Chapter 12
Caroline kept sobbing silently in the corner over Tyler's body, Elena by her side consoling her and mourning over the death of a friend. Everyone knew Tyler was a douche bag when they all were teens but they were still friends and afterwards they knew it was because of the full moon it was painfully obvious why he acted that way. They all were born together, raised together, grown up together and now he was just dead. Of course he'd come back to them but not as the innocent werewolf Tyler but as a bloodsucking hybrid and he would only survive the transition if Bonnie found a solution.
Klaus kept watching them weep over the wolf boy. How he'd love to have such loyalty and love in his life. His siblings stayed with him but only because he made sure of that. He wanted more loyalty other than family. He wanted friends, he wanted love. If this boy even survived the transition he would never be able to know how much loyalty his friends had shown towards him and how much affection Caroline had shown for him. It was as if Klaus just wanted his life.
Just then an idea popped into Klaus' mind and he was not letting go of it any time soon. He broke out of his imagination when Tyler woke up puffing for air. Caroline and Elena rushed to his side and explained him how things were going to work. He'd survive if they found a solution otherwise he'd just … bleed out and die. He was shocked at first but everything seemed normal after he saw Rebekah snapping the Salvatore brothers' necks repeatedly.
Klaus had gone off to look for Bonnie.
"Tyler have you seen my mom?" Caroline asked after a while of silence.
Tyler nodded and put a hand on her shoulder sympathetically, "Yeah I did. She's been worried sick for you. At first we thought that you were… dead but then Stefan called Damon and told him that Klaus took you. She tried to find you guys but…" he stated hesitantly as a few tears escaped Caroline's eyes.
"Yeah I know. Stefan told me but we had to lay low otherwise …" She couldn't bring herself to complete the sentence and broke down sobbing. Elena immediately being the good friend, she was wrapped her arms around Caroline and comforted her.
"Otherwise we'd be in the very situation we are in right now" Tyler commented idly as he looked around, not wanting to break down in front of his friends.
"Guys we're going to be okay." Elena stated trying to stay positive. When both of them didn't look at her, "Look at me. Hey! We're going to be okay. No one else is going to die because of me" she said confidently.
"This depression is making me sick!" Rebekah commented as she once again snapped Stefan's neck. "Caroline why don't you tell your boyfriend here about how you kissed Nik just a day ago?" Rebekah questioned innocently.
Tyler and Elena both gave Caroline a questioning look. Caroline passed Rebekah a hatred filled look and then turned to her friends, "Firstly he kissed me and it was all just to force him into making me leave but it didn't exactly work" she stated and just when she saw her friends nodding in understanding she again stated, "And I told him the minute it was over that it was a mistake so he could take a hint but apparently he can't!"
Rebekah glared the blonde and in a minute snapped her neck. She then flipped her hair and walked to the nearby bleacher, "She could use a nap after behaving that way" she said carelessly.
Caroline woke up with a severe pain in her neck AGAIN! She heard her name being called out and a slight touch to her cheek. She had no idea how long she had been passed out or how everything had progressed after she was out. She got up slowly and rubbed her eyes frantically as her vision started to come back. The person calling her was Tyler and she had never been gladder to see him and hear his voice. He survived the transition. Bonnie found a way to save Klaus' hybrids but Elena had to die in order for his hybrids to live. 'Oh my god' she thought.
"Tyler?" She asked in a sluggish voice. He pulled her up by her neck and helped her sit.
"You're okay Care. Just relax" he said stroking her hair, sitting next to her.
"What happened?" she asked but he knew she meant what happened to Elena.
"To complete my transition Klaus gave me Elena's blood and it worked. The witches wanted him to kill the doppelganger for the ritual so he could never make any more of his hybrids." He stated with a certain weirdness and waited for her reaction which was a gasp, "And don't worry, Elena is fine" he lied. Elena was currently being drained of her blood and Klaus told him to keep that from everyone and for some reason Tyler could not bring himself to go against Klaus' order.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Caroline asked. She could sense a change in his demeanor but couldn't exactly pinpoint it.
He nodded and slid his hands beneath her legs and one of her back, picking her up. "I'm better than okay. I'm great Care but first let's get you home" he said as he made his way outside the school building.
Caroline rested her head on his shoulder as she carried her home. After all the neck-snapping and potion drinking Caroline had literally been drained off all her energy. Besides she knew that she needed to talk to Tyler to tell him about everything that happened whilst she was away. The things that happened with Klaus and everything with Tyler had to be discussed.
"So Care, what did you want to talk about?" Tyler asked. They had been sitting in her bedroom after Caroline invited him inside and told him that they needed to talk.
Caroline took a deep breath before she carried on with her speech, "Look Tyler, nothing out there happened with Klaus. It was just a kiss and it was only to say goodbye and it was a mistake. I shouldn't have- she was cut off by Tyler.
"I know. You shouldn't have but you did and you apologized and you know it's a mistake and that's all that matters. At the end of the day, I love you" He stated as he cupped her face in his hands.
Caroline was struck by lightning after hearing his last words, 'I love you'. Whoa! She wasn't expecting that especially not right after she told him that she kissed the enemy. She blinked a few times and a smile spread across her face.
"I love you too Tyler and I am… I am sorry for everything- she was again cut off by a laughing Tyler, "Will you just kiss me already?" he asked as he leaned in closer to her.
Caroline giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him closer as their lips connected. While she kissed him, she could only think of the kiss she shared with Klaus. Tyler's kiss was sweet and slow but Klaus' kiss was intense, hot and rough. His actions showed pure possessiveness. Whereas Tyler was gentle and caring but not possessive.
She closed her eyes returning his kiss, trying to stop herself from thinking about Klaus. Their lips soon parted and as soon as Caroline opened her eyes, she saw a sight she could not forget. Instead of Tyler's face, it was Klaus!
She backed away in fear and disgust as she saw his face. She shot up from the bed from where moments ago she was making out with the enemy. No. No! She was with Tyler. But then Klaus appeared.
"Care?" she heard a voice calling her out. It wasn't Klaus' voice. It was Tyler. She blinked a few times and saw it was Tyler sitting on her bed not Klaus. But if it was Tyler from the beginning why did she see Klaus?
She held her head in her hands, running them through her hair and pulling her gold locks. "Tyler… Is it you?" She asked and eyed him wearingly.
She got up from the bed too and slowly approached her holding his arms in the air, showing that she could trust him. "It's me Care. What going on?" he asked as he stood right in front of her. His hands caressed the lengths of her arms, comforting her.
"Tyler… I think I need to go see Bonnie" she stated nervously. She didn't want to tell him that she was seeing Klaus when he kissed her because it was actually the worst thing for someone to go through.
Meanwhile Caroline was dealing with her drama, Damon was in deeper trouble. Klaus had taken Elena to the Mystic Hospital to drain her of all her blood. Stefan, Tyler, Caroline, Bonnie went AWOL. Damon was on the verge of killing someone. His baby brother was missing and their shared love of their lives was being bled dry and there was nothing he could do. Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, the mother of Satan decided to pay him a visit.
"I'm surprised to see you here Katherine" Damon said as he gulped his bourbon in the Salvatore boarding house. Before she could even speak, Damon flashed to her and slammed her into the nearest wall, holding her by her throat.
Katherine pursed her lips together to form a thin line as she twisted Damon's hand and got rid of his hold on her throat. "I know you're angry but hey I brought a peace offering" Katherine said as she smirked.
"You betrayed my baby bro and then almost got him killed along with Barbie and now you suddenly come here with a peace offering?" Damon scoffed and narrowed his eyes at the older doppelganger.
"If you are such a good brother, you would know that right at this moment Klaus has Stefan and he just forced his emotions off. He compelled him" She stated as she helped herself with some of Damon's bourbon but before Damon could say anything she continued, "Lucky for you. I know someone who can kill Klaus and who genuinely scares the shit of out Klaus. All I need is your witch to help us find him and then bring him here"
Damon narrowed his eyes and fixated his gaze on the brunette in front of his eyes and let out an exaggerated sigh, "Did you think for a second that I'd be dumb enough to fall for this crap?" He asked but when he saw Katherine smirk at the arrival of the young Bennett witch, he knew they had some sort of plan to get rid of Klaus.
"How nice of you to join us witchy? Now tell me is she telling the truth?" Damon asked, not taking his eyes off the grinning vampire.
"Yes, legend says he's an original vampire who's a vampire hunter. His name is Mikael and he is… Klaus' father" she stated as she eyed her grim moirés carefully. Damon grinned and tossed his keys to Katherine. "Get our friend Mikael and witchy you keep an eye on her. I'm going to visit a certain original, shit head hybrid" she announced as he walked out of the boarding house towards the hospital.
