Chapter Seven: Helping Damon

Caroline POV

Later on that night we all met up in the woods behind Stefan's house.

"Okay since we're all here now, I say that we split up into two groups. Stefan you'll go with Caroline & Elena. Claire you come with me and my brother Elijah." Klaus told us.

"Ha! Over my dead body. No, I'll go with you & Elijah & Claire can go with Stefan & Elena." I told him.

"As you wish love." He told me with that stupid flirty look he always gives me. I just rolled my eyes at him.

"So wait why did you choose the woods behind my house?" Stefan asked Klaus.

"Because it might have been where he was right when he turned his humanity switch off & the first person he fed on could be close by." Klaus told Stefan.

"How do you figure that?" Stefan said.

"Well, when I turned mine off once or twice over the years I didn't go far when I fed for the time after it was switched off. I fed on my first victim a few minutes away from my house." Klaus told us.

Just then I saw Elijah wince as if hearing Klaus describe the time he drained someone of their blood bothered him. I felt bad for him because I don't think this is the life he wanted for himself.

"We'll start over here on the West side of the woods & you three go on the other side of the woods. Let's just see if we can find him that way." Stefan suggested.

"Fine we'll meet up in an hour that's if we don't find him by then." Elijah said.

Everyone looked at Elijah & agreed.

...A few minutes later...

Caroline POV (walking in the woods with Elijah & Klaus)

"I can't believe I'm in the woods looking for my best friends brother with the Original brothers this is nuts." I said under my breathe thinking they wouldn't hear me.

"Well, you did have the option of going with Stefan & Elena, but you didn't I wonder why that is." Klaus said.

"I'm not leaving you two alone with Claire...not a chance in hell was I about to let that happen. I don't completely trust the two of you yet to not kill her if she says or does something to piss one of you off." I said.

"I wouldn't have done anything to hurt her. I would've given you my word on that & I never go back on my word unless I have a reason to do so. So you could've trusted that she would be safe with me. My brother over here on the other hand well I'm not sure about him." Elijah said.

"Thanks for the support brother I'm so glad your on my side." Klaus said sarcastically.

He continued, "Caroline you know I wouldn't have hurt her...for you I wouldn't have hurt her."

"Well, what if she had said something that made you angry Klaus? Would you've threatened her & hurt her or worse? Would you've just killed her if she said even the slightest thing wrong to you? Would you've made her afraid of you just like your father made you scared of him?" I said.

I wasn't trying to push his buttons or anything I just wanted him to open up to me. I wanted to try understand why he does the things he does. I wanted to understand why he kills some people & why he's so mean to other people. He just ignored me & walked away so I went after him.

"Hey Klaus I'm talking to you don't walk away from me!" I yelled to him while trying to chase after him as he walked faster.

"Klaus! I'm trying to reach out to you! I'm trying to understand you! DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME I'M TALKING TO YOU!" I yelled at him.

I finally caught up to him & grabbed his arm to force him to face me but when I did I saw something:

*The vision*

~"Father, please don't do this to me! I wouldn't hurt anyone you know me! Please I'm begging you!" Klaus begged Mikael.

"Shut up boy! I should have killed you before...when I found out I'm not real father & killed your father. You are nothing but a pathetic boy...a monster. That's all you'll be & nothing more. You pathetic!" Mikael yelled back yet him.

"No father stop this!" Klaus begged him.

Klaus' hands were bound extremely tight by rope & Mikael was dragging him through the woods towards what looked like a campfire.

"Father please you don't have to do this to him. He's not bad & can change for the better. I can help him...I will help him! He didn't know what he was doing when he was a wolf. He never meant to kill those people." Elijah begged his father. He didn't want to see Klaus get hurt or worse be killed because of who he is.

Mikael tied him to a tree & started beating him.

"He's a monster Elijah! He has to be stopped!" Mikael said.

Mikael took a rope & hit Klaus a few times with it. Blood was running down Klaus' chest as he screamed begging Mikael to stop it. Elijah covered his ears because he couldn't take any more of Klaus' gut wrenching screams. He was still begging their father to stop but he wouldn't.

Finally Mikael looked like he was tired so he stopped & walked away.

Elijah ran to his brothers side & helped him out of the ropes.

"I'm so sorry Niklaus I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to not do anything to help you. I should've went after him. I should have killed him after I saw him dragging you out of the house & tying you up with the rope. I should have just killed him the first time he did this to you. Please forgive me I'm sorry."~

*End of the vision*

Caroline's POV

I let go of Klaus' arm & just stood their staring at him in shock.

"I'm so sorry Klaus. I'm so sorry." I told him snapping out of it.

I let it go I felt so bad for him. I didn't feel comfortable asking him about what I saw or what happen to him or even why Mikael would do that to him instead I just walked away.

We kept walking a little deeper into the woods, still looking for Damon, when we heard Stefan's voice calling us over to where him, Elena & Claire were.

"Guys we found him! We found Damon." Elena called to us.

We vamp sped to where they were & saw Damon sitting on the ground with blood all over his face & shirt.

I looked at him sitting on the ground & it was like he was in some kind of daze.

"Leave me alone I don't want to feel. Don't you get that! I don't care anymore!" Damon said.

"No, Damon we aren't leaving you alone we wanna help you. Why did you do this? Why did you turn off your humanity?" Elena asked him in a sad voice.

"I hurt everyone I love that's what I do. That's who I am. I'm a monster that's what I do Elena I'm a bad guy. Don't you get that! Do you not understand that? Is that not getting through to you?! I'm the wrong person to be friends with." Damon said.

"No, I don't get that Damon. You saved my life more then a few times…you & Stefan have always been there for me. Snap out of this please for me." Elena begged him. He just rolled his eyes at her.

I looked over at Klaus & saw something in him I've never seen before….sadness? I thought to myself. Is he really feeling an emotion other then angry? Next thing I know Klaus vamp sped in front of Damon & sat down next to him.

Klaus' POV

"Come on mate I know how you feel. Everything you can possible think of I've done to my family. They've defended me & stood by me...well most of the time. I couldn't blame them when they walked away from me all the times they did. My point is you have all these people here. They are all routing for you & standing by you. Come on snap out of it & look around you. There might be no hope for me anymore but I will not let you do this to Stefan." I told Damon trying to reason with him.

"Great speech Klaus but I think not. Thanks for the pep talk though." Damon said. He tapped me on the chest twice then walked away.

That just got me extremely angry. I feel rage building inside me. I grabbed Elena & put my arm around her neck, "You really shouldn't be doing that Damon unless you want your little girlfriend Elena here to suffer the consequences." I told him.

"Your bluffing." He said in a slightly sad voice.

"Am I? Here I am thinking you turned the switch off." I said.

"I did & I don't care if you kill her. I don't care because I don't have any feelings remember...no humanity. So go ahead see if I care." Damon said. I didn't believe him at all because I saw what no one else did. Pain.

"Fine Damon as you wish." I told him.

"Klaus please don't do this." Elena said fighting trying to get free of my arm.

She's a good actress, I thought. I took out my claws & started digging into her chest. I started to feel where her heart was & didn't go any further into her chest. Elena cried & screamed in agony.

"Damon please! Do something!" Stefan yelled.

Even though I didn't want to I put my hand deeper into Elena's chest. Elena's screaming got louder. Damon started turning around & looked at Elena with a pained look on his face. Then in an instant pain turned into complete angry & Damon came after me. I took my hand out of Elena's chest & she dropped to the ground. Damon ran into me slamming me against a tree.

"I thought you didn't care about her or anyone." I told him with a half smile.

"I don't I just don't want to hear her screeching anymore." He said.

I had had enough of him. I turned him around & slammed him against the tree. "TURN IT BACK ON!" I yelled at him.

He turned to look at Elena who was crying. "I did already." He said. I let go of him & he fell to the ground.

"I'm sorry Elena." He said to her with tears in his eyes.

"Come on let's get Stefan to bring you home." I said to him.

Everyone else at that point looked at each other then slowly one by one vamp sped home.

I caught Damon's arm before he could walk away with Stefan.

"If you ever do that to Stefan again trust me next time I will kill you." I said giving him a look of warning. He just nodded & walked with Stefan.

Elijah looked at me with a slightly disappointed look on his face.

"What? You wanted me to try to change so I am. I had to say something to Damon because he was hurting Stefan. What else did you want me to do?" I said to him.

He didn't answer he just shook his head at me & started walking home.