ISLE OF MOUNT ORASANI

The next morning, everyone is in the indoor arena for the duel tournament.

Christy is at a keg, filling up her plastic flask bottle of water.

{Christy's Duel Outfit}

"Mom?" Trinity said, along with the others.

Christy looks at her daughters and smiles as she puts the lid back on her plastic flask bottle. "Hey, guys."

"We wanted to see you before the duel tournament thing." Luna said.

"Thanks guys for coming." Christy said.

"You're welcome." Kol said.

"Do you have everything you need?" Rebekah asked.

"Yeah, I do." Christy replied.

And then, Christy lock eyes with Aethna, and Aethna locks eyes with Christy. The two women exchange tense looks at each other as Aethna slowly walks by.

"I didn't think I would ever fight Aethna again." Christy said.

"It's okay, Mom. We believe in you." Trinity said.

And then, Zenith, Thalia, Damien and Little Baby Irene in her stroller, asleep.

"Hey, guys." Thalia greeted.

"Hey, Thalia." Christy greeted back at her and becomes awe at Little Baby Irene. "Oh my gosh, she's so cute."

"Thanks." Thalia said.

"You have a little sister, too, huh, Damien." Luna said, gently putting her arm around Trinity's arm.

"Yeah, I do. I fell in love with Irene when I held her." Damien replied.

"Christiana?" Nadia said.

Christy glances at her mother and looks at the guys. "I'll be right back." and walks away.

Nadia and Christy gently hugs each other and pulls away from the hug.

"How are things with you and Klaus?" Nadia asked.

"Klaus and I are good, Mom." Christy replied. "Where's Dad?"

"He's with the other Elder Gods and Goddesses. But I wanted to check on you." Nadia said.

"I'm okay, Mom. I am, really." Christy reassured her mother.

"Okay, I'll see you afterwards." Nadia said, and pecks a kiss on her forehead and walks away.

Christy small smiles to herself.

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Afterwards, Christy is sparring on a sparring dummy. Klaus slowly walks up to the doorway.

"Last minute sparring?" Klaus asked.

"Something like that." Christy replied. And looks at her husband as she stopped sparring. "If you don't want me to fight, just say so."

"I want you to fight, I wouldn't hold you back from anything." Klaus said, and slowly walks up to her. "I want you to do your best."

"Thanks." Christy thanked him.

Klaus and Christy exchange soften looks at each other. He kisses her passionately. She kisses him back. And they gently pulls away from the passionate kiss.

"What was that for?" Christy asked.

"For good luck." Klaus said.

Klaus and Christy exchange small smiles at each other. She gently soothes her noses with his nose, and they both exchange smiles at each other.

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Minutes after, the duel tournament has begun. The Elder Gods; Ames, Cyrus, Elias, Dimitris, and Tithonus, and Elder Goddess; Nadia, Ismene, Celia, and Zenova are sitting in their thrones.

Damien is with Luna and Trinity and others, with his little baby sister, Irene.

Thalia duels fight with Chara. They exchange punches with each other and Thalia wins by defeating Chara.

"Yay. Go, Mom." Damien said.

Zenith and Mathiaos duels fight each other in hand-to-hand combat, exchanging punches and kicks.

Zenith gets an upper hand and defeats Mathiaos. Zenith wins.

"Way to go, Dad." Damien said, and uses little baby Irene's small hand to small wave at their Dad.

Zenith smiles at Damien and Little Baby Irene and walks away.

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That afternoon, Aethna and Christy walks onto the floor, exchanging tense looks at each other.

"You can do it, Mom." Luna said, cheering on her mother from the bleachers.

Christy glances at Luna and Trinity with a small smile.

Aethna and Christy exchange tense looks, getting into their fighting stances.

"Begin!" Tithonus exclaimed.

Aethna and Christy fights each other, exchanging punches and kicks to each other. And then, Christy gets up upper hand and catches Aethna's fist with her hand.

"Aethna? I'm not your enemy. Marcalos doesn't give a damn about you. After he's done using you, he's gonna put your soul into his Underworld." Christy warned Aethna.

"Same old Christiana. Always the good little Angel." Aethna said, and punches Christy in her chest.

Which causes Christy to gasps deeply and falls onto the floor, clutching her chest.

"Oh my gosh." Dimitris said.

Nadia gets up to her feet, worriedly. Celia gets up to her feet, reassuringly holding Nadia back.

Christy grunts as she struggles to catch her breath due to the chest pain.

Aethna crouches down to Christy and grabs her by her hair, making Christy looks at the Elder Gods and Elder Goddess.

"Elder Gods and Elder Goddess? You made Christiana your chief advisor? She's still that little girl who will always be her parents's daughter." Aethna said, and walks away.

"Christiana? Get up?! Get up?!" Ames exclaimed, worriedly.

"Mom? Get up. Get up, Mom?!" Luna exclaimed.

Christy looks at her daughters, Luna and Trinity. And then, at her husband, Klaus.

Klaus mouths "I love you" to her. He and Christy exchange soft looks at each other, which Aethna notices the connection between husband and wife.

Regaining her strength, Christy inhales and exhales as she gets back up to her feet.

Christy punches Aethna in her face, knocking her out onto the floor.

Christy wins. And everyone applauds. But Christy senses Marcalos.

Christy looks around at everyone, becoming worried, which Thalia slowly walks up beside Christy.

"Thalia?" Christiana said.

"I know." Thalia said, upon sensing the same thing.

Christiana looks up at the ceiling and quickly grabs Thalia, and they both falls out of the way as Marcalos in his horned bat-winged creature form, crashes through the ceiling and lands on the floor.

Everyone scatters, frantically.

"Sorry to interrupt the dueling." Marcalos said with a sly grin. "Hope you didn't mind me dropping in."

Thalia and Christy looks at Marcalos. And he looks at them.

Damien looks at his grandfather, Marcalos. "Grandpa?"

Marcalos looks at his grandson, Damien, and his granddaughter, Little Baby Irene, as he shape-shifts back into his normal self.

"Hello, Damien. Irene." Marcalos said to his grandchildren.

For a short moment, Marcalos has tears in his eyes upon seeing his grandchildren.

"You could've had a good strong relationship with your grandchildren, Marcalos." Zenith told him.

"Because of Christiana?!" Marcalos exclaimed, turning his attention on her. "You turned my daughter against me?!" He exclaimed, slinging a fireball at her.

And the fireball hits Christy, making her fly through a wall.

"Mom?!" Luna exclaimed.

"Luna? Trinity? Get out of here, now?! Damien, go with them." Maximus told them.

Luna, Trinity, and Damien takes his little sister, Baby Irene with them.

Kol and Rebekah walks up to Christy and crouches down to her. "Christy? Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Christy reassured them both, slowly sitting up straight. "Where's Klaus and the others?"

"In the dueling area." Kol replied.

"I have to go." Christy said, with bruises on her face. And winces in slight pain due to a wound on her side of her stomach.

"Christy, you can't. You're hurt." Rebekah said, worriedly.

"My pain isn't what I'm worried about." Christy said.

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Having transformed back into his horned bat-winged creature, Marcalos looks around at the others, and Christy, in her Fawkes-Phoenix form, flies towards him. But Marcalos grabs Christy by her throat.

Christy transforms back into her
normal self.

"Your selfless warrior hero shit has gotten bored, Christiana." Marcalos said, and uses his claws to chop off both of her red wings. And drops Christy on the floor.

Marcalos looks at Aethna. "And as for you, Aethna. You have served me well. But unfortunately, I have so much Furies to keep me company."

Aethna and Christy exchange looks at each other. And suddenly, Marcalos snaps his fingers, causing Aethna to ignite in flames and disappears.

"Aethna?!" Christy exclaimed.

Klaus walks up to Christy and crouches down to her. They both gently hugs each other.

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INFIRMARY

That night, everyone is in the infirmary room. Christy is sitting on a bed, thinking about Aethna.

Ames slowly walks up to his daughter and gently strokes her hair, causing Christy to look at her father, gloomy.

"We Elder Gods and Goddess knows that you tried to warn Aethna, but she made her choice." Ames said to her.

Christy nodded understanding.

Ames pecks a kiss on her forehead. "You did well, Christiana. Your mother and I are proud of you."

Ames and Christy exchange small smiles at each other and Ames walks away.

"Mom?" Luna said, she and Trinity slowly walks up to her, along with Klaus.

"Hey, guys. I'll be fine." Christy reassured her husband and daughters. "Where's Damien and Irene?"

"With their parents, Zenith and Thalia." Trinity replied.

Klaus and Christy exchange looks at each other. Elijah, Rebekah and Kol slowly walks up to them.

"You owe me a bourbon, Christy." Kol said to Christy.

"Yeah, by the way, I've been wanting to spend some with you and Rebekah anyway." Christy said.

Kol, Rebekah and Christy exchange small smiles at each other.

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FRENCH QUARTER

Later on that night, Klaus and Christy are taking a stroll, sharing wrapped up Danish pastry, gently holding each other's hands.

{Christy's Outfit}

"Are you sure you're alright? Aethna hit you pretty hard?" Klaus asked, still concerned.

"Nothing I can't handle, but I'm fine." Christy reassured him.

"What of your red wings? You cannot use your wings to fly?" Klaus asked.

"My red wings were apart of my Fawkes-Phoenix armor. I can fix it somehow." Christy replied.

Klaus and Christy exchange looks at each other.

"Isn't that nice?" Mikael said, causing Klaus and Christy to look at him. "Christy? How I've missed you."

"Missed you too, jerk off." Christy said, sarcastically.

Mikael looks at Klaus and chuckles softly to himself. "Niklaus. Hiding behind your wife. Like the coward you are."

"Marcalos resurrected you to provoke me, but it won't work. You can die again and I wouldn't miss you." Klaus said to Mikael.

Mikael sly smiles. "Let's see if I can provoke you."

Before Klaus can react, Mikael vamp-sped away with Christy. And Klaus vamp-sped after him.

Klaus vamp-sped atop of a rooftop building. Mikael is holding Christy on the edge of the rooftop.

"Let her go, Mikael. This is between you and me." Klaus tells him.

"And she's the woman you love. How weak you've become." Mikael said.

"If you really think of me as weak, you would've dropped Christy the second I arrived atop of this rooftop building." Klaus tells Mikael.

Mikael smirks, implying that Klaus is right. "Marcalos wants to cause you unbearable pain."

Klaus and Mikael exchange tense looks at each other. And Mikael drops Christy from the rooftop building with her scream.

Klaus vamp-speeds after Christy, and catches her before she could hit the sidewalk in a bridal style.

Klaus gently puts Christy down on her feet and they hugs each other. Klaus glances up at the rooftop building where Mikael is, and he's gone.

Klaus and Christy embraces their hug.

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MIKAELSON COMPOUND

In the study, Christy is pacing back and forth, annoyed.

"Mikael is such an asshole. Of course, he would do that to spite you." Christy said.

Christy stops pacing back and forth and looks at Klaus, who is sitting on the sofa with a bottle of bourbon and hasn't said much of anything.

Worried about her husband, Christy slowly walks over to him behind the sofa and gently wraps her arms around his neck, comfortably.

"Whatever dark thoughts that you have in your mind, it's not gonna make you feel any better." Christy said.

"I know." Klaus said.

Christy pecks a kiss on his cheek. Klaus gently holds her hand. She pecks another kiss on his cheek again and walks away.

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