Conflicted | K.Mikaelson

[25] Catch Me If You Can

Emma had just finished making herself coffee when she heard the front door open.

Confused, she put down her mug and walked over to the doorframe between the hallway and kitchen.

There, she spotted Elena and Matt, who were just walking in.

"Elena, Matt?" Emma questioned.

They were both supposed to be up at the lake house helping Jeremy.

Emma had decided not to go with them because she had heard that Klaus had made an appearance there.

Elena gave a small wave and Matt nodded at her slightly.

The doppelgänger then turned towards Matt saying, "I'm so sorry. Listen. When I asked you to stay with Jeremy, I never thought-"

"What did you expect, Elena? It's Damon." Matt cut her off.

"I never wanted anyone to get hurt." she reasoned.

"Well, then you shouldn't have left him in charge." he snapped.

Emma tilted her head to the left, not pleased to see her sister and friend arguing.

"Look. I'm sorry. I know you didn't have a choice. Sire bond and all." Matt continued.

"Sire bond doesn't work like that." Elena shook her head.

"All I know, Elena, is that the old you would have never left Jeremy with Damon, especially after what happened last night." he said.

Elena's cell phone started to ring, she sighed and picked it up.

During this time, Emma took the opportunity to walk back deeper into the kitchen to get her coffee.

When she walked into the hallway, she heard the last of the phone call.

"Just - Where's Damon?" Elena asked.

Emma looked at Matt confused.

He mouthed 'Jeremy' which made Emma's head snap towards her sister.

"Listen to me. Kol attacked us. I barely got away, but he has Damon." she heard Jeremy say.

Emma's mouth ran dry.

What was Kol thinking? Why was he doing this?

Emma knew that Kol was someone who would do this just for the fun, but she didn't think this was one of those times.

After another minute of calming down her brother, Elena hung up the phone and looked directly at Emma.

"I need to talk to Klaus." she spoke.

Emma knew where this was going.

"Will you come with me?"

~

Being in the Mikaelson mansion wasn't exactly how I thought I would spend my day.

Nevertheless, here I was, trying to save Damon from Kol's wrath.

I glanced at Klaus for a second, to find him staring.

After we made eye contact, I immediately shifted my gaze back to the floor.

I didn't know how to look at him.

"A bit ironic, you coming to me for help. Weren't your friends just trying to bury me in a cement tomb?" Klaus began.

I looked over at Elena, who was clearly just as uncomfortable as I was being there.

"This is your fault. You started this when you forced Jeremy to kill those vampires." Elena scoffed.