You could let everybody else go. Include me exclusively. Maybe as payback for turning sad high school students, or anything my uncle Peter has done. What's the quote? I volunteer as tribute?
("Dated Hunger Games reference aside, I like him," Josh whispers. )
[Hayley gives him a small look at that, because yeah, she likes him too. But she also doesn't like this plan. Still, she keeps her mouth shut, just picturing the way she's going to kill this woman in her mind.
But Monroe shakes her head. "That's not the plan, Derek. As much as you've been hanging out here, you're not someone who's going to mean something to them. And I'm here to make a statement."
But don't worry. She'll find something for him soon enough.
She pushes up and turns back to the guard with the security cameras.
"How are we doing?"
"Squad Three just arrived at the cemetery and are getting into position. We don't have eyes on the bayou, but according to the comms things are getting underway."]
Squad three's about to get their asses kicked. And, sorry to say that the bayou will end in bloodshed.
( It's a little too Klaus for him to put it like that, but doesn't everyone have a little Klaus Mikaelson in them. )
For every witch or innocent werewolf you try to go after, there are four that won't miss. You could call it off. I know your boys would be better off. They may even thank you for saving their lives. After losing all respect.
He's right. The witches of New Orleans aren't your usual hippie, one with nature witches. We have no problems getting our hands bloody when someone threatens us.
[Monroe turns, raising an eyebrow as she steps closer. "You know, you're not exactly making your case that you're worth being spared."
Davina raises an eyebrow.]
You intend to kill innocent humans just because they dare to work with us. Your moral code isn't exactly rock solid yourself.
And, not to add fuel to anyone's fire. But, nobody here seems concerned with being spared. Comes with the 'you kidnapping them,' territory. And, for the record, I'm Florence. I'm on nobody's side here.
( Sorry, famous Hale. And, truthfully, Davina dies, there's more magic to grasp. Plus, she's innocent in all of this, really. She only double crossed Monroe the one time. And she wasn't supposed to know. Does that count? )
[Oh, Maura. That was likely not the right thing to say. Monroe had been ignoring her, intending to deal with her later, but if she's going to inject herself into the conversation, well.
"Are you really?" Monroe takes a step closer. "Because that's not how you pitched it to me, Maura."
And the way she says her name indicates that she might know more than Sierra wants her to know (19).]
( Both Derek (3) and Josh (5) only see the inflection as posturing, and perhaps lies on Monroe's part. They don't see anything underneath. But, Maura is new.
"Maybe my pitch needs work," she shoots back. )
Leave her out of this. What is it you really want, Monroe? What kind of example are you going to set?
[It's not hard for any of them to see the embarrassing way that Monroe's men are fleeing the cemetery right now. Cars are heading out of the gates, and another camera angle shows Elijah and Freya Mikaelson standing at the head of the mausoleum with the French Quarter witches as they watch them go.
Monroe clearly does not like this.
She grits her teeth. "The bayou?"
"We just got a report back. Allison Argent was there. She won't be a problem anymore. They burned the rest."]
[Monroe sets her shoulders, as a couple of hunters enter the room. She turns and points to Hawthorne, attached to the back of Derek's pillar. "It's time for him."
She then looks over to the other, and tips her head to the side. "Take Claire too."
Davina stares back at her, jaw set and determined.]
That really a fight you want to pick?
[Monroe glares back at her. "I'm sure of it."
And with that, the two hunters drag Terry and Davina out of the room, and Monroe leaves not far behind them.]
("There will only be something to be sorry about once we know there is. Monroe will say whatever she wants. She always has." Derek sticks to his guns. Allison isn't dead until it's proven. )
I don't know about you all, but I think we are wearing out our pitiful welcome. Anyone got a plan?
("We're stuck. Like, trap in a Saw sequel stuck," Josh says.
"We need to get to their witch," Derek says. )
While it's likely it's a witch, it's also likely there is something else in this room. Something overlapping the chains. Did you feel it?
("It feels like mountain ash," Derek remembers. "There's something else.")
Right. So. Either an object, tethering us all here because of a spell, or mountain ash we could see. ...Or, a witch on the wrong side of the picket line.
( She receives a wave in return. Fancy meeting like this Hayley. )
We need to find what's keeping a hybrid, a werewolf and a vampire? ( She guesses in Josh's direction. ) From breaking this chains. And fast. Why would they take Davina and Hawthorne?
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( "Dated Hunger Games reference aside, I like him," Josh whispers. )
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But Monroe shakes her head. "That's not the plan, Derek. As much as you've been hanging out here, you're not someone who's going to mean something to them. And I'm here to make a statement."
But don't worry. She'll find something for him soon enough.
She pushes up and turns back to the guard with the security cameras.
"How are we doing?"
"Squad Three just arrived at the cemetery and are getting into position. We don't have eyes on the bayou, but according to the comms things are getting underway."]
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( It's a little too Klaus for him to put it like that, but doesn't everyone have a little Klaus Mikaelson in them. )
For every witch or innocent werewolf you try to go after, there are four that won't miss. You could call it off. I know your boys would be better off. They may even thank you for saving their lives. After losing all respect.
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[Monroe turns, raising an eyebrow as she steps closer. "You know, you're not exactly making your case that you're worth being spared."
Davina raises an eyebrow.]
You intend to kill innocent humans just because they dare to work with us. Your moral code isn't exactly rock solid yourself.
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( Sorry, famous Hale. And, truthfully, Davina dies, there's more magic to grasp. Plus, she's innocent in all of this, really. She only double crossed Monroe the one time. And she wasn't supposed to know. Does that count? )
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"Are you really?" Monroe takes a step closer. "Because that's not how you pitched it to me, Maura."
And the way she says her name indicates that she might know more than Sierra wants her to know (19).]
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"Maybe my pitch needs work," she shoots back. )
Leave her out of this. What is it you really want, Monroe? What kind of example are you going to set?
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She's here for the Mikaelsons. Weakening their defenses, crippling their allies, and then conquering, once and for all.
Davina shakes her head.]
You're all going to die. Pointlessly. I hope you realize that.
[The hunter with the laptop straightens up more. Perception checks, please.]
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Killing their allies isn't a slingshot.
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Monroe clearly does not like this.
She grits her teeth. "The bayou?"
"We just got a report back. Allison Argent was there. She won't be a problem anymore. They burned the rest."]
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"Allison?" Josh asks, not knowing she was even here.
(16) for Sierra knowing exactly who Allison is. That's a big score for Monroe. )
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She then looks over to the other, and tips her head to the side. "Take Claire too."
Davina stares back at her, jaw set and determined.]
That really a fight you want to pick?
[Monroe glares back at her. "I'm sure of it."
And with that, the two hunters drag Terry and Davina out of the room, and Monroe leaves not far behind them.]
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"Where are you taking them?" Derek asks. "He's human."
Sierra stays silent, like she should've from the beginning. )
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And when the door closes, Hayley goes slack in the chains, before looking over at Derek with a sympathetic look.]
I'm sorry about Allison.
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I don't know about you all, but I think we are wearing out our pitiful welcome. Anyone got a plan?
( "We're stuck. Like, trap in a Saw sequel stuck," Josh says.
"We need to get to their witch," Derek says. )
While it's likely it's a witch, it's also likely there is something else in this room. Something overlapping the chains. Did you feel it?
( "It feels like mountain ash," Derek remembers. "There's something else." )
Right. So. Either an object, tethering us all here because of a spell, or mountain ash we could see. ...Or, a witch on the wrong side of the picket line.
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[Hayley's been catching up. She waves one hand awkwardly.]
How do you suggest we break our way out of this?
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We need to find what's keeping a hybrid, a werewolf and a vampire? ( She guesses in Josh's direction. ) From breaking this chains. And fast. Why would they take Davina and Hawthorne?
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[It's what Hayley would do.]
And I think they already planned to make examples of all of us - she just moved up her time table with Davina.
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( She's pretty familiar with NOLA witches.
"We have to get out of here," Josh says, meeting Hayley's eyes. )
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[And then she grins that dangerous Mikaelson grin.]
And then we'll make them severely regret ever coming here.