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"Care," Caroline heard Bonnie call as she walked into her and Katherine's dorm uninvited. "I need your help."

"Go away!" Caroline yelled back before adding, "I'm busy!"

At the moment, that was a lie but it wasn't for the past few days. Caroline had been running around on errands for Klaus's goodbye party. It was ludicrous that she had to do everything herself because she didn't have oblivious, easy-to-manipulate freshmen girls that wanted to be like her hanging around. On top of that, there was the Henrik case. The Mikaelsons' had been trying their best to get information from Tyler, but he hadn't budged. Rebekah suggested Caroline go and talk to him today.

Everything was just so stressful. It was the twenty sixth of October. Caroline should be planning her Halloween costume and make sure Tyler was matching. She and her friends would've gone to a stupid party and drink cheap alcohol and have fun. Instead she was planning a goodbye party for a murderer that she's fighting with and her boyfriend was in jail.

Bonnie opened her door and she found Elena trailing behind her. She looked Caroline up and down before giving her a criticizing glare. "Busy huh?"

"Stop judging, I'm overwhelmed with everything and everyone," Caroline pulled the covers over her head. "I can't take it anymore."

"Aw Care," Elena said softly as she crawled on her bed. "I know it must be super hard for you, but I think you need to bounce back and repair relationships with the people that you love."

"Tyler's in prison for kidnapping!" Caroline groaned. "I think I'll be okay without bringing never ending torment on myself for repairing my relationship with him as of now."

Elena pulled the covers away from her, "no I mean Klaus. He's leaving in what? A week or so? You can't keep on avoiding him when you're looking for his brother and planning a goodbye party for him."

"I can try!" Caroline shot back at her.

"Killing Mrs. Lockwood was a terrible thing to do, but we all do terrible things. Some significantly worse than others. That doesn't make him a bad person."

Caroline scoffed, "since when do you know what kind of person Klaus Mikaelson is? All he does is lie. You can't ever really trust what he says meaning you can't know who he really is."

"We didn't know who any of our friends truly were because of this whole organization, but we don't hate them. So I think you should give Klaus a chance."

"Give him a chance?! He had multiple chances before when I- Wait why are you even defending him? Did he give you a solid gold bar or something? Cause this is total bullshit! You should be on my side!"

Elena sighed, "Care you know there are no sides. I just heard from Damon that they chatted for a bit. About you. It was right after he let me know about my training as a medic, I figured he was being sincere."

"Wait you're seriously telling me this is all because he told you about a job switch?!"

Bonnie rolled her eyes and joined them on Caroline's bed. "Shut up for a second so I can tell you what I came say? While we're on the topic of our obviously favourite Mikaelson, I just learned, we may have a lead on Henrik."

Caroline sat up immediately, "you're kidding!"

"Not in the slightest," Bonnie confirmed with a small smile.

"Oh my God Bonnie, I could kiss you right now!"

Elena checked her watch and cursed under her breath, "I'm sorry guys, I got to go. I'm running late. I'll check in with you guys later, okay?"

"Yeah don't worry about it," Bonnie reassured her, "we'll see you."

"If you run into Klaus make sure to tell him that if he wants my trust back, he should come talk to me himself! Not bribe my friends!" Caroline shouted as Elena ran out of the room. "Where is she going? To her medic thing? Actually, I don't really care. What did you find?"

"Well Ric and I were doing a little digging," Bonnie started, "and we found out that someone bailed out Nate and Jules from jail."

"The ones we fought?" Bonnie nodded in response. "How did they get in jail?"

"Their criminal records say that they were arrested for being under the influence and aggravated assault. We figured that Hayley must've injected them with a drug or something while they were still out. After, she probably called the police when she was sure we were long gone and told them Jules and Nate were on something and a fight went on. The police knew that they didn't kill Daniel, their fingerprints weren't on the knife. But they did believe the two had some part in it."

Hayley actually did that for them? She is an ally, but she was also Tyler's family friend and fake girlfriend. Caroline was also being super snarky to Hayley even though it wasn't her fault that Tyler decided to move on and totally leave her out of the picture.

Caroline nodded slowly, "how much was bail set at and did you find out who bailed them out?"

Bonnie shrugged, "it was set around thirty thousand for each. I didn't look into it much. You'll have to ask Ric about that. What I did look into was who bailed them out. After tapping the surveillance and clearing up the security footage, I could make out a few features. It was a man. He looked maybe early fifties, late forties. Brown hair, blue eyes I think."

"And?" Caroline urged impatiently.

Her friend gave her an annoyed glare. "Calm down Care, I'm getting there. He came with a kid that was eleven to thirteen. He had shoulder length brown hair that barely showed under his black hoodie."

"Could it be?"

"Well if someone came to bail those two out, they had to be from TOS. No one else but The Other Side has the money to spend sixty thousand dollars on two agents. If Tyler did bring Henrik to TOS, then it would only be logical they still have him. Henrik would be a perfect hostage."

"Then that man has to be his personal guard or something?" Caroline naturally assumed, "responsible for him and his whereabouts maybe?"

"Who else brings a child with them to bail out prisoners?"

For a second, Caroline hesitated on what to do. "This happened in Philadelphia?"

Bonnie nodded.

"Did you get a good look at the car?"

"Blue Mini Cooper," Bonnie answered immediately. "Ric's currently trying to clear the license plate. Strong possibility it was stolen or rented."

Caroline jumped to her feet, "oh my God! We totally found Henrik Bonnie! I got to go tell the Mikaelsons. Bonnie go assemble a team or whatever and tell Ric to hurry up! I'll tell Elijah to get a jet ready to go to Pennsylvania. I'll have to reschedule my meeting with Tyler for later and tell Elena we're leaving right away–"

"Woah Care, slow your roll. Your ambition is inspiring, but that might not be Henrik. Newsflash, we don't what Henrik looks like. That boy could be wearing a disguise–"

"I can call Rebekah right now if you wan–"

Bonnie sighed, "not the point. We have to take time to discuss this with Esther and make a plan where we can ensure that boy's safety."

"Well newsflash Bonnie, if we wait, we're gonna lose them!"

"Even if the two of us ran after him right this second and somehow found him, do you have a clue of what we would do if we got to them?"

Caroline opened her mouth to object, but after a second sat back down when nothing came to mind.

"I know this is big for you with your relationship with Klaus, but this is big for everyone else too."

Why did everything have to about her and Klaus? He wasn't the only one in the Mikaelson family she was friends with. Caroline thought she had made it clear she was doing this out of the goodness of her heart. Not because of Klaus for God sake!

"That car could potentially lead us to The Other Side's headquarters. If we found them first, then Klaus doesn't have to go to TVD NOLA."

Unintentionally, Caroline's breath hitched. Klaus would be safe. He wouldn't have to leave and possibly get hurt or worse. For once I might finally feel a little peace.

"We could ambush The Other Side instead. You see, everything has to be planned out perfectly so that there will be no bumps."

"Got it."

Bonnie smiled, "plus, I have another job for you today. We're assigned to a mission."

Caroline's heart sank at the thought of their last mission. How great it felt to hurt Daniel. How much she believed he deserved every single hit he was getting. The immense power and adrenaline that coursed through her veins as she knocked him on the floor. The lack of emotion when she saw his dead body.

Was that how Tyler felt when he hurt her? Were they the same? Caroline shuddered at the thought, "really?"

"Yeah, but nothing dangerous. We just got to go to the Armoury to restock some items we're missing. It won't take too long either." Bonnie's phone buzzed and she took a look at it. "Ric needs me for something. Be ready at six okay?"

Caroline groaned and got under the covers again. She guessed Bonnie rolled her eyes and left because she heard the door shut.

It was only around noon. There was still time to plan some stuff, talk to Tyler and to Klaus. Esther told her to break his heart and Caroline didn't know if she could go through with it. Even though it was for Klaus's safety, there was a part of her holding her back. The same part of her the skipped a beat when their eyes met and that forbiddingly ached for his presence. The fact that Aurora did the exact same thing to him too made it even harder on her.

The bright side was, Klaus would be safe. He would be angry, but safe. Anger could possibly make him fight harder. When Klaus came back, she would tell him that it was an act to keep him safe. Actually, that could make him even more angry considering he would have to endure the pain for a while. If Klaus found out in the end it was all for nothing, who knows what he could do.

A knock on the door broke her line of thought. It was probably Bonnie reminding her to get ready again. "Bonnie, you've been gone for what? Two minutes?! Just go and talk to Ric about Henrik and the whole license plate situation. He's our number one priority, not the stupid armoury!"

The door suddenly swung open and it was most definitely not Bonnie in the doorway. "You've found him?"


Klaus watched Caroline's expressions flash across her face as if it was a montage of scenes. "Klaus… why are you here?"

He refused to hold eye contact with her, trying to avoid the underlying issue that had clearly broken their relationship. Though Klaus would give anything to have her in his arms again, Henrik had taken priority over the repair of their friendship. The important thing was that Caroline had found a lead on his brother. "Where's Henrik?"

"That's something to ask Bonnie and Ric." Caroline narrowed her eyes at him before harshly adding, "not me."

"Caroline…"

"Don't Caroline me after all you've done! I'm not the person to ask! So leave and go see Bonnie or Ric. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Actually, do."

Klaus didn't see why she chose to be so difficult. This was about his brother that her boyfriend put in danger. Not about the murder of Carol Lockwood or troubles with Camille O'Connell. "This isn't the time for your silly games, love. My brother's safety is at stake–"

Caroline glared at him, "so is my sanity!"

"If anything happens to Henrik because of you–"

"What?! You'll kill me?" Caroline questioned. "That's how things work for you, right? Someone challenges you, disagrees with you, doesn't give you what you want and you murder them."

"If you're referring to the case of your abusive boyfriend, you might want to think again. I spared Tyler Lockwood's life for you and solely you, Caroline!"

"But you took away everything he had! You killed his mom–"

Klaus snarled, growing angry and frustrated with her. Every second they wasted bickering was another opportunity to lose the lead on Henrik. "He had my brother. I call it an eye for an eye."

Caroline shot up, "Henrik is alive and you know it! You can't say the same thing about his mother can you?"

"He had you!"

"You took me!"

Caroline's words silenced him immediately. Klaus struggled to keep his head from falling to avoid her gaze full of emotion.

"You took me from him," Caroline confessed helplessly before laying back down. "You changed my entire opinion on him. If you left me to die in that car to burn to death, at least I would still–"

Klaus slowly moved to sit on her bed and she weakly glared at him. "Tyler is lucky he still has his life no thanks to you." Caroline's voice softened. "He got in your way and his mother paid the ultimate price. I'm in your way of getting to Henrik. Are you going to kill me?"

"Do you really think that low of me?"

There was a slight hesitation prior to her clear answer. "Yes."

Klaus paused to appreciate the pure beauty Caroline. The unmistakable humanity dwelling within her right at that moment. How she made his own break through the surface. Caroline's willingness to be vulnerable with him. He trailed the back of his hand against her cheek and her eyes shut as she shuddered at his touch.

Unfortunately, the idea of all that he's doing to Tyler, may affect Caroline came into perspective. It had always lingered in the depths of Klaus's mind, but now he saw it up close and personal.

Klaus stood up and paced carefully through her room until he was leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed. His voice went flat and emotionless, "then you're just like everyone else."

"So what?" Caroline retorted softer than he had thought she would. "If I'm just like everyone else you know, if I'm just another person who's life you've ruined, just wish for me to go away."

That was the last thing he wanted for Caroline to do, but it would be easier. She wouldn't have to await his return or wait for him to release Tyler from the cell he'd rot in. Klaus's heart would once again be cold and hard. He'd sleep with hundreds of women that would never compare to her in attempt to swallow the pain with pleasure. Pleasure that Klaus only yearned for from Caroline's body. There would be jealousy no longer, seeing that his brothers wouldn't be able out their pesky hands on her if she was gone.

He swallowed slowly so his voice didn't crack in frustration. "Go."

There was complete silence for a minute before Caroline spoke up. "Fine then. I'll put you on Henrik's track and be on my way with Tyler. All beaten and bruised."

"No matter how bad you try to make me feel, I feel no remorse for Tyler," Klaus confessed truthfully. "I'd slaughter him before you two could run off. Happiness shall evade him for the rest of his pathetic life."

"I can't leave without him. I can't stay here if you want me gone. The longer I stay here with you wishing for me to leave, the more Esther will hate me for being around. Then Esther will make sure to kill me while you're in New Orleans. I'll die."

"You'll die and then Tyler would have learned his lesson the hard way. Know that his actions have a chain reaction of consequences."

"How can you keep doing this to him?" Caroline questioned in a cold, quiet voice as if she was forcing the words out. "How could you do it to his mom? To me?"

"After chasing him for a thousand years? Call it boredom," Klaus simply answered.

"I don't believe you," Caroline whispered ever so softly.

Klaus's eyes never left the spot in front of him, "fine. Then maybe it's because I'm pure evil and I can't help myself."

"No. It's because you're hurt." Klaus turned his head to face her. "That means there's a part of you that's human. Not just the cold ruthless assassin you convince everyone you are."

He walked back towards her bed and sat on it. His eyes searched hers for sarcasm and dishonesty. Klaus found none of the such. Caroline simply held his gaze. "How could you possibly think that?"

"Because I've seen it. Because I've caught myself wishing I could forget all the horrible things that you've done," Caroline stated with an unreadable expression in her eyes.

Klaus wanted her to forget. He wanted to feel her love again and make her smile. He longed to erase every sinful deed he committed from her mind, but he couldn't. Caroline would never forgive him. He would never forgive himself. Klaus would deal with the aching pain of losing her for his entire life. So Klaus forced himself to contain the emotionless look on his face. "But you can't, can you."

It was silent for a few seconds before Caroline spoke up again. "I know that you're in love with me. And anyone capable of love is capable of being forgiven."

A shaky breath escaped him as he felt tears welling up in his eyes. Klaus turned away to blink them back. "You're hallucinating."

"I guess I'll never know. I'll be gone by your party so you don't have to think twice about me. Then I won't have to do what Esther told me to. I won't have to feel the guilt and pain that would come with me looking out for you."

"What is it that my mother told you to do?" Klaus quickly replied feeling concern flood his body. "Did she hurt you?"

Tears threatened to spill from Caroline eyes and as she took a deep breath, her voice nearly came out in soft sobs. "It doesn't matter now considering you'd have my head just to teach stupid Tyler a fucking lesson. You don't need to pretend to care–"

Seeing her cry was too hard to bare so before she was finished, Klaus was out of the door.

...

Klaus bust in through the doors of a certain witch's office making Alaric jump and Bonnie roll her eyes. "Be careful will you?" Bonnie groaned. "The doors are glass and repairs come out of my pocket Klaus."

"I suggest you should take your own advice and be more careful yourself before you let my brother slip through your fingers. Tell me where he is."

"Great," Alaric sighed before clicking his tongue in annoyance. "It's Klaus fucking Mikaelson. Just the perfect mascot to brighten up my day."

"Enough with the witty remarks Alaric, where is Henrik?"

Alaric spun around to face Klaus before checking his watch. "Whenever you speak, I feel inclined to physically hurt you."

"Well why don't you come at it, mate?" Klaus asked spreading his arms, welcoming the threat. "Take your shot." Klaus was most definitely not in the mood for such disobedience from the pitiful Alaric Saltzman of all people. Not after he just drove away the most important person to him and having her think it was because he did not care. For it was quite the opposite. Klaus cared too much. The only way he thought he could fill the hole in his heart was to discover hope in finding his brother.

All the agent threw at him was a nasty glare as he rose to his feet and made his way to the door. "That wraps up my shift and I rather be anywhere else in the world than here. I need a drink to clear my head."

"See you Ric," Bonnie called while her eyes were still glued to her computer. "Klaus please tell me you've called the rest of the Mikaelsons so I'm not stuck here with you for too long."

Klaus approached her with a small hint of a smile. "As if you'd prefer Kol's senseless abuse over my presence. I recall you once told me I was good company."

"I wouldn't prefer Kol and I never thought I would say this but, I'd prefer Rebekah."

"Seems like you've finally warmed up to my sister. May I ask however did you manage to do it with our beloved Elena breathing down your neck?"

"Caroline forced it on me," Bonnie admitted and the mention of her name made Klaus' heart sink. "I heard I different opinion on her and I thought I should get to know her before I judge her too harshly. I mean she's not the only one who's ran people off bridges."

Klaus tried to answer but instead let out a shallow breath and looked down.

"That is the trait she is built off of. Caroline always showcases the best of people to others and always searches for the best in people." Bonnie turned towards Klaus, "she did it with you. Then you blew it–"

"I understand that killing Carol Lockwood–"

"C'mon Klaus. You and I both know that this has little to nothing to do with Tyler's mom being dead. If it did then Elena and I wouldn't dare to even look at you."

Klaus scoffed and leaned on a wall beside him, "if you believe that to be so, do tell. What else other than my actions and my past has caused me to lose her?"

"Caroline's mixed emotions and her jealous tendencies. Your dishonesty and the lack of trust between you two."

"The lack of trust is most definitely not on my part," Klaus disagreed. "I trust Caroline with the entirety my heart."

Bonnie rolled her eyes, "enough to tell her all the secrets you've kept from her?"

As quick as Klaus opened his mouth to defend himself, he shut it knowing that no matter how hard he tried, Bonnie wouldn't dare to view things the way he did. "That was for her own safety."

"But it caused Caroline to think she has no reason to trust you. Then she finds out that you killed someone that she knew personally. It didn't have to be Tyler's mom, just someone close enough to make the reality of our job hit her square in the face. While all of this is happening, Camille is just making the insecure control freak part of her from way back in high school resurface."

Insecure control freak? Control freak Klaus got and she did have some insecurity issues in the rainforest, but he only guessed it was because of fear and stress.

"Caroline has repeatedly made it clear she was not jealous of Camille and I though I see through the lie every single time she tries to throw that excuse in my face," Klaus stated simply. "The excuse that she didn't like how Camille treats her and certainly I do not approve of my New Orleans bartender's behaviour either, but it doesn't make me go crazy the way she does. The only problem is that there's no reason for Caroline to be jealous if she repeatedly rejects my advances and talks about Tyler Lockwood."

"Well you gave her so much attention that when Camille came, it scared her because she thought that history was repeating itself. When Stefan chose Elena over her and Matt chose Elena over her. Then on top of that, she finds out that Tyler was with Hayley while they were technically still together. With you leaving and Tyler in jail, Caroline's heart is just all over the place and you need to be careful not to drive her away even further. She's my best friend, I don't like to see her hurt.

The words of the wise witch Bonnie Bennett had made him see clearly as expected. "It's too late for you to be worried about Caroline being driven away. I landed the final blow before I even came over here."

"What did you do now?"

"I told her to pack her things and leave. I told her that I didn't care if my mother murdered her as long as Tyler learned his lesson. Even as I said those horrid things, none of which I really meant, Caroline still saw through me. She told me she could see the human part of me. The good part of me that no one else seems to."

The door once again burst open only this time it was his sister doing the damage. Elijah and Kol followed behind her. "Hello, brother," Rebekah briefly greeted before turning to Bonnie and sighing. "Tell me sweetheart, what has he done this time."

"Yes, I do think that we should assess the issue then create a plan of attack," Elijah stated before greeting the two with nods. "Niklaus. Miss Bennett."

"Hey. This time what Klaus has nothing to do with the mission Kol will you stop touching me please." Bonnie growled.

Kol grinned and backed off. "Okay, Bonnie Bennett. You may not like me but my old friend in New Orleans. She's a witch as well."

"I'm well aware of your relationship with Davina Claire. She contacted us looking for you. Why don't you go bother her instead?"

Before Kol could respond, Rebekah cleared her throat. "Kol, if you could quit arguing so Bonnie can inform at least Elijah and I why Nik called us here. You said it was an emergency brother."

"It is," Klaus announced. "Bonnie and her team found Henrik."

"We possibly found Henrik, Klaus. Possibly," Bonnie corrected. "That's why I wanted you all here. We have security footage of a man and a boy we believe are from The Other Side bailing your hybrid friends out of jail. So before any of you jump to conclusions like Caroline did, maybe you should confirm if it's him or not. Just so you don't go on a witch hunt and abuse some poor child and his father."

Of course Caroline got her hopes up for Henrik and he had threatened her for his location when she was most likely doing what Bonnie instructed her to do.

Elijah and Rebekah both came closer to the computer screen. "Would you be kind enough to share the footage, Miss Bennett?"

"Alright whatever you say, boss," Bonnie agreed sarcastically. She pulled up a security footage of a jail and almost immediately a boy and a man walked in. When Bonnie zoomed into the boys face, he recognized those eyes almost immediately. At that same moment, Rebekah's breath hitched, a grin on spread on Kol's face and even Elijah couldn't hide joy. He was practically beaming in amazement.

A short sigh of relief and joy left his lips and at that moment his entire life felt like it was turning around. "Henrik, that's Henrik. You've done it again Bonnie Bennett."

"Thank me later," Bonnie smiled.

Kol threw his hands up and his head back, "that's our brother right there! The brother that Tyler thought he could steal from us. From the Mikaelsons! He took joy in taking away the most important person from our family. I cannot wait to see the look on his face when I break the news to him."

"We now should inform our belovedly wretched mother the good news about the findings of her son," Elijah stated as he straightened out his suit cuffs. "Then we can arrange a mission as soon as humanly possibly."

"Oh come on brother," Klaus smirked. "You know us Mikaelson's go faster."

Bonnie sighed, "if that's true, get out—"

"Who the bloody hell is that?" Rebekah muttered under her breath, but loud enough for her brothers and Bonnie to hear.

"Oh yeah, I meant to tell you to take a look at the man with Henrik. Anyone you notice? Maybe you've come across him on a mission before?" Bonnie zoomed into the face of man and cleared it up a bit.

Klaus's heart sunk.

The cold blue eyes pierced through the screen and right into Klaus's soul as the man looked at the camera. Almost immediately he broke out into a cold sweat and stumbled back into Rebekah. "I'm hallucinating," he whispered to himself.

Rebekah gripped onto Klaus's arm and held onto him, "no. It can't be. Nik you told us, you told me–"

"He was dead," Elijah finished in disbelief.

In a second, their hopeful amazement shrivelled into unbelievable terror.

Kol swallowed slowly. "Looks like daddy dearest is back from the dead."


"Yeah Bonnie, I'm on my way down. I'll be right outside. Okay. See ya." Caroline's black heels clicked on the hard white floors of the hallway as she rushed to get outside of the building. It was currently six thirty-seven and Bonnie was getting impatient with her because she was an half an hour late.

It wasn't all Caroline's fault though. She had to get herself to stop crying over Klaus before getting ready. After barely making herself get through that task, Caroline showered and dressed up. She wore a black v-neck blouse tucked into her plaid pencil skirt with a light leather jacket. Bonnie would probably think it was extra, but Caroline was dressing up in case she ran into Klaus. The last thing she wanted was for him to think that she was going to spend the rest of her time in TVD sulking over him.

Finally after what seemed like forever, she got to the elevator and pushed the button. Patiently Caroline waited for the familiar ding and the opening of the gold doors, but as a minute passed, nothing happened. Two minutes passed, still nothing.

Caroline sighed exasperatedly before hurrying in the opposite direction to get to the stairwell. Almost simultaneously, her phone began to vibrate in her pocket. It was most likely Bonnie calling to see what was taking her so long. As she rushed towards the stairs, Caroline looked down to grab her vibrating phone and suddenly she crashed into someone.

Her eyes snapped up to meet a pair of blue eyes that were too familiar and the owner was the last person she wanted to see right now. Klaus's arm was around Caroline's waist, making sure she was steady. Immediately, he let go of her and backed up.

Klaus's looked like a mess. A really hot mess. His hair was perfectly ruffled and his henley clung to his chest more than ever. The look in his eyes was a mix of stress, terror and relief. The sight made Caroline's heart race against her will.

"Oh my God," Caroline whispered breathlessly before cautiously asking, "what happened to you?"

"I–" Klaus started with a weak voice. "Caroline may I speak with you?"

A part of Caroline wanted to scream at Klaus and completely tell him off, but with those vulnerable and broken eyes, she couldn't bring herself to. "Bonnie is waiting for me to go on a mission."

"A mission? Where to? Will you be in danger? If you get hurt I–"

What Caroline wanted to answer with was 'oh so now you care about my safety when a few hours ago I was a means to an end.' Instead softly she replied with, "don't worry we're just restocking. I'll be back soon."

Klaus looked like he wanted to say something else, but he just nodded and let her pass by him quietly. Caroline got to the bottom of the stairs and looked up at him. "Thanks for catching me."

...

"So you're telling me that this place is where you get all your weapons?" Caroline asked unimpressed.

Bonnie had pulled into the driveway of a stone mansion that could be called a castle. Caroline didn't think it wasn't absolutely beautiful, because it was. The problem was, she was expecting like a top secret layer made out of steel and stuff like in the spy movies. This was anything but that.

"Give it a chance will you?" Bonnie sighed before turning of the ignition of the black van they were in. She took out the keys and they both opened their doors and headed out. "I really hope that nasty old man, Mr. St. John isn't in."

"Mr. St. John?" Caroline questioned as Bonnie knocked a weird pattern on the door that was most likely a secret code.

"Yeah, Dalton St. John. He runs the place like it's still the 50s and it's always a total pain in the ass. I wish he'd just hurry up and die already."

Three beeps sounded from the key pad by a doorbell before front door creaked open by itself. Bonnie walked in unfazed as Caroline sighed and followed her. Once she was in, the door slammed shut making her flinch and spin around to see no one there. That's not creepy at all.

Caroline took the place in. There were relics lined up and encased in glass on both sides of a hall that lead to a small lounging place. It definitely didn't look like a secret agent layer, just a museum. On her left was a spiral staircase that went up for several feet, leading into the balcony above her with black railings. The balcony had glass coffee tables with couches nearby. What stuck out to her was the alcohol on the table. Caroline could tell it was bourbon because of Damon had a set just like it. The glasses and everything.

"I'm gonna go check in another room, Care," Bonnie called. "See if I can find that douche. Just stay there, okay?"

"Yeah whatever," Caroline replied as she heard her best friend's footsteps recede.

Now that Caroline was alone, it got her thinking. She was supposed to go see Tyler after this, but Klaus needed to talk about something. Caroline doubted that it would be an apology judging by his character, so there was something that was really rattling him. Caroline had never seen Klaus that shaken up since they met. Could something have happened to Henrik? What if the car got in a crash and they had lost him again. Bonnie refused to say a word about her meeting with the Mikaelsons' because 'it wasn't her place to say anything.' Like Henrik was her business too. She got all of her friends to help out as much as they could.

"And who might you be, love?" A familiar voice asked from behind her. Caroline fight or flight kicked in as she whipped around and grabbed the person's neck. He was a guy dressed in all black with black hair and dark eyes. He was super attractive and surprisingly familiar, but she couldn't remember from where. All she was sure if was by the smirk on his face and the amusement in his eyes, he was going to be a handful.

"Let go gorgeous. You and I both know a fight in here won't end well for either side," the guy admitted in his charming British accent that reminded Caroline of Klaus.

Reluctantly, Caroline let go, knowing that he was right. She wasn't armed and he apparently had a whole inventory of weapons somewhere. "Who are you?"

"You don't remember me? I certainly remember you Caroline." So they had met before. Caroline crossed her arms and didn't budge making him sigh. "Mr. St. John."

Mr. St John, huh? This was the old douche that Bonnie hated so much. Caroline thought that he was gonna be a gross old man. After clearing her throat, Caroline started to tell him off in defence of her best friend. "Dalton you're a dick!"

Confusion washed over his face, "Dalton?"

Bonnie yelled while running back to Caroline. "Caroline who are you talking to–"

"Bonnie Bennett?" Dalton whispered in disbelief.

"Enzo?" Bonnie asked with just as much emotion.

Caroline looked at the two back and forth for at least a minute. "Um? Earth to Bonnie, hello?! This is Dalton St. John, the dickhead that you wanted dead! Ring a bell?"

"My name is Lorenzo St. John, Enzo if you please. Dalton's my uncle if you haven't caught on yet Goldielocks." Enzo explained boredly. The only thing he seemed interested in was Bonnie.

Enzo? Was it the name that rung a bell? The guy Bonnie met at Kat's restaurant with Rebekah? Caroline thought. No, I didn't see him, I only heard his name. Think Caroline, where do you know this guy's face from? She narrowed his eyes at him and the name Goldielocks echoed back at her. Caroline gasped and pointed straight at this Enzo dude as it hit her. "You're Damon's friend from The Grill! The one who tried to hit on me!"

"You're certainly remembering a different story than I. That's the thing I've got against lightweights. You drink so much that no one can take you seriously. After your little... argument with Damon," Enzo turned to face Bonnie again and he subtly looked her up and down, "I left the premises and found the most beautiful woman I've laid eyes on. A woman who also so desperately desires my Uncle Dalton's demise."

Bonnie made her way to Caroline's side without her wondrous green eyes leaving the brown ones that belonged to the mysterious man in front of them. "You never mentioned you were a St. John. I would've turned the other way without giving you a second thought–"

"So you've thought about me? Flattered, truly." Before Bonnie could answer, Enzo started talking again. "Now that we're on the topic of unmentioned information in conversation, you still have yet to inform me the reason of your arrival."

Enzo and Bonnie were still eyeing each other as Caroline checked the time. If this situation was going to go on like this, there would be no time to go meet Tyler and Klaus. Maybe if this scene was playing out the next day, Caroline would be playing the match maker. That is if she got over his lying about The Grill party. Enzo seemed nice enough for Bonnie. Of course that's considering how over time, she had seen that perhaps Kol and Jeremy would be a better couple than one of them and Bonnie. In general, Caroline loved a good romance movie about finding soulmates, but now was not the time for popcorn and 3D glasses.

"We're from TVD and I'm on a schedule," Caroline snapped. "So if you could take us down to the secret layer with all the weapons, I would very much appreciate it."

"I never received a message about your arrival," Enzo replied in his accent as he reluctantly tore his eyes away from her friend.

"It probably went to your uncle."

"I doubt that he'd receive anything but flowers now that he's six feet under."

Caroline glanced at Bonnie who was grimacing. "Sorry for your loss even though from Bonnie's description it seems like it was more of a gain than a loss–"

"Care," Bonnie said after sighing, "next time try to be more disrespectful."

Enzo looked unfazed, "I know how you feel, he was a total bastard."

"Let's change the subject," Caroline suggested. "Take us down so Bonnie and I can grab what we need for TVD, you and Bonnie can spend the night talking about your relationship while I drive home to my boyfriend in jail and my… Klaus."

"Gladly," Enzo agreed while leading them down the hallway of artifacts

Her friend slapped her arm while he was turned away. "I am not spending the night, Care. You can't leave me with Mr. Hot-Mysterious-Nephew."

"My hearing is just as good as yours love," Enzo commented while slowing down to match their pace. "Might wanna consider quieting down."

Caroline giggled as Bonnie glared at the two of them. Enzo glanced at Caroline after she calmed down and she met his stare. He cracked a grin, "what? Can't get enough of me either?"

When Caroline countered his comment with sarcastic reply and a grin that held just as much mischief, she knew that a friendship with Enzo might blossom into something beautiful.