Sorry for the cliff-hanger and the short chapter everyone… I will later try to make different people have POVs (like Lydia) instead of the same ones, but for the moment it's still the same people. He's the rest of the story…
Caroline's POV:
As we are in the car heading to New Orleans, I am consumed by my thoughts. Stefan. He isn't going to last long. I realised that if he doesn't make it I'll never get to tell him how I feel about him. However, as I am squished in Lydia's car, against Jackson's warm body, I can't help but think that he is very hot. He is so handsome. So is Ethan, but I can tell that I'm not his type. I can tell that there is tension between Lydia and Jackson, I didn't want to get in the middle. Besides, looks aren't enough to make a man. Stefan has looks and generosity, and I love him for that.
There is a strong storm outside, and the rain is blinding my vision. Suddenly, out of the blue, a dark figure jumps out from the side of the street and crashes against our car. Lydia and I scream. Is he ok? Did we just kill him?
"We should get out and check if he's still alive…" says Lydia, shaken, "where's the umbrella?"
"No, I saw the fangs on that man, he's a vampire. Let's just leave…" says Ethan. Jackson nods along.
"How can you be certain?" asks Tyler.
"Tie, why don't you and I run to him really quick to check if he's hurt and if he's a vampire we leave?" I say.
"I said no. This is obviously a trap, Lydia start the car," repeats Ethan, decisively.
"I agree with Ethan. It's risky and dangerous," says Jackson. As we bicker on what we should do an arm rips the front door off its hinges. It pulls Lydia off the front seat. I look outside on the street. The man we hit is not there anymore. Damn my sensitivity! Ethan was right! I hear an inhumanly scream that makes my ears burst. Lydia. I see her running towards our car.
"Start the engine! Start it now!" she yells. I lean forwards and turn the key. The engine roars. She almost makes it to the car when the vampire runs in front of her and bites her. He seemed confused as to what supernatural creature she was, but he kept sucking her blood. I speed out of the car and push the vampire a few meters away. Ethan, Jackson and Tyler run out as well. Three more vampires speed and form a circle around us. The rain is still heavy, and the wind is roaring.
I see Jackson's eyes turn orange with black slits. A huge tail grows from his back. I stare at him, bewildered. I never saw Jackson as a Kanima. It's pretty cool. Ethan's eyes turn electric blue, and sharp claws grow out of his fingers. My own fangs grow and veins form beneath my eyes. Tyler's claws and fangs grow as well. Lydia does another ear-piercing scream directed at the four other vampires. In their moment of weakness Jackson leaps over them and uses his tail to cut one of their necks. The vampire is paralysed, and he falls to the floor. Helpless. I didn't know he could do that. Another vampire runs towards Jackson and pushes him so hard that he flies at super speed and crashes on a faraway tree. Unconscious, he crumples to the floor. I think he'll be fine. Angry, Ethan runs towards the second vampire who threw Jackson. He is very protective towards him. He continuously claws at the second vampire. Blood is gushing out of his scratches. It'll take longer to heal. The vampire digs his hand in Ethan's chest, ready to pull his heart out but Tyler runs towards him and twists his hand out of the way. Recovered, Ethan bites the werewolf and he falls to the ground. At the same time, I super speed in circles around this other vampire and snap his neck before he can even blink. The last vampire super speeds towards Lydia and puts his hands around her neck ready to snap it. Lydia doesn't have the power to heal so I run towards her, intent on saving her. But she can handle herself, because she does her banshee scream again. I am mortified of what I see next, the vampire that was about to kill her is paralysed in shock. He turns towards me and I see that his face is melted off. He falls to the ground. Jackson, is awake, and he's limping towards us. All five of us our in shock after what just happened. We're about to climb back in our car when I hear a whooshing noise coming from behind us. We all turn around and see ten to fifteen vampires crowded behind us.
"Well, this is just great," says Tyler. Resigned, we let them capture us and carry us away.
"What about my car!?" exclaims Lydia.
Tyler's POV:
I curse myself as these vampires take us to the centre of New Orleans. We go through these underground tunnels beneath the street, so no one can see us. I hear a whisper from my left but there is no one there.
"Tyler…" says a voice. I turn around, but the others are all in front of me. Suddenly, I see a figure gesturing to me to follow her. She has black hair and fair skin. Allison. I follow her along a different tunnel until we reach a wide room with blood red walls.
"Why have you brought me here? I know you're not real, you're a ghost aren't you?" I ask all the questions at once. She ignores me.
"I'm sorry I didn't telly you I died. But there is a more important reason I brought you here…" she says. I was definitely freaked out.
"Am I going crazy or something? Get out of my head!" I scream.
"Shhh… listen. You are being brought to Marcel's headquarters. These vampires work for him." She whispers. I knew who Marcel was. An old vampire. The 'King' of New Orleans.
"Is Klaus going to be with him?" I ask. She ignores my question and keeps talking.
"I know what's going to happen next. You'll need this for what's to come," she gives me a small and very old music box. I try to open it, but I can't. It's broken. I place it in my jacket pocket anyway.
"It doesn't work…" I say.
"It will Tie… It will," she starts to disappear, and so does the room. I find myself back in the tunnels beneath New Orleans. Several meters behind everyone else. The vampire behind me gives me a nudge and I walk until I reach the others. I touch my jacket and feel the music box inside it. I don't know why I need it, but I know it's important.
"I think these are Marcel's vampires," I whisper to the others.
"Great, not only do we have Klaus to deal with, but now we have Marcel as well," exclaims Caroline
"Who is Marcel?" asks Lydia
"He's this old vampire that managed to sire Klaus. He took over the whole town of New Orleans. He's not an original though, but he's still very strong." Says Caroline.
"Sired?" asks Jackson
"It's when someone has power over your actions or something…" says Ethan. He seems to know a lot about this stuff.
"Who are the originals anyway?" asks Lydia.
"A family of vampires. The first vampires ever. They are over 1000 years old. And let's say they are slightly bored," I say.
They take us to this mansion at the centre of town. My hands are shackled together at the back. I would usually be able to break free from these chains, but they are laced with vervain, Wolvespane and a strong type of metal that I don't remember the name of. I've never actually met Marcel before, and I'm dreading it. The music box in my pocket suddenly starts to get much warmer. The vampires push inside the living room where six people are reclining on the couches. I recognise Klaus immediately, I see Rebekah, Elijah and I dark skinned man who I assume is Marcel. I gasp when I see who the last two people are.
"Haley? What are you doing here?" I ask, shocked.
"Tie? Let him go! What are you doing to him!" she shrieks. I can't believe she's living with Klaus! I see a baby girl resting on her shoulders. This sickens me… Is that Klaus' child?
"Tyler? Are you amongst these trespassers as well? What a pleasant surprise!" says a familiar British drawl. Klaus. I remain silent. Instead talking to Haley instead.
"This is where you went when you told me you were leaving?" I ask
"I'm so sorry Tie, I thought Caroline had told you that I was pregnant with Hope?" I stare at Caroline. She shrinks away.
"Hope? Is that the name of your baby? Pathetic!" I say, regretting it immediately. She looks very offended, sad, and guilty, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that," I mutter. The other Originals seem to be enjoying this show between me and Haley. Rebekah, Klaus and Marcel laugh hysterically. Elijah stares at us intensively.
"What are you five doing in my town? You know you injured most of my people. One of them was bitten by one of you, Klaus had to give him the cure!" says Marcel. his voice has a sort of calm anger around it.
"We need Klaus' help," says Caroline. They all laugh.
"What made you think that I'd be cooperative?" says Klaus.
"Because I'm here," I say. The others stare at me. This wasn't part of our plan. What they don't know is that the reason I came here is so I could bargain myself for Stefan's safety. I knew Klaus wanted me.
"You never wanted to come here for extra protection, you always planned on giving yourself in to Klaus, didn't you?" says Lydia. I nod silently. I can feel Caroline's expression of pain looking at me, I couldn't bear it.
"I can tell this was unexpected… may I speak to Tyler privately please?" says Klaus.
"Before my brother takes you away, may I ask you what you want from us?" asks Elijah standing up.
The others look at each other and Ethan steps up to explain. He clears his throat, "we need the cure to a werewolf bite and we need all of you to be part of an army against werewolf and vampire hunters, who are out to rend extinct all of our supernatural species," he says confidently.
They all look slightly taken by surprise.
"hmm… well this sounds interesting." Says Marcel
"What a bunch of lies, don't trust them brother, they have no idea what they are talking about," says Rebekah.
"silence Rebekah, let me make the decisions," says Klaus. "Tyler come with me," I follow him to a room just outside the living room.
"Won't the others be able to hear us from outside?" I ask
"This is a soundproof room, we are utterly isolated. No need to worry."
"What do you want with me? I'll do anything to save Stefan…"
"It's not what I want with you it's what I want from you…" this has gotten me very intrigued. What could he possibly want from me except my death? Does this have something to do with the music box in my pocket that is now starting to burn my jacket?
"As you recall, you were sired to me shortly after you became a hybrid. Miraculously, you unsired yourself from me." Did he want me to be his little bitch again?
"Yeah…" I say. I wince as the music box becomes boiling.
"Well, as you can see I have a small issue that I need help with. I am sired to Marcel and I want you to unsire me from him," how was I supposed to do that? I can't bear it any more, the music box is like fire in my pocket. I ignore it and ask the question.
"I don't really know how to do that? I need to know how Marcel sired you," I ask. His face grows dark for a second but then he resumes his previous expression.
"All in good time Tyler," he says, "first, I don't want you to tell any of your friends about this. They need to believe you are going to die…" he says.
"What!? No way!" I exclaim. The music box is burning through my jacket now.
"Once you unsire me, I will join your pathetic army and kill humans, and you can go back to your stupid friends in no time; as long as I am the leader," I am about to complain but I decided to keep my mouth shut. I don't want to ruin this pretty good deal we have. I keep ignoring the searing heat radiating through the music box.
"Fine, but you give your blood to Caroline now. Stefan doesn't have long left," I say
"Deal."
"Deal." He leaves the room just before me and I strip my jacket off and through the music box in the fire in the chimney. I take a deep breath and follow him back into the living room. I guess Allison will have to give me something else that doesn't burn my skin.
Caroline's POV:
I am so worried about Tyler. I can't believe he decided to give himself to Klaus without consulting me first. This wasn't part of the plan! I try to listen to Tyler and Klaus' conversation, but I can't the room must be soundproofed. The originals keep asking us questions about the army, but I don't listen. Jackson, Ethan, and Lydia mostly answer them. I just want Tyler to be ok. I don't want him to risk his life for Stefan. But I don't want Stefan to die either. I am completely torn and conflicted.
Lydia's POV:
These original vampires ask lots of questions. Elijah is actually sort of empathetic. Not like his sister Rebekah. She is very annoying. She thinks she is just so above everyone else. Marcel is a total jerk too. The only ones I like are Elijah and Haley. Haley remained silent ever since Tyler left. I feel bad for her. I can't imagine how she is feeling right now. I believe all the originals are curious about this army business. I'm pretty sure they will be on our side when the real fight begins. I observe Elijah from a distance. He is like an intense, quiet, handsome devil. He sees me watching him and approaches me.
"How do you know Caroline?" he asks.
"She just showed up in my hometown, purely coincidence," I say. He smiles. "You don't seem like much… you know, being a 1000-year-old vampire and all,"
"Not everything is what it seems…" he replies, vaguely. "Are you supernatural or just human?" he asks
"I'm a banshee… with voices in my head and a scream that can kill people if they are at a close proximity to me," I say that maybe slightly threateningly. As if insinuating what I will do if his family doesn't keep their end of the bargain.
"Too bad we're all immortal…" he says. I'm guessing he knows what a banshee is since he's so old.
Are conversation ends when Klaus enters the living room followed by Tyler.
Tyler's POV:
I'm dreading everyone's reaction when Klaus tells them the lie that I am going to die. There is nothing else to do though. It's either this or Stefan dies.
"I have the cure right here Caroline," says Klaus. Shaking the vile of his blood. "In exchange for the cure and for me and my family's support I want Tyler…. Dead." He lies.
"What!? No way!" they all exclaim. I realize too late that if Caroline refuses to have me killed our whole plan will collapse.
"Care, please do as he says… don't worry I'll be fine," I say, pleadingly.
"You're not going to be fine, you're going to die Tie!" she says.
"Yeah dude, we're in this together, we never leave a pack member behind," says Jackson.
"You are now! Klaus give them the cure and take them away!" I say.
"No way!" insists Caroline.
"You have to make a decision Caroline… what's it going to be…" says Klaus, "Stefan? Or Tyler?"
Thanks for reading! I have no idea what's going to happen next either. I need help figuring out what I can do with the music box thing because I honestly don't know what to write about it so please review. Thanks!
Mati xoxo