Chapter 2: Show You Things Worse Than Death

3x04

Klaus and Stefan are in a, drinking champagne and waiting for Rebekah who is trying on clothes. Ophira was sitting on a chair next to Klaus reading a Grimoire. 

"There has to be more to this dress."

"There's not." She gets out of the fitting room. She is wearing a short, black dress.

"So women in the 21st century dress like prostitutes, then. You know, I got dirty looks for wearing trousers."

"You wore trousers so women today could wear nothing."

"And what is this music? It sounds like a cable car accident."

"It's dance music."

"People dance to this?" Ophira asked.

"Hmm."

"Are we done?"

"And why are you so grumpy?"

"I needed one thing from you for my witch to find out why my hybrids are dying, one thing. Your necklace. And you lost it."

"I didn't lose it. It's just been missing for 90 years." Ophira giggled. She looks at Stefan.

"So what do you think?"

"I like it." She doesn't seem satisfied.

"What? I said I like it."

"I can always tell when you're lying, Stefan."

"She goes back into the fitting room. Klaus looks at Stefan."

"Nice one. Good work." Ophira says sarcastically to Stefan.

"You're the one that pulled the dagger  out of her."

"I heard that."

"All right. I'm going to get some fresh air."

He gets up. Klaus pours himself some champagne. Ophira just rolled her eyes and went back to reading her grimoire. 

Gloria's Bar

Stefan enters. Gloria and Ophira is sitting at a table, her hands floating above a large tome on a table filled with candles. Klaus and Rebekah are at the bar.

"You left us."

"Yeah, sorry. Retail therapy was making my head explode."

"Tell me about it." Stefan looks at Gloria.

"What's she doing?"

"She's failing."

"It's hard to find something when you don't have anything to go on."

"So use Bex. She only wore it for a thousand years." Ophira offers.

"See? Now this one offers a solution." Rebekah sits on the table."

All right, give me your hand, sweetheart." Rebekah gives her her hand.

"She's, uh, she's looking for the necklace, huh?"

"Why do you have a problem with that." Ophira snaps.

"Sweetheart be nice." Klaus said to Ophira. 

Ophira got up and close to Stefan. "I don't trust you, I never will but if you hurt my family I will show you things worse than death." Her words sent a shiver down Stefans spine. 

She still has Rebekah's hand. "I can sense something." Stefan seems a little bit worried. Gloria casts a spell. "Anta Cotis Syrum, Anta Cotis Syrum..."

Gloria drops Rebekah's hand and looks at Klaus and Stefan. "I found it."

"So where is it?"

"It doesn't work like that, doll. I get images. There's a girl with her friends..."

"Yes, a dead girl with dead friends, if I don't get my necklace back."

"Well, I'll have to dive back in to get the details."

"So dive."

"I need more time." Klaus walks over and leans on the table Gloria is seated at. "And space. You're harshing my ju-ju. Ophira come here let me channel you."

"Yay magic finally." Ophira said walking over to Gloria.

"We can wait."

"I'm sure you can. But that's not what I asked."

"Hey. Hey, you know, why don't we just come back later. I'm hungry anyway. I'll let you pick who we eat."

"Ew," Ophira rolled her eyes. Stefan starts making for the door and looks back at them. 

"Ophira stay with Gloria," Klaus looks at Rebekah and they leave with Stefan. Gloria walks to the counter and grabs a white powder and poured some on her hand. She turned back to Ophira and blew it into her face she fell to the floor knocked out. "You poor girl."

Later

Stefan enters and sees Gloria and Ophira knocked out.

"There you are." Gloria says.

"What did you do to her, I thought you were resting." Stefan states.

"Well, now we both have a secret." 

"What did you see?"

"It's what I heard that's interesting. You know, the girls with the necklace, they were talking about you."

"Yet you didn't tell Klaus. Why?"

"'Cause I wouldn't help that hybrid half-breed with anything. The necklace is a talisman from the original witch herself. I want it."

"Well, I'm sorry. I can't help you."

"Don't be difficult. You know, I'd hate to have to tell Klaus what a liar his sidekick is." He rushes over at her but she turns her head, looks at him and he suddenly stops and grabs his head in pain.

"Guess I've got to get it out of you the hard way, huh?" He falls to the floor. Later, Stefan is shirtless and lying on a table. There are lit candles all over the floor. Gloria has a knife.

"What is this? Why can't I move?"

"Relax. It's just a little paralysis spell. Nothing major." She cuts his forearms with the knife. There's a recipient on the floor to collect the blood.

"Just got to get the information out of your pretty little head. You know, witches nowadays, they're into that new age stuff, but...I'm a little more old school voodoo." She takes little iron hooks and puts them in the forearms wounds. He screams.

"This will stop that pesky healing."

"I won't tell you anything."

"You don't have to." There are glass receptacles on the floor under his wrists. When the blood falls into them, a cloud of vapor rises out of them.

"You feel that? That's your essence. Your spirit. It lets me make a connection. Herbs help, too. Diviners, sage, witch hazel." She takes something."But my personal favorite..."

She rubs her hands with it.

"Vervain." She places her hands on his chest and his skin starts to burn. He screams.

Later 

"Ophira wake up." Klaus said as he walked into the empty bar. 

"Gloria the witch knocked me out."

"Come on love let's go."

"What's going on?" Klaus said as they walk into the warehouse.

"Something's wrong. He was asking about Mikael. He's not with us, Nik. I can sense it."Ophira looked at him put her hand out making him scream in pain. 

"She's wrong. Klaus..." Stefan tries to say. Klaus rushes over to him, snapping his neck.

"So what know?" Ophira asks. 

"Where going to Mystic Falls."

Later

Stefan wakes up with a start inside the back of a truck filled with the coffins. Klaus is looking at him.

"Just give me a chance to explain myself, okay?"

"No need. I'm not mad, I'm just curious. Ophira seems to think you're holding onto something. A piece of your old life. The thing is, she's got flawless instincts, borderline supernatural. So I thought I would check it out. See for myself what it is you've been hiding."

He opens the back of the truck. They're in Mystic Falls.

"Welcome back to Mystic Falls."