Klaus's hand ran wild, the once white canvas now shown black and grey with vibrant red slashes across the center. The brush dug deep into the canvas and paint coated his fingers as if it was just released from someone's chest. He was hardly concentrating on the piece, he only needed to keep busy or else Klaus would run. It had been days now since he slaughtered his hybrid army and days since he had ran the Lockwood mutt off for defying him. Klaus scoffed to himself at the mere thought of Tyler Lockwood being the Alpha of any pack, much less his hybrids. Turning his own hybrids against him and using them to kill him. Klaus Mikealson, THE Original Hybrid. The paintbrush splintered apart and turns to dust in Klaus's fingertips. He lets the bits fall to the floor and clinched his jaw tight, almost hearing his teeth crack under the pressure. He pinches the bridge of his nose and forces his eyes closed, trying to keep his urge to kill at bay. His only joy came knowing that Tyler was now running scared, looking over his shoulder and never knowing a moments piece until the day he meets his demise. This was a mental torture method he was accustom to using, just ask Katerina Petrova.
Klaus paused, taking a step back to inspect his madness. He hardly cared what was on the canvas, just a means to keep his hands busy and his mind focused elsewhere. The human he drained earlier hardly provided the much needed distraction. The mutt had a few days head start and it would most likely take him only a few days to get to him. No, Tyler Lockwood would not get off that easy. Lockwood had years of mental torment and running ahead of him. Anytime Tyler was fooled into thinking he had bested Klaus or settled down for a new life, Klaus would be there to rip it away from him. Just as his own father had done to him for a thousand years. Klaus needed to send a clear message to him and any other of his enemies that might get the idea to defy him. You run and then you die, there were no other options. Klaus had no hybrids but at least there was still his Doppelganger. The wonderfully human Elena, protected and snuggled between the two Salvatore brothers. The only missing ingredient were the werewolves but they would be easy enough to sort out. I'm sure a few would go into hiding once they heard of the hybrid slaughter but nevertheless he would find them. Klaus always got what he wanted, when he wanted and where.
"You know, there are other colors in the rainbow less depressing, Nik. Maybe toss in a few others once in awhile." the youngest male Mikealson, Kol teased from Klaus's study doorway.
"Now is not the time, Kol. I'm in no mood to entertain you. Why don't you go find Bekah and get under her skin awhile. " Klaus dismissed, not even bothering to look up at his brother.
Kol rolled his eyes and stepped forward, "If you ever bothered to stop brooding over your failed hybrid army and check your messages, you will see our dearest sister is down at The Grill being our new look out. Seems there is a new vampire in town and mates with the Mystic Falls bunch. You know, the same bunch that tried to kill and desiccate you? The same ones that managed to kill our long lost brother Finn."
"I'm well aware, Kol." Klaus muttered while glancing at his text message from Rebekah. "So what do you want with a baby vampire anyway? She can't be a real threat, most likely as old as the Salvatore's. Kill her and be done with it."
"I only assumed you would want a piece of the action as well. All that pent up rage can't be good for you. I wouldn't want you to snap and send a dagger through my heart. I'm having fun in this century and I'd like to stay in it. " Kol stated with a grimace, remembering the last time he was boxed up and put aside like an old antique.
Klaus finally looked over at his brother, pondering the thought. Maybe a little bloodshed could be the distraction he needed.
"Matt, I can't believe you're here. Actually, I can believe it, do you ever leave or do you sleep in the stockroom?" Caroline asked as she sat on a bar stool, leaning against her hand on the bar top. Rebekah was not so subtly watching her from the seat next to her.
"Someone has to pay bills at my house since we can't all compel everything we want." Matt smirked his trademark sideways smile from the other side of the bar.
"Even after you get a mysterious amount of money deposited into your bank account from a anonymous, yet gorgeous source?" Caroline didn't keep in touch with her friends from Mystic Falls when she left the last time, she didn't even talk to Matt once she left. But Matt always had a special place to her so she wanted to make sure he was secure and sent him a offensive amount of money every few month. Preferably so he could graduate and leave this town for good but he was Matt. He would most likely stay until the very end. The first time Caroline ever left Mystic Falls was years ago after she turned sixteen and when she came back, he was one of the few people that understood her decision to leave and disappear.
"Plus I don't compel everything I need... Not really" Caroline grinned as she watched Matt walk away to handle other customers.
"So you two have known each other all your lives then?" Rebekah asked, with a hint of jealousy in her tone. " And I suppose you are pals with the rest of the Mystic Falls gang that has it out for my family." Being subtle wasn't Rebekah's strength and she needed to know if this new blonde was friend or foe. Even if she wasn't out to destroy her family, they couldn't be friends. Both groups of vampires were on either sides of a war in Mystic Falls and there were no signs of either side backing down. Caroline scrunched her eyebrows not sure what Rebekah was talking about.
"I'm a Mikealson, as in the Original vampire family? A thousand years old and able to kill anything or anyone that would even cross us. Heard of us?" She sent a warning look to Caroline to help drive her point across.
"You've made you point Rebekah and yes I have heard of you. There are not many people who haven't and the gossip mill in the supernatural community was that royalty had returned to Mystic falls. I don't care anything about your family or what went on between your family and my former friends. We grew up together, Matt, Elena, Bonnie, and me but that was a long time ago and many things have change since then." Caroline's eyes shifted down to hide the sadness she felt and back up to Rebekah's. "I haven't been in Mystic Falls for awhile now and people tend to grow apart. " Caroline added with a bit of nostalgia for her old life. " And don't worry, Matty Blue Eyes is all yours. He dated me when I was a human but we broke up when I was turned into a vampire ... he likes you."
"If you say so." Rebekah tried to hide her smile at Caroline's statement and glanced over at Matt taking care of the other customers. " So I suppose your on the blood bag diet as well? Do you have trouble controlling your urges or are you just a goodie goodie?"
Caroline wanted to laugh at the statement but decided on a eye roll instead, " I was a neurotic control freak when I was human and that only got worse when I was a vampire. Care to join me?" wiggling her eyebrows as she dared, throwing her leather jacket on the bar stool next to Rebekah and sashaying out the doors in search of her next meal.
Klaus parked by The Grill with Kol along side him in the passenger seat, still not seeing the point of tracking down some young vampire. If this girl was stupid enough to try anything against his family, he could end her easily. Kol was always stirring up trouble and Klaus needed to stay in Mystic Falls long enough to gather more werewolves for his new hybrids. Better to keep a leash on Kol and not have to clean up a mess later. The two Originals were closing in on the front door when they both stop.
"Smells like someone is feeding nearby. Must be our new friend." Kol smirked and head off to the far end of the brick building which lead to an alley behind The Grill. The two stopped silently at the top of a large set of cement stairs that lead to the alleyway and found what they were looking for. To the unsuspecting human it looked as if two lovers were in a passionate embrace, the blonde girls head nuzzling the males neck. Even to an Original with Kol's eye sight it was difficult to detect what was really happening. The young vampires eyes didn't even show the distinct black veins under her eyes like typical vampires. The only tell was the light sucking noise of blood being pulled from the human's veins, only detectable with supernatural hearing.
"Well, look what we found, Nik." Caroline heard from just above her on the stairs. Caroline raised her eyes, her fangs not leaving the random males neck. Two disturbingly handsome men slowly made their way down the stairs as she retracted her fangs from the males neck and sucked a bit of blood from his neck. Caroline's eye dilated, staring into the human's eyes and biting into her wrist,
"Forget you were here and everything that happened. Go back to what you were doing before." The male blinked and walked away, leaving her and her new company. More vampires and at least one British, the rest of the Original family she assumed and it seems as if Rebekah had ratted her out to her brothers . Caroline eyed them up and down to determine who was who. The one that spoke had dark brown hair and a ridiculous smirk on this face appeared to be Kol. Just next to him stood a male with blonde wavy hair and he just reeked of werewolves, Klaus.
"So was there a reason you interrupted my meal or are you two the new Mystic Falls welcoming wagon because I thought that was your sister's job. She's been planted next to me the past hour, watching my every move." Caroline questioned, leaning up against the wall, giving the illusion that she was anything but intimidated. One Original princess she could handle, especially with the way she drooled over Matt, but these two were different. If the two standing before here were in fact Kol Mikealson and even worse Niklaus Mikealson, the ruthless hybrid that didn't care about anything except himself, she needed to stay on her toes. Looking at the two males now, Caroline had no question that's who was standing before her, just within feet of her. She's faced her fair share of vampires and hunters but never two thousand year old beings at the same time. Caroline was strong but probably not that strong.
"It seems you know all about our family but we have yet to be acquainted with you. Care to share your name?" Klaus finally speaks up and steps closer to blonde vampires casual pose against the brick wall.
Caroline pushed herself off the wall to come face to face with Klaus, just a foot away.
"Well, were are my manners. I'm Caroline, former Miss Mystic Falls turned vampire just passing through on her way out of town and said hello to an old friend. A nobody." She tilted her head to the side and flashed her biggest Miss Mystic pageant smile. She suddenly felt the wind being knocked out of her lungs and was slammed back against the wall with Klaus's hand pressed firmly on her throat. Her eyes widen slightly, quickly regained her composure but it was a second too late. Klaus saw the fear and his lip curly into a cocky smile, feeling he accomplish what he set out to do. Intimidate.
"Well, this old friend of yours is the same one that killed one of our brothers and tried to kill the rest of us as well. Quite the sketchy bunch you hang out with. Mystic Falls is overrun with half witted vampires and witches that think the can take down the Original family. We don't need another one so it's best that you leave with all your body parts intact. " Klaus demanded, his voice clearly saying that this was not a request but a demand.
"As much as I would love to leave this horrid little town and never look back, I can't. Well not yet at least." Caroline struggled to get the words out with Klaus's hand still firmly on her neck. Caroline suddenly felt a new presence along side them and a tiny bit of relief hit her as she turned her head to see who it was. She hated it.
"Stefan. So glade you can join us mate."
