Murderous Mayhem:
Beth was in a horrible mood by the time she got to the cabin again. Kol had left again in the middle of the night, but this time he at least left her a note. It didn't help her though. She had to drive up to speak with Damon, who needed her help. Hopefully, she could get him to back off on searching for the cure, but it was for Elena so she knew it'd be a long shot. She was close to the house when she saw Damon's car. He and Jeremy were on the side of some bar. She parked next to him and got out. "Finally, we got some witchy help on our side." Damon smirked.
"What's going on? Why am I here?" She asked him confused as Jeremy set up his crossbow. "Please tell me that you're not sending him in with a bunch of newborn vampires so he can try to kill them."
Damon shrugged. "I can't cause I am. Come on, with us here this'll be a breeze even for Jeremy." He told her as they followed Jeremy towards the bar. She shivered uncomfortably. She didn't like how this place was, it felt odd to her. They walked in, as the loud music blared throughout the bar. They walked in slowly, as they noticed it was empty.
Beth nudged Damon seeing a lot of blood on the floor near the pool table. Jeremy had his crossbow raised pointing it inside."Something's not right." He muttered as they walked deeper into the bar.
Beth stayed close to Damon as he walked into back storage room. She then saw a pile of vampire corpses in the back of the room. She winced, looking away. "Looks like we're going to find some new vampires. What a waste." He declared.
She rolled her eyes taking a step forward. "Nice, Damon."
"What the hell happened?" Jeremy asked shocked. Suddenly, there was another voice that joined them.
"I confess, I did it." They all quickly turned around, Jeremy had his crossbow arrow held up, defensively. Beth was the only one who relaxed seeing it was just Kol. Kol smirked holding up his hands.
"Kol?" Jeremy was confused. Beth realized that no one ever told him that he was in town and for good reason.
Kol nodded over at the youngest Gilbert. "Jeremy, good to see you, mate. Darling." He winked over at Elizabeth. She scoffed. She wasn't going to forgive him that easily again. "Sorry about the mess. Ugh, it was a little crowded when I arrived, and I prefer more intimate gatherings. We four need to have a little chat." He took a drink from his bottle, and Beth slowly stepped in front of Jeremy. She had a bad feeling about this. "Care for a drink?"
"He's underage and I don't like you, so let's just cut to it." Damon grimaced.
"Kol." He automatically looked over to Elizabeth. "This isn't how you said you'd handle this." She reminded him.
His tone was softer when speaking to her. "Yes, love, but that all changed. Nik seemed to want to hurry this process along. You see my brother bragged about his plan to complete Jeremy's hunter's mark. It was easy enough to track this lot down. They were all hiding in the shadows. Now, killing young vampires is easy," He looked over at Damon. "Or old ones, for that matter."
"Why? What's it to you either way?" Damon questioned.
Kol scoffed. If it wasn't for Elizabeth, he would've killed him and the Gilbert boy right then and there. "Because, you fools, in your zeal to find the cure you risk waking someone very dangerous." He hissed at them, but Damon wasn't taking him seriously.
"Oh...you mean Silas."
"What do you know of him?"
"Nothing. Don't want to. Not our problem."
"Isn't it?" Kol asked. Damon shook his head. He chuckled at his ignorance. "A few hundred years back, I came across a group that worshiped Silas. His followers told me that he would rise again, and when he did, he would trigger the end of all time." He told them clearly, hoping they'd get the point. "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?"
"Damon he's serious about this. Are you really going to risk raising the most powerful immortal for a possible cure?" Beth asked turning to Damon. Kol hid a smile at her. Damon seemed to consider this but shook his head.
"We're not going to back off the cure, cause you were told one too many scary bedtime stories, you idiot." Kol scoffed pushing him back.
"Jeremy, we were mates in Colorado. You're a smart lad. Why don't you call off this imbecilic treasure hunt?"
"I'm not calling anything off, mate." He held his bow up.
Kol sighed, obviously annoyed. He took a step back putting the bottle down on the shelf. "I told you, Elizabeth. Some are too stupid to realize the true dangers." He looked at Jeremy, contemplating his next move. "Well, I could kill you. But then, I'd have to deal with the hunter's curse. And I, I don't particularly feel like being haunted for the next century. Better idea, I'll just rip off your arms."
"Kol!" Beth shouted just as he rushed over to Jeremy, but Damon stopped him and rammed him into the wall as they started to fight. "Jeremy, run!" He shouted as Damon hit Kol again, but Kol caught his hand and put him in a headlock, threatening to break his neck. Beth winced as she saw him hit him before "Stop both of you!" She snapped as she concentrated and threw them on opposite sides of the room
"There's no point in it, Elizabeth." Kol argued, straightening up. "He will unleash Silas all so his precious doppelganger can be human." He grinned taking a step towards Damon before zipping over and snapping his neck. He laid lifeless on the floor.
Beth sighed, running a hand through her hair. "Kol, you're acting impulsively, that's not going to get us anywhere." She told him tugging on his arm. "Hey, they're not going to stop looking for it, not while Damon or Klaus still wants it. Let me try and talk to Klaus."
Kol hesitated. He didn't really want to leave her and his brother alone, but if anyone would change his mind it'd be her. "Alright. You can try talking to Nik, but he's stubborn. Be careful." She nodded as she watched him zip over to tie Damon to a chair.
"What are you going to do with Damon? You can't kill him, Kol." She said softly. No matter how stupid he was being she didn't want to lose anyone else. "Just make him hear you out, if you tell him what you told me, hopefully he'll understand."
He smirked. "Darling, must you always ruin my fun? No matter. All he needs is a good and proper beating, perhaps that'll teach him some respect." He grinned at her as she rolled her eyes, turning to leave, but he grabbed hold of her arm before she could. "Love? Be careful." He kissed her head swiftly before turning back to Damon. Beth felt uneasy leaving them alone, but she knew Kol wouldn't kill him, at least she hoped he wouldn't.
xxxxxx
Beth quietly walked into the huge mansion that Klaus had. "Klaus!" She called out as she walked down the hallway. Being in this house so many times she could probably find him herself, but didn't want to risk scaring him. She hadn't seen him since the incident with Tyler's mother and felt bad for Tyler, but bad that someone once again tried to kill Klaus.
She walked into the living room in time to see Klaus get up from his chair, grinning. "Elizabeth. And to what do I owe this pleasure?" He asked as he gestured to the couch and she took the seat. "From the look on your face I can tell that this isn't going to be a leisurely trip."
She sighed. "Klaus it's about the cure."
He sighed heavily. He should've know that his brother would get Elizabeth to believe is exaggerations. "Let me guess, my dear little brother got to you about his Silas conspiracies as well. Well, you can tell Kol that he has nothing to worry about." He stood up and she copied him.
"No, Klaus, it's not that simple. If this has been prophesied for years before you should listen to your brother. Silas could destroy everything." She didn't understand how getting his hybrids back could be more important than stopping an immortal bring upon the end of all time.
Klaus scoffed at her. "Kol just wants to sabotage me, as do all my siblings. Silas is a tale of fiction. He's not real, Elizabeth." He insisted. She rolled her eyes.
"I swear you are all so stubborn." She muttered and he smiled amused at her. "Is it worth it risking, Klaus, just to have some hybrids back?"
He took a step towards her and she'd crossed her arms defensively. "That cure, love, could destroy me. They could have the power to kill me, I'm just making sure that I get it in hold before they do." She hesitated before shaking her head. "It's part of survival, sweetheart."
"What's the point of survival if you lose everyone you love?" She questioned. She had him there. He said nothing to her, just stared at her before they both heard yelling. Without a word she walked quickly into the other room. She saw Rebekah holding a dagger in Kol's back.
"This family was ruined long before we knew about the cure." Rebekah was saying.
"Bekah, stop." Elizabeth said taking a step forward. She glanced at her as Kol, rushed and turned with the white oak stake in his hand. Both girls looked shocked to see that, and Elizabeth quickly stepped in front of his sister, blocking him from staking her in the heart. He was wavering, she could see how upset he was."Kol, put it down."
"I won't let her raise Silas." He told her seriously, but Elizabeth could see his resistance wavering and she gently put her hand on his. He finally let himself look into her eyes. "Elizabeth."
"Kol, just put it down. This is your sister. Please." She asked quietly. He hesitated before eventually putting it down, but kept his eyes on Bekah. Klaus rushed into the room and pushed Kol away from them and stood protectively near his sister.
"Enough of this foolishness." He told them seriously. "Put it down, Kol." Kol looked at them before rushing out of the house. Beth didn't hesitate to run after him, needing to talk to him.
"Kol! Kol!" Beth called out for him. She couldn't see him anywhere and he didn't drive there. She took a deep breath before she realized where he would go and started her hike into the woods. She hoped that she remembered the right way to the lake and didn't come across any snakes. She stumbled through the trees until she finally found the lake and her Original, leaning on one of the trees, looking out onto the water. "I've been looking for you."
Kol looked up surprised as she came to stand next to him, his eyes full of unshed tears that made her heart break. "You shouldn't be out here, Elizabeth. Especially not so late at night." He told her automatically taking his jacket off to cover her shoulders, but keeping his distance. Beth wasn't having any of that. She moved closer to him.
"Hey, no we're talking. What the hell was that in there?" She asked him seriously. He looked away from her. She sighed and made him look at her. "Kol, stop shutting me out."
"What?" He snapped at her, surprising her, by his outburst, but she knew him. He was tired and he was angry and upset and worried, so he lashed out, not unlike her. "I wasn't going to kill her, just enough to scare her, but she's too bloody stubborn!"
Beth scoffed, she wasn't going to play nice about this. "This isn't you, Kol! You don't almost kill your own sister, to just scare her! That's not you! It's this stupid search for the cure. Not even because of Silas." He shook his head. "You shouldn't have done that, not with Rebekah. She's still your family."He could've killed Rebekah, regardless if he was just trying to scare her or not. That wasn't him. Stopping them from getting the cure was getting more dangerous and frightening. He was getting reckless when dealing with Damon too and that scared her. She didn't want him to get her.
"Some family! They're all to obsessed with this stupid cure that they're willing to risk the lives of everyone! Why do you think Elijah won't come back? He's sick of us, our bickering! Of this so called bloody family!" He snapped angrily, before taking a deep breath. He took a step back from her. He didn't want to lose control. "I'm sorry, I just..."
"I know." She told him quietly, taking his hand. He needed to get that out. He hesitated before pulling her into his arms. He just needed to feel her in his arms, she'd always help him calm down. She wrapped her arms around him, kissing his cheek. He sighed in relief, he needed this. Her very presence was soothing to him, "She's still your family." She murmured.
"So are you, my Elizabeth." He whispered kissing her head, keeping a tight grip on her. It was true. She was the only one out of all of them that he knew he could depend on. Elizabeth had become more of his family than his own siblings since she came into his life. He wasn't going to risk losing her, not again.
