Warning: this chapter is rated T to strong R for the themes that are dark in this chapter. I hope you enjoy and thanks for reading! And another warning: It's long...

Kol stopped in his track in front of the gate of the church because he found it opened. In the two times he had been here, it had always been closed nor did he see that annoying baby vampire standing guard. As soon as he entered the church he got a sense that something was very wrong due to the quietness or maybe it had something to do with him being inside a church and someone above thought he should pay for all of his past crimes. Kol set the bag of food in his hand down in one of the pews as he walked down the aisle looking to see if anything was out of place and there was one thing. His eyes landed on Josh who was lying on the floor and his neck in an odd angle. Kol hurried to the kid's side as he got another look and winced at the sight. He knew from experience that those broken necks were painful and he hated it himself. Kol looked around noticing that Davina was nowhere in sight as well. This made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he flashed up the stair to the attic room to find it empty as well.

"Davina!" Kol called looking up around the room walking out and go further down all to make sure there were no other rooms for which she could be in, but he didn't get a response or the sound of her gentle voice. Kol flashed back down into the church looking for more clues to what may have happened. He recalled from Marcel that Davina liked to sneak out, but Kol didn't think she would leave her friend with a broken neck. He pulled out his phone to call Marcel, but stopped as he realized that he had no way of contacting him "Shit!" He muttered and kneeled to check josh's pockets for his phone smiling as he felt an oblong object quickly pulling it out (AN my mind totally went dirty on this) opening it to the home screen and saw five missed calls from Marcel and hit the call button.

"Josh," Marcel said in rushed voice tell Kol that Marcel was in distressed. "Where in the hell have you been?"

"Marcel, it's Kol," He interjected. "You need to get to the church right away. I found Josh on the floor with his neck broken and Davina no where to be found."

"Damn," Marcel growled. "That call I got at the bar was one of my guys telling me to come to the docks. I come here only to find Sophie Deveraux dead. I am going to kill Josh for letting them get to her."

"Give him a break," Kol chided. "The lad had his neck broken and he was inside the church. Don't you find it a bit funny that someone did a spell knowing you would come after them and then your guys found that girl's body."

"And I am guessing this is was Bastianna meant by Sophie being unavailable. They did it to keep me distracted," Marcel said as he pieced the everything together.

"It was planned," Kol added. "They had to get you away so they could get to Davina. Just get to the church and we will figure out what to do next." Kol finished as his own phone began to ring and groaned as he saw the name.

"What?" Marcel asked concerned.

"Nothing," Kol said. "Just my annoying brother calling me."

"Alright, I will see you in a few," Marcel said before hanging up.

Kol placed Josh's phone by him as he answered his own. "Twice in one day, Brother. I think this maybe a record. Oh wait….there were no such things as cellphones when you last daggered me."

"Sounds like that coffin did you some good," Nik drawled. "Got you some humor. I am calling with some bad news I'm afraid."

"Tell me already," Kol prodded wondering what could be next.

"Finn's dead," Nik said and Kol could hear the sadness in his brother's voice confirming the truth.

"How?" Kol swallowed harshly as he took in the news. He was not close to Finn by any means, but that didn't change the facts that they were brothers.

"Murdered," Nik answered.

"By who?" Kol questioned feeling his grief turn into the anger.

"The Mystic Falls group," Nik answered making Kol sighed as he should have known the answer all ready.

"Do you need me to come back?" Kol asked as he imagined breaking into the faces and necks of that god forsaking town. "I will help with his avenge."

"No," Nik said quickly. "Stay in Denver. It will be safe there. I don't want to lose any one else Brother. How is Denver?"

"Hit a bit a snag truthfully," Kol admitted looking down at Josh who had yet to wake.

"What kind of snag?" Nik asked.

"Ran into an old enemy in El Paso," Kol lied. "I need to sort it out before I get to Denver. Can't have anyone following me."

"Do you need help? Nik asked.

"No," Kol said. "I can take care of it myself."

"Just say the word brother and I will be there." Nik promised. "Brother...I.." Nik said apparently struggling to find the words to say, but Kol understood. When they were small boys, death always gripped Nik hard and this time was no difference as it was their own flesh and blood.

"I know Brother," Kol smiled. "I know. Me too. But I really must be going. Tell Bekah hello for me." Kol sighed as he ended the call. When he saw Nik's name on the screen he wasn't expecting the news and it made him want to break something.

"Davina!"

Kol looked down to see Josh sit up holding his neck and winced at the pain from it. "I always hated my neck broken," Kol said startling Josh as he got to his feet.

"Davina," Josh called looking around his eyes widen with worry.

"She's gone mate," Kol said softly. "I looked all over the church and there is no sign of her."

"Then they took her," Josh said as anger filled his voice.

"Who?" asked Marcel as he entered the church.

"It was a group of witches," Josh said looking down to the ground in shame. "There looked to be five of them. I let her down."

"It's not your fault," Kol said crossing his arms. "We didn't see it either, but we were set up today."

"I tired to fight them," Josh said looking to Marcel.

"If it had only been two witches," Marcel began. "I would have been pissed at you for being so weak, but no one could go against five witches and there could have been more of them. And we will get her back."

"I'm in," Josh said with determination in his voice and Marcel looked to Kol.

"What about you?"

"I say lets go kill some witches," Kol said his smirk deadly as this would be the perfect way to his anger as Marcel smiled.

"We need to do some planning first," Marcel placing his chin in his hand. "Because they will be expecting us to come after her and we could be walking into a bloodbath."

"The only thing that can kill me," Kol said looking to Marcel. "Is almost 800 miles away in Mystic Falls and I can get in the cemetery."

"Yeah you," Marcel said sarcastically. "What about me and Josh?"

"I guess it sucks that you two aren't Originals," Kol smirked making Marcel roll his eyes.

"One thing I don't understand," Marcel said moving the subject along. "Davina is one of the most powerful witches why didn't she fight back?"

Kol looked down as he tried to thing of possibilities and something on the floor caught his eye. "She might not have been able too," He said as he bent to pick the item up and brought it to his nose to sniff.

"What do you mean?" Marcel asked.

"This here," Kol said holding up. "Is an herb that is used mute a witches power and smells as if it is drenched in something." He sniffed it again. "Valerian Root." Kol looked up at to the two vampires. "If this is the case, then we need to find Davina fast because she had no way to defend herself as one of these will mute her from any magic for at least 24 hours."

Hours later, the sun had gone down and the night life of New Orleans was in full swing. Kol, Marcel, and Josh arrived at the gates of the cemetery ready to get bloody. They needed it to be night fall as Marcel explained to Kol about Cami being in possession of dark objects and Kol had an idea. Kol asked Cami if he had the Rock of Entry. Kol then explained to Cami what it did: it allowed a person or vampire to enter sacred ground without any invitation. Kol went in first, followed by Marcel and Josh. They separated in order to scout out the cemetery, since it was large, and to cover more ground quicker, but Kol found nothing. He turned around going the way he came, before turning left, and left, and left and left until he walked up Marcel and Josh coming from their searches.

"I didn't find anything," Kol said running a hand through his hair looking around as he was completely stumped.

"Neither did we," Josh said leaning up against a tomb.

"This doesn't make any sense," Kol said biting his lip. "Where would they take her?"

"Well maybe," Marcel said as if he was thinking out loud. "Maybe they are waiting."

"For what?" Josh asked.

"You said," Marcel pointing to Kol. "That they used herbs to mute her magic."

"I am certain they did. Muting herbs have a distinct scent along with a root to put her asleep." Kol commented.

"So if they mute her magic," Marcel continued. "They would not be able to finish the harvest as her magic won't flow at least here."

"That can be a possibility," Kol said thinking. "Unless the used the antidote? What if we are too late?"

"No," Marcel shook his head. "Don't think like that. Something is off here and we aren't seeing it?.

"Maybe they are cloaked," Kol suggested.

Marcel shook his head in frustration as he stormed off in another direction because he didn't have any other option, but didn't get far before falling through a whole in the ground making him yell out in surprise.

Kol and Josh looked at each other before rushing to that hole looking down to see Marcel a few feet below. "An underground tomb." Kol shook his head. "These sneaky bitches think of everything."

"I can hear them," Marcel said looking up. Kol shifted his body so he could drop to the ground too and then Josh. They both jumped when they heard a yell of pain that sounded a lot like Davina. They looked at each other coming to a mutual understanding as they made their way towards the sound moving as quietly as the possibly could so they would not be detected.

"Davina Claire," came Bastianna's voice making Kol's blood boil in his veins. "You are a disgrace to your people for siding with such abominations of nature, how can you lie yourself? Do you know what you have done to them? Because of your selfishness, your coven has to go without the return of their loved ones and because of this you are no more than a murderer."

"Like you aren't?" Davina's angry voice echoed through the place. "You are the one who blindly lied to me and friends before willingly slicing their throats."

"It was to renew our power," Bastianna said.

"We already have so much power," Davina said calmly. "Why need more of it?"

"It is the covens right of passage," Bastianna answered. "This makes this the second failed harvest. We have to wait another 300 years for another one now if we loose the next one our power will be no more."

"So?" Davina's said.

"And you don't care what happens to your people?" asked Bastianna.

The three vampires slowly rounded the corner to an open room and hid behind objects that allowed them to remain unseen. Kol peeked out over the edge of what appeared to be a broken tombstone and could see Davina's tied up in a chair as if she was the nastiest criminal. In front of her, was Bastianna who was surrounded members of her coven and they all glared at Davina.

"No," Davina said not blinking her eye. "You didn't care what would happen to me."

"Well in that case,' Bastianna said. "We must remove your presence from this earth and make it appear as if you were never born." She turned walking to a table to pick up a green stone which made Kol's eyes widen as she started to say a spell. He looked over to Marcel and Josh talking to each other probably trying to figure what to do, but he also knew that they could not wait any longer. Movement in the room, caught Kol's eye as Bastianna had now turned back to Davina holding the stone up in the air and Kol flashed forward so fast that Marcel and Josh barely noticed as the room erupted into gasp as he wrapped his hand around Bastianna's throat.

"This is what I call a very interesting turn of events," Kol said as he picked Bastianna off the ground by the throat. "Did you not understand my words today? I would stay back if I were you." Kol glanced to his right to see a witch holding up her arms to attack but froze as Kol's eyes landed on her. "Lower your hands right now and if you take one more step you will be signing your own death certificate. And if anyone of you try to leave before I am done talking, my friends in the back will gladly tear out your hearts." The group turned to see Marcel and Josh blocking the entry way.

"You are all monsters," a witch cried out from the back.

Kol's eyes narrowed as he placed Bastianna on the ground and without a glance. "Don't move." He told her as he walked towards the group of witches trying to find the one who spoke out. "We have a brave one here. Where are you Love?"

Davina's eyes widen as she watched Kol stop in front of a middle aged witch who was glaring at her. She had never seen anyone move with such stealth as Kol. He moved like a lion checking the savanna for its pray ready to leap at any moment. She knew that he should scare her, but could not help but to be entranced by him. Kol took the witch by her arm pulling her to the middle of the room next to Bastianna and Davina gasped as he snapped her neck so quickly that she didn't even see it.

"This is what happens when people don't mind their manners," Kol said as the witch fell to her ground. "Now Bastianna where were we before I was so rudely interrupted?" He waited for an answer for a second before chuckling making him sound slight manic. "Got nothing to say? Because you were just of words moments ago when you were telling this young lady," He turned to point at Davina who's eyes were wide and he granted himself a second to take in those blue eyes that held no fear. "That she needed to die because you were blaming for the murders that were done by your very hands." Kol walked over to the group of witches looking at each one before selecting a male witch. "Are you going to answer me or are you going to let him die for your lack of cooperation?"

"She needs to know her place in her coven," Bastianna said quietly. "And what we expect of our chosen ones and what costs it brings."

"What cost it brings?" Kol asked looking at Bastianna.

"She humiliated her coven and she has to pay for her sins."

"Really?" Kol asked pretending to be interesting. "You are the same bitter bitch as you were in the 20s. It is such a shame that I have to do this." Kol lunged forward sinking his teeth into his captive witch making him cry out in pain until he dropped to the floor drained. Kol looked up to the elder witch with blood dripping down both corners of his mouth. "That makes two witches that I have had to murder because of you. How does it feel to have their blood on your hands?"

"You don't scare me," Bastianna boasted cockily.

"Then I guess I am not doing my job very well," Kol lowered his voice the words chilling. "Allow me to fix that." Kol flashed forward snapping the necks of not one, not two, but the of the standing witches before stopping in front of the elder. "However, I saved the best for last. Since you were going to do one of the harshest punishment of the witch community on an innocent girl by shredding her soul as well as performing a harvest which broke a law, and the fact you didn't hold up your end of the bargain that I am sorry that I have to do this." Kol growled feeling his veins force their way out as punched his fist in the chest activity watching as her eyes widen as he hand grasped her rapidly beating hard squeezing it tightly then yanked his hand back out holding her heart. He let go over her body allowing to fall to a heap with the rest of the bodies.

"Marcel," Kol said not looking up from the ground. "Get Davina out of here and I will stay behind to clean up this mess."

Marcel flashed forward tearing the ropes off of Davina's hand picked her up and flashed out there with Josh behind.

Kol pulled the last body out of the hole and on to the pile before picking up a gas can pouring the flammable liquid over them. He wanted to make sure that their bones were burnt to a crisp before he left New Orleans. He didn't want to give them a chance to resurrected and have a second attempt to get to Davina while he was not here.

"Need some help?" Marcel asked coming to stand next to Kol.

"Just finishing up," Kol said as he pulled out a box of matches. Taking on out, he scratched the tip against the side of the back sparking it to life then dropping it on to the bodies. "How is she?"

"Distraught," Marcel admitted. "Cami and Josh are with her."

"Where did you take her?" Kol asked looking up for the first time.

"Back to the church," Marcel answered.

"Like that worked out so well last time," Kol said bitterly. "Why do you insist on keeping her prisoner there?"

"It is only temporary. I just want to keep her safe," Marcel said defensively. "Until I can find a way to get her out of town."

"I hope you can," Kol said. "No one should ever have to go through something like that."

"She wanted to see you," Marcel told Kol.

"I doubt that," Kol said bitterly. "I just slaughtered several people in front of her and saw the monster I could be. Why would she want to see me?"

"She trusts you," Marcel said. "And you saved her life tonight."

"Well I am afraid that I have to leave town tonight," Kol said feeling not to happy about it as he didn't want to leave so soon, but he had too. "I lost a brother." He confessed.

"Who?" Marcel asked.

"Finn," Kol answered. "and Klaus needs me in Denver and I can no longer put it off."

"Well at least before you go," Marcel said placing a hand on Kol's shoulder. "At least give her a chance to say goodbye to you."

"i don't know," Kol said.

"Just do the right thing," Marcel suggested. "I know we haven't been the best of friends in the past, but it was good to see you again."

"You as well Marcel," said Kol. "And don't worry I won't tell Klaus that I know that you are alive. You know as well as I do, if he ever saw what you have here he would do everything in his power to make it his own."

I am sorry if this chapter sucks because I kind of didn't think this one through. I have most of the story plan out, but I had trouble writing the rescue scene because I wanted it to be something different so let me know what you think. Now it maybe a couple of days before I post as tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I am cooking for my family and my son is sick on top of it. Thank you for all of your views and comments. It mean so much. I hope everyone has a nice holiday and if you go shopping Friday, I hope you find some nice deals and behave.

RJ