Insurance policies are the topic of conversation in the Mikaelson house tonight. Life insurance to be precise, but not the paper kind. Killing Bonnie has really stirred Elena and her groupies up, so the Mikaelson's need to be ready. A little birdy, aka Caroline, has told them that Elena, Stefan and Damon are plotting some revenge.

"They won't come after me," Nick says, "they won't risk Tyler. Not to mention I am the head of the Salvatore bloodline. But the rest of you need insurance too. Rebekah, you'll turn Matt and Kol, you'll turn Jeremy." Nick says it like he's telling them to set the table for dinner. But this is a little more serious than laying out the cutlery. There's an obvious solution to this problem that his siblings are missing. Kol's about to tell them so but Rebekah speaks before he can.

"Matt doesn't want to be a vampire."

"That's irrelevant. You'll do this Rebekah, and you'll do it soon," Nick says firmly.

"But I don't want him to hate me," Rebekah whines back at Nick.

"Then lie to him, compel him, I don't care, just get it done."

They're still not seeing it so Kol takes it upon himself to enlighten them.

"Couldn't we just kill them?" It's the logical solution.

"NO!" All three of them screech at once. Geez, extreme reaction much? Kol really doesn't see a problem with it.

"That's not the answer," Nick says in a tone that lets Kol know he's being deadly serious, "you won't touch them." Bloody hell, what's got his knickers in a knot?

Nick's not going to back down on this and Kol doesn't want to end up daggered and packed away in a coffin again for the next hundred years so he doesn't argue. A hundred years hadn't mattered that much last time but this time it means he would never see Jeremy again. It's best if Kol just does what Nick says and so he'll turn Jeremy. It's the selfish thing to do but if it's a choice between never seeing Jeremy again and turning him against his will, Kol will take the latter option because he can't lose Jeremy now. And as always, there's the overriding instinct of self-preservation.

"That just leaves Elijah..." Nick ponders, "who to use?" Nick thinks for a moment, grins and says, "we really are running out of options aren't we? Nearly everyone in this town they care about is already turned, or dead."

"Actually, I've already got mine," Elijah admits sheepishly. They all look at him, unsure where this is going. Elijah looks reluctant to continue, but he knows he must. He fixes his gaze on Nick and reveals it was his blood that turned Elena.

Shit, it'll be on now, Nick was angry with Rebekah but this...

Kol and Rebekah look from one brother to the other, what's Nick going to do?

"What?" And what Nick means is Elijah better hurry the fuck up and explain.

"It wasn't intentional," Elijah hurries to say, "you're aware that Meredith used vampire blood to heal Elena? Well, the blood was mine." Who the hell is Meredith?

Nick's glaring at Elijah and Kol's waiting to see what he'll do when Rebekah bursts into laughter. The brothers all turn in unison to look at her, wondering what could be so funny. They wait for her to gain control of herself and when she does she says, "perfectly healthy...has it's own personal doctor...good one Elijah." Now Kol gets it. Elijah's been screwing the doctor. But why on earth would he give her his blood?

Nick's out of the loop here and the look on his face says he's not very happy about it.

"You all better tell me what the fuck is going on here," Nick says, "or I'm going to get dagger-happy real fucking quick." That comment silences Rebekah's laughter and Elijah explains.

"Meredith's smart and beautiful, it's not unreasonable I'd be attracted to her. When she asked for my blood I agreed because it was to help people. She made me feel like less of a monster." Yeesh, Elijah's old hang up, it's one that's never bothered Kol. Strangely, it almost sounds like Elijah is justifying his choice of lover more than his actions. "Plus I can't have who I really want," Elijah finishes bitterly as he gives Nick a meaningful look. Oh. Oohhh. Realisation dawns on Kol with that look and makes him appreciate that his own love life isn't that messed up after all.

"We'll finish this conversation later," Nick says pointedly, cutting Elijah off. Nick turns to Kol and Rebekah, "don't you kids have work to do?"