No your eyes do not deceive you! It's another update :D I'm so happy people are loving the re-write. Thank you to all the reviewers and followers, you've all kept my inspiration going.

Before you read the chapter, I just need to clear a few timeline issues up:

-Jeremy did die but that happened before any of this occurred and Bonnie did bring him back but she didn't die in the process. Jeremy and Bonnie had been dating before he died but she found him kissing Anna- his ghost ex-after she brought him back to life.

- I've also kind of twisted the cure timeline, so Katherine already had the cure and Kol was killed because Elena and Jeremy just came upon the opportunity. Elena wanted the cure but so did Klaus so the Mystic Falls gang (sans Caroline) made a deal with Katherine for the cure but she double crossed them and negotiated with Elijah instead.

-Silas has been unleashed but only Kol realises what a big threat he is so he went to Elena's house to kill her because she wanted to use the cure for herself instead of using it on Silas and stopping the end of the world.

I know all these little details may be confusing (hell they're messing with my head already 'cos I swear the timeline is already screwed up, but hey, I tried my best to hash it out) if you find yourself losing track of events just ignore the TV series and just go with the flow...

Also with the baby I'll be naming her in a couple of chapters so you've all got about 3 days to give me your suggestions.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy :D

Bonnie ran the tip of her finger along the rim of the glass as she stared into the murky bourbon liquid which Damon had slid to her.

"We should tell her we're here." The witch heard Stefan murmur in a bland tone as he leaned against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. Damon clicked his tongue before downing his glass of bourbon in one go letting it burn down her throat. He shook his head.

"No way. We have no way of knowing if the big bad is listening in, calling Blondie is definitely out of the question." He stood and scanned the faces around him before continuing to speak. "Let's face it, trying to negotiate with Katherine was a stupid move. It would've worked if Elijah hadn't got in the way and made a deal with her instead to get the cure. The moment that judgy's barrier comes crashing down we're all doomed. So I suggest we pack up and head as far away as possible, in fact," his lips curved up into a smirk, "I know of a nice little beach on the coast of Hawaii." He wiggled his eyebrows as he looked at Stefan who scoffed and shook his head.

"We can't run away, Damon. They'll come after us, and they're first targets are going to be Elena and Jeremy." The doe eyed doppleganger looked up at Stefan as she squeezed Jeremy's hand in hers. "We need to find a way to tell Caroline what happened and then stop Klaus from coming after us."

"It's not just Klaus though, is it?" Bonnie murmured speaking out for the first time since they had arrived at Alaric's old apartment which lingered with dust. "It's all of them. Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah. Who knows how many people they can get on their sides, they're the oldest vampires ever, I'm sure they've got a few incredibly powerful allies." Her voice trailed off as she took a slow sip of the bourbon wincing as her tongue was covered in the bitter liquid.

"Did I just hear some negativity from you Bennett?" Damon said sarcastically earning a blank glare from her before she licked her dry lips and spoke again.

"What? You think that running away and hiding is going to make all of this better?" She let out a mirthless laugh, "Nothing is going to stop them. Their brother is dead, they're not just going to give up and get on with their lives, they're going to hunt us down one by one and I doubt they're going to go straight in for the kill. They'll probably torture us and take pleasure in it." She turned away and threw the bourbon down her throat in one go.

"Bonnie…" Elena murmured reaching out to her friend who barely glanced at her. "We'll get through this," the doppleganger offered her a gentle coaxing smile which fell as Bonnie pushed herself away from the table and stood ready to leave the room, "Bonnie?"

"How? How are we going to get through this?" Bonnie's shoulders sagged as she saw Elena glance away unable to provide her with any answers. "Caroline is with a homicidal psychopath and we were the ones to tell her to go to him."

"He's got some weird affection for her, she'll be fine." Jeremy said weakly causing Bonnie to turn on him.

"Affection? What, like the affection Damon had for Elena when he snapped your neck? Or the affection you had for me when you kissed Anna?" Jeremy's eyes widened, it had been months since that had happened but obviously it was still a sore spot for the witch, "That so-called affection isn't going to help Caroline, the moment that barrier drops Klaus is probably going to kill her. And if she isn't his first target, her mom most likely will be," she took in a deep breath, "face it, we're all screwed. And none of us have a way to fight back." She walked towards the adjoining room leaving them in silence to think about her words.

"We could use magic, I mean, maybe there's a way for them to be desiccated all at once, we've just got to-"

"You mean I could use my magic whilst you stand on the side lines and watch." Bonnie said over her shoulder before turning and locking her eyes with everyone's eyes in turn.

"Magic is not a toy, Bonnie. It has consequences which even you can't understand." Her grams screamed out as the wind gushed past them both. "I told you never to get involved in vampire business." The younger Bennett squinted as her eyes became watery from the wind rushing past them

"I had to, they're my friends." Sheila gasped sharply as she lashed out and grasped Bonnie's arm tightly.

"You were warned of the consequences, baby." Her voice got stuck in her throat as she tried to speak against the rushing wind. "You made your choice and they made theirs."

"Grams?" Bonnie screamed out as the wind got louder and louder.

"I warned you to stay away." Grams held her arm tighter as Bonnie watched her eyes cloud over, "You made your choice. Now they're taking it out on me."

"Grams? What's happening?!" Sheila gasped for air before her head snapped up to the sky and Bonnie gripped her arm trying to keep hold of her as the elder Bennett suddenly let out a scream piercing right through the wind. "Grams!" Bonnie clutched onto the cardigan her gram was wearing but she couldn't' feel the rough texture of the material as Sheila continued to scream, "Please don't do this to her!" Bonnie tried to grasp her tightly but failed as her body began to disappear and feather away, "No! No! No! What'd I do? Tell me what t-"

Bonnie snapped up with wide eyes grasping her pillow tightly. She's been having the nightmares every night in a continuous cycle. Her grams was ripped from her all over again. And she knew it would never stop.

"We've just got to find a way to get rid of them and we'll be fr-"

"We've been trying that for the past 2 years!" Bonnie shouted, the lights wavered but the witch ignored it.

"I found my peace because I made sure you found yours." Her grams' voice echoed in her ears, the loss of her grandmother had hit her hard when she had brought Jeremy back again only to find him kissing his dead girlfriend's ghost.

"I'm so proud of you." Bonnie winced internally, there was nothing to be proud of. Nature was supposed to be her guide and all her life she had rejected that for others only for her family to be taken instead to keep things even. There was nothing to be proud of. Her Grams had been wrong. Bonnie Bennett was an imposter of a witch. A fraud in nature's name.

Composing herself, the Bennett's features hardened. "I don't want this anymore." She said into the quiet room as all of their eyes turned to her. "I can't do this anymore."

"Bonnie, you don't know what you're doing-"Damon started rising from his seat but his words were cut off as Bonnie spoke in a hard, resolute tone.

"I know exactly what I'm doing. Something I should've done a long time ago. I'm protecting myself. I'm putting me first."

"She's here." Michelle spoke lightly as the water trailed from the edge of the map up towards Virginia and stopped. Klaus cocked his head wondering why she would go there of all places.

"Is she moving?" He asked wondering if it was just a temporary pit stop. Michelle shook her head.

"No, her presence is strong as if she's been staying there for a while."

Klaus glanced up at Elijah who was in the middle of calling Rebekah ordering her to come back home form whatever gallivanting trip she was on.

"Thank you Michelle." He murmured before grabbing his jacket and flashing to his car as he was joined with Elijah.

"Well?"

"Charleston hospital." Elijah's brow peaked but he didn't utter a word as they drove towards the location in question.

Caroline strode past the security desk with her eyes locked onto the metal elevator in front of her.

"Excuse me, Miss?" She heard a guard shout from behind but ignored him as she continued towards the door. "Miss, stop, do you have any I.D?" The blonde heard the click of the safety being unlatched on his gun, she could hear the thrum of the blood rushing through his veins, the adrenaline coursing through his blood. "I'm going to have to ask you to stop and turn around."

Taking in a deep breath, Caroline followed his instructions to turn and see his fingers wrapped around his gun which he was about to pull out. "You're I.D?"

"My I.D…" the blond pursed her lips and shook her head giving him a pitying look to which his eyes narrowed as she walked towards him with her arms swinging by her sides. "I don't have any I.D"

Hearing her words he pulled his gun out, she kept walking towards him as her eyes remained locked on his. "Stop." He commanded but Caroline ignored him and continued to stride to him, he furrowed his brows and pulled the gun up to point at her, her face remained expressionless. "I said stop!"

Caroline stilled and she watched his fingers tremble on the magasin of the gun, "Sorry." She said and he nodded thinking she was talking about her hesitation at his commands, little did he know that she was actually apologizing for her next actions.

The blonde flashed towards him grabbing the gun from his hand and locked her eyes on his brown orbs. "You will forget me and sleep." She commanded simply before flashing away to enter the elevator and pushing the button for the morgue, the doors began to close as she saw him come out of his dazed stance and return to his desk. She gripped the poles running along the elevator tightly before pushing herself closer to the door as they opened. She stepped out into the cold, artificially lit area and made her way towards the double doors that had transparent panels in them. She looked inside to see 2 men, one clearly older with white scruff running along his jaw whilst the younger one had curly brown hair and wore rectangular glasses, Caroline pushed the door open slightly and slid into the freezing cold morgue.

"He's of average B.M.I according to his height and weight ratio, the autopsy doesn't show any irregularities…" the older man spoke as he faced the wall on the far side and looked through a file, the blonde moved closer to the second man who had his back to her as well and seemed to observing x-ray scans. Taking a breath, Caroline flashed in front of the younger man and locked eyes with him.

"Sleep." His hands went slack and he dropped the scans to the floor letting the sound of scraping echo through the room. Caroline slowly laid him on the floor as the older man turned round hearing the scrape, his eyes widened as he saw the blonde straighten.

"Who are you?" He asked, his lips parted and a breath escaped his lungs as he saw his colleague laying on the floor at her feet, Caroline stepped over him and locked eyes with the man who lunged to the phone that was attached to the wall, before he could dial a key she grasped his hand and spun him round catching his eyes. The blonde's orbs dilated:

"Where is Elizabeth Forbes?" She asked in an emotionless tone.

"Under the sheet." He replied, confused Caroline turned and saw a body covered in a pure white sheet standing a few feet away from the rest of the metal trolleys holding similar shapes. Swallowing, she looked back at the man.

"Forget me and sleep." His eyes slowly slid shut and his body slid to the ground supported by Caroline's hands. She released him and slowly moved towards the covered body. She smelt the distinct cinnamon originate from under the sheet, slowly she moved her hands closer and lightly gripped the top edge of the cover, she eased it gently don't and gasped as she saw her mom's blank white face lying on the cold metal, swallowing the grief that bubbled up her throat the blonde reached out her fingers and grazed her cheeks recoiling slightly as she felt the cold sharpness crawl along her fingers.

"I'm bringing you back mommy, I'm sorry it took me so long." Caroline whispered as droplets of water began edging their way over the rims of her cornflower blue eyes. "I'm not losing you." She said as she pulled up the sleeve of her jacket and bit into her wrist, smiling to herself Caroline pressed her wrist against her mom's ice cold lips letting the blood smear across her pale flesh, "Come on…" she whispered as trails of blood ran from the corner of her lip down towards her neck. "Drink, mom." Caroline said softly with a commanding hint. She felt her skin knit back together so she pulled her wrist away and bit into it harder before pushing it against her lips again. "Come on, mommy, just a little bit." She murmured softly as her other hand began running through her dull hair, she pressed harder feeling no response from her mother, her vision blurred over as the droplets fell faster and harder onto her mom's cheeks. "Just a little bit, mommy, drink a little bit."

Caroline continued to run her fingers in the human blonde's hair, the strands felt like coarse paintbrush hairs that would eventually fray. The vampire gulped down some air as she pressed her bleeding wrist closer to her mom's mouth, she could feel her mom's teeth dig into her skin. "Mommy…" she muttered feeling no response from her, the fingers in her mom's hair ran down to her cheek brushing away Caroline's leaking tears, she pressed her palm along her cheek and shook her face lightly urging for her to respond in any way, "mommy, get up," she demanded, her soft voice becoming full of desperation. "Mommy?"

She shook her harder, her wrist fell away from her lips as she clasped her cheeks in both hands, "Mom, get up." Caroline hissed commanding her body to move but getting no response. Gasping, the younger blond bit her wrist again and forced the blood to move down her mouth as she tightened her fingers into a fist causing the blood to pulse out. "No, no, no…" she uttered feeling no response again.

Caroline pulled back and looked down at her mom as fresh tears fell, she grasped her cloth covered shoulders and began to shake her lightly, "Mom, get up." No response. "Mommy wake up!" She shouted as she shook her frantically, failing again for any response Caroline tried once more to get blood into her mom's system as her fangs elongated and she brutally pierced her flesh allowing as much blood as possible to spill over, she pushed shoved her wrist against her mouth feeling Liz' teeth pierce the top layer of her skin.

"Mom-mommy ge-get up," Caroline shouted, her body trembled as she felt the emptiness begin to close in on her, her stuttering echoed through the room hitting the blank walls and resonating in the corners. "Do-Don't lea-leave me." She cried out as her crying increased to heartfelt sobs as her chest began tightening whilst her throat constricted until it felt as if it had fully closed up and all that could be emitted where heart clenching moans.

The blonde looked around the room trying to think of something-anything-that could help her, her eyes fell form the x-rays to the paperwork that was lying across the desk. Her eyes were continuously filled with tears as they kept escaping and running down her cheeks to fall along her mom's skin where the droplets seeped into the flesh bruising it to give her skin a pink lilt that somehow looked like it didn't belong there.

Her eyes locked onto an empty syringe lying among the instruments, she reached out with her free hand whilst keeping her bloodied wrist pressed against her mom's mouth, her fingers were inches away from getting the syringe, losing her footing her hand fell against the metal plate which it lay upon, she had expected the plate to fall, she expected the fall to cause a loud clatter as it hit the ground, she had expected to be able to waste only a few seconds to grab the syringe and use it…

…what she hadn't expected was to feel the exhilarating rush before her body was slammed against the wall with one hand pushing her waist against the hard surface whilst the other pressed her bleeding wrist up against the wall…

Klaus and Elijah strode through the entrance of the hospital. "Where are you?" Klaus muttered to himself as he scanned the faces of the people around him but failed to find the woman he was looking for. He felt his brother leave his side and approach the receptionist whose heartbeat quickened as he spoke.

"Hello."

"Hi." The red haired woman said perkily.

"I was hoping you could help me, I'm looking for someone, a woman called Caroline Forbes." The receptionist looked down at her computer and after a few seconds shook her head.

"I'm sorry, I don't have that name on here." Klaus rolled his eyes and approached her, he smirked seeing his eyes widen before he dilated his and proceeded to compel her.

"A blonde haired woman, blue eyes, light brown jacket, peach coloured top and light blue jeans. Have you seen her?" The woman hesitated but nodded after a few seconds. "What was she doing here and where did she go?"

"She came in twice, she arrived again just a few minutes ago and asked for directions to the morgue." Klaus' smirk fell as he heard her words. Morgue? "But I told her she needed a pass and no visitors were allowed entrance, it's a restricted area." What the hell would she be doing there? Wanting to find out, he immediately asked for directions which the girl provided and determinedly walked towards the direction of the morgue as Elijah followed beside him.

"The morgue?" Elijah simply asked earning no response from his brother. "Quite a peculiar place for Miss Forbes to end up, in is not?" Klaus didn't answer too busy asking himself the questions instead.

After a few minutes of walking, they ended up in a deserted corridor with a silver, metal elevator waiting for them at the end, they ambled towards it but slowed as their eyes caught sight of a balding man slumped over his desk snoring lightly, the brothers glanced at each other before making their way to the elevator and entering it.

"She was in here." Klaus muttered as he picked up Caroline's strawberry scent which continued to linger in the air, they exited the lift and heard whimpers coming from behind the double which soon turned into cries.

"Niklaus." Elijah spoke, the hybrid glanced at his brother and found him looking through the glass panels in the door. Following his gaze Klaus saw a blonde mop of curled hair in the other room, he narrowed his eyes as he strode swiftly towards the doors, his head was suddenly filled with images of his little brother burning in front of his eyes. Gritting his teeth he flashed through the doors with only Kol's dead body in his mind.

Grasping her across her waist he slammed and pinned her against the wall, one hand was pressing her hip into the surface whilst the other caught the hand she had swung out to hit back at him, he grasped it tightly holding her steady.

Klaus' eyes found Caroline's as she stared at him with wide orbs that were filled to the brim with tears that continued to escape.

"Caroline?" Her name came out as a question, he was bewildered with Caroline's appearance, her hair was flying everywhere, her perfect curls where nowhere to be found whilst her eyes were clouded over with water, her lips were stained pink with her own blood. Taking a breath, he smelt Caroline's blood and looked down at her bleeding wrist, "Caroline?"

The younger blonde gasped as she realised who had pinned her, she struggled in his hold wanting him to release her, their thoughts were interrupted as a crash resounded in the room. They looked towards the sound and both of their eyes widened at the sight.

The metal trolley had collapsed and tumbled over causing Elizabeth's body to hit the floor, she looked as motionless as she had before, her feet were next to the trolley but the upper half of her body had slid away as her arm had fell as if she was reaching out for something.

"Mommy!" Caroline screamed as she fought against Klaus' hold, hearing her scream and seeing Liz's body on the floor with blood smeared across her lips and cheek, his grip loosened allowing the blonde to flash and slide down beside her mom.

Caroline gripped her body and pulled her head up into her lap as she softly ran her fingers through her hair. "Mom…" she gasped before seeing the syringe lying beside her, she grasped it.

Klaus and Elijah's eyes were wide in disbelief at the scene, Caroline was holding her dead mother's body in her arms, she raised the syringe and jabbed it into her arm filling it as much as possible before pulling it out. "Carolin-"his voice halted as he watched Caroline drive the blood-filled syringe into her chest directly into her heart and push the blood into the cavity.

The blonde threw the syringe aside once she was done and pressed her hand against her mom's cheek and shook it lightly. "Mom, come on…open…open your eyes," she shook her harder, "…please mom…wake up…mommy?" Caroline wrapped her arms around her mom's body pulling her closer as she looked down at her face waiting for her eyes to open. "Wake up" she whispered as she pressed her face into her mom's hair, "Wake up…" she muttered, "…please…" she pleaded.

Caroline tightened her grip on Liz's body crushing her in her hold, the blond vampire looked back down to her mom's face and found it as it was before, blood streaked across her lips and cheeks but now with Caroline's tears covering her cheeks. The blonde felt anger well up in her as her mom wouldn't-couldn't-open her eyes. "Open them." She said commanding it in a strong but hoarse voice. No reaction. Caroline's lips trembled with rage as her body shook. "Open," Caroline panted, "Your eyes" the words came out strangled being tied in a knot with the overwhelming emotion. Finally snapping, Caroline screamed. "OPEN YOUR EYES!"

The room descended into silence. There was no sound. No heartbeat. No more words…until Caroline hugged the lifeless body again and wept into the bristling hair.

Elijah let out a soft breath, he reached up and loosened his tie. He had witness destruction on a global scale. Wars, loss, pain. Death. His throat began closing up hearing Caroline's cries, the image of Kol's burnt body slammed into his head and was soon joined by another loss he hadn't thought of a long time. A loss he refused to face in centuries.

Henrik.

Klaus felt his knees weaken as he heard her scream for Liz to open her eyes with no use. The hybrid felt the despair emanate from her body and pierce straight into his heart jumpstarting it, his eyes brimmed with water. He watched her begin to rock back and forth with Liz in her arms as if she was cradling a child and comforting it. Her continuous pleas continued to resonate in the air, her voice became hoarse and began to crack showing the strain on her throat.

He was never one to comfort others. Those days had come and gone having died the day Mikael had thrust a sword through his chest leaving him to bleed out on the stone floor of their family hut. He wasn't one to comfort-but that didn't mean he wasn't capable of it. Edging closer to Caroline, he placed his hand on her shoulder, sensing no rejection at his touch he slowly lowered himself to his knees behind her and proceeded to wrap his arms around her as he placed his cheek against hers and begun to whisper soothing words into her ear whilst gently rocking her in a calming way.

"Bring her back…." She whispered desperately, he almost would have missed it if it wasn't for his hybrid hearing, she turned her face and her bright blue orbs stared up at him wide and childlike. He swallowed thickly not knowing what to say, instead he ran his fingers through her soft curls as she hiccupped another cry. "Please…" she murmured with her eyes on his, "…I'll do anything…please bring her back…" he wrapped his hand around her stomach and pulled her in tighter.

"There isn't a way…" he whispered into her ear, he may be the most evil creature on this planet, but one thing he wasn't was a liar. Especially not to her. "…I can't bring her back…" he was met with her sobs again as she held her mother in one arm pressing her against her chest whilst her other hand sought out Klaus' which had wrapped around her stomach. She gripped it tightly, he squeezed back reassuringly as his other hand trailed through her soft locks tenderly, her head fell against the juncture of his neck and he swallowed feeling her tears run along the curve of his neck to be soaked up in his shirt. But he didn't mind. This was Caroline. His Caroline.

So...how was it?

If anyone's interested when I was writing this I was constantly listening to:

Melanie Martinez-Pacify

Florence and The Machine-Over the love

And a whole load of Agnes Obel songs-Dorian/The Curse/Run cried the crawling.

For the last scene I had Agnes Obel -Words are dead on repeat.

Next Chapter: Klaus meets the baby Forbes.

See you next time :D