The Devil Is Damned
Three days later, Lizzie and Luke joined Rebekah, and Klaus walking past their portraits discussing their supposed long lost sister. Hayley and Jackson were out in the Bayou for the wedding preparations.
Lizzie was wearing a stripped top with a leather jacket, a jean and some boots.
"There's not much to discuss, Elijah. She said she was Freya, and then she darted off into the night." Rebekah sighed.
"And you believe her?" Elijah asked on the other line untrusting.
"Not many people know abut Freya."Rebekah admitted.
Lizzie started "And who's want to fake being a Mikaelson?"
Luke added "Unless she wants to follow tradition... get betrayed and daggered."
Rebekah smirked "Exactly. No one signs up for this family willingly. And I met the girl in a mystical loony-bin, she could be anyone telling any lie. But, she did seem... familiar, somehow.""
Lizzie commented "She must have that Mikaelson flair. I need to meet your long-lost sissy. Might even be useful against Dahlia."
"Then how is she still alive? A question, as ridiculous as its possible solutions, given this family's annoying predilection for cheating death." Klaus scoffed.
"Don't ask me. As our in-house witches."Rebekah shrugged, looking at the twins.
Luke began "There are spells and potions that slow aging... but a thousand years? That's ancient-level magic."
"We've heard rumours about Dahlia being immortal, but you can't trust witch gossip. Half of it's fabricated and the other half gets you killed."
Klaus narrowed his eyes at his sister before he asked "Well, did you happen to ask, if by some similar miracle, our aunt Dahlia lives as well?"
Rebekah sighed, shrugging her shoulders " I barely had a chance to process..."
"Because on the list of obvious questions, it would be nice to know if the woman who placed a curse on the first-borns of this family is still breathing air."Klaus grumpled, pacing across the room.
Rebekah snapped angrily at her brothers "Well, let me just turn back time and do it again to your liking, then!"
"Enough! Both of you. If she is who she says, we'll find out soon enough. For now, it remains imperative that no one learns of the children existences. This has been our salvation thus far." Elijah's voice booms through the phone.
"Unless Jackson starts flapping his gums. Perhaps I should take preventative measures and separate him from his head?" Klaus smiled.
"Good idea."Lizzie agreed.
"Jackson will do nothing to jeopardize that wedding."Luke says, shaking his head.
"I don't trust him." Lizzie told him before she added "Don't say I didn't warn all of you. The second it will be more dangerous to all of us, he will try to take the babies from us. And he has a bad influence on Hayley."
"If that happens, we won't let him."Luke stated.
Rebekah gasped in happiness and confusion "Hayley's getting married to Jackson?!"
Luke smiled at her, and she sighs and pretends to pout again "Well, what in hell else did I miss?"
Later, Luke and Lizzie follow Rebekah, hearing her yelling for her brother "Nik! Nik! "
Klaus stormed out of the dining room over to Lizzie and Luke said while holding out his phone "That was Aiden. Finn has Marcel."
They walk into the study to continue their conversation.
"What? Why?" Rebekah asked.
" I don't know. Nor do I know where they are, what they're doing, or what specifically to do about it." Klaus sighed frantically.
Klaus lifted up a statue resting upon the mantel throwing it roughly into the wall before he said "This family makes me want to murder people."
Kol burst through the closed the door before he commented "I see my timing is as impeccable as usual."
Klaus scoffed in disbelief, shaking his head in shock " Well, the traitor just thinks he can waltz in here like he's welcome!"
Rebekah growled furiously as she lunges toward him"As gracious as your apology better be, you're still getting one hell of a slap!"
Kol backs away, holding up a hand in front of him and speaking quickly "Wait! Wait. I understand the irony of what I'm about to say, but I came here because I need your help."
Klaus laughed dramatically, while Rebekah only becomes more enraged as she said "Figure out how to do your wicked little body-swap, and then we can talk about help!"
Kol says "Look, you don't understand, Nik. Finn has locked me in this body-- no more jumping. He's put a curse on me, Nik. I am dying."
Klaus just raises his eyebrows in amusement, while Rebekah crosses her arms and rolls her eyes. Kol laughs bitterly, hurt but not surprised]
Kol says "You don't believe me."
Klaus stated "Well, you're hardly the champion of truth-telling."
Kol said sarcastically " Of course, why would a brother expect his siblings to leap to his aid?"
Klaus scoffed " Oh, spare me the pity party, Kol! Your recent actions merit a certain allowance for disbelief."
"Look, I know what I've done! But, I won't apologize for trying to pull one over on you, Bex. You deserved it! But I don't deserve to die! Certainly not at the hands of my own family!"Kol told his siblings.
Klaus yanks at Kol's arm and spins him so they're face-to-face and he asked unamused "What kind of con are you playing?"
Kol jerks out of his grip and reluctantly meets Klaus' gaze before he responding "The kind I hate the most...the truth."
Rebekah looks at Kol worriedly and walks toward Klaus before she spoke up "He's not lying. Even as a boy, Kol never lied once called out on the act. He may play dirty pool, but he's not lying."
Klaus sneers at him before turning away and pacing around the room. Kol walks toward him and revealed "Nik, I was helping Marcel for Davina. Finn has got him, he's trying to get a secret out of him, something he thinks Marcel knows about you."
Kol watches with interest as Lizzie, Luke, Klaus and Rebekah share worried and anxious looks, and he realizes that they're hiding something. When Kol makes eye contact with Klaus, Klaus gives him a look as though he's inviting him to question him.
Kol laughs bitterly "He's right, isn't he?"
Klaus said coldly " Marcel doesn't know anything about anything."
Kol informed "Well, if I were you, I'd hope that that's true, because believe me... Finn has the means to get it out of him."
Later, Lizzie was walking down the street of New Orleans when she noticed Marcel and vamp speed towards her.
"Stalking me, are we Baldy?"She asked with raised brows, an amuse tone laced her voice.
"I came to warn you. Finn sent me to get your blood."Marcel warned.
"Why would Finn want my blood?"Lizzie frowned.
"I assume he needs it for a locator spell... to find your children."Marcel said.
Lizzie is stunned and horrified and gapes at him for a moment before speaking "No. How does he know?"
"He put two and two together."Marcel informed, sighing deeply as he watched the heretic swallow roughly as she tried to cover her fear-stricken face.
"And where is he know?"Lizzie gritted out.
Marcel responded " I don't know. He said he'd tell me where to meet him later. But listen... I gotta give him something. He's killing one of my guys every hour until he gets it."
Lizzie thinks for a moment before she said "I'll figure something out. I need to call Nik."
Lizzie vamp sped off to the compound.
"They're safe! It'll take a hundred witches to break the cloaking spell."Rebekah tried to calm her brother and Kiara after the heretic had revealed that Finn was trying to find Hope and Theo.
"And the witch your brother has chosen to body-jump into is powerful as shit, Bex."Lizzie retorted as they sauntered down the stairs in a hurry.
"And if he has help... We're well and truly... fucked."Luke trailed off.
"They're right. Vincent is strong."Klaus agreed.
"Elijah and Faye won't let him get to him okay. But you both need to remain calm."Rebekah says.
Suddenly, Kol storms into the courtyard and said " Our brother doesn't do calm."
He throws a handful of powder into Rebekah, Luke and Lizzie's faces, which causes them to go limp and fall to the ground. When Klaus rushes toward him, he holds out a hand and casts a spell that makes Klaus begin coughing up blood onto the floor while Kol clutches the paragon diamond in his other hand.
"Oh, you're angry, are you? Well, join the party, I've been here a thousand years!"Kol said.
Klaus lunges for Kol, but Kol just hits him with another spell, and he falls to his knee as he continued "I was building that dagger to protect myself against you, Nik. I'm not the bad guy in this chapter of our family's story! I'm the wronged! I'm the dead, but never mourned, and whilst you got everything that you wanted. I got a family who didn't care if I lived or if I died!"
" Oh, shut up!"Klaus said furiously as he vamp-speeds toward Kol and grabs him in a choke-hold as he slams him against the wall before he screamed at him "WE'VE ALL SUFFERED! WE'VE ALL BEEN WRONGED!"
Kol gasped for air " Go on! Go on, finish it off! Go ahead, kill me!"
Klaus glares at Kol for a long moment before finally letting him go and dropping him to the floor. He takes a moment to calm himself before he speaks " I'm not going to kill you, you idiot! Despite your behavior, you're still my brother!"
Kol looks at him in confusion and surprise as he catches his breath "Yeah, just the one you dagger repeatedly."
Klaus stated " I've daggered all of you! Each for your own good! If you don't agree with my motives, fine. I never claimed to be the bastion of temperance! But stop this drivel about being singled out and unloved."
He walks toward Kol and kneels in front of him and added "You are a Mikaelson! You're my blood. And I need you. I need you by my side."
Kol said " What does it even mean, Nik? Hmm? You talk about family-- family this, family that. I haven't even earned the right to share your secrets, have I?"
Klaus told him, shaking his head " No. You haven't. But, by all means, brother-- prove yourself. It's not too late."
He holds his hand out to Kol to help him up, and after a moment, Kol takes it, and they both stand to their feet as he quietly says "Finn wants your blood. He promised to heal me if I delivered it."
Klaus asked "You know where he is?"
Kol said "You've gotta tell me why he wants it."
Klaus turns away, obviously unsure about this, but Kol stops him "Look, Nik, you've gotta trust me for once in your life, and I will stand by your side! I promise."
Klaus asked " You would risk your life to help me?"
Kol began "I know enough about dark magic to know that I'm hexed."
His voice breaks in fear and sadness, and they both start to tear up "There's no reversing what Finn's done to me, which makes him a murderer and a liar. And if I'm gonna die, I'll be damned if he gets what he wants."
Klaus swallows anxiously " Finn has been dead to me for a long time. Tonight, I intend to make that official. Help me, and then I will share my secret with you."
Kol considers this for a moment and said " He'll be in the bell tower of the St. Louis Cathedral."
He smiles sadly before grabbing Klaus' arms and putting his hands on either side of his head " Go inside my head. Find the spell. Let's finish this."
Klaus uses his vampire powers to dive into his memories, and Kol screams in pain.
Later, Klaus, Kol, Lizzie, Luke and Rebekah arrive at the bell tower, only to find that Finn isn't there. All that remains is the table where he worked his spell earlier, and where Freya seems to have done a locator spell of her own.
Klaus asked " Where is he? Is this a trick?"
Kol said nervously "He said he'd be here, I swear."
They all start wandering around the room and examining its contents for clues. Kol looks at the table covered in ash and ingredients of Finn's spell and revealed "This is the remnant of a spell. Ancient. It's impressive."
Klaus told him " Admire its artistry later. Tell me what he set in motion."
Rebekah has walked up a staircase to get a better vantage point, and points at something on the table and asked "Kol, what is that?"
When he looks closer, he finds a small, burnt piece of wood under a pile of ash, which he picks up and holds tightly in his hand. After a moment, he casts a spell "Sanguinatum planicium. Sanguinatum planicium."
Suddenly, the piece of wood becomes whole and unburnt, revealing that it's one of Freya's Norse rune tiles with what looks like a combination of the 'thurisaz' and 'gebo' alphabet runes.
Luke asked "Runic tiles. And what's it mean?"
Kol trailed off " It's a symbol... ...For 'baby.'"
Luke, Lizzie, Klaus and Rebekah give each other a significant look, which doesn't escape Kol's notice. Kol's eyes widen in alarm when he realizes what it means and said "That's it, isn't it? Your babies are still alive."
Luke realized "Finn tricked is into running about all day thinking he was looking for a way to find Olivia and Lucas..."
Lizzie finishes his sentence "When he knew where they were all along."
Klaus quickly reaches into his pocket to pull out his phone.
Klaus is pacing around as he hangs up his phone and updates the others.
Klaus said anxiously " Cami's not answering."
"Faye and Elijah will protect them."Lizzie said.
Klaus told him "Finn is channeling both our parents. He's too strong. We need to find a way to sever his link to them! How do we do that?"
Kol told them" I can't sever the link. But there is something we can try. It'll take power of our own. And a lot of it."
After that, they are outside the Lyonne tomb, where Finn has Esther and Mikael's neutralized bodies hidden for safe-keeping. Kol is lighting candles around the outside of the tomb.
Kol said "We can't get in without Finn's blood."
Lizzie said "Well, how do we disrupt Finn from channeling our parents in there if we can't even get through the bloody binding circle?"
Kol responded " We're not here to disrupt Finn's power, we're trying to overload it."
Rebekah asked incredulously "Are you daft? You want to make him stronger?"
Kol began "Look, a witch can only ever channel so much power. After that, things start to get ugly. I mean, they'll literally start to disintegrate from the inside. "
"He'll either have to release the power, or, well... let it kill him."Lizzie realized.
Rebekah stated " But, he won't be dead, he'll just body-jump."
Luke said " Yes, into a body three hundred miles away from the niece he's trying to 'nap."
Rebekah smiles proudly at Kol " In case you're wondering, this is the side of you I like."
Kol, looking touched by her words, stands up after he finishes arranging the candles and looks at her apologetically "Look, I'm going to get you back in your body, Bex... if it's the last thing I do. I promise."
Rebekah chuckled "Right now, just worry about how in blazes I'm going to be any use to you whatsoever when I know nothing about magic."
Luke told her "You don't need to know anything about magic... We're just going to have to channel you."
Klaus arrives with a duffle bag in his hand.
Kol asked "Did you get me what I asked for?"
Klaus carelessly drops the bag on the floor at Kol's feet.
Klaus said "Mystical artifacts and dark objects galore, from my own personal collection garnered over a thousand years."
Kol rifles through the bag, pulling out a long cord with a feather on the end, and revealing many more items, including the familiar enchanted shackles that prevent witches from doing magic and the Devil's Star and commented "I wondered where this had gone! Half this stuff is mine!"
Klaus stated " There's more."
He reaches into his jacket pockets, first pulling out the blade Finn used to neutralize Mikael and Esther by carving the symbol to channel them and throwing it on the bag. He then pulls out the indestructible white oak stake and holds it out for Kol to take.
Kol asked "You're going to trust me with this?"
"Whatever you need. Whatever it takes."Klaus says as he puts the stake in Kol's hand.
"Alright. Let's get started."Kol says nodding.
He lays the stake on the altar in front of the tomb, and places one hand on the door before holding holding hands with Rebekah, Lizzie and Luke . Rebekah places her free hand on the wall as well, holding their linked hands above the pile of dark objects to channel them.
The Parker siblings, Rebekah and Kol are in the middle of channeling the dark objects into the link with Mikael and Esther to overpower Finn while Klaus watches.
The Parker siblings, Rebekah and Kol chanted together "Los triforce comète. Los triforce comète."
After a moment, they're jerked backwards. Rebekah looks at Kol worriedly as his nose starts to bleed. He looks exhausted and sick.
Kol said "Oh, we're close! We just need something to put it over the top."
Klaus suggested "I am a vampire-werewolf hybrid with ten centuries of blood on my hands. Channel me."
Kol said shaking his head "No, Nik..."
Klaus squeezes Kol's arm affectionately and stares him intensely in the eyes before telling him "You wanted my trust, brother. Here it is."
He picks up the knife and places it in Kol's hand and tells him "Do not fail me."
Klaus kneels in front of Kol, and after Rebekah nods at him encouragingly, Kol takes up the knife and begins to carve the channeling symbol onto Klaus' forehead. Luke, Lizzie, Kol and Rebekah then gently lay Klaus down on the ground between them, next to the dark objects, and once again link hands so they can begin the spell "Los triforce comète. Los triforce comète."
They were still desperately casting the spell in hopes of forcing Finn's hand. Finn is overwhelmed by all the power and falls against the wall as he screams in pain. As they the power forces its way through the tomb, into Mikael and Esther's neutralized bodies, and then into Finn himself at the Mikaelson safehouse. Kol, Lizzie, Luke and Rebekah are overwhelmed by the power flowing through them and scream in pain as well.
They are then both thrown backwards onto the floor, while in the safe house, Finn crumples to his knees.
Rebekah stands up and rushes over to help Kol onto his feet. Once he's standing, she hugs him tightly and said "You're a genius! You glorious bastard!"
Kol told her, embracing her " Well, I'm a little surprised it worked, myself."
All of a sudden, Kol is overcome by a severe coughing fit, and backs away from her as he doubles over. Rebekah looks at him with worry and rubs his back comfortingly and asked "Kol?"
Kol continues to cough, and she pulls him up so she can look him in the eyes.
Rebekah said "Listen. I am not going to let you die. You hear me? Whatever it takes."
Kol smiles weakly at her and sways on his feet.
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