A/N: Hey guys! Here are the next two chapters of The Bridge. I hope you enjoy them. Let me know.

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The role of Kent (a Transformation character) is being played by Chord Overstreet.

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When they arrived at the boarding house Bonnie and Elena herded Caroline upstairs for a bath. When they entered the bathroom Caroline shook her head.

"It still shocks me to see your things in Damon's bathroom," Caroline told Bonnie.

"I know, get used to it," Bonnie said filling the tub with water and bubbles.

"Caroline, why did you call Klaus instead of one of us?" Elena asked.

"Why does that matter?" Caroline asked as she shed her filthy clothes.

"Because Caroline, we were rid of him and you brought him back into our lives," Elena said with censure in her voice.

"I've been through a lot. Can we save the inquisition until after my bath?" Caroline asked.

"Elena let's go," Bonnie said pulling Elena from the bathroom.

"Fine," Elena said storming from the bathroom. Bonnie followed smiling apologetically.

When Caroline joined everyone in the study she noticed the tension.

"What's going on?" she asked taking the glass of bourbon Bonnie handed her.

"Nothing, love," Klaus said from his place by the fireplace.

"OK. I wanted to thank everyone for coming to my rescue. I appreciate it," the blonde said sincerely.

"Don't mention it, Vampire Barbie," Damon said holding his glass up to her. No one said anything and Caroline knew she had missed something.

"Someone tell me what is going on," Caroline repeated.

"We're waiting for Klaus to leave," Elena said snarkily.

"Oh, you're leaving already?" Caroline asked trying to hide her disappointment. Before Klaus could answer Demo spoke up.

"I do not think that is wise, my friend," he said addressing Klaus, "the trouble with the werewolves is not over," Demo told them all.

"What makes you say that?" Bonnie asked.

"As I said before the alpha was not present in the bar. He was likely close by. He knows that he was thwarted; by now he is plotting his revenge," Demo surmised.

"Why do you think the alpha was absent from the exchange?" Klaus asked Demo.

"I do not know," Demo told him.

"I remember that pack from the last time they were near Mystic Falls. It was huge that was about half of them," Caroline said.

"How did they know our plan?" Bonnie asked.

"Did any of you talk about the plan to anyone outside of this room?" Demo asked. They all nodded no. "Is there anyone who would know how you would react to this situation?" he asked. No one said anything.

"Lockwood," Klaus spat.

"What?" Matt said, "no Tyler wouldn't do that," he said.

"Yeah, Tyler wouldn't put Caroline at risk," Jeremy agreed.

"He didn't give a shit about putting Caroline at risk when his ass went to New Orleans to kill Klaus. He also didn't give a shit that it would kill your sister his childhood friend," Damon said to Jeremy.

"I agree with Damon. Tyler's changed," Stefan said.

"Because Klaus killed his mother. The only family he had left," Elena defended.

"I had no desire to kill Carol Lockwood but Tyler forced my hand," Klaus said calmly.

"There is no justification for Carol Lockwood's death," Jeremy spat.

"You don't think so," Klaus said, "because of him I was forced to destroy my hybrids, my family. He took my family away and I repaid him in kind," Klaus said.

"We're not debating this," Bonnie said, "I hope Tyler isn't involved but realistically he might be. It wouldn't be the first time Tyler let revenge motivate his actions," Bonnie reminded her friends.

"What do we do now?" Stefan asked no one in particular.

"Find out if Ty was involved," Matt said sadly.

"How?" Bonnie asked.

"Where has he been anyway? I know him and Blondie aren't a thing anymore but you would've thought he'd be here to help get her back," Damon pointed out.

"I called him when Care first went missing," Matt said, "he said he was too far away to help but that I should keep him posted. When Klaus showed up I stopped telling him stuff. I knew Klaus was here to help and I didn't want to deal with the drama," Matt told them truthfully.

"So you do not actually know where he is?" Demo asked.

"No," Matt said.

"How are we supposed to find him?" Stefan asked.

"A locator spell?" Damon suggested.

"Tyler doesn't have any living blood relatives," Bonnie said.

"Klaus doesn't count?" Stefan asked.

"No. You can't use the blood of a vampire to find who they've sired," Bonnie said.

"Why?" Demo asked.

"Because of the possible number of vampires the spell would find. There is no way to narrow it down because there isn't a genetic link," Bonnie explained.

"I may have a solution," Demo supplied.

"What?" Bonnie asked.

"I have an acquaintance who can help," he said pulling out his phone, "Kent join me in Mystic Falls your talents are needed," Demo said before he hung up.

"Help how?" Stefan asked.

"Kent has a very special gift that he will utilize to tell us if your friend is in or around Mystic Falls," Demo told him.

"How? He doesn't know what Tyler looks like," Jeremy said rolling his eyes.

"Do not worry about how, only believe me when I tell you he will be able to help," Demo said.

A few hours later Demo's phone rang.

"Master, I am in Mystic Falls where should I go?" Kent asked.

"The town square. Look out for a Tyler Lockwood. I need to know if he is here and where," Demo instructed.

"Very well," Kent said before hanging up.

"That won't work. No one is going to tell him that Tyler is in town," Elena said.

"They do not have to tell him anything," Demo said.

The door to the boarding house opened and in walked a dark haired man with teal eyes. He was immaculately dressed and walked with natural grace.

"Kent what did you find?" Demo asked.

"The boy named Tyler Lockwood is hiding outside of town on route 9. He doesn't want his friends to see him and ask him too many questions," Kent answered.

"You're lying!" Jeremy said.

"I assure you I am not lying, Jeremy," Kent said. They all looked at Kent strangely.

"How do you know my brother's name?" Elena asked rising to her feet.

"The same way I know yours Elena," Kent answered nonplussed. He turned to Demosthenes. "Is there anything else you require, sir?" Kent asked.

"No. That is all I require for now but do not go far," Demo told him. "Now that we know your friend is involved we need a plan," Demo said to the Mystic Falls gang.

"We don't know that. Some guy shows up says Ty is a traitor and now we all make a plan to go after him? No way!" Jeremy yelled.

"I understand your reluctance to believe me Jeremy. I also understand your desire to want to kill me. You are one of the Five. But I have no reason to lie to any of you. And if you try to kill me I will murder you where you stand," Kent said calmly.

"Calm down everyone. Demo, I understand your willingness to trust him but we can't just trust the word of a stranger against a friend we've had since childhood," Bonnie explained.

"Bonnie I understand what you're saying and why you are saying it but you owe it to your friends to tell them the truth," Kent said.

"The truth about what, Bon?" Damon asked.

"She believes me about Tyler. She never doubted me for a moment," Kent said.

"Thanks Bonnie," Damon said turning to Kent.

"Why are you upset? You believe me, Damon," Kent said.

"That doesn't matter," Damon said, "how are you doing your little parlor trick? You're not a warlock so how are you doing it?" Damon asked.

"Kent can read minds," Demosthenes informed them.

"That solves it then," Niklaus said.

"Solves what?" Stefan asked.

"The truth of Lockwood's involvement," Klaus said, "the next step is to figure out what we do next," he said.

No one said anything. They were all in shock at having someone before them who could read minds. It was beyond their scope of knowledge and they weren't sure how to handle the situation. Klaus was ready to raid the house and kill everyone inside including Tyler Lockwood. He knew he couldn't do that because of Caroline's attachment to him but every fiber of his being was telling him to.

"Matt, call Tyler. See what he says," Stefan suggested. Matt nodded and pulled out his phone to call his best friend who it seemed as if he didn't know at all anymore.

"Ty, hey what's up?" Matt asked hoping to keep his voice normal.

"Hey Matt. I haven't heard from you in a few days what's going on with Caroline?" Tyler asked.

"That's why I'm calling. We rescued her and I thought you would want to know," Matt told him.

"Oh, good. Who had her?" he asked.

"Some werewolf pack. They wanted Klaus so they kidnapped her," Matt told him.

"So even when he's thousands of miles away he's still causing trouble," Tyler said.

"I guess," Matt said not knowing how to respond. There was an awkward silence between the best friends that neither knew how to breach and then Matt heard a voice in his head. It instructed him to repeated after him. Not being sure what was going on Matt stayed silent. The voice identified itself as Kent and told him to repeat after him.

"How close to Mystic Falls are you?" Kent prompted and Matt spoke the question aloud to Tyler.

"Close, I was on my way home to see if I could help with finding Caroline since you hadn't called. Why?" Tyler said.

"Bonnie and Elena are throwing a welcome home party for Care. You should be here with us. We haven't seen you in a while," Kent said in Matt's head. Matt parroted Kent's comments unsettled by how much they sounded like things he would say.

"Yeah man that's sounds good. When?" he asked.

"Tomorrow night," Kent told Matt and Matt said aloud to Tyler.

"Alright man. I'll see you tomorrow," Tyler said.

"Yeah Ty, see you later," Matt said and then hung up, "what the hell was that?" he asked looking at Kent.

"I can communicate telepathically. Bonnie came up with the idea of bringing him here and there was no way to let you know of the plan without tipping him off so I did what was necessary," Kent explained.

"It was just an idea. I didn't mean for..." Bonnie said quickly.

"What idea Bonnie? We lure Tyler here and then let Klaus kill him! No I refuse to take part in that plan!" Elena shouted at Bonnie.

"No one said anything about killing Tyler," Bonnie said rolling her eyes at Elena.

"Not that I'd miss him," Damon added.

"Damon, you're not helping," Stefan said with a frown, "Bonnie what's the rest of the plan?" he asked his brother's girlfriend.

"We get him here and then we find out how he's involved. I have to believe that he will tell us, his friends, when we confront him with what we know," Bonnie explained.

"And if he does not tell me what I want to know?" Klaus asked.

"We'll know because Kent will be here," Bonnie said motioning to the handsome vampire.

"Nik, it is a bad idea for you to be in attendance. Your presence will only serve to agitate him. You must remove yourself from the premises. Once the reason behind his treachery has been uncovered you may return," Demo told Klaus.

"Fine, but I am not going far," Klaus said with a scowl.

Elena pulled her phone out and sent off a text message. It was to her brother.

'Jer, we have to do something' she text.

'like what' he text back.

'idk something' she answered.

'we cant warn Tyler but we can get rid of Klaus once and for all while the others talk to Tyler' Jeremy suggested.

'good idea and then he will finally pay for what he did to me' Elena answered with a smile on her face.

Neither Elena or Jeremy knew but Kent was aware of their conversation and he relayed the entire thing to Demo verbatim. Demo knew that Elena was going to be a problem. He didn't want to kill Stefan's girlfriend. He knew how his friend felt about her but he was not going to allow her childish and selfish antics ruin something Niklaus had fought so long and hard for; he would not allow the Gilberts to snatch love and family from his friend no matter what.