Reminder : LJ & Julie Plec and a whole bunch of people own TVD not me. Chomp, Mara and other unidentified characters are solely my creation and bear no resemblance to anyone dead or alive. Plus I don't strictly follow the series and tend to incorporate only what I think is necessary.

Please accept my humble apologies for any mistakes, grammatical errors etc.

Idiot, stupid, short of a few screws, coward, those were some of the choice words Kol called me. I may be wrong but I guess nobody ever said no to him.

I stared squarely at him telling him he had worn out his welcome as far as I was concerned and he should be on his way, wherever he was going that is. I was quite where I was. My legs shook as I really thought I was done for seeing the rage on his face; but he only grabbed me and lip-locked me before doing the superhero thing.

I pinched myself, either this was really happening or I was stuck in a macabre version of Alice in Wonderland. Mara Baum didn't go around kissing blood crazed ORIGINAL vampires. That reminds me, wonder how Chomp, Sharon and the rest of minions were faring. If what Kol said was true; the whole mansion was bedlam by now.

Faintly, I heard the front door opening and gingerly made my way down; Elena was back, she looked at me momentarily with the saddest eyes I have ever seen, before excusing herself to go to her room. I sighed, I wondered who was the casualty this time. Kol was right, one had to be insane to remain in this miserable place. I had to get out, at least for a short while.

Momma's grave was as I left it days ago. I guess momma won't be moving now that the Klaus and his family were on the run. Ah well easy come easy go. Mara Baum, it was time to sort out my own life. Elena would keep her promises, I had no doubts about that. I just felt bad at the demands I had made earlier. Elena had looked devastated. These folks may live on the right side of the road but that didn't necessarily mean they had heaven. I could still stay in MF, work at the Grill or whatever job the teen ninjas had promised to get me. I was safe as long as I stayed away Elena and gang. Talking to momma always made me feel better. I poured out my heart, what to do with a problem like Kol. If he came back, he might make a beeline for me. Kol was a package deal, everywhere he went his family did too. Momma would say RUN.. run for my life. Do I like him? Can you like a serial killer with a fetish for blood? Attraction, of course there was. He's an attractive guy, I mean look at the gene pool. I'm certifiably insane…here I am contemplating a relationship with someone who would be more than happy to kill me. Do I really need to tread the same path momma did? I had promised momma that I would try my best at a normal life. Away from the Klaus, away from anything supernatural. I knew it was for my own good.

It was always peaceful here, no Klaus, no moms with assassination plans, doppelgangers, witches, werewolves. Just the dead and they weren't up to anything as far as I could see. However all good things had to come to an end, momma said that. My peaceful existence disturbed by none other than REBEKAH.

I jumped up as she sneered at me. How was I supposed to know where the wonder twin had gone to? Besides it wasn't my fault that Kol had developed a what was it she said? An unhealthy fascination for me, one Mara Baum formerly of the Klaus's mansion. I kept quiet, hoping that once her rant was over she would get lost. No such luck, before I knew it I was whizzed to Klaus's mansion.

She dragged me in front of Klaus who was studiously burning drawings of Vampire Bimbo. Methinks there is trouble in paradise? He looked up obviously not expecting me and asked what I wanted. Did I ask for anything? Banshee continued to rant. I could see Klaus was already over the edge and Rebekah stoking the fire; things didn't look good for me. This was it, my hour of death. Even if Klaus let me go, Rebekah was thirsting for revenge. My senses went into overdrive, my hands and legs felt like Jelly, my heart was beating so fast I thought I was going into cardiac arrest. I swayed on my feet, shaking like a leaf then darkness overcame me. Was this the end of Mara Baum?