Chapter Twenty: Goodbye, My Love

Caroline stood frozen as she watched Katherine's dead body continue rolling on the floor. The hands on Elijah were bloody and even his pristine suit was covered in blood. Caroline stared at Elijah and saw that the older Mikaelson had a glassy look in his eyes as if he were trying to hold back the tears at the fact that he had just killed his former love.

"Elijah," Caroline finally said as she forced herself to step forward. "You killed, you killed Katherine."

"I did," Elijah smiled as he used a handkerchief to clean up some of the leftover blood on his hands. Katherine's glassy eyes seemed to be staring back at them. "It was a necessary evil. Now why do you look so sad, Caroline? This is the woman who manipulated you, who killed you, she is the reason why my sister is now daggered, yet you're looking at me as if I just killed a puppy."

Caroline stared at him, unsure of what to say. "Katherine was evil. A psychopath, someone who would put herself over anyone." She stopped. "But is it weird that I'm just a little sad for her death? I know that she killed me, but those brief moments back at the academy, well it truly felt like were friends. And she did give me the life I always wanted, vampirism."

"Katherine does not deserve your sympathy." Elijah said curtly as he stepped away. "And anyway she is dead now. So it does not matter. Let us go inside. It's cold outside. I'll compel someone to disposed of the body."

Caroline stared at Katherine's body at her long, brown hair and her deep red lips. "Katherine, she said that she loved you. Did you believe her?"

Elijah flinched a little and she regretted bringing it up. "She's dead now, it doesn't matter and no I don't think she loved me, because if she did love me she wouldn't have hurt me this way."

Elijah and Caroline went back towards the room where they had left Klaus fuming, he turned towards them both. His eyes had a look of insanity on his face. "You are here. Good." He stared at Caroline. "And why do you look like that? Elijah why does she look like that?"

"Katherine," Elijah said simply. "I killed her, Caroline just got a little emotional. Katerina won't bother us anymore, Klaus."

Klaus looked surprised at the revelation. "Well, at least you did something right, now with Rebekah and Katherine out of the way, we need to think about what are we going to do. How are we going to act and more importantly how are we going to destroy Mikael once and for all?"

Elijah stared at him. "There is only one way that we can kill him. The white oak stake. We are not sure that Mikael has it, and even if he does, we must strike first. If we get the stake, we kill him then we don't have to worry about him for the rest of our lives."

Caroline frowned. "How are we going to get the stake, how are we going to even find it?"

Elijah and Klaus exchanged glances. "We'll get a witch, that is our safest bet and the only way possible that we will be able to stop Mikael once and for all. A witch will help us determine our outcome."

Caroline hesitated. "And where are we going to find said witch?" she narrowed her eyes towards Klaus. "You're not exactly well liked if you have forgotten. I doubt that any witch is going to help you."

Klaus threw her a coy smile. "You would be surprised by how many witches I actually have by my side, love. I have some couple of witches that owe me a favor. But I do not want to go to New Orleans to reach her. It would be safer if she comes to New York."

Elijah nodded. "I'll send for her." He departed into the hallway and Caroline followed him. "Elijah," she said. "Are you alright, about Katherine, about everything?"

Elijah smiled warmly as he kissed her forehead. "Thank you for worrying about me Caroline, but I'm fine."

"Here it is like I promised," Mikael told the dark hair woman wearing a wrap around her head. The witch raised an eyebrow as Mikael dropped a small bag stuffed with gold coins in front of her. "120 gold coins as I promise now help me find my children."

The witch, Cora nodded as she offered her palm and Mikael handed it to her swiftly. She drew a knife and cut into his palm exposing the red blood. "They must not even be here in the states anymore. Cowards. They are surely in Europe or in route on a trip to Asia."

"Hush," Cora scolded. "Let me find them."

"Well, well this is interesting," Cora nodded. "They haven't left the United States; in fact, they are only a few states away."

Mikael narrowed his eyes towards her. "What? Where?"

Cora looked up towards him. "Virginia. In a small town called Mystic Falls."

Mystic Falls was the last place that Klaus wanted to be in, Klaus thought grimly as Elijah stopped the car in front of the pathetic little town. It didn't used to be known as Mystic Falls, Klaus reminded himself. Once upon a time it had been their village, their home. The place where he had grown up in.

But ever since 1902 to the rest of the population it had been the quiet and otherwise boring Mystic Falls. The perfect little town where nothing ever happened, why on earth were they being send here, he didn't know.

"I don't see why we couldn't compel some idiot to get the white oak stake in the first place." Klaus snapped as they got out of the car.

Klaus had gotten in touch with some of his special witch friends back in New Orleans who told him there was only one chance of the white oak stake reappearing and that was in the tiny place of Mystic Falls.

Apparently there was a small tree or shrub growing there or something, it was their only chance to get the white oak stake and stop Mikael once and for all. "Really, would you trust a compel minion do this for you? And who knows it might be fun."

"Fun?" Klaus said dryly. "We're not hunting for berries Caroline and this is not an adventure. Elijah can you get our stuff to the nearest decent inn and make sure that Rebekah's coffin is taken care off. Caroline and I will search for the white oak stake and make sure that the witches weren't lying to us."

Elijah raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure that you don't need help, brother?"

"I'm sure. Now go." Caroline and Klaus walked in silence the short trip up the small mountain's range. Caroline saw the way that his back stiffen while he walked and Caroline saw that he was still angry. "You're not a monster." She told him. "Whatever you may think or whatever Mikael might have said, I know the truth Klaus, you are not a monster, so don't let them make you that."

Klaus scoffed. "And how can you be so sure, Caroline?"

Caroline patted his cheek. "Because I know you and although you've done some terrible things you're not a monster. You can be kind, so very kind. Please prove everyone who thinks differently wrong."

-End of Chapter Twenty-

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