Oh my dear kind lovely reviewers, I'm so sorry, like I don't even know what happened, well I do…I got the terrible case of WRITERS BLOCK! Ahhh it was horrible, I was sitting in front of my computer and everything I wrote, EVERYTHING just seemed wrong.

Well screw you writers block because I'm back, with a vengeance….and a huge tub of ice cream…with a spoon…so you don't want to mess with me XD

Thank you all so much for your reviews, it means a lot, and since I have now thoroughly told my writers block off I can safely say that I will update regularly like I used too..unless it comes back…which it shouldn't…because I'm armed…with a spoon.

Caroline exhaled, her eyes still tightly shut as she braced herself for the impact, but then she felt the air move around her and Katherine's huff of indignation.

"This was not part of the deal," Stefan said and Caroline opened her eyes to see her friend blocking the stake.

Katherine froze, her eyes glued to his face, "This is the one way we can hurt him, you've wanted to for so long, she's nothing, she doesn't matter."

Stefan took the stake from Katherine and threw it across the room, she crossed her arms and pouted at him, Caroline breathed a sigh of relief which instantly stopped when Katherine glared at her.

"Now now girls," Damon laughed, coming into the room, "Play nice."

Katherine turned round to face him and Stefan bent down and broke the bonds holding Caroline to the chair, she rubbed her wrists and sighed when he took her face in his hands.

"Your safe Caroline," He whispered, "Trust me."

She gave him a small smile, glad to see part of her old friend return, "Give me Caroline's phone."

Caroline bit her lips nervously and watched as Katherine raised her eyebrows playfully and placed the phone in Stefan's out stretched hand. He didn't look at Caroline as he dialled the number and Damon watched him apprehensively, "Brother…" He warned but Stefan held up his hand to silence him.

Damon shrugged and lent against the wall, Katherine stood beside him and they watched him press the phone to his ear.

Stefan stiffened at Klaus's voice, it was fuelled with an inferior sense of anger, in fact it didn't sound like Klaus at all, the voice sounded….weaker, but still, gravely upset, "I will kill you," He promised, "I will hunt you down for eternity if I have to."

Stefan chuckled, "That's not necessary."

Stefan heard a soft groan from the other end of the line, "IT IS FUCKING NECESSARY!" Stefan flinched in shock and Klaus took a breath before continuing more calmly, "Where are you? We end this tonight."

"Are you proposing a fight to the death?" Stefan taunted, Caroline gasped and Damon rushed towards his brother but Katherine held him back.

"Why of course. But do tell me, why do you want to end your own life so quickly? Because you do realise that that is what is going to happen. I'm going to win."

Caroline opened her mouth, a scream trapped in her throat, her desperation began to increase and her breath accelerated, she doubled over in her chair and held her head in her hands.

"You took away Elena."

"SHE'S STILL ALIVE!"

"So is Caroline," Stefan stated simply.

Niklaus was raging, her face kept flashing in front of his eyes, her pain, which he had inflicted when he had yelled at her, his last words, full of hatred.

He would do anything to take that back.

He had been the one to answer the phone, he understood the advance technology now, because of her, because he had watched her obsessively, when she was alive. He declared that he would kill Stefan, another supernatural creature, and what scared him the most about that was the fact that he would die against him, and he didn't care.

But Klaus did, Klaus had pushed him away, he had stumbled and fell to the ground, infuriated, but then he saw Klaus react to the sound of Stefan, his whole body tensed and he gripped the phone tightly, screaming at it, as if it would bring her back.

But then Klaus stopped, he closed his eyes and spoke his next words softly, "Let me hear her voice."

Niklaus staggered to his feet, running towards Klaus and trying to snatch the phone from his grasp, Klaus looked at him and sighed before putting the phone on speaker and setting it on the floor, they both knelt down before it, mirroring each other exactly.

"Now come on Caroline say a few words for your beloved."

Niklaus flinched at the woman's venomous tone but Klaus merely clenched his fists.

"Now Stefan that is not the woman I'm after," Klaus said slowly, trying to act calm.

They waited what felt like a century, down in that dungeon, staring at the tiny device on the floor; in Niklaus's case praying that Caroline would speak.

"Klaus," She whispered, "It's me. I'm here. I'm fine."

Klaus grabbed the phone and Niklaus fell to the floor, thanking God. He was so swept up in his own relief that he didn't realise Klaus had left him, and locked the door to his cell.

"Where are you?" Klaus couldn't understand the emotions inside of him and instead switched them off, trying desperately to focus on just one goal, getting her out of there alive.

"You know," Caroline said, "You could sound just a little bit happier that I'm actually alive."

Klaus stopped outside the forest and smiled slightly, "Well technically your not alive are you love?"

"I don't want to interrupt this touching reunion," Stefan said, "But you guys can have time for that later."

"Our fight to the death seems to have no purpose anymore doesn't it mate?"

"Oh it does."

"Stefan," Klaus heard Damon warn and he chuckled.

"Your pathetic excuse for a brother may miss you, there's still a chance to back out, maybe pay the darling Elena a visit?"

Stefan ignored him, "Since Caroline's my friend I'll let her see you for a few hours before I come knocking, be ready mate."

The phone line went dead as Stefan hung up.

"Stefan," Caroline tried to reason with him, stumbling from her chair and into his embrace, "Don't do this. Please," She started to sob, "I can't loose you."

"Don't worry," He stroked her hair, "He's the one going to loose," Even to him the words sounded arrogant and laced with deceit.

"I can't loose him either," She cried and felt Stefan freeze.

She immediately let go of him and wiped her eyes, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I swear I didn't."

"Oh but you did sweetie," Katherine purred, "That thing out there is worse then me."

"And she's pretty bad," Damon interjected and received a playful punch to the arm from Katherine.

He grabbed her hand and held it against his chest, their eyes lingered on each other and Stefan rolled his eyes and Caroline looked away uncomfortably.

"We can't help who we fall in love with," Katherine sighed, her eyes flickering to Stefan and Damon pushed her away hastily.

"It's not love," Caroline said stubbornly, moving towards the door, she flicked her hair back and told Stefan, "This fight will not happen. Not because I love him, but because I love you."

Damon's mouth fell open, Katherine raised her eyebrows and Stefan crossed his arms, refusing to meet her gaze, she laughed a little too forcefully and said, "Not like that. Ick. No offence. But that's human Caroline. Your not vampire Caroline's type."

Stefan visibly relaxed as Caroline ran away from the Salvatore house, Damon came up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder, "No, apparently fucked up monsters are."

"That must be a reason why she had a thing for you once then," Stefan joked.

"You can't do this Stefan," Damon whispered, becoming serious, "It's a death sentence."

"I know."

Klaus approached the Salvatore manor, hidden behind trees he tried to think of a plan, one that would rescue Caroline but spare the others, except Katherine, he was sure Caroline wouldn't care if that bitch lived or died.

His hands shook against the bark of the tree and he leaned against it in relief. When he thought she had died, because of him, he couldn't cope, couldn't even register the world around him, he didn't want to.

He remembered how she had danced with him, her easy smile occupying her face, her beauty radiating, light shining around her.

He moved forward and that's when the front door opened and Caroline rushed out, her hands in her coat pocket, the wind whipping her hair around her face, she moved with purpose and because of that she didn't see him until he softly called her name.

"Caroline."