Amneris neatly folded her sweaters as Kol rummaged around in the bathroom, gathering all their essentials into a tote bag. Kol's bag was open in front of the dresser while Amneris had situated hers on the mattress. Her hanging clothes were resting on the bed beside her open suitcase as she gently removed them from the hangers and folded them neatly at the bottom of the bag.
Amneris' eyes were still very sensitive. She'd only just finished healing and the light still bothered her. Her vision was a little blurry around the edges and she was having trouble focusing. Her eyes would shift in and out of focus and her clothes would bleed together into one murky color.
It was only a few hours ago that Klaus and Elijah had returned from stopping their mother. Elijah had been the only one brave enough to enter their bedroom following the incident with the iron. It was the only time during the night that Kol had deprived her of his presence.
He'd growled angrily like a wolf against a predator as he stalked towards the door. She heard the hinges squeal in protest as he yanked the door open before snarled at Elijah. She spoke three languages but Kol spoke to his brother in one she did not understand. He was vicious before he slammed the door in his brother's face and returned to the bed.
They'd only been up and moving for an hour but Kol was intent on leaving before the sun crested the horizon.
He entered the bedroom just as there was a knock on the doorframe. Amneris did not need to turn to know that it was Elijah who stood at the entrance to their door. "Kol, please, let us discuss this properly." Kol didn't make a move to answer him, shifting his luggage to the other side of the mattress, placing the bathroom bag at the foot of the bed. "Discuss what, Elijah?" He was impatient and his movements were jerky. Amneris continued to neatly fold her dresses and skirts.
Elijah sighed and rubbed a hand over his forehead as if he was soothing away an approaching headache. "Must you go? Now might not be the best time to depart?" Amneris ignored the anger that welled inside her chest at Elijah's blatant disregard for their feelings towards this little town and everything that had happened to them here. Did she really need to write a list for Elijah of all the suffering they'd been through? She thought he was smarter than that.
Kol snapped to attention and dropped the stack of Henley's he'd been holding. He turned to face his brother and approached him quickly. "Not the best time, 'Lijah? When is a good time for my mate and me to leave this wretched town? Hmm!" Elijah stepped back slightly and slipped his hands in his pockets, moving his eyes from Kol's enraged face to the back of Amneris' head. She was studiously ignoring them, folding her clothes like the brothers weren't even there.
"We need to stay together right now, Kol. We need to be a family." Kol scoffed and shook his head. "Family! What family, Elijah? Two days! Two days I've been in this horrid town and I've already experienced more misfortune in 48 hours here then I had in a hundred years in New Orleans with my 'family'. I've had my neck broken by a baby vampire! I've been daggered by a vampire hunter in public and my own mother tried to murder me."
Kol held up a silencing hand when Elijah opened his mouth to speak. Elijah nodded once, allowing Kol to continue. Kol exhaled harshly out his nose, like steam would come out of his ears. He fisted the hand in front of Elijah's face and slowly lowered it to his side. Elijah could see his knuckles turn white. "And on top off all that, my mate, the literal other half of my soul, the woman I love, is poisoned by the same vampire that broke my neck not 36 hours ago and you tell me it's not the best time to leave.
"I'm not even able to take my proper rights as a vampire mate and slaughter the vampire that hurt her; she's not able to incinerate the people that harmed me because they're too important to our brother's grand plan!" Kol threw his arm wide and gestured to Amneris. "Our basic, instinctual rights are being denied because my lunatic of a brother 'needs' these people for some fucking plan to create hybrids!"
Amneris flinched and shut her eyes when Kol cursed. He didn't curse, ever. Said it was improper and unsettling. Only commoners and servants cursed, he said. She slowly opened her eyes and unwrapped the scarf she'd been clutching from her fingers. Kol cursing meant he was beyond angry. He was livid, enraged, incensed. They needed to leave soon before Kol's animal instincts took over and he slaughtered all of Elena Gilbert's friends.
Kol took several deep calming breaths. "I will not… 'We' will not stay here and continue to be insulted for our brothers' petty ideas." He shook his head and turned, almost tired, away from Elijah. He placed a gentle hand on Amneris' back and only when she nodded did he return to his own bag.
Elijah stood for several seconds with his hands in his pockets. "I understand. Will you at least speak with Niklaus before you depart? He has something to discuss with you." Amneris could see Kol's eyes roll from across the bed. She attempted to hide her smile but failed miserably. Luckily, Elijah couldn't see her and just left the room. Kol sighed heavily and planted his hands firmly at the bottom of his suitcase, hanging his head between his shoulders. Amneris carefully placed her blouse neatly inside her suitcase before running her hand tenderly through Kol's hair.
He sighed again and lifted his head, meeting her eyes and smiling. "I suppose I should go see what Nik wants." He took a deep breath and straightened. As he rounded the foot of the bed, Amneris stepped in his path and smoothed her hands up his chest, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. "As soon as we leave here, we'll find a lovely little place to rest." Kol smirked and wrapped his arms around her waist, tugging her closer to him, feeling the lines of her body against his own. "Oh, yes, that sounds wonderful, love."
She smiled up at him and stood up on her toes, pressing her lips to his.
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Kol had to make a conscious effort not to slam the door to Klaus' study. His brother was tightly wound and Kol was ready to leave this wretched town. Anything he could do to speed up this meeting was in his best interest.
He turned stiffly to his brother and folded his arms across his chest, waiting. Klaus smiled, amused, and set down his glass of bourbon. "Don't look so heated, brother. No one died." Klaus drew his eyebrows together before shrugging and draining his amber drink. "Well, if don't count the late Bennett witch then no one died."
Kol took a deep calming breath and shifted his weight. He continued to watch his brother gaze into the fire, waiting for him to speak. "Care for a drink?" Klaus gestured to his own empty glass before turning to glance at his brother over his shoulder. He chuckled at the dark look adorning his younger brother's face. "Come now, brother, have a drink before you depart."
Kol shook his head slowly. "'Lijah said you had something you wanted to speak to me about." Klaus sighed and straightened, approaching his brother. "I do. First, have a drink with me." Kol sighed and uncrossed his arms, stepping deeper into the room and taking the glass that Klaus poured him. He took a healthy swig before hissing and meeting Klaus' eyes. The hybrid grinned and took a drink of his own.
"Where do you and Amneris plan on resettling?" Kol snorted and carefully placed his glass on the edge of Klaus' desk. "I should've known that that was what you desired to speak to me about. Why should I tell you? So that you can track me down whenever you need something from me? I won't do that."
Klaus chuckled and licked his lips, setting his glass down. "You mistake me, brother. I have a request." Kol's eyebrows rocketed into his hairline and a smile split his face. "A request? You wish to ask something of me." He chuckled dryly and spread his hands in supplication. "The great hybrid Klaus Mikaelson has something to ask of me. Put this down in the record books for it will never happen again. Go on, then. Ask away."
Klaus was not amused but took a deep breath. "Jeremy Gilbert has relocated to Denver, Colorado. I want you to go there and keep an eye on him." Kol narrowed his eyes. "Why? What do I get out of it?" Klaus smirked and licked his lips. "Elena Gilbert will most certainly make an appearance in Denver sooner or later. One or more of the Salvatore brothers will undoubtedly accompany her and I know that you have a score to settle with them."
Kol mulled this over in his brain. If Damon Salvatore happened to appear in Denver the gods were surely looking down on him. If it was Stefan, he could use the younger brother to draw out the older. Either way, it was a win-win situation for him.
He met Klaus' eyes and nodded once. The hybrid smiled widely and clapped his brother on the shoulder. "I knew you'd come around." He stepped around to the other side of his desk and settled into his chair. "It's roughly a 24-hour drive to Denver from here. I know there's lots of things you and your mate want to do along the way." He looked up at his brother and leaned back. "You better get moving."
Kol sneered and turned sharply on his heel.
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"Look, there's a biker bar. Let's go inside!" Kol smirked and flicked his blinker on, carelessly drifting into the left lane to exit. He ignored the blaring horns behind him as he took his preferred exit and turned right at the end of the road.
After the horrible fiasco with his mother and Finn, Amneris and Kol decided to have some fun outside of Mystic Falls. Kol didn't wish to be around anyone who was trying to kill him and Amneris wanted to cause a riot and she couldn't do that where all the little newborn baby vampires started trouble. It was so unfair. She really like playing with Elena and her witch friend. Kol told her they would find better playthings away from Mystic Falls.
Amneris didn't initially trust Klaus' plan to have them watch little Gilbert but once Kol explained to her that it could potentially give them an opportunity to mess with Elena and the Salvatore's, she was all in. Amneris loved to cause chaos.
They were only in the tail end of Illinois and still had two more states to drive through before they even hit the Colorado border. Even then they had to drive across half the state to hit Denver. Amneris wanted to fly but Kol said more fun could be had if they stretched the 23 hour driving trip into a few days. He said they could wreak havoc along the way.
They had caused a wide amount of damage already and it'd only been two days since they left Virginia. They had destroyed a diner in Kentucky by Louisville. The town it rested in had a population of less than 1,000 and only one stop light. It had a diner, a Walmart and an O'Riely's auto parts store but that was it. Kol had been hungry when they drove through and Amneris was itching to set something aflame. That was when Kol spotted the little diner just off the highway. Amneris said it was fate.
The moment they walked in, Amneris could feel the fear heighten. She and Kol could be pretty intimidating. She oozed danger and Kol himself was a natural predator, at the top of the food chain. No one stood a chance against him in a fair fight let alone unfair. There was only one exit and they had just walked through it.
Kol eyed the people inside like a hawk, slowly scanning their faces and the challenge they presented. Amneris kept her back to the door, ready to lock it at Kol's signal. Kol smirked and stepped away from her, walking deeper into the diner and approaching the counter where the lone waitress trembled behind the cash register. There was a single fry-cook in the kitchen and two booths of people and a few more scattered across the counter. Seven in total speckled the space.
Kol leaned his elbows onto the counter and smiled dangerously at the waitress. A burly man hunkered down in his seat on Kol's right and a trembling trucker shifted uneasily on his left. "What's the special today, darling?" The waitress squeaked suddenly when Kol addressed her and Amneris smiled, haphazardly flicking her eyes from one booth to the other, eying the other three patrons.
The waitress, a pretty blonde with bright red finger nails, shakily looked down at her notepad. "W-we h-ha-have, um, French onion soup with b-b-black forest ham and ch-cheddar sandwich. Our des-des-dessert special i-i-i-is, uh, chocolate m-mousse ch-ch-cheesecake with ras-raspberries." Kol smirked at the girl, amused. "Sounds delightful, darling." He turned to look over his shoulder at Amneris. She grinned and easily flicked the lock with her fingers.
The temperature in the room dropped as the patrons recognized their situation. The man in the booth to Amneris' left attempted to get up but her sharp glare stilled him in his movement. Kol leaned back against the counter and folded his hands across his chest. He leaned towards the trucker on his left and the man trembled, closing his eyes and tensing. "This is my favorite part." Kol said.
Amneris eyed the man and slowly raised her arm, her palm up and open, her fingers spread. She smirked at him, her powers simmering beneath her flesh, singing in her veins. Slowly, she bent her fingers in, one by one, making a fist. She bent her elbow, bringing her fist towards her mouth before slowly opening her fingers one by one.
She smiled at him, frozen in place. She blew air across her open palm and watched as he burst into flames. His screams echoed throughout the room and the fire danced. Amneris sighed and basked in the heat. She watched as he circled the tiled floor, his arms flailing and his feet kicking.
The people in the booth behind her shrieked and scrambled from their booth, retreating back to the far side of the diner. Amneris watched, entranced, as the man finally collapsed to the floor. She settled her hand above his body, trembling as the heat washed over her before closing her fist abruptly, extinguishing the flames.
Smoke rose from his corpse, the smell of burnt flesh with it. She closed her eyes and laughed lightly, euphoric. Kol's sudden bark of laughter caused Amneris to look over at him as he pushed off the counter. "Wonderful display, darling! Truly beautiful!" He stepped towards her and swept her up into his arms, twirling her around. Amneris laughed and cupped his face in her hands, kissing him wildly.
It wasn't until After Kol set her down that they examined the rest of the occupants. They had managed to scramble to the far back corner of the diner, huddled together in one big group, trembling and crying. Kol cleared his throat and casually shrugged off his jacket, draping it over one of the counter stools. "Although the special sounds delicious, darling, I'm in the mood for something a little more… living."
He hissed and his eyes turned black and red. His veins popped up from beneath his eyes and his fangs dripped over his bottom lip. Amneris settled herself on the edge of the counter and smiled as he vamped across the room and towards the first unwitting victim. Blood spattered the walls and shrieks of terror and fright echoed throughout the small diner.
One man managed to escape the initial carnage and made a break for the door. Amneris was quick to set his sleeve on fire, stopping him in his tracks and allowing Kol to rip his neck open from behind. Blood sprayed across the room, painting the booths and tile a deep crimson. Amneris giggled as the man twitched and gagged against Kol's hold.
The man dropped heavily to the floor as Kol released him. He turned, bloody and vamped, to Amneris. She smirked at him and easily opened her legs, inviting him between them. He quickly accepted her offering before swooping down to capture her lips in a messy, bloody kiss.
Amneris couldn't help but compare the small diner to the biker bar they'd just obliterated. "I thought this one would be more fun." She dropped an eight ball loudly and stepped over the twitching body of the bus boy.
Kol looked up from the neck of a female biker. "I don't know what to tell you, love. I had a great time." Amneris rolled her eyes and kicked off the hand of a victim that was on the verge of death. Her leather boots were absolutely saturated in blood and her clothes reeked of smoke. "Kol," She whined pitifully.
She hoisted herself up onto the edge of the pool table, one of the only pieces of furniture blood free.
Kol carelessly dropped the body in his arms and stepped over it, heading towards his mate. "What can I do for you, darling?" She smiled and hooked her feet around the backs of his knees, bringing him closer. He smirked and rested his hands on the outsides of her knees. She smiled widely and slid her hands beneath the hem of his shirt, pushing it up and over his head. Kol smirked and slid his hands gently under her skirt, leaving trails of blood smeared across her thighs.
Amneris gasped when his fingers slid over the wet slit of her sex. Kol purred deep in his chest and hooked his sticky fingers around the thin straps of her thong. Amneris slid her hands to the buckle of his belt and undid his jeans. Kol pressed his forehead to hers, easily ripping the thing material of her underwear, pulling it from her and tugging her to the edge of the table.
Amneris slid her hands inside his jeans, stroking his length. He groaned and gently pushed her legs wider, resting his hands on the outsides of her knees. Amneris pulled him towards her and aligned the head of his cock with her entrance, sliding the blunt crown through her folds and past her tight ring of muscle.
Kol groaned audibly as he slid balls deep into her silky channel. Amneris wrapped her legs around his waist and settled her arms around his shoulders, tangling her fingers in his hair. Kol's hands rested lightly on her hips as he thrust in and out of her slowly.
Chills raced down Amneris' spine at the feel of his steel length stretching her. He brought his right hand down between her legs and slowly circled her clit. Amneris shuddered around him and pressed her face up to his, bringing their lips together. Kol began to quicken his pace.
Amneris trembled around him and tangled her fingers in his hair, tugging roughly on the strands as she shook. Kol froze as her walls tightened almost painfully around him and he felt his length twitch before spilling inside of her. Amneris sighed against his lips and shivered when he slowly pulled out of her.
Kol smirked at her as he did up his jeans and tugged his shirt back over his head. Amneris glared at him as she hopped down off the table "You ripped my panties." He smirked and shrugged, heading towards the door, licking his fingers as he did so. "You have an innumerable amount stashed away in our car. Just throw on another pair."
She rolled her eyes and skipped after him. "But I liked that pair." Kol wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "I'll buy you another as soon as we reach Denver. We're almost there anyway, love." Amneris grinned.
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I'd like to apologize for how long it's taken me to update. I've been so busy with school and this is literally the first time I've been able to spare a minute and finish this chapter. Again, I'm so sorry it's taken so long but hopefully I'll be able to update a little more frequently. Thanksgiving is coming up so that'll give me some free time.