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Chapter 14
Mystic Falls
GEN POV
Bonnie has been spending the past few days with witches who have been allied with her family. It was thanks to Katherine that she even found out about them. Katherine is the one who actually told her all about her lineage and her purpose in the supernatural world. She wondered why her grams never told her about them. Her thoughts soon went to Kol. She had been trying to contact him for some time now. But she was having no such luck. She wondered where his spirit was. Even though he died again in New Orleans, his spirit should have been back in purgatory. Something was definitely wrong. No matter what she tried, she could not find him. It seemed as though she was being blocked. But who would have the power to block the Bennett bloodline.
She was broken out of her musings by the front door opening. She heard Damon say "Honey, I'm home". "In here" she answered. He walked into the room and asked "Why the long face Bon Bon?" "We have a problem" replied Bonnie. "What happened?" asked Damon. "Kol's essence is missing" bonnie says. "What? How the hell can an original's essence go missing?" Damon asked in shock. "That's exactly what I want to know. I mean I know he was in afterlife, but he should be able to appear if he is summoned" said Bonnie. "Have you told Katherine yet?" Damon asked. "No. she's got a lot on her plate right now. I don't want to add more to it.I think I can figure out what happened on my own. Anyway on a happier note, Stefan should be coming home with Rebekah any moment now" says Bonnie. "Oh really! Is she un-cursed already?" asks Damon. "The hex is out of her system. Stefan has told her everything he can. The rest we should all discuss together" says Bonnie. "now that will be an interesting talk" says Damon smirking.
The front door opens and Stefan yells "Bonnie! Where are you?". "We are in here" Damon says before Bonnie can answer. Stefan and Rebekah enter the library hand in hand with bright smiles on their faces. Damon and Bonnie can see that Stefan is the happiest they have seen in quite some time. "Damon. Your back" says Stefan and goes to hug Damon. "Hello little brother. I 've missed your brooding face around here" says Damon hugging Stefan back. They let go and Stefan askes "I thought you were going to spend time in NOLA". "I wanted to, but everyone was in such a hurry that I came back soon. Sexy Bex! Good to see you so…not rippery anymore. By the way your sister is hot" says Damon with a smirk. Rebekah rolls her eyes and says "Damon. Charming as always. My sister is a very powerful immortal witch who can reduce you to mush in seconds. Hello Bonnie. Thank you for helping cure me" she says smiling sincerely. "Hey Rebekah. You're most welcome" said bonnie with a smile.
Caroline came running in at that moment and jumps into Stefan's arms yelling "Your back. I've missed my bestie" "I missed you too carebear" says Stefan hugging her back. They let go of each other and Caroline says hi to Rebekah "Hey Bekah. I'm glad you're ok". "Hello Caroline. Thank you for asking" says Rebekah.
"Damon. How is my family? Are they ok?" asked Rebekah when we were all sitting down. "Well. Clifnotes version. Elijah and Henrik were happy to see one another. Hope seems to like me. Freya and Kat are bonding. They actually went shopping with Hope and Rik as I was leaving. Kat proved she is supermom. There were issues with Klaus's baby mama. The shocker of it all is that Klaus and Kat are becoming besties. They are getting along like a house on fire" says Damon to everyone's surprise. "I'm not even surprised they are getting along. Kol used to say that if Katerina and Nik ever became allies then the rest of the world had better watch out. What is going on with Hayley though" asked Rebekah. "Well from what I understood she left Hope at the abattoir on her custody night without telling anyone. Klaus was not there and Freya lit sage and went to sleep. Kat heard her crying and went to calm her down when she realised that Hope had probably not eaten in hours. Klaus was really surprised that Hope was in the house and he got really angry when Freya told him what happened. Hayley tried to stop Kat from leaving with Hope but Klaus let her take her. Especially since Hope was clinging to Katherine since she woke up" explains Damon.
"What in the world is wrong with Hayley? How can she treat Hope like that? "Asked Rebekah in anger. "What did Klaus do?" asked Caroline. "He was too shocked to do anything. Though Hayley is pissed at him for letting Kat take Hope. She dissed Kat's parenting skills which Elijah shut her down for. Oh your older sister is hot and Hope likes me" says Damon. "Oh please don't run after my sister. My brothers are even more protective of her than they are of me" groans Rebekah.
"Where's Sage? Asked Damon. "Not sure. She said she was going to check something and would be back by tomorrow" said Bonnie. "Sage? As in my big brother's red headed girlfriend? Asked Rebekah in shock. "The one and the same. We resurrected her. She should be able to keep your brother in check and stop him from going suicidal" says Damon. "When did this happen?" asked Stefan. "Last full moon" says Caroline. "You were busy with sexy Bex, so we did not want to bother you. Besides Sage was just a vampire and we had her body. Resurrecting her was pretty easy" says Damon. "Next full moon we get Kol and Finn back and Nadia on the full moon after that" says Bonnie. "That's nice to hear. Stefan told me about Nadia. Can't believe my brother kept such a big secret from us. But I can't blame him. Nik was a mess the past 500 years. His reaction would have probably been deadly" says Rebekah. Stefan who had been lost in thought spoke up "Bonnie can you bring Lexie back. I miss her a lot. I don't have her body though". "I could, but it will be difficult without her body" says Bonnie. Rebekah grabs Stefan's hand in support. "Her body is in the Salvatore crypt" says Damon to their shock.
"How? Why?" asks Stefan in shock. "I took her away from you as revenge but I could not get rid of her body when I saw what I had done to you. She is the reason I have my brother in front of me. She kept you alive and well. The least I could do is give her a good burial. Her coffin is next to mom's" says Damon. "There you go Stefan. You will have your best friend back soon" says Bonnie. "Thank you," says Stefan, though no one is sure whether he is saying it to Damon or Bonnie. "Now that's out of the way, I should be going to Nola soon. I really want to see my family and meet my nephew" says Rebekah. "We have decided to move there as well. We just have some loose ends to tie up here but we should be leaving in 2 days. If you want to you can come with us instead of going on your own" says Caroline. "You are all moving there?" asked Rebekah in surprise. "Yup. It is the supernatural capital of the world. Katherine and Henrik are there. Plus there is nothing keeping us here. Caroline and I sold our homes and moved in here after our parents died. The 4 of us, Kat and Henrik have become a family. How can we stay here while the rest of our family is elsewhere? Said Bonnie.
Bonnie's phone started to ring just then. She's fishing for it among the books spread around and finally finds it. "It's Katherine" she says looking at the display. As soon as she picks up:
K: Why didn't you tell me Kol was not in afterlife?
B: Why hello to you to Katherine (she says sarcastically)
K: Right. Sorry. Hello Bonnie. Now answer my question.
B: I did not tell you about Kol because I did not want to overburden you. You have so much on your plate right now. I did not want to add more things.
K: This is important too. You know how much he means to me and you kept quiet. Anyway, I just dealt with it. He is back where he is supposed to be.
B: Thanks Kat. But how did you find out?
K: Some of my people heard a young witch talk about it. Apparently, she is in love with Kol and wants him back.
B: What about Kol? Does he like her back? (She asks in shock)
K: I don't know about that. You will have to ask him yourself though. Though I wouldn't put it past the witch to be obsessed with him. It has happened before. He helps a witch and they fall in love with him.
B: Maybe you're right. Anyway, how is Henrik? We already miss him so much.
K: Happy to see his dad. He seems to get along well with Hope. He is with Freya at the moment.
B: I'm glad. We should be there in 2 days' time.
K: can't wait. Goodnight Kiddies.
B: Night Kat.
"Who's the witch Rebekah?" Asked Bonnie the moment she put down the phone. "That would be Davina Claire. She is a teenaged witch who helped Kol out when Esther resurrected him in a witch's body. She is obsessed with bringing him back. He was thankful to her for helping him but I think she has a case of puppy love. She's a harvest witch and believes she is entitled to anything because she's so powerful. Though she is no match for Freya or you for that matter. She has tried to kill Nik and daggered Elijah" says Rebekah. "LOL. I can't wait for Kat to meet her" says Caroline in amusement. "True. She hates Witches with inflated egos. That will be a great show to watch" says Stefan. "Especially since its related to Kol" chimes in Bonnie laughing.
"What has Kol got to do with Katherine?" asked Rebekah in confusion. They realised that they spoke without thinking. They all looked anywhere but at each other. "Tell Me" Rebekah demanded getting agitated. "Well…. Kol thinks of Kat as his mother" blurts out Caroline. "Caroline" they say in unison. "Sorry. You know I don't like standoffs" says Caroline. "I am so confused right now," says Rebekah. "You, Elijah and Klaus always had your always and forever, just the three of you, leaving Finn and Kol out of that promise. Kol has always known about Nadia and Henrik. He spent so much time with Kat over the centuries that they developed a mother-son bond. Kol once told me that Kat was more of a mother to him then Esther. To him, Nadia and Henrik are more of his siblings than the rest of you. He was there for Nadia whenever he was not daggered. Especially since Elijah was an absentee parent who spent most of his time cleaning up after Klaus. At least Henrik will have a father growing up" says Bonnie. "Nadia did not grow up with a father's support did she?" asked Rebekah. "No. Elijah was too busy to be around. But she grew up with a great big brother like Kol" said Stefan. "From what I've seen Klaus is a much more hands-on parent than Elijah," said Damon. "Kat's enough. If she needs help we are all around" said Stefan. "Stefan's right. Besides none of grew up with our father's around and we turned out ok" says Damon.
"I just can't believe we have missed so much of Kol's life over the centuries. Elijah missing out on Nadia's life is even worse. My big brother spends so much time harping about family and he misses out on his own. What I don't get is how did Nadia die? Shouldn't she have been immune to the wolf venom?" asked Rebekah sadly. "Usually she would have been but she got injected by one of psycho doc maxfield's experimental crap. It kind of messed with her immunity. She could not even ingest blood. She barely lasted an hour after she was bitten" said Bonnie. "Oh my God! Can that happen to any of us?" asked Rebekah.
"Well it could have, but not anymore. Wes was part of an organisation called Augustine that captured vampires and experimented on them. Damon became one of their victims 50 years ago when one of our relatives sold him out for money" says Stefan. "Since he wanted revenge, we kind of set him loose on the entire society. All their labs were blown up leaving behind no evidence including all the research and data. He got really creative when dealing with the members. None of them exist anymore" says Bonnie.
"And you were okay with that?" asked Rebekah in surprise. "They hurt my family. They don't deserve to live" says Bonnie. "Don't be so surprised Bex. That's the effect of sleeping with mini-Elijah. Bon-Bon has finally joined the dark side" says Damon gleefully. "Well, I can't wait to move to NOLA. It's going to be so much fun. Food, shopping, parties, music…" trails off Caroline with a dreamy look on her face. "Klaus following you around like a lost puppy" teases Bonnie. "Wait till I see that smug, egotistical, stupid hybrid. I'm going to beat the crap out of him" says Caroline in anger. "Are you still mad at him?" asked Bonnie. "So he didn't tell you about Hope. You need to stop whining about it all the time" says Damon.
"He slept with that whore and knocked her up. All while making promises to me about being my last love. And he still did not say a word. I had to hear it from Tyler" yells Caroline. " Okay. I think you need to calm down. You can think about what you are going to do to him later" says Stefan. "Stefan is right. I think we all need to get to bed. It's been a long day full of up's and down's and we just need the night to process it" says Bonnie. "She's right. We also have to start packing tomorrow. Witchy here has way too many cookbooks we need to pack up" jokes Damon. "When will you stop calling them cookbooks?" asked Bonnie in exasperation. "Um...How about never?" says Damon. "Okay. Time for bed, before you 2 get into it. Goodnight everyone. See you tomorrow bright and early" says Stefan. "Goodnight," says Rebekah and they both walk out of the room.
TO BE CONTINUED…