Omg, thank you so much for the reviews, I'm in complete shock. I'm so glad you're enjoying this so much! You have no idea how thrilled I am. So I had a little think about who would die, (I'm not going to kill of Elena guys, annoying and judgmental as she is) and I think this will please all. Have fun!

Chapter 14

He had to kill someone. But who?

"Stefan will probably do it." Elena said uncertainly. Damon looked at her in horror, while Klaus simply brushed off the statement.

"I'm not going to kill the ripper. And anyway he's not here."

Elijah looked at his watch. "Klaus we only have two hours left. We have to decide." He walked over to his brother and rested a hand on his shoulder. "Brother, maybe it would be easier to let her go." Klaus shook him away. "I refuse to let her die, Elijah. I won't. There has to be another way." Everybody looked to Sophie. She shook her head. "There isn't another way; even this way might not work."

"Why are you so eager to save Klaus's girlfriend anyway?" called Hayley from the back of the room.

"Because, if I don't do something, he'll tell us all to go to hell."

Klaus nodded with a smirk. "You've got that right."

Suddenly, they all heard the doors to the main entrance open. Klaus looked at Damon and he nodded. They both stood at either sides of the door, waiting for someone to enter. Elijah indicated for everybody else to follow him.

The second the door opened Klaus and Damon grabbed both the intruders with a death grip.

"Get off me, you bloody idiot!" cried a familiar posh, British accent. Klaus turned in shock.

"Rebekah?"

Damon let go of her abruptly. Klaus to let go of who he was holding and immediately recognized who he had been about to kill. "Ah, Busboy, to what do we owe the pleasure?"

"Elena texted us, told us that Caroline was dying," Matt said gruffly, rubbing his neck, "We weren't too far away, so we came to say goodbye."

Damon raised an eyebrow. "We? Didn't know you were that fond of our Barbie, sexy Bex." Rebekah rolled her eyes. "He insisted." She said nodding her head towards Matt. "But I have nothing against seeing Caroline on her death-bed." She said eagerly. Klaus threw her a dirty look.

She looked at him sheepishly. "You okay?"

Klaus shook his head. "Come on, we'll fill you in on what's happening."

"So you have to kill someone either you or Caroline loves? You can't be serious." Matt said in shock. "I know you, like, have a thing for Caroline, but she'll never forgive herself or you, if you go through with it."

As soon as Sophie explained, Rebekah had backed away until she was closest to the exit. Klaus had put Caroline above her before, it's not like he wouldn't do it again.

Tyler was resting his head in his hands, refusing to look up. He was closest to Caroline, why was Klaus the one who was trying to get her back? He was supposed to be doing this. But he was too late now, he had made his choice, Caroline was Klaus's now.

"Look", Sophie said pacing the floor, "The only way around this is to trick the spirits somehow. We need to get a soul over there, but we need a fool-proof way to get it back again."

"But how to you send a soul to the other side without killing them?" Elena asked.

To everybody's surprise Damon answered. "When Bonnie was trying to stop Elena turning she mentioned that Elena was neither dead nor alive, her soul was like in a waiting room or something. Would something like that work?"

The same idea dawned on Sophie and Klaus at the same time. Klaus turned to Matt. "Mate, how completely against vampirism are you?"

"No, no way, look I love Caroline and all, but I'm not going to sell my soul…"

"You won't have to, I can bring you back." Sophie said confidently.

"You can?" Elena said curiously. Sophie nodded.

"I've done it before, and I can do it again."

"Well, you would have been a great help to us, like five months ago." Damon answered annoyed. "You sure you can bring him back?" Rebekah asked.

"I'm sure of it."

Matt looked conflicted. "If I do this, Caroline will come back and I won't be a vampire?"

Sophie shrugged. "It's a good a plan as any."

"I'll do it."

Sophie looked at the clock then turned back to Klaus and Matt. "It's time."

Matt took a deep breath. He had blood from every vampire present in him, so nobody would have to take the blame of changing if things didn't go to plan. They wouldn't be sure of who really turned him.

"I'm ready." he said turning to Klaus.

Klaus nodded. "Nothing personal mate, by the way."

Matt smiled. "I know it's for Caroline."

Klaus looked at her still body. "For Caroline."

"Now!" Sophie shouted and Klaus snapped Matt's neck.

Sophie started chanting and Klaus watched in fascinated disgust as both Caroline and Matt's bodies started convulsing. Then everything went still.

"Well?" asked Klaus as he ran to Caroline's side.

"It is done. All we can do is wait."

Caroline felt her self changing inside. It was the strangest feeling, like she was being filled up and emptied out at the same time.

"You've officially died." Kol said cheerfully. "Congratulations, Caroline." He whispered with a wink.

"What is that?" Caroline asked Kol, pointing at the large opening appearing in mid-air.

"It's the portal. Whenever a new soul is joining us it appears. It's never lasted this long before though… Must be a sacrifice of some sort. "

Caroline stared at the jumble of pictures and colours when they stated to make sense. It looked like a small kitchen or staffroom. There appeared to be three people inside. Then Caroline realized who the people were. "Kol! It's Klaus! Matt's there to, why..." Caroline watched in revulsion as Klaus snapped Matt's spinal cord, killing him instantly. "No!" She yelled, falling to her knees. "Why would he do that?!" She said between sobs turning to Kol. He shrugged. "Because it's my brother. He kills stuff."

"Or maybe," said a voice from behind them, "He's trying to save something for once."

"Matt!" shrieked Caroline, hugging him fiercely "Oh Matt, what have you done?"

Matt shook her off. "No time to explain; go through the portal before it closes."

"What?" Asked Caroline and Kol in union. "She can't, it'll throw her back!"

Matt ignored them. "Just go Caroline; they'll explain when you get back."

Caroline stood before the portal that was slowly closing in on them. She shook her head. "What about you?" Matt started pushing her from behind. "I'll see you soon Caroline, just go!"

Throwing one last pleading look at him, Caroline leaped into the mess of images and light just before it collapsed in on itself.