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"You sure you don't want to come to the lake with us?"Kol asks his sister when he shuts the trunk on the Range Rover.

"No I think you'll do fine babysitting"Rebekah smirks and Kol rolls his eyes but calls for the kids.

"We aren't kids asshole"Tyler grumbles.

"I have nine hundred and seventy something years on you all. You are children"Kol says and they get in the car.

"You're a creep then"Jeremy says coming up behind Kol who smiles softly and kisses his forehead. Jeremy gets in the front seat, Caroline and Tyler take the middle seats, and Elena sits in the way back with her earbuds in.

"Okay here we go blood bags for the road, food for Jer is by your feet Caroline, and dog treats are in the trunk so you'll just have to be a good boy and wait till we get to the lake"Kol smirks making Tyler huff and roll his eyes while the others giggle.

"I loaded the address into the GPS, Jeremy help him out"Caroline says and Jeremy gives a quick explanation of the GPS and tells Kol to listen to it.

"What if it wants to take us off a cliff?"Kol asks eyes it like it may bite him.

"It won't"Jeremy says with an amused expression on his face.

"Well if it does just remember Tyler and I are the only ones who can't die in a fiery car crash"Kol smirks and sets off honking as a goodbye to his little sister and older brother. They get out of Mystic Falls and Kol puts his foot down.

"What the hell did Damon teach you how to drive?"Jeremy asks sitting up but the vampires are just looking out the window and Kol laughs.

"Him and Nik gave me some pointers, but we can do this thing where we can download information from people so this past century is all caught up. So that's where I learned to actually drive"Kol explains smiling at Jeremy.

"Don't take this the wrong way but, I heard Rebekah talking to you about telling Nik about some sort of bond between you and Damon"Caroline says and Kol's eyes flicker back towards her.

"Can you keep a secret?"Kol asks and she nods eagerly. "Damon jumped in front of magic that would have stunned me but almost killed him. The residual magic in the air mixed with the fact that we were both once powerful warlocks, how much we loved each other, and intense emotions such as anger and fear led to a heart bond. So we sort of became linked, not like a life line but Damon was what you'd call my soulmate. Only vampires can have this type of bond and I've only seen it with witches and warlocks who turned. It isn't always life or death but it is usually a big statement thing, such as Damon risking his life for an un-killable vampire"Kol explains.

"So she thinks you should tell Nik"Caroline says furrowing her brow and he nods.

"It is never going away but it isn't a romantic bond anymore, like me the bond sees Damon as a brother a best friend. But if he were to be in distress I would know"Kol shrugs turning them around a corner like a mad man which makes Caroline grin.

"What about a vampire and a hybrid?"Caroline asks and Tyler smiles at her but keeps his head resting against the window.

"Not sure you'll just have to wait and see. I mean our bond wasn't even created when Damon and I were together so I honestly have no idea"Kol shrugs lacing his fingers with Jeremy's.

"Have you two even kissed?"Caroline asks and when there is no response she gasps. "But you like slept in the same bed and Kol's all lovey dovey with you"she exclaims getting odd looks from everyone else.

"Well it should be noted that I didn't ever make a move on Damon. He gotten himself nearly killed by witches to protect me and the heart bond formed"Kol says pressing his foot down harder.

"Who would have thought, Kol Mikaelson gentleman"Tyler says and he laughs as they keep driving. When they reach the cabin Caroline sighs walking through the door.

"You should be able to walk through fine, the cabin was signed over to me and I'm a vampire so"Caroline smiles at them as they bring their bags in. Once everyone is settled Kol smiles at them and goes over the training they'll be doing during their stay.

Collective groans are given out and Kol rolls his eyes at the kids. "Okay we're going to take Jer into rooms with vampires, blindfolded and he'll have to point out the oldest vampire or most powerful, whatever. Oldest vampire meaning who was turned first, you know the order. And fight schedules are mapped out here. I know your weakness and strengths, we are going to prefect your strengths and turn your weakness into strengths"he smirks pulling out the vervain for the water.

"Is that going to be in everything we drink?"Caroline asks with a wince and he nods grabbing some wolfsbane for Tyler.

"Actually better idea, I'll randomly put this in things. So you have two options become immune to the stuff or be able to sniff it out. Either way it will be in all the water, just have to get use to it"Kol shrugs and they groan again. "Hey at least you aren't at school. Elijah compelled you all out on health reasons till further notice"Kol grins at the teenagers.

"I'd rather be in English"Caroline grumbles and Kol goes on like she hadn't spoken.

"Now what are we feeling like tonight, Asian, Italian, Thai?"Kol quips smirking and they roll their eyes.

"Well as the only human, pizza sounds good"Jeremy says and Caroline rolls her eyes, muttering 'boys' under her breath.

In the morning Kol takes them down to the lake dressed in usual clothes and the two girls are in heels.

"I don't get the point in learning to fight in these"Elena protests to him and he pulls her hands up.

"As a vampire you could be fighting at any given moment. If for some reason your vampiric grace fails you, you need to be able to fight in these"Kol points out and she sighs but nods in agreement.


Katherine watches the originals in front of him as they search the woods for the hunters base. Rebekah hated her and she broke Elijah's heart. They only took her along because Damon and Stefan insisted on her safety, more Damon than Stefan but she was under their protection. When they find the trailer she walks in and yelps when the arrows pierce her.

"Just run"Rebekah says and Katherine raises an eyebrow.

"Not an original, I may be over five hundred but I can die a fire-y death"she hisses and they sigh.

Ric huffs and finds a knife to start cutting the arrows out of her. Elijah holds her hands while Ric works and Rebekah snoops through his stuff. She grabs a box and starts cramming papers in and some interesting looking objects and weapons.

Katherine groans as Ric cuts the last arrow and she begins to heal the chunks of flesh missing. They collect what they need and Ric stays behind to trip the wire and get rid of the trailer. Once he can't hear the older vampire he grabs an arrow connected to one of the landmines and runs. He doesn't look back at the explosion and doesn't stop running till he is at the boarding house. They start sorting through the stuff they collected when Ric gets a call from Damon's phone.

"I need you to find the book in my house on the spell and get it to Kol"Bonnie says over the phone.

"Why?"Rebekah asks glancing at Elijah

"Damon's heart started"Bonnie tells them solemnly.

"I'm sorry his heart stopped?"Katherine asks.

"Yep and he is kind of completely panicking and really wants to rip my head off so if you could hurry"Bonnie says and the vampires here a shout.

"Okay we're on our way to your house. Tell your dad to invite one of us in"Rebekah says and Bonnie agrees. They get in Elijah's car and drive to the house.

"Dad I'm going to need you to let one of them in"Bonnie says and he sighs.

"Bonnie why would I ever do that?"he says.

"Because I got Damon with a spell and if I don't get Kol to look at it something bad could happen to him"she insists and Rudy mumbles but agrees.

Katherine gets out and Rudy with a glare says come in. She steps over the threshold and speeds in to grab the book Bonnie described. Once she has it she is speeding out to the car and they drive off before Rudy can even go see what she was up to.

"We should go up the camp call Kol"Katherine advises and Elijah pulls his phone out.


"Close your eyes"Kol whispers to Jeremy and ties a cloth around his eyes. "We're going to walk into the cafe and I want you to count to ten and then point to the oldest undead being in the room, besides me"Kol says opening the door and Jeremy counts. He listens carefully and uses his instincts to tell him that Caroline was the oldest vampire in the building. He points to where the vampire was sitting at a booth with Tyler and Kol beams.

Jeremy turns around and stabs the vampire coming up behind him with a stake hidden in his pocket. Kol takes it out of the dead vamp, one he had turned for this exercise and Jeremy pulls off his blindfold. Kol admires the carving at the top and hands the stake back to Jeremy.

"Good job Jer"Elena smiles at her brother and Kol's phone rings.

"Kol, Katherine is going up to the camp with Rebekah. They have the book where the spell that hit Damon is. Damon's heart started and they need you to take a look"Elijah tells his little brother.

"Okay of course they should get here as quickly as possible"Kol advises.

In two hours Katherine is speeding up to the cabin. Her and Rebekah get out and speed inside where the others were around the table. Rebekah hands her brother the book and sits down next to Caroline while Katherine sits next to Elena. The younger vampire tenses and Katherine rolls her eyes while Kol reads over the spell.

"A mothers heart beat is what a baby latches on to so what ever this spell is, it's changing Damon. Making him so he can have a baby, dead things can't have children. They need to test his vampiric abilities because this kid may turn him into the first living vampire"he explains and everyone is silent.

"He'll be fine, Damon's always fine"Caroline tries to cheer them all up weakly but it just makes everyone frown. Tyler takes her hand and pulls her closer to him while Rebekah dials Damon putting the phone on speaker.

"Am I dying?"Damon asks right away and they hear Stefan snort in the background.

"No someone cut his arm"Kol instructs and they hear blood drip onto the table and stop.

"He healed normally"Bonnie informs them.

"Damon show your fangs"Kol commands. He gives off orders about Damon using his powers which all work just like usual. They all give out ideas as to what is going on and Katherine gets an idea.

"Someone grab his heart, feel if its actually beating. Klaus said it has been stable this whole time"Katherine commands and Damon grunts.

"Don't be too torn up about it Stef"Damon huffs and they can hear Klaus telling Stefan to let go.

"The beating didn't stop I could still hear it"Kol sighs and rubs his forehead. "I think it's a glamour spell, Stefan was the heart moving at all?"Kol wonders.

"No it was cold, not doing anything as usual. Just like a vampire heart it's still beating steady. Maybe this is to help Damon connect with the baby"Stefan suggests.

"Could be keep us posted"Kol instructs hanging up. Rebekah and Katherine get back in Katherine's car, they had to help Elijah and Ric with the research. The younger vampires go to bed and Jeremy stays up with Kol.

"You worried that he could be in danger?"Jeremy asks and Kol shakes his head.

"Nik's looking out for him"Kol responds taking Jeremy's hand. "Caroline brought up a good point earlier"Kol sighs and Jeremy raises his eyebrows in confusion. "We haven't kissed"Kol smirks and pulls Jeremy closer. He presses their lips together and after a second Jeremy melts against him and kisses him.

He opens his mouth to Kol and lets the original's tongue explore his mouth. He moans into the kiss and his muscled arms go around Kol's back. Kol smirks and hops up so Jeremy has to catch him and hold him under the thighs while Kol squeezes his hips with his legs.

"Stop being gross and go to sleep"Caroline calls from her room. Kol pulls away, a smile on his face and presses one more kiss to Jeremy's lips before hopping down.

Jeremy has a wide smile on his face as well and lets the vampire pull him towards the empty room where they'll be staying for the week.

"Sleep darling, more training in the morning"Kol smirks and with one final collective groan from the teenagers the cabin falls silent.