Elena groaned, putting her hand to her head as she sat up. She immediately felt that she was in a car.
"Good morning, sunshine." A cheery voice from the front seat said.
She looked around slowly to see a familiar man sitting in front. It was Elijah and Klaus' brother, Kol.
"What's going on?" she grumbled, feeling her head throb.
"I've taken you. Don't worry; we're not in Canada or Mexico. We're only heading to my shared home with my family. You see I was feeling quite angry tonight when I woke up. As it turned out, your lover attacked me. I don't like being attacked and I certainly don't like being killed." Kol informed her.
"So what? You kidnapped me?" she asked, panicking slightly but unwilling to show it.
"Hmm... pretty much." He shrugged.
She felt like screaming. Just when she wanted to have a quiet weekend alone.
"Shit! Why does this happen to me? Isn't it enough that your brother has managed to turn my entire life upside down? Why am I the one who has to be used for revenge? Why don't you just beat up Damon and let that be that? It's not like you're really dead." She ranted, hitting the back of his seat with anger.
The car suddenly screeched to a halt and he was gone from her in one second and the next he was standing in the open door of the backseat. She scrambled away from him but he hauled her out by her feet and forced her to stand in front of him. He stared into her eyes for a moment before suddenly gripping her shoulders.
"Do you have vervain in you?" he demanded, staring deep into her eyes.
She panicked. Her necklace was gone ever since the ghosts showed up in Mystic Falls. She was supposed to be taking daily doses of vervain. Once in the morning and once at night. Kol took her before she was able to take it that night.
"Yes." She lied, knowing that she didn't sound convincing at all.
"Tell me the truth." He said, his pupils dilating.
"No, I don't have any vervain in my system." She said instantly, feeling the familiar sensation of someone taking over her mind.
She didn't like it any more now.
"Follow me into the house. Be on your best behavior until we walk through the door. Once we're through, you can throw whatever fit that you want. You won't be able to leave." He said.
"I understand." Was her instant reply.
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If someone walked in the Mikaelson house, they wouldn't have been able to guess that there was a huge party the night before. It was cleaner than it was before the party. That might have had something to do with Klaus, much to his mother's aggravation, compelling the staff to hurry up and clean. Anyone walking in also wouldn't have been able to guess that the inhabitants of the house were vampires. Klaus was lounging on the couch quickly sketching something on a piece of paper. Finn was sitting on the hearth reading a large book, probably War and Peace.
Their mother was sitting in a chair watching her two sons closely and Elijah was off somewhere else in the house.
"Where are Rebekah and Kol?" Esther asked, staring at Klaus.
"I am not their keeper, Mother." He sighed, not even looking at her.
"Kol seemed upset last night." Finn said.
"Of course he was. A child vampire beat him. Damon is an entire 900 years younger than him and he couldn't even defend himself. It was an embarrassment for him. And we all know that Kol doesn't deal too well with being humiliated." Klaus said with a smirk.
