After that sexually heated encounter, Caroline was mortified to look at herself in the mirror. Settling for pacing her room, biting her nails as she heard Klaus fussing around downstairs. She put a hand through her hair, her lips still burning from his hungry kisses. Caroline had half a sense to go down there and demand some answers, but she settled for quickly changing out of her pajamas. With a glance down at her new attire, which consisted of faded blue jeans and a leather jacket, she just paired them with a pair of heels.
Her thoughts were racing so fast, she had to close her eyes because the room had begun to spin. Why on earth had he kissed her? So, a crazy psychotic Hybrid kidnaps her - then decides to kiss her on her supposed to be 'vacation'. To add onto that, Elena was already suspecting something.
Well, this got pretty messy very fast. The last thing Caroline wanted to do was go downstairs and face Klaus, her skin just rippled with goosebumps when she could swear she could feel his hands on her hips again. She quickly shook her head out of the daze, making sure to rub her arms. Grabbing the suitcase, she began to roll them down the stairs.
Klaus was leaning against the door frame, the sunlight framing his face in the most handsome way - Caroline felt temptation race through her. But she quickly banished the thoughts from her mind as his eyes connected with hers.
"Well about time, thought you'd never actually make it down the stairs. Then I'd have to go up and lift you out of here - compelling the neighbors first of course." Klaus made sure to let his eyes skim over Caroline's body, as if he was undressing her with his eyes.
Caroline shifted uncomfortably under his eyes, tightening her grip on the handle of her suitcase, "Don't touch me." She quickly bit her lip to prevent any curses and insults from invading her speech.
A slow grin spread over Klaus's face, undoubtedly about to mention their encounter before.
"You didn't seem to mind it upstairs at all, love." Klaus shot a pointed smirk at her, ruffling his hair.
She flashed a bright red, "You caught me off guard." She simply says, turning away from him.
"I think we were both caught off guard about that, love." Klaus licks his lips, he pushes her front door open, "Ladies first."
Caroline brushes past him, hearing a small outtake of breath from him as she passes him. Almost a lovesick sigh, she feels her stomach do a painful leap in her stomach at this.
Then she blacked out.
She awoke with a pounding headache, groaning as she shifted her position on the springy bed. Her eyes snapped open immediately then, bolting upright in her bed.
Those pink walls seemed to mock her, welcome back Caroline.
That was what those walls seemed to be chanting at her, welcome back, you may never leave, bring us what we need, give us the Coffins.
She bit her lip to keep out a frustrated growl as she pulled herself out of bed, she went downstairs to see that dozens of Hybrids were lounging about in the living room, some of them accompanied by a female human companion. Klaus being one of them, the girl Klaus was holding had several bite marks in her, a dazed almost blind look over her eyes - and blood was trickling down her neck.
Klaus grinned when he saw Caroline looking, "Care for a bite, love?"
Caroline could feel her gums beginning to numb as she smelled the sickly sweet smell of blood in the air, "I'll stick to my blood bags." Caroline defiantly said.
"But aren't humans just the same thing? But this is much more.. funner. Feeling their life fade away in your fangs.. you can't replace the feeling." A dazed look, almost dreamy, crossed Klaus's features, his eyes full of bliss and nothing else.
"Murder is quite the most beautiful thing, isn't it?" Caroline cocked her head to the side, half amused half freaked out by the Hybrid.
Klaus grinned at her, "Careful love, take one step at a time." He was giving her a warning, usually he would have pressed her against the wall and threatened to rip her throat out by now, "I forgot to ask where Daniel was, but I suppose that my Ripper has something to do with it, yes?"
"I wouldn't know."
"Of course you wouldn't. Poor, innocent Caroline. Well, you know what they say, ignorance is bliss." Klaus was obviously implying that the group never told her anything, enjoying keeping the baby vampire in the dark. Klaus could see his words seeping through her skin.
Caroline licked her lips, "I don't care what you have to say Klaus. At least I didn't stake the members of my family."
"All in good reason." Klaus quickly jumped to his own defense, letting the human girl drop to the ground, her skin now turning pale.
Caroline felt sick.
Klaus noticed her eyes quickly averting from the lifeless body, he jerked the lifeless body back up.
"You don't like this, do you?" Klaus asked, playing with the girl's hair as if she was a barbie.
Caroline felt the urge to throw up, her head began to hurt.
"Catch." A evil smile crossed Klaus's face as he tossed the Dead girl in Caroline's direction, Caroline caught the dead girl by the hip, dropping to her knees as she did so.
Caroline was heaving, she looked down at the girl with terrified eyes, shocked at how much the girl looked so much like Caroline. This could have been her, it probably would have been her if she hadn't been turned into a vampire. The girl's lifeless eyes seemed to roll into the back of her head, near death but not quite there yet. Doomed to stare at Caroline, the girl that could have saved her if she had come down the stairs sooner.
You never forget the face of the girl that could have saved you.
The blonde grasped for words that weren't there, her fingers uselessly reaching for objects that weren't there, determined to fight off Klaus once more.
She had been a fighter. The fight was still in her eyes, shining through, despite the pain and daze she was laying in.
Caroline bit her lip to keep from crying out as she let the near-dead girl slide from her arms and laid her gently on the floor. Her arms were stained with blood that had flowed from her neck carelessly. The near-death girl moved her lips, trying to speak once more, as if Caroline couldn't hear what the girl was trying to say. Super vampire hearing does give you a unfair, almost cruel advantage over the world.
"Help me." The girl had whispered through motionless lips, but nothing could save her now, she was good as dead. Her eyes then saw no more, the fight had left her, a almost happy look crossing her face.
"Well, that was quite the lovely one wasn't she boys?" Klaus called to the Hybrids, who all stood around watching Caroline with much interest.
Caroline turned to Klaus, her eyes set ablaze by anger, "How could you do this? You're a monster!" Caroline shouted, veins undoubtedly popping out around her eyes, flashing a bright red.
Klaus calmly poured himself a glass of scotch, rising to his feet, he lifted the glass to her, "Has it really been this long for you to realize this, love?" He just cocked his head to the side, lifting the glass to his lips and drinking greedily.
She stood up, getting off of her knees and brushing past the Hybrid, knocking his shoulder as she passed him, "You're a maniac, that's what you are. You wouldn't know how to love someone if it saved your damn life." She snapped coldly at him as she passed him.
Klaus paused to consider this, setting his scotch down and turning to the Hybrids, "Well, what are you lot staring at? Go back to your humans, I'll deal with the melodramatic baby vampire." He waved his hand carelessly in the air. The Hybrids gave him a curious look, but they did as they were told, biting into the necks of their human companions and sucking the life slowly out of them.
Caroline slammed her door shut, immediately crawling into her bed, not even bothering to take off her shoes. She realized with disgust that this room had become her temporary home, she was here more than her actual home. She brought her knees up to her chest, the blanket hugged tightly around them. She was shaking so hard, she was afraid she would start sobbing.
There was a knock at her door.
She just couldn't escape him.
Caroline leaped off her bed, making sure to press her body against the door to prevent him from coming in.
"Caroline, move. Open the door." She heard Klaus's frustrated growl by her ear, and she knew he wasn't even trying to open the door at this point. He would have tossed her aside like a stuffed animal by now if he had been trying to open the door.
"Give me one good reason why I should open this door." Caroline called, making sure to press her weight harder against the door.
"Because, we need to talk." Klaus growled, his frustration beginning to wear him down, "You can't simply say things like that then storm out of the room, Caroline, that is not how things work around here."
"How about you just write down a nice list and then slide it under the door so I can make your life so much more easier, all mighty Hybrid Klaus!" Caroline snapped through the door, aware she was dancing on the edge of her own demise.
Klaus slammed his fist on the door, Caroline jumped suddenly at this.
"Damn it Caroline! You're in my home, I have given you blood in your precious blood bags as asked, and I've made adjustments to ensure that your stay was somewhat bearable, and this is what I get?"
Caroline bit her lip, "In case you forgot, you kidnapped me! This stupid living arrangement has been unbearable from the start, if you call this bearable, I'm scared to hear what you call unbearable!"
He was licking his lips quite furiously now, his words coming out more sharp and crisp, "I did kidnap you, and I still haven't gotten my Coffins back, what do I need to do? Tell them that I'm holding a stake to your heart at the moment? Perhaps this would be much more bearable if I just staked you and kept you in a coffin!" He shouted.
Her eyes widened in fear, her undead heart doing somersaults and her legs began to feel like jelly as she slid to the floor.
"Or perhaps even better, perhaps a Hybrid bite would do you some good. Dying nice and slow would be just the most delightful thing for your little group." She could almost feel Klaus grinning like a mad man behind the door.
He knew he had her.
"I'm sure Tyler would do it." Klaus threatened.
Caroline was shaking now, she brought her knees up to her chest, placing her face into her hands, shaking so hard she thought there was a earthquake.
"Don't underestimate me sweetheart, you're playing quite a dangerous game." She could hear Klaus's footsteps retreating, and she allowed herself to begin crying.
She didn't know why she was crying, she just knew she needed to cry.
