Above It All " SEQUEL TO ABOVE ALL ELSE "

Chapter 3

The moment the stone was clasped within her hand she gasped, her vision going blurry and Caroline's questioning voice fading into the background.

"Eve?" Caroline rushed around the table to find the young girl's eyes, with her pupils blown so wide they looked pure black, staring at nothing, her mouth open with a soundless scream of horror. "Oh my God, Eve! Kol!"

Kol flashed to their side as Caroline held the young girl's head in her lap trying fruitlessly to wake her. His eyes rapidly scanned her, trying to figure out what had happened before he saw a bit of stone peeking out from her clenched fist.

"Shit."

"What? What's wrong with her?" Caroline asked as she tried to sooth the trembling girl by rubbing her head.

"Arfvedsonite."

"I don't think making weird animal noises is helping." Caroline scolded as Eve began thrashing.

"It's not a sound, it's the name of the stone she's holding. It's a highly powerful stone that just happens to promote visions of the near future." His forehead wrinkled as he studied the thrashing girl, "She must be caught in a vision. Don't worry, it won't harm her and thankfully as powerful as the stone may be, it's effects don't last very long."

As if to echo his assurance, Eve's body went limp as she gasped blinking her eyes until they were back to normal. Kol narrowed his eyes as the stone fell from her grasp, plucking it up and turning its now colorless form in his hand. Whatever the girl had seen must have been something indeed. In all his years he had never seen the stone lose its color like this before.

"Eve, sweetie, are you okay?" Caroline softly asked the still trembling girl.

"Darkness. So much darkness. I...I couldn't get out. Couldn't stop it from happening."

"What did you see Eve?" Kol knelt closer to her, his face a blank slate as he covertly hid the stone in his pocket.

"I...I'm not sure. It...there was so much. Too much to understand." Her dull eyes flicked to Caroline, "Darkness and blood." Glancing back to Kol before she passed out.

"Should we try and wake her back up? Is she okay?" She felt a little better now that Eve had snapped out of whatever was happening to her, but her concern still shone within her eyes.

"She just needs to rest and regain her strength. Give her to me and I'll get her back to the Coven." Kol gently scooped her up into his arms, he didn't miss the looks Eve had given him. She had obviously seen something she did not want to tell him in front of Caroline. What that something was he had no idea. Maybe she only wished to figure her vision out for herself, only time would tell.

Caroline watched in worry as Kol carried the girl out of the room, "Do you think her vision means something?"

"Absolutely. But as to what that something is, we won't know until she can decipher just what it was that she saw."

Caroline followed him out to his car, opening the backdoor so he could gently lay her across the seat. As worried as she was about Eve she knew from Bonnie that passing out after a vision was pretty normal. A smirk curved her lips as an idea hit her while Kol carefully closed the backdoor.

"A young girl is passed out in my backseat and you're smiling." Kol stated suspiciously, knowing no good could come from whatever was running through the blonde's head.

Caroline grinned as she backed away from him, her arms swinging with glee, "Looks like you just found the perfect reason to call Bonnie back. She's pretty good with this vision stuff."

At Kol's shell-shocked face she spun on her heels she laughed loudly as she went back inside the club.

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