Something was wrong she knew that the second she woke up. For starters, she couldn't breathe and there was something wrapped around her, some kind of a cloth.
She started to gasp for air and claw her way out of the cloth but it was wrapped around her too tight and in multiple layers.
"D, D, it's alright. I've got you." She heard Marcel and then she felt someone's hands trying to help her. She thrashed around even when Marcel told her to hold still until, finally, she was free and she could breathe again.
She looked around still disoriented. She was back in the attic and Marcel was holding her in his arms like the first time he saved her. Before she met Kol, this would make her feel safe, so so safe. However, Kol could always calm her much better than even Marcel could.
"It's ok, D. You are safe now." Marcel's voice was still as soothing as she remembered. But Kol was nowhere to be seen. She hadn't anticipated how much she would miss his company. After all, they spent so many days together. Or … maybe it was only a day or to, or maybe it was all a dream, maybe Kol is not real, maybe he never was and she just created some hot guy to pass the time with, maybe the entire place was just a dream or a hallucination.
Her hearts started to beat so hard and fast, she would swear it was hitting her ribcage. No, Kol had to be real! He just had to! The spell must have brought him back. Maybe he's somewhere else in the city, or maybe he is by his grave?
Oh! The spell! How could she be so stupid?! She quickly looked down to her palm where she found a partly healed cut that certainly wasn't there during the harvest, the same cut she made to complete the link.
"D?"
He was alive and that was all that mattered. She would find him and everything would be alright again.
Kol woke up startled and yelped in pain. His naked body automatically jumped into the nearest shadow. The sun was shining and his skin was burning from it. He was back to the land of the living. But how? He didn't even have time to convince Davina to bring him back and she was on the other side when he went to sleep.
Davina! She was still stuck there!
Even though it wasn't the plan, Kol felt bad. Bad that he left her there alone and bad that he wanted to use her in a first place. This was not good. He didn't care. Not for a witch, he hardly knew. But then again, if he was being honest, he knew her well and she was just what he needed on the other side. Kol could still remember what was the place like before and how it almost drove him mad. His revenge was the only thing keeping him sane. Davina cannot stay dead! Absolutely not! Well, it looks like he will have to kill the witches that hijack the harvest and bring back Davina himself.
First things first. He will need some clothes and a daylight ring. He looked around, of course, he was at the compound. Niklaus would hardly be anywhere else. And Kol could still remember this house. He knew where Nik's room would be, his clothes should fit at least for now. And there probably will be a vampire with a daylight ring somewhere.
Kol snuck into his brother's room knowing it would be empty. He ran through the sunlit room to the walk-in closet ignoring the pain it caused him. He quickly opened the door to shield himself from the sunlight only to find a nursery. Did Nik really have to change the bloody compound now?
"Hey! Who the hell are you?!" Kol turned around to find a man walking into the room. He was tall, muscular, dressed in leather and black and positively a vampire with a shiny daylight ring on his finger. Kol smirked. Now, this is what he missed. He ran to the vampire and broke his neck before he could even attempt to make a move against him. He stripped his daylight ring and put it on his finger after he dragged him into the shadows. He stripped him of his clothes and put them on. They were too big but they would do for the moment.
Kol hurried down the stairs and out of the house. He had a witch to save. And once he is done, he can go and kill a doppelganger. This should be fun. Those bloodthirsty witches are easy to find anyway. This should be fast. He found his way to the cemetery easily. Even after almost a hundred years, the city hasn't changed and he could remember every detail of it. The only thing he actually liked about this bloody place were the witches that turned out to be no use and more power-hungry than Nik.
That was when he heard them. Nik, Elijah and Bekah. Fighting. Like always, Elijah in between them. He didn't really care what they were fighting about. They didn't care about him, he was just returning the favour. But it also meant he wasn't going to get to the cemetery unless he was prepared for an excuse of a reunion with the lot of them.
Bar it was then.
Marcel kept talking and asking but she barely heard. She needed to find Kol first. Then she will calm down and he will help Marcel to protect her like he did before. The witches would be definitely angry but she will need a teacher. And she would trust Kol over any witch in this town.
"D? Please, tell me what do you need? Are you alright? What happened to you?"
"I was on the other side." Davina started slowly. "The ancestors, they were so angry with me. I used my power against myself."
Marcel squeezed her shoulders like he used to and it still didn't calm her like it used to. She missed Kol even though she was with him only just five minutes ago.
"Then a man saved me from them. He used to be a witch before he was turned into a vampire. He taught me spell I didn't even knew existed and told me stories and kept me safe there. So, I brought him back with me. And I thought he would wake up with me but he didn't and he is God knows where and doesn't know what is going on. I need to find him, Marcel."
Oh, God! It's daylight! What if he got burned and is back again? What if all she did was cause him more pain?
"Davina, please calm down. You are shaking. We will find him. He will be safe." But she wasn't really listening. She could feel the link. All of a sudden it was present like never before and it was calling her outside. He must be close.
She quickly stood up and ran down the steps and outside the church not even bothering to tell Marcel what was happening.
"KOL!" she shouted as she ran out. A man in black jeans and a leather jacket too big for him turned around just in time to catch her as she threw herself into his arms. He hugged her back and she calmed down for the first time since she came back. It was like she was whole again and had no reason to ever be scared again.
"What have you done, Davina?" He asked as he smoothed her hair and she continued to hug him not willing to let go of him.
"I had to bring you back! I couldn't leave you there."
"What kind of spell did you use, darling?" She couldn't place the tone of his voice but she knew she didn't like it one bit.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" she heard Marcel behind her before she could answer.
"Kol?" But Kol was not looking at her. He was staring at Marcel. And it didn't look good.
"Marcellus, you grew up." Kol knew Marcel as a child? But Marcel grew up with Klaus and his family. And that was when she realised exactly who Kol was. He lied to her all along. He died in Mystic Falls, Klaus moved to New Orleans from that place. Rebekah was there as well and she said she had more brothers. Kol was a Michaelson. He was Klaus' brother! And she brought him back from the dead. How could she be so stupid? He played her until he got exactly what he wanted and he probably didn't even care about her. It was all a game to him or maybe a sick revenge for not being his brother's lap dog.
"I said get away from her!"
"Davina, darling, please tell me you didn't use the linking spell." She looked at him hurt from the betrayal. Everyone just wanted to use her. Even Marcel. And now she even had lost him. Although she probably never had him in the first place.
"Davina! Answer me, damn it!"
Kol got pushed away from her by Marcel and she felt like he cut off her hand and actually screamed in pain. She didn't know what was going on but the next second Kol was kneeling next to her and holding her again. The pain just disappeared like it was never there in a first place.
"What is happening to her?" she heard Marcel somewhere behind her. She would like to know as well. She thought she was stronger than that. That she wasn't a scared little girl anymore.
"She linked herself to me. But the link is only one way. It's tearing her apart to be away from me." He then looked her in the eye and could see the fear that settled there. She was supposed to be angry at him, but she couldn't even be that with the link between them. At least, she thought it was the link.
"Davina, I didn't tell you about all the spells so you could choose the most dangerous one and actually bloody do it, darling. I was just trying to impress you, you silly girl." He took her into his arms. "Where is home?"
She pointed towards the church and he started caring her there: "You witches these days! If it's not cemeteries it's churches. Do you lot even know how to have fun?"
She giggled tiredly at the comment. It felt like it was just the two of them again. Like they were back in the caves where everything was still right. He carried her inside the church that has been home for her for months and she directed him up the stairs and into the attic. That was when she lost conscious and succumbed to the darkness.
"Can this be fixed?" Marcel asked as Kol lowered her onto the bed. Their eyes met and Kol stared at him for a long while.
"Months and this is the best you could do, Marcellus?" Kol wrinkled his nose as he looked around. There was nothing but the bed and candles around.
"I moved her out of here, you idiot. Now answer me."
"And where did you move her that she still considers this home?"
Marcel just stared at him angrily.
"Oh for the love of God! Would you already pick up the damn phone? It's annoying!"
Marcel begrudgingly reached inside his jacket and pulled out his phone. He hesitated but the annoyed look on Kol's face made him pick up.
"Yes?" He answered.
A/N: Another chapter! How did you like it? I won't know unless you leave a comment. I might be a psychologist, but reading minds is quite hard through a screen :-)
P.S.: Thank you all for the positive reviews. This story is certainly a multi-chapter and I will try to update as fast as I can.