Chapter 5

When Elijah told Klaus about Tyler and Hayley, Caroline was sure he could have guessed what had happened next between her and Tyler, but yet she didn't see pity in his eyes. She didn't need pity, she needed comfort. Her heart knew that she could get it from Klaus. But where he was? Caroline sighed and took the last sip of her bourbon. She had no idea where he was, and that thought made her even more frustrated. New Orleans was a quiet big city; she couldn't look out from him on every corner even though she wanted to.

"Another one, please." she ordered.

The bartender girl came over, "No, sweetheart. You have drunk too much. If you drink more, you will end up sleeping on the street and it's not safe out there." she smiled warmly.

Caroline looked up at girl, she was a pretty girl and looked like in mid of 20s. Her eyes went down to her name plate, and that bartender girl seemed to notice it."Call me Cami." she said.

Caroline nodded, "I'm fine,Cami." No, she didn't. Caroline was drunk, and that was exactly what she wanted to be. She wanted to forget everything; fell in love with Tyler, the betrayal, hurt—everything.

Cami chuckled."You are drunk. You should get home, take rest. I'm pretty sure you are new in town. There are many places you can see here, but not while you are drunk."

Caroline sighed, Cami was right. She shouldn't push her too far. The liquors couldn't wash away the pain, no matter how much she consumed it. She should go home, and maybe she would find Klaus was already waiting for her. It was just a tiny hope, but still a hope."Yeah, I should get going." Caroline flashed a weak smile and paid for her drinks."Thanks." she said and grabbed her bags then made her way out of the bar.

The sun was already set when she walked out from the bar. The cold air was piercing her skin. She circled her arms around her body as she walked down the alley. It was quiet for normal humans, but with her enhanced hearing she could hear footsteps were following her behind. Caroline turned back quickly and she found a silhouette of man standing few inches from her."Who's there?"

The man stepped beneath the street light. Caroline instantly recognized him as the dark, curly-haired guy she saw earlier this morning at the bar. He was without his friend."Who are you?" she asked. She was already felt anxious.

The man sneered, "You must be Caroline Forbes. Welcome to New Orleans."

There was something in the welcome; Caroline didn't feel it like a welcome. Her instinct was telling her to get out of there as fast as she could and when she was about to, someone grabbed her arms and something struck her neck; the burning liquid entered her veins. The man was walking toward her and she couldn't see anything but his feet. She struggled, but the vervain kept her down and groggy. Last thing she remembered was the man's smirk and then everything else went black.

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Caroline opened her eyes slowly, her sight was blur, the only thing she could sure of was it already night. She found herself chained in a chair with vervain ropes; she could feel her skin was burning beneath it. Caroline looked up at the man who seated himself in front of her, playing what it seemed to be like a wooden stake in his hand.

"It is not fair to include you to this." he began, "But then we saw the look in Klaus's eyes this morning when he saw you. Then we decided to make you as a part of our revenge." The pain was too much for her to digest what he had said.

"Since I'm going to kill you anyway, I think you should know why." he got up and walked toward her. Caroline realized that it was the dark-haired guy, alone without his friend. But Caroline was sure that he wasn't alone, he might had his friends waiting outside from him."He tried to kill my friend." Caroline clenched her teeth, wishing she could snap his neck by now, but it was useless. The man was standing by her now; he sliced her skin with the wooden stake.

Caroline screamed in pain."Ple..please. Let…me f—free."

"Sorry." he sneered widely and walked behind her with the wooden stake facing her chest."I made a promise to my friend." Caroline closed her eyes, she couldn't do anything but waiting for death to approach her. Just as the Man was about to stab her, Caroline heard a bang, and the door flew open. Two lifeless bodies were dropped inside and Klaus walked in. Caroline blinked few times just to make sure it wasn't a dream, to make sure that Klaus was there, came to save her.

"Don't you dare to touch her!" his jaw set, he was seemed to be in a complete rage. He looked down at Caroline; she couldn't read the emotions in his face. He turned his attention to the man, his eyes glowed in anger.

"Klaus?" The man whispered in shock. He knew he didn't have much time. In less than second he swung the stake to Caroline's chest. But Klaus was faster, he grabbed the man's hand and made him stabbed himself with the stake. As the stake went through his chest, he was petrified and died instantly.

Caroline couldn't feel anything but pain, she breathed heavily. She watched Klaus as he made his way to her. His face was sad, a painful look was clear in his eyes, as if he also could feel her pain."Caroline." he whispered lowly. He seemed broken to see Caroline like that and most of all it was because of him. He carefully pulled the vervain ropes from her and threw it aside. Klaus slid his hand underneath her back and his other hand under her legs and lifted her in his arms.

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Author's note : Reviews are highly appreciated. Tell what do you think of Klaus came to save the love of his live again? and here's a hint : next chapter will be about klaroline ;) and hopefully I can make some Kalijah in next chapters too. And this chapter is not edited yet. I'm sorry for any mistakes. I will edit it pretty soon. Again, thanks for reading :)