"Guess I missed the excitement, I take it Kol took care of the problem?" Marcel asked Nik.
"He did, unfortunately Elena beared witness to it" Nik said as he was taking care of Tyler's body.
"Damn, sorry to hear that. She's a sweet girl. Now I understand what people mean when they say dead weight" Marcel commented as he grabbed a hold of his feet with a chuckle.
"Kol did what he had to do to protect her, she is a sweet girl... I for one didn't make her life easy back home. For a time I wanted her blood to make more hybrids... then I came to respect her as Elijah had, then a witch took my brother as he had Elena and locked them in a room together...and here we are...my brother in love for the first time in a thousand years, with a Petrova doppelganger no less. Mark my word Marcel if Tyler Lockwood found any family out there in the woods and they'll go after Elena... if that happens they'll wish they never heard of her or the Mikaelson's. He is heavy isnt' he." Nik said.
"Hopefully he didn't find any and if he did, you know as well as I do that word travels fast around here. I'll let my guys know to keep their ears open if Elena or Kol are even mentioned in town" Marcel said.
"Are you sure you have trustworthy vampires?" Nik asked.
"I do. Besides most of them met her last night and she made quite an impression on them" he said with a smile.
"How so?" Nik asked.
"First by being human and walking among a room full of vampires with ease and secondly by dating a Mikaelson, trust me my guys know how dangerous Kol can get even when he's not provoked" Marcel said.
"Good to know. My brother is even more dangerous now beings he has someone to protect besides himself" Nik warned.
"Kind of figured that out earlier tonight when my guy Remington blocked her path to get past him, next thing anyone saw was Kol holding him up in the air by his throat until she touched his arm asking him to let him go" Marcel said.
"She definitely has a way about her that can tame even the most savage of us" Nik said with a smile.
The lights of New Orleans were fading into the distance as Kol drove them away from a place that would now only leave a bad memory for Elena. He never wanted to kill Tyler but he hadn't left him much choice when he went after Elena, he felt a rage that he thought long gone back when his siblings and himself had first been turned into vampires by their mother Esther.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Elena said looking over at him.
"I was just thinking how lucky I am to have met you" he said with a smile.
"You mean back when we didn't like each other?" she asked.
"I think it went beyond that, something neither of us could explain" Kol said not taking his eyes off the road.
"That is possible. Do you think any of Tyler's family will come after you?" she asked.
"It's possible, but only if he found any family. Marcel has vampires all over the city so we'll know in advance to be prepared if it comes to that" he said knowing full well they would go after her to get to him.
"So what you're not saying is it will be me they come after?" Elena asked, her gaze unwavering.
"I will do anything in my power to make sure that doesn't happen" he said reaching over to take her hand in his.
"It seems to never end does it?" she said with a sigh as she looked out the window.
"No it doesn't" Kol said.
"I'm not looking forward to telling Caroline and Matt about Tyler" Elena said rubbing her forehead.
"I know love. Do you have a headache?" Kol asked concerned.
"Yeah, since last night" she said with a yawn and looked at the dash clock and seeing it was almost four in the morning.
"Try to get some sleep love" he said softly.
She nodded her head in agreement and reached over and turned the radio on, leaning back in her seat she closed her eyes and started to drift asleep. Kol looked over and could see her face relaxed, then turned his eyes back to the road. With Elena asleep he planned only to stop for gas, and should reach Mystic Falls by nightfall.
New Orleans
"I take it Kol is really serious about this girl?" Marcel asked.
"That he is, granted it was quite a shock to discover who had caught his eye. But I'm glad for it, for a change Kol is happy and in these past months I haven't once had to threaten him with a dagger" NIk said with a smirk.
"I'm surprised you feel that way, usually you're worred someone is trying to take them away from you" Marcel said.
"Hmmm...with Kol it's different, he truly loves her...unlike Rebekah who is in love every fifty years or so..as you are well aware" Nik said knowing Marcel and Rebekah's history together.
"That I do, longing for what is always out of her reach...children...family of her own" he said, knowing what she wanted had been taken away by their mother.
"Yes our mother set in motion what none of us can ever escape...what she made us into. Rebekah is the one I felt for the most, my brothers and I never seemed to care after learning we could never have children...but Rebekah....she would have been a good mother...shame our mother isn't here so I could kill her again for what she has done to us" Nik said thoughtfully.
"Well if you all had lived human lives, none of us would be here right now" Marcel pointed out.
"True, but there would have been more Mikaelson's" he said.
"I don't know if the world could have handled a whole bunch of cocky Nik's or hot tempered Kol's" Marcel teased.
"So glad only Kol and I get singled out" Klaus chuckled.
"Alright man, I'm off to get some sleep. You should do the same" Marcel said as he headed off towards his room.
