.
"NO!" Marcel feels himself scream, lunging at Alexis as he sees her break the vase that held Lucas Parker's, the elder Gemini twin and the third Gemini leader's, power.
Power floods Alexis' body, shocking her like a lightning bolt to her core, and nearly lighting up her body with a haunting, eerie look.
Dry lightning cracks across the skies,
Those storm clouds gather in her eyes…
"INADU." Alexis calls out, her voice echoing across the Mikaelson plantation, Alexis walking, no, practically stalking across the plantation, lithe and dangerous.
Shatter every window till it's all blown away,
Every brick, every board, every slamming door blown away,
Till there's nothing left standing.
A blue flash of light met a spark of blinding white power, Alexis thrusting her palms out forward in an action she had seen the Gemini leaders do so many countless times before; wind and power flashed around the Mikaelson plantation, the ground rumbling and shaking as the two powers collided, and then in another blink was gone.
Victory is in my veins,
I know it, I know it.
And I will not negotiate.
.
This is no mistake, no accident,
When you think the final nail is in,
Think again.
Don't be surprised,
I will still rise.
Across the country, miles away from the dangers of New Orleans and the Quarter, in an upscale townhouse in San Francisco, Rebekah was sitting on the living floor with Genesis, Abigail, and Eliza playing tea party, and Lucas playing dinosaurs with the boys, Zachary suddenly crashed to the floor, the toy bin he was attempting to pull out, crashing with him, all the toys spilling onto the floor chaotically.
"Zachary!" Rebekah immediately rises, worriedly checking the younger Original Warlock over.
"MOMMY!" Zachary's eyes flare gold.
I'M ALIVE GUYS! And I'm evil... Clearly. Cause what's up with this cliff hanger? HAHA!
GUYS!? GUESS WHAT!? *gasps* I'M. ALMOST. DONE. *gasps again*
Polkadottedgiraffe11
Blown Away ~ Carrie Underwood
Rise ~ Katy Perry
