Hello again! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter.

There may be some changes that people may like but also may not agree with so before you get upset this is your warning. I am not trying to be mean, but I know there are people who like things being a certain way.

I am so excited to bring you the chapter that inspired me to write this story and I hope you enjoy it. And warning the chapter will probably be a long one.


Davina let out the deep breath she was holding as she watched Kol flash over to the porch and hurried across the street for a place where she could get out of the public eye and wait for Kol to return and spotted a large tree that was in the shadow of the house and the glow of the surrounding streetlights made it even larger. She smiled to herself as she found the spot as she crouched down in the darkness, but she could still see Kol perfectly and apparently, Elena said something smart as his tone became thinner.

"The audacity of your attitude is not working in your favor," Kol glared into the phone. " And to answer your question about where I am..." Kol trailed off pushing the button sounding the doorbell. "I am right outside your door. If you want to talk a truce, open the door and invite me in." Kol waited the sighed. "Well, I'm waiting. Are you going to open the door to let me in or are you going to be wasting more of my time when I rather be elsewhere?" Kol questioned as he began to tap his foot before his head began to nod as apparently, Elena kept talking.

"Boy, that girl can talk," Davina muttered to herself and Kol turned around to look over his one shoulder and then the other his eyes searching until they landed on her and Davina knew that he had heard what she had said as he sent her a smirk before turning back to the door.

"On the contrary, I can't kill your brother with my own two hands," Kol tossed back into the phone. "Or I will suffer the Hunter's curse and really don't want to spend the next twenty years trying off myself in gruesome ways. Anyway, I am not here to kill Jeremy. I am here to talk about this truce you so oddly offered me which I will decline if you do not answer the door in the next two minutes. He's right you know," Kol said and a few seconds later the door opened revealing the girl that Davina recognized from that day at the batting cage.

"If I let you in, my brother goes," Elena stated seriously. "You are not getting near him."

"Fair enough," Kol agreed. "No gold medals for bravery, I see." He added and Davina could hear the smirk in his voice as he stepped inside. "Now that that's settled, this is where you offer me a drink so we can have a proper chat." After that was said, the door closed cutting Davina off of her view of Kol.

Davina heard hurried footprints on the grass and looked to see Jeremy coming from the front porch and slid around to the other side of the tree so he would not see her as he hurried down the sidewalk passing the tree as he went. She waited a few minutes before walking over to the sidewalk where she could still see his back rapidly retreating from her sight. Davina blinked as an idea came to her mind and looked back at the house her feet started to move on their own accord by taking her in the same direction Jeremy was already heading in. Since she had no idea how to approach him or even if she should, Davina muttered a tiny little spell on to the heel of her boots so that would not make a sound as she picked up her pace.

Davina had been following him for a few blocks before she ducked behind a large hedge watching through a hole and saw that Jeremy had turned around and was looking in different directions before shaking his head and pulled out his phone again for the tenth time.

"Bonnie," Jeremy said into the phone. You need to answer me." He ended the call and continued on his way and Davina waited a moment before resuming her task of following a few more blocks before looking at his phone and watched as his lip muttered as if he was reading something and his fingers swiped at his screen quickly before making another call. Davina tried to get a little bit closer so she could listen. She knew it was rude of her but she didn't care at the moment, because there was something up about this whole night and she was going to find out what it was even if she had to speak to Jeremy herself but didn't know how to approach him.

"Bonnie!" Jeremy said urgently. "I don't know why you are not answering but Kol is in our house with Elena at this moment and he has the white oak stake. We need you."

Davina stopped in her tracks at the mention of the white oak stake and remembered what Kol had said to her many months ago about the stake and how it was the only thing that could end an Original's life. She turned around on her heel heading back towards the house as the real reason why Elena Gilbert called Kol clicked together in her mind as anger surged in the pit of her stomach as getting Kol out of that house alive became her main goal.


(Meanwhile back at the Gilbert House)

Kol stood in front of the large television with a remote control in his hand pushing the buttons with his thumb to take down his player's attackers. He looked out of the corner of his eye to see where the doppelganger had gone off too. She had told him that she was looking for a specific drink, but had been gone a while. He groaned to himself as his player was suddenly attacked with full force which led to his demise. As he waited for the game to reload itself, Kol took a moment to look around him as the house was now eerily quiet and he could hear her footsteps as she walked around about in some other room. He felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and pulled it out to see a text message from Davina.

D: Is everything okay in there?

Kol smiled at her concern and knew that waiting outside was killing her, but before he could reply he heard the sounds of footsteps coming back into the room and placed his phone back into his pocket then turned around to see Elena standing behind him with a bottle in her hand and wearing an apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry I took so long, but the old people alcohol is all I could find. I think Damon has been draining my family's stash," Elena said looking at the bottle. "I hope Gin is okay?"

"Ugh!" Kol sighed as he put the game back on pause again before following Elena to join her in the kitchen. "That is the problem with people today...They have no drinking imagination, but if you want a mean drink New Orleans is the place you want to visit."

"You lived in New Orleans?" Elena questioned.

"We all did at one point," Kol answered. "Or at least I did until Niklaus shoved a dagger into my heart." He said as the memory still was a bitter subject for him.

"Why? What did you do?" Elena asked turning her eyes at him before turning around to get another glass of the shelf.

"What makes you think I did anything?" Kol asked sort of offended by the accusation by the doppelganger. "Has your alliance with my brother soften you to his horrors?"

"I don't have an alliance with Klaus," Elena corrected in a way that stroked his annoyance side. "We had a mutual interest in finding the cure... That is is all."

Kol felt one of his eyebrows raise on its own accord when she said this. "Had?" He was not sure if he believed her.

"Yes," Elena nodded. "And I am willing to give up looking for it if you promise to leave my brother alone." She offered. "Now how do I make this?" She held up the small kitchen gadget.

Kol looked at the girl for a moment and felt his phone vibrate in his pocket twice. "May I please have some ice?" He asked politely.

"Sure, I will get you some," Elena stepped away before going over to the double fridge and Kol waited until her back was turned before pulling out his phone to see he had two new text messages from Davina.

D: Are you okay?

D: Kol please answer me!

Kol glanced up at the doppelganger who was taking her sweet time to get the ice before sending Davina a quick reply and Kol walked around the island over to the refrigerator as he heard her let out a sigh of frustration before shutting the door jumping at the unexpected sight of him standing so close to her. Kol could hear her heart skip a beat.

"Sorry, the ice maker in this thing clogs sometime and you play around the with the lever for it to release any of the ice," Elena explained before holding up a bowl full of ice for him. "Here you go."

Kol studied her for a second before reaching to take the bowl. "Would you like one?" He asked as he turned around to go back to the island.

"Sure," Elena took her spot across from him and Kol saw her look over her shoulder out of the corner of her eye as he kept his attention on making the drinks though he was beginning to feel uncomfortable. "You are really good at that game," Elena said sounding impressed at his skill. "Considering that you have been in a coffin for a hundred years."

"I a very good friend of mine taught me how to play," Kol smiled thinking back to the night when he and Davina played Call of Duty. "Plus, I have always been a quick learner," Kol added as he handed her one of the drinks. "So are we just going to do small talk or are we going to talk about the real reason I am here which is Silas." Kol was more than ready to get this visit over with.

"Let's go in there," Elena pointed to the living room and Kol stared at her for a moment then slowly turned around to walk into the room.

"So what do you want to know about Silas?" Kol asked as he sat on the back of the couch.

"No one else seems to think Silas is real," Elena took a sip of her drink. "So why do you?"

"I used to run with some witches," Kol answered. "Africa in the 14th century, Haiti in the 17th century, New Orleans in the 1900s. They all knew about Silas and all stated that he needed to stay buried. I actually hold witches in a high esteem."

"But why Silas? Why are you so afraid of him?" Elena asked.

"They said that if Silas raises that he will release hell on to the Earth. I happen to like Earth that way it is," Kol said taking a swig of his rapidly flattening drink.

"That's pretty biblical," Elena sighed and Kol nodded.

"That's another problem with people today, they have lost faith and in that loss the no longer know who they should fear," Kol said as he walked around her and picked up a picture frame of Elena and Jeremy.

"Would you like another drink?" Elena asked him and he put the picture down and walked over to the window looking out scanning the area for Davina but didn't see her and felt a stir of worry as he pulled back from the window going to the next and the worry feeling grew because he couldn't find her...anywhere.

"What's wrong?" Elena asked as he slowly turned away to look at her. She didn't like the nervous look in his eyes.

"Nothing, but I am afraid that I must be going," Kol said as he moved around her going for the door.

"Wait...we still need to talk the truce," Elena stammered as she hurried after him.

"I have already heard enough," Kol said as he turned back to Elena. "Perhaps I was a bit hasty in going after Jeremy, but do understand I had my reasons in doing what I did. I actually like Jeremy, but raising Silas could endanger someone I love," He admitted.

"Someone, you love?" Elena asked suspiciously. Kol could tell by her voice that Elena didn't believe him.

"You are not the only person in the world that has others to care about," Kol said as he opened the door to leave. "I need a few minutes to think before I give you my answer on your truce."

"Is there any way that you can be wrong about Silas?" Elena asked rapidly making him sigh impatiently.

"No," Kol shook his head. "I will let you know what I decide. Thank you for the drink." He nodded at her before walking out closing the door behind him.

Davina was now standing at the end of the walkway that led up to the house as she tried to come up with ideas to get him out without telling him the real reason he was here because she knew that would end in a bloodbath for the people who called that wretched house a home. She began pacing the sidewalk as her nerves were beginning to get the best of her but also kept an eye out for in case if anyone were to walk upon her. She heard her phone chime in her hand and turned it over to see she had a response from Kol.

K: All is fine, Love.

Davina shook her head as his words didn't even offer her one bit of comfort. She shoved her phone back into her pocket as she got a sense telling her to hide, so she looked around spotting a group of bushes nearby and squatted down behind them just as she heard the sound of the door opening.

"Davina!"

Davina peeked through the holes in the bushes to Kol coming down the walkway looking around in every direction until he was standing in the middle of the street still looking.

"Davina where are you?"

"I'm right here," Davina said stepping out from behind the bushes. Kol turned around at the sound of her voice and she let out a small sigh as reached him wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I couldn't see you," Kol stated as she pulled back to look him in the eyes. "Are you okay?"

"I was worried," Davina said sweeping her eyes over him using her magic to look for injuries that could be hidden from sight.

"I told you I am fine," Kol told her gently as Davina continued to scan his body. "I am not injured," Kol reassured her and felt the wave of her magic disappear as she moved her eyes back up to him.

"We should get going," Davina said nodding her head in the direction of their car.

"Not yet," Kol said glancing back at the house. "Elena said that she would stop looking for the cure if I promised that I would leave Jeremy alone."

"She's going to give up the cure?" Davina asked her voice was full of uncertainty and started shaking her head. "I don't think so. I don't believe her... I mean there is no way she is going to give something like that up."

"Neither do I," Kol sighed and saw Davina's eyes catch on to something behind him and turned to see Jeremy returning to the house. "I told her I would be back with my answer in a moment. Maybe this would be a good time if I can talk to them both."

"What?" Davina asked as panic filled her being as Kol turned around to look back at her. "No," Davina said shaking her head at him. "We have been here long enough. Please let's just go. Kol please," Davina said grabbing on to his arm to stop him from walking away from her. "I have had a really bad feeling about being here all night." She told him.

"I am just going to tell them that I will accept the terms and in return, I will offer to remove Damon's compulsion," Kol said taking a step back but she raised her hands to cup his face. "There are two things I need you to for me."

"The first is I want to you to promise me that you will go on to the house. I will be right behind you." Kol said and Davina shook her head.

"What if they try and kill you Kol?" Davina said looking into his eyes. "You say that you don't want to lose me, well I don't want to lose you either. I can't imagine myself in a world with you in it."

"Relax, Darling," Kol said leaning down to press a kiss to her soft lips. "The second thing I need you to do is," He trailed off as he reached inside his pocket and held up his phone to her view.

"Kol-," Davina started but Kol removing one of her hands from his face placing the phone in her hand.

"Is to hold on to this for me," Kol told her. "Don't doubt for a second that I will not aim to collect it." He told her seriously. "Just do these two things for me."

Davina took a deep breath and nodded her head. "I promise." She said and Kol nodded.

"I promise you that I will come back to you," Kol said and she nodded. "I love you," Kol said leaning down to press his lips to her forehead.

"I love you too," Davina said softly. Kol smiled at her as he touched her cheek with his thumb before turning away from and started to make his way to the house but stopped as she realized that he had forgotten to give her the keys. When she turned around another wave of dread entered her senses. Davina couldn't make herself move as something told her that she would never hear him say those words again if she did. She watched as he went up the porch and pressed the doorbell and after a long moment the door opened and Kol let out a yelp of pain.

"Kol!" Davina cried breaking into a run as Kol fell to his knees on the porch as the door slammed closed.

"Argh!" Kol growled as he struggled to get back to his feet and Davina stopped as she was halfway down the walkway and saw Kol pull something out of his leg tossing it behind him to land before her feet. An arrow. "You can consider your request for a truce denied," Kol screamed kicking the door open with his foot before walking inside. "Your mistake, but if you want to play hide and seek. Fine by me," Kol yelled as he made his way deeper into the house.

She looked at the discarded arrow on the ground and bent down to pick it up and saw the end covered in his blood and that there was a sticky substance on the finish of the arrow. Davina moved her finger collecting the stuff on her finger before muttering a quick spell to test what it was and her eyes widen as the spell told her it was something was something poisonous. Davina looked around wondering what she could do to get him back out of the house but knew she would not have much effect while he was under the influence of the poisoned arrow. Davina knew she was going to need help and she knew no one here, but Kol did... Her eyes dropped to the phone he had placed in her hand moments before and pressed the button to go to his password screen which she knew because she had been on his phone many times.

Davina went to his most recent calls and saw Elijah's name at the top but skipped it to go to the next name which was Niklaus and bit her lip as she pressed the name and watched the screen as it dialed before the screen changed to a timer followed by a male British voice coming through the speakerphone.

"Well if it isn't the happy homicidal maniac himself," He greeted as she lifted the phone to her ear. "Hello? Kol? Kol, this isn't like you to call and not speak. Kol... answer me."

"Um... I'm not Kol," Davina said tentatively hating the way her voice shook while she spoke.

"Who is this?" Niklaus asked in a lowered threatening voice. "Where is Kol and why are you calling from his phone?" He asked next and Davina could here the protectiveness lacing his voice.

"My name is Davina and Kol is the reason I am calling you," Davina answered and she heard him let out an impatient breath.

"Well, Davina, I'm not going to ask you again...Where is my brother?" Niklaus asked and Davina felt her eyes fill up with tears.

"I'm calling because Kol is in trouble," Davina replied jumping as a loud noise came from inside the house. "I think they are trying to kill him." She explained as a sound of something breaking came from the house next.

"Who is trying to kill him you say?" Niklaus asked and she heard him pull away from the phone hearing him speak to someone in the background and followed by a slamming door. "What's your name again?" He asked her as he returned to the phone.

"My name is Davina," She answered. "And to answer your question from before. It's Elena and Jeremy who is trying to kill Kol."

"I am guessing you are at the Gilbert House," Niklaus concluded. "Where is Kol as we speak?" He asked in a flat voice.

"Yes that is where we are at and Kol is inside the house," She explained as her emotions got the better of her. "I am sorry to call you like this, but I need help. It's just I don't know anyone here and I didn't know who else to call." She explained sounded desperate but didn't care.

"I am on my way and Davina, I want to be very clear about something, if I do find that you are leading me into a trap or have harmed my brother in any way, you will wish you have never met me." He warned her and ended the call before she had a chance to say anything. Davina looked at the phone for a moment before placing it inside her pocket and hurried up the stairs to the opened door looking inside to see if she could see Kol, but ducked as pieces of wood came flying down the stairs rolling out the door. It looked to be a piece of a door and then she heard that too familiar swooshing sound that Kol made whenever he used his vampire speed and she turned around to see his eyes widen at the sight of her face as he recognized her.

"You are that girl who spoke to me about my painting at the Winter Charity event," Klaus said as she hurried down the steps to him. "Did you know who I was then?" He asked her and she shook her head.

"No, I didn't know who you were until the end right before I left when I heard that girl say your name," Davina answered as he narrowed his eyes at her. "I only know who you were because of Kol." She trailed off as more sounds of things breaking came from inside the house.

"What is going on here?" Klaus asked as his eyes holding a deadly glint as he looked back at the house behind her and let out a sigh. "I told them that Kol was going to come for Jeremy, but no one ever listens to me."

"It was not Kol's idea to come here tonight," Davina said shaking her head. "Elena called him asking him to meet with her to talk a truce about Jeremy, but the truce was a lie. I even told Kol that it was a lie, but I couldn't get him to listen to me." Davina let out a sigh of frustration. "This was their way to get him here so they could kill him."

"Kol is an Original vampire, love. Original vampires can't be killed," Klaus told her and she shook her head.

"Yes, I know that," She nodded her head then looked to the house where her boyfriend was currently doing who knows what and by the sounds she had heard since he entered the house told her was nothing good. "They know that he has the white oak stake with him," Davina said and she watched as worry shadowed his blue eyes and they were also filled with many questions. "I would go in there after him, but I don't think he would listen to me." She held up the arrow for him to see. "When he went back to give him his answer on the truce, they shot him with this to provoke him. Don't," Davina warned as he reached up to touch it. "It covered in a substance and I used magic to find out what it is and its something poisonous."

"Your a witch," Klaus said with a smirk and Davina nodded. "My brother and his witches... What does the poison do?" He asked looking up at her.

"It's a poison for vampires that can make them go into a rage. All a vampire has to do is touch it and it set them off, but they shot him with it." Davina explained and she could see anger smoldering in his eyes. "See what I mean. They set him up tonight." Niklaus went to say something else as multiple gunshots rang through the house.

"Kol!" Davina yelled as she turned around to run in the house, but was stopped when Klaus flashed in front of her grabbing both of her arms preventing her from reaching the steps.

"You are not going in there," Klaus looked at her sternly. "Inside that house is not a place for you to be right now, Love."

"I have an idea," Davina said slowly as more sounds of struggle came from the house. "I know of a spell that will disable the stake temporarily, but-" She trailed off slowly.

"What is it?" Klaus asked her urgently. "What do need?" He pressed as he could tell the girl was struggling to say what was on her mind.

"I need something I can channel off," Davina confessed gradually. "It's just I have a lot of power, but I don't know where my power limit is and I have never attempted something as powerful as this spell before. I can do the spell myself, but there is a risk that it would kill me. I could channel off of you," She admitted. "But I am not even going to ask because I already know what the answer will be. I mean if I was in your shoes, there would be no way in hell I would let a stranger channel off me. But the hope is not lost," Davina said to him as she reached into her pocket to pull out the knife she had placed in there right before they left the lake house. "I can use your blood instead and it won't let me inside your head, it will just channel the magic in your blood."

"Do what you need to do to save my brother," Klaus said taking the knife from her when she held it up to him slicing into the palm of his hand with the blade before she took it and slit both of her palms. "What's going to happen?" He asked as the blood dripped from his hand on to hers.

"I have no idea," Davina answered him honestly before turning around running up the steps of the porch and walked around the corner and put her palms in the air did a quick cloaking spell to make herself in invisible to the eye and to prevent her magic from being detectable as she closed her eye as she started her spell.

"Mwen La bois. Donne mu la bois la bois." She chanted and she could feel a flow of wind rushing through her veins as she said each order and started over when she reached the final word. " Mwen La bois. Donne mu la bois la bois, Mwen La bois. Donne mu la bois la bois." She said as felt her hair blew as her magic consumed her as she heard Kol crying out in pain that caught tears to spring to her eyes but didn't let it cut into her concentration as she felt could feel the pull from the stake "Mwen La bois. Donne mu la bois la bois." Kol was still screaming out in pain.

"Jeremy now!"

"Mwen La bois. Donne mu la bois la bois," Davina started to say the words as fast as she could. "Mwen La bois. Donne mu la bois la bois." Davina could feel the wind surround her as her hair began to fly around her.

"No! Davina!" Kol let out a pain filled scream as the sound of her name burned it's way into her heart as tears fell from her eyes as she continued on with the spell and soon the house fell eerily quiet. She was beginning to feel breathless as she tapped into more power.

"He's not burning... Why is he not burning?" Davina smirked to herself as she heard Elena asked and Davina then knew that one of them had plunged the stake in to Kol and Davina peaked the corner to see Klaus had moved to the door and his face was pale as he stared at the floor before looking up and Davina could see his face clouding in rage as his eyes filled with angry tears. Davina took a deep breath and continued to concentrate on her chanting as she didn't want to stop because she didn't want to risk it.

"What did you do?" Klaus asked his voice overfilled with emotion.

"We had no other choice," Elena whimpered and it made Davina want to go over and slap her across the face. "He was trying to cut off Jeremy's arm."

"Lies!" Klaus sneered at her. "He wouldn't have been able to get inside if you weren't stupid enough to set a trap for him."

"You said you were going to put him down to," Elena pointed out to him.

"I was going to make him suffer on my TERMS!" Klaus exploded furiously at the girl. "But I guess the most fitting thing to do would be to honor my brother and by doing so I am going to burn this house to the ground and the moment you try to flee for your lives I will kill you both with blinking." He seethed at them.

"If you kill us you will never be able to get to the cure and you will never be able to make any more hybrids," Jeremy pointed out and Klaus started smirking coldly at the boy.

"You really think I care for an instant about my bloody hybrids?" Klaus snapped. "I wanted to find the cure so I could destroy it. I would have killed you all the second we dug it up, but now I am going to watch you burn instead Ughr!"

Davina's eyes widen as Klaus cried out as he fell to the ground holding on to the door frame as he panted and a girl came walking up behind him.

"Invite him in," She commanded as she walked into the house. "Do it!"

Klaus growled with his teeth bared as he struggled to get to his feet as he glared at the group inside the house.

"Come in."

Klaus fell through the doorway and Davina could no longer see him and heard the new girl scream another order.

"Living room! Go."

Davina let out a large gasp as she felt her spell come disconnected telling her that the stake had been pulled from Kol's body. She felt liquid dripping from her nose as she leaned up against the was as she felt the strain of her strength from the amount of power she just gave off.

"What the hell is this!" Klaus screamed from inside the house. "Witch! You can't do this to me!"

"You have no idea what I can do now." The girl said to him coldly.

"I will hunt all of you to your end!" Klaus shouted at them. "Do you hear me? Do?" He continued to yell at them and Davina watched as the three of them walked out of house closing the door behind them. She waited until she could no longer see them in her view and took off the spell that she did to make herself invisible as she hurried over to the door. Davina looked around her real quick before pushing the door open and walked inside. She saw Klaus standing in the living breathing heavily with anger and walked over to him.

"I'm so sorry," Davina said breathlessly to Klaus as she was still a bit winded from the spell. "I would have helped but I needed a moment to-" Davina trailed off as she turned her head and her heart stopped at the sight of Kol laying lifelessly on the floor and walked over to him.

"No no no," Davina whimpered as she dropped to the floor beside him as she felt the breath leave her lungs. "I was too late," She said as tears filled her eyes making him look blurry as she took his face, which was covered in blisters, into her hands. "I should have been faster. I'm so sorry Kol," She sobbed as she rubbed his cold cheeks with her thumbs.

"He didn't burn Love."

Davina looked up to see Klaus standing in the doorway of the living room. "I'm sorry," She said blinking through the tears in her eyes. "I really thought it would work," Davina sniffled as she looked down at Kol. She felt like someone was kicking her in the heart and they would never stop.

"It did work," Klaus reassured her. "I saw when he went down. He did not burn." Klaus told her as he crouched down to her level. "The veins in his skin are already fading. Take Kol to get him out of this house. I would help you, but I am afraid that I am stuck here." Klaus told her reaching out hitting an invisible barrier with his hand.

"What did they do?" Davina asked him as she pulled her hands from Kol's face as she got to her feet stepping over Kol's body as she walked over to where Klaus is standing. She didn't pass the barrier because she didn't want to get stuck either.

"Their witch cast some kind of barrier spell," Klaus explained and Davina placed her hand in the air and she could feel the magical barrier in the doorway. "What are you doing?" Klaus inquired as he watched her as she moved her hand about in front of him.

"I am feeling the strength of this barrier to see if I can break it," Davina explained as she looked up to the ceiling.

"You can't," Klaus told her. "There is a lot of power behind it and you just did a massive spell just moments ago, Davina. Just take Kol and get out of here before one of them comes back. I will be fine for the time being."

"I am not going to leave you behind like a caged animal," Davina told him. "I am going to need help getting Kol out of here as he is not exactly light." She took a deep breath returning to her concentration on the barrier. "I can't fully break it but I can disrupt it long enough for you to step out."

"Why are you doing this?" Klaus questioned, "You don't owe me anything." He told her and she shrugged.

"Leaving you behind when I can help you just doesn't seem right to me," Davina told him and he narrowed his blue eyes at her.

"You would selflessly risk your life for mine?" Klaus asked tentatively as she looked around for something. "What do you want in return?"

"I don't want anything from you," Davina looked up at him and he blinked in surprise. "You don't believe me."

"No, I do not," Klaus told her and she smiled.

"How about you hand me those two candles right there on the TV stand and I will call it even," Davina said and he turned to look to see what she was talking about. "You can't come through the barrier but objects can." Davina turned around spotting a salt shaker on the table and moved to snatch it up.

"I still don't believe you," Klaus said as he set the candles on the floor and slid them through the barrier to her.

"Look, I know what it is like when people want something from you all the time," Davina said as she pulled a lighter out of her pocket using it to light the candles before setting them on to the floor then picked up the salt shaker pouring the salt into her hand getting a pinch of it in her fingers and made a circle around the candles. "You start expecting it from everyone around you because they will stop at nothing to get what they want." She explained as she stood up and placed her hands on the barrier. "This shouldn't take long."

Davina closed her eyes and began chanting in French and she felt the magic of the barrier resist her magic, so she dug a little deep into her power as she felt the barrier weaken. She felt the magic pulling on her strength as she forced more power out of her hands

"Davina, stop the spell," Klaus told her but she ignored him as the barrier became flimsy and a crack sounded followed by a gust of wind. Davina let out a breath as she lowered her hands and opened her eyes.

"Try now," Davina said to him and Klaus gave her a stern look as he took as he moved forward and found there was no resistance keeping him from stepping through until he was by her side.

"I must say that I am impressed," Klaus told her as he looked back at the living room. "But that was dangerous for you to do," Klaus said sternly pointing to her nose and Davina raised her hand to her nose feeling a warm liquid coming from it.

"I'll be fine," Davina told him and looked down to Kol. "Why isn't he waking?" She asked him.

"I don't know, but I never known of a spell to do such a thing," Klaus said as he crouched down next to his baby brother. "I reckon it is going to take some time, and we need to take this time and leave." He reached down lifting Kol's arm around his neck and Davina went to Kol's other side to take his other arm.

"What are we going to do about this?" Klaus asked pointing to the magic circle and Davina looked down and waved her hand over it and the objects flew back to their original spots and the salt on the floor melted away and Klaus just look up at Davina. "You are very gifted for a young witch. How old did you say you were?"

"I have never told you my age," Davina said as they began to move to go through the door to the porch and down the steps. "But I'm seventeen."

"I have forgotten how heavy he is," Klaus muttered after the reached the sidewalk walking until stopping before reaching the end of the street.

"I told you," Davina snickered. "A few minutes ago you wanted me to carry him myself. We came in a car that is parked on another street." Klaus turned to give her an annoyed look and she pointed to Kol. "It was his idea."

"Stay here and I will get it," Klaus said as they made it to the end of the street. Davina nodded and felt around on Kol's jacket looking for the keys when she felt them in one of his pockets.

"It's just one block up from here," Davina told him as she fished the keys out of the pocket handing them to Klaus. "It's the black Ford Expedition." Klaus nodded as he pulled Kol's arm from around his neck and Davina felt the full weight of Kol's body as she shifted her weight so she wouldn't buckle under him.

"Go, I'll be okay," She said looking to Klaus before he flashed off in the direction of the car. Davina lowered her eyes to Kol's still gray face that was laying against her shoulder and felt her eyes welling up again as she took in the painful looking damage he had received when he was in the house and felt something warm on her shirt and she looked down to see it was blood coming from his chest.

Davina out a shaky breath and blinked away the tears as she could hear the sound of a car approaching from behind and looked to see the car pulling over beside her. Davina tightened her arm that was wrapped around Kol stepping towards the car reaching out for the handle just as Klaus appeared by her side opening the door. Davina stepped back as Klaus used his vampire strength to lay his brother in the seat before she hurried around to the other side and got in laying Kol's head on her lap as Klaus got back into the driving seat.

"Don't you want to sit up here with me?" Klaus said smirking into the rearview mirror at the witch. "I promise I won't bite...much."

Davina chuckled as she looked up to mirror. "Aw, is the Wolfman offended?" She asked him.

"Wolfman?" Klaus asked as he pulled away from the curve. "That is a name I have never been called before." Klaus sighed as he dug his hand into his pocket and played with the screen then put it to his ear. "Sister, I know you and I are not on the best of terms at the moment, but I ask urgently as your brother please come home."

Not wanting to be rude, Davina looked down at Kol pushing a few strains of his hair out of his face blinking back tears as the sounds of his scream replayed in her mind. She moved her hand to the collar of his shirt lifting it and she clenched her fist when she saw was appeared to be gash grazed into his upper right shoulder along with a bullet hole beside it. She shook her head looking up when she felt the car come to a complete stop seeing a massively large house outside the window gently lifting Kol's head from her lap so she could get out of the car. Davina shivered as the cold air nipped at her skin as she made her way the car where Klaus was already opening the door as her eyes could not leave the building in front of her.

"This is the most amazing house I have ever seen," Davina gushed as she looked around taking in the features of the elegant home with its neatly trimmed bushes to the small iron metal fence on the balcony above the front door.

"I will take that as a compliment," Klaus said and Davina looked at him in surprise. "I was the one who created it." He told her.

"Why does that not surprise me?" Davina muttered as Klaus wrapped Kol's arm around his neck pulling him out of the back seat and she went around the other side of Kol.

"I got him, Love," Klaus told her as he pulled away from the vehicle and looked to Davina. "Get the doors would you?" He asked her and Davina slammed the car door shut then hurried over to the French double doors pushing them open closing them after Klaus stepped into the house. Davina's eyes widen when they entered the grand foyer with a double staircase looking to Klaus for direction.

"Where do you want to go?" She asked him and Klaus nodded his head to the left set of stairs.

"You go up first," Klaus answered as they turned in the direction. "At the top of the stairs take a left and go to the third door on the left."

"Okay," Davina nodded and made her way up the stairs turning the sharp corner looking for the door Klaus mentioned. "One... Two... Three," She counted to herself as she went down the corridor opening the door just in time as Klaus vamp sped up the stairs and into the room laying Kol onto the bed. Davina didn't wait to walk to the other side of the bed and began pulling the jacket off of Kol. When she noticed a lot of blood staining his shirt she looked around the room.

"What do you need?" Klaus asked as he noticed her searching for something.

"Towels," Davina answered as she began to work on undoing the buttons Klaus nodded left the room. "And a lot of them," She called out as she pulled Kol's shirt open revealing his battered chest. She shook her head as she counted at least five bullet holes that had yet to heal and the rest of the large gash she had seen in the call. Davina blinked her eyes to clear as she was certain that they were going red at the sight of the blisters that covered his upper chest, neck, and face as she gently touched the area.

"They vervained him," Klaus said causing her to look up as he appeared by her side as he took in the injuries present on his baby brother handing her the towels.

"Thank you," Davina said placing the towels on the bed. "It is awful what they did to him and how they went about it," She said softly as she took a towel to the large gash on his shoulder using it to wipe away the blood as more tears filled her eyes as she thought about what he had endured. "I'm surprised that you are letting me near Kol and that you brought me to your home. Kol always said that you were wary of outsiders."

"He is right," Klaus said causing the teen to look at him. "Although, I am good at judging a person's character. I do know that if you were lying about knowing my brother Kol, you would not have gone the lengths to save him from a certain death which tells me you care very much for my brother." Klaus added and she nodded. "Though I do wonder how you came to know Kol."

"You do huh?" Davina chuckled as she continued to wipe at the blood. "You know when you sent him to Denver?" She looked up to see Klaus give her a look. "Yes I know about Denver, in fact, I was there with him in Denver. Anyway, on the way to Denver, he made a pit stop in New Orleans which is where I am from. Anyway, one night I was out to get a bite to eat and I saw him at the bar right before I left. On my way home, I got jumped by a vampire, and Kol happened to be in the Alley at the time. He pulled the vampire off of me. We talked for a few minutes and he offered to walk me home because the vampire managed to get my neck and that is how I met Kol."

"So, you are a New Orlean's witch," Klaus concluded and Davina nodded as a confused look came on to his face. "That was months ago when I sent him to Denver," Klaus said as he watched the girl continue to work on Kol. "What of your family? They would have noticed you gone by now."

"I don't have any family," Davina answered in a low voice as she stopped rubbing at the Kol's skin. "I have no living relatives." She sighed not looking at Klaus.

"What about your mother and father?" Klaus questioned.

"I have never met my father nor ever heard my mother speak of him," Davina said. "And my mother was killed a few months back." She said with very little emotion.

"Doesn't sound like you miss her?" Klaus said as the girl's eyes darkened at the mentioning of her mother.

"My mother -" Davina began to explained but was cut off by the sound of a slamming door followed by a womanly voice bellowing from the story below.

"Nik! Nik where are you? Please tell me it's not true! Please tell me Kol's not dead!"

"That is Rebekah." Klaus sighed as he heard the sound of his sister yelling from the foyer. "Will you be alright for a moment?" Klaus asked her and she nodded.

"Go talk to her," Davina said softly as she could hear the hysterics in her voice. Klaus nodded to her before hurrying out of the room to his sister and she turned her attention back to Kol walking over to a door that she now noticed led to a bathroom dropping the blood-soaked towel into the sink then walked back to the bedside leaning pressing a new cloth to the bullet hole in his shoulder and she could see a glint of silver which meant the bullet was still in there which made her look at the other holes in his body finding the same thing with each one.

"Rebekah, it is not a pretty sight," Klaus said loudly as his voice was now coming closer. "Don't go in there." He warned.

"I don't care what you have to say to me, Nik," Rebekah said though her voice was thick. "I need to see him and I am going in there and who is Davina?" She asked as her voice came from right outside the door.

"Rebekah wait!"

Davina suddenly found herself being snatched away from the bed and pinned to the wall. The force of the slam knocked the air out of her lung as her back hit the wall. She felt the hand around her neck tighten as she was lifted up to where her feet were no longer touching the ground. Gasping for breath, Davina opened her eyes to see a beautiful blond girl was holding her up by the neck as she looked into her tear-filled icy blue eyes.

"Who the hell are you?!"


Uhh...yeah!

I want everyone to know that this chapter was written as I envisioned it the first time and as far as the interaction between Klaus and Davina was always planned this way for this fic.

Let me know what you think about this chapter. It was fun to write and I am proud to share it with you. The next chapter will be up soon, though they may be slowing down as I start school next week though I promise that I won't keep everyone in limbo for very long.

Enjoy!