Stiles and Kol sitting in a tree B L O O D Y

Hello Mikael

September 17th 2010

Kol is laying in Stiles' bed, staring at the ceiling and listening to his loves heart beating. He knows Stiles is awake, Stiles knows Kol is awake, neither say anything. Instead Stiles rests his head on Kol's shoulder and just breathes him in. It's nice, calming and for a second it feels like nothing has happened. Elena didn't upend Becca's world view, Mikael hasn't shown up in town and Stiles has never died. It's peaceful, so of course Stiles has to ruin it.

"Are you sure you want to go through with this plan?" Stiles whispers.

"Yes...no...I don't know. Nik is my brother." Kol points out.

"And Becca is you sister, Mikael is your father and Esther was your mother." Stiles reminds.

"Becca would forgive me. Mikael would be dead and Esther can rot as far as I care." Kol huffs.

"You're allowed to be with angry with and still care for your parents Kol." Stiles informs.

"You sound like you want me to turn my back on Nik." Kol says, sounding slightly snippy.

"You know thats not what I'm doing Kol. I'm just trying to make sure that you'll be able to live with the consequences of our actions." Stiles reminds.

"It's either we follow the plan or we do nothing. And if we do nothing..." Kol sighs.

"If we do nothing and someone you love ends up dead or collateral then you'd never forgive yourself." Stiles nods.

"Mikael would kill you the moment Nik is dead." Kol points out.

"Mikael would kill everyone in town just to get a chance at killing Nik. Which is why we've got to give him an opening and then we've got to destroy it. Is Nik okay with being bait?" Stiles asks.

"It was his idea. Something about trusting those around him to have his back...I think being surrounded by werewolves has given him brain damage." Kol jokes.

"I'm happy for him. I just hope it lasts, you know how Nik can be. One thing goes wrong and he's ten paces back." Stiles chuckles.

"And theres no way he's going to risk making himself look weak in front of the enemy." Kol reminds.

"Yep, that too. Does it ever feel to you like we're the parents of a particularly unruly child?" Stiles inquires.

"All the damn time." Kol laughs.

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"All right, let's say that Mikael followed Elena in here. He tried to grab her, so he could use her as bait." Stefan suggests.

"And you what? Vervained him?" Elena asks.

"No, we vervained him! The guy is an Original. To make it realistic." Damon adds.

"Okay fine. We vervained him, in the process discovered that he had a dagger." Stefan continues.

"Which he planned to use on...Kol? He seems like the more threatening target, no offense." Elena says.

"None taken, Kol is far more likely to attempt to kill Mikael on sight." Becca nods.

"So, we drove the dagger through his heart." Stefan finishes.

"What happens when he asks to see Mikael's body?" Elena questions.

"Panic." Stiles huffs as he leans his head against Kol.

He's not sure what it is with today but after speaking with Kol this morning he got a killer headache, it's making him snappish.

"Good point. You, my brother, have been compelled to do what Klaus says. So the idea is to lure him back here and kill him...the last thing we need is you getting tripped up and tongue tied." Damon reminds.