Flashback
Elena was nervous about having the reckless original in the house, but how else was she going to distract him. She dug through Alaric's stash that he kept upstairs and dug out a bottle of gin. She took a deep breath and looked down at her phone hoping Jeremy got a hold of Bonnie. Nothing yet. She shut the closet door and walked out of Jenna's room. She heard the game being played downstairs and made her way slowly behind him. His eyes never left the TV. Elena held up the bottle and spritzer.
"Sorry I had to dig up the old people alcohol." The game got paused and Kol turned around. To look at her.
Elena felt the coolness of the window on her forehead and she jerked awake when the car hit a bump.
"Oh I wouldn't pull at those. I kind of rigged you up for now darling." Elena turned her head to see Kol's smirk and she looked out the window trying to piece together where they were. She went to rub her wrists when she noticed they were tied together and then to a contraption that had a stake at the end. Elena bit her lip and kept her mouth shut anything she said could piss him off. "Silent treatment? Okay." He took a pencil from the dash and jammed it into her leg.
"AGH!" Elena had to try and keep her hands still. "What do you want Kol?" He looked over and smiled at her again.
"Well I have what I want, what my brothers want, and what those rodent Salvatore boys want." Elena looked at him confused.
"Me? Why would you want me?" He chuckled and she fidgeted as he twisted the pencil in her leg before yanking it out.
"All in good time, Elena." She leaned back against the window trying to fall asleep. There was no use arguing with him anymore.
Flashback
"That's the problem with people today. They have no drinking imagination. Turn of the century New Orleans. Now they knew how to make a drink." He wore an enchanting smile that Elena pretended not to notice. She had to keep her eye on the prize and do this for Jeremy.
"You lived in New Orleans?" Elena opened the bottle up and caught a whiff.
"We all did… till Niklaus shoved a dagger in my heart." Elena heard the disgust when he said his brother's name. The memories had to be getting to him.
"Why?" Elena turned and grabbed two glasses, "What'd you do?" Kol sneered at her.
Kol felt his insides fueling up with irritation, "What makes you think I did anything? Has your alliance with my brother softened you to his horrors?" Elena was a little surprised when he tried to dig into her and understand her. Elena felt her ease hardening.
"I don't have an alliance with Klaus. We had a mutual interest in finding the cure. That is all we had Kol." He smirked at her.
"Had?" Elena could see something dangerous in him.
"Wake up darling we're here." Elena lifted her head from the window and before she could think she lifted her head up. Kol grabbed the stake just before it pierced into her. "Not any good dead are you?" Elena didn't understand.
"Thanks." Elena hadn't been able to understand him since he showed up and had drinks with her. She had tried so it wasn't for a lack of effort.
"I need someone to keep me company. It's not like you could take me anyway." He smiled and yanked her out of the door. She walked in front of him and could feel him putting pressure on her spine.
"If I stay with you is Jeremy safe?" Kol stopped and kept her from moving.
"He is with Niklaus doppelganger. What do you think?" Elena felt a lump in her throat. She had left her brother. She didn't know it was happening or what was happening now. "Move." He shoved her and she felt pain shoot through her. Elena looked at the amazing mansion in front of her and took in a sharp breath.
"Wow. Is this your place?" Kol smiled.
"One of many darling. Now go." Elena stepped in and the pressure was released off of her back.
"You didn't have to do that Kol I would have walked in anyway." He turned around and with vampire speed was directly in front of her. Their faces were almost touching.
"I don't trust you Elena. So yes. I did." She could feel the warmth of his breath hit her lips and then he backed off. "Follow me." Elena didn't want to irritate the psychotic original so she walked close enough to him so he knew she was there. He stopped and Elena looked ahead of him and in the room he was in front of. "This is your room. Get comfy darling. It is going to be a long stay." He smiled at her grabbed her arm and whipped her into the room.
"I have no clothes or anything here." He shrugged and smiled at her before backing out of the room. She heard the lock click and Elena went to look out of the window. She saw a lake and mountains out of it. The view alone put her at ease. She felt her tense muscles relax. She looked around and found a door she figured was a bathroom, but it turned out to be a fully stocked walk-in closet. Elena's eyes popped open. "Wow." There were so many different pieces in there and shoes to match. Elena wondered if they all fit. After that adventure she found the bathroom and tried to clean herself up. Elena dug through the closet for a new shirt and she settled on a black long sleeve top. She laid on the bed and wondered why he needed her. She felt her eyelids getting heavy.
Flashback
"Had?"
"Yes, I'm willing to give up my search for the cure if you will leave Jeremy alone." Kol tried not to feel for her, but she was so alluring and he was trying not to buy into everything she was saying. He noticed how close she was leaning and when she realized it she sighed and leaned back from him. She grabbed onto the gin and the spritzer and held them up to him with a big smile, "Now can you teach me how to make this?" Her smile caught him off guard but he smirked back at her, "I'll get some ice." He nodded and was very skeptical of everything she was saying. When she didn't get a text she huffed and closed the fridge door. Kol was right behind it and she held the glass with ice out to him.
"You want one?" She half smiled at him trying to keep calm.
"Sure." She moved back around him to the counter.
"Elena." She heard her name being called and it pulled her out of her dream. "Elena." She felt a strong grip on her arm. "Elena! Time for dinner love." Elena felt her arm crack and she jolted up. "There's my girl." Elena sat up and looked down at the black bed spread to see if there was now blood on the bed. "I see you found the closet. Do you like it?" Elena didn't answer. "I asked you if you liked it." He gripped her arms tighter and she yelped.
"Yes, thank you Kol." He smiled and brushed her shoulders off the best he could. She followed him out of the room and down the stairs. He showed her into a large dining room. The table was topped with marble and the whole room was lined in what she assumed was gold. This was the most extraordinary room he had seen since she walked into Klaus' mansion for the first time. "This is amazing."
"I know. Wine? Blood? What's your preference?" He smirked and she took the wine from the tray his servant was carrying.
"Kol. Why did you take me? What good am I without the cure?" He smiled at her and moved close so her back was flush against his chest.
"You are worth a lot more without the cure Elena." He brushed the hair off of the left side of her neck and she couldn't help but lean back into him waiting for him to bite into her. She felt a sense of need she didn't understand. "You are a dirty girl aren't you Elena?" He was so close to her neck she could feel his breath. It was impulsive yet intriguing to her.
"What are we having for dinner Kol?" She leaned forward and moved from him. He turned away and moved towards the table setting his glass down.
"Collette. Bring in dinner please." The servant brought in two plates of food. Filet mignon, wild rice, asparagus. "Thank you darling. You may go back to the kitchen." She nodded and walked out. Before Elena could sit Kol appeared and pulled her chair out for her. "I am still a gentleman Elena." She rolled her eyes and he watched her eat from across the table.
"So I take it we won't be here too long since Klaus will come looking." Kol set his silverware down and looked across the table at her.
"We will be moving from now until I decide to stop Elena. You have been too lucky so far." Elena didn't understand.
"We don't have to always up and go Kol." Before she even looked up at him he was behind her choking her and pinning her against the chair.
"We do what I say we do Elena. No more questions you understand?" She smacked his hands trying to respond. When he released she let out a slight cough and glared at him through hateful eyes. "Don't look at me like that Elena. You will grow accustomed to my… ways." She set her fork down hard on the plate cracking it and she got up to walk away from the table chugging her wine. When she turned he smacked the glass from her hand, grabbed her throat, pulled her in close, and his cheek lightly brushed against hers until he got to her ear. "No need for temper tantrums. To your room." Elena was eclipsed by his near touch and she was trying to shake it when she got to the room she leaned against the door and let out a small sob into her hands. She pulled her knees to her chest and tried to shake off everything that had just happened.
Elena kept replaying the day before in her head. She had replayed everything and didn't know where the signs of her being taken were. It was just something he had spontaneously done in her eyes.
Flashback
"You've killed haven't you?" Elena took a large gulp of her drink and set it down. She could see Connor's face flash into her mind. "Or are you one of those Mary Sue vampires?" He was smirking at her and studying her face carefully.
"I killed. Once." He could tell she was leaving something out. "Hunter's curse, hunter, all of that. Im guessing your number is a lot higher than mine is." Kol appreciated her honesty. If she went through the curse maybe she was just as crazy as him.
"You lose track over the years. So are we going to talk about Silas or just make small talk?" Elena moved from behind the counter past him showing him to the living room. He took in a deep breath of her scent and was intoxicated by it.
Elena was shoved from the door and Kol entered. "Trying to keep me out or yourself in?" He chuckled and she stood up feeling her shoulder out of place. She popped it back in place and grunted when it fit perfectly.
"Both. I don't know." He sat on the chair next to the bed watching her move into the closet. "Be right out." He could see her looking through drawers from the crack in the door. She slid out of her jeans and into a pair of what Elena made out to be short exercise shorts. Kol felt himself getting excited looking over her body. He watched her slide out of her shirt and into a tank top. When Elena walked out of the closet she was throwing her hair up. Kol looked away trying not to let her know he was staring.
"All settled for bed darling?" She nodded and stared in fear that he would slide in with her. He chuckled, "Don't worry I'm not staying in here. Tonight." He leaned in close and she felt electricity flow through her. "Goodnight, Elena." He was gone the door was shut and Elena was once again trying to piece together why she was taken.
Flashback
"Why silas? Why are you afraid of him?" Kol's expression changed.
"He can unleash Hell on Earth. I like Earth how it is."
"Biblical." He smiled at her.
"Man's other problem. Lack of faith. In that loss they don't know who they should really fear." He smiled and she felt a chill go through her. "This has been… enlightening. Some things are better left buried Elena."
"Kol! No!" Elena turned when she saw Klaus in the door. The next thing she knew her world went black.
Thanks for reading this chapter! Reviews are always welcome! Hope you Enjoy!
