Chapter 6:
A/N: Thank you so much for all the nice comments, pm's follows and favorites. I apologize for the delay; my work schedule has been crazy. I also had trouble with this chapter. I knew what I wanted it to do and where I wanted it to go, I just got a bit bogged down getting it there. I changed up this episode a bit from the show to make it do what I wanted. I broke it up into two parts. It was getting kind of long and I wanted to get this out today. I'm off all day, so I'm hoping the other part will be up tonight.
I'm thinking there is only going to be two or three more chapters of this until I reach the end of the season. I'm debating about having a sequel based in New Orleans, which is my old stomping ground. Let me know if anyone is interested and I'll see if I can get my ideas to come together on that. I'm also kind of curious to try or read a New Orleans based story where Hayley is pregnant and Caroline is there. As much as I hate the idea, I could see a real Shakespearian tragedy, but I dunno.
"Stamp, please." Caroline said perkily.
Elena handed her a stamp.
"Thank you."
"You don't have to pretend to be nice to me Caroline." Elena said emotionlessly. It was almost hard to believe she had turned her emotions back on. "I know this is just a ploy to keep me distracted."
"You're done?" Caroline asked incredulously. "I'm only on my second batch."
"We have family friends in Denver." Elena stated. "Other than that no one cares that I'm graduating and to be honest, neither do I."
"I know that's how you feel now, but once you get through this hating Katherine phase…" Caroline began.
"Wait; do you know where Katherine is?" Elena asked.
"No, why would I know where she is?" Caroline answered. She tried to keep the annoyance out of her voice. She could be in bed right now, with Klaus. They could be doing unspeakable things to each other over and over again celebrating in the fact that he loved her. Of course, she was in love with him, but she never, NEVER expected him to return her feelings, despite the fact that he pursued her the way he did.
Instead, she was here playing distract Elena and Klaus was doing what she asked and helping the Salvatores come up with a plan to destroy Silas. At least she hoped he was, otherwise, he was planning on destroying the Salvatores.
"Yeah, but Caroline, if you did you would tell me, right?" Elena demanded.
She was doing this because she was a good friend, Caroline reminded herself. "Elena, you're obsessing." She said through gritted teeth.
Elena grabbed her arm. "Caroline, listen to me, if you know where Katherine is then you have to tell me."
"I don't." Caroline snapped and pulled her arm back. "Elena, chill."
Elena looked disappointed.
"Did nothing Klaus say make an impression on you?" Caroline asked.
Elena glared at her. "Please, I'm not about to take life advice from the guy who tried to destroy mine, repeatedly."
"Ok." Caroline said slowly. "Then how about the fact that he's been chasing her for five hundred of those years and he hasn't managed to kill her yet? Does that even faze you at all?"
"Well, obviously he wasn't trying too hard." Elena muttered.
Caroline clenched her jaw. She was a good friend, she reminded herself yet again.
For a moment she allowed her mind to wander back to Klaus. He wanted her to move to New Orleans with him. What would New Orleans even be like? She wasn't naïve she knew he was up to something down there, but she still wondered what it would be like to live in a city like that. The only thing she knew about New Orleans was what she saw on TV about Mardi Gras and the pictures after Katrina. She wondered what it would be like to be with him out of Mystic Falls and away from all this drama.
She looked at Elena for a second coming back to the present; she went back to addressing her envelopes.
"So," she said slowly. "Are you ok with the whole me and Klaus thing?" She asked.
Elena scoffed. "It's not like I have the moral high ground these days."
Caroline shot her a look.
"Do I think it's ok that you are sleeping with the guy who tried to bleed me and killed Jenna? No." Elena added. "But I have other things on my mind to worry about."
"You know Elena, it's not like Damon is some saint. There is plenty of blood on his hands too, but you forgot all the bad things he did once you started having feelings for him."
"Well, then, I guess we're both attracted to the bad boys. At least this time, it's not the same boy."
Caroline was about to snap at her, fed up with her attitude when her cell phone went off. It was a text message from Klaus.
'If you had any doubt about the depth of my feelings for you, my spending time with Thing 1 and Thing 2 should clarify that.'
Caroline smiled at the reminder of his admission and typed back.
'I'm not having any fun either, you know. I keep thinking we should still be in bed.'
"I take it that's the Prince of Darkness now." Elena commented.
'We can be at my house in five minutes.' Klaus' reply was instantaneous.
"Yes, its Klaus." Caroline said. "He's still with Stefan and Damon." Caroline sighed. "You know I didn't do this to hurt you or anyone else." She commented, although why she felt the need to defend herself to Elena at this point, she wasn't sure. "I can't help how I feel about him, but I do. I care about him, a lot. He's different with me and there is more to him than meets the eye." She stared at Elena. "Isn't that how it is with you and Damon?"
"I don't know how it is with me and Damon anymore." Elena commented. "He's avoiding me."
Caroline rolled her eyes. Typical Damon, he was scared so he was avoiding. She typed a message back to Klaus.
'I've been thinking…New Orleans sounds pretty good about now. I like it better when we are away from here.'
"Well, if he is the one you want to be with, instead of Stefan, then you need to make him talk to you." Caroline stated.
"I have other things on my mind right now." Elena insisted.
'Does this mean you will come with me to visit?'
'I'm thinking yes. We should go right after graduation; we can come back for this mess with Silas, if we need to.'
"Are you sure, neither you nor Klaus knows where Katherine is?" Elena asked her. Caroline almost bit through her lip fighting the urge to yell.
~.~
Klaus smiled at Caroline's message, she was willing to go with him, now he just had to help these children get rid of Silas and he could have her all to himself. He was certain once they got to New Orleans he'd be able to convince her to stay. Granted it would be dangerous for her, but quite honestly, not as dangerous as this awful town.
"Earth to Big, Bad, Evil Dude." Damon's voice interrupted his thoughts. "If you could pull your head away from Barbie for a moment, I believe we were told you could help us. So far all you've done is talked to some witches, called your big brother and shot down every idea we've come up with." Damon took at drink. "Oh, and obviously sexting Barbie."
"I've shot down your ideas because they are moronic." Klaus stated. He had called Elijah and asked him to come back after finding out as much as he could from the witches. He hated to pull out of New Orleans completely like this, but the Silas situation was too volatile for him to be comfortable going in without someone he trusted. Granted, he trusted Caroline, but in a situation like this, she was too young and would be a liability. "There are other things I could be doing besides sitting here listening to your inane ideas."
"Again, I don't see you coming up with any better ones." Damon stated.
"Enough!" Stefan yelled. "Fighting isn't going to get us anywhere."
Klaus glared at Damon. "I like to have more information before going into battle with a being twice as old as myself."
"Well, unfortunately, we are short on information." Damon snapped. "All we know is he can appear as anyone, or make us think he is anyone, your Lord and Hybridness."
Klaus opened his mouth to retort, but Stefan interrupted.
"Hey, that might be it."
"What might be it? We sacrifice Klaus?" Damon asked.
"No Damon." Stefan looked at Klaus. "He can get into our heads and project himself as whomever he wants, usually using our fears against us."
Klaus looked at Stefan expectantly. "Go on." He motioned.
"Well, what if he can only get inside a human brain?"
"And Klaus isn't human…"
Stefan sighed. "No, but Klaus can turn into something besides human."
"You want me to turn into a wolf and hunt Silas?" Klaus asked.
"That sounds like a horrible idea." Damon said. "What's to stop him from ripping all of us apart?"
Stefan just looked at him.
"Actually, I manage to keep control when I'm in wolf form." Klaus informed Damon. "Probably part of being a hybrid."
"Tyler never did."
Klaus glared at him. "I think you'll find Tyler and I have very little in common." Klaus answered acidly.
"Cept for the fact you've both boffed Barbie." Klaus was up and had Damon's throat in a fraction of a second.
"ENOUGH!" Stefan yelled.
Klaus pulled Damon in. "Say something like that again and I'll rip your spine out through your throat." He growled, and then released him. Of course Damon only chuckled, not having the sense to be afraid.
Klaus looked at Stefan. "It's actually not a bad idea, but we don't know if it will work and if he gets inside my head when I'm in wolf form, it could be much worse."
Stefan nodded. "It also may give us the advantage we need if he can't. You could lead us right to him."
"And then what?" Klaus asked. "Do you have any plans from there? Any idea on how to kill him?"
"Well, there was one way, but apparently you turned his only weakness over to him." Damon commented, standing up slowly.
Just then Damon's phone rang. He pulled it out and looked at it. He grinned at Klaus. "It's your mother-in-law." He opened his phone. "What's up Liz?"
Klaus turned away. He wondered how the Sheriff was going to react to his relationship with her daughter and the fact he was planning on taking her away.
"Yeah, we'll be right there." He heard Damon say before hanging up. "Trouble at the local hospital, Liz wants us to come check it out." He said picking up his keys.
"I'll drive myself." Klaus commented.
"Who said you were invited?" Damon asked.
"Caroline asked me to help you with this problem and I mean to get it taken care of quickly so I can be done with you."
Damon shrugged. "Up to you." He headed to the door.
"I'm going to ride with Klaus." Stefan said.
Damon just gave his brother a look and headed out the door.
Klaus looked at Stefan considering before nodding that he could ride with him.
They got into the car and there was silence for the first part of the drive. Finally Klaus couldn't take it anymore. "So what's on your mind, mate?" He asked.
"Caroline." Stefan answered.
Klaus snorted.
"I'm serious." Stefan said.
"Oh, I believe you are. I just find it amusing that you are concerned for her well being now. Where were you last night when she was alone and scared and crying her eyes out?"
"I talked to her last night, she said she was fine." Stefan answered defensively.
"Her mother was almost murdered in their living room, she was haunted by Silas and you left her alone because you were too concerned with your precious Elena." Klaus snapped.
Stefan was silent a moment. "I thought she was ok. She's so strong and she's been through so much…"
"She is strong and she has been through so much, but she still needs her friends."
Stefan stared at him. "You really do care about her." He stated.
Klaus didn't answer, unwilling to admit his feelings.
"I saw it that day here, when we had to go get Bonnie, but even seeing it, I never thought you would give in to your feelings. You always said love was a weakness." Stefan said slowly. "After all this time, you care about someone." Stefan laughed. Klaus tightened his grip on the steering wheel. Stefan paused observing him for a moment. "And just you caring about her puts her in danger." Stefan added.
"I can keep her safe." Klaus stated.
"Maybe." Stefan didn't disagree. "But this is Caroline we're talking about." He smiled. "When trouble isn't finding her, she's running head long into it. And when it has to do with someone she cares about," he looked meaningfully at Klaus, "well, then she can tend to go kamikaze."
"I said I can keep her safe."
Stefan shook his head. "That's the other thing about Caroline; she has a tendency to be pretty stubborn."
Klaus snorted. "I hadn't noticed." He commented dryly.
"The tighter you try and hold her back and keep her safe, the more she's going to fight you on that." Klaus was quiet, digesting Stefan's words. "She's not a possession you can keep on a shelf or lock up. You need to train her to take care of herself."
"And what makes you think you are in any position to give relationship advice?" Klaus asked. "Last I checked you lost the love of your life to your brother."
Stefan smiled sadly. "Yeah, I did. At first I tried to hold on too tight. I tried to control her adjustment to being a vampire, make her like me. Then I gave up and pushed her right towards my brother. So maybe you, for once, could take a lesson from someone else."
"And why would I believe that you would want to help me?"
"I don't." Stefan answered easily. "However, you are right about us leaving Caroline alone, taking her for granted. She is my friend and she's been there for me more than I can count and I let her down a lot." He looked out the window. "But you, you always seem to put her first, you are always there when she needs you and like I said, I can tell you care about each other. So for her happiness, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt on this." He smiled sadly. "And the benefit of my wisdom on 'what not to do' in relationships."
"You don't think that training her to take care of herself will make her more reckless and more willing to run into danger."
Stefan smile grew bigger. "That is always a possibility."
"How is that any better?"
Stefan laughed. "Because at least she won't be sneaking out behind your back to get in trouble."
Klaus sighed realizing that Stefan was right. He would have to resort to chaining up Caroline to keep her out of trouble, which could be interesting in the right mood, but he was pretty sure she wouldn't be allowing him to have sex with her if he resorted to chaining her up to keep her safe.
"I have to say, it's going to be fun watching you flounder through this." Stefan added delightedly.
Klaus wanted to snap at him and inform him that he wasn't planning on staying, but he stayed quiet. People were so much less tiring when you could just threaten them into silence, or kill them.
~.~
Stefan and Klaus arrived at the hospital and found Damon leaning against the counter. Klaus watched the brothers bicker for a few moments about Elena before he couldn't take anymore.
"I don't mean to interrupt," Klaus snapped, "except of course for the fact that I do, but do you think we could find out why the good sheriff called us here, instead of having another showing of How The World Turns for Elena."
Damon turned to him. "Exactly how long do you think it will take before you do something that causes Barbie to turn it off and you're in a similar situation?"
Klaus flashed in front of Damon. "I would never hurt her." He growled.
"Oh please, you don't just give up being evil over night and you WILL do something that's going to crush her. You know it and I know it."
Klaus stared at him. "Well, there is also the fact that Caroline is much stronger than Elena and I don't have to worry about her wilting like a flower every time something bad happens."
"Let's not forget that you were the one who was behind most of the tragedies in Elena's life." Damon snapped. "So you are part of what has made her who she is today, a fact which Caroline has seemed to conveniently forget."
"Let's not forget that you were the one behind making Caroline who she is today."
"Hey guys, thanks for coming." Liz Forbes stepped out and eyed up Klaus and Damon standing toe to toe. It was obvious she heard the tail end of their conversation.
"Why were we invited?" Damon asked stepping away from Klaus.
"The hospital has kept the blood banks empty ever since they were raided last month." Liz explained. "We thought at the very least it would help keep the vampire population away."
"And it didn't?" Stefan asked.
"See for yourself." Liz said and walked away. They followed her into a room, on the bed lay a man obviously drained; blood was on the bed, the floor. Klaus narrowed his eyes. It was sloppy very sloppy. There was no need for such waste.
"There are four other victims in this wing. Each one, almost completely drained of blood." Liz explained. Klaus walked up and looked close over the body. This act was obvious very arrogant and careless. It seemed as though Silas was taunting them, daring them with his audacity. Klaus clenched his jaw, once again at a loss for how they were going to be able to deal with the two thousand year old creature.
"You think its Silas?" Liz asked. Klaus could hear a tremor of fear in her voice. He stared at the woman before him. He could see the same strength in her eyes that he often saw in Caroline. She was determined not to let her fear rule her. The only difference was, where Caroline was still young enough to be hopeful, her mother had seen enough of life to have a much more cynical outlook on things.
Damon and Stefan explained to her what Silas' plans were and Klaus knew they were wrong. Silas wasn't going to wait for the next full moon, whatever he was planning was going to happen much sooner.
Liz sighed and turned her attention to Klaus who was still studying the body, deep in thought. "When did you get back into town?" She practically accused, before he could answer she continued. "And why was your car outside of my house for most of the night last night?"
Damon grinned. "Busted." He taunted. "You've met Caroline's newest boyfriend, haven't you Liz?"
Liz glared at Klaus. "Carole Lockwood was a good friend of mine. I knew her for years." She stated. Klaus met her eyes and stood up, he wasn't going to lie or show weakness, not even for Caroline's mother, however, he also wasn't about to offer up any excuses.
"Could you excuse us for a few minutes?" Liz asked Damon and Stefan. The brothers exchanged a look and left the room, but they stayed close enough to hear what was going on, a fact Klaus was only too aware of.
"What kind of game are you playing with my daughter?" Liz demanded.
"There is no game." He stated.
"What do you want with her?" Klaus hesitated; he really didn't want to have the Salvatores listening to every word.
"I love her." He finally answered. Strangely enough the words didn't make him feel as weak as he thought they would.
Liz scoffed. "You love her? Do you even know what that word means?" She demanded. "If you loved her, you wouldn't have driven her boyfriend out of town, or killed his mother, or done any of the other things you have done that caused my daughter pain." She ended in a loud voice.
Klaus reminded himself to keep his temper. "None of these things change the fact that I am in love with your daughter and she is in love with me." He stated evenly. "I intend to try my very best to never hurt her again and I want her by my side."
"Try your very best?" Liz asked disbelieving. "What does that entail, only massacring people on Thursdays?"
"Sheriff, I understand your concern and I respect it, however the facts are what they are." Liz glared at Klaus.
"I may just be a human, but I'm telling you right now, if anything happens to my daughter because of you, I will find a way to destroy you." Liz told him seriously.
"If anything happens to your daughter because of me, I'll let you." Klaus told her just as serious. He thought he saw a flicker of something in her eyes that could possibly be understanding, but the hatred was back in a fraction of a second.
"As long as you know where I stand." Liz said firmly. "And I will be having words with Caroline about this." She walked out of the room to Damon and Stefan.
Klaus shook his head; this entire process was just exhausting. He pulled his phone out and texted Caroline. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but Stefan, Damon and her mother had him worried. It was one thing to be able to be together outside of Mystic Falls, or in the safety of her bedroom, but out here in the world there were constant reminders of what he had done and how hard this would be. What if she started having doubts? He needed to get this situation taken care of and quickly.
~.~
Caroline was at the Mystic Grill with Matt and Rebekah.
"Is it supposed to rain tonight?" Caroline asked.
"Do I look like a meteorologist?" Rebekah snapped.
Caroline sighed and looked over at Elena. She refused to think about what Rebekah would have to say if she knew about Caroline and her brother.
"Well, someone needs to do something before she explodes."
Rebekah looked over at Elena. "I got this." She said.
Caroline sighed again and rolled her eyes. Just then her phone beeped.
'Where are you, luv?'
Caroline smiled, she wondered if she'd ever get used to the idea that she was in a relationship with someone who cared about her as much as he did.
'At the Grill watching Elena pretend a dart board is Katherine's face. Where are you?'
She answered, hoping they were almost done with whatever they were up to so she could get this day over with.
'At the hospital, you mother called Damon to come investigate some Silas related deaths. Had a lovely chat with her.'
Caroline froze….
'Oh no…' She started to reply, but then another message came in.
'Apparently she drove by to check on you last night and saw my car.'
'How bad was it?' She typed, knowing it wouldn't be good.
'Well, she didn't try to kill me, but she did threaten to try.'
Caroline sighed.
'We'll deal with it.'
She really wished she knew how to explain her relationship to the others, but she didn't really understand it herself. She loved him and she wanted to be with him, but she really didn't have any answers for the rest of it and she knew she was going to need them. How would she explain to her mother how she could be in a relationship with someone who killed Tyler's mom? It was so much easier when they were outside of Mystic Falls.
'I miss you. I'm thinking it's about time to call this day at an end and regroup.'
She typed in. She knew that she needed to talk to Klaus about all of this. Even though it would be easier outside of Mystic Falls, she wasn't going to just run away so she could have her relationship in peace. She knew she'd never get everyone's blessing, she probably wouldn't even ever be able to get most of them to understand, but she wasn't going to run away from it.
'Well, then finish up with the boys and have them come claim Elena and we can go regroup. I miss you, too.'
She smiled at her phone. They would figure it out somehow. She looked over to where Elena and Rebekah had been talking. Elena had been fixated on Katherine all day. Almost every object she came in contact with she would plan five different ways to kill Katherine with it. The fact that she wouldn't even be able to get near the older vampire unless she let her, was completely lost on Elena.
She caught the tail end of their conversation.
"…we aren't friends…"
Caroline had enough. She walked over.
"What about us? Are we still friends?" Caroline hesitated. "All those things you said when your humanity was off, is that how you really feel?"
Elena barely looked at her, she couldn't meet her eyes. "Caroline, I really don't feel like going down memory lane."
Caroline felt the anger rise up in her. Elena was supposed to be her friend and Caroline knew she had been through a lot and lost so much, but this attitude she had, this professional victim, professional martyr was getting old.
"Well, what about when you said, and I quote 'You're a repulsive, bloodsucking, control freak monster'. Did you really mean those things?"
Elena focused on the dart board in front of her. Caroline wanted to rip the darts out of her hand. Elena lowered the dart slowly.
"If you're waiting for an apology, you're not going to get one. I can't let myself feel bad, because if I feel bad, I feel everything. We've all seen how well I handle that."
"So you're just going to hide behind this vendetta for Katherine?" Caroline snapped. "Because you can't face your emotions?"
"Look Caroline," Elena snapped. "Why don't you just run off and find Klaus and the boys, so you don't have to babysit me. We both know you'd rather be with him anyway."
"Yeah, because he's been there for me a lot more than you have lately."
"Really? Can't wait to see you sell that one to Tyler." Elena about growled.
Then Rebekah interrupted. "Wait, Nik is in town?" She all but growled.
"Yah, he got here last night." Caroline answered.
"Tell her the rest." Elena said as another dart sunk into the board.
Caroline glared at her. "We're together now." Caroline said looking at Rebekah.
"Oh, that is just perfect." Rebekah said. "He destroys my dreams, destroys all of my relationships for centuries and then when HE decides its ok gets involved with someone like you." Her voice dripped with disdain. "So much for your first love Tyler."
"Look, I can't believe he gave Silas the cure and I'm not saying that it's ok. He's here now to help us get rid of Silas and maybe we can get the cure back for you."
"Unless he wants it to start bleeding me again." Elena commented.
"He already said he didn't." Caroline almost yelled defensively.
"Are you sure this isn't just some revenge?" Rebekah asked thoughtfully. "I would actually be willing to help you with that."
"Revenge on what? Your brother? I'm not playing him."
"No revenge on Tyler for knocking up that werewolf Hayley."
"Excuse me?" Caroline asked. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, my brother didn't tell you?" Rebekah laughed delightedly. "This is too much fun."
"What are you talking about, Rebekah?" Caroline demanded.
"The reason Nik went down to New Orleans was because a group of witches wanted his help to take out an old protégé of Nik's. They were going to use HIS baby with Hayley as blackmail. But come to find out it wasn't his, it was Tyler's."
Caroline stared at her in absolute shock. Hayley was having Tyler's baby? Tyler slept with Hayley? KLAUS slept with Hayley?
Rage, like she never experienced welled up inside of her. She grabbed the remaining darts from Elena and threw them at the board so hard it actually cracked. Her vision narrowed to points. Elena actually seemed concerned, while Rebekah just stared at her with amusement.
"Caroline, are you ok?"
She couldn't answer.
"Care," Elena hissed, "your fangs are out."
"Oh, she can't hear you." Rebekah said. "She's caught up in sheer jealousy and rage. She must really love my brother…or Tyler. This is what happens when you come between two vampire mates."
Caroline fought for control, she could hear their conversation, but the anger was like a howling force inside of her. She fought it back and took several deep breaths.
"Excuse me." She said. She took out her phone and walked off to the bathrooms.
"This is going to be interesting." Rebekah said with a laugh.
Caroline dialed as she walked away. "I'm trying to get away as fast as possible." Klaus answered. "I can't wait to see you."
She felt the rage coming back. "You slept with Hayley." She growled into the phone.
There was silence. "How did you find out?" He asked, and it was all she could do not to punch through the wall.
"Your sister."
"She should have minded her own business."
"YOU SLEPT WITH HAYLEY!" Caroline yelled. "They thought she was having your baby?!"
"YES!" He yelled back. "I was going to tell you, but it wasn't like we've had a spare moment since I arrived."
"Really, what about this morning?" She demanded.
"Caroline, I…"
"No, you didn't tell me because you knew that was going to be a deal breaker for me." She snapped. "If she had been pregnant with your baby, I would have NEVER, EVER gotten involved with you."
"I know that." Klaus growled. "It ripped me apart knowing that, when I thought it was mine. That's why as soon as I found out it wasn't, that it was your boyfriend's, I vowed to do everything in my power to come and convince you to be with me. The thought that I would never have the chance made me realize how much I wanted to be with you."
"You made Tyler leave town for what he did, and then slept with Hayley, who orchestrated the whole thing?" She snapped.
Klaus sighed. "I'm coming to get you. We will talk about this when I get there."
"Oh, now you want to talk." She snapped.
"Caroline…." He yelled frustrated and worried now.
Then there was nothing. The lights went out. Caroline looked around surprised and saw they had lost the connection. Furious, she turned to walk back out into the bar and ran into…herself.
"Silas." She gasped. The rage was still flowing through her, but so was the fear.
"Did we really think we could have Klaus on a leash?" It was horrifying to see her own face taunting her. "I wonder if he told Hayley all the same lines he fed us?"
"Get away from me!" Caroline snapped. She was about to yell out or try to get past him, but he grabbed her and pushed her back into the kitchen.
"Well, he must care about us somewhat. He was supposed to stay away and stay out of this and I was going to leave him alone." She saw her own face look her up and down considering. "I could have told him, he was right, love is a weakness." She grinned a grin that Caroline knew she would never be able to do, it was evil. "Let's just show him how much."
Silas picked up a knife. "I want you to start cutting and keep cutting until I tell you to stop." Caroline felt the fear inside her pick up as she automatically took the knife and started running it over her wrists.
"There you go." Silas said. "Now I'm going out to have some fun. Too bad you are going to miss the ending, but if I have time, I'll come back to watch Klaus' devastation over your mangled body." She smiled and walked out. Caroline sunk to the floor and kept dragging the blade over her arms.
