First off a GIANT bear hug and huge thanks to everyone that read the last chapter and reviewed. you all know how much it means to me! So thank you.
I wanted to clear up something, a few of the reviews said that they were disappointed I was putting Kol out there as loving Caroline. Not sure where that came from. He looks at her with respect , he loves her as family. Yes he thinks Klaus is lucky to have an amazing woman that is so forgiving at times but in no way is he IN love with her. That will never happen in this story. Kol is a total player in this fic, girls, girls, girls, bring em' on. He is not one to settle down.
So I just wanted to clear up that for you all. Anyway I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Please leave me a review as they are the reason I am updating less than 24 hours after last chapter. The things I do to show my love for you all lol.
Thanks again.
Klaus sat eerily silent in the dark room, the dead girls surrounding him. He should have gone after Caroline yet his body remained in place, as hard as his mind tried, he could not move. He loved her more than anything yet his hunger for the taste of warm blood streaming down his throat, the screams of his victims fighting in his grasp, had been too powerful in the end. The decades refraining from his true nature had gotten the best of him. He sat there frozen, what would she do? Would she leave me, he thought. As soon as the thought crossed his mind he felt his anger take over. How dare she, I gave her everything she could want, need and desire. If she truly loves me she would want my happiness above all else. I am a vampire, this is what I do, he thought as his pride controlled his emotions.
He stood sluggishly as the anger was grower deeper inside of him. He finally walked out of the dreary bedroom. In the living room he found Stefan standing with a drink in hand, he obviously knew Caroline had been there as he was staring out the open front door.
"I take it your lovely wife did not want to stay for a drink?" Stefan snickered.
Klaus let out a growl and had Stefan by the throat in under a second. "Do not dare to speak of her!"
"Sorry, I am just saying, if she loves you she should have stayed. Enjoyed the feeding as well." Stefan choked out anxiously.
Klaus dropped him to the floor and walked to the kitchen, pouring himself a drink.
"Katherine left me because she could not understand my needs. She was a fool to believe I was able to control it. You can only control this desire for so long. Let Caroline go, find yourself the kind of girl who can enjoy this life with you. Or hell why do we need a girl at all, there are so many beautiful women waiting, willing to do as we ask." Stefan chuckled as he rubbed his neck.
Klaus shot him a look as he slammed down his glass shattering it and flashed from the apartment. He did not need another women, he just needed Caroline to see that this could be good for her. She could enjoy this with him if she would only let herself open up to the idea.
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Klaus raced home and flung open the front door, flashing straight to their bedroom. He could not find her anywhere in the room, he searched every single inch of the house in the house before stopping in front of Kol's door.
He could hear moaning from inside and instantly ripped the door from its hinges. He flashed to the bed and pulled Kol by his throat off of the girl. He looked down and quickly realized it was not Caroline. In fact there were two young women spread out naked on the bed. What the hell was wrong with him? Why would he think she would run to Kol and sleep with him of all people? Caroline was not like him, she was respectable, moral. He was not acting like himself and he knew it.
"What the hell!" Kol yelled. "Let me go you ass, can you not see I am entertaining a few lovely guests."
"Have you seen Caroline?" Klaus snarled not releasing his hold on Kol.
"No, not since the party. Why, what the hell did you do now?" Kol asked, concern filling his eyes.
Klaus threw him back onto the bed and flashed out of the room. Where the hell did she go? Klaus went out to search for her, starting back outside Stefan's apartment building.
As he used his heightened senses he caught the faint scent, "Katarina!" He roared.
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Caroline awoke chained to a chair in the center of some dark dank basement. She looked up and saw Katherine standing in front of her.
Caroline let out a small laugh and rolled her eyes. "Seriously, I let you live and this is how you repay me. You really are fucked up!"
Katherine stood quietly, trying to find the right words. She had left Stefan a few years earlier but could never bring herself to stay away. After a month alone she had tracked him down and watched him. Never getting to close where he would discover her.
"I saw what happened tonight. Klaus has been out with Stefan every night this week. I have never seen such a blood bath in all my life." Katherine told her. Caroline winced at the thought of what Klaus was truly capable of, especially given he had held back the past few centuries.
Caroline looked up and thought she actually saw a flash of hurt in Katherine's eyes.
"Well, I am sure you enjoyed it then." Caroline snapped. She did not want to deal with this bitch right now and could not believe she had put herself in this situation. "If you want revenge on Klaus just kill me already because I can guarantee if you don't I will ensure your death is anything but swift. I will rip you to pieces myself!"
Katherine looked down at Caroline and sighed "I am not here for revenge, Caroline. I am here to ask for your help."
Caroline could not help but burst into a roar of laughter. "You… want my… help" She said through the hysterical laughing.
Katherine let out a loud growl and slapped Caroline across the face instantly silencing her. Caroline looked up her eyes black with rage.
"Bitch, you have no idea who you are messing with!" Caroline screamed, her body shaking in a fury as she tried to squirm free of the chains.
"Listen to me! I know what has happened to Klaus. But honestly, you had to of known it would happen eventually." Katherine smiled wickedly as she saw Caroline look painfully away.
"It does not have to be this way! I want Stefan back, I love him and that can never happen if he has a new partner in crime!" Katherine sneered.
"Well that's too bad because I have no interest in going back to Klaus. He made his bed and he can lie in it alone! Why did you even leave Stefan if you love him so much?"
"A few decades ago he started killing more than just for feeding. At first it was fine as I am far from a saint. But I really do care for him and I hoped we could just live on as a young couple in love as we had the first few decades together. But then he changed, became this ripper as he is now so unpleasantly called. I want back the Stefan that I fell in love with." Katherine said in a tone that shocked Caroline.
Caroline never dreamed she would see this side of Katherine. She was always so strong, selfish and vindictive.
Katherine's voice went solemn as she continued "I saw what happened and I know you want your Nik back as well. Maybe if we work together we can both get what we want."
"Is this some kind of sick joke? I would never help you and as I said before I do not want Klaus back and if you were smart you would stay the hell away from Stefan!" Caroline retorted.
"So you are just going to give up on the man you love?" Katherine asked stunned. She had seen them together, saw how in love they were, how could this girl just walk away.
"Exactly! I am pleased to see you are finally catching up!"
Katherine paced the room thinking about her next move. She had not expected this turn of events, she was certain Caroline would help her separate the men and they could both go on with their lives.
"Honestly, I am shocked you want Stefan back. You did not mind leaving him the other times." Caroline smirked.
"I left once, what do you mean other times?" Katherine asked her brows furrowed in confusion.
"Never mind. Can you just take these damn chains off and let me get on my way already? I will let you live if you let me go now. I won't even tell my family about this little incident." Caroline bargained while she yanked at the chains.
Caroline watched as Katherine walked across the room and slid to the floor. She seemed upset, sad even.
"What the hell is wrong with you? You are Katherine! You are all tough and bitchy. I cannot believe you could truly care for anyone other than yourself." Caroline was surprised this was happening. How badly had she changed the future?
"I have never cared for anyone before. I ran from Klaus and the others for two hundred years. Stefan and Damon were nothing but toys to me but then something changed. I fell in love with Stefan and when we left together I discovered a side of myself that I had buried away after I was turned. I hate myself for ever allowing him to bring that part out of me again. However, here I am sitting on this filthy dirt floor looking a fright. What have I become?" Katherine scoffed as she felt the tears well up in her eyes. She never cried especially not in front of her enemies.
Caroline watched in absolute horror. She had messed with history to much, she had changed Katherine by allowing her go away and live with Stefan, he has brought out a piece of her no one even knew existed. Who would have thought she even had a heart or feelings. Caroline felt responsible for what was happening. How could she foolishly think it would be ok to change history and not have consequences? What would happen to Stefan, would he even find Lexie?
Caroline continued to watch as Katherine pulled herself off the floor and without even a glance in Caroline's direction, flashed out of the room.
"Uh, hello. You cannot just leave me down here!" Caroline screamed "Damn it!"
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It did not take long for Klaus to follow Katherine's scent; it was mixed with Caroline's. Any rage he felt earlier was now ten times worse.
He followed the scent to an old factory and with ease found the basement door left open. He walked in and instantly found Caroline chained to an old steel chair.
"Where is Katarina?" he asked looking around furiously.
"Seriously, that is what you ask!" She snapped.
"Well, if you had not run off, you would not be stuck in such a predicament." He told her raising his brows.
Caroline let out an annoyed scoff and screamed "Get the hell out of here! I do not want help from some homicidal dickhead!"
"Dickhead? That is a new one." He laughed as he broke the chains free from her body.
"Let's go home." He said turning to leave the room. This was not the place to discuss what had happened.
"No, I am not going anywhere with you. I did not ask for your help. I could have gotten myself out of this predicament as you call it!" she replied harshly. Her arms crossed over her chest, her bottom still resting firmly in the chair. She had no intent on moving from it.
Klaus took a deep breath and pinched the bridge of his nose. Why did she have to be so damn stubborn. "Get your sweet ass up, Caroline! Do not force me to remove you myself."
"So this is Klaus, huh? Centuries as your wife and I finally get to see this side of you! I wanted to help you. I forgave you for this week and then you leave again!" Caroline's voice raising as she continued. "To find you with those whore's! What did you do, seduce them! I saw the girls, dead on the floor with their breasts exposed. Looked to me like you had quite the little party!"
Klaus sighed as he did not want to talk about this here. "I never touched them in such a way! Yes, my hands may have gotten out of control as I gave in to the blood but that is your fault! Had I never refrained from giving in all those years this never would have happened!" He hissed.
"My fault! I loved you and I told you countless time that I did not expect for you to give it up completely. You never had to let it get so out of control. What happened? I was not worth it anymore?" She yelled.
"You know I love you, but I needed more!" It slipped from his lips before he could stop himself.
Caroline's mouth fell open and her lips let out a deep cry. "I was not enough." She whispered. It was the final blow. The push she needed to realize what was truly happening. He was lost in his lust, his hunger for the blood, for the victims and was too blinded to see what he was doing.
"Leave! I will not go home with you. I never want to see you again." She yelled as the tears poured down her face. It was her worst fear, their love was not enough.
"You will go home, this instant." He demanded. "I am going to find Katarina and do what should have done long ago."
"If you kill her, I will be lost to you forever. You will never stand a chance at ever winning my heart again." She said calmly, her body and mind exhausted and hurt as she wiped her tears away. She should not care if Katherine lives or dies. Stefan would not mind from the looks of things but seeing this side of Katherine had changed things. She was no different than Caroline in this time. Both in love with men that wanted more than they could give. She would not let him take Katherine's life.
"Caroline, do not make me do something I will regret!" He shouted.
"What will you do, Klaus? Kill me?" She tested, standing from the chair and walking bolding to him. "I dare you, you have taken my heart and ripped it apart already. Ending my life would release me from this pain you have caused."
Klaus said nothing, he could find no words. He stood perfectly still, his eyes black as coal, watching her. He could never kill her, they both knew that. Caroline pulled her hand up and ripped her wedding ring free, throwing it onto the ground next to his feet.
She was his wife, he would never let anything change that. This was not how it was supposed to be.
He wanted to erase all that had been done. Even if he could go back and change things it would not matter, this was his true nature. Sooner or later it was bound to happen. Until he found a balance he would be nothing but pain for her.
He watched as she walked disheartened from the room. She was leaving and he would not stop her.
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Caroline walked away from the building and towards the nearest club. She walked in thankful to find one open at such a late hour and went straight to the bar ordering the strongest drink they had.
"I see he came for you." She heard the voice behind her. She did not need to look up she already knew it was Katherine.
"Did you ever doubt he would?" Caroline replied slamming back her drink.
"I am sorry for kidnapping you. I was desperate." Katherine said quietly looking down at her own drink.
"Ok, you got to stop. This whole nice Katherine thing is just messing with my head." Caroline sneered.
"I was not always so cruel, you know. I was once a simple girl, I wanted nothing more than to fall in love and have children."
"I thought you had a-" Caroline began but quickly shut her mouth she was not supposed to know about Katherine giving up a daughter.
Katherine seemed too lost in her own thoughts to notice. "I want to start over. Find my own happiness. There has to be more to life than this. Stefan has captured my heart and I want it back. I am not going to be that girl anymore. That part of me that loves him is only killing me. Stefan has become my greatest weakness and I will not be weak." Katherine declared.
"Good for you! Go out live your life. Enjoy your freedom." Caroline exclaimed raising her glass before downing it.
"Yes, I think that is exactly what I need." Katherine replied and ordered herself another drink.
"What about you? What will you do now?" Katherine asked curiously.
"I am going to do the same. I gave up everything for Klaus. It is time I see what it is like to be on my own. Live my life for myself. I have never really been on my own for too long. When everything first happened, I was alone and I hated it. But it was only a few months, maybe this time will be different."
"No, being alone never gets easier." Katherine told her looking down at her glass, remembering her years spent running with no one by here side. They both sat quietly drinking, lost in their own troubled thoughts.
"I should get going. I have no idea where I am off to but wherever it is, it will be better than this damn place." Caroline stated as she stood from her stool.
"What if we go together? I mean two young girls out traveling the world could be fun." Katherine inquired catching Caroline off guard.
Caroline laughed at how insane it sounded. Travel the world with Katherine of all people? She had to admit she did not really want to be alone. Rebekah and Damon were too in love and staying with them would depress her to the point of becoming her own ripper. She could go with Kol, she knew they would have fun but it was not the same as traveling with another girl.
"I do not trust you." Caroline stated firmly.
"Good because I do not trust you either." Katherine smiled.
"You know what, why not!" Caroline replied with a big grin. It was time she took on the world and discovered who she was on her own.
Both the girls laughed as they realized how absurd it sounded, they were enemies only a few short hours earlier. Caroline had to admit even though she hated future Katherine and was furious with the way she treated Stefan and Damon while they were human she did not really know this Katherine sitting in front of her. Going away with someone you hate could be easier than with someone you love.
"I have one thing I need to take care of. Meet me in a few hours at the train station." Caroline said as she began walking to the door to leave.
"If this is a trap-" Katherine began.
"Time to start working on our trust then." Caroline replied over her shoulder as she flashed from the room.
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Sorry this chapter is shorter than usual but it was the best place to end it.
So Caroline and Katherine, what do you all think they will get themselves into? I am looking forward to writing Caroline as a don't give a crap, my heart got broken but not gonna let it bring me down, type of girl!
Poor Klaus, he has some serious things to work out when he realizes she really did leave. What will he think when he finds out it was with Katherine?
So please leave me a review and let me know what you all think.
I got a couple reviews saying they are done reading this story since Klaus turned bad and it was unforgivable but just to clarify he did NOT sleep with any of his victims. He was just not thinking and got caught up in an addiction not that I am saying it is ok. Man has to pay and will still have some serious groveling to do. Hint, hint- decades worth. Their time apart will not be short. He messed up big time. So if you choose you want to stop reading I am sorry but I stay true to my story and let's not forget Klaus is not a cuddly teddy bear, he is an original vampire, soon to be hybrid.
Ok so please review and let me know what you all think. I love reading what you all have to say.
I hope to update no later than Monday but let's face it when I get excited about a chapter and read your lovely comments I am pretty quick to get the next one written. I wrote this all this morning. So without setting a number to get up to in reviews I will leave it to all of you to decide how many reviews this chapter deserves.
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