Chapter 23: Exacerbate

"I understand Rebekah but we can't just do that…No Klaus isn't going to come with Violet and I so don't say anything. Elijah doesn't know either. Just listen to me for a second; no I haven't seen Mikael either"

Marcel stood up on the balcony talking on his cell phone in an endless conversation with Rebekah. It has been a few days since the "party" and she was just trying to figure out everything that happened. She was out with Hayley and Hope so she was completely clueless. Taking a deep breath he watched below him to Violet and a couple of newbie vampires.

"Okay so who do we have here?" Violet scratched her head looking from the group up to him. He pointed at them without saying a word.

"Mr. Happy won't answer so I need to know your guys' names. I'm going to teach you some easy stuff today like compulsion, feeding, what a stake or anything through the chest feels like. All the fun stuff"

She went through the four new vampires to learn their names. It was a chaotic day in the compound considering no one knew where to go from that night. Klaus and Elijah had to take a break and try to throw Mikael off track once again so it just left those two. Josh and Gia were out scoping people they could possibly pick to bring in.

"Alright, Justin you pair up with Emily and…Wait no. Girls go with girls and boys with boys first so Emily and Ashlee, Justin and JC. I guess compulsion can come first seeing as you'll need that first. You guys don't have daylight rings so that is out of the question"

Placing her hand on her head, she wondered if it were possible that vampires could get a headache. She honestly had no idea how to begin this. Last she helped with vampires had to be in the 1940's, after that it was mostly Thierry's job. God had she missed him at that moment. Violet showed them what to do to the human she had sitting near the fountain. She watched all the newbies carefully and when she heard Marcel hang up, it was a relief.

"Hey, Rebekah needs me for a moment so I gotta go to her. You gonna be okay by yourself here?"

"Wait, hold up. You're not leaving me here to try and train these guys. I have no clue of what I'm doing Marcel, I haven't done this in ages. Shouldn't it be like Josh or somebody?"

"Violet, you can handle this. I taught you everything you needed to know then so all you have to do is teach them the exact same thing. I'm going to grab my jacket and I'll be back in I don't know, a half hour"

He disappeared into one of the rooms and all the vampires stopped quietly and watched. She made a hand motion where they all continued on. Marcel entered their bedroom which was definitely something new. Marcel and Violet had been sharing the same bedroom and bed since moving back into the compound. They both agreed it was to keep a closer eye on each other but they knew it was more than that. Grabbing his jacket, he heard Violet's cellphone buzzing away on top of the dresser. Curious, he walked over and saw it was from an unknown number. He answered it anyway.

"Violet's phone, who is this?"

"Marcel? This is Jake, Jake Thomas from out in the bayou. Are you around Violet?"

Marcel was completely surprised by the voice on the other end of the line. He didn't even know that they had each other's number let alone that they possibly still talked. That thought slightly bothered him.

"She's a little busy right now…"

"Look, there is a group of witches down here and I have no idea what is going on. They are tearing up everything and putting pain inflection spells on anyone getting in their way. I didn't know who else to call that could possibly help with the problem"

"Witches?" He cursed under his breath now trying to figure out what to do next. "Alright, we'll be there soon"

He hung up and zipped out of the room. Running down the stairs, he made it to the hallway before texting Rebekah that there would be a change of plans. All of them stared at him but Violet continued on trying to teach them. He thought it would be best to keep her out of the situation and call her if it was needed. When he stepped out onto the street, he realized how quiet it was which it shouldn't have been. Slipping his jacket on, Marcel looked down the brightly lit street then back in front of him.

"Hello again Marcellus, you remember me from the other night, correct?

Angelique smiled warmly as she stood in front of a few others. He assumed they were all witches and from the Algiers coven. He flickered his eyes between all of them and didn't say a word.

"I know you are only wondering who we all are, well mostly them anyway. The man on the right is Ezra Castel, the other man is Carius Jourdain. The other female, Charlotte Andoux. We come from Algiers, I'd be specific but I don't think I should give away our home yet anyway"

"What is that you all want?"

"Well for starters a witch of ours has been missing, Annalynn Verdoux. She's been missing for quite a while and last we know, you and your, I will say girlfriend needed her for a request"

Marcel laughed lightly at that comment before speaking. "Haven't seen her. Yes, she did do us a favor but that was last I saw her"

He hoped that was a good enough cover because he knew that Klaus had killed her. He didn't want to say anything knowing that it would land him in more trouble that he was already in. She narrowed her eyes but looked over at the compound when she heard the clicking of boots on the gravel. Violet stepped out with the vampires' right behind her.

"And there is the lucky girl to have your heart, you remember me, Angelique?"

She blinked and gave Marcel a wondering look. Looking back to the female witch she nodded faintly. She told her how they were looking for Annalynn and Violet said the exact same thing. A gust of wind blew past and practically took them off of their feet.

"Well I guess that will be all for the night. It was a pleasure once again to meet the both of you face to face. Oh and what happened at that beautiful party was merely an accident…It will get worse as this goes on, believe me"

She turned away and began to walk down the silent Bourbon Street. Snapping her fingers on her right hand, the witch named Ezra took out a blade and cut the palm of his hand. Before the elder vampires could do anything, Justin, Emily, JC and Ashlee all took off at the scent of his blood. Carius and Charlotte placed their hands out in front of them before they were able to lay a finger on him. Angelique put her left hand out and moved it swiftly in front of her. All the vampires' hearts were torn out from their bodies and in each of their hands.

"I do hope you will enjoy the game we are going to play. Have a goodnight"

It happened so fast that even processing what happened took longer. Violet bent down to check on their bodies not even knowing why. Looking over her shoulder to Marcel, he just watched the four witches walk away without another statement.

"How in the hell can they do that to four vampires?" She asked.

It was true considering that it would take a lot for them. For all of them to do that before a vampire could react was taking a great amount of strength. It was actually repeating the 1950's all over again but now the situation was reversed. Instead of a witch massacre, it was going to be a vampire one.