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Klaus's POV

Kol and I turned our heads as Caroline appeared at the top of the staircase.

"Darling! How was your little run in with Nik?" he asked with a smirk.

"Bloody," Caroline answered.

"Really?" Kol countered, a mischievous glint in his eyes as he folded his hands behind his back. "That's odd. Nik said things got very wet."

I slapped my hand onto Kol's shoulder and squeezed the muscle hard enough to bruise. Kol winced and let out a quiet, uncomfortable sound. Caroline raised her eyebrows expectantly at him, but he faked a smile in return. She rolled her eyes then and cleared her throat.

"Well, I can't exactly say that I'm used to people walking in on me. Being an only child does have its perks," she explained casually.

"Yes, well I suppose living with my siblings has put a damper on my manners," I said, hoping to explain myself. "I am truly sorry about that. It won't happen again."

"Well I'd certainly hope not," she said, crossing her arms over her chest and grinning. "I just wish I'd gotten it on video. It's really entertaining to see you fall down like Bambi on ice."

Kol grew confused. "Who's Bambi?"

I huffed. "It's in a cartoon."

"By the way, darling," Kol asked Caroline, "Why, exactly, were you in our shower? I mean, not that I'm complaining." He gave her a wink that made me want to poke his eyes out.

Caroline gave him a look that clearly said 'Seriously?' and then replied. "In case you haven't noticed, there's vervain in the town water. And since the only other vervain-clean water is at the Salvatore's house, I decided this was my better option."

"Why, afraid you'd get an STD from Damon's bathroom?" Kol asked with a smirk.

I pressed my lips together tightly. Caroline tried to give him a disapproving look, but failed and laughed once. "Fair point," she admitted, "but I'm trying to avoid Elena."

"The emotionless doppelganger?" Kol asked. "Ah, yes. She is quite bothersome, isn't she?"

"That's an understatement, Kol," I told him.

Caroline snorted and answered, "Yeah, I'd say so! She's a hundred times worse than Katherine!"

Kol winced and made a sour face.

"Oh that's saying something," Kol said. "I've met Katerina, and I must say, she is one of the most stubborn female vampires I have ever met. And that's really saying something!" he exclaimed. "There was a time when I was friends with a vampire named Lexi." He looked proud as he grinned and continued, "She was cunning, strategic, talented, sneaky, powerful – just absolutely perfect. Had this gorgeous face and a spectacular body! She never wanted to be more than friends with me, though." He sighed dramatically, crossing his arms over his chest. "Quite a pity. She actually got my humanity back on several times. She was my best friend…" He turned to give Klaus a hard glare. "The last time I saw her was before Nik daggered me in the early 1800's."

I narrowed my eyes at Kol. He ignored me and turned back towards Caroline.

"I taught Lexi everything she knows," Kol continued. "Damn I miss her… Hey Nik, you think you could locate her for me?"

"Why? I'm right here."

All three of our heads turned sharply to gape at the open doorway.

"Lexi?" Kol asked in disbelief, letting out a happy laugh.

"Uh, yeah! Who else could've survived you for two and a half centuries?" Lexi asked with a smile.

"Would've been three and a half centuries if it wasn't for Nik," Kol said with a laugh as he ran to pull Lexi into a tight hug.

I sighed again and decided to just let it slide.

"Aw, he's not that bad," Lexi said, looking at me over Kol's shoulder with a grin. I gave her a small smile in return.

Kol pulled away from her and scoffed. "Since when?"

"Well, I met him and Rebekah in the early twenties, thanks to your brother Elijah," Lexi said with a smile.

I certainly remembered it, too.

Lexi had found me shortly before I met Stefan. Elijah had been taken by her stunning personality, and agreed to help her resolve her worry over Kol. So he brought her to me, knowing that I would be impressed by her fearless nature. I had explained to her that Kol was immobile in a safe and secret place. She demanded that I release him and let her see him again, so I had compelled her to leave and never speak of him or search for him ever again. I guessed now that since Kol had died and then returned from the dead, the compulsion had been broken.

"Wait," Caroline said with a confused expression. "You're Lexi Branson, right?"

Lexi turned her gaze and bright smile towards Caroline. "Yes."

A small line formed between Caroline's eyebrows as she narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "The same Lexi that was Stefan Salvatore's closest friend?"

Lexi nodded slowly, her expression going blank.

Caroline's jaw clenched and she crossed her arms. "Then that means you're also the same Lexi who was staked by Damon Salvatore."

Lexi's demeanor suddenly changed. Her head lowered and her gaze became dark with a twisted smirk.

"Well it seems not all blondes are stupid after all."

My eyes widened in realization, my lower lip trembling as I realized who was actually standing before us.

"What do you mean staked?" Kol asked in an alarmed voice.

Caroline gulped, her eyes becoming as wide as mine. She carefully moved to stand beside me.

"Kol," she began in a shaky voice. "It's Silas."

Silas threw his hands into the air, rolling his eyes and scoffing.

"Well, of course! I take it back; blondes really are dumb."

A threatening growl erupted from my chest.

With a smirk, Silas flashed across the room and came to stand a few inches from my face. My jaw clenched tightly as I gave him a dangerous glare.

"And you still haven't gotten me that cure," Silas announced, meeting my glare with a grin.

Even with Lexi's face, I couldn't stop the shiver that rolled down my spine.

"What, so that you can raise every supernatural creature?" I asked incredulously. "Every hunter, werewolf, vampire, and hybrid that I have killed with my own two hands? Because if you think that I'm going to just stand by and let you bring back all of my dead enemies, then you've got another thing coming, mate."

Silas's smirk quickly disappeared, and a cold glare replaced it. "Who says I need your personal consent?"

I let out a laugh, refusing to back down.

"What are you going to do, Silas? Kill me?" I asked doubtfully. "You can make me feel like I'm dying, but you and I both know that you do not possess the white oak stake."

Silas smiled at me and let out a chuckle.

"Now why would I want to kill you when I can torture you for all of eternity instead?"

My eyes widened slightly and my breathing began to accelerate.

Silas chuckled and took a few steps backwards.

"Now get me the cure before I decide to kill your friends. Starting with the blonde," he motioned to Caroline and smirked.

I felt my eyes instantly turn yellow and my fangs drop. With an animalistic snarl, I lunged forward.

But Silas vanished.

I spun around to find him standing behind all of us. It was sickening that the witch was using an allusion of Lexi.

"You sure do like showing off your fangs, hybrid," Silas stated with a grin. "And you're not burdened by the full moon. You're not forced to turn into a beast. Let me help you with that."

I barely had time to be surprised before Silas flicked his wrist and agony was tearing through me. I growled and staggered, then lifted my head and leapt towards Silas again. But he vanished.

Kol scoffed, shaking his head and running his hands through his hair, tugging at the ends.

"I tell you Silas is dangerous; you ignore everything I say!" he began, growing angrier. "I tell you not to reveal the hunter's mark; you kill thousands of vampires! I say Silas will bring hell on earth; you bloody raise him up and lead him back to Mystic Falls! And on top of all that, you juggle the cure around like it's a game! And again, I will say it: I bloody told you so!"

Before I could make a retort, a sharp pain shot through my skull. I gasped and clutched my head. Against my will, every part of my body was commanding me to turn. I breathed heavily, trying to fight it off, and yet feeling something pushing me to give in. My knees collapsed from underneath of me and I caught myself on my palms. I was now on all fours, which just made the feeling intensify.

I growled loudly and heard a distorted voice... Caroline's voice.

"Klaus! Klaus, calm down!" she commanded.

I cried out in pain as my bones began to involuntarily break.

"I will tear his organs out of his stomach and make him choke on it!" I snarled.

My wrist broke and my shoulder popped out of joint at the same time, pulling a shout of anguish from my lips.

"I AM THE ORIGINAL HYBRID! I am not a slave to the moon or anyone!"

I groaned loudly as my elbow snapped.

Kol stood by me with a slackened jaw and a fascinated expression. Even after a thousand years, he'd never seen a werewolf turn. And now he was watching his own brother, whose werewolf side had been cursed to stay hidden for those thousand years, change into one of those mysterious beasts. It was a sight Kol had told me he secretly had always yearned to witness, but had secretly been too scared to get close to. After what happened to Henrik, I couldn't blame him. But now, he seemed slightly intrigued in addition to the pounding of his heart.

Caroline, however, was beginning to panic much more as she knelt in front of me.

"I – I don't know what to do, Klaus. You have to tell me, I don't know what to do!" she exclaimed.

I let out an indescribable sound as both of my femurs broke at the same time. My screams echoed throughout the house. I barely opened my eyes to see Caroline's distressed face.

"Stop, Klaus, stop! Just stop turning. Control yourself or something, please," she begged.

"I can't," I rasped. "It's Silas. He's forcing me to turn. It's too far in; I can't stop even if I could break through his spell."

Caroline's jaw slackened as she looked at me with worry and pity written across her face. I smiled at her, about to make a smug remark about how she must care for me, but was distracted as my ankle broke. I groaned again.

"As much as I would love to watch you turn into a werewolf," Kol began, coughing to mask the shakiness of his voice, "I'm sure you don't want claw marks on your newly waxed floors. Perhaps next time, then. Go outside, Fido."

I looked up and snarled at Kol, my fangs bared and my bright yellow eyes boring into him. He raised his hands in defense, trying to act nonchalant, but his fingers twitched.

I glanced at Caroline one last time before forcing myself to whoosh out the front door and into the woods.

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Caroline's POV

"Which one do you think, darling? Iron Man or Star Trek?" Kol asked, staring intensely between the two movie cases.

I rolled my eyes.

"Aren't you even the least bit worried about him?" I asked skeptically.

Kol scoffed. "Worried? About Nik? Have you met my brother?"

I raised my eyebrows at him.

Kol sighed. "He's survived against all odds for over a thousand years of being hunted by our father. He's survived me! So don't worry about your precious Original Hybrid."

I huffed, but something he said caught my attention.

"Your precious Original Hybrid?" I asked in a sarcastic tone. "Seriously?"

Kol smirked and raised his eyebrows.

"Oh come now, darling! You and I both know you have him wrapped around your little finger," he stated.

I scoffed. "Yeah, pretty sure you're wrong about that."

"Has he killed your werewolf boyfriend yet?" he asked with that annoying smirk.

I hesitated at his question.

"Well… No. But - "

"Has he killed any of your friends when they betrayed him numerous times? Or even tried to hurt you when you've betrayed his trust?"

My mouth opened, but then quickly closed again.

"And what does he do when you're in danger?" Kol sang.

"He saves me," I murmured.

Kol smiled at me in triumph. "See! Wrapped around your little finger. You could ask him for anything in the entire world and he would see that you had it within the next second. If I was you, I'd be taking advantage of that."

I laughed.

"You're kidding, right?" I asked. "I might have Klaus wrapped around my finger, but if I use him or betray him one more time, he'll hate me. And that's if I'm lucky. Even if he wouldn't kill me for it, I don't want to." Kol narrowed his eyes as I continued. "I hate lying and sneaking around and always being the distraction just so that my friends can try to kill another dangerous creature! I mean, contrary to popular belief, Klaus isn't all evil."

"Ah, yes," Kol said, then pointed a finger at me. "But I'd wager that ninety eight percent of the time he's proved he isn't pure evil was for your benefit only… Am I right?"

I hesitated again.

He was right. Every time Klaus did something that showed a shred of his humanity, it was either for me or because of me.

I heard Kol chuckle. "You see! He truly cares for you. You just admitted that he isn't pure evil, and you also turned down my brilliant idea of tricking him. I have a feeling 'Lijah would adore you."

I laughed once. "Oh really? And why is that?"

Kol sighed and set down the DVD's he'd been holding. "Klaus was a good brother when we were all human. But after a thousand years of slaughtering thousands of people and reveling in his vampirism, the compassionate fire in his heart that used to burn so brightly is no longer alive. Its smoke is black and its ashes are cold. And yet Elijah still believes that the fire can be re-lit. I've seen how Nik acts around you, Caroline," he said, looking at me with a small grin. "You're one hell of a spark."

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