Chapter 21
A/N: This is an AU story for the vampire diaries. I do not own the vampire dairies.
Caroline decided that she wanted to find out more about this professor Shane. She decided that it was best not to go alone. Since Shane had proven to not have been able to be compel. She didn't know what other tricks she had up his sleeve. The only problem was that Stefan was gone and wasn't answering his phone calls. She sighed and her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hello love," She smiled to him.
"Hi, what are you up to?" She asked.
"Just at the bar not too far from the Gilbert lake house having a drink, you?" He asked.
"Well I was trying to get a hold of Stefan but apparently he had other plans also he has his phone turned off so I can't reach him." She said.
"What do you need to get a hold of Stefan for?" He asked.
"I wanted to go investigate this 'professor Shane' and find this so called tombstone. But Stefan not answering my calls. And I wasn't sure if I should go alone. Even if I am an original. He seemed to have knowledge on me that I hadn't told anyone aside from you and your family. And he couldn't be compelled. Kol killed him but apparently he is still walking around somewhere." She explained walking in the town square.
"Well I can always help you. I did want to know more about this professor as well." She smiled.
"How soon can you be here?" She asked.
"Hmm oh I think about in an hour. Can you wait till then?" She nodded.
"Sure, I will look for Stefan in the meantime. I won't be surprised if I find him drunk at the bar." She said.
"Still heartbroken than?"
"Yeah, and Elena didn't act all that sensitive about it." She went on.
"Well I wouldn't be surprised the doppelgangers are known to have that affect." He said.
"Yeah well, sometimes you just hope that one of the brothers can see pass her so called beauty." She said.
"She isn't that beautiful love," She rolled her eyes.
"Really should we talk about Tatia." She said feeling slightly jealous.
"Love, I had thought she was pretty but compared to you, you were a goddess and she was nothing more than a siren really." He said.
"Yeah well she managed to capture your attention." She ground out.
"She meant nothing to me unlike you. And do I sense jealousy sweetheart." She could hear the smirk in his voice. She groaned.
"Well it is hard whenever I see that little harlot. And it's kind of hard when there is a copy alive here." She said.
"Love, that doppelganger is nothing at all. I wouldn't even care if she died. The only thing that bloody girl is useful for is my hybrids" Caroline sighed.
"Haven't you learned your lesson the first time?" She asked.
"Sweetheart, the problem was Tyler Lockwood." Caroline rolled her eyes.
"I think there is a reason why he did it. No one really likes being controlled. Everyone loves free will." She said.
"Yes well it's not my fault that my hybrids happen to be sired to me." He said. She sighed and looked to Bonnie, the sheriff and the new Mayor as the police seem to take professor Shane away.
"Ah I have to go. See you in an hour." She said.
"See you soon, be careful love." She nodded.
"Always am." She hung up the phone and walked over to them. Bonnie was trying to tell the Sheriff and the new Mayor Hopkins that the professor was innocent. If only she knew that he had organized those murders. He was far from innocent and he was probably insane. "What's going on?" She asked when she stood next to Bonnie. Bonnie turned to Caroline.
"Caroline, you know that Shane wasn't behind the murders of the council right?" Caroline raised an eyebrow and gave her a look.
"Actually he was, he admitted it last night." She said. Bonnie stared at her and the sheriff nodded.
"Well for now we will put him in custody." Bonnie groaned.
"Caroline you know Shane never did those things." Caroline shook her head.
"Shane admitted to it yesterday. And he also admitted to other things." She said. Bonnie just shook her head and walked off. Caroline sighed and her phone rang.
"Stefan?"
"Caroline, you called me?" She nodded.
"Yes, are you at a bar right now?" She asked.
"Maybe, maybe not." He slurred. She rolled her eyes.
"I will take that as a yes. Look Klaus and I are going to investigate Shane-
"Oh so you and Klaus? You two are now working together." She sighed.
"Yes, and how about you call me when you're a little more sober and back with the world." She said hanging up the phone.
Caroline was walking down the sidewalk when Klaus suddenly appeared. She smiled to him and he returned her smile.
"Ready?" He asked. She nodded. Before they moved to where his car had been parked. Caroline and Klaus traveled to the college where they had heard Shane worked. As Klaus parked the car, Caroline looked around at the college. Many students mingled together. Students talked with one another or were reading or on their cells. Caroline got out of the door as did Klaus and they proceeded. Caroline looked around before she decided to pull a woman to the side.
"Hi, excuse me where is Professor Shane's office?" She asked. The woman adjusted her glasses and focused on Caroline and Klaus.
"Shane's office on the third floor down the hall fourth door on the left. But he isn't there right now. He should be back perhaps tomorrow." Caroline nodded and her eyes dilated.
"Thanks, you will forget you ever saw us." She said and the woman nodded before walking off again. Klaus glanced to her and smirked. "What?"
"I have never seen you compel really." She rolled her eyes.
"I don't do it all the time. Only when necessary and we don't want anyone to know that we're here." She said before walking to the entrance with Klaus behind her. As they got to the third floor Caroline walked down the hallway looking for the fourth door on the left. She found it easily when it also said his name on it. Caroline turned the knob and cursed when it was locked. She was about to open it the old fashioned way with her strength when Klaus grabbed the door knob and broke the lock before pushing the door open. Klaus and Caroline made their way into the room and closed the door. Caroline looked around at all the books that were stacked on tables along with the artifacts that lie on the tables untouched. She raised an eyebrow as she picked up a African blade from about six centuries ago. It was made with part of an animal what looked like some bird because of the feather. "Well this not really a room more of a museum." She said. Klaus nodded as he grabbed a book and flipped through pages skimming through the book. Caroline walked around to his desk and opened the draws finding nothing but files and books. Caroline sighed and looking through all of the draws. While Klaus looked through the file draws close to the window. She opened the draw to find some herbs.
"Well no tombstone, but found that the professor likes to get high." Klaus turned to her to see her holding the bottle of herbs. Caroline put it on the table and sat down in the chair. Klaus chuckled and walked over to the table picking up the knife. "A knife used in sacrificial rituals." Klaus smirked. "What I enjoy other cultures," She said. Klaus nodded.
"It's a shame that I never knew you were alive earlier. I would have wanted to take you all over the world." He said. She smiled at him.
"Just because I have lived through the centuries, and have traveled around the world. Doesn't mean I wouldn't enjoy it again, this time with someone else." Klaus smiled to her as she stood up and walked to him.
"And who might this someone be?" Their faces got closer. Suddenly the door knob turned and they snapped their gaze to the door before flashing away. A man walked in and looked around the room before moving over to the antiques and moving them around looking for something. He moved the books aside and tapped on the shelf wall before he opened the shelf wall like a door or something. Where it revealed a giant rock. The man turned around to find Caroline standing there.
"Good you found it. Thanks." Suddenly he was grabbed by Klaus who shoved him against the wall.
"The question is why?" Klaus demanded. Klaus had the man tied up in a chair and Caroline used the sacrificial knife to slice his palm. She pulled the blade away and used her finger to take a drop of his blood and taste it.
"He's filled with vervain." She said.
"Tell us the truth and the pain will stop." Klaus said. Caroline sighed.
"We could just take him home and wait for the vervain to be out of his system and than just compel him." Caroline said. Suddenly the man coughed up blood and Klaus grabbed him to get him to stop. He glared at them before he grabbed the knife from Caroline to her surprise and stab his neck and collapsed against the chair. Caroline stared at him confused. Caroline bit her lip and looked away from the tongue on the ground. "He bit out his own tongue. Well whose brother is it? Yours? Or Stefan's."
"Maybe its option number three. Maybe someone else is also racing for the cure." Klaus said. Suddenly Caroline's phone rang. She looked at the name across the screen and sighed.
"Hello Elena, I still would like to know how you got my number." She sighed.
"Caroline, its Damon he has been compelled by Kol to kill Jeremy I tried calling Stefan but he wouldn't answer." Caroline rolled her eyes.
"Gee I wonder why," Caroline said.
"Look Caroline I know you don't give a damn about me but if you care about Jeremy or Damon would you please help." She said. Caroline sighed.
"You should know that I hate Damon. But I happen to like Jeremy a little so I will see what I can do." She said. Caroline hung up the phone and turned to Klaus.
"Looks like your brother, happens to be causing trouble." She said. Klaus groaned. "I am going to help Jeremy because I wouldn't mind also kicking Damon's ass." Klaus nodded.
"I think I am going to track down Kol. And see if he would like to be put in a box again if he keeps this up." Caroline nodded. She wondered what was going through Kol's mind when he had compelled Damon to go after Jeremy and kill him. She may have hated Elena but her brother was someone she happened to like as a friend.
Note: So there is another chapter. So I am thinking of doing Kennett. Cause I do like Kol. So tell me what you think? Reviews thanks.
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