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Kol glanced over at the clock seeing it was just past 8 and tossed back the covers giving up on getting any sleep. Once he was dressed he walked out of the room and down the stairs in search of some very needed coffee. He frowned when he saw the kitchen was empty, but the coffee pot was full. Not waiting any longer, he poured him a large cup as he could feel his sleepless night in his bones.
Kol rolled his eyes as he heard Elijah calling for him as he took his first sip as walked through the house looking for his older brother. "For what reason did you need to call me?" He grumbled as he entered the study.
"How are things with you and Davina?" Elijah asked not looking up from his desk and Kol narrowed his eyes at him.
"That is not why you called me in here Elijah," Kol pointed out taking a seat in front of Elijah. "The real reason please."
"Niklaus," Elijah answered and Kol rolled his eyes for the second time in not so many minutes.
"Just the name I want to hear so early in the morning," Kol said bitterly as he took a gulp of his drink. "I was hoping to get to at least noon for his name came up."
"Well I figured that you would want to know what he is planning to do today," Elijah said and this perked Kol's attention.
"What might he be planning today?" Kol asked and Elijah sighed. "Murder and mayhem?" He guessed.
"A bit of both actually," Elijah said and Kol sighed impatiently.
"Well are you going to tell me or am I going to have to guess the bloody answer?" Kol said he was not in the mood to be playing games.
"Since the slaughter of his hybrids, Niklaus is currently going through the motions to grow the mark on the hunter's arm," Elijah explained.
"Going through the motions?" Kol asked looking at Elijah confused. "What the bloody hell does that mean?"
"It means he is helping the hunter grow his mark," Elijah elaborated and Kol sat forward setting his empty mug on the floor.
"How?" Kol asked as many possibilities scrolled through his mind. "What has he done?"
"He has prepared a group of vampires up for the slaughter at a bar not far from here," Elijah and Kol stood up from his seat and shook his head as he took in the new information provided by Elijah.
"If he completes that mark it will lead him to the cure," Kol said as he rubbed a hand over his face.
"He is wanting the cure to make Elena human again so he can make more hybrids," Elijah spoke and Kol shook his head.
"More hybrids?" Kol chuckled though his chuckle was far from warm as he tried to understand his older brother's reasoning. "They are enough to risk the entire world for just a handful of creatures and he doesn't care what may happen to him or others in the process." Kol sighed as his bad day had taken a bigger wrong turn that he anticipated and looked up to the ceiling. "Have you seen her today?" He asked looking back at Elijah.
"No, I haven't," Elijah said following his brother's eyes to the ceiling.
"You don't think she has left do you?" Kol asked and Elijah shook his head.
"She's here," Elijah said pointing to the ceiling. "If she wasn't here then you wouldn't be able to hear her heartbeat."
Kol sighed as he knew that Davina was still upset with him from last night but he didn't care which brought him back to the problem of the day and he will do everything in his power to keep her safe and an idea struck him. "I will be back," he said suddenly walking out of the study.
"Where are you going?" Elijah asked as got up walking around the desk following him into the foyer where Kol was pulling on his brown jacket.
"We can't let that mark to grow," Kol said as he turned around looking at Elijah. "So I am going to take care of our little problem," He explained as he moved towards the door. "I won't be gone long," Kol said to Elijah before walking out the front door closing it behind him. "Someone has to do the dirty work," He muttered to himself as he made his way down the stairs getting into the car. He put the car in reverse so he could turn around and drive towards that bar. He knew what bar Elijah was talking about because it was the only bar until you reached the city limits of Mystic Falls.
It did not take a long time for Kol to arrive at the bar. Kol grimaced as he stared at the run-down bar through the windshield as he drove around to the back of the bar. When he got out of the car he listened to his surrounding finding it eerily quiet as he made his way to the front door stopping as he could hear sounds coming from inside the bar. He leaned closer and he could make out the sounds of footsteps on the floor and a scrape of a chair as the vampires moved about inside. He looked behind him once more to make sure he was completely alone and took a step inside and he saw many figures flash towards the darkest part of the bar.
"Good morning Mates," Kol said happily as making his way through the tables and chairs as he walked up to the bar spotting a bottle of bourbon beautifully calling his name so he could not resist on snatching that baby up. He took a swig of it loving the burn and turned towards the vampires who were watching him from the shadows. "Now what to do with you lot?" He asked as he walked around the bar counting at fifteen heads as he went. "Are there any more of you?" He asked opening a door seeing it led just to a closet and closed it. When he didn't get an answer Kol turned around. "I asked you lot a question," He said stopping in front of the male vampire looking at him. "If you are not going to answer me," Kol said as he grabbed the vampire's foot and dragged him toward a sunny spot. "Maybe this will help you find a voice," Kol said as pulled his first victim's pant leg up and stuck it into the sunlight.
"Arrggg," The vampire cried out as the light burned his flesh and Kol looked down at the vampire.
"Well?" Kol asked pulling the leg back. "Just give me an answer. Are there any more of you in this dwelling?"
"No," the vampire gasped in pain as the burns began to heal.
"Was that so hard?" Kol sighed as let go of his foot as he walked away from the vampire over to one of the pool tables. "I missed this game," Kol said as he set his bottle of bourbon down and picked up the 8 ball and heard glass break and he looked to see his bottle of bourbon shattered and spilling on to the floor. Annoyed that his drink was so rudely ended, Kol tossed the ball into one of the corner holes and picked up a pool stick turning around to face his audience.
"Alright, who destroyed my drink?" He asked as he looked over the variety of vampires in his wake as he walked around. "It was quite rude," Kol as he saw the vampire who's leg he had burned glaring at him. "Was it you mate?" He asked stopping in front of him and the vampire snarled at him. "Pfft, if you want to scare me you are going to have to give more effort," Kol scoffed and jammed the tip of the pool stick into the vampire's heart. "Like this," He said as he pulled the stick out. "Such a shame too." He sighed as he looked around. "Who's next?" He asked as the vampires growled at him and he rolled his eyes. "Very well then," Kol flashed forward using the pool stick to slice one of the vampires head off and the body fell leaking blood all over the floor.
Kol felt someone grab him around the neck and he gritted his teeth using his vampire strength to pulling his attacker over his head body slamming them to ground and thrust his hand into the chest ripping the heart from the body. "At least one of you have balls," Kol laughed as he stood up as he looked for his next victim. "Come on make this fun for me," He said as one of the vampires ran to the back of the bar and followed the woman into what appeared to be a cold storage area. "Aww. did you hit a dead end?" He snickered as she turned around looking at him in fear. "I'm sorry. Darling," He said as he walked closer. "This has to be done," He said as he rammed the pool stick into her chest sending spatters of blood along the walls and groaned as he noticed the pool stick had broken in half from his forceful moved.
Kol tossed it aside as he let the dead vampire fall to the floor and went back out breaking a leg off a stool moving from the next vampire to next until he was the only living being in the bar. He dropped the dead vampire tossed his weapon aside as he started to drag dead bodies one by one to their dead vampire friend in the cold storage. He even placed the dismembered vampire head on to it body where it belonged. Now that he was finished he walked out to the bar looking through the bottles until he found the half-opened bottle of the bourbon he was drinking before that asshole wrongfully destroyed it and heard the sound of voices coming from outside the bar. He grabbed the bottle and walked around the bar sitting down making sure he was out of sight as the door opened.
Kol watched in the mirror that was conveniently placed behind the bar as a man he immediately recognized as Damon Salvatore followed by Jeremy Gilbert carrying a crossbow ready at aim. He grinned to himself as they shared a look with each other as they walked deeper into the bar.
"Is that blood?" Jeremy asked as he pointed to the floor and Kol rolled his eyes at the dumb question
"And a lot of it," Damon shook his head as he looked around the bar as he followed the trail. Jeremy looked around his finger on the trigger ready for anything that might surprise him. Kol stood up when Jeremy rounded the corner and was no longer inside walking over the hall staying out of sight, but he could see the other two.
"Ugh," Damon said as he found the pile of bodies. "Looks like we are going to need new vampires. What a waste," He sighed.
"What the hell happened?" Jeremy asked stunned at the bloody sight in front of him and Kol took a quick swig as he walked down the hall.
"I confess," Kol said suddenly causing Jeremy to turn around his crossbow raised as he walked through the plastic flaps with his hands in the air. "I did it," He said gracing their presence with a smile.
"Kol?" Jeremy asked looking surprised to see him.
"Jeremy, good to see you mate," Kol said tilting his head at him and Jeremy looked to Damon on what to do next. "Sorry about the mess. Ugh… It was a bit crowded when I arrived and I prefer gatherings a bit more intimate. Now it is time for three of us to have a well-needed chat." Kol said lowly taking another swig of bourbon.
"Care for a drink?" Kol asked offering Jeremy the bottle and Damon pushed Jeremy behind him as he took a step closer to Kol.
"He's underage and I don't like you," Damon said icily.
"Likewise." Kol tossed back to Damon.
"Then let's just cut to it," Damon dared cockily.
Kol narrowed his eyes at the vampire before him then shifted his eyes to Jeremy. "You know my brother bragged about his plan to complete Jeremy's hunter's mark. It was easy enough to track this lot down as they were all hiding in the shadows. Now killing young vampires is easy or old ones for that matter." Kol said staring straight at Damon.
"Why? What's it to you either way?" Damon questioned.
"Because completing the mark places someone's life I care about in danger," Kol explained.
"Someone, you care about?" Jeremy asked and Kol looked at Jeremy and nodded.
"It is someone you know and you cared about her to at one point," Kol said and Jeremy gave him a confused look. "C'mon mate, don't tell me you don't remember her. She was always with me in Denver and Denver was not that long ago," Kol said as he pulled out his phone hitting the button and his eyes were greeted by the sight of Davina with a glowing smile and turned the phone around. Jeremy's eyes widen and he opened his mouth.
"Do not say her name out loud," Kol said quickly and surprise flashed through Jeremy's eyes as they narrowed at Kol.
"What the hell did you do to her?" Jeremy asked as he raised the crossbow at him. "Is she okay?"
"Relax," Kol said. "She is safe for now, but she won't be if you continue on your little mission," Kol added.
"Where is she? I'm going to find her and if you harmed her in any way, I will kill you." Jeremy threatened as he placed his finger on the trigger.
"I said she is safe," Kol said to Jeremy but Kol could tell that Jeremy didn't believe him.
"Hold up," Damon piped up pushing the crossbow down. "What are you two talking about?" He looked to Kol then Jeremy. "Who is that?" Damon questioned pointing to the phone and the looked to Kol. "Who is she?"
"None of your business," Kol snipped and Damon who sent Kol a hard glare and he took a drink from his bottle and put his phone back into his pocket.
"What does that have to do with this?" Damon asked pointing to the pile of bodies behind him.
"The very reason I just mentioned and because you fools, in order to find the cure you risk waking someone very dangerous," Kol answered.
"Oh… You must be talking about Silas," Damon smirked and Kol narrowed his eyes at him.
"What do you know of him?" Kol asked in a hardened voice.
"Nothing… Don't want to… Not our problem," Damon answered in his typical smartass of a way.
"Isn't it?" Kol tossed back.
"Uh huh," Damon shook his head smirking and Kol wanted to knock that smirk right off of his face.
"A few hundred years back, I came across a group that worshiped Silas. His followers told me that he would rise again and when he did he would trigger the end of all time. You know being an immortal you can see why I am opposed to time's ending. So, I murdered all of them. And now here you are willing to risk raising him your search for the cure. I can't exactly sit back and let that happen can I?" Kol asked looking back and forth between the two.
"We're not going to back off on the cure because you were told one too many bedtimes stories you idiot," Damon said snarkily. Kol had enough of the vampire's attitude and pushed him out of the way.
"Jeremy," Kol said looking to the teen hunter. "We were mates in Colorado. You are a smart lad. Why don't you call off this imbecilic treasure hunt? You will seriously put her life in danger if you keep on with this search." Kol said urgently what would it take for this damn teenager to take his word.
"I am not calling anything off," Jeremy answered surely. "Mate," He added coldly and the crossbow was still aimed at Kol.
"Well I could kill you," Kol scoffed taking a step back placing the bottle of bourbon on the nearby shelf. "Then I would I have to deal with the hunter's curse and I particularly don't feel like being haunted for the next century," Kol sighed and snapped his fingers. "Better idea, I'll just rip off your arms," He said like it was the most obvious thing then flashed towards Jeremy, but Damon cut him off using his vampire speed then applied his vampire strength pushing him out of the storage. Kol let out a grunt as his back was forced up against a wall.
"Jeremy run," Damon yelled out as he a punch against Kol's jaw then pulled back to punch again. Kol growled as Damon pulled back for a third punch and caught Damon's fist with his hand before it has another chance to collide with his face. Kol growled as he moved quickly yanking Damon around like a rag doll wrapping his arms around Damon's neck grinning as he placed his hand on the back of his head applying a little more pressure as Damon struggled against his grip. Kol looked around noticing that Jeremy didn't waste any time fleeing from the bar and looked down at his prisoner and snapped his neck allowing Damon's body to fall to the floor as he rubbed his aching jaw.
While waiting for Damon to recover from a well deserve broken neck, Kol walked around the bar making sure very door to the bar was locked to prevent any unwanted visitors from entering. Kol was placing a metal keg into the middle when he heard a groan from behind him and looked to see Damon looking around a bit disorientated.
"Finally," Kol grinned as Damon jerked his head around. "I was beginning to think you were going to sleep the rest of the day away."
"What the hell did you do to me?" Damon growled holding his neck as Kol walked toward him.
"Nothing that you didn't deserve," Kol said icily and pointed to the metal keg. "Have a seat," Kol ordered.
"No," Damon said defiantly and Kol shook his head as he bent down to pick up a piece of the broken pool stick from earlier and it happened to be the pointer end of the stick.
"Fine," Kol said and then vamped around stabbing the tip of the stick into Damon's gut. Damon cried out at the painful intrusion as Kol heard the sound of blood drizzling onto the floor. "The next time I ask you to something. Just do it." Kol said to him. "Sit." He said to Damon who was panting in pain. "And do not take the stick out."
He smiled as Damon sent heated daggers through his eyes at him as he sat his ass on the keg. "Good job. It proves you can listen." Kol chuckled as he bent closer looking straight into Damon's eye. "Listen carefully now, I want you to pull the stick out." Kol compelled and when Damon didn't comply with his demand, Kol withdrew the stick only to stab it back into Damon's stomach.
Damon's head fell back as he let out a hiss of pain and more blood fell to the floor. "Now do it yourself," Kol said looking back into Damon's eye and he still didn't comply. Kol let out of groan of frustration as he looked around spotting a bigger piece of wood in the corner and walked over to pick it up and Kol noticed that Damon was pulling the stick out and Kol glared coldly at him. "Did I say you could take that out?" He asked as he walked over to the panting vampire who was watching him with pain filled eyes. "Well it did help me so I could do this," Kol said placing a hand on Damon's shoulder thrusting the wood into his stomach and Damon let out another cry of pain.
"Hold this," Kol said a he felt the magnetic pull as Damon's pupil responded and Damon lifted his hand to the lumber. "Good," Kol said to him stepping back as and Damon cut his eyes at him.
"I'm going to kill you," Damon panted and Kol only chuckled at Damon's weak attempt to threaten him.
"No, you're not," Kol said to him as he walked around Damon slapping him on the back that caused wood to move. "Now what to do with you?" Kol asked out loud. "I could kill you before you kill me, but where is the fun in that?"
"You won't live to see your next birthday," Damon tossed at him and Kol rolled his eyes.
"Is that really the best you can do?" Kol asked him. "You are the big and mighty Damon Salvatore," Kol teased as he stopped to take a drink of bourbon.
"I can think of many ways," Damon taunted and Kol chuckled and his ears were greeted by the sound of his ringtone.
"I am sure you can," Kol said pulling the screaming cellphone out of his pocket and grimaced at the name flashing on it. "Really?" Kol muttered disgustedly as he glanced at the time and seemed that Jeremy had only just left them. "Time flies when you're having fun," Kol sighed as he answered the call. "What do you want Nik?" He asked his older brother leaning up against the metal shelves.
"Little Brother," Nik greeted warmly. "Just two days home and I'm told that you have already gone made a mess." He said disapprovingly.
"Oh C'mon Nik, I was just having a bit of fun," Kol sighed dramatically.
"Those vampires were for my hunter," Nik said his voice straight as an arrow.
"I'll make you some more," Kol offered as he took a step away from the shelf. "There's no shortage of people."
"Where's Damon Salvatore?" Nik asked and Kol grinned at the question as he thought of a good answer for his big brother.
"I gave him a good and proper beating just for old time sake," Kol answered as he looked at Damon who was still holding on to the piece of wood protruding out of his body.
"Yes, well you've had your fun. Now let him go and come home," Nik ordered making Kol roll his eyes at the simple request. "Avoid any more trouble or you will find yourself back in the box," Nik threatened.
"Hey! No need to be nasty about it," Kol sighed as he made his way to the other side of the fridge.
"On the contrary, I find nastiness to be essential whenever my siblings try to sabotage me," Nik drawled as Kol listened to what he had to say ready to end the call. "Listen closely Kol, stay away from the Gilbert boy. Do you understand?" His brother asked.
"Fine," Kol answered. "I won't touch him. You have my word," Kol promised ending the call before Nik could say another word and looked up at Damon who was staring at him with hard eyes. "Very good Darling," Kol said looking into Damon's eyes. "Now stab yourself a little bit further," Kol said while using his compulsion.
Damon winced as he put pressure on the wood sinking a few inches into his flesh groaning out in pain as he did so. "If you're going to kill me… Do it like a man," Damon said pain lacing his voice.
"I don't want to kill you. I just want to make sure you can be compelled," Kol corrected and Damon closed his eyes swallowing painfully.
"I'm going to rip out your spleen," Damon threatened cutting his eyes and Kol laughed at the little threat.
"Like you can try," Kol scoffed as he began to walk very slowly out Damon. "You ought to be thanking me," Kol said looking to Damon. "I mean you don't really want the cure found. You fancy Elena I can tell and even more now that she a vampire. Admit it." Kol reasoned as walked around Damon with his hands behind his back before lowering himself next to Damon's ear. "The last vestige of her humanity is her annoying little brother Jeremy. And deep, deep down, I bet you want him dead. Don't you?" He asked and Damon looked icily into his eyes.
"Nope," Damon muttered darkly before looking away from Kol.
"You're lying," Kol snickered as he placed his hand around the wood sinking another inch into Damon. "I bet you would love to rip his head right off," Kol said taking a step back from Damon looking at him wearing a deadly smirk. "And I am going to give you your wish," Kol said with a deadly smirk as he moved forward, bending down on Damon's eye level as Damon tried to look away, but Kol grabbed Damon's chin forcing his head up. "You are not going to remember what I say and you are going to remember the girl you saw on my phone. You are going to find Jeremy Gilbert and when you do you are going to kill him." Kol finished and Damon blinked as his compulsion went into effect. "You are free to go," Kol said the flashed out of the bar to the back where he left his car.
Kol went into the back of the car finding a handful of rags that he used to clean his hands free of blood and threw them down to the ground when he was finished as his phone started ringing again. He resisted the urge to break it in half as he took it out of his pocket hitting the answer button as he climbed into the car. He couldn't help remembering that he had done the same thing not even 24 hours earlier.
"Yes?" Kol said into the phone expecting to hear more dagger threats from Niklaus.
"Are you okay?" Davina's worried voice rushed through the speaker. Kol closed his eyes at the sound of her voice finding it a welcoming sound and he realized just how much he missed it. "Kol?"
"I'm fine Love," Kol answered and smiled when he heard her let out a sigh of relief as he closed the car door. "I am on my way back to the house," He told her as he started the car. He could hear Davina let out a long yawn.
"You sound exhausted, Davina Claire," Kol said earning a soft chuckle from her end. "I guess you didn't sleep well?" He asked.
"You guessed right," Davina admitted softly. "Though last night wasn't from nightmares."
"Same here Love," Kol said as he turned on to the main road. "I'll be back to the house in a couple of minutes."
"That's good to hear. Then you can tell me what you and Elijah did all day." Davina said with another long yawn.
"Elijah?" Kol asked hearing his brother's name unexpectedly.
"Yeah," Davina answered slowly. "Elijah's been gone all day as well," She added.
"What do you mean he's been gone all day?" Kol asked hurriedly as he tried to piece together everything Davina was saying to him.
"Well, he said that he was going on a cure lead," Davina explained sounding confused. "Elijah's not with you?"
"No," Kol said gripping the stirring wheel tightly as anger flowed through his veins at the thought of Elijah leaving Davina alone after what had happened last night. "What time did he leave?" Kol asked curiously.
"Around 11 this morning," Davina answered honestly.
"Do you know where he was going?" Kol asked stopping at a red traffic light as Kol neared the town limits of Mystic Falls.
"No. I'm sorry," Davina sighed and he could imagine her sliding her fingers through her hair.
"Why are you sorry for?" Kol questioned as he looked behind him before switching lanes to pass what looked to be an older man to old enough to drive this late at night.
"I just assumed he was with you," Davina said worriedly and Kol smiled at her genuine kindness.
"Don't worry Love," Kol said as he looked around as he drove through the town. "I'm going to get off here and I will talk to you when I get back. We have much to talk about."
"Okay. See you soon," Davina said tiredly ending the call. Kol pulled up his contact list scanning the very small list hitting Elijah's name to call him then put the phone to his ear as more anger filled his bones with each unanswered ring until it hit Elijah's voicemail box.
"Pick up your phone," Kol said into the voicemail ending the call before hitting Elijah's name again and Kol was met by the same unanswered ringing. How could Elijah leave Davina alone like that though he felt a stir of worry as the call went to voicemail once again which was completely odd even for Elijah which made him wonder if he really went for a cure search.
"Elijah, you ruddy bastard," Kol growled into the phone as he slowed down to make a turn down the street to his family's home as more anger filled him. "I should have known better than to trust you with Davina's care Davina means the world to me. Also, how could you leave without telling me? Here was I to think that you and I were actually making real progress, but after a thousand years on this planet, you would think that I would know better. I guess that makes me a fool, but I promise you, Brother. Never again," Kol said ending the call throwing his phone which landed in the floor as he pulled over to the side of the road at the edge of the entryway to the Mikaelson Mansion.
Kol took a moment to take a deep breath to try and control some of the anger he felt towards his brother as he reached over to the other floorboard and slid his hand under the seat his hand hitting an object. Curious, Kol pulled the object out seeing it was the white oak stake remembering that he had taken it from Rebekah the previous night and snatched it up off the floor sticking it in the inside pocket of his jacket before getting out of the car.
He decided to walk to the front door as it would give him some more time to calm down. He closed his eyes as he wrapped his fingers around the doorknob hoping to himself that it was not a mistake checking to see if maybe Elijah had fallen to a dagger by the hands of Niklaus. Kol was greeted by the elegant double staircases as he took his first step inside the mansion he tried so hard for weeks to avoid. He looked to his left and his right listening out for any sounds of his siblings before walking deeper inside not sparing a second to go down the stairs to the cellar to the long hallway at the bottom and went to the room on the far end knowing it was the room that housed the coffins since he remembered leaving the room after Elijah pulled the dagger from his chest as he went inside the room.
Kol spotted Elijah's brown finished coffin and went over to it taking a deep breath before lifting the lid finding it empty. He felt a new wave of fury wash over him as he slammed it closed and his vampire hearing picked up a sound from somewhere in the house. He scanned the ceiling trying to pinpoint it so he could slip out of the house undetected as he hurried out of the room flashing up the stairs. Kol stopped as he heard the sound again so he turned walking through the enormous kitchen and to the family room knowing it was one of the quickest ways to get out of the house. He was almost to the door when Rebekah came marching into the room.
"Going somewhere?" Rebekah questioned as blocked his path to the door. "I would if I were you. If Damon kills the hunter Nik would not be pleased," She said making Kol glad that he was going back to the lake house where Davina was waiting for him as he remembered there was no room for him in a family of three that never included the fourth.
"I told Nik that I wouldn't touch the kid," Kol said looking at his baby sister. "And I didn't," He told her and Rebekah narrowed her eyes at him.
"Yeah, well that was clever. I am sure he will really appreciate it," Rebekah said sarcastically and Kol walked around her tired of listening to her speak giving her a small smirk as he passed to go to the door stopping when Rebekah grabbed his arm and feeling a sharp object being pressed to his back knowing full well what it was.
"You'd really dagger me?" Kol asked unable to hide the wave of hurt in voice.
"If I do then Damon's compulsion ends and then this is all over," Rebekah answered her voice was hesitant.
Kol swallowed painfully. "Then you are no better than Niklaus." He said and he knew by the hitch of her breath that she felt the sting of his words. "Daggering siblings when you disagree with them… Look at what this family's become, I mean Elijah won't even show his face. He is so disgusted by our bickering. This cure has ruined us and it hasn't even been found yet," He said with pulling his emotions from his voice. "Just imagine what will happen when it is." Kol finished with another painful swallow as he reached into his jacket slowly pulling the white oak stake out of his pocket.
"This family was ruined long before we knew about the cure," Rebekah said her voice was hoarse and Kol took her moment of weakness to flash around with the stake raised in the air but Rebekah caught his arm as her eyes zeroed in on the weapon in his hand. "Kol," Rebekah gasped painfully.
"I can't let you raise Silas," He ground out as her wide eyes met his. Kol heard a brief swoosh and found himself being push back from Rebekah hitting the door as his eyes landed on Niklaus standing next to their sister.
"Enough of this foolishness," Nik told him seriously. "Put it down Kol," He ordered and Kol straighten himself up glancing at Rebekah one last time before quickly flashing out the door.
"Are you alright?" Klaus asked as Rebekah felt the shock of the previous moments.
"He tried to kill me," Rebekah said as looking at the door. "Something's not right with him." She said to herself
"Yeah," Klaus agreed as Rebekah turned around to with a loathing look directed towards him. "His irrational fear of Silas has pushed him over the edge."
"No," Rebekah said shaking her head. "It's more than that."
"Like what?"
"I don't know and like he would even tell me thanks to you daggering him so much that he distanced himself away from us." Rebekah shot at him before taking a step closer to him. "So don't act like you care now."
"That's where your wrong Rebekah," Klaus taking a step towards her. "I do care when it comes to my family."
"Pu-lease! I hope you burn in hell," She said before hurrying out the door hoping to catch up with her older brother before he got too far.
Kol hurried out of the house so he could get to the car so he could get Davina and leave this forsaken town. Kol reached the gate as he heard the sound of a door slamming behind him and soon he heard the sound of Rebekah's heels on the concrete.
"Kol!"Rebekah yelled and he picked up his pace pretending no hear her as he slipped through the gate quickly turning the corner and soon he heard swoosh from behind and he knew that Rebekah was standing just behind him. "Kol wait!" She said her voice was softer.
"Just wait," Rebekah said to him, but he kept going and he heard her take a deep breath. "Please?" She asked him in a soft voice that made him stop walking.
"Why?" Kol asked her as he closed his eyes fighting back tears as he heard the sound of her heels click a few steps as he turned around to face her. Rebekah said nothing as she walked around Kol and leaned up against the car door so he could not leave.
"I just want you to talk to you," She told him simply.
"You said plenty," Kol said harshly and pointed back to the house. "Moments ago when you had a dagger pointed to my back." Kol reminded her with a glare.
"And you had the white oak stake pointed at my heart. So don't act like you are the only innocent one here," Rebekah snapped as Kol's eyes dropped to the ground. "What is going on with you?" She asked him.
"There is nothing going on with me," Kol tried to reason with her but she only narrowed her blue eyes at him.
"That is a bullshit lie and you know it," Rebekah said as she stood her full height. "Why don't you want the cure to be found?" She asked.
"I told you because of Silas," Kol answered. "But none of you are hearing me about the dangers when it comes to Silas and I know what I am talking about too. I have studied every witchcraft on this planet and they all say the same thing about Silas." He explained.
"And?" Rebekah asked knowingly. "What else?"
"There is nothing else," Kol snapped impatiently. "Now are you don't with your little interrogation so you can run along and tell Nik? Because it has been a seriously long day."
"I am not here for Nik," Rebekah said. "I am here for you. I am seriously worried about you Kol."
"You worried about me?" Kol asked and Rebekah gave him a look.
"Of course I am. You are my brother." Rebekah said to him as she placed a comforting hand on Kol's arm. "And I know that there is something off with you and I want to know what it is and do not say it is not nothing. Are you in some kind of trouble?"
"No," Kol answered as he moved to lean against the hood of the car and he could feel his throat begin to burn for a nice blood bag that was also waiting for him in the fridge at the lake house.
"You are aren't you?" Rebekah questioned looking into his eyes. "If you are in trouble you need to tell us and we will help you."
"Us and we?" Kol asked her incredulously. "First, there is no us and we, Rebekah. And second, I promise you that I am not in any trouble."
"Are you sure?" Rebekah asked not assured by his answer. "Are you sure there is nothing going on?"
"I promise you there is nothing," Kol told her as Rebekah sent him a small smile.
"Fine," Rebekah sighed as she moved away from the car door. "I give up for now as you said it has been a very long and trying day and I am in the need of a strong drink at my house. But seriously Kol, if you need help in any way just know I am here for you. Despite our past and betrayals, you are still my brother." She added and Kol couldn't keep the smile off his face.
"Thank you," Kol said as leaned forward pressing a kiss to her cheek. "Just know this, if you ever try to dagger me I will poison every one of your drinks." He added and Rebekah pushed him away as she glared at him.
"Really?" She huffed as he shot her a playful grin as he opened the car door. "Only you could ruin such a moment."
Kol chuckled as he heard the sound of his cell phone vibrating in the floor and reached under the passenger seat this time successfully retrieving it. The screen went black just as he turned it over and pushed the button to see who called and smiled when he saw that he had a text message from Davina telling him that she was going to bed.
"If you'll excuse me, sister, I must be going," Kol said as all he wanted to do is crawl into bed with Davina and sleep and looked up to see Rebekah staring at him as if she never seen him before. "What?" He asked her raising his eyebrows at her expression.
"Just confirming to myself that there is something different about you," Rebekah said with suspicion lacing her voice, but Kol didn't say anything as he got into the car with her watching as he drove off until she could no longer see the tail lights in her vision leaving her to wonder was caused the sudden happy grin on his face before he left nor could she ignore the way his eyes lit up at with just a glance at his one reminding her of the boy she once knew before their parents cursed them to their current fates and she admitted to herself that she missed seeing that light in his eyes as she walked back to their family home to get her car so she could go to her own home so she could take a nice long bubble bath with a large bottle of wine.
Kol let out a tired sigh as he walked into the darkened house and made his way up the stairs to his room. He couldn't contain his smile as he found Davina fast asleep snuggled into her pillow with an opened discarded book in her hands and he walked over pulling the book out of her hands placing it on to the bedside table.
"Kol?" Kol turned to see Davina's tired blue eyes looking at him. "Your back?" She asked her voice filled with sleep as he moved to cup her cheek in his hand.
"I am," He nodded running his thumb over the cheek realizing how much he missed the feel of her. "Go back to sleep. We can talk tomorrow," He told her and she nodded as her eyes slid closed and Kol moved away to go take a quick shower before sliding into bed.
What is going to happen next? Will Kol and Davina make up in the next chapter or will there be more fighting and where did Elijah go? Poor Damon! I love Damon, but I loved beating him to as I love Kol more. If you want to know what happens next keep reading as another chapter is in the works.
So now I am going to leave this with you and start the next chapter.
Enjoy!