Chapter 19
Kol and Davina crept to the Blood embassy to scout it out under the cover of night.
Kol had organized himself a night vision device from an army base and was now using it to observe the embassy and its surroundings.
"Do you want to attack by night or by day?" Davina asked curiously.
"I would prefer by day but your bodyguards have no daylight rings, so it will be by night, just before dawn", replied Kol absently.
Davina frowned. "People often panic when there is fighting in the night. They may not dare to flee."
"I won't leave you unprotected", said Kol adamantly, swivelling the night vision device further. With a surprised grunt, he put the device down and handed it to Davina. "Look at the hill with the three oaks and the thick undergrowth. Tell me what you see."
Davina took it and followed Kol's instructions. "Huh, apparently we're not the only ones watching the embassy."
"Yes, looks like it. How about we introduce ourselves to them and find out who they are and why they are here?"
"Sounds good for me", replied Davina with a smile. "How do we get there unnoticed?"
Kol grinned impishly at her, took her without prior notice in his arms and ran. Davina squealed and clung to her husband. Within a few minutes they had reached the hill and Kol carefully set Davina down.
"I hate it when you do that", Davina said sullenly.
Kol laughed. "I know. Stay here, I'll see who our unknown watchers are."
Kol disappeared into the shadows and Davina was left alone. She knew there wasn't much, what could be dangerous to Kol but she still worried about him.
Kol was back after a short time and his face was grim.
"What is it, Kol? Is it a trap?" Davina asked worried.
"No but they're old enemies of mine", Kol spat out.
"What do you mean? Who are they?"
"Jeremy Gilbert and Matt Donovan", Kol replied grimly. "They are not alone, some other hunters accompany them."
"Oh", said Davina softly. "And what are you planning to do now?"
"I know what Elijah would advise", said Kol, now it was his turn to be sullen.
"He's rarely wrong with his advice", Davina replied with a smile.
"I hate you."
"Oh no, you love me", Davina replied with a laugh. "How do you want to approach them? I suppose they won't react friendly to your presence?"
"Oh, guaranteed not. Apart from that, they probably still think that I'm dead." Kol grinned quite nastily as he thought about their likely reactions to his unexpected appearance.
Davina sighed. She loved her husband but on occasions like these, when his inner Mikaelson emerged, she sometimes wondered why. "I will come with you this time. And I would be grateful, if you orientated yourself this time more on Elijah's style than Klaus's."
"But Elijah is always so rational and controlled", Kol complained playfully.
"You can do it. Think of it as personal growth." Davina patted Kol on the shoulder encouragingly, then pushed him in the direction he had come from.
Kol went ahead, grumbling. Okay, he would be sensible but that didn't mean he couldn't have some fun first.
Davina followed, shaking her head. She was curious what Kol would come up with to get his money's worth.
Jeremy had a strange feeling and didn't know why. He felt as if he was being watched but he didn't think they were in direct danger.
Matt looked at him sideways. "Are you okay, Jeremy?"
"I do not know." Jeremy now had a tingling sensation in his neck, someone was behind him. He got up and turned around. At first nothing happened but then a shadow rushed towards him and threw him to the ground with overwhelming force. The speed told Jeremy that it was a vampire, not a Blood, though he felt no fangs in his throat.
"Hello, Jeremy, long time no see." It was a voice, he hadn't heard in many years.
"Kol?" Jeremy asked in disbelief.
"The one and only", replied the amused voice and then something surprising happened, he was pulled up again and whirled around. One hand went around his neck and he was used as a shield, the other hand grabbed his arm.
The other humans had also jumped up to assist their leader.
"One step closer and I'll tear off his arm", Kol said calmly. "Hello, Matty! Greetings from my sister!"
Matt went pale as he recognized Kol. "Everybody stop, nobody attacks him!"
"Very smart of you, Matty", Kol said scornfully. "This time there is no Damon here to protect you from me."
"You're dead", said Matt dazedly.
Kol just laughed. "You know that we Originals are always good for a surprise."
The other men muttered among themselves, they had apparently heard about the Originals and knew, what they were capable of.
Jeremy spoke again. "Why are you here and why am I still alive?"
"Oh, that can change very quickly, Jeremy", Kol said nonchalantly, then his voice hardened. "Don't think I forgot who killed me the first time."
"The first time?" Jeremy asked weakly.
"What can I say, I have that kind of charm." Kol's voice was playful again.
"And why are you here?"
"I'm here at the request of my big brothers. They want me to say Hello to the Bloods and to introduce us properly to them."
"Sounds like some Bloods will have a very bad day", Jeremy muttered sarcastically, and Kol chuckled.
"And the reason, you're not dead yet, I've decided to channel this time my inner Elijah and not Klaus", Kol finally answered Jeremy's first question. "With these two it is always as if you have an angel and a devil on your shoulders."
"Calling Elijah an angel seems a bit far-fetched to me", said Jeremy dubious.
"I didn't say that he was a good angel", replied Kol smirking. "While I'm going to pay the embassy a visit, I need someone as back-up, who can be out in the daylight."
"Oh. And why?" Jeremy was pretty baffled. This wasn't the Kol he had met many years ago. He was far calmer and less angry.
"Oh, somebody told me that people panic easily in the dark and since I promised Elijah not to kill anyone." Kol shrugged. "I will need help with the humans, who are captured inside. As soon as I have freed them, they will flee outside. You will receive them and send them away so that they don't hinder me for the rest of my mission."
"And what did you promise Klaus?" Jeremy asked warily.
"What it is like, when the Originals transmit someone their full displeasure."
Jeremy swallowed hard and exchanged anxious looks with Matt. That didn't sound good, at least for the Bloods!
"Well, and to send a sign to the supernatural community that our patience with the Bloods is now exhausted." Kol grinned viciously.
"What is the other reason, you want us out here?" Matt asked confused. "I doubt the Bloods in the building are a serious threat to you."
"They aren't", Kol replied happily. "The other reason, I want you out here is to protect my wife."
"Your wife?" Jeremy asked stunned.
"I think that's my cue", came a woman's voice and a young, dark-haired, pretty woman stepped out of the shadows. "Let go of him now, Kol, I think you've had enough fun with them."
Kol laughed and let go of Jeremy before taking a step back. "My beloved wife, always anxious to spoil my fun."
The woman stepped up to Kol and he put an arm around her waist. "May I introduce Davina to you?"
Kol looked down at his wife and smiled lovingly at her, which she returned the same way.
Jeremy and Matt exchanged stunned looks again. They could easily see that this mutual affection was real.
Davina smiled at the men. "Hello, Kol told me a lot about you guys, although nothing very flattering."
"Oh, believe, it's mutual. Our encounters with the Originals have been without exception unpleasant", said Matt, a little hostile.
"I'll tell Rebekah you said that. She will certainly be very upset that you think about your shared time like this", said Kol snippily.
"I can tell some wild stories about my encounters with the Originals too, but I ended up marrying one of them." Davina shook her head. "If someone had told me back then that Klaus would one day be my brother-in-law, I would have declared him crazy."
"You know what Kol is?" Matt asked quietly.
"You knew what Rebekah was too, Matt", said Davina softly.
"Incidentally, you belong to a very exclusive group, you survived an affair with my sister. Well, you and Damon." Kol smirked. "By the way, she's married now."
Matt smiled. "Good for her. I hope she is happy with him!"
"She is very happy." Davina smiled at Matt.
"That is great to hear." Matt still felt affection for Rebekah.
"While I'm going to kill Bloods, Davina will take care of the signal to the supernatural community."
"And how is she going to do that?" Jeremy asked suspicious.
"I'm a witch!" Davina answered the question.
"So how does it look? Do we want to ally us against the Bloods?" Kol asked calmly.
"And what happens after that?" asked Matt.
"We're going to New Orleans to help the others hold off an invasion", Davina replied. She and Kol had argued a lot, but in the end New Orleans was their home too and their families lived there. The conflict with the Bloods wasn't something they could flee or hide from, they had to choose a side.
"Or do you mean whether I'll kill you afterwards. I don't know yet", Kol said with a smile.
"That doesn't help, Kol. You know the rest of their friends are in New Orleans to celebrate their reunion with Damon", Davina said sternly.
"Wait a minute, Damon's in New Orleans?" Jeremy asked excitedly.
"Yes, and his son too", Kol replied before frowning. "Actually, they're all in New Orleans. Elijah sounded a little stressed."
"Elijah?" Matt asked slowly.
Kol grinned. "Apparently an invasion, negotiations with the other groups, our old enemies from Mystic Falls and our family is a little much, even for him."
Davina gave Kol a pat on the back of the head. "Don't be so heartless!"
"Give us a moment!" Jeremy waved to Matt and the other hunters to come with him, then they started an excited conversation with lots of gesturing. It didn't look like everyone agreed.
Davina couldn't hear anything from this distance, but Kol didn't look concerned. "Kol?"
"Matt and Jeremy are for, the others are against allying with us", Kol replied quietly. "They want to go with us to New Orleans, too."
"Would that be bearable for you?" Davina eyed Kol worriedly.
Kol sighed. "Yes, even if I will have a hard time to not simply kill Jeremy."
"I'm proud of you, Kol." Davina put her hand on his cheek.
The argument between the hunters was over. The unknown hunters vanished in the dark and only Jeremy and Matt remained.
"How do we want to proceed?" Jeremy asked firmly.
The Original, the witch and the two hunters put their heads together and developed their plan of attack. The attack should start at dawn. As Kol said, it was a classic for a reason.
BC = I can only imagine how frightening everything must be right now for you. If my stories help you a little I'm glad about it.