Yay! A new chapter! This chapter is a little shorter than the last one and it's more of a filler chapter. It is essential to the set up of the story. I promise the more interesting stuff is coming soon, so just be patient. Hope you enjoy! :)
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"Klaus, what are we doing in New York City?" I stared at him incredulously.
He contemplated for a moment like he was trying to decide something before sighing, and he said, "We are leaving the country."
"Leaving the country? Where are you taking me?" I was suddenly very afraid of just what Klaus' plans were.
Klaus chuckled, "Now, now, I can't tell you everything. It'll ruin the surprise."
I immediately began to freak out. I didn't even get to say goodbye to Jeremy and Alaric and to my friends. How did my life change so drastically? It seemed as if one minute I was just a regular teenage girl about to start her senior year of high school, and the next, I was on my way to becoming a human blood bag for the rest of my life, however long that was going to be.
Suddenly, without warning, tears threatened to spill out of my eyes. But I wouldn't cry. I wasn't going to give Klaus the satisfaction of seeing me cry. The best thing I could do right then was to remain calm.
So I blinked a few times until my eyes were no longer watery, and I asked Klaus one more time in the steadiest voice I could manage, "Where are you taking me?"
Klaus looked at me then, "Far enough away so that you can't go running back." He said it almost grimly and there was no humor in his eyes now. This didn't help to settle my nerves at all.
We drove for about another hour getting into the city. The traffic was terrible. It was rush-hour, after all. To distract myself from the fact that I was kidnapped by Klaus, I gazed out the car window and admired the city. It was absolutely surreal. The buildings were impossibly tall, yellow cabs flashed by, pedestrians walked on the sidewalks rushing to get to work. The city was full of life. Everywhere I turned, something was always moving, someone always had somewhere to be, a goal to reach. No wonder New York was nicknamed the city that never sleeps.
I had always dreamed of coming to New York City, I just never imagined it would be like this with a thousand-year-old psychotic hybrid who's hell-bent on using me to raise his own army of supernatural freaks.
On cue, as if he knew what I was thinking about, Klaus said, "Take it all in, sweetheart, we will only be here for a short while."
He was right because after about twenty minutes, we drove into the JFK airport.
A few minutes later we drove up to a medium-sized looking airplane. Klaus cut the car engine and got out of the car. He walked over to my side and opened the passenger door.
"Come on, love, we're here."
I got out of the car and stared up at the sleek plane in amazement. I put two and two together and turned to Klaus. "You have your own private jet?" I said it with much more surprise than I should have. Of course he had his own private jet. He's a thousand-year-old original vampire. Why wouldn't he have his own jet after having hundreds of years to build his wealth?
He smirked at my comment, making his dimples show. "I have several, actually, scattered around the world, ready to use at my disposal should the need ever arise. It's much more convenient, since there are no check-out lines and no restrictions on what I can take with me." He said the last part with a wink.
I looked up at the looming airplane, suddenly terrified of it. Terrified of the fact that I'm being forced to leave my old life behind. I knew then that once I stepped onto that plane that there was no looking back.
Sensing my hesitance, Klaus turned to me and said, "Now, now, we already discussed this, love. You are coming with me and there is nothing you can do about it, not unless you want your loved ones to suffer." There was a threatening tone in his voice.
As much as I hated to admit it, he was right. I cared about my friends and family more than anything, and I was not about to put them at risk because I was pretty sure Klaus meant what he said about killing them if I tried to run away. I decided that I should just play it safe and go along with Klaus' plans for now. I didn't really have much of a choice.
Klaus gestured to the plane. "Shall we?"
I took a deep breath and nodded. I boarded the plane without looking back.