The Prince of Mystic Falls

83. Quarry

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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

-Rudyard Kipling

Outside Mystic Falls, Virginia, 2010

Steven's Quarry

Sunday Afternoon

Kol drove to the quarry in the black Porsche that was now his. Kol always did like flashy cars, and Elijah didn't so Kol had no idea why he had purchased a Porsche in the first place. Sometimes Kol would just compel some guy having a mid-life crisis to hand over his keys and go over a joyride if the guy had a really nice car. However, on Elijah's vehicles all the paperwork was in proper order and he could hang on to it.

"Uncle Kol, um, did something happen with you and Davina?" Matt asked shyly.

"Why do you ask?" Kol said looking at Matt quickly as he was driving.

"I could hear her crying when she came in the house this morning. I asked if she was okay, but I don't think she heard me," Matt mentioned.

"Aye, I think we need to take a break, so she can have more of a normal life. You know, friends, activities, school, the things she was brought here to have. Not to rot away with me," Kol said going a little faster.

"Yeah, I get it I guess," Matt said looking at the window. He actually didn't understand at all. He could tell it was hard for Kol to talk about so he just shut up.

"How come Tyler didn't come? I thought both of you blokes wanted to drive this baby," Kol asked.

"Oh, Jer said he, ah, well, got in trouble and still had to clean his room. I guess Dad used that freakin' school paddle on his bare ass. We're all on like probation or something, any screw up and out comes the wood," Matt grimaced.

"That bad, eh?" Kol pressed.

"Worse. I warned Ty this morning that Dad wasn't bluffing and he better watch his ass, but he never listens to me. Stubborn prick, don't tell my dad I swore or I'll be next," Matt smirked.

"I do not have the habit of being a, what do you say now, rat? Snitch? Now Marcellus, Finn, they were, but never me. Anyway, we're here to have fun, right? You can drive and do what you want ...but just don't wreck this thing and kill yourself or I'll be getting worse than a board across my ass, ya hear?" Kol said as they pulled up to the Quarry.

"I won't wreck. I'm a pretty good driver," Matt said as they got out and exchanged places. Kol let him speed around and do doughnuts for about 45 minutes. He was in a gravel lot and the tires kicked up a cloud of dust, Matt blasted the music and just drove.

"I gotta take a piss," Matt said when he shut the car off.

"You go. I want to go check something out," Kol said looking off into the distances.

As Matt went to relieve himself, Kol vamped nearer to the wooded area. He heard a dog bark and a human voice? That was odd. There were so few people how here at this time of time and the year. Kol smelled them before he saw them, that dog really reeked.