Chapter 20: Kol!

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Gilbert House

Kol is drinking and leaning against the sofa.

"Nobody else seems to think Silas exists, so why do you?""I used to run with some witches. Africa in the fourteenth century, Haiti in the seventeenth century, New Orleans Hightower witches in the nineteen hundreds. They all knew about Silas; that he needed to stay buried. I actually hold witches in high esteem.""Yeah, but why Silas? Why are you so afraid of him?""They said if Silas rises, he'll unleash hell on Earth. I happen to like Earth just the way it is.""That's pretty biblical.""Well, that's the other problem with people today – they've lost faith. And in that loss, they no longer know who they should fear."

Salvatore Boarding House

Ophira appears behind Klaus. "I think somethings bad is about to happen." She says to Klaus. Klaus' phone rings. He sees it's Kol and answers it. "Well, if it isn't the happy homicidal maniac.""Did you know that your darling former blood bag and her brother are trying to kill me?""What?""Don't pretend like you're not in on it. Your obsession to find the cure clearly trumps any sibling loyalty you once felt.""I don't know what you're talking about.""I'm going to rip off Jeremy's arm and kill Elena just for sport. Then I'm coming for you."

Angry, Klaus grabs Damon by the neck and shoves him against the wall.

"What the hell's going on?""I don't know.""What are Stefan and Elena planning?""I don't know. I've been stuck in the penalty box with you since yesterday. Stefan won't talk to me, and Elena won't come to see me, so maybe you're right. Maybe she's written me off." Klaus uses compulsion."Tell me what you know.""I don't know anything about a plan.""Stay here till I and Ophira return." Klaus releases Damon and leaves, Ophira follows slamming the door. 

Elena is in her bedroom. She pushes her dresser in front of her door, but struggles as Kol pushes back. Kol manages to shove the door open and Elena falls to the ground. With vampire speed she runs into the bathroom, shuts the doors behind her and locks it. Kol kicks open the door and finds Elena gone. He punches through the other door and finds Elena in Jeremy's room with Jeremy. Jeremy shoots Kol with a stake gun. Kol catches the stake.

"Missed!"

"Jeremy shoots again, and Kol catches it with his other hand. Elena fires a pistol at him, shooting him multiple times."

"[screaming at Jeremy] Go!"

Jeremy runs, and she continues shooting Kol. Kol throws one of the stakes, hitting Elena in the thigh, and she cries out. Elena looks up, but Kol is gone. Jeremy is running through the hallway when Kol appears and punches him. Back in Jeremy's room, Elena pulls the stake out of her leg. Kol throws Jeremy down the stairs, and Jeremy groans in pain. Elena jumps on Kol's back, but he tosses her against the wall. He rips out one of the posts from the railing and impales Elena through the abdomen, pinning her to the wall. She gasps in shock and pain, completely immobilized. Kol walks over to Jeremy, who is still grunting in pain on the stair landing.

"Now...about that arm."

Kol drags Jeremy down the stairs by his feet. Elena pulls feebly at the stake, but can't move it an inch.

Elena is still trying to get the stake out of her abdomen, but it won't budge. Improvising, she braces her hands against the wall and pulls her body off of the stake. Downstairs, Kol has Jeremy strapped to the counter in the kitchen by his arms. Jeremy struggles against his bonds. Kol pulls a cleaver out of the knife block.

"Now, like I said, I don't fancy the hunter's curse, so I'm just going to chop off your arm. But don't worry, I'll heal you right up with a bit of blood after."

Kol holds Jeremy's head against the counter.

"Sorry about the sting. Now, which arm is it? Is it left or right? I'll just chop off both to be safe."

Jeremy closes his eyes as Kol raises the knife over him. Suddenly Elena appears and grabs Kol; the cleaver misses Jeremy and instead slices through one of Jeremy's restraints. Elena slams the cleaver into Kol's chest, shoving him against the counter. Jeremy releases his other arm and rushes to the sink. He grabs the spray hose and sprays Kol with the vervain water. Kol cries out in pain as the water hits him; Elena moves away. Jeremy keeps the water on Kol, and Elena takes the white oak stake from Kol's jacket, throwing it to Jeremy.

"Jeremy, now!"

Jeremy catches the stake and stabs Kol through the heart with it. Kol screams and bursts into flame. He continues to scream as he staggers through the kitchen and falls to the floor, dead. "Kol!" Ophira yells. Elena and Jeremy looks over to see Klaus and Ophira standing at the open doorway, looking upset and angry.

"What did you do?" Ophira was crying and shaking."We didn't have a choice. He was trying to cut off Jeremy's arm!""Lies! He never would've gotten inside if you hadn't have set a trap for him."" You said you were going to put him down too.""[furious] I was going to make him suffer on my terms! I'm going to burn this house to the ground. And then, when you try to flee for your lives, I'll kill you both without blinking.""You kill us, you'll never get to the cure. You'll never be able to make any more hybrids.""You really think I care for an instant about my bloody hybrids? I want the cure so I can destoy it. I would've killed you all the second we dug it up, but now I'm just gonna watch you burn instead."Bonnie appears behind Klaus and Ophira blowing a powder in Ophira face she falls unconscious.