The Originals

Previously on "The Originals"...

If this prophecy is fulfilled,

you will all fall.

One by friend, one by foe, and one

by family.

As this mark grows, you'll go mad.

You'll become a relentless ripper.

Hide my body.

Elijah, do it!

- (Gasps) What the hell did I just see?

Vincent told me he found a way

to extract the serum from Aurora.

If Marcel becomes the beast,

then I won't be able to stop him.

Davina was like a daughter to me,

and you condemned her to a fate worse than death.

So you will never be safe.

I am nothing less than your worst...

No!

What happened?

It's Marcel.

I took his life.

Marcel took that serum the moment I offered it to him.

So if the Mikaelsons think he's dead,

they're in for a hell of a surprise.

You're a survivor.

And survivors need names.

How about Marcellus?

Marcellus?

Family can be more than just those with whom we share blood.

We can choose.

I can't do it.

Now, you once said the same thing of your reading.

Devote yourself to your music.

Soon you shall be Johann Sebastian Bach.

Were you watching me sleep?

Hmm.

Possibly...

a little.

Despite everything that we've done...

all those we've lost...

we're still here.

You're not alone.

What better life might have awaited you

were another man your father?

All those who have loved me have lived to regret it.

But I do know this, my littlest wolf.

I will do right by you.

What do you want, Elijah?

I'm not foolish enough to ask your forgiveness,

so I'll say it again.

I had no choice.

We protect this family at any cost.

You think I'm not aware of how heavy that burden is?

No. I think that this time,

that burden...

is simply too much to bear.

Something isn't right.

Well, you said you put the prophecy to rest.

So what's the worry?

I didn't sleep last night.

I just had this feeling of dread.

I don't know if it's my own guilt,

or maybe it's my intuition telling me something's coming.

And what's this?

Your early warning system?

This map is spelled to trace

Niklaus's enemies.

Let's just hope I'm being paranoid.

I guess you're not being paranoid

when there is, in fact,

a hoard of killers out to get you.

All this was you?

No. I had help.

Davina Claire.

She's the one that made sure the Ancestors

were gone for good.

It's the last thing she did.

That means you've done your part.

That just leaves me to do mine.

Are you sure you can?

Am I sure I can?

The whole point of me taking Lucien's serum

was so I'd have the power to deal with the Mikaelsons.

Marcel, there's a big difference between having the power

and actually using the power to kill somebody.

And these people were your family.

They were my family.

Do you know why I even bothered pretending

like I hadn't already taken the serum?

I needed to see how my family would react.

Elijah killed me in cold blood.

Yeah.

So whatever happens next, they've earned it.

Did the people of New Orleans earn it, too?

'Cause I've been hearing the rumors about vampires

just flocking into town, and it looks to me

like you're dead set on starting a war.

And I need to know what happens to the innocent people

when they get caught in the crossfire of that.

No. You got to promise me

you're gonna do what's right for the people of this city.

That's exactly what I'm gonna do.

Freya's tracking

your sirelings now.

So it won't be long.

Which works for me.

I could use a good fight.

Well, we do have an advantage.

No vampire may enter

this stronghold so long as the deed

remains in Freya's name.

So what?

We hide in here while our enemies mass at the front gate?

Well, if they're so determined to die at our hands,

let them come.

No.

Never thought it would come to this.

But, as always...

the Mikaelsons made my choice for me.

Marcel.

How?

How are we in your home?

I have friends who can nullify a deed,

- foreclose on a property like that. - (Snaps fingers)

Or did you mean...

how am I not a rotting corpse?

I thought my friend was dead,

and yet here you are.

So send these fools away,

and let's talk.

You and me.

Is that relief I hear?

Really?

If I hadn't been one step ahead of you,

I would be at the bottom of the river.

Marcel,

your anger is with me.

I am the one that's responsible for this crime against you.

One thing I learned sticking around this family, Elijah,

you take on one of you,

you are taking on all of you.

These guys,

Klaus's sirelings, they're here to bear witness today.

Are you planning to put on a little show, Marcellus?

Damned sure that I am.

The fall of the Mikaelsons.

And guess what.

The show has already started.

You're gonna have to listen to me now.

You're gonna have to hear me out,

because I understand what you're going through.

Our connection with the Ancestors

has been severed; it's gone.

What about the vampires?

- (Crowd murmurs agreement) - Their numbers increase by the hour

while our strength has diminished.

All right. I hear you.

But I need for you to hear me.

Marcel Girard is gonna be back

to running things in the Quarter soon enough.

- (Crowd grumbles) - I know. Listen.

Now, I'm not asking you to trust Marcel,

I'm asking you to trust me.

Guys, what happens next, it's up to us.

- Nice speech. - Thank you.

Except for the part about the vampires and the witches.

Yeah, I still can't believe all this is real.

Well, you'll get used to that.

Look, I saw something.

Crime scene.

I can't call it in. I wouldn't even know how to.

But I need you to come with me.

- See for yourself. ‭ - Yeah.

What did they do to you?

Poison.

Let's get you out of here.

Come on.

Let's go.

A neighbor called in a disturbance.

Someone was screaming bloody murder.

I get in here, I don't know whether to call a coroner

or an exorcist.

I mean, what the hell am I looking at, Vincent?

These are the Strix.

Or what's left of them.

Are they even human?

No, these are far from human, Will.

The guy who did this...

some kind of vampire?

This is not a normal vampire.