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*Last chapter*

"Don't worry too much, right now… The best way we can help them now is to find who and why these Vampires attacked us. Perhaps this will give us some answers." I stated sleepily, suddenly feeling the weight of the events on my shoulders.

Not caring if Kol was next to me, I nestled deeper into the covers of the comfortable bed and stretched sleepily, suppressing a long yawn, closing my eyes hoping sleep would be merciful with me. Soon I felt sleep pulling me in its depths and I was off to the land of dreams.

*End of last chapter*

Elena's P.O.V.

Loud ringing was disturbing the peace of my sleep, but I could've easily ignored it if it wasn't for the constant, annoying shakes. "What?!" I grumbled and buried my face only deeper into my pillow. "Eleeeenaaaa…. The phone's ringing." Kol grumbled and turned some more, pushing me some more towards the side of the bed.

"No." I nearly hissed back and took blindly a pillow to throw it at Kol. "You're not nice!" Kol nearly whined and rolled some more, now clearly bumping against me. Normally I would've probably hit him or pushed him away, but I was simply too tired to care and so I just nestled deeper into my covers. 'Why should I get up when it's HIS phone who's ringing nonstop?!' I thought angrily, but as if a lightning had stroke me I suddenly jumped up. "Kol! Wake up!" I shouted and sped over to his phone, but I was already too late.

"What?!" He grumbled angrily, rubbing his heavy eyes. "Your phone was ringing… what if it was something concerning Elijah? Or what if it was him?" I asked and felt my worry growing from second to second. "Elena, please… just calm down." Kol said and took his phone to check who had called him. "See it… It really was Elijah." He answered astonished and looked up at me. "Then why don't you call him back?" I wondered, now even more nervous.

'What if something happened to him? What if something happened to Klaus and Rebekah?... Where is he? Is he in security? Are they all in security?' I wondered, pacing up and down, while Kol called back his brother. "Elijah? Hello?" Kol asked into the phone with a concerned look and suddenly his eyes nearly doubled size before anger clouded his eyes. 'What is happening?!'

"Kol! What's wrong?" I whispered, coming to sit down next to him. "Who are you and what have you done with my brother?!" Kol hissed angrily into his phone and I gasp at the news. 'Someone has Elijah?! How could this happen?! Are Klaus and Rebekah with him?!' "Who I am is not of importance, what I will do is the more important factor." I heard the guys voice over the phone and I was sure that I heard something rustling. 'Could they be chains?' I wondered while I tried to find a similar noise in my head.

"And what will you do you fucking idiot?! You're really damn stupid if you think will let you take one of us without harming you!" Kol growled menacingly, but the guy on the other end simply chuckled a little bit. "You're a feisty little thing… But I will NOT tolerate you talking with me like that, this will have consequences." He laughed maliciously, making me think of a psychopath.

Now you could clearly here chains rustlings and a loud, earsplitting cry of…. Klaus. 'No! He can't hurt him!' "NO!" I screamed and snatched the phone out of Kol's grip. "Whoever you are stop right now! He is only a child! He has nothing to do with this! Please stop!" I cried into the phone, desperate that I couldn't comfort Klaus and that I had no damn idea where they were being held captive.

"Well look at that… isn't that one of the infamous doppelgängers! Don't worry the arm will… heal, at least I think so." He laughed cruelly and it took all my will power not to shout out every profanity that came to my mind. "What. Have. You. Done. To. Him?" I asked slowly in between clenched teeth, tears still spilling.

"Who do you mean? The Vampire or the weak human boy? Because as it is right now… I think I can safely say that the Vampire is in a better state." This guys continued, clearly amused by my anger and his accomplishements.

Kol who had been pacing in front of me since I snatched away his phone, stopped at that and came to sit next to me, giving my free hand a soft but firm squeeze. I looked to him, my eyes still clouded over by tears and I felt him pull me into his arms, trying to sooth me the best he could. "What do you want?" I asked with my head still buried in Kol's chest. "Hmm…. What do I want? So much and so little time…" The guy spoke seeming even more amused, clearly enjoying the mental torture he was giving me.

"What do you want?" Kol pressed after having taken out the phone from my hands, because it was clear that I wouldn't be able to bring out another word. "I want you, all of you dead, but that would take too much time and it wouldn't be much fun for me. Besides the doppelgänger succeeded already once in disturbing my plans. No, actually I want nothing because there won't be any possible escape for you all." 'Oh my god… was he the guy who let Klaus and Rebekah fall into the river?'

"I just thought I'd call you to let you know that by saving the worthless children you sentenced the entire Original family to death, congratulations!" He laughed and there was a faint cry of Rebekah. Having heard enough of it, I snatched the phone away from Kol and let all my anger out. "I warn you! If you only touch one single hair of these children, I swear I'll personally come after you and I'll rip out every single limb one by one! Is that clear?!" I growled angrily, finding it extremely difficult not to crush the small object in my hand. "Hahaha, you've got spite too. You know, I actually like that in women so there won't be any consequences for once. Ciao!" The insane guy laughed and simply hung up.

"I see you learned a lot from him." Kol remarked with a mysterious smile after a while of silence. "What do you mean by that Kol?" I asked tiredly, leaning against the headboard of the bed. "Klaus. You learned a lot from Klaus. He likes to threaten people with such formulations." Kol clarified coming to sit next to me once again.

He softly put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me nearer to him. "We'll get them back, Elena. They'll be all safe and then we'll move far away from here." 'If only I could believe you so easily, Kol… If only I could…' I thought sadly and sighted heavily.

**Hours later**

"Perhaps we could go to Amanda and ask her for help? Maybe she could try a locator spell just like Bonnie used to do them." I suggested, observing Kol pacing in front of me. "I don't know if it's going to work… after all isn't this spell for humans?" Kol asked right back only stopping his pacing for some seconds. "Yes, but Klaus and Rebekah are now mostly human so it could work."

"You're right, Elena. It could work… Do we need anything special?" Kol asked, taking place behind his desk. "Yes, we need something that belonged to them… like a toy, clothing, anything and we need either a hair or blood of them." I explained walking over to Kol's desk. "Do we have that?" He asked me skeptically. "The blood no and the hair… maybe. But we would need to get back for that." I admitted and looked over his shoulder at the desktop. "Gas explosion has caused at least two victims..."I read and shook my head at their report. 'If only they knew how far they're from the truth of it all…'

"To the first house or second?" Kol asked slightly confused, shutting down the computer. "I'd go to the first one because we spent more time in that one. Chances are higher to find some hairs and stuff which belongs to them." I answered him, already at the door of his study. 'If… Damon, Stefan, Caroline and Bonnie haven't changed anything in the house than everything should still be at the same place I left it…. Meaning Rebekah's brush would be on the small commode in her room and Klaus's as well. I could also take their romper suits, they seemed pretty attached to them.' I thought, while walking down into the hallway to put on my shoes and coat.

"Afterwards we go straight to Amanda, okay?" Kol demanded but it was more a statement than anything else. "Yes" I answered and gave him a short nod, since he was holding the front door open for me. 'I hope she'll be able to perform the spell… it is our only hope and I really don't know where we could start looking if this doesn't work…'

** Two hours later**

"They've gone quite through the stuff in Elijah's study." Kol informed me now back in the children's room. "He won't be happy about that…" Kol chuckled sadly and I knew that he was worrying about his brother more than he wanted to admit. I know that he was trying to appear strong and calm, but having spent now quite some time with him I could easily see the fear for his brother in his entire stance and of course in his eyes.

"At least they had the decency not to go search in the bedrooms, Kol…" I answered in a weak attempt at lifting the mood, while I searched for Rebekah's and Klaus's romper suits. 'I hope we'll get them all back safely… what if? No, don't think about that. You've got to stay positive, you've got to stay strong for all of them!' I told myself once again and smiled happily when I finally found the objects I had been searching for.

"I've got everything, Kol. Are we ready to leave?" I asked him, but he simply walked away into his room, pulling out several items from his closet and then searching under his bed. With every second which passed his searches got more frantic, more panicked. 'What is he doing?' I wondered and went to stand in his doorway, as he started throwing all the clothes which wear on his floor on his bed. 'Now he wants to tidy his room?... No, he wouldn't look so… frightened if it were that.'

"Kol what are you searching? Perhaps I can help you once you tell me." I proposed, but it didn't seem as if he had really heard me. "It's gone…" He mumbled with a both angry and fearful look in his eyes. "What is gone Kol?" I asked a bit louder, successfully bringing his attention on me. "The stake… the white oak stake…" He answered seemingly rather pale. 'Didn't know a Vampire could get so pale… Dammit Elena! Listen! He just told you that his white oak stake is missing!'

"What?! You left it here?" I asked now really concerned and I was sure that there was perhaps even a little bit of fear in my eyes. "Y-… Yes! I.. was too confused that morning and when you urged me to leave with the twins I completely forgot about it." Kol confessed and let himself fall on his bed, with his head in his hands. 'Oh honey…'

Not thinking twice about it I simply sat next to him as well and put an arm around his shoulder pulling him towards me, I made this move out of instinct… I just couldn't stand it when someone was sad or frightened. "Kol… we'll get it back, don't worry about it." I whispered, still holding him quite strongly. "But what if these Vampires have the stake and then they use it against Elijah?!" Kol nearly shouted back, jumping up again and pacing around.

Sighting heavily I stood up and walked into the kitchen, knowing what I had to do I picked up the phone and dialed the familiar number. I only had to wait for two rings before he picked up. "Stefan, where is the stake you took?" I asked trying to empty my voice from any accusation or anything. "Elena! What happened? Why did you take off like that?!" He asked right away, obviously not caring much about the question I had just asked.

I knew that what I was about to do was dirty, but I also knew that it was the only way to get the information I so desperately needed for the sake of all Originals and me. "Stefan… I really didn't want to take off like that, believe me." I stated and for the sake of it even started crying. "I… I had no choice, they compelled me to do it…" I continued just as Kol came into the kitchen giving me weird, questioning looks.

Shaking my head I only put my finger over my lips and listened back on the things which were happening on the other side. Sure enough I heard Damon's voice not far away and seconds later he spoke into the phone. "Elena! Thank god! I knew they had compelled you!" He said angrily and I was really tempted to roll my eyes. "Damon please, I don't have much time! Where is the stake you took from them? I…" "It's safely back home, why?" Damon asked with a little hint of suspicion. "Damon, please they're coming after you… all of you." I cried into the phone, making a big point of sobbing rather loudly. "They… they'll kill you all…. Please you have to return it to them!" I continued and really had a hard time not to start laughing at the faces Kol was pulling.

"Elena, we're not going to return it. But let them come after us, they'll never catch it… at least not while they're still living." 'Yeah, yeah… You're a baby compared to them!' I shouted in my thoughts at him. "Okay… well I could escape them Damon… I'm coming home as soon as I can." I said, while I got even more questioning looks from Kol. "Damon I have to go, I… tell everyone I love them." I quickly finished and hung up, satisfied with the conversation.

"Why did you call them?" Kol asked right away. "Kol, at least now we know who has the stake and where it is. Now, can we go to Amanda or do you have more questions?" "No… let's go. The quicker we find them the quicker we can get the stake and go far away from here, at least for some time." Kol answered and together we walked back to his car outside.

Minutes later we arrived in front of Amanda's house and seeing that it was all dark I instantly got a bad feeling. I was apparently not the only one as Kol kept murmuring "I don't like that… I don't like that at all". 'I don't like it either Kol… it seems to calm around here. There must be something wrong…' Checking the environment I quickly realized that no one was home and quickly walked up the porch to look through the windows.

The first thing that hit my nose was the penetrant smell of blood, a lot of blood. Not just any kind of blood, no, it was old, powerful blood meaning it could only belong to one person. "Elijah…" I murmured before I felt my knees weaken.

So, after my really long, long, long absence that was the new chapter. What did you think of it? Did you like it? Did you hate it? And what do you guys think happened there? Well… answers will follow in the next chapter and I promise that this time it won't take so long for updating! P.S. Thanks for all the lovely reviews and to all my readers. Of course if you have any questions concerning this story you can always ask me!