The four Mikaelson males stared in stunned silence at the door Mikael had just dragged a struggling Marcel though with a casual "Don't worry; I'm not going to hurt him. After all he is like a son to you Niklaus."

Finn reached out and grabbed Nik's arm as he made to follow. "I don't know what it is but Father has somehow changed. He will not hurt Marcel, he is more concerned with Rebekah's whereabouts. I think that Mother somehow angered him with whatever she did to her."

Kol shifted uneasily drawing Elijah's notice. "Kol, is there something that you wish to say to us?"

The youngest of Mikael's sons looked fearfully at Klaus before turning back to face Elijah. He shifted closer to Finn hoping his eldest brother could protect from the wrath of his other brothers.

Mikael had shown up with Finn at his side, smiling pleasantly at all of his sons including Niklaus before looking around and asking about Rebekah's whereabouts. When he heard of how Esther had performed a spell, intending to transfer Rebekah into Camille; he had muttered something about fool's marrying harridans and latched onto Marcel and dragged him out the door; which is how the four Mikaelson males ended up staring confusedly at the French doors opening to the courtyard.

"We're still waiting Kol." Nik prompted. "Why does the mention of Rebekah make you uneasy brother?"

"I am trying to figure out how to avoid a dagger in the heart from Elijah." Kol admitted, while Klaus and Elijah looked at each other in confusion.

"When have I ever used the daggers, Kol?" Elijah asked. "That is our brother's way, not mine."

"Rebekah and Klaus tend to fight at times. I think that he will be more forgiving than you will." Kol said. "I prepared a body for Rebekah, only the body I prepared for her is stuck in a house, doomed to never leave it for all eternity thanks to a witch's curse."

Elijah snarled as he lunged for Kol; only stopping when Hayley appeared out of thin air holding onto Hope. "Elijah wait!"

"Hayley, how are you here?" Klaus queried. "We left you in Arkansas!"

"There's something going on with Mikael. He's different." Hayley said obviously confused. "He came to the house and said he was cleaning up a mess then somehow I was in the bayou. He did something. The wolves can control their change now. He said something like 'family doesn't end with blood'. The next thing I know I'm here."

"As I said, Father has somehow, changed." Finn repeated.

"Finn is right." Hayley added. "He practically fawned over Hope before promising that he would see to it that no one in New Orleans would be a threat to her."

"Suddenly our father has become the loving patriarch?" Klaus scoffed. "It will take more than this to convince me."

Marcel swayed on his feet for a moment before glaring at Mikael. "What now? You drag me off to kill me where Klaus won't see?"

"Not at all Marcellus, as I said before; you are like a son to Niklaus." The vampire hunter replied. "Niklaus needs his family; and Hope needs an older brother to look up to and to protect her."

"What game are you playing Mikael?" Marcel asked.

"Well for starters let's dispense with that name. Mikael makes my own father look like father of the year. He may have abandoned us but he has never hunted us down with the absolute zeal that Mikael does his own children." Mikael looked at the vampire. "You can call me Balthazar. Mikael is quite happily subdued hunting you all down in a locked corner of his mind."

"Who the hell are you?" Marcel asked.

"As I said, my name is Balthazar; and I am an angel of the Lord. Poor excuse for one; but an angel none the less." Balthazar answered. "To make a long story short, Mikael had a twin brother, Finn who was believed to have disappeared during a raid. Finn became my vessel and recent events led to his demise. I've spent the last few years searching for one of Finn's bloodline that I could take as a suitable replacement. Imagine my surprise when I came across no other than Mikael; identical to Finn in every way."

"So you just jumped into Mikael's body?" Marcel snorted. "Sounds witchy to me."

"Not at all, Mikael gave me permission to take over his body. We angels are very big on consent." Balthazar said. "Even if it wasn't exactly 'informed' consent. When He saw that I had the power to smite his children he didn't hesitate. It also revealed to me just how awful he's been over the years. Having a bit of experience myself with bad parenting, I'm opting to clean up his mess and save the life of an innocent babe."

"Why?" Marcel asked.

"I'm an angel, it's what we do when we do things right. Besides I'd just like to have the chance to fix at least one family." Balthazar said. "But first, we need to get Rebekah out of the creepy old mansion."

Marcel turned around to see the building behind him. "That's going to be easier said than done. That was a wicked spell; Klaus got one of the elders to cast it." As they entered.

"Oh the spell is nothing. The problem is that I have to put the young lady's soul back into her body. Disorienting, to say the least." Balthazar grinned as Rebekah's own body appeared on a chaise. "Now if you would be so kind as to help me locate the young lady; we can get started."