After a long ride to the airport, we took a two-hour flight, and finally, we arrived in Denver. We tracked down Jeremy, and ever since we arrived, we've been keeping tabs on him. Normally, Kol would compel a stranger to give us their house and let us stay, but neither of us is planning to stay here for long.
It's two hours behind in Denver, so right now it's the same time as when we left Miami. Neither of us are tired though, because I got my nap on the plane and Kol is extremely bloodthirsty. So now, we are trailing Jeremy.
"You know, it would be easier to just become friends with him, rather than following him all day." Kol says as he drives to the location I stated where Jeremy was.
"Jeremy knows who I am, and you can't compel him because I'm pretty sure he is still on vervain." I state, texting Nik that we are close to Jeremy.
"Well then let's drain the vervain out of him. There are ways to do that." Kol states with a smile.
"None of those ways are friendly." I state, putting away my phone.
"Since when do you care about friendly?" Kol asks me and I shrug my shoulders.
"I don't. I just have common sense and care about neatness. Also, if we torture Jeremy now, it kinda defeats the whole purpose of threatening Bonnie." I explained.
"We wouldn't have needed to do all this if you had cast the spell yourself." Kol stated, annoyed.
"If I did the spell, I would be exhausted and you would be bored out of your mind without me. Besides, now you get the chance to maybe torture someone." I say in a cheerful voice and a smile comes on his face again. We then pull up to a park.
I see Jeremy playing with a dog in the distance.
"There." I say, pointing it out to Kol, and he nods. We both get out of the car, and Kol tries to walk over there, but I bring him to a bench far away so he cannot recognize me.
"You're not being very fun right now." Kol states and I roll my eyes.
"If you want to be reckless, go ahead. But I'm trying to be in and out of here. There is nothing to do in Denver." I say irritated and he sits back just watching Jeremy.
"Fine, but after this you are buying me unlimited drinks." He states and I look at him confused.
"You can compel people to give you drinks for free and you want me to buy them?" I ask and he nods happily. "Fine, but only if you answer my questions."
"I'm listening." Kol stated, looking at me.
"Alexander. What do you remember about him?" I questioned and Kol turned surprised.
"I already told you, I don't remember much." Kol says.
"Look, just tell me something you remember. Anything." I say pleading and I can tell his face turns to concern.
"Sister, what are you so fascinated over this boy?" Kol questions me, and I look away from him as I can feel my face becoming red. Why am I so interested in him?
"I don't know brother. Maybe it's the fact he knows and remembers so much about me, but I don't even remember meeting him." I state, looking back at Kol.
"We have been alive for a thousand years; it's common for you not to remember everything." Kol states, trying to comfort me.
"But he's different. He seems important and I never forget anyone important I've met in my life. It would be another thing some guy who became obsessed with me, but deep down, I feel like I truly know him. And it does not make me feel any better that Nik knows of him, and will not tell me." I say annoyed.
"You believe Nik has something to do with you not remembering Alexander?" Kol questions me.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he did." I state quickly and he nods.
"Okay. I'll tell you what I remember." Kol states, and I smile at him. "I remember us meeting a man named Alexander about 300 years ago. I don't remember his personality all that much, but I do remember he would occasionally hang out with you."
"Yeah, he told me we'd hang out a lot." I stated.
"Why hasn't he told you everything you forgot about him?" Kol questioned, and I shrugged my shoulders.
"I keep wondering the same thing. He keeps saying it would be too long to explain and it has something to do with Niklaus." I state. Kol face then brightens up, as if he had a thought come to mind. "What?"
"Niklaus. He would hang out with him as well. I remember because Alexander wanted to become like him, and I would always be irritated by him." Kol states, and I nod.
"So, you never hung out with him?" I questioned and Kol shook his head no.
"No, I actually remember that time period. While we were visiting a village to take a break from our father, I met these amazing twins." Kol states with a smirk and I roll my eyes, knowing what's about to come next.
"I really don't need the visuals.." I try to stop him but I look at him already going into his daze.
"Ah, they were magnificent. They knew I was a vampire, and still decided to satisfy my every need." Kol stated, and I tried to imagine myself buried deep underground.
"Kol, this is seriously unnecessary.." I state, feeling like I'm going to vomit.
"It was the best night of my life..." Kol says and I actually vomits a little in my mouth. But then I realize, this story sounds awfully familiar. The only reason why I remember is because I remember getting the exact same sour taste in my mouth.
"Wait, Kol did you by any chance name these twins 'Densel and distress?'" I question, feeling my mouth choke having to say it out loud while Kol just smiles.
"Yeahh...they were the women who's name I would forever remember. Da-"
"Daisy and Danica." I say in realization and Kol looks at me shocked, coming out of his daze.
"Yeah. Did I tell you this story already?" Kol questioned and I nodded. "When?"
"Three hundred years ago when it happened. I remember it perfectly, because I remember having this same disgusted look on my face." I say shivering and Kol just gives me a smirk. He then turns serious again.
"Wait, that makes no sense. That was the same time we met Alexander. How could you remember my...amazing night...but not remember him?" Kol questions and I shrug my shoulders.
"I have no idea. I remember when we went to the village, but I just don't remember Alex at all. But I do know two things. This memory loss does not have to do with me just not remember him, there's something more to it." I say, looking back at the park.
"The second thing," Kol asks, and I turn to face him again.
"Niklaus has something to do with it." I say angered. Kol's phone then starts ringing and he picks it up. Well, speaking of the devil. "As much as I want to figure this out, we seriously do need to break this link so just answer it."
Kol nods as he answers the phone. I look and see he called on FaceTime. He most likely wants to see Jeremy. I was right, because only a few seconds into the call, Kol turns the phone around and points it to where Jeremy is playing with his dog.
Now that I look at him, this is the first time I've actually seen him enjoy himself. To be fair though, I've only had about four interactions with him so I have no room to judge.
I watch as Kol gets off the phone and looks at me with a smile.
"What?" I ask afraid for the answer.
"You know how you asked me to stay put here in exchange for drinks?" Kol asks and I look worried for what he is going for.
"Yes...?"
"Well I don't really need drinks that badly." Kol states, before getting and and I immediately try to stop him.
"Kol. No!" I tell him.
"Look, you can stay here so he does not see you. But, I want to have some fun and being reckless is part of my personality. You should know better then anyone." He states, and moves me out of the way, before walking to Kol. I watch annoyed, as he makes his way there and turn around so Jeremy does not see me.
It's not that I don't want to have fun, but if Kol makes a mess, I am the one who always has to clean it up. I just wanted to relax and not put in any effort over watching Jeremy. You know how I do that? Not letting him know I am here.
I look behind me quickly, to see Kol and Jeremy talking and decide just to head back to the car.
Later that evening, I went to the nearest bar. It'a pretty close to the hotel we are staying in. Even though we are not taking someone's home, we still have to live somewhat luxurious.
"What can I get for you this evening?" The bartender ask me with a smile.
"Vodka, please. And keep them coming until I tell you to stop." I say, and she laughs.
"Long day?" She asks, pouring me a glass of vodka.
"Not long enough. I need adventure to keep me activated and this day has been extremely boring. Especially since my partner in crime abandoned me." I state, as the lady hands me my drink and I start drinking. "Another."
"Hm, I can relate. It's not really fun being a bartender when any guy who walks up to the bar just hits on you." She states, handing me another glass of vodka and I smile.
"I can image. All the drunken guys coming in here, and I am assuming in this little town, not many of them are hot." I state and she nods.
"Not even close." The women laughs. She then looks behind me and her face changes. "But sometimes I get lucky."
I turn around confused, not knowing who she is looking at and turn back to face the bartender. I then feel arms come around my neck, and realize who she was looking at.
"Well, what a wonderful evening, isn't it, ladies?" Kol queries with a smirk, and I see the women blushing. I push Kol off of me, and he looks at me offended. "That's a rude way to treat your brother."
After gazing at my brother, the woman looked back at me and came to a realization.
"Partner in crime who abandoned you?" She asked me, and I nodded while taking another sip of my drink.
"Kalle, why don't you introduce me to this lovely lady?" Kol states flirting and I roll my eyes. The lady just laughs at his remark.
"I actually can't because I never got your name." I state, looking at the women.
"Reagan." She introduces us her name.
"Well, Reagan. This is Kol. My sometimes lovely, mostly dreadful, twin brother." I introduce them and they shake hands.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Kol." Reagan says, shaking his hand.
"The pleasure is all mine." Kol states, bringing her hand to his face and kisses it. "How about we get to know each other?"
"I would love to, but I'm obligated to refill her drinks, until she said she has had enough." Reagan states, moving her hand from Kol and I look at her interested.
"Well, I'm sure my sister here will let you off the hook. Right, favorite sis?" Kol looks at me and smiles. I give him a smile too before handing my empty glass to Reagan.
"Another, please Reagan. And keep them coming." I state to Reagan, keeping eye contact with Kol and I watch as they turned annoyed.
"Doesn't seem like she is." Reagan states laughing, before walking away to pour me another glass.
"Seriously, you're just going to do be like this? Come on, we're supposed to have each other's backs." Kol says, trying to plead with me.
"You know, maybe I'd be more sympathetic if my brother didn't leave me high and dry a few hours ago." I say innocently shrugging my shoulders.
"You're still on that? That was hours ago, let's get over that." Kol states with a smile, and I roll my eyes. Reagan then comes back to me with my drink and I thank her.
"Well you can do whatever you want Kol. I am just asking Reagan here to refill my drink until I said I have had enough." I say about to drink another sip, but then I feel my heart burning in pain. I almost drop my drink, but Kol catches it.
"Fast reflexes." Kol stated to be I'm assuming Regan. I clutch hold of my chest and stare at the ground, not knowing what was making my heart hurt so much. Kol stared at me and I could feel him rubbing my back. Then, the pain just stopped.
"Hey, are you okay?" Reagan asks, as I look up from the floor. "Maybe you've had enough."
I look over to Kol, who seems just as worried. Wait, aren't we linked?
"You didn't feel that?" I ask Kol, and he nods his head no. Bonnie must of unlinked us. But that still does not explain what the hell that was.
"It was nice meeting you, Reagan, but I think I should get my sister home now." Kol says, helping me to my feet.
"Yeah, it was nice meeting you guys too. I hope you feel better Kalle." Reagan states, and I give her a smile, before Kol and I walk out of the bar.
"What was that?" Kol asks me as soon as we leave the bar.
"I have no idea. But I feel weak." I state, holding my heart. I feel my body being pulled, as Kol vamp speeds us to the hotel, and lays me down.
"I'm calling Nik. If I didn't feel it, we must be unlinked now, and maybe it was a side effect." Kol states, getting his phone.
"That only I felt?" I question, sitting up against the bed and he shrugs. I hear as his phone rings on speaker.
"Hello?" Niklaus asked over the phone.
"Did you do the spell?" Kol asks eager and I listen in.
"Yes. We have just been unlinked." Niklaus states.
"Are there any affects of it. Did you feel a burn in your heart?" Kol questions, not even sugar coating it.
"Um, no. Why are you asking?" Niklaus questioned.
"Kalle's heart started to burn up about a minute ago." Kol says irritated.
"What? Is she okay?" I hear Niklaus ask worried on the phone.
"I'm fine Nik. Just a little weak." I state in a calm voice.
"Nothing should of hurt during the unlinking. That's weird it only hurt for you." Niklaus states confused as Kol walks over to sit next to me.
"What about Bex? How is she?" Kol asks.
"She's in the other room and she is fine." Niklaus states.
"What about Finn? Since you unlinked us, I am assuming you found him?" I ask and I can tell Kol had the same idea.
"Yeah. He's actually out with an old spark, but I will go to ask him if he felt anything." Niklaus states.
"Okay. Thank you." Kol says, before they say their goodbyes and hang up.
"Kol, there is no need to stress about it. It may have just been a fluke." I state, trying to relax him.
"Maybe, but I'm not taking any chances. I'm your twin, I'm allowed to worry." Kol says and I smile.
"I know, and I appreciate it. Besides being a little weak, I am totally fine so there is no need to worry, okay?" I assure him and he nods. I decide to change the subject. "So, I never got to eat so if you wouldn't mind..."
"I'll get you something. It's the least I can do for abandoning you." Kol states getting up from the bed and heading to the door.
"Thank you!" I state smiling as he leaves the room.
This was all so weird.
Later that night, I got the answer to my question: "What was the pain I had been feeling earlier?" Kol returned to the room with food, but he had an angry look on his face.
Once he placed the food down, he told me everything. Rebekah called him, and told him what happened. The unlinking was the not the thing that occurred that night. The others, they found white oak from this old bridge. They were planning to kill all of us.
Luckily, Bonnie unlinked in time. But they did manage to kill one of us. Our eldest brother is now dead. They managed to get the jump on Finn. And somehow, I felt his pain.
When Kol told me this news, I was shocked and saddened, but he was in a box for most of our lives. I cannot exactly say I was the most emotional person that night. Kol, on the other hand, was pissed off. Not necessarily that Finn was killed, but the fact they were able to kill Finn.
If you think about it, it's not that all surprising. Out of the 1000 years Finn lived, he was in a box for 900 of them. Technically, Stefan and Damon got to live longer than him, or at least around the same amount of time. Which explains how they got the jump.
You know, I never was truly close with Finn, now that I think about it. We never even talked that much. I know when he turned into a vampire, he was jealous I was never turned and got to keep my powers. I know this because he was so jealous all the time, and that was the only time I would ever talk to him. He hated our family. He hated what they were, what he was. He hated that I just piled on with the unbalance of nature. He was willing to kill all of us.
But he was family. No matter what he had done, we have all done some terrible things. Even though I am not affected by his death as much as I thought I would be, he was still family and it is important I remember that the next time I see them.
Something fantastic did come from Finn's death. Rebekah told Kol that when Finn died, Sage, the only woman he had turned, also died, along with anyone she had turned, and so on. If one of my siblings dies, then the whole line turned by that original dies as well.
Which means one thing. As long as they never find out who turned their line, my family will no longer have to worry about this friend group of pests.