"Kol!" Nikki shouted and hugged him tightly while pushing him to the floor.

"Nikki?" He asked a little surprised. She giggled but kept gripping to him tightly. "Nikki, love… your crushing me… just because I heal doesn't mean I won't hold a grudge." He choked out and chuckled slightly. She giggled again and pulled back. They stood and ignored the shocked and irritated looks from their family.

"What are you doing here?" Nikki asked smiling.

"I could ask you the same thing." Kol retorted raising an eyebrow.

"I asked first." Nikki said. Kol laughed.

"Just blowing through on one of my annual visits." Kol said putting his hand in his pockets and rocking back and forth. "And you?"

"You know me, just wanted to stir things up a bit." Nikki said with an evil smirk.

"Ah, so you finally grew a pair and asked Bonnie?" Kol asked. Nikki punched him in the arm. "Ow! Where have you been? It's been nearly two months sense I've seen you!" Kol said.

"Well after I finished up my job in Vegas I decided to take a little trip threw Cali and go to all the beaches. Worked on my tan. What do ya think?" She asked striking a silly pose. Kol laughed and nodded his head. "Then I was in Miami after I got called in. Spent some time partying there then took a plane here." She finished with a shrug.

"Mmm, fun! Find any new clubs we should hit? Been a few years sense I've been in Miami… But, the jobs went okay?" He asked.

"Pretty easy, finished up quick." She replied nonchalantly.

"Good." He smiled. "What did Bonnie say?" He asked pointing to her mother but acting as if she wasn't there.

"Looks like I'm going to be here for awhile before she'll change me." She said grinding her teeth.

"Oh, that's tough." He frowned.

"Well I actually have a job to complete…" She trailed off.

"Already?" He asked.

"Yeah, as soon as they found out where I was headed they sent me the info. It's a couple towns over. You want to come? I could use a little help. We can go drinking afterwards too." She gave him a mischievous grin. "Like you said it's been months."

"Hm…" He said thinking it over. "Drinks before or after?"

"Why not both? You know I work better when I'm drunk." She said.

"Deal!" He said and took his keys from his pocket. "Things also get a little bloodier when you're drunk." He stated. She laughed.

"Alright lets go." She said zipping up her leather jacket. "Let's take your car. Mine's new I don't want to drive it drunk." She said walking out the door. "Don't wait up." She said, sticking her head back inside the house, to her wide eyed, confused, and livid family. She closed the door behind her, leaving the house stony quiet as everyone took in what they had just witnessed.

"What the Hell just happened?" Caroline asked bemused.

"I have no idea." Bonnie said just as confused.

"What does she think she's doing?" Klaus roared and tried to go through the door after her. Bonnie gripped his arm tightly and stopped him.

"Klaus, no. She's going to coming back." Bonnie said.

"You're just going to let her go out all night! She's nineteen!" He shouted.

"I don't like it anymore then you do. Think this through. We don't want to give her a reason to be any more angry with us." Bonnie gave Klaus her "look" and he knew he lost that fight. He sighed and relaxed his muscles a bit feeling trounced.

"I don't understand why she's angry with the rest of you. I'm the only one she should hate. I'm the one who hurt her."

Bonnie wasn't sure what to say. She wanted to comfort him, but he hit her daughter. She couldn't consent to that. But, she knew he couldn't help himself. It was his werewolf side that took control of him.

"We'll get her back." Bonnie said. "I'm not going to let her go so easily this time. We made a mistake and we're going to fix it. You're going to get her back." She told her husband.

"Kol knew where she was." Klaus hissed. "He kept her from us."

"Klaus, do you think that even if he did tell us he was in contact with her, she would come home?" Bonnie asked.

"Does it matter? At least we would have had some knowledge of her."

"Bonnie's right, Nik." Rebekah said cutting in. "We can't do anything about the past. We'll just have to make up for it now. But, there is something off about her. I just can't put my finger on it."

"I know what you mean." Said Caroline walking out of Elijah's arms. "Her emotions are everywhere. If I didn't know any better I would say that she had turned them off like a vampire would." Bonnie thought about it for a moment before her eyes widened.

"She didn't?" Bonnie exclaimed.

"What?" Klaus asked taking hold of her arm.

"She did." Bonnie said.

"What are you talking about?" Rebekah asked.

"I think Nikola has been tampering with dark magic and has turned off her emotions." Bonnie said.

"Dark magic?" Caroline asked. "I thought witches were around to keep balance or something. Doesn't that defeat the purpose?"

"Not necessarily. Everything had a balance. Good and bad. Dark magic is the bad side." Bonnie explained.

"I've met witches who practiced dark magic and Nikola didn't compare to them." Elijah said.

"Well, she must not be too deep into it. But, we can't let it continue. I'll be damned if I let it destroy her." Bonnie said.

"What do you mean 'destroy her'?" Caroline asked.

"Dark magic is really dangerous, Car. Witches who practice it for too long loose there hold on this world and reality. It will literally drive her insane." Bonnie finished.

"Oh, god…" Klaus sighed. "What are we going to do?"

"Don't bring it up, whatever you do. I'll talk to her about it." Bonnie said. "Elijah, maybe you should be there? She did look upset when she saw you." Elijah nodded.

"Should we call Nikolas?" Klaus asked.

"No, not yet. We have to know how deep in she is before we bring him into this. I don't want him to be put in danger and Nikki wouldn't want her brother to see her like that." Bonnie told him.

"There's something else that we have to find out…" Rebekah said thinking.

"What?"

"If I remember correctly she and Kol went to a 'job' and then there was something about it being bloody?" Rebekah said with wide child eyes.

"Yes, that does seem like a problem." Elijah said.

Hmm... What is Nikki up too? Where has she been for the past seven or so years?

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