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Thank you so much for all the reviews and follows! I'm still in exam mode, but this chapter didn't take too long to write.

HEYITSJACE: Finn made a big deal about Freya not helping Klaus, so he was definitely going to find a way to involve himself in the curse.

Twihardkarebear38: Jenna would have made it really weird for Klaus and Maya, but you're just going to have to wait and see what happens next.

Ovgsmesa: I didn't mean to ruin things for you! But sometimes I like a character who knows what she wants instead of just waiting for something to happen. Hope you like this next chapter.

Blu3b3rryT3a: Finn isn't using logic, all he can think about that his mother cast the curse, and he wants it to remain, he's not being smart, which he should do, because while Klaus can't kill him, he can certainly kill Sage. Caroline's about to suffer, especially because no one knows she's missing, and they don't know about Jules being in town. But the one who killed Jenna will pay.

WiseGirlDivergence46: Sorry!

Dant3: I'm not sure the ending of this chapter is going to be any better! This is a fast, but really short update.

NastySquire: The short answer is no, I'm nowhere near finished.

Serena Salvatore: Yes, Jenna just got murdered, and to be honest, I don't feel like telling you who did it!

Dizzy Florian: We are in a very special place this chapter! No Vampire blood for Jenna, she's been so focused on keeping her daughter safe, she forgot about herself, and neither Damon, nor Enzo were going to force it on her. Maya and Kol are back on the same page, which I feel like Klaus will hate, he's already got Liam and Luna teaming up against him, but having Maya and Kol using the 'eyes' and the 'voice' against him…he'll have no way to fight it!

dreamsnhugs: Thank you!

mulliganbarton: You're probably not going to be happy about this chapter!

APridefulSin: Jules is going to suffer, just as soon as someone realises that Caroline's been taken.

101297: Thank you!

Lourdes08: You'll just have to wait and see.

sammyleann: I think Kol needs to hurry up and decide to dagger Finn, just to get him out of the way. Jenna's in serious trouble, there's nothing supernatural about her, which makes things much more difficult.

FirePhoenixStar: Thank you, although, you'll probably be annoyed with this chapter!

MizzRKOANIMALCENA: I killed Jenna, I've been waiting to do that for 61 chapters!

musa22lbl: I think Finn has gotten too cocky, he knows that Klaus doesn't have the daggers anymore, but he's not thinking about what Kol would do to him if he messes things up for Klaus. Jenna's murdered will pay!

zainabdiggie: Had to do it! It was part of my plan!

madilyntayloroutlook .com: Don't think this chapter's gonna give you the relief that you were hoping for.

Guest: Rose wasn't a problem for long, especially when she realised that if Damon knows Klaus, he would probably tell the Original that Rose was helping to stop him. Jules is going to wish that she never even laid eyes on Caroline.

Careena1: Not telling you just yet!

HaleyKTbear: You'll just have to wait and see!

Starhunter18: Sorry, but I don't think this chapter will give you everything that you want!

Guest: Thank you! But don't have a heart attack.

edwardsgirl21: You'll just have to wait to find out.

xotinkerbella: All the bad things are happening at once for Maya, Jenna's murderer will suffer, but you'll find out where they went in this chapter. I do think that this is going to make Klaus come to Mystic Falls, immediately. Kol isn't going to be happy when he finds out that Caroline has been taken by Werewolves.

Nicolle Cullen Masen: Thank you! I always thought that it was weird that Damon would threaten Rose with killing her, when she's so much older and stronger than him and Stefan, and she could take them both out faster than they could stop her, so Damon needed some back up.

ArtemisLuna85: Someone's definitely going to die for what they've done. The shockwave was important, but it wasn't felt by the Vampires in Mystic Falls. Kol is going to go all homicidal maniac when it comes to Jules and her pack. I think Finn is still under the assumption that Freya needs him, because his most vivid memory of her, is her crying out for help when she was taken from him and his mother. But Finn is really stupid if he thinks that Katherine's going to be under his thumb for long.

Jenna looked around the room she'd appeared in, the last thing she'd known was that she was on the ground of her driveway, bleeding out. She'd been looking up at the blue of the sky, noticed that there wasn't a cloud in sight, feeling the sun beat down on her. In that moment, she'd known that she was going to die, as her vision was weakening, a blurry figure had appeared before her, and she knew that her time was up.

/ / /

Flashback – 2 years ago

"Tell me how it works," Jenna asked Maya, the two of them curled up in her bed, just enjoying some mother-daughter time.

"How what works?" Maya asked, snuggled into her mother's side.

"This reincarnation thing," Jenna clarified, "Does it just happen for everyone? Is it random?"

"No," Maya replied, "I was dying, it was literally the last moments of my life, I called out for help, but I didn't ask Nature, I could feel cold embrace of death, creeping in, so I-"

"You what?"

"I asked Death to accept me, I asked it to welcome me because I was angry, and scared, and in pain, and I couldn't feel Nature anymore. I made myself an offering, and he accepted me."

"Do you…do you remember what it was like, being over there?"

Maya shook her head, "No, it's one of the drawbacks, you don't get to remember, until you're there. But…"

"But what?"

"I think I felt safe."

/ / /

In her final moments, as she took in the blurred figure in front of her, all Jenna wanted was to feel safe. She tried to get the words out, but she didn't have the energy, her mouth moved, but no sound came out. 'Please,' she thought, 'Please, I just want to be safe…Death.'

As she thought the final word, the figure before her snapped her neck.

/ / /

"Hello Jenna," Death appeared before her and she startled.

"What-where am I?" she asked.

"You asked for me to keep you safe, welcome to my domain." He said, gesturing to the room.

Jenna's eyes darted around, "It's so…homey," she replied, it was like the small family room she had in her home, there was a log fireplace, comfy looking chairs, it looked nothing like she'd imagined.

"I've found that for the souls I welcome, something comforting is best."

She nodded, "I think you were right."

"Would you like to sit down?" he asked,. Death usually maintained a certain level of detachment from his souls, they were all his, and he cared for them, but getting invested in them on a personal level, he didn't do that for all of them, and usually it was another soul that greeted a new ones. But this was different, this was his daughter's mother. Maya had had plenty of mothers in the past, but this was the first one that actually meant something to her. This was the mother that he'd chosen, specifically to care for his daughter, the one that was meant to help her grow stronger, more powerful, and it had worked.

Jenna took a seat on the couch, and waited for him to sit too, "So," she said, "You're Maya's father."

Kol's eyes shot open as he woke with a gasp, getting up, he looked around, wherever he was, he'd never seen anything like it before, the walls glowed with an unearthly blue-green light, and he could hear water in the distance. "Where are we?" he whispered. "Maya, where are w-" he cut himself off when he saw her unconscious on the floor, "Maya! Maya!" he shook her but she wouldn't wake up. Feeling for her pulse, it was slow, and weak, she was barely breathing, "Shit!" Kol bit into his wrist, lifted her up and pressed her lips to the open wound, "Come on Darling, drink!" He massaged her throat, and she swallowed his blood, she didn't wake up, but her pulse got stronger, and her breathing steadied.

"Shit!" he muttered, running a hand through his hair, he needed to find a way out of there, but leaving Maya, and her mother's body unprotected didn't seem like a good idea. Sighing he picked Maya up, and put her over his shoulder, then he lifted Jenna's body in his arms, and started walking. Heading towards the sound of water, the stream must lead to a way out.

Kol stopped when he heard a noise, it almost sounded like a voice, who was that? Tilting his head, he focused his hearing, he was sure that he heard his name. It was little more than a whisper, a woman's voice, almost familiar, "Kol!"

Eyes widening he looked at the woman in his arms, her eyes still closed, her heart still un-beating, "Jenna?"

"Kol!" he shot off towards the voice, and found himself in the largest part of the cave, the stream widening, and taking up most of space. "Kol!" the voice was coming from the water! He placed Jenna down gently, and then Maya next to her, and walked up to the water, looking inside.

"Jenna?!" He asked incredulously, seeing her where his reflection should be, "Jenna what are you-" he cut himself off when he saw a familiar man walk up next to her. "Death!"

"Hello Kol."

Enzo was with Rebekah and Elijah, the younger Vampire and blonde were letting him know all about the town council when Enzo paused mid-sentence, and grabbed his chest. "Enzo?" Rebekah asked, "What is it?"

"Something's wrong," he whispered, before flashing out of the room. Rebekah glanced at Elijah for a moment, and they both followed him.

/ / /

"Stefan! I'm not in the mood!" Damon said, pushing past his brother, he couldn't take a second more of Stefan worrying about Elena, and trying to come up with terrible plans to stop Klaus.

"I'm just saying, maybe we should go and talk to Katherine."

"You're the one who said that Elena shouldn't go and see her!" Damon groaned.

"Yeah, Elena, because it's too dangerous for her, but not us! Since Rose ran off, she's the only one who can even identify Klaus!"

"We're not-" Damon stopped, grunting as he grabbed his chest, as he felt a stabbing pain lance through him.

"Damon?!" Stefan asked worriedly, "Damon what is it? What's wrong?"

"Not good!" he muttered, before whooshing out of the house, Stefan trailing after him, he'd never seen his brother react like that, seeing Damon suddenly in pain like that, it had freaked him out.

/ / /

Enzo, Damon, Rebekah and Elijah all arrived outside the Sommers house, with Stefan showing up moments later. "My God!" Stefan gasped the scent of blood, fresh and potent, "What the hell happened?" he covered his nose, taking several steps back, hoping that the blood didn't send him over the edge.

Enzo looked around frantically, searching the house at speed, "No one's here!"

"That's impossible!" Damon replied, "I felt her here!"

"Damon!" Stefan ground out, "What's going on?"

"Yes, Enzo, what is it?" Rebekah asked, not understanding how Enzo knew to come here.

"I felt her," he muttered.

Damon crouched down, touching the blood, and bringing it up to his nose, "It's Jenna's" he said, scenting it, the way Klaus had taught him to.

Elijah snapped to attention then, "What?!" It had been two years, and he had yet to taste Jenna's blood, he didn't recognise the scent.

"There's too much here for a human to survive!"

"Damon!" Enzo exclaimed, "Where's Maya?!"

"She was here! She had to be!" Damon insisted, he felt her pain, and it drew him to the house.

Rebekah eyed them both, they were both beginning to panic and she realised that she wouldn't be getting a straight answer out of them, "Kol went to pick her up."

"Call him!" Damon said, and she took out her phone.

She dialled him, and ringing came from the somewhere in the grass nearby, speeding over to the phone, Rebekah picked it up, "It's Kol's," she confirmed.

Enzo looked around all of them, and froze, "Where's Caroline?" he asked.

"What?" Rebekah asked, "Why would she be here?"

"Damon," he stared at Damon, unmistakable fear in his eyes, "We felt Maya, Caroline definitely would have felt her."

"She would have been the first one here," Damon agreed.

"Okay STOP!" Stefan stepped in, tired of not getting answers, "Tell us what's going on!"

"We're connected to Maya," Enzo said, "If she's hurt, or in pain, we can feel it, it works the other way round too. It means that we can always find each other. We both felt Maya's agony. Caroline would have felt it."

"So would Nik," Damon realised, and as if he was being summoned, Damon's phone began to ring.

"What is going on?!" Kol demanded, "How can I see you?! You're dead." He gestured to the body next to Maya.

"Yeah, I know," she nodded solemnly, she hated this, calling out to Death was her only chance, but she didn't want to be dead, she wanted to her watch her daughter grow up, she wanted to see her get married, have children. She wanted to see Maya live her life, in way that she'd never had the option to do before!

"I don't understand," Kol shook his head "How are you there?"

"I was-" Jenna looked down for a second, thinking about what had happened to her, thinking about that moment when she was lying prone on the ground, bleeding out, thinking about that moment that she knew that she was going to die, "I was dying, and then I remembered, remembered what Maya told me about the first time she died. She said she called out to Death, so I took a chance."

Kol looked at the man stood next to Jenna, "You brought her to you."

"There was no other option," he said, "By the time anyone would get there, it would have been too late."

"Kol, how's Maya?" Jenna asked, "I know this can't be easy for her, losing me."

"She's unconscious." Kol said.

"What?!"

"We found you, and she lost it, she sent out a wave of magic, it was strong it hit everything, and then we ended up here. But she won't wake up. I gave her my blood, but it didn't do anything."

"Yes," Death said, "That is a problem, you're not supposed to be here."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember when you both came to my reading room? The pain you felt?"

Kol nodded, "Because Maya wasn't dead, and she couldn't be there, without me bearing her weight."

"It's the same here, only this time, you're the one that can't be here."

"She's bearing my weight," Kol said in understanding.

Death nodded, "Yes, but the problem is, she's not immortal, she can't take your weight, not for long."

"What are you talking about?!" Jenna asked, looking between the two, and grabbing Death's arm, "What's going on?!"

"If Kol stays here with her for much longer, then she'll die."

"NO!" her baby couldn't die, she wouldn't let that happen!, "Kol get out of here! You're killing her!"

"There's no way out," Kol said, if he could leave, he would, but he didn't even know where they were, or how they got there, "She brought us here, she's the only one who can get us out! Even if she does wake up, with Jenna dead-it's like something in her broke!"

Death knew that Kol was telling the truth, she'd said as much to him, that the family she had now, was more than she could have ever hoped for. He knew that if Maya woke, without her mother, she would burn the world to ash, or as much of it as she could, before the sheer amount of magic she used ripped her apart. He couldn't let that happen. "Where's the body?"

"What?" Kol asked.

"Where's Jenna's body?"

"It's here."

"Bring her to me."

"What?!"

"Bring her to me. NOW!"

Kol went to pick Jenna up, but he noticed that Maya's heartbeat had slowed again, biting into his wrist he brought it to her mouth, making her swallow as much of his blood as possible. He waited until her heart strengthened, before picking up Jenna's body and bringing it to the water. "What do you want me to do with it?"

"Walk into the water with her," Death replied, he needed to see her, needed to know what damage Jenna had suffered, "As far as you can go."

Kol didn't question it, just walked until the water came up to his neck, "Is this far enough?" he asked, now he couldn't see Death or Jenna, but he could still hear them.

"Yes," Death said, with her body fully submerged, he could finally see her, and Death looked at Jenna, "I can't just bring you back to life, my sister won't let me, and even if I could, your body's too damaged. My influence is over your soul, not the body."

"What about Maya?" Jenna asked, "The last time you got involved, you changed something in her!"

He shook his head, "Maya was twice blessed, her soul, and her body were part of me, we had a connection."

"Now you have one with me!" she exclaimed, "Bring me back!" she demanded.

"Jenna."

"Bring me back to my daughter!" she pounded on his chest, "Bring my back to my daughter! Bring me back to my daughter!" she broke down.

Damon paced up and down the driveway as he was on the phone, while the others had fanned out to search the property. "Where is she Damon?" Klaus demanded; he had felt her pain from miles away. He was already packing his and the children's things, he would be there by the next morning.

"We don't know," he replied, "Kol, Jenna and Caroline are missing too. Kol's phone was here, but he's not."

"Well, has anyone checked the security cameras?" Klaus asked impatiently.

"What security cameras?" Damon asked, they didn't have cameras!

"I had one of my men set them up months ago, Maya and Jenna knew about them."

"Hang on." Damon covered the speaker, "ENZO!" he called out, and the younger Vampire appeared seconds later.

"Yeah?"

"Nik say's there's cameras here, he set them up."

"What?!"

"Jenna and Maya knew; they didn't tell you?" Enzo shook his head, "Yeah, me either." He turned back to the phone, "They didn't tell us about them."

"The system is set up in the panic room."

"There's a panic room?!" Damon exclaimed.

"Damon!" Klaus snapped back, "Go to Maya's room, it's behind the bookshelf."

"What's going on?" Rebekah asked, arriving next to Enzo, Elijah and Stefan not far behind her.

"Apparently Nik had security cameras and a panic room installed," Enzo said, not sparing her a glance, "And he didn't tell us!"

"We don't have time for this! Give the phone to my brother!" Damon looked over to Elijah, "He wants to speak to you."

Elijah was wary of the younger Salvatore, he couldn't say anything that would tip him off to who he was, "Brother?"

"Damon will take you to Maya's room, the safe room is behind her bookshelf, the security system is the same as the one we have at the Penthouse."

"Understood, the password?"

"I've already sent it to you." Klaus paused, "Brother, as soon as you know something…"

"I will call you." Elijah hung up, and handed the phone back to Damon, "Show me to Maya's room."

"Wait, when were you invited in?" Elijah rolled his eyes and crossed the threshold, every moment he didn't know what had happened to Jenna, his worry was growing, he was holding himself together for the moment. But Jenna…he'd let her in, he never let people in anymore, Klaus either killed them, or they betrayed him, but with Jenna, Niklaus wouldn't dare harm her, and he'd let his guard down. Now her blood was on the ground, and she was no where to be found.

"Uh, guys!" Stefan called as they went inside, "I haven't been invited in!" Damon and Enzo ignored him, as well as the new Vampire that he'd never seen before, but Rebekah paused.

"If we see anything of import, we'll let you know." She said.

"Who the hell is that guy?!" Stefan exclaimed, pointing at Elijah's retreating form.

"That's my brother, he's…seeing Jenna." It was all the explanation she was willing to give, and she shot upstairs with the rest of them.

/ / /

Elijah let them into the panic room, and quickly pulled up the security footage, "The blood on the ground is at least an hour old." Damon said. The pool of blood was still wet, but the shallower areas had begun to dry.

Elijah set the camera to two hours previously, and then fast forwarded until he saw Jenna, pressing play he grew grim as he watched what happened. How could this have happened? Jenna was supposed to be safe, Niklaus was the most dangerous thing out there, and she was under his protection! But watching, as the woman that he'd let in, was murdered, and not quickly, Elijah could feel his monster clawing its way to the surface, a monster that he'd kept a very tight leash on, for the better part of a millennium.

"Wait, is that-?"

Damon watched the footage, his face a mask of anger, as he watched Jenna die, and then Kol and Maya arrive. He watched Maya break down, and he watched her let out a scream, whatever she'd done hit the hidden camera, causing it to shake, and by the time the camera had settled, Kol, Maya and Jenna all disappeared from sight. "We need to search the town." He said.

"Damon," Enzo was trembling with rage at what he'd just seen, but he'd also noticed something else, "Caroline wasn't with them."

The Salvatore realised that something else had gone wrong, "Where the hell is she?!"

"Your body needs to have a connection to me in it to manipulate it," Death said, he couldn't see how he could bring her back, "Which, in case you haven't noticed, it doesn't."

"What about me?" Kol asked, interrupting his conversation with Jenna.

"What?"

"What about me? As an Original, I have a connection to you. Can you use that?"

"I-I don't know, I've never tried before."

"So try," Kol said, "It's not like you have anything to lose here, but Maya does."

"If it works, it may mean that you'll change," Death said, "Just like Maya changed when I brought her back to life without reincarnation. Do you want to take that risk? Especially when I have no idea what it could do to you?"

"I-" Kol looked back at the unconscious girl on the ground, she'd shifted… "She's moving," he whispered.

"What?" Jenna asked.

"She's waking up!" he exclaimed, wading out of the water, as fast as possible, and he dropped Jenna to the floor in an effort to get to Maya faster.

"Hey! Watch my body!"

Kol hunched over Maya, as she came to, "Mom?" she asked as her eyes fluttered open, "Kol? What are you-" she turned her head to the side, and cut herself off as she spotted her mother, "Mom?!" she pushed herself up.

"Maya," Kol said. But she shoved past him and fell to her mother's side.

"Mom! No! Mom!" she cried. Kol pulled her into his arms, pulling her away from her mother's body, "NO!" she screamed, struggling against his strength, "NO! MOM!" she kicked out, but it was no use, she was too weak.

He dragged her to the water, she needed to see her mother, before she fell unconscious again. "Stop fighting me!" he said.

"No! MOM! MOM!"

"Maya!" Jenna called and her daughter stilled.

When she stopped struggling, Kol let her go, and Maya turned around, eyes on the water, "Mom?" she asked, slowly walking to the edge, and dropping to her knees when she saw her mother, stood next to her creator.

"Hi baby," Jenna replied, trying to get closer, but they were separated by the barrier of life and death.

"Mom!" Maya was sobbing, "I can't- you can't- please I can't do this without you!"

Kol watched as the mother and daughter were kept apart, he couldn't stand this, Maya was his family, and she was in agony. In that moment, Kol realised that there was something that he could do to make up for his past with the Siphon. "I'll do it." He said, picking up Jenna's body again, and walking into the water.

"What-" Maya wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, "What's going on?"

Jenna looked up at her daughter, "They're going to try to bring me back."

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