A CRUISE TO HELL AND BACK
The original family had just reunited in a semi peaceful setting. Indeed, while Klaus had gotten rid of Mickeal, the resident of Mystic Fall's had helped them get rid of Esther.
Her evil creation was also dead and so they were free.
While Damon wanted to let Alaric die naturally and wait until he died when he didn't complete the transition, Elijah and Kol had simply re-killed him to ensure that he didn't rise again. They did it right in time too since Bonnie arrived in a sort of trans right after they ripped Alaric's heart out. Esther had been controlling her and the poor girl didn't have any power over anything.
All in all, they were all in a pretty good mood.
Klaus had just collected another bag of Elena's blood with Rebekah's word not to go after her anymore if she did. With that promise, Elena had given him the bag willingly.
They were finally able to grieve for Finn who had been killed by Elena and her friends. Since it had allowed them to learn about the bloodlines and ensured that they all lived, they were thankful to him. He kind of had saved their lives hadn't he?
"We need to be a family and learn to trust each other so people can't use us again each other anymore. We need to spend more time together as a family." Elijah decided as they were all gathered in the sitting room of their Mystic Fall's house.
"I want to do something human, something a normal family does." Rebekah replied, earning rolling eyes from Kol and Klaus.
"Why don't we go on a cruise then?" Kol suggested as he looked through some brochures they had gotten in the mail.
"Where does this come from?" Klaus asked as they all turned their heads to look at Kol.
"Here, in your mail. It looks rather enjoyable..." Kol replied as he handed the brochure to his big brother.
"Three weeks in the middle of the ocean under the sun with hot men and nothing to do... looks fun." Rebekah beamed.
"Hot girls too." Kol added.
"I agree, it would do us some good. Being stuck on a boat would force us to talk." Elijah said.
"That would mean 3 whole weeks without seeing Caroline... That would give Tyler plenty of time to work her up against me again." Klaus complained.
"They are still dating aren't they?" Elijah asked.
"She's warming up to me!" Klaus exclaimed in a defensive tone.
"It's true... I heard her argue with Tyler this morning and by the sound of it it's been frequent lately... The Bennett witch and Elena were talking about how Tyler makes Caroline cry sometimes." Rebekah added.
"Why don't you try and make some sort of deal with her to get her to come with us on the cruise then?" Kol asked Klaus.
"What kind of deal?" Klaus asked curiously.
"Caroline cares a great deal about Elena. You could tell her that if she comes with you on this cruise and spend those 3 weeks getting to know you, you will leave Elena alone for the rest of her life and won't ask for her blood ever again...as long as she gives you a fair chance." Elijah suggested.
"But I need Elena's blood to make my hybrids!" Klaus protested weakly.
"Do you really need hybrids right now?" Elijah asked.
"You're right..." Klaus said thoughtfully before he added "Get us all 1st class cabins on the next cruise. Make sure we have the best. I'll go and make that deal with Caroline now." Klaus replied joyfully before he left the house and ran to Caroline Forbes' house.
"Klaus, what are you doing here?" Caroline asked him as she opened the door.
She looked like she had been crying. It upset Klaus to see her like this but he tried to act like he didn't notice. He knew she was a proud person and probably didn't want him to know she had cried.
"I'm here because I have a deal proposition for you. I'm sure you and your little friends will agree to it." he said.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Why don't we take a walk in town while I expose it to you?"
"Sure, why not. I could use the distraction... I'll be ready in a minute." She replied as she headed inside to grab her purse and do her hair quickly.
When Caroline came back out, they both walked in a comfortable silence to the town's square and they started talking.
"So, what is it you want now?" She asked him.
"My family and I are about to go on a cruise for about three weeks. I want you to come with us and get to know me, really get to know me and give me a fair chance. If it doesn't work out, then I'll let you go as you wish. In exchange, I will leave Elena, her blood and her loved ones alone, weather you decide to stay with me afterward or not." Klaus explained, looking her in the eyes.
As he looked around him, Connor Jordan thought for a moment that he had made a mistake, that for some reasons his flawless hunter instincts had lead him to the wrong town. Beside its weird name Mystic Fall's seemed to be a town like any other.
He walked through the town's square until he felt his instinct spike up.
A vampire was around, and not just any vampire but a very strong one. It was an original and he was walking with a pretty blond that was a younger vampire (probably less than a year...). Connor was really thankful for this magical instinct of his that always showed him what people truly were.
Curious as to what the original and the blond were talking about, he walked closer and, hiding discreetly, he listened to them.
He quickly understood that the original wanted the blond and that they were making some sort of deal.
"So what's you're saying is that if I go on this luxurious cruise for 3 weeks with you and give you a chance, you will stop going after Elena?" Caroline asked.
"Yes, give me a fair chance, get to know me and I will forget Elena's existence all together." Klaus replied with a smile.
"I suppose that I can't take Tyler with me..."
"Now, do you really want him around right now?" Klaus asked with a smirk.
The hunter had been thinking of ways to use the blond in order to get the Original but he changed his mind.
The entire family of Originals was going to be on this cruise in the middle of the ocean... If he worked well they would all be stuck and he would be able to fight them better... Listening carefully, Connor wrote down the name of the cruise and the dates and decided that he could probably use all of his savings for this. Of course he had projects for them but this was more important and it was worth the sacrifice.
He was going on this cruise and he was going to kill some originals.
Later, as he sat in his trailer, packing his bag for the cruise, he smirked at the white oak stake he had found. It's hidden location came to him in a dream, the Original's mother herself told him where to find it. He had in his possession the way to effectively destroy all te vampires in the world and once that's done, he'll have the key to find Silas, use the cure on him and kill him.
"You are not going Caroline!" Tyler growled.
"You can't trust him Caroline!" Elena exclaimed.
"Klaus is an Original and they keep their words... Apparently Klaus was very clear with his words... I think it's a good idea." Stefan said.
"How can you even say that!" Elena exclaimed, looking at him like he had grown a second head.
Ever since Caroline called for a meeting at the Boarding house and told them everything, they had all been arguing.
"Hey!" Caroline yelled, bringing everyone to silence and getting them to look at her. She added: "I didn't come here to ask you for your opinion. I came here to inform you that I was taking this deal. Even if I have a bad time, it's only three weeks and after that he'll leave me alone if I ask him to."
"Why would he do that?" Tyler growled again.
"He has his family now... He's not alone anymore." Stefan concluded.
"You're really going to leave me and go with him on this cruise?" Tyler asked Caroline, ignoring everyone.
"Yes Tyler, I will. I'm tired of this, of us! All we do these days is fight so i'm going and not only will it help us free Elena from him but if we are meant to be together, then we'll know after those 3 weeks. It's not up to discussion anymore!" Caroline snapped.
After those words, Caroline turned around and went back to her place to say goodbye to her mother, who understood her reasons and only wanted for her daughter to be happy and if going on a cruise with a family of Original was what did the trick, she had to accept it.
On the boat
They had been on the boat for a week now and everyone was having fun.
Caroline was seeing a new side of Klaus and had become friendly with Rebekah.
Rebekah, Kol and Elijah spent a lot of time flirting around while their hybrid of a brother was growing very close to Caroline.
The most important point was that they were all getting along and they hadn't had a fight since they decided to leave on this cruise.
Caroline was truly seeing a totally new side of Klaus and she quickly managed to put Tyler in the back of her mind. She was enjoying her time with Klaus and truly could see them working as a couple. She was starting to think that maybe Klaus was the one she was meant to be with, not Tyler.
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In his small second class cabin, Connor was jubilant. Everything had been sorted out and soon, he would be able to achieve the goal of his life.
Caroline and Klaus were dancing along with several others couple in the ball room and kissing on the lips occasionally. It felt good for them both to be this carefree. As they danced, they felt like they were in their own happy bubble when suddenly, everything stopped.
There was no sound except for the heart beats of the humans surrounding them and chatter all around. The lights turned off and even the water wasn't running anymore. People were worried and scared.
"What's going on?" Caroline asked Klaus in a slightly scared voice.
"I'm not sure... Let's wait and play human, we'll see what they tell us." He replied, doing his best to reassure her and keeping her in his arms. He was happy that she had finally agreed to give him a chance and to let him love her and he hoped nothing was going to come and ruin it for them.
They had to wait almost 30 minutes in the dark for the Captain to come and stand before them. Klaus could hear his second and other crew member doing the same all over the boat. He very calmly told them that there was a general break down in the machinery and that nothing was working anymore. They couldn't even contact the exterior world and nobody would get any cell phone reception so they had to wait patiently for someone to worry about them or notice them not moving. He reassured them, saying that it wouldn't be long and that everyone should go back to his cabin and try to get some rest. He even added that they were working hard on trying to fix everything and that they would probably be working again in a few days.
"Come Love, let's go and try to find my siblings." Klaus said as he pulled Caroline toward the corridor that held all of their cabins.
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They all had cabins next to each other at the end of the first class corridor and they arrived at the same time. Elijah was about to say something when suddenly, a man appeared at the end of the corridor, blocking their way out with a confident look on his face.
"Well, well, well, isn't this the perfect picture." He sneered.
"Who are you?" Klaus growled.
"I'm your worst nightmare." Connor replied before he shot in Caroline's direction with an arrow.
"No!" Klaus exclaimed in terror as he ran in vampire speed to position himself between them, getting the arrow in his shoulder.
Connor was about to shoot again when a giggling and making out couple arrived behind him. He hid his weapons and ran away while the vampires all entered Klaus's room.
Elijah pulled the arrow out and gasped when he saw the symbol that was on it. Everyone else looked at it and his siblings gasped as well and got look of horror on their faces.
"Who was that man? Why didn't you just go and snap his neck?" Caroline asked.
"You see that mark Caroline?" Elijah asked her as he showed it to her.
"I've never seen it before." She replied honestly, wondering what was going on. She hoped nobody was going to rip her new found happiness away. She wanted more time with Klaus, she had been so happy those past few days...
"We did." Rebekah said as she sat down like she was remembering a very painful event.
"It's the hunter's mark. A long time ago, a witch created 5 hunters with the power to kill vampires..." Elijah started.
Then they proceeded to tell her the story behind the Hunter and its mark. When they were done, Caroline was just as scared as the rest of them was.
"But he can't kill you, you're originals and there is no more white oak ash...right?" Caroline protested.
"I'm sure he has a way... The white oak stake our mother created was never found and we supposed that it got destroyed when Alaric died but..." Elijah said.
"You think he has it in his possession!" Caroline completed in horror.
"He could kill all of us here! I'm sure he's responsible for what happened to the boat." Kol growled.
"Can't we jump in the water and swim back to the mainland?" Rebekah asked.
"We're too far away and it would raise suspicion if we did." Klaus said.
"And we can't even kill him because if we do we'll be haunted for who knows how long..." Elijah explained.
They kept on talking together for a while and ended up deciding that they should stay together and be careful. Connor wouldn't act in public so all they had to do was to stick together and appear in public, always.
While everyone slept that night, Kol looked at his family and left the room after leaving a small note behind.
He silently walked around the boat thinking hard about the hunter. He had his scent in his memory and it didn't take him long to spot him.
He was an original vampire and a very skilled fighter, he would be strong enough to kill an hunter right?
Just like he wrote in the note he left behind him, protecting his family was worth it and he didn't mind suffering through the visions as long as he could kill the hunter and free his family from the threat he represented. His brother Klaus had finally found love and he deserved to keep it. Plus, last time they encountered Hunters, Klaus was the one that ended with the curse on him. Kol knew it wouldn't be right to let him do it again when he had just now found happiness.
As soon as he found the right room, the door opened to an armed Hunter. he didn't even have to knock or bust the door open.
Of course Connor had sensed the vampire coming and he was ready for a fight. He made sure he was ready the minute he had walked back into his small cabin.
Kol immediately jumped on the hunter and closed the door behind him with a kick of his foot. He aimed to break the man's neck in one move but Connor had the stake hidden in his sleeve and planted it right into the original vampire's heart who opened wide eyes under the shock of it all.
The fight had been short but Connor had to use so much strengths that has was super tired.
He sat back on his small bed as the younger male of the original family burned before his eyes.
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Caroline was the first to wake up in the early morning and after kissing Klaus's neck sweetly, she looked around the spacious room and noticed immediately that something was wrong.
"Klaus, wake up! Kol's missing!" She shouted.
Those words woke up everyone and they soon found his note.
"Don't be mad at me, I love my family and it's for you that I'm doing this.
Suffering through the hunter's curse is worth it. In the past Klaus did it for us all, it's my turn to play hero.
It's 1:00 am when I leave this room. If I'm not back in 3 hours it means this hunter is stronger than us.
I never said it much but I love you all.
- Kol."
They all looked at the note and in one move, decided to go and search for him. They opened the door to leave but found something in front of their door.
"Is that...?" Caroline asked in shock as she hugged Klaus.
"Yes... It's Kol's body in a sheet..." Elijah whispered as he carried their brother inside.
"But it's temporary right? He will come back to life?" Caroline asked.
"He's dead... That hunter killed him... Kol was an excellent and really skilled fighter... If this hunter can kill him... none of us are safe!" Rebekah exclaimed in a terrified voice between her tears.
They all stayed in the room for the day, needing to grieve for Kol.
Caroline just wanted to be present for Klaus and the others. She knew that Klaus needed her so she stayed in his arms and didn't let go of him.
The next morning they decided to leave the room and after changing clothes, they went to the dinning room that was full of people waiting for news of the reparations or rescue.
Since there was so much people around them, they separated ways for a moment and while Caroline and Klaus were making out and Rebekah was feeding, Elijah found himself face to face with the hunter that had killed his younger brother.
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Connor felt the tattoo growing considerably on his skin but didn't care if it was complete or not, he needed to kill them all. In his mind, everything was very clear: One down, 3 to go.
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"What do you want?" Elijah barked at the hunter.
Connor kept his cool and explained to the oldest Original that he wanted to make a deal so everyone survived. It took a lot of convincing but Elijah ended up believing him.
The hunter knew he wouldn't be able to get the original away from the crowd so he settled himself close to an hidden exit and pretended to be interesting in the negotiations they were having. Hew as grateful that he decided to go after the one vampire that had morals and didn't want to kill in a public place.
He waited a while and, just when they were about to shake on it, Connor pushed the stake in Elijah's heart and pulled him out to the empty corridor, willing to hide him before he started to burn in public.
Of course Klaus, Rebekah and Caroline had noticed Elijah speaking with the hunter but he had motioned for them to stay away and let him deal with it so they did. Elijah was the elder after all.
When both Elijah and the hunter disappeared, they followed in a hurry only to see Elijah's burning body dropping to the ground and Connor running away.
"No!" Rebekah yelled.
"Elijah!" Klaus chocked.
They couldn't grieve anymore, they were too mad and too scared for that. Even Caroline was mad. This hunter didn't seem to try and find the difference between guilty or innocent... He was the true monster.
Connor felt pretty proud of himself and went back to his room to rest.
He had skillfully hidden his scent so they could't find him the way Kol did and he really needed some peaceful rest. Killing that second Original had been easier because he had grown stronger but it still had taken a lot on him.
In his dream, the original witch, Esther, came to him along with a few other witches and they told him how to get a stake in Rebekah's heart.
He woke up with a smirk on his face and not bothering to change clothes, he did as she said.
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The crew had managed to get the water running again.
"I'm going to take a shower... I need to clean away the smoke of Elijah's body... I feel that I'll have a clearer mind after this." Rebekah said.
"We were thinking the same thing." Klaus replied as he hugged Caroline closer in his arms. He was truly scared for her and he wished there was a way for him to break the bloodlines so she could live if he died but he couldn't do that. He wasn't even sure that his mother could have done that.
"It's still daylight so I'll run back to my room quickly. I'll be back in less than an hour so you two better be quick." She added before she left the room, making sure there were people in the corridor at the same time as she was.
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As soon as she had closed and locked her door, Rebekah stripped and entered the shower, not paying attention to anything else than the running water. She didn't notice that someone had been hiding under her bed. She didn't hear him entering the bathroom and she didn't know he was here with her until she felt the pain of the white oak entering her heart through her back.
"Such a shame you're a vampire... You were so hot!" Connor whispered in her ear as he stood behind her and felt life exiting her body.
He turned the water off and left the bathroom, not closing the door again behind him.
Esther had been right, it was easy to kill Rebekah and he felt much stronger than he had been when he had first gotten on this boat.
Silently, he unlocked the main door of the cabin and crawled back under the bed and waited.
Klaus and Caroline took a little longer than they thought in their own shower and expected to find a teasing Rebekah back in the bedroom but it was still empty.
"Where is she?" Caroline wondered.
"She's probably sulking in her room. Let's go find her." Klaus said, grabbing her hand and pulling her with him as they found her door unlocked. If their end was really near, he didn't want to waste even a minute of holding his sweet Caroline.
"I thought I told her to lock this thing!" Klaus growled annoyingly.
"I don't hear the water running..." Caroline said as they both walked to the bathroom to find the door wide open and Rebekah's naked and burnt body lying face first on the ground.
"He got to her!" Caroline said with fear evident on her voice.
"I won't let him hurt you Love." Klaus told her in an intense tone.
"It doesn't matter, if he kills you I'll die anyway! He already killed 3 of your siblings... How can we stop him?" Caroline said, panicking.
"We'll find a way Love, I promise you I'll fight for you. We didn't get together just in time for us to be torn apart by death." Klaus growled just as Connor, from his spot under the bed, threw a couple of vervain grenades on them.
He quickly stood as they were temporarily blinded and threw vervain syringe in their throats. They were both weakened but still trying to fight him off. Caroline was trying to defend Klaus and Klaus was trying to defend Caroline.
Connor managed to fight them off and broke Caroline's neck while he put the stake in Klaus' heart. He moved really quickly and they didn't see him coming.
"It goes right in like a knife in butter...like it was meant to be..." Connor told Klaus as he watched life leaving his body.
As he died, Klaus didn't take his eyes away from Caroline, trying, somehow, to will himself close to her on the other side and praying that they wouldn't be separated in the after life, if there was one.
Klaus was burning on the ground and Connor smirked. The blond female vampire had her neck broken and would probably die before she woke up.
He left the room just in time for the Captain to say on the microphone that everything was fixed and that they would be able to go back home.
He left the bodies behind, and, as one, they suddenly combusted to the point there was nothing left of them. It was probably the spirit's way of cleaning after themselves.
"And back to hell you go monsters...right where you belong!" He sneered at the burning pile.
In Mystic Fall's, Elena watched in horror as Stefan, Damon and Tyler dropped dead on the floor, one by one. They had all be meeting at the Boarding House to discuss Caroline's future return and how they would behave toward her.
"Bonnie, what's going on?" Jeremy asked as he watched his sister cry.
"The spirits... They are happy... A hunter killed the originals... all of them... No more vampire... The world is free of vampires... Klaus is dead... Elijah is dead...Katherine is also dead... they all are... Vampire bodies are self combusting to the point nothing is left of them to ensure the secrecy of everything. " Bonnie said, replaying the information as she was getting it.
"No! There has to be a way to save them Bonnie please!" Elena cried.
"Look at the bright side Elena, at least you won't have to choose between them anymore..." Bonnie said simply, pointing at the Salvatore brothers.
"Bonnie!" Elena exclaimed in a cry.
"I know you didn't like them Bonnie but show a little humanity... Elena loved them, Tyler was our friend and Caroline..." Matt started.
"Someone has to tell the sheriff and the mayor..." Jeremy whispered.
So, what did you think of this first part?
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Lorelei Candice Black