authors note: I own nothing. This chapter picks up right where we left off, it also contains mature content at the end. Enjoy!
Chapter 36: Fifty Shades of Shame
Within the next hour Spike was at our loft. Carly had called him and told him everything about our little encounter with Natasha. I was still tending to Elijah when he arrived but all four of us managed to gather around my kitchen table and discuss what we should do now.
"So Natasha is back, I figured she would be at some point but she said she wants the cure for Klaus?" Spike asked.
"Yeah, she was actually offering that we work together to find it since we all want it for him" I said.
"Did she honestly think you all would agree to that?" Spike asked again.
"I have no idea but if she thinks she's going to just pop in on us like this, I'm not having it, I won't hesitate in killing her" Carly answered still angry over the fact that Natasha got away.
"Okay well what we can do is, I can bind your house to prevent her from coming in like I did before for the remaining originals and Klaus, the next move would to be to start researching and thinking about where this cure could be hidden. We know that the map is the mark on Carly's skin and that it will grow over time but will mature faster if she makes more kills, so our options are to wait for the map to grow on its own thus giving Natasha a head start or help Carly achieve some kills to have this happen faster..." Spike said.
"I'm all for getting kills, I could have started tonight by killing Natasha but too late now" Carly said.
"Okay so we'll start first thing tomorrow then" I said as I then grabbed my bag and helped Elijah to his feet. "Spike would you mind giving me a ride to Elijah's place, I need to pick up a few things for him" I asked.
"Yeah sure" Spike said as he then got up and grabbed his keys.
"You want to come too?" I asked Carly.
"No, I'll stay here just in case we get any unwanted visitors, I'll be fine" Carly insisted.
"Okay we won't be gone for too long" I said as the three of us then made our way to the staircase and to Spike's truck.
The drive to Elijah's home was short and when we pulled up in front of his home, it looked even more beautiful under the light of the moon. I led us inside as I then went up the stairs and into Elijah's bedroom and collected some things for him as he and Spike waited downstairs, Elijah was still weak.
"Are you feeling alright?" Spike asked as he looked and admired the interior of his home.
"I'm still adjusting, I haven't felt lingering pain like this since I was a child" Elijah said as he held himself up by leaning on one of his chairs. "But I don't regret my decision to become human again at all, I knew it wouldn't be easy considering the way I was living for the last thousand years but overall it is worth it" Elijah said.
"This may be a strange question but do you miss it at all? Being an original vampire?" Spike asked.
"I wouldn't say miss, I would say that the way I was living was a routine that I had gotten used to even though I hated it. It is strange not to be doing those things anymore but I'm glad I am no longer suffering, it didn't seem like I was but trust me, internally it was a struggle every single day, I hated what I was with a passion" Elijah answered.
I then came back downstairs with some of Elijah's clothes in hand. "Is there anything else you need?" I asked him.
"I'll look around and see" Elijah said as he then walked into another room. I sighed as I sat down.
"I'm so worried about him, he could have been killed tonight, Natasha could have done it in a matter of seconds and we couldn't have done anything to stop it. I spent all this time thinking about Elijah becoming human again I truly forgot how vulnerable he would become, he can't defend himself the way he used to and it makes me sick" I said to Spike.
"He will be fine, I told you Carly and I will make sure he will be alright, we will protect him and once Klaus has the cure and Natasha is dead there will be no more threats to him" Spike said trying to reassure me.
"That's the problem, we can't always be with him. He protected me for so long while he was with me and even from a far before we met, and I feel so guilty that I can't do the same for him. I feel so helpless and I can't have anything happen to him, after everything we've been through, so much has gotten in the way but this is different, I will not lose him, not again, not ever..." I said.
Spike placed his hand on my shoulder, I grabbed his fingers and tried to find comfort in my best friend, but I still couldn't help myself, the feelings of fear I have for Elijah's life were only growing with every passing moment.
My conversation with Spike came to an end once I saw Elijah make his way back to us. With everything he needed in hand, the three of us went to leave but as I opened his front door, someone was in my view, someone I hadn't seen in a few months, it was Rebekah.
"The gang is together again I see" Rebekah said as she pushed passed us and walked into Elijah's home. "But you are one short" she said again realizing Carly wasn't here with us.
"Sister, what are you doing here?" Elijah asked surprised to see her, Spike and I were surprised as well even though we knew that Natasha had undaggered her as well as Kol and Klaus.
"I came to check on you of course, I know what's happened to you and I just wanted to see for myself" Rebekah said as she got closer to us. "How is this even possible? For you to be human again?" she asked.
"I did it, I countered your mothers spell with another" Spike answered as he spoke to Rebekah for the very first time.
"I should have known, your the warlock that I've heard so much about, it's as if you always have a spell up your sleeve to save your two favorite girls" Rebekah said with a smile as she then backed away.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"I don't want anything from either of you but I just want to let you all know that, your not alone in your search for the cure. I want it..." Rebekah said.
"For what? For Klaus too?" Spike asked.
"No, don't be ridiculous, I want it for myself" she said.
"Yourself why?" Elijah asked.
"You already know why brother, your not the only one who wanted to be human again and I don't think it's fair that you have the chance to be and everyone else wants to waste the cure on Nik" Rebekah said.
"The cure wouldn't be wasted, it needs to be given to Klaus, if it isn't he will continue to make our lives a living hell for as long as we live" Spike said.
"Well that's not really my problem is it" Rebekah said as she was then making her way to leave.
"What's to stop Klaus from killing you if your human again, then the cure would have been truly wasted" I said as I called out behind her.
"I wouldn't worry too much about Klaus killing me, if I were you I would worry about yourself he isn't too happy about the way things were left so I suggest you deal with that, if you can anyway" Rebekah said to me as she slammed Elijah's front door closed leaving the three of us alone again.
"Great now we another original to deal with" Spike said.
"Kol is undaggered too, he might show up at any time just like Rebekah did" I said.
"But they don't know where you live, so we can consider that a plus" Spike said.
"I'm not that worried about Rebekah or Kol, I'm more worried about Klaus, after what we all did to him, I don't think it's going to be easy to get the cure without him knowing, he probably already knows as it is. Klaus always has a plan and he always has people helping him, he never works alone..." I said.
"Rebekah may talk a great deal but she isn't as ruthless as she seems, she wants the cure for herself so she can live a normal life and have what she feels she was robbed of. Niklaus will never have that happen, the idea of any one of us being happy is enough to make him want to prevent it in anyway and he will never give up his immortality, he likes to be feared and to keep his reputation of being the evil, hated hybrid strong, if Niklaus gets to the cure first, he will destroy it" Elijah said.
"We're going to have to move fast then, and it isn't going to be easy with four others who wants to stop us from getting it" I said.
"Are you sure you still want to do this?" Elijah asked.
"Yes, I do. I know it's going to be dangerous but we need Klaus to be cured, Natasha to be gone and ultimately for Rebekah and Kol to be daggered again to make sure nothing stands in the way of our lives anymore, especially now" I said as I took Elijah's face in my hands. There was no doubt in my mind that this was going to be the most dangerous task we all would attempt, despite all of the other things that have happened to us over these last months, this was literally becoming a matter of life and death for all of us, if Klaus destroys the cure, we are all dead, there is nothing stopping him, we all wronged him in one way or another and he will not be forgiving to anyone of us, not this time...
Back at our loft, Carly was brushing her hair and staring into her mirror. With what had happened tonight, she had a lot on her mind if she didn't already. She went to her dresser and examined each of her weapons that she knew she would be using more of. She picked up one of the blades that had been our Dad's, she ran her fingertips over the cold metal of the blade and let her mind wonder to the last time we saw Dad.
"Feeling nostalgic?" A voice said suddenly from behind her. Carly then dropped the blade to the floor and turned around quickly, her heart was in her throat as her pulse was racing.
"Klaus..." Carly said as she held onto her dresser. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"You seem to ask that question a lot when you already know the answers but I would think you would be happy to see me, at least so I thought" Klaus said as he walked closer to her.
"I did what you wanted, why can't you just leave me be!" Carly said as she started to feel nervous in his presence for the first time.
"Yes you did and you did a good job at it, no one suspects that I was the one who convinced you to break up with that little warlock boyfriend of yours" Klaus said.
"More like compelled me to..." Carly said.
"Yes, well it is amazing what I can do even when my body is demobilized, my mind still was fully functional over those five months, I knew I couldn't get to Natalie since she is with my brother every second of every day, not to mention her necklace is dipped in vervain but you were an easy target. Here I am again, back on my feet, seeking revenge on each and everyone of you after that little stunt you all pulled at my mansion. I was planning on visiting your sister first but I figured I'd start with you for obvious reasons..." Klaus said.
"Like what?" Carly asked.
"Oh come now love, don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. I know about the dreams, I saw them, I planted the idea of me in your mind when I compelled you to break up with Spike but it was your own mind that dreamt of me again and again in ways I would have never imagined" Klaus said as he went to reach for Carly's face.
"For all I know you compelled me to think of you in that way just to torture me further" Carly said as she slapped his hand away from her.
"You like being in denial, I could have done that to you but I didn't, it was all you love, you wanted me and I can tell you still do, I can feel it in the air. Your hunter instincts are telling you to kill me but another part of you is dying for something else and I must admit I've had more than enough time to think about you while I was locked away. There is something between us, there has been every since our first meeting, it was the initial hatred between a hunter and a vampire but it's something else now, isn't it?" Klaus said as he continued to move closer and closer to Carly.
"Get away from me..." Carly whispered as she felt Klaus' breath on her.
"Make me..." he said, Klaus lingered for a moment but then he abruptly crashed his lips onto hers and kissed her violently, he brought his hands to the back of her neck but a few seconds after Klaus stopped, he pulled away slowly and Carly was shocked beyond belief over what had just happened, but what was worse for her was the way it felt.
Carly opened her eyes and looked into Klaus' deep blue eyes for a moment, she then did something she never thought she would do, she pulled Klaus back in and kissed with equal force as he had kissed her. This took Klaus by surprise, he figured she would push him away and fight back like she always does with him but she didn't. Klaus welcomed her kiss and they were soon in a power struggle with one another for dominance. Klaus slammed Carly's back into her dresser but Carly barely noticed the pain from it, Klaus also had to fight the intense urge he felt to plunge his fangs deep into her neck and taste her blood but he knew that he couldn't due to the fact that she was a member of the five and the last time he had tried, it didn't end well for him.
Carly and Klaus continued to kiss but soon they found themselves laying across Carly's bed. No other words were spoken between the two of them, their unexpected and aggressive passion was becoming more and more heated with each moment. Klaus tore Carly's shirt off her and pulled down her jeans in a flash to the point where they had almost ripped as well. Carly couldn't move fast enough to match Klaus' speed but she soon found herself opening the buttons on his shirt and she then felt his warm skin underneath her hands and the sensation of it was enough to drive her mad.
Klaus threw off his shirt as well as his belt and his pants soon fell to the ground around his ankles. Klaus and Carly never broke their kiss, it was if it was impossible for them to do so, before long Klaus was back on top of Carly and he claimed her with such force that Carly cried out in a mixture of pain and pleasure.
It was clear that Klaus was in complete control and Carly didn't even try to challenge him on that fact, she couldn't even if she wanted to, she felt as if her body wouldn't allow it. At some instances Carly felt out of breath and she struggled to keep herself conscious, her cries exhausted her as well as her intense eruption of pleasure she felt wash over her. Her body then felt completely drained and numb and seconds after she found her pleasure, Klaus did as well, he cried out as he struggled to hold his weight up.
Once they were finished, there was barely any time to think about what happened, Klaus redressed himself quickly as Carly sat upright in her bed with her sheets covering her body, Klaus went to leave her room as well as our loft, he hesitated for a brief moment and looked as if he wanted to say something to her but he didn't, Klaus then left as suddenly as he had came. Carly held her chest as it felt difficult to breath, her body shook as she then broke down in tears. She tried to quiet herself by covering her mouth but it didn't help, her sobs grew louder after she realized what she had just done, she had given herself to the very man who tried to kill her twice and who tried to killed everyone else she loved. She was a hunter, she was supposed to kill him, hate him, want him to stay gone but a part of her didn't and that's what scared her, knowing that a part of her wanted Klaus and that part had just taken over and did something she would never be able to take back. Carly continued to cry to herself as she laid her head back down onto her pillow, she had no idea how to explain this or if she should at all.
authors note: reviews will be much appreciated. This chapter focused on the immediate events following Natasha's reappearance. The group decided to help Carly achieve more kills in order for the map to the cure to grow. Spike, Natalie and Elijah encountered Rebekah and she stated she also is searching for the cure for herself. Klaus reappeared and revealed that he is the one who compelled Carly to break up with Spike and it is also revealed that Carly had been having sexual dreams about Klaus which caused her to be acting strangely. Carly and Klaus slept together much to the surprise of them both but neither of them fought against it. The next chapter will focus on the aftermath of Carly's actions as well as the group trying to move quickly to get the cure. Should Carly tell anyone about what happened? What do you think this means for the relationship between Carly and Klaus? Will it become more or become nothing? Share your comments/opinions in a review! Stay tuned for more!
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