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Flashback - Mystic Falls 2013
Feet slammed hard to the ground and twigs and leaves sent flying after every step. Caroline's heart beat frantically, pounding out of her chest and her breathing was coming out too harsh. She flashed next to a tree and leaned into it for support, trying to catch her breath. Her eyes closed but her hearing was sharp as ever and listening intently for any sounds that someone was around. Nothing, she heard nothing and moved to place her back against the tree. The relief and shock coursed through her as she stood at the edge of the woods and could just barely see the street she needed, wanting to get back to the Donovan household as discreetly as possible. Being covered head to toe in a mixture of bloods is not exactly something she wanted the locals to see her in, especially since the news the town sheriff's death would be front page in the morning. Another reason to leave tonight before the hoard of sympathy casseroles came her way. The bullet that was still lodged in her rib cage was only making her grow weaker by the passing minute and she looked down, lifting her once yellow sundress. There was a huge hole that blistered around the entrance wound and the pain had crept it's way down to most of her right side. Fucking hunters ... and witches with their crazy magical voodoo. Vampires never came up with crazy concocted weapons, all we needed was brute force to get things done.
With one last breathe Caroline flashed with everything she had left to Matt Donovan's house. Even with Klaus' blood still in her veins, this bullet was really wearing her down plus the array of emotions that she went through the past hours or so. If Klaus' was really intent on tracking her down, a human house he have never been invited in would be her best bet. But why wasn't he here already? He was a four legged hybrid and could have easily caught back up with her once she released her mental hold over him. Plus lets face it, there were not many places left in Mystic Falls that she would go to and she was certainly not going to step foot inside her dead mothers house. Not today at least or maybe even this century. Caroline flashed inside the house and slammed the backdoor shut. Her back fell against the door and a deep breath left her lips.
"Oh my god, Caroline. Bonnie just told me what happened, I don't know whether to hug you right now or kill you." He paused as she took in her tattered appearanced and the huge hole in her side. "Your shot?"
"Damn witches gave the hunters spelled wooden bullets to harm vampires and I don't have the courage to take it out just yet." Caroline finally looked up at Matt, her breath now a bit calmer.
"Come with me, I'll get it out. I will meet you in the bathroom."
Caroline flash forward and jumped on the counter next to the sink. Matt walked back with pliers and towels to remove the bullet. Caroline went to lift her dress up but paused when she realized she was about to get mostly naked infront of her long time friend and slightly ex boyfriend. Matt rolled his eyes,
"Encase you forgot Care, I have already seen it once. Would you rather sit here in pain and be bashful or let me help you?" She huffed and threw her dress, revealing her red cotton pantie set underneath. She got a flash of Klaus' hands running up her thighs and Caroline cleared her throat and shifted on the sink, suddenly praying that Matt had not developed her mind reading capabilities. The hybrid was probably plotting her slow torture and she was imagining him naked.
"Thanks for helping me Matt, you really have no reason to now. Ah!" Caroline grunted as Matt stuck the pliers deep into her ribs to dig out the bullet. He gave her a apologetic look. "I think you are the only actually friend I have left. Elena will soon be transitioning, Bonnie will be attached to her and both Salvatore's. But it had to be done, Matt. She started this years ago and brought my mother to her death all because she tried to warn her about her monstrous daughter. Plus she is in love with two vampires, it would have happened anyways." rolling her eyes at the thought.
"Are you trying to convince me of this or yourself?" Caroline shot her eyebrow to the ceiling at his observations. "Regardless, I wasn't there and I can't really speak on the events that transpired. I would have liked to see you snap Damon Salvatore's neck. You are one of my closest friends Care. Judge free zone here." Matt concluded, moving his hand between the two of them. It made Caroline smile to know she still had Matt. She let out a loud scream and watched the bullet hit the counter next to her.
"Thanks. I'm going to take full advantage of your shower next and scrub all the blood off me. After that I need to get going. " Caroline replied sadly. "Will you do something for me? Will you take care of the house and make sure it is locked up. I'm sure I will be contacted by attorney's to have the house put in my name but I want it put in yours so no vampires can enter. I can't come back in this lifetime and I want what little I have left to be safe." Matt nodded.
"I'm sorry shes dead, she didn't deserve this." With that he left her to clean up. Caroline allowed herself another cry session and started to scrub clean but no matter how much she scrubbed she didn't feel clean.
"You must be joking Nik." Rebekah stomped closer to Klaus and stopped a foot away from where he stood leaning against his desk. "I spill a few drops of Doppelganger blood and you try to shove a bloody dagger in my heart. Caroline turns Elena into a vampire and you don't so much as bat an eye? If it weren't for Kol still being in town, I would be downstairs in the basement with all the other junk you have no use for. " Klaus rose to meet Rebekah's height.
"First off, you have your own room so no need to keep you in the basement. Secondly, it was much more than a few drops my dear sister. It was multiple bags, of which you ripped open with your bare hands like a barbarian." Klaus sneered at her but Rebekah just rolled her eyes.
"And I'm the dramatic one of the family." Rebekah had just spent the past few hours explaining to Klaus exactly what Caroline was and what her abilities were. If he had not seen and felt the abilities with his own eyes, he surely would have thought Bekah to be mad. In a thousand years, he had never came across someone like this and he should be filled with an undeniable rage. He should be ripping apart Mystic Falls looking for her and putting an end to her life but Klaus didn't budge. Klaus took another hard drink from his Bourbon bottle and slammed it hard on his desk at his own uncertainty. This blonde was really screwing with his head after only a few days and a intimate moment in a alleyway. His thoughts wondered to images of what might have been if that dreadful hunter had not shown up. As if his thoughts were sending a beacon to her, he felt a little blonde presence in his study doorway and he shot his eyes forward. His jaw tensed and his fist slammed closed at the sight of her with her now perfectly clean jeans and hip tops with a loose fitting low cut v neck. Her hair was still damp and had a light vanilla scent that filled his room instantly.
"You must be a bloody fool for showing up here or at the very least on a suicide mission. You should be halfway across the globe by now." Caroline lifted her head and spoke with such confidence in her voice as she took a step in the room.
"I need to speak with Klaus, privately. Can you please leave us? I think the others are finally finished with clean up duty or maybe stop by Matt's?" Caroline never once moved her eye off of Klaus who had not moved since she stepped into his house.
"Are you really kicking me out of my own home? You kill a Doppelganger and think your invincible now." Rebekah stared down at Caroline, not budging from her place. Caroline exhaled deeply but still stood her ground. She needed to get somethings off her chest with Klaus and didn't want to do them with a vampire eavesdropper in the house. Before she could speak, Klaus spoke for her.
"Leave Rebekah. Now." Not giving her time to argue and sent her a or you will be daggered look. She just rolled her eyes and stormed out of the room, both remaining vampires waiting to hear the door slam after her. Caroline was slung, yet again, against the far wall of his study and had Klaus' arm firmly pressed against her chest.
"You kill my Doppelganger, break into my mind with some unheard of mental capabilities and try to control ME?" Klaus's voice raising with every word he spoke. "So instead of fleeing town like a sane person would, you traipse about my home and throw demands around. I should have your head on a stick right now but curiosity is all that stops me from doing so."
"Are you going to hunt me down and make me flee for my life again?" Klaus only stared at her instead of answering, not expecting that to be the question. Caroline shifted to place her hand on his arm and Klaus let her drop his arm down. "I ask because if that is the case ... We can settle this right here and now. I won't be hunted again and I won't run from anyone. So here I am, take your best shot." She swung her arms in the air and dropped them to her sides. She prepared herself for the hand to fly in her chest that never came.
"You came here so I could attack you? I must say Love that is another first you are throwing at me?" This girl was never predictable. Klaus now placed both his hands on either side of her head and focused intently on her face.
"I was at the Donovan house trying to rid myself of all the blood and allowed myself another weak moment to cry for my mother. I was trying to figure out where I was going to go when I had this I don't know ... revelation. I am one of the most powerful creatures that walks the planet and I shouldn't have to run from anyone. What you saw and felt tonight, my mental abilities ... I have never felt so strong before. I fought off you, the Original Hybrid without even blinking and I'm fairly certain I could do it again." She laughed darkly and could almost see Klaus hide a smile at her comments. "I loved that feeling. That feeling of no longer being too weak to defend myself or questioning what I am capable of. Call it adrenaline or your Original blood in my system that made me stronger but I was strong. I will not fear anyone any longer. No one else will get to dictate my life so if you plan to make me another person you run off and torture for centuries, it isn't going to happen." Caroline now stood just inches away from his face and held his stare. Klaus' face was blank and held no emotions. They stood together for minutes and the calm silence was starting to freak Caroline out a bit.
"Say something." She demanded and after a moment of pause he spoke,
"Good." Klaus dropped his hands from the wall but kept his close stance.
"That's it. Good. I ask you to rip my head off and you just say Good? What is the matter with you, were is this legendary rage I have heard of from the almighty hybrid? I was expecting a little blood." Caroline poked the big bad once again.
"I should be shouldn't I?" Klaus finally breaking his blank facade and raised his voice as his hands flew through the air. "I should be ripping your heart out or have you chained in the dungeons. I have perfected my torture techniques to an art-form over the centuries and could do many a grave things to you. But here I stand .." his voice trailing off and eyes wide. Caroline had nothing but confusion on her face and awaiting for him to continue.
"I know what it is like to be weak and abused and run from those you call family. I have known the joy of ending years of torment and also the hollow feeling of knowing that it won't satisfy what you really wanted. You are not weak, Caroline." Klaus was now back to his soft and seductive voice, the same one he used when speaking of leaving Mystic Falls just earlier this evening. Klaus leans his head in and can't keep his thoughts from the last time they were so close. Those lips he had only a taste of earlier. "The strong and fearless girl that stands before me, is the girl you always were."
Caroline was speechless at how this conversation was turning out. She had expected a full on brawl with flying furniture and bloodshed but it was the opposite now. Her eyes couldn't help but travel to his full lips and watched them twitch as she did so. The lips that brought her such pleasure just hours ago and wanted them to do so again. "Just let go, Caroline" Klaus' words from earlier rang in her mind and she decided to follow them once again. She leaned up to kiss him and her need for him took over. Klaus was caught off guard once more by the pretty blonde, as he pressed her against the wall and slide his hands underneath her loose t-shirt as he went to deepen his kiss. Caroline sighed with relief against his lips, mostly glad he wasn't ripping her throat out at the moment. Her arms went around his neck as she jumped up to kick her legs around Klaus' waist and he caught her in mid air. He grasped her ass and cursed her for not wearing another dress, wanting to feel her bottom once more. Their tongues were moving in sync with one another as Klaus flashed them over to his desk to throw her down on top of it.
Caroline sat up to throw her shirt off and attacked Klaus lips with much more urgency this time. She raised her hand up his chest and ripped the shirt from his neck and placed kisses on his chest, earning her a groan from above. Her hands were working quickly to his belt and Klaus tossed her back against the desk at vamp speed, Caroline landed with a heavy thud and watched his lean muscles at work. He threw off his own torn shirt and pants and swiftly removed hers as well. Klaus flashed over top of her, ripping her bra to shreds and took her nipple in his mouth, pulling a moan from her lips. Her hands feel in his hair and Klaus made his way back up to her neck, leaving a trail of human bit marks. His hand slide down her thighs and pulled her leg up to his waist. With no warning, Klaus slide his hard cock deep inside her, with one thrust. This wasn't tender love making, this was the frustration and emotional draining evening they had both been through.
"Oh fuck." Caroline shouted at the sudden movement and slammed her head back against the desk. Klaus held himself above her with his head watching there two bodies connect with hard thrusts and Caroline's nails drug against his forearms. This was most certainly worth the wait. She felt her orgasm starting to build already and as hard as he was thrusting in and out of her, he was close as well. Her hands went to stroke one of her nipples and he took the other one in his mouth, pulling another groan. A hand went down between their two warm bodies and Caroline playfully touch her clit with her fingertips. Klaus saw her hand and groaned at the erotic sight of the beautiful blonde touching herself.
"Come for me, Caroline ... That's it." Klaus encouraged her which made her hand speed up and Caroline let out a breathy, "Klaus" as she came apart and rubber her clit to prolong the sensation. Klaus found his own release and came inside her as she slowly moved a hand away. Their heavy breathing was the only sound you heard for several minutes until Klaus kissed her cheek and removed himself from her to get dressed. After a brief moment to collect herself, Caroline mirrored his actions and frowned when she saw he tattered bra. "Well this is headed for the trash" she spoke aloud and tossed the material in the trash can. Just as she was putting her shoes on to leave Klaus broke the silence,
"Where do you plan to go?"
"Wherever I want." Caroline shrugged as she smiled over her shoulder to him and walked out as she tried not to look back at Klaus.
Present time - Atlanta, Georgia 2038
A large two story log cabin style home sat on the edge of town and was surrounded mostly with thick trees until the back opened up to a lake. It was one of the homes that looked as if it was a log cabin on the outside but was a complete modern house on the inside. One of Caroline's favorite features of it was the floor to ceiling glass wall that was the complete right side of her master bedroom wall. It provided a perfect view of the lake and it was just gorgeous with the moons reflection overhead. A comfy over sized white love seat and a equally over sized armchair sat facing the window. Her feet were propped up on a heavy wooden table with a tumbler of white wine in her hand and a fuzzy pink pillow laid across her chest. Caroline could sit here for hours and she usually did just staring off into space. Tonight was no different as she thought back to the last time she stepped foot in Mystic Falls, reflecting on the horribly bad and the extremely good memories from that day. The good being the ones that had made her squirm in her seat.
"You know you should really move closer to the city and away from all these creepy crawly bugs. I'm getting tired of the long drive and your practically living in a swamp. " Caroline heard a click of heels and leggy brunette sat next to her the love seat. She gave a tiny smile and an eye roll as she began,
"As always, I don't force you to come here plus it's only like a twenty minute drive to everything in Atlanta. You are also here 6 days a week without my permission so you can't hate it that much. But I am glad you are here since I got a very interesting call from a long lost friend of mine. Stefan Salvatore."
The brunettes eyebrows shot up to the ceiling, "What does he want? You told me you haven't spoken to the Mystic Falls group in decades and I can only guess that what he wanted wasn't just to catch up."
"He was vague and wouldn't really tell me much but he wants my help with some random attacks that happened to him and Damon lately. He seems to think that who ever killed Jeremy and Matt, are behind the attacks on them as well. Stefan seems to think the attacker is trying to get to me through my old friends or something. Stefan is supposed to be headed to New Orleans any day now with the rest of the merry bunch and wants me join them."
"Makes sense ... Or maybe it is his complete moron of a brother that finally pissed off the wrong person and they want to do us all a favor by killing him." She sneered but seemed to realize what city Caroline just said. "Wait, you said New Orleans? Do you have any idea who lives in that city? What did you tell them?" her voice raising and she was now right next to Caroline.
"Chill OK. I know you won't be going and honestly I don't even know if I am going. I didn't exactly jump at the chance to rekindle my old friendships. Or old lovers."
Caroline thought the last bit to herself and Klaus wasn't exactly an old lover but one night stand did not seem to fit him either. They had not spoke or made contact with one another since that passionate night twenty five years ago and she had no intentions of changing that anytime soon. She had however seen Rebekah a few times over the years and they had met up with Kol once in Spain. That still to this day was the worst hangover of her life and still was not sure how considering she was stronger than most vampires. Klaus never tagged along and the siblings never really mentioned were he was or why he didn't show up. She assumed he still did not want to see her after all this time. Caroline understood why but the bit of rejections that came with seeing the other Mikealson's always hit her when Klaus never traveled with his siblings. From what Rebekah had told her, the siblings usually traveled together unless someone wanted a break from the family. Caroline just found it hard to believe that Klaus suddenly wanted a break from the family as soon as she wanted to hang out with Rebekah. So she never brought it up and neither did the other Mikealson's.
"I know I'm not going. There are still certain people that think I'm dead and me strolling down Bourbon St would defeat the purpose. Are you not curious to what they are doing in New Orleans? They aren't exactly besties with the Mikealson family and the Original's wouldn't spit on the Salvatore's if they were on fire."
"I don't know what to do. It would be nice to catch up with Bekah, it has been years since we vacationed together." she huffed at the brunettes eye roll at the mention of the Original's name. There was no love lost between the two. "Anyways ... I can't just see everyone after twenty five years and pretend that everything that happened didn't happened and .."
"Since you fucked Klaus' brains out?" A pink fuzzy pillow launched and smacked the smirk off the brunettes face.
"Have I mentioned how much I regret telling you that?"
"Only multiple times over the past fifteen years. And yes, that is exactly what you are going to do. No one gets to control your life and you will not run from anyone... Or any hybrid .. every again!" Her voice held such authority yet wisdom as she spoke. Caroline nodded as she remembered the promise she had made to herself all those years ago. She stood from the love seat to head for her closet.
"Looks like I'm headed to New Orleans."
Author's Note:
So here was a little hope for those that were concerned about Klaus and Caroline getting together.
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