I awoke strung up to a wooden door that had clearly been ripped of its hinges clearly for the use of restraining me, I felt the wooden spikes that impaled my wrists keeping me in place.

As I came to, I looked around the room in which I was strung up. As I focused in front of me, I saw Jeremy unconscious tied to a wooden chair. Blood dripped down from his temple and covered his motionless face.

Sensing my awakening, Klaus entered the room.

'Well hello there sleepy head' he said 'Are we ready for the show?'.

He lifted Jeremy's head and tapped his face, clearly trying to rouse him from his unconsciousness. Jeremy sat up with a startle and struggled as he realised his restraints.

'I'll leave you two alone for a minute' Klaus said with a smile as he exited the room

'What's going on?' Jeremy asked

'Ssssshhhhh!' I said to Jeremy, as I listened to make sure that Klaus was out of earshot. I heard him descending the stairs of the house in which we were captive.

'Jeremy, I'm still not wearing my locket - I can get you out of here!' I said in a hushed voice

'Great, just do what you got to do and then I'll deal with those' Jeremy said, gesturing to the wooden spikes that held my hands in place

'No, there's not enough time, once I've finished, go!'

'I'm not just going to leave you here'

'He doesn't want me Jeremy - he wants you'

A look of confusion cross Jeremy's face 'What do you mean he wants me?'

'That's why he lied about me being a hunter' I answered 'He wanted you to stay around me, so he could lure you'

'Lure me for what?' Jeremy asked

'Klaus says they need your blood to bring Kol back - the blood of the person who killed him' I replied

'Well, can't they just take some blood and get lost!' Jeremy questioned

'No - well, yes - Klaus says that he also wants revenge for you killing Kol in the first place' I hesitated and listened again to make sure I could not hear Klaus approaching 'But I know the spell he's talking about, Kol mentioned it years ago - they don't just need your blood - they need your body too'

'My body?' Jeremy asked confused

'Yes, they can't just bring Kol's original body back, there needs to be a balance - the killer's body needs to be given to the victim'

'So, Kol will be in my body, what will happen to me?' Jeremy asked solemnly

'Honestly, I don't know - but we're not going to find out'

'WAIT!' Jeremy said, breaking my focus 'Even if you do manage to get me out of here and distract Klaus, what are you going to do? You can't kill him - everyone he's ever sired - including my friends - will die'

'You have to get back to Bonnie - see if there is some kind of spell that she can do - a protection spell - somehow lock your body so that no one can jump into it - I think I've heard of it being done before - She's a Bennett witch, she'll know'

I concentrated all of the energy that I could on the ropes that bound Jeremy and with a sharp concentration of that energy, I managed to break them. Jeremy pulled his hands free and stood up. He came over to me and began to pull the wooden spikes out of my hands.

'What are you doing - I said go!' I said angrily in a hushed tone

'and I said I'm not just going to leave you here' Jeremy retorted

I grabbed hold of Jeremy and ran as fast as I could out of the house holding on to him, leaving only a blur where we once stood. Klaus would soon realise that we were gone. We needed to get somewhere where he had not been invited in so I ran straight back to Matt's house.

Once we were inside, I let go of Jeremy and he maintained his balance.

'I don't get it' he said

'Don't get what?' I asked

'I thought that you wanted Kol back, that's why you stuck with Klaus all of those years'

'I did - I mean, I do'

'So why not let Klaus just do what he's got to do?' Jeremy said quietly

'You know what?' I said stepping towards Jeremy, I reached out and touched his hand and felt the warmth of his skin as he grasped mine back 'I have no idea what it is - but I just...oh, I don't know...

I trailed off. I had no way to express to Jeremy that I couldn't explain how I had known him for but a few days, but felt like I had to protect him, that there was no way that I could live without him. The sentimental part of me wanted to tell him that I loved him, but how could I - not only did I barely know him, but he I was a vampire, he was a human - that could never work. I stayed silent.

Jeremy pulled my hand and pulled me close towards him.

'I know' he said softly.

As he leaned in towards me, so close that I could feel the warmth of his body - I pulled my face away from his and interrupted the moment. I was focused on one thing at the moment, and that was making sure that Klaus didn't find a way to put Kol into Jeremy's body. I let out a sigh, signifying my disappointment and said simply -

'We need to call Bonnie'