Kol Mikaelson – Journey To The Multiverse - Chapter 5

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————Scene -Saving Astrid.

Niklaus was supporting Rebekah as they were both sitting on the floor, clearly stupefied by whatever might had happened. Kol was very confused by the situation, as well.

Before either of them could talk, Kol suddenly spoke, “Nik! Bekah! What is going on? Whose blood is this on the floor?”

Hearing Kol, Niklaus and Rebekah suddenly woke up from their dazed state. Rebekah suddenly widened her eyes.

Niklaus spoke, “Kol! You are back! Quickly! Father has gone mad. We need to flee.”.

Rebekah interrupted, “He killed us! We were dead. This is our blood on the floor. How could this be! Why would our father want to kill us?”.

Kol then interrupted, “What? Father killed you? What are you talking about!”.

At this point Niklaus interrupted, “Kol! There is no time for explanation. We need to….”.

Before Niklaus could complete that sentence, he was interrupted by the sound of a rather forceful opening of the door.

Mikael came in, holding a girl from the village, named Astrid. She was a friend of Rebekah’s.

As soon as Niklaus saw Mikael, he spoke, “What are you doing?”. At this point, Niklaus felt betrayed. He still remembered how Mikael drove a sword through his heart.

Mikael replied, “First, we must finish what we started”, then he dragged Astrid in front of Rebekah and continued, “You have to drink if you want to live.”.

Then, Mikael took out a dagger and cut Astrid’s wrist. The kind heated Niklaus tried to stop him, but he was thrown aside.

Mikael then pressed Rebekah’s head on Astrid’s bloody wrist. Rebekah suddenly grew fangs out of her mouth and her eyes turned black with visible veins at the edges. She fed on Astrid as her instincts completely took over and the thirst for blood had overwhelmed her.

At this point, Kol finally figured out what was going on. This was the birth of the original family of vampires and he was witnessing it all happen, right in front of his eyes.

Just as Rebekah had s.u.c.k.e.d a little blood, Kol pushed Mikael and Rebekah away. He was very careful in controlling his strength and years of physical training worked wonders in help controlling his now enormous strength, but in the end, Mikael and Rebekah were still sent flying across the room.

Kol then panicked. If he could, he would prefer not to reveal his little secret just yet, but fate had always been unexpected for those who think that they have theirs in their grasp.

Kol spoke in a somewhat, panicked voice, “Father! Bekah! I am sorry. I didn’t mean to!.”.

At this point, Rebekah had gotten up and spoke incredulously, “What is wrong with me? Father, what have you done to us? I just..” She was still thinking about the state of mind she was in when she was s.u.c.k.i.n.g blood.

Mikael ignored Rebekah and interrupted her before she could babble any further, “Kol! What was that?”.

Kol had an awkward expression. He was not expecting this, but he still had to answer because he valued this family. He replied, “This? This is the only way I could think of, to get strong enough to fight those werewolves. We have already lost many, but now we will not loose anymore. I have transformed myself.!”.

Niklaus then spoke, “You have transformed yourself? What is this?”. He shouted, “What is going on?!” and looked angry. He really, wanted to understand what was going on.

On the side, Mikael seemed to have thought of something, “Yes! The immortality spell. You did say that you were going to find a way, to get revenge for Henrik. Kol! If you have already transformed yourself with your own witchcraft, then you should know that your siblings need to feed to complete the process.”.

Mikael was not surprised that Kol knew the immortality spell. With all the strange and new spells that Kol could cast, the family had already grown numb to being surprised, a long time ago.

At this point, Niklaus and Rebekah were already starting to calm down a little. Their brains were starting to work again and they had figured out that their parents might had done some sort of witchcraft on them, to protect them from the wolves.

Kol did not correct Mikael, as there would be plenty of time for explanation later. Instead, he replied, “Yes! They need to feed, but a few drops of human blood can complete the transformation. Now, Niklaus! Brother come here.”.

Kol did indeed know the immortality spell that was used to create the original vampires. Kol merely practiced magic from this world to figure out how magic here worked. However, that told, how could he not know such an important spell as the immortality spell.! Specially, since it was written in his mother’s unguarded grimoire.

Kol made Niklaus drink a little blood from Astrid and then, pushed him aside before he could continue. This time, he controlled his strength a lot better.

At this point, Mikael spoke, “Kol! Your brothers, Finn and Elijah have already been transformed, but even so, this girl now knows too much.”.

Kol raised his voice with a little annoyance, “I don’t care!”. Then he continued, “Father! I have always fancied Astrid! And now that you know this, there will be no further discussion.”.

That aside, he could not just, let her die and even though he was now more powerful than anyone, he could not solve this situation with strength alone, as he could not loose his family, that he never had in his previous life.

At this point, everyone had already calmed down and they were a little surprised by this revelation, even Astrid. If Kol was not doing his witchcraft, he usually just liked to spend time with his siblings and nobody thought of him as something even close to being a romantic. That word was reserved for Elijah and Niklaus.

Kol was looking at Mikael, straight in the eyes as he spoke. Mikael was surprised. He did not expect this to happen. Had love managed to melt the tough, indifferent heart of his dearest son?

Mikael replied, “Alright. She is your responsibility now. Not that it would matter, even if she did tell anyone.”.

Then Mikael relaxed, as if he had thought things through. It was indeed a bit impulsive to just kill the girl. No one would believe her anyway, and even if they did, Mikael had a high reputation here. It was thanks to him and his wife’s witchcraft that everyone could relocate in the new world and escape the plagues that had overran the old one.

Kol then had a complicated expression. He was an a.d.u.l.t, yet he still suffered from these teenage hormones. Adding the fact that he had not been with a women since he came to this world, the situation was obvious.

He looked at Astrid and spoke to her, “Look Astrid! I am quite sure that father had not explained anything to you before he suddenly decided to kidnap you, so all this might be a bit, too sudden for you to comprehend, but you need to just listen to my words, so you can think things clearly when you have calmed down. Do I have your attention!?”.

Astrid was stupefied by what she had just witnessed. Mikael had told her that Rebekah had called her to play and then, she was dragged here. She had many questions along the way, like why would Mikael himself come to take her, but she couldn’t just ask Mikael. She was just a girl and Mikael was a fierce warrior. She could only obey. Even if Mikael did not give her an excuse for his actions, the weak could only obey the strong in this day and age.

As soon as they arrived here, her friend Rebekah and her brother turned into demons and nearly drained all her blood and killed her. She subconsciously looked up when she heard the voice of Rebekah’s other brother, who had just rescued her life.

Kol, then raised his hand for a handshake as he continued, “I am not as romantic as my brothers Niklaus or Elijah but you now know a big secret of our family and promising to not tell anyone, just won’t do. Father will talk to your parents later, but you need to accept, that we are now stuck together. I know that it is not fair, but I promise to do right by you.”

Since Kol was using illusion on himself that made him look his normal height, he could not touch someone for too long, as they might find something wrong, so he chose the handshake, rather than a comfort hug.

‘Is this a declaration of love?’, Astrid asked herself. ‘This guy is so crude!’, ‘but’, with a doubtful and somewhat fearful expression, Astrid looked at Mikael. ‘Would he kill me?’, Then, she looked at Kol.

Since there was no comfort hug, Astrid was still a little fearful, but she had not yet lost her reason.

Astrid had always though that Kol was a bit weird. He always stayed holed up in a separate room, doing his witchcraft and rarely ever came out. After a little contemplation, Astrid realized that this was the only way for her to survive. Her family would not save her, if they knew that Mikael wanted her dead.

Astrid then shook hands with Kol and agreed with a mild, “Hmm” and a little nod, but inside her head, she was asking herself, how withdrawn and introvert one would have to be to use handshaking as a gesture for love. She completely ignored the fact that Kol’s hand seemed a bit too big.

At this point, Niklaus suddenly interrupted, “Very smooth brother! It seems, when it comes to the battle of romance, you have me defeated.! I could never do such a good handshaking.”.

Rebekah laughed on the side and for a moment it seemed, as if what had happened just now was completely forgotten, but everyone was still shocked inside.

When people perceive no danger in certain incomprehensible situations, they often tend to hide their lingering fears and anxiety with jokes and laughter.

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After a while, Mikael went out, to talk to Astrid’s family and Esther was away as well.

On the other hand, Kol comforted his siblings. They were still a little shaken up from being stabbed to death by their own father. He explained to them, what he knew of vampires and how their original family differed from other vampires that they could turn later.

He then explained to them that the spell that he used on himself was a little different from what was used on them, and took the opportunity to ask for a few test tubes of blood from each one of them, for research. Simple things like test-tubes could easily be created with transmutation magic. He took extra few from Niklaus, the hybrid and put everything in the mirror dimension.

Kol knew that the time was approaching for him to leave. He had always wanted a family and now he had one, but it did not mean that he had to spend the eternity with them. He had already spent twenty four years with them and now, he d.e.s.i.r.ed to roam free for a few years before reuniting with them one day.

There was just one more thing left for him to do. A benevolent act that would keep their family bond, everlasting.