Chapter 6: A View to a Kill

"They're here," Kol said, and gestured me to come with him, in hiding.

"Listen, just go one at a time, only shoot for the heart, don't hesitate, and don't miss," I heard Damon said and I suppressed a growl. How could Elena let this happened?

"Save the teaching moment. Elena's not here. You don't have to pretend like you give a damn about me," Jeremy scowled and I smirked. Glad to know he still disapproved Damon.

"I'm trying to keep you alive, dumbass. Come on," he said. We heard them entered the bar cautiously, Jeremy's heartbeat can be heard beating rapidly.

"Something's not right," Damon said and they followed the trail of blood that we left from dragging the dead vampires. "Looks like we're gonna have to find some new vampires. What a waste," Damon said disappointed as he saw the pile of dead vampires.

"What the hell happened?" Jeremy asked, confused.

"I confess!" Kol said, entering the scene dramatically to which I rolled my eyes at. "I did it. Although your sister seemed to have most of the fun," he said, cuing me to enter.

"Hello Jeremy," I said softly with a smile and Damon gaped at me. Jeremy didn't seem surprised nor he seemed mad.

"Jeremy, good to see you, mate. Sorry about the mess. Ugh, it was a little crowded when we arrived, and I prefer more intimate gatherings. Family and all," Kol said, taking a sip of bourbon from the bottle.

"Care for a drink?" he said and I glared at Kol.

"He's underage," I reminded him, taking the bottle from his hand and took a sip before offering it to Damon.

"Nessie, did he compel you?" Damon asked frowningly and I rolled my eyes. This was all Denver all over again.

"He doesn't have to compel me. I need you to stop with your obsession with the cure," I said.

"Why? Because of Silas?" Damon asked challengingly.

"What do you know of him?" Kol asked Damon sharply.

"Nothing. Don't want to. Not our problem," he replied indifferently. Classic old Damon.

"Isn't it?"

"Uh-huh," Damon replied.

"A few hundred years back, I came across a group that worshipped 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'm opposed to time's ending. So I murdered all of them. And now, here you are willing to risk raising him in your search for the cure. I can't exactly sit back and let that happen, can I?" Kol said snidely.

"We're not going to back off the cure because you were told one too many scary bedtime stories, you idiot," Damon said and I shook my head.

"Kol is an Original and you are just a child vampire compared to him," I said. "If he's warning you about a threat, you better take it seriously," I hissed. Damon growled at me at my insult and Jeremy shoved him away as he took a menacing step towards me.

"Jeremy, we were mates in Colorado. You're a smart lad. Why don't you call off this imbecilic treasure hunt?" Kol asked. Jeremy glanced at me warily before aiming his crossbow at Kol.

"I'm not calling anything off, mate," he said and I rolled my eyes at his attempt of bravery. I stepped in front of Kol and pushed the crossbow to the side.

"Jeremy, if you're not gonna listen to him, listen to me. This hunt for the cure is not worth it and you know nothing about Silas. Whether he's real or not it's stupid to risk your lives all for Elena. Again. So what if she's sired to Damon? Is her love life really that important to risk your life for her, for the hundredth time?"

"What the hell happened to you?" Damon growled at me and I glared at him. In a flash, he ripped the crossbow from Jeremy's hand and shot at me, and Kol blocked the stake and pinned Damon against the wall. I grabbed Jeremy in a second and vamp sped him out of the bar.

"Now, now, listen to me," I chastised and Jeremy shook his head.

"Nessie, look. It's not just Elena that wants the cure," Jeremy said.

"I know. Rebekah wants it to. She wants it for herself and also to ram it down Klaus's throat. What makes you think Klaus is just going to sit by and let you find the cure?"

"He needs Elena human again so that he can create more hybrids," Jeremy answered and I huffed.

"Really? And you guys are going to let it happen?"

"We'll handle it one step at a time-" Jeremy said and I held his face.

"Everything, everything goes back to what Elena wants! Why? Does she really have that hold on all of you like Klaus have on Rebekah? Is it really significant for her to be human again so that she can know if she loves Damon or Stefan? Even when she was human she had been playing them both. Who's to say the cure is gonna change anything?" I exclaimed angrily. I ran my hand through my hair and shook my head.

"Elena will become human again, Nessie." I noticed Jeremy's lower lip quiver as he said that.

"What do you mean?" I asked. Something was bothering him.

"Ever since she's become a vampire, she's changed…like you said at the hospital. She changed for the worst. And with this hunter instinct I really want to stake her," Jeremy confessed guiltily.

"What about me? Do you have that urge to kill me too?" I asked and Jeremy shook his head silently.

"It's just Elena…she annoys me, you know. Nessie, you're right. You've always been right…But I have to do this for her to become human again. Then I wouldn't have this urge to kill my own sister," Jeremy said and I placed a hand on his face and another hand smoothed down his hair like how mother used to do when she wanted to comfort Jeremy.

"What you need to do is accept that she's changed. You accepted me. That means a lot to me when you first found out that I'm a vampire. That's why you don't want to kill me, Jere. You see me as your sister, not as a bloodthirsty vampire. You need to do the same thing for Elena. She can have everything but not the cure. Not the cure if the cost is your life. I'm not going to risk your life, Jeremy, not again." I remembered how worried I was when I found out it was Jeremy's heart that they had used to desiccate Klaus. Jeremy's had always been my priority.

"You're the only family I have left. This cure…it will lead to someone's death. I know it," I said and bit my lower lip at the thought of the tarot reading.

"Nessie, I don't know what to do. Part of me wants to give up the search but part of me…I just want my sisters back," Jeremy said and I bit my lips.

"Why don't you go and grab Matt and head back to Mystic Falls? Please, just think about it okay?" I pleaded and he nodded. I hugged him one last time before heading back to the bar.

I rolled my eyes at Kol torturing Damon. He had told me he hated Damon for disrespecting him when they crossed paths in 1911 back in Mystic Falls when he was hanging out with Sage, Finn's lover.

"Very good, darling. Now stab yourself a little bit further," Kol compelled and Damon stabbed the stake further into his chest.

"If you're gonna kill me, do it like a man," Damon said, grunting in pain.

"Don't tempt him, darling," I sang and Damon looked up at me, in betrayal. Sorry mate. Damon was my friend until he became very much in love with Elena. Until he became her lapdog and I had lost my respect to him.

"I don't want to kill you. I just wanted to make sure you could be compelled," Kol said.

"I'm gonna rip out your spleen," Damon said through his gritted teeth and Kol smirked.

"You ought to be thanking me. I mean you don't really want the cure found. You fancy Elena. I mean, even more now that she's a vampire. Admit it," Kol said and bent down to look at Damon in the eye. "You're not gonna remember what I say, but you're going to find Jeremy Gilbert, and when you do, you're going to kill him," he compelled and my eyes widened.

"What the hell are you doing?" I yelled, pinning Kol against the wall.

"If your brother's dead then there'll be no cure," he said coldly.

"That's my brother you compelled to be killed!" I exclaimed angrily, tears welling in my eyes at his betrayal.

"And you'll get over it. If Silas is awakened, everyone would be dead including you!" Kol said and I looked at him, tears blurring my vision.

"Don't make me turn on you," I uttered under my breath and his brown eyes held my gaze.

"You'll thank me later, trust me," Kol said almost indifferently and with one last look, I flashed out of the bar. I made my way to Mystic Falls, head buzzing with thoughts and plans. I ran to Klaus's mansion and slammed the door opened.

"Yes, come in, make yourself at home," Klaus said sarcastically as I barged in into him painting at the living room.

"I need you to dagger Kol," I said. Klaus dropped his brushes as he cleaned his hand with a cloth, eyebrows raised.

"You want me to dagger my brother?" he asked, surprised.

"Let's not pretend that hasn't been in your mind when we interfered with your plan," I said, crossing my arms.

"Yes, I wanted to deal with you as well. Killing you perhaps would be too-"

"Klaus please, he compelled Damon to kill Jeremy!" I said exasperatedly, cutting Klaus's threats for me.

"Kol can be…impulsive at times," Klaus said and he approached me gently. "I'll deal with him," he said and touched my arm. I didn't realize I had been crying. "I'll make sure Kol won't touch your brother," he said and I nodded as I heard his words.

"Klaus, the cure…it's not worth it," I said after a while and he remained silent.

"Is there anything else?" he asked and I shook my head, hesitating whether to tell him about the tarot cards or not. Would Klaus even believe me?

"Can this stay between us?" I asked and he nodded.

"Don't worry. He won't know," he said, sympathetically and I let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you," I said sincerely. This was the best. I need Kol alive. Him threatening to kill Jeremy means Elena might do something stupid against him and Elena…she always gets what she wants and I don't want my tarot reading to come true.

The next day, I had been looking for Kol when I saw him walking into our high school. What could he possibly want? He had been missing and hadn't gone back to our apartment since last night after he compelled Damon.

"No one can find the cure if you're too dead to find it," Kol hissed, pinning Bonnie against the wall, his vampire face apparent.

"Kol!" I yelled, ripping him off of Bonnie. "Bonnie, go," I said and she ran out without looking back. "You and I need to talk," I said firmly.

"What is there to talk about?" he said nonchalantly before dropping the act. He ran his hair through his tousled brown hair and sighed. "Look I'm sorry I compelled Damon to kill your brother. I wasn't thinking straight at that time," Kol said in regret.

"You'll compel him to stop?" I asked and Kol nodded.

"I would, but they've locked the Salvatore up. I know how much your brother means to you. That's why I went after Bonnie. I'm really sorry for what I did, love," he said and I smiled, kissing him lightly.

"Kol, I understand your fear of Silas but we can't do that. If we go after Bonnie then we're no better than Elena or Damon," I said.

"Then what do you suggest we do?" he asked, crossing his arms and I sighed.

"I don't know…" I said and he huffed.

"Fine, what about if we turn the Bennett witch into a vampire? That way she'll still be alive," Kol said hesitantly. I pressed my lips together before nodding. This is the only way. But deep down, I knew Kol didn't want to do that. He held witches in high esteem and he above everyone else knew the pain of losing your magic. But this is the only way that will give less damage to everyone.

Everything was set. Tonight I'd lure Bonnie out and Kol would turn her. That way we'll have a leverage over them. They can't kill or harm Kol unless they want him to take Bonnie with him to the grave. I wanted to tell Jeremy of the plan but I had managed to stop myself. He wouldn't forgive me but this was the only thing that I can do to save him and keep him away from danger. This would also stop their ultimate plan of finding the cure.

But I couldn't help but call him.

"Hey, Jere…you okay?" I asked. I had checked up with him this morning and he had been fine.

"Nessie. Now's not a good time," he said hurriedly.

"Are you alright?" I asked, getting worried.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine."

"Look, Kol will compel Damon to not kill you. I'm sorry about him. He was a bit deranged last time you two met," I said.

"That's uh, that's nice to know."

"Jere, tell me what's going on," I said sternly, using our mother's tone to get him to tell the truth.

"Nessie…Elena is going to kill Kol. I mean…she wants me to kill him." My heart dropped at this and I felt myself losing balance. I couldn't think straight. Flashes of memories with Kol and the reading of the tarot card keep playing in my head and I tried to get a grip.

"What?! Jere you can't possibly agree to that! He's my life! I love him!" I shouted at the phone, my cries becoming hysterical.

"I'm sorry Nessie."

"Jeremy! Please don't do this. I love him!" I begged but he had ended the call. I didn't notice that I was crying until I felt my wet cheeks. I quickly called Kol to warn him but it sent me to his voicemail. I called him a dozen times as I made my way from Bonnie's to the Mikaelson mansion. Realizing Kol had turned his phone off, I call the only person I could count on at that moment.

"Klaus! Are you here?" I screamed to find he's not home. "Klaus, pick up, pick up," I said urgently. He picked up at my third call, his voice was annoyed.

"What is it? I'm already having a bad day having to babysit Damon because of your boyfriend. Not to mention his claim of me wanting to kill him!"

"Klaus, Kol's not joking. Elena wants to kill him for the cure," I said hurriedly and I heard the line went dead. I felt myself at ease a little. Klaus is the almighty being. He can save Kol. I managed to even my breathing and calm down before I quickly made my way to my house, hoping that's the place he'll be.

"No," I heard Klaus said as he stood frozen at the doorway, not able to enter the house. I vamp sped next to him only to see the love of my life burning and in pain, the indestructible white oak stake was plunged into his heart.

"Kol," I whispered, losing my balance as I watched my world crumbling apart as what was left of him was just a burnt corpse. There was chaos after that. Elena and Jeremy noticing our presence, Klaus spouting threats to take his revenge but I was like in another world. My world was silent. I couldn't comprehend what Klaus was yelling as I flashed next to Kol's burnt corpse. His handsome face was charred and his lovely brown eyes were wide and in pain. I started sobbing, unable to accept that he is gone.

Forever.

Then, something snapped inside of me. I tore my eyes from Kol's burnt face and looked up to Jeremy and Elena. There were no words…to describe my pain.

The pain of losing the love of my life.

And the pain of the betrayal from your own family.

I let out a roar of pain and anger as I vamp sped to them, with my fangs bared, only to be stopped by an invisible barrier. I looked around and saw Bonnie, another friend of mine who is betraying me. I screamed like a mad woman and hit the barrier in rage and Elena took a step back in fear.

"I will fucking kill you, Elena!" I screamed and Jeremy pulled her out of the house, and I let out another scream, hitting the magical barrier wanting to get out. And then my screams turned into sobs and I found myself kneeling on the floor, exhausted. I felt Klaus's hand stroked my back, trying to comfort me and I let out another sob, before burying my face at his neck, crying again. He didn't offer me any words, perhaps because he was afraid his voice would crack, but he just held me tightly, and I felt his tears wet my shoulder.

We stayed like that throughout the night, hoping the pain of losing someone we love would ease as the time passed. But no, the image of Kol engulfed in flame haunted my mind and his screams…still rang in my ear.

Kol is dead. And it's all because of Elena and Jeremy.

My own blood had betrayed me.

Kol will return in a couple chapters I promise! I'm so sorry that I killed him, I didn't want to and it didn't make sense but it HAD to happen! I'm sorry! Trust me, it's better this way to flourish Vanessa and Kol relationship. And you don't have to wait long for Kol to return.