The Five
Caroline POV
Elena, Bonnie, Damon, Stefan, Jeremy, Matt and I were at the grill. Matt was working, and Jeremy being Jeremy wanted to hang out with him. Elena, Bonnie and I hadn't done lunch in ages, and Stefan and Damon were, as always, stocking Elena. It had been three days since Klaus left. Three painful, long days of hanging out with Kat and Kol, them trying to comfort me. Damon went to sit at the bar, and I had to contain my laughter as he sneered at the man already there, who was sitting in his spot. Jeremy went to attempt to dismantle this fight.
"Hey, I'm Jeremy, Jeremy Gilbert." He said, shaking the older man's hand.
"Connor Jordan." The man said.
"Nice ink…. Hey, Damon, I think my sister needed your help with something…" Jeremy said, hoping to get out of this. Jeremy walked Damon to our table.
"Jer, what did you mean nice ink? That guy didn't have a tattoo?" I asked, genuinely confused.
"Really? You don't see it, it's huge!" Jeremy said. The man was eyeing Jeremy, and I got the feeling of being watched. Could he hear?
"Well, I am going to introduce myself. Maybe if I get a closer view it'll appear." I said sarcastically, standing up and going to introduce myself. I had to admit, he was kind of cute. I rolled my eyes, seeing Kol there. As always, keeping an eye on me for Klaus. Since when did I become Elena? I held my hand out.
"Hi, I'm Caroline. Are you new in town?" I asked.
"Connor, but you probably know that from your friend. Yes, I am. I'm in…. contracting." He answered, shaking my hand. I clenched my teeth in pain as I felt vervain on his glove. That ass!
"Vervain…" I said, quietly. I was frozen in fear. There were people here, so I couldn't flash away. But if I didn't that gun he was about to pull on me would surely kill me. What do I do?! It was too late, though, to move. How the hell did that bastard move so fast! The gun had shot me a few times. More than a few, very close to my heart, which he was obviously aiming for. I fell down; causing the Salvatore's to jump from their seats, along with Kol.
"What the Hell!" I shouted angrily, trying to pull myself up. He was about to stake me, moving about as fast as a werewolf on a not so full moon. Thank god Kol leaped into action, breaking his arm.
"No!" Elena shouted, afraid of this mans fate. He glared at all the vampires, and shot Kol and Damon once each, before making a run for it. Stefan was busy ripping bullets out of Damon, and then compelling the bar as Kol stared at me, scooping me up and laying me on a table. There were bullets all over my torso, obviously steeped in vervain and it was pretty painful to say the least, so excuse me for not making out any words. Once the vampires got everyone that needed compelling compelled, they decided to tend to me.
"Let's take her to the Salvatore Boarding house. She's got a least 11 bullets in her, not to mention the chipped pieces that came off of the bullets." Damon said, quite obviously trying to avoid poking one of my bullet wounds as I fought to stay conscious.
"How did he move so fast? And why couldn't you guys see his tattoo?" Jeremy asked.
"Don't know." Damon said as Kol scooped up my body once again to follow the Salvatore's to their place. I tried to fight off the stinging of vervain from the bullets. God, why did these hunters have to be so annoying?! It was torture dealing with those bullets scraping against my heart, and every time I moved I risked them chipping. I felt like a weight was being lifted as I was lad on the Salvatore's couch to get the bullets extracted. Sadly I knew otherwise. This was going to hurt worse than when they went in.
"Who's gonna do it?" Katherine, who had apparently decided to make an appearance, asked from the doorway.
"Jeez, I will. I don't trust you originals or your family's extensions." Damon sneered, gesturing to Katherine and Kol. Kol looked angered, but he took in deep, calming breaths. Damon began to reach into my skin to extract the bullets, and apparently I did have a voice, that fact proven when I let out screams every time a bullet was extracted. Apparently those bullets were something to behold, because when they were all extracted Katherine, Kol, and Bonnie were staring at them like they had just met the grim reaper.
"What?" I asked, confused as I downed a blood bag.
"I've seen this sign before." Kol said.
"I saw it in a grimoire from the Bennett's along the years, just like Bon Bon." Katherine said.
"What is it?" I asked, confused.
"The brotherhood of the 5." Kol said quietly.
"The what of the what?" I asked. I had never heard of that.
"They are vampire hunters, given supernatural abilities buy a Bennet witch. They are destined to hunt and kill Silas." Katherine said.
"Who?" Stefan asked.
"Silas. He's a myth. I hope." She said.
"Wait… I remember seeing this in a grimoire a few months ago. I can do some digging and find out more?" Bonnie asked. Kol and Kat nodded eagerly. They obviously had more info they weren't spilling…
"Well. Get to work, little witch. I would offer to help but it's quite doubtful I'll be scoring an invite into your house anytime soon." Kol said disdainfully. Bonnie glared at him, but picked up the bullet and walked out.
"These bullets were specially carved. An inch more and you would be dead." Stefan said.
"I need to get home to shower, I'll text you guys later…" I said, rushing out, before remembering I left my car at the grill. Thank god for doppelgangers.
"You need a ride?" Katherine asked, getting into her car. I nodded, thankfully. I got into shot gun.
"So…. Sorry you got shot." Katherine said awkwardly. I nodded.
"Thanks. Any news on…" I started.
"Klaus? No, he's still not coming back. It's not that he doesn't care it's just…." Katherine started.
"He thinks he's 'protecting' me? Yeah, ever seen twilight buddy?" Caroline asked.
"That's what he's going for, only without the death." Katherine explained. I sighed.
"Seriously? Why does he even need to go away? I'm going to get tortured and I was literally almost killed today! If anything he protects me by staying!" I said angrily. She sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Not in the big book of Klausology." She said. She pulled up to my house.
"Enjoy the endless voicemail box Blondie!" She called out in a teasing way.
"You too!" I shouted, smirking. She rolled her eyes, her own teasing smile falling as she drove off. I sighed, walking inside and dropping my bag. I felt my smile fade and I felt tears threatening to creep into my vision. I was so sick of crying! How the hell could I still be crying! No! I was going to be the strong confident women I was and show that I didn't need a man to make me happy. I picked up my phone, sighing.
Klaus POV
I was sitting in my car, in an abandoned alley way, missing the girl I had left behind. The girl that was surely breaking with me gone. I turned on the radio, and heard it. The song I had heard echo from her lips so many times before. Then I felt them. Tears. Warm, salty tears gliding down my face. I heard the radio sing and oh how it made me miss my sweet, sweet, Caroline.
"I miss you when I can't sleep
or right after coffee
or right when I can't eat" I sang. I wished she were here right now. I wished so, so much she were here right now. I heard my cell phone begin to ring and picked up the phone, but set it back down when I saw that the caller was Caroline. I heard the indication that I had a voicemail and listened to it, if only to hear her voice.
"Hey, Klaus. I don't even know why the hell I'm calling. I shouldn't be thinking of you. You hurt me. You hurt me so badly! And I don't even know what it is I said or did to make you leave. Today I was almost staked. Some hunter from something called… the 5 is in Mystic Falls. Apparently he has some invisible tattoo only Jeremy can see. Bonnie Kat and Kol are looking into it. Klaus. I miss you. Please, come home." She said before hanging up… The 5 was back? It had been gone for nearly 900 years and now its back? I pushed those thoughts from my mind. Caroline is safer without out me. With my brother and with the doppelganger. At least for now. I had to give her a few months to move on and make herself feel safe again. I owed it to her.
Caroline POV
(1 month later)
I laughed as Bonnie, Damon, Elena, Jeremy, Ric and I walked along the college campground. Damon seemed distant, but Elena didn't seem to notice. I frowned as I approached my sire.
"Hey, you ok?" I asked, trying to sound as not sympathetic as possible. Damon and I had a strange dynamic, consisting of my monthly scheduled almost-death being at his hands once a year.
"Yeah this place just brings back some bad memories." He said distantly. I raised an eyebrow, urging him to continue. He sighed.
"I lost a dear friend here…." He said sadly.
"You? A friend? Wow. That was unexpected." I said. He rolled his eyes.
"How'd you lose him?" I asked.
"Fire." He said. I think I remembered something about a fire at Whitmore…
"The Whitmore fire? The one with only 6 survivors?" I asked. He nodded.
"6? I thought there were only 5?" he asked. I shrugged.
"Well feel free to go and see how many survivors there were in this oh so tragic fire. Seriously, unless you want to deal with a bunch of squealing girls planning out which dorms we get." I said. He rolled his eyes, but continued to walk with us. We walked into the school and began to look around. At a door, Damon froze, and everyone looked confused. Did this door have something to do with this friend of his?
"Hey…. I'm gonna catch up with you guys…" Damon said. Elena was about to ask if he was ok, but he was gone before she could even open her mouth.
"Next up, classrooms!" I said my usual perky self. We were talking about our plans for summer, considering we were graduating in a week. God, I was so excited. My prom, which had already been confirmed as my pre-wedding was already set up perfectly. And damn my future wedding would be amazing.
"So are you happy with the prom arrangements Mrs. Perfectionist?" Bonnie asked, shoving me playfully. I laughed loudly.
"Yeah, like anything could make ME happy. It's a fine prom, sure, but it could have been better I admit." I said almost sadly. We had finished checking out the classrooms, and Elena began to worry for Damon. I mean, it had been like 15 minutes and he still hadn't caught up with us. We were seated outside on the picnic tables, admiring the view. We were the only ones at the picnic area, so we were free to talk about our supernatural drama.
"God, Elena I am so sorry. Can't believe you actually got the hunters curse! Geez, Jer you seriously could not have killed that vampire more violently. I almost feel bad for the vampire." I said. Bonnie and Ric nodded in agreement, while Elena looked down sadly thinking of her time in the hunters curse. Thank god for Bonnie and her Grimoire's. Damon came running up to us, an almost worried look on his face.
"Damon, are you alright?" Elena asked, observing him.
"Me. Yes. Now. A few decades ago I had a friend, I know, shocker, any who this was a research facility where they went all doctor Frankenstein on vampires, and I was a test subject along with one of my friends. We made up a genius plan to escape one night, but I failed him. I left him to burn in a building. I just found out though, by Doctor Wes creepy that my friend's alive. He was rescued." Damon said sadly. I actually felt really bad for Damon.
"And you want our help rescuing them?" Jeremy finished. Elena and Bonnie sighed.
"Damon, if this really is a secret research facility then this is way too dangerous to try and do that. Damon, I'm sorry." Elena said. Bonnie nodded in agreement.
"I'm with them on this one. Let's check out the off campus stuff." Ric suggested. The three walked away, leaving us.
"I'm in. it's been boring lately." Jeremy said. Yeah. Boring was NOT the word I word use. At all.
"Fine. I'll help." I said, smiling. I hadn't been a part of a group decision or plan like this since a few weeks after I turned. I was always left out of the loop.
"Good. Blondie, you distract, Jeremy will rescue, and I will lead you to where you all need to be." He said happily.
"How come I'm always distraction?" I asked.
"Because you're hot. Hot people distract not hot people its basic logic." He told me. I grumbled under my breath about how mean this Salvatore was, but stood by anyways.
"Blondie. Wes is on his way back to his house, where he's keeping this vampire. Jeremy, you need to get into his house, find the cellar and get Enzo out. If you see any guards, knock them out you're a hunter for god's sakes." Damon said, handing Jeremy a base ball bat for good luck. I rolled my eyes, and went after Wes.
"Doctor Maxfield!" I shouted. He turned to me, stunned.
"Yes miss…" He started.
"Caroline. Caroline Forbes." I said. He looked at me, intrigued.
"Any relation to Bill Forbes?" he asked.
"My late father." I said awkwardly.
"Huh. I'm sorry for your loss" He said. I nodded, gulping. We were walking, and he led me near his home. Damn.
"So you knew my father?" I asked.
"Yes, he was a good friend of mine. Taught me quite a lot. I'm sorry for your loss." He said. I smiled, nodding. He led me around Whitmore house, where we were alone and I prayed Jeremy hurried up. His charming smile changes and I felt fear from within me.
"How would your father feel now if he knew his precious daughter was a monstrous vampire?" He asked, before I felt myself being Vervained and the earth darkening until I was asleep.
Hey! So yeah. That was that chapter. The after math of Caroline's Klaus dilemma and also a trip to Whitmore. As I already said I need Lorenzo! This seemed like the easiest way to get a nice carenzo friendship. And a Denzo friendship. Yeah ok. Sorry for the late updates BTW! By next week I should be back on track with updating as usual. Let me know what you think!
Love -S