This is just something that popped in my head, please let me know should I continue :)

Pennsylvania, 1998

"When I was young I never needed anyone. And making love was just for fun. Those days are gone. Living alone I think of all the friends I've known. When I dial the telephone nobody's home. All by myself. Don't wanna be all by myself. Anymore…"

Seriously? Klaus rolled his eyes and snorted before turning the radio off. Well, at least he didn't have to listen to "My heart will go on" for heaven knew how many thousandth time. Thanks to the damn movie it was impossible to escape from that song. He tapped at the steering wheel impatiently and looked at the road in front of him. The silence surrounded him completely; all he heard was the engine of his car. There was no traffic this time of the night, although he doubted that there was ever much traffic in this backwater.

The highway seemed to go on forever; he couldn't even recall how long had it been since he had seen a gas station or much anything. A cup of coffee sounded good after a long ride, so he decided to stop as soon as he would see some suitable place. Perhaps he could even grab some nice tasty snack, something young and pretty. Well, that wasn't very likely, but he was willing to settle for something else. Unfortunately he had a tight schedule so perhaps it was best to wait with the snack, since he would have to get rid of the body.

That was one of things about this modern time that annoyed him, he was an Original vampire, the most feared of them, and he had to clean up after himself. But to be fair, normally he didn't do the cleaning himself, someone else always did it for him. However this was a trip he needed to take by himself, he hadn't wanted to take any of his lackeys with him. Sure they were reliable, like dogs, but sometimes their presence annoyed him. They were all so desperate for his approval that sometimes it was pathetic.

There probably wasn't any vampire who didn't know who he was and what he could do to them if they would cross him. Most of the times he enjoyed his reputation, building it had taken him centuries, but there was a downside; all that crawling actually bored him sometimes. In times like that he truly missed Elijah and Rebekah. Maybe even Kol. Klaus had no idea where Elijah was, but he knew exactly where to find his other siblings. Perhaps he should consider waking Bekah up. Naturally she would be quite upset but he was confident that she would get over that. Besides, it had been her own fault, she had planned to leave him; no one did that without some serious consequences.

His thoughts made him tense, so he took his other hand from the steering wheel and rubbed his temple in order to calm down. These long car rides were so boring; perhaps he should have taken someone with him after all… Suddenly his senses sharpened when he saw a moving figure on the side of the road. His first thought was a deer but it didn't take him long to notice that this figure was a human. She was still few feet ahead of him and her back was turned so all he saw was a whole bunch of messy copper hair. This was certainly a strange place and time for a little walk. He hesitated for a fraction of a second before stopping the car next to her. She didn't pay any attention to him when he rolled the window down.

"Hey…" he started before he noticed that this woman, or she looked more like a girl, was naked. Her soles were leaving behind a bloody trail as she walked, but other than that she seemed to be fine. She was staring in front of her with a blank expression; she didn't show in any way that she had even noticed his presence.

"Hey," he repeated. Strangely he was actually unsure of what to do.

The girl continued walking, although she was moving very slowly. Klaus bit his bottom lip and got out of the car. What the hell was he doing? He stepped in front of the girl, but she simply walked past him. Perhaps she was in some kind of shock, how would he know. It occurred to him that she would be an easy snack; he could simply dumb her body here. And she certainly wouldn't put up a fight. She looked quite young, maybe 14 or 15, she was a damn child. Maybe he was coldblooded killer, but this didn't feel right. Funny, it seemed that he still had some shreds of his conscience left. Well, as long as no one would hear about this…

"Hey, do you need a ride?" he asked but didn't get any response. There was no way that he was going to therapy her, he was already late from his meeting.

"Listen, little girl, get in the car if you don't want to stay here. I can take you to a hospital or something; I'm not going to hurt you."

He would have never thought that he would say that to a human and actually mean it. She was still walking, like some partly broken perpetual motion machine. He touched her shoulder in order to get her attention and he certainly succeeded, she turned around hissing like a snake and bit his hand. Then she turned around and continued walking. What the hell? For a moment he was too stunned to do anything, the damn girl had just bit him.

"Fine," he snapped. "Stay here then, I couldn't care less."

Humans, this was how they repaid kindness. Well, he sure as hell wasn't going to do that mistake again, he should just kill her… Why bother, she would probably freeze to death anyway, the night was very chilly. He got in his car and drove past the girl. How had she ended up here? Not that it mattered; he didn't care where she had come from or what had happened to her. Judging by her lack of clothing she has had a rough night. So what? Klaus pressed his lips together and squished the steering wheel with both hands. Dammit… He hit the breaks and turned the car around. The girl was almost right where he had left her, she certainly wasn't moving fast. He took a deep breath and got out of the car again.

"Let's try this again, shall we. My name is Klaus."

He removed his jacket and handed it to the girl. She didn't make any attempt to take it so he wrapped it around her without touching her. Surprisingly that made her stop; she simply stood there staring in front of her. Klaus opened the car door for her.

"Come on, you must be freezing."

Very slowly she raised her head and looked at him. Her face was free from emotions, but he saw something in her eyes, so kind of clarity.

"It's ok," he assured and motioned her to get in the car.

Her legs were shaking and her soles were still bleeding, but she got in the front seat without saying a word. Klaus closed the door and sighed. He had no idea where the nearest hospital was, but he would certainly have to take a detour in order to take her there. Great, like he wasn't late enough already. Well, this could be his good deed of the…week? No. Month? No. Year? It was best to make that a decade. Elijah would certainly be proud of him.