Totally crazy that I have two chapters up within a few hours but I was on a role. Because of that it'll probably be a few days before chapter four gets up. I hope you guys keep enjoying this cause I love reviews!

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The Wake of Devastation

Chapter Three

Caroline spent the next fifteen minutes explaining to Damon that she was from the future and to her surprise he seemed to believe her more than the rest of them. She knew she needed them to believe her for her plan to work but this situation was getting extremely frustrating.

Damon stared at Caroline through intense eyes until she finally snapped, "If you don't stop looking at me like that you will no longer have eyeballs."

He raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I'm just trying to wrap my head around this. I mean I can sort of believe that you're from the future. I'm finding it hard to believe that you're 600 years old. How the hell have you lived for so long?"

Caroline wasn't surprised that this is what Damon was hung up on. He never had much faith her abilities as a vampire. She smirked, "Let's just say I keep friends in the highest of places."

Elena signed, "Caroline, if you expect us to believe you and help you do whatever it is you have planned, you're going to need to give us a little bit more information. This is a lot to take in."

As much as Caroline wished she could keep them all in the dark about the specifics, she knew everything would come to light eventually. When she thought about it her plan involved a lot of manipulation. The Originals of this time aren't the family she's spent the last 600 years with. They weren't going to trust her right off the bat which means she's going to have to leverage her information to get what she needs.

"Ok, not to get too crazy with the details but things are so bad for vampires in the future that taking the risk to travel back in time 600 years was completely worth it. There's a little perspective for you."

"What's so dangerous in the future?" Stefan asked.

Caroline took a deep breath before dropping the bomb, "Vampires are almost extinct in my time."

That certainly got their attention and they responded with four pairs of wide eyes.

"How is that even possible?" Elena breathed.

"Trust me it was easier than you'd think." Caroline muttered back.

"So that's why you're here? To stop vampires from becoming extinct?" Stefan clarified.

"It's a pleasant side effect." She quipped.

Damon gave her a hard look, "But it's not the only reason you're here."

She rolled her eyes, "It's basically the reason I'm here. The reasons go hand and hand."

They all sent glares her way while Damon asked, "So what's the big plan then?"

Caroline smirked, crossing her arms over her chest, and walked up to Katherine. It hadn't escaped her notice that she hadn't said much of anything since Damon walked in the room. She imagined Katherine was trying to figure out how Caroline being here would mess with her own grand plan. "Well the start of the plan starts with you."

Katherine matched her smirk in defiance, "What makes you think I'm going to do anything for you?"

"Well since you killed me I think I have the right to ask you for a little favor."

She scoffed, "What do you want?"

The words that came out of Caroline's mouth send a shiver of fear through Katherine's body, "I need you to get in touch with Elijah."

Even Katherine couldn't mask the shock on her face and stuttered out, "What?"

The rest looked on in confused fascination at her sudden change in demeanor. Fear wasn't something that showed on her face very often.

The smirk on Caroline's face never wavered, "You heard me."

Katherine mumbled in response, "I don't know—"

"And don't even start any bullshit about not knowing where he is." Caroline interrupted fiercely, "You've been running for 500 years. You either know where he is or you know someone that does."

Katherine shook her head and said quietly, "I don't know what you think you're doing but you don't want this."

Caroline fixed her with a hard glare, "You don't know what I want. Do it or you're going to have a very serious problem of your limbs being far away from your body."

Trying a different tactic Katherine said, "You're from the future so you must know doing this will make you directly responsible for Elena's death."

A furious chorus of "What?!" exploded from the other side of the room where Damon, Stefan, and Elena had sat quietly watching the events unfold between the two other vampires. If looks could kill the glare that Caroline sent Katherine would have turned her to ash. She just had to complicate the matter.

"Nice. Making the Salvatore brother distress over Elena's safety. I'd give you props if I weren't so annoyed."

"What the hell is she talking about?" Stefan demanded, "Who is this Elijah and why is calling him going cause Elena's death."

"Elijah isn't somebody you have to worry about." She explained to them before turning her attention back to Katherine. "He isn't going to do a damn thing to Elena. You're worried about what he's going to do to you. And rightly so. I'm going to find him with or without you but if you don't do this, trust me when I tell you that you won't have to worry about what Elijah is going to do to you."

"And what exactly am I supposed to say to get him here?" Katherine forced through tight, angry lips.

Caroline smiled knowing she won, "Just tell him that you have everything he needs. Since that was your plan the whole time it shouldn't be that difficult."