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A/N: I want to thank everyone for the great feedback. I know that the updates have been really sparse but school is over for me now so hopefully I will be able to update more often.

I have taken some elements of the show and put them in here. I have slowed down the timeline because I feel that it makes it more believable. (As much as a story about vampires and werewolves can be) Also Kol is still alive.

Caroline started in shock. "What are you doing here Damon?"

"It that any way to speak to you rescuer?"

Caroline scoffed at that and pushed him out of her way trying to put as much distance between herself and the unconscious Original. A broken necked would not slow him down for long. Damon, however, didn't like being ignored and soon caught up to her.

"Where do you think you are going?"

"As far away from here as possible, Kol is going to be angry when he wakes up" She crossed the main road paying little attention to the drivers who were honking at her in annoyance.

"I don't think he is the one you have to worry about." Damon taunted as he step on to the sidewalk, narrowly missing getting hit by a speeding car. Caroline ignored the jab.

"How did you find me?"

"Things aren't always about you Blondie. I happened to be looking for someone. This was just a happy twist of fate."

"We are in the middle of nowhere Damon. You want be to believe that we just happened to run into each other by chance, really?"

"Kol was the one that ran into you not me." Damon grabbed her arm before she headed down the street behind the bus station. "It is too obvious. This is the first place that he will check. I thought you were better at this?"

Caroline twisted her arm away from him. "We what do you suggest then?"

Damon nodded his head in the other direction. "Come on. I have a car." He walked away without looking behind him. As if he knew that she would follow him which made Caroline want to smack the self-centered smirk off his face. She managed to keep her cool, besides he was right. The bus was much to obvious.

"You still haven't told me why you are here."

"I was following the 1000 year old psychotic teenager."

"Kol? Why the hell would you follow him? Last I heard he wasn't your biggest fan."

"Well if he didn't have it out for me before he defiantly will when he wakes up and picks up my scent in the alley back there. You really owe me one."

"I owe you shit. Answer my question."

Damon rolled his eyes and grumbled out an answer. "I think he might know where Elena is"

Caroline smiled. "You still haven't found her?"

"She is turning out to be rather difficult to find. So either the doppelganger has some inherit evasion trait or someone is helping her. My bet is the latter and I think Kol is helping her."

"You really shouldn't have broken his neck the night of the ball. What does Stefan think of all this?" Caroline asked as they made their way to the car.

"My dear sweet brother is choosing to suffer in silence. 'She will come back when she is ready Damon. It is not like we have the right to force her to do anything anymore'" Caroline smiled at Damon's impression of Stefan.

"While you did lock her up and torture her for, what was it? … three .. four months."

"It was six. We didn't have a choice. She was impossible without her emotions. It was like having a mini-Katherine running around. Besides who gets that worked up over a little torture?"

"So she went to the one person that would love nothing more than to watch you run around the country looking for her like a chicken with your head cut off."

Damon glared at her, which just made Caroline smile wider. "I am sure Kol is loving it. He gets all the benefits and has none of the work. That is actually quite brilliant. I am impressed "

"Get in the car Caroline. You need to know a couple of things."

He didn't start talking until they were well on their way out of town. "Katherine is human, now."

Caroline whipped her head around to stare at him. "What?"

"Yup. I can't think of a less deserving person but what can you do."

"Well, I guess Elena will just have to get used to being a vampire."

Damon laughed. "Elena never wanted the cure. She was the one that stuffed it down Katherine's thoat. It was actually the prefect move. She got rid of the cure so it couldn't be used on her and gave Klaus his doppelganger back in one shot. Win Win."

Caroline had to school her facial features to remain neutral at the sound of Klaus name. Not that it mattered, Damon always could see right through her. "Yup that's right. Your boyfriend now has all the blood he needs for his own personal army of hybrid freaks."

"Why should I care."

"I am sure you can figure it out. You're a smart girl, for a blonde at least." Damon smirked at her scowled. "He has set up shop down in New Orleans. The people there treat him like a King. With Katherine safely tucked away with Elijah and his own personal city, Klaus is now free to focus on his attention on other things."

Caroline couldn't tell if the feeling spreading in her back was fear or excitement. So she did what she did best and ignored it.

"He still has to deal with Silas."

"Didn't you read my last e-mail? Silas is out of the game."

"What?" Caroline shrieked

"Yup. Bonnie froze him. As of this moment he is swimming with the fishes in Mystic River. Your time has run out." Damon said as he pulled into a busy truck stop off the highway. "You might be better off just going to see him. Or go to Elijah if you can't control your hormones."

Caroline glared at him but instead of making fun of her Damon turned serious. "This stopped being a cute game of cat and mouse three years ago. Now we are entering the seriously pissed off stage. I don't care if he had a crush on you five years ago. Klaus is not a man you want to piss off."

"That never stopped you."

Damon smiled. "I am not an idiot. Klaus cares about my brother. He wants Stefan's friendship, his approval, his loyalty…. Maybe he even wants Stefan's love. I am not really sure. What I do know is that if he killed me he would never get what he wants from Stefan. Klaus strikes me as a selfish fucker."

"You are one to talk."

"You are right. He and I are the same in that respect. So let me give you a heads up. He wants you Caroline. The same way he wants Stefan."

What the hell was she supposed to say to that?

"I have been chasing Elena around the continent for about four years now. I am pissed as hell at her for making me do it. It will not be a happy reunion when I catch her."

"She didn't make you do anything. You are choosing to follow her."

"There is no choice here. Just like there was no choice for her when she followed Stefan after he gave himself over to Klaus. She belongs to me as much as she did to Stefan. Maybe even more with the sire bond and all that. She knows it. He knows it. We all know it but never acknowledge it. Stefan can play innocent because he knows that I will be selfish enough to drag Elena back kicking and screaming if I have too."

"What is your point Damon?"

He shut the car off and turned to Caroline. "The Oldest vampires in the world are looking for you Caroline. There is only one way that this is going to end. That fucked up shit that happened that night … They want answers and the longer you stay away the more they become convinced you are hiding something."

Caroline steped out of the car. "Thanks for the advice."

"I guess we are even now."

"What?"

"Well I did just save your life. It won't take long for Kol and Klaus to piece together that I was the one that you kept in contact with. I think I really went above and beyond for you."

Caroline quickly scooped out the truck stop looking for the best ride out of town before looking back at Damon. "I haven't told anyone."

"What?"

"You heard me. I haven't told anyone what you did. How bad it was. What you made me do when I was human."

Damon jaws clenched

"We both know what would happen if I did. Oh, I am sure Elena would forgive you sooner or later. She has a gift for forgetting the horrible things done to the people she cares about. Stefan would cut you out of his life completely. But Klaus would kill you, Damon. He would do it slowly and enjoy every second of it. So no we are not even. Not even close."

Caroline slammed the door and walked away.

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