Kryptonite
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The car ride back to the lake was silent. Klaus every once and a while glanced at Caroline who continued to stare out the window. She was telling herself how wrong and dumb she was for kissing him, but then contemplating the thought because it felt so right. She was also having difficulty accepting that she just fed off his neck and intimately blood shared with him. Klaus already knew she was having all these bad thoughts, "Sweetheart," Caroline ignored his calm call, "I know you're probably thinking that you shouldn't have done the things we did, but is it really that bad?" Caroline turned her head and glared at him, sending sharp signals not to mess with her right now. "Okay, we'll talk at the house." He sighed and Caroline went back into her thought.
He parked the car in the driveway and Caroline hopped out instantly, running into the house without even helping him bring in the papers. Klaus knew she'd get over her dilemma, so he just let her pout for a bit. He picked up all the papers and notepads and brought them into the house, dropping them onto the kitchen table. He picked up the hunter's star and observed the writing around it. He noticed it was part of a spell, most likely the one that Shane was trying to unravel. He opened Shane's private notebook and found a drawing of the star with the translated words on it. Klaus read the Latin aloud, "Aperire, anima de immortel, corpus de immortel." He laid the notebook and the image down and went to look through more stuff.
"Is there any language you don't speak?" A smile grew over Klaus's face, his beloved finally decided to join and help him. "I texted Bonnie, she said she'll come up here in a bit."
"Thank you love," He picked up the hunter's star mark, "This is the end of the spell, translated it reads; open, immortal soul, immortal body." Caroline observed the mark, it just looked like witch gibberish to her. Klaus looked down and flipped through Shane's notebook, he found a page that started to describe Silas. "Silas, a warlock, created a spell that granted him immortality, so he could live forever with his lover. A witch named Qetsiyah, who was in love with him, helped Silas create this spell. Silas didn't want to give her immortality. So Qetsiyah killed his lover and buried Silas alive, leaving him powerless, immortal, and alone."
"We already knew that though," Caroline walked around to Klaus's side and looked at the journal, "Silas wants to rise again, regain his power, wreak havoc on the world blah blah blah," She used her finger to skim through the page, "The spell casted on Silas to keep him buried can only be broken by Qetsiyah's bloodline. No other witches could be entrusted with securing such a thing."
"Of course this women would be an ancient Bennett witch," Klaus laughed, Bennett witches were used for almost everything powerful. Klaus handed the book over for Caroline to continue reading while he went through the other papers. "Does it say anything about the cure?"
"Um, I don't see anything about a cure." Caroline furrowed her brows and continued to search the pages. She knew that Shane had said that the cure was buried with him, but in his notebook there was no such theory. "Well this was a bust, no of these are helpful." Caroline slammed the notebook on the table, making other papers fly off. She put her hands in her jacket pocket and felt the little black flash drive.
"What is that love?" Klaus picked up the papers that were knocked over. Caroline crinkled her mouth and then remembered that Hayley was looking for something. She dashed upstairs and laid on the bed with the laptop. Klaus followed and sat next to her. She plugged the flash drive into the port and opened the folder. There was only one sub folder called Hayley. She clicked it opened and noticed a bunch of documents and a few videos. She opened the first file that were two birth certificates. She opened the next one that was Hayley's certificate. "Is this just information about that lady werewolf?"
"Yeah," Caroline clicked on one of the videos, it was of two people, a male and female. Klaus instantly jolted up, he recognized those two; they were werewolves from a while back.
"Hi Hayley, if you're watching this then that means you're successfully involved with a plan to rid of our natural enemies. We want you to know that we wanted to keep you very much, but it isn't safe. The time will come when you will take our place at finding the twelve sacrifices. When you do, our savior Silas will come a cure the world of those nasty vampires. We are just the beginning. We love you sweety, take care."
"Um, so this cure will wipeout vampires?" Caroline closed the laptop and sat up with fear in her eyes.
Klaus stood up and paced, "I saw those werewolves a few years back, they were idealist and rather annoying. I hardly killed werewolves because I knew someday I'd break the curse and be able to make my own race." Klaus stopped pacing, "I do recall over hearing once that they gathered twelve humans to sacrifice, but I thought nothing of it."
"Klaus," Caroline edged herself to the end of the bed, "Are you still going to try and complete Jeremy's mark?"
He crouched down and placed his hands in hers, "I can promise you sweetheart, that when we complete the mark, Shane and Hayley won't be able to use it." She tore her hands away from him and angrily stood up.
She took a few deep breaths, "Do you really need Elena to make your hybrids? You can't just be happy with your family, friends, me?"
"Let's take a step back love," Klaus approached her in a calm voice, "My family doesn't trust me, my friends aren't exactly fond of me and you're bipolar towards me." Caroline was antsy, but he was right. After all he daggered his family members many times and all his friends he either killed or tortured or they feared him. As for her, she was still on the fence of actually being with Klaus. He did so many terrible things to her circle of friends, but then he had that charming side that she loved so much.
She folded her arms and pouted a bit. He wasn't caving into this disagreement, "Make me a promise then." Caroline's voice was stern, but also cautious. "You always makes deals, so this seems appropriate." He walked towards her and narrowed his eyes in interest.
"Depends sweetheart, what is it?" He raised his brows and waited for a reply.
Caroline smiled, "Promise me that you'll stop torturing my group of friends and try to be nicer. Maybe they'll warm up to you more like I did."
"I've already tried that love, they just don't like me very much, so they keep trying to get rid of me." He laughed as her smile turned into a frown.
"That includes Tyler, even though I'm mad at him, I still knew him since I was young." Klaus rolled his eyes and just gave her a look. "I'm serious."
He took a breath as if he way going to say something but refrained from saying it. He looked down and then back at Caroline, "I'm sorry I can't promise you that." She rolled her eyes, "Because of all the times he's hurt you, which you didn't deserve if I may say. Also, that he was an accomplice in turning all my hybrids against me. He was just ungrateful!" Klaus lowered his tone, "Give me one good reason why I should spare him and don't use yourself as an excuse."
Caroline couldn't think of a good reason, Tyler had been set of vengeance for the longest time. He hardly gave her attention besides for sexual needs and he turned on her friends. Klaus had every right to hate Tyler, as Tyler did for hating Klaus. "Well can you promise me you won't kill him?"
Klaus quickly frowned and shrugged, "I promise you Caroline that I won't kill Tyler. Now for smaller details that means I can still torture, manipulate, scold, and call him my little bitch." He laughed, he would oblige to Caroline's non-lethal rule to keep her happy. It meant more fun for him though, he couldn't' kill Tyler so this entitled him to be able to continuously make Tyler's life a living hell. "Also, there is a condition that I will be allowed to kill him.
"No, there is no condition," Caroline pushed past him to head into the living room. She heard a car pulling into the driveway.
"If Tyler is to harm you again, he's dead. Simple as that love." Klaus followed her and eavesdropped on the people outside. He furrowed his brows, "That's not our witch nor is it a Salvatore." Klaus grabbed Caroline by the arm and went to their bedroom's balcony. "Time to go love." Caroline got out of his grip for a quick second and dashed in to grab the flash drive out of the computer. As she was doing so, she saw through the door Tyler standing in the living room. He saw her and dashed towards her, but Caroline was just as quick and dashed back to Klaus. Tyler stood in the bedroom and glared at Klaus who just devilishly smiled. Caroline looked back at Tyler, but then felt Klaus put his hand around her waist and sped off towards the woods.
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Tyler ran to the ledge, but the two were long gone. They were heading to Bonnie for they knew she didn't know this information yet. She clearly didn't confront Professor Shane yet, since the trader's trio just showed up at their doorstep. "Ty, did you find it?" Hayley walked into the bedroom.
"No, I think they took what you were looking for. What's on that drive that's so important anyways?" He walked over to her and they both headed downstairs where Shane was gathering all his notes.
"Information about my parents, that's all. I honestly don't know why they would want to take that, I mean I'm sure they looked through it." Hayley helped Shane pick up his stolen notes.
"You're parents knew about Expression magic and about Silas. There's information on there about them and their knowledge of what is to for come." Shane packed away the last of the papers.
"Why didn't you tell me that?" Hayley's attitude was sharp.
"Cause the deal was that you get me twelve hybrids and I give you a pen drive, it wasn't my fault you left it at my office. However, because of your careless mistake we're about to lose our Bennett witch." Shane slammed his briefcase shut and headed towards the car. "Unless we can convince the witch otherwise, she's going to turn against us."
Tyler and Hayley looked at each other, "I know one thing, whenever her friends are in danger she'll do anything to save them." Tyler felt awful turning against his friends, but he chose his side. If there was a chance to bring any of his family back he was going to take it. "We should try and get Elena, she'll have Stefan as a bodyguard though."
"Well that's better than going for Caroline, Klaus will most likely kill you on site." When she said that Tyler crinkled his eyelids. Why didn't Klaus kill him a few moments ago? He obviously knew that he bit Caroline before, yet Klaus just let it go. It was very unlike him and Tyler caught onto it. "So to Mystic Falls it is."
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"Bonnie? Bonnie!" Caroline ran up to the house in search of her friend. "Bonnie!" She looked through the windows and was looking frantically for her. She noticed Damon's car was gone again, probably fetching another vampire to sacrifice. She walked around the back to the lake area, but she wasn't there either. She listened closely and didn't hear any talking in the house either; Caroline averted her attention to a crack in the woods. She quickly looked over to see nothing, but then felt a sharp pain pierce through her knee, making her fall to the floor. She let out a scream and ripped out the skinny stake.
She rolled over to see Jeremy standing over her with a crossbow, "I know you're a friend, but you're a vampire. You're one of them." His finger was lightly grazing over the trigger.
"Jeremy, I knew you since you were born, I'm your sister's best friend." Caroline went to get up, but he forced her to stay down. She had her hands up in surrender mode, but Jeremy was totally lost to the mark again.
"My sister's dead, just like you." He pulled the trigger making Caroline let out a scream of terror. She tried to shield her eyes and heart, but realized that nothing hit her. Jeremy stared at the stake drilled into the grass. He whirled around and pointed the crossbow at the pair. Caroline lowered her arms slowly to see Jeremy standing across from her. She felt a tight grip around her waist, she never knew that a vampire could move that fast. Of course, Klaus had rescued her in that split second. Caroline was catching her breath; she just saw her second life flash before her eyes. It's happened before, but each time it's terrifying. Her eyes became water as she wrapped her arms around Klaus.
"Ah sweetheart, not the time." He knew she thought she was going to die in that second, but Jeremy was still trying to kill them.
"If I kill you, your bloodlines die." Jeremy reached into his back pocket; he pulled out the indestructible white oak stake.
"Impossible," Klaus grabbed Caroline and sped around to the front of the house. Caroline let go of her grip around Klaus. "Call the witch now!" he demanded.
Caroline cupper her hands around her mouth, "Bonnie!"
"I meant on the phone!" Klaus didn't mean to snap, but Jeremy just brought out the one weapon that can kill him. He was on full alert as Caroline called Bonnie's cell. Just as she did, Bonnie walked out the front door.
"What is going on?" She ran out to the porch. Caroline went to approach her, but was pushed out of the way by Klaus. They both fell to the floor, Caroline quickly flipped over and Klaus pulled the stake out of his leg, only to be hit by another one. Bonnie looked over to the hunter, "Jeremy!" She ran out after him, "Jeremy stop!" He ignored Bonnie and shot multiple stakes to keep the original down. These stakes were thicker and soaked in vervain and wolfsbane. "Jer! These are our friends!" Bonnie grabbed onto his arm, but he pushed her to the ground. Bonnie clasped her hands together and started chanting something.
Caroline pulled one of the stakes out of Klaus, burning her hands. The one she was shot with didn't have vervain on it. Jeremy basically had an endless supply of stakes. Klaus almost removed all the stakes, but they kept burning his hands making it more difficult to pull out the others. "Jeremy please stop! Bonnie help us!" Caroline pleaded as Jeremy continued to fire relentlessly. She realized Jeremy wasn't dealing finishing blows; she believed it was because he still had some of his humanity. Caroline crawled behind Klaus to help rip the remaining stakes out. Jeremy pulled back out the white oak stake. There were still three stakes holding Klaus down. Caroline knew she wouldn't have enough time to rip them out; her hands were to weak from being burned by the others. Same with Klaus, the wolfsbane and vervain weakened him, even though he was an original, more than ten stakes shot him consecutively. Five for each leg and Jeremy had extremely precise aim. Jeremy walked closed as Caroline and Klaus were both trying to pull out a stake. "Bonnie!" Caroline was crying now, she was scared. If he killed Klaus they would all die. Not only that, but she didn't want to see him be killed, just as much as he didn't want her to be.
"He'll be the end of all the evil." Jeremy started running towards them, there was only one stake left, but they didn't have time. Caroline got up and faced Jeremy head on, much to Klaus's dismay. She grabbed both of Jeremy's arms and held them back at arms length. He was so strong, almost as strong as her. She stared Jeremy right in the eye to see his pupil's dilating as if he was in a compulsion of some sort. She was still weak from handling the vervain stakes, giving Jeremy the upper hand.
Klaus was just about done pulling the last stake out that got stuck between his bones. Even if he pulled it out there would be no way he could get there to save her for the vervain and wolfsbane made him slower. He watched as Jeremy hooked her leg with his foot knocking Caroline onto her back. "Caroline!" Jeremy didn't hesitate; he drew his arm back and went for the finishing blow. He continued to drive the stake through her body, but couldn't get the stake to touch her body. He held it only an inch away from her heart, hand shaking from the adrenaline.
The shaking stopped, "Caroline," Jeremy's voice was normal. He dropped the stake out of his hand and backed up, appalled at what he almost done. "Oh my God," he looked around and saw the pile of stakes lying around a damaged Klaus. Caroline was paralyzed with fear and remained on the ground. Jeremy sat down and covered his head.
Klaus finally got up and sped over to Caroline, he himself was still weak. He wasn't used to taking that much damage nor taking in that much vervain or wolfsbane. He held out his hand to help Caroline up, but instead pulled her into a hug. "Sweetheart, don't you ever do something so reckless again." He tightly kept her close, with one hand on the back of her neck and the other on her back. Caroline nuzzled her face against his; she had both of her hands rested on his chest to feel his calming heartbeat. He knew she did what she did to defend all her friends. If he died they all would die. Thinking about it made him hurt, he didn't want the only reason why she would risk her life was to save all her friends. He wanted himself to be part of the reason. It was sort of a selfish thought, but she had no idea how badly he would hurt if she were killed.
Caroline wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a sweet peck on his lips. She pressed her forehead against his, "Don't think I did that just to save my friends, okay?" Klaus nodded and gave her a more romantic kiss. They went back to embracing being oblivious to their surroundings.
"Bonnie?" Jeremy spoke out from his dark corner. His hands were still up to his face, "Thank you." He waited for a response, but got none. He looked up "Bonnie!" This made Caroline come out of her embrace with Klaus.
"Bonnie, oh my God, Bonnie!" Caroline sped over and dropped to her knees by her friend. Bonnie was passed out on the floor. "She's still breathing," Caroline could hear her heartbeat; whatever spell Bonnie did took a toll. She knew Bonnie's magic was now that expression magic, she just hoped the repercussion of her protecting them won't be too great.
"This is all my fault," Jeremy ran his fingers through his hair then picked Bonnie up and headed towards the house. "Can you guys call Damon and my sister?" Caroline nodded and he headed back into the house with Bonnie. Caroline watched in horror, she hoped that Bonnie was fine. She knew Bonnie had done stronger spells, but something felt off. The magical aura wasn't the same.
She watched them enter the house. She wanted to go inside the house and help, but Jeremy still refused to invite her in. Caroline turned to Klaus who was sitting on a nearby bench. As she walked over to him she texted Elena and Damon about Bonnie. She sat down next to him as the sun started to set. They watched as the sun turned the lake a mirage of warm colors and the house turn dusty dark. Caroline glanced over at him, "I thought you were invincible."
Klaus laughed and looked up to the sky, "Well you know that saying, everyone has a kryptonite."
"You're quoting superman?" She teased.
"It's pop culture love, however I think superheroes are ridiculous." He looked over to her; she just shook her head in disbelief, "But super villains, now they're very interesting."
"Until the villain falls in love and then becomes one of the good guys." She smiled over at him. He loved that she was more than just a pretty face, she was smart and witty and did what she thought was right. Her heart and compassion made her who she was. He enjoyed every aspect of her personality and beauty.
He averted her eyes, "Well I wouldn't say become a good guy."
She cuddled herself into him, "Yeak okay, whatever you say."
Note: Thanks for reading, sorry if there are grammar mistakes.
I was going to end it with Bonnie just being passed out, but then I was like, I need Klaroline fluff!
You called me strong, you called me weak,
But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times
I never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head,
If not for me then you'd be dead
I picked you up and put you back
On solid ground
-Kryptonite ~ 3 Doors Down-
...Lyrics seem just right...also everyone knows that Caroline is Klaus's kryptonite :p
