Season 4 Hayley Marshall and Klaus Mikaelson's twin daughters

Episode 1-Gather Up the Killers

Five Years Later...

At St. Anne's Church, Vincent stands in front of a group of people of New Orleans.

It's a beautiful day outside. Streets are packed with tourists. They're drinking beers, they're chasing beads, headed out on the vampire walking tour of New Orleans. They think it's just a myth. Just part of our city's charm. Well, we know better. Just like we know that there's a storm coming. This week marks five years since the fall of the Mikaelsons. Five years of peace. And, we paid a high price for that peace. We witches, we earned that peace. We snatched back our freedom, we severed our link with our ancestors. To take back our city, we backed Marcel Gerard. Now, since then, we fought hard to build this community. And in the next week, as we celebrate our independence, that community will be challenged. Because every year we get visitors." Vincent said

Outside in the Quarter, Sofya sitting at a café table watching as a vampire leaves a car, having fatally fed on a woman.

Back at the Church...

"Vampires from all over the world. They come here, and they want to see firsthand the suffering of Klaus Mikaelson. Now some of those vampires, they're gonna be well-behaved. Others not so much. You see, out-of-town vampires they don't care about our city. They don't follow our rules. They will instigate trouble. They will attempt to upset our peace and the only way that we're gonna get through that is if we get through that together." Vincent said

Meanwhile at the Mikaelson compound, which is closed off and a "Condemned" sign is on the gate.

At St. Anne's Church...

"Now, this ain't the first time that we faced conflict. Each and every single one of us here has faced their fair share of monsters. I swear, I feel sometimes the city just has evil lurking in the shadows. For a long time, we've managed to keep our monsters buried. And now we've got to make sure that they stay buried." Vincent said

Then deep into the Abattoir, underground. Gated off, chained and behind a salt boundary spell, Klaus Mikaelson sits, awoken from his torture from Tunde's blade.

Vincent's voice-over: "Otherwise, we will lose everything that we've built... we will lose it, forever."

At Marcel's new home. He lives in a penthouse that once belong to Lucien.

He pours some champagne for two.

"To five years of independence. And old enemies who became new friends." Marcel said

"I thought you said this was strictly a business meeting." Sofya said

"Oh, you didn't mind last time we mixed business with pleasure." Marcel said

"You pay me for information, and I have quite a bit to share. [She hands him a file.] As predicted, Klaus' enemies are flocking to New Orleans to celebrate. However, some are seeking allies among your witches. No doubt they want to befriend the very covens that still resent you, start conflict, undermine your power, and perhaps steal your prized trophy. Klaus himself." Sofya said

"Oh. How diabolical. It's a good thing I called a truce with the witches. Vincent wants peace as much as I do." Marcel said

"So you've said, but I'm hearing that the covens are up to something. Sigil markings on the walls, secret midnight meetings. Maybe Vincent doesn't know, or maybe he's planning a power grab." Sofya said

"I will ask him myself." Marcel said

"Better make it fast, because you have bigger problems." Sofya said

"Oh, if you're talking about Hayley Marshall, I said she's off-limits." Marcel said

"Fine, but there are others who will stop at nothing to find her. Alistair Duquesne for one. He and his allies believe Hayley is the key to finding the rest of the Mikaelsons." Sofya said