This is an add on, if you will, to the hit series The Vampire Diaries. I do not own any of the characters fore they all belong to that show and their producers and writers. This short segment is adding on from the last episode of the Michelson Ball. Enjoy! And please review as this is my first entry!
Caroline awoke the next morning with an uncomfortable feeling in her gut. She felt horribly guilty, but for what, she couldn't decide yet. She lay on her bed, staring out the window, recalling last night. She remembered the drawing of her and the words Klaus had written below it. 'Thanks for being honest.' How could he not take it offensively? She slowly got up and got dressed when she heard her mother call her. She slugged her way to the kitchen.
"Yes" she answered,
"Caroline, I'm going to be a little late tonight." She said while rummaging through cups and slumped down on the chair and drank an already poured juice.
"Why?" she asked,
"I have been getting all these calls about missing people." Sheriff Forbes said. "Guess we know who that will be."
"Who?"
"The Michelson family," Sheriff Forbes said looking at her confused for not understanding it right away.
"But you don't know that." Caroline mumbled.
"Caroline," the sheriff sat beside her, "Are you okay?"
"What do you mean? I'm fine." Caroline said with a smile.
"I know you're still worried about Tyler." It was almost as if that name was a slap to her face. "I'm sure he'll turn up. And for those originals, oh you must despise them so much, sweetheart. Especially that Klaus for what he did to Tyler. But don't worry, they'll get what they deserve." The sheriff ran a hand over Caroline's head. "I have to get going, I'll see you later." She said half way out the door. Caroline just sat there all alone, unable to move.
Rebekah got into her house, still dressed in her green gown. She was trying her best to sneak into her room unnoticed. She was just at the stairs when someone called.
"Rebekah, where were you?" It was Kol, she clenched her teeth. She turned to see him glaring at her and she knew it was because of bailing on him to kill Matt.
"I was just out for a drink." She said turning to the stairs again.
"A drink, in your ball gown, really?" Kol continued, purposely speaking loudly for the rest of the family to join them. To Rebekah's luck, they did, first Finn, followed by Esther and Elijah.
"Yes, Kol, I was out for a drink in my ball gown, now if you're done your pesky interrogations, may I go change." Rebekah asked burning with anger.
"Of course you may my dear sister. You can do whatever you like, but before you go, may I just ask where you were when that Salvatore snapped my neck?"
"Kol let her go, and let this go as well. I know where your tone is going and you, in no way will harm the Salvatore brothers." Esther commanded in a stern voice.
"Mother, do you not realize-"
"Kol" Finn interrupted, "you will not disobey mother like this. She has given you an order and you will follow it."
"And I just stand by while-"
"Kol" Finn yelled again. All the while Rebekah stood frozen. She, now more than ever, dreaded spending the night with Damon and could just picture her family's reaction if they found out. With no further remark she quickly slipped away to her room to change.
Kol was furious with everyone. How could they all stop him from killing that Salvatore boy right here, right now! He shook with fury and the thirst for revenge was powerful. He walked into the Grille looking for a distraction and was sitting on the bar stool when one presented itself, the blonde boy, Matt, waiting tables. He clenched his fists and unclenched them. That boy was an insult to him and he had to kill the weak human. He signaled for the boy. Matt looked at him and his eyes widened then went to his bandaged hand. It was nice to see the fear Matt had towards Kol. The boy looked around and walked to him. Kol got ready to pull his insides out when suddenly another blonde girl came up beside him. It was the girl Nicklaus danced with last night. She looked from Matt to Kol and almost defensively put herself in between them.
"Matt I think I need you to show me something over there." She said pulling him to the other end of the restaurant. Kol gritted his teeth. He knew if he did anything to the blonde, Nicklaus would come have his neck, but he didn't care.
Matt pulled away from Caroline's bruising grip. "What the hell are you doing near the evil original that tried to kill you last night?"
"What am I supposed to do?" Matt asked unable to hide his fear.
"You are supposed to run the other way!" she snapped. "He want's revenge, you can practically see it in his eyes." Matt sighed
"Guess I'm dead today."
"No, no, no" Caroline yelled, "That's not going to happen anytime soon. Not with me around!"
Kol watched as Matt and the blonde girl talked and then she took a seat while the Matt continued to whisper. Kol couldn't help by laugh at the thought that the new born vampire thought she could protect Matt from a vampire as old as himself. He got a glass of whiskey and drank watching the blonde, picturing all the things he would do to her.
Bonnie had just gotten Caroline's text about that original who wanted Matt. She got out of Abby Bennett's house where she had been watching her for the last day. After they had opened the coffin Abby got really weak. She got into her car and began driving when a couple of minutes later she got a call from Stefan. "Hello" she answered.
"Bonnie I need you here." He called urgently.
"Why, what happened?"
"Esther's planning something for the originals and we want to know if it will work." He explained.
"Stefan I can't. Caroline called me to the Grille. Matt is in trouble and she need back up for him."
"Why?"
"I don't know. She said something about one of the originals wanting to kill him."
"Kol" Stefan said "No Bonnie I want you here. I'll send Damon."
"Stefan, Caroline called me, I have to go for Matt." Bonnie insisted.
"Bonnie, Esther has a way to kill all the originals." That was it, she didn't' need any further convincing, she turned towards the Salvatore boarding house.
Elena entered the boarding house. She felt strange walking into this house after what she did to Damon. She came into the living room but there wasn't anyone there. Stefan had told her to meet him here but he wasn't anywhere in sight. She went into Stefan's room and came up empty. As she went into Damon's she saw him lying on his bed asleep. She saw several bottles of alcohol and assumed he was drunk. Elena walked towards the bed.
"Damon" she called. He grunted in his sleep. As she was about to shake him he suddenly jumped out of his bed and had Elena pushed up against the wall, his eyes red and the veins under them vibrant. He had a hand around her throat. "Damon, it's me." She said through choked breaths. Damon suddenly came to his senses, his veins disappearing.
"Elena" he said letting her go. He stepped back and she began rubbing her neck. For the first time then she noticed he was half dressed. Suddenly she saw the lipstick marks on his neck and around his shoulders. "What are you doing here?" he asked, his brows furrowed together. He turned around to get dressed. She didn't answer. He turned around to face her and by her expression was confused. "What?" he asked. She was just staring at the marks.
"Where's Stefan?" she asked bitterly. Damon turned back and put on a shirt.
"How should I know? Did you tell him his emotions were getting in your way as well?" He didn't turn to see her expression but heard her stomp downstairs. He went towards the mirror only to see the marks on his skin. He then realized why she was angry, but somehow he didn't care. He went to take a shower.
Stefan opened the door to his house only to see Elena sitting on the sofa, waiting. "Good, you're here." He said. "I called Bonnie over. You'll have to tell her everything Esther had you do." He turned to the stairs. "Damon." He called. He turned to Elena. "We have to know before hand, if she's playing with us, or if she really means to kill her own family." He noticed Elena wasn't paying the least bit attention. "Elena" he called suddenly bringing her back to her senses. "What's wrong?" before she could answer Damon's voice came from the stairs.
"So what's the plan, brother?' he asked Stefan.
"Bonnie is going to be here, she's going to check our Esther's spell." Stefan replied.
"What if the Bennett witch can't counter the original witch's magic." Damon asked.
"We don't need her to counter anything, and I know she's nothing against Esther, but that's the best we can do. All she has to do is tell us whether Esther is telling us the truth."
"So that's your plan, trust the witch?" Damon asked annoyed.
"That's more productive than anything you've been doing." Elena suddenly spoke out. Damon raised an eyebrow. Stefan looked between the two of them and then back at Damon.
"I don't know what's going on here." He said putting a hand on Damon's shoulder, sensing he was going to do something crazy. "But I need you at the Grille." Damon looked at Stefan confused.
"Why?"
"Kol's after Matt, you need to be there to help Caroline."
"Let the her protect her own ex."
"Damon, Bonnie was supposed to be there but I told her to come here instead." Damon shoved away his hand.
"Look, I'm not here to guard anyone." He said looking at Elena.
"Okay look, I really don't give a damn, I just need Bonnie here." Stefan said walking towards the kitchen.
"There you go, that's the ripper talking and I agree with him."
"No wait, Damon" Elena spoke suddenly, "I can't leave Caroline and Matt alone. Damon, you're the reason why Kol's after them."
"Well that's just too bad." He said turning away.
"Fine, I'll just go there than. I can make a good distraction." Elena said walking out the door.
"I will snap your legs in tow if you step out that door." He said walking towards the door. He turned to Elena. "If you're gone before Klaus is, we're screwed." He said in a cold, dead voice. He turned and left the house with Elena just staring behind him.
Damon entered the Grille where he immediately spotted Kol looking at Caroline. He smirked and walked to Caroline where he sat on the other side of her table. Caroline looked at him. "Shouldn't you be guarding Elena or something?" she asked.
"I should be at a lot of places, instead I was sent here to protect little quarterback." He said not insulted by her comment.
"What, where's Bonnie?"
"She's meeting up with Stefan." Caroline groaned. "What, I'm not enough?" Damon asked. He turned to look at Kol. "Don't forget I snapped his neck once, I can easily do it again." He said itching for a fight. He picked up a drink.
Kol looked at the Salvatore boy, his blood boiling. This could not have gotten any easier. He smiled a devilish grin and put down his empty glass on the counter. He walked towards the tabled where they were seated, his eyes on Damon the whole time. "Salvatore, you have nerve showing up here." He said.
"Please, you don't need nerve; all you need is a couple of strong hands and an original who fights like a girl." Damon said with a cocky grin. Caroline looked at Damon, shocked at his confidence.
"Well, I wouldn't be talking so high if I were you." Kol warned, keeping the dangerous smile on his face, but Damon thought he saw just a hint of fire in his eyes. Kol pushed Caroline aside to the next seat to take hers.
"Salvatore, you better watch yourself. I am not Nicklaus; I will not spare you over and over again." Damon glared at him.
"Can you please just leave Matt out of this?' Caroline interrupted.
"Oh sweet heart, what fun will that be than." He said smiling at her. He looked at Damon, taking his shot glass and drinking it in one gulp. He put the glass down on the table with a loud sound. "This shall be fun." He said to Damon, and walked out of the restaurant. Caroline turned to Damon angrily.
"Well you certainly helped the situation." She said rolling her eyes. Damon snorted.
"What's the best he can do?'
"Um, kill us all." She snapped out.
"Your fine," he said waving for another drink. They both looked at Matt who was nervously cleaning tables.
"We're screwed." Caroline said letting out a sigh.
Bonnie entered the house to see Stefan and Elena in the living room.
"What happened?" she asked. Stefan almost immediately began before Elena could speak.
"Esther told Elena last night that she was going to 'bind'", he said quoting the word, "everyone together with Elena's blood."
"By killing one she kills all." Bonnie finished his sentence.
"That's what she claimed." He said. "You know the spell she's using?"
"Yeah, sort of, Grams mentioned it a couple of times. It's an ancient spell, done by those with great power. But will she really kill her entire family, her own children?"
"That's the puzzle. We don't know if we can trust her." Stefan said.
"She's going to do it." Elena spoke suddenly. They both turned to look at her confused. "She wants to take back the abomination she created, even if it means killing her children."
"It's a strong spell." Bonnie spoke.
"Great, that means everything will work, we just have to make sure Esther daggers one of them." Stefan said.
"That's it, that's the end of the originals." Bonnie said with a sound of relief in her voice. She looked at Elena who seemed unsure.
"They'll all die, gone forever." Stefan joined in.
"And it because of you Elena." Bonnie said with joy. Elena was frozen.
Esther spun a dagger on her finger, deep in thought of what she will do. Suddenly the dagger slipped and pierced through her finger.
"Mother" Elijah yelled. He quickly brought a cloth to wrap up the wound. "You must be more careful." He continued. Esther looked at his worried face.
"Elijah," she called. She put a hand on his cheek. Her son, how caring he was, how moral. He took her hand in his and gave it a kiss.
"You look worried mother, is something on your mind?" he asked.
"No" she whispered. "Will you go find Rebekah for me?"
"Of course" he went towards the door at once. Finn walked in after him. He looked at Esther's expression.
"Mother, you know what you must do." He said to her. Esther just continued to stare out the door.
Damon and Caroline sat at the Grille as Damon drank some more.
"Come on Damon, you must be a little worried?" she asked. He finished his drink.
"What I am worried about, is you and that hybrid." He said absently.
"What, Klaus?" Caroline asked taken aback. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Is that so?" Damon asked arching a brow but otherwise keeping a poker face. "Well than why did you just assume I was talking about Klaus when I could have easily been talking about Tyler?" Caroline's face turned red. "Besides, we all saw you last night. Little birdy told me you were his date and he bought you everything you were wearing last night."
"Who is little birdy?" Caroline asked surprised.
"The bigger question is, what are you doing with him?"
"Nothing" Caroline yelled.
"I mean, I know you like older men," he said pointing to himself. "But Klaus, he's like a dinosaur."
"Firstly, I don't know what you're talking about!" she said, "And secondly, you shouldn't be talking you hypocrite, I know you were with Barbie Klaus, as you like to call her."
"Who snitched?" Damon asked.
"Little birdy told me he saw you leave with her last night."
"Who is this little birdy?" Damon asked nonchalantly.
"You spill first." Caroline said immediately. Damon took another long drink showing her he was in no hurry.
"Fine, Matt saw you last night." She blurted out.
"You know, I'm beginning to question why I'm even here protecting him." Caroline rolled her eyes.
"Okay spill!"
"Barbie Klaus." He said. Caroline let out a breath of relief.
"I thought Bonnie or Elena told you this." Damon cleared his throat.
"What happened to BFFs?" he asked. She made a face. "Okay I'm bored. It was nice spending my entire day with you but now I'm going home." He said.
"No wait, Damon, you can't leave. Matt's shift is just about to end." She looked around. "Where's Matt?" Damon turned to see no sign of him.
They both ran out of the Grille, it was incredibly dark out now. They rant through empty streets when Caroline stopped. "I hear something!" she said turning into an ally. Damon followed until he saw Kol holding Matt in a headlock and Matt was almost unconscious with the amount of blood he lost, dripping down his neck.
"Matt!" Caroline screamed out. Kol looked up with a smile, mouth drenched with blood. He wiped it away and threw Matt on the floor. Matt crumpled like discarded paper. Caroline dived to get him but Damon pulled her back as Kol blocked the path.
"About time Salvatore," he said wiping the rest of the blood with the back of his sleeve. "I was beginning to think you didn't care about your friend." Damon stepped up.
"Come on Kol, I'm the one you want. Let the poor boy go." He said kindly.
"Of course" Kol said moving out of the way and gesturing Damon to come get Matt. Damon took another step forward and was suddenly pushed up against the wall, his neck being crushed by Kol's hand. Caroline sprang forward to attack Kol from behind but with just a small amount of movement of his hand he had Caroline flying in the other direction and she hit one of the brick walls hard. She groaned in pain as she heard her bones breaking. "You think you're high now." Kol said, sticking his hand slowly into Damon's chest, piercing through the skin and flesh, reaching close to his heart. Damon yelled out in agony. With all his might he pushed Kol away. Kol moved but a few feet back and sprang forward just as quickly on Damon, once again pinning him to the wall. "Someone ought to teach you a lesson." He whispered crushing Damon's rib cage to a point where he could hear them snap. Caroline ran to Matt helping him up. He was still dazed.
"I need you get help!" she said urgently, but could see he was going to be of no use. Suddenly she heard Damon's arm twist the other way. "Damon!" she screamed out. She jumped at Kol once again, this time catching him off guard and at once sank her fangs into the side of his neck, tearing the flesh apart. He yelled out, staggering backwards and just than Damon took out a vervain grenade and smashed it against Kol's forehead. His flesh started to burn and he fell back. Damon fell to his knees, his bones broken and his chest bleeding. He looked at Kol who was clutching his forehead.
"You didn't think I came unprepared, did you?"
"Damon, come on." Caroline called out but just as Damon was about to get up Kol flashed in front of Caroline and smashed her head on the pavement. She couldn't get up and blood began to pool around her. She saw him turn to Damon.
"And you didn't think it was that easy to defeat me, did you?" He said with a sneer. Kol then ran at Damon at once. Everything went dark for Caroline.
Matt saw Caroline on the ground. He called out her name but she didn't move. He could see Damon and Kol fighting. Matt tried to get up but groaned in pain as his head spun. Somewhere in the distance he heard ringing. When he focused on the sound he realized there was a cellphone inches away from him. It must be Kol's. He dragged himself towards the cell and picked it up. Upon it's screen flashed the name Nicklaus.