Breathing ∞ Kol Mikaelson [1]

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Emma lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling, nails tapping against the surface of her phone which lay on her stomach. A part of her hated this, hated being entirely out of the loop as everyone else went out there to save the day. She had no idea what was going on, whether the plan was working, and whether they were all alright. And it wasn't like she could just call someone. So, instead, she had to wait for someone to call her.

That was another reason she wasn't planning on following in her mother's footsteps when it came to being this siphoner thing or whatever. She could use it not only to protect herself but also to help her friends. She just needed to learn how to do that. It wasn't like Emma could just walk up to Bonnie and ask her to teach her how to be a bigger threat to their group. Although, if the Mikaelsons were leaving, maybe she actually could.

Emma had also considered going to Kol about it and telling him the truth about it. He knew about magic, he could help her as he himself said. She couldn't help but laugh at the thought. He did also say he was expecting her to come to him on her own sooner or later and here she was debating doing just that.

But to be able to do anything she had to know he was okay first. God, she really hoped he was okay. That all of them were. Hell, even Elena's vampire friends too. If something went wrong, she wouldn't be surprised if their plan shifted, discarding any idea of helping the Originals in favour of helping themselves first.

Holding in a very loud groan, Emma stood from the bed and started to pace the length of her room. She tried to be as quiet as possible, knowing that by now her mother had already gone to bed and not wanting to wake her. Things with Marissa were tense yet again, and Emma hated it. But that was an issue she could focus on fixing once all of the Alaric troubles were over and handled.

And because of that, and her worried messy mind, once the sound of buzzing started to come from the bed, Emma was jumping on top of the covers to grab her phone, answering the incoming call after only one ring only sparing a moment to glance at the name displayed on her screen.

"Oh thank you! Are you alright? Did everything go okay?" Her questions were instant, a small smile on her face as she was ready to hear some good news and finally relax. But the relief started disappearing the longer her questions were met with silence on the other end of the call. "Kol? Please say something."

"It's... It's Klaus." Kol finally spoke, but he sounded no where near to reassuring. Quite the opposite, the shock in his voice was doing well to mask some of the pain, but Emma could still hear it. "He's dead."

Emma froze at the news, growing silent herself as she tried to process it herself. It seemed impossible. He was Klaus Mikaelson for Christ's sake! He couldn't just be... Gone. She remembered the last time she'd seen him, attacked and betrayed by the Salvatores and Tyler. If she'd only thought faster, grabbed Tyler sooner, perhaps she could have done something to stop them. If he hadn't been dessicated, he would have been able to defend himself.

"Where are you?" Emma shook her head, pushing the thoughts into the back of her mind as she blinked away some of the tears which started to pool in her eyes. The plan had gone wrong, and Kol needed her. Rebekah too probably. God, Rebekah! She was the one going to get Klaus' body from Damon. If Alaric had gotten to Klaus, she was in danger too.

"Woods, outside of Mystic Falls." Kol said, listening to the sounds of shuffling coming from Emma's side of the call as she obviously started to head out of her house. "We're waiting for Rebekah. Alaric, he went after her next."

"I'm on my way." Emma said, already heading out of her room before pausing and remembering one more detail. "Have Elijah send me the exact location." She added, knowing it would be pointless to head into the woods without knowing where exactly they were, and she wasn't sure whether Kol had yet learned how to send a ping.