KLAUS HAD INVITED ELIZABETH TO THE ST. JAMES INFIRMARY. Elizabeth has walked into the bar, which has been temporarily converted into an art gallery and is now full of artwork on display. She looks around for a moment until Klaus appears and walks over to greet her.
Klaus smiles "Sweetheart. Finally your here"
Without a care in the world, Klaus walked closer to her. He cupped her face and without hesitation, and smashed his lips against hers. He pulled her closer and Elizabeth moaned into the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck.
Elizabeth slowly pulled away from the kiss, lightly biting her lower lip. "Sorry the twins were hard to put to sleep tonight" she explained and then asked confused "...Why did you ask me to meet you here?"
Elizabeth didn't mind but she was curious, he sounded really excited when he told her to meet her here.
"Well, I'd hoped we'd have one of our little
rendez-vous and I thought you might appreciate the change of venue" He spreads his arms wide and gestures around the room at all of the paintings and smiles nervously "So, I'm allowing you a private tour... of my exhibition"
Elizabeth's eyes widen in realization "These are yours? That's super-duper awesome Nik! Hum a private art show, I must be a special girl"
Klaus smiled widely "A very special one"
Klaus chuckles and smiles as Elizabeth looks around at his art "I spent the better part of millennia trying not to draw my father's attention. And now he's dead, and all those who stood against me have been vanquished... I see no reason the fruits of my labor should go unappreciated"
"I like this one a lot," said Elizabeth looking at a painting of herself. She looked really good in here. Her hair and her eyes were beautifully done by Klaus.
Klaus chuckled lightly "I admit it's my best work. The model is quite exquisitely gorgeous"
"She is" Elizabeth agreed with Klaus smugly, earning a light chuckle from him. However, her smile falls when she notices a painting of a very naked Genevive on Klaus's bed. "oh God" she says dramatically making Klaus frown in confusion.
"What it is?"
She put a hand on her forehead "I feel faint" she then put a hand on her mouth pretending to vomit "Oh no I feel so sick right now, I'm going to puke my guts out. This painting, ugh it's making me feel nauseous"
Klaus's eyes widen when he realizes she is talking about. He puts his hand awkwardly behind his back "I completely forgot about this painting" he admits honestly, nervously "I didn't even know it was here. I should have burned down that things did ages ago" he said irritated as he started to take the painting out of his exhibition.
"Agreed," said simply Elizabeth "Incendia," she chanted carelessly, while he was holding the painting in his hands.
"Bloody hell" he exclaims when the painting starts to get on fire. He winced as the fire burns his hands, and let the painting fall on the floor.
"Could you take care of that before the building falls in flames?" asked Klaus irritated as he pointed to the burning painting.
Elizabeth rolls her eyes and mumbles a spell to stop the fire from spreading. The room is filled with an awkward silence afterward.
"You know" started Klaus unsurely "when I first had sex with Genevieve, I was mad and but I extremely regretted it afterward. We weren't officially an item, but we had something going on and I felt like I was betraying you. But then you left to live in the bayou, and I had to keep an alliance with witches to protect you. But I did not sleep with her again, except for that one time." he assured her quickly, nervously "sure I flirted with her and made her believe I was interested. But I was thinking about you all the time you were away"
"So you were having fun while protecting me" stated Elizabeth teasingly, not knowing what to answer or how to act "lucky you"
"Well" stated Klaus "kissing her was like kissing a dead fish, so I wouldn't exactly call it fun"
Elizabeth laughed loudly at his remark. He cupped her face in his hands and promised "I will never hurt you like that I promise"
"You better not" she warns him seriously "or I'll cut your spleen and feed it to you as I did to Genevieve"
Klaus nods "Very graphic" he notes with a small smile. "Oh. Well, then, perhaps you would like to escort me to tomorrow's opening?"
"Hum...I would love to, but I promised Kai--Wait" she said realizing something "you're worried no one else will come. Rebekah doesn't want to spend time with you anymore, Marcel's angry, Elijah won't even look at you... You'll be alone" She walks toward Klaus and looks at him sympathetically.
Klaus scoffs "This is ridiculous, I'm not afraid of being alone. I have friends outside of my siblings and Marcel"
Elizabeth rolled her eyes "Your closest friend right now is my brother and you hate his guts." she said. He only talked to her, the twins, Freya on some rare occasions, and Kai. And he kept bickering with Kai, so she couldn't exactly call them friends. Rebekah was always out looking for a way to bring Kol back to life. Or she was spending her time with Kai, although Klaus still didn't know about it.
Elizabeth says sympathetically "But you'll never be alone, I'll always be here for you. I'm sure I can postpone my plans with Kai." then she added with a wide smile "And an art exposition is a big deal, it would be a crime to miss it"
Elizabeth was with Freya in one of the upstairs sitting rooms with the twins. They were all sitting on a spread-out blanket on the floor as they play with the various toys that surround them.
"Were you aware of..." Freya says and continues whispering "Rebekah's and Malachai relationship"
"Yeah you saw them too?" asked Elizabeth with a grimace "Because I did and I'm getting nightmares about it"
"Unfortunately" mumbled Freya "and now I can't unsee it"
Elizabeth laughed "They're at it like rabbits. And they want me to keep it from Nik. They should try to be a least more discreet."
"Mama," the twins said happily when they saw Elijah entering the room. Elijah is standing nearby in his usual suit as he watches them.
"They are getting bigger by the second," notes Freya looking at the twins with a soft smile.
Elijah paces back and forth beside where Freya, Elizabeth, and the twins are. "They are, so innocent and beautiful," he said with a smile. "Tomorrow's the full moon" he then noted looking at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth groaned. She didn't have that much of a problem with Elijah, she just thought he was a lovestruck idiot when it came to Hayley. Each full moon he came and asked Elizabeth help to siphon Hayley's curse, which she refused each time.
"Nope" she just said Elizabeth quickly, slightly annoyed. Couldn't he just forget about Hayley? Elizabeth did, and she didn't miss their friendship that much. She liked how her life was right now and didn't need Hayley. Sure she remembered about their friendship fondly but she didn't want them to be friends anymore.
Elijah sighs at her answer "It was never her intention to harm Kolina in any, she just wanted to aid you"
"I don't care," said Elizabeth starting to get irked "You can ask all you want, my answer won't change"
Elijah pursed his lips "Very well, but maybe you should accompany me. You and Hayley could finally discuss your differences"
Elizabeth rolled her eyes at Elijah's suggestion. Elijah smiles and kneels on the floor to play with the twins just as Klaus walks into the room to join them and jumps into their conversation unbidden. At the sound of his brother's voice, Elijah instantly scowls in anger.
Klaus smirks "I'd offer to accompany you myself, but I fear my fragile ego could not endure the litany of insults Hayley has no doubt prepared."
"Yes, I doubt that your presence is particularly welcome anywhere," responds Elijah bothered.
Klaus freins offense "My own brother, greeting me with such disdain!"
He turns to Freya to discuss Elijah as though he isn't even there "What do you think, Freya? Is he still angry for my part in Hayley's curse? Need I remind him it was I could have killed her without a care in the world? Actually that this was the ploy that kept the treacherous wolf alive."
Elijah spins on his heel to face Klaus and continues to glare at him, and Freya stands in preparation to mediate if necessary.
Elijah answers sarcastically "Of course, forgive me. So, you would call this an act of heroism even as you bask in her torment?"
"Maybe we don't want to give her another chance to steal our daughter," said Elizabeth gritting her teeth in annoyance. She didn't been want to see Hayley's face and didn't even actually miss her.
Klaus looks unamused "Or perhaps I'd be more sympathetic if Hayley would at least apologized. After all, it was her that tried to run off with my daughter."
Freya let out frustrated "Oh, if you two must poke at one another, may I suggest doing it elsewhere?"
Elijah takes one last look at the twins before he walks out of the room without another word, leaving Klaus and an exasperated Freya behind. Freya goes to follow him out but stops to make one last statement to her brother before she leaves "Nicely done. At this rate, you'll drive the entire family away"
Elizabeth rolls her eyes at Freya "He has me, I'm his family and I'll never leave him"
Klaus smiles happily at her sentence.
Klaus' art exhibition is underway, and though there are no familiar faces except for Elizabeth, he seems to have drawn a large crowd. One middle-aged man looks at the painting of Elizabeth laying almost naked in his bed, which Klaus made, and discusses the artwork with his two female companions.
"It's a derivative fiasco-- little atmosphere, less technique. It's nothing more than a self-congratulatory ego trip." said a man while looking at the painting of Elizabeth.
Nearby, Klaus is eavesdropping on the man's criticisms and watches him walk away. Elizabeth at his side hears what the critic making her furious.
"Ugh, I'm going to kill this guy." groans Elizabeth irritated "How dare he talk about the panting of me like that! Maybe we should eat him" suggested Elizabeth with an evil smirk.
"Hum... yes perhaps we could share a meal" agreed Klaus with an evil smirk as well "This would make this little rendez-vous of ours more entertaining"
"Do we compel him or do we let him scream scared out of his mind?" she asked still smiling evilly.
"Well love, do you wish the easiest way or the most enjoyable one?" Klaus asked, grinning. With her, he could be who he was with no lies. He didn't have to change because she accepted him as he was even the bad parts, because she was bad just like him.
Before Elizabeth could answer, Lucien appears out of nowhere and alerts Klaus in his presence by speaking to him "I wouldn't expect you to host an art show without compelling the critics to speak your praise."
"And I wouldn't expect an uncultured savage to crash such a formal affair," told him, Klaus. He smirks at Lucien, not unhappy to see him, and Lucien chuckles.
"Yeah, not my usual scene," Lucien said as he looks over at the art critic from earlier, who has moved on to another painting. "Though, that mouthy blood bag does have a point. Your work is derivative--"
Klaus said amused "Oh?"
"Of Degas, I'd say" continued Lucien "Although, I happen to know that you compelled Degas to mentor you. I always thought his work improved after your influence."
Klaus gestures toward him and smiles "Finally! Someone with an eye for art!"
"Hey!" protested Elizabeth "I spend my time saying your art is is beautiful to boost the ego of your narcissistic ass"
Both men remembered her presence and looked at her. Lucien smirked "Well, live long enough and you develop a taste for it... among other things" Lucien looked at her with a wide smile "and who is this lovely lady you have here?" he asked Klaus.
"Elizabeth Parker" she answered before Klaus could. She could speak for herself after all.
She could see recognition in his eyes "Ah yes, I've heard of you. The mother of Nik's daughters" he then sends a look to Klaus "Children that's new development"
"Yes," said Klaus "It had been a surprise to everyone," he said uninterested. Despite Lucien being his friend, Klaus didn't trust anyone especially when it came to his daughters.
"Do people only know me for getting knocked up with miracle babies?" she asked irritated and then pouted "Because I would prefer to be known as a sociopathic killer that stabbed her sister and likes taking people's spleen. It sounds less...boring"
Lucien chuckled "A very fascinating one you have here Nik. Very interesting"
"And who are you?" she asked bluntly.
He took her hand and kissed it while she looked unimpressed "Lucien, love. Nik's oldest and more handsome friend"
Elizabeth scoffed loudly "Nik doesn't have any friends"
"Well it's true, but Nik and I are long-special friends don't we?"
"Ah you guys use to date or slept together at least" she deduced wrongly and turned to look at Klaus "Why did you never tell me you were into men as well? You know I don't care about that stuff. But I should know if I have more competition"
Klaus looked slightly amused "Love, Lucien and I have never been an item. We're merely old acquaintances"
Lucien chuckled "Oh you wound me Nik, old acquaintances. I'm the first vampire they ever turned" he clarified with an arrogant grin.
Elizabeth's eyes widen "Oh now that I think about it how did you discover that you could make more vampires?" she asked as she turned to Klaus. "Like I don't think you logically thought randomly oh why don't I feed him my blood it will heal him. And then you were like woah, my blood is magic...but what happens when I kill him. And then you were like oh he came back to life with fangs. And poof guys I know how to make vampires! It's so easy" she ranted rapidly making both men chuckle.
"Ah, she's a very funny one that one Nik" noted Lucien interest in his eyes.
"Well it didn't happen exactly like that, you see, love Lucien was injured." begin Klaus "In anger, he stabbed me and got the blood that was in the blade on one of his injuries. He healed of course and assumed he was like us. A few seconds later, thinking he was a beast like us he tried to kill, his assailant. I believe you meet him, Tristan"
"Oh yeah with the blue eyes. He's kinda cute" she noted making both men irritated. It was the men she had healed from a werewolf bite after getting out of the prison world "Although he was all sweaty because if the werewolf bite, so he must be even more handsome"
"Yes well" continued Klaus trying to get back on the original topic "Lucien got killed and came back as a vampire. So we deduced it was because he had our blood in his system"
"Hmmm boring," said Elizabeth uninterested, she wanted more blood, more death, and some failed experiments "Wait have you tried it with animals? Like we could have a vampire dog...but they would be kinda scary. Like little zombies or rabid dogs"
"You have the oddest questions love," remarked Klaus "Rebekah told me you asked if Dracula was made by us. You even inquired her if we transformed him so he would spread lies about vampires"
"Duh I asking every question people should ask themselves. It's only logical thinking" she stated smugly. "So..."
"Well Kol, had the same thinking as you it appears," said Klaus with a small smile "He healed a horse once with his blood, it worked. He then proceeded to kill him. The horse came back, but as soon as it injected blood it went rabid. It had even blood pouring from his eyes...Now that I think about it looked a lot like my first attempt at Hybrids. Anyways the horse died not long after"
"I like this story more, less boring," she said with a wicked smile. "Stories with blood and death is my guilty pleasure"
"Speaking of pleasure," said Lucien "can we please have a drink? I am quite parched."
Klaus laughs joyfully and throws his arm around Lucien's shoulders before leading him to the bar. Lucien and Klaus are at the bar in the club, where they are reminiscing about their past as they drink copious amounts of liquor. Elizabeth sat with them making some remarks from time to time, amusing both men. The fact that she was getting tipsy wasn't helping either, because she used to ramble a lot while intoxicated.
"Oh, Kol! Kol was a bloody loon! I loved it!" said Lucien making Klaus laughs hysterically.
"I heard once he compelled people to perform Hamlet, but like the real deal. They were using swords and killing each other. Sounds like fun. But Nik had to be a buzzkill and dagger him"
"Daggering his siblings because they are having fun, that's the Nik I know" chuckled Lucien, he then continued "But Finn! Oh, Finn-- Finn was fine... as long as you didn't actually have to speak to him"
Elizaebth shrugged her shoulders "I thought he was funny, he constantly called me a harlot. And he was all brooding and I hate you all, kinda amusing to annoy him. But not as funny as to annoy Elijah, he's so uptight!"
"Have you spoken to her?" asked suddenly Klaus making Elizabeth frown, who was "her?" and why Klaus was speaking about her like that.
Lucien asked confused "Who?" Klaus raises his eyebrows suggestively, and Lucien suddenly realizes who he's talking about "Oh, you mean her" Lucien seems to be momentarily choked up at the memory "As you well know, Aurora and I parted ways centuries ago"
"Who's Aurora?" Elizabeth asked curiously. Klaus looks as though he's about to say something, but before he can, he sees Cami walk into the club.
Klaus claps Lucien on the shoulder and starts to walk toward her "Please, excuse me, there's someone I need to speak to. I'll be right back, love" he promised while Elizabeth tried her hardest to not look jealous. She always felt threatened by Camille, who is the perfect little girl who doesn't make mistakes and always says the right thing. While on the other hand, Elizabeth was fucked up and kept rambling idiotic things.
Lucien looks intrigued "Hmm!" He turns to see where Klaus is going "Anyone tasty?"
Klaus smirks "Stay here. Behave yourself! You to Elizabeth"
"Always!" said Lucien as Klaus left.
Elizabeth seeing Lucien's glare on Camille, she says with a smirk "You know she looks really delicious, I think she's AB. I'm sure she'll make a great meal for you, hey, and maybe she into kinky stuff so she'll agree to sleep with you before you kill her. But be careful she might try to diagnose you while you're having sex"
"Then why don't you kill her, love?" he asked with a smirk "I can sense your jealousy, it's all over you," she said as he approached her face.
"Because obviously, Nik will be mad at me" she let out in an obvious tone. "But you could kill her" she insisted once again.
"And get on Nik's bad side I think not. Why is she that important?" asked Lucien "Are they lovers because I assumed the two of you.."
Elizabeth sighed "She's his stupid therapist, nothing ever happened between them. He doesn't like her that way, but I can't help myself from being jealous. Look at her! Camille is like this perfect angel. Ugh it's so annoying"
"Well if I had you" Lucien leaned even closer, and Elizabeth wasn't oblivious to what he was doing "I would not even glance at this Camille"
Elizabeth rolled her eyes internally, she wasn't really interested in him. Although she enjoyed the compliment, she wanted to get compliments from Klaus instead. Elizabeth drunk from her drink and groaned "Ugh, I think I will have to compel someone to stab her in the street and make it look like a robbery or something. That sucks because I would prefer to rip her throat out, but then it will be obvious. Oh what if I frame Marcel for this? so I'll kill two birds with one stone"
But she knew she could not kill Camille, as she was Klaus friend kind of. He needed someone to talk to who wasn't her sometimes, as much as she hated it. Klaus couldn't have only her, he had to have other people he cared about and some friends. And if it had to be Camille she would let it, although she didn't like it one bit.
"Quite ingenious, but I don't think anybody will buy Marcel did this," Lucien said. Then feigning offense, Lucien calls out to Camille and Klaus from the bar room "Old acquaintance?" You wound me!"
Camille says quietly "He can hear us? Is he a--"
Elizabeth and Lucine both interrupt her at the same time "A horrible deadly bloodsuckers?" she asked while Lucien inquired "--Hard-of-hearing? Quite the opposite. Side effect I inherited from Nik."
Klaus however looks mildly annoyed "We can discuss my discourteous friend Lucien at our next little chat. For now, let's preserve your precious boundaries, shall we?"
As they talk, Lucien continues to eavesdrop on them from the other room. He points to his ear, telling that Elizabeth she should listen to them as well "Don't you want to know what secrets your loverboy is telling to his beautiful therapist?" he whispers.
Elizabeth rolls her eyes but still does it. She liked to know everything anyway, so it wouldn't be a surprise. She can hear Camille say frustrated "Someone tortured and killed a local. Left the body right out in the open. I think it was a vampire."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, as to why she was telling that to Klaus. He wasn't the vampire police, Marcel was when he took the city back. Klaus snidely "Yes, well, vampire business is now Marcel's purview. Or Elijah's, when he's not busy loathing me. By all means, check with them" Cami looks a little hurt and stares at him intently, and she leaves the art show.
Elizabeth was annoyed with her, she just came here to annoy Klaus about some stupid kills, that were certainly Elizabeth's by the way. She liked to feed on the vein and maybe has killed some locals. How was she supposed to know if they are tourists or not? And she may have tortured one a little. He infuriated her a lot, and she saw him trying to roofie her drink. So she took his spleen out while he was alive. Then she fed on him a little, to only to later stab him in the eyes. After that, she sucked him dry because it would have been a crime to waste any blood.
Elizabeth was suddenly infuriated and she didn't know why. Maybe it was the alcohol, which sometimes fueled her anger. Or maybe it was perfect Camille who Klaus had invited here tonight. Or maybe it was this feeling inside of her, that something was wrong. She felt like her life was too fun, too easy. Something was bound to happen like always. Her life was never easy, Elizabeth always had to fight or defend herself. That's why she never started a feud or a fight before being provoked. Sure she insulted a lot of people, but she was mainly being honest. And she would leave most of her victims dead so nobody could seek revenge.
In anger, Elizabeth went outside and found the man that critiqued the panting Klaus made of her. She grabbed him not caring about checking if someone was watching. She didn't even care about compelling him, she liked when he screamed.
As he let his dead body fall onto the ground she realized she was angry because tonight was the full moon. As much as she said she didn't care about Hayley it was lies. Each night of the full moon reminded her that she was useless to protect her daughter and that she was taken from her arms easily. Just because she trusted someone...she had made a mistake, and she was so angry at Hayley and herself.
She felt betrayed, and Hayley had basically told her or more insinuated she wasn't a good mother, and that hurt, a lot. Because she tried her best, she didn't want to be like her parents.
On top of that, she knew it was stupid because she knew Hayley wouldn't do that. But she was afraid Hayley would attempt to take her daughter again. And there was also the fact that even before Hayley took her daughter, they were constantly arguing. Hayley wanted Elizabeth to be better, she thought that since she had children now she would be nicer and less murderous. Since we weeding with Jackson Hayley had been insufferable to Elizabeth, because she wanted her to be a morally good person. But Elizabeth liked who she was.
So Elizabeth didn't want to face Hayley, and unfortunately, it could happen each night of the full moon. The thing was Elizabeth didn't know what she'll do if she sees her.
As she came back in the art show with blood on her chin it was empty. The art show is over and the club is empty, save for Klaus, who is sullenly drinking a glass of wine as he stares at the painting he made. He sighs when he sees the blood on Elizabeth's chin "Did you kill one of the locals again?" he asked tired out.
"Yes," she responded simply, angrily.
"Love, you can't--"
She cut him off furiously "I can't what...kill people? That's what I do, that's what I like and I don't want to change. I'm not changing for anyone" she yelled "I like who I am"
"Yes, yes I know. And I have no problem with how you are I assure you. But Marcel keeps complaining to me about you killing locals. He knows it's you, he witnessed one of your murders"
"Then KILL him" when she saw his look she continued less aggressively "Make him learn his place, you're supposed to be his father aren't you?" she asked sarcastically.
Klaus could discipline Marcel without violence. But it was clear from the way Marcel acted with Klaus he had no discipline certainly because Klaus was afraid to be like his father. So of course Marcel grew arrogant. He clearly hates Klaus for being a bad parent for whatever reason. It was clear with how many times he tried to get rid of Klaus, that Marcel had no respect or appreciation for Klaus. Someone who treated him better than he treated his siblings and who he was defending over Elizabeth. The fact that he was on Marcel's side here, made her dislike for Marcel bigger.
Klaus gritted his teeth "You know it's not that easy"
"Yeah because you raised an arrogant spoiled child who hates you," she said irritated.
Klaus raises his voice "Do not talk about my parenting of Marcel you know nothing!" realizing he yelled at her, he calmed himself down and said more softly "Can you at least try to kill tourist instead of locals? Nobody would mind then"
"How am I supposed to know if they are locals or tourists? It's not like it is written on their forehead!"
"Well then, I shall inform Marcel it's too hard for you to differentiate both, maybe he can do something about it. He could perhaps write tourist on their foreheads. Would that suffice you?" he asked sarcastically, and Elizabeth rolled her eyes "What is really on your mind? You've been tense since Elijah arrived at the compound. I know when we are having angry sex," he said with a pointed look, mentioning how she had grabbed him hungrily before their date for his art show. How she had kissed him, pinning him against the wall. How she had ripped his clothes off, as he did to hers.
Elizabeth sighed and she sat down. Klaus grabbed a napkin from the bar. As he was cleaning her chin she began talking "I dunno, I just feel so angry because it's the full moon today...and it brings back bad memories of Hayley and what she did. How she took our daughter and I did nothing because I'm an idiot-"
"--Your not an idiot" Klaus cut her off "on the contrary you are very smart Elizabeth, and I'm not telling that because of I'm biased considering my feeling for you. Well maybe a little, but I also meet a lot of people, and your definitely not an idiot. You managed to find the cure for my sister, and as much as I hate her being human...she is happy because of your intelligence. But I'm sensing it's not all" noted Klaus.
"It.. also makes remember how she was acting before...she just constantly wanted to change me, so I could be a good person I guess," Elizabeth said as if she couldn't understand what a good person is "But I don't think they're something wrong with me, I like how I feel about myself and I don't want to change. I'm afraid if I change I won't like me anymore"
Before Klaus or Elizabeth could say anything, Lucien approaches him. "Your pretty friend seems to have fouled your mood, but which one?" asked Lucien, however, Klaus continues to chug his wine. He had put it down when he was talking to Elizabeth but he took it back as soon as Lucien came back. He knew his old friend would irritate him.
"Camille obviously, I always make people happy. A therapist should make you better" noted Elizabeth "Not worse"
Lucien smiled "I agree. Why don't we go out? Paint the town... red, et cetera, et cetera."
Elizaebth hummed in approval "Good idea, we can go out and kill some poor locals. It always pisses Marcel off"
Klaus send her an irritated look, they just talked a few minutes ago about not killing locals, and here she was talking about doing it again. He was done hearing about Marcel threatening to kill her is she continued. Because if it came to that he would have to make a choice, and obviously Klaus didn't want to choose between the women he loved and the boy he raised as his own.
Lucien grinned "I like this one a lot Nik"
"Duh dude, everybody likes me," Elizabeth said in an anxious tone "Why do you think Klaus is so obsessed with me?"
Klaus finally finishes off his wine before turning to Lucien, looking aggravated and slightly overwhelmed, which seems to frighten him a bit.
"Lucien-- what are you really doing in my city?" asks Klaus suspiciously, while Elizabeth watches them carefully.
Lucien looks momentarily embarrassed to be called out by Klaus, and he hesitates before speaking "News has spread, old friend. Every vampire in the world knows you've been attacked. A number of times, nearly killed."
Klaus, clearly unhappy to hear someone say this, rolls his eyes and snarks back sarcastically "Oh, well, I can assure you that all those who stood against me ended up either desiccated, dust, or dinner"
Elizabeth hummed in agreement with Klaus "A really Dinner"
Lucien laughs nervously and paces around "Yes, but... what if it had gone the other way, hmm? When Finn was killed, we all learned the truth-- the life of every vampire is linked back to the Original who begat the line. Kol's death confirmed it. Two entire lines of vampires wiped out! As you can imagine, the threat level doesn't sit well with those of us who remain"
Klaus unamused by Lucien "Anyone fearing death as a result of my demise should come see me! I'll be happy to reassure them"
"By killing them obviously," said Elizabeth at his side.
Lucien says nervously "Of course. You and your siblings are mighty, indeed. Though, the attacks on you show that you are not completely invulnerable. While you've wallowed in your family affairs, your progeny have grown somewhat... restless. The world is a finite place, territory limited. And even ancient vampires are not above vicious turf-wars. What if I told you there's a growing conflict between the remaining three sirelines?"
Klaus looks scared but tries to hide it, and when he opens his mouth to speak, Lucien cuts him off "Suppose one of them wanted to annihilate the other? By killing Elijah? Rebekah? You?"
Klaus asks skeptically "So, you came all this way to deliver a warning?"
"Think about it! Kill an Original, wipe out an entire line of competition! A tempting goal, made more so by the fact that your family is divided and thus weaker than you have ever been! And even better Rebekah is human, she's an easy target and some believe that when she'll die her sireline will as well perish, despite her being human"
Klaus, not willing to hear any more aspersions against the strength of himself and his family, gets in Lucien's face and hisses at him "My family is hardly weak! In fact, we are unkillable-- the last of the white oak is gone. And Rebekah is and will be fine"
"Yep Bex as plenty of bodyguards myself included, she's in no danger," said Elizabeth although it partially a lie. She was constantly with Kai, so he was kind of her bodyguard. Besides Rebekah knew the protection spell and used it every day now.
Lucien narrows his eyes at Klaus skeptically "Are you so certain it's all gone? Every last splinter of it? Vanished for good?"
Klaus smirks at him before grabbing him by the back of the neck and squeezing it threateningly. Elizabeth couldn't help but smirk at the scene, in that moment she found Klaus very, very Hot.
"Lucien, if you had even the slightest inkling any fragment of white oak still existed, of course, you would tell me."
"Easy, Nik" Lucien takes Klaus's hand and pulls it off his neck "You are my sire. My fate is linked to yours. If you want to know what I do about the dangers you now face, trust me enough to come with me. There is something that you must see."
Klaus, Elizabeth, and Lucien arrive at his new apartment complex, where they approach a pair of ornately carved and decorated front doors. Lucien turns back to Klaus before opening the doors to allow him entry into the home he essentially stole from the realtor he killed earlier.
Lucien smirks "Please excuse the mess! I've been entertaining"
The three walk into Lucien's apartment, which is full of loud music and fancily-dressed people partying together. Some of them are vampires who are feeding on their human companions.
Klaus says amused "Well, you never were one for subtlety."
Lucien leads Klaus and Elizabeth into the master bedroom. There someone has set up a nearby table with what looks like spell materials, including lit white candles, various animal bones, and bowls full of herbs. Klaus looks at Lucien skeptically, while Elizabeth looks at him curiously.
"You brought me here to have a seánce?" asked Klaus in disbelief.
Lucien closes the door behind them "Something like that." A woman walks slowly into the room, and Lucien gestures toward her "I present my personal forecaster, the lovely Alexis."
Klaus turns to Alexis "Don't tell me you're here to scry some future portents of my doom?"
Elizabeth smacks his arms "If she can the future it could be cool" she said eagerly. Elizabeth was always a curious person, so if there was the possibility of getting new information she was all for it. Besides she would be able to tell as a witch if this is a trick or the truth. Illusions were her forte after all.
Lucien rolls his eyes "Alexis is no back-alley palm-reader. She's an expert cipher-- patterns, trends, cycles... She does exceptionally well on the stock market, and never fails to guess the winner of The Bachelorette."
Alexis walks over to Klaus and strokes his chest seductively as Lucien watches them. Elizabeth furiously take her hand away "Hey!" she protested "Nobody touches my man like that"
Klaus smirks "Touch forward, isn't she?"
"I've heard so much about you. The famous hybrid. Your ancient heart beats strong indeed for someone in such danger." she said to Klaus, then she turned to Elizabeth "You too, I've heard about you. The siphoner siblings who went crazy, you killed your siblings and faced loneliness. You will face it again. There is danger surrounding you"
Elizabeth was left startled, being alone was one of her greatest fear. It couldn't happen again--she would go completely crazy. And what did she meant by it? Elizabeth was too anxious to ask because she didn't want it to be real.
Klaus smiles fakely "If you have a warning to deliver, love, best get on with it."
Alexis shrugs, and Lucien helps her take off her shawl, revealing the black cocktail dress underneath "By all means! But, if you want the most from the experience, I suggest you feed on me. As you do, I'll allow you into my mind." She brushes her hair off of her neck, baring her throat to him "You can see for yourself."
Klaus laughs, and Lucien lifts Alexis' wrist to his mouth "Come on, how long has it been since we shared a real drink? You can also join, love, of course" Lucien said looking at Elizabeth.
Lucien bites into her wrist and starts to feed. Klaus, not to be outdone, bites into her neck. Elizabeth bites her other wrist. Though Alexis winces at first as they feed on her blood, she soon smiles as she begins speaking her prophecy in a low voice while they see the visions in her mind for themselves. She continues speaking the prophecy as they get flashes of her visions.
"Drink deep, but beware-- what you broke is past repair."
The vision cuts to the Mikaelson compound's dining room, which has lit candles on the table and is set for a meal, but otherwise, the room is empty. Suddenly, Klaus appears and stands up at the end of the table to address Elijah, who is frowning and standing at the other end. Lucien sits on the left side and watches silently. Then, the table is shown to be completely trashed, and the room is darkened.
"All your oaths you betrayed, your sacred vows you've severed. And now you see that nothing lasts for always and forever."
The vision cuts over to the Mikaelson compound's living room, to where the wall of painted portraits of the Mikaelson siblings hangs. The painting of Elijah from earlier is suddenly splashed by a fount of blood, which runs down the length of the painting, obscuring his face.
"Three yet remain, two already crossed-- yet, in one year's time, you'll almost all be lost."
The vision cuts to a scene where Elijah got so upset at comments about Rebekah made by Finn, that he threw him on the table and fed on him. Elizabeth didn't know about this moment since she was away with the twins.
"As your family is undone, you will seed the beast that is to come"
The vision flashes to what looks like a witch's grimoire, which is open to a page full of magical symbols and instructions, before cutting over to what looks like a very muscular man, who opens his mouth to growl, revealing extremely long and sharp fangs unlike any vampire seen thus far.
Once Alexis' prophecy has been spoken, Klaus immediately stops feeding on her and grabs her in a choke-hold. This causes Lucien to stop feeding as well and wipe the blood from his face. Elizabeth was terribly anxious at the end of the prophecy, the spells, and instructions they saw. There were complicated and most of them unknown to her. Although she understood something about venom. And there were talks about werewolves in Latin.
Klaus growls angrily "You think you can fool me with bad poetry and parlor tricks?"
"My visions are conjured from you." said Alexis unamused "The threat you face will be more clear the longer I am in your presence. Kill me, and you'll never see what's coming."
"This didn't trick Nik. I know all about tricks and illusions and I would have felt it," informed him Elizabeth.
Klaus looks at Lucien, who seems worried. After after a moment, Klaus reluctantly lets go of her, though he continues to scowl angrily at her.
Elizabeth then turned to Alexis and asked worriedly "What about the twins? My babies, they are Mikaelsons... are they part of this prophecy?"
She couldn't loose her babies.
"I can sense darkness surrounding them, but I don't think it's because of the prophecy"
Klaus and Elizabeth look at each other relieved.
Lucien, Klaus, Elizabeth, and Alexis are still in his master bedroom. Lucien kisses the palm of Alexis's left hand, just above where he had fed from her wrist earlier. He smiles at her affectionately before walking toward Klaus. Alexis silently walks away and leaves them to talk.
"I told you-- something is coming. You'll need me."
Klaus immediately becomes enraged by this statement and groans angrily before throwing him against the nearby wall. Klaus shouts "I AM KLAUS MIKAELSON! I don't need anyone, nor will I be warned by lesser men!" Lucien narrows his eyes at Klaus in annoyance as Klaus leans forward until his face is only inches from Lucien's. Klaus whispers "I am the thing lesser men fear!"
Lucien smirks "Then act like it!"
"Hey, dude! I don't like your attitude" said Elizabeth smugly and eyebrow raised.
Lucien chuckles and walks past Klaus, who seems both hurt and angry at this reaction.
"Instead of doting on your pretty lover or your human therapist and pouting about your family's disapproval! Yes, you are Klaus Mikaelson! You are the most ruthless, wicked beast to ever live!"
"I assure you he's still a wicked beast," said Elizabeth annoyed at the man. There was something about him that annoyed her a lot, but she didn't know what.
Lucien ignores her and points at Klaus and pokes him in the chest hard with his index finger. "I came here to remind you of that. Because, quite frankly, I've been worried that you've lost a step"
Klaus growls "I need no reminding of who I am. That truth has been clear to me for a thousand years."
"And, in those years, you've acquired countless enemies. And, with the sirelines at war, you now have mine as well" Lucien walks over to the window and looks out at the city as he leans against the wall. "Anyone who would kill me can now come after you. And, since I have so many rivals, and because I do not want to die, I beg you-- let me help you! From now on, I'm the only one you can trust!"
Klaus considers this for a moment and hesitates before finally speaking. Klaus mutters quietly to Lucien's face "I don't trust anyone"
"Besides this is stupid," said Elizabeth "it's way easier to kill you than coming after Klaus to end your life. As you said there are mostly from your sireline as well, so they would die if Klaus does. You don't make sense," she told frown on her face.
"We're leaving, now" ordered Klaus angrily as he grabbed her harm harshly and speed out of there.
When they were completely alone Klaus blurted out "I lied" surprising Elizabeth. She looked at him confused and he clarified "when I said I didn't trust anyone. I trust you, Elizabeth. The others...even my siblings, I don't trust them I like do to you. You've been on my side and never betrayed me, even though I'm a bloody idiot"
She looked at him with wide eyes, shocked by his revelation. She knew how paranoid he was. He placed a hand on the side of her face. "I trust you too," she said as he lightly stroked her cheek. A moment later, he leaned forward and kissed her, and she didn't hesitate to kiss him back.
However, Elizabeth felt like Lucien was the beginning of new problems, especially with this stupid prophecy.