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Tyler Lockwood glared down at his cell phone not knowing what to feel.
Klaus has freed you, you can come home now. –Caroline
The words mocked him he decided while he crushed his phone in his hands.
"Ty" a voice called out, Tyler looked behind him at Haley as she slowly made her way towards him. They were staying in a motel, coincidentally not too far from Mystic Falls. "What's going on?" she asked stopping next to him.
"Klaus let me go said I can go home" he told her, Haley frowned and shook her head.
"How could you know that?" she asked him glancing down at the shattered phone at his feet.
"Caroline sent me a text" Tyler said his words coming out clipped.
"I told you that you can't trust her Tyler" Haley said with a roll of her eyes, Tyler shot her a glare.
"And I told you that I could" he said back and Haley pursed her lips but said nothing more. Tyler ran a hand through his short hair and let out a long breath before facing Haley again.
"I need to go see her" Tyler said causing Haley to throw her hands in the air in frustration.
"Why Tyler?" she asked, she didn't understand what this hold that Caroline had over him, let alone Klaus, was. She was nobody and they acted as if she was God's gift to men. "I thought you were going to help find my family" she accused while staring Tyler down. Tyler held his hands up in front of him and stared Haley straight in the eyes.
"And I will but I need to see Caroline. Now that Klaus has freed me she will expect me to show up and I need to explain to her why I won't be home right away" Tyler explained, he hoped that Haley understood but honestly he was going to go see Caroline whether she accepted it or not.
"Fine I'll just wait here for you" Haley said dropping her eyes from his and looking at the floor. She didn't want him to see how disappointed she was that he was once again running back to Caroline when she had been the one here for him throughout everything.
"I'll be back either later today or early tomorrow morning" Tyler said stepping closer to Haley, she nodded but didn't look up at him. Tyler frowned and kissed her cheek quickly before flashing off into the surrounding forest. Haley sighed and pulled her phone from her back pocket and quickly dialed the only number saved into it.
"What do you want wolf?" the female on the other line snapped sounding impatient, Haley sighed and ran a hand through her brown locks.
"Tyler left back to Mystic Falls" Haley said the female on the other line just laughed.
"Now why would he do that?" Haley sighed and started to pace.
"Because Caroline sent him a text that Klaus let him go so of course he had to run back to her." Haley said through gritted teeth.
"Well he will be disappointed when he shows up and Caroline is gone" Haley frowned not understanding.
"What does that mean?" she asked but the female just laughed again.
"Never you mind that, I have some information for you" Haley rolled her eyes.
"Oh yeah what's that?" Haley asked fed up with the conversation already.
"I happen to know where your family is" there was a long pause as Haley processed this information.
"Where?" she breathed out feeling excitement bubble up inside of her.
"Now you know this information comes at a price" Haley sighed, of course it did how could she have forgotten who she was dealing with.
"What do you want?" Haley spat but the female on the other line just scoffed.
"I will tell you when I need you now little wolf your next destination is the beautiful city of New Orleans, that's where you will find your family" the woman said and then the line disconnected. Haley shook her head and placed her phone back into her pocket. The sky was darkening and she knew that as soon as Tyler got back that they needed to leave. She didn't know if she could trust her informant but she was losing hope and she desperately wanted to know where she came from. Shaking those thoughts from her mind she walked back to the motel room and began to pack her and Tyler's belongings.
Tyler stopped in front of Caroline's house and stretched his hearing throughout the house. He heard a single heart beat and figured it was Liz's since her cruiser was parked in the driveway. Taking a deep breath Tyler rushed up the steps and knocked on the door. Rushed footsteps were heard before the door flew open. Tyler looked at Liz with wide eyes, she looked like she hadn't slept in weeks and her eyes were blood shot. Her skin color was paler than normal and her hair was sticking up at odd angles.
"Sheriff Forbes is Caroline here?" Tyler asked after he snapped himself out of his staring.
"Tyler" Liz sighed and shook her head. "She's gone" she said with tears in her eyes.
"Gone, what do you mean gone?" Tyler asked panic filling his chest.
"I guess no one told you huh?" Liz asked and Tyler just shook his head no, she sighed and stepped to the side and motioned for him to come in. Tyler stepped over the threshold and noticed that Caroline's scent was faint as if she hadn't been in the house for weeks. Liz walked past Tyler and into the living room and sat on the smaller couch. Tyler followed and sat on the larger one across from her and waited for her to tell him what was going on.
"The Originals are gone, apparently their parents came back from the other side and are hunting them down again" Liz said with a shake of her head "Bonnie died bringing Jeremy back to life, Stefan left town with a girl named Lexi and apparently Alaric is back to life as well" Liz laughed out loud at the absurdity of it all. "Finn and Sage are back, I don't even know what that means but Damon thought I needed to know" she said and Tyler frowned.
"What about Caroline?" Tyler asked, she was who he really cared about. He was sad that Bonnie was gone and a little worried about the Originals who came back to life but he needed to know about Caroline.
"She left" Liz whispered and pulled a note from the pocket of the robe she was wearing. It looked worn as if it was read a million times. Liz opened the letter and handed it to Tyler. Tyler read it and felt his anger building with each word.
Mom,
I'm sorry that I didn't get to say good-bye in person but I promise I will call and explain as soon as I get a chance. I am leaving with Kol, I have to find Klaus it's important. I know you don't understand and are probably freaking out but I need you to trust me. Please. I will call soon. Love you.
Caroline
"They had to have compelled her" Tyler spat as he handed the letter back to Liz.
"I thought the same thing but Damon said that her and this Kol were at the boarding house together and when he told them that his parents were back they both looked scared and took off" Liz explained, she didn't know what was going on. She came home to find that letter from Caroline and hasn't heard anything from her yet. It's been two weeks and she had no idea if her daughter was even alive.
"How long has she been gone?" Tyler asked as he stood to his feet and began to pace back and forth trying to rein in his anger. There was no way Caroline would have left with Kol of all people to go find Klaus.
"Two weeks and she still hasn't called" Liz whispered her throat tight with emotion. Tyler nodded and began to think of a plan. He had to get Caroline back, they had no idea what could be happening to her at the moment.
"I will find her and bring her home Liz" Tyler said stopping his pacing to look at her in her eyes. Liz smiled a small broken smile and nodded. She knew Tyler was a hybrid but she also knew he was no match for the Originals but she was hoping that if Caroline seen him that she would come to her senses and leave with him.
"Thank you" Liz said, Tyler nodded once and made his way towards the front door. "Tyler" Liz called causing Tyler to stop in the open front door. "The rumor is that Klaus is in New Orleans so that might be a good place to start" Tyler smirked and nodded again.
"I'll keep in touch" he said and flashed away making his way back to Haley. He had to explain to her what happened and have her help him get Caroline back. He would help her after but this was priority. He ran as fast as he could and didn't stop until he was in front of their room. The sun was just rising when he slid his key card into the lock.
"Haley I need you to pack…" Tyler trailed off as he noticed both of their bags packed and sitting on the bed. Haley was dressed in tight jeans and a loose flowing green top, her legs were crossed as she sat in a chair by the table.
"Tyler we have to go to New Orleans" she said quickly, Tyler frowned and shook his head.
"What? Why?" he asked confused, he knew why he wanted to go but there was no way that Haley knew that.
"I think that's where my family is" she said with a smile on her face Tyler nodded slowly as he took in this information.
"Ok we should get going then" he said grabbing both of their bags, Haley squealed and jumped up from the chair and wrapped her arms around Tyler in a hug.
"Thank you so much Ty, you don't know how much it means to me that you're helping me" she said and then pecked him on the lips before rushing out of the room. Tyler shook his head with a smile on his face and followed her out to the car they had stolen a week ago. He knew that he should tell Haley about Caroline but he didn't want to ruin her happiness. He decided that he would tell her when the time was right and he had more information about the situation. He placed the bags in the back seat and then slide into the driver's side and started the car. Haley reached over and grabbed Tyler's hand with hers and smiled widely at him. Tyler smiled back as he got on the road, he loved Haley she was a great girl and understood what it meant to be a werewolf, something Caroline didn't, but he knew he was settling for her. Caroline was his first love and he wasn't ready to let her go yet and if he had to he would fight for her.
