Hey guys, here is the beta'd version of this chapter! Yes, I know i should have gotten a beta when I first started but I didn't, so re-read this chapter if you'd like because there are some changes :)

Thank you to my beta tvdbloodlust-tumblr for fixing up this chapter!


Klaus stood on the porch of the Gilbert house with tears welling in his eyes. He saw his brother's body burn before him and couldn't help the feeling of despair that went through him.

Kol wasn't supposed to die... He only intended to dagger him until he was able to secure and destroy the cure, only to be reunited with his youngest brother in time.

He saw Elena and Jeremy standing there, both looking at him with fear in their eyes.

"What did you do!?" Klaus yelled out, enraged.

"We had no other choice, Klaus." The doppelganger stated anxiously.

Klaus looked at his brother's decomposing corpse and fought the urge to rip both Gilbert's heads off and be done with them.. and every problem in this godforsaken town.

"I will burn this house to the ground and when you try to flee I will kill you without a second thought." Klaus said dangerously low, making sure Elena and Jeremy could still hear his promise.

"If you kill us, you'll never get to the cure." The hunter said stepping in front of Elena protectively.

Klaus smirked at their stupidity and self-centredness and dictated, "I was never going to use the cure. I was going to destroy it. LET ME IN!" Klaus yelled out, banging against the protective barrier both Gilbert's appreciated.

Both of them jumped back as fear coursed through them, stumbling towards the kitchen.

Klaus suddenly grabbed his head in excruciating pain, his eyes rolling back and he fell to his knees in agony. Bonnie walked straight into the house and demanded, "Let him in, Jeremy."

Jeremy and Elena looked at one another, confused but they agreed, trusting Bonnie. Elena nodded, comforting her brother. "Come in."

When Klaus heard those words all of the pain subsided and he immediately ran into the house, feeling nothing but rage coursing through his veins. He was going to make them suffer, he would make them regret even the thought of killing Kol. Elena wasn't going to have it easy... First he would kill Jeremy, making Elena watch as the life disappeared from her precious little brother's eyes. He would follow that up by killing the Salvatore's, stringing that out as unpleasantly as possible, almost fitting mirroring the way she's treated both brothers... After Klaus was done with them he would make Elena wish for death. He would not spare her. Not now. No amount of hybrids were worth it knowing the cause of his brothers death was allowed to happily live her life.

"Go into the living room!" Bonnie yelled out towards Elena and Jeremy, watching them eagerly agree, hoping whatever Bonnie had in mind would work.

Elena and Jeremy ran into the living room, looking behind them as Klaus ran after them. He was about to grab the doppelganger and twist her neck to feel some ounce of satisfaction when there was suddenly a barrier in between himself and Elena.

He banged on the invisible barrier and Bonnie stood forward, with a satisfied look on her face.

"Witch! Let me out. You can't do this!" Klaus yelled out, beginning to tire from his relentless efforts to escape. How dare they undermine him.

"You don't know what I can do, Klaus." Bonnie said before turning away from him and walking towards Elena and Jeremy. They left the house and Klaus was stuck in the living room, completely stunned that they had managed to pull this off.

He paced in the little space that was available, fuming. This was far from what he thought tonight would hold. Suddenly, he noticed an object lying on the floor under the coffee table. He picked it up and noticed that it was an iPhone with earphones tangled haphazardly and a lone crack down the screen.

Klaus unlocked it and he saw a picture of Kol smiling, looking genuinely happy. Klaus held the iPhone close to his chest and fell to his knees, clutching it to his heart. He lost another brother once again and he couldn't do anything about it.. Not yet at least.

Klaus would kill them all and he wouldn't blink twice, no amount of revenge would match up to what they've done... Klaus grabbed a pillow from the couch and dropped it onto the floor, lowering his head onto it with a weak sigh.

As he lay down he went to the photo gallery in the iPhone. There were over 2,000 pictures of Kol, making Klaus blink restlessly, trying to avoid his tears from spilling over. The majority of the pictures were of himself and numerous girls. Klaus couldn't help but smirk at Kol's antics, he always was the sibling who saw and seeked the fun side of eternal life. Klaus stopped at a picture of him and all of his siblings. It was the night of the ball his mother had thrown, before the guests began to arrive. He remembered Rebekah's incessant demands for them to take a picture together, muttering something about it being great that they were all back together. At the back of the photograph was Kol and himself, Kol's arm draped over Klaus' shoulder.

He looked through each of the photos with despair. Even though there were times he couldn't stand Kol's presence, he still loved him and always would. Nothing was more important than the bond of family.

Klaus turned to his side and faced the television. If he was going to be stuck in here for a length of time he'd have to occupy himself. The worst thing he could do would be to let his mind wander to his brother. He went to the music channels and noticed a bunch of new rap songs on there. He couldn't stand the majority of the music in this time, he found it completely unpleasant, but he turned it on anyway. He listened to each song fighting the never ending urge to rip his own hair out, but it effectively drowned out his thoughts.

Eventually, he found himself looking over his shoulder to Kol's rotting body. Klaus closed his eyes and tears began to fall freely. He didn't wipe them away, he just let them go.


Caroline sat on her bed and decided to call Elena. She dialed Elena's number and sighed when she got connected to voicemail. Caroline huffed in annoyance, this was becoming a regular occurrence, because she knew that Elena was still mad at her for telling Stefan that she'd slept with Damon. She tried to call her again but she still wouldn't answer.

Caroline huffed loudly as she got off of her bed and stormed over to her closet. There was no way Elena could stay mad at her for telling Stefan, he would have found out eventually. Better coming from a friend than him walking in on them, Caroline thought. She chose a pair of beige sweat pants and threw a sweatshirt over her black tank top. Lazily she went downstairs, grabbing her keys from the table beside the door and headed for Elena's house.

Caroline was exhausted, she had spent the past two days in the Lockwood mansion with Tyler. He was mourning his mother's death and she knew she couldn't leave him on his own. She felt horrible for his loss, being as close to Mrs Lockwood as she was. She whispered reassuring words into his ear and held him for the majority of the time she was there. That was all they did.

Caroline got to the Town Square and pulled her car up to the 24 hour liquor store. She got four bottles of champagne and when the cashier asked her for ID she had to compel him. Oh the perks of being a vampire.

After throwing the champagne into the backseat of her car she went to the pizzeria, buying a large pizza for her and Elena to share. Hopefully.

Caroline soon got to the Gilbert household and noticed immediately that something wasn't right. Elena's car was gone and she didn't notice any light coming from the house. She turned the door knob and was surprised that it opened. That was strange, she thought. Elena would always lock her doors. She quietly tiptoed her way in and focused her hearing to see if anybody was home. There were no sounds.

She quietly walked into the living room, glancing around expecting the worst when she noticed someone lying on the floor facing the black screen of the television. She immediately thought that it was Matt as she noticed blonde hair so she walked into the living room, instantly worried and dropped the pizza and champagne onto the couch before crouching down beside him.

She noticed it was Klaus lying there with newly shed tears spilling down his face, trailing down his cheeks. He had earphones in his ears and held an iPhone close to himself, as if it were some sort of safety net.

"Klaus?" Caroline stammered.

Klaus turned at the sound of his name and didn't recognize who it was, the tears that pooled in his eyes blinding him momentarily. He quickly leaped effortlessly at the intruder and positioned himself on top of them, pinning them to the floor. His eyes yellowed and his fangs prolonged.

It was Caroline, he realised as she whimpered softly under him.

He got off of her quickly and made his way to the couch. He sat down silently, resuming his new pastime of looking at Kol's phone and thinking of how different his life will be without his brother in it.

"Klaus, what happen?" Caroline asked softly as she got off of the floor and walked over to him.

"Why are you here, Caroline?" Klaus asked tiredly, expecting her efforts of distraction as usual.

"I came over because I wanted to see Elena."

"Well she's not here. Just go." Klaus complained.

"Wait, why are you even here? Tell me what happened!" Caroline yelled out frustrated. Gosh this guy had a serious case of mood swings, she thought.

Klaus looked up at Caroline sadly. He didn't need nor want her seeing him like this. Weak. Useless. Pathetic.

Caroline noticed the sad, detached look in Klaus' eyes and she sat down next to him.

"Please tell me what happened." Caroline insisted more calmly.

"You're friend's brother killed my brother." Klaus simply said.

"What?" Caroline asked not believing what he was saying. She had no clue that this was going to happen. Her friends had obviously kept her out of the loop yet again. She looked over the couch towards the kitchen and then she noticed it, eliciting a small gasp. Kol's body was rotting inches away from his brother. She instantly felt sympathetic for Klaus, having to sit here all night would be torture. Then she remembered that if an original was killed, that meant that their whole lineage would be killed as well. Her friend's have killed god only knows how many people when killing Kol.

"Why would they do that?" Caroline asked angrily. Did Elena even think about those innocent vampires that were just like them? She wondered.

"I don't know, but once I get out of here I will kill them. Elena. Jeremy. Bonnie. Damon and Stefan. All of them."

"You can't do that." Caroline said shocked.

"Watch me." Klaus said with no emotion in his voice.

"Please, don't hurt them Klaus. I'll do anything you want just leave them be." Caroline begged.

"Leave them be? I will not let them get away with my brother's murder. I will avenge Kol's death." Klaus said firmly, moving only to look Caroline straight in the eyes, emphasising the sincerity of his promise.

Caroline looked down sadly and then a thought occurred to her, "Why are you still here?" She observed.

"Your witchy friend did some spell that doesn't allow me to get out."

"You're kidding." Caroline said and face palmed herself. Sometimes Caroline thought that they didn't have any common sense at all. Leaving Klaus in here with his brother's body would only make him more furious.

"Please, love. Just go. I want to be left alone." Klaus pleaded, his voice shaky from crying earlier.

Caroline silently nodded and got off of the couch. She left the champagne and pizza sitting and turned to head to the front door.

"Aren't you going to take your stuff?" Klaus asked as he motioned to the discarded bottles and box.

"I think you need it more than me." Caroline said honestly, a small smile playing on her lips.

Suddenly, she was knocked back as she tried to get out of the living room but she kept on slamming into an invisible barrier.

"Wonderful…" Caroline said sarcastically.

Klaus looked up at her confused and asked, "Something wrong?"

"Looks like Bonnie's spell doesn't allow any vampire to get out."

Klaus smirked. "Well, this should be interesting.." Klaus said with a half grin on his face.

"Ugh!" Caroline huffed as she sat on the couch. "This can't be happening!" Caroline screamed out angrily.

"But it is, I promise to behave." Klaus said innocently.

Caroline looked to him and noticed that there was still sadness in his eyes.

"I'm sorry for your loss, Klaus." Caroline said honestly.

Klaus nodded at her and sat down on the floor. He couldn't look at her, not now and he sure as hell didn't need her pity.


There you have it! The beta'd version :) I hope this chapter was better than the original.

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