"You're evil." She whispered as she kept her eyes on Caroline who smirked and wipes her fingers with a handkerchief which she then dropped to the floor coated in blood.

"Truth be told, honey, I'm as evil as it gets." Caroline stopped in front of her and smiled innocently. "Toodles, sweetie." Caroline grabbed the front of the plain white t shirt the girl was wearing and tossed her towards the ceiling where she became impaled on the spike of a chandelier. Caroline smirked as she walked forward and then stopped and glanced over her shoulder to see the dead girl's body drop with a large thud to the hard ground. "Uhh, brain matter." She rolled her eyes and flashed down the steps to a cellar, ripping the door off its hinges she looked in to see chains on the walls and a towel soaked in blood on the floor, Nadia's blood. Caroline growled and then flashed back up the stairs as she got out her phone and dialled. "We have a problem, she's not here, meet me in the town square, I need to check something out." She hung up before a response came and walked through the dead bodies not caring at the blood splattered everywhere and out in the city.

"Like I said, brace yourselves. This is only the beginning…" Katherine whispers as the memory dissipates leaving everyone in a state of disbelief, confusion and awe.

"How did she take them all down, they were werewolves, shouldn't they have been able to bite her?" Davina asks confused as looks at Caroline who runs her fingers through her hair and sighs as she anticipates the next memory.

"She's an Original." Katherine said as she smirked at her, the others except for Klaus look at her shocked and in confusion.

"Impossible, she can't be an Original." Elena says in a sharp tone with narrowed eyes.

"Esther turned her into an Original to kill everyone and take Hope. The plan was for her to turn her humanity off, gain Klaus' trust and then kill them all as well as doing Esther and Mikael's dirty work by taking Hope and handing her over. I found her just after Esther completed the spell and then she learnt to control the heightened bloodlust. She's stronger and faster than she was before." They all glance at Caroline who huffs and taps her fingers against her thigh as she waits for the next memory.

"Why didn't she just come back and ask for our help instead of doing this with you?" The younger doppleganger says with a hint of frustration as Kat narrows her eyes.

"As if you would've helped her! The moment she even uttered Klaus' name you would shut her down and the others would have agreed with you," Stefan shakes his head to oppose, "don't deny it Stefan, you would all have agreed with little Miss Perfect instead of Caroline, and how the hell was she supposed to trust you after you lot gave up on her! And the Lockwood mutt helped them hurt her, how was she supposed to believe that you wouldn't do the same." Elena gasped and clenched her jaw.

"We would never put her at risk!" Elena exclaims as Katherine cocks her eyebrow.

"Oh really, then please explain to me what you were doing by sending in Caroline to distract Klaus, knowing that he had to ability to kill her?"

"She's right, we turned our back on her the moment she told us what happened between her and Klaus." Bonnie murmured as she sighed.

"Thank you Bon Bon." Bonnie rolls her eyes at Katherine and then glances at Elena who opens her mouth with narrowed eyes.

"Fine, then why didn't she just go to Klaus and tell him?"

"And say what, 'Hey Klaus, just dropped by to tell you that your parents put a target on my head, tortured me, tried to make me turn it off and not to mention turned me into an Original. Now they want to kill me, and your whole family not to mention every other vampire, so try to juggle that with raising your daughter and helping me control my bloodlust as well as preparing for war. Don't worry, everything else is just dandy." Katherine says sarcastically as she slowly walks towards Elena who swallows and looks away. "No, didn't think so."

"How did she protect me?" Bonnie asks quietly causing Katherine to turn but her response is cut short as another memory appears. It shows Bonnie stepping out of her house and then putting the phone against her ear as Caroline watches from behind a tree with her hair up in a ponytail.

"Now?" Katherine whispers quietly as they stand back in the shadows watching Bonnie make her way to the Gilbert house in the night. Caroline scans the area but notices no movement so she shakes her head. They follow the witch as they hide in the darkness and watch for any movements.

Caroline freezes and pulls Katherine back as she notices 2 black cars peak out a side street which leads to an alley. 8 men step out and shut the doors quietly just as Bonnie passes them. 3 of the men flash away to the other side of the street watching Bonnie as 3 flash up to the roofs of houses keeping their eyes on the girl. The other two amble behind Bonnie as she talks to Jeremy on the phone.

"Come on Jer, movie night sounds perfect. Please." She giggles as Jeremy replies and keeps on walking oblivious to the danger around her. She turns a corner and just before the men can follow, Caroline flashes to the roof and snaps the vampire's necks as Katherine flashes to the other 3 and does the same. They lower their bodies and then follow the 2 vampires behind Bonnie. One of the men answers their phone and slow down so that Bonnie doesn't hear them.

"Yes, we're following her now, don't worry we have 8 men. We won't fail." He hangs up and gestures to the other to flash in front of Bonnie, but before he can even comprehend the action, Caroline flashes before them, smirks and snaps their necks catching them just before they hit the ground. They pick them up and flash to a van, throwing them inside and chaining them up. Caroline gets in and turns on the van, spinning it round and driving to a large mansion at the edge of town.

The scene cuts to a dark cellar where all the men hang from the ceilings as their eyes begin to open whilst they groan and tug at their chains.

"What the hell?" A pale man with black spiky hair and black eyes murmurs as he looks at the others and yanks at his chains.

"Luke, Ben, get up." He hisses as they groan as well and panic with their eyes frantically scanning the dark room.

"Adam? Where the hell are we?" A dark skinned man with as low voice says.

"I have no idea Luke, something happened." He says as they others wake and try to figure out where they are.

"You don't say." The one with a snake tattoo says as his green eyes roll at Adam and he coughs slightly as fumes begin filling the air. The others follow as their lungs begin to burn and a white haze begins to fall on the floor.

"Ok, last thing we remember? I was with Luke and Ben on the east side roofs watching the witch walking and on her phone. Julian, you?"

"I was on the west side roofs with Aaron and Jack before the lights went out."

"Me and Taylor where just behind the witch when Mikael called. I answered then hung op before someone snapped my neck."

"Great, we were ambushed. Who the hell knew what we were up to?" Taylor asks in a disgruntled voice.

"I have no fucking idea, but what I do know is that Mikael is going to kill us once he finds out we failed."

"Oh come on now, he won't the chance to kill you if I get there first." The men search the darkness for the sweet, angelic voice which fills the room. Caroline steps out from the shadows and smirks as she eyes the men sadistically. "Hello, boys, I'm Caroline. Now, I want to know why you went after my dear friend Bonnie Bennett?Bennett." The men swallow as they see the blonde which some recognise.

"Caroline…"

"Hello Adam, Taylor and Ben. Good to see some familiar faces. Tell me, did you miss me?" She walks towards Taylor who hangs in between the other two. Taylor looks away, avoiding her eyes.

"Oy, who is this blonde bitch?" Jack says confused. Taylor shakes his head in warning but Jack scoffs. "Please tell me you're not scared of this little beauty. Let us go and I'll make it worth it." Jack smirks as his eyes are filled with mischief.

"Jack, shut up." Adam hisses as he swallows and watches the blonde tilt her head at Jack who narrows his eyes and shuts his mouth.

"Oh come on Jack, please, speak your mind, go on. I'd love to hear your thoughts." Caroline says in a sickly sweet voice as she moves towards him.

"It's a bit kinky this, the chains, right?" He says with renewed bravado as he pulls at them but doesn't get released.

"You could say that, but do you want to know what's even better…" Caroline leans in so her eyes are in direct sight off his as she smirks, he smiles at her as he runs his eyes over her body. "This…" she plunges a knife coated in vervain directly into the artery which runs down his thigh.

"Aahhh!" He screams as she rips it out and thrusts the knife into the other thigh. The movement causes blood to pour out at great speed but his skin doesn't seem to heel.

"Oh yes, did I forget to mention I had a witch spell the place so that your healing abilities become non-existent. But don't worry, it'll make this so much more fun…" She slowly pulls out the knife and drags it down his face causing his cheek to slip open and blood to snake it'sits way down his face. "You know what I've always wondered? How much blood loss can a vampire face until they lose it? Fascinating thing to think about, isn't it?" She glances at each person and holds their eyes in a dangerous connection. They all keep quiet as Jack pants and his blood paints his clothes red. She looks at the men who she's never met before and smiles. "Don't feel left out boys, you're time will come soon. But let me get reacquainted with your friends." She spins and faces the three men she knows." Adam, Taylor, Ben. It's good to see you all again, when was the last time? Oh yes, when I was being held in the cage, right? And you came in to taunt me." She pouts but her eyes emanate cruelty. "Now that wasn't very nice. But let me repay the favour." Caroline moves back into the shadows and steps back out with a gun in each hand. The room is filled with silence only to be broken by the sound the guns clicking back. She aims and shoots all three causing the bullets to imbed themselves in their stomachs. She turns her eyes on the others and shrugs just before she shoots them as well, aiming at their shoulders and chests. They all groan as the wooden bullets stop in their bodies. "Do you want to know a little secret?" She taunts them as they keep their eyes on her, "These bullets are very special, my personal favourite. Hey have a little magic that they can do." The men furrow their brows and look at their wounds. Caroline tilts her head with a smile. "Wait for it…" she whispers, a few seconds pass before the men scream as the flesh near the bullet erupts sending tissue everywhere and letting blood pour out. "And an added speciality…" their flesh begins to burn as the bullets ignite and vervain vapours are emitted. "Fantastic isn't it?" They continue to scream as Caroline looks on in awe at them.

"Stop it please!" The blonde rolls her eyes but sets down the guns.

"Ok, ok, don't piss yourselves…" she murmurs as she pulls up a chair and sits watching their faces contort at the brutal sensations.

"What do you want from us?" one of them hisses as Caroline sighs.

"Now, that's not nice. Didn't your mother teach you any manners? Ask nicely and maybe I'll tell you." The man growls.

"Tell us what you want, please."

"Much better. I want answers. Why did you come after Bonnie?"

"Mikael and Esther needed her. They want to use her to take down the Originals." Caroline narrows her eyes as she taps her fingers against her daylight ring. Aaron notices the movement and looks to his bare fingers.

"My ring. Where's my daylight ring?" He says with a hoarse voice as Caroline smirks.

"You'll get it back once I'm done. What did they plan to do to Bonnie if she refused?" Taylor looked away but Caroline stood up and grabbpped an axe which hung on one of the walls and then walked to Taylor who didn't look up in fear. "Answer me Taylor." He didn't lift his head and clenched his jaw shut. "The body is quite the work of art, don't you think? Something else I've always wondered, what would happen if you chopped a vampire in half?" Taylor swallows but kept his eyes to the floor. "Let's find out…" she whispered and swung the axe with a ruthless force hacking through his waist causing scarlet liquid to burst out as he cried out and tears fell from his eyes. "Hmm, interesting, you're not dead. Congratulations Taylor." Caroline threw the axe into the wall causing a clang to echo through the room. "Now boys," Caroline glances at her phone, "it seems we're on a tight schedule so I'm going to cut this short, pity, I would've loved to show you all my little toys." Caroline sighed dramatically as she grabbed the wooden chair and broke it into 8 wooden pieces which she could use as stakes. "Now, I'm going to ask you each a question, if you answer truthfully then I'll stake you and make your death quick, If you don't then I'll save you to spend time with me with my other tricks and treats. Clear?" They nod reluctantly. "Excellent. Adam." She walks up to him and grabs a stake in one hand. "How were they going to make Bonnie comply?" She runs the tip of the stake down his chest, cutting through his shirt and piercing his skin. "Well?"

"They were going to lock her up and torture her so that she became weak and agreed."

"How were they going to torture her?" He swallows and glances away for a second before looking into her cold blue eyes.

"Like they tortured you…" he whispers as Caroline smirks.

"Thank you Adam, you're free." She shoves the stake into his heart and moves onto Taylor who hangs with blood still streaming out of his torso and his lower half on the floor in a puddle of blood.

"What did they offer you in return of getting Bonnie?" He grunts and hisses.

"A daylight ring."

"Anything else?" He shakes his head but Caroline can tell that he's lying. She clicks her tongue and thrusts the stake into his side, puncturing his kidney as he shrieks. "You lied to me, I'm not a happy girl now. One chance, tell me." He groans and looks to the ceiling before Caroline grabps his chin tightly and squeezing so that a crack is heard which shows that his lower jaw is broken.

"Immortality." He whispers before she smiles and kills him, permanently.

"Next up, Ben, it's been a long while. So, tell me, after you took Bonnie, who would be next?"

"Salvatore."

"Which one?"

"Stefan and then Damon."

"Thank you." She pierces his heart leaving him to slowly turn pale ash. She turns her sights on the other men. "Unfortunately, I can't be bothered to find out who you lot are, so straight onto our game. Tell me who they'll go after following Damon?"

"Elena Gilbert, Camille O'Connell, Kieran O'Connell, Davina Clair, Marcel Gerard, Rebekah Mikaelson, Elijah Mikaelson, Hope Mikaelson and Klaus Mikaelson." Caroline nods as she absorbs the information but wonders who Camille, Kieran, Davina and Marcel are.

"Thank you." Killing him, she moves onto the next.

"Who is working against the Mikaelsons in New Orleans?"

"Everyone."

"Bloody hell, they live to make enemies, don't they…" she murmurs to herself. "ok, who are the important players in this war?"

"From the witch coven it's Geneviève, she is a witch, red head, pale skin, Klaus used her to protect Hope from the witches in return for a sexual relationship." Caroline tries to stifle a laugh.

"I'm sorry, sexual relationship? Oh my God, Klaus whored himself out?" Caroline giggles uncontrollably. "Oh that's, wow, that's the funniest thing I've heard since…since, well ever." Caroline composes herself but grins at the information. "Carry on."

Katherine, Kol, Rebekah and Marcel laugh at the way Caroline puts it whilst the real Caroline smirks at the memory. Klaus scowls at them but they chuckle as they try to compose themselves. "Oh take that look off your face Nik, you know she's right. And here I thought Rebekah was the only strumpet in the family." Kol wipes away the tears from his eyes as Elijah chuckles. Klaus looks at him sharply but he continues to laugh.

"I'm sorry Niklaus, but Caroline is right, you did 'whore' yourself out for Genvieve'sGeneviève's services."

"Or he provided services in exchange for services. God that's a good one!" Kol exclaims as he clutches onto his stomach trying to control himself.

"Sophie Devereux, a brunette witch who works at RousseusRousseau's' alongside CamillieCamille O'Connell."

"Is Camille an enemy?" He shakes his head.

"No, she's the blonde bartender who Marcel is infatuated with. She and Klaus have grown close and it may be that she's developed feelings for him, however he hasn't returned them."

"Ok, so the witches, what about the wolves?"

"The crescent clan, which Hayley belongs to, are ok so far with them as they consider Hayley to be their alpha female, however there is some tension since the alpha male, Jackson has been betrothed to Hayley since they were young but she seems to have feelings for Elijah."

"You've got to be kidding me, what is this, a teen drama?" Caroline huffs. "Is there anyone else?"

"The others are working for Esther and Mikael, some people who are hiding in the shadows are conspiring against them as well but they haven't acted out yet."

"Thank you for your answers." She kills him and looks at the last 2 unknown men and then Jake who is still groaning. "You. Who are Davina, Marcel and Kieran?"

"Davina is a witch who was going to be used for the Harvest ritual, it's a ritual where 4 girls are sacrificed to increase a coven's magic and then they are brought back during the reaping. Davina was saved by Marcel who became her guardian. He used her to stop the witches doing magic in the Quarter. Marcel is the King of New Orleans, Klaus raised him as his adoptive son. Currently, there's tension between the two since Klaus wants to become the King."

"Typical alpha male." She mutters under her breath as the man continues.

"Kieran is a priest in the church and also Camille's uncle. He is also the representative of the human faction in the Quarter. His nephew, Camille's brother was hexed which led to him murdering a crowd and killing himself. Father Kieran has tried to keep the supernatural away from Camille but both Marcel and Klaus have befriended her and therefore she could be a target." Caroline stakes him and eyes the last unknown man.

"Tell me what's happened in New Orleans so far."

"The harvest has been completed, GenvieveGeneviève, BastianaBastianna and Papa Tunde have been raised in their place. Klaus and Marcel have a frail agreement over both ruling New Orleans and Hayley is in her 8th month of pregnancy. Mikael and Esther are watching the events unfold but are gathering troops and sending people out to cripple the Mikaelson's relationship." Caroline kills him and looks at Jack who grunts in pain and inhales air to breathe through it.

"Now, Jake, you're going to do a special job for me. You're going to return to Mikael and Esther and tell them that your plan went wrong, Bonnie killed the others and you ran away to save yourself. She's moved away from Mystic Falls and is currently travelling the world. She left just after the attack. You will not tell anyone about me, you will not mention any of this. In fact you will forget everything that happened in this room. You will contact me when you find out more information of any further plans that are being made against any of the Mikaelsons or their allies, Bonnie, the Salvatores, Elena or myself." Her eyes dilated as she compelled him and then he repeated the words. Releasing him, she dragged him out of the room into a long corridor where Lucy was waiting. Caroline nodded at the witch who murmured a few words causing the man's wounds to heal and him to fall asleep.

"What's next?"

"I'm going to visit the Salvatores." She says as Lucy levitates him outside and places him in his car which Katherine had drove here. "Leave him here, let's go." Caroline zipped up her jacket and walked away with Lucy on her heels.

"She compelled him, why not the others?"

"She wanted to try out her toys. It was much more fun like that." Katherine smirks.

Caroline sighed as she watched herself torture the men but she didn't feel any remorse. They had hurt her and tried to hurt Bonnie, even though the witch hadn't scoured the earth for her friend but only did a few locator spells, it was more than Elena and Stefan had done. Hell, even Damon worked through a week trying to figure out what had happened to Liz and tried to look for her missing daughter.

"So how long am I going to be stuck here?!" Caroline shouted into the abyss, nothing responded apart from her ricocheting echo. "Hello?" Caroline rolled her eyes as she looked around. "Great, still talking to yourself…" she muttered under her breathe as a ripple appeared in the air signalling another memory.

The Salvatore boarding house came into view as the night grew darker. Caroline was stood outside in the distance watching Damon run his fingers through his hair as he got in his car and drove away. She waited for few minutes before moving closer as she listened in to hear Stefan writing in his journal. The corner of her mouth twitched up as she heard the scratch of the pen as it moved slowly over the smooth paper. She moved back into the shadows as she saw a brunette with straight hair walk towards the house enter.

"Damon?" Caroline heard Elena shout out for him.

"Elena, Damon isn't here." Stefan's voice rung through the quiet house, even from the distance she could smell the lingering scotch on his breath and hear the wood crack on the banister as Stefan held it.

"Hi Stefan…" Elena murmured with embarrassment. "Look, I…I'm sorry."

"What?"

"I'm sorry, for everything I've done. I don't like feeling like this Stefan, I love Damon but I do still care about you. So I was hoping we could be friends." The blonde rolled her eyes as she continued to watch the house for any movements.

"Ok."

"Ok…so, um, what were you doing?"

"Nothing. Why were you looking for Damon?"

"I just needed to talk to him, where is he?"

"He's trying to figure out what happened to Liz and following leads to where Caroline is." Elena sighed as she sat on the couch and Stefan moved closer sitting beside her. "Elena, what's wrong?"

"I just feel like Damon's…he's…"

"You think that he's becoming consumed in this and neglecting you." Stefan said softly as Caroline heard his hand brush against Elena's.

"It's about to get awkward now…" Katherine murmurs.

"Yeah, I mean, Caroline's been gone for months now, and she's not coming back. Even when her mom died, she didn't bother to come back, so what's the use. I think we should just…stop. Stop putting our lives on hold for her, she left and hasn't even bothered answering her phone. Maybe we should just stop looking, she obviously doesn't want to be found." Elena huffed as she turned towards Stefan as she held his hands.

"Elena, Caroline never gave up on us, so why are you?"

"I'm just tired of everything. I want to live a normal life which doesn't revolve around people who are constantly gone. I mean, look at Bonnie."

"Silas was controlling her, she had no choice but to do what he told her."

"Maybe she should have fought harder then."

"Elena, they're your friends, our friends. We don't turn our backs on them no matter what."

"Maybe we should start, Caroline already did. First she sleeps with Klaus, Klaus of all people, then she just ups and leaves. Hell, she's probably in New Orleans with him right now."

"Even if she did, it's her choice Elena." Elena sighs.

"It's just…"

"Just what…?" he whispers and suddenly Caroline hears their lips collide, her jaw drops as she listens in to them making out when Stefan pulls back suddenly.

"Elena, stop, we can't. You're with Damon." He gets up and Elena swallows as she moves her hair back.

"What he doesn't know, won't hurt him…" she murmurs and she pulls Stefan back to let their lips collide, Caroline hears the bed creak as Elena is laid down.

"You've got to be kidding me…" Caroline murmurs as she hears the beginning of their clothes being torn off when she sees a dark shadow move across the door and enter. Her eyes narrow and she blocks out the noise of Stefan and Elena in bed as she flashes round the back of the boarding house and enters to see 2 men with hoods covering their heads and stakes in their hands and a woman with dark brown hair and golden highlights. She had a tranquilizer gun in one hand and a stake in the other as she moved like a feline across the room and then gestured to the bedroom upstairs to the other men. They nodded as they crept closer to the stairs as Elena and Stefan's moaning grew louder. Caroline gritted her teeth at the noise but kept her composure as she hid behind the wall whilst the intruders had their backs to her. Caroline swiftly flashed out and snapped the men's necks and pushed them to the sofa as the woman raised her stake at the blonde. Caroline flashed around her but the girl was quick, her movements were agile as she tried to push the stake through Caroline's heart, the blonde pushed her but pulled her back when she nearly collided with the bottle of scotches on the table. The brunette kicked out her leg but Caroline grabbed it and put her off balance as the girl grabbed a knife and swung it at the blonde's face. Caroline smirked as she grabbed her hand and twisted it letting the knife fall onto a cushion and snapped her neck and dropping her down. The girl's hand flung out as she fell and collided with a scotch bottle which slid across the table and fell off, however Caroline caught it an inch from the ground preventing the large shatter it would have caused alerting the couple upstairs. She sighed as she lifted it and slid it back taking the knife from the cushion and pocketing it. Caroline grabbed the two men and flashed outside to a dark van and shoved them and returned for the girl throwing her in as well. Just as she shut the backdoors and climbed into the driver's seat, Damon returned and entered the house.

"Stefan, you here?" Caroline waited for a few seconds as she listened in to hear the creak of the stairs as Stefan came down.

"Yes Damon?" she noted the slight hoarse edge of his voice. Unbeknownst to Damon, Elena opened the window from Stefan's room and jumped out landing in a crouching position as she held her ripped blouse together and put on her jacket zipping it up before she flashed away under the eyes of Caroline. She sighed and drove off into the night.

Damon stood frozen on the spot as he had watched the memory before it rippled out. His eyes burnt with tears as the realisation struck. He was there. He had been there when she left, he had been oblivious to what had gone on and they had both lied to him. His brother and the girl he loved had fucked behind his back and lied to him. He was dragged away from his thoughts as he felt fingers curl around his arm. Looking up he saw Elena with tears in her eyes and her lips parted, without another second he ripped his arm from her touch and backed away closer to Nadia and Katherine and stood still looking over at Caroline as she spoke.

"Who are you?" she said out loud but again received no reply except for the silence. "Seriously?!" the blonde huffed as she stood with a furrowed brow. "Why aren't you trying anything, oh, come on, don't tell me you've given up!" she bellowed out into the darkness.

"What is she doing?" Bonnie asked confused as Caroline continued to talk.

"She's trying to hurry up the process, trust me, if you were trapped by yourself reliving your memories you'd do anything to get out." Lucy said as she came to stand beside her cousin.

"Why are you helping them?" Lucy raised her eyebrow as her mouth twitched.

"You'd rather have me leave Caroline by herself?" Bonnie's eyes widened as she shook her head.

"No, no, I meant, the last time I saw you, you told me to stay away from vampires, why aren't you following your own advice?"

"I make exceptions, when I met Katherine she was manipulative, the same for the Salvatores. Caroline's different, I like her."

"Me, manipulative? And here I thought we were becoming friends Lulu." Katherine says with a smirk when the rattling of trains echoes through the air and the picture of a large warehouse shimmers up as part of Caroline's memory.

"Thought you'd like to see what's down here before Klaus did." Thierry says as he walks beside Rebekah through a warehouse.

"Not a day out of the Garden and you're already proving yourself useful." Rebekah says with a smirk as Thierry shrugs and continues to amble forward.

"We made a deal, and if it screws things up for your brother, I'm for it." They stop in front of a chalk drawing on the floor, a large circle in white lays on the ground with candles aflame at certain points. Ash white bones lay in the middle as the circle is split into 4 quarters with ancient symbols in each. "Got to be honest, this stuff makes my skin crawl." Thierry mutters as Rebekah sighs.

"Papa Tunde is preparing for another sacrifice." Rebekah murmurs oblivious to Caroline who's crouching on one of the tall crate stacks watching them from above. Caroline narrows her eyes and shakes her head at the Original's stupidity, the tiny movement causing Rebekah to tense and then turn around quickly as Caroline flashes behind another stack leaving the Original to stare at nothing but crates. The older blonde turns back around and scrutinises the symbol, "now all we need to figure out is who it is and why they would carry it out in such a place. It's got public access, lots of people would be able to see this so…" her voice tails off as realisation hits her and she slowly turns to look at Thierry, "unless, someone wanted it to be found." She swallows as does Thierry.

"Mademoiselle Mikaelson." A deep voice says from behind them causing the other two to turn quickly and see a dark skinned man in a pure white suit. Rebekah's eyes widen but she stands strong. Caroline watches from behind the crates and notices the outline of the dagger in his jacket pocket. She moves closer as they speak.

"You can't hurt us." Rebekah says with a false smirk which falters with fear.

"Sure I can Cherie," he shrugs, "its magic." Caroline watches as red veins appear under Rebekah's eyes and she flashes towards the man who grabs her around her throat and begins chanting causing Rebekah's body to start to weaken, dark veins to ripple around her face and begins to choke her as she tries to gasp for air.

Caroline moves stealthily for a better view and sees the blonde's eyes become white and her drop to her knees. She keeps her eyes on Thierry and hopes that he'll get out before she reveals herself. Thierry hesitates for a second before he does so leaving Rebekah with Papa Tunde. He continues to chant as he gets out his dagger and lowers it slowly before scraping it down the Original's forehead and then draws a horizontal line to make a cross. She keeps gasping and wilts as her eyes close, just as he gets ready to draw a final line through the cross, Caroline narrows her eyes at him and flashes to Rebekah, snapping her neck and startling Papa Tunde whose eyes widen as he looks at Caroline in surprise. Just as he opens his mouth to speak Caroline smirks and lashes out her arm grabbing the dagger and snapping his wrist.

"Hello Papa Tunde." The man narrows his eyes but they widen in realisation.

"Impossible." The blonde smirks as she stands tall in her heels, skinny jeans, deepand deep blue shirt with her leather jacket.

"Quite possible." Caroline twirls the dagger in her fingers as she eyes him. "Your magic has no effect." Papa Tunde backs away slowly as he looks down at Rebekah who continues to recover but still lies with her neck snapped.

"Who are you?"

"No one important, now you're going to answer me, once you die, which girl gets resurrected?" He smirks and begins to chuckle.

"Why would I tell you that?" Caroline giggles with a deadly tone.

"Unless you want me to use this little baby on you, you will tell me."

"And then?"

"And then I kill you. Now, come on Cherie, be a dear and help a lady out." He swiftly turns and begins to run making Caroline roll her eyes and then flash in front blocking his way. "Tsk, tsk tsk. How I'll relish your death Tunde, don't worry, I'll make it memorable." She grabs his shoulder and breaks his bone causing him to fall to his knees.

"Stop this, I'll do anything." He hisses. Caroline hears the Originals pulse strengthen slowly.

"I'd love to make a deal, but it seems your death is due. Tell me who you're allied with?" His mouth remains shut but she kicks him in the stomach making him gasp. "Tell me or would you like me to deliver you to the Mikaelsons, I'd love to witness you beg for mercy for trying to take one of their own." He gasps as she moves around him and slams her foot on his leg causing it to break.

"Bastianna…" he gasps as Caroline walks round and grabs his chin to look into his eyes to detect a lie.

"Who else?" she begins to tighten her hold on him and the crack of is jaw echoes through the room.

"Geneviève…" he screams as she rips into his abdomen and grabs onto his liver squeezing it. " Celeste…no one else, please stop." He gasps as Caroline pulls her hand out slowly and releases him to fall to his hands and cough.

"Thank you Papa Tunde, you've been a fantastic help." He raises his head and sees the fire in her eyes.

"Who are you?" Caroline giggles and slowly reaches out for his cheek caressing it as she smiles sweetly. "You're on the side of the angels, how can you do this?" he whispers. She leans in keeping her eyes locked onto his.

"I may be on the side of the angels…but don't think for a second that I'm one of them…" she whispers as she raises the dagger and draws it across his throat letting his blood spill down drenching his white suit as he gurgle. Caroline chuckles lowly as she brings the dagger up and draws the cross on his forehead causing his eyes to turn white and his lungs to collapse. His body droops causing him to lean closer to her as she picks him up and lays him in the middle of the chalk drawing on the floor surrounded by candles. His eyes remain open resembling pure white pebbles as his body becomes rigid. Caroline smiles at the picture and lays the dagger in his hand for the others to find just as Rebekah begins groaning. The younger blonde flashes out immediately and hear Rebekah gasp as she sees Papa Tunde dead just as Thierry arrives with Marcel and Klaus.

"Holy shit…" Marcel murmurs as the mystery of who killed Papa Tunde is finally solved.

"She snapped my neck." Rebekah says in awe causing Elijah to cough.

"She also saved your life sister, be thankful." He says stoically but his mind rushes with thoughts. This girl she's the epitome of strength, the things she went through the darkness, the pain and yet she stands tall as she defends and helps his family.

"I know…" Rebekah whispers as she glances back at the real Caroline and hopes to thank her after.

"You're lucky she was on your side." Lucy says as she takes her place beside Katherine. "I don't know each of your history with her, but let me assure you, if any of you, Original or not, hurt her after this, I will make you wish for death." She says in an emotionless voice as she stands tall and proud of her blonde friend. Her eyes bore into each person's.

"I hate to say this, but I'm very bored now." Caroline says, "You're not a really good host are you?" her voice is sarcastic but she gets no reply. She huffs. "Fine, I'll just entertain myself then." She murmurs as she begins tapping her fingers against her thigh in a rhythmic beat and closes her eyes as she begins to sway slowly whilst humming out a tune.

"What she doing?" Davina whispers as Marcel shrugs but watches the blonde intently.

"She's singing." Kol says as he moves closer and watches Caroline tap out a rhythm and opens her mouth to let her voice ring out in the darkness.

'Shorty get down, good Lord' Caroline pauses and smiles as she nods her head in beat and giggles slightly before carrying on.

'Baby got 'em open all over town
Strictly biz, she don't play around
Cover much ground, got game by the pound'

"What song is that?" Nadia whispers.

"No diggity." Both Katherine and Bonnie say at the same time before glancing at each other and smiling.

"By Blackstreet." Kol points out as he taps along.

'Getting paid is a forte
Each and every day, true player way
I can't get her out of my mind
(well)
I think about the girl all the time (well, well)'

Klaus watches in awe as she giggles. The girl who had been through so much, pain, hatred, anger. And now she's singing happily ignoring the dark surroundings and the fact that she's alone.

'East side to the west side
Pushing phat rides, it's no surprise
She got tricks in the stash'

Caroline began walking forward slowly reaching out her fingers when she hit a wall and placed both palms against it as she continued to sing.

'Stacking up the cash
Fast when it comes to the gas
By no means average
She's on when she's got to have it'

She grazed her fingers against the wall as she walked around the area parallel to the barrier following it. She hit a corner and moved round along it continuing to keep her fingers in touch with the wall.

'Baby, you're a perfect ten, I wanna get in
Can I get down, so I can win'

I like the way you work it
No diggity, I got to bag it up, bag it up

I like the way you work it
No diggity, I got to bag it up… bag it up'
Her voice trailed off as she reached rounded back to the place she had started to walk from.

"It's a room, four walls." She whispers to herself when the darkness suddenly transforms into a room. The walls are painted white and light blue. Caroline spins round and her eyes widen as she notices the crib beside the wall, a baby changing table, and some cuddly toys in the corner. On the nightstand is a baby bottle and teether beside a fluffy toy wolf.

"What the hell?" Caroline whispers to herself as she glances around in confusion.

"Where the bloody hell are we?" Rebekah says as she splits away from the main group and looks at the room intently in confusion.

"I have no idea. We've never seen this before. This certainly isn't a memory." Katherine looks at Caroline who seems as confused as everyone else. The blonde slowly moves over to the crib and slowly grazes her fingers over it gently.

"Um, Nik…?" Kol says with a hitch in his voice. Klaus turns and sees his brother looking at the window sill, the hybrid moves closer and gasps when he sees himself and Caroline in the frame of a picture with a blonde little boy who has blue eyes holding in his arms.

"What…?" he murmurs when they all hear footsteps. He turns and sees the boy in the picture enter the room wearing a formal suit with a bright smile in his face as he reaches out his arms to Caroline.

"Mom! Mommy, save me!" The boy giggles as he runs to Caroline and hugs her waist. Caroline gasps as the boy hugs her tightly and she puts her arms around him instinctively.

"Henry!" A voice floats in as the boy hides behind Caroline. She looks down and notices her clothes have changed to an elegant high-low, dark blue dress with sparkles. "Henry Elijah Mikaelson, I suggest you get yourself down here right now." The voice bellows as Caroline gasps at the name.

"Mommy, save me." The boy looks up at her with a smile as she stands frozen on the spot. Her eyes run over him, his blue eyes mirror her own, the adorable dimples at the corners of his mouth remind her so much of a certain Original hybrid whilst the hair which is neatly smoothed back reminds her of her own.

"Henry, where are you? Come on little love, let's find your brother." The man says. Caroline looks away from the boy and to the man who steps into the door. Klaus is standing in the doorway dressed in a formal suit just like the boy. His sapphire blue eyes are filled with kindness as his smile widens at the sight before him. In his arms he holds a little girl with curly blonde hair.

"You're stunning, love, don't you think Elizabeth, doesn't mommy look beautiful?" Caroline holds in a gasp but her eyes widen in shock as he continues to speak. "Henry, go get your shoes on, we wouldn't want Aunt Rebekah to not see her favorite boy." Klaus steps closer and holds out little black formal shoes to the boy. "Are you ok love?" Caroline nods slowly but still in shock. The girl in his arms reaches out to her and her eyes widen as he hands the small, fragile girl into her arms. "Sweetheart, are you sure, we wouldn't want anything to happen at the wedding?"

"Wedding?" Caroline's voice comes out hoarsely.

"Of course love, Rebekah and Stefan's wedding. You know what my sister is like, needs everything to be perfect, just like someone else that I know." He leans in and presses his lips against her cheek and smiles as he ducks down to help the small boy put on his shoes. The girl in her arms reaches out her hands and cups Caroline's cheek as she kisses her nose and smiles letting her cute dimples peak out.

"You look pretty mommy." The girl says and hugs her tightly burrowing her face in Caroline's hair.

"Yeah mom, you look awesome." Caroline feels tears burn her eyes as she looks at the people in front of her and nods but doesn't speak, she doesn't know if she can. This is so much, too much.

The others are frozen as they watch stunned. "What is this…?" Rebekah whispers, her eyes fill with tears as she looks at the small children and then hears that she's getting married to none other than Stefan Salvatore.

"It's not real…" Lucy says as she tilts her head at Caroline. "None of this is, they're playing mind games." Klaus stands frozen looking at the little family before him. Caroline and this man who looks like him are together, they have children and judging by the silver ring on the man's finger and the silver ring with a sapphire gem on Caroline's finger, these two are married in this. He gasps and backs away as he continues to watch.

"Sweetheart, I think Lizzie is a little hungry." Klaus, the one in the suit, says as he reaches out for the little girl and calls out. "Katherine!"

"Seriously Nik, do you have to be any louder?" Katherine walks in dressed in the same dress as Caroline but in red.

"Kat, be a dear and get Lizzie a bottle." Katherine's frown suddenly turns into a wide smile as she looks at the little girl who reaches out her fingers to her and grasps at the air.

"Kit Kat, Kit Kat, hold me." Katherine takes the little girl into her arms as she smiles.

"Of course, sweetie, anything for my little princess, how are you my little king?" she asks Henry who is straightening up his tie.

"I'm fine aunt Kat, how are you?"

"Dear lord, you're turning into your Uncle Elijah."

"Thank god he's not turning into Kol." Klaus mutters under his breath. He looks back at Caroline who is still stood frozen. "Sweetheart, come on, it's time to go." He reaches out his hand and gently takes hers.

"Actually, I needed to talk to Care, you go with the kids." She says as she passes Lizzie back and Henry follows them out as Katherine takes her hand and glances behind her before turning back to Caroline. "Have you told him yet?" Caroline swallows.

"What?" Katherine rolls her eyes.

"Have you told him you're pregnant yet, cause seriously, I can't imagine him getting any happier." Caroline's breath stutters and she pulls back as she gasps in surprise. "Care, calm down, you'll be fine. Remember when you told him about Lizzie, he was ecstatic, seriously just tell him you're pregnant." She says loudly not realizing Klaus is standing at the door. Caroline looks at him and sees his eyes widen but his face split into a wide grin as he rushes over and hugs her. Pulling back he wraps his arms around her waist and looks into her eyes.

"God I'm so happy love, you make me happy. I love you." He whispers as he leans in and kisses her on the lips gently and pulls back as tears fall from Caroline's eyes and he wipes them away gently. "Kids come in, we have to tell you something. How would you like another sibling?" The children smile and run up to Caroline hugging her tightly as Caroline wraps her arms around them and hugs them tightly as she closes her eyes relishing the touch. A family touch. "Don't tell anyone, it's our little secret, we wouldn't want aunt Bekah or uncle Stef to have a fit, would we?" Klaus chuckles as he leans in letting his lips brush Caroline's ear. "I love you Caroline."

The room disappears in an instant as do the people who had once stood before her, her dress was now gone and was replaced by her black skinny jeans and leather jacket. The ring she saw on her finger was gone and her surroundings were empty, the coldness consumed her as she gasped and let her tears fall freely as she fell to her knees and cried her heart out.

Klaus watched and felt a sharp piercing feel in his heart as he saw her anguish, the scene was perfect, a perfect life, a perfect family. Tears spilled out of his eyes as he remembered the look of happiness that had crossed over his clone and the two beautiful children, even Katherine. He felt a hand brush against his as Rebekah looked at him with tears in her eyes. Her frame trembled and she pulled him into a tight hug for the things they had just seen that could have brought them so much happiness. Caroline's cries filled the room and did Rebekah's whilst Klaus just let the tears fall without making a sound but feeling his insides break.

"What was that?!" Caroline shouted as a dark female chuckle echoed around her.

"That was the things you can have Caroline. A life, a family, happiness. Children, your mother a husband. Everything that you've ever wanted, right at your fingertips. All you have to do is agree to our terms. Help us make the MikalesonsMikaelsons human and you get everything you've ever desired." Caroline gasped as the images of the two children began playing around the room. She looked away but felt the tug at her heart. Everything, children, husband, love, life, family. Happiness…but at what price.

"And what happens then? I live a fairytale life that isn't real?" Caroline sat back on the floor as she wiped away her tears and hardened her eyes. "What happens to the people who died a long time ago? None of that was real. The Mikaelsons died a 1000 years ago, Katherine, the Salvatores, Marceland Marcel, all of them dead. I may be blonde, but I'm definitely not stupid. That world is a fantasy which doesn't exist, won't ever exist because let me assure you, in my world I already have what I need." Caroline said as she breathed heavily with anger and pain.

"But you don't have what you want." The voice shouted. Caroline closed her eyes but didn't let her resolve crumble.

"And maybe that's for the best. At least Hope, Hayley and my friends are still alive…even if it means giving things I want up." She says quietly. The voice doesn't respond and Caroline sighs as she knows that it's gone. She moves back towards the barrier and leans her head back as she takes in deep breathes and closes her eyes.

'I've been sleeping with the lights on
'Cause the darkness is surrounding you
This is my world, this is my choice
And you're the drug that gets me through'
Caroline let her voice ring through the silence as she wiped away her stray tears and hugged her knees to her chest.

The others watched her carefully, wondering what she was thinking but Klaus knew, he knew what she wswas thinking. What could have been, if they were human, if he'd met her, if they had a life together. If it had actually been real. The tremor runs through her melodic voice as she sings all alone in the darkness holding herself together. Klaus' fingers strayed to his ring finger and brushed the skin where the silver metal had sat just as Caroline brushed her ring finger and let another tear fall but she kept singing regardless.

'I've been waiting for an answer
Because I built this bed for two
I'm just waiting on your answer
I built this bed for me and you'

Katherine watched her friend break down all over again. She had been through so much already yet they kept trying to tear her down. Whoever this was, Katherine promised herself that she would make them beg for death when she caught them and then take Caroline away from here and help her heal. She glanced at Elijah and then back to Caroline. No matter what, Caroline comes first.

'Could you see that I am yours?
So will you be my life support?
You're my life support'

Caroline's voice trailed off as the sound of rain falling rang through the darkness. Furrowing her brow, she got up and looked around to see a memory shimmer in. Caroline was standing on a rooftop as the sky darkened and the stars had begun shimmering. The rain gently poured down as the wind breezed through the town. Caroline, dressed in a long, sleek black coat which reached the back of her thighs, with her hood up, black ankle boots and black skinny jeans, looked over Bourbon Street and the blonde bartender, Camille, who made her way down the empty street.

"Camille O'ConnelO'Connell." Camille turned around and saw an old woman with red hair a few metresmeters behind her. She narrowed her eyes at the woman as she closed her coat tightly around her.

"Who's asking?" The red haired woman smiles and moves closer as Camille stands resolute and Caroline watches them.

"I'm not asking, I know. I'm going to offer you something and you will agree." The woman takes out Papa Tunde's dagger and shows it to her as Camille looks at her confused.

"Whatever you're about to offer me, I don't want any part in it." The blonde turns on her heel and begins walking away.

"Agree or I retaliate in the worst way possible." The woman shouts causing Camille to stop and turn back.

"What do you want?" The woman smirks as she moves closer.

"I want you to put this," she gestures to the dagger, "through Niklaus Mikaelson's heart" Camille's eyes widen and she steps back when the woman grabs her wrist and pulls her back.

"Who are you?" Camille asks.

"Bastianna. You will do as I say." She gets Camille's fingers and curls it around the dagger and pushes it towards her slowly.

"And if I don't?"

"Retaliation, spill a word to anyone and I will make your life hell, starting with the only family you have left." Camille pulls away and stares at the dagger. "Do this and you will come under the witch's protection, your uncle and you will be kept safe and out of this war." The woman backs away and smiles. "You will do this for your family, yes?" Camille opens and closes her mouth before she notices her phone ring and looks at it seeing her uncle's face.

"Yes." The blonde whispers as Bastianna moves away and out of view. Camille gasps and takes a deep breath before getting her phone and dialing Klaus' number. Just as she's about to press call, she hears a whoosh behind her, she turns but sees no one there.

"Hello Camille." The human turns and stumbles back as she comes face to face with Caroline.

"Who are you?" Caroline smiles at her softly before nodding to Lucy who is standing behind her.

"Caroline Forbes."

"What do you want?" Caroline glances at the dagger and then back up to her and smiles as Lucy holds her temples and murmurs a few Latin words causing Camille's eyes to clench shut and then open a few seconds later. "What did you do?" her eyes are wide with fear as Lucy lets her go.

"I'm sorry Camille." Caroline whispers with a gentle smile as Camille turns and begins to run but Caroline appears before her and dilates her eyes. "Stop. Don't move, don't speak." Camille's eyes constrict and she freezes as the compulsion sets in. "You will give Klaus the dagger, you will not hurt him or his family. If he asks you why you gave him the dagger instead of doing what the witches asked of you, you will tell him that you would have done it if you were like him, but you're not. You know what this world has become, a war which you have become involved in. And you want to be on the winning side. After this, you will immediately ingest some vervain You will not remember this or me Camille. Now, go." Caroline releases her and flashes away and watches as she rings Klaus.

"Klaus, I need to talk to you, it's important…"

The memory changes to Camille talking to Klaus.

"I have to ask Camille, why would you give the dagger to me instead of following the witch's orders?" Klaus narrows his eyes at her but she stands resolute.

"I would have done it if I was like you, if I was a-"

"Monster-"

"But, I'm not. I know what this town has come to, it's war Klaus. And I want to be on the winning side." She says with her chin held high as Klaus nods slowly.

"Thank you Camille, for telling me this, I am in your debt…"

"She compelled me. She's the reason my uncle is dead…" Camille whispers as Kat rolls her eyes.

"Don't jump the gun, sweetie, keep watching…" The memory changes and it shows Klaus, Camille, Marcel and Father Kieran standing in the church trying to figure out what to do.

"We need to find a way to fix this." Camille runs her fingers through her hair as she looks at her uncle who sighs.

"Camille, it's a hex, there is no way to fix this." Klaus and Marcel look at each other and gritted their teeth as they communicated through their eyes.

"Hell there isn't, we'll figure this out." Marcel says as he and Klaus walk out of the church and Camille runs after them. Father Kieran clutches his head as he feels a steering pain in his dead which recedes and he sighs heavily. The doors open to reveal Caroline with her hair in a ponytail wearing her usual black attire. She smiles softly and enters, walking toward the man.

"Hello, my dear, you're new to town, I haven't see you around?" Father Kieran asks as he takes in a deep breath and walks forward.

"I've been in hiding." She says as she approaches him and looks at the mark of the hex on his hand. Father Kieran notices this and swallows. "I'm not going to hurt you, if that's what you're thinking. In fact, I'm here to keep you safe. I'm Caroline, Caroline Forbes. Pleased to meet you." She holds out her hand to him which he takes and shakes gently. His vision blurs and he coughs trying to cover it but Caroline notices. "I can help you, I can take the hex off you." His eyes narrow.

"What do you want in return?"

"All I need is for you to come with me. I'm going to keep you safe for a while."

"Why?"

"You are an ally of my friend, I'm going to keep you safe in this war."

"Whose you friend?" Caroline smiles.

"Klaus Mikaelson."

"He doesn't have friends." He says quietly.

"Well you haven't met me. Father, I need you to agree so I can lift the hex. All you need to do is to leave town with me for a few weeks, let the others think you're dead so that you can't be held as leverage and then return to the living. Simple really."

"How do I know this isn't a trick?"

"Take my hand, I'll show you." She reaches out and he takes her soft hand in his as images flash from Caroline's mind to Father Kieran's.

"You're not lying."

"Never said I was." Caroline glances to the door and then back to Kieran. "But we need to go, now." Father Kieran nods and Katherine comes in carrying a vampire who has a snapped neck as Lucy follows behind. "Lucy, you ready?"

"Of course. Wake him up." Katherine drops the man to the ground causing him to groan and open his eyes.

"Shit…" he murmurs, "who the hell are you?"

"Someone you shouldn't have messed with. Sorry I'm not sorry." Kat nods to Lucy who takes his head in her hands and begins chanting. The man turns into a clone of Father Kieran and he groans as he stands up and looks around. The real Kieran backs away slowly but watches intently. Caroline flashes to him and smirks.

"No vervain, Care."

"Excellent. You will forget who were before this, you will not remember that you were a vampire, you will act like a human. You will become Father Kieran. You will not remember this or any of us. Now sleep." The man falls to the floor and snores as Caroline looks at Lucy.

"I've already done the spell, he'll think that he's Father Kieran and then die regardless of the fact he's a vampire." Caroline nods and turns back to the real Kieran.

"Come on, we've got to get out of here. Do you trust me?" Father Kieran glances at his look alike on the floor and back to the blonde and nods hesitantly. She takes his hand as she smiles. "Good, now hold on tight." His brow furrows and his eyes suddenly widen when she flashes herself and Kieran to the edge of the Quarter where a car is waiting.

"Wow, you should really warn me next time." He says dazed as Caroline laughs softly.

"I'll be sure to. Your bags are packed and already in the car. Get in." Caroline gets in the driver's seat as Kat and Lucy follow.

"You coming?" Kat shouts and Kieran looks back at the town and then nods as he gets in.

"He's alive?!" Camille exclaims as she watches in disbelief. The memory blurs away to be replaced by another where Caroline is sitting at a desk in a study when her phone rings.

"Hey Kat."

"Care, check the screens, mansion. Now." Caroline flashes out of her seat and opens a panel where several TV monitors are. She looks at the screen which shows the outside of the mansion to see Finn standing there and then checks the others to see Hayley sleeping in her room, Hope in her crib in her room and Elijah in his study with Klaus.

"I'll be there." Caroline hangs up, grabs her jacket and flashes to the Mikaelson mansion and looks around to see no one, Finn is gone. She listens in into the mansion and hears the minute creak of the stairs but can still hear Klaus, Elijah and Hayley in their rooms. Caroline sees an open window and flashes in through Klaus' room and opens the door to see Finn with a dagger in his hand entering Hope's room as the other's remain unaware since their hearing isn't as good as hers. From the room she hears Lucy outside whispering a soundproof spell on Hope's room and then creeps across into the room to stand behind Finn whose fingers graze the crib in which Hope lies with newly open eyes.

Finn raises the dagger over Hope's body and lowers it, only to be stopped by Caroline's hand and then her arm around his neck in a headlock.

"I've killed you once before Finn Mikaelson, I'll relish in reliving the moment. You should've stayed in hell." She hisses into his ear before snapping his neck and laying him on the floor. Looking out of the window she sees Lucy who nods at her and does a spell removing the soundproof barrier and shimmering Finn's body away and out of the mansion. Caroline picks up the dagger and places it in her waistband as she looks at Hope with her bright blue eyes. Caroline smiles gently but places her finger over her lips to gesture to keep quiet. Hope gurgles softly at her and reaches up her hands to be picked up. Caroline hears Hayley come up the stairs and smiles one last time at the baby girl before flashing out of the mansion and meeting up with Lucy at the car where Finn is lying in the back seat.

"Good to go?" Lucy asks as she glances at Caroline who nods.

"Yep."

The memory shifts to Caroline standing in front of Caroline.

"Caroline what are you doing?" Kat says confused as Caroline looks at her without emotion.

"What I need to."

"And what then, you're going to continue to hide in the shadows! This isn't a life you're living, this is you being a coward." Caroline narrows her eyes and steps closer but Kat doesn't back down.

"A coward?!"

"Yes, a coward. Go tell Klaus, tell the Mikaelsons that it's you whosewho's been saving them all this time. Why the hell are you letting everyone else take credit! Camille, Davina, Hayley, Marcel. You've saved all of them more times than necessary and you won't even let yourself known. Hell, why haven't you told Klaus? Everyone's safe now, Mikael and Esther are dead, you just have the rest to deal with and then you can get back to your life."

"My life?! I have no life. Everything was taken from me, my family, my friends, my strength, my light. All the good things. And now you expect me to waltz back in and pretend that none of it happened. I can't do that Katherine! It doesn't work like that! So go ahead, go play happy families with Elijah and Nadia, go. If that's what you want then fine! But I can't do that, I don't have that option!"

"You do, Klaus is in love you for God's sake!"

"And he has a child Katerina! A child who he needs to raise with Hayley. I act like it'sits ok, that I'm not fazed by it, but I am! I hate him for sleeping with her even though we weren't together. Do I wish that I didn't feel jealous, yes I do! Do I wish that I could live my life over again, change every choice I made, yes I do! But I can't! This is not a fairytale Katerina, there are no happy endings for any of us!"

"I could help you, we could all help you, Klausand Klaus would help you, why can't you understand that!"

"Because it hurts too damn much! I've been let down by so many people already, people who I thought I could trust, who I relied on. If you put me in that house, I will suffocate, if I stayed then Hope would grow to resent me just as I would resent her, then Klaus would resent me then the others follow after, its inevitable! And I'll be left by myself again." Caroline shouts as Katherine's eyes widen as she listens to her friend and sees the distress. "If it was the other way round, if it was Elijah who had slept with Hayley, if he was the father, don't you dare tell me that you wouldn't feel like I do right now."

"You're jealous and hurt." Katherine whispers.

"Yes! Yes I am, if that makes me a bitch then fine! But at least I still feel it. I need to feel the anger and resentment, pain and jealousy to keep me going. I feed off it now Katerina. The moment that's gone I'll be left as an empty shell." Caroline pinches her fingers and holds them up to Katherine. "I'm this close to turning it off, to flicking the switch. You and meI both know it and yet I'm trying to keep going, I'm trying so damn hard! And if that's not enough for you then go! Get out Katerina, get out!" Caroline spins on her heel and looks out through the window into the night sky as she holds in the tears. The door clicks softly letting Caroline know that Katherine left.

The memory shifts to Caroline sitting in front of a fire in an armchair with a glass of scotch in her hand as she stares into the fire with tears in her eyes. She clutches the glass tightly in her hand and then puts it to her mouth as she sips the cool, burning liquid.

"Caroline?" Father Kieran walks into the room and sees her staring into the fire but she glances at him and lets out a small smile.

"Yes Father?" he comes in and sits down on the sofa adjacent to her.

"I heard your argument with Katherine, I was wondering if you're ok?"

"Thank you Father, but I'm fine." Caroline says softly as she sips her scotch. He takes the scotch rom her hand and places it to the side.

"Caroline, I haven't known you for long, but you're the strongest woman I know. You are good, my dear."

"Thank you father but I'm not. I've killed, maimed, slaughtered-" he kneels on the floor in front of her and taekstakes her hands in his.

"But you saved me." Caroline smiles softly at him.

"One good deed can't right the wrongs of a lifetime Father, no matter how good the deed is." Kieran looks into her eyes and squeezes her hands.

"My dear, those wrongs were for the right reasons." Caroline shakes her head slowly and tries to pull her hands from his but he holds on. "Caroline, confess to me. Right here, right now, confess and I will help you." Caroline's lip quivers slightly as they part. "Please, it will help." Taking a deep breath she begins, her voice a whisper in the echo of the roaring fire.

"Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." A single tear slides down her cheek glistening in the fire to be joined by another from her other eye. "I am a liar, a murderer and monster. I've slaughtered people, so many people, to please me. I have lost who I once was and turned into the monster of my nightmares. I feed off the guilt and the anger, resentment as well as the thrill of the kill." Caroline stares into his eyes, she closes them as she breathes in and then pushes the tears back. "And I doubt even your God could save me…because in the end, we are all left infinitely and utterly alone. That's something I learnt the hard way." she whispers as she pulls her hands free from his and drains her scotch glass. The door opens and Lucy looks over at Kieran.

"Father Kieran, could I talk to you for a moment?" he glances at Caroline and back at Lucy. Caroline smiles and nods for him to go so he gets up and turns but pulls back and places a soft kiss on the top of Caroline's hair.

"Caroline, you are good, whether you believe it or not. You are the epitome of strength." He smiles and turns to step out when Caroline calls him back.

"You are the kindest man I have ever had the honor of meeting. Thank you, for everything." She smiles at him as he does the same and nods, leaving the room and Caroline alone…

The memory fades away as the darkness consumes the area again. Caroline's cheeks glisten with tears and she takes a deep breath composing herself to what she just witnessed. Every insecurity had come out, the darkness she believed she was being consumed by, the anger and rage which filled her, the jealousy which she couldn't let go of. Every emotion, however bad was a tether, a lifeline to humanity. It was something she needed and held onto constantly regardless of how much it hurt.

"It was all her, every time we were in danger, she saved us letting others take the gratitude." Rebekah says breaking the silence which had set in through her side. "Is this it?"

"I think so, but I'm not sure. Last time, me and Kat got ourselves out before we got sucked in too deep and then pulled Caroline out as well. She's never actually pulled herself out of this. So I don't know." Lucy says quietly saddened by the scenes she had just seen. Her friend was broken and yet she had covered it well.

"What happens after this, after we get out of here?" Marcel murmurs. No one answers and it was deafening.

Klaus' shoulder sagged as his heart cracked for his blonde angel. She was broken, it was obvious and she believed that there was no fixing her. The jealousy that she had admitted didn't make him happy like he thought it would have at another time, but instead it just ran through his body as pain. She was right, if she stayed with him then it wouldn't work, not yet, no matter how much he wanted to hold her all throughout the day and night.

Watching her confess was the last straw, he had to convince her to some degree that she was still the woman she was before, that his feelings had never changed for her. The moments she saved his family made his heart pound with love but the moment she compelled Camille to do it on her behalf without revealing herself had hurt slightly, the gratitude he gave to the human was deserved by his love, his woman. And he was going to give it to her once they got out of here. He was going to make her understand that he and hershe were made for each other. His promise of 'however long it takes' was never going to be broken, whether it was a day or 1000 years later. He would wait patiently knowing that one day she would be his.

Klaus was pulled out of his thoughts when Caroline began panting, her breathing became heavy as the memories that they had all witnessed became layered around them like windows, each playing out, the noises overwhelming the silence of the place. The cries, the screams, the pain, the despair in each memory was being played and projected.

Caroline turned in circles as she saw every memory in front of her, the injuries she had gotten all combined together to create a blast of energy aimed at her, it was searing, burning, coursing through her veins, her head was pounding, nail marks on her waist, her legs gave out as she fell to her knees, the back of her head was smashed in and blood came pouring out as her neck was bitten several time. Crimson liquid poured out from her nose, ears and mouth as gunshots littered her body.

"What the hell's happening?!" Klaus screamed as he flashed to Caroline and tried to comfort her but she could hear him. She collapsed to the floor on her side as her anguished screams filled the air and she writhed in pain on the floor as she turned on her back. Her screams grew louder as her voice became hoarse but she didn't stop. "Stop this Bennett, find a way now!" Klaus bellowed out as he had no choice but to watch her. The others kept back in fear of what was happening when voice started joining in to taunt

"Turn it off!"

"You know you want to!"

"Nobody loves you!"

"Your friends hate you!"

"You're a monster, a murder!"

The voices kept going on and on and on growing louder every single time until Caroline collapsed and her eyes shut as blood kept pouring out of her body. The area was overcome with silence, everything stopped. The memories disappeared as did the voices leaving Caroline crumpled on the floor. Suddenly, her body began fading away leaving a blank space of darkness in her place.

"Where is she?" Klaus whispered as he looked all around but saw nothing.

"Nik." He turned to Rebekah who was staring at him, he looked down and realized he was fading as were the others. Their bodies fell into a soft numbness as their eyes closed.

A few moments later, Katherine gasped as she arched her back and began coughing as did the others. She turned to check on Elijah and Nadia who were both gasping for air before calming down and realizing that they were back home, back in the mansion, back in the bedroom. Klaus' eyes flashed open as he reached out to where Caroline lay as Katherine flashed up and looked at the bed. Their eyes widened at the sight before them.

"Where is she?" Klaus whispered with wide eyes as they all stared at the bed.

"I have no idea…." Katherine murmured with a tremor in her voice.

Caroline was gone. The side next to Klaus was empty. Apart from the white sheets which were now ruby red.

Ruby red. Blood. The bed was coated in Caroline's blood.