Again! Sorry guys, next week, hopefully, I'll be back on schedule. But here is the new chapter!
Pairings: Kol/Bella, Rebekah/Stefan, Klaus/Hayley, Elijah/Davina, Matt/Caroline, Bonnie/Jeremy, Damon/Elena
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or Twilight nor its characters.
3rd Person
Later that evening they found themselves walking through Mystic Falls, heading to the woods - a place that was fast becoming their GoToMeeting spot - in worry for the girl in Kol's arms that hadn't stirred for the last hour that they had been traveling.
"Why hadn't you told us of this Davina Claire before now?" Kol asked with a scowl and Elijah watched carefully of his brother, knowing he'd have to word this very carefully as Kol was off balance and volatile while his mate was in danger. More so than he usually was anyway and that was something that made Elijah breath deeply, in the hopes that he'd answer his brother correctly.
"She wasn't of any importance to us and she'd ask me to let her get used to me alone before I went introducing her to my family." Elijah said lowly while everyone held their breath for his reaction.
"So she's your mate then?" Kol asked curiously, watching for Elijah's nod and everyone visibly relaxed. Kol rolled his eyes in an instant flare of irritation.
"Quit being so dramatic! I'm not going to go on a killing spree while my mate lies unconscious." He snarled before blinking in surprise. He'd called Bella his mate. Was that what she was to him? He glared at his siblings, daring them to comment before going back to his thoughts.
"Well, that went better than I had hoped." Elijah muttered to Niklaus, Hayley, and Rebekah and they quietly murmured their agreeance.
They continued walking in silence before Elijah stopped them suddenly, looking as if he'd done this a million times before.
"Davina." Elijah said with a nod and a beautiful, petite, brunette stepped out from behind a tree.
"Elijah." She said taking a step forward before hesitating, glancing at the rest of the Mikaelsons.
"They know, beloved." He said with a smile that the other Mikaelson's had never seen before and stretched his hand out for her.
She smiled back and took his hand, giggling when he pulled her into his arms before taking a deep breath, inhaling his scent from his chest.
Kol gave them a few moments of privacy before losing his patience and bringing the focus back to the matter at hand; Bella.
"As happy as we are for you, Elijah, there is a reason for this visit, yes?" Kol raised an eyebrow at the duo.
"Of course," Elijah never looked embarrassed but he did look properly chastised and Kol reveled in his expression with a smirk. Elijah rolled his eyes with a small smile at his brother's familiar antics before clearing his throat and refocusing to the matter at hand.
"Davina, meet your second cousin, Bella. I wish you could've met under better circumstances but, such is life. She's a hybrid with cold one venom running throughout her system and it's killing her. We need you to help her body get rid of the venom." He explained bringing Davina to Bella, watching Kol warily.
"We just need to examine her, Kol." He explained when he saw Kol's visage show in warning to back away from his vulnerable mate. He nodded, swallowing audibly, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath before nodding again, letting them know that they could continue forward. Davina stepped forward watching Kol as she walked before placing two fingers onto Bella's forehead, her eyes scrunching as she used her magic to scan Bella's body.
"Follow me." Davina said glancing at Bella with a crease in her brows before quickly leading us throughout the woods toward a cozy cabin nestled between lush greenery.
"So this is where you sneak off too, 'Lijah?" Rebekah teased with a smirk and Elijah rolled his eyes as he responded.
"Like you were able to notice with you always with your Stefan, Rebekah." He smirked right back and we chuckled softly while Rebekah rolled her eyes in response; It was tense but it was a chuckle nonetheless.
We eventually arrived at the cabin and once Davina had invited us all inside (sans Elijah because…. Well, I'm sure you could guess) she instructed me to set Bella on her back on a rug that laid on the floor in the living room of the cabin. She set candles about a foot away from Bella as she spoke; one above Bella's head, one beside each arm and one beneath each foot.
"I'm going to cast a spell that's supposed to make sure she feels no pain through this process and stays unconscious; it might wear off but at the very least, it'll make sure we have no surprises in the beginning, okay?" Davina directed to Kol, waiting for his nod before casting the spell.
"Dolor flemon conscientiam." The flames grew higher as she chanted before receding and she quickly gathered a large tub from the back and set it evenly beneath Bella's feet before grabbing 3 medium sized rocks from a cabinet and placing them into the tub. She plucked a piece of Bella's hair and held it over the tub, muttering a quick spell that burned the hair before taking a deep breath and turning toward Kol.
"I'm going to start the extraction bit and while it shouldn't hurt, courtesy of my earlier spell, there's also the chance that her body will react to the loss of the familiarity of the venom. If she thrashes or anything I need you to stay calm because, in the event of her trying to attack, I need you to hold her down. She hasn't got much time left so if you can't do it, I need you to tell me now." Davina watched Kol seriously and while she hoped he could do it and not subject his siblings to do it if he couldn't then she'd need the other Mikaelson's help in holding the mated pair both down.
Kol gauged Davina's expression carefully, catching the fierce determination he usually saw in Bella's eyes and steeled himself. His Bella needed him and he'd be damned if he let his siblings take care of her for him. He nodded once and Davina - at ease by the protectiveness she found in Kol's eyes - nodded back, waiting for Kol to move slightly closer to Bella before continuing her work. She kneeled in front of the tub before muttering the spell needed over and over again, bringing her hands and body up on her knees as her voice grew in volume toward the end of the spell before lowering again and repeating as she repeated the spell.
"Venenum aspidum la removendum. Venenum aspidum la removendum. Venenum aspidum la removendum." As she repeated the spell a couple times the flames flew upwards as venom extracted from Bella's body and flowed into the large tin tub. After a couple seamless transfers and the tub was almost half full, Bella's body soon started shifting; alerting everyone to the fact that the earlier spell might've worn off and the group - sans Davina - glanced at Kol in concern. It was hard enough to watch your mate in pain and be helpless in the area of helping them, but to have to hold them down and look at their face is almost as if you were the one that was hurting them. And that pain, coupled with your mates pain is too much for almost every vampire.
"Kol," Nik spoke uncharacteristically soft as to not startle the already agitated vampire. "No one would fault you if you wanted one of us to hold her down for you. We're here for you, brother."
Kol swallowed; his emotion from Nik's words - that were finally being directed to him - and the fact that the image of someone else - even someone such as his siblings - holding down Bella made him want to break something, had him pausing to compose himself before he spoke.
"No, I have to do it. Unless you, lot, want me to try to rip someone to pieces, it'll be better if I do it." Kol swallowed again and while he meant the end of his sentence as a joke, the words floated heavily in the air as the rest of the Mikaelson's got a small taste of how this was really affecting Kol, and how much this girl actually meant to him. While they had all guessed at her being his mate from his actions, it had only been confirmed just at that moment, when Kol's words held an almost sinister meaning, enough to almost make them shiver and they all tensed a little more in hopes that this girl would pull through. They knew what Kol was like when he had no knowledge of his mate and it brought a grimace to their face. They each hoped that they'd never have to know a Kol that has had his mate ripped away from him within days of meeting her. Now, that they shivered at.
The longer Davina continued the more agitated Bella grew; her body arching, her mouth stretched into a silent scream before she slumped back down, still and quiet in a way that made everyone shuffle, either nonplussed or nervous and everything seemed to be waiting, Davina's chants adding to the obvious tension swirling around the room.