A/N: Ok first off I want to say sorry for keeping you guys waiting for a long time. My Beta (WildWriter95) and I were having email difficulties. And we are still going through them so I decided to get yet another Beta to help out while I figure out whats going on. So I would now like to thank Callie8M for helping me with chapter 9 :) and for getting it back to me so quickly :)
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Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN TVD/TO Characters
Characters I Do Own: Jake, Isaac Conners, Lily
**Elijah**
Mystic Falls
It has been days since Thanksgiving and Elijah still had not seen any sign of Caroline Forbes. He had called Isaac to check on her in Chicago, but he too had not seen or had heard from Caroline. Elijah was beginning to worry.
Elijah was heading back to Caroline's home when he noticed Caroline's mother, Sheriff Forbes. He decided to confront her.
"Miss Forbes!" Elijah waved her down. Liz gave Elijah a confused look. "Elijah? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I was just wondering if Caroline was home? I wanted to ask her something." he lied. It was in that moment that Elijah noticed the sadness in Liz's eyes, but she quickly covered with a it with a blank face, showing no emotions.
"She's gone away for school." was all that Liz said as she turned to walk away.
"But the holi-" Elijah was cut off before he could finish. "I'm sorry Elijah but I must be heading to work." she gave him a polite smile before she got into her car and drove away. Something wasn't right, Elijah could feel it.
Later that day
Elijah was walking down the street in the middle of Mystic Falls when he noticed Jeremy and Elena heading towards the Mystic Grill. "Elena!" Elijah smiled, while Elena's eyes became wide, and Elijah noticed Jeremy's subtle nudge. Elijah made his way to them.
"Elijah, you're still in town?" Jeremy asked nervously. Elijah looked at the siblings, his brow furrowing in confusion. Something was definitely different. What he heard didn't make sense. Instead of just one beating heart, he heard two.
Elijah looked at Elena with confusion, "Is this a trick?" Elijah asked, "Is what a trick?" answered Elena nervously. Elijah became shocked, he could hear the slight difference of her voice and he didn't know why, maybe it was the years of living with it, but he noticed the jewelry that hung around her neck.
"Katherine" he whispered. Elijah grabbed her by the arms "What is the hell is going on?" he asked, searching her eyes for the truth. There was none, all he saw was Katherine, weak, afraid, and very much human.
"I'm sorry Jeremy, but Katherine will be coming with me." explained Elijah, Jeremy did not argue, nor question him. He was wise to do so. "Come now Katherine. Klaus would want to know about this." Elijah told Katherine, and they walked away in silence.
Elijah stopped, remembering his purpose for stopping what he assumed was both Gilberts. He turned back around and got Jeremy's attention. "Jeremy!" He called out. Jeremy turned to face Elijah with an unsure look. "Do you know if your sister has heard from Caroline?" asked Elijah. Jeremy shook his head no. Elijah nodded with a sigh, then turned to walk away with Katerina Petrova.
They reached Elijah's car and he helped Katherine into the car before he got in himself. They both spoke at the same time, interrupting each other. Elijah gave her a look to silence her. "How did this happen?" asked Elijah, rather calmly considering the situation. Katherine remained silent, and Elijah was losing his patience.
"Katherine" he urged, as he turned to face her. "Elena...she shoved the cure down my throat." explained the brunette, as she stared out the window, not wanting to meet his eyes. Elijah watched Katherine and although she was human, there was still the hard Katherine in there, the one that her vampirism brought out.
Katherine was holding back tears, Elijah could tell. She was trying to be strong. "Are you really going to take me to Klaus?" she choked out, trying to hide any signs of betrayal. Elijah turned to face forward, he didn't know how to answer that, without feeling like he was feeding her to wolves.
"I'm sorry ,Katherine." was all he managed to say, before he started the car and was heading back to New Orleans.
**Isaac Conners**
Chicago
"Lily, something isn't right." Isaac told Lily after he got off the phone with Elijah. "What's wrong?" She asked with concern. "It's Caroline, she hasn't made it to Mystic Falls-" he looked at Lily with worry "I'm going to check her place, you coming?" he asked, already knowing Lily's answer he stuck out his hand.
Isaac and Lily arrived at Caroline's place within minutes, and nothing appeared to be out of the ordinary outside, so they decided to take a look inside. When Lily went to the door to give it a slight jab, she learned that the door was already unlocked.
Lily looked at Isaac and he knew this wasn't right. Isaac and Lily stepped into Caroline's home and found nothing out of place, except her luggage. One suitcase was set on her floor, while another was left open on her bed partially packed. Isaac turned to see that Lily had noticed what he just had. Her hand was over her mouth as she was trying to hold back tears, Isaac wrapped his arms around the women he's loved for years. "She's been taken" Lily choked out through tears. "Shhhh, it's alright we'll help get her back." Isaac told her as he cupped her chin in his hand. His heart broke for Lily because she had taken Caroline in as one of her closest friends, they had become sisters over the months and now, she was gone.
Lily stepped back and wiped the tears that were falling down her face. "I need a moment." she said, Lily turned and walked away heading towards the front door where she stopped and leaned on it for support.
Isaac turned back to Caroline's bed to look for any clues, but he found none. He opened up her nightstand next and found a rolled up parchment. He opened it and found a sketch of Caroline with a horse. It was from Klaus. Isaac brought the parchment to his nose, although there was Caroline's scent all over it, there was also a lingering scent of-
"Jake." Isaac heard Lily hiss. Isaac turned with the parchment still in his hand, he held it up to show Lily. "That's exactly what I was going to say".
**Caroline**
Unknown
Caroline opened her eyes slowly as the room she was in looked fuzzy and unfamiliar. Everything was out of focus, and she needed to feed. The sound of a door unlocking brought her to look straight ahead.
"Hello?" she called out weakly, but she received no answer. She was about to stand when she realized she couldn't. Caroline tried to focus and when she did she noticed that she was bound to a steel chair. "No, no, no, no!" she cried, becoming scared and tried to kick off with her feet.
"Ahhhhh!" Caroline screamed in pain, Caroline looked to ground to see what the cause was for her pain. There was a light ash that was spread around her feet. Vervain she thought as she became more terrified.
The fear that Caroline felt brought her senses up as she now tried to focus on her surroundings. Where am I she thought, but she was interrupted when the door to the room she was in opened.
The man that walked in was no one she had ever seen before, he had a caramel complexion, and a charming face. He smiled at Caroline. "Now what do we have here" he said as he tilted his head to look Caroline over. Caroline struggled with her bindings "WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME!" she shouted as she continued to struggle. The man gave a slight laugh.
"I think you know a friend of mine." he said as turned to face the door he had just came through, Caroline shook her head as she saw the guy that walked in, a guy she thought she knew, a guy she opened her heart to.
"Jake" whispered Caroline, she looked at Jake with pain, hurt, betrayal. "You did this?" she asked, as she felt tears fall from her eyes. Jake looked down at the ground taking his eyes off her. "Look at me, you bastard!" Caroline said, her voice raising with anger.
Jake looked up to meet her eyes. "I was hoping it wasn't going to come down to this, Caroline-" he stepped closer to her and knelt down by her feet, "I do care for you, I do, but-" he went to touch her but she moved to get out of his reach with a scowl, so he dropped his hand in defeat. After a moment he continued "...it seems that you know Elijah and from the drawing I've seen, you know his brother as well. Klaus."
Caroline looked at him in disbelief "You're pissed because I know the Originals? Is this what this is about?" she hissed
"Oh no, sweetheart, I believe you're one of their weaknesses." said the caramel man behind Jake. Now she got it. They were trying to hurt Klaus by hurting her.
Caroline looked at Jake "Please, don't do this" she pleaded "I'm sorry." was all Jake could say, he was about to get back up when Caroline reacted.
She kicked Jake as hard as she could in the crotch, and he shouted in pain as he began to lean forward, closer to Caroline, and she threw her head back, and came at Jake with a head butt that sent him flying to the ground.
Jake began to scream in pain from the scattered vervain on the ground. "You both will regret this." Caroline threatened, her voice low with rage. The caramel man stepped forward a menacing look on his face, "We'll see." he said as he lifted Jake off the ground to help him.
Caroline knew she had to do something, say anything to make them believe that she was not a weakness to Klaus and Elijah so that she would be let go.
"You're wasting your time!" she said, as they were leaving the room "And why is that?" she heard him say, "He's-" she caught herself not wanting to signal anyone of the brothers out. "They've, both of them tried to kill me." she said, she watched as the other man helped Jake out before he came back to listen.
"How so?" he asked "Well Elijah's staked me-" she lied "my friends came to help me that time..." she continued.
"And Klaus?" he said with interest "He's had werewolves attack me, to bite me of course, he's even bitten me himself." she said with anger as she remembered those days.
The caramel man smiled and to Caroline the smile seemed to grow "What are you smiling at?" asked Caroline with irritation. "You see-" he began to walk around her, "I have a hard time believing Elijah's story, because he left my men without their hearts-" Caroline felt him right behind her and felt his breath by her ear "-now Klaus's story, I believe." he breathed, Caroline felt his breath leave her as she heard his footsteps once more, "And yet here you are, still living and breathing." he continued he was back where he started in front of her with a smile still in place.
"You're his weakness."
