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A/N ok so I'm back, sorry for the wait peeps. I have to confess this chapter was a hard one to churn out. I got to about page 8 of the first draft and realised I'd written by self to almost a dead stop pace wise. Also I had massive writers block on just how much cannon I wanted to follow i.e. the road trip, meeting ray etc.
so here it is, hope you enjoy see you at the bottom.
Chapter two
When Caroline awoke the next morning the first thing to hit her senses was the strong musky scent she'd come to associate with Klaus. Her eyes snapped open. She sat up in the bed looking around wildly, as she clutched the covers against her naked body she realised she was alone in the bedroom. Footsteps echoed in the other room and her heart raced. She leapt out of the bed still clutching the cover around her as the door opened. Klaus folded his arms and leaned on the door frame. "Good morning love" he swept his arm back towards the other room "Breakfast?"
Caroline narrowed her eyes, "No thanks I'll pass" She looked past him wondering how she was going to get out of here. Making a run for didn't seem like a wisest option right now.
Klaus's jovial exterior hardened as he stepped into the room. Caroline held her chin up defiantly ready for whatever was going happen next. A sharp knock on the door drew both of their attention, away from their staring contest. Klaus turned on his heal and headed back into the other room to open the door.
With a moments reprieve Caroline flashed around the room looking for something, anything to wear. She grabbed a shirt of the back of a chair and pulled it over her head. The faint scent told her it was Klaus's, a quick inspections of the draws revealed what must be Alaric's clothing. She contemplated changing shirts but decided against it. She held up a pair of boxer brief's' ewe do I really want to where Alaric's pants' she dropped them back down hoping her search would throw up something better. Her eye caught a duffle bag down by the side of the bed. Pulling open she found what she knew to be the rest of Klaus's clothes for his stay in town. She heard the front door closing and quickly pulled on a pair of clean boxer briefs from Klaus bag. not much of a better option than Alaric's but definitely the lesser of two evils. At least she'd be able to continue to look the history teacher in the eye. He strolled back in to the room just as she finished dressing, "Caroline, Maddox is here and he thinks…" Klaus stopped dead at the sight of Caroline in his clothes, his scent all over her. The primal urge of the wolf to throw her on the bed then and there caused his eyes to glow yellow. Caroline's inner wolf instinctively recognised where this was heading. Allowing her new found abilities to rise to the surface she allowed her own eye to turn golden and she growled back at him. "Back off"
He stepped back any sign of inner dilemma gone. He walked away, back into the other room and Caroline followed curiously. Maddox was stood by the sofa as she entered "So this is her?" She nodded as she approached feeling self-conscious under his gaze.
Klaus nodded his response to Maddox's statement and sat down in the arm chair. A half-drunk glass of bourbon sudden appearing his hand.
"So you're the accidental Hybrid" he smiled and she couldn't help but smile back. His general demeanour putting her at ease.
She nodded "I guess so, I just don't understand how? I was never a werewolf?
Maddox nodded "Arh well that I can help with, Greta filled me on what happened during the ritual." He grabbed the bottle of booze of the coffee table "may I?" he inferred to Klaus. Klaus waved his hand nonchalantly "have at it"
Maddox poured himself a drink as he sank into the couch "You drank from Klaus correct?" he asked Caroline. She nodded her face going pale as she tried to put the pieces together.
He smiled and took a swig of his drink. He licked his lips and leaned forward. Looking at both Klaus and Caroline carefully "The spell to undo your curse Klaus, it was aimed at the wolf gene locked away in you, every part of you including your…"
"My blood" Klaus stated his voice unimpressed
"When the spell was completed it unlocked the wolf in you and as Caroline had consumed your blood it made the same changes to the blood within her."
Klaus stood and began to pace "I don't buy it; Werewolves are born not made" he rounded in on Caroline one arm on the arm of the couch the other griping the back. Effectively pinning her in. "Come on admit it sweetheart, your deep dark family secret. How did you get round dying? Did your bennet witch cast some spells for you" His tone of voice was patronising and belittling. Klaus watched fascinated as Caroline chewed her lip thoughtfully. He wondered briefly if he was right and she was going to admit to the lie she'd been caught in. Her face hardened as the looked up at him. "My family has its secrets Klaus but werewolfism is NOT one of them, and if bonnie was that powerful don't you think she would have found a way to stop you killing our friends" Klaus nodded and stepped back as he conceded to her points.
Caroline looked over at Maddox, who quickly tried to cover his amused smirk "There has to be more" she snapped
Maddox glanced at Klaus "As Caroline herself was already a supernatural being, turned by another vampire. Who'd been turned by another and another, so on so forth right back the first vampire that started the blood line." He looked pointedly at Klaus
"you think she's made from my blood line?" Klaus looked thoughtful
Maddox nodded "I think it's probably the last piece of the puzzle, yes"
"As the powerful spell was completed it changed her. The fresh blood she'd consumed connected with the vampire spell within her. It created a further change within her" He looked at the two unimpressed hybrids
"Look... don't forget even the first werewolves was made by magic long ago." He swigged his bourbon.
"So now I'm a hybrid…" Caroline concluded, she glanced at Klaus "What does he mean about blood lines."
Klaus gave a playful smile "It's believed that all vampires are connect to the first vampire. Which would be me or one of my siblings. Witches believe that if you kill an original you kill the whole blood line."
Caroline gasped, the realisation sinking in that if they had succeeded in killing Klaus they may have signed their own death warrants.
Klaus seemed to read her thoughts "Rethinking you and your friends plans to kill me sweetheart?"
She huffed and Klaus directed his attention back to Maddox
"So if we look over the spell potentially I could change other vampires into hybrids" Klaus asked Maddox thoughtfully.
"Mmm yes I guess so, but without the doppelganger…"Maddox stopped talking as Klaus's intrigued face dropped to one of annoyance as his idea was quashed.
"Well turning wolves will have to do for now, perhaps I'll revisit this idea in a couple of centuries when the next doppelganger surfaces" he shrugged and put his empty glass down on the table, "Is everything else sorted?" he asked Maddox.
Maddox nodded "Good, go and gathered the others, I'll be there shortly."
Klaus stood, turning his back on Caroline and began to peruse some maps on the table. "Caroline, love go home and pack will be picking you up in an hour" He didn't bother to look at her. The sight of her sitting around in his clothing was doing nothing for his restraint.
"Pack?" she licked her lips and eyed the door. This was her out she could argue with him or just bolt. She choose to bolt, she flashed to the door but just as she reached it something hard appeared in front of her. Klaus grabbing her arms was the only thing that stopped her from flying backwards. "Don't even think about running Caroline, I will pick you up in one hour." He leaned in for a second Caroline wondered if he was going to kiss her but his brow furrowed. "If you are not there I will kill everyone I find until I find you. Do you understand?"
Caroline's breath hitched as she nodded. "y..yes"
Klaus released her arms and shoved her out of the door "Good now go"
As Caroline reached the steps to her house she'd given up on any thoughts of running from her fate. She had no doubt Klaus would be true to his word, her eye caught the sight of the O'Malley twins playing in there garden next door. She sighed, she would get away from Klaus but not at the risk of the innocent people around her. Pushing open the door she stepped into her home. "Caroline...is that you?" She heard her mother's voice call from the kitchen. "Yeah it's me" Caroline glanced at the hall clock as she passed on her way to the kitchen. 'Odd, she was almost sure her mum should be a work"
When she walked in to the kitchen she stopped in her tracks, as she was confronted with Stefan, and her mum.
"Oh hey Stef, what are you doing here?" She kept her tone bright as she assessed the situation inwardly. 'What the hell was Stefan doing here' Given Damon's death and her biting Elena he was the last person she expected to see.
"I know Caroline" her mother stated, Caroline swivelled her gaze to her mother and took in the tired appearance. "Know what?" Caroline tried phaining innocence
"I told her everything Care" Caroline spun around to face Stefan as she spoke.
"What exactly is everything?" Caroline glared.
With his arms fold across his chest Stefan approached her. "That you are a hybrid now!" Caroline felt her eyebrow twitch with anger, he had no right to bring her mother into this.
He held his hands up, his eyes narrowed "I followed you Care, I know where you spent the night…so what are you Klaus's bitch now?"
Caroline didn't care for his tone or the accusation "How dare you!" she shouted at him. "I get that you upset about Damon, but what the hell have I done to you to deserve this... You know how I feel about my mother finding out, how could you Stefan?"
She looked at the man she thought was becoming her friend, He stepped towards her menacing. The look of disappointed caused her to recoil. "What have you done? Elena told me how you were all over Klaus during that ceremony, that he didn't Kill you like he was supposed to… that's how Damon ended up dead instead!" he spat, his distain over her survival evident
Caroline wrung her hands together "That's not..."
His cold eyes bored into hers and look of disgust aimed at her "Look at you, still wearing his clothes. I hope fucking him was worth it Caroline"
Caroline swung her hand back and slapped is cheek firmly. "How dare you" she whispered again. "Stop blaming me, none of this is my fault"
She turned back to her mother, "Mum are you ok?" she reached for her Mother's hand. But Liz pulled back unwilling to touch her. Liz looked at Stefan "I'm sorry I tried but I can't be around her. Can you take her away please?"
"What? Mom… It's me Caroline. I'm still your daughter?"
Liz shook her head "No my daughter died in car accident. I don't know what kind of monster you are" Caroline gasped and stepped back, her eyes filling with tears "Mummy please don't"
"Stefan!" Liz said sharply
Caroline felt her knees start to buckle and as she thought she'd sink to the floor a strong arm wrapped around her from behind. She felt herself being held against a firm chest. His scent surrounded her and she didn't need to look behind to know who it was. She got her breathing under controlled and stilled her tears.
"Klaus" Stefan said surprised. He reached his hand out Liz, "Liz come over here"
"Ripper" Klaus snarled
Caroline watched as her mother trustingly accepted Stefan's hand. The gesture of trust her mother could place on Stefan made her sick to her stomach "So Mom, did Stefan happen to mention that he is a vampire too" she spat
Liz nodded "yes and Damon too, he also told me 'He'" she pointed at Klaus "Killed him"
Caroline felt the rumble of Klaus chest against her back as he chuckled "yes I did but just another monster gone if what you were just saying to Caroline here goes"
Liz shook her head "Damon was my friend"
"And Caroline's your daughter" Klaus snapped
Liz turned to Stefan, "That's him, that's the naked man from yesterday"
Stefan quirked an eyebrow, "Naked huh, so you wanna tell me again Care how you're not fucking the enemy"
Caroline felt her fangs drop and she pulled forward in Klaus grasp, suddenly eager to rip Stefan apart. Klaus held her firmly and spun her around in his grasp. Her look softened as his eyes found hers. "Go pack, we are on tight schedule. I'll handle this" She glanced back over her shoulder at her mother before looking back at him "Don't kill them" Klaus's grin should have terrified he but it just reassured her. "No, Ripper and I go way back I think it's time he remembers. He let go of a surprised Caroline and stalked over to Stefan. "Can I assume you are on vervain" Stefan's smug look resulted in a similar look on Klaus face as he snapped Stefan's neck "Pity, guess I'll get to you later then. " He shrugged and walked over to Liz who had the good sense to bolt back towards the kitchen. Klaus was quicker and grabbed her by the arm, Liz's turned wildly towards Caroline "Care honi?" Caroline looked at Klaus for a second "Don't kill her, she said as she turned and walked away.
Every step she took towards her bedroom another tear fell, she'd just left her mother in the clutches of a true monster but then what did that make her. She sank down on her bed. Klaus flashed in seconds later, he took in Caroline's confused look. He moved to her closet and pulled out a suit case, "Pack sweetheart! unless you want to live in my clothes for the next few weeks" He shot her a smug look that had her looking down at her current state of undress. She huffed and hurriedly gathered some clothes and headed for the bathroom. A few minutes later she reappeared to find Klaus putting clothes in her suitcase. Silently she whizzed around the room, grabbing everything she thought she'd need. Once she'd clicked the case closed she looked at Klaus "Let's go" he nodded and took the case from her.
She was startled when she got down stairs and her mother appeared in front of her. "Enjoy your trip honi, don't forget to call." Liz pulled her surprised daughter into a quick hug. "Now I gotta get to work bye honi" Caroline was speechless as her mother headed out of the front door. She eyed Klaus carefully "You compelled her to forget" Klaus confidently opened the front door "Would you rather I'd hurt her?"
"No! I just..."
He raised an eyebrow at her almost knowingly. He put the case down on the porch, "Maddox will be here in a moment" He stalked back into the house and appeared with Stefan over his shoulder.
Caroline choose to say nothing about that for now. As they waited on the porch she turned to him. "You were early why? Did you think I'd run?" Klaus looked away from her, the truth is he didn't know why he was early. He'd been looking over the maps when his wolf senses went on high alert and he just knew she needed him. He chose not to answer her question. When the car pulled up she climbed into the back seat next to a slightly annoyed looking Greta. Klaus threw Stefan in the truck and then had Maddox spell the trunk so the vampire can't escape.
Klaus jumped in to the driver's seat and took off towards the highway.
Caroline sat quietly in the back watched the country side whirl by. Internally she was struggling to come to terms with the fact that she was actually relieve to be this close to Klaus and how much that need bothered her. Occasionally she glance up towards the rear view mirror and she'd catch is stormy blue eyes watching her for a moment.
A few hours later they pulled into a Motel. Caroline slowly got out of the car while Klaus headed off to check them in. She was leaning against the side of the car ignoring Maddox and Greta when Klaus returned. He threw a set of keys at Maddox, "you and Greta are in 13, me and Caroline are in 12." He proceeded to the back of the car to retrieve the luggage. Both Caroline and Greta looked like they had something to say but Greta got there first and she sidled up to his side her hand gently grazing his arm. "Are you sure about that lover?" he smiled at her, "I'm sure, get settle in I'll come find you later"
Caroline snatched the key and her bag off him as she snorted at his interaction with Greta. Klaus smirked as he watched Caroline walk away. He knew he'd have to deal with Greta and her advances sooner rather than later but catching Caroline's reactions was amusing him for now. He wondered just how far he could push her.
Caroline let herself in the motel room she groaned as her eyes fell on the double bed in the room, she collapsed on the bed ignoring the sound of Klaus entering behind her. "You are on the floor" she muttered without looking at him.
She felt the bed shift behind her. She bit her lip and held her breath as she felt his hot breath on her ear. "I don't think so love, "Anger surged through Caroline, she shifted onto her back and realised her mistake to late as her lips ended up merely millimetres from his. Her heart was pounding and she was sure the smug barstard could hear it as he lightly ran his hand down her arm. Caroline placed her hand on his chest and pushed him back "the floor" she growled. Klaus eyed her carefully for a moment before he climbed of the bed and shrugged. He grabbed his Jacket "I need to hunt, would you care to join me?" Caroline threw him a disgusted look "I only drink from blood bags" Klaus chuckled "well you'd better change you view otherwise you gonna get hungry fast" He walked out the door without a second glance.
Caroline sat on the bed and processed. 'No blood bags?' "Shit" she mumbled.
Klaus shut the door behind him, honestly he needed to put some distance between himself and Caroline more than he needed to feed. He was still trying to figure out why he'd even brought her along. She was certainly more of a hindrance than an asset right now. 'Blood bags' he snorted, he admired her control, but that was just one of the many thing she was going to submit to his will over.
He pulled open the trunk and grabbed Stefan as he tried to flee.
"Where's the fire mate!" He twisted Stefan's neck again and slung him over his shoulder. He grabbed the rope from the trunk and slung it over his other arm. He made his way into the wooded area behind the motel. Tying Stefan legs together he proceed to swing the rope over a strong looking branch in a nearby tree. It wasn't long before he had Stefan Salvatore suitably strung up ready to be bled out. With the exception of the ritual, it had been awhile since he had properly got his hands dirty. The upside of vampire minions plenty of people to do you bidding. Trying to drive away all his current problems he happily set about inflicting pain on the younger Salvatore.
A couple of hours later he stepped back to admire his handy work. The stench of blood hung in the air. Stefan had died over and over as Klaus worked to bleed him out. His head snapped to the left his senses in over drive. The aroma of wolf floated in and lingered in the air, a second later a grey wolf appeared in the clearing. He eyed her carefully as she in turn approached slowly her head down. She stopped in front of him and sat down.
"I don't recall giving you permission to turn sweetheart" The wheels in his head where turning furiously. Caroline had turned but why, did she mean to run? If she had it had back fired as all her wolf had done was seek him out. She bowed her head and wined, trying to push her snout into the palm of his hand, giving him a tentative lick... He crouched down and looked into her doe brown eyes. He lightly scratched behind her ears. She seemed to appreciate the gesture, her ears pricked up and she shot off into the forest. Klaus stood and huffed, "Caroline" he called in vain.
A few minutes' later Caroline's sauntered back in to the clearing and dropped a dead squirrel at his feet. Before taking off again.
He nudged the dead animal with his foot and shrugged. The sound of Stefan groaning had him refocus his attention. "Arh your awake good" he leaned in "now let's see how we're doing" He leaned in "Remember the twenties"
Stefan struggled in vain, "Urgh I don't remember the twenties I was on a ripper binge it's all blacked out which is probably for the best"
As Caroline arrived to drop another dead squirrel at his feet, Klaus took his knife and sliced open Stefan throat. "Let's try again later shall we"
Whilst he was waiting Caroline proceed to bring him what he could only imagine where 'gifts' so far she manged two squirrels three rabbits and after a particularly loud yelping she pranced proudly back with a fox in her mouth. He had to stifle a laugh at that one, she was going to have a fit when he told her about this in the morning. He guessed the gifts made sense, even though he was in human form he was still her alpha and the female wolf recognised that.
The next time he tried to compel Stefan he succeeded
"Nik?" Stefan looked at him in confusion. Klaus looked down for a moment Stefan was one of the few people who had ever been allowed to call him nik. In the 20's Klaus had come to enjoy the friendship that had arisen between them that is until Michael chased them out of town. Stefan had been the only boyfriend of Rebecca's that had been tolerable.
Stefan closed his eyes for a moment and shook his head as the memories washed over him "Urgh" he opened his eyes again "I think I preferred not knowing"
"Why? I seem to remember we had a blast" Klaus grinned
Stefan didn't look impressed "I was on a ripper binge, trust me the gilt that comes after is not a blast"
Klaus cut Stefan down and sat back as the other vampire righted himself and sat back on the ground.
"So you and I were friends?" Stefan exhaled
Klaus shrugged "Like Brothers, your words not mine"
Stefan nodded, the memories opening up mixed feelings towards the hybrid. "You killed my brother"
Klaus shrugged nonchalantly "Collateral damage, he should not have been there. If he hadn't decided to take matters into his own hands and go against my agreement with Elena he'd still be alive and another vampire would have died in his place"
Stefan ran his hand through his hair and nodded "What the hell was he thinking" he muttered "we had a plan"
He clocked the smug look on Klaus's face "What?"
"Your brother was in love with you girlfriend. He was there because he wanted to be her hero, maybe he was hoping she give him a special thank you" Klaus grinned as Stefan threw him a dirty look. "Not that it matters now, she is dead as well after all"
Stefan slowly stood, "So you've bled me out….. Go ahead put whatever compulsion on that you were planning, so I can go home."
Klaus chuckled as he stood, Stefan watched wide eyed as a grey wolf appeared in the clearing and sat down next to Klaus. It growled at Stefan but Klaus's hand firmly placed on the back of its head, held it in situ.
"Your new pets here I see" Stefan scowled.
Stefan eyed the animal carefully, it was still odd to see Caroline in her wolf form. Seeing her so obedient to the hybrid worried him. Elena's survival was a secret he needed to keep but he wasn't so sure if Caroline could be trusted not tell Klaus everything. If he was going to protect Elena then he'd have to stick with Klaus awhile longer.
"I know your too paranoid just to let me tag along on this road trip without strings, so let's get this compulsion over with shall we" he looked at a Klaus
Klaus approached Stefan and clamped his hand on his shoulder, he never admit it out loud but a part of him was disappointed. It was a friendship he had sorely missed this pass 90 years. He wanted trust his old friend but centuries of paranoia and running had taught him to be cautious with his trust. Stefan clearly had an issue with Caroline and he couldn't let that go unchecked. With a heavy heart he looked his once best friend in the eye "You are sired to me you will do whatever I order without question"
The gasp that Stefan released was almost inaudible.
He didn't really like compelling Stefan but it was necessary for now. He helped him up, come on let's get back. The two of them made their way back to the hotel. Klaus threw Stefan the car keys. "Feed and then you can kip in the car mate"
He stopped dead as he walked back into his hotel room. Whilst turning Caroline had trashed the room. She padded into the room behind him as he surveyed the damaged and turned on her angrily. "TURN BACK" he yelled "NOW" something in the tone of his voice resonated through Caroline, without much effort she felt her self being to transition back.
As soon as she was human again he threw a torn sheet at her and looked away while she covered herself.
"Thank you" she muttered
Klaus didn't waste any time pinning her to the wall his hand tightly round her throat. "Now back to my earlier comment, I don't recall giving you permission to turn love"
She glowered at him "I don't need your permission to do anything"
He laughed "Yes you do, as Alpha my word is law"
She tried to claw at the hand that held her "You are not my Alpha"
Klaus grabbed her wrist with his free hand. His thumb lightly caressing the mark of the crescent moon "Oh I beg to differ, this here signifies that you are very much part of 'My' pack and therefore I am your Alpha"
Her eyes widened "Wolf 'you' bit me, that's why I have that stupid mark. So why don't you do us both a favour un-bite me or whatever and you'll never have to see me again"
Klaus let her go and rubbed his lip.
"Now why would I do that, we are after all on this trip to make more hybrids. FYI sweetheart the only way I'll be letting a hybrid go is by death."
"More hybrids?"
He laughed "Yes one big happy family"
Klaus pulled the mattress of the broken bed, the top was torn but as he flipped it over he found the underside was fine.
Chucking a pillow and few spare blankets on the make shifted bed he began to peel of his blood stained clothes. "I'm going to take a shower" He looked over at Caroline and caught the look in her eye as she watched him undress "Would you like to join me?"
A disgusted snort was all the answer he received and she popped open her suitcase and pulled out some clothes.
When he was done in the shower he found Caroline curled up in the bed. He laid down beside her and was momentarily surprised when she turned to face him.
"Erm Klaus…., why does my breath smell like dead animal?" she gasped "Did I kill someone?"
Klaus threw his head back and laughed. A look of pure horror on her face as she slapped him lightly. "It's not funny, seriously"
"Let's just say, you were enjoying bringing your Alpha gifts all evening and no, you didn't kill any humans"
The shade of red she turned was almost adorable. "Goodnight Klaus" she mumbled as she turned away from him again
He turned and leaned into her back for a moment. "Goodnight sweetheart" he breathed into her hair.
Klaus rolled on his back and stared at the ceiling. The heady scent of female wolf in the air was doing little to tone down his libido. He couldn't remember the last time he had shared a bed with women without getting his needs met first but even then he rarely allowed them to remain to long after. The sound of Caroline's breathing slowly evening out signalling that she had slipped in a slumber. He lay there for a while longer listening to her breath, he knew when he had put himself and Caroline in a room together it had been with the sole intention of bedding her yet somehow that hadn't happened and it's not like he still didn't have an itch to scratch. Realising he wasn't going to get to sleep anytime soon he sat up in the bed resting his back against the wall. He contemplated seeking out Greta but thought better of it. He reached to the side and grabbed his overnight bag. Within seconds he had pulled out a sketch pad and pencil. He righted and switched on an overturned lamp and drew one knee up to his chest to rest the sketch book on. For the longest time the only sound in the room was scratch of pencil on paper. Lost in the haze of his muse it wasn't until Caroline stirred beside him that his mind really began to register that it was Caroline that he had been sketching. He glanced sideways as she rolled on to her back, her face contorted, her mind caught in whatever nightmare she was having. Trying to ignore her he continued sketching. He is Klaus Mikaelson he doesn't comfort nightmares he is the nightmare. He allowed an amused smile to play across his lips at that thought. Caroline shifted again "Damon No" she gasped as she rolled closer to Klaus, her head came to rest on this thigh, one hand closing around his leg gripping him tightly. He huffed in annoyance, his free hand hovering above her head as he caught himself in the act of unconsciously about to offer the comfort he'd deemed himself far above only moments before. Caroline gave a small whimper as she tried to bury her face further. He watched deeply confused by his own actions as his hand slowly lowered as if it hand a mind of its own. Softly he brushed her hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear. Gently he stroked her hair, the soothing motion seemed to calm her as her breathing levelled out again and her vice like grip on his leg eased up. He continued to sketch and long after her nightmare had subsided he found he still hand his free hand buried in her hair almost cradling her head. When the first rays of sun light slipped through the curtain he flipped his sketch book closed and slipped out of the bed. Pulling on his trousers and shirt his gaze never left Caroline, a beam of sunlight made her hair seem golden as it spayed across the pillow. He let out a low frustrated growl as he fought he urge to climb back into bed with her and make her scream his name in pleasure. He buttoned up his trousers and grabbed his jacket. For now they needed to get back on the road but he'd contemplate what to do about the strange pull he felt to towards the woman in his bed while he drove.
Caroline awoke in an empty room. The sound of an argument reaching her threw the walls
"How the hell could you two not hear her turn into a wolf in the room next door?"
"I swear we heard nothing, are you sure she transitioned there"
"The room was trashed"
Caroline groaned and rolled out of the bed and headed towards the shower. She figured it would be long until Klaus burst in demanding answers. The warm water soothed her tired muscles the strain of turning into a wolf two nights in a row and the lack of blood taking its toll. No doubt Klaus was convinced she turned deliberately so she could run, but the truth was she's turned because she hadn't been able to control herself. At first she just been hungry and as the more her hunger grew the more she felt the wolf pushing its way out. As much as she loathed the idea she knew she'd have to feed before they left. Getting out of the shower and dressing quickly she slipped out of the motel room in search of someone she compel and feed from. Hopefully without Klaus finding out. After quick scan of the quad she spotted a housekeeping trolley sitting outside of one of the rooms. Flashing over she entered the room as predicted the chamber maid was busy stripping the bed. The woman was startled to see her, she opened her mouth but Caroline acted fast. Flashing in front of her compelling her not to scream. "Don't move and you won't feel any pain" taking a deep breath she leaned in and sank her fangs into the woman's neck. She sighed as the tangy blood filled her mouth, she couldn't lie, straight from the vein was more potent that blood bags. She felt firm hands clutch her waist from behind. A warm puff of air caressed her neck before she felt the softness of his lips. "Morning love" he whispered. She stopped feeding and lifted her head, "Should of know you'd find me" she didn't need to look round to know he was smiling smugly. His head was still lowered in her neck as he continued to place soft kisses. His right hand slide around on to her belly pulling her firmly against him. Her head lolled back on this shoulder exposing more of her neck to his exploration. His left hand began to lightly caress up and down her side softly catching the side of her breast... She felt her arousal rising as her body began to ache for a firmer touch, she still hadn't had time to really process just how much she wanted Klaus when he was near. She was quietly literally putty in his hands and she hated that part of herself. She turned in his grasp wondering how far he intended to take this. Her breathing hitched as she ghosted her lips over his. She noted that his breathing quicken as sign he was just as affect by her as she was by him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned into kiss him again.
"Klaus there you are"
Caroline blinked and looked towards the door, her Klaus haze broken.
"Stefan?"
"Caroline" he face was stern as it dawned on her the position he'd caught her in. She shook her head and disentangled herself from Klaus. It was useless to try and defend herself to Stefan at this point. The look on his face told her he wasn't about to forgive her anytime soon. Klaus placed his hand on her back lightly pushed her towards the door. "Go grab you stuff sweetheart, I was looking for you tell you we are leaving"
"Oh" She tried her best not to blush as she flashed out past Stefan.
Klaus turned back to the silent chamber maid, he effortlessly sunk his fangs into the spot Caroline had been drinking from. A few seconds later he pulled back and shoved her at Stefan "Drink up it's a long journey"
Stefan balked "I. Don't"
Klaus rolled his eyes "Hmm so I heard…Drink" Stefan tried to resist but the sire compulsion took over. He bit into the woman and as Klaus had predicted a minute later the woman was dead. Stefan stepped back "I…" his eyes darted around the room.
Klaus chuckle pulled him back from his horror, he went to lunge at him "Stop" the one word from Klaus had him held in place. "You know what your trouble is Ripper mate? You never learnt control. Lucky for you we've got plenty of time on the road" Klaus slung a friendly arm around his shoulder. "Oh and…" His voice lower "If I ever catch you looking at Caroline that way again, I'll rip out you spleen. In fact don't look at her at all"
When he reached the car, Caroline was already seated in the back with Greta in the front. He pulled open the back door "You are upfront today love" He held out his hand to help her out, she graciously slipped her hand into his as she slipped effortlessly out of the car. They held each other's gazes as he manoeuvred them around to the front passenger seat. Caroline's eyes dropped from his when she felt someone bump her shoulder, she scowled at Greta. Klaus open the door and ushered in to the seat before turning back to Greta.
He grabbed the witches elbow and pulled her away from the car and back towards the motel.
Caroline watched them enter one of the rooms and wondered briefly if Klaus was going to kill the witch. She turned slightly in her seat to watch as Stefan climbed into the backseat "Hi" she whispered. She frowned when he refused to acknowledge her. "Stefan seriously? Whatever you problem with me is you need to get over yourself."
He kept his gaze trained on the window looking at some mystery object outside "How long Caroline? How long before you tell him all about/"
"/NEVER" Caroline interjected hurriedly "If that's what you're worried about, never... Stefan look at me, I'm telling you the truth"
He huffed "I can't look at you, your boyfriends ordered me not to... he doesn't care for how I look at you."
"Oh" Caroline turned away from him and rested her elbow on the window frame chewing her fingers thoughtfully
"He's not my boyfriend" she added only slightly worried that was only an afterthought.
Stefan harrumphed in the back his disbelief of her statement evident.
A few moments later Klaus climbed into the driver's seat, "Right let's get going" he said almost jovially
Caroline glance at him in confusion as they pulled out of the parking lot "What about Maddox and Greta?" She wasn't sorry to see Greta go, something about the witch rubbed her the wrong way, but Maddox she was starting to like.
"I've sent them on ahead to Chicago"
"So where are we going?"
"I have a lead on a werewolf pack not far from here, we are going to do some recruiting"
Many hours later Caroline cursed as she ran through the wilderness chasing down a rabid hybrid. The waxing moon shone brightly in the starry sky. The encounter with the pack had started pretty well but when Klaus started forcing blood down their throats and snapping necks she'd realised that Klaus had never intended to give any of them a choice as to whether to turn or not. At first the nothing happened then they started to display the same symptoms she had and a feeling of dread began to build in her gut. Some of them just never came back from having their necks snapped the ones that did wake up soon begun to show signs that the transition wasn't completing as it should. As the hybrids had turned wild and fled into the night Klaus had ordered her and Stefan to hunt them down. She heard a light yelp and the sounds of a struggle, thinking that the werewolf has stumbled across some hapless hikers she sped off to the rescue.
She burst through the brush into a small clearing just in time to see the werewolf she'd been hunting get its next snapped. The victor stood slowly her curly brown hair hiding her face, her stance was defensive as she tilted her head up to look at Caroline.
"Elena?" she started but her voice took on a sterner tone as realisation dawned "Katherine"
Katherine nodded as she stepped over the dead body "The one and only" she approached Caroline with a confidence that oozed the 500 years she had on the baby vampire.
"What are you doing out here" Caroline asked
"Tracking Stefan"
"Why?"
Katherine was silent, the moment broke a second later as Elena herself appeared "Katherine, what the hell I told you to wait for me?" she stopped and looked at her friend in confusion "Caroline?"
Caroline whirled around to face her best friend. 'Elena' the penny dropped in her mind. 'Elena's blood, he needs Elena's blood' in a panic she grabbed he friends arms "You can't be here, you have to go"
Elena did her best to shake herself free of Caroline's grip, her eyes furrowed "What are you doing out here? You mum said you'd gone to visit you dad? Wait. Is Stefan with…you?"
"No..yes...sort of…if Klaus finds you…." She implored to her friend "You have to go.. Now"
Elena's look hardened "Not without Stefan"
Katherine looked terrified "Is Klaus out here?" she shook her head a stepped back, "I signed up to find Stefan not to put myself in the path of that psycho"
"Urgh" Caroline let Elena go and ran her fingers through her hair. Her mind awhirl, the control freak within her excelled at problem solving. She stopped pacing and looked up at the doppelgangers. "Katherine, take Elena back to mystic falls kicking and screaming if you have too. It's imperative that Klaus does not find out she's alive for now at least"
"Why?" The shrewd doppelganger asked
"That's for me to know, like I'm stupid enough to give you more leverage than you have already. Or would you prefer it we just waited here until Klaus comes looking for me"
Katherine nodded "But what about Stefan"
"Right now Klaus has him compelled to do god knows what but I have plan, Elena you have to trust me. Go home, Stefan will be following you. Do as he asks don't question it, he'll have to go away again but he will be back. I promise you."
Caroline's head snapped around as she heard a twig snap not too far away "Go now both of you" she hissed.
She breathed a sigh of relief as Katherine grabbed Elena and flashed off into the night.
She slung the dead hybrid over shoulder and headed off towards the sound of the noise.
She was relived to find Stefan taking down another hybrid failure, she glances around nervously. She put her hands to her lips as she walked towards him.
"he needs Elena's blood" she whispered, suddenly fearful that Klaus may nearby after all
His hand shot out grabbing her throat "I'll kill you before I let you tell him about Elena" fighting in his grip she pushed back.
"Stop, attacking me. Klaus could compel either one of us so we have to make sure he doesn't get that far. Now I have a plan to get you back to mystic falls but you have to trust me… can you do that"
Stefan nodded begrudgingly
"Good now head back to Klaus and when I get back play along"
Caroline hung back waiting as long as she could, if Stefan and Klaus were back at the camp waiting for her, then Elena and Katherine had more time to put some distance between them.
It also gave her some time to properly formulate her plan, Klaus was a very smart man he will have figured out by now that there is a reason she completed her transition and when she saw him again he'd want answers. She decided to walk back to the camp allowing more time to pass as she neared the clearing she could hear Klaus cursing and shouting as she stepped into the firelight he spun round wildly "YOU!" he thundered he was on her in seconds "HOW?"
Caroline raised her hands and placed them on his chest as he came at her, "DON'T YELL AT ME" Caroline yelled back as she shoved him away from her.
Klaus wasn't deterred he move towards her again but she held her hand out in front of her "STOP" her stance was defensive but her voice exuded confidence.
He stopped his eyes narrowing at her. He minutely licked his lips as he wondered why he'd even heeded to her command. He took another step towards her, his eyes never dropping from hers.
She kept her hand up, a signal for him to keep his distance. He watched as her eyes turned golden and a light growl escaped her lips.
"I won't be yelled at, not by you not by anyone, if there's something you want to know then ask me…" Her lips twisted into a subtle smirk "…nicely"
Klaus faltered slightly his eyebrow quirking as she un-shamelessly allowed her eyes to rake up and down his body. He wasn't a man to be easily surprised but in that split second she managed it. He had enough experience with woman to understand that when one suddenly does a 180 on their attitude towards him he was probably being played. She must have put the pieces together over her success and tonight's epic failure while she was out in the forest. He smiled at her "Ok, I'll play this game"
"How did you complete your transition Caroline?" his words where laced with venom
She shrugged and smiled back at him "I left you, I fed, I turned into a wolf" Her eyes danced playfully as she skirted his question knowingly.
Klaus's brains picked apart her statement focusing on 'she fed'. He'd tried four types of blood this evening, his own, Stefan's vampire blood, another werewolf's and he'd churned his way through he human hangers on that had been out at the campsite. None of which seem to be correct. Blood was clearly the key but what type.
He was about to phrase his next question when Caroline genuinely surprised him for the second time in minutes. Her lithe body hit him hard with the full force of her new hybrid powers. She grabbed his shirt and spun him round onto the ground. As soon as his back was on the ground she was straddling him, her hands forcing his wrists in to the dirt above his head. Her eyes golden and she leaned in closing the space between their bodies. It was a scenario he could have himself out of in seconds but as he was beginning to realise when it came to Caroline there was always something pulling him in. Her dominance was enticing, alluring even. He'd get the information out of her one way or another but if her wolf wanted to play then so be it.
Her head hovered above his "I said ask nicely" she said demurely.
Logically Klaus knew he had been furious minutes ago and he knew given the hybrid failure he should still be furious. He could sense his own inner wolf reacting to Caroline's proximity. It had been too long since his inner beast had been sated.
She leaned in and lightly brushed her nose against his, her lips ghosting over his. She grazed her cheek against his as she brought her lips closer to his ear. "Earn it" she lightly nipped his earlobe before pulling back. In a risky move she released his wrists and moved her hands to his chest. Her lower body sliding back so her heat was above his groin. She grinned at him playfully as she felt the evidence of the effect she'd had on him so far.
Without tearing her gaze away from Klaus growing lustful one, she spoke "Stefan, why don't you head out to get what we need and meet us in Chicago in a couple of days. I'll text you what to get later"
She moved her hands further down Klaus torso, her fingers lifting his shirt. Her hands splaying across his Ab's. She bit her lip seductively. She leaned forward with intention of kissing him.
The sound of Stefan clearing his throat, caused her to snap her eyes up at him.
"I..er" Stefan he stumbled
Caroline rolled her eyes in frustration "Think of it as making your master happy, is that loophole enough for you" she snapped. The words seemed to do the trick as Stefan flashed off into the night. She looked back down at the hybrid beneath her and smiled as she found him smirking playfully up at her. She closed the gap between them and placed her lips on his.
A/N ok so I feel kinda mean leaving right there. If I'm honest I'm still a little bit torn as to whether they should get down and dirty right, there or if I should hold off on the sex a bit longer. Both scenarios have interesting implications when they finally meet up with the crescent moon pack.