New Blood (The Vampire Diaries - Book 2)

Chapter 11 - A View to a Kill

Stefan woke up, surprised to find himself in bed with Rebekah, who was still asleep with her arm draped over his waist. He saw his clothes on a nearby chair and sighed, slowly moving Rebekah's arm, making sure not to wake her as he got out of bed and rushed to get dressed.

Stefan looked back at Rebekah before going to leave, opening the door.

Klaus was standing in the hallway. "Leaving so soon?"

Stefan looked at Klaus, nervous.

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Rebekah was now awake, wearing a robe.

Kara walked closer. "This is my place, Nik. I don't appreciate you invading my privacy like some kind of creeping tom."

"Well, I apologize for barging in and breaking up this sordid little tryst our sister is having under this very roof, but I do have some urgent business," Klaus told them. "Or have you both forgotten that our paranoid brother Kol is running around with the White Oak Stake and homicide on the brain?"

"He tried to kill me last night," Rebekah said. "I didn't forget."

"Yes, well, unfortunately, he seems to have absconded with my set of daggers," Klaus replied.

"Oh, poor Nik," Kara said, sarcastically. "How ever will you get your way without your precious daggers? They were so handy when you wanted to end a conversation with one of us."

"Kol's irrational fear of Silas has pushed him over the edge," Klaus expressed. "We need to put him down before he does any more damage. Now I know you have the last two daggers and I know you have some White Ash, so hand it over."

Rebekah gave him a fake smile. "And leave ourselves unprotected? You can file that request under 'no chance in hell'."

Rebekah walked away to get dressed.

"Be gone by the time I've showered," Kara told him. "Lurkers aren't welcome here."

Kara walked away, heading into the bathroom.

Klaus looked at Stefan. "I need those daggers, Stefan. Talk some sense into them."

"Why don't you talk some sense into them?" Stefan said. "I'm headed home to play prison guard to Damon. He's on lockdown ever since Kol compelled him to kill Jeremy last night."

"You see, that's my point exactly," Klaus told him. "If you let Kol roam free, then Jeremy won't live to see his junior prom and we can kiss our map to the Cure goodbye. But if you help me dagger Kol, Damon will be uncompelled, Jeremy will live and we'll all be on our merry way to a human Elena."

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After leaving Klaus to babysit Damon, Stefan walked into the living room and his phone started to ring. He saw Elena calling and hesitated before answering. "Damon's fine. Locked him up with all the creature comforts he deserves."

Elena: (over phone) "That's not why I called. Kol just tried to kill Bonnie."

Stefan walked outside. "What? Is she okay?"

Elena: (over phone) "Yeah, just shaken up. She managed to hold him off, but Kol seems pretty intent on murdering anyone who's looking for that Cure."

"Yeah, Klaus has me trying to convince Rebekah and Kara to give up their daggers so he can take care of Kol," Stefan said.

Elena: (over phone) "I don't want to just dagger Kol. I want Jeremy to kill him."