A/N: HELLO! I finished my English essay quickly, so I thought I'd use the remaining time of my exam to finally write this chapter for you! xD I'll try updating again this week to make up for the lateness of this one
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Chapter 28:
Seeing Kol in this condition; so pale, so lifeless and without a trace of emotion on his handsome face, was simply unbearable for Kenzie.
She closed her eyes as she stroked his brown hair soothingly, almost as if she hoped that beneath his coma-like state, he would feel her remorse and love for him.
Damon, Stefan and Bonnie had gone to fetch the famished Sienna from her grave while Elena and Jeremy remained safe in the Salvatore Boarding House, watching Kenzie like a pair of hawks.
She didn't blame them for not trusting her, because she was in love with an Original, who'd tried killing one of them a few minutes ago.
When Bonnie heard about the new plan, she'd eyed Kenzie as if she was crazy and reluctantly gone with the Salvatore brothers to see what she could do.
"If this doesn't work…" Elena started.
"Then don't hesitate to kill Kol and I, but you'd better use that cure on Klaus then and give him what he deserves," Kenzie interrupted.
She sighed heavily and kissed Kol's forehead softly, frowning when she felt his cold skin against her lips.
"If the plan works, I'll take Kol far away from this place. I won't come back ever again."
Elena's eyes widened. "You don't want to help us finding the cure?"
Kenzie bit down her bottom lip and shook her head. "I don't need the cure. I just need Kol in my life and don't really care that much about getting my revenge anymore. It's not worth it if Kol will hate me for it."
There seemed to be a mutual understanding between them and when they both heard the Salvatore brothers returning, Kenzie stood up to help them carrying Sienna to the living room.
She was unconscious and much paler than Kol, but still somehow remained looking beautiful and dangerous at the same time.
Due to her age, they figured that it was best to use vervain soaked chains to hold her down and Jeremy stood armed in case she suddenly woke up.
Kenzie was nervous and feared that the plan wouldn't work. There was a limit to what you could use magic for and although Bonnie was practicing Expression, she too had to have a limit.
"We need to cut off Kol's and your bloodline off first," Bonnie said, eying Kol wearily as if she feared he'd attack her at any moment. "I think I might know a spell for that. I'll need yours and Kol's blood in a bowl."
Kenzie nodded understandingly and while Elena fetched a bowl from the kitchen, she borrowed a knife from Jeremy.
She cut her palm deeply and dripped a fair amount of blood into the bowl before doing the same to Kol, who didn't react at all to the pain.
Bonnie then started chanting ancient words that didn't sound like the ones normal witches used in spells and mixed the blood with some other ingredients.
Eventually, the mixture was set ablaze and burnt with a bright blue color that left Kenzie feeling both frightened and mesmerized.
Once she'd cast the spell, she cut Sienna's palm open to make her bleed into a cup, which instantly made the centuries old vampire wake up.
The moment her gaze found Kenzie, she screamed loudly and hoarsely, and started fighting to get close to her.
It was clear that murder was still on her mind and she wouldn't rest until Kenzie was dead.
"Hurry! I'll distract her!" Kenzie shouted and tackled Sienna to the floor.
Damon quickly hurried to help her, but the pair was still too weak to knock Sienna out despite how famished she was.
Kenzie felt herself being thrown across the room and Sienna took the opportunity to wrap her hands around her neck while she was down.
"You don't deserve him, you little bitch! I'll tear your head off before letting you have him!" Sienna growled, attempting to break Kenzie's neck.
Kenzie kicked her hard in the stomach, followed by planting her fist in her face and didn't care how much it hurt to fight Sienna with her bare hands.
Jeremy tossed her one of his vervain tranquilizers to aid her, but Sienna got her hands on them and stabbed Kenzie in the leg with one.
"Give me the shotgun!" she hissed, feeling her mind becoming slowly drowsy.
This time Damon threw it to her and she managed catching it, aiming it at Sienna's heart without pulling the trigger just yet.
She needed Bonnie to finish the spell and link Sienna's vampires to her, so to distract Sienna further, she looked towards Kol.
"He's mine, Sienna! Get it into your fucking head!" she growled.
The second Sienna gazed at Kol, her face paled and her rage intensified to the point where she was attacking nearly everyone and anything in her way just to get to Kenzie.
She grabbed the dagger from Kol's chest and dashed towards Kenzie with a fire in her eyes that terrified Kenzie.
"It's done!" Bonnie exclaimed, looking surprised of that it actually worked.
Kenzie tried pulling the trigger, but Sienna was on her much faster than she expected and stabbed her repeatedly in the gut before penetrating her chest with her hand.
She didn't care about making Kenzie suffer anymore and just wanted her to die now.
"I will make you pay for–"
The sound of a shotgun being fired resonated throughout the entire house, followed by a loud thump as a very dead Sienna fell to the floor.
Her heart had been impaled by a stake and ended her life, and the shooter was none other than Kol, but he didn't look pleased at all about doing it.
The entire house fell silent and Kenzie stared at him in shock, wondering if he was going to continue trying to kill Jeremy.
Fearing the worst, she pulled the dagger out of her stomach and dashed swiftly towards him, taking him with her out of the house and deep into the woods.
Kol struggled in her grip and tried making her stop, which resulted in them falling and rolling down a hilltop, holding on to each other until they landed in a pool of mud.
Both were panting and aching all over their body, because the tumbling and falling had broken several of their bones.
Of course, Kol healed much quicker than Kenzie and rose from the pool of mud, looking down at her with pure hatred in his eyes.
"You betrayed me…" he said hoarsely.
"I saved your life, you asshole!" Kenzie hissed and forced herself to stand up even though her bones hadn't fully healed yet. "You would've been dead if they didn't dagger you!"
Kol fell silent and attempted wiping mud off his face, but only made himself look dirtier in the process.
"Why can't you ever do anything I tell you to do?" he growled.
"Why do you keep lying to me and killing people I care about behind my back?" Kenzie screamed.
She'd had enough and went to pull her engagement ring off for a second time, convinced that it would be the last time she'd do it, but Kol tackled her to the ground and pinned both of her hands above her head.
"Don't you dare take that ring off!" he snapped. "You drive me nuts, Kenzie. I want to hate you or knock some sense into you, but I can't."
Kenzie sighed heavily and looked up into his eyes, noticing that they'd softened a bit.
"We can't seem to stop defying each other…" she said, smiling sadly.
Kol nodded in agreement and groaned, leaning his forehead against her chest. He'd let go of her arms, but she left them above her head.
"I'm guessing they tried killing me to finish Jeremy's mark, yes?" He looked up and met her gaze again, breathing calmly.
"Yes… I offered them Sienna in exchange for your life. I can't let you die and not just because I'll die too then. I want to stay as a vampire with you."
She was startled by the shocked expression that formed on Kol's face and wished she could tap into his mind and hear his thoughts right now.
"You don't miss being human? Want to have bratty little children and stuff like that?" he asked worriedly.
"No," she answered honestly. "The old me wanted that, but I'm different now. You've changed me, Kol."
"But what about Silas? With Sienna gone, they'll be able to find him."
"Then we'll follow them and kill him before he can as much as utter a word."
Kol smirked mischievously and surprised her with a passionate kiss that left Kenzie breathless and craving more.
"I knew there was a reason why I fell for you. You're devious like me," he said proudly and kissed her again, this time more lovingly and tenderly. "I'm still angry at you, but I think your plan is better than mine."
He pulled her up into a sitting position and allowed her to sit on his lap, ignoring the fact that they were both covered in mud and leaves from head to toe.
After all the arguing, screaming matches and troubles they'd been through in the last 24 hours, Kenzie finally felt that they'd figured out how to work with each other despite their differences.
All they needed know was to form a bulletproof plan and make sure that no one knew that they were still in town.
"There's something I would like us to do before we proceed with this diabolic plan…" Kol started.
"I'm not having sex with you in the forest, Kol." Kenzie interrupted.
Kol pouted. "Hmm, there goes that plan, but I actually had something else in mind. I think it's way too easy for you to break up with me, so… let's get married."
Kenzie's eyes widened instantly. "Married? Now? Out here?"
"Not out here, of course. In a church in… say, Richmond? Getting that close to dying tonight, made me realize that I underestimate how easily I can be killed. Had Jeremy had the white oak stake in his hand, he would've killed me."
"Are you sure? It's kind of short notice and my brothers–"
"Will get invited to the big wedding if we survive killing Silas. Don't worry. I know you're a sucker when it comes to weddings."
Kenzie blushed brightly and was grateful that it was so dark outside. "I am not! Old habits die hard, you know."
"Oh, I know. It'll be our secret wedding, just you and I. I can humiliate myself in front of your brothers later then."
She couldn't resist the urge to giggle and kissed him softly, thanking him for being able to forgive her for what she did and willing to endure embarrassment for her.
"Let's get out of here and get cleaned. I'm pretty sure I felt a branch poking me before."
"That wasn't a branch poking you…" Kol wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, making Kenzie's cheeks turn bright red.
She pushed him down and crawled off him, doing her best not to slip and fall in the mud on her way out of the swampy area.
Kol followed right behind her and attempted slapping her ass a few times, but she either avoided his hand or he somehow slipped and fell on his ass.
"Couldn't you have picked a better place to shout at me in?" Kol grumbled as they finally got out of the swampy area.
"I was improvising! I was afraid you'd go all psycho-Joker on everyone!" Kenzie retorted.
"Psycho-what?"
Kenzie stopped dead in her tracks and stared at him. "I keep forgetting that I'm engaged to an Original, who was neutralized for a century."
Kol blinked and stared back at her. "Sometimes I think you're from another world."
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