Did he forget just how much he hated to be in closed in spaces? Jeremy was standing outside the grounds of the Salvatore School with his lungs drinking in as much air as he could to try and lower his anxiety levels. He operated mostly on the downlow or with the minimal amount of people around. The Brotherhood of the Five was supposed to be efficient killers of supernatural creatures in a one on one setting. Jeremy was exactly that. He’d operated best with just himself or at the most Anna with him.

Jeremy was still walking around just outside the door of the kitchen pacing around trying to catch his breath again. He was starting to wonder if Anna would come looking for him soon. They were joined at the hip. If he knew one thing, then Anna knew the other. They were the perfect team. Granted he was a member of the Five and she was a vampire, it still worked well for them both. He was thankful he had her. He would definitely be lost without her. He didn’t need to be some grumpy old lonely man. He saw what that was doing to Alaric. He took a deep breath and headed back into the kitchen and back into the main floor of the ball.

Jeremy crossed the threshold back into the ball just in enough time to see the chaos. Tyler was holding someone and a crowd was starting to gather. Jeremy couldn’t tell who it was or what had happened. Something about it was all wrong though. His hunter senses were roused. He started toward where Tyler was, but thought better of it. He saw something else that caught his attention, or rather someone else.

Kol Mikaelson was like a bad penny. He just kept turning up at the most inopportune places. If someone was hurt, Jeremy was absolutely convinced that if Kol was within 3 meters of the problem, he was the source of it. Jeremy cast him a frosty glance that was understood between the two men. If Kol was behind this, Jeremy would find out and Jeremy would be quick to find the nearest piece of White Oak. If he had to take out Rebekah in the process, he would. why put down one Original when you can take out two? This was not the time or the place however. He’d have his chance with the Mikaelsons, hopefully sooner rather than later.

Jeremy took a sharp turn to the left to try and find his sister. If someone knew what was happening, it would be Elena. Elena was close to Caroline. Those two were like sisters. When Bonnie was around, Jeremy remembered locking himself in his room as a kid. He’d had one too many nights of the three girls having a sleepover and him being used as the makeup model. He still had cringed at the sight of lavender nail polish and bright orange lipstick. He shivered just thinking about it.

One of the students ran by Jeremy with a glass of water. He reached out to stop the girl that was actually a witch. “Hey, what’s going on here? Is someone hurt?” Jeremy asked with great concern in his tone. His super enhanced hunter senses were going off the wall. It was like they were sounding at Def-Con 5. He was pacing back and forth like a caged animal. He wasn’t going to be able to stand still for much longer.

Murmuring in the party was starting to increase. The talks of conspiracy and an attempted murder were starting to fill the room. Tensions were running high and everyone was scared. Jeremy couldn’t blame them. He was getting the urge to hurt something. She stopped to speak to Jeremy. The girl’s mascara was running from where she’d been crying. “It’s Ms Forbes. They said she was poisoned!” The girl took back off and ran in the direction that Tyler was hovering over someone. This was starting to get serious.

Caroline was poisoned? That hit Jeremy’s soul like a ton of bricks. He found himself right in the face of Kol Mikaelson grasping The Wily Fox by the lapel. “What did you do to Caroline?” Jeremy growled through clenched teeth. He didn’t realize that Kol was innocent this time. In his own mind, he knew that when Kol was around people tended to die. He was like a dog with a bone however. He was holding onto Kol even if it was going to get him a black eye or a broken nose. He figured he’d heal.

The sounds of the hullabaloo with Jeremy and Kol was spreading through the ball. There was a fire in the eyes of the younger brother of Elena Gilbert. He didn’t like Kol Mikaelson and he knew Kol didn’t like him too much either. His fingers were so tightly clenched on the lapel of the jacket that the fabric was starting to tear. This was getting to be on the serious side when it came to the younger Gilbert. He was about to get hurt or even worse right about now and he didn’t even care.

Kaleb Hawkins was standing close by to this entire scene. He thought better of trying to get between Jeremy Gilbert and Hope’s uncle. The vampire who had once played Damon Salvatore in the school musical decided to do the next best thing than getting involved himself. He immediately zipped at his top vampire speed to where Elena Gilbert was. “Ms. G, you’re gonna have to come and get your brother. Kol MIkaelson is about to turn him into a crash test dummy, if someone doesn’t stop him.” There was loud shouting that was echoing nearly everywhere, so Elena would be able to pick out Jeremy’s voice if she was listening. Kaleb was really concerned however and didn’t want anyone else to get hurt.

Jeremy’s lips were curled with rage. He was ready to rip Kol’s head clean off his body if he could do it. At the rate his heightened senses were rushing adrenaline through his body, this was something that could actually happen.