Remember Me

Chapter 5

Kol

 

The voice rang in the Original’s mind, only to be quickly followed by a sharp pain he gasped leaning against the metal doorway to keep from falling over, Damon...he didn’t know what but something was happening to Damon something terrible.

 

“Sir are you alright?”

Kol let out a sharp growl as a answer, pushing himself off the doorway he shook his head moving past the pain and whirling thoughts, wordlessly he walked out of the store, his grip on the handle almost causing it to bend under his palm he dug his fingers into his pocket, ignoring the little black box that stuck out in his pocket and grabbing his cell phone, dialing a familiar number.

 

Kol! How did it go?

 

“Damon’s in danger, get to the house and bring Stefan with you.”

 

With that he hung up, and moved like a blur in the direction of the home.

 

~+~

 

Elena let out a sigh, as he sat down on the leather cushion of the couch it had been a full hour before the screams from upstairs finally stopped, it broke her heart to hear them and she had to fight the urge to run up those stairs and hold Damon in her arms.

 

But it’s your fault he’s in pain to begin with Yes she was more than aware of that fact, but it was for his own good...at least that was what she kept telling herself, she was freeing Damon from Kol’s control, so he could be free, free to love whomever he chose without being under the compulsion of that...that thing.

 

Even thinking back, to how they were holding each other on the couch or the display she witnessed before Kol left made her blood boil, no she did the right thing now her and Damon could be together now she could have what she always wanted.

 

She was so lost in thought, she almost didn’t hear the soft creak that came from the door the noise causing her to frown, ever so slowly she stood and began to walk toward the front door her senses on high alert.

 

Creak

 

There it was again,...she stopped in the hallway her gaze transfixed on the wooden door until she noticed it, it was a shy movement almost unseeable but she still noticed it the door inched forward, Elena blinked in confusion taking a small step toward it when the door gave another inch forward, almost as if something on the other-side was ramming against it.

 

She was mid-step heading toward the entrance, when the creak was heard only louder the door gave way Elena had to dive to her right, as it lurched forward ripping off it’s hinges and flipping into home only to shatter and crack against a far wall.

 

What the hell?

“Damon!”

 

Oh god she knew that voice, Kol stepped into the house eyes wild and searching but most of all concerned when they landed on her, they narrowed the glare so sharped she was surprised she didn’t drop dead then and there “you” he hissed taking a step forward, looking as if he would snap her neck any second “where is Damon?”

 

“Upstairs in his room.” Elena didn’t know whether it was self-preservation that caused her to tell, or the secret satisfaction of knowing that the Original was too late, he locked eyes with her emotions flickering through his dark pools as if contemplating something, “if something happened to him i’m coming after you first.” And as quickly as he appeared he was gone.

 

Elena sucked in a breath, she lingered in her position for a moment before a realization hit her and she began to smile, oh she might be killed but at least he wouldn’t be able to have Damon.

 

It was all going according to plan.

 

~+~

 

“Damon!”

 

Kol moved as quickly as he could up the stairs, passing the many rooms of the top floor before kicking the door that led to Damons’ room off it’s hinges, what he saw made his tense body relax slightly and his eyes to soften.

Damon laid curled up on top of the sheets, his hair disheveled body still wrapped loosely in the bed sheet he last saw him in, it was a image of perfection and an inviting sin...but he couldn’t shake off the nagging feeling that something was wrong.

 

Taking a careful step forward, Kol began to slowly approach the bed eyes scanning his mate’s entire body a quick look revealed tear stains on his face, and nails that dug into the bed sheet underneath him almost as if he was in pain and needed something to cling onto, to ride it out.

 

With a sigh he lifted a hand, shaking the other male’s shoulder gently “love?” He whispered his heart fluttering when he saw Damon twitch slightly in his sleep, “time to wake up love...” the vampire stilled for a moment, before his body gave another twitch his eyelids opening ever so slowly revealing dazed and confused light blue eyes.

 

“Damon?”

 

Damon blinked, clenching and unclenching his hands, before his eyes slowly traveled to Kol as he turned slightly he stared at him for a moment, blue clashing with dark as they stared at one another, until Damon frowned opening his mouth to ask “who are you?” Three words, that’s all it took to make Kol’s heart shatter into pieces and his loving gaze turn to fear and horror.

 

“What? Baby you know me...it’s me Kol...” Damon’s gaze was still one in confusion, as he instinctively wrapped the bed sheet tighter around himself, within seconds he was on the other side of the bed, looking at Kol as if he was a stranger, someone he no longer knew, “what the hell are you talking about? How did you even get in here?”

 

He was serious...Kol opened and closed his mouth, oh god their eyes still met each searching the other, and what Kol saw kicked the air right out of his lungs, his mate his very reason for living didn’t know him...

 

“Kol? What’s wrong? I got your message.”

Klaus’s voice was the last thing Kol heard, before everything turned black and he passed out.