Klaus is scaling the rooftops of various buildings in the French Quarter when Elijah calls him from the Compound, with Hayley.
"Yes, Brother, what is it? " Klaus asked.
"It appears our wolves have gone astray, Brother. "
"They should have been back hours ago," Hayley interrupts the call.
"We need to find them. " Elijah announces.
"Well, that might be a bit tricky. You see, we've located their car on a back road in the middle of nowhere. I suspect they've been shanghai'd." Klaus dicloses.
"And you didn't feel the need to share this information? " Elijah rejoined.
"It was my intention to present you with a problem only after I had found an appropriate solution," Klaus casually replied.
"Do enlighten us," Elijah demands.
"I'm closing in on it as we speak. The only person who would be bold enough to snatch my wolf allies is the one who has the most to lose."
"Marcel," Elijah sighs.
"No, he'll kill them! " Hayley says fearfully.
"Genevieve assures me that Marcel has procured a cloaking spell. The only witch who will aid Marcel is Davina. I just need to get one last bit of leverage before I pay her a visit," Klaus replies from the rooftop, Klaus looks down below and watches as Josh carries a duffel bag to his car that is parked on the Street. Josh pops the trunk to his car to put away his stuff.
"And there it is," Klaus drawls, as he hangs up and jumps down behind Josh, which startles Josh.
"Hello, Joshua," As Klaus grabs Josh and bites him on the neck before Josh can react.
Klaus opens another crate to find that it contains at least six bombs, "Okay," he gestures around him, "Exercise extreme caution in this general area. Bit of a mess."
Elijah's cell phone rings. He sees Hayley is calling him, and he answers it
"Impeccable timing. "
"What's going on? " Hayley asks.
"Jackson is fine. He's...a little tied up right now. Can we call you back?" as Klaus sniggers at Elijah's joke, and flips open another crate. Inside are another handful of bombs, with a folded slip of paper on top. Klaus frowns, just as the red blinking light on the bomb turn green.
"Time to leave Klaus says vamping out of there."
COMPOUND.
Hayley is pacing around in the study when Elijah, Klaus, and Jackson, all looking very disheveled and covered in ash, return home.
Jackson groans, and turns to Elijah, "I got it. "
Hayley runs toward them, "Thank god you're alive!" and gives Jackson a hug, and looks at Elijah over his shoulder and whispers, "Thank you," Elijah nods at her and watches as Hayley and Jackson sit down to tend to his wounds.
"I'm fine, too, thanks for asking." Klaus grunted, completely being ignored by her.
"What about the stones?" Hayley asked instead.
Elijah sighs, "Scattered across the bed of the Mississippi, I'd imagine."
Klaus pours himself a drink, "Marcel's not a fool. He knows an empowered werewolf army would mean the end of vampires in New Orleans. The explosion is his way of saying he means to prevent that. For all the good it'll do him."
"Well, it did him pretty damn well, didn't it?" Hayley snaps at him, and looks at Elijah, who frowns.
"This is my fault. I'll find a way to fix it," Jackson says looking at Hayley.
Hayley rubs his shoulder affectionately, "No, Jack, you're hurt. No one's blaming you."
"I'm blaming you! Those stones will be hard to replace," Klaus says and looks at Elijah, "Fortunately, I always have a backup plan." Klaus smiles evilly.
Downstairs, Francesca walks into the compound with five other men, all of whom are wearing suits, and one of whom has brought a briefcase. Klaus, Elijah, Hayley, and Jackson go down to greet her.
"You can't seriously mean her! She's a gangster! " Hayley criticized.
"I see her more as a means of procuring rare items at short notice," He replies to Hayley, then to Francesca and her entourage,
"Greetings, Ms. Correa! I see you've brought company."
"These are my Brothers. I always include them in delicate business matters," She says to Klaus, then to her Brothers,
"Fellas, meet Mr. Mikaelson."
Klaus smiles falsely, "Please, call me Klaus. All my friends do."
"I don't know if I'd call us friends." Francesca replies, as she reaches into the briefcase her Brother is holding, and pulls out a small black drawstring bag, "But, if you and Marcel are planning on having a little throwdown, I'd prefer my Family to be on the same side as the inevitable victor."
"Then, you have what I asked for?" Klaus states.
Francesca holds out the bag, "Not enough for an army, at such short notice, but it's a start."
Elijah joins the conversation, "Strange, I wasn't aware that she was familiar with our plan."
"My price for doing business is full disclosure. Your Brother complied."
"And what does the Human Faction stand to benefit from all of this?" Elijah questions.
"I only want us to solidify our allegiance to the ruling class. It's good for business."
Klaus is examining the stones, "If only everyone shared your capacity for reason."
"Sadly, they don't. Marcel is being especially vindictive. I'm worried he might come after me, or my Family, just for meeting with you," Francesca takes a deep breath, "It might be in our best interests if we combine our efforts."
"So be it! The more bodies we have to defend the compound, the better. Let's get started, shall we?" Klaus proposes.
Upstairs, Hayley is patching Jackson up, Hayley finishes bandaging him up and smiles, "There."
Jackson stands up and puts on his shirt, "Thank you."
"Don't thank me, it was Elijah who vamped your ass to safety," Hayley replies.
"Yeah, well, he really seems to care about you."
"It's...complicated. " Hayley answers brushing him off.
" I think that's the understatement of the Year," Hayley just looks at him her face impassive, "Look, I gotta go get back to the bayou before the moon rises."
"Jackson, this will be the last time. After tonight, you'll never have to turn again. No more pain, no more hiding in the bayou. I promise."
"You know, Klaus isn't doing this out of the kindness of his heart. He's doing it for you. Hayley, you're the one who's going to change everything for us." Jackson replies, nodding and leaving.
In another room, Genevieve has everything arranged to start the moonlight ring spell.
Klaus walks into the room, "I trust you're ready?"
Genevieve sighs, "The last ingredient is personal. As the spell is designed to control transformation, I need the blood of a werewolf who doesn't turn on a Full Moon. My first thought was Hayley, because of the pregnancy-- "
"Out of the question. I'd just as soon limit the Mother of my unborn Child to the side-effects of your witchery. I am half-wolf, I control my form--use my blood," and Klaus holds his hand out to her, but when she grabs a knife to use to cut his palm, he grabs her roughly by the arm, "If you fail to hold up your end of the deal, the consequences for you will be apocalyptic."
Genevieve nervous, "You say the most romantic things," Genevieve takes his hand and uses her knife to cut his palm. She drips the blood over the stones and it hisses as she begins the spell.
Genevieve continues to cast the moonlight ring spell in the Mikaelson compound, while Klaus, Hayley, and Elijah watch carefully, she holds her hands out and chants,
"Tua virtuse. Materi lunare tua virtuse. Materi lunare tua virtuse."
Francesca rushes in, "My people say Marcel is on the move, and he's bringing friends. "
Klaus says to Elijah, "Get Hayley to safety," and rushes away.
Elijah walks over to Hayley and grabs her arm, "Come with me."
"No. Someone needs to watch her." Hayley says, gesturing to Genevieve.
Francesca says to Elijah, "You should help Klaus. My Brothers and their security detail won't be much against a vampire army. I'll stay with Hayley.'
Hayley nods, "Go, Elijah."
One of the security guards makes his way into the room where Genevieve is casting the spell, in order to get Francesca out of there
Francesca holds up a hand, "Not yet."
"Ms. Correa, we need to go. Your Brothers are already headed out the back." Her Security guard says to her.
"Materi lunare tua virtuse. Materi lunare tua virtuse.' Genevieve chants, "Materi lunare tua virtuse. Materi lunare tua virtuse," She stops chanting and picks up a stone to examine it.
Genevieve impressed, "The stones are finished. I've done my part. Now, it's up to you."
Hayley goes to grab the stones, "I'll get them to the bayou."
Francesca rushes over to Genevieve and holds out her hand, "Actually, she was talking to me."
"What the hell is this?" Hayley barks as Genevieve places the stone in Francesca's hand.
"Call it a side deal. The point is, I'm taking the stones." Francesca sneers as she walks away.
Hayley follows her, "Are you out of your mind? You think the humans can go up against Klaus? "
"No, I don't. But, I'm not human," As she pulls out a knife, and uses it to slit the throat of her bodyguard. When the bodyguard dies, she doubles over in pain. She looks back up at Hayley with gold eyes and fangs, revealing that she had just triggered her werewolf curse, "I'm like you, Hayley. And now, I'm gonna take back my Town!" Hayley lunges for Francesca.
"Like hell you are!" Hayley shouts, but before she can do anything, Genevieve uses a spell to knock Hayley out, and she falls on the floor. Genevieve gives Francesca the rest of the stones. Genevieve looks nervous and guilty.
Rousseau's
Klaus wanders into the restaurant and stumbles into a custodian mopping the floor, "I'm sorry, mate, but I'm a bit famished." Klaus bites into his neck and feeds on the man. He holds out his hand, which is still bleeding. Genevieve comes in and laughs.
"You look awful.'
Klaus looks at her, "Why aren't I healing? What have you done to me?"
Genevieve approaches him. 'Well, you're the one who wanted me to cast the spell. So, I made your stones...by linking their power to your blood. And now, each Full Moon, whenever a werewolf uses their power to keep from turning, they'll be drawing from your strength! And, causing you pain."
Klaus groaning in pain, "After all I offered you, you will betray me?"
Generive kneels in front of him and grabs his face, "Look me in the eyes, Nik. Were you ever planning to give me your Mother's grimoire? Did you care about me, even for a moment?"
Klaus glares at her, "I suppose you'll never know."
Generive stands up to leave, "Francesca kept her end of the deal. There is, after all, honor among thieves, even if they are werewolves. And as for you? The great irony is, in wanting to take the City, you lost everything." Klaus pulls himself to his feet, "Your Sister Rebekah, your Adopted Son Marcel, and now, even your Child and her Mother will suffer, all because of your greed." Klaus lunges at her, but collapses at her feet.
" I will kIll you." Klaus spits at her.
"As weak as you are? Doubtful," She throws out a hand and uses a pain infliction spell on him until he passes out.
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH.
A group of witches, accompanied by Genevieve, drag a struggling Hayley by her arms into the Church, toward the sacristy. Monique and another witch wait for them in the pews. Hayley screams in fright in hopes that someone will hear her.
Genevieve says to the witches restraining her, "Get her down on the floor! "
"We should take her to the City of the Dead," Monique says.
"We won't make it, the baby is coming now." Genevieve replies.
Hayley is terrified, and struggling against their hold, "No! It's too soon! Ahhhhhh!" She screams in pain as her contraction hits her.
"Apparently not." Genevieve replies to her, and Monique grabs Genevieve by the arm,
"The plan was to induce her when the sacrifice was ready!"
"I had to subdue her, and the trauma caused a placental abruption. So, the baby is coming, and we'll just have to adapt." Generive informs Monique.
Hayley fights against the witches holding her down, "AHHH! LET ME GO! " She screams.
"You need to be calm, Hayley," Genevieve tells her.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Hayley sobs.
"To be reborn, you must sacrifice," Monique says monotonously.
Hayley pushes Monique's hand away, "What does that mean, you psychotic little BITCH?"
"The Ancestors demand an offering in exchange for power." Generive says.
"You and your Child will be a fine offering," Monique taunted.
"No! NO! You will not take my baby, I will kill ALL OF YOU!" Hayley screams at them.
"No, you won't! And neither will Klaus, or Elijah! When your baby is born, you will offer her up to those who came before us." Monique replies back harshly, Hayley cries and shakes her head no, as she continues to struggle against the witches' restraints.
"I'm sorry, Hayley, but this is the way it had to be." Generive says guiltily.
"No! NO! NO! AAH! AAH!" Hayley screams at the top of her lungs, Outside, Klaus weakly stumbles down the street as he hears Hayley's horrified screams. Fully enraged, he screams at the top of his lungs, in unison with her, knowing they are hurting her and their baby Girl.
FLASHBACK - The Baby's Bedroom.
Some time before the events of, The Battle of New Orleans,
Hayley sits in a rocking chair in the baby's room, where she is writing a letter. Klaus enters the room and leans in the doorway,
"Writing a love letter to one of your many suitors? So, who's the lucky recipient, then?" He smiles at her, "Jackson? Or, Elijah?" Hayley rolls her eyes at him, "Don't tell me it's me?" they both laugh, "I thought I was out of the running ages ago!"
Hayley laughs, "And the award for "Biggest Ego" goes to..."gestures toward Klaus, who continues to laugh, and she groans when the baby starts to kick, "Oh!"
Klaus walks toward Hayley, "How is our littlest wolf?"
"Do you want to...?" and rubs her baby bump, Klaus steps back, looking nervous, and Hayley gives him a look,
"Come on!" gesturing to her belly, Klaus reaches out and touches Hayley's belly, and he's startled when he feels the baby kick,
Hayley laughs, "You feel that?" they both laugh in amazement,
Klaus, suddenly feels awkward and stands up, "Right! I'll leave you to your secret letter, then!" And Klaus rushes off, and Hayley smiles as she thinks about Klaus and the baby.
Hayley whispers out loud, "Dear Zoe...or Kaitlyn...or Angela. To my little girl. Your Dad just asked if this was a love letter. I guess it kind of is. I never got to know my Mother. I have no idea what she must have thought when she carried me."
Hayley screams at Genevieve and Monique in the present, as she is in labor,
To Genevieve, "AHHHH! Let go of me, you bitch!"
FLASHBACK... "So, I thought I'd write to you, so you can know how happy I am at this very moment. How much your Father and I can't wait to meet you..."
In the present, Klaus limps into the Church, and finds the witches with Hayley. Hayley is shocked and relieved to see him. Klaus lunges toward a witch guard and rips his head off. Abigail and Genevieve link hands and telekinetically pin Klaus to the wall,
FLASHBACK... "And, I want to make you a promise, of three things that you will have that I never did, a safe Home, someone to tell you that they love you every single day, and someone to fight for you, no matter what."
In the present, Klaus fights against the spell pinning him to the wall, but he cannot get free. Monique and Abigail anchor the spell and go back to helping Hayley,
"AHHH!" Klaus and Hayley scream.
FLASHBACK..." In other words, a Family. So, there you go, baby girl. The rest, we're going to have to figure out together. I love you. Your Mom. "
Klaus and Hayley watch fearfully as Genevieve grabs the Ceremonial athame dagger that was used for the Harvest. Hayley continues to scream in agony and terror.
Genevieve says looking at Hayley and Klaus, "You should know this brings me no joy. I promise I'll make it quick," One of the witches covers Hayley's lower half with a sheet, Genevieve says Let's begin, shall we?"
Hayley screams in agony.
Klaus shouts, "I will bring hell to your Family! " As he watches Hayley, writhing in pain, his heart constricting at the sight of her in agony held down by these bloody witches.
"One last push! Push! The baby's almost here!" Generive looks up to Hayley.
"I will bathe in rivers of your blood!" Klaus shouts at them.
"No! No! " Hayley screams.
"I can see the baby!" Monique says.
"Push! Gently! Gently!" Generive tells Hayley.
"You will die screaming!" Klaus shouts and yells at the witches, and watches as Hayley falls backwards just as the baby is born.
"There!" Genevieve says her hands holding the baby, Both Klaus and Hayley stop screaming once they see their baby. One of the witches helps cut the umbilical cord, and Genevieve wraps the baby in a blanket.
"You have a beautiful baby daughter." Genevieve announces to a shocked, Hayley and Klaus.
"We must start the sacrifice as soon as the Moon sets with the morning sky - "
"There is another head," Monique gasps, and Genevieve puts the baby girl in Monique arms as Hayley starts screaming again, Klaus looks on in shock.
Generive coaxes Hayley through her next Birth, and Genevie looks down at the delivered baby.
"You both have a Son," Genevieve announces herself shocked.
"Please. Please, can I hold them?" Hayley asks, Genevieve, takes the baby girl from Monique in her other arm, and brings the babies over to Hayley putting one in each arm so she can hold them. Hayley is amazed by the sight of her Daughter and Son, She looks up at Klaus and manages a small smile, Klaus is completely overwhelmed at the sight of their Two babies, watching as Hayley kisses their Daughter and Son on their foreheads. Suddenly, Monique grabs Hayley by the hair, pulls her head back, and slits her throat with the knife. Hayley gasps, blood pouring from her slit throat.
"NOOOOOO!" Klaus Screams as Hayley falls backward, and the witches grab the babies before leaving the Church.
"AGHHHHHHHH!" Klaus Screams, As the witches leave, Monique twists her wrist, which causes Klaus to fall to the floor, weakened. He looks up at Hayley's dead body above him in horror.
Some time later, Elijah bursts into the Church.
"HAYLEY!" Elijah shouts, He stops dead in his tracks, panting and out of breath as a result of the werewolf bites, and struggles to focus his vision. Eventually, he sees that Klaus is sitting at the sacristy, with Hayley's head resting in his lap. Klaus is in tears his body bowed over her. Elijah approaches them.
"No. No, no. No..." He falls to his knees next to Hayley and realizes that she's dead.
Klaus, numb, his voice hollow, "She's gone, You've been bitten. Here." Klaus says as he bites into his wrist and offers it to Elijah as though by reflex. Elijah is stunned.
Klaus lays Hayley's body back onto the table at the sacristy and kisses her white lips, while Elijah sits nearby.
Elijah asks distraught, "How?"
Klaus looks at him his eyes fathomless and dark, "I was bested." Klaus says crushed.
Elijah becomes furious, "You were bested. Huh," and walks toward Klaus, "You were BESTED?" Klaus looks at him in shock, "My invincible Brother," Klaus pulls himself weakly to his feet and looks Elijah in the eyes.
"We had twins, Hayley and I, a Daughter and a Son," Elijah steps back in shock, "They have taken my babies but we can catch them," Elijah nodded his head and followed Niklaus from the Church. Klaus and Elijah rush around the Cemetery, trying to figure out where the witches are keeping the babies.
Elijah, frantic, "The tombs are empty, the grounds are deserted, the babies are NOT HERE!"
"This is the only place they can be! We'll keep searching." Klaus says determined,
"They are NOT HERE, Niklaus! We're wasting time!" Elijah shouted.
"The Harvest was here! The Reaping was here! They're about to perform a ritual which will feed their Ancestors for Centuries! Ancestors who are buried HERE!" Klaus stops talking when he notices an angel statue on top of one of the tombs. Klaus sighs in frustration, "This statue, we've passed by this three times, all whilst going in the same direction."
Klaus and Elijah brainstorm silently as they examine the various tombs near them.
"They've fabricated some kind of illusion." Elijah concluded. Klaus vamp sped to the top of the tomb with the angel statue and tries to get a better view of the cemetery. When he looks out, there seem to be an infinite number of tombs, stretching out to make the cemetery appear to be endless.
"That's one word for it," Klaus snaps.
Klaus and Elijah are still walking through the maze illusion in the Cemetery, using a stone like a piece of chalk in order to mark the tombs that they pass.
Klaus sighs, "It's ingenious. I can see them, I can feel them, and yet, they are not real."
Elijah still distraught as he runs his hands through his hair, "There has to be a way. Even if we could just push through - "
"What we need to do is focus." Klaus says calmly, even though on the inside he felt like a fist had a grip on his vital organs.
"My only focus right now is that of those Children and their safety, do you understand me?" He said furiously to his Brother, "This - all of this - this is the World that you created, Niklaus."
"Brother - " Klaus started.
"All of your scheming, the enemies that you have made every single day of your miserable life - what results did you expect? That your Child your Children, would be born into a happy life? That the Mother would be alive to know her Daughter and Son? That we could live and thrive as some - as some sort of Family? "
"These are my Children, MY CHILDREN HAVE LOST THEIR MOTHER, I WILL FIND THEM, EITHER CALM DOWN OR LEAVE YOU ARE NOT HELPING," Klaus screamed at Elijah.
"This was our Family's hope." Elijah says softly, knowing he has stepped over a line with his Brother.
"You can tell your Niece and Nephew how they are the hope of this Family," Klaus said putting his hand on his Brothers shoulder.
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH.
Hayley's body is still laying on the table at the sacristy, where Klaus left her. Her neck looks as though it has healed. Suddenly, she awakens with a gasp and grabs her throat. As she sits up, she's overwhelmed with flashbacks of being in labor, the babies being born, Klaus being pinned to the wall, and Monique slitting her throat. She realizes the babies are still alive, she can feel and sense them, but have been taken by the witches, and calms herself before leaving to find them.
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY - Altar.
Genevieve walks down between rows of tombs, to the front steps of a large tomb, which serves as their altar. Lit torches line the aisle. She lays the athame onto the altar. Abigail and Monique follow her as they carry the babies in the basket. They each take their places - Genevieve is at the altar, facing the aisle, while Monique and Abigail stand on her left and ride side, respectively. On the altar is a circle made of salt, with designs made within it's lines,
"It's time." Generative announces.
Genevieve lifts the Girl baby into the air, while Abigail and Monique hold up their hands toward the baby and begin their spell, Genevieve, Abigail & Monique, chant in unison,
"Nouvel vie, nouvel ame, me lange avec nous."
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY - Tombs.
Klaus and Elijah are breaking their way through the illusion by destroying the tombs. When they reach a room full of candles, they stop and catch their breath,
Elijah sighs, "We've passed through here twice already. We're running out of time." He punches through a wall in anger and frustration.
"Then we move faster." Klaus responds as He marks the wall with a third tally mark.
Hayley calls out from behind them, "Or smarter," Klaus and Elijah freeze when they hear her voice, and turn to see the source of the sound. Hayley stands in the doorway, dazed and exhausted looking.
"Hayley," Klaus and Elijah are shocked to see her.
Klaus vamps to her and touches her face, "How are you little wolf?" How are you here?" Elijah stays back watching.
"I woke up in the Church. I felt this hunger... I knew what I needed. I can feel them. They are both here. I can feel my babies," Klaus realises what has happened, Elijah looks confused,
"You died with the babies blood still in your system." He turns to Elijah, "She's in transition."
"Which means she has to drink the blood of the first born Child or Children if she is to survive." Elijah says horrified.
"To be reborn a hybrid." Klaus said shocked.
"I don't care about me. I'm gonna go find our Daughter and Son." Hayley declares her eyes determined as she looks at Klaus who nods in agreement, and Hayley turns and leaves, and Klaus and Elijah rush after her.
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY - Altar
Hayley leads Klaus and Elijah through the maze of tombs in the Cemetery's illusion toward her and Klaus's Daughter and Son.
Meanwhile, Genevieve, Monique, and Abigail continue their spell around the first born baby,
Genevieve, Abigail & Monique, chant in unison,
"Nouvel vie, nouvel ame, me longe avec nous." Genevieve holds the athame above the baby, preparing to complete the sacrifice.
Hayley, Klaus, and Elijah are still searching through the Cemetery for the babies. Genevieve is about to sacrifice the girl baby. Genevieve, Abigail & Monique chanting in unison,
"Nouvel vie, nouvel ame, me longe avec nous," Hayley, Klaus and Elijah turn a corner and see Genevieve holding a knife above one the babies head.
"NOOO!" Hayley screams,
Elijah picks up an urn and lobs it at the witches, which slams against Genevieve's hand and knocks the athame onto the ground. The three run toward them, so Monique and Abigail hold each other's hands and channel the Ancestors' power to throw them backwards while Genevieve goes to find the athame.
"La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur... La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur..." Abigail chants.
"You fools! To come against us in our place of power, in our strongest hour. You don't face three, you face us all." Monique shouts, As they continue to use magic against them, Elijah and Klaus can see that Hundreds and Hundreds of the dead witches have come together to protect them as they complete their sacrifice.
Hayley, Klaus, and Elijah are still fighting against the witches' magic. Klaus and Hayley each run in opposite directions, while Elijah continues to rush straight towards them, in hopes of overpowering them. Hayley finds Genevieve picking up the athame, and starts to fist fight her to keep her from using it against the baby. She once again knocks the knife out of her hand and into the ground.
Klaus gets cornered by the spirits of Papa Tunde's twin Sons, who telekinetically throw Klaus into a tomb, shattering it.
Hayley knocks Genevieve down and runs toward the baby, but Genevieve casts a pain infliction spell on Hayley, which makes her fall onto her knees. Meanwhile, Monique and Abigail are still using their powers combined powers to channel the full strength of the Ancestors,
Elijah fights to get close enough to them to get the baby on the Altar and the other baby in the basket on the ground.. Klaus pulls himself out of the tomb and angrily rushes toward the action.
"La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur... La mère, le père, le frère, la sœur..." Monique and Abigail chant.
Klaus sees a wrought iron fence, and breaks off one of the spikes. He throws it forcefully toward Abigail, which impales her through the stomach and kills her, breaking the connection that she and Monique had to the Ancestors, Monique quickly runs to grab the athame to finish the sacrifice herself. Klaus and Elijah vamp speed toward her, but she uses her magic to block them using a wall of fire.
"Noooo!" Hayley screams as Genevieve continues the pain infliction spell to prevent her interference.
Just as Monique is about to sacrifice the baby, she's hit with the Devil's Star, which embeds itself in her stomach. Her body becomes covered in cuts, and she coughs up blood before falling to the ground. Klaus and Elijah turn around to see that Marcel was the one who saved the baby on the Altar and the baby in the basket. Before they can say anything, Marcel vamp speeds away with them, Klaus follows after him.
Klaus kneels down in front of him, "You saved my Children's lives, Marcel. For that, you deserve this," He holds out his wrist, and Marcel bites into it and drinks his blood, "We will take down whoever brought this upon us, I swear it." Marcel looks up at Klaus in shock, finally healing. Klaus looks at his Daughter and Son in awe and relief, nestled in Marcel's arms.
"May I?" Klaus asks holding his arms to receive both babies, Marcel transfers one then the other to their Father.
"Shhhh. Oh! Hey! Hey there," Klaus gazes over his babies, and looks over at Marcel, and he smiles from joy. They laugh. Behind them, hiding in the shadows, Mikael is watching them and holding the indestructible white oak stake.
Klaus is holding the two swaddled babies in each arm as he stands, and carries the babies into the nursery. He lays them both down in the crib and watches them with interest. Mikael climbs up the stairs with the stake. Mikael is about to walk in the nursery when he freezes, blocked by an invisible barrier. Behind him, Davina appears. When Klaus walks out of the nursery and into the hallway to investigate, Mikael and Davina are gone.
Klaus and Elijah sit in Hayley's room, while Hayley sits with the babies in the rocking chair in the nursery, located right off of her bedroom.
"We should have felt our Mother's hand in this. We should have known she would not be bound by anything as obvious as death. And now, she has control of the witches. They will never stop," Klaus snarled.
"No," Elijah agreed.
"Nor would I expect the Guerrera wolves to back down. Hayley and the Children are wolf royalty, and as such, they are a threat to Francesca's claim to the leadership." Hayley listens to them talk from the other room. "They will never be safe." Klaus pauses, "What was it you said to me earlier? That I have made enemies every day of my miserable life? Well, the worst of them are within these borders, Brother." Elijah sighs in frustration, "I have brought into the World weapons they can use against me." Klaus acknowledges.
"Then we will arm ourselves! Brother, we have fought every adversary in this Town, and we have won. And we'll fight them again, no matter who they are! We will make this home a fortress." Klaus lowers his voice, "I will not have their lives her and his life's as prisoners."
"Then we leave here, together. All of us." Elijah said.
"Wherever we go, however far we run, those who seek power and revenge will hunt us! They will hunt her and him. they have inherited all of our enemies with none of our defenses." Klaus remonstrates.
"So, whether we stay, or we leave - we condemn those Two Children."
Hayley stands in the doorway, holding the babies in her arms, Looking at Klaus, "There's a third option. I grew up in a warzone. My Parents thought they could protect me. But, in the end, they were slaughtered, and I spent my childhood alone and unloved." She looks down at her Daughter and Son and smiles at Her and Him, while trying to hold back tears, "I made a promise, to my baby, now babies, and to myself, that she, and he would not grow up like I did. That She and He would grow up safe, and loved. And yet, here she is and he is, on their first day in this World, with a Grandmother who is bent on sacrificing them," starts to stutter as she cries, "And a Mother, who has to drink the blood of her own babies to survive transitioning into a hybrid. And I'm the one who loves them the most." Klaus and Elijah just look at her, saddened.
"I think the only thing to do is... send them away, while we stay behind and clean up the mess that we've made." Hayley finishes.
"No! This is insane. You heard Genevieve - so long as they live, those babies will be hunted." Elijah warned.
Klaus stands up and joins Hayley and the babies, "Not if no one knows she lives and none but us know of our Son." Klaus says looking at Hayley, and she looks back at him with tears in her eyes.
Elijah confused, "What is it you intend to do, Brother?"
"Whatever it takes to save our Family," Klaus announces.
THE FRENCH QUARTER.
On the Main Street, Francesca is holding a press conference to cover up the events of the previous day or so. The Street is packed with reporters and Townspeople, as well as Oliver. Francesca notices Marcel walking among the crowd, and sends a signal to Oliver to follow him while she continues to speak.
Cami approaches the memorial wall on Rue Dumaine, where a crowd of people have gathered to pay their respects to all of the citizens who died in the, (covered up) Battle of New Orleans. People cry around her as Cami scans the photos and notes stuck to the wall. She sees a framed sign that reads "In Memoriam Baby Mikaelson" on the wall, and gasps.
Klaus is standing on the balcony over the courtyard, mournfully staring down below, when Cami rushes into the compound.
"Klaus? The baby? "
"She died. A few hours after the Guerrera attack," He told her.
Cami gasps and covers her mouth before starting to cry, "This is...This is all my fault!"
"I can assure you it is not." Klaus says coldly.
"No! If I hadn't hesitated, I could have uncovered Francesca's plot in time to stop it!"
"And how would you have stopped the coven of witches in league with her?" Klaus, turns to face her, from the balcony, Camille I appreciate you being here, but we cannot be friends."
Cami says confused, "What? "
Klaus, "You had me pegged from the start. A Man, damaged by his demons. And those demons are not dormant," Klaus stares at her, "Go," He orders.
On the other side of the courtyard, Elijah watches Cami leave from the balcony, where Klaus joins him.
"Did Marcel play his part?" Elijah asks.
"He managed to locate a stillborn baby in a hospital in upstate Louisiana." Klaus tells him.
"I trust he agreed to the terms."
"He has agreed to allow me to compel him to forget what he knows of my Children. In exchange, he wants vials of my blood."
"The witches will have to believe this. Soon, that fourth Harvest Girl will resurrect. The coven will rebuild. If they sense that your Children live, they will hunt them."
"The witches will buy what we sell. We just have to sell it properly." Klaus predicted.
The two stand in silence for a long moment.
"Well, then, all that remains is to say goodbye." Elijah says sorrowfully.
Klaus was sitting next to Hayley on the sofa holding their Son as their Daughter was in a stroller, and Hayley bent over rubbing her tummy, "I have told Rebekah she will need two of everything, and Marcel has gotten the extra car seat needed to take the Children to Rebekah." Klaus said to her as he looked down at his boy.
"Did you ever hear his heartbeat?" Hayley asked Klaus looking at Father and Son.
"No, I listened to our Daughters often, I never heard the second heartbeat, did it feel like two babies were there inside you?" He looked at her.
"No, I never saw more than two hands or feet at a time, and I was uncomfortable most of the time anyway, I wouldn't have known, if I'd gone for an ultrasound maybe we would have seen our little boy." Hayley said smiling leaning on Klaus, to look into their Son's little face.
"They need names, little wolf," Klaus said softly.
"Henrik Mikaelson," Hayley replied softly looking at their Son, and Klaus looked at her, their faces inches apart, and he smiled,
"Henrik Mikaelson," He repeated softly, and watched as Hayley turned to their Daughter and cooed at her,
"Zoe? Caitlin? Katherine?"
"God, no." Klaus chuckled looking at their Daughter.
"I never knew I could love so much. It honestly feels... awful. Like it might kill me." Hayley whispered.
"It nearly did. I'm sorry the beginning of their lives was so violent." Klaus said sorrowfully.
"It's not your fault, Klaus. I know that you fought for us." Hayley whispered, looking at him, and giving him a small smile.
"You know, when Elijah thought the Children lost to us and you gone, he said we'd lost our Family's only hope. " Klaus communicated, Hayley smiled and looked towards their Daughter,
"Hope." Hope Mikaelson." Hayley tried the name out with a smile.
"Hope Andrea Mikaelson." Klaus said with a wide dimpled smile.
"Shouldn't we give Henrik a middle name?" Hayley asked frowning, and looked at Klaus.
"No, Henrik is perfect, our Daughter deserves her Mother's birth name." Klaus said to her, and Hayley smiled kissing Hope then Henrik.
"I can't draw blood on my own Children." Hayley admitted to him.
"Nor I, I have asked Elijah to do it, I confess I cannot even be there when it is done, I will want to pull Elijah"s heart, if they cry." Klaus said seriously, Hayley looked at Klaus, really looked at him since coming to New Orleans,
"You are a softie Klaus Mikaelson." And Klaus grinned at her.
"Tell no one little wolf, this is our secret." And Hayley laughed at him, taking Hope from her pram and cradling her in her arms as she leaned into Klaus as they held their babies.
In the nursery, Hayley packed up the babies bags, doubling everything although she knew, Rebekah will have every requirement her babies will need. Elijah helped her lift the baby Hope out of her cradle and into her arms. Hayley looked away as Elijah gently sticks the baby's finger with a pin to release a large drop of blood. Reluctantly, Hayley kisses the blood off of her finger then Elijah puts Hope back in the cot, and lifts Henrik out and repeats the process, to complete Hayley's transition.
A crowd of people gather for a candlelight vigil for the deceased community members.
Elijah and Hayley arrive to set a bouquet of flowers by Baby Mikaelson's spot on the memorial wall.
"They will be watching us. All of them. The three of us leaving together will draw too much attention. I will go alone. Take your mourning public when I am gone." Klaus tells Hayley and Elijah.
"I don't imagine that will be too difficult. Grief, after all, is grief." Elijah voices.
Francesca watches as Hayley approaches the memorial. She breaks down in tears and blows a kiss to the plaque that announces the baby's "death." Elijah holds out a hand, Hayley takes it.
On a Country road, Klaus sits on the hood of his SUV, holding his swaddled Daughter and Son, as he waits for the person who is taking in the babies for them.
"In what World will they be safe without their Father? Who can protect them better than we?" Elijah had questioned.
"There is one person." Klaus admits.
A car pulls up to Klaus, and Rebekah gets out. When she sees her Brother and her newborn Niece, and Nephew she smiles. Klaus smiles back.
"Hello, Sister." Rebekah gently touches the first baby then the second, and stares in wonder.
"Oh, she looks like her Mother," And she smiles, "Maybe there is a God after all, Your Son however looks like you Nik."
Klaus laughs, "Well, she has a hint of the devil in her eyes. That's all me. As does my Son, you need a witch you can trust to cast a cloaking spell," Klaus tells her.
"I'll get one."
"No one can ever find them." Klaus demands.
"I know what to do, Nik," They both look at the babies, "Perhaps we'll get a House with a white fence. I think that would be lovely." Klaus holds up the babies high in his arms to get a last look at them both before they leave with Rebekah.
Klaus whispers to the babies, "This City would have seen you dead. But, I will have it your Home. And every soul who wishes to harm you both will be struck down, just as sure as my blood runs in both your veins." Rebekah looks on, "You will return to me." Klaus kisses his Daughter and then his Son on their foreheads and their cheeks before handing them to his Sister. Then, he gives Rebekah and the babies the tiny wooden knight that he carved for Rebekah a 1,000 Years ago, "I will send a second knight so they both have one." Which causes Rebekah to grab his hand and start to cry.
"In spite of our differences, Rebekah, there is no one I would trust more with my Daughter's and Son's lives." Klaus hugs Rebekah and kisses her on the cheek. "Be happy, Sister."
Rebekah smiles, "They will be happy, Nik. I promise." They smile at each other, "What are their names?"
Klaus pauses for a moment, "Hope and Henrik," Klaus starts to silently cry, as Rebekah turns to leave, tears in her eyes, to put the babies in her car, as Klaus watches them.
A/N
WE ARE GOING TO RIP THROUGH THE EPISODES OF ALL FIVE SEASONS OF THE ORIGINALS,
I WILL ONLY KEEP IN THE PERTINENT PARTS AND CUT THE REST, YOU WILL HAVE 5/ 6 EPISODES PER CHAPTER SO WE GET TO HAYLEY AND KLAUS'S DEATH AND BACK TO THE PRESENT TIME IN THE PROLOGUE.