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Exquisite Corpse Part One

The werewolf guard outside Hope and Theo's room has been killed, and Eva steps into the nursery to stare at Hope and Theo, who were laying in their crib.

Lizzie, having heard the commotion, enters the nursery from her bedroom and finds Eva standing over Hope and Theo's crib. When she sees the dead werewolf on the floor, she realizes that something is wrong, and her vampire face comes out as she lunges for Eva.

"Get away from them!" Lizzie growled.

She grabs Eva by the arm to pull her away and slams her head on the nearby dresser. Eva falls to the floor as Lizzie goes to check on Hope and Theo, but before she can grab her, Eva telekinetically throws Lizzie back into her bedroom, where she slams into the back wall.

Klaus storms into the room when he hears the crashing sound from his bedroom.

"Rebekah! What are you doing?" Klaus growled angrily.

Klaus lunges for her, but she casts a pain infliction spell on him. Lizzie runs back in to take her out, but Eva casts another spell on her as well, and she falls to her knees and chokes as Eva glares at them. Klaus forces himself to lean forward so he can claw a set of deep gashes into her thigh with his fingernails, which causes Eva to scream in pain.

Realizing she's overpowered, Eva lets go of the spell and jumps out the window, leaving Klaus and Lizzie too busy recovering from her assault to follow her. They both stare down at Hope and Theo, who were sitting calmly in their crib, completely at ease, before giving each other worried looks.

Sitting inside of the study room where Klaus had rounded up his most trusted is Lizzie, Hayley, Sage, Luke, Jo, Faye and Marcel. Klaus looks though a box where he keeps his witch-detaining manacles and looks to Marcel, saying " I should really stop packing these away. There's always one family member or another in need of a good shackling. Find Rebekah... or Eva, or whoever the bloody hell that was...use these to stop her from doing magic. And don't hurt her. The non-psychopathic bits are still my sister. "

He handed the manacles to Marcel.

" Alright, I won't be the only one looking for her. She killed witch-kids. The twenty-four hour hold that Elijah got the covens to agree to? Ended at midnight. Every witch in the city is gonna be gunning for her." Marcel explained.

Klaus sighed and turned to Hayley"Hayley, go to Elijah. Get her to charm his elderly witch into calling off the hunt."

"What about Hope and Theo?" Hayley asked.

"Jackson have been working night and day to secure this compound, surrounding it with his werewolf army. Not to mention the fact that Elizabeth and I are here. The best way to protect Hope and Theo is to get Rebekah out of that serial killer's body and back into the original model." Klaus says in frustation.

"Hmm. And, what will you be doing while we're out doing all the dirty work?"Hayley asked, crossing her arms.

"Why, Elizabeth and I will be tending to the even dirtier work, as usual." Klaus smirked.

"Right, we've got things to do." Lizzie sighed.

Later, Klaus and Lizzie staring at the painting of Rebekah from several centuries ago when Freya arrives and joins them. Freya stares at the painting with affection and said "Our sister was quite the beauty."

"You said that you could put Rebekah back in her original body. Do it." Klaus ordered.

"So, you've come to your senses?" Freya laughed in amusement.

"My senses have not faltered...they still demand that you are not to be trusted. "Klaus scoffed.

"What he's trying to say is that circumstances have changed. We need your help."Lizzie said, stepping forward.

"What changed?" Freya asked.

"Eva Sinclair has resumed control of her body, leaving Rebekah trapped and powerless. So, make with your spells and enchantments and put my sister back in her true body!"Klaus explained.

Freya closes her eyes and sighs in frustration at this news "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"More stalling. Very well. I know I can't kill you, but I shall have a fine time trying. Tell me, have you ever been skinned alive?" Klaus grinned.

"The problem is Rebekah's condition has worsened. When I offered to help, she was in control of Eva's body. She's lost inside Eva. I don't have a spell that could breech Eva's mind and find her." Freya said.

"Fortunately for you, I know someone well-versed in such spells." Klaus told her as he opens up the wooden box from earlier and pulls out the other pair of magic-disabling shackles before vamp-speeding over to her and slapping them on her wrists before she can react. Freya is startled by the action, but doesn't seem surprised, and simply glares at Klaus angrily.

"Let's go meet her, shall we?" Klaus smirked.

Lizzie followed the siblings though the cemetery towards the tomb where Klaus had been keeping Esther.

Freya holds up the shackles and says "I fail to see the need for these. I'm not your enemy."

"Oh, they're not to protect me, love! They're to protect her... the one who knows more about mind-invasion and body-jumping than all of us put together." Klaus told her as he tugs her into the tomb pointing to the corner.

Lizzie throw two blood bags into the dark corner, allowing Freya to take a step forward curious. Her eyes blink in sadness and anger as she realises who it is stepping back "No! No!"

Klaus catches her and holds her still in front of Esther and says "Mother? Freya. Freya? Mother."

Esther looked up at all of them, her skin still looking very dessicated as she said "It... can't be."

"You won't trust me, but you'll trust her?" Freya asked.

"Neither Elizabeth or I trust my mother. But fortunately, she is now a vampire, and as such, she's vulnerable to my compulsion."Klaus said, shaking her head.

He bends down gripping his mother's chin staring her in the eyes, compelling her "You will answer me truthfully."

"As awful as this is, he's not wrong. Everything that comes out of her mouth will now at least be honest." Lizzie commented.

"Let's raid Mommy Dearest's mind for spells, shall we?" Klaus smiled.

Lizzie take a seat on the floor watching Freya recoil from Esther's touch.

"My beautiful girl. My firstborn!" Esther said.

Freya furiously pulls on her manacles as she threatened her mother "Touch me, and I will use these chains to strangle you!"

Klaus rolled his eyes, saying " Yes, now that we have the pleasantries out the way, let's begin, shall we?"

Esther scowled at him.

"It appears that your delightful sister Dahlia is on her way to New Orleans, hell-bent on stealing our children. We need Rebekah back in her original body so she can help us destroy her." Klaus added.

"Your children?" Esther asked, blinking in surprise.

" Oh, I suppose it is difficult keeping up on current events whilst rotting inside a tomb. Very well. The short version? Elizabeth and I's children are alive. Dahlia is on her way. Now, the previous tenant of Rebekah's body has seized control and isn't keen on giving it up." Klaus informed.

"Freya, who's powerful is not in possession of the spell to put Rebekah back in her true body." Lizzie said, stepping forward.

"And that's where you come in. I need you to be a dear and dig deep into that ex-witch mind of yours." Klaus says as he speeds in front of her grabbing her by the shoulders.

Lizzie placed a blank paper in Esther's hands as she said "Give us the spell that puts Rebekah back."

Esther is writing the spell Freya needs on a sheet of paper, using diagrams of triangles and other shapes to describe what needs to be done, while Freya, Klaus and Lizzie wait impatiently.

"What is taking so long? You didn't tarry when you attempted to kill our children!" Klaus said, annoyed.

"I took no joy in that! I knew if your children lived, Dahlia would come, not only for them, but for all of you! And however you may despise me, I would not wish that upon you."Esther said, hurt.

"How touching!"Klaus scoffed.

"Isn't it? I always wondered what maternal compassion sounded like. Of course, I wouldn't know, since you sold me into slavery at the age of five!" Freya mumbled bitterly.

"When I made that bargain with my sister, I had no idea what it meant to be a mother! I thought if I had a dozen children, I would not miss the one. And then, you were born. You were beautiful. You had a light about you that put a smile on the face of the hardest man I had ever known. And when Dahlia took you, I thought that same light might warm her embittered heart. That you might lead a good life." Esther said, shaking her head.

"A good life? You were my mother! You should have come for me!" Freya said, appalled and enraged.

"Yes. I should have. But, it would have been a mistake." Esther's voice shifted coldly before her eyes falls onto Klaus and Lizzie before she says "The same mistake you two will be making if you let this girl help you."

"For God's sake, speak plainly!" Klaus told her, rolling his eyes.

" The light I saw in Freya as a child, it's gone. While she was mine for five years, Dahlia was her mentor for a thousand. And, like her mentor, she will offer to solve your problem, but for a price." Esther told them.

" There is no price! I love them..." Freya said furiously as she lunges for Esther, but Klaus steps between them and pushes her backward away from their mother

"No violence until she's finished writing the spell, please! Honestly, it's all temper and no timing with this one. I, for one, am glad you gave her away so that me and Kol could be born. You should think of us as upgrade!" Klaus chuckled.

"Will you both shut up about who's the better sibling. We need to focus on Rebekah. So we get back to our children." Lizzie groaned.

Freya looked down over at the spell anxiously "I can't do this. This spell requires an enormous amount of power."

"Which you have." Esther stated.

" And that power needs to be anchored, or I'll be lost inside Eva's mind along with Rebekah. Unlike your magic, mine isn't anchored to any one place. Because of you, I have no home."Freya explained.

"Perhaps. But, there is no other spell." Esther said.

Klaus looks torn, and doesn't seem to want to trust either of them. Suddenly, Freya gets an idea, and she stares at Klaus and said "You. I can use you as my anchor. I'll channel your power while I breach Eva's mind."

"And there it is. The price. If she channels you, she will have access to your mind, past and present. She will know everything about you." Esther stated, looking suspiciously at Freya.

"All of our strategies and all of our secrets laid bare to give to Dahlia. You must think I'm a fool." Klaus sighed.

Suddenly, Elijah appears behind Klaus and Lizzie before he said "Unless it's not a trick. I'll be the anchor."

"Brother, I think not." Klaus said.

"Brother, whatever this is, nothing must prevent us from saving our sister. I will not lose Rebekah." Elijah told his brother.

"Oh yes, by all means, let's give Dahlia's whelp access to all the information she needs to destroy us!" Klaus scoffed.

Elijah pointed at his mother and asked "And since when do we heed the words of this serpent?"

"Enough!" Freya yelled yanking her shackles breaking them.

She holds up her hand and twists her wrist, which snaps Klaus' neck and causes him to fall unconscious to the floor and said "For an upgraded model, you're not very sharp."

She then left with Elijah.


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