Take Me Away - KC Drabble
A/N: Just a little thought up scenario of what would've happened if Klaus found Caroline in the woods.
Caroline felt herself slowly regaining consciousness. Her eyes moved under her closed eyelids as she stirred about. A moan escaped her lips as she fully opened her eyes to a world of temperate darkness. The owls hooted as the distressed blonde vampire sat upright in fear. Her breathing rived as she frantically looked around for a soul. No one. She was all alone. Caroline immediately looked down and touched her chest when she realized that she was staked. Her fingers roamed around and much to her surprise there was no stake. There was no blood either. She was spotless and that scared her even more. She began to ponder.
What just happened? She asked herself.
"Caroline." A soft accented voice came through and Caroline looked up to see the man whom she had confronted 2 hours ago. Her heart lurched as she used her vampire speed to back away from the thousand year old vamp whose face dropped the very second.
"What happened?" Klaus asked with great concern. Caroline's eyes began to water as she hid behind a tree. Klaus tried to approach her but she stopped him before he could get any closer to her.
"No stay away from me." She hissed and Klaus' a look hurt crossed his features.
"I'm not going to hurt you, love." He warned her in a low assuring voice. Caroline shook her head no.
"Liar." She said through her teeth and Klaus tilted his head at her patronizingly.
"Hear me out love." He softly plead his case that it hurt Caroline very much to hear for herself. She was put in a situation where she didn't know whom to believe. Caroline stood there with her back now turned against where Klaus was standing. Klaus simply watched his goddess with a pained expression etched on his face. He wanted to hold her but he couldn't because she was being hostile and he didn't know why.
"Just go away Silas." Caroline croaked through her tears. Klaus's face dropped and his brows were stitched together. His mouth was parted open ever so slightly in curiosity.
"Silas?" Klaus echoed with suspicion. Anger was slowly beginning to set in and as it did Klaus could no longer find himself holding it in anymore. The hybrid used his supernatural speed to appear before Caroline. Startling her as he did, he looked at her dead in the eyes.
"What did he do to you?" Klaus asked in a low lethal tone. Caroline looked at him indifferently and it was then and there that she knew it was Klaus, the real actual Klaus.
"Caroline, what did Silas do to you?!" Klaus roared slowly, enunciating each word with pronounced anger. Caroline tried not to flinch as she studied his body language ever so carefully. His face was hard and bleak, eyes were glossy and dark. His jaw was set and his neck was corded. Caroline gulped at the monster that fumed right before her eyes.
"He did exactly what he did to you."
"He got into your head." Klaus said emotionless and Caroline nodded. Klaus exhaled heavily and let himself fall into slight ease. "Why did I not see that coming."
"I clearly didn't." Caroline scoffed pathetically to herself almost. Klaus gave her a small pitiful smile that flaunted one dimple. Klaus wanted to ask what Silas had done to her but he knew that it was something equivalent to the time he was disease ridden himself. He stared at the love of his life for awhile. He was enchanted by her beauty that the need to find out slipped his mind. At this point he wanted to know if she was alright.
"You're okay though right?" He finally asked just in case Silas had cooked something else up and Caroline peered up at him.
"Yeah, yeah just a little shaken up that's all." Caroline nervously laughed it off and stared at Klaus who just nodded. He knew she was hurt but didn't want to press it any further.
"I'm so sorry love."
"What for?" Caroline asked slightly surprised.
"For not taking you to New Orleans when I had the chance." Klaus said sadly but sternly. He was really hounding himself over the fact that he allowed Caroline to get hurt. He was upset with himself more to say.
"Well you're still in luck. Take me away." Caroline provided in a soft suggestive voice. Klaus looked at her with a fleeting look of surprise before a genuine smile dominated his well defined features.