Chapter 26: Witch Business

Ignis...Leporem...Arma...Magicae...Lamia...Bestiam

The Algiers witches sat in a circle chanting to themselves with hands locked. In the circle was a bowl full of magical charms and potions. Cairus cracked one eye open and that just ruined the whole spell. The bowl caught on fire and Ezra jumped up to put it out breaking the circle.

"If you open your eyes again Cairus, I swear that I'm going to set you on fire next time" Charlotte flickered her eyes at him and her accent was deadly like a snake.

"We don't even know if this is going to work"

"Well we never get close to finding out because you ruin it every time"

Angelique stood up, brushed her legs off and reached for another bowl. The attic they were in was stuffy and not too big. They were doing this spell in secret hoping that the rest of the coven wouldn't find out. They just didn't want anything to happen to them if this got into the wrong hands. She reached up to fix her head wrap, her and Charlotte looking identical.

"So what happens once this is complete?" Cairus asked.

"We awaken him up from his little slumber, hand him the weapon and let him get the blood on his hands. We've been banished from New Orleans for far too long that we need to get back into the city"

"I want to run my own little charm shop like that one witch Katie had. But with Marcel in control, the only witches he wants around are the city of New Orleans since he took care of that little girl"

Ezra tossed the ashes out the cracked window before he helped Charlotte to her feet. "You'll scare them away"

She smacked him in the arm as Cairus got up and walking over to the casket. He lifted it slightly and saw Mikael lying inside. By just looking at him, he knew why vampires feared him. "So I heard he didn't get his job done last time"

"Because the Original brothers stepped in and stopped him. Personally, I would have loved to see that. Vampires are so cannibalistic so let them hunt each other down, I would find it amusing. It's a shame though, the Badeaux girl is cute, and she could come in use with us"

"I find Freya Mikaelson cute, it's a shame we don't have her"

"We don't need anyone. Look at what we are doing here. We are going to make a weapon that can kill Klaus and even Rebekah and Elijah if they get in the way. Mikael may have faulted before but this is the way to go. Besides, if we take Klaus down, that means both Marcel and Violet are sure to go"

Angelique spoke up as she began crushing vervain to put in the magical bowl. Cairus closed the coffin and offered to help her with whatever she was doing. Looking over the spell book, he had to question if he should even be there. Yes, he was backing up his fellow witches but he didn't want to die in the process.

"You don't think the other witches are going to want to stand against us, right?"

"Of course not, if they do we will put them intheir place. Besides, it is their coven's job to do what needs to be done. See, I plan to have all the covens come together as one so the vampires will be out of the city"

"Then they can know what it feels like to be on the outside looking in"

"Didn't they already do that?"

Ezra shrugged his shoulders and he glared out the window. He snapped his fingers and Charlotte quickly joined him to peek out. They both had their arms crossed and watched one of Marcel's vampires walk down the street. He didn't see them but they watched him like a hawk. Ever since the Algier witches made their presence known, Marcel has been keeping tabs on them constantly. Ezra looked over at Angelique who gave them a signal.

"It looks like Mark's going to pay the price today…" Caius said as he opened up the coffin once more.

Both Ezra and Charlotte put their palms against the glass and began chanting. Mark had no idea what was coming and like he would anyway. He dropped to his knees as his heart was ripped from his body. They did it to any vampire that was going to come close to their home and coven. Angelique wasn't about to let Marcel sneak into witch business.

"Marcellus would you be so kind to try and call Rebekah again?"

Marcel nodded as he sat down in the courtyard of the compound. He dialed the number and waited for an answer.

"Couldn't we just ask Hayley for help or something?"

Violet looked over at Klaus and Elijah who were in their own thoughts. Elijah was standing leaning against her chair with his hand in his pocket watching Marcel. Of course he was standing in his sassy way as she liked to call it. Klaus was relaxed and lounging in a chair opposite of them.

"I'd rather not get her involved in this as well as Hope. I highly doubt these witches would go after her considering she is part them but I'm not taking the risk" He answered to her.

"She's not picking up again. I don't get it; I literally just talked to her a few days ago and everything was fine"

"And now you know why I hate witches, they are always a pain in the ass"

All the vampires looked over at Klaus as he just smiled. They had a feeling it had something to do with them considering Rebekah and Gia were now where in sight. More of the pressure was on Elijah since it was both his sister and whatever you wanted to call Gia. Marcel and Violet knew they had feelings for one another and hung out plenty of times. But neither one of them referred to each other as anything.

"Well since our dear sister and your girlfriend are missing, what should we do about it? I say we just go in and ask questions, if they answer incorrectly we rip their hearts out"

"Klaus…We don't even know if they have anything to do with them"

"Well I know for a fact that they have Jake"

Violet blinked and her heart faintly skipped a beat. Marcel turned her attention towards her as Elijah gave a questioning look. He really didn't know the whole situation so Klaus of course filled him in with amusement in his voice. He really didn't plan on telling her but it would make sense.

"So if they have Jake then it makes sense for them to have Gia and Rebekah. They are holding people against so they can have leverage. We already came to the conclusion that they are using Mikael as a power source…"

Now it was time for the Originals to look at Marcel in surprise. Maybe the left out that detail…

"Anyway, they have Rebekah for the both of you, and you Marcel" Violet raised an eyebrow at him and continued on. "Gia for you and Elijah, Jake for me. It's pretty much a sign as if we attack and kill one of them, they kill one of ours"

"In that case I say we take our chances and rip their heads off"

"Niklaus…That isn't" Before Elijah could continue, Klaus zipped out of the compound.

Both Marcel and Violet looked at Elijah not really knowing what to do. They didn't want to take the chance of attacking them without a full plan in motion. It was pretty bad that they had to rely and use the Originals in this. They probably could handle it on their own but if it really was Mikael, they knew they would come to them for help.

"You two stay here and think of a way to get to them. I'll find my brother"

It was Elijah's turn to zip out onto the streets. The two vampires looked at each other after staring out of the door way.

"And remind me why I came back to New Orleans in the first place?"