"I don't know why you keep asking for my blood," Rosalie told Aaron. "Should I be worried?"
"Well, didn't you say that your father didn't like me?" Aaron asked. "And he killed my mom. Who's to say he won't want to finish the job and kill me too? I have to protect myself."
"I guess you have a point," Rosalie admitted. "But Dad won't do anything to you if you don't try to start a fight with him."
"Oh, I would never!" Aaron assured her.
"Good," Rosalie nodded. "Cause he's much harder to kill than you think."
"I don't think so," Aaron winked. "I'm no fool. I've read Dracula."
He strode off to the kitchen then while Rosalie sighed. She knew he was gonna be stupid enough to try and go after her father. That's why she gave him her blood. Cause if she didn't, he would be very dead.
Knowing that this stupid scheme of Aaron's would mean he would need all the help he could get, she called her mother, who was staying at her aunt Margot's. "I think Aaron is about to do something really stupid," she said. "Could you help me stop him?"
"And just what do you think he's gonna do?" Amy asked.
"Well, I kind of had to tell him that Daddy was the one who murdered his mom and now he wants to kill him and thinks it'll be easy because he's read Dracula."
"That poor, ignorant boy," Amy clicked her tongue. "I'm guessing that you've already tried to explain to him why going after your father would be a bad idea?"
"Yes, I have," Rosalie nodded. "But he doesn't care. He just tells me to keep giving him blood so that he'll come back as a vampire once Dad kills him and his ridiculous crusade can continue."
"And he's absolutely serious about this?" Amy asked.
"Yep," Rosalie nodded. "I'm afraid so. And while I'm sympathetic cause Dad did kill his mom, I just don't see this ending well for anyone."
"I don't either," Amy agreed. "Just keep him talking and don't let him do anything rash until I get there."
"All right," Rosalie nodded, "I'll do my best." She ended the call just as Aaron came back in the room and shut the door behind him. "Who were you talking to?" He asked.
"My mom," Rosalie replied. "She's as concerned as I am about this whole 'Kill my dad' plot you have going on."
"It's sweet of both of you to be concerned, but this is something I have to do," Aaron replied. "Can't you understand that?"
"I can, believe me," Rosalie replied. "But the thing is…you can't permanently kill my dad. It's impossible."
Aaron frowned. "How can you defend him, Rosalie? I know he's your dad and all, but he's also a murderer! Doesn't my mom mean anything to you?"
"Of course!" Rosalie cried, feeling hurt. "If she didn't, I wouldn't have spent all these years combing crime scene photos again and again hoping to find out who her killer was! And when I say that you can't kill my dad, it's not cause I'm defending him. It's cause you literally cannot kill my dad. And if you try and fuck up, he'll just kill you without mercy."
"But I'll be a vampire after, so that's not a problem," Aaron replied confidently.
"It is," Rosalie insisted. "Even when you become a vampire, he'll still be stronger than you. He'll be able to snap you like a twig. He'll kill you again, and that second time, you won't come back. I know you're mad that he killed your mom and you have every right to be, but please, value your own life! If you want revenge, leave that to people who are actually a match for him. Because honestly, you're not."
Aaron was still stubbornly insisting on revenge when Amy finally got to the house and looked him over. "Rosalie told me what you want to do to her father," she said. "Are you really serious about it?"
"Of course I am," Aaron replied. "He killed my mom. I'm not just letting that go. Rosalie said I'm being stupid."
"You are," Amy nodded. "I upset my husband and he killed me. Like you, I had blood in my system so I came back as a vampire, and it was only because he was remorseful that my life was spared the second time around. I've been a victim of his, Aaron. And trust me, it's not something you want to be. We'll find a way to deal with your mother, but going after Klaus on your own is not the way to handle your anger. Please tell me you understand this."
For the first time, Aaron felt some doubt. He looked back and forth between Rosalie and Amy, two sets of eyes pleading with him to let this crazy mission of his go. He knew he couldn't though. But for their sakes, he lied.
"All right," he said firmly. "I'll let this go. There's no point in avenging my mother if it makes me be dead too."
"Thank you," Rosalie said and hugged him. "Thank you so much."
But later, when Rosalie and Amy were alone, she said, "I think Aaron was lying to us."
"I do too," she replied. "Don't take your eyes off him for a minute."
"Of course not," Rosalie replied earnestly. "Don't think that's gonna happen."
"What are you doing?" Victoria asked as she watched him stare into the small mirror in the cabinet. "I know you love yourself, but you've been staring into that mirror an awfully long time."
"And what business is it of yours?" Kai asked. "I'm not hurting anyone. I could be. But I'm not."
"I definitely think you're up to something sketchy," Victoria told him. "I don't trust you. Tell me what you're doing."
"I'm not telling you," Kai turned and shook his head. "You'll just tell James cause you're his stooge!"
"Oh, I am not!" Victoria shook her head. "But if you don't want James to know, it must be something illegal. Tell me what you're doing!"
"No," Kai shook his head. "It's your job to make sure I don't escape. Not to know all of my business."
"But if your business is about trying to escape, and I bet it is, then I do need to know." She pulled him away from the mirror and up against the wall. "All right, listen," she barked. "I wanna know what you're doing, and I wanna know now. Do you understand me? Are you using the mirror to escape?"
"Why would I want to leave when being around you is so pleasant?" Kai asked dryly.
"You know, that's what I keep asking myself," Victoria told him. "But that's not really an answer."
Kai grabbed Victoria then and shook her hard. "How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not saying anything to you about what I'm doing? I know you'll tell James, no matter how much you deny it. And I thought you were smart. If you were, you'd be able to figure out the plan. But I guess you're just stupid. Oh, well. At least you still have your looks."
That was it. Victoria gave him a slap that was so forceful that it made him fall hard on the ground.
"I said you were pretty!" Kai shouted as he got to his feet. "What the hell was that for?"
"It was for giving me such a backhanded compliment!" Victoria shouted. "You may have been calling me pretty, but you were also calling me stupid! Yeah, that's right. I'm smart enough to figure that out. Now, tell me what you're doing."
"No," Kai said firmly. "So stop asking."
"So you won't tell me what you're up to at all?" Victoria asked slyly with one hand behind her back. "Not even for what I have behind my back?"
"Nope," Kai replied. "There's no way you're hearing what I'm up to."
"Well, fine," Victoria replied and brought an unopened chip bag out into his sight. "I guess I'll just have to eat these myself, even though they were supposed to be your reward for telling me what you're doing."
"You're a real bitch, you know that?" Kai huffed.
"I'm not, really," Victoria replied and took a bite out of a large chip. "Whether or not you get these is totally up to you. You know what you have to do."
"Oh, fuck you!" Kai cried and tackled her to the floor to try and steal the chip bag away. He then kissed her again and as her grip on the chip bag loosened, he snatched it away and sat on his bed, smirking at Victoria and happily consumed the chips.
"You're a terrible sport, you know," Victoria told him, dusting off the skirt of her dress.
"Oh, I know," Kai replied and then laughed.
Victoria winced as flecks of chip went flying out of his mouth, which caused her to say, "Will you please chew with your mouth closed? You're not an animal!"
"I've been caged like one," Kai remarked. "So obviously someone thinks I am."
They sat and stared at each other in silence for a time before a knock on the door brought James, who was ready to escort Victoria to Regina's waiting car.
"See you tomorrow," Kai told her. "Don't miss me too much tonight."
"Don't worry," Victoria assured him. "I won't." And as she and James headed away from the cell, she told him, "I think Kai is trying to escape again. I don't know exactly what he's doing cause he won't tell me, but I think it involves the mirror."
"Thank you," James told her. "I'll be sure to look into that."
"You're welcome," Victoria replied.