I remember the wind in my hair and the speed as if someone was running. The cars that drove past and the animals nearby. I tried to move, but I had no strength left. Everything had been taken from me, but I wasn't mad. Mark was someone I cared about and this wasn't gonna change that.
Suddenly the wind stopped and the smell of wet metal was carried through the air. I felt the jostle of someone going up some stairs and then walking onto a flat platform. I was carried through a door, two hallways, and then I was set in a cell. I was chained to the wall with thick silver chains, allowing little movement. Once my vision focused, I noticed Charlotte staring at me with a wide smile.
"Something amusing?" I asked weakly as I looked up at her.
"Nope. Just remembering back to a few years ago when you were in a room similar to this. Blood dried on your clothes and skin. Watching you scream and cry. Those were some good times." Said, Charlotte, as she leaned up against a different stone wall.
"May I ask why I'm alive? If Klaus wanted me to suffer then why am I not dead?" I asked ignoring Charlotte's last comment. I tried to block those memories out of my head, they weren't something I enjoyed. I could feel Klaus' teeth in my neck and it made me shiver.
"Let me break it down for you. The sacrifice Klaus will perform tomorrow has a few ingredients. He needs to kill a werewolf, which Klaus found roaming around a few hours ago. A vampire, which your friend Mark will suffice. Then he needs to drain the Petrova doppelganger Elena Gilbert." Said Charlotte
"So where do I fit in this equation?" I asked
"To begin the sacrificial ritual, he needs to kill a virgin." Said Charlotte
"How do you know I'm a virgin?" I asked
"You were captured at 10 and escaped at 20. There's no way you had a sex." Said, Matt, walking into the room. Matt was one of my old captors and he loved to play mind games with me. He was dark and even more sadistic than Damon was. He didn't frighten me as much as Klaus did, but Matt still made the hair on the back of my neck rise.
"Hello Matt." I said
"Hello Carly, it's been too long." Said, Matt, smiling his sly smile.
"Remember no killing. Not yet at least." Said, Charlotte, leaving the room.
Matt came to the front of the cell, unlocking the door, and crouching near me. He slid two fingers down my face as I flinched away from him. Matt grabbed my chin and turned my head so we were eye to eye, "You are as beautiful as I remember. Sadly you'll be murdered tomorrow night so I'll never get to taste the sweetness of your blood again. A real tragedy in my mind."
"Where's your bestie, Frederick?" I asked as Matt frowned.
"He died to a bunch of hunters last spring. So you'll be getting me and my beautiful pearly whites. No need to worry, I sharpened them his morning." Said, Matt, extending his fangs.
"Where did Klaus take Mark?" I asked
"He's in there." Said, Matt, pointing to the cell kitty corner from mine, "He's unconscious. Once he wakes up he'll remember everything he did while under Charlotte's spell. He'll remember feeding, hurting, and chaining you up. The way he talked about you he might be glad Klaus is killing him."
"You know good always beats evil, right? The Salvatores will stop Klaus' little sacrifice before it begins." I said
"We'll just have to see, now won't we?" Said Matt
Damon and Stefan went to Hemlock park. They searched for almost half an hour before realizing she was gone. The only evidence they had was a crushed phone, some footsteps and some blood near a log and dripping down a tree. They met back at the field as Damon paced, "We weren't fast enough…"
"Why do you care so much anyway? I mean saving someone innocent is important but why do you care?" Asked Stefan
"I care because…" Said, Damon taking a deep breath, "Uh, dammit. I care because I've met Carly before when my humanity was shut off and I did horrible things to her. I fed from her and laughed at her screams. Those scars aren't all from Klaus, some are from me. I wanted to save her this time around to say sorry and to forgive myself."
"When and how long did you have your humanity off for?" Asked, Stefan, getting concerned.
"I turned it off in the year 2001 and kept it that way till 2006. I left Klaus' gang and went on my own to deal with all the guilt that came rushing in. When I did I left Carly's cell unlocked so she could escape. I hadn't seen her since, well until a few days ago." Said Damon
"You knew Klaus!? Why didn't you say anything?" Asked Stefan
"I didn't say anything because I was just getting back on your good side and I didn't want to ruin it. If I told you, you'd react exactly like this. All angry for something that happened years ago." Said Damon
"Well, you need to make it up to her by saving her life. Do you remember anything that can help us locate them?" Asked Stefan
"No I…" Said, Damon, as his phone went off with an unknown number. He shrugged and put the phone on speaker, "Hello Damon."
"Klaus…" Said Stefan and Damon at the same time.
"The sacrifice will happen tomorrow night. I will collect Elena an hour beforehand and if anyone tries to stop me. I'll will gruesomely kill them." Said, Klaus, hanging up.
"I guess we wait till tomorrow." Said Stefan
"I guess we do." Said Damon
Mark started to regain consciousness as he realized he was in a cell. He got to his feet looking around when he saw Carly chained up like a prisoner. He wasn't chained, but the bars in his cell were vervain. Mark started to smell something almost irresistible and that's when everything that had just happened came rushing in. Attacking me, the blood, and everything in-between.
He fell to his knees realizing he almost killed the one he loved, the only one he loved. As he was trying to deal with the overwhelmed guilt that just hit him I spoke, "It wasn't your fault. You were being controlled and Klaus and Charlotte made you do it."
"I almost drained you of blood and the sad thing is I liked it. I loved the taste of your blood, it was the best thing I had ever had. I could hear the way you tried to hold back your screams and how you could barely breathe, but I didn't care and I kept going. I almost killed you and your saying it wasn't me?" Said Mark
"I know you and that wasn't you. I don't hate you and you should definitely not hate yourself. It hurt. It felt like thousands of needles were stabbing me in the same spot at the same time and I wanted to scream and to cry, but I didn't. I knew it wasn't you, you would never hurt me." I said
"I'm a vampire now, I could kill you in seconds. You wouldn't be able to fight me off, Violet. Next time I get hungry,it could be your end. I don't want to be responsible for ending your life. I can't." Said Mark
"Mark, you won't hurt me. I've known you for the last few years and I've grown to trust you. There is nothing you could do to push me away. I've dealt with vampires since I was 10, I think I can handle you." I said
"I know, Carly." Said Mark
"You know my name?" I asked
"Before Katherine killed me she told me to look up, Carly Nelson. I saw a news story talking about this girl who lost her whole family and then vanished; she was you. I recognized the eyes instantly and pieced everything else together from there. A comment stated they saw a man enter before come back out; which had to be Klaus. Why didn't you tell me?" Asked Mark
"It was something I didn't like sharing. I was fed on for 10 years, Mark. My childhood was filled with misery and pain. I didn't tell you or anyone else because I knew that would bring up all my pushed down feelings. That is something I didn't think I could handle." I said
"What I did to you was even worse then I imagined. I did the one thing that brings you the most pain." Said Mark
"Mark, I…" I began as Charlotte interrupted me.
"Alright sacrificees, are you ready?" Asked Charlotte
"Leave her out of this." Said, Mark, trying to break the bars as his hands started to smoke.
"I can't. She is the starting point and you can't start without a starting point. Besides, watching her suffer brings me joy and watching your pain will be even sweeter. It's time die." Said, Charlotte, unlocking my cell.