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Klaus was on the phone with Elijah again. Caroline came into the room and stopped for a second as she leaned on the wall. Klaus glanced over and saw her.
"You are perfectly capable of handling this. Can't you get Finn? Just get it done" Klaus said as he hung up
"Klaus"
"Yes sweetheart?"
"You have to let Rick go"
"Why would I do that?"
"His daughter was in an accident. They think she's not going to make it."
"But they're not certain"
"Klaus! Just let him go"
"I can't, if I do that, then what? The others will want to leave then"
"What's wrong with that?"
"In case you forgot we have a 2000 year old immortal out there, we need all the protection we can get."
"I get that, but they're not your slaves, they're people, and he just wants to see his daughter. I mean she probably doesn't even know why her dad just left her"
Klaus didn't want to seem weak, but he could never deny Caroline anything.
"Fine" Klaus said
Caroline smiled and jumped into his arms. She kissed him and then peppered his face with kisses. Suddenly she felt weak and her knees gave out. Klaus held onto her tighter.
"Are you alright?" Klaus asked
"Just a bit dizzy"
"Did you feed?"
"I did, I just, I think it's from the blood loss, it's taking me a while"
Klaus bit into his wrist and offered it to her.
"Drink"
"No blood"
"Drink!"
Caroline placed her lips on his wrist and swallowed his blood. It tasted different from the first time at the hospital. It wasn't metallic. It was spicy and sweet, it reminded her of the summer, of days at the beach, of one of her memories. His wound started to heal and she bit down harder with her blunt teeth. Klaus groaned and pushed her away slightly.
"Stop" Klaus said
"Sorry" Caroline said
"It's alright" Klaus wiped the excess blood off her mouth with his thumb and then licked it off.
"My blood, it tastes like yours" Klaus said
"What?"
"My blood, it tastes like yours for some reason"
"How is that possible?"
"Your blood must have done something to mine"
"That's what my blood tastes like?"
"Yes, you are delectable"
"Kol just stop it!" Bonnie yelled
"I will not let you do this! It will kill you! And then you'll be stuck on the other side!" Kol yelled back
"I have to!"
"No you don't!"
"Are you two done yet? As much as I love watching this lover's s quarrel, we do have bigger things to deal with" Klaus said
"Klaus!" Caroline scolded
"We can still dessicate him, we just need a lot of vampire muscle to hold him down long enough for the spell to work. You have to maintain contact with him long enough for me to stop Jeremy's heart" Bonnie said
"And then what? We throw him into the ocean?" Klaus asked
"We pour cement in the coffin and then we dump him in the ocean" Bonnie said
"That should keep him for a few hundred years" Kol said
"But you forget we are immortal, we're going to have to deal with him at some point again in the future. Except there won't be a Bennet witch to help us" Klaus said
"We can't kill him, there's no weapon to kill him. This is our only option" Bonnie said
"Didn't you say you could channel the power of 100 dead witches?" Klaus said
"We don't know for sure if that's enough to kill him" Kol said
"But we don't know it's not" Klaus said
"Klaus, Bonnie's my friend, we'll go with plan A" Caroline said
"I saw what he wanted to do. How he was going to enslave everyone" Bonnie said
"He can't enslave vampires. Witches are immune to compulsion" Klaus said
"But he made you think you were dying. And witches aren't immune to persuasion. He wants to use Caroline to enslave the rest" Bonnie said
"I'm not going to help him" Caroline said
"He knows, he's been watching you, studying you. He knows you care about him. He knows you care about your mother and your two fathers. He'll use that against you. We have to put him down, at least long enough where he can't use them against you"
Tyler was moving boxes around in Klaus's mansion. Hayley walked up to him.
"So feel any different now that you're his bitch?" Hayley asked
"Hi Hayley, nice to see you too" Tyler said sarcastically
"Is the sire bond working on you?"
"Sorta, I'm moving his stuff around"
"You like being his bitch then?"
"I don't have to turn, I can actually control it"
"But you hate being his slave"
"I'll deal with it"
"What if I told you there was a way to break the sire bond?"
"There isn't"
"There is, look just hear me out ok?"
"What do you mean you can't leave?" Klaus yelled into the phone
"I mean I physically can't leave" Elijah answered
"What is going on over there?"
"The witches have taken things into their own hands so to speak"
"But you said they couldn't practice magic"
"They can't, but they have other witches outside that performed the spell"
"So you're telling me that you're trapped in New Orleans?"
"Yes, and the Marcel problem is still growing. It would be best if you came here"
"We're trying to dessiciate Silas here, we need you here. The witch isn't sure if all of us can hold him down long enough"
"Niklaus, I am in a strange situation here"
"Bloody hell, fine I'm coming, tell the witches I'm coming"
Klaus hung up and rubbed his temple. Caroline walked into the room holding a pint of ice cream. She had dug her spoon in already and smiled at him.
"Something wrong?" Caroline asked
"No, just we're going on a field trip" Klaus said
Elijah sighed as he put his phone away. He looked over at Sophie and Jane Ann.
"I've done what you asked" Elijah said
"We won't harm her" Sophie said
Jane Ann tossed a bracelet up in the air and Elijah caught it. He looked at it. He knew it was Katherine's daylight bracelet.
"We will release her when your brother returns. She cannot escape" Jane Ann said
"Can I at least see her?" Elijah asked
"No, when Klaus comes back you may see her" Jane Ann said
Tyler was being chained up again in the old Lockwood cellar. Hayley tightened the chains to make sure he wouldn't get free.
"Are you sure it's going to work?" Tyler asked
"You feel grateful to Klaus because you don't have to turn. And that's how the sire bond works. You have to turn until it doesn't hurt anymore"
"That is impossible!"
"No it's not! You're a wolf! You're not his bitch! Deep down you know you're a wolf, you should embrace it, not be ashamed of it!"
"She's right you know" Shane said as he walked in, "You feel grateful to Klaus when you shouldn't. Turning is painful, that's why it's a curse"
"You want me to break every bone in my body so I don't feel grateful to Klaus?" Tyler asked
"You have to turn to be free. When you admit to yourself you're a wolf first and not someone's bitch! Now turn!" Hayley yelled
Shane walked over to Tyler. He tried to influence him.
"Where does Klaus keep Caroline?" Shane asked
"I can't tell you that. We're suppose to protect her" Tyler said
"Really? The blonde?" Hayley complained
"He ordered you to protect her with your life if you had to didn't he? You would die for her and you wouldn't think twice about it" Shane said
"For that blonde bimbo?! NO!" Hayley punched Tyler across the face, "Turn!"
Tyler's eyes flashed yellow and he growled at her.
"You're honestly going to growl at me?" Hayley punched him again, "Turn!"
Caroline followed Klaus as they walked towards the huge house. She stood in front looking up at it. Klaus opened the door and paused when he realized she wasn't behind him.
"Something wrong love?" Klaus asked
"It's huge" Caroline said
"Not the first time I've heard that"
"I mean, I think it's bigger than your other house"
"I have many houses around the world love"
"Wow"
"Come inside"
Caroline went into the small restaurant and looked over the menu. Klaus had gone with Elijah to meet with the witches. She sat the bar looking around.
"The gumbo here here is pretty good" the waitress said
"Oh, ok, I'll try that then" Caroline replied
"They say that Sophie puts a little bit of her soul into that gumbo"
"Er, thanks" Caroline said looking at the waitress, "Camille"
"Cami, actually. Would you like anything to drink?"
"No thanks"
Sophie looked at Caroline from the kitchen. She felt something strange and looked back at her.
Klaus walked with Elijah to the cemetery again. Jane Anne was standing in the same crypt.
"Nice of you to join us" Jane Anne said
"Alright, I'm here, let my brother go" Klaus said
"Your brother is free to go as I have told him before." Jane Anne said
Klaus looks over at Elijah confused.
"He refuses to leave without her" Jane Ann said
"Who?" Klaus asked
"The girl he loves" Jane Ann said
"What is the meaning of this?" Klaus demanded
"We needed you to kill Marcel, to put him in his place. To find the witch that he uses against us"
"Fine, I'll kill him right now!"
"No! We have to find the witch first, she's very powerful"
"You do realize, I'm trying to deal with Silas in Mystic Falls right now. That we need all of us to hold down Silas while the witch dessicates him?"
"You found a witch willing to perform such a spell?" Jane Ann asked
"A Bennet witch. Now, I need my brother so we can deal with Silas"
"And you are certain this will work?" Jane Ann asked
"Yes! I am trying to rid the world of Silas, do you think you could just perhaps just give me a few days to deal with it? Then I can go find your witch!" Klaus yelled
"Fine. But she stays here until you come back" Jane Anne said
"Who the hell are you even holding?" Klaus asked
"His girlfriend."
Jane Ann walked out of the crypt and they followed her. She walked up to another crypt and walked in. Immediately the sun's rays illuminated the inside of the crypt. A woman's scream could be heard. She flashed around the crypt trying to find shade.
"Katerina!" Elijah yelled as he rushed over to her.
The sun's rays were gone and it was darkness inside again. Katherine's body was still sizzling from the sun. Elijah took his jacket off and placed it around her.
"This must be a joke. You dragged me here for her!? She's the reasons why you haven't taken care of Marcel?!" Klaus yelled
"The spirits that guard this crypt won't let her leave until you've ended Marcel" Jane Ann said
"Won't he know you're using magic?" Klaus asked
"I'm not doing any magic, this is the work of angry spirits. Spirits of dead witches that want Marcel dead"
Klaus grabbed Elijah and threw him against the wall.
"You're either incredibly stupid or you want to be daggered again!" Klaus yelled
"Niklaus!" Elijah said
"No! She is of no consequence to me. I don't care what they do to her here. She can burn for all I care. I will not waste another second of my time here for her!"
"She's changed"
"She ran from me!"
"You slaughtered her family!"
"She tried to kill Caroline"
"Caroline?"
Elijah looked over at Katherine who was still shaking.
"Is this true?" Elijah asked
"I'm sorry Elijah" Katherine said
"Why?" Elijah asked
"Silas promised me something"
"What?!"
"I knew she wasn't going to die. I knew what she was. He wanted me to try to kill her, so she would come into her powers faster"
"Why? Why would he want such a thing?" Elijah asked
"He wants her"
Klaus let Elijah go and flashed off.
Caroline was finishing up her gumbo when Sophie walked over to her.
"Hope you're enjoying the gumbo" Sophie said
"Compliments to the chef" Caroline said
"Thank you. First time here?"
"Yeah"
"I'm Sophie" Sophie extended her hand out
"Caroline"
Caroline shook her hand and Sophie felt it again.
"I can show you a few places on a map of the quarter."
Bonnie was outside gardening when she felt a chill go through her body. She stood up and looked around. She heard someone whispering something to her. She ran to her car and started to drive to the witch's house. She ran inside and the whispering got louder.
"What? What do you mean?" Bonnie yelled out
Caroline came back into the house where she saw Klaus already packed.
"Are you going somewhere?" Caroline asked
"Yes, we're leaving"
"Already?"
"There is no reason for me to stay here. We have Silas to deal with" Klaus said
"What happened?"
"Nothing important"
The sound of footsteps could be heard as they both turned around.
"Elijah, you've come to grace us with your presence" Klaus said
"Niklaus I must speak with you about this" Elijah said
"There is nothing to discuss, we're leaving, we're dealing with Silas" Klaus said
"But Katerina-"
"Is not my concern"
"She needs our help"
"No, she needs to stay out of my sight. She has manipulated you again. You will return with us to deal with Silas"
"And if I do not?"
"I will dagger you so you can be of no use to anyone"
"How can you be like this? She needs my help"
"Your family needs you help right now!"
"And what if it were Caroline that was trapped in there? Would you not do everything in your power to free her?"
"Katherine tried to kill Caroline! She even admitted that she was working with Silas! How can you trust her!? Are you that much of a fool to think you love her?"
"I do love her"
"Then she will be your downfall"
A month passed and all was quiet and well. Too quiet. Silas's presence was gone, and everyone was on edge waiting. They found it strange that he just disappeared, but at the same time they knew he was waiting and plotting. Tyler had gone missing as well. But no one really paid any attention to it. Klaus was preoccupied on what to do with the SIlas problem.
"Are you sure those dead witches don't know anything else?" Klaus asked
"They know he's not in Mystic Falls anymore, they don't know where he went" Bonnie answered
"And is that the extent of their reach?"
"They can't see beyond where they're buried"
"Lovely"
Tyler looked up from the ground he was laying on . He was still chained and exhausted. He had broken every bone in his body more times than he could count. Shane walked up to him.
"Does it hurt anymore?" SHane asked
"I'm too tired to know" Tyler answered
"Where does Klaus keep Caroline?"
"In his house, his room actually"
"How many hybrid guard her?"
"All of us do, but there at least 3, but Dean's always around her"
"Very good, seems like the sire bond is broken"
"It is?"
Shane grabbed Tyler by his neck.
"You are madly in love with Hayley, you love her would do anything for her, almost anything. You are going to go back to Mystic Falls and free the other hybrids as well, but you're not going to tell Klaus that you broke the sire bond, in fact you're going to act like nothing's changed"
"Yes I love Hayley"
"And if he asks where you've been, tell him I've been torturing you this whole time but you couldn't tell him anything because for some reason you felt so loyal to him"
"Have you located Finn?" Klaus asked
"No, he's been gone for centuries, we're not going to find him" Rebekah said
"Well we need to"
"Or you could just talk to Elijah"
"Out of the question"
"I loathe Katherine just as much as the next person, but his refusal to leave her is making things difficult. Just talk to him, you're more likely to come to a truce than finding Finn and his trollop Sage"
"Klaus" Dean said walking into the room
"What is it?" Klaus asked
"Tyler's back"
Klaus walked out of the room and into the hallway where he saw Tyler.
"Where have you been?" Klaus asked
"Silas took me, he kept asking me about Caroline, like he was obsessed with her or something. I didn't tell him anything. He kept torturing me because I wouldn't. It was like even if I wanted to I couldn't tell him anything, like I felt this weird loyalty to you"
"Klaus?" Caroline called out from upstairs
"I'll be right up" Klaus yelled
"Why would I want to leave here Tyler? Klaus pays me to be here" Barry said as he continued to prepare the pig
"Because you don't want to be a slave to him. You wanted your own food truck right? If you're free of him then you can go do it" Tyler said
"Not without any money"
"You can compel money"
"Tyler what's gotten into you?"
"Don't you want your free will back? Your life back?"
Klaus fell back onto the bed, breathing heavily. He looked up at the blonde goddess who sat on top of him.
"Getting tired old man?" Caroline teased
"You're very enthusiastic today"
"Did I wear you out? Do you need to feed? I think there's some blood bags here somewhere for you if you feel that tired"
"Let's try something new"
Rebekah looked up at the ceiling and then shuddered. He could hear what Klaus and Caroline were doing upstairs. She went into another room where she saw Kol and Bonnie.
"Stop doing that, you're going to exhaust yourself" Kol said
"I need to be ready" Bonnie said
"You will be, now relax" Kol said
"How can I? He killed my Grams, he killed Shane, he wants Caroline. If I can't stop him who will?"
"We all will, you have to relax" Kol said
"I trade one idiot brother for another moronic brother" Rebekah said as she left
"Katerina, you must tell me all that you know" Elijah said
"I can't, Silas is much worse than Klaus"
"Do you not trust me? Do you believe I would let anything happen to you?"
"Silas is immortal. He is the world's first immortal. He promised to make me immortal like him if I helped him. He promised to keep me safe from Klaus"
"And you had to kill Caroline?"
"She wasn't going to die. It was to force her to use her powers against me"
"What is he planning with her?"
"His powers work on almost everyone. He needs her power to enslave the rest. He wants to rule the world."
"And you were going to be his lap dog after?"
"No, I wanted my freedom"
"How was he going to get Caroline's power?"
"Elijah please"
"TELL ME! So help me if you don't I will walk out of this crypt and leave you here to die"
"Her blood, he wants her blood, there's something special about it"
Caroline walked downstairs into the kitchen. She could smell whatever Barry was making.
"What are you making today?" Caroline asked
"A whole pig, but Hawaiian style" Barry answered
"Oh, really? But don't you have to burry it in the sand?"
"Yeah, but it doesn't have to be sand, here we buried it out back, you wanna see?"
"Sure"
Caroline followed Barry out into the backyard. She wondered how far back Barry buried the pig. She soon found herself very far away from the house.
"Barry?" Caroline called out
"Sorry Care" Tyler said as his hand covered her mouth
Caroline tried to scream. A bag was placed over her head and she was struggling, kicking. They tied a cloth around the outside of the bag to cover her mouth. They bound her hands and quickly dragged her away.
Elijah finally made it back to the mansion.
"Niklaus! Where are you?" Elijah yelled
The other hybrids stopped and looked at Elijah who's suit was completely destroyed.
"Why are you yelling brother?" Klaus said as he walked down the stairs
"I know what Silas is up to now. Katerina has informed me of his plan"
"Do share"
"I need to know no harm will come to her"
"Hmm that's not really an option"
"Caroline's life is in danger"
"When is it not? Now you can tell me or stop wasting my time"
"Would you rather put her life in danger than to show mercy?"
"Mercy is not within my capability"
"Spare Katerina's life"
"I'll give her a head start"
"Niklaus"
"It's all I'm willing to offer"
"You would put her life in danger because of your wounded pride?"
"Are you going to tell me or should I just dagger you now?"
"It's her blood. Silas is after her blood"
"Her blood?"
"There is something special about it. He needs her blood so he can gain her power and enslave the world"
Klaus stood there for a second trying to process what Elijah had just said. Her blood. But he had tasted her blood. He had greedily drank from her, making her weak.
"Niklaus?"
Klaus was about to say something and then stopped. He turned to one of his hybrids.
"Get Caroline"
The hybrid flashed off.
"Silas may drain her completely" Elijah said
"Caroline!" Klaus yelled out
The hybrid returned alone.
"Where is she?" Klaus asked
"She's not in the house"
"Find her, now! All of you!" Klaus yelled
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