A/N: Hellooo, yup it's that time of the week again where I give you a new chap! *flails* yaaay!

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~ Ascha

Chapter 11:

Kenzie wasn't sure why she'd decided to show up to Pastor Young's funeral after how he threatened to kill her in Las Vegas, but she'd promised Damon to help him keep Elena in check as she too was having a hard time controlling her thirst for blood.

Also, Gabriel thought that they should go since it would draw the suspicion away from them.

For the last couple of days they'd been doing their best to avoid Connor Jordan, but it was a luck that Gabriel had far more control over his thirst than Kenzie thought he would have.

He refused to drink human blood and only killed animals, trying his best to prove to her that you could be a vampire and still not harm anyone innocent.

She didn't know whether to be impressed or annoyed by his stubbornness.

"As soon as this is over we're going home," she whispered grumpily. "It's a little too crowded for my liking."

Gabriel raised a brow and grasped her hand with the hand that bore his new daylight ring – curtsey of a very reluctant Bonnie, who preferred that Gabriel appeared normal to everyone.

"It'll be fine. I won't snap and kill anyone." Gabriel said.

"You don't know that. You think you have it under control and then one day you just…" She snapped her fingers to prove her point and felt him tighten his grip on her hand.

"No, I won't. Because I love you and I want us to live a somewhat normal life together. I know that the old Kenzie is still in there and she wanted that."

Kenzie rolled her eyes and glanced around in the church, half-wishing that Kol was there.

He wasn't.

Why am I even looking for him? He made it pretty clear that he didn't want to help me anymore and I should be grateful that he isn't bothering me, she thought.

"Mind moving in a bit, mate?" a familiar voice said.

Kenzie and Gabriel instantly turned to look at the owner of the voice, who was dressed in a fine but casual suit for once that fit the occasion.

"What are you doing here?" Kenzie hissed, careful not to draw too much attention to herself.

The sermon had already begun and the priest of Fell's Church was preaching about how God would show the spirits of the dead to the Paradise.

"I'm paying my respect, what else?" He smirked and sat next her, pushing her and Gabriel rather rudely further in.

"You are an idiot for coming here." It took all in Kenzie not to raise her voice even though a part of her was relieved to see him.

Kol smirked. "An idiot? My my, what a sharp tongue you have in a church."

She rolled her eyes and shook her head of him. "Why are you really here?"

"To help you with your little vamp issue…" He ignored the way Gabriel was scowling at him now.

"I don't need your help and you made it pretty clear that you didn't care."

Someone behind them shushed them when she raised her voice a bit too much, making Kenzie blush.

This wasn't the time or place to discuss this.

But her rage towards Kol's sudden change of heart was distracted when she caught the scent of blood in the air.

She went to turn her head, but Kol quickly leaned in and whispered: "Don't. It's a trap. Connor Jordan is here and I suspect that he wants to lure every vampire out."

Kenzie gulped and whispered the same to Gabriel, squeezing his hand reassuringly to keep him from losing control of his hunger.

The scent of fresh human blood was affecting him as much as it was affecting her and Elena right now, but they had to stay still.

Having a hard time concentrating, Kenzie decided to hold Kol's hand and he caressed her hand soothingly, knowing what was going through her mind right now.

"How do you know what he's doing?" Kenzie asked when they stood up to sing.

"I may have… pissed him off not so long ago," Kol answered. "I've been keeping an eye on him since then and he's got a whole van full of deadly traps."

Kenzie wasn't surprised. Those kinds of hunters normally just came to town to kill one vampire and after finding out that he was one of The Five she'd been very cautious.

"Who is he anyway? Why is he suddenly here?" Gabriel asked worriedly.

"I can't tell you here." Kenzie answered, looking suspiciously around.

"You know something about him, don't you?" Kol whispered, realizing something.

She nodded and they stayed quiet throughout the rest of the sermon until Tyler suddenly decided to make a speech in honor of the dead priest.

Kenzie scanned the church while Tyler spoke and spotted Connor Jordan with a custom made sniper that was aimed at the young hybrid.

He fired the shot before Kenzie could utter a word and everyone screamed as Tyler fell to the floor, fearing that a madman with a gun had gone crazy in the church.

"For fucks sake… Nik better be grateful that I'm here to keep his pets alive." Kol muttered before he dashed over to Tyler to pull the bullet out.

Kenzie decided to grab Gabriel and fled the church before they were shot as well, going to the Mikaelson Mansion where Kenzie knew they'd be safe and she also needed to speak with Klaus.

She left Gabriel in the living room and went searching for Klaus, finding him sat in his study looking at some old pictures.

"About time you showed up," Klaus said without looking up at her. "I told Kol to–"

"Yes, well I have been very busy. I am here now and there's something you need to know about the new hunter in town along with my father." Kenzie said.

Klaus raised a brow. "Which hunter?"

"The one who shot your favorite pet this morning in front of a whole town in a church."

Both of his brows shot up and he stood up, pulling her somewhere farther away from Gabriel because he knew the young vampire would be eavesdropping on them.

"Tell me more about this hunter."

"He works for my father… or at least, they're a part of the same organization but my father is the oldest hunter with the tattoo."

"Which tattoo?"

"The mark of the hunter. I'm sure you've met them before. They call themselves The Five."

She noticed a glint of fear in his eyes when she said their name and knew instantly that he'd come across them before.

"Did he kill Tyler?" he asked.

Kenzie shook her head, remembering seeing a wooden bullet flying across the room before it struck Tyler in the chest.

"I want my father dead, Klaus. He and everyone in his organization. They're dangerous and they will kill us all if we don't stop them first."

"Oh believe me, I know exactly what they are going to do… or at least Rebekah knows, but she doesn't want to talk with me."

Kenzie couldn't resist the urge to snort sarcastically. "Figures. You're an asshole."

Klaus didn't comment on that and just smirked slightly, turning his back to her to fetch something.

"If you can make Rebekah tell us what the hunter she was so infatuated in told her, then… I promise you that I'll kill your father for you. If there's something I don't hesitate with then it's killing poor excuses for a father."

"Oh yes, I know that you killed Mikael with his own weapon…" Kenzie suddenly felt sad of the thought of her father dying, but she pushed the feeling away quickly.

Her father had made it clear to her that she was dead in his eyes and it was only fair that she felt the same way about him.

She walked out of Klaus' bedroom and went searching for Gabriel so they could go home, but he was busy bickering with Kol again.

They were arguing about Gabriel's blood thirst and of course her, which she all found so exasperating as she couldn't care less about all this unnecessary drama.

"Both of you: shut up! I don't have the time or the mood to listen to you two children arguing over stupid things. We have a hunter to kill before he kills us."

That shut them up but they went on to having a glaring contest instead. She rolled her eyes and decided to leave them alone, going to find Rebekah so she could get to the bottom of how these hunters were going to stop all vampires.

Her father never got to tell her about The Five's secrets, but he had told her about how they got their enhanced strength, agility and endurance from a dying witch.

It took some time to locate Rebekah as the female Original usually hung out with her high school friends at cheerleading practice, but after a while Kenzie found her in the Grill.

Kenzie had barely approached Rebekah before the Original snapped at her.

"I'm not saying anything to you or my idiot of a brother, so leave me alone."

She rolled her eyes and tried anyway. "Rebekah, I don't care how pissed off you are at your brother right now, but I need to know what that hunter told you before something bad will happen to us."

Rebekah raised a brow. "Since when did you start caring about anyone? You could just leave town right now and bring your little pet with you if you want to."

"Gabriel is not my pet and I care because if anything happens to Kol then I'll die and I refuse to be killed by one of them."

Kenzie wasn't sure of what it was that had caught Rebekah's attention, but she suddenly seemed more willing to tell something.

"You've met them before, haven't you?"

She laughed dryly and sat down beside Rebekah at the bar. "You could say that. I want at least one of them dead and I know for a fact that he wants us dead too – regardless of how it happens."

"Very well. I'll tell you what you need to know, but not now. Meet me behind the Grill in half an hour and you better be there no matter what."

Kenzie nodded and watched Rebekah leaving, wondering why Rebekah couldn't just tell her the truth now.

But she waited patiently and had a drink in the meantime, one she badly needed today. It had been a very crazy morning and with Connor in town no one would ever have a normal or peaceful day again.

"You must be Kenzie Forbes…"

Ah… shit.

Kenzie glanced at Connor Jordan and raised a brow, trying to remain calm in the presence of the dangerous hunter who reminded her so much of her father in some ways.

"Yup, that's me," she said and couldn't resist the urge to glance at his tattoo.

How come I can still see it? Vampires aren't supposed to see those kind of stuff… but then again; it's not every day a hunter who can see it is turned into a vampire.

"You're a hunter like me and can see my tattoo." he said.

She raised a brow. "Yes and no."

It wasn't completely a lie, because Connor didn't know what she was saying yes to and what was saying no to.

"I know you can see it. I caught you staring at it a few days ago."

"And?" She shrugged and sipped her glass of bourbon.

"And aren't you the least bit interested in ridding this town for vampires? It's infested with them. Your father told me that he'd trained you into becoming like me so you could take his place, so surely you must have some interest in this."

Obviously, he hasn't talked with that old fool recently…

"Well… that's not really any of your business, is it?" she asked, tapping her ear discreetly to make him think that they were being eavesdropped on.

If she could make him think that she was on his side she might be able to stop him alone.

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