Klaus hadn't really planned what would happen next. His choice had been trust Bonnie Bennett or die. Possession was one of the tricks that he favored, surely, but that did not mean he wished to be stuck as Tyler Lockwood for the rest of his life. He could feel how inferior his body was. And not only that, but he had been unable to maintain the ruse because he found himself unable to use the situation to his advantage when it came to Caroline Forbes. So now he had been outed. The rag-tag group of Mystic Falls denizens had taken it upon themselves to find out exactly what had happened.
It had always bothered him how entitled this lot was. He was a thousand year old monster; he felt the world was his for the taking. The strongest thing they had to offer was a pair of 150 year old vampire brothers. Yet this little group expected that all answers would be theirs and every situation theirs to manipulate. If Klaus were in a better position, he would teach them what for, but, unfortunately, Tyler Lockwood's body did not offer him much leverage and Bonnie Bennett had taken leave of the town rather. In fact, she had probably made the right choice getting away from this lot.
"How do we get you out and Tyler back?" Caroline interrupted his musings.
She was so ready to see him gone, what a pity. Klaus smirked and the group was disturbed by the look of that familiar smile playing itself across Tyler's face. "I am afraid I have none of the answers, love. I was in quite desperate straits when Ms. Bennett took pity on me. With the town witch no longer in residence, there is nothing we can do," he paused. "Unless you lot have another witch hidden somewhere." They were silent. "No? Too bad. I guess I can't help you then. You lot killed my last two witches. Leaves me high and dry."
"How do we even know that getting rid of Daddy Hybrid will bring Wonder Boy back? No offense, Blondie, but I much prefer having Klausykins in this weakened state," Damon Salvatore interjected.
"Don't be ridiculous, Damon," Stefan said. "We are not leaving Tyler in some limbo just because you like having Klaus under control. There has to be another way."
"What exactly has gotten you all so worked up. Surely it isn't the transition of Ms. Gilbert. Neither Tyler nor I would have much bearing on that."
"They know," Caroline said in a whisper. "The Founder's Council of Mystic Falls knows about me and Tyler. We were going to run."
Klaus laughed, "That's quite the small matter, dear. They can't be the first to find out. Simply fixed. Now tell me what the real problem is."
Damon shrugged, "We tried." He cleared his throat and looked at Klaus for the first time. "Word got out. Who knows how, probably one of your little furry minions? However it happened, word is out that you are in a weakened state and there are vamps all over the world sharpening their weapons ready to kill you. As the head of our bloodline, we have what you might call a vested interest in how things play out. Our choices are either: fight your battles for you and hopefully win or get you out of this body and put an end to this whole business."
Klaus's demeanor had changed quite markedly. "Ah, well, that puts a different face on the whole matter, doesn't it? Unfortunately for all of us, I really don't have the answers. This was not something I planned to happen. We cannot do anything without a witch."
"Too bad they don't have a witchy yellow pages. I would call up my old friend Bree, but that didn't end too well last time I saw her and word is it that your old pal Gloria is dead, right, Stef?" Stefan scowled at the mention. "Any suggestions on where to start or do I have to do all the work around here?"
Klaus once again smirked. "I do believe we have Katerina to thank for that one. I will remember that next time I see her. I do have a place where you can start: an old friend of mine who might just be willing to help. Last I heard she was out in San Francisco, but Chicago is probably the best place to get a hold of her."
"Well, what's her name? Anything?" Caroline asked impatiently.
"Her name is Charlotte and if you untie me I will show you just how to reach her." Klaus had first thought about sending them to Charlotte because he knew that she would give them a good run around and he could find all the amusement in the world in their struggles, but if what they were saying was true, Charlotte was probably his only hope right now unless Elijah had a very powerful witch hidden up his sleeve. He just hoped she wasn't too mad still.