MOONS.
038. | ❛ we will have our
revenge. ❜

Freya, Luna, and Elijah have just returned to the compound and are struggling to carry the writhing Finn into the living room as he shouts incoherently.

"Don't leave me in here! Don't leave me alone!"

"Put him down."

Freya does as she's told and sets Finn down on the couch as she tries to calm him.

"Hey, hey, hey. You're not alone, Finn. I'm here."

Elijah tries to help steady him, and Finn grabs him tightly by the hand and stares him in the eyes.

"Don't leave..."

"Why is he talking like this?"

"It's hallucinations of our betrayal. It's his nightmare."

Just then, Kol walks into the room, looking unbothered by the sight of Finn's discomfort as he heads straight for the opposite couch, where he flops onto his back.

"Well, he looks awful. Werewolf bite. That's got to hurt, mate. So, Lucien's a bloody hybrid?"

"We don't know what he is. His venom seems to work twice as fast."

"That's good. Maybe it'll work through his system twice as fast."

Kol gets up and shrugs nonchalantly as he turns to leave the room.

"Or it's twice as lethal. Now, if Niklaus doesn't get here in time, he might die."

"With a bit of luck..."

Freya gets up and punches Kol in the face, causing him to vamp-out at her.

"What is wrong with you?"

"Behave yourselves! Both of you."

Just then, Klaus walks in from the opposite door and breaks up their argument.

"Sibling squabbling. How familiar. Although, the teams seem to have changed... Someone care to tell me why?"

"Klaus!" Luna rushes over to his side embracing him in a small hug before Elijah interrupted their moment.

"Our brother needs us."

Finn moans and wheezes from the couch, and the sight of him wipes the smirk off of Klaus' face. Klaus looks between Finn and Elijah for a moment before sighing in exasperation and walking over to Finn. He rolls up his sleeve, bites his wrist, and feeds Finn his blood while the others watch in varying states of surprise.

"Thank you, brother."

"How are you feeling?"

"I feel... strangely euphoric."

Klaus smirks at Luna, "I've been known to have that effect."

Kol, who has been watching from afar, claps slowly and dramatically.

"What a precious family moment. Pardon me while I go and gouge out my eyes with a hot poker."

His siblings are clearly not amused by his attitude, but Finn just looks at him with a serious expression.

"I thank even you, Kol. Your little witch actually came through."

Kol frowns at the reminder of his behavior toward her today as Finn sighs deeply for a moment before continuing.

"Today... I saw a glimpse of your coveted "Always and Forever."

He looks up at Klaus, who smiles at him,"And... I..."

He's cut off by an intense coughing fit that causes him to throw himself over the edge of the couch as he coughs up a large amount of blood. Klaus rushes over to him, followed quickly by Elijah and Freya.

"Finn!"

"Finn! Oh, what's happening?"

Finn grunts in pain as Freya, Luna, and Elijah once again hold him down as he thrashes on the couch. All of the Mikaelson siblings look panicked as they watch helplessly.

"What's wrong with him?"

"His body, it's dying..."

"No! No, it's not possible! I cured him!"

Finn wheezes and claws against their grip,"Freya--"

Freya is wide-eyed as she desperately tries to hide her fear,"Hey! It's going to be all right, brother. We'll fix this, you'll see. Okay?"

She turns to her brothers,"Get my pendant."

"It won't work! Davina fused his soul to his body."

"We've got to try! There's no Other Side! No Ancestral well if he dies."

Klaus' tone is desperate as he turns to Kol,"No, get your bloody girlfriend back here to undo what she's done! Finn, you will drink from the source until Freya can move you."

Klaus goes to bite his wrist, but Finn stops him,"No. Don't leave me alone!"

Freya grabs Finn's right hand and squeezes it, just as Elijah takes Finn's left. Klaus, standing behind Finn's head, reaches out and puts his hand on his chest, and Finn smiles weakly when he realizes he's not alone.

"Brother? Finn? Hey, brother, we're here. We are here. I'm here, brother."

Kol, looking guilty, reaches out and gently puts his hand on Finn's leg as Freya breaks down in sobs.

"Please..."

"You are not alone. I am here. I am here. I am here with you. Okay? I'm with you."

Elijah grips Finn's hand tighter and does his best to keep himself from crying just as Finn looks up at him one last time before his skin desiccates and turns gray, the life slowly leaving his eyes. Freya breaks down, and tears start to fall down Elijah and Klaus' cheeks. Luna's start to unravel watching her new family member die. Even Kol can't help but shed a tear at the loss of his brother and the sadness his siblings are feeling as they slowly let go.
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The Mikaelsons have gone to the docks, where they have opened a silver urn with the Mikaelson "M" engraved in the side in preparation to scatter his ashes across the Mississippi River.

"You fought against what time and circumstance made you. You're free, now, Finn."

Elijah scoops up a handful of ashes and tosses them in the water before handing the urn to Kol.

"I loathed you for centuries."

Elijah can't help but roll his eyes at this remark.

"Even now, it remains unabated. But, I know torment, brother. So, I hope you somehow find peace in the abyss."

Kol throws his handful of ashes and hands the urn to Freya, who is already crying and sniffling.

"When you were born, you gave me a gift-- you were my first friend. Today, you gifted me my life..."

Freya sobs harder and sniffles before she continues.

"And my brothers united... even if for a moment. I love you."

Freya throws her handful of ashes,"Always and forever, brother. 'Til forever ends."

She hands the urn to Luna, who has small tears in her eyes

"In honor of your memory should the child be a boy may it be named after you. For your acts of bravery, we will all have revenge."

Luna takes a handful of ashes before throwing it into the water. Luna passed the urn to Klaus, who pauses a moment and grabs a handful of ashes before he speaks.

"Just know... that you will be avenged."

Tears fill his eyes, and he drops the ashes in the river. Luna rests her on Klaus's shoulder as they all take a moment mourning the fallen member of their family.
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Luna's lying on the couch, with Freya's hand hovering over her while Klaus holding Luna's hand.

"He's a fighter, a blow like that would have killed him." Freya says with a smile on her face.

"He?" Luna asked

"I guess we already know the child's name now," Klaus says to Luna.

Luna squeezes Klaus's hand, lifting herself up bringing her lips up to his.

"He would have loved it." Luna smiles at the two siblings, returning it as well.
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Luna, Freya, Elijah, and Klaus are sitting in mourning in the upstairs living room in front of the blazing fire in the fireplace while they quietly discuss what has happened in the last day.

"Lucien did all of this to become like his maker, and yet, my bite cannot kill an Original. What are we up against here, brother?"

Klaus looks genuinely terrified, and Elijah shakes his head in disbelief.

"I truly don't know."

Just then, Hayley walks into the room and joins them,"I might. Klaus and I found Lucien's R & D lab full of werewolves. He's harvesting venom, but not to find a cure. He's trying to create a more lethal strain."

"Well, that must be what he added to the spell to make him whatever the hell he is now. He kept boasting about having something that would make him better than an Original."

"Klaus is descended from one of the seven original wolf bloodlines. I am descended from another. Lucien's venom... is derived from all seven packs."

Klaus' eyes widen in horror when he realizes the implications,"Giving him a bite that not even I can cure."

"There were two vials of serum, and he only drank one. Maybe it's because the spell will wear off eventually and he'll need another dose?"

Klaus has a dawning realization that makes his face go cold,"Or he made enough for two."

Elijah frowns in confusion at Klaus' terrified face.

"Aurora." Klaus says making Luna's eyes widen.

The race to Lafayette Cemetery begins, where Klaus goes to the tomb that was Aurora's prison, turns the corner to where he bricked her inside, and stops dead in his tracks. Elijah and Luna catches up with him from the opposite direction, and they both slowly walk toward the cell as they become more shocked.

"She's gone"

The brick wall has been broken out, and that Aurora is nowhere to be found.