Chapter 1:

Jeremy, Matt and Stefan were all sitting in the Gilbert house while Damon and Katherine were shacking up in his bed at the boardinghouse when Kol walked at first made a move to attack him but Stefan pushed him back gently.

"Sorry mate," Kol smirked at him. "No hard feelings?"

"Go to hell." Jeremy spat.

"Try living with Esther Mikaelson. That's hell enough." He said with a snort. "Enough of the pleasantries-I need you all to spread the rumor of my death while I make sure that no one goes after that damned cure because there's only enough for one person and the side effects of it would make all of you wish that it never existed."

Jeremy tensed and Kol noticed. "You never wanted to go searching for it." He realized.

"Your brother, Klaus, wanted it found for Elena-I don't care if she's a vampire or a human. She's still here with me and I'm grateful for that."

Kol smiled at him and shook his hand again. "Do you want to try this friendship thing again?"

Jeremy nodded and Matt turned to Stefan. "The Grill is the place to tell everyone in the know that Kol's dead."

"Why do you want to be dead? Your brothers and sister are going to be upset," Matt said.

"We need to deal with this cure nonsense once and for all. The best way for me to do that is anonymously."Stefan looked at Matt and nodded as Matt got up to leave. Once he was gone, Stefan turned to Kol.

"Are they safe?" He nodded.

"An old friend of mine is going to protect them and besides-who would search for Caroline and Elena Sommers?"Jeremy and Stefan gave shark like smirks to Kol who returned said smirk easily.

So far, three people were on his side and were going to make this interesting.

VVVV

After leaving the Gilbert home later on that evening, Kol decided to stop by Bonnie's house and check on her. Before he even entered the house he had been invited into he felt uneasy. At first he chalked it up to the events of the day- an attempt on his life and such. However, the nagging feeling simply wouldn't go away. It was a different feeling and he concentrated on the oddity until he realized it was Bonnie. It was the energy his little witch was giving off. He noticed that all of her magic at the moment felt evil and it annoyed him on a much larger scale than he anticipated.

"Are you using Expression?" He asked and at her nod, his anger rose. "You do know that Expression works with a sacrifice of twelve humans, witches and demons like Hybrids right?"

She shook her head. "Atticus Shane said that it was good." He bared his teeth at her.

"Any magic involving sacrifices is not good magic at all!"

"What would you care of good and evil?" Bonnie scoffed.

"I care when it's you! Expression kills witches!"

"Are you saying I can't control it?" Bonnie yelled angrily.

"I'm saying no one can control it!" Kol yelled back. He had to leave before he did something he would regret. Walking over to the door of the house, he opened it and slammed it shut.

He had something that needed to be done and that was compelling those involved in his attempted murder to believe that he was dead.

VVVV

The news-spread fast according to Matt Donovan who made a mention of it to his hybrid buddy Tyler Lockwood- Kol Mikaelson was dead. Following his siblings from a safe distance, he watched each one of them mourned him in their own ways.

"No!" Rebekah had cried out and her normally placid face had erupted into anguished tears.

Kol scoffed, muttering, "oh Bex-you called me a drama queen?" Elijah had gathered her in his arms even as his own emotions came forth. A couple of tears slipped down his cheeks unchecked before his eyes turned cold and hard with the fury he felt. It was a fury directed at a woman he had come to trust. He felt the betrayal like a dagger to the heart and he wanted blood - Elena's blood.

One problem-Elena wasn't at fault. Katerina Petrova and her little pet vampire that she sired - Damon Salvatore - were the two at fault.

Klaus was in the same boat but it wasn't just Elena he wanted dead-it was Caroline as well. She had betrayed him for the vampire who dared kill his beloved baby brother. Klaus' eyes turned amber and his face became menacing. One thing was certain, Kol was glad that he got the girls out of Mystic Falls when he did. Smirking at the thought of all the chaos he could cause now, he began to whistle as he walked back to Bonnie's house where he could smell the dark magic starting again.

Getting inside, he found her with veins up her arms and black eyes. This was the instant that he knew that getting her weaned off Expression would be a daily chore but one he had to undertake.

VVVV

"When I find your sister," Elijah told Jeremy when the hunter not only threatened to kill him but also made sure that he wasn't allowed to set foot inside. "I will kill her; slowly and painfully."

"Then I'll kill you the same way you'd kill her," The Hunter snarled. "You, your bitch of a sister and the hybrid bastard you call a brother if you ever go near my sister. I'll make sure that every other member of the Five also knows to go after you all."

"I'll kill them as well." Jeremy ended up snorting at that.

"So you'll suffer under the Brotherhood's curse? I'd love to see that happen." Elijah made a move to walk in but was halted by Jeremy slamming the door in his face. Once Jeremy made sure that the Original was gone he breathed, as he knew the truth. First thing he needed to do, however, was ask Bonnie to make a spell to rescind every vampire's invitation into his house though he'd keep Kol's invite valid-who else was he going to play video games with?

He decided that Kol needed to know just what Elijah wanted to do.

VVVV

After hanging up with the hunter, Kol now wanted to tell Elijah the truth when he looked to see Katerina (playing Elena Gilbert) walk over to the house but before she got up to the door, Kol ended up compelling her to go to New York with Damon as they needed new identities. He couldn't have them believing that he was alive after going through all the trouble of making those in the know think that he was dead, after all.

He also needed her and Damon out of the way for the moment. Bonnie was being consumed by Expression at an alarming rate and he needed to deal with that first. So he compelled them to forget all about the cure and sent them on their wild goose chase. Sighing, as he watched them leave, he groaned and went back to start helping Bonnie get off of the dark magic.