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A couple of very tense hours later they pulled up outside a rundown house which seemed to be completely isolated. It was a sort of hunting lodge that had definitely seem better days. There were a few slates missing from the roof, a couple of the windows were boarded up and the porch and steps bent down on themselves making a well-trodden valley leading up to the door.

Kol turned around in the front seat to look at her and she instantly drew back a little, a reflexive motion which, judging by the smirk on his face, he did not miss. She regretted it instantly; she didn't want him to know how afraid she was of him.

"Ok love, I'm going to take these off," he said, gesturing to the duct tape, "but know this, if you try to escape me I will hunt you down and I will make you suffer. I can think of a thousand things to do to you and I guarantee that you will not enjoy any of them. Are we clear?"

Elena nodded mutely; she didn't trust her voice right now.

"Now, we're going to visit a, shall we say, acquaintance of mine, who just may be able to do something to stop that Bennett witch from being able to find you. Or me for that matter." With that he came around the car and slowly peeled the duct tape from Elena's body, making the pain last. He smirked at her all the while, daring her to make a sound.

That done he roughly grabbed her by the arm and propelled her towards the cabin. She took the hint and started walking, stopping when she reached the door. Kol grabbed her arm again and held her in place although she wasn't exactly sure why. He knocked on the door.

She wondered what he meant by acquaintance. Probably some girl he'd slept with and then never looked at again. That was sure to be an awkward meeting. Maybe the girl would refuse to help and then Bonnie would have time to find her while Kol looked for somebody else. No, of course that wouldn't happen. She was just deluding herself; Kol would never let anyone refuse him. He probably already had plans in place in case this person tried to resist. She sighed, if she wanted to get out of this, she would have to do it on her own.

Given these thoughts Elena was surprised to find that when to door opened the person who stood behind it was in fact an elderly man. He simply looked at them both for a while before saying one word.

"Kol." He didn't sound pleased.

"Geoffrey, mate, it's been a long time." Kol said with his usual easy charm.

"What do you want Kol?" This guy obviously wasn't falling for it.

"Not much really, just one little spell that will hide this girl and myself from anyone who might come looking for us." Kol gave Elena a little shake as if there would be confusion about which girl he meant.

"You really expect me to do that, give you a free pass to do God knows what to this girl?" Despite herself, a tiny bit of hope sparked in Elena.

"Better her than one of you daughters Geoff, I advise you to consider what happened the last time you refused me." Kol gave a smile but it was anything but friendly.

Geoffrey visibly paled and Elena knew the fight was lost.

"Alright," Geoffrey said gruffly, "You'd better come in then; it'll take some time to get the ingredients together."


As Elena sat waiting, trying to be as small and unnoticeable as possible, she thought about home. About her friends, she missed them already.

She wondered who was looking for her. Damon definitely. He would have gotten Stefan involved by now and there was no way they could keep it from Jeremy, since he would have probably noticed that she didn't leave the house with him and Damon. Caroline was probably involved by now as well which meant so were Bonnie and Matt. The best she could hope for would be that they couldn't find her. She didn't want Kol to hurt any of them, even if that meant she had to stay with him forever. She sighed. All of her friends were probably worried sick about her, that is, if they weren't too deep in Klaus drama.

Klaus! That was it! He'd never let her remain with his brother, he needed her blood for his hybrids. Hadn't Kol even said that he'd been told she was off limits? She'd never before been so glad to be the doppelganger. But he could only help if she could be found in the first place. She sighed again.

"Why so gloomy?" His voice so close to her made her jump and she heard him chuckle.

"Go to hell." She said in her most scathing voice.

"Come on darling, don't be like that. It doesn't have to be all bad. If you're really good and you behave yourself, I might even let you sit up front for the rest of the way."

She threw him her best mean girl glare and then said,

"The rest of the way to where exactly?"

"The rest of the way to somewhere you don't need to know about." He said sounding irritated again. "The only thing you need to be thinking about is exactly what you're going to do that will convince me not to kill you the second we arrive."

With that he left her to go check on Geoffrey and she fell to contemplating the monster who had kidnapped her. For all of his good looks and charm he was the worst of all of the monsters she met. He seemed to take pleasure in causing her pain. She shuddered as she remembered him pulling the duct tape off of her this morning. It was only a small amount of pain but the look in his eyes, the smirk he had given her, he had savoured it. She wondered exactly what he had done to Geoffrey, that had made Geoffrey so afraid to cross him. Something to do with his family Elena was sure. She though the way that Geoffrey had reacted to the mention of his daughters from Kol's lips spoke of past experience.

It was another hour or so before the spell was ready. It didn't involve her participation very much; all she had to do was sit there and be quiet. The actual spell took no more than five minutes and then they were on their way again. As promised, she was now sat in the front. She hadn't said a word since before the spell.

"You know," Kol said, not bothering to turn and look at her, "I think you may be more like Katerina than you believe. She too was prone to sulking."

"I'm not sulking."

"Oh, really? I believe there is a phrase for it these days, 'the silent treatment'?"

Elena almost laughed at the words 'the silent treatment' coming out of Kol Mikealson's mouth. She sobered when she considered what she was about to say.

"Every time I say something you don't like you threaten to hurt me."

"I don't stand for disrespect love." She felt a sudden flair of anger at the endearment.

"Well then, it's best that I don't talk because I don't respect you."

He didn't even bother to pull over this time. He just grabbed her wrist and twisted until it was in a very painful position. She knew if he applied a little more pressure, it would break.

"If I can't have respect then I'll make do with fear." He snarled twisting her wrist a little more. She cried out in pain.

"Now apologise!"

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She rushed to say; she couldn't think of anything but the pain in her wrist. He released her and she pressed her back as close to the door as possible and cradled her wrist; trying to get as far away from him as possible.

Once again they found themselves in a silence which lasted the entire journey.


Not too much time later they pulled up to yet another isolated house. This one however, was in perfect repair. It looked quite pleasant from the outside. It was a big house with a wooden exterior, white windows and a porch at the back.

Elena was so busy admiring the house, she hadn't realised that Kol had gotten out of the car and was now standing by her door.

"Get out." She did. He roughly grabbed her arm and led her inside. He pulled her through the house very quickly; she barely had time to register anything. From what she had seen the kitchen was very modern but the rest of house seemed to have an old time charm to it. There was a fireplace in the living room which was not lit. There was a glass double door which led out to the porch, which overlooked the woods surrounding the house.

Kol led her upstairs, finally stopping when they came to a white door but only for him to unlock it. He dragged her inside.

"This is your room; you're not to leave it unless I specifically tell you to." His eyes warned her not to disobey him in this.

"The bathroom is through there." He said gesturing a door on the left wall. He left but not before smirking at her with a gleam in his eyes that made her sure he had something planned. He locked the door behind him.

The room was plain, with neutral colours, like you might see in a motel room. A quick scan for anything she might use as a weapon left her with nothing. Her best option shattering the mirror, which he would surely hear.

She sighed and decided to get it the shower: that usually made her feel better. She was about to start emptying her pockets when she realised that there was nothing in them. He'd taken her phone. Well duh, of course he has, she thought to herself, he's kidnapped you.

Getting in the shower did help; it cleared her head at least. But upon getting out she'd found a nice neat pile of clothing where she'd left her clothes. On top was a note.

Come down to the living room when you are ready.

K.

He'd been in here while she was in the shower! She should have known better than to expect any privacy from him. And that note, it was a demand, not a request. She was sure about that.

She took her time getting ready, being careful of her wrist and trying to calm herself down. She didn't want him to hurt her again.

She went down to where she remembered the living room was and saw him sat in a chair with his back to her, a glass of scotch in hand. She knew he had heard her enter so she waited for him to acknowledge her.

"Sit down." She hastened to obey.

"I realise you have questions so ask away." He said, he still hadn't looked at her. Elena was so shocked it took her a minute to reply.

"Where are we?"

"South Carolina, near Charlotte."

"Why are you telling me?"

"You know enough to know that you can't possibly get away from me and even if you could, there's no one around for miles."

"What do you want with me?"

"I already told you that love. Revenge, entertainment." He smirked at her yet again. She shivered. She'd hoped that he was just teasing her before.

"What did you do to Geoffrey?"

He looked confused at this.

"Nothing, you saw him as we left."

"Not today, before."

Understanding lit his eyes.

"I killed his wife, I wanted him to perform a spell for me and he refused." Elena felt nauseated.

"Oh, come on love, don't look so disgusted. He's probably over it by now: it was just over a hundred years ago."

"A hundred years?"

"Oh yes, witches know spells to slow aging down, you know."

"Even if it was a hundred years ago, I guarantee he's not over it. People don't just get over losing someone they love!" The effect of this statement was ruined by the fact that her stomach growled.

"The kitchens that way." He said again not looking at her.

She growled in frustration and stalked to the kitchen, hearing an amused chuckle from behind her.

She searched through the kitchen and found she had all of the ingredients she needed to make jerk chicken. She looked around the kitchen for a knife to chop the coriander and saw her cell phone on the counter. She spent a few second deliberating and then grabbed it. She turned the tap and the blender on to prevent Kol from hearing.

She scrolled through the contacts and found Damon's number. It rang twice.

"Elena! Elena, are you alright where are you?"

"Calm down Damon, I'm alright. I'm in some house, in South Carolina, near Charlotte."

"I don't know Damon! I-" Elena felt herself flying through the air. She hit the wall and crumpled to the floor. She heard Kol pick up the phone.

"Elena, yeah she fine mate. I can't guarantee she'll stay that way though." Kol turned his menacing eyes on her and she knew she was in trouble.

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