Mikaelson Salvatore

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Nik drags me to Bex's place and the door opens and Stefan is standing there. "Leaving so soon?"Nik asked "I don't appreciate you invading my privacy like some kind of creeping Tom." Bex said as she is putting on a robe. "Well, I apologize for breaking up this sordid little tryst, but I do have some urgent business. Or have you forgotten that our paranoid brother Kol is running around with a white oak stake and homicide on the brain?" Nik asked "He tried to kill me last night. I didn't forget." Bex said "Yes. Well, unfortunately, he seems to have absconded with my set of daggers." Nik said "Oh, poor Nik. However will you get your way without your precious daggers? They were so handy when you wanted to end a conversation with one of us." Bex said "Kol's irrational fear of Silas has pushed him off the edge. We need to put him down before he does any more damage." My head snaps around at Nik when he says that. "Now, I know you have the last dagger, and I know you have some white ash, so hand it over." Nik said "Hmm. And leave myself unprotected? You can file that request under "no chance in hell." Be gone by the time I've showered. Lurkers aren't welcome here." Bex said and she goes to her bathroom and I hear the shower turn on.

"I need that dagger, Stefan. Talk some sense into her." Nik said "Why don't you talk some sense into her? I'm headed home to play prison guard to Damon. He's on lockdown ever since Kol compelled him to kill Jeremy last night." Stefan said "You see? That's my point exactly. If you let Kol run free, then Jeremy won't live to see his junior prom, and we can kiss our map to the cure good-bye. But if you help me dagger Kol, Damon will be uncompelled, Jeremy will live, and we'll all be on our merry way to a human Elena." Nik said

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Stefan and I walk down to the cellar where Damon is. "Gonna snap my neck again? Because I woke up feeling completely unmurderous, and I'm pretty sure that it's safe to set me free." Stefan throws a vial of blood to Damon. "You practically bled me dry. At least spring for a bag or something. I'm thirsty." Stefan sets a water bottle between the bars on the door. "Not exactly what I had in mind." Damon said and he gets up to come get the bottle and Stefan moved out of the way so Nik can stand in front of the door. "Hello mate." Nik said "What the hell are you doing here?" Damon asked "Babysitting." Nik said "Give him a vial of blood every couple of hours so he doesn't desiccate. If he gets too much strength back or if he just annoys you, bleed him out again." Stefan said "Silent treatment uh? He's still pissed at me for sleeping with Elena." Damon said "Are you sure about that? Because I caught him trying to sneak out of Rebekah's bed this morning, which would suggest to me that he's moved on." Nik said

"Well, well. Looks like my brother ripped out a page of my revenge sex handbook." Damon said "Well, why don't you two enjoy your little, uh, villain bonding time? I'll let you know when I get the dagger from Rebekah." Stefan said and he leaves. "You know, none of this would be an issue if you'd have just done your job properly. I was perfectly willing to let you train Jeremy." Nik said "No, you weren't. Are you kidding? You got there on day two. Do you know how hard it is to get these X-Box brains to focus?" Damon asked "And then when I turned a room full of barflies into vampires for him to slaughter, you let Kol kill them." Nik said "Your brother problem, not mine, buddy." Damon said "And whose bright idea was it to saddle Jeremy with a conscience, hmm?" Nik asked "Well, we couldn't have him trying to stake Elena in her sleep, now, could we?" Damon asked

"Ah, yes, for the love of Elena. How is it that she manages to overlook every horrific thing you've ever done? Is it willful ignorance or perhaps something more pathological?" I ask "Some people are just more capable of forgiveness than others. Bet you score about a negative 500 in that realm." Damon said "Come on. There must be a secret. It can't just be the sire bond. What is it? Compulsion? Manipulation? What is it you say to her?" Nik asked "I think this has something to do with a certain blond vampire. I think you murdered Carol Lockwood, and I think you're worried that Caroline's never going to forgive you." Damon said "You've done worse." Nik said "Debatable. See, I don't mind being the bad guy, because somebody has to fill that role and get things done. You do bad things for no reason. You do them to be a dick." Damon said "Debatable." Nik said "If you're gonna be bad, be bad with purpose. Otherwise you're just not worth forgiving." Damon said